The Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT SA) has announced that it is supporting 17 Greek and international co-productions during its latest round of financing. This is the third slate of funding announced this year, with the previous ones being in May (read the news) and in July (see below). The total amount is €1,617,000, which is in accordance with the rule that broadcasters should allocate 1.5% of their gross income to Greek cinema, and the selection comprises 17 projects – fourteen fiction features, and three documentaries.

Among the fourteen selected fiction projects, which have received a total support of €1,492,000, is the upcoming film from Sofia Exarchou, whose debut feature Park [+leggi anche:
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The selection of fiction projects wraps with the works of eight debutant filmmakers: Riviera by Orfeas Peretzis (StudioBauhaus), Peter and the Wolf by Thanasis Neofotistos (Argonauts Productions), Kreas by Dimitris Nakos (Fantasia Audiovisual Ltd), The Team of Pele by Marios Karamanis (Argonauts Productions), Bivak by George Drivas (Blonde SA), Iris by Myrsini Aristidou (Graal S.A.), Azure by Stratis Chatzielenoudas (Ioanna Petinaraki), and Kyuka - Journeying to the Moon Through the Endless Sea by Kostis Charamountanis (Heretic).

The three documentaries which receive a total of €125,000 are Dear Future by Christiana Cheiranagnostaki (Argonauts Productions), Vavel The Band by Mihalis Agrafiotis (Multimotion), and the international co-production People, Gods and other Creatures by Svetlana Strelnikova (Asterisk*).

During the July slate of funding, seven fiction projects in development and two documentaries were supported with a total amount of €850,000. The selection mostly includes works by debutant directors: Inside by Vasilis Katsoupis (Heretic), Titanic Ocean by Konstantina Kotzamani (Homemade Films), Play by Vangelis Liberopoulos (Foss Productions), Medium [+leggi anche:
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Finally, the two documentaries supported in July are Into The Land of Ice and Fire by Dimitra Zirou (Bad Crowd) and I Mitera tou Stathmou by Kostoula Tomadaki (AK Productions). Exceptionally, a finalised film, You Sing, I Sing by Nikos Kornilios (11 Meetings with My Father), received a support of €50,000 from the broadcaster.