Hubert Bals Fund selects 10 projects for 2023 Development Support scheme
Selection includes new projects from prize winning directors Martika Ramirez Escobar, Leonardo Martinelli and Le Bao.
Rotterdam’s Hubert Bals Fund unveils new head
Fund supports filmmakers from countries where funding and infrastructure is lacking or restrictive.
Five major European film festivals unite on industry network Launchpad
Locarno, Thessaloniki, Tallinn, IFFR and Karlovy Vary are collaborating on the initiative.
Rotterdam’s Hubert Bals Fund unveils titles for new post-production scheme
The projects, all feature debuts aside from one, will receive €60,000 to support either their production or their post-production.
Clare Stewart, former London Film Festival director, to join Rotterdam as managing director
Stewart will work alongside festival director Vanja Kaludjercic.
How Ukraine is trying to maintain the momentum behind a generation of outstanding filmmakers
The European industry has created support initiatives, including for funding, co-production and raising awareness.
“I’ve seen so many smiling faces”: Rotterdam wraps an emotional edition
International attendees point to IFFR’s sense of community, inclusivity – and wide sweep of films.
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How Muayad Alayan filmed ‘A House In Jerusalem’ in Palestine and Israel during the pandemic
The title received its world premiere in the Limelight strand at Rotterdam.
Ukrainian director Philip Sotnychenko has mixed feelings being at a film festival: “Our fight is on the cultural front”
’La Palisiada’, the debut feature of Kyiv-based filmmaker Philip Sotnychenko, is screening in the Tiger competition at Rotterdam.
Why a Rotterdam premiere could help an Indian film find an audience at home
Many of the Indian films in IFFR’s The Shape Of Things To Come? sidebar have a political or adversorial slant.
