As the fund restructures, several previous grantees spoke on a Rotterdam panel about their struggles in local markets.
After the recent announcement that International Film Festival Rotterdam’s Hubert Bals Fund is restructuring, the scheme’s outgoing manager Iwana Chronis was at Iffr on Monday (Jan 30) with several fund recipients to discuss their distribution experiences.
Filmmakers Michel Lipkes (Mexico), John Torres (Philippines) and Marina Meliande (Brazil) praised the development and production fund for supporting independent films in less financially-able countries, but also took the opportunity to highlight the constant struggle of releasing their films in their respective home territories.
Lipkes, whose feature Malaventura screened at Iffr in 2012, said the fund enabled his film to also receive support from the Mexican Institute of Cinematography, a grant he may not have received if he had not had the backing of the Hbf fund.
However, his inability to screen the film for more than one week in Mexico’s multiplexes...
After the recent announcement that International Film Festival Rotterdam’s Hubert Bals Fund is restructuring, the scheme’s outgoing manager Iwana Chronis was at Iffr on Monday (Jan 30) with several fund recipients to discuss their distribution experiences.
Filmmakers Michel Lipkes (Mexico), John Torres (Philippines) and Marina Meliande (Brazil) praised the development and production fund for supporting independent films in less financially-able countries, but also took the opportunity to highlight the constant struggle of releasing their films in their respective home territories.
Lipkes, whose feature Malaventura screened at Iffr in 2012, said the fund enabled his film to also receive support from the Mexican Institute of Cinematography, a grant he may not have received if he had not had the backing of the Hbf fund.
However, his inability to screen the film for more than one week in Mexico’s multiplexes...
- 2/1/2017
- ScreenDaily
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