Two Dutch-South American titles supported by Netherlands funding
by Vitor Pinto
- The Netherlands Film Fund and Hubert Bals Fund Co-Production Scheme 2016 has announced the two titles selected in its spring round
Two new co-production projects linking South American and Dutch film professionals have been selected during the spring round of the Netherlands Film Fund and Hubert Bals Fund Co-Production Scheme 2016. They were allocated €50,000 each.
Amsterdam-based Balder Films is co-producing Window Boy Would Also Like to Have a Submarine by Uruguayan director Alex Piperno. The project, which also involves outfits La Pobladora Cine (Uruguay), Desvia (Brazil) and Una Rana Salta (Argentina), focuses on a young sailor who discovers a hallway on a cruise ship that mysteriously leads to an apartment in Montevideo.
The Omission [+see also:
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Now entering its tenth year, the NFF + HBF Co-Production Scheme is a joint programme organised by the Netherlands Film Fund and the International Film Festival Rotterdam that supports Dutch producers involved in international co-productions through the Hubert Bals Fund. Four projects are supported annually.
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