03/07/2006

A total of €4,158,500 was allocated last week by Eurimages, the European Council’s support fund, to 12 new European titles still in production (see list below).

The Eurimages Board of Directors further decided to back 31 distribution companies – most of them from Eastern Europe and the Balkans – in releasing non-domestic titles in their territories. The chosen films include: Michele Placido's Crime Novel [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Michele Placido
film profile] (see focus), which UCD Distribucija will release in Croatia and Union Film in Serbia; Jasmila Zbanic's Golden Bear-winning Grbavica [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Barbara Albert
interview: Jasmila Zbanic
film profile], distributed in Romania by Chicago Tour SRL; and Lars Von Trier's Manderlay [+see also:
trailer
film profile], released by Issa Film I Video in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Within the framework of the Eurimages’ Cinema Support scheme, the Board of Directors decided to include eight new cinemas in the Europa Cinemas network: two in Bosnia, three in Serbia, two in Turkey and one more in Romania. Consequently, the Europa Cinemas/Eurimages network now includes 49 cinemas.

List of awarded films and amount of financing provided:

Der geköpfte Hahn by Radu Gabrea and Marjan David Vajda (DE/RO/AT/HU)
€250,000
DE: Filmline GmbH (44%)
RO: Total TV (24%)
AT: Epo Film Produktions (22%)
HU: UJ Budapest Film Studio (10%)

The Visitor by Jukka-Pekka Valkeapää (FI/DE/EE/GB)
€210,000
FI: Lasihelmi Filmi (46%)
DE: Dicofilm (33%)
EE: Exitfilm (10%)
GB: Bluelight (10%)

Mikro eglima by Christos Georgiou (DE/CY)
€230,000
DE: Twenty Twenty Vision (39%)
CY: Lychnari Productions (61%)

Capri 1934 by Benoit Jacquot (FR/DE)
€550,000
FR: Pyramide Productions SA/Program 33 Sa Newmark (70%)
DE: Integral Film (30%)

35 rhums by Claire Denis (FR/DE/BE)
€360,000
FR: Soudaine Compagnie (70%)
DE: Pandora Film GmbH & CO. Verleih KG (20%)
BE: Versus Production (10%)

The Ordinary People by Vladimir Perisic (FR/CS/CH)
€220,000
FR: TS Productions (60%)
CS: Viktoija Film (20%)
CH: Lago Films (20%)

Teah by Hannah A.W.Slak (SI/PL/HR)
€190,000
SI: Studio Maj/Gustav Film d.o.o. (68%)
PL: SPI International Polska/SCCA/PRO.BA (22%)
HR: Jadran Film (10%)

Mutuluk by Abdullah Oguz (TR/GR)
€230,000
TR: Ans Uluslararasi Yapim Yavin Ve Reklamcilik A.S. (80%)
GR: Highway Productions (20%)

Les jours fragiles by Francois Dupeyron (FR/BE/LU)
€500,000
FR: Rectangle Productions/Gaumont (68%)
BE : Les Ateliers de Baere (20%)
LU: Samsa Film (12%)

Elsa by Silvio Soldini (IT/CH)
€490,000
IT: Lumiere & Co. SRL (80%)
CH: Amka Films Productions (20%)

Für einen Augenblick, Freiheit by Arash T. Riahi (AT/FR/TR)
€350,000
AT: Wega Filmproduktionsgesellschaft GmbH (70%)
FR: Les Films du Losange (20%)
TR: PI Film Produksiyon, Reklam Pazarlama TIC. A.S. (10%)

Saturno contro by Ferzan Özpetek (IT/FR/TR)
€578,500
IT: R & C Produzioni Srl (70%)
FR: UGC YM (20%)
TR: A.F.S. Film (10%)