With IFFR 2025 well underway and the Hubert Bals Fund continuing its programme of activities we’re pleased to announce the upcoming funding deadlines for the year The HBF’s flagship Development Support scheme offers grants of up to €10,000 for the further development of a script (e.g translation or hiring a coach or script consultant) or to present a project to financiers or other potential partners the application form will be made available for one week only The Netherlands Film Fund makes available an annual amount of €300,000 for applications from Dutch producers who can be awarded a maximum of €75,000 production support in order to co-produce a project previously supported by the HBF Projects eligible for the scheme are those that have been granted HBF support for Script and Project Development at an earlier stage and which are now looking for funds to finance their production The project must have an attached Dutch producer The NFF+HBF Guide contains all eligible projects and contact details of all eligible Dutch production companies The precise deadlines of our two HBF+Europe schemes however we expect these to be in the autumn Join a group of curious and connected film enthusiasts new insights and inspiration accessible to everyone By 2025-02-04T15:13:00+00:00 Indian director Payal Kapadia’s festival favourite All We Imagine As Light is one of the many films backed at an early stage by the International Film Festival Rotterdam’s Hubert Bals Fund (HBF) Wei Liang Chiang and You Qiao Yin’s Cannes Camera d’Or winner Mongrel Palestinian-Danish filmmaker Mahdi Fleifel’s To a Land Unknown Trương Minh Quý’s Viet and Nam and Wang Bing’s Youth (Hard Times) and Youth (Homecoming) were other 2024 festival titles to receive development support from the fund At a time when industry finance is ever tighter HBF has received a welcome boost this year receiving additional funding from private and institutional backers founder and former board chair of the US-based Global Film Initiative made a private donation to HBF that allows it to provide a further two grants for its HBF’s annual development support scheme taking the number to 12 projects backed with a total of €120,000 the Netherlands Film Fund is also boosting its support for HBF the NFF+HBF Co-Production Scheme will back 10 projects at the development stage – up from four in 2024 believes donors respond to the Fund’s remit.  ”Susan [Weeks] really appreciated the effort and the direction of travel we set out this year we have been able to add two more development grants,” says Tatishvili who was previously head of studies at Medici the training and exchange forum for international public film funds and  a former director of the Georgian National Film Center HBF has supported 29 projects (from 1,245 applications) with a total of €1.2m across its four different funding streams Tatishvili stresses the importance of HBF’s mandate Founded in 1988 and named after the first director of the IFFR the idea behind the Hubert Bals Fund was to help filmmakers - mainly from what was then called the Third World - to get their film projects off the ground HBF support projects by filmmakers from countries where local film funding infrastructure or freedom of expression is lacking or restrictive In practice this has meant it largely funds projects from Africa Tatishvili has been consulting the industry about the Fund to “test its mandate and mission”.  She has concluded the “risk funding” HBF provides in the form of development support makes it more relevant than ever “It gives filmmakers a chance to develop their storyline and project at the moments when the majority of funders are not able to do that,” she says The fund’s mandate to support filmmakers in territories where freedom of expression or infrastructure is limited remains relevant too Tatishvili wants to “balance” HBF so that it not only supports young talent but also helps to support the career development of the fund’s alumni She explains the fund’s DNA will remain in discovering and supporting new talent but “we’re also happy to celebrate the talent who we already have a very strong investment in” She points out HBF is not just for backing films in territories such as Latin America and Asia where it has traditionally had a strong presence HBF’s most recent round of development support included funding for Belarus-born Darya Zhuk’s Exactly What it Seems and Bosnian filmmaker Una Gunjak’s How Melissa Blew a Fuse HBF’s support for European projects can also be seen in its HBF+Europe: Minority Co-production Support scheme which last year backed seven projects with €420,000 in total in low-capacity production countries This is more focused on production and post-production funding Some films will receive development funding from HBF and go on to be selected for IFFR’s CineMart co-production market or work in progress strand Darkroom four HBF-backed filmmakers will present their projects at Cinemart There is no obligation for HBF funded films to premiere in Rotterdam The prime consideration of HBF selection committees are the artistic qualities of applications Tatishvili underlines they are “open-minded” when assessing applications: it is not just for social cinema from or dark projects from the former Yugoslavia She cites recently backed projects such as Brazilian filmmaker Lillah Halla’s dark musical comedy Colhões De Ouro or Kenyan filmmaker Angela Wanjiku Wamai’s neo-Western Enkop (The Soil) Georgian filmmaker Elene Mikaberidze’s Le Goût De La Pêche addresses the geopolitical tensions of the region but displays “the humour that is always very present in Georgian cinema” Meanwhile, HBF has just launched the Displacement Film Fund together with actress Cate Blanchett a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations’ refugee UNHCR This pilot short film scheme will offer five individual production grants worth €500,000 in total to fund the work of displaced filmmakers or filmmakers with a track record of storytelling on the experiences of displaced people Company’s latest foray into genre will open theatrically on October 10 Bookmark this page to keep track of all the latest festival dates CAD $90,000 in cash and prizes presented at Friday’s ceremony in Toronto Oscar winner proposing federal tax incentives ‘Ish’ and ‘Learning To Breathe Under Water’ will also feature Screen International is the essential resource for the international film industry access to the Screen International archive and supplements including Stars of Tomorrow and World of Locations Site powered by Webvision Cloud After 1,169 submitted projects and an incredibly challenging selection process twelve feature films were selected to receive Hubert Bals Fund Development Support grants of €10,000 each Diverse yet united in their common effort to remain vocal amid the challenges of our times the filmmakers of this funding wave extend across a variety of unique and creative styles Head of the Hubert Bals Fund said: “This wave of grant recipient filmmakers each come from a different context but share a common approach – they do not remain silent or give in to despair amid the challenges of our current times and make their voices heard through their stories and artistry The filmmakers selected for the grants are just a fraction of those who submitted for consideration making this an incredibly challenging round We would like to thank our selection committees of international film industry members from across the world whose expertise and invaluable perspectives helped us narrow down to these final twelve projects We would also like to once again thank Susan Weeks whose generous donation meant we were able to offer two extra grants in this round.” whose Levante won the Youth Jury Award at IFFR 2024 is one of a number of filmmakers with an IFFR history who are supported in this round of funding Her new project Colhões de Ouro is awarded an 85-year-old radical who plans to infiltrate and destroy a hyper-masculine cult to save her son Kenyan filmmaker Angela Wanjiku Wamai’s epic neo-Western Enkop (The Soil) sets the story of fifty-five-year-old Lorna Marwa’s fight to reclaim her life on the dusty expanses of Kenya’s volatile ranch land Wamai’s previous feature Shimoni had its European premiere at IFFR 2023 Midhun Murali won a Tiger Special Jury Award at IFFR 2024 for the dazzling mixed-media fantasy Kiss Wagon a similarly inventive feature that combines four different genres as part of a protagonist’s cinematic experiment Palestinian filmmaker Muayad Alayan has screened at IFFR on several occasions with the HBF-backed The Reports on Sarah and Saleem (IFFR 2018) and most recently A House in Jerusalem (IFFR 2023) Conversation with the Sea is a love story about family following a Palestinian man from Jerusalem who is ordered by an Israeli court to pay a debt owed by his son who died as a teenager 20 years ago Christopher Murray’s Piedras gigantes will be amongst the very first Chilean national fiction feature films shot on Rapa Nui (Easter Island) the remote Pacific Ocean island that is officially a territory of Chile Made in close collaboration with the communities of the island Piedras gigantes tells the story of the archaeologist Katherine Routledge arriving on the island in 1914 who played a conflicted role amidst an indigenous uprising Melissa steals €200k from her workplace in Germany puts on music and heads towards her home town in Bosnia It’s the second feature from Una Gunjak whose Excursion was HBF-supported and received a Special Mention in Cineasti del Presente at Locarno 2023 Indonesian filmmaker Kamila Andini is supported for Four