At its 136th meeting held from 13 to 16 October 2014 in Strasbourg, the
Board of Management of the Council of Europe΄s Eurimages Fund agreed to support
16 feature film and one documentary projects for a total amount of 4.538.000 Euros. 8 of these projects come from the Balkans or are Balkan co-productions:
Tarzan΄s Testicles (Ouale lui Tarzan) -
Alexandru Solomon (Romania), (Romania/France) Documentary
Awarded: €85.000
Awarded: €160.000
Awarded: €150.000
Awarded: €170.000
Humidity (Vlaznost) - Nikola Ljuca (Serbia), (Serbia/Netherlands)
Awarded: €73.000
The Liberation Of Skopje (Osloboduvanje na Skopje) -
Rade Serbedzija (Croatia)
(F.Y.R.O.M./Croatia/Finland)
Awarded: €310.000
The Miracle of Tekir (Miracolul din Tekir) -
Ruxandra Zenide (Switzerland), (Switzerland/Romania)
Awarded: €220.000
Dew (Rosa) - Denijal Hasanovic (Poland), (Poland/Bosnia Herzegovina)
Awarded: €87.000
Other European projects funded:
The Commune (Kollektivet) - Thomas Vinterberg (Denmark), (Denmark/Sweden/Netherlands)
Awarded: €470.000
The First The Last (Les Premiers Les Derniers) - Bouli Lanners (Belgium), (Belgium/France)
Awarded: €470.000
Project Lazarus - Mateo Gil (Spain), (Spain/France)
Awarded: €470.000
Eternity (Éternité) - Tran Anh Hung (France), (France/Belgium)
Awarded: €470.000
Marguerite - Xavier Giannoli (France), (France/Czech Republic/Belgium)
Awarded: €273.000
The Burglar - Hagar Ben Asher (Israel/Germany), (Germany/Israel/France)
Awarded: €210.000
The Lion Woman (Løvekvinnen) - Vibeke Idsoe (Norway), (Norway/Germany)
Awarded: €470.000
Framing Mom (Rose Marie og Gartnerens Hemmelighet) - Sara Johnsen (Norway), (Norway/Denmark/Germany)
Awarded: €280.000
Long Live the Bride (Viva la sposa) - Ascanio Celestini (Italy), (Italy/France/Belgium)
Awarded: €170.000
In the framework of the distribution support programme, Scheme I (Support for marketing and publicity costs), the Board has granted its support to 72 films released between 1 January and 30 June 2014. The total support granted represents €327 845.
In the framework of the
Scheme II (Support for measures for fostering awareness of European Cinema), the Board of Management has granted its support to one innovative project which will be launched in Serbia. The support granted amounts to €37.750 to the Serbian project «Balkan Film Connection – educational program and networking platform».
Concerning theatre support, the Board confirmed the integration of Dom Kino, Saratov – Kinoclub «Magic Lantern » (Russia) into the Eurimages/Europa Cinemas network. To this day, there are a total of 69 theatres in the network.
The Board also decided to grant support for digital equipment to two Turkish cinemas (Cinemarine Bodrum and Cinemarine Balikesir). Finally, this programme having now met its objectives, it will be discontinued at the end of 2014.
Since it was set up in 1988, EURIMAGES has supported 1619 European co-productions for a total amount of approximately 492 million euros.
