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FUNDING Europe

Eurimages backs 13 European co-productions

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At its 117th meeting, held from December 14-16 in Paris, the management committee of the European Council’s Eurimages fund granted a total of €4,770,000 in co-production funding for 13 features.

Eurimages is the support fund for co-production, distribution and exhibition of European cinematic works, set up by the Council of Europe in 1988.

Allez, Eddy! - Gert Embrechts
(Belgium/Netherlands)

Entente Cordiale - Hubert Sauper
(France/Austria)

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The Zig Zag Kid - Vincent Bal
(Netherlands/Belgium)

Il Gioiellino (“The Gem”) - Andrea Molaioli
(Italy/France)

Iron Sky - Timo Vuorensola
(Finland/Germany)

Mauvaise Pente (“Downhill”) - Martin Provost
(France/Belgium)

Michel Petrucciani - Body and Soul - Michael Radford
(France/Germany/Italy)

My Brother Robert - Philip Gröning
(Germany/France)

Once Upon a Time in Anatolia - Nuri Bilge Ceylan
(Turkey/Bosnia-Herzegovina)

Roskisprinssi - Raimo O Niemi
(Finland/Norway)

The Essence of Killing - Jerzy Skolimowski
(Poland/Norway/France/Ireland)

Tony Ten - Mischa Kamp
(Netherlands/Germany/Belgium)

Zuurstof - Hans Van Nuffel
(Belgium/Netherlands)

In addition, support was granted for the distribution of the following films:

The White Ribbon [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Michael Haneke
film profile
]
- Michael Haneke (Germany)
Distributed by
Balkan Film (“former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”)
MCF Megacom Film (Serbia)
Wega Film Istanbul (Turkey)

Irina Palm [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Sam Garbarski
interview: Sébastien Delloye
film profile
]
- Sam Garbarski (Belgium) Distributed by
Cinestar (“former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”)

Katanga Business - Thierry Michel (Belgium)
Distributed by
Vadi Van Kris (Bulgaria)

Round Da Way [+see also:
trailer
film profile
]
- Emmanuel Klotz (France)
Distributed by
Art Servis (Bosnia-Herzegovina)
Balkan Film (“former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”)
Kids Film Fest (Serbia)

I, Don Giovanni [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile
]
- Carlos Saura (Spain)
Distributed by
Arena Film (“former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”)

Lost Persons Area [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile
]
- Caroline Strubbe (Belgium)
Distributed by
Media Factory (“former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”)

Mammoth [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile
]
- Lukas Moodysson (Sweden)
Distributed by
Tropik Film & Video (Bosnia-Herzegovina)
MCF Megacom Film (Serbia)

Small Crime [+see also:
trailer
film profile
]
- Christos Georgiou (Cyprus)
Distributed by
Media Factory (“former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”)

The Visitor [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile
]
- Jukka-Pekka Valkeapää (Finland)
Distributed by
Ekran (Bosnia-Herzegovina)
Orion Invest Film (Serbia)

Don’t Look Back [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile
]
- Marina de Van (France)
Distributed by
First Production Film (Serbia)

Just Between Us - Rajko Grlic (Croatia)
Distributed by
Oskar Film (Bosnia-Herzegovina)

Pianomania - Lilian Franck (Germany)
Distributed by
Marigold Films (Bulgaria)

The King of Ping Pong [+see also:
trailer
film profile
]
- Jens Jonsson (Sweden)
Euro Film (“former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”)

Snow - Zubcevic Aida Begic (Bosnia-Herzegovina)
Distributed by
Grefitti Art 2005 (Romania)
Teah - Hanna AW Slak (Slovenia)
Distributed by
Asociata Moebius (Romania)

Tengri: Blue Heavens - Marie Jaoul de Poncheville (France)
Distributed by
Filmarti Film (Turkey)

Triage [+see also:
trailer
film profile
]
- Danis Tanovic (Belgium)
Distributed by
Tropik Film & Video (Bosnia-Herzegovina)
Taramount Film (Serbia)

Trilogy II: The Dust of Time - Theo Angelopoulos (Greece)
Distributed by
Orion Invest Film (Serbia)

The Country Teacher [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Bohdan Slama
film profile
]
- Bohdan Slama (Czech Republic)
Distributed by
Ekran (Bosnia-Herzegovina)
Arena Film (“former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”)

As part of its programme for supporting digitisation aimed at encouraging the use of digital media, the management committee decided at its meeting in December to award a grant for the production costs of 2K digital masters to producers who received co-production support. These are:

23/5 Filmproduktion (Germany) for Storm [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Alexander Fehling
interview: Hans-Christian Schmid
film profile
]
by Hans-Christian Schmid

Claussen + Woebke + Putz Filmproduktion (Germany) for Maria, He Doesn’t Like It! by Neele Leana Vollmar

Deblokada (former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) for On the Path by Jasmila Zbanic
Film Oblige (France) for Dumas by Safy Nebbou

Liaison Cinématographique (France) for The Boat Race [+see also:
trailer
interview: Bernard Bellefroid, directo…
film profile
]
by Bernard Bellefroid

Wega Filmproduktion (Austria) for The White Ribbon by Michael Haneke

Zentropa Entertainment (Denmark) for Breaking the Waves, Dancer in the Dark, Dogville [+see also:
trailer
film profile
]
and Manderlay [+see also:
trailer
film profile
]
by Lars Von Trier

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