DIE HEIMATLOSEN receives FFA Funding
In Development / Pre-production June 2014
The first 2014 funding session of Screen Flanders supports 9 projects. Among them are three films by EAVE producers:
- LE TOUT NOUVEAU TESTAMENT by Jaco Van Dormael, producers: EAVE 1991 graduate Paul Thiltges and EAVE 2011 graduate David Grumbach
- MOONWALKERS by Antoine Bardou-Jacquet, co-producer: EAVE 2007 graduate Daniel Lamberts
- PARADISE TRIPS by Raf Reyntjens, producer: EAVE 2007 graduate Peter De Maegd
In its second session of 2014 the German Film Funding Agency (FFA) has given 4.1 M € to 12 projects. Among them is:
- DIE HEIMATLOSEN by Lars Kraume, producer: EAVE 2013 graduate Ann Carolin Renninger
- IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RIVER by Damian John Harper, producer: EAVE 2012 graduate Jonas Weydemann is joined by Les Films d'Ici. The Paris-based company goes on board Damian John Harper’s project, headed by the Weydemann Bros from Cologne. The project is backed by Cine plus Film-produktion, Farbfilm Verleih and ZDF.
- FORSAKEN by Marlingd & Stein, producer: EAVE 2001 graduate Karl Fredrik Ulfung is in development. The story: A troubled young woman is assigned to help a world famous children's author by exploring her five senses as research material and is manipulated into a terrifying journey that ends in self insight, love and death. Development support comes from MEDIA, Nordic Film & TV Fund, The Swedish Film Institute and Spier Film. Shooting in South Africa and Sweden is due to start in October.
- IMMIGRANTS by Dariusz Jablonski, producers: EAVE 2011 graduate Izabela Wojcik and EAVE+ 2014 graduate Violetta Kaminska is in development. IMMIGRANTS is based on a tragic event which took place in a Canadian airport in October 2007 when a Polish immigrant who had been waiting over 10 hours at border control was killed when an airport security guard stunned him with a Taser gun.
- THE NIGHT OF A THOUSAND HOURS (DIE NACHT DER 1000 STUNDEN) by Virgil Widrich, producer: EAVE+ 2013 graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu is in development. The plot: Philip Ullich has just taken over the long-established family business, when he is confronted with the strange appearance of his dead ancestors who arrive in waves, generation after generation. Over one wild night, after a murder, a forbidden love story and a game with identities, Philip uncovers a long-held and fiercely guarded family secret. The project is supported by Film Fund Luxembourg, Austrian Film Institute, Film Location Austria, Vienna Film Fund, ORF, MEDIA, ALGOA Slate Funding and Eurimages. Filming in Austria and Luxembourg is planned for 2014.
Page published 22 June 2014.
