EAVE projects ROJO and WAJIB receive development support
In Development / Pre-Production May 2016
Wallimage supports seven feature-film projects, including two Belgian movies. Among them are:
- AU-DESSUS DE LOIS by François Troukens and Jean-François Hensgens, producer: EAVE graduate Jaques-Henri Bronckart
- LES ENFANTS DE LA NUIT by Andrea De Sica, co-producer: Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli
The Wallonia-Brussels Federation’s Film and Audiovisual Centre (CCA) supports the writing, development or production of 16 feature-film projects, nine shorts, 12 documentaries and one experimental film. Among them are:
- JE SUIS RESTÉ DANS LES BOIS by Vincent Solheid, Erika Sainte and Michael Bier, producer: PUENTES graduate Marie Besson
- LES CHÂTELAINS by Vero Cratzborn, producer: EAVE graduate Isabelle Truc
- PUENTES project THE BLOOD OF YOUR BLOOD by Stefano Pasetto, producer: PUENTES graduate Marie Besson
- THE FAITHFUL (LE FIDÈLE) by Michael R. Roskam, producer: EAVE graduate Peter Bouckaert
- ZAGROS by Sahim Omar Kalifa, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot
Four films by EAVE graduates are being funded by L'Aide aux Cinémas du Monde:
- A SORT OF FAMILY by Diego Lerman, producer: EAVE graduate Oliver Damian
- LA BOBINE DE SHULA by Rungano Nyoni, producer: B’EST graduate Juliette Grandmont
- L’INTRUSA by Leonardo Di Costanzo, producer: EAVE+ graduate Carlo Cresto-Dina
- EAVE project ROJO by Benjamin Naishtat, producer: Barbara Sarasola-Day, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot
Funded by the Norwegian Film Fund are the following films by EAVE producers:
- CANDELARIA by Jhonny Hendrix, producer: EAVE graduate Dag Hoel
- THE IMMERSED FAMILY by Maria Alché, producer: PUENTES graduate Barbara Fransisco
- EAVE project WAJIB by Annemarie Jacir, producer: EAVE graduate Ossama Bawardi, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ruben Thorkildsen
- SHINDISI by Nick Agiashvili, co-producer: EAVE graduate Vladimer Katcharava is in pre-production. Based on a true story of the Russian invasion of Georgia, the film takes place in the village of Shindisi during the August war and changes the life of an ordinary Georgian peasant forever. In the heart of Shindisi, heavily armed Russian military unit occupying the village, breaks the promise of a peaceful corridor given to Georgians and opens fire on Georgian soldiers lured into the ambush. One part of the Georgian soldiers take fire on themselves enabling the twenty-five fellow warriors to leave the battlefield. In the unequal battle Ivanov, the high-ranking Russian officer fails to reach desired goal, the number of casualties among Georgian soldiers is significantly lower than he had supposed. Ivanov’s revenge grows into hysteria; he seeks for wounded Georgian soldiers on the battlefield and refuses to even bury corpses of the Georgians. The film begins shooting in Shindisi on the actual location of the original events in September. The movie will benefit from the Georgian National Film Centre’s film industry incentive scheme (20-25 % cash rebate), launched in January 2016 to give a much welcomed boost to the local service and production industry.
- JACKDAWS ON THE ROAD by Olmo Omerzu, producer: EAVe graduate Jiri Konecny is in development. The road movie tells the story of Mára and Heduš, two boys on the run in a stolen car. They’re just twelve years old and they might never have a greater feeling of freedom again than during these two days. Their trip is framed by a parallel storyline: an investigation at a police station, as one of them was caught for driving without a license. The story explores the transition between childhood and adulthood. The project was supported by the Czech State Cinematography Fund and the Slovenian Film Centre. Ivan Ostrochovský of Slovakia’s Punkchart Films, Rok Bi?ek of Slovenia’s Cvinger Film and Czech TV are coproducing.
Film Fund Luxembourg supports 14 new audiovisual projects, among them are:
- APPLE PIE LULLABY by Cécile Somers and Reinis Kalnaellis, producer: EAVE graduate Paul Thiltges
- HISTOIRE DES FEMMES by Anne Schroeder. producer: EAVE graduate and EAVE Head of Studies Jani Thiltges
- SUPERJHEMP & FILS by Felix Koch, producer: EAVE graduate and EAVE Head of Studies Jani Thiltges
- TEL AVIV IS ON FIRE by Sameh Zoabi, producer: EAVE graduate and EAVE Head of Studies Jani Thiltges
- COMPATIBILITY by EAVE graduate Stephan Komandarev, producer: EAVE graduate Katya Trichkova is set to go into production in November of this year after Germany’s Aktis Film Production has joined the production. The film will span 24 hours in Sofia telling the stories about the fates of people in the city through the eyes of taxi drivers and their clients. Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM) is supporting the project. The production has already received funding from the Bulgarian National Film Centre.
Page published 31 May 2016.
