EAVE project CRISTIAN now in production
In Production March 2014
- MAGIC MOUNTAIN, directed and produced by EAVE 2010 graduate Anca Damian, co-producers: EAVE 2010 graduate Bénédicte Thomas and EAVE 1998 graduate Guillaume de Seille started filming. Damian tells the story of Adam Jacek Winkler, a photographer and a mountaineer who moved to Paris as a political refugee and fought as Adam Khan in Afghanistan on the side of the mujahidin in the 1980’s. He climbed Mont Blanc, leaving there a solidarity flag with the Afghan people and died while on another solitary climb. The Romanian National Center for Cinema gave it a production grant of 95,000 EUR in April 2013. The Polish Film Institute is also supporting the project with a production grant of 120,000 EUR. The budget is 978,000 EUR.
- LES CHEVALIERS BLANCS by Joachim Lafosse, producer: EAVE 2000 graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart started shooting in Morocco. In his new film, Lafosse focuses on the limits and issues of humanitarian interventions in Africa. Starring lead roles are Vincent Lindon, Valérie Donzelli, Louise Bourgouin and Reta Kateb. Funding comes from Eurimages, Wallimage, Ciné+, Soficinéma, Inver Invest Tax Shelter and CNC.
- THE LOBSTER by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE 1991 graduate Ed Guiney is shooting in Ireland. “Dogtooth” and “Alps” director Lanthimos and his regular co-writer Efthimis Filippou wrote the love story, set in a dystopian future where single people are given strict conditions for finding mates. Element Pictures, Faliro House, Haut Et Court, Limp and Scarlet Films are the production companies. Money comes from the Irish Film Board, CNC, Dutch Film Fund and British Film Institute (BFI).
- THE FENCER by Klaus Härö, producer: EAVE 1999 graduate Kaarle Aho is shooting in Estonia. The film tells the story of a young and ambitious sportsman who is on the run from the Soviet People’s Commissariat for Internal Affairs (NKVD). His escapades take him to a small town where he starts teaching gym class at school. Soon he comes to realize that this is what he wants to do in life. Produced by Making Movies, Allfilm and Kickfilm the project received EURIMAGES support in October 2013. Support comes from Estonian Film Institute, Estonian Cultural Endowment, Estonian Television. The film’s budget is 1,965,768 EUR. THE FENCER is scheduled to be released in spring 2015.
- LOVE OR DEATH, written and directed by Daniel KuĊĦan, producer: EAVE 2007 graduate Ankica Juric Tilic is in production. The film is a sort of sequel to KOKO AND THE GHOSTS, which was one of the most successful Croatian films in the last 20 years. Co-produced by Gustav Film and supported by the Slovene Film Fund, the film has a budget of 650,000 EUR.
- EAVE 2011 project CRISTIAN directed by EAVE 2008 graduate Tudor Giurgiu, producer: EAVE 2011 graduate Oana Giurgiu is in production. The movie tells the story of a young idealistic prosecutor that tries to solve a case against an elder colleague accused of corruption. The Romanian-Hungarian-Bulgarian co-production is financed by the Romanian National Film Center and received a development grant from the Media Programme of the European Union.
- BLUE GUITAR by Paco Torres, producer: EAVE 1998 graduate and Irish national coordinator Edwina Forkin is shooting in Galway, Ireland and Palestine. A Palestinian man and an Israeli boy are drawn together by a shared tragic event and a mutual love of music. The Palestinian man needs to be freed from the pain of the loss of his wife and child. The boy needs to atone for causing the event that claimed their lives. The film’s budget is in the €1.5-2 million.
Page published 27 March 2014.
