The Italian-German Co-production Fund financing Giulio Ricciarelli’s new film
- Three of the seven projects selected are of Italian initiative, one is parity and three are of German initiative, including the project by the director of Labyrinth of Lies
The new movie by Giulio Ricciarelli, the acclaimed director of Labyrinth of Lies [+see also:
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film profile] (Germany’s 2016 Oscar candidate), is among the seven projects selected by the Italian-German Committee of the Fund for Co-production Development Activities between Italy and Germany (established by the Italian Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities and the FFA – read the news), which convened in Rome on 3 March. The committee evaluated a total of 16 projects: eight were majority Italian, seven were majority German and one was a parity co-production project.
Of the seven projects selected – which will receive a total contribution of €100,000 – three are of Italian initiative, one is parity and three are of German initiative. Featuring among the latter titles is Ricciarelli’s movie The Guard, a 55% German and 45% Italian co-production being staged by Tellfilm Deutschland and La Sarraz Pictures, which has been granted €20,000 from the fund. Meanwhile, contributions to the tune of €15,000 will go to a project of Italian initiative entitled Malerba, by Toni Trupia (The Right Guy, Itaker [+see also:
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Lastly, two other projects of Italian initiative will receive €10,000 each: Mare Nostrum – The Voyage of the Hope by Stefania Casini (Bizef Produzione and Tama Filmproduktion) and Sabbia by Tomaso Mannoni (Ombre Rosse Film and Made in Munich Movies).
Click here to see the complete list of winners, and the list of all the projects that were presented by 15 December 2015.
(Translated from Italian)