23/03/2009

A total of €4,680,000 have been allocated by the European Council's support fund Eurimages for the co-production of 15 new feature films. The decision was taken at the latest meeting of the Eurimages board, held in Paris from March 15-17.

Established in 1988 and currently with 33 members, Eurimages has supported 1,252 European co-productions so far. The new regulations for co-production support were implemented in January 2009 (see interview with Eurimages' executive secretary Roberto Olla).

List of awarded co-productions:

The Woman Who Dreamt of a Man - Per Fly (Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Poland)
Alois Nebel - Tomas Lunak (Czech Republic, Germany - animation film)
Cosa Voglio di Più - Silvio Soldini (Italy, Switzerland)
Aurora - Cristi Puiu (Romania, France, Switzerland, Germany)
Snabba Cash - Daniel Espinosa (Sweden, Denmark)
The Last Flight of Flamingo - João Ribeiro (Portugal, Spain, France, Brazil, Italy)
Paradies - Ulrich Seidl (Austria, Germany, France)
Vivan Las Antipodas - Viktor Kossakovsky (Germany, Netherlands - documentary)
Satte Farben vor Schwarz - Sophie Heldmann (Germany, Switzerland)
Thor -The Edda Chronicles - Gunnar Karlsson and Toby Genkel (Iceland, Germany, Ireland)
The Republic of Trees - Alicia Duffy (Ireland, France, Belgium)
Ici - Angelo Cianci (France, Luxembourg)
Beli Beli Sve - Oleg Novkovic (Serbia, Germany, Sweden)
Visszatere - Judith Elek (Hungary, Romania)
Die Wand - Julian Pölsler (Austria, Germany)