Hubert Bals Fund Harvest 2008

During each edition, the International Film Festival Rotterdam screens a large part of the year's harvest of completed films supported by the fund. Hubert Bals Fund supported films may be selected in Competition or the Sturm und Drang, Time and Tide or other sections.

VPRO Tiger Awards Competition
FUJIAN BLUE (JIN BI HUI HUANG) - Weng Shou-ming; China, European premiere
LAMB OF GOD (CORDERO DE DIOS) – Lucía Cedrón; Argentina, World premiere, Opening Film
THE SKY, THE EARTH AND THE RAIN (EL CIELO, LA TIERRA Y LA LLUVIA) – José Luis Torres Leiva; Chile, World premiere
WONDERFUL TOWN - Aditya Assarat: Thailand, European premiere
YEARS WHEN I WAS A CHILD OUTSIDE (TAON NOONG AKO’Y ANAK SA LABAS ) – John Torres; Phillippines, World premiere

Kings & Aces
DEATH IN THE LAND OF ENCANTOS (KAGADANAN SA BANWAAN NING MGA ENGKANTO) – Lav Diaz; Phillippines
HAFEZ – Abolfazl Jalili; Iran

Sturm und Drang
ALICE’S HOUSE (A CASA DE ALICE) – Chico Teixeira; Brazil
FALLING FROM EARTH – Zeneddine Chadi; Lebanon
MUTUM – Sandra Kogut; Brazil
THE OTHER (EL OTRO) – Ariel Rotter; Argentina

Time & Tide
3 DAYS TO FOREVER (3 HARI UNTUK SELAMANYA) – Riri Riza; Indonesia
ABSURD AND ABSURDITY (ADEP AKHLAK) – Marat Alykulov; Kyrgystan, World premiere
END OF THE LINE (FIM DA LINHA) – Gustavo Steinberg; Brasil, World premiere
HAPPY DESERT (DESERTO FELIZ) – Paulo Caldas; Brasil
MY MARLON AND BRANDO (GITMEK) – Hüseyin Karabey; Turkey, World premiere
PURE COOLNESS (BOZ SALKYN) – Ernest Abdyjaparov; Kyrgystan
THE REVUE (PREDSTAVLENIE) – Sergei Loznitsa; Ukraine, World premiere
SHUGA (CHOUGA) – Darezhan Omirbaev; Kazakhstan
THE WILD BULL (VALU) – Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni; India, International premiere
ZIMBABWE – Darrell James Roodt; South Africa, World premiere

Exploding Cinema: New Dragon Inns
CRUDE OIL (CAI YOU RI JI) – Wang Bing; China, World premiere