19/12/2008

A total of €4,380,000 have been allocated by the European Council's support fund Eurimages for the co-production of 12 new feature films. The decision was taken at the latest meeting of Eurimages’ management board, held in Paris this week.

The eclectic list of projects includes films directed by both European and non-European directors, from 100-year-old Portuguese filmmaker Manoel de Oliveira, whose latest film Singularidades de uma rapariga loira is in production (see news), to Malaysia-born auteur Tsai Ming-Liang, who returns behind the camera with Visages.

This was the last round of support before the new regulations for co-production support enter into force in 2009 (see interview with Roberto Olla).

List of awarded films:

Ueberleben in Venedig - Andreas Pichler, Documentary
(Germany, Austria)

La Prima Linea - Renato de Maria
(Italy, Belgium)

Circus Fantasticus - Janez Burger
(Slovenia, Ireland)

Le Premier Homme - Gianni Amelio
(France, Italy)

Neon Flesh - Paco Cabezas
(Spain, France, Sweden)

Neka Drige Price - Hanna A Slak, Marija Dzidzeva, Ana Rossi, Ivona Juka, Ines Tanovic
(Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Ireland)

Singularidades de uma rapariga loira - Manoel De Oliveira
(Portugal, France, Spain)

King of Devil’s Island - Marius Holst
(Norway, Poland, Sweden, France)

Visages - Tsai Ming-Liang
(France, Malaysia, Belgium, Netherlands)

Egil, az utolso pogany - Aron Gauder, Animated film
(Hungary, Iceland)

Mission London - Dimitar Mitovski
(Bulgaria, Hungary)

Signé Dumas - Safy Nebbou
(France, Belgium)