A total amount of 5,314,426 EUR is going to 18 fiction films, two animation films and four documentary films. Among the selected are three Bulgarian coproductions, three Slovene coproductions, two Slovak coproductions, two Croatian coproductions, two Czech coproductions, two Polish coproductions and one coproduction each from Lithuania and Georgia. The selected films will be directed by some of the leading and emerging directors from across the CEE region, including Slovakia’s Iveta Grofova, Janez Burger from Slovenia, Bohdan Slama from the Czech Republic, Romania’s Radu Jude and Georgia’s George Ovashvili.
The complete list of supported films follows:
Inimi Cicatrizate/ Scarred Hearts (Romania, Germany)
Directed by Radu Jude
Produced by HiFilm Production
Supported by the National Centre for Cinema
Heights (Bulgaria, Macedonia)
Directed by Victor Bojinov
Produced by Serpentine Ltd (Bulgaria)
Supported by the National Film Centre (Bulgaria)
Ivan (Slovenia, Croatia)
Directed by Janez Burger
Produced by Staragara (Slovenia) Propeler Film (Croatia) and Sense Production (Serbia)
Supported by the Slovenian Film Center and Studio Viba Film , Croatian Audiovisual Fund
Game Girls (France, Germany)
Directed by Alina Skrzeszewska
Mellem to verdener / Between Two Worlds (Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands)
Directed by Janus Metz Pedersen
Cobain (Netherlands, Belgium, Germany)
Directed by Nanouk Leopold
Drôles de Petites Bêtes (France, Luxembourg)
Directed by Arnaud Bouron and Antoon Krings
Bába z ledu / Ice Mother (Czech Republic, France, Slovakia)
Directed by Bohdan Slama
Produced by Negativ, Artileria and Why Not Productions (France)
Supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund and the State Cinematography Fund
Dilili à Paris (France, Germany, Belgium)
Directed by Michel Ocelot
Rekvijem za gospodu J / Requiem for Mrs. J (Serbia, Bulgaria)
Directed by Bojan Vuletic
Coproduced by Geopoly (Bulgaria)
Supported by the National Film Centre (Bulgaria)
Piata lod / She is a Harbour (Slovakia, Hungary, Czech Republic)
Directed by Iveta Grofova
Produced by Hulapa film, Ltd. (Slovakia) and coproduced by endorfilm and Katapult Film
Supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund and the State Cinematography Fund
Zgodbe iz kostanjevih gozdov / Stories from the Chestnut Woods (Slovenia, Italy)
Directed by Gregor Božic
Produced by NOSOROGI
Supported by the Slovenian Film Center
Styx (Germany, Austria)
Directed by Wolfgang Fischer (Austria)
Felesleges ember - Egy menekült története /Superfluous Man - Story of a Refugee (Hungary, Germany)
Directed by Kornél Mundruczo
Ustav Republike Hrvatske /The Croatian Constitution (Croatia, Hungary, Slovenia, Czech Republic)
Directed by Rajko Grlic
Produced by Interfilm, Croatian Radio and TV
Supported by Croatian Audiovisual Center, the Slovenian Film Center and the State Cinematography Fund
Dovlatov (Russia, Poland, Serbia)
Directed by Aleksey German Jr. (Russia)
Coproduced in Poland: Apple Film
Penelope (Spain, Poland) Doc
Directed by Eva Vila
Supported by the Polish Film Institute
Fortuna (Switzerland, Belgium)
Directed by Germinal Roaux
Stebuklas/Miracle (Lithuania, Bulgaria)
Directed by Egle Vertelyte
Produced by In Script (Lithuania), Geopoly (Bulgaria)
Supported by Lithuanian Film Center
Insyriated (Belgium, France)
Directed by Philippe Van Leeuw
Milla (France, Portugal)
Directed by Valérie Massadian
Portus Mundi (Germany, Italy)
Directed by Andreas Pichler (Italy)
Khibula (Georgia, Germany, France)
Directed by George Ovashvili
Produced by Alamdary Films
Supported by the Georgian National Film Centre
The Song of Scorpions (Switzerland, France)
Directed by Anup Singh