Hubert Bals Fund – Development Support
International Film Festival Rotterdam Rotterdam, Netherlands
IFFR fund backing bold feature projects by filmmakers from Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe, from script development to post-production via European co-producers.
Free to start · no account needed
Get your application narrative and project proposal for this programme, drafted from your own documents in about two minutes.
You look at it first. Nothing is submitted without your tap.
About
Also: development support; link to CineMart co-production market.
Who can apply: Filmmakers from HBF's eligible-country list (or diaspora); priority for films shot mainly in an eligible country.
Free to apply.
Annual: Development Support deadline in spring (2026: April 2); HBF+Europe deadlines in June and September.
How to apply: through the organiser's own application portal (you need an account there).
What to prepare: script, synopsis, director statement, budget.
From the official page (checked 2026-10-21): “Development Support: 2 April 2026”
Who can apply
- Open to creators and freelancers
- Filmmakers from HBF's eligible-country list (or diaspora); priority for films shot mainly in an eligible country.
What you will need
- Work samplesOnly you can supply it: upload it once and it is attached wherever it is asked for.
- Project proposalOnward Scout drafts it from your sourced profile; you approve every line.
- Artist statementOnward Scout drafts it from your sourced profile; you approve every line.
- Financial summaryUpload yours, or let Onward Scout draft one from your profile for you to edit.
How to apply
Applications go through the official page (own portal), which needs an account in your name.
How Onward Scout helps
This one is submitted on the organiser's own site, behind your login. Onward Scout prepares every answer and file in the form's order with one-tap copy, so submitting takes minutes; you mark it submitted when you're done.
Every answer is drafted from your own documents and cites where each fact came from; anything we can’t source is flagged for you, never invented.
Let Onward Scout prepare this application
Get your application narrative and project proposal for this programme, drafted from your own documents in about two minutes. Free to start, no account needed: you look at the draft first, and nothing goes to International Film Festival Rotterdam without your tap.
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