Seasons in Java on a woman’s journey in finding peace after being wrongly convicted of murdering a young man She was previously supported by the HBF for The Seen and Unseen which had its world premiere in the TIFF Wavelengths strand in 2018 The short Notes of a Crocodile by Chinese filmmaker Daphne Xu had its world premiere in the same strand in 2024 and is now the basis for a feature of the same name The HBF backs the docufiction hybrid project queer desire and development politics against the Chinese development of a canal project in Cambodia Belarus is the setting for a dark sci-fi comedy touching on the immigrant experience in Darya Zhuk’s Exactly What It Seems immigrants Nadya and Fedor are unwillingly transported back to Belarus by a secretive government teleportation technology 2022) approaches the ‘false positives’ murders in Colombia where civilians were killed by the military and falsely passed off as enemy combatants to sculpt a narrative on the falsification of reality from archival documentaries to body horror Georgian filmmaker Elene Mikaberidze’s documentary Blueberry Dreams had its world premiere at CPH:DOX earlier this year She’s supported for her debut fiction feature on a young woman who runs a guesthouse caught in escalating geopolitical tensions Kasım Ördek’s feature debut follows Sevgi who living with a gang on the margins of Istanbul is drawn into a dangerous search after her mother’s mysterious disappearance Alone screened at the Sarajevo and Chicago film festivals Previous recipients of the grants continue to garner awards success at festivals across the world from Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine as Light and Baby by Marcelo Caetano in Cannes Tato Kotetishvili’s Holy Electricity in Locarno and To a Land Unknown by Mahdi Fleifel in Thessaloniki In celebration of the Development Support scheme the HBF together with partner foundation Projeto Paradiso launched the joint publication Development with Impact offering insights into the vital role of early-stage development funding in Brazil and beyond By 2024-11-19T14:09:00+00:00 International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR)’s Hubert Bals Fund (HBF) has selected 12 feature film projects for its 2024 Development Support scheme which will receive a grant of €10,000 to support their development were selected from a record 1,150 submissions They include Christopher Murray’s Piedras Gigantes which will be among the first Chilean national fiction feature films shot on Rapa Nui (Easter Island) Piedras Gigantes tells the story of the archaeologist Katherine Routledge arriving on the island in 1914 Murray’s The Blind Christ premiered in competition at Venice in 2016 while his Hubert Bals supported Sorcery (Brujería) premiered at Sundance 2023 Palestinian filmmaker Muayad Alayan’s Conversation with the Sea is also one of the selected projects His films have screened at IFFR on several occasions including the HBF-backed The Reports on Sarah and Saleem in 2018 and A House in Jerusalem in 2023 Kenyan filmmaker Angela Wanjiku Wamai’s neo-Western Enkop (The Soil) is the story of fifty-five-year-old woman’s fight to reclaim her life on the dusty expanses of Kenya’s volatile ranch land Wamai’s previous feature Shimoni had its European premiere at IFFR 2023 and premiered at Toronto’s Discovery section in 2022 Una Gunjak’s road movie How Melissa Blew a Fuse is about a woman who steals €200k from her workplace in Germany Gunjak’s debut Excursion was HBF-supported and received a Special Mention in Cineasti del Presente at Locarno 2023 about a woman’s journey in finding peace after being wrongly convicted of murdering a young man Andini won the best director prize at the Asia Content Awards alongside Ifa Isfansyah for Netflix Indonesia series Cigarette Girl the streamer’s first period drama in the country is supported for her new project Colhões de Ouro a dark musical comedy about an 85-year-old radical who plans to infiltrate and destroy a hyper-masculine cult to save her son Midhun Murali won a Tiger Special Jury Award at IFFR 2024 for the mixed-media fantasy Kiss Wagon Mars to Venus combines four different genres as part of a protagonist’s cinematic experiment Theo Montoya is supported for Falso Positivo about civilians killed by the military in Columbia and falsely passed off as enemy combatants creating a narrative on the falsification of reality Montoya’s debut feature Anhell69 world premiered in Vencie’s International Critics’ Week in 2022 Georgian filmmaker Elene Mikaberidze follows up her documentary Blueberry Dreams which had its world premiere at CPH:DOX earlier this year about a young woman who runs a guesthouse caught in escalating geopolitical tensions The short Notes of a Crocodile by Chinese filmmaker Daphne Xu had its world premiere at Toronto this year The docufiction hybrid project weaves myth Belarus is the setting for Darya Zhuk’s dark sci-fi comedy Exactly What It Seems about two immigrants to the US unwillingly transported back to Belarus by a secretive government teleportation technology Previous recipients of the grants include Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine as Light and Baby by Marcelo Caetano in Cannes head of the Hubert Bals Fund said: “This wave of grant recipient filmmakers each come from a different context but share a common approach – they do not remain silent or give into despair amid the challenges of our current times and make their voices heard through their stories and artistry.” Colhões de Ouro (Braz-Ger)Dir Lillah Halla Conversation With The Sea (Pal)Dir Muayad Alayan Enkop (The Soil) (Ken)Dir Angela Wanjiku Wamai Exactly What It Seems (Est-Pol)Dir Darya Zhuk Four Seasons In Java (Indonesia)Dir Kamila Andini Le Goût de la Pêche (Georgia)Dir Elene Mikaberidze How Melissa Blew a Fuse (Bos & Her-Ger-Cro-Ser)Dir Una Gunjak Notes of a Crocodile (Cam-China-Can)Dir Daphne Xu Piedras Gigantes (Chile)Dir Christopher Murray UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Blanchett announces new pilot scheme with support from Master Mind the Tamer Family Foundation and Amahoro Coalition as Founding Partners producer and global Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR together with IFFR’s Hubert Bals Fund (HBF) today announced a new short film grant scheme which will benefit 5 filmmakers in its pilot version Bestowing up to five individual production grants of €100,000 – the Displacement Film Fund is established to champion and fund the work of displaced filmmakers or filmmakers with a proven track record in creating authentic storytelling on the experiences of displaced people The Fund – which is backed by a coalition of leading film industry experts, creators, business leaders and philanthropists – will be formally launched at IFFR’s 54th edition where Blanchett will appear on an IFFR Pro Dialogue panel on Saturday 1 February, 15.30 with Koji Yanai moderated by Uzma Hasan – to discuss the scheme’s origins The purpose of the Fund strongly aligns with the HBF’s history of supporting underrepresented voices especially with filmmakers from countries where local filming and infrastructure is lacking or restrictive The shared ambition is that the pilot project develops into a longer-term legacy With one in every 67 people on earth forcibly displaced due to conflict the global community is witnessing an unprecedented crisis The Displacement Film Fund was first initiated at UNHCR’s Global Refugee Forum the world’s largest gathering dedicated to addressing challenges faced by refugees and their host communities Cate Blanchett joined fellow UNHCR supporters Ke Huy Quan and Isaac Kwaku Fokuo to develop the idea at the event Blanchett sought out and recruited a wider group of film industry experts and creatives all of whom have a personal connection and/or strong interest in the issue of forced displacement The Selection Committee will be chaired by Cate Blanchett and includes journalist and documentarian Waad Al Kateab (We Dare to Dream producer and musician Cynthia Erivo (Wicked director and screenwriter Agnieszka Holland (Green Border) an LGBTQ+ asylum seeker who is Jonas’ inspiration for the story of Flee Filmmakers will be selected for the pilot Fund following a two-step process A longlist of filmmakers will be determined by the Nominations Committee and then the Selection Committee will decide on final recipients with selected filmmakers announced during Cannes Film Festival 2025 The finished projects will have their world premieres at IFFR 2026 said: “Film can drop you into the texture and realities of someone’s life like no other art form Working with UNHCR I have engaged in both the large-scale impact and the vast statistics of forced displacement as an issue faced by millions of people – but I have also been fortunate to meet affected people directly and engage with their stories and experiences intimate touchpoints that the Displacement Film Fund is driven by When people are forced to leave their homes they lose access to the most basic support but as artists they also lose access to the means to make work at a time when it is more vital than ever I’m grateful to the Hubert Bals Fund and the coalition of supremely talented individuals we’ve gathered around this collective effort to step into that gap.” Director of the Board of the Fast Retailing Group and Film Producer said: “Chance can often be the mother of opportunity and I’m grateful that my chance encounter with Cate Quan and other refugee advocates at the Global Refugee Forum created an embryonic idea that is now coming to fruition thanks to the creativity commitment and collaboration