Over €4m for 35 titles
by Eva Vazquez
A total of 35 European titles have been granted €4,124,000 by the MEDIA Programme for their distribution in European film theatres.
The film that was allocated the greatest amount of support was Michel Gondry's The Science of Sleep [+see also:
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film profile], a co-production between France, Italy and the US, which was awarded €617,000 euros to be distributed among 14 European countries.
With a release guaranteed in 13 countries, Paris, je t'aime was allocated €447,000, followed by Danish title After the Wedding [+see also:
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interview: Sisse Graum Jørgensen
interview: Susanne Bier
film profile] by Susanne Bier, which received €393,000 to be distributed in ten countries.
The list continues with Princesas [+see also:
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film profile], by Spanish director Fernando León de Aranoa and The Boss of it All by Denmark’s Lars Von Trier, which received €350,000 and €348,000 respectively.
The final selection of films show a large diversity of projects: from films by established directors such as Pedro Almodóvar’s Volver [+see also:
film review
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interview: Agustín Almodóvar
interview: Carmen Maura
interview: Pedro Almodóvar
interview: Pénélope Cruz
film profile], to the collective film Paris je t'aime, Danish animation title Princess [+see also:
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film profile] and films from new EU members, including Taxidermia [+see also:
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film profile] (Hungary) and Leiutajateküla Lotte (Lotte from Gadgetville) [+see also:
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film profile] (Estonia).
(Translated from Spanish)
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