Hubert Bals Fund Fall 2008 Selection Round

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

Post production
IF THE SEED DOESN'T DIE ; Sinisa Dragin ; Serbia
GABBLA (INLAND) ; Tariq Teguia ; Algeria


Script development
AUJOURD'HUI (TODAY) ; Alain Gomis ; Senegal
BERINI CHAKRE (BERINA'S CHAKRAS) ; Faruk Loncarevic ; Bosnia-Herzegovina
LA CASTRACIÓN (THE CASTRATION) ; Iwan Lowenberg ; Mexico
MALAYA WOMEN PROJECT (THE PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY) ; Francis Xavier Pasion ; Philippines
O LIXO NOSSO DE CADA DIA (OUR DAILY GARBAGE) ; Philippe Barcinski ; Brazil
HISTÓRICO DE VIOLÊNCIA (THE SURROUNDING SOUNDS) ; Kleber Mendonça Filho ; Brazil
EL PLACER ES MIO (IT'S MY PLEASURE) ; Elisa Miller ; Mexico
POST MORTEM ; PABLO LARRAÍN ; Chile
PRIMITIVE 'UNCLE BOONMEE WHO CAN RECALL HIS PAST LIVES' ; Apichatpong Weerasethakul ; Thailand
REIMON ; Rodrigo Moreno ; Argentina
SURLARIN IKI YAKASI (TWO SIDES OF THE RAMPARTS) ; Kazim Öz ; Turkey
WAJDA ; Haifa al Mansour ; Saudi Arabia
XIA RI TIAN CHANG (A LONG AFTERNOON NAP) ; Chen Tao ; China
EL SUEÑO DE SOR JUANA (SOR JUANA'S DREAM) ; Gregorio Rocha ; Mexico


Digital production
18 CIGARRILLOS Y MEDIO (18 AND A HALF CIGARETTES) ; Marcelo Tolces ; Paraguay
EL CAMINO ENTRE DOS PUNTOS (THE WAY BETWEEN TWO POINTS) ; Sebastian Diaz Morales ; Argentina
HOW TO DISAPPEAR COMPLETELY ; Raya Martin ; Philippines
GESHER ; Vahid Vakilifar ; Iran
MAATI KE MOL (SOUL OF SAND) ; Sidharth Srinivasan


Distribution and special projects

• - Efecto Cine, a travelling cinema: an alternative distribution system for national and Latin-American films ; Uruguay
• - Red de microcines para el Peru (A Network of micro cinemas for Peru), neighborhood or community screenings of independent Peruvian and Latin-American films.
• - Hubert Bals Fund Award for Best Project (5,000 euro) to be handed out at the Film Bazaar (Nov 26-29, 2008) in Goa, India