Grants were widely distributed across the CEE region, going to films from both well-known commercially successful directors and auteur filmmakers. Romania again was a leading recipient with grants going to Radu Jude’s Aferim and Tudor Giurgiu’s Cristian. Popular Czech filmmaker Alice Nellis won support for Sedmero. Auteurs Virgil Widrich of Austria and Vlado Skafar of Slovenia received grants, and three Balkan coproductions were also awarded grants.
Polish documentary director Marta Minorowicz received a grant for Zud and Latvian documentary director Viesturs Kairišs received a grant for his feature film Melanijas hronika.
The following CEE coproductions were awarded grants:
Vatreno krstenje Ljiljana Vidica - Ivan-Goran Vitez (Croatia, www.interfilm.hr)
(Croatia, Serbia)
Aferim!- Radu Jude (Romania, www.hifilm.ro)
(Romania, France, Bulgaria)
Sedmero- Alice Nellis (Czech Republic)
(Slovakia, Czech Republic)
Nasa Svakodnevna Prica- Ines Tanovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
(Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia)
Melanijas hronika- Viesturs Kairišs (Latvia, www.mistrusmedia.lv)
(Latvia, Finland)
Die Nacht der Tausend Stunden- Virgil Widrich (Austria, www.amourfoufilm.com)
(Austria, Luxembourg)
Mama- Vlado Skafar (Slovenia, www.gustavfilm.si)
(Slovenia, Italy)
Zud- Marta Minorowicz (Poland)
(Germany, Poland) Documentary
Wait for me- Mitko Panov (“The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”)
(Switzerland, “The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”, Ireland, Croatia)
Cristian- Tudor Giurgiu (Romania, www.librafilm.net)
(Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary)
Birkebeinerne- Nils Gaup (Norway)
(Norway, Sweden, Ireland, Hungary)
