{"id":44578,"date":"2024-04-30T14:59:29","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T12:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iffr.com\/en\/?page_id=44578"},"modified":"2025-12-22T17:13:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T16:13:33","slug":"pro-hub","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iffr.com\/en\/iffr-pro\/pro-hub","title":{"rendered":"Pro Hub"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-intro-font-size\">The Pro Hub welcomes industry guests and filmmakers to join panels, workshops and mentor meetings \u2013 providing a meeting place and networking environment for the whole filmmaking and professional community at the festival. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/iffr.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/01-02-25_Jan_de_Groen_ProHub_1I6A9779A.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-213595\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Pro Hub 2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>At IFFR 2026, we&#8217;ll also again welcome industry guests and filmmakers to join panels, workshops and mentor sessions. 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I\u2019ve made 11 films and I\u2019m still designing what I\u2019m doing next.\u201d<\/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-samm-haillay-on-pro-hub-mentoring-at-iffr-2025\"\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 the interview\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 1.053 1.053Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/><\/svg>\n\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"overflow-hidden rounded-lg image:h-full image:aspect-video image:object-cover image:w-full lg:order-first lg:basis-5\/12\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"729\" src=\"https:\/\/iffr.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/AngenietB20250402_ProHub-5-1200x729.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1744892827\" class=\"attachment-video_lg size-video_lg\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"auto, 530px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/block-cta\">\n\t\t<div data-component=\"cta\">\n\t<div class=\"relative flex flex-col gap-4 p-8 md:p-16 text-base bg-base-300 rounded-lg \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"text-lg md:text-xl font-heading\">Contact the team<\/h2>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-md md:text-lg\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>For any questions, get in touch with the Pro Hub team: Nikolas Montaldi, Jiri Pecinovsky and Luca Dimauro.<\/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-secondary  \"\n\t\t\thref=\"mailto:prohub@IFFR.com\"\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\tEmail prohub@IFFR.com\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:translate-x-2 group-focus-visible:translate-x-2 flex items-center justify-center w-[1em] h-[1em] icon group-expanded:hidden\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t<svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"m23.575 13.022-8.639 8.638a1.442 1.442 0 0 1-2.04-2.04l6.18-6.177H1.44a1.44 1.44 0 0 1 0-2.88h17.637l-6.178-6.18a1.442 1.442 0 0 1 2.04-2.04l8.638 8.638a1.44 1.44 0 0 1-.002 2.04Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/><\/svg>\n\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Supported by<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"134\" src=\"https:\/\/iffr.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/EU-flag-Crea-EU-MEDIA-8.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-119656\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pro Hub welcomes industry guests and filmmakers to join panels, workshops and mentor meetings \u2013 providing a meeting place and networking environment for the whole filmmaking and professional community at the festival. 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