Pro Hub
The Pro Hub welcomes industry guests and filmmakers to join panels, workshops and mentor meetings – providing a meeting place and networking environment for the whole filmmaking and professional community at the festival.
Presenting a range of Pro Dialogue panels, Pro Encounters networking sessions, tailor-made one-to-one meetings with the team of mentors, as well as other expert training sessions, the Pro Hub connects filmmakers in the festival selection with other attending professionals.
The Pro Hub also provides the First Rights List, with the titles from the programme that are without a sales agent.
“Be bold; you matter; you’re there”: Madeleine Molyneaux on attending IFFR as an emerging professional
US-based producer, curator, and long-standing Pro Hub mentor Madeleine Molyneaux sat down with us to explain what makes IFFR a special place to come to advance your career or make important business and creative connections at the festival.
“If you make stuff that’s brilliant, it will get seen eventually”: Samm Haillay on Pro Hub mentoring at IFFR 2025
“A lot of the time people come to me and say, ‘I’ve made one film, what do I do now?’”, says Samm Haillay, award-winning English producer and expert IFFR Pro Hub mentor at IFFR 2025. “It’s a very hard question to answer because we’re all wondering what we should do next. I’ve made 11 films and I’m still designing what I’m doing next.”
Pro Hub 2025
The Pro Hub presented IFFR Pro’s industry programme for IFFR 2025, welcoming industry guests and filmmakers to join panels, workshops and mentor sessions – creating a meeting place and networking environment for the whole filmmaking and professional community at the festival. Revisit the programme below.
Contact the team
For any questions, get in touch with the Pro Hub team: Nikolas Montaldi, Jiri Pecinovsky and Luca Dimauro.
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