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A year after launching the Displacement Film Fund at the 2025 International Film Festival Rotterdam, Oscar-winning actor Cate Blanchett is set to return to the Dutch festival to present the first batch of short films to come out of the groundbreaking program. The titles, which include new short films by “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” director Mohammad Rasoulof and “Klondike” helmer Maryna Er Gorbach, will screen in Rotterdam on Jan. 30. You can find the full selection of films below.

Speaking exclusively with Variety ahead of the festival, Blanchett says she could “not be more excited” to share the films with the world. “The stories and the filmmakers’ approach to the experience of being displaced are deeply personal and heartbreaking, with moments of absurdity in them as well. They are as diverse and exciting as I could have hoped.”

Blanchett, also a Unhcr Goodwill Ambassador, launched the Displacement Film Fund last…

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