{"id":123411,"date":"2024-01-23T10:41:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-23T09:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iffr.com\/en\/?p=123411"},"modified":"2024-08-07T15:58:49","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T13:58:49","slug":"blog-hubert-bals-fund-at-iffr-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iffr.com\/en\/blog-hubert-bals-fund-at-iffr-2024","title":{"rendered":"Hubert Bals Fund at IFFR 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It is our great pleasure to welcome you to another inspiring edition of IFFR on behalf of the Hubert Bals Fund \u2013 an industry pillar ensuring the festival’s unwavering commitment to not just celebrating talent but discovering it and supporting it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Film still: Praia Formosa<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At IFFR 2024 you can find the HBF in the form of films screening across the festival, as well as industry activities \u2013 and look out for our next deadlines following the festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Films in selection<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In the Tiger Competition is Brazilian filmmaker Julia De Simone\u2019s third feature, and first fiction, Praia Formosa<\/strong><\/a>. She presents the story of Muanza, a woman born in the Kingdom of Kongo in the early nineteenth century and trafficked to Brazil, who awakens to find herself in the present, roaming the streets of Rio\u2019s rapidly changing port region, known as \u2018Pequena Africa\u2019, or Little Africa. The ghosts of the past enter the realm of the present as the film grapples with the legacy of colonialism and the role of women in Brazil\u2019s history. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Toma Selivanova\u2019s debut Dolomite and Ash<\/strong><\/a> is a visceral, visually compelling insight into one of the darkest periods in 20th century Russia. In a semi-fictional, semi-autobiographical reflection, a young filmmaker wants to make a film about the legacy of the Gulag, an infamous network of Soviet forced labour camps where most of Stalinist repressions took place. The film has its world premiere in the Bright Future programme. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry<\/span><\/a> screens in Harbour a \u2013 subtly revolutionary portrait of sexual awakening and social resistance. Based on the acclaimed feminist novel, Georgian filmmaker Elene Naveriani conjures a gleaming, delicate drama. The IFFR Young Selectors, local creatives who curate their own programmes, chose the film for <\/span>a special evening at KINO on 1 February with a panel discussion and afterparty. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We caught up with Naveriani to learn more about their process and the impact of the HBF support. Read the interview below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\t

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