Margarethe von trotta

Source: BFI

Margarethe von Trotta

Eurimages have announced co-production funding for a number of new projects, at a total of over €5.5m.

The Board of Management of the Council of Europe’s Eurimages Fund agreed to fund 22 fiction, seven documentaries and one animation.

The biggest grants from the total €5,598,535 were given to France’s Girls of The Sun by Eva Husson (€500,000), Irish project Sweetness In The Belly by Zeresenay Mehari (€480,000) and Keep Going by Joachim Lafosse from Belgium (€460,000).

Also receiving funding are The Extraordinary Voyage Of Marona from Romania’s Anca Damian (€432,000) and The Hummingbird Project from Canada’s Kim Nguyen (€360,000).

35% of directors given grants were female (€1,990,768), after 32% of the projects analysed by the Board were female-helmed.

Some notable directors included in the selections include Germany’s Margarethe von Trotta (for her Bergman doc Ingmar Bergman - Legacy Of A Defining Genius) and Russia’s Yuri Bykov (The Factory).

The Board have also agreed to provide marketing and publicity costs for its Distribution Support Programme, supporting 33 requests for payment submitted by 16 distributors at a total of €309,832.

The full list of grants is as follows:

  • The Extraordinary Voyage of Marona - Anca Damian (Romania) – €432,000 (Romania, France, Belgium) Animation film
  • Frem - Viera Cakányová (Slovak Republic) - €53 000 (Czech Republic, Slovak Republic) Documentary
  • Coupe Confused - Mischa Kamp (Netherlands) - €200 000 (Netherlands, Germany)
  • The Unfinished Portrait of Clara Bellini - Namik Ajazi (Albania) - €71 268 (Albania, Italy)
  • Girls Of The sun - Eva Husson (France) - €500 000 (France, Belgium, Georgia)
  • Baltic New Wave - Audrius Stonys (Lithuania), Kristine Briede (Latvia) - €70 000 (Lavia, Lithuania, Estonia) Documentary
  • Ingmar Bergman - Legacy of a Defining Genius - Margarethe Von Trotta (Germany), Felix Moeller (Germany) - €86 000 Documentary (Germany, France)
  • Sisters - Emin Alper (Turkey) - €180 000 (Turkey, Germany, Netherlands, Greece)
  • The End Of Emma Peeters (as we know her) - Nicole Palo (Belgium) - €71 268 (Beligum, Canada)
  • God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunija - Teona Strugar Mitevska (“The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”) - €224 000 (“The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”, Belgium, Croatia)
  • Father - Srdan Golubovic (Serbia) - €240 000 (Serbia, France, Germany, Croatia, Slovenia)
  • Sweetness in the Belly - Zeresenay Mehari (Africa) - €480 000 (Ireland, Canada)
  • Fugue - Artemio Benki (France – Czech Republic) – €100 000 (Czech Republic, France, Argentina, Austria) Documentary
  • 43 – Dito Tsintsadze (Georgia) – €120 000 (Russian Federation, Georgia)
  • Core of the world - Natalia Meschaninova (Russian Federation) - €130 000 (Russian Federation, Lithuania)
  • Negative Numbers - Uta Béria (Georgia) - €86 000 (Georgia, France, Italy)
  • The Factory - Yuri Bykov (Russian Federation) - €200 000 (Russian Federation, France, Armenia)
  • Digger - Georgis Grigorakis (Greece) - €100 000 (Greece, France)
  • Tailor - Sonia Liza Kenterman (Greece) - €165 000 (Greece, Germany, Belgium)
  • Jumpman - Ivan Tverdovsky (Russian Federation) - €200 000 (Russian Federation, Ireland, Lithuania, France)
  • Open Door - Florenc Papas (Albania) - €45 000 (Albania, “The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”)
  • Keep Going - Joachim Lafosse (Belgium) - €460 000 (Belgium, France)
  • Outside - Michal Hogenauer (Czech Republic) - €120 000 (Czech Republic, Latvia, Netherlands)
  • Epicentro - Hubert Sauper (France) - €190 000 (Austria, France) Documentary
  • Photograph-Women - Ester Sparatore (Italy) - €100 000 (France, Belgium, Italy) Documentary
  • The Hummingbird Project - Kim Nguyen (Canada) - €360 000 (Canada, Belgium)
  • In the Beat of a Heart - Tudor Giurgiu (Romania) - €250 000 (Romania, Spain, Czech Republic)
  • Exemplary Behaviour - Audrius Mickevicius (Lithuania) - €50 000 (Lithuania, Bulgaria) Documentary
  • What a Country! - Vinko Bresan (Croatia) - €240 000 (Croatia, Serbia, Poland)
  • The Father - Petar Valchanov (Bulgaria), Kristina Grozeva (Bulgaria) - €75 000 (Bulgaria, Greece)

