17/12/2003

In its latest meeting held in Strasburg on December 1, the committee running the European Council Eurimages Fund for the European cinematographic industry, has awarded grants totalling €4.15m to 11 feature length films.

The co-productions receiving the funding include one between Spain, France and Germany by the French director, Philippe Haϊm, La vraie vie des Dalton (Castelao Productions and UGC Distribution) and the second part of the trilogy by Lars von Trier Manderlay [+see also:
trailer
film profile], a co-production between Denmark, Sweden, France, the Netherlands, Germany and Britain.
There are also grants for 16 distributors to promote 19 films in the various national territories. This means, for example, that the Italian film Facing Window [+see also:
trailer
interview: Ferzan Ozpetek
film profile] by Ferzan Ozpetek will be released in Hungary, and Dogville [+see also:
trailer
film profile] will now also be distributed in Romania, Hungary and Turkey.

The meeting also discussed the nominations for some cinemas, as part of the Cinema Help Scheme. The following cinemas have now been granted funding, backdated to January 1, 2003: the Ukrainian National Cinema Palace in Budapest and the Kinekoteca cinema in Zagreb. In addition, two cinemas, one in Turkey and one in Romania, have been chosen as “pilot sites” for a digital subtitling project.
Below is the complete list of films supported by the Fund.

Feature films:

Scheme 1 - Assistance awarded mainly on the basis of the project circulation potential

Fateless (Sorstalansag) Lajos Koltai (Hungary)
(Hungary, Germany, Britain)

Manderlay Lars Von Trier (Denmark)
(Denmark, Sweden, France, the Netherlands, Germany, Britain)

No Snow Robert Young (Britain)
(Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Britain)

La Vraie vie des Dalton Phillipe Haϊm (France)
(France, Germany, Spain)

Scheme 2 - Assistance awarded primarily on the basis of artistic value

Akamas Panicos Chrysanthou (Cyprus)
(Cyprus, Hungary, Turkey)

Armbryteskan fran Ensamheten Lisa Munthe and Helen Ahlsson (Sweden)
(Sweden, Norway)

Confituur Lieven Debrauwer (Belgium)
( Belgium, Switzerland)

Dobro Ustimani Mrtvaci (Well tempered corpses) Benjamin Filipovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
(Slovenia, France, Italy, Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Galatasaray - Depor Hannes Stohr (Germany)
(Germany, Spain)

To Taxidis tis epistrofis Constantine Giannaris (Greece)
(Greece, Turkey)

Yolda Erden Kiral (Turkey)
(Turkey, Bulgaria)

Support was awarded to the following distributors for the following films:

PYRAMIDE (France)
Uzak Nutri Bilge Ceyman (Turkey)

BEST HOLLYWOOD (Hungary)
Dogville Lars Von Trier (Denmark)
Le Papillon Phillipe Muyl (France)

BUDAPEST FILM (Hungary)
Facing Window Ferzan Ozpetek (Italy- Turkey)

CIRKO FILM - MASKEPP FOUNDATION (Hungary)
Le mystère de la chambre jaune Bruno Podalydes (France)

MOKEP
Since Otar Left Julie Bertucelli (France)

SPI INTERNATIONAL UNGHERIA (Hungary)
Aime ton père Jacob Berger (Britain, Switzerland)
Chouchou Merzak Allouache (France)

INDEPENDENTA FILM (Romania)
Dogville Lars Von Trier (Denmark)
Good bye Lenin!Wolfgang Becker (Germany)

S.C INTERFIL ROM (Romania)
Magyar Vandor Derendi Gabor (Hungary)

AGORA FILMS (Switzerland)
Sansa Siegried (France)
Stormy Weather Solveig Anspach (USA - France) permanent resident

FILMCOOPI ZURICH (Switzerland)
Uzak Nutri Bilge Ceyman (Turkey)

FRENETIC FILMS (Switzerland)
Salmer Fra Kjokkenet Bent Hamer (Norway)

JMH DISTRIBUTIONS (Switzerland)
Feux rouges Cédric Kahn (France)
Le Tango Rashevski Sam Garbarski (Belgium)

LOOK NOW (Switzerland)
Le cerf-volant Randa Chahal Sabbag (France)

XENIK FILMDISTRIBUTION (Switzerland)
Reconstruction Christoffer Boe (Denmark)

BELGE FILM SAN. VE TIC (Turkey)
Saas Carlo Rola (Germany)
Der Tunnel Roland Suso Richter (Germany)

UMUT SANT FILMCILIK SINEMACILIK (Turkey)
Dogville Lars Von Trier (Denmark).

(Translated from Italian)