Hubert Bals Fund Spring 2008 Selection Round

The line up of the IFFR’s Hubert Bals Fund Spring 2008 Selection Round in full:

Post production
BE CALM AND COUNT TO 7 ; Ramtin Lavafipour - Iran
THE BLIND PIG WHO WANTS TO FLY ; Edwin - Indonesia
BAKSY ; Guka Omarova - Kazakhstan
GREEN ROCKING CHAIR ; Roxlee - Philippines
TONY MANERO ; Pablo Larraín - Chile
MOON AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WELL ; Nguyen Vinh Son - Vietnam
TURISTAS ; Alicia Scherson - Chile
ER DONG ; Yang Jin – China
PANDORA’S BOX ; Yesim Ustaoglu – Turkey

Script development
OUR GRAND DESPAIR ; Seyfi Teoman - Turkey
GIRIMUNHO ; Helvécio Marins Jr. - Brazil
ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHINA ; Cui Zi’en - China
JEAN GENTIL ; Laura Amelia Guzmán & Israel Cárdenas - Dominican Republic / Mexico
KALAYAAN ; Adolfo Alix Jr. - Philippines
KOSMOS ; Ihor Podolchak - Ukraine
CIRCUMSTANCE ; Maryam Keshavarz - Iran
SUR LA PLANCHE ; Leila Kilani – Morocco
TANTA AGUA ; Ana Guevara & Leticia Jorge - Uruguay
LOS ULTIMOS CRISTEROS ; Matias Meyer - Mexico

Digital production
THE GREAT DESAPARECIDO ; Lav Diaz - Phillippines
LUCÍA ; Niles Atallah - Chile
THAT YEAR WHEN WE WERE YOUNG ; Tao Peng - China
ONE DAY WHEN THE RAIN FALLS ; Ifa Isfansyah - Indonesia
WOMAN ON FIRE LOOKS FOR WATER ; Woo Ming Jin - Malaysia

Distribution and special projects
WAR, LOVE, GOD AND MADNESS ; Mohamed Al-Daradji - Iraq
Directors Across Borders (DAB Forum), Yerevan - Armenia