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Hubert Bals Fund

Rotterdam, Netherlands(approximate location)

The Hubert Bals Fund supports groundbreaking film projects in every stage of the production process, working especially with filmmakers from countries where local film funding and infrastructure is lacking or restrictive.

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Contact & details

TypeDistributor · Film
LocationRotterdam, Netherlands
Websitefilmfestivalrotterdam.com
Emailhbf@filmfestivalrotterdam.com
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Phone+31 10 890 90 90
Statusactive2026 credit i
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How their work is rated

Average rating
7.3IMDb
4.0directory 6.28.0

54 rated titles, weighted by votes

Awards
Oscars0of1nominations0%
BAFTAs0of1nominations0%

520 wins from 1,125 nominations across all awards

Box office
$7m

Combined US gross, 18 of 103 titles

The Perfect Circle poster
Highest rated
The Perfect Circle
1997
8.12,376 votes
All the Cities of the North poster
Lowest rated
All the Cities of the North
2016
5.4191 votes
Mostly
drama, comedy, fantasy
Active
1992–2026
Rotten Tomatoes
86%
Best known for
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

Ratings and awards from OMDb, matched by title and year across 67 of 103 titles. Unmatched titles are left out rather than guessed. Oscars, Emmys and BAFTAs are itemised; other awards sit in the totals. IMDb counts wins separately from losing nominations, so nominations here is wins plus losses.

Credits24 of 110

100 films · 1 TV title

Titles per year94 titles · busiest 2026 with 9

94 titles across 30 years, averaging 3.1 a year. The last five years average 4.4 a year, above their long-run rate. 2 of those 30 years carry no credit on file.

Quality over time46 rated titles · bigger dots carry more votes
468their average 7.3200020102020

Their 2000s work is their strongest, averaging 7.5 across 20 titles. The 12 titles since 2016 average 7.0, 0.4 below their 7.4 overall. 8 of 46 rated titles sit above their 7.4 average, which is weighted by votes: the most seen titles pull it up.

Who they work with

Directors
  • Lav Diaz3
  • Apichatpong Weerasethakul2
  • Ciro Guerra2
  • Elia Suleiman2
  • Pablo Trapero2
Writers
  • Lav Diaz3
  • Ciro Guerra2
  • Elia Suleiman2
  • Cristian Mungiu2
  • Mohsen Makhmalbaf2
Notable cast
  • Hazel Orencio2
  • Mustafa Nadarevic2
  • Alejandro Urdapilleta2
  • Valeria Bertuccelli2
  • Elia Suleiman2
Genres
  • Drama62 of 66
  • Comedy8 of 66
  • Fantasy5 of 66
  • Romance4 of 66
  • Crime4 of 66

Names appearing on two or more of Hubert Bals Fund’s produced titles, across the 66 matched to OMDb. Cast is the top-billed few OMDb lists per title, so it is notable cast rather than a full cast list. A title can carry more than one genre, so the genre counts overlap.

Works with12 companies

Companies that appear alongside Hubert Bals Fund on the same productions. The number is how many titles they share.

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