International Film Festival of Rotterdam’s Hubert Bals Fund (HBF) has selected eight projects for its HBF+Europe: Minority Co-production Support scheme and four projects for its first ever HBF+ Europe: Post-production Scheme.
The projects, all feature debuts aside from one, will receive €60,000 to support either their production or post-production. HBF+Europe supports projects from filmmakers based in Africa, Asia, Latin America, Middle East and parts of Eastern Europe, and encourages European co-production of those projects.
HBF+Europe: Minority Co-production Support 2023
All We Imagine As Light: Payal Kapadia (France, India, Netherlands, Luxembourg)
Lead producer: Chalk & Cheese (India)
Applicant producer: BALDR (Netherlands)
Cotton Queen: Suzannah Mirghani (France, Germany, Palestine)
Lead producer: Philistine Films (Palestine)
Applicant producer: Maneki Films (France)
Elephants In The Fog: Abinash Bikram Shah (Nepal, France)
Lead producer: Underground Talkies (Nepal)
Applicant producer: Les Valseurs (France)
Quatro Meninas: Karen Suzane (Brazil, Netherlands)
Lead producer: Républica Pureza (Brazil)
Applicant producer: PRPL (Netherlands)
Si No Ardemos, Cómo Iluminar La Noche: Kim Torres (Costa Rica, Mexico, France)
Lead producer: Noche Negra (Costa Rica)
Applicant producer: Les films du clan (France)
Tear Gas: Uta Beria (France, Georgia, Belgium)
Lead producer: 1991 Productions (Georgia)
Applicant producer: Tripod Productions (France)
A Useful Ghost: Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke (Thailand, Singapore, France)
Lead producer: 185 Films (Thailand)
Applicant producer: Haut les Mains (France)
A Winner Is Seen At The Start: Zhannat Alshanova (France, Netherlands, Bulgaria, Norway, Kazakhstan)
Lead producer: Accidental Films (Kazakhstan)
Applicant producer: Volya Films (Netherlands)
HBF+Europe: Post-production Support 2023
Athlete: Semih Gulen & Mustafa Emin Büyükcoskun (Turkey, Romania, Germany)
Lead producer: Amok Films (Turkey)
Applicant producer: Tangaj Production (Romania)
Holy Electricity: Vakhtang (Tato) Kotetishvili (Georgia, Netherlands)
Lead producer: Zango Studio (Georgia)
Applicant producer: Stout&Smits in co-production with The Film Kitchen (Netherlands)
Una Sombra Oscilante: Celeste Rojas Mugica (Argentina, Chile, France)
Lead producer: Bomba Cine (Argentina)
Applicant producer: Eaux Vives Productions (France)
The Women: The Maw Naing (Myanmar, France, Singapore, Norway, Korea)
Lead producer: One Point Zero (Myanmar)
Applicant producer: Massala (France)