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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

Hubert Bals Fund

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  • Hubert Bals Fund at IFFR 2024

    It is our great pleasure to welcome you to another inspiring edition of IFFR on behalf of the Hubert Bals Fund – an industry pillar ensuring the festival’s unwavering commitment to not just celebrating talent but discovering it and supporting it. At IFFR 2024 you can find the HBF in the form of films screening […]

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  • NFF+HBF scheme awards projects from Chile and Singapore

    Through the Hubert Bals Fund’s collaboration with the Netherlands Film Fund, projects by Singaporean filmmaker Siyou Tan and Chilean animators Joaquín Cociña and Cristóbal León will each be awarded €75,000 in the second 2023 support round of the NFF+HBF: Co-production scheme. The awards are another helping hand to the projects on their way to completion, […]

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  • Hubert Bals Fund development selection 2023

    The Hubert Bals Fund (HBF), IFFR’s film fund, has chosen ten feature film projects to each be awarded a grant of €10,000 to support their development. Read the full selection below! The fund underscores its commitment to fostering new and diverse voices from across the globe, backing a majority in the selection who are embarking […]

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  • Tamara Tatishvili appointed new Head of the Hubert Bals Fund

    We have appointed Tamara Tatishvili as the new Head of the Hubert Bals Fund (HBF), IFFR’s film fund. Tatishvili has extensive experience across many areas of the international film industry as a strategy consultant, leader, producer and programmer. Amongst a host of notable positions, Tatishvili worked for several years as Director of the Georgian National […]

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  • HBF+Europe 2023

    From a doping weightlifter, runaway slaves, a high-school swimming team and LED-crucifix salesmen, all the way to a vacuum-cleaning ghost, the HBF+Europe selection for 2023 is full of audacious stories that span the globe. This year, the Hubert Bals Fund is delighted it can further support ambitious filmmaking thanks to a new HBF+Europe: Post-production Support […]

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  • Introducing: IFFR Pro Darkroom

    IFFR Pro talks to creatives on two of its Darkroom projects: Holy Electricity and Floating With Spirits.

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