HBF Archive
Below you can find an overview of the Hubert Bals Fund's activities over the years, including the selections that were made by the fund, the HBF-funded films that were screened at IFFR, and the HBF's annual reports.
Complete Results 1988–2024
This document (updated January 2024) gives a complete and conclusive overview of all projects that have been supported by the Hubert Bals Fund since its establishment in 1988.
Recent selections
HBF+EU 2023
Script and Project Development 2023
NFF+HBF Fall 2023
Annual reports
Read the HBF annual reports here.
- IFFR Facts & figures 2022-23
- Annual report 2021-2022
- Annual report 2020-2021
- Annual report 2019-2020
- Annual report 2018-2019 - pages 30 - 33 (PDF 3,3 MB)
- Annual report 2017-2018 - pages 28 - 32 (PDF 7,2 MB)
- Annual report 2016-2017 (PDF 2,1 MB)
- Annual report 2015-2016 (PDF 1,2 MB)
- Annual report 2014-2015 (PDF 1,5 MB)
- Annual report 2013-2014 (PDF 2,2 MB)
- Annual report 2012-2013 (PDF 2,1 MB)
- Annual report 2011-2012 (PDF 2,8 MB)
- Annual report 2010-2011 (PDF 3,9 MB)
HBF-supported films at IFFR
Each year, completed films supported by the Hubert Bals Fund are screened at International Film Festival Rotterdam: an ideal launching platform for independent cinema from across the globe.
HBF Leaders
From 2010 to 2013 the HBF commissioned leaders that would screen before all Hubert Bals Fund-supported films at IFFR.
- 2013 HBF Leader Lublae by Anocha Suwichakornpong
- 2012 HBF Leader Copia imperfecta by José Luis Torres Leiva
- 2011 HBF Leader Ars colonia by Raya Martin
- 2010 HBF Leader by Lisandro Alonso
HBF Audience Award
Stills from HBF-supported films (selection)
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Other blog posts on Hubert Bals Fund
07 May 2024
Ten projects are the latest to be awarded by the Hubert Bals Fund's HBF+Europe support schemes.
Five Cannes titles supported by IFFR
Films backed by the Hubert Bals Fund and presented at CineMart and Darkroom feature at Cannes.
IFFR-backed titles at the Berlinale 2024
Hubert Bals Fund celebrates its impact on the careers of filmmakers as several films win prizes in Berlin.
"I want to encourage viewers to discover this world, to not let it disappear."
The selected projects had the shared desire to forge new creative paths and to recover lost narratives.