In development / pre-production February 2012
EAVE 2011 projects MONUMENT TO MICHAEL JACKSON and MY SKINNY SISTER in Development
- EAVE 2009 graduate Ferenc Pusztai’s KMH Film received funding by the Hungarian National Film Fund for the script development of three projects: EAVE 2009 project THE MAN WHO DIDN'T GET SHOT by Attila Gigor, AFTERLIFE by Virág Zomborácz and BALATON SUBMARINE by Orsi Nagypál.
The German-Russian Co-Development Fund, which was initiated in June 2011 by the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, the German Federal Film Board, the Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung and the Russian Cinema Fund, has announced its first decisions. Two projects are made by EAVE graduates:
- TAJIK JIMMY BY Ella Vakassova, producers: EAVE 2005 graduate Karsten Stöter of Rohfilm and A-One Film, St. Petersburg
- THE GENERAL by Bakur Bakuradze, producers: EAVE 1995 graduate Heino Deckert of Ma.Ja.De. Filmproduktion and Institute of Communications Vita Activa Moscow.
The German-Polish Co-Development Fund supports the development of two Polish-German film adaptations of literary novels:
- THE FOX by Matthias Luthardt, producers: EAVE 1998 graduate Oliver Damian of 27 Films Production and EAVE 2007 graduate Monika Braid of Braidmade Films Krakau, is based on David H. Lawrence’s novel of the same name.
- LOVE LETTERS, written by Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Volsoo, which is based on a novel by Maria Nurowska, co-producer EAVE 2012 participant Lukasz Dzieciol
The Slovenian Film Centre has announced the results of its 2011 public competition for funding of film projects.
-GOING OUR WAY 2 by Miha Hocevar, producer: EAVE group leader Danijel Hocevar got €730,000
- INFERNO by Vinko Möderndorfer, producer EAVE 2010 FFF graduate EAVE Rohrman got €750.000.
Another nine films in development, including projects by Janez Burger (Silent Sonata), Vlado Škafar (Dad) and Igor Šterk (9:06) receive a total of €162,300.
- LOUDER THAN BOMBS by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE 1995 graduate Sigve Endresen starts filming this autumn in the USA. The Norwegian-American drama with Anders Danielsen Lie in the leading role is co-produced by LA-based Bona Fide Productions.
- GERMAN FILM ORCHESTRA PLAYS A.R. RAHMAN by Nele Münchmeyer, producer: EAVE 2007 graduate Susann Schimk, is shooting in India.
- The new content production platform InVitr0 by EAVE 2010 graduate Artemio Benki received Media Pilot Project subsidies of 300.000 EUR. Production Partners of the Invitr0 network from EAVE are: EAVE graduates Anders Skotlander, Nina Freese, Tess Muray and Marie Tsigka.
- EAVE 2011 project MONUMENT TO MICHAEL JACKSON by Darko Lungulov, co-producers: EAVE 2011 graduate Snezana Penev and Aneta Lesnikovska is supported by the Macedonian Film Fund.
- EAVE 2011 project MY SKINNY SISTER, produced by EAVE 2011 graduate Annika Rogell, co-producer: EAVE 2011 graduate Ilona Schultz gets development support from the Swedish Film Institute.
- ODAYAKA by Nobuteru Uchida, producers: EAVE Ties that Bind 2010 graduate Kiki Sugino and EAVE Ties that Bind 2009 graduate Kousuke Ono finished shooting.
- MANUSHA goes Crowdfunding: Vienna based film producer and EAVE 1997 graduate Knut Ogris is currently trying to finish MANUSHA – The Little Gypsy Witch, a children’s film that should run in the theatres later this year. To overcome the financing problems Ogris started a crowdfunding campaign. “MANUSHA is the story of a little Roma girl entering a great adventure in the world of Roma, together with her pet ferret Balthasar and her friend Zdenko. With music, fantasy and a glimpse of magic she touches the heart of so many people and achieves more than most grown-ups can: gaining tolerance, love and respect. In times of drastically increasing intolerance against Roma and Sinti we find it important to bring this film into the theatres, as it shows – in an entertaining way – how prejudices are born,” the producer says.
- NIGHT FALLS IN INDIA by Chema Rodriguez, co-producers: EAVE 2007 graduate Kristina Åberg and EAVE 2010 graduate Marcian Lazar is in pre-production. The film about a man with a degenerative disease who travels to India to die is produced by Jaleo Films, Strada Film, Atmo Films and Producciones Sin Un Duro. Support comes from Eurimages and the Romanian National Center Of Cinematography. Shooting is planned for April.
www.atmo.se / www.stradafilm.ro
- EAVE 1998 graduate and UK National Coordinator Christine Alderson has currently three films in development or pre-production:
- THE MULO by Matthew Thompson is a thriller about a woman's little boy who goes missing. The mother tries to find him suspects he may have been taken by an evil gypsy spirit. Shooting on locations in Manitoba, Canada is scheduled for winter 2012 / 2013.
- THE SHALLOW END by Simon Aboud is a father/son story about a character who designs swimming pools.
- SNOW IN PARADISE by Andrew Hulme, written by Martin Askew and Andrew Hulme tells the story of an East End thug who re-invents himself after discovering Islam Writers.
- ZERO by Gyula Nemes, co-producer: EAVE 2007 graduate Jiri Konecny is in pre-production. The film traces the misadventures of a beekeeper engaged in a desperate battle against consumerist society. Support comes from Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM), Czech Film Commission and Hungarian National Film Fund. Shooting starts in June-July 2012.
-THREE WINDOWS a feature film by Isa Qosja, producer: EAVE 2011 graduate, Shkumbin Istrefi has received 250000 euros from Kosovo Film Center and 150000 from a public broadcaster.
Page published 1 March 2012.
