04/02/2021 - The Greek pubcaster is backing 14 national and international co-productions with a total of close to €950,000

Albanian writer-director Gentian Koçi, whose sophomore feature A Cup of Coffee and New Shoes On is being supported by ERT SA

The Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT SA) has announced that it is supporting 14 Greek and international co-productions at its latest round of financing. This is the latest slate of funding announced in 2020, amounting to a total of €940,000, which is in accordance with the rule that broadcasters should allocate 1.5% of their gross income to Greek cinema. The 14 selected projects – 5 fiction features, 6 international co-productions and 3 documentaries – were submitted from 1 January to 30 April 2020.

The five selected fiction projects, which have received support totalling €510,000, include the new features by Giorgos Georgopoulos‘ (Not to Be Unpleasant, But We Need to Have a Serious Talk) Patty Is Such a Girly Name (producer: Faliro House Productions) and Periklis Hoursoglou’s (The Building Manager) Ekseliksi (Soul Productions) along with three debutant directors, Thelgia Petraki’s Mikro Chroniko Trelas (Top Spot), Amerissa Basta’s Life In A Beat (Soul Productions), and Dimitris Katsimiris’ Me Aksioprepia (Frau Films).

Six international co-productions with a Greek producer on board will be funded with €295,000 by ERT SA. They are the sophomore feature by Catalunya’s Nely Reguera (María (and Everybody Else) [+see also:
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interview: Nely Reguera
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interview: Gentian Koçi
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interview: Emin Alper
film profile]. Furthermore, the other funded projects are the latest feature from Cypriot director Kyros Papavassiliou (Impressions of a Drowned Man [+see also:
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Finally, three documentaries are being supported to the tune of €135,000. The feature-length titles are the latest project from writer-director Angelos Kovotsos (Europe, the Dream [+see also:
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