Hubert Bals Fund
Overview of films
-
Kumar Talkies
‘Cinema verité’ documentary juxtaposes the real world of a village in India, where the economic crisis makes life uncertain, with the imaginary world
-
The Island Funeral
A couple of young people drive out of town for a long journey. It could well be a Thai Jules and Jim. On the way, it however becomes clear that the wo
-
Yo
Yo, a strong man with a childlike spirit, lives with his mother in a chicken restaurant by a Mexican highway. He adores her, but not her guy. The film
-
Year Without a Summer
A sensitive film, constructed as ebb and flow. In the first part, old friends look back on their childhood by the light of the moon. In the second par
-
Verano de Goliat
Pereda is rapidly acquiring admirers for his equally rapidly expanding, cohesive oeuvre. The fifth film is a beautiful mix of fiction and documentary,
-
Vanishing Point
A serious film about serious, complex issues (including a dramatic car crash), presented in a light, playful way. The film follows two very different
-
The Orphanage
Bollywood-film nostalgia colours the experiences of fifteen-year-old Qodrat, who ends up in an orphanage during Afghanistan’s 1980s Soviet-oriented pe
-
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 ghost
-
The Fever
Hypnotic drama about a native Amazonian whose life is disrupted when his daughter tells him she wants to study in Brasilia.
-
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.
-
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 fl
-
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 her