{"id":186492,"date":"2024-06-10T14:45:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T12:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iffr.com\/en\/?page_id=186492"},"modified":"2026-02-12T17:04:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T16:04:46","slug":"iffr-pro-awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iffr.com\/en\/awards-competitions\/iffr-pro-awards","title":{"rendered":"IFFR Pro awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-intro-font-size\">Awards are given to outstanding projects presented at IFFR Pro\u2019s co-production market CineMart and work-in-progress platform Darkroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/block-cta-wide\" class=\"alignwide\">\n\t\t<div data-component=\"cta-wide\" class=\"flex flex-col gap-4 lg:flex-row lg:items-center\">\n\t<div class=\"relative flex flex-col gap-4 py-6 md:py-16 lg:px-16 lg:basis-7\/12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"text-lg md:text-xl font-heading\">IFFR Pro Awards winners 2026<\/h2>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-md md:text-lg\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>The winners of the IFFR Pro Awards 2026 presented to projects across CineMart, Darkroom, Lightroom and Safe Harbour.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"flex flex-wrap w-auto gap-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"flex items-stretch\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\n\n\n<a\n\tclass=\"group btn btn-primary  \"\n\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/iffr.com\/en\/blog-iffr-pro-awards-2026\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<span data-button-text>\n\t\t\tRead more\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"transition-transform duration-300 group-hover:rotate-45 group-focus-visible:rotate-45 flex items-center justify-center w-[1em] h-[1em] icon group-expanded:hidden\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t<svg width=\"16\" height=\"16\" viewBox=\"0 0 16 16\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M14.667 2.386v9.122a1.053 1.053 0 0 1-2.105 0V4.93l-9.43 9.428a1.054 1.054 0 1 1-1.49-1.491l9.429-9.429H4.493a1.052 1.052 0 0 1 0-2.105h9.121a1.053 1.053 0 0 1 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class=\"flex flex-col gap-2\">\n\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t<details  class=\"rounded-lg group bg-base-300\">\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"flex items-center justify-between gap-2 p-4 list-none cursor-pointer md:py-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"font-heading md:text-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWinners 2026\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"transition group-open:rotate-90 shrink-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" viewBox=\"0 0 18 18\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<path d=\"M8.29688 0.5625H9.70312C9.82812 0.5625 9.89062 0.625 9.89062 0.75V17.25C9.89062 17.375 9.82812 17.4375 9.70312 17.4375H8.29688C8.17188 17.4375 8.10938 17.375 8.10938 17.25V0.75C8.10938 0.625 8.17188 0.5625 8.29688 0.5625Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<path class=\"transition group-open:opacity-0\" d=\"M1.125 8.10938H16.875C17 8.10938 17.0625 8.17188 17.0625 8.29688V9.70312C17.0625 9.82812 17 9.89062 16.875 9.89062H1.125C1 9.89062 0.9375 9.82812 0.9375 9.70312V8.29688C0.9375 8.17188 1 8.10938 1.125 8.10938Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"px-4 pb-4 -mt-2 md:pb-6 ll-wysiwyg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>4DR Studios Award for Best Immersive Project in development<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WINNER: Chemin des B\u00e2tards<\/strong>\u00a0by Leon Rogissart, produced by BNA-BBOT, UpscaleXR and Muziektheater Transparant (Belgium, Netherlands)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iffr.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/CHEMIN_DES_BATARDS_still.jpg\" alt=\".\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>4DR Studios Award for Best Immersive work-in-progress project in Lightroom\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WINNER:<\/strong> <strong>Cl\u00e9o<\/strong>\u00a0by Coco Chen, produced by Digital Art Foundation, National Performing Arts Center- National Taichung Theater (Taiwan), Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab (C-LAB)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" 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8.10938 17.0625 8.17188 17.0625 8.29688V9.70312C17.0625 9.82812 17 9.89062 16.875 9.89062H1.125C1 9.89062 0.9375 9.82812 0.9375 9.70312V8.29688C0.9375 8.17188 1 8.10938 1.125 8.10938Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"px-4 pb-4 -mt-2 md:pb-6 ll-wysiwyg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2025<\/h3>\n<p>CineMart:\u00a0<strong>Strata<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>by Lilian Hess, Luxembourg, produced by: a_BAHN<br \/>\nDarkroom:\u00a0<strong>The Great Orator<\/strong>\u00a0by Daniel Ernst, Netherlands, produced by: K.O Productions &amp; The Shoebox Diorama<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2024<\/h3>\n<p><strong>The World Came Flooding In<\/strong>\u00a0by Isobel Knowles &amp; Van Sowerwine (Australia)<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2023<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Anti-Muse<\/strong>\u00a0by Baloji (Belgium)<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2022<\/h3>\n<p>First prize:\u00a0<strong>Confident<\/strong>\u00a0by J\u00e9r\u00f4me Blanquet &amp; Bertrand Jeandel (France)<br \/>\nSecond prize:\u00a0<strong>Duchampiana VR<\/strong>\u00a0by Lilian Hess (France\/Germany)<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>ArteKino International Award<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The ArteKino International Award is a prize of \u20ac6,000 for the producer of a standout project to support its development, sponsored by the European culture channel ARTE\u2019s foundation for the promotion of arthouse cinema.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/block-accordion\" class=\"aligncenter\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-4 md:gap-6\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<ul data-component=\"accordion\" class=\"flex flex-col gap-2\">\n\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t<details  class=\"rounded-lg group bg-base-300\">\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"flex items-center justify-between gap-2 p-4 list-none cursor-pointer md:py-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"font-heading md:text-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWinners 2026\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"transition group-open:rotate-90 shrink-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" viewBox=\"0 0 18 18\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<path d=\"M8.29688 0.5625H9.70312C9.82812 0.5625 9.89062 0.625 9.89062 0.75V17.25C9.89062 17.375 9.82812 17.4375 9.70312 17.4375H8.29688C8.17188 17.4375 8.10938 17.375 8.10938 17.25V0.75C8.10938 0.625 8.17188 0.5625 8.29688 0.5625Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<path class=\"transition group-open:opacity-0\" d=\"M1.125 8.10938H16.875C17 8.10938 17.0625 8.17188 17.0625 8.29688V9.70312C17.0625 9.82812 17 9.89062 16.875 9.89062H1.125C1 9.89062 0.9375 9.82812 0.9375 9.70312V8.29688C0.9375 8.17188 1 8.10938 1.125 8.10938Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"px-4 pb-4 -mt-2 md:pb-6 ll-wysiwyg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>WINNER:\u00a0<strong>The Poet\u2019s Son<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>by Nicolas Graux, produced by Tarantula, Yellow Blackbird, Petit \u00e0 Petit Production, Clin d\u2019\u0152il Films (Belgium, France, Germany)<\/p>\n<p>Jury statement:<em>\u00a0\u201cThe ArteKino International Award goes to a first feature project that brings humanity and poetry into a place of darkness in this perilous moment in time. Told by a convincing filmmaker, it is a personal, intimate story that transcends its actuality.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iffr.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/ThePoetsSon_still.001.jpeg\" alt=\".\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The jury gave a special shoutout to\u00a0<strong>Worse Together<\/strong>\u00a0by Luis De Filippis, praising \u201ca group of filmmakers whose endeavour transcends a mere film project \u2013 they\u2019re fighting for an entire community in a way that is inspiring, relevant and full of energy. Their work reminds us that we may be better together, not worse. As such, they almost embody the spirit of our independent filmmaking community at IFFR and at CineMart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iffr.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/WORSE_TOGETHER_still-1.jpg\" alt=\".