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Wouter Barendrecht Award

This prize of €5,000 is awarded in partnership with the Wouter Barendrecht Film Foundation in honour of the late Wouter Barendrecht, the founder and co-chairman of Fortissimo Films, IFFR programmer and former head of CineMart. Eligible for the award are projects with a director under 40 who has not directed more than three films.

Wouter Barendrecht Film Foundation (WBBF)

In honour of Wouter Barendrecht, the founder and co-chairman of Fortissimo Films, a foundation (the WBFF) has been established, the goal of which is to encourage the work of talented young filmmakers. In cooperation with festivals directly associated with Wouter, the WBFF will make future award grants based on a process to be decided by the Foundation’s board of directors.

Winners per edition

2023
Eldorado
, dir. Alaa Eddine Aljem (Morocco, France)

2022
Mother of Gold
, dir. Madiano Marcheti (Brazil)

2021
De Maalstroom
dir. Teddy Cherim (Netherlands)

2020
The Station dir. Sara Ishaq (Yemen/Jordan)

2019
La hija de todas las rabias
dir. Laura Baumeister (Nicaragua/France)

2018
Disco Afrika
dir. Luck Razanajaona (France/Madagascar)

2017
Ningdu
 dir. Lei Lei (USA)

2016
The Strange Ones
(USA) dir. Christopher Radcliff & Lauren Wolkstein (USA)

2015
Santa y Delfín
dir. Carlos Lechuga (Cuba)

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