IFFR team and activities in Cannes 2026

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

Displacement Film Fund Panel: Announcement of 2026 Filmmakers

Monday 18 May, 14.30 – 15.30
Palais Press Room

Join us at the Displacement Film Fund (DFF) panel for the unveiling of the second round of selected filmmakers, following the world premieres of the first cohort at IFFR 2026. Open to accredited guests and upon invitation, on a first come, first served basis.

The Displacement Film Fund (DFF) supports forcibly displaced filmmakers and those creating authentic stories about displacement. The fund was launched by actor, producer and UNHCR Global Goodwill Ambassador Cate Blanchett at IFFR 2025. The first five short films supported by the fund had their world premieres at IFFR 2026 to a sold out Oude Luxor theatre and widespread acclaim including a five-star review by Peter Bradshaw in The Guardian. 

HBF+Brazil panel discussion and cocktail at the Marché du Film Producers’ Network, Cannes

Monday 18 May, 17.30 – 19.00
Producers Club (Lérins)

To mark the launch of the second edition of HBF+Brazil: Co-development Support, the initiative’s partners invite producers to a panel discussion at the Marché du Film Producers’ Network in Cannes on Monday 18 May, 17.30 – 19.00.

The panel brings together representatives from all partnering institutions for opening remarks:

• Josephine Bourgois, Executive Director of Projeto Paradiso (Brazil)
• Christiano Braga, Head of Audiovisual at Embratur (Brazil)
• Leonardo Edde, President of RioFilme (Brazil)
• Anna Paula Montini, President of Spcine (Brazil)

And the following panelists:

• Frank Hoeve, Baldr Film (Netherlands)
• Tatiana Leite, Bubbles Project (Rio de Janeiro)
• Ivan Melo, CUP Filmes (São Paulo)
• Tamara Tatishvili, Head of the Hubert Bals Fund (Netherlands)

The event is open to accredited participants of the Producers’ Network or upon presentation of a print/e-invitation. 

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 2026. The selections span reconciliation in Rwanda, wild elephants and a disappearing daughter in rural Nepal, a Japanese boarding school for teenage mermaids, a women-only petrol station in Yemen and a nostalgic reflection on family life in 1990s Mexico City.

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

• IFFR Pro Manager, Alessia Acone 
• Contact: cinemart@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