29/06/2016 - The new films by Lars Von Trier, Ruben Östlund, Xavier Beauvois and Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza, among the supported projects

At its 143^rd meeting held from 20 to 24 June 2016 in Amsterdam, the Board of Management of the Council of Europe's Eurimages Fund agreed to support 27 fiction, and 2 documentary feature film projects for a total amount of €7,239,000.

The list of supported projects: 

What Will People Say [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Iram Haq
film profile] - Iram Haq (Norway, Germany, France)
Moon Hotel Kabul - Anca Damian (Romania, France)
Holiday [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Victoria Carmen Sonne
film profile] - Isabella Eklöf (Denmark, Netherlands)
Forgive Us Our Debts - Antonio Morabito (Italy, Switzerland, Albania, Poland)
Just Like My Son - Costanza Quatriglio (Italy, Belgium)
Soldiers. Story from Ferentari - Ivana Mladenovic (Romania, Serbia)
Smuggling Hendrix [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Marios Piperides
film profile] - Marios Piperides (Cyprus, Germany)
Singled [Out] (Documentary) - Mariona Guiu, Ariadna Relea (Turkey, Spain)
Our Madness [+see also:
trailer
film profile] - João Viana (Portugal, France)
Bitter Flowers [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Olivier Meys
film profile] - Olivier Meys (Belgium, France, Switzerland)
Pity [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Babis Makridis
film profile] - Babis Makridis (Greece, Poland)
Barefoot [+see also:
trailer
film profile] - Jan Sverak (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Denmark, Italy)
Forbidden Love - Nicole Van Kilsdonk (Netherlands, Belgium)
Never Let It Go - Paul Negoescu (Romania, Bulgaria)
Cold Case Hammarskjöld [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Mads Brügger
interview: Mads Brügger
film profile] (Documentary) - Mads Brügger (Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Belgium)
Under the Tree - Hafsteinn Sigurdsson (Iceland, Poland, Denmark)
The Intruder [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] - Leonardo Di Costanzo (Italy, Switzerland, France)
The Elephant and the Butterfly - Amélie Van Elmbt (Belgium, France)
The Square [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Ruben Östlund
film profile] - Ruben Ostlund (Sweden, Germany, France)
Loveless - Andrey Zvyaginstev (Russia, France, Belgium)
The House That Jack Built - Lars Von Trier (Denmark, Sweden, France, Germany)
Nothing Doing in Baghdad - Maysoon Pachachi (France, Germany, United Kingdom, Kuwait)
Pororoca - Constantin Popescu (France, Romania)
Beyond Words [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Urszula Antoniak
film profile] - Urszula Antoniak (Poland, Netherlands)
The Guardians [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Xavier Beauvois
film profile] - Xavier Beauvois (France, Switzerland)
Sicilian Ghost Story [+see also:
film review
trailer
making of
film profile] - Fabio Grassadonia, Antonio Piazza (Italy, France, Switzerland)
Black 47 [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Lance Daly
film profile] - Lance Daly (Ireland, Luxembourg)
Northern Wind - Walid Mattar (France, Belgium, Tunisia)
Gutland [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Govinda Van Maele
film profile] - Govinda Van Maele (Luxembourg, Belgium)

As part of the Distribution Support Programme (Support for marketing and publicity costs), the Board has pre-selected 22 distributors for a total support of €770,056. For the 2015 programming, 72 theatres were supported for an amount of €828,202. The Board decided to integrate into the Eurimages network, with retroactive effect from 1 January 2016, the following 5 theatres: Cinema Club Neft (Yaroslavl, Russia), Angleterre Cinema Lounge, (Saint Petersbourg, Russia), Cinélux (Geneva, Switzerland), Cinemarine Palm City, (Mersin, Turkey) and Cinemarine Orion (Tekirdag, Turkey). To this day, the Eurimages/Europa Cinemas network counts 58 theatres.