Cate Blanchett’s Displacement Film Fund To Support Short Films By Mo Amer, Annemarie Jacir, Rithy Panh, Akuol de Mabior & Bao Nguyen

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Melanie Goodfellow,Nada Aboul Kheir· May 18, 2026 · 12:30 PM UTC ·6 min read · 0 reactions · 0 comments · 33 views

Cate Blanchett’s Displacement Film Fund To Support Short Films By Mo Amer, Annemarie Jacir, Rithy Panh, Akuol de Mabior & Bao Nguyen

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Cate Blanchett's Displacement Film Fund will support short films by several filmmakers including Mo Amer and Annemarie Jacir. Each selected filmmaker will receive a production grant of €100,000 to create their projects. The completed films are set to premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2027.

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▪The Displacement Film Fund is aimed at supporting displaced filmmakers.
▪Filmmakers receiving grants include Rithy Panh, Akuol de Mabior, and Bao Nguyen.
▪Each filmmaker will receive €100,000 to produce their short films.

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3 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 2 hours. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: lean left. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.

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▪ Cate Blanchett Reveals Displacement Film Fund Grantees Including Mo Amer, Bao Nguyen, Annemarie Jacir, Akuol de Mabior and Rithy Panh — Variety
▪ Cate Blanchett Reveals Mo Amer, Bao Nguyen, ‘Palestine 36’ Director Annemarie Jacir as Displacement Film Fund Recipients in Cannes — The Hollywood Reporter

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Rithy Panh, Akuol de Mabior, Mo Amer, Annemarie Jacir, Bao Nguye IFFR Cate Blanchett has announced that her Displacement Film Fund (DFF) will be getting behind short films by Mo Amer, Annemarie Jacir, Akuol de Mabior, Rithy Panh and Bao Nguyen in a press conference at the Cannes Film Festival Palestinian American comedian-writer-director Amer, who is best known for his Mo Amer Netflix shows as well as his appearances on Ramy Youssef’s Ramy, is working on Return to Sender about a Palestinian standup comedian dealing with a variety of immigration rules as he embarks on a world tour.

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