\" \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t<details  class=\"rounded-lg group bg-base-300\">\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"flex items-center justify-between gap-2 p-4 list-none cursor-pointer md:py-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"font-heading md:text-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPast winners\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"transition group-open:rotate-90 shrink-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" viewBox=\"0 0 18 18\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<path d=\"M8.29688 0.5625H9.70312C9.82812 0.5625 9.89062 0.625 9.89062 0.75V17.25C9.89062 17.375 9.82812 17.4375 9.70312 17.4375H8.29688C8.17188 17.4375 8.10938 17.375 8.10938 17.25V0.75C8.10938 0.625 8.17188 0.5625 8.29688 0.5625Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<path class=\"transition group-open:opacity-0\" d=\"M1.125 8.10938H16.875C17 8.10938 17.0625 8.17188 17.0625 8.29688V9.70312C17.0625 9.82812 17 9.89062 16.875 9.89062H1.125C1 9.89062 0.9375 9.82812 0.9375 9.70312V8.29688C0.9375 8.17188 1 8.10938 1.125 8.10938Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"px-4 pb-4 -mt-2 md:pb-6 ll-wysiwyg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2025<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Inbetween Worlds<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>by Diana Cam Van Nguyen (Czech Republic\/Slovakia)<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2024<\/h3>\n<p><strong>A Distant House Smokes on the Horizon<\/strong>\u00a0by Shengze Zhu (China\/United States)<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2023<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Consider Vera<\/strong>\u00a0by Marina Stepanska (Ukraine)<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2022<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sorella di Clausura<\/strong>\u00a0by\u00a0Ivana Mladenovi (Romania\/Serbia)<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2021<\/h3>\n<p><strong>A Dutiful Wife<\/strong>\u00a0by\u00a0Haolu Wang (China)<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2020<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sleepwalkers<\/strong>\u00a0by Radu Jude (Romania)<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2019<\/h3>\n<p><strong>La fiebre<\/strong>\u00a0by Mateo Bendesky\u00a0(Argentina)<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2018<\/h3>\n<p><strong>A White, White Day\u00a0<\/strong>by Hlynur P\u00e1lmason\u00a0(Iceland\/Denmark)<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2017<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Martin Eden<\/strong>\u00a0by Pietro Marcello (Italy\/France)<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2016<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Birds of Passage<\/strong>\u00a0by Ciro Guerra (Colombia)<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2015<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Luxembourg<\/strong>\u00a0by Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy (Ukraine\/Germany)<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2014<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Happy Time Will Come Soon<\/strong>\u00a0by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iffr.com\/en\/persons\/alessandro-comodin\">Alessandro Comodin<\/a>\u00a0(Italy\/France)<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2013<\/h3>\n<p><strong>The Lobster<\/strong>\u00a0by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iffr.com\/en\/persons\/yorgos-lanthimos\">Yorgos Lanthimos<\/a>\u00a0(United Kingdom)<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2012<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Duncharon<\/strong>\u00a0by Athina Rachel Tsangari (Greece\/France\/Germany)<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2011<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Touch Me Not<\/strong>\u00a0by Adina Pintilie (Romania\/France)<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2010<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Layla Fourie<\/strong>\u00a0by Pia Marais (Germany\/South Africa\/The Netherlands)<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2009<\/h3>\n<p><strong>HIM<\/strong>\u00a0by Lance Weiler (US)<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2008<\/h3>\n<p><strong>The Pervert\u2019s Guide to Ideology<\/strong>\u00a0by Sophie Fiennes (UK\/The Netherlands)<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2007<\/h3>\n<p><strong>A Rational Solution<\/strong>\u00a0by J\u00f6rgen Bergmark (Sweden)<br \/>\n<strong>Pieds nus sur les limagces<\/strong>\u00a0by Fabienne Berthaud (France)<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2006<\/h3>\n<p><strong>A Mexican Story<\/strong>\u00a0by Arturo Aristakisian (Mexico\/Russia)<br \/>\n<strong>Hei tie de ri zi<\/strong>\u00a0by Wang Bing (China)<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2005<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Five Worlds<\/strong>\u00a0by Sobhi al-Zobaidi, U-Wei bin Hajisaari, Kamal Tabrizi, Homayoun Paiz, and Garin Nugroho (Ireland)<br \/>\n<strong>Daratt<\/strong>\u00a0by Mahamat Saleh Haroun (France)<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Eurimages New Lab Awards<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Eurimages is the cultural fund of the Council of Europe dedicated to supporting independent filmmaking. Eurimages offers two awards: an Outreach Award for Darkroom &amp; Lightroom work-in-progress projects (\u20ac30,000) and an Innovation Award for CineMart &amp; Lightroom projects in development (\u20ac20,000).