10 films by EAVE graduates supported by Eurimages
In Development / Pre-Production March 2015
Eurimages has distributed 5.36 million Euros to 17 European co-productions. Among them are ten projects by EAVE graduates:
- CLAIR OBSCURE by Yesim Ustaoglu, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Titus Kreyenberg
- DOGS, written and directed by Bogdan Mirica, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marcela Ursu
- FOG IN AUGUST by Kai Wessel, co-producer: EAVE graduate Danny Krausz
- KHARMS by Ivan Bolotnikov, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ieva Norviliene
- MONK by Ties Schenk, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot
- QUIT STARING AT MY PLATE by Hana Jusic, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ankica Juric Tilic
- REHEPAPP by Rainer Sarnet, co-producers: EAVE graduate Katrin Kissa, EAVE graduate Jonas Weydemann, EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki
- SON OF SOFIA by Elina Psykou, co-producer: EAVE graduate Janja Kralj
- VIANNA BEFORE NIGHTFALL by Robert Bober, co-producer: EAVE graduate Gabriele Kranzelbinder
- WALKING TO PARIS by Peter Greenaway, co-producer: EAVE graduate Susann Rüdlinger
- DOGS by Bogdan Mirica, producer: EAVE graduate Marcela Ursu is in pre-production. The story centres on Roman, a young man from the city who goes to an isolated village in the county of Dobrogea, near the Romanian-Ukrainian border, where he wants to sell the land he has inherited from his recently deceased grandfather. Roman will find out that his grandfather was a powerful gangster and that the land he now wants to sell is used by criminals for their seedy transactions. Roman will soon come to learn that his intentions for the land have turned him into a target. The project was awarded Prix ARTE at Cinelink- Sarajevo IFF in August 2013, and it was selected to l’Atelier de la Cinéfondation, Cannes 2014, to Script&Pitch at Torino Film Lab 2013 and also at the Coproduction Village in Les Arcs 2013. DOGS has received support from Eurimages. Shooting is scheduled for Augusta
- THE MIGRUMPIES by Arman T. Riahi, producers EAVE graduate Arash T. Riahi and Karin C. Berger have successfully financed the project development and will now proceed to the next phase. For a documentary show about a socially disadvantaged neighbourhood, the two well off friends Marko and Fadi pretend to be petty criminals with immigrant background - before the coin flips and reality turns against them. The comedy is supported by Filmfonds Wien and Österreichisches Filminstitut.
Nordisk Film & TV Fond announced the feature projects selected for its new NORDIC GENRE BOOST initiative. The seven projects selected will receive a development grant of NOK 200.000 each, as well as access to two intensive residential workshops. Two of them are produced by EAVE graduates:
- BLOODSUCKERS FINLAND by Elin Grönblom, producer: EAVE graduate Leila Lyytikäinen
- BODOM FINLAND by Taneli Mustonen, producer: EAVE graduate Aleksi Hyvärinen
6 new projects will be financed by the South Tyrol BLS - Film Fund & Commission as part of the first call in 2015. Among them are:
- THREE PEAKS by Jan Zabeil, producer: EAVE graduate Philip Moravetz, co-produced by EAVE graduate Karsten Stöter.
- MAIKÄFER FLIEG! by Mirjam Unger, producer: EAVE graduate Gabriele Kranzelbinder
- DIE EINSIEDLER by Ronny Trocker, co-produced by EAVE graduate Arash T. Riahi.
The Romanian National Film Center gives out €2.5 million in production funding. Among them are new projects by the following EAVE graduates:
- THE STORY OF LOVE by Radu Mihaileanu, producer: EAVE graduate Oana Giurgiu
- NATURAL by Hadrian Marcu, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Lazurean-Gorgan
- THE SOLDIERS by Ivana Mladenovic, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon
- ALBUM by Can Mertoglu, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon
- SEARCHING FOR THE LOST FATHER by Ionut Teianu, producer: EAVE graduate Oana Giurgiu
- THE DISTANCE BETWEEN YOU AND ME by Mona Nicoara, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon
Screen Flanders supports two projects by EAVE graduates:
- KEBAB ROYAL by EAVE graduates Jessica Woodworth and Peter Brosens
- SAY SOMETHING FUNNY by Nic Balthazar, producer: EAVE graduate Peter Bouckaert
- HIER by Balint Kenyeres, co-producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Taschler is in pre-production. The plot: some very costly problems draw businessman Otto Ganz to North Africa where he is confronted with memories of his youth, which have been carefully buried in the depths of his mind. Support comes from: Film i Väst, CNC, MEDIA Programme, Netherlands Film Fund, Arte Germany and Saarländischer Rundfunk. Shooting on locations in Morocco is set to start in Spring 2015.
- DEDE by Mariam Khatchvani, producer: EAVE graduate Vladimer Katchavara is in pre-production. The story follows a young woman, Dina, who lives in the harsh mountain region of Svaneti. Her happiness is brief because her lover dies and she must obey tradition by marrying the first man who offers her his hand.Vladimer Katcharava is producing through Georgia's 20 Steps Productions in coproduction with France's Neon Productions, Norway's 4 ½ Film AS and Poland's Opus Film. The project is supported by the Georgian National Film Centre and Doha Film Institute. Shooting is planned to start in September 2015.
Page published 31 March 2015.
