06/07/2007

At its 106th meeting held from February 1-3, 2007 in Strasbourg, the Council of Europe Eurimages Fund Board of Management agreed to support 12 feature films for a total amount of €4.38m. Thirty distribution companies will also receive support for the theatrical release of 27 titles.

Eurimages is a support fund for the co-production, distribution and exhibition of European cinematic works, established by the Council of Europe in 1988. Since its establishment, Eurimages has supported 1129 European co-productions for a total amount of over €330m.

The 12 feature films are:

Elève libre - Joachim Lafosse (Belgium, France)
250.000€
Versus Production/Ryva (80%)
Mact productions Sa (20%)

Europolis - Corneliu Gheorghita (Romania, France)
180.000€
S.C. Gheorghita srl. (70%)
Freshline Production (30%)

Faubourg 36 (see news) - Christophe Barratier (France, Germany, Czech Republic)
700.000€
Galatée Films/Pathe Renn Productions (70%)
Constantin Film Produktion GmbH (20%)
Blue Screen Productions (10%)

Home - Ursula Meier (Switzerland, France, Belgium)
480.000€
Box productions Sarl. (35%)
Archipel 35 Sa (45%)
Need Productions (20%)

J.A.C.E. - Just Another Confused Elephant - Menelaos Karamaghiolis (Greece, Portugal, Turkey, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia)
250.000€
Pausilypon (69%)
Filmes Fundo (11%)
PI Filmproduksiyon, Reklam Pazarlama TIC (10%)
Geyzer Ltd/Skopje (10%)

La Vida Loca Made in USA - Christian Poveda (France, Spain, Mexico)
150.000€
La femme endormie (35%)
Aquelarre Servicios cinematograficos (35%)
United Angels Productions (30%)

Le Silence de Lorna - Jean-Pierre et Luc Dardenne (Belgium, France)
360.000€
Les Films du Fleuve Sprl (60%)
Archipel 35 Sa (40%)

Les enfants de Timpelbach - Nicolas Bary (France, Belgium, Luxembourg)
600.000€
Chapter 2 (58%)
Scope Pictures (31%)
Luxanimation (11%)

Les Grandes Personnes - Anna Novion (France, Sweden)
250.000€
Moteur Síl vous plait production (69%)
DFM Fiktion (31%)

Mammoth - Lukas Moodysson (Sweden, Germany, Denmark)
600.000€
Memfis Film Rights VI AB (67%)
Zentropa Entertainment Berlin/Pain Unlimited Filmproduktion GmbH (20%)
Zentropa Entertainments 5 Aps (13%)

Pluto/Malé Oslavy - Zdenek Tyc (Slovakia, Czech Republic, Italy)
180.000€
Alef Film & Media Group.(51%)
Filmove Ateliery (39%)
Carlo D´Ursi produzioni (10%)

Sveti Georgije Ubiva Azdahu - Srdjan Dragojevic (Serbia, Bosnia and-Herzegovina, Bulgaria)
380.000€
Sveti Georgije Ubiva Azdahu d.o.o (66%)
Oskar Film d.o.o.(24%)
Camera Ltd.(10%)

Support was awarded to the following distributors :

Sasvim Licno - Nedzad Begovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Distributed by POOOL FILMVERLEIH (Austria)

Die wilden Hühner und die Liebe - Vivian Naefe (Germany) Film for children
Distributed by ART SERVIS (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

La stella che non c'è The Missing Star - Gianni Amelio (Italy) Film Eurimages
Distributed by ART ZONE (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

The Ugly Duckling & Me ! - Michael Hegner (Denmark) & Karsten Kiilerich (Denmark)
Distributed by BLITZ FILM & VIDEO DISTRIBUTION (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Distributed by BLITZ FILM & VIDEO DISTRIBUTION (Croatia)

Ils - David Moreau (France) & Xavier Palud (France)
Distributed by EKRAN (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

De profundis - Miguelanxo Prado (Spain) Eurimages Film
Distributed by HEFT PRODUCTION (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Ispod crte - Petar Krelja (Croatia)
Distributed by UG OBALA ART CENTAR (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

My Enemies’ Enemy - Kevin Macdonald (United Kingdom)
Distributed by MARIGOLD FILMS Ltd (Bulgaria)

Fados - Carlos Saura (Spain)
Distributed by VADI VAN KRIS Ltd (Bulgaria)

A l'intérieur - Alexandre Bustillo (France)
Distributed by UCD-DISTRIBUCIJA d.o.o. (Croatia)

Armin - Ognjen Svilicic (Croatia)
Distributed by ASC DISTRIBUTION (France)

Iklimler - Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Turkey) Eurimages Film
Distributed by SANARTFILM (Germany)
Distributed by YOUTH CULTURAL CENTER ("The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia")

Cirkeline - Jannik Hastrup (Denmark)
Distributed by ASOCIATA MOEBIUS (Romania)

Klopka - Srdan Golubovic (Serbia)
Distributed by CHICAGO TOUR SRL (Romania)

U - Serge Elissalde (France)
Distributed by CLOROFILM ROMANIA (Romania)

Ta Divna Splitska Noc - Arsen Anton Ostojic (Croatia)
Distributed by S.C. CINECORVIN Srl (Romania)

Taxidermia - György Palfi (Hungary)
Distributed by CINEARS (Serbia)

Transe - Teresa Villaverde (Portugal)
Distributed by MCF MEGACOM FILM (Serbia)

La Reine Soleil - Philippe Leclerc (France)
Distributed by MIRIUS TUCK (Serbia)

The Front Line - David Gleeson (Ireland)
Distributed by ORION INVEST FILM A.D (Serbia)
Distributed by EURO FILM DOOEL ("The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia")

Ne le dis à personne - Guillaume Canet (France)
Distributed by PRO VISION d.o.o. (Serbia)

Combien tu m'aimes - Bertrand Blier (France)
Distributed by UNION FILM ad (Serbia)

Love Fair - Dusan Milic (Serbia) Eurimages Film
Distributed by STARLET MEDIA AB (Sweden)

La Educación de las hadas - Jose Luis Cuerda (Spain)
Distributed by BALKAN FILM ("The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia")

Uro - Stefan Faldbakken (Norway)
Distributed by MANAKIFILM ("The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia ")

Goodbye Bafana - Bille August (Denmark)
Distributed by BIR FILM ITHALAT (Turkey)

Michou d'Auber - Thomas Gilou (France)
Distributed by CHANTIER FILMS (Turkey)