04/07/2023 - New projects by Óliver Laxe, Ariane Labed, Magnus von Horn, Rúnar Rúnarsson and Anders Thomas Jensen are among the selection

Director Óliver Laxe, whose new project After has been selected (© Guillem Medina)

The results of the second 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 the co-production of 33 feature films, including 3 documentaries and 2 animations, for a total amount of €9 652 000. Of the 33 co-production projects supported during the session, 18 are to be directed or co-directed by women. This represents 56.36% of the total funding awarded.

The films supported include the new work by acclaimed directors such as Spanish filmmaker Óliver Laxe, whose latest effort Fire Will Come [+see also:
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film profile] (working title: After) (Spain/France). Other veteran filmmakers that have received funding for their new projects are Denmark's Anders Thomas Jensen, for Back to Reality, a co-production between Denmark and Sweden (€500,000) and Italy's Francesca Comencini, for First Comes Life, then the Movies [+see also:
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interview: Atli Óskar Fjalarsson
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interview: Elín Hall
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interview: Magnus von Horn
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Other established filmmakers that have received funding for their new projects are Palestine's Cherien Dabis (€500,000 for All That's Left of You [+see also:
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Three second fiction features have also been funded: Goat Girl [+see also:
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interview: Maura Delpero
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interview: Maura Delpero
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interview: Marta Bergman
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film profile] (Germany/Canada/Italy/France) by Syria's Ameer Fakher Eldin with €400,000.

On the other hand, the supported first fiction features are September Says [+see also:
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interview: Ariane Labed
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interview: Ljubomir Stefanov, Tamara K…
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film profile] (Slovenia/Italy/Croatia/France) by Slovenia's Urška Djukic (read news) with €250,000; Mist (Belgium/Netherlands) by Belgium's Kat Steppe, with €240,000; Edge of Night [+see also:
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film profile] (Germany/Turkey) by Germany's Türker Süer with €200,000; The Ugly Stepsister [+see also:
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film profile] (working title: Cinderella's Stepsister) (Norway/Denmark/Romania) by Norway's Emilie Blichfeldt with €500,000; Hanami [+see also:
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interview: Denise Fernandes
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interview: Maria Eriksson-Hecht
film profile] (Sweden/Norway/Finland) by Sweden's Maria Eriksson-Hecht, with €350,000; Yugo Florida (Serbia/Bulgaria/Croatia/Montenegro) by Serbia's Vladimir Tagic with €105,000; and Paradise (Canada/France) by Canada's Jérémy Comte with €300,000.

The animation films financed are Born Happy (Latvia/Poland) by Latvia's Edmunds Jansons with €150,000, and Outfoxed (Ireland/Belgium) by Ireland's Maurice Joyce and Paul Bolger (Ireland) with €450,000.

Regarding the supported documentaries, the titles are Tata [+see also:
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interview: Lina Vdovîi, Radu Ciorniciuc
film profile] (Romania/Germany/Netherlands) by Romania's Lina Vdovîi and Radu Ciorniciuc with €150,000, No Mercy - The Unsparing Gaze (Germany, Austria) by Germany's Isa Willinger with €274,000 and North South Man Woman (Norway/Latvia) by Belgium's Sun Kim and Norway's Morten Traavik with €140,000.