19-12-2016

Four CEE Films Receive Eurimages Funding

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    KRAKOW: Films produced or coproduced by Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary received support at the Board of Management of the Council of Europe's Eurimages Fund held in Krakow from 12 to 15 December 2016.

    A total of 11 feature films, one documentary and one animated film received 3,843,000 EUR.

    Also, in the framework of the Distribution Support Programme, the Board has decided to support 14 films from seven distributors with 126,746 EUR.

    The following films received Eurimages support:

    Wicked Games / Böse Spiele (Austria, Germany, France) 410,000 EUR
    Directed by Ulrich Seidl
    Produced by Ulrich Seidl Filmproduktion
    Coproduced by Essential Filmproduktion, Société Parisienne de Production

    Double Bind / Duelles (Belgium, France)
    Directed by Olivier Masset-Depasse

    Pinocchio (Italy, France)
    Directed by Matteo Garrone

    Memoirs from the Cell / Memorias del calabozo (Spain, France, Argentina, Uruguay)
    Directed by Álvaro Brechner

    Where Are You, João Gilberto? / Wo bist du, João Gilberto? (Switzerland, Germany, France)
    Directed by Georges Gachot

    Documentary

    About Endlessness / Om det oändliga (Sweden, Germany, France, Norway)
    Directed by Roy Andersson

    The Crossing / La Traversée (France, Germany, Czech Republic) 400,000 EUR
    Directed by Florence Miailhe
    Animated film
    Produced by Les films de l’arlequin
    Coproduced by Balance Film, Maur Film Ltd

    Life Runs Over You / La vita ti arriva addosso (Italy, Iceland)
    Directed by Paolo Sassanelli

    Wild Witch / Vildheks (Denmark, Hungary, Norway) 232,000 EUR
    Directed by Kaspar Munk
    Produced by Good Company Films/Yellow Bird Entertainment AB/ Nevision
    Coproduced by Proton Cinema Kft, Cinenord Kidstory As

    Kings (France, Belgium)
    Directed by Deniz Gamze Ergüven

    Virgins (France, Israel, Belgium)
    Directed by Keren Ben Rafael           

    The Cellar / Pivnica (Slovakia, Russia, Czech Republic) 200,000 EUR
    Directed by Igor Voloshin
    Produced by Furia Film
    Coproduced by Gate Llc
    8Head Productions s.r.o.

    Lady Winsley (France, Turkey, Belgium)
    Directed by Hiner Saleem