Eurimages supports 24 co-productions – Cineuropa

The results of the third 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 24 feature films, including 4 documentaries and 1 animation, for a total amount of €6,780,000. Of the 24 co-production projects supported during the session, 16 are to be directed or co-directed by women, representing 76.39% of the total funding awarded.

The films supported include the new work by acclaimed directors such as Tunisia’s Kaouther Ben Hania (whose latest work Four Daughters [+lire aussi :
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More established filmmakers have been supported, such as Germany’s Frauke Finsterwalder (Sisi & I [+lire aussi :
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The supported second fiction features are La Gradiva (France/Italy) by France’s Marine Atlantic (read news), with €400,000; The Last One for the Road (Italy/Germany) by Italy’s Francesco Sossai (Other Cannibals [+lire aussi :
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The supported first fiction features are The Visitor (Lithuania/Norway/Sweden) by Lithuania’s Vytautas Katkuswinner of the Next Step Award at the Cannes’ Critics’ Week (watch interview), with €210,000; Ivy (Portugal/France) by Portuguese documentary filmmaker Catarina Mourão (Astrakan 79), with €250,000; The Station (France/Jordan/Germany/Netherlands) by Yemeni-Scottish film director based in Amsterdam Sara Ishaqnominated for an Oscar for her short film Karama Has No Wallswith €150,000; I Won’t Die for Love (Spain/Belgium) by Spain’s Marta Matutewith €315,000; The Crux (Germany/Poland) by Germany’s Ulrike Tony Vahlwith €500,000; The Girl (France/Belgium) by France’s Marina Ziolkowski (France), with €400,000; and The Golden Age (France/Italy) by France’s Bérenger Thouinwith €370,000.

Regarding the financed animation films, there is one title in this session, Fairyheart (Hungary/Canada) by Canada’s Anita Doronwith €500,000.

As for the supported documentaries, the titles are Fixing the War (Ireland/Ukraine) by Ireland’s Clare Stronge and Ukraine’s Vadym Ilkovwith €41,000; Future Tenses (Greece/France) by Greece’s Christos Karakepeliswith €140,000; Sleepless Nights (Portugal/France) by Portugal’s Tiago Hespanhawith €95,000; and Queen of the Stone Age (Germany/Switzerland), with Germany’s David Bernetwith €80,000.

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