23-10-2018

Eurimages Supports Sixteen Films

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    STRASBOURG: Eurimages decided to fund 12 fiction films, two documentaries and two animation films with 5,201,000 EUR at its October 2018 meeting in Sofia. Films from CEE territories had a lighter presence, but two of the projects are coproductions involving Serbia and Bulgaria.

    Only 31% of the eligible projects had a female director, but 44% of the supported projects are directed by women, with 49% of the funding going to those projects.

    The supported projects are

    Flickering Ghosts of Loves Gone By (Slovakia, France)
    Directed by André Bonzel (France)
    150,000 EUR
    Documentary

    The Wife of the Pilot (Germany, France)
    Directed by Anne Zohra Berrached (Germany)
    460,000 EUR

    Strahinja (Serbia, Luxembourg, Bulgaria, France)
    Directed by Stefan Arsenijevic (Serbia)
    190,000 EUR
    Produced by Art & Popcorn (Serbia), Chouchkov Brothers (Bulgaria)

    The Story of My Wife (Hungary, Germany, Italy)
    Directed by Ildiko Enyedi  
    500,000 EUR
             
    The Truth (France, Belgium)
    Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda (Japan - France)
    116,000 EUR
          
    Patrol Cars (Bulgaria, Serbia)
    Directed by Stephan Komandarev (Bulgaria)
    60,000 EUR
    Produced by Argo Film (Bulgaria), SEE Film Pro (Serbia)           

    10 000 Nights in the Jungle (France, Germany, Belgium, Italy)
    Directed by Arthur Harari (France)
    470,000 EUR

    The Miracle of Almerìa (Belgium, The Netherlands)
    Directed by Moon Blaisse (Belgium)
    60,000 EUR
    Documentary              

    Calamity, a Childhood of Martha Jane Cannary (France, Denmark)
    Directed by Rémi Chayé (France)
    430,000 EUR
    Animation film                                                                        

    For our Fallen Brothers (France, Belgium)
    Directed by Hélier Cisterne (France)
    450,000 EUR

    Furies (Canada, Belgium)
    Directed by Andrew Cividino (Canada)
    360,000 EUR

    The Consequences (Spain, The Netherlands, Belgium)
    Directed by Claudia Pinto Emperador (Venezuela - Spain)
    330,000 EUR

    Hope (Norway, Sweden)
    Directed by Maria Sodahl (Norway)
    500,000 EUR

    Where is Anne Frank (Luxembourg, Belgium, Israel, The Netherlands, France)
    Directed by Ari Folman (Poland - Israel) –
    450,000 EUR
    Animation film

    Simple Passion (France, Belgium)
    Directed by Danielle Arbid (France)
    200,000 EUR

    Charter (working title) (Sweden, Denmark, Norway)
    Directed by Amanda Kernell (Sweden)
    475,000 EUR