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Cate Blanchett-Spearheaded Displacement Film Fund Unveils First Recipients With Selection Committee Including Cynthia Erivo & Agnieszka Holland
Cate Blanchett-Spearheaded Displacement Film Fund Unveils Recipients With Selection Committee Including Cynthia Erivo & Agnieszka Holland
Whispers of a Burning Scent is set against on the day of a pivotal court hearing, as a quiet man faces the unraveling of his marriage and the judgment of his stepchildren, while searching for solace in what once gave his life meaning. Sadat, who fled her home city of Kabul in 2021 after the Taliban took control, first broke through her debut film Wolf and Sheep won the top award in the 2016 Directors’ Fortnight section at Cannes. The Selection Committee, who then determined the final recipients, was chaired by Cate Blanchett and included journalist and documentarian Waad Al Kateab ( We Dare to Dream, For Sama), actor, producer and musician Cynthia Erivo ( Wicked, Drift), director and screenwriter Agnieszka Holland ( Green Border), IFFR Festival Director Vanja Kaludjercic, educator, activist and refugee Aisha Khurram, filmmaker Jonas Poher Rasmussen ( Flee), and Amin Nawabi [alias], an LGBTQ+ asylum seeker who is Jonas’ inspiration for the story of Flee.
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