05/04/2023 - New projects by Kirill Serebrennikov, Agnieszka Holland, Burhan Qurbani, Peter Kerekes and David Cronenberg are among the selection

Director Kirill Serebrennikov, whose new project Disappearance has been selected (© Hype Film)

The results of the first Eurimages Project Evaluation Session of 2023 have just been announced. Further to recommendations made by independent experts meeting online, the Executive Committee of the Fund has decided to support 32 feature films, including 6 documentaries and 2 animations, for a total amount of €8.275.000. Of the 32 projects supported during the session, 11 were directed or co-directed by women. This represents 36.5% of the total funding awarded.

The films supported include the new work by acclaimed directors such as Russian-born, France-based filmmaker Kirill Serebrennikov, whose latest effort Tchaikovsky's Wife [+see also:
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film profile], who has received €350,000 for Disappearance (France/Germany). Other veteran filmmakers that have received funding for their new projects are Poland's Agnieszka Holland for Green Border [+see also:
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Other established filmmakers that have received funding for their new projects are Germany's Burhan Qurbani (€440,000 for No Beast. So Fierce. [+see also:
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Three second fiction features have also been funded: Aïcha [+see also:
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interview: Jeanette Nordahl
film profile] (Denmark/Sweden) by Denmark's Jeanette Nordahl, with €302,000; Dreaming of Lions [+see also:
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interview: Paolo Marinou-Blanco
film profile] (Portugal/Brazil/Spain) by Portugal's Paolo Marinou-Blanco, with €150,000; Hunger Strike Breakfast (Lithuania/Czech Republic/Latvia) by Lithuania's Karolis Kaupinis, with €180 000; I Accidentally Wrote a Book (Hungary/Netherlands) by Hungary's Nóra Lakos, with €450,000; and Mr. K [+see also:
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film profile] (Netherlands/Estonia) by Netherlands' Tallulah H Schwab, with €440,000.

On the other hand, the supported first fiction features are Our Wildest Days [+see also:
interview: Vasilis Kekatos
film profile] (Greece/Belgium/France) by Greece's Vasilis Kekatos, with €250,000; Night Call [+see also:
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interview: Michiel Blanchart
film profile] (Belgium/France) by Belgium's Michiel Blanchart, with €280,000; The Party's Over [+see also:
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interview: Elena Manrique
film profile] (Spain/Belgium) by Spain's Elena Manrique, with €300,000; Catane (Romania/Italy) by Romania's Ioana Mischie, with €150,000; DJ Ahmet [+see also:
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interview: Georgi M Unkovski
film profile] (North Macedonia/Czech Republic/Serbia) by North Macedonia's Georgi Unkovski, with €160,000; It Would Be My Dream (Czech Republic/Slovakia) by Czech Republic's Ondřej Provaznik, with €235,000; Lady Nazca (France/Germany) by Switzerland's Damien Dorsaz, with €166,000: Live a Little [+see also:
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interview: Fanny Ovesen
film profile] (Sweden/Norway/Denmark) by Norway's Fanny Ovesen, with €400,000; Leonora in the Morning Light (Germany/Mexico/Romania) by Germany's Lena Vurma and Thor Klein, with €360,000; Little Thief (Czech Republic/Slovakia) by Czech Republic's Ondřej Hudeček, with €134,000; and Les Fantômes [+see also:
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interview: Jonathan Millet
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film profile] (France/Germany) by France's Jonathan Millet, with €320,000.

The animation films financed are Flow [+see also:
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interview: Gints Zilbalodis
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film profile] (Latvia/France/Belgium) by Gints Zilbalodis (with €400,000) and The Treasure of Barracuda (Spain, Belgium) by Adrià García (with €500,000).

Regarding the supported documentaries, the titles are Wishing on a Star [+see also:
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interview: Peter Kerekes
film profile] (Italy/Slovakia/Austria/Czech Republic/Croatia) by Slovakian filmmaker Peter Kerekes (with €75,000), Bestiaries, Herbaria, Lapidaries [+see also:
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interview: Martina Parenti and Massimo…
film profile] (Italy/Switzerland) by the Italian duo Martina Parenti and Massimo D'Anolfi (with €80,000), Blood and Mud (France/Germany) by Jean-Gabriel Leynaud (with €140,000), Filipinas (Portugal/France) by Leonor Noivo (with €74,500), Noor (Belgium/France/Morocco) by Jérôme Lemaire (with €95,000) and Silent Observers [+see also:
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interview: Eliza Petkova
film profile] (Bulgaria/Germany) by Eliza Petkova (with €53,500).