Eurimages supports 10 projects by EAVE graduates
Development News June 2026
EURIMAGES
The results of the second Eurimages Project Evaluation Session of 2026 have just been announced. Further to recommendations made by independent experts meeting online, the Executive Committee of the Fund has decided to support the co-production of 33 feature films, including 3 documentaries and 4 animations, for a total amount of €10 212 000.
- A SONG THAT SLAYS by Maureen Frances Scarpelli, producers: EAVE graduate Luigi Chimienti and PUENTES graduate Alessandro Amato, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Michela Pini
- AMA by Yuki Kawamura, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Gilles Chanial
- KARMIC KNOT by Signe Baumane, producer: PUENTES graduate Dominiks Jarmakovics
- LISA & LILLY by Julia Lindström, producer: EAVE graduate Josefine Tengblad
- MAGNUM OPUS by Bogdan Mirică, producer: EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Romania Radu Stancu
- MULATRESSE SOLITUDE by Baloji Tshiani, producer: EAVE graduate Benoît Roland
- MY FAIRYTALE LIFE by Nikolaj Arcel, producer: EAVE graduate Tine Mikkelsen
- MY NAME IS LILY by Yianna Americanou, producer: EAVE graduate Stelana Kliris
- PATRIMONIAL FEARS AND OTHER ILLUSIONS by Elina Psykou, producers: EAVE graduates Konstantinos Vassilaros, Maria Dandraki
- TO LIVE IN A SHOUT by Diana Toucedo, producer: EAVE graduate Alba Sotorra
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SØRFOND - NORWEGIAN SOUTH FILM FUND
- ACCESS project MADNESS AND HONEY DAYS by Ahmed Yassin Al-Darraji, producer: ACCESS graduate Maytham Jbara was supported with 500 000 NOK. The Jury stated:
“There is something rotten in the state of Denmark” is the key line in Shakespeare's Hamlet. Applied to Iraq under President Saddam Hussein, one truly can say the same. When the protagonist and theatre actor in Madness and Honey Days accidentally offend the tyrant in public, certain death or detention in a psychiatric ward as insane are the only options. The jury is impressed by the creative script, depicting a protagonist who completely dives into the role of Hamlet in a psychiatric ward to stay alive. It gives a surprising, and at times both hilarious and bleak, perspective on how to survive under a regime where all missteps are punished with no mercy. The script moves between the morbid and the laughable, and gives an inventive take on where the madness actually is confined in a society governed by a brutal dictatorship. To use a cultural icon like Shakespeare in this plot gives the film a universal dimension, while the Iraqi director uses his artistic capabilities in an impressive way to scrutinise the history of his home country.
Page published 30 June 2026.
