# Cate Blanchett, Shahrbanoo Sadat & Mohammad Rasoulof Bring Displacement Film Fund To Tokyo With Help From ‘Godzilla’ Filmmaker Takashi Yamazaki

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/cate-blanchett-shahrbanoo-sadat-mohammad-rasoulof-bring-displacement-film-fund-to-tokyo-with-help-from-godzilla-filmmaker-takashi-yamazaki/
- Published: 2026-10-30T06:22:35+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-30T07:49:46+00:00
- Original publisher: Deadline
- Original article: https://deadline.com/2026/10/cate-blanchett-shahrbanoo-sadat-mohammad-rasoulof-tokyo-1237209297/
- Topics: Entertainment, Film

## Key points

- The fund’s first five short films screened in Tokyo.
- Cate Blanchett says the project supports displaced filmmakers.
- Takashi Yamazaki praised the films and their selection.

## Summary

Cate Blanchett’s Displacement Film Fund presented its first five short films at the Tokyo Film Festival, with Blanchett and fund directors Shahrbanoo Sadat and Mohammad Rasoulof taking part in a post-screening discussion. The project aims to bring more stories by filmmakers who have experienced displacement to wider audiences, while recognising that displacement does not define their identities or work.

The films were Maryna Er Gorbach’s *Rotation*, Sadat’s *Super Afghan Gym*, Hasan Kattan’s *Allies in Exile*, Mo Harawe’s *Whispers of a Burning Scent* and Rasoulof’s *Sense of Water*. Blanchett said one in 70 people worldwide is displaced and described short films as a space for experimentation; Takashi Yamazaki, the *Godzilla Minus One* filmmaker, praised the selection. Launched in 2025, the fund has a second cohort that includes Mo Amer, Annemarie Jacir, Akuol de Mabior, Rithy Panh and Bao Nguyen.

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