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/block-accordion\" class=\"aligncenter\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-4 md:gap-6\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<ul data-component=\"accordion\" class=\"flex flex-col gap-2\">\n\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t<details  class=\"rounded-lg group bg-base-300\">\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"flex items-center justify-between gap-2 p-4 list-none cursor-pointer md:py-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"font-heading md:text-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWinners 2026\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"transition group-open:rotate-90 shrink-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" viewBox=\"0 0 18 18\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<path d=\"M8.29688 0.5625H9.70312C9.82812 0.5625 9.89062 0.625 9.89062 0.75V17.25C9.89062 17.375 9.82812 17.4375 9.70312 17.4375H8.29688C8.17188 17.4375 8.10938 17.375 8.10938 17.25V0.75C8.10938 0.625 8.17188 0.5625 8.29688 0.5625Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<path class=\"transition group-open:opacity-0\" d=\"M1.125 8.10938H16.875C17 8.10938 17.0625 8.17188 17.0625 8.29688V9.70312C17.0625 9.82812 17 9.89062 16.875 9.89062H1.125C1 9.89062 0.9375 9.82812 0.9375 9.70312V8.29688C0.9375 8.17188 1 8.10938 1.125 8.10938Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"px-4 pb-4 -mt-2 md:pb-6 ll-wysiwyg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Innovation Award<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>WINNER:<strong>\u00a0Daughters of the Sea<\/strong>\u00a0by Martika Ramirez Escobar, produced by This Side Up \/ Arkeofilms, Alba Sotorra Cinema Productions (Philippines, Spain)<\/p>\n<p>Jury statement:\u00a0<em>\u201cFor daring to rethink the conventions of filmmaking for the sake of artistic integrity and authentic cross-cultural storytelling, the innovation award goes to\u00a0<\/em><strong><em>Daughters of the Sea<\/em><\/strong><em>\u00a0by Martika Ramirez Escobar.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iffr.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/DAUGTHERS_OF_THE_SEA_still.jpg\" alt=\".\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Outreach Award\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>WINNER:\u00a0<strong>LFD Hope<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>by Joshua Loftin, produced by Gallivant Film, Sea Fox Films, Lorenz Films, Good Kids productions (United Kingdom, Hungary)<\/p>\n<p>Jury statement:\u00a0<em>\u201cFor the audacity to treat fragility as a way to strengthen communities and paving a clear path towards inclusive dialogues on topics silenced by conformity.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Jury: Stefan Prohorov (Bulgarian National Film Center), Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Boyer (Tribeca Festival), Klaudia \u015amieja-Rostworowska (Madants)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iffr.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/LFD_Hope_main_still.jpg\" alt=\".\" \/> <\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t<details  class=\"rounded-lg group bg-base-300\">\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"flex items-center justify-between gap-2 p-4 list-none cursor-pointer md:py-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"font-heading md:text-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPast winners\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"transition group-open:rotate-90 shrink-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" viewBox=\"0 0 18 18\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<path d=\"M8.29688 0.5625H9.70312C9.82812 0.5625 9.89062 0.625 9.89062 0.75V17.25C9.89062 17.375 9.82812 17.4375 9.70312 17.4375H8.29688C8.17188 17.4375 8.10938 17.375 8.10938 17.25V0.75C8.10938 0.625 8.17188 0.5625 8.29688 0.5625Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<path class=\"transition group-open:opacity-0\" d=\"M1.125 8.10938H16.875C17 8.10938 17.0625 8.17188 17.0625 8.29688V9.70312C17.0625 9.82812 17 9.89062 16.875 9.89062H1.125C1 9.89062 0.9375 9.82812 0.9375 9.70312V8.29688C0.9375 8.17188 1 8.10938 1.125 8.10938Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"px-4 pb-4 -mt-2 md:pb-6 ll-wysiwyg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2025<\/h3>\n<p>Eurimages