of such a diverse group of partners Both in my role at UNIQLO and as a film producer I believe passionately that film can change attitudes and have positive social impact UNIQLO’s corporate statement is ‘changing clothes change the world’ and I am confident this new Fund has the potential to change and grow opportunities for displaced film makers and in doing so drive awareness and empathy for refugees.”Waad Al-Kateab said: “As someone who has lived through the challenges of displacement and experienced the transformative power of storytelling I am deeply honoured to be part of this initiative This project represents not only an opportunity to amplify underrepresented voices but also a vital step towards empowering filmmakers to share their stories of resilience I believe this process can create profound connections between communities and inspire meaningful change and I’m proud to contribute to ensuring fairness and transparency in selecting these incredible talents.”Clare Stewart said: “We are deeply proud that the framework HBF has created over the last three decades to support filmmakers across the globe making groundbreaking work in often hugely challenging environments is trusted as the ideal management partner to enable this vital Fund The dedication of the founding members of the Displacement Film Fund is inspiring and we wholeheartedly support the vision to harness the power of film to articulate an experience faced by such a large portion of the world’s population We stand with them in the efforts to give displaced filmmakers vital support and to raise awareness for stories of displacement.” The Hubert Bals Fund announces the four projects each awarded a grant of €60,000 each through HBF+Europe: Post-production Support scheme offer support for the final stages of European co-productions with filmmakers from regions where the HBF targets its support.  Peru and South Africa are supported through co-producers in Luxembourg The projects range from the magical rural mundane a 16mm inquiry into coloniality through botany Georgian filmmaker Rati Oneli’s feature fiction debut Wild Dogs Don’t Bite follows his observational documentary debut on a derelict mining town City of the Sun which premiered in the Berlinale Forum in 2017 He frequently collaborates with Dea Kulumbegashvili including writing the screenplay for Beginning (IFFR 2021 Dealing in the winners and losers of post-Soviet Georgia the film is a noir-inspired revenge thriller Nepalese filmmaker Sahara Sharma’s film My Share of the Sky is a search for the elusive dream of home in a patriarchal society as a young woman grapples with uncertainty on the eve of her wedding Sharma was the first female director to open the Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival with her Dogma 95-inspired debut Chasing Rainbows (2013).  German co-producer Sara Fazilat was first introduced to the project by producer Abhimanyu Dixit during their participation on IFFR Pro’s Rotterdam Lab workshop in 2022 Dixit had previously won the Rotterdam Lab Award with the project when it was presented at India’s National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) Film Bazaar in 2021 The selection moves into the realm of experimental non-convention storytelling through the award for Estados generales by Spain-based Peruvian filmmaker artist and researcher Mauricio Freyre’s whose work spans design His installation Interspecies Architecture premiered at the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2021 The current project is a 16mm film that re-imagines the return voyage of a parcel of seeds from this deposit in the Botanical Garden of Madrid back to the place where they were picked in the southern coast of Peru Fresh from the premiere of their CineMart-presented Carissa in Orizzonti in Venice earlier this year South African filmmaking duo Devon Delmar and Jason Jacobs are supported for Variations on a Theme the project is rooted in the rural experience blending the magical world and the mundane on the margins between fiction and documentary The project is a Dutch minority co-production with Interakt Productions An elderly goat herder falls victim to a scam promising financial reparations for her father who was never paid for his service in WWII As she waits for money that will never arrive her family disrupts her routines on her 80th birthday and threatens to strip away the last of her independence.   Lead producer: KRAAL (South Africa)Applicant producer: Interakt Productions BV (Netherlands) My Share of Sky (Ek Mutthi Badal – एक मुठ्ठी बादल) Caught between family expectations and her desire for freedom suffocating legacy of generational sacrifice in a society where women build homes but never truly belong Lead producer: Gauthali Entertainment (Nepal)Applicant producer: Chromosom Film GMBH (Germany)  the seeds from the storage room ‘S59’ in the Botanical Garden of Madrid’s herbarium – housing botanical material from former colonies that cannot be catalogued in the official historical archive – light up different worlds Lead producer: Estudio RIEN (Peru)Applicant producer: Tasio (Spain) In a rapidly transforming Georgian society two vagabonds navigate a harsh world seeking to reclaim their identities and forge a new path amidst violence and alienation Lead producer: Office of Film Architecture (Georgia)Applicant producer: Les Films Fauves (Luxembourg) The Hubert Bals Fund and Brazilian partner foundation Projeto Paradiso launch the joint publication Development with Impact the bilingual publication acknowledges the HBF’s legacy in Brazil and Latin America whilst launching a determined call for joint action amid the uncertainty of the financing landscape Find the link to download the publication below The publication is written in both English and Portuguese As we gear up towards another edition of IFFR we invite you to explore how the Hubert Bals Fund remains true to its mission of representing cinema in all its forms and reminding us of the power of human solidarity Explore the activities of IFFR’s film fund across the IFFR 2025 and IFFR Pro programmes you can find HBF across an exceptional lineup of projects as well as in industry events and panels – from the five films featured in the festival’s various programming sections to four CineMart and three Darkroom projects supporting displaced filmmakers and authentic storytelling around the experiences of displaced people has never been more urgent producer and global Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR (the UN Refugee Agency) – together with Oscar nominated filmmakers Koji Yanai (producer, Perfect Days) Jonas Rasmussen (director, Flee) and Head of the HBF Tamara Tatishvili will discuss how the film industry can better represent these voices and experiences Five titles supported by the Hubert Bals Fund feature in the official IFFR 2025 selection which has its world premiere as the IFFR 2025 closing film all the titles have found immense recognition and applause at major international festivals which made 2024 a milestone year for the Hubert Bals Fund In the Limelight section of the programme is Payal Kapadia’s fiction debut All We Imagine As Light With a historical prize-winning festival run the film is a poetic exploration of the intertwined lives of three nurses living in Mumbai a gentrified metropole that bears witness to moments of friendship the Indian filmmaker explains her bitter-sweet relationship with Mumbai and the role of HBF’s support in bringing the film to life Artist-filmmaker Jessica Sarah Rinland takes on the Harbour section of the programme with her intimate documentary Monólogo colectivo carefully painting a portrait of the charged affective bond between the captive animals and those dedicated to caring for them with disarming attention and devotion Her work can also be found in the Art Directions programme with the installation Extramission: The Capture of Glowing Eyes presenting moving images and audio recordings alongside materials from early 20th-century issues of National Geographic magazines Wang Bing’s Youth Trilogy – Youth (Hard Times) Youth (Homecoming) – has its European premiere in Harbour One of the most accomplished voices of contemporary documentary filmmaking Wang Bing immerses audiences in the everyday lives of a group of young textile workers who migrate 150 kilometers from Shanghai to the manufacturing city of Zhili Georgian filmmaker Tato Kotetishvili uses his stylish fable Holy Electricity to transform the city of Tbilisi into a magical space that comes alive through fantastical and absurd vignettes The Locarno-awarded and CineMart- and Darkroom-presented project will screen in the Harbour section is set in 1946 and recreates life in Jakarta under Dutch colonial occupation in fastidious detail unveiling it in all its seductive and brutal textures Mouly Surya’s fifth feature is closely tied to the Bandung Conference Focus Programme reinforcing the stories of the colonised and dispossessed while celebrating Indonesia’s cultural contributions to Rotterdam’s diverse heritage Highlighting the historic interdependency between HBF-backed films and projects selected for CineMart and Darkroom we present no less than seven projects – four CineMart and three Darkroom – that also received HBF support Kenyan filmmaker Angela Wanjiku Wamai’s (Shimoni IFFR 2023) epic neo-Western Enkop (The Soil) sets the story of fifty-five-year-old Lorna Marwa’s fight to reclaim her life on the dusty expanses of Kenya’s volatile ranch land Indonesian filmmaker Kamila Andini brings Four Seasons in Java exploring a woman’s journey in finding peace after being unjustly convicted of murdering a young man in self defence Melissa steals €200k from her workplace in  Germany This is the second feature from Bosnian filmmaker Una Gunjak Ana Elena Tejera’s Corte Culebra tells another anti-colonial story of displacement in the Panama Canal Zone co-produced by Rotterdam Lab graduate Elisa Sepulveda Ruddoff imagining a reconnection with the ancestral lands and communities after its return from American occupation.  