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Cate Blanchett Talks Launching Displacement Film Fund During A “Really Turbulent Time” — Rotterdam
Cate Blanchett appeared alongside 'Perfect Days' producer Koji Yanai, 'For Sama' director Waad Al-Kateab & 'Flee' director Jonas Rasmussen.
Blanchett will head the selection committee for the fund, which also includes Al-Kateab, Rasmussen, Cynthia Erivo, Agnieszka Holland, IFFR’s Vanja Kaludjercic, Aisha Khurram and Amin Nawabi, among others. Perfect Days producer Yanai, who has an extensive corporate background — most recently also working as the senior executive officer of Fast Retailing Group — shared how the Oscar-nominated film grew from a public toilet innovation project in Tokyo in 2018 called “The Tokyo Toilet.” He highlighted how great filmmakers can always push important social messages in creative ways through film without having to be too didactic. “But for that to be achieved, we thought that it would be very important that we acknowledge the pilot and know that this is something which we are using to engage more partners and creating afterwards a legacy plan, hopefully with an open selection and application process.”
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