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 [+lee también:
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entrevista: Oliver Laxe
ficha de la película] grabbed a Jury Prize in Cannes' Un Certain Regard section in 2019, who has received €420,000 for 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 [+lee también:
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ficha de la película], Sweat [+lee también:
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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, a co-production between Germany and Cyprus), Turkey's Pelin Esmer (€160,000 for Wait Till You Hear Mine, a co-production between Turkey and Romania), Serbia's Ivana Mladenovic (€354,000 for Sorella di Clausura, a co-production between Romania and Serbia), Greece's Alexis Alexiou (€176,000 for Sea of Glass, a co-production between Greece, Bulgaria and Cyprus), Slovenia's Klemen Dvornik (€150,000 for Block 5 [+lee también:
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ficha de la película], a co-production between Slovenia, Czech Republic and Serbia), Belgium's Cecilia Verheyden (€360,000 for Skiff, a co-production between Belgium and Netherlands), Germany's Ana-Felicia Scutelnicu (€240,000 for Transit Times, a co-production between Germany and Romania), and Israel's Ido Fluk (€470,000 for The Girl from Köln, a co-production between Germany and Poland).

Three second fiction features have also been funded: Goat Girl (Spain/Romania) by Spain's Ana Asensio (Most Beautiful Island [+lee también:
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entrevista: Maura Delpero
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On the other hand, the supported first fiction features are September Says [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] (working title: Sisters) (Ireland/United Kingdom/Germany/Greece), the first feature by actress Ariane Labed, with €350,000; Man vs Flock (North Macedonia/Serbia/Turkey/Croatia), the first solo effort by Honeyland [+lee también:
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ficha de la película]'s Tamara Kotevska, with €265,000; Little Trouble Girls (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 [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] (Germany/Turkey) by Germany's Türker Süer with €200,000; Cinderella's Stepsister (Norway/Denmark/Romania) by Norway's Emilie Blichfeldt with €500,000; Hanami [+lee también:
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entrevista: Denise Fernandes
ficha de la película] (Switzerland/Portugal) by Switzerland's Denise Fernandes with €250,000; Kevlar Soul (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 [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] (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.