Indian filmmaker Bikas Ranjan Mishra brings the anticipated CineMart 2013 presented Bayaan a police procedural drama that explores the rise of religious nationalism in mainstream politics in India starring Huma Qureshi as a rookie female detective which for 2025 will be on Georgian filmmakers providing them a platform of support and visibility Set amid violent demonstrations in Tbilisi Uta Beria’s Tear Gas is a love story where Elene and Andro find each other among thousands of protesters The project features the filmmaker’s personal images of demonstrations in Georgia in 2019 Another Georgian project included in this dedicated focus is Rati Oneli’s Wild Dogs Don’t Bite a noir-inspired revenge thriller that was supported by the HBF+Europe: Post-production Support scheme in October In addition to the many HBF-backed projects across the IFFR programme no less than eight HBF alumni will be present at the festival across various programmes.  whose debut Pamfir was supported by HBF in 2023 returns to IFFR with Something Strange Happened to Me Also selected for CineMart is Ashim Ahluwalia’s Unidentified Actress about an ex-child star turned sex-worker – a disturbing glimpse into the dark side of Indian cinema and the broken lives it left behind IFFR Tiger Competition 2020) investigates Argentina’s decent into military rule in the CineMart-presented project Faust and intimate drama inspired by Isabel Perón’s biography president of Argentina before the dictatorship that seized power in 1976 Brazilian filmmaker Marcelo Gomes (HBF-supported Cinema Big Screen Competition IFFR 2024) returns to IFFR with Cape of Pleasures set in a near-future where the elderly are forced into residences where they extract memories from the brains to provide new learning experiences to an AI system The project will also be presented at CineMart In the Short & MId-length section of the programme four filmmakers return to IFFR: Singaporean filmmaker Nelson Yeo with Durian Brazilian filmmaker Pethrus Tiburcio with Tell Her What Happened to Me Cabo Verdean filmmaker Nuno Boaventura Miranda with The Last Harvest and Indian filmmaker Lipika Singh Darai with B and S Pelin Esmer returns to IFFR with And the Rest Will Follow a tender drama in which two strangers spur one another’s imaginations to give shape to their life stories she distils our human relationships to ‘storytellers’ and ‘listeners’ who Her debut feature 10 TO 11 (IFFR 2010) was supported by the HBF The fund is active in the festival’s industry activities during the IFFR Pro Days offering advice and informal guidance to filmmaking talent in the festival selection through networking roundtables as well as providing emerging producers in the Rotterdam Lab big picture perspective of industry transformation and challenges met by public funds internationally.  the fund organises a number of panels and activities open to industry delegates HBF fosters inclusive co-productions and addresses the current challenges of the funding landscape by unpacking its structural inequities and developing inclusive policies that empower producers and projects worldwide Based on insights shared in the EAVE Impact Think Tank Report on Inclusive Co-Productions the invite-only day-long Inclusive Film Fund Workshop will unpack the topic of inclusive productions on 2 February Two HBF-focused panels will be presented as part of the Pro Hub’s Pro Dialogues programme of industry discussions open to all IFFR Pro delegates Co-hosted by IFFR’s Pro Hub and panelists among which Payal Kapadia (All We Imagine as Light) this panel engages participants in a conversation around how CNC – Aide au Cinéma du Monde and HBF funding tools can elevate your project and bring extra leverage in co-producing outside of Western Europe This panel aims to equip producers with the tools and strategies to thrive in the world of international co-productions practical insights with clear steps to create more compelling and new connections to expand their networks and resources For the first time and thanks to a private donor the Hubert Bals Fund is granting a €10,000 cash award to one of the participants of the IFFR Pro Darkroom programme This Award focuses on empowering filmmakers who come from politically challenging contexts or whose work addresses themes such as freedom of expression human rights and/or underrepresented communities Look out for next deadlines following the festival and read through our support scheme deadlines which aims to link Dutch producers with HBF-backed projects The Displacement Film Fund is established to champion and fund the work of displaced filmmakers The pilot short film funding scheme was launched at IFFR 2025 by UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Cate Blanchett with support from Master Mind the Hubert Bals Fund as Management Partner and UNHCR and with founding members UNHCR supporters Ke Huy Quan the Hubert Bals Fund (HBF) announced a new short film grant the Displacement Film Fund will bestow up to five individual production grants of €100,000 filmmakers will be nominated to apply rather than have an open call The Nominations Committee includes founding members Cate Blanchett together with IFFR’s Clare Stewart and HBF’s Tamara Tatishvili Koji Yanai is a Director of the Board of the Fast Retailing Group He oversees sustainability communications for the Group as well as UNIQLO global marketing In his personal capacity he is a film producer and founded MASTER MIND Ltd which as part of its social impact activities conceived The Tokyo Toilet project out of which Koji produced the Oscar nominated film Perfect Days directed by Wim Wenders UNIQLO is a brand of Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. one of the world’s largest apparel retail companies UNIQLO has a long-standing commitment to supporting forcibly displaced people providing clothing assistance for refugees and displaced persons around the world and making support for refugees one of the key components of its sustainability program UNIQLO became the first company based in Asia to enter into a global partnership with the UNHCR Along with sending used clothing items collected through its product recycling initiative to refugee camps UNIQLO provides a wide range of assistance and conducting refugee awareness campaigns The Droom en Daad foundation was founded in 2016 It is helping redefine Rotterdam for the 21st century – developing new kinds of arts and culture institutions and fostering new creative talent that reflects the city’s diversity The Tamer Family Foundation is a Swiss Charitable Foundation established in 2016 by members of the Tamer Family to support charitable works globally by offering donations for Medical assistance It regularly enters into agreements with different NGOs and other Foundations offering charitable donations to support individuals and societies affected by war Established in 2019, Amahoro Coalition is the leading convener of African private sector leaders for social impact They provide tailored solutions to the private sector enabling them to tap into the African demographic dividend including in vulnerable settings like displaced communities The coalition also works closely with young leaders through strategic connections with the private sector to co- create breakthrough opportunities for all They also work in partnership with UNHCR to mobilise multi-sector actors to advance the efforts of the private sector in the displacement space The Hubert Bals Fund is the fund of International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) which supports groundbreaking film projects in every stage of the production process The HBF has a special focus on filmmakers from countries where local filmmaking and infrastructure is lacking or restrictive The HBF has to date supported over 1,300 film projects many of which have premiered at major film festivals and received significant critical acclaim Recent HBF projects include Indian filmmaker Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine as Light Baby by Brazilian filmmaker Marcelo Caetano Georgian filmmaker Tato Kotetishvili’s Holy Electricity and To a Land Unknown by Danish-Palestinian filmmaker Mahdi Fleifel UNHCR is the global leader in protecting people forced to flee due to conflict and persecution The organisation provides life-saving assistance and works to find lasting solutions so refugees and displaced people can rebuild their lives in safety and dignity The Displacement Film Fund was initiated at UNHCR’s Global Refugee Forum the largest international gathering dedicated to addressing challenges faced by refugees and their host communities the Forum brings together UN Member States and civil society to find innovative solutions for displaced populations fiction debut is set to screen at IFFR 2025 after a sensational prize-winning festival run that sees it top a number of ‘Best-of-2024’ lists not least Sight and Sound and The New York Times The Golden Globe-nominated director explains her bitter-sweet relationship with Mumbai and the role of IFFR’s support in bringing the film to life Indian filmmaker Payal Kapadia credits the nonfiction process on her poetic transcendent documentary