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FUNDING Europe

Gitaï, Saura and 10 others receive Eurimages support

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A total of €4,275,000 was allocated by Eurimages, the European Council's support fund, to 12 new European co-productions (see list below). The decision was made during the 103rd Eurimages meeting, which took place in Paris from December 3-6.

The 12 projects include new films by established filmmakers such as Amos Gitaï, with the French-Italian-Israel film Désengagement, and Spanish maestro Carlos Saura. After having seen his latest project, Lorenzo Da Ponte, granted €600,000 from Eurimages (see news), Saura will now receive €375,000 for the production of Fados, backed by Lisbon-based Fado Filmes and Madrid's Zebra Producciones.

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The Eurimages Board of Directors further decided to support the distribution of another 22 titles, already released in their native territories. Among them there are Bosnian Golden Bear winner Esma's Secret [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Barbara Albert
interview: Jasmila Zbanic
film profile
]
(see focus), to be distributed in Romania by Independenta Film Srl; German documentary Into Great Silence [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Philip Groening
film profile
]
(see focus), to be released also in Romania by Asociata Moebius; Italian gangster drama Crime Novel [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Michele Placido
film profile
]
(see focus), which Ekran will screen in Bosnia-Herzegovina; and Cannes' Camera d'Or winner 12:08 East of Bucharest [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Corneliu Porumboiu
interview: Daniel Burlac
film profile
]
(read the interview with Daniel Burlac), released in Hungary by Szimplafilm Ltd and in Turkey by Mars Produksiyon.

List of supported films :

Within the Whirlwind by Marleen Gorris
€500,000
Tatfilm Produktions GmbH (Germany - 48%)
Saga Film (Belgium - 41%)
Lorival (France - 11%)

Summer 1953 by Shirin Neshat
€300,000
Essential Filmproduktion GmbH (Germany - 63%)
COOP99 Filmproduktion (Austria - 27%)
Société Parisienne de Production (France - 10%)

Flammen & Citronen by Ole Christian Madsen
€625,000
Nimbus Film(Denmark - 80%)
Wüste Filmproduktion GmbH (Germany - 20%)

The World is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner by Stephan Komandarev
€240,000
RFF International (Bulgaria - 49%)
Pandora Film GmbH & Co Verleih KG/ Pallas Films (Germany - 51%)

Ljubav i drugi zlocini (Lit. "Love and Other Crimes") by Stefan Arsenijevic
€240,000
Art&Popcorn (Rusia - 39%)
ICON Film GmbH (Germany - 39%)
Amour fou Film Produktion (Austria - 12%)
Arkadena (Slovenia - 10%)

Tengri, le bleu du ciel by Marie Jaoul de Poncheville
€200,000
L Films (France - 64%)
Cine Dok (Germany - 36%)

Désangagement by Amos Gitai
€450,000
Agav Films/ Agat Films & Cie (France - 63%)
R & C Produzioni (Italy - 20%)
Agav Hafakot (Israel - 17%)

Metropia by Tarik Saleh
€400,000
Atmo Metro (Sweden - 70%)
Zentropa Entertainments (Denmark - 20%)
Tordenfilm (Norway - 10%)

The Good Heart by Dagur Kari
€400,000
Zik Zak Filmworks (Iceland - 64%)
Nimbus Film (Denmark - 23%)
Ex Nihilo (France - 13%)

Fados by Carlos Saura
€375,000
Fado Filmes (Portugal - 80%)
Zebra Produktiocciones (Spain - 20%)

Le Gusta el Chile by Dolores Paya
€325,000
Zahori(Spain - 50%)
Production Group (Italy - 20%)
J.L.A. (France - 10%)
Rio Negro Producciones (Mexico - 20%)

Cinka Panna by Dusan Rapos
€220,000
Attack, Spol. S.R.O.(Slovakia - 80%)
Focus Film (Hungary - 20%)

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