IBF-supported filmmakers at IDFA 2026

International Competition 

• Tala Hadid (director, producer) – Bardi – Morocco 
• Khadim Dai (director), Ilyas Yourish (producer) – Hazara Town – Belgium 
• Isabel Joffily (director, producer), Rita Toledo (director) – Morro Grande – Brazil 

Envision Competition 

• Alejandro Alonso Estrella (director), Daniela Munoz Barroso (producer), Boris Prieto (producer) – Bahia Honda – Cuba, France 
• Ager Oueslati (director, producer), Thomas Kaske (producer) – You Don’t Die Two Times – Algeria, Germany 

 Luminous 

• Bo Yang (director), Xiaofei Xu (producer), Fabrice Morrin (coproducer) – Agaar – China, France 
• Marjan Khosravi (director), Milad Khosravibaledi (producer)  – Dreams of the Wild Oaks – Iran 
• Hussein Al-asadi (director, producer), Huda Al-Khadimi (producer) – She Was Not Alone – Iraq 

 Frontlight 

• Ricardo Martensen (director), Eliane Ferreira (producer) – Regarding Memory and Neglect – Brazil 

 Best of Fests 

• Nong Nhat Quang (director), Trang Dao Thi Minh (producer) – Baby Jackfruit Baby Guava – Vietnam 
• Asmahan Bkerat (director), Ban Maraqa (producer) – Concrete Land – Jordan, Palestine 
• Francisco Marise (director, producer), Ezequiel Segui (producer) – Truck Driver – Argentina 
• Dongnan Chen (director), Kay Xu (producer) – Whispers in May – Hong Kong 

Guest of Honor IDFA 2026 – Tatiana Huezo 

• Tatiana Huezo (director) – The Echo – Mexico, Germany
• Tatiana Huezo (director) – Tempestad – Mexico

Forum Pitch

• Pallavi Paul (director), Shaunak Sen (producer) – How Loves Moves – India
• Lay Thida (director) – Sisters in War – Myanmar 

Rough Cut Presentations

• Chi Hang Ma (director), Cathering Chan (producer) – Moon is Watching You – Hong Kong 

• Bo Yang (director), Xiaofei Xu (producer), Fabrice Morrin (coproducer) – Agaar – China, France 
• Nong Nhat Quang (director), Trang Dao Thi Minh (producer) – Baby Jackfruit Baby Guava – Vietnam 
• Alejandro Alonso Estrella (director), Daniela Munoz Barroso (producer), Boris Prieto (producer) – Bahia Honda – Cuba, France 
• Tala Hadid (director, producer)– Bardi – Morocco 
• Facundo Rodriguez Alonso (director) – The Expansion – Argentina 
• Khadim Dai (director), Ilyas Yourish (producer) – Hazara Town – Belgium 
• Isabel Joffily (director, producer), Rita Toledo (director) – Morro Grande – Brazil 
• Ricardo Martensen (director), Eliane Ferreira (producer) – Regarding Memory and Neglect – Brazil 
• Hussein Al-asadi (director, producer), Huda Al-Khadimi (producer) – She Was Not Alone – Iraq 
• Taisiia Kutuzova (director) – Shut the Fuck Up – Ukraine 
• Yuliia Hontaruk (director), Alexandra Bratyshchenko (producer), Uldis Cekulis (coproducer) – To Die To Live – Ukraine, Latvia 
• Francisco Marise (director, producer), Ezequiel Segui (producer) – Truck Driver – Argentina 
• Dongnan Chen (director), Kay Xu (producer) – Whispers in May – Hong Kong 
• Ager Oueslati (director, producer), Thomas Kaske (producer) – You Don’t Die Two Times – Algeria, Germany

• Laura Garcia Cordon (director) – Paper Tower – Guatemala 
• Omkar Khandagale (director, producer) – An Eventual Calamity of Time – India 
• Mariana Luiza (director) – Freedom is no fear – Brazil 
• Trang Thi Zuan Nguyen (director, producer) – Land of Evanescence – Vietnam 
• Hussein Al-asadi (director, producer) – She Was Not Alone – Iraq 

• Angel Giovanni Hoyos (director), Natalia Imaz (coproducer) – Before the Fire – Colombia, Germany 
• Iheb Abidi (director, producer), Dhia Jerbi (coproducer) – Gorbej – Tunisia, France 
• Ali Essafi (director, producer) – Looking for Bacchus – Morocco 
• Erhan Arik (director), Meryem Yavuz (producer) – Our Seeds – Turkey 
• Darya Bassel (producer) – Red Zone – Ukraine