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The Hubert Bals Fund (HBF) announces three projects awarded €60,000 each through its HBF+Europe: Post-production Support scheme. The Creative Europe MEDIA-backed scheme supports European minority co-producers with films from HBF territories at the final stage of production.
This selection features projects by filmmakers from Argentina, India and Brazil, distinct in form, ambition and scale: a creative <a href="https://cinemamix360.com/2026/10/01/gaza-documentary-naza-beats-avengers-endgame-encore-to-top-italian-box-office/” title=”Gaza documentary NAZA beats Avengers Endgame: Encore to top Italian box office”>documentary set in a dystopian future, a love story in India’s Kinnar community and a tragicomic detective story in a sweltering Rio de Janeiro.
Earlier this year, HBF+Europe: Post-production Supported Variations on a Theme won the Tiger Award at IFFR 2026 and is now South Africa’s submission to the Oscars for Best International Feature.
“Encouraging more equal and balanced international cooperation”
“We’re pleased to see HBF+Europe: Post-production Support establishing itself as a meaningful pathway for European producers to join bold films from HBF territories at the crucial stage of completion,” says Tamara Tatishvili, Head of the Hubert Bals Fund. “It allows us to keep supporting talent from the regions at the heart of the HBF’s mission, while encouraging more equal and balanced international cooperation, especially with European low-production capacity countries such as Portugal from the current selection.”
Las Antigüedades dir. Manque La Banca
Produced by: Pionera Cine (Argentina), Testaferro (Spain)
Partly shot on analogue, this documentary moves between La Plata, Berlin and a dystopian Patagonia. As Xavier writes instructions to finish an incomplete film, his trans sister disappears. Drawing on La Banca’s family history, the film explores memory through objects and the cycles of history. His debut Esquí (2021) won the FIPRESCI Prize at Berlinale Forum.
Kohinoor dir. Udita Bhargava
Produced by: Schiwago Film GmbH (Germany), Amour Fou Luxembourg (Luxembourg), VK Art and Design Pvt. (India)
After being rejected by her lover, Kohinoor, a trans woman, sets out to find her sister, who went missing when Kohinoor was a child: a story about love, loss, friendship and community in which Kohinoor overcomes the powerful ghosts of her past. Bhargava’s debut Dust (2019) premiered at the Berlinale. Kohinoor was most recently presented at When East Meets West 2026.
Um Rio de Janeirodir. Angelo Defanti
Produced by: Sobretudo Produção (Brazil), Oportuna Films (Uruguay), Wonder Maria (Portugal)
Defanti’s third feature is an absurdist tragicomic detective story set in Rio de Janeiro during a sweltering heatwave. His debut The Club of Angels (2022) premiered at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival and in 2025, his short I Am a German Shepherd screened in competition at Clermont-Ferrand.
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