Distribution suppprt programme

SWITZERLAND

Trigon-Film:

  • Worlds Apart - Christopher Papakaliatis (Greece) - €10 000
  • Centaur - Aktan Arym Kubat (Kyrgyzstan) - €10 000

Frenetic Films:

  • Elementary - Hélène Angel (France) - €10 000
  • Gangsterdam - Romain Lévy (France) - €10 000
  • Our Farmer - Robert Schabus (Austria) - €10 000 Documentary
  • My Blind Date With Life - Marc Rothemund (Germany) - €10 000

Filmcoopi Zürich:

  • The Double Lover - François Ozon (France) - €10 000
  • Bye-Bye Germany - Sam Garbarski (Belgium) * (Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium) - €11,000

Xenix Filmdistribution:

  • The Bloom of Yesterday - Chris Kraus (Germany) * (Germany, Austria) - €11 000
  • Dancing Beethoven - Arantxa Aguirre (Spain) - €10 000

Agora Films:

  • Mr & Mrs Adelman - Nicolas Bedos (France) - €10 000

Impuls Pictures:

  • Overdrive - Antonio Negret (Colombia) - €10 000
  • Step by Step - Mehdi Idir (France), Grand Corps Malade (France) - €10 000
  • Wedding Unplanned, Reem Kherici (France) €10 000

Cinerworx:

  • Tour de France - Rachid Djaidani (France) - €10 000

RUSSIAN FEDERATION:

Luxor Distribution:

  • Radin! - Fred Cavayé (France) - €10 000

Exponenta Plus:

  • Orbiter 9 - Hatem Khraiche Ruiz-Zorilla (Spain) - €10 000
  • Colossal - Nacho Vigalondo (Spain) - €10 000

Volgafilm:

  • Leap! - Éric Summer (France) Éric Warin (France) - €10 000
  • Full Speed - Nicolas Benamou (France) - €10 000

Capella Film:

  • Voyage of Time - Terrence Malick (USA) - €9 761 Documentary
  • Dalida - Lisa Azuelos (France) - €9 307

Cinema Prestige :

  • The Secret Scripture - Jim Sheridan (Ireland) - €9 089
  • The Red Turtle - Michael Dudok de Wit (The Netherlands) * Animation film (France, Belgium) - €10 266
  • The Ideal - Frédéric Beigbeder (France) - €10 000
  • Rock & Roll - Guillaume Canet (France) - €10 000

TURKEY

Mars Production:

  • The Odyssey - Jérôme Salle (France) - €2 398
  • Snowden - Oliver Stone (USA) - €9 655

Filma:

  • Dalida - Lisa Azuelos (France) - €2 991

Fabula Medya:

  • Things to Come - Mia Hansen-Løve (France) - €4 530

Yeni Bir Film:

  • The Rabbit School: Guardians of the Golden Egg - Ute von Münchow-Pohl (Germany) - €10 000 Animation film
  • The Red Turtle - Michael Dudok de Wit (The Netherlands) * Animation film (France, Belgium) - €10 137
  • The Young Karl Marx - Raoul Peck (France)-€9 698

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