From anarchy to animation
The French-German co-production commission, which met on November 9, awarded €980,000 to three new projects: 35 Rhums by French director Claire Denis, who received €330,000 (see news), and two German majority co-productions, Die Frauen des Anarchisten (lit. “The Anarchists’ Women”) and Ein Fall für Freunde (lit. “A Case for Friends”).
Die Frauen des Anarchisten by Peter Sehr (Berlin Niagara with Charles Berling, Daniel Craig and Daniel Gélin, Love the Hard Way with Adrien Brody) and his wife and occasional co-scriptwriter Marie Noëlle opens with an encounter between Manuela and the man of her life, Justo. However, all does not go as planned, as in 1936 Madrid one had to choose one’s camp, and Justo chooses to fight as an anarchist on the side of the Republicans.
The French/Spanish/German co-production by the Munich-based outfit P'Artisan, a majority producer (57%), received €280,000 in funding, while its French co-producer Cargo Films (23%) was granted €170,000.
The second majority German project to benefit from the French-German mini-agreement was animated feature Ein Fall für Freunde by Toni Löser about the dramas of farm animals. The film received a total sum of €200,000, €150,000 of which went to German producer Motion Works (60%) and €50,000 to French outfit 2D3D Animations(20%).
The French-German co-production commission will meet again in mid-February.
(Translated from French)
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