At its 162^nd meeting held online, the Board of Management of the Council of Europe's Eurimages Fund agreed to support 24 feature film projects, including 3 documentaries and 3 animation films, for a total amount of €5,822,000.

The share of eligible projects with female directors examined at this Eurimages Board of Management meeting was 39.80%. 45.83% of the projects supported were directed by women and €2,213,000 was awarded to these projects, representing 38.01% of the total amount awarded.

The films supported include the new title by Belgian masters Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne after their 2019 Cannes Best Director winner Young Ahmed [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Jean-Pierre e Luc Dardenne
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intervista: Joely Mbundu
intervista: Luc e Jean-Pierre Dardenne
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intervista: Milcho Manchevski
intervista: Sara Klimoska
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scheda film] (North Macedonia/Denmark/Bulgaria) (€180,000); the new films by Belgian duo Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah (Black [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Adil El Arbi e Bilall Fallah
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intervista: Adil El Arbi e Bilall Fallah
scheda film] (Belgium/Luxembourg/France) (€290,000); Belgium's Jessica Woodworth (King of the Belgians [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Jessica Woodworth, Peter B…
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intervista: Jessica Woodworth
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intervista: Rusudan Glurjidze
intervista: Salome Demuria
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intervista: Ivan Marinovic
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intervista: Ivan Marinović
scheda film] (Montenegro/Czech Republic/Serbia/Croatia/North Macedonia) (€139,000); Sweden’s Ami-Ro Sköld (Granny's Dancing on the Table [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] (Sweden/Italy) (€300,000); Norway’s Kristoffer Borgli (Drib [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Kristine Kujath Thorp
intervista: Kristoffer Borgli
scheda film] (Norway/Sweden) (€250,000); France’s Faouzi Bensaïdi (Volubilis [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Faouzi Bensaïdi
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intervista: Faouzi Bensaïdi
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intervista: Cristina Grosan
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The first fiction features selected are El agua [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Elena López Riera
scheda film] (Switzerland/Spain/France) by Spain’s Elena López Riera (with €250,000), Time Out [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Eve Duchemin
scheda film] (Belgium/France) by Belgium’s Eve Duchemin (€300,000), Piggy [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Carlota Pereda
scheda film] (Spain/France) by Spain’s Carlota Martínez Pereda (€225,000), Queens [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] (France/Morocco/Belgium/Netherlands) by France’s Yasmine Benkiran (€250,000), Roll (Italy/Belgium) by Italy’s Loris Lai (€400,000), Sisters [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] (Latvia/Italy) by Latvia's Linda Olte (€79,000) and Ways to Run (Netherlands/Canada) by Netherlands' Aboozar Amini (€80,000).

Regarding the documentaries supported, the titles are Theatre of Violence (Denmark/Germany) by Poland’s Lukasz Konopa and Denmark’s Emil Langballe (with €150,000), Land of Sar (France/North Macedonia/Slovenia) by SIovenia’s Petra Seliškar (€69,000) and Sticking Points (Belgium/Netherlands) by Belgium’s Flo Flamme (€50,000).

Lastly, the animation films backed are the first animation efforts by two well-known directors, France’s Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Michel Hazanavicius
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Q&A: Michel Hazanavicius
scheda film]), The Most Precious of Cargoes (La Plus Précieuse des Marchandises) (France/Belgium) (with €470,000) and Spain’s Pablo Berger (Blancanieves [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Pablo Berger
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intervista: Pablo Berger
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scheda film] (Spain/France) (with €410 000), as well as Tales of the Hedgehog (Les Contes du Hérisson) (France/Luxembourg) by France’s Jean-Loup Felicioli and Alain Gagnol (A Cat in Paris [+leggi anche:
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scheda film], Phantom Boy [+leggi anche:
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scheda film]) (€430,000).