Rotterdam Industry Heads Talk Backing Displaced Filmmakers When ‘World Is on Fire,’ Renewed Focus on U.S. Indies, Shrinking European Funds

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Rotterdam Industry Heads Talk Backing Displaced Filmmakers When ‘World Is on Fire,’ Renewed Focus on U.S. Indies, Shrinking European Funds
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Rotterdam Industry Head Wants to Strengthen Ties to U.S. Indies

Rotterdam industry heads talk joint efforts to support displaced filmmakers, rebooting ties to U.S. indie industry, rethinking co-production models.

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Spcine Looks to Develop With Hubert Bals Fund, South Africa’s NFVF

The partnership with the Hubert Bals Fund also involves RioFilme and Projeto Paradiso. 

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Hubert Bals Fund Teams With Brazil’s Spcine, RioFilme, Projeto Paradiso on Pioneering Development Initiative (EXCLUSIVE)
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Hubert Bals Fund Launches HBF+Brazil With Brazil’s Spcine, RioFilme, Projeto Paradiso

HBF+Brazil: Co-development Support marks a pacemaking initiative to target development for emerging filmmakers in a single territory. 

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Hubert Bals Fund Tamara Tatishvili to ‘Revamp and Revise All Schemes'

Tamara Tatishvili’s ambition is to 'revamp and revise all schemes,' while also focusing on how to best streamline their application process.

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