Announced: the recipient of the NFF + IBF Minority Co-production grant
The IDFA Bertha Fund and the Netherlands Film Fund are delighted to announce this year’s NFF + IBF Minority Co-production selection. A grant of €50,000 has been awarded to a documentary project with a Dutch co-producer to support its realization.
Launched in 2019, the NFF + IBF Minority Co-production funding scheme sets out to support international co-productions previously supported by the IDFA Bertha Fund and that have a minority Dutch co-producer.
The project selected is Oma by Armin Septiexan Radja Djawa, a familiar name to IDFA. In 2024, the filmmaking team received the IBF Classic grant for production and co-production, and only recently it received the IBF Europe – Minority Co-production grant.
Selected project
Oma
Indonesia, Philippines, dir. Armin Septiexan Radja Djawa –prod. Ammu Hawu (ID), co-prod: BALDR Film B.V. (NL), Popple Pictures (PH), Les Films de l’oeil sauvage (FR)
Mikael (20) finds himself caught between two grandmothers and a painful family history. Oma Net (85) is ready to reveal her tragic past, but Mamie Tualaka — whose late husband may have played a role in that very tragedy — stands in the way. Caught in the middle, Mikael sets out on a journey to uncover the truth about his family’s buried past.
