Harmony Lessons director Emir Baigazin and Uncle Boomee… director Apichatpong Weerasethakul among those selected by the Hubert Bals Fund of International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr) to receive grants for post production and for script and project development.Scroll down for full list
In its Fall 2013 selection round, the Fund allocated €161,700 to projects from nine Asian, Eastern European, Latin-American and African countries.
The selection was made out of 464 applications, the highest number of funding applications to date.
Five Hbf-supported projects get the opportunity to further develop their project as part of the Boost! programme.
Two of the 11 projects selected in the script and project development category are from Thailand. Cemetery of Kings by Golden Palm winner Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives), and By the Time it Gets Dark by Anocha Suwichakornpong, who won a Tiger Award for her feature debut Mundane History in 2010.
Emir Baigazin (Kazakhstan) also receives funding in this category for his...
In its Fall 2013 selection round, the Fund allocated €161,700 to projects from nine Asian, Eastern European, Latin-American and African countries.
The selection was made out of 464 applications, the highest number of funding applications to date.
Five Hbf-supported projects get the opportunity to further develop their project as part of the Boost! programme.
Two of the 11 projects selected in the script and project development category are from Thailand. Cemetery of Kings by Golden Palm winner Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives), and By the Time it Gets Dark by Anocha Suwichakornpong, who won a Tiger Award for her feature debut Mundane History in 2010.
Emir Baigazin (Kazakhstan) also receives funding in this category for his...
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