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 35 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
2022
Mother of Gold, Madiano Marcheti (Brazil)
2021
De Maalstroom by Teddy Cherim (Netherlands)
2020
The Station by Sara Ishaq (Yemen/Jordan)
2019
La hija de todas las rabias by Laura Baumeister (Nicaragua/France)
2018
Disco Afrika by Luck Razanajaona (France/Madagascar)
2017
Ningdu by Lei Lei (USA)
2016
The Strange Ones (USA) by Christopher Radcliff & Lauren Wolkstein (USA)
2015
Santa y Delfín by Carlos Lechuga (Cuba)
Awards & Competitions
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