At Cannes, actor and producer Cate Blanchett announces the second cohort of short-film recipients for her Displacement Film Fund. Across reporting from The Hollywood Reporter, Deadline, and Variety, the grantees named are Mo Amer, Annemarie Jacir, Akuol de Mabior, Bao Nguyen, and Rithy Panh. Jacir is specifically linked to the film project “Palestine 36,” while Panh and de Mabior are also identified as making short films under the same round of support.
The announcements describe the Displacement Film Fund as a program intended to help filmmakers whose work is connected to displacement and refugee experiences. Variety and Deadline also note that the fund was originally initiated at UNHCR’s Global Refugee Forum, and that this second round includes support connected to partners involved with short-form projects.
The credited sources agree on the roster of filmmakers and that the selection is publicly revealed during Cannes coverage. They do not indicate additional details such as budgets or release dates in the provided excerpts.