debut A Night of Knowing Nothing (2021) for freeing her approach to fiction “Some people are very good at sitting in their house and imagining something,” she says with admiration the real inspiration comes from going out into the world and gathering evidence This same yearning for liberation flows through the protagonists in her Hubert Bals Fund-supported fiction debut All We Imagine as Light – two nurses and a hospital cook in Mumbai whose escape from society’s constraints lies in their imaginations “We would just be in the car and take these travelling shots.” she sought to gather testimonies and images to create an “archive of ideas” She interviewed people who moved to Mumbai in order to find a better life went out into the city “every chance we got” to gather footage “We would just be in the car and take these travelling shots which kind of became the style of the opening sequence of going across Mumbai.” bathing the lives of the three nurses in the melancholic blue of the monsoon season night Prabha and her younger roommate Anu work together in the hospital yearning for a world where Prabha can reunite with her estranged husband who works in Germany and where Anu can live freely with the boy she’s dating When their friend Parvaty faces eviction at the hands of city developers they take a trip to the coast for the second act where bright “I think when you leave a city and come back “The seasons are monsoon and then not monsoon explaining how the moody atmosphere matched the inner worlds of her characters you’ll often find lovers dancing in the rain it’s a miserable time to be living in Mumbai because it’s horrible to get to work every day The rain gives weight not only to her character’s emotions Going to school in the south of India and film school in Pune she was always struck by the pace of the city’s development “Especially if you see the skyline in Mumbai Every time there is a new building.” The film is shot largely in Lower Parel an area formerly home to the communities who worked in the area’s textile mills before they were closed following labour disputes in the 1980s “It’s not just gentrification – it’s a violent takeover because of the real estate boom.” “It’s not just gentrification – it’s a violent takeover.” there’s a beauty to the way Kapadia captures Mumbai alienation and suspended time of life spent on public transit with the possibility for connection: the poetic advances of Prabha’s doctor colleague and scenes from the Ganpati festival accompanied by the gentle sounds of Ethiopian pianist “gives a lot of opportunity compared to the rest of the country especially for women.” It’s all part of Kapadia’s bitter-sweet relationship with her home city When making her film school graduation project in 2018 Kapadia spent a lot of time in hospitals with family members “I started hanging around a lot with some of the nurses I met and also started seeing the space of a hospital as a very interesting microcosm of the country especially because it’s one place where there are a lot of women who work.” This became the basis for the film with the hospital the perfect setting to “delve deeper into the zeitgeist of what was going on in the country.” it’s really great because then you don’t have to take up commercial work to survive.” it had outgrown a film school project and was presented to the Hubert Bals Fund “It’s a fund that if you go to film school in India you know about because it’s the first one that you can apply to You don’t need a European producer to apply great thing if you’re just starting out a project and you don’t have all your partners in place You can apply directly and there are not too many grants like that.” The fund awarded the project Development Support with a €9,000 grant which proved vital for getting immersed in the research Kapadia relishes the development process – applying “I always tell young filmmakers who are complaining about writing for grants…it’s a good process if you put yourself through it.” Keeping your project fresh is what’s important “I think it’s always good to continuously move forward it’s a very lonely and sad place to be an independent filmmaker.” Kapadia was selected for Cannes’s Cinéfondation Residence where she began working with her French producers petit chaos who suggested an application to IFFR Pro’s co-production market CineMart where the project was selected to participate in 2020 where the project was given a mentor familiar with the script “CineMart was the first time that I was pitching the project with such clarity…that editing process for the presentation it helped me a lot because then it made me think about exactly what was important to me.”  “Meeting people and meeting technicians from around the world who would later become a co-producer on the project with which they could apply and receive production funds from NFF+HBF a collaboration between the Netherlands Film Fund and the Hubert Bals Fund supporting Dutch co-productions as well as HBF+Europe: Minority Co-production Support Keeping the balance in the creative team despite a four-country co-production structure was vital with Kapadia ensuring her crew remained local and familiar to her Post-production was done in France and the Netherlands with the latter handling colour grading and extra sound recording she says of working in the international context “It’s only a good thing.”   “That we can in some way be there for each other.” There’s a universal appeal to her approach that places women at the centre but never victimises or pities them That can partially explain its festival success winning the Grand Prix at Cannes and screening across the world at festivals like TIFF and I think that is the good thing about diversity in filmmakers for their point of view.” Enabling personal views to come to the fore is what the film industry needs: “that’s why we must support filmmakers of all different backgrounds and that is how we will have diversity in cinema I think that’s what the HBF is about and that’s why IFFR is a great festival also.” Finding these connections – “that we can in some way be there for each other” – is where Kapadia finds hope is the only sort of reconciliation I have with the times we’re in.” The Hubert Bals Fund’s joint venture with the Netherlands Film Fund awards production funds to former HBF-supported projects with an attached Dutch co-producer projects by Chinese filmmaker Shengze Zhu and Indian filmmaker Prantik Basu are both awarded €75,000.  Both former Tiger Award-winners for feature and short work Shengze’s latest project investigates marginalised teenagers in China’s countryside whilst Basu explores forbidden gay romance romance in 90s Calcutta which won the IFFR Tiger Award in 2019 and was named one of the Best Movies of 2019 by the Chicago Tribune explored the internet’s impact on Chinese culture revisits the lives of marginalised teenagers in China’s countryside this time focusing on those left behind by parents who have migrated for work in the city The film places us on a sweltering summer day where three troubled young teens set out on a reckless plan to escape the confines of their small town A Distant House Smokes on the Horizon is Shengze’s first narrative project and will be filmed in her home province the project is awarded through its Dutch co-producer BALDR Film B.V Indian filmmaker Prantik Basu’s films explore the connections between culture His Tiger Award-winning short Sakhisona (2017) blended folklore with archaeology while his mid-length Bela (2021) captured the ritualistic art and daily lives of Chhau dancers Basu sets a forbidden romance in 1990s Calcutta The film is set during the 90s in the suburbs of Calcutta a city shaped by colonial legacy and monsoon floods In a time and place where homosexuality was criminalised two young men share an umbrella and become lovers but symptoms of a violent fever seize one of them The film is awarded through its Dutch co-producer The Film Kitchen B.V If you think you were born in the wrong era, and dream of taking part in grand balls with beautiful costumes and resplendent gowns, try Carnet de Bals' historical dance classes this association helps re-enact Parisian balls and regularly organizes events in castles or beautiful monuments Dancers are on hand to teach you the waltz so that you too can take part in this beautiful discipline added to the French Dance Federation thanks to the association to prepare for upcoming balls and take full part in them To start with, weekly beginner and intermediate classes take place on Tuesday evenings from 8-10pm at the Saint-Jean-Baptiste de la Salle gymnasium in the 15th arrondissement You'll learn polka and quadrille in 2 time and waltz in 3 time Special classes are also available on Sunday mornings for members to work on rarer themes Now you can relive the balls of yesteryear Refer your establishment, click herePromote your event, click here Looking to access paid articles across multiple policy topics Interested in policy insights for EU professional organisations The new EU Commission should build on the European Green Deal to strengthen Europe’s economic competitiveness and geopolitical relevance A Clean Industrial Deal could serve both ends if designed correctly Opinion Advocates for ideas and draws conclusions based on the author/producer’s interpretation of facts and data The Clean Industrial Deal should be designed to further climate 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This is an unusual activity to try out with friends or your significant other We’ve unveiled our curated selection of 20 film projects and four immersive projects for the 42nd edition of CineMart – IFFR Pro’s co-production market where a lineup of projects in development are presented to international industry for financing and co-production running Sunday 2 to Wednesday 5 February 2025 We’ve also confirmed the lineup for our work-in-progress strand Darkroom which for 2025 has doubled in size to present twelve projects From stories of war and anti-colonial struggle to bold queer voices and strong female characters; and from the origins of authoritarian regimes to their dystopian futures romantic musical comedy and Afro-noir mystery – this selection is remarkable in its range of storytelling ten Rotterdam Lab graduates feature across the CineMart project teams whilst four of the selected projects in the CineMart selection are supported by the Hubert Bals Fund Browse the full list of CineMart projects below, and click here to see the twelve projects in the Darkroom lineup.  