Exclusive: The Palestine Film Institute (Pfi) has launched the Palestine Film Fund (Pff) to support Palestinian filmmakers worldwide in creating authentic narratives and taking control of their own images and stories.

The body will present the fund at the Cannes Film Festival on Monday, in an event at its pavilion in the Marché du Film’s International Village. Palestine is represented in Cannes Official Selection this year by Tarzan Nasser and Arab Nasser’s Once Upon A Time In Gaza, which premieres in Un Certain Regard.

The fund will offer grants worth between €5,000 ($5.5k) to €15,000 ($16.7k) to short and feature film projects at various stages of development and production.

All Palestinian filmmakers working in challenging circumstances will be eligible for the fund, regardless of their place of residence or nationality. Priority will be given to directors based in Palestine, in lower income countries, or in regions where discrimination against Palestinian...