15-03-2016

Eurimages supports 16 co-productions

    Strasbourg, 15.03.2016 - At its 142nd meetingheld from 8 to 11 March 2016 in Tirana, the Board of Management of the Council of Europe's Eurimages Fund agreed to support 13 fiction, and 3 documentary feature film projects for a total amount of 4 485 494Euros.

    A Gentle Creature- Sergei Loznitsa (Ukraine - Germany)
    (France, Germany, Lithuania)

    Thelema - Joachim Trier (Norway)
    (Norway, Denmark, France)

    Abracadabra - Pablo Berger (Spain)
    (Spain, France)

    Sloboda ili smrt (Freedom or Die) - Vladimir Blazevski (“the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”)
    (“the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”, Serbia, Slovenia)

    Happy End - Michael Haneke (Austria)
    (France, Germany, Austria)

    Hálito Azul (Blue Breath) - Rodrigo Areias (Portugal)
    (Portugal, France, Finland)                                                       Documentary

    Return to Montauk - Volker Schlöndorff (Germany)
    (Germany, France, Ireland)

    Zagros - Sahim Omar Kalifa (Belgium)
    (Belgium, The Netherlands)

    Muse - Jaume Balaguero (Spain)
    (Spain, Ireland, Belgium, France)

    Ar putam uz lupam (Foam at the Mouth)- Janis Nords (Latvia)
    (Latvia, Poland, Lithuania)

    Meine glückliche Familie (My Happy Family)- Simon Gross (Germany), Nana Ekvtimishvili (Georgia)
    (Germany, Georgia, France)

    Lida - Anna Eborn (Sweden)
    (Denmark, Sweden)                                                                 Documentary

    Maan laki (Law of the Land) -Jussi Hiltunen (Finland)
    (Finland, Norway)

    Ksiaze i Dybuk (The Prince and the Dybbuk) - Piotr Rosolowski (Poland), Elwira Niewiera (Poland)
    (Poland, Germany)                                                                   Documentary

    Le Fidèle - Michael Roskam (Belgium)
    (Belgium, France)

    I Figli della note (Children of the Night) - Andrea De Sica (Italy)
    (Italy, Belgium)

    In the framework of the Distribution Support Programme, (Support for marketing and publicity costs), the Board granted its support to 36 films released before 31 December 2015. The total support granted amounts to €211 050.

    Moreover, the Eurimages Board of Management recommended unanimously the renewal of the mandate of Mr Roberto Olla, Executive Director of Eurimages, for a four-year term running from 1 July 2016.  This renewal for a fifth term reaffirms the confidence shown in the Executive Director’s commitment to his management of the Fund and his contribution to its development.

    EURIMAGES is a support fund for cinema co-production, theatrical distribution and exhibition established by the Council of Europe in 1988 (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. –http://www.coe.int/Eurimages).

    Since it was set up in 1988, EURIMAGES has supported 1742 European co-productions for a total amount of approximately 523 million euros.

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