EAVE project ZUD receives funding
In Development / Pre-production April 2014
The Turkish-German Co-production Fund supports two projects by EAVE graduates:
- SPÄTKAUF by Ilker Catak and Johannes Drucker: producer: EAVE 2011 graduate Enis Köstepen
- HAYALLER by Orhan Eskiköy, co-producer: EAVE+ 2013 graduate Titus Kreyenberg
Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg has published its April 2014 decisions. Funded are two films by EAVE graduates:
- WESTERN by Valeska Grisebach, producer: EAVE 2007 graduate Jonas Dornbach
- LAND, produced by EAVE 1995 graduate Heino Deckert
The German Film Funding Agency (FFA) supports three films by EAVE graduates:
- EAVE 2013 project ZUD by Marta Minorowicz, producer: EAVE 2013 graduate Ann Carolin Renninger
- HALAL SEX by Assad Fouladkar, producer: EAVE 2009 graduate Verona Meier
- TONI ERDMANN by Maren Ade, producer: EAVE2007 graduate Jonas Dornbach
The German Federal Film Fund (DFFF) has published its funding decisions. Among them are:
- MARRY ME & FAMILY by Neelesha Barthel, producer: EAVE 1995 graduate Ralph Schwingel
- DAS EWIGE LEBEN by Wolfgang Murnberger, producer: EAVE 1992 graduate and group leader Danny Krausz
Among the funded films in the first round 2014 of Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung MDM are:
- THE BURGLAR by Hagar Ben Asher, producer: EAVE 2006 graduate Karsten Stöter
- THE QUEEN OF SPADES by Agnieszka Zwiefka, producer: EAVE 1995 graduate Heino Deckert
FilmFund Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein supports:
- MEMORIES OF THE WIND by Özcan ALPER, co-producer: EAVE 1998 graduate Guillaume de Seille
- TONI ERDMANN by Maren Ade, producer: EAVE2007 graduate Jonas Dornbach
The Croatian Minority Co-production Grants 2014 went to:
- NASA SVAKODNEVNA PRICA by Ines Tanovic, producer: EAVE 2013 graduate Zdenka Gold
- SIERRA NEVADA by Cristi Puiu, producer: EAVE 2013 graduate Zdenka Gold
- CHRIS THE SWISS by Anja Kofmel, producer: INTERCHANGE 2011 graduate Samir
The Lithuainian Film Centre grants Production Support to the following projects by EAVE graduates:
- SANGAILE by Alanté Kavaité, producer: EAVE 2011 graduate Zivile Gallego
- DO YOU LOVE ME? by Lina Luzyte, producer: EAVE 2012 graduate Dagne Vildziunaite
- LIEBE TANTE, GUTEN TAG! by Jurate and Vilma Samulionyte, producer: EAVE 2007 graduate Ieva Norviliene
- FIVE by Maximilien Dejoie, Virginija Vareikyte, producer: EAVE 2012 graduate Dagne Vildziunaite
- THE MAN WHO KNEW 75 LANGUAGES by Anne Magnussen, producer: EAVE 2011 graduate Zivile Gallego
Development Support:
- EMERGENCE by Kristina Buozyte and Bruno Samper, producer: EAVE 2007 graduate Ieva Norviliene
- PEOPLE WE KNOW ARE CONFUSED by Tomas Smulkis, producer: EAVE 2012 graduate Dagne Vildziunaite
The Romanian National Film Center has split approximately €6.7 million across the production and development of new film projects. The winners in the fiction-feature and first-fiction-feature categories are:
- THE CLOSENESS by Tudor Giurgiu, producer: EAVE 2011 graduate Oana Giurgiu
- THE MOUNTAIN GIRL by Catalin Mitulescu, producer: EAVE 2010 graduate Marcian Lazar
- SCARRED HEARTS by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE 2007 graduate & Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon
- SIERRA NEVADA by Cristi Puiu, producer: EAVE 2013 graduate Zdenka Gold
- THE TREASURE by Corneliu Porumboiu, producer: EAVE 2008 graduate Marcela Ursu
- PERFECT HEALTHY director and producer EAVE 2010 graduate Anca Damian
- BREAKING NEWS by Iulia Rugina, producer: EAVE 2007 graduate & Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon
- THE MIRACLE FROM TEKIR by Ruxandra Zenide, producer: EAVE 2006 graduate Dan Burlac
- AFERIM! by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE 2007 graduate & Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon is in pre-production. AFERIM! is set in the 19th century, a time when Gypsy slavery was common. The story revolves around a regional policeman, Costandin, who is hired by a local boyar to find Carfin, a Gypsy slave who had run away from his estate after having an affair with the boyar’s wife. Accompanied by his adolescent son and his deputy Ghita, Costandin sets out to find the fugitive, starting a journey full of adventures. The film mixes elements of a picaresque novel with elements of a classic American Western. AFERIM! will start shooting in June.
- FLOCKING by Beata Gardeler, producer: EAVE 2008 graduate Annika Hellström ahas been selected by the Swedish Film Institute to receive funding. The film tells the tale of a 15-year-old Jennifer who accuses a boy in her class of raping her. As the girl and her parents face the judgment of her community, they become entangled in a dark downward spiral. The film explores the mechanisms of mob mentality.
- MONK by Ties Schenk, producer: EAVE 2007 graduate Marleen Slot has received production money from the Netherlands Film Institute.
Page published 6 May 2014. Updated 6 February 2015.
