IFFR team and activities in Cannes 2025

A team from IFFR are in attendance in Cannes. Find out more about activities and how to contact us below.

Vanja Kaludjercic on Un Certain Regard Jury

IFFR Festival Director Vanja Kaludjercic will serve as a jury member for the Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes Film Festival, which highlights emerging talent and bold filmmaking. The jury will be presided over by British director Molly Manning Walker (How to Have Sex, IFFR 2024), alongside French-Swiss filmmaker Louise Courvoisier, Italian director Roberto Minervini and Argentinian actor Nahuel Pérez Biscayart.

Displacement Film Fund panel, 14.30 Friday 23 May

A panel event on the Displacement Film Fund will be held as part of the Cannes Film Festival’s official programme taking place at 14.30 on Friday 23 May at the Palais des Festivals’ Press Conference room. The panel will feature Cate Blanchett alongside grant recipients Maryna Er Gorbach and Mo Harawe, and Rajendra Roy, Chief Curator of Film at the The Museum of Modern Art (NY). 

The discussion will be hosted by IFFR’s Managing Director, Clare Stewart and address the evolution and purpose of the fund, the recipient filmmakers and their projects, and wider industry actions in support of displaced filmmakers. Rajendra Roy is also Co-Chair of the International Film Award Executive Committee, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences which recently announced  that Academy Award® eligibility for the Best International Feature Film Award has been expanded to include filmmakers with refugee or asylum status. 

Supported titled in the selections

A spread of films and talent presented at CineMart and backed by the Hubert Bals Fund are once again a fixture of the Cannes lineup in 2025, telling profound family histories, stories of migrant resilience, Italian cowboys, the ruthless world of J-Pop – and a possessed vacuum cleaner.

Contact the team in Cannes

Programme 

• Michelle Carey, programmer English speaking territories
• Rebecca De Pas, programmer Italy, Spain, Portugal
• Olivier Pierre, programmer French speaking territories
• Lyse Nsengiyumva, programmer Sub-Saharan Africa
• Robert Gray, scout
• Lesley Darae Yoon, Coordinator Programme Operations
• Contact: programme@IFFR.com

Hubert Bals Fund

• Head of the HBF Tamara Tatishvili
• HBF Manager Ayumi Filippone
• Contact: hbf@IFFR.com

IFFR Pro

• Head of IFFR Pro, Marten Rabarts
• IFFR Pro Manager, Alessia Acone 
• Talent Manager, Facundo Lema
• Contact: cinemart@IFFR.com / talent@IFFR.com

Board of Directors

• Festival Director, Vanja Kaludjercic
• Managing Director, Clare Stewart
• Contact: director@IFFR.com

Press

For all press inquiries please contact IFFR@ddaglobal.com