Short Film News (SFN) - Amsterdam Documentary Festival's Jan Vrijman Fund selected 21 projects for the first selection round of 2009.

The fund considered 248 projects from 42 countries and in total, an amount of € 223.900 was granted to chosen projects.

The committee selected five projects for script and project development, ten projects for production and post-production, as well as six festivals and/or workshops.

The selected projects are:

Script and Project Development
Le chemin du sable by Andrey Diarra, Mali
I Belong to the Second Wealthy Generation by Weiwei Shen, China
The Pink Gang by Nishtha Jain, India
Yakada Yaka - The Iron Demon by Jude Ratnam and Sudesh De Silva, Sri Lanka
Eurochaos 2012 by Dmytro Tiazhlov, Ukraine

Production and Post-production
Nos Ambassadeurs by Delphe Kifouani, Senegal
Bring Back our Mothers and Fathers by Vincent Moloi, South Africa
One Day ahead of Democracy by Amlan Datta, India
Through the Eyes of a Donkey: Donkeymentary by Arman Yeritsyan, Armenia
Out of Place by Diego Mondaca, Bolivia
Soulless by Sebastian Moreno, Chile
Sins of My Father by Nicolas Entel, Colombia
Fraylandia by Ramiro Ozer Ami and Sebastian Mayayo, Uruguay
Therapies in Tehran by Sou Abadi, Iran
Waiting for Heaven by Awatif Aljedaili, Palestine

Other Activities
2009 Beijing International Documentary Film Forum, Channel Zero Media, China
At Stake on Tour in Indonesia, Kalyana Shira Foundation, Indonesia
Doc a Tunis, Association Ness El Fen, Tunisia
Palestine from Dawn to Dusk, Shashat, Palestine
Production and Editing Workshop in DRC, Suka!, Democratic Republic of the Congo
3rd Festidoc Paraguay 2009, Hugo Gamarra, Paraguay