The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) Hubert Balls Fund has selected twelve feature films for its development support scheme, with each project supported by €10,000 ($10,500) in production financing. The fund has been selected after receiving more than 1,150 submissions, a new record.
Several IFFR alumni filmmakers are among the recipients. Brazilian filmmaker Lilla-e-Hilla, whose… Levante won the Youth Jury Award at IFFR 2024, will receive support for Golden Ballsa dark musical comedy. Madhavan Murali, who won the Tiger Special Jury Award. Kiss the vegangets backing for his new project. MTV ie Mars to Venus.
Palestinian filmmaker Muayad Ilyan who is famous. Reports on Sarah and Salem And A house in JerusalemGets funding for A conversation with the sea. The film follows a Palestinian man ordered to pay off his late son’s debt.
of Christopher Murray Big stones It will be one of the first Chilean fiction features shot on Rapa Nui (Easter Island), while Indonesian filmmaker Kamila Andini will receive Hubert Balls funding. Four seasons in Java. Other notable projects include Ona Ganjak. How did Melissa blow a fuse? and Daphne Xu’s Crocodile Notes. The complete selection also includes Darya Zouk. Exactly what it sounds like.of Theo Montoya false positiveElene Mikaberidze’s Peach flavorand by Kasım Ördek Bye for now.
Tamara Tatishvili, head of the fund, noted that the selected filmmakers share an active approach to storytelling amid current challenges, choosing to speak through their artistry rather than remain silent.
The Hubert Balls Fund focuses on filmmakers from countries where local film funding and infrastructure are lacking or politically restricted. The fund collaborates closely with IFFR’s other industrial activities, including its talent development section and co-production market CineMart.
Previous Hubert Balls grant recipients include Payal Kapadia. We think of everything as light. And the child by Marcelo Caetano, both winners of this year’s Cannes Film Festival; Tato Kotetishvili’s Holy lightningWinner of the Golden Leopard at Locarno’s Concorso Cineasti del Presente program, highlighting first and second features; And of mehndi falafel On an unknown landwhich informed audiences at this year’s Thessaloniki Film Festival.
The 54th edition of IFFR runs from Jan. 30 to Feb. 9. The festival will unveil its full program on December 17.
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