Stijn Coninx and Alex van Warmerdam in the credits of the 2nd 2014 session of Screen Flanders
- The Flemish regional investment fund has announced the results of its 2nd 2014 session, which will support 8 productions for a total of €1,570,000
The second 2014 session of Screen Flanders ended mid September. Eight projects will share an envelope of € 1,570,000. The aid allocated to each project ranges from around €95,000 to €360,000. Together, the eight projects selected should spend about €7,500,000 in Flanders. Screen Flanders supports audiovisual productions that spend a part of their budget in Flanders. Belgian producers can request up to €400,000 in repayable advances by way of economic aid for expenses in Flanders. A minimum of €250,000 must be invested in Flanders and the production must contribute to enriching the Region’s cultural heritage. At least one euro must be spent in Flanders for every euro of aid obtained.
Featuring among the selected projects are, notably, the new project by Stijn Coninx (Marina [+see also:
trailer
interview: Cristiano Bortone
film profile]), Ay Ay Ramon!, [+see also:
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film profile] with actor Jan Decleir. Also selected, Diamant noir [+see also:
film review
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interview: Arthur Harari
film profile] by Arthur Harari, a Franco-Belgian co-production (Les Films Pelléas, Savage Film, FraKas), a family tragedy at the heart of the Antwerp diamond dealers’ community, with Niels Schneider, August Diehl and Hans-Peter Cloos. Another Savage production will be aided, the first feature film by Robin Pront, d’Ardennen [+see also:
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interview: Robin Pront
film profile], a story of sibling rivalry with Kevin Janssens (Het Varken van Madonna, Zot van A.), Jeroen Perceval (Plan Bart [+see also:
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film profile], Borgman [+see also:
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interview: Alex van Varmerdam
interview: Reinout Scholten van Aschat
film profile]) and Veerle Baetens (The Broken Circle Breakdown [+see also:
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interview: Felix van Groeningen
interview: Felix Van Groeningen
interview: Felix Van Groeningen
film profile]), filming of which will begin in about ten days time.
Screen Flanders will also support two Dutch directors: Alex van Warmerdam (Borgman) and his new feature film, Schneider vs Bax [+see also:
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interview: Alex van Warmerdam
film profile], a fight to the death between a skilful hit man slash father, and a recluse writer; and Ben Sombogaart, and his adaptation of the novel by Jan Siebelink, Knielen op een bed violen, a project that has been postponed several times.
Screen Flanders supports all genres, including fiction, but also documentary film (with this time The Last Summer with Mum by Norwegian Steffa Strandberg), or even animated series like Ziggy & the Zootram by Tanguy de Kermel and Federico Milella, produced by Skyline Entertainment.
(Translated from French)
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