a mother turns to the alternative therapeutic methods of her neighbours to come to terms with the trauma of losing her son defending their village from Russian invasion It’s the second feature by Ukrainian auteur Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk whose Hubert Bals Fund-supported debut Pamfir (IFFR 2023) premiered in Quinzaine des cinéastes at Cannes.  whose Under a Blue Sun screened in the Tiger Competition in 2024 presents another inquiry into the geographies of Israel Palestine as well as European colonialism in Africa with The Uganda Project investigating a secret 1904 British Empire expedition to the highlands of Uganda to assess it as a potential national home for the Jewish people Two projects in the lineup feature female African directors South African Rotterdam Lab graduates Babalwa Baartman and Jenna Cato Bass (co-writer of Rafiki Berlinale Panorama 2019) present the Afro-noir mystery Eziko as a young academic journeys into the rural Eastern Cape in search of her long-lost sister.  IFFR 2023) epic neo-Western Enkop sets the story of fifty-five-year-old Lorna Marwa’s fight to reclaim her life on the dusty expanses of Kenya’s volatile ranch land The project was awarded by the Hubert Bals Fund in the October support round.  IFFR 2020) HBF-backed Corte Culebra tells another anti-colonial story of displacement in the Panama Canal Zone The area was home to the notorious School of the Americas a US military training facility used to train Latin American soldiers as military regimes rose across the continent Jazmín López (Si yo fuera el invierno mismo IFFR Tiger Competition 2020) investigates Argentina’s decent into military rule in Faust The project is co-produced by Rotterdam Lab graduate Sophie Ahrens.  From the origins of authoritarian regimes to their dystopian futures fellow Brazilian and IFFR regular Marcelo Gomes (Portrait of a Certain Orient IFFR 2024) presents together with filmmaker and visual artist Cao Guimarães Cape of Pleasures set in a near-future where the elderly are forced into residences where they extract memories from the brains to provide new learning experiences to an AI system.  whose celebrated debut The Watermelon Woman screened at the festival in 1997 returns to IFFR to also present an AI-infused near-future dystopia as two trans lovers plot revenge against a DNA-harvesting corporation It follows several years of award winning series work on the likes of The Umbrella Academy Meat is Rioghnach Ni Ghrioghair’s (Don’t Go Where I Can’t Find You SXSW 2022) take on the colonial brutality of Ireland’s Great Famine – a post-feminist cannibal folk horror where Eibh finds her calling leading women into bloody folkloric revolt produced by Rotterdam Lab graduate Deirdre Levins.  the Singaporean duo behind the celluloid shorts Chomp It (IFFR 2023) and The Inescapable Desire of Roots (IFFR 2024) also offer a glorious mythological body horror with present day resonance in Strange Root on the 11th century Signaporean yam-born demigod Akshat’s descent into jealousy and madness.    Strong female characters feature prominently throughout the selection Indonesian filmmaker Kamila Andini (The Seen and Unseen TIFF 2018) brings the HBF-backed Four Seasons in Java on a woman’s journey in finding peace after being unjustly convicted of murdering a young man in self defence IFFR 2013) offers a disturbing glimpse into the dark side of Indian cinema and the broken lives it left behind with Unidentified Actress on an ex-child star turned sex-worker.   Czech-Vietnamese filmmaker Diana Cam Van Nguyen (Apart IFFR 2019) presents the tender romantic drama Inbetween Worlds (Cannes Résidence du Festival 2024) combining collage animation and live action in a story that follows Mai a photography student in Prague grappling between her Czech upbringing and her Vietnamese roots.   animated psychological drama The Missing screened at IFFR 2024 and was the Philippines’s 2024 Oscars submission another rotoscope animated drama set in a high school consumed by dark secrets produced by Rotterdam Lab graduate Geo Lomuntad Erik Ricco also uses animation in The March of the Sunflowers a stop-motion fairytale that tells the story of Marialice a twelve-year-old girl who embarks on a journey through the interior of Minas Gerais in Brazil Dunye’s project is one of a number of queer stories and voices across the selection IFFR 2023) also returns to the festival with Adiós amor,  a music-infused romantic comedy following a lesbian couple one of whom is a neurotic self-centred filmmaker who tries unsuccessfully to make her second film The project is produced by Rotterdam Lab graduates Gema Arquero and Marta Cruañas.  Eugen Jebeleanu’s third feature The Price of Gold about a young boy who becomes a ballroom dancing star.  From the Netherlands comes Yim Brakel’s deeply personal exploration of adoption and loss in Marseille takes a trip with his Dutch father to Marseille during the 1998 World Cup to watch the Netherlands play South Korea The project is produced by Rotterdam Lab graduate Rogier Kramer.  Turkish-Dutch filmmaker Nazlı Elif Durlu (Zuhal Tallinn Black Nights 2020) presents a charming coming-of-age road movie following the young girl Esra who travels across the country with a gang of fraudsters produced by Anna Maria Aslanoglu (Phases of Matter Locarno 2023) also hits the road in the HBF-backed How Melissa Blew a Fuse as Melissa steals €200k from her workplace in Germany and heads towards her home town in Bosnia.  Four projects are presented in the immersive selection at CineMart. From profound soundscapes exploring our relationship with war and violence to fluid distortions of time and shimmering immersions into the world of glitter the immersive projects across the lineups represent the boldest new forms of storytelling IFFR Pro’s Darkroom offers a platform to present to the international industry recently or nearly completed films and immersive media projects seeking completion or gap funding IFFR presents a full and revitalised Pro Days programme at IFFR 2025 returning to their familiar place in the festival heart in ‘de Doelen’ between 31 January – 5 February 2025 with a programme of panel discussions on urgent issues facing the industry specialised events and daily networking receptions.  the Pro Days will feature the talent development initiatives Rotterdam Lab alongside Creative Producer Indaba and an industry day dedicated to the Dutch film ecosystem.  will recognise projects from the CineMart and Darkroom selections and will be presented on the evening of Wednesday 5 February 2025 consisting of an Innovation Award for projects in development and an Outreach Award for work-in-progress projects IFFR Pro and the Hubert Bals Fund acknowledge the support of Creative Europe MEDIA and the Netherlands Film Fund as well as our many national and industry partners Netherlands  Produced by: LBx Africa NetherlandsProduced by: Dutch Digital Collectibles the up and down arrows jump to the adjacent top-level item combining big school features with small school advantages Explore options for tuition and financial assistance.. With 60% of full-time undergrad students living on campus there’s always something happening at Westfield Westfield State University’s 256 acre campus lies just west of Springfield in the beautiful Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts surrounded by mountain views and tree-lined streets We have high-quality academics and a gorgeous campus—and we have accessible faculty the left and right arrows jump to the adjacent top-level item Associate Director of Athletics at Westfield State Associate Director of Athletics for Business and Operations started her career at Westfield State University as a recruiting coordinator in 1996 and helps implement some of the programs we see in our athletic department and how the law saw its 50th anniversary in 2022 “I remember the impact it had when I played Title IX is a federal civil rights law which prohibits the discrimination of student athletes based on sex it takes the whole team to make sure that we’re gender equitable It’s everyone’s job to speak up and make sure things are fair.” Bals also described recent accomplishments made by the University’s student athletes and Tia Tollis at Westfield State were named players of the year at the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic (MASCAC) Conference for volleyball and soccer. Additionally both the women’s soccer and field hockey teams finished second in their leagues while the cross country and volleyball teams finished in first place.  “Our women’s sports are really successful here I’m proud we’ve had program expansion that reflects developing interest and abilities I think our teams demonstrate our commitment.” Bals also discussed the CHAMPS Life Skills Program the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s first program to require athletic departments to educate students not just coach them and community service are the pillars of the program rather than a sole emphasis on physical excellence The program has been renamed Student-Athlete Affairs though the mission of the  Life Skills program remains and the skills are being taught in athletic departments across the country.  Additional skills such as interpersonal collaboration and personal accountability are prioritized as well due to those being important skills in life beyond graduation “We’ve spent quite a few years focusing on leadership These are the things you’re going to take with you.”  With mental health being highlighted in recent years the University’s athletic department provide resources for the athletes such as a partnership with Springfield College’s athletic counselors these counselors are available for one-on-one and group team sessions “The emphasis has changed over the years,” Bals added she finds connection when athletic departments and their student athletes come together in harmony The idea of a team and the bonds that you create is huge That’s what we want the student athletes to feel Your dedication and hard work are impacting a greater good UCB CPO Sebastien Bals sits down with Procurement Leaders’ chief product officer David Rae to share some insights into his function’s response to the ongoing polycrisis Bals reveals how the purchasing team at the Anderlecht-headquartered global pharmaceutical company has leveraged machine-learning technology to create a digital twin of its supply chain to uncover previously hidden vulnerabilities, as well as the steps buyers are taking to pre-qualify suppliers to minimise the impact of potential risk events before they happen Watch the full video interview or read highlights When we were hit a couple of years back with the start of the pandemic we immediately realised the dependency that we had deep down and so one of the initiatives that we started early was building a true understanding of the different tiers in our supply chain as well as making sure that we map them in a digital form we are creating –and have created already for some of our key brands – a digital twin of our supply chain so we truly understand where we are buying from so we can leverage the power of AI and machine learning that is embedded in the technology to provide us with proactive insights on any potential vulnerabilities we might have We’re evaluating supplier financial risk but we’re also monitoring climate risk or potential disruptions that are happening by country or even at the company that we’re operating with. Ultimately the more insight we have into what is going on it allows us to make that right judgement. That said the biggest challenge remains going deep into your supply chain We have a categorisation beyond whether a supplier is strategic or not the products that we are buying from them are. So one of the things that it’s allowing is more proactiveness where in the past we probably would be more reactive to certain challenges or disruptions that we face we try to anticipate potential changes through a sourcing governance committee If you take an example that is current now – such as China or Asia overall and the dependency on that region – instead of waiting until something materialises we already understand what some of the potential alternatives are We start qualifying suppliers ahead of time so that our environment can be more dynamic Another thing we saw is that although at first sight we might seem when we look further into our supply chain we realised that those suppliers were buying from the same sub-suppliers So that is where we are having a much more active conversation within the organisation and even talking to our development folks to see how we can embed risk management in the development of our product We’ve created a called supply resilience and agility programme, which consists of a number of things – from having a much more end-to-end view of our inventories and our needs in our production and understanding how that translates from a risk perspective rather from a production point of view This allows us to understand the trade-offs Sometimes we say there is no alternative available while it 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All rights reserved. www.procurementleaders.com Procurement Leaders Limited accepts no responsibility for advice or information contained on this site although every effort is made to ensure its accuracy Users are advised to seek independent advice from qualified persons before acting upon any such information By 2024-05-07T14:27:00+01:00 Danielle Arbid and Francisco Márquez’s latest projects are among the 10 co-productions receiving €60,000 each through the Hubert Bals Fund (HBF) of the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) eight supported for co-production and two for post-production are helmed by mostly first- or second-time filmmakers from Singapore whose debut Under The Fig Tree debuted in  Directors’ Fortnight 2022 a trafficker and an art student living together in a tense Tunisia Sehiri produces through her out outfit Henia Production while French outfit Maneki Films co-produces French filmmaker Arbid’s Love Conquers All is set to star Hiam Abbas as an older Lebanese woman who falls for a young undocumented Sudanese migrant It is produced by Lebanon’s Abbott Pictures with France’s Easy Riders Film From The Long Night Of Francisco Sanctis director Márquez comes The World Is Ours the film blends history and fantasy to explore resistance It is produced by Argentina’s Pensar con las Manos with France’s Altamar Films Other projects include Agora by Tunisian filmmaker Ala Eddine Slim the thriller follows missing people who begin showing up in a secluded town It is produced by Tunisia’s Exit Films with France’s Cinenovo The HBF+Europe fund is supported by the Creative Europe - Media programme to encourage European co-producers to projects from Asia the Middle East and parts of Eastern Europe Siyou TanLead producer: Akanga Film Asia (Singapore)Applicant producer: Volya Films (Netherlands)As Shadows Fade (Turk-Ger-Neth-Nor)Dir Burcu AykarLead producer: Liman Film (Turkey)Applicant producer: Isabella Films (Netherlands)Hijas únicas (Chil-Arg-Ger)Dir Alba GaviraghiLead producer: Agosto Cine (Chile) Applicant producer: Nabis Films (Germany)  Danielle ArbidLead producer: Abbott Productions (Lebanon)Applicant producer: Easy Riders Films (France) Erige SehiriLead producer: Henia Production (Tunisia)Applicant producer: Maneki Films (France) Francisco MárquezLead producer: Pensar con las Manos (Argentina)Application producer: Altamar Films (France) Six Months In The Pink And Blue Building (Mex-Den-Fr-Bra) Dir Bruno SantamaríaLead producer: Ojo de Vaca (Mexico)Applicant producer: Snowglobe (Denmark) Ala Eddine SlimLead producer: Exit Films (Tunisia)Applicant producer: Cinenovo (France) Sofía PetersenLead producer: Animitas (Argentina)Applicant producer: Vitrine Filmes (Spain) Documentaries lead the spring 2025 funding session Nov 4: The Nepali film project 'Ek Mutthi Badal: My Share of Sky' has won financial support of 60,000 Euros from the Netherlands-based Hubert Bals Fund.       Producer Samipya Raj Timalsena said that the film was selected for post-production grants which will significantly enhance its technical quality He expressed hope that this support will strengthen the film’s presence on international platforms "This is the recognition of the team's hard work."      Sahara Sharma is the first Nepali female film to win the Hubert Bals Fund's post-production grant  The film explores themes of marriage and women's quest for freedom within the constraints of domestic life It highlights the conflict between societal expectations of women and their aspirations for independence focusing on family dynamics and the invisible sacrifices and contributions of women in Nepali society.      Phone : +977-1-4222921 Email : risingnepaldaily@gmail.com Acting Editor-in-Chief(Print) : Bhimsen Thapaliya By 2023-11-09T12:07:00 Selection includes new projects from prize winning directors Martika Ramirez Escobar SIGN IN if you have an account Access premium content Subscribe today If you have an account you can SIGN IN now Please select 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Amadou Onana joined Everton back in August of 2022 for £33 million Orel Mangala has revealed that Amadou Onana gave him some information about Everton before he joined when speaking to the club in an interview (as per Liverpool Echo) “I spoke to Amadou (Onana) a few days before coming here and he told me good things about Everton “He’s a good guy and before he signed for Everton I know that he enjoyed his time here and he spoke about the fans Amadou Onana upset Everton fans after his comments about the difference at Aston Villa I think I am a completely different player if you compare it to last season at Everton He has added bits to my game which I didn’t have before I can still improve on different aspects and parts of my game The manager is one of the best in the business I am looking forward to continue working with him on a daily basis.” with my physicality everyone knows I play with a lot of duels and intensity but on the ball I can definitely improve.” By 2023-07-11T12:29:00 will receive €60,000 to support either their production or their post-production Your Ads Privacy ChoicesIMDb By 2020-07-07T12:38:00 Mexican filmmaker won acclaim with debut ‘The Chambermaid’ professor of meteorology and chair of the Valparaiso University meteorology department has been recognized by the American Meteorological Association (AMS) with the 2024 Edward N This annual award goes to a professor who demonstrates "innovative and engaging teaching making challenging curricula accessible and enjoyable and inspiring the next generation of atmospheric scientists especially empowering women” (award citation) “I really love getting to that ‘a-ha!’ moment with students,” Professor Bals-Elsholz says “I am very proud and happy that I have been able to teach so many Valpo meteorology students and especially to so many women meteorologists.” Professor Bals-Elsholz has been at Valpo for 23 years from freshman coming in to Introduction to Meteorology to upper-classmen learning atmospheric dynamics and the ins and outs of meteorological computer systems Professor Bals-Elsholz has contributed to publications such as the Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology and the Journal of Climate Professor Bals-Elsholz will formally receive the award at the 2024 Annual AMS meeting in Baltimore. As department chair, Professor Bals-Elsholz leads a robust and successful program that boasts alumni like Chief Meteorologist for ABC news Ginger Zee and ABC7 Chicago’s Larry Mowry. For more information on the department, visit valpo.edu/geography-meteorology.  