New Lab Award \u2013 Innovation:\u00a0<strong>One Charming Night<\/strong>\u00a0by Robin Coops (Netherlands)<br \/>\nEurimages New Lab Award \u2013 Outreach:<strong>\u00a0Bloques err\u00e1ticos<\/strong>\u00a0by Thomas Woodroffe (Chile\/France\/Argentina)<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2024<\/h3>\n<p>Eurimages New Lab Award \u2013 Innovation:\u00a0<strong>Cherub<\/strong>\u00a0by Barbara Rupik (Poland)<br \/>\nEurimages New Lab Award \u2013 Outreach:<strong>\u00a0Duchampiana<\/strong>\u00a0by Lilian Hess (France\/Germany)<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2023<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Eurimages Co-production Development Award:\u00a0<strong>Testa o croce?<\/strong>\u00a0by Alessio Rigo de Righi &amp; Matteo Zoppis (Italy\/France)<br \/>\nSpecial Co-production Development Award<strong>:<em>\u00a0<\/em>Consider Vera<\/strong>\u00a0by Marina Stepanska (Ukraine)<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2022<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Leave the Door Open<\/strong>\u00a0by Judita Gamulin (Croatia)<br \/>\nSpecial mention:\u00a0<strong>Love #NoFilter<\/strong>\u00a0by Mikael Bundsen (Sweden)<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2021<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Cora<\/strong>\u00a0by Evi Kalogiropoulou (Greece)<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2020<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Infanta<\/strong>\u00a0by Natalia Garagiola (Argentina)<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2019<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Stillborn\u00a0<\/strong>by Olga Chajdas (Poland)<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2018<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Mitra\u00a0<\/strong>by Kaweh Modiri (The Netherlands)<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2017<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Jumpman<\/strong>\u00a0by Ivan I. Tverdovsky (Russia\/Lithuania\/Ireland\/France)<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2016<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Berlin Alexanderplatz<\/strong>\u00a0by Burhan Qurbani (Germany)<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2015<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Tonic Immobilty<\/strong>\u00a0by Nathalie Teirlinck (Belgium)<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2014<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Tabija<\/strong>\u00a0by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iffr.com\/en\/persons\/igor-drljaca\">Igor Drljaca<\/a>\u00a0(Bosnia and Herzegovina)<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2013<\/h3>\n<p><strong>The Giant<\/strong>\u00a0by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iffr.com\/en\/persons\/johannes-nyholm\">Johannes Nyholm<\/a>\u00a0(Denmark\/Sweden)<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2012<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Humidity<\/strong>\u00a0by Nikola Ljuca (Serbia\/Germany)<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2011<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Kid<\/strong>\u00a0by Fien Troch (Belgium\/The Netherlands)<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Filmmore Awards<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Amsterdam-based Filmmore, a leading full-service post-production, editing and visual effects facility, offers two awards: a Filmmore Post-production Award (\u20ac7,500) to be used for visual effects and post-production for a CineMart project, and a Filmmore Work-in-progress Post-production Award (\u20ac5,000) for a Darkroom project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/block-accordion\" class=\"aligncenter\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-4 md:gap-6\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<ul data-component=\"accordion\" class=\"flex flex-col gap-2\">\n\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t<details  class=\"rounded-lg group bg-base-300\">\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"flex items-center justify-between gap-2 p-4 list-none cursor-pointer md:py-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"font-heading md:text-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWinners 2026\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"transition group-open:rotate-90 shrink-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" viewBox=\"0 0 18 18\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<path d=\"M8.29688 0.5625H9.70312C9.82812 0.5625 9.89062 0.625 9.89062 0.75V17.25C9.89062 17.375 9.82812 17.4375 9.70312 17.4375H8.29688C8.17188 17.4375 8.10938 