EAVE project EMILIA in pre-production
In Development / Pre-Production February 2015
- DER JUNGE KARL MARX by Raoul Peck, co-producers: EAVE graduate Karsten Stöter and EAVE group leader Patrick Sobelman is in pre-production. The film about the budding friendship between the young Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels is backed by pay TV Canal Plus, pubcaster France Televisions (France 3 Cinema), as well as Germany’s Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg (MBB) and Mitteldeutsche Medienforderung (MDM).
- 3 DAYS IN QUIBERON by Emily Atef, producer: EAVE graduate Karsten Stöter is in development. The story is based on real events in the life of the legendary actress Romy Schneider. The producers are looking for co-production partners, particularly from France, Austria and Belgium. Financing: DFFF – German Federal Film Fund, ARTE Germany, FFA – German Federal Film Board.
- EAVE project EMILIA by Donatas Ulvydas, producer: EAVE graduate Zivile Gallego is in pre-production. Set in the early 1970s in Soviet-occupied Lithuania, Emilia is the story of an aspiring young actress who pursues her career in a theater torn between loyalty to the system and dreams of freedom. Drawing strength from a mystery buried deep in the memories of her childhood, Emilia walks a fine line between passion, intrigue and betrayal, only to become a symbol of national defiance. The film was granted 250,000 EUR by the Lithuanian Film Centre with a recommendation to give another 107,000 EUR in 2016. Shooting is planned for September.
The Lithuanian Film Centre has announced the following grants in February 2015. Among the funded films are the following projects by EAVE producers:
- EASTERN BUSINESS by Igor Cobileanski, producer: EAVE graduate Dagne Vildziunaite
- BREATHING INTO MARBLE by Giedre Beinoriute, producer: EAVE graduate Dagne Vildziunaite
- LIEBE TANTE, GUTEN TAG by Jurate Samulionyte, producer: EAVE graduate Ieva Norviliene
- DEAD WEIGHT by Ignas Miskinis, producer: EAVE graduate Ieva Norviliene
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- KHIBULA by George Ovashvili, producer: EAVE graduate Guillaume de Seille is in the financing stage. The director of CORN ISLAND plans to shoot his next project, KHIBULA , at the end of 2015. The film follows the first president of Georgia, Zviad Gamsakhurdia, in the final chapter of his life. Elected in 1991, he was soon forced by a coup d’etat to choose exile and although he returned political clashes forced him into exile again. The film follows him in the Georgian mountains, accompanied and pursued by both friend and foe. The circumstances of his death are still unclear. The 1.7M EUR budget is not yet covered. The project participated in l’Atelier du Festival de Cannes 2011 and also in the Co-production Lab Locarno 2013. Shooting will take 60 days at the end of 2015.
Page published 26 February 2015.