Share Good News Contact Us Meet Our Team By 2022-11-15T14:24:00 The new scheme will open for applications during IFFR 2023 By 2022-05-23T12:07:00 Each project will receive €10,000 in funding “I am deeply passionate about our work in the mission-critical space and excited to work alongside this mission-critical dream team,” Bals says With experienced professionals who have developed some of the industry’s largest hyperscale data center projects Burns & McDonnell leverages its multidisciplined design and construction teams to optimize project delivery and tailor solutions to fit the needs of every customer “Dave is a game-changing addition to our mission-critical leadership team for both our clients and communities throughout the world,” says Robert Bonar mission-critical practice lead at Burns & McDonnell “His vast wealth of industry experience and dynamic vision for this market position him perfectly to grow our capabilities operations and growth for several industry-leading firms engineering and construction services to build collaborative Burns & McDonnell holds top rankings in the Power, Data Center and Telecommunications market sectors and is recognized as the No. 9 Design Firm globally The firm also ranks among the top 10% of construction firms worldwide “As our clients and industries face new challenges and opportunities in a time of unprecedented demand, our commitment to make each mission-critical project successful remains the same,” says Sam Allen Global Facilities Group lead for Burns & McDonnell in Ohio “We are designed to build high-performing and technologically advanced infrastructure that will stand the test of time Our experience in and commitment to finding new solutions for tomorrow’s challenges lead the industry in providing for the future.” We have appointed Tamara Tatishvili as the new Head of the Hubert Bals Fund (HBF), IFFR’s film fund. Tatishvili has extensive experience across many areas of the international film industry as a strategy consultant, leader, producer and programmer. Amongst a host of notable positions, Tatishvili worked for several years as Director of the Georgian National Film Center and is currently Head of Studies at MEDICI, a training and exchange forum for senior decision makers of international public film funds.  She will take up the position heading the Hubert Bals Fund following the departure of its previous Head, Bianca Taal. Also comprising the HBF team are Manager Jeske van der Slikke who will shortly be taking maternity leave and Coordinator Ayumi Filippone, who takes over until March 2024 in van der Slikke’s absence.  Vanja Kaludjercic, IFFR’s Festival Director said: “We are delighted to announce that Tamara Tatishvili has been appointed as the new Head of the HBF. With her exceptional business acumen and visionary thinking, we are confident she is the perfect choice to lead HBF into a promising future. Her expertise will undoubtedly play a pivotal role in strengthening HBF’s position and driving its development in the years ahead.” Since 1988 the HBF has supported groundbreaking film projects in every stage of the production process, working especially with filmmakers from countries where local film funding and infrastructure is lacking or restrictive. Supported titles are regularly celebrated on the international stage.  Tamara combines solid experience of international funding and promotion strategies with strong passion for talent curation & programming. She worked for several years as Director of the Georgian National Film Center (2010–2013) – the public institution that sets Georgian film policy.  Prior to that, Tamara co-founded and served as an Executive Director of the “Independent Filmmakers’ Association – South Caucasus” (IFA-SC). She managed three offices of the Association – leading local teams and ensuring multi-stakeholder industry activities.  Since February 2020 Tamara is Head of Studies of FOCAL’s programme MEDICI – The Film Funding Journey – an annual vocational training designed for senior public financiers internationally.  Join a group of curious and connected film enthusiasts. Make independent film, new insights and inspiration accessible to everyone. At Old Trafford on Wednesday night the Europa League begins for Manchester United – who will enter the fixture frustrated after a 0-0 draw with Crystal Palace It’s a game which will mean a lot to Erik ten Hag, facing his boyhood club which he played for and managed The United boss has already admitted he’d rather play someone else as he does not want to hurt his former club – but he will just have to A strong start is needed to progress comfortably in this new revamped Europa League structure If Ten Hag aims to add to the United trophy collection and continue his record of a trophy every season Therefore he is unlikely to go as rotated as against Barnsley but we imagine there will still be wholesale changes Starting in goal we imagine will be Altay Bayindir after he kept a clean sheet against Barnsley – despite facing zero shots but this season Ten Hag seems a lot more willing to rotate At right-back, we expect Diogo Dalot to get a rare rest and therefore in the reverse of last week against Barnsley, Noussair Mazraoui starts with the Portugal international rested In centre-back, we imagine Ten Hag will rest the inform Matthijs de Ligt, and so Harry Maguire should step into the team. The former United captain is expected to benefit from the tournament Lisandro Martinez has enjoyed a far better start to this season than last and we expect he will start here with Ten Hag maybe not quite trusting Jonny Evans Toby Collyer impressed at left-back last week, and after not being involved for the U21s against Doncaster More minutes in the legs for Manuel Ugarte and more minutes to learn the system after his move from PSG That being said it would be no surprise to see Casemiro start Christian Eriksen was an unsung hero vs Barnsley scoring twice and all round being excellent He was superb again against Crystal Palace and deserves to start here with Kobbie Mainoo getting a rest In a bid to keep Amad Diallo fit and not overplayed, Antony should get another chance to impress here He’ll be against a Dutch side which is how he made his name too Replacing Bruno Fernandes for this one we imagine will be Mason Mount who recently returned from injury. This could be a huge chance for Mount to prove Ten Hag right On the left, Alejandro Garnacho gets rested after back-to-back starts, with Marcus Rashford thrust back into the starting line-up Finally, up top, we expect to see Rasmus Hojlund handed a first start of the season and he will be desperate to score some goals and make good on the influence of Ruud van Nistelrooy Some parts of this site work best with JavaScript enabled The final weekend of Mardi Gras in Shreveport was a weekend to remember from the final bal to the most-anticipated parade of the season Krewe of Harambee BalThe historic Krewe of Harambee threw the final bal of the Mardi Gras season at the Shreveport Convention Center with the theme "Fantastic Voyage" on Saturday On Saturday, Feb. 18 the Krewe of Gemini rolled through Shreveport throwing beads cups and more for excited Mardi Gras revelers The Krewe of Highland had a double whammy weekend kicking off the final weekend with their Grand Bal XXVII at the Remington Garage on Friday This year's theme was "A Surreal Symposium" where the court and all of the partygoers donned their finest Greek inspired costumes Greek gods and goddesses were seen dancing mingling and having a great time in floor-length dresses and masks The end of the bals and parades was signified by the highly anticipated Krewe of Highland parade. Shreveport came out on Sunday afternoon to catch fun throws and enjoy the entertainment and floats More:Shreveport City Council celebrates Black History Month, honors people and businesses The final Mardi Gras sendoff will take place at the Louisiana Daiquiri Cafe with a celebration at 5 p.m hosted by the Krewes of Sobek and Harambee Meredith G. White is the arts and culture reporter for the Shreveport Times. You can find her on Facebook as Meredith G. White, on Instagram and Twitter as @meredithgwhite