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

The High Sun (Zvizdan) - Dalibor Matanic (Croatia), (Croatia/Slovenia)

Awarded: €160.000 

Ember (Kor) - Zeki Demirkubuz (Turkey), (Turkey/Germany)

Awarded: €150.000

The Treasure (Comoara) - Corneliu Porumboiu (Romania), (Romania/France)

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.

Original source: Council of Europe official site