17.375 8.10938 17.25V0.75C8.10938 0.625 8.17188 0.5625 8.29688 0.5625Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<path class=\"transition group-open:opacity-0\" d=\"M1.125 8.10938H16.875C17 8.10938 17.0625 8.17188 17.0625 8.29688V9.70312C17.0625 9.82812 17 9.89062 16.875 9.89062H1.125C1 9.89062 0.9375 9.82812 0.9375 9.70312V8.29688C0.9375 8.17188 1 8.10938 1.125 8.10938Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"px-4 pb-4 -mt-2 md:pb-6 ll-wysiwyg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Filmmore Work-in-progress Post-production Award<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>WINNER:\u00a0<strong>The Hummingbird Paints Fragrant Songs\u00a0<\/strong>by \u00c8lia Gasull Balada and Matteo Norzi, produced by Shipibo Conibo Center (Peru, United States, Spain, Chile)<\/p>\n<p>Jury statement: \u201c<strong>The Hummingbird Paints Fragrant Songs<\/strong>\u00a0captivated us with its scope and commitment \u2013 a film that transcends storytelling to become an act of purpose. We are honoured to support a work that feels less like a project and more like a calling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jury: Igor Riabchuk (Filmmore), Gabor Greiner (Films Boutique)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iffr.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/Hummingbird_KeyStill-scaled.jpg\" alt=\".\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Filmmore Post-Production Award<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>WINNER:\u00a0<strong>Pale Faces\u00a0<\/strong>by Chantel Clark, produced by BALDR Film, Cadence (Netherlands, South Africa)<\/p>\n<p>Jury statement:\u00a0<em>\u201cThe Filmmore Award goes to a daring new co-production pushing the envelope of genre, relevance and historic conscience. The filmmakers ambitiously weave a rich tapestry of myth and research, folklore and colonialism.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Jury: Bero Beyer (Augustus Film), Gilles Duval (ARTE France Cin\u00e9ma), Anton Scholten (Filmmore)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iffr.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/PALE_FACES_still-1.jpg\" alt=\".\" \/><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t<details  class=\"rounded-lg group bg-base-300\">\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"flex items-center justify-between gap-2 p-4 list-none cursor-pointer md:py-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"font-heading md:text-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPast winners\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"transition group-open:rotate-90 shrink-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" viewBox=\"0 0 18 18\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<path d=\"M8.29688 0.5625H9.70312C9.82812 0.5625 9.89062 0.625 9.89062 0.75V17.25C9.89062 17.375 9.82812 17.4375 9.70312 17.4375H8.29688C8.17188 17.4375 8.10938 17.375 8.10938 17.25V0.75C8.10938 0.625 8.17188 0.5625 8.29688 0.5625Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<path class=\"transition group-open:opacity-0\" d=\"M1.125 8.10938H16.875C17 8.10938 17.0625 8.17188 17.0625 8.29688V9.70312C17.0625 9.82812 17 9.89062 16.875 9.89062H1.125C1 9.89062 0.9375 9.82812 0.9375 9.70312V8.29688C0.9375 8.17188 1 8.10938 1.125 8.10938Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"px-4 pb-4 -mt-2 md:pb-6 ll-wysiwyg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2025<\/h3>\n<p>Filmmore Post-production Award:\u00a0<strong>The March of the Sunflowers<\/strong>\u00a0by Erik Ricco (Brazil)<br \/>\nFilmmore Work-in-progress Post-production Award:\u00a0<strong>Wild Dogs Don\u2019t Bite<\/strong>\u00a0by Rati Oneli (Georgia\/Luxembourg)<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2024<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Les Diplomates<\/strong>\u00a0by Andreas Fontana (Switzerland\/United Kingdom)<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2023<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Redoubt<\/strong>\u00a0by John Skoog (Sweden)<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2022<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Nightsong<\/strong>\u00a0by\u00a0Maya Da-Rin (Brazil\/France)<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2021<\/h3>\n<p><strong>No Good Men<\/strong>\u00a0(formerly\u00a0<strong>Kabul Jan)<\/strong>\u00a0by Shahrbanoo Sadat (Germany)<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2020<\/h3>\n<p><strong>A Shadow Creeps in Silver Trees<\/strong>\u00a0by John Trengove (South Africa)<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2019<\/h3>\n<p><strong>A House in Jerusalem<\/strong>\u00a0by Muayad Alayan (Palestine)<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2018<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Electrocute<\/strong>\u00a0by\u00a0Gast\u00f3n Solnicki (Argentina)<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2017<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Martyr\u2019s Lane<\/strong>\u00a0by Ruth Platt (United Kingdom)<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">HBF Empowerment Award<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to a private donor, the Hubert Bals Fund is granting for the first time the HBF Empowerment Award, worth \u20ac10,000, to a Darkroom project to empower filmmakers who come from politically challenging contexts or whose work addresses themes such as freedom of expression, displacement, human rights and\/or underrepresented communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/block-accordion\" class=\"aligncenter\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-4 md:gap-6\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<ul data-component=\"accordion\" class=\"flex flex-col gap-2\">\n\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t<details  class=\"rounded-lg group bg-base-300\">\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"flex items-center justify-between gap-2 p-4 list-none cursor-pointer md:py-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"font-heading md:text-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWinners 2026\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"transition group-open:rotate-90 shrink-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" viewBox=\"0 0 18 18\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<path d=\"M8.29688 0.5625H9.70312C9.82812 0.5625 9.89062 0.625 9.89062 0.75V17.25C9.89062 17.375 9.82812 17.4375 9.70312 17.4375H8.29688C8.17188 17.4375 8.10938 17.375 8.10938 17.25V0.75C8.10938 0.625 8.17188 0.5625 8.29688 0.5625Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<path class=\"transition group-open:opacity-0\" d=\"M1.125 8.10938H16.875C17 8.10938 17.0625 8.17188 17.0625 8.29688V9.70312C17.0625 9.82812 17 9.89062 16.875 9.89062H1.125C1 9.89062 0.9375 9.82812 0.9375 9.70312V8.29688C0.9375 8.17188 1 8.10938 1.125 8.10938Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"px-4 pb-4 -mt-2 md:pb-6 ll-wysiwyg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>WINNER:\u00a0<strong>Marina\u00a0<\/strong>by La\u00eds Santos Ara\u00fajo and Pethrus Tib\u00farcio, produced by ColorBird Inc. (Brazil)<\/p>\n<p>Jury statement:<em>\u00a0\u201cWe were seduced by this film from its first images \u2013 the main character\u2019s emotion, motivation and doubts were all there. The jury unanimously decided to award this local story from an underrepresented region, made by underrepresented filmmakers but with global appeal.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Jury: Juliette Duret (BOZAR), Gabrielle Rozing (Imagine Filmdistributie), Jonas Chadarevian (S\u00e3o Paulo International Film Festival, MOSTRA)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iffr.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/MARINA_still_2.png\" alt=\".\" \/><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t<details  class=\"rounded-lg group bg-base-300\">\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"flex items-center justify-between gap-2 p-4 list-none cursor-pointer md:py-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"font-heading md:text-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPast winners\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"transition group-open:rotate-90 shrink-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" viewBox=\"0 0 18 18\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<path d=\"M8.29688 0.5625H9.70312C9.82812 0.5625 9.89062 0.625 9.89062 0.75V17.25C9.89062 17.375 9.82812 17.4375 9.70312 17.4375H8.29688C8.17188 17.4375 8.10938 17.375 8.10938 17.25V0.75C8.10938 0.625 8.17188 0.5625 8.29688 0.5625Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<path class=\"transition group-open:opacity-0\" d=\"M1.125 8.10938H16.875C17 8.10938 17.0625 8.17188 17.0625 8.29688V9.70312C17.0625 9.82812 17 9.89062 16.875 9.89062H1.125C1 9.89062 0.9375 9.82812 0.9375 9.70312V8.29688C0.9375 8.17188 1 8.10938 1.125 8.10938Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"px-4 pb-4 -mt-2 md:pb-6 ll-wysiwyg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>WINNER: Tear Gas<\/strong>\u00a0by Uta Beria, Georgia, France, Germany<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>HBF x PUBLIKUM Audience Outreach Award<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The HBF x PUBLIKUM Audience Outreach Award (\u20ac9,000) 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. 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