The Hubert Bals Fund (Hbf) of the Rotterdam International Film Festival (Iffr) has selected eight film projects from seven countries across Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East to receive script and project development grants totaling €80,000.
Two film projects from Turkey and Nepal, produced by Topkapi Films and Waterland Film have been selected for the first round of The Netherlands Film Fund + Hubert Bals Fund Coproduction Scheme 2015.
Hubert Bals Fund Spring 2015 selection
In its Spring 2015 selection round, the Hbf supports eight outstanding film projects with a contribution towards their script and project development, among which four projects from first-time feature filmmakers (Alice Furtado, Maya Da-Rin, Hugo Gimenez and Kaouther Ben Hania) and four projects directed by women: "Sick Sick Sick," "The Fever," "Beauty and the Dogs" and "Barzagh."
Other highlights include a new project by Santiago Loza: "Brief Story from the Green Planet."Loza’s debut film "Extraño" (2003) was supported by Hbf and won a Tiger Award at Iffr 2003. In 2006 he returned to Iffr with "4 Mujeres Descalzas," which was also supported by Hbf and presented at CineMart in 2004.
"Three Missing Policemen" is the new film by Chinese director Ju Anqi, whose film "Poet on a Business Trip" had its world premiere at Iffr 2015, winning the Netpac Award. Following the events in the lives of three policemen, the film shows the rapid changes in Chinese society within the last three decades.
Alice Furtado’s short "Duel Before Nightfall" was shown at Iffr in 2012. Now the Hbf supports her first feature "Sick Sick Sick," a physical and heartbreaking genre defying love story between two teenagers.
Two international co-productions supported by Hbf+Nff
Two film projects, coproduced by Topkapi Films and Waterland Film, have been selected for the first round of the Nff+Hbf Coproduction Scheme 2015. The projects will receive production grants of € 50.000, provided by the Netherlands Film Fund. Topkapi Films coproduces "Something Useful" by Pelin Esmer (Turkey), Waterland Film coproduces "White Sun" by Deepak Rauniyar (Nepal).
"Something Useful is Pelin Esmer’s third feature film. The project received Hbf Script & Project Development support in 2014. Her previous films "10 to 11" and "Watchtower" both screened at Iffr.
"Something Useful" is produced by Mars Prodüksiyon (Turkey) and coproduced by SinefilM (Turkey), Les Films de L'Après-Midi (France) and Topkapi Films (The Netherlands).
"White Sun," Nepali director Deepak Rauniyar’s second feature film, was supported by Hbf for Script & Project Development in 2013 and was subsequently selected for the Boost! coaching trajectory, a joint initiative of Iffr’s Hubert Bals Fund, CineMart, the Binger Filmlab and the National Film Development Corporation of India.
"White Sun" is produced by Aadi Production (Nepal), Louverture Films (USA) and is coproduced by Waterland Film (The Netherlands).
Hbf Script & Project Development Spring 2015 Selection
"Barzagh" – Saodat Ismailova, Uzbekistan
"Beauty and the Dogs" – Kaouther Ben Hania, Tunisia
"Brief Story from the Green Planet" – Santiago Loza, Argentina
"The Fever" – Maya Da-Rin, Brazil
"Killing the Dead" – Hugo Gimenez, Paraguay
"Sick Sick Sick" – Alice Furtado, Brazil
"Tehran: City of Love" – Ali Jaberansari, Iran
"The Three Missing Policemen" - Ju Anqi, China
A script and project development grant can be used for the further development of the script or presentation of the project to financiers or other potential partners at (international) co-production meetings or film festivals.
Projects selected for The Netherlands Film Fund + Hubert Bals Fund Coproduction Scheme:
"White Sun" - Deepak Rauniyar, Nepal
"Something Useful" - Pelin Esmer, Turkey...
Two film projects from Turkey and Nepal, produced by Topkapi Films and Waterland Film have been selected for the first round of The Netherlands Film Fund + Hubert Bals Fund Coproduction Scheme 2015.
Hubert Bals Fund Spring 2015 selection
In its Spring 2015 selection round, the Hbf supports eight outstanding film projects with a contribution towards their script and project development, among which four projects from first-time feature filmmakers (Alice Furtado, Maya Da-Rin, Hugo Gimenez and Kaouther Ben Hania) and four projects directed by women: "Sick Sick Sick," "The Fever," "Beauty and the Dogs" and "Barzagh."
