27-06-2012

Sixteen CEE Films Receive Eurimage Funding

By FNE Staff

    Eurimages announced funding for 33 film, with Central and East European producers attached to nearly half of the selected films.

     

    The list includes well-known names directors such as Bulgarian Stefan Komandarev with The Judgement and some of the most active coproducers in the region, such as Poland's Apple Film Production with Run Boy Run and the Czech company Negativ with Sputnik. Polish director Pavel Pavlikowski received one of the larger grants: 550,000 euros for Epic.

    The list of CEE coproductions receiving Eurimages funding follows:

    Cure
    English title : Girls
    By Andrea Staka (Switzerland - Croatia)
    Feature Film
    Awarded : €320 000
    Co-producers :
    OKOFILM PRODUCTIONS (CH)
    ZIVA (HR)
    DEBLOKADA FILM (BA)

    Dzma
    By Teona Mghvdeladze Grenade (Georgia), Thierry Grenade (France)
    Feature film
    Awarded: €150 000
    Co-producers:
    MOVIE PARTNERS IN MOTION FILM (MPM Film) (FR)
    CINETECH LTD (GE) (www.cinetech.ge)

    Epic
    By Pawel Pawlikowski (Poland)
    Feature Film
    Awarded : €550 000
    Co-producers:
    20 STEPS FILM LTD (GE) (www.20steps.ge)
    EPIC FILMS LTD (UK)
    METRAFILMS (RU)
    HAUT ET COURT (PRODUCTION) (FR)

    Fountain of Youth
    By Serkan Zelzele (Turkey)
    Animation film
    Awarded: €220 000
    Co-producers:
    PROGEM (TR)
    SMIT & JANSEN (NL)

    Klauni
    By Viktor Taus (Czech Republic)
    Feature Film
    Awarded : €210 000
    Co-producers :
    FOG'N'DESIRE FILMS Sro (CZ) (www.fogndesirefilm.cz)
    TARANTULA LUXEMBOURG (LU)
    SOKOL KOLLAR SPOL Sro (SK)
    KINOSTO OY (FI) (www.kinosto.fi)

    Monsieur Delacour
    By Corneliu Gheorghita (Romania)
    Feature Film
    Awarded : €160 000
    Co-producers:
    RO DE FILM (RO)
    MILONGA PRODUCTIONS (FR)

    Run, Boy, Run
    By Pepe Danquart (Germany)
    Feature film
    Awarded: €580 000
    Co-producers:
    BITTERSUESS PICTURES / A COMPANY (DE)
    CINE SUD PROMOTION (FR)
    APPLE FILM PRODUCTION SP. Z O.O / A COMPANY POLAND (PL) (www.applefilm.pl)

    Singing Women
    By Reha Erdem (Turkey)
    Feature Film
    Awarded : €250 000
    Co-producers:
    ATLANTIK FILM YAPIM Ltd. As. (TR)
    BREDOK FILM PRODUCTION (DE)
    KMBO (PRODUCTION) (FR)

    Sputnik
    By Markus Dietrich (Germany)
    Feature film for children
    Awarded: €350 000
    Co-producers:
    HAMSTER FILM GMBH / OSTLICHT FILMPRODUKTION GmbH (DE)
    A PRIVATE VIEW Bvba (BE)
    NEGATIV S.r.o (CZ) (www.negativ.cz)

    The Blue Wave
    By Merve Kayan (Turkey), Zeynep Dadak (Turkey)
    Feature film
    Awarded: €110 000
    Co-producers:
    BULUT FILM / FENA FILM (TR)
    RIVA FILMPRODUKTION Gmbh (DE)
    FAMILY AFFAIR FILMS (NL)

    The Downs Detective
    By Bard Breien (Norway)
    Feature film
    Awarded: €350 000
    Co-producers:
    FRILAND PRODUKSJON A/S (NO)
    EVOLUTION FILMS s.r.o (CZ) (www.evolutionfilms.cz)
    NIMBUS FILM PRODUCTION ApS (DK)

    The File Petrov
    By Gueorgui Balabanov (Bulgaria)
    Feature Film
    Awarded : €180 000
    Co-producers :
    CAMERA Ltd (BG)
    OSTLICHT FILMPRODUKTION Gbr (DE)
    ARSAM INTERNATIONAL (FR)

    The Gambler
    By Ignas Jonynas (Lithuania)
    Feature film
    Awarded: €100 000
    Co-producers:
    STUDIO ULJANA KIM (LT)
    LOCOMOTIVE PRODUCTIONS (LV)

    The Judgment
    By Stephan Komandarev (Bulgaria)
    Feature film
    Awarded: €250 000
    Co-producers:
    ARGO FILMS Ltd (BG) (www.argofilm.eu)
    NEUE MEDIOPOLIS GmbH (LEIPZIG) (DE)
    SEKTOR FILM DOOEL (MK)

    The Priest's Children
    By Vinko Bresan (Croatia)
    Feature Film
    Awarded : €180 000
    Co-producers :
    INTER FILM (HR) (www.interfilm.hr)
    ZILLION FILM (PRODUCTION) (RS)

    Yozgat Blues
    By Mahmut Fazil Coskun (Turkey)
    Feature Film
    Awarded : €160 000
    Co-producers :
    HOKUS FOKUS FILM (TR)
    ARDEN FILM (DE)