15/03/2017 - The Italian writer will direct La ragazza nella nebbia, based on his book. Among the six projects funded are I figli del freddo by Stefano Lodovichi, a German film and an Austrian film

Six new films projects have secured funding from the IDM - Alto Adige Film Commission, during the 1^st call of 2017 (the deadline for which was 25 January). Of these, four are from Italy, one is from Germany and one is from Austria.

Italian company Colorado Film Production has received €400,000 in production costs to make La ragazza nella nebbia [+see also:
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€500,000 has been granted to Mood Film for Stefano Lodovichi’s project I figli del freddo, which also received support from the Film Commission during the pre-production stage, and from the Italian-German development fund. The new feature film by the director of Aquadro [+see also:
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Zorro,the second feature film by Alto Adige-born director and writer Ronny Trocker, which was one of the 36 projects presented at this year’s Berlinale Co-Production Market, is instead being supported in the pre-production stage with €21,000. The director competed with his debut film The Eremites [+see also:
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German production company fernsehbüro has been granted €60,000 to work on a docu-film about Andrea Hofer, the leader of the Tyrolean rebellion against Napolean’s occupation. Andreas Hofer - Volksheld oder Fanatiker? will be directed by Hannes Schuler and Robert Neumüller and co-produced with Austrian company Pre TV. Vienna-based KGP Kranzelbinder Gabriele Production has finally received a pre-production grant to the tune of €20,000 to make the road movie by Thomas Woschitz, who trained at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Am Anfang der Schwerkraft oder die schicksalhafte Reise einer noblen Familie und ihrer Dienerschaft über die Alpen (all titles are provisional).

The next deadline in 2017 for submitting funding applications to the IDM are 3 May and 27 September.

(Translated from Italian)