Other highlights include a new project by Santiago Loza: "Brief Story from the Green Planet."Loza’s debut film "Extraño" (2003) was supported by Hbf and won a Tiger Award at Iffr 2003. In 2006 he returned to Iffr with "4 Mujeres Descalzas," which was also supported by Hbf and presented at CineMart in 2004.
"Three Missing Policemen" is the new film by Chinese director Ju Anqi, whose film "Poet on a Business Trip" had its world premiere at Iffr 2015, winning the Netpac Award. Following the events in the lives of three policemen, the film shows the rapid changes in Chinese society within the last three decades.
Alice Furtado’s short "Duel Before Nightfall" was shown at Iffr in 2012. Now the Hbf supports her first feature "Sick Sick Sick," a physical and heartbreaking genre defying love story between two teenagers.
Two international co-productions supported by Hbf+Nff
Two film projects, coproduced by Topkapi Films and Waterland Film, have been selected for the first round of the Nff+Hbf Coproduction Scheme 2015. The projects will receive production grants of € 50.000, provided by the Netherlands Film Fund. Topkapi Films coproduces "Something Useful" by Pelin Esmer (Turkey), Waterland Film coproduces "White Sun" by Deepak Rauniyar (Nepal).
"Something Useful is Pelin Esmer’s third feature film. The project received Hbf Script & Project Development support in 2014. Her previous films "10 to 11" and "Watchtower" both screened at Iffr.
"Something Useful" is produced by Mars Prodüksiyon (Turkey) and coproduced by SinefilM (Turkey), Les Films de L'Après-Midi (France) and Topkapi Films (The Netherlands).
"White Sun," Nepali director Deepak Rauniyar’s second feature film, was supported by Hbf for Script & Project Development in 2013 and was subsequently selected for the Boost! coaching trajectory, a joint initiative of Iffr’s Hubert Bals Fund, CineMart, the Binger Filmlab and the National Film Development Corporation of India.
"White Sun" is produced by Aadi Production (Nepal), Louverture Films (USA) and is coproduced by Waterland Film (The Netherlands).
Hbf Script & Project Development Spring 2015 Selection
"Barzagh" – Saodat Ismailova, Uzbekistan
"Beauty and the Dogs" – Kaouther Ben Hania, Tunisia
"Brief Story from the Green Planet" – Santiago Loza, Argentina
"The Fever" – Maya Da-Rin, Brazil
"Killing the Dead" – Hugo Gimenez, Paraguay
"Sick Sick Sick" – Alice Furtado, Brazil
"Tehran: City of Love" – Ali Jaberansari, Iran
"The Three Missing Policemen" - Ju Anqi, China
A script and project development grant can be used for the further development of the script or presentation of the project to financiers or other potential partners at (international) co-production meetings or film festivals.
Projects selected for The Netherlands Film Fund + Hubert Bals Fund Coproduction Scheme:
"White Sun" - Deepak Rauniyar, Nepal
"Something Useful" - Pelin Esmer, Turkey...
- 5/15/2015
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Bavaria Film gets off to a fast start at MIFED
MILAN -- In what it hopes will be a sign of things to come at this year's MIFED, leading German sales outfit Bavaria Film International closed a series of deals on the eve of the market including multiple territory sales for Kim Ki-duk's Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ... and Spring and a six-picture deal with Israel's Orlando Films. Spring, Korea's official Academy Award entry this year, was sold in all-rights deals to Metro Tartan for the United Kingdom and Ireland, Rialto for Australia, Spain's Festival Filves, Audiovisual for Greece, Imovision for Brazil, Portugal's LNK, Septimo Arte for Mexico, Rayson Global for Argentina and SPI International for the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland. Orlando, which has had a local hit with Bavaria's Good bye, Lenin! inked a six-picture deal with the German group, picking up Israeli rights to Soenke Wortmann's soccer drama The Miracle of Bern, Cesc Gay's In the City, Jaime Rosales' The Hours of the Day, Extrano by director Santiago Loza, Martin Rejtman's The Magic Gloves and Hans-Christian Schmid's Distant Lights.
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- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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