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Selected filmmakers for the fund will be announced during Cannes Film Festival this year.

The finished projects will have their world premieres at IFFR in 2026.

It is this aim of creating personal, intimate touchpoints that the Displacement Film Fund is driven by.

Displacement Film Fund panelists (left to right) include Waad Al-Kateab (credit: Sharbel Kanoun), Cate Blanchett (credit: Renato Campora), Koji Yanai (credit: Chiyoe Sugita), Tamara Tatishvili (credit: Elene Mikaberidze) and Jonas Rasmussen (credit: Andreas Omvik)

Displacement Film Fund panellists (left to right) include Waad Al-Kateab (credit: Sharbel Kanoun), Cate Blanchett (credit: Renato Campora), Koji Yanai (credit: Chiyoe Sugita), Tamara Tatishvili (credit: Elene Mikaberidze) and Jonas RasmussenIFFR/Andreas Omvik

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