For the second selection round of 2011, the fund considered 404 projects from more than 40 different countries. In total, an amount of € 179.600 was granted to 19 projects. The committee selected five projects for script and project development, ten projects for production and post-production, and four festivals and/or workshops.
The selection committee:
The selection committee for this round consisted of Ally Derks (director of IDFA and JVF), Adriek van Nieuwenhuijzen (head of Industry IDFA), Carmen Cobos (producer), Don Edkins (filmmaker/producer), Iikka Vehkalahti (commissioning editor of YLE Television), Isabel Arrate Fernandez (manager Jan Vrijman Fund), Jan Rofenkamp (sales agent), Kees Rijninks (consultant), Martijn te Pas (programme coordinator IDFA), Rada Sesic (filmmaker) and Peter Wintonick (filmmaker/producer).
Script and Project Development
- White Bastards by Edvine Maloba, Kenya
- Songs From The Building by Chanrasmey Koam, Cambodia
- And Then We Arrived by Vishwajyoti Ghosh, India
- Whose Country by Mohamed Siam, Egypt
- Anonymous project
Production and Postproduction
- Kinshasa Makambo by Nira Masumbuko Dilungani, Democratic Republic Congo
- Woman With A Camera by Karima Zoubir, Morocco
- Afghanistan’s Last 10 Years Democracy by Jawed Taiman, Afghanistan
- Red Wedding by Guillaume P. Suon and Lida Chan, Cambodia
- The Rat Race by Miriam Chandy Menacherry, India
- Powerless by Fahad Mustafa, India
- Accidental Muay Thai Boys by Ekachai Uekrongtham, Thailand
- Juana Bacallao, The Last Diva by Rosana Matecki, Venezuela/Cuba
- Our Lady Of Concrete: Mexico City by Francisco Vargas, Mexico
- Cal Summits by Luis Ilizarbe, Peru
Other Activities