CineMart, the co-production market of International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), has selected four projects to take part in Safe Harbour, a new market initiative for stateless and at-risk filmmakers.
Safe Harbour, which will run as a pilot edition during CineMart (February 1-4), highlights projects in development from emerging filmmakers who have experienced displacement or forced migration. The list of four projects is below.
Each will take part in a tailored series of meetings with producers, funds and industry partners. In preparation, the filmmakers will be given online mentorship, followed by an in-person workshop ahead of CineMart, aimed at preparing and strengthening their project materials for market participation.
Safe Harbour has been developed in collaboration with the Athens-based International Emerging Film Talent Fund (IEFTF) and is supported by Creative Europe MEDIA 360.
Meanwhile, IFFR Pro is expanding its emerging producers’ workshop Rotterdam Lab with a new Creators Lab for writers and directors. The Lab has also announced five further producers selected for Rotterdam Lab through an open call. For 2026, the participants are: May Jabareen (Palestine), Hiba Louis (Lebanon), Iván Moscovich (Argentina), Natália Pavlove (Czech Republic) and Audrey Restetuta Tanya (Kenya).
Additionally, 2026 will see the IFFR’s Hubert Bals Fund team host a celebration of all alumni and supported filmmakers at the HBF Reunion Day.
The four Safe Harbour projects:
The Beer Girl In Yangon, dir. Sein Lyan Tun (Myanmar)
Prods: KawanKawan Media (Indo), In Vivo Films (Fr), Loaded Films (Japan), Momo Film Co (Sing), Daluyong Studios (Phil)
Hidden Journey, dir. Noura Adil (Sudan)
Prod. Weika Production (Sudan & Rwanda)
Last Trip, dir. Ziad Kalthoum (Syria)
Prods. Mayana Films (Ger), Tiresias Films (Fr), Endorfina Studio (Pol)
Shall We Meet Again?, dirs. Amjad Sokkar and Woroud Alqassas (Palestine)
Prod: Dessi Films (Egypt)
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