EAVE projects EMILIA and NOTHING DOING IN BAGHDAD in pre-production
In Development / Pre-Production April 2015
The German-Turkish Co-Production Development Fund supports the following co-productions by EAVE graduates:
- EAVE project 16 co-produced by EAVE participant Ipek Kent
- CROWS by Erol Mintas co-producer: EAVE graduate Verena Gräfe-Höft
- IDLE MOMENTS by M. Cem Öztüfekçi, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Titus Kreyenberg
- THE MEMOIRS OF ANTOINE KÖPE by Nefin Dinç, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Titus Kreyenberg
The German Film Funding Agency (FFA) funds three films by EAVE graduates:
- AXOLOTL BLOCKBUSTER by Helene Hegemann, producer: EAVE graduate Hanneke van der Tas
- IRON SKY 2 - THE COMING RACE by Timo Vuorensola, producer: EAVE graduate Oliver Damian
- DER JUNGE KARL MARX by Raoul Peck, co-producers: EAVE graduate Karsten Stöter and EAVE group leader Patrick Sobelman ist supported by the French-German Funding Commission.
The German Federal Film Fund (DFFF) has published its funding decisions. Among them are:
- SCHROTTEN by Max Zähle, producer: EAVE graduate Dirk Decker
- GESTRANDET by Lisei Caspers, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Peter Rommel
- SEX & CRIME by Paul Florian Müller, producer: EAVE graduate and German National Coordinator Jonas Weydemann
- DIE BLUMEN VON GESTERN by Chris Kraus, producer: EAVE graduate Danny Krausz
Among the funded films in the first round of Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM) are:
- THE NILE HILTON INCIDENT by Tarik Saleh, producers: EAVE graduate Kristina Aberg and EAVE graduate Signe Byrge Sørensen
- AQUARELA by Victor Kossakovsky, producer: EAVE graduate Heino Deckert
- The Film Fund Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein supports ROMEO, produced by EAVE graduate Dirk Decker
The Netherlands Film Production Incentive scheme has selected a total of 19 new film projects. Among them are:
- REHEPAPP by Rainer Sarnet, co-producers: EAVE graduate Katrin Kissa, EAVE graduate and German National Coordinator Jonas Weydemann, EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki
- SIV SLEEPS ASTRAY by Catti Edfeldt, producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot
- US by Rene Eller, producer: EAVE graduate Julius Ponten
SØRFOND grants support for 2 projects produced by EAVE graduates:
- LUXEMBOURG produced by EAVE graduate and Russian National Coordinator Anna Katchko
- La FAMILIA produced by EAVE graduate Dag Hoel
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- L’ECONOMIE DU COUPLE by Joachim Lafosse, producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart gets support by Wallimage.
- THE SURVIVALIST by Janis Nords, producer B’EST graduate Alise Gelze gets support from the National Film Centre of Latvia.
- 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 theatre 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 is supported by the Lithuanian Film Centre. Shooting is planned for July.
- EAVE project NOTHING DOING IN BAGHDAD by Maysoon Pachachi, produced by EAVE graduate Talal Al-Muhanna is set to start shooting after receiving CNC /Institut français 'Aide aux Cinémas du Monde' production support. The film also received funding from Brot für die Welt, Visions Sud Est and the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC).
Page published 27 April 2015.
