{"id":211239,"date":"2021-11-17T15:09:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T14:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iffr.com\/en\/?p=211239"},"modified":"2025-10-03T17:41:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T15:41:32","slug":"hubert-bals-fund-announces-2021-autumn-selection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iffr.com\/en\/hubert-bals-fund-announces-2021-autumn-selection","title":{"rendered":"Hubert Bals Fund announces 2021 autumn selection"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ten projects to receive the HBF Script and Project Development support<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) announces that its Hubert Bals Fund (HBF) has chosen ten film projects to receive\u00a0HBF Script and Project Development support \u2013 a grant of \u20ac10,000 to be spent on project development. The diverse selection spans various genres \u2013 featuring a Guatemalan romance, a journey through the underworld of Dakar, a woman leading her own small-scale revolution in Georgia, and an Indonesian experimental documentary that observes the human-nature relationship in Indonesia’s active stratovolcano Mount Merapi. Selected from 520 submissions by a committee of global industry experts, the\u00a0HBF 2021 autumn selection<\/a>\u00a0features seven female and four male directors, and includes five first-time feature filmmakers.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

HBF interim manager Esther Bannenberg: \u201cThe talent displayed in this autumn\u2019s application round was outstanding, reflecting the array of perspectives and stories that need to be given a platform in the world today. We have the great honour of assisting these filmmakers in pursuing\u00a0<\/strong>their visions,\u00a0<\/strong>and with any luck we can help them find the audiences their talent deserves.\u201d\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Still from\u00a0Fidelidad<\/strong>\u00a0by C\u00e9sar D\u00edaz<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 1989 the Hubert Bals Fund has offered a launchpad for some of the most distinguished filmmakers working today, providing an initial vote of confidence and financial impetus that so often proves a vital first step in a film\u2019s development process. Previously supported directors include Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Shahrbanoo Sadat, Pablo Larra\u00edn, Kleber Mendon\u00e7a Filho, Anita Rocha da Silveira and Lucrecia Martel.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

IFFR Pro manager Marit van den Elshout: \u201cI\u2019m delighted to see such a fantastic selection during my final selection round overseeing the Hubert Bals Fund. Over more than twenty years I\u2019ve witnessed the real difference our contribution can make, and can\u2019t wait to once again see the films that this development support inspires.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Five projects from the HBF Script and Project Development selection with plans for Dutch collaboration will be given extra support by the Netherlands Film Fund. IFFR\u2019s recent partnership with\u00a0Projeto Paradiso<\/a>\u00a0offers the selected Brazilian project with additional support.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

HBF Script and Project Development autumn complete selection:\u00a0<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry<\/strong>, Elene Naveriani, Switzerland, Georgia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Burning Giants<\/strong>, Phuttiphong Aroonpheng, Thailand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cero cincuenta<\/strong>, Mariana Rojas, Argentina<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elephants in the Fog<\/strong>, Abinash Bikram Shah, Nepal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Estoy bien<\/strong>, Alicia Scherson, Chile<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fidelidad<\/strong>, C\u00e9sar D\u00edaz, Guatemala<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Four Girls<\/strong>, Karen Suzane, Clara Ferrer, Brazil<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monisme<\/strong>, Riar Rizaldi, Indonesia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nunca ser\u00e9 polic\u00eda<\/strong>, Carolina Moscoso, Chile<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

P\u00e8nc 13<\/strong>, Selly Raby Kane, Senegal, South Africa<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NFF+HBF Co-production Scheme<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The\u00a0NFF+HBF Co-production Scheme<\/a>\u00a0is a joint initiative with the Netherlands Film Fund to support projects with Dutch co-production partners that were previously supported by the HBF in the development phase. Three projects selected are all to receive the increased award of \u20ac75,000. These are:\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tiger Stripes<\/strong>, Amanda Nell Eu, Malaysia\/Indonesia\/Singapore\/Germany\/France\/Netherlands<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Xenos<\/strong>, Mahdi Fleifel, Denmark\/Greece\/Netherlands<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ze<\/strong>, Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir, France\/Mongolia\/Netherlands\/Germany\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The HBF is thankful for the engagement of the\u00a0Tiger Film Mecenaat<\/a>\u00a0and the Netherlands Film Fund who make these funding schemes possible.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\t

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