DUBAI: Cate Blanchett returned to the Cannes Film Festival this week to unveil the second cohort of filmmakers selected for the Displacement Film Fund, a global initiative supporting stories shaped by migration, exile and forced displacement. The Oscar-winning actor and UNHCR Global Goodwill Ambassador appeared at Cannes alongside US Palestinian comedian and filmmaker Mo Amer and acclaimed Palestinian director Annemarie Jacir, whose projects are among five new films selected for the initiative. Also joining the 2026 cohort are filmmakers Akuol de Mabior, Bao Nguyen and Rithy Panh.

Rithy Panh and Akuol de Mabior will also make short films under the second round of the grant scheme backed by the star and the International Film Festival Rotterdam’s Hubert Bals…

Cate Blanchett announced Mo Amer, Annemarie Jacir, Akuol de Mabior, Bao Nguyen & Rithy Panh as the second cohort for the Displacement Film Fund.