A BALLAD now in development
In Development / Pre-Production September 2015
- The Kosovo Cinematography Center (KCC) supports 17 films this year. Seven of them are feature films, including VERA DREAMS OF THE SEA by Kaltrina Krasniqi, producer: EAVE graduate Shkumbin Istrefi. As a minority co-production, the KCC also supports the Macedonian project FREEDOM OR DEATH by Vladimir Blazevski, producer: EAVE graduate Darko Popov. Four films are funded for script development, including the documentary GJAKMARRJA, written and directed by Marija Zidar, producer: EAVE group leader Danijel Hocevar.
- A BALLAD, written and directed by Aida Begic, producer: EAVE graduate Adis Djapo is in development. Begic’s new project is a story about love in post-apocalyptic Bosnia and Herzegovina where myths and reality intertwine. A mythical couple, Fatima and Hasan, are divorcing under strange circumstances. The divorce will lead one of them to death and leave their five children orphans. As they attempt to discover the real reason behind their divorce, they will share with the audience the moving stories of their own lives in today’s post-war Bosnia-Herzegovina. Development support comes from Creative Europe and also automatic support for production in Bosnia and Herzegovina from the BH Film Fund. The budget is 1.5 M EUR with 150,000 EUR already secured. Shooting is scheduled for 2016.
- POWER by Matyas Prikler, co-producer: EAVE graduate Viktoria Petrányi is in development. The story follows the Slovak and Hungarian Foreign ministers as they meet at an informal hunt in southern Slovakia. A young assistant is killed by accident when the Slovak minister fires his gun accidentally, but since he is a candidate for a high position in the European Commission, the media starts to investigate his possible involvement in the killing. The developement of the project was supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund. The first draft of the script and the initial concept of casting and locations are already ready. Shooting is planned for winter 2016-2017. The Slovak/Hungarian/Czech coproduction is the first Slovak project selected for the Holland Film Meeting.
- EAVE graduate Isabelle Truc’s Iota Production has several films in development: The documentaries COEUR DE SOLDAT by Stefan Dumont and Julien Maes, ELLES DISENT by Charlotte Diament, the short film CLEBS by Fabien Dehasseler, the long fiction films BONJOUR MADAME by Elisabet Llado, NOS BATAILLES by Guillaume Senez, NIGHT by Philippe Pierpont, and several others.
- IRON SKY: THE COMING RACE by Timo Vuorensola, co-producer: EAVE graduate Oliver Damian is set to become the most expensive live-action movie in the history of Finnish filmmaking. The film’s budget of €17 million has mainly been raised through crowdfunding. Principal photography for the sequel will begin on October 19 at AED Studios in Antwerp. For eight weeks, the production will be set up in six studio halls.
Page published 30 September 2015.
