EAVE project FLATLAND receives production funding by the Berlinale World Cinema Fund
In Development / Pre-production November 2014
Two projects by EAVE graduates are being supported by HBF+:
- THE WOUND by John Trengove, producer: EAVE 2014 graduate Elias Ribeiro
- OSCURO ANIMAL by Felipe Guerrero, producers: EAVE 2014 graduate Gema Juárez Allen and EAVE 1995 graduate Heino Deckert.
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- FRÄULEIN by Caterina Carone, producer: EAVE+ graduate Carlo Cresto-Dina and VON MÄNNERN UND VÄTERN by Andreas Pichler, co-producer: EAVE 2006 graduate Michael Kitzberger are supported by Business Location Südtirol, Alto Adige. Both films will be produced in the North Italian region.
- EAVE 2013 project FLATLAND by EAVE 2013 graduate David Horler, co-producers: EAVE 2003 garduate and group leaders Roshanak Behesht Nedjad and EAVE 2002 graduate Helge Albers received production funding by the Berlinale World Cinema Fund. FLATLAND has been developed with the support of the National Film & Video Foundation of South Africa and the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association’s Worldview Fund.
- UN BLUES DE GUATEMALA by Valérie Jouve, producer: EAVE 2006 graduate Antonin Dedet is in pre-production. The project is a Neon Productions and CO producciones co-production and has obtained production funding from the National Gallery Jeu de Paume in Paris, and the National Foundation of Graphic and Plastic Arts. The film was pre-bought by ARTE for La Lucarne.
- THE PORCUPINE by Srdjan Dragojevic, co-producer: Film Finance Forum 2010 graduate Eva Rohrmann is in pre-production. The political thriller about the trial of a former communist leader is an adaptation of Julian Barnes’ 1992 novel The Porcupine by Geoff Cox. Production companies: Camera, Delerium , Departure Film, Drugi Plan, Elefant Films, Film And Music Entertainment (F&ME), Forum Film , Sektor Film, Ukr Kino and ZaiR. Funded by: Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM), Polish Film Institute, Ukraine State Cinematography Service and British Film Institute (BFI). Shooting on locations in Warsaw is planned for March 2015.
- IRON SKY 2- THE COMING RACE by Timo Vuorensola, co-producer: EAVE 1998 graduate Oliver Damian kicks off a major crowdfunding campaign. On the website Indigogo.com, fans can choose between various crowd-sourcing possibilities in order to participate in the financing and story development of the film. The goal is to collect about US $10 million in the next 18 months. About 40% of the budget is coming from the film-funding institutions Finnish Film Foundation, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg and HessenInvestFilm in Frankfurt, while 60% will be financed independently. The principal photography for IRON SKY 2 – THE COMING RACE will take place next year between April and September. The premiere is scheduled for 2016.
- BREAKING NEWS by Iulia Rugina, producer: EAVE 2008 graduate Tudor Giurgiu is in development. The screenplay, written by Rugin? together with Oana R?suceanu and Ana Agopian, centres on Alex, a brilliant but arrogant TV reporter. A few days before Christmas, while he is covering an explosion at a factory, an accident injures him and kills his cameraman. It is the start of a profound transformation for Alex, who will find his life is changed forever by this tragic event. The producer plans to shoot the film over five weeks next winter, with a budget of €750,000; half of this amount is already secured. Giurgiu is currently in negotiations with a French co-production partner, which has already submitted the project for a grant from the French CNC. BREAKING NEWS has received support from the Romanian National Film Center, the SEE Cinema Network and the MEDIA Programme.www.librafilm.com
Page published 27 November 2014. Updated 28 November 2014.
