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“Our understanding of cinema is collective”: producer Carlos Pardo Ros on Last Night I Conquered the City of Thebes
Carlos Pardo Ros participated in the Rotterdam Lab 2023 and Darkroom 2025, and this year the film premiered at Giornate degli Autori during the Venice Film Festival to widespread critical acclaim.
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Interview
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Rotterdam Lab open call
We’re launching an open call for participation at the next edition of Rotterdam Lab at IFFR 2026. A maximum of five spots will be made available to selected producers.
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IFFR-backed films continue their festival journeys in Toronto, Busan, San Sebastián and more
San Sebastián premieres John Skoog’s CineMart-presented debut Redoubt in New Directors competition, next to Kim Torres’s HBF-supported Si no ardemos, cómo iluminar la noche.
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CineMart
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Hubert Bals Fund
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Lucrecia Martel’s latest among IFFR-backed Venice premieres
Several supported films screen on the Lido this edition, including two CineMart-presented works in the Venice Immersive Competition.
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Hubert Bals Fund
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IFFR Pro
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Immersive
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Locarno world premieres for HBF, CineMart and Darkroom films
Five IFFR-supported films are premiering at Locarno Film Festival from tomorrow, tracing journeys across remote landscapes and inner worlds
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CineMart
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Hubert Bals Fund
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IFFR Pro
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Cannes round-up: IFFR films shine as panel spotlights Displacement Film Fund
IFFR looks back on a lively Cannes edition with an impressive showing of alumni and supported projects shining throughout.
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CineMart
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Hubert Bals Fund
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IFFR Pro
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Cannes selections for IFFR-backed films and talent
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.
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Hubert Bals Fund
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IFFR Pro
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News
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“If you make stuff that’s brilliant, it will get seen eventually”: Samm Haillay on Pro Hub mentoring at IFFR 2025
Award-winning English producer and expert IFFR Pro Hub mentor at IFFR 2025 Samm Haillay was back to share his expertise with aspiring filmmakers.
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IFFR Pro
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Interview
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Indaba In Focus with Mehret Mandefro: “stories heal people”
Ethiopian-American producer, media entrepreneur, anthropologist, physician and group leader of CPI Mehret Mandefro gives pragmatic solutions to the uncertainties of the industry, but always comes back to the simple and universal truth that “stories heal people.”
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Interview
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Pulling Focus: Dutch production talent goes global – and AI is part of the future
On Tuesday 4 February, IFFR Pro turned the spotlight on Dutch cinema’s evolving place in the world during Pulling Focus: NL 2025.
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