43rd Rotterdam Film Festival celebrates 25 years of Hubert Bals Fund with opening film Qissa

by Leo Bankersen
23 January 201430 March 2022
4 min read
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9000 Euro was tien jaar geleden het bedrag waarmee Qissa van de Indiase regisseur Anup Singh uit de startblokken werd geholpen. Dat geld kwam van het aan het International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) gelieerde Hubert Bals Fonds (HBF), dat nu al 25 jaar filmmakers in ontwikkelingslanden steunt. Gisteravond opende Qissa de 43e editie van het Rotterdamse festival. De havenstad is daarmee tien dagen lang wereldhoofdstad voor de onafhankelijke film, zoals zakelijk directeur Janneke Starink bij de ...

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Leo Bankersen

Leo Bankersen has been writing about film since Chinatown and Night of the Living Dead. Reviewed as a freelance film journalist for the GPD for a long time. Is now, among other things, one of the regular contributors to De Filmkrant. Likes to break a lance for children's films, documentaries and films from non-Western countries. Other specialities: digital issues and film education.View Author posts

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