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Cate Blanchett Talks Newly Launched Displacement Film Fund: ‘It’s the Beginning of Something Wonderful’
Talking about the newly launched Displacement Film Fund at IFFR, Cate Blanchett teased: “It’s the beginning of something wonderful.”
Tamara Tatishvili, head of Hubert Bals Fund, explained that “the vision is to start operating on a pilot scale.” Up to five short films will be financed. The industry, in a lot of ways, is in a freefall, so it’s an opportunity to turn it into something more exciting.” Oftentimes, a feature film becomes “conservative and formulaic,” also because of “that dreaded three-act structure,” threatening its original elements. Koji Yanai, both a film producer and a board director of Uniqlo parent company the Fast Retailing Group, stressed that in order to “tackle these issues from multiple angles,” it’s crucial to “join [forces] and unite.”
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