Hubert Bals Fund
Programme IFFR Unleashed
Overview of films
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La Flor (Parte 2)
Some time in the 1980s, in the Argentine pampas, four female spies have to successfully complete ‘Operation Hercules’. In the morning,
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The Orphanage
Bollywood-film nostalgia colours the experiences of fifteen-year-old Qodrat, who ends up in an orphanage during Afghanistan’s 1980s Soviet-or
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La Flor (Parte 1)
Monumental masterpiece in two episodes: a B-film about a scary mummy and a musical drama mixed with a real mystery.
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Kékszakállú
This highly praised first fiction film by Argentine talent Solnicki (Papirosen, IFFR 2012) is a beautifully filmed portrait of several young daught
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Black Blood
Not everything is progress in China. Less and less rain means that the inhabitants of Inner Mongolia have to do everything to survive. For instance
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The Joy
Luiza (16) has had enough of stories about the end of the world. On Christmas Eve, her cousin is shot; a few weeks later she bumps into him as a gh
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The Fever
Hypnotic drama about a native Amazonian whose life is disrupted when his daughter tells him she wants to study in Brasilia.
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In April the Following Year, There Was a Fire
A poetic title, almost a film description, that demands some close reading. Just like the film, which – as a visual poem – doesn’
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The Day I Lost My Shadow
A young Syrian mother’s search for bottled gas ends in a panic-stricken journey. Awarded Best Debut in Venice.
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Soul of Sand
A very Indian film in very Indian surroundings, yet not a very Indian film. A guard keeps watch strictly but pointlessly at a deserted mine. When a
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Rio Belongs to Us
After receiving a strange picture postcard, Marina knows there’s nothing else to it but to return to Rio de Janeiro, the beautiful city that
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Reimon
Her days consist of commuting and cleaning all over Buenos Aires. While Reimon vacuums, her wealthy clients read to each other, fascinated, from Ma