IFFR Pro award juries 2026

The IFFR Pro Awards celebrate outstanding projects from the CineMart, Darkroom, Lightroom and Safe Harbour selections, recognising bold artistic vision, innovation and international collaboration at different stages of development. The awards will be presented on the evening of Wednesday 4 February 2026. 

IFFR Pro is grateful to all its award partners who continue to make the following prizes possible through their generosity.

Eurimages New Lab Awards

Eurimages will present two awards: an Outreach Award for Darkroom & Lightroom work-in-progress projects (€30,000) and an Innovation Award for CineMart & Lightroom projects in development (€20,000).

Jury

• – Stefan Prohorov (Bulgarian National Film Center)
• – Frédéric Boyer (Tribeca Festival)
• – Klaudia Śmieja-Rostworowska (Madants)

HBF Empowerment Award

Thanks to a private donor, the Hubert Bals Fund is granting the HBF Empowerment Award (€10,000) to a Darkroom project. The award empowers filmmakers who come from politically challenging contexts or whose work addresses themes such as freedom of expression, displacement, human rights and/or underrepresented communities.

Jury

• Juliette Duret (BOZAR)
• Gabrielle Rozing (Imagine Filmdistributie)
• Jonas Chadarevian (São Paulo International Film Festival, MOSTRA)

HBF x PUBLIKUM Audience Outreach Award

The HBF x PUBLIKUM Audience Outreach Award (€9,000) is presented to a HBF-supported film project in development that demonstrates strong potential to engage a clearly defined or underserved audience. The award offers tailored consultancy from PUBLIKUM, supporting the project at a critical stage of development where audience insight can meaningfully inform creative choices, positioning and communication strategies. By strengthening the project’s audience awareness and impact readiness, the award helps filmmakers translate artistic vision into clear audience connection and market presence.

Jury

• Rikke Flodin (PUBLIKUM.io)
• Danielle Guirguis (Smarthouse Creative Impact Studio)

Filmmore Awards

Amsterdam-based Filmmore, a leading full-service post-production, editing and visual effects facility, offers two awards: a Filmmore Post-production Award (€7,500) to be used for visual effects and post-production for a CineMart project, and a Filmmore Work-in-progress Post-production Award (€5000) for a Darkroom project.

Jury (Filmmore Work-in-progress Post-production Award)

• Igor Riabchuk (Filmmore)
• Gabor Greiner (Films Boutique)

Jury (Filmmore Post-production Award)

• Bero Beyer (Augustus Film)
• Gilles Duval (ARTE France Cinéma)
• Anton Scholten (Filmmore)

ArteKino International Award

The ArteKino International Award (€6,000) provides support for financial development.

Jury

• Bero Beyer (Augustus Film)
• Gilles Duval (ARTE France Cinéma)
• Anton Scholten (Filmmore)

4DR Studios Awards

4DR Studios will hand out two awards: one for Best Immersive Project in development and one for Best Immersive work-in-progress project in Lightroom. Both consist of a volumetric video studio package and workshop for a selected and eligible project.

Jury

• Natasja Paulssen (4DR Studios)
• Isa de Koeijer (4DR Studios)

VIPO Award

The VIPO Award (€3,000) supports projects with budgets where the award can make the most impact.

Jury

• Mika Morishita (VIPO)
• Yoshi Yatabe (VIPO)
• Nahoko Yamashita (VIPO)
• Kousuke Ono (VIPO)

New Impulse Award

Thanks to the generosity of a private donor, the New Impulse Award (€2,500) will be given to one of the newly presented Safe Harbour projects.

Jury

• Jannie Langbroek
• Frank Peijnenburg (Screen NL)