The results of the first Eurimages Project Evaluation Session of 2024 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 26 feature films, including 5 documentaries and 1 animation, for a total amount of €6 992 000. Of the 26 co-production projects supported during the session, 14 are to be directed by women. This represents 61.06% of the total funding awarded.

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The films supported include the new work by acclaimed directors such as Polish filmmaker Agnieszka Holland, fresh off the success of her latest feature Green Border [+leggi anche:
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Other established filmmakers that have received funding for their new projects are French actor-director Hafsia Herzi, with €350 000 for her third outing behind the cameras after You Deserve a Lover [+leggi anche:
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Three second fiction features have also been funded: God Will Not Help (Croatia/Romania/France/Slovenia) by Croatia's Hana Jušić (Quit Staring at My Plate [+leggi anche:
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The supported first fiction features are Sleepless City (Spain/France) by Spain's Guillermo García López with €340,000; Brave (Switzerland/Belgium) by Switzerland's Marie-Elsa Sgualdo, with €300,000; Don't Let Me Die (Romania/Bulgaria) by Romania's Andrei Epure, with €150,000; Haven of Hope (France/Germany/Netherlands) by Pakistan's Seemab Gul, with €150,000; No Rest for the Wicked (Denmark/Iceland) by Denmark's Kasper Kalle Skovsbøl with €480,000; Pastoral Pathways (France/Germany/Turkey) by Turkey's Ahmet Necdet Çupur with €82,000; and Strange River (Spain/Germany) by Spain's Jaume Claret Muxart, with €200,000.

The only animation film financed is Seraphine (France/Luxembourg) by France's Sarah Van Den Boom with €500,000; .

Regarding the supported documentaries, the titles are Fantastique (Belgium/France/Netherlands) by Belgium's Marjolijn Prins with €89,000; If Pigeons Turned to Gold (Czech Republic/Slovakia) by Czech Republic's Josefina Lubojacki with €36,000; Nostalgia for the Future (Belgium/Netherlands/Italy) by Belgium's Brecht Debackere with €95,000; Supernatural (Spain/Belgium/France) by Spain's Ventura Durall with €72,000; and 9-Month Contract (Georgia/Bulgaria) by Georgia's Ketevan Vashagashvili with €80,000.