In development / pre-production May 2011
EAVE 2010 project FIRST PERSON SHOOTER received Single Project Development funding by MEDIA
EAVE 2006 graduate Denis Vaslin’s company Volya Films has currently several films in development:
- EEUWIGE VLAM by André van Hout received a development grant from the artistic intendant of the Netherlands Film Fund.
- I AM PROUD TO BE A LADY MECHANIC by Karin Junger received TV production support from the Dutch Media Fund. The film tells the story of Nigerian women who came to Europe to work in prostitution and now, back in Nigeria, build a new life. The documentary received a development grant from the Netherlands Film Fund and Dutch Media Fund and is co-produced by IKON.
- SNACKBAR by Meral Uslu is in pre-production with shooting expected in summer. Netherlands Film Fund, Rotterdam Media Fund and RTV Rijnmond support this co-production between Lemming Film (EAVE graduates Leontine Petit and Marleen Slot) and Volya Films.
- EAVE 2010 project FIRST PERSON SHOOTER produced by EAVE 2010 graduate Gavin Humphries has received Single Project Development funding by MEDIA.
- THE TREASURE KNIGHTS by Laura Schroeder, producer: EAVE 2010 graduate Bernard Michaux is funded by the FilmFernsehFond Bayern.
- Les films du présent has been granted slate documentary development fund by Procirep / Angoa for OUT OF THE WORLD, OUT OF TIME (THSE) by Ambre Murard, producer: EAVE 2005 graduate Patrice Nezan.
- ANDROMAQUE, HEROÏNE OF THE 21st CENTURY, the documentary by Catherine Maximoff producer: EAVE 2005 graduate Patrice Nezan, co-produced by Cinaps TV is supported by the regional film fund Nord-Pas-de-Calais scriptwriting fund and the CNC production fund.
- INHERITANCE by Hiam Abbass, co-produced by EAVE 2010 graduate Yariv Mozer is in pre-production. The film is about a Palestinian family in the north of Galilee that is celebrating a wedding, while their internal conflicts mirror the war between Israel and Lebanon. Production companies: Agat Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo (EAVE group leader Patrick Sobelman), Alma Films, Mozer Films, DEPOfilm and IMAJ. Hiam Abbass is directing, has co-written the script and plays one of the leading roles. The $2.5M film is financed by Arte France Cinéma, Canal +, Israeli Film Fund and Fonds Sud Cinéma. Shooting near Haifa is planned for July.
- OF SNAILS AND MEN, directed by EAVE 2008 graduate Tudor Giurgiu, producer: Oana Giurgiu is in pre-production. Co-produced by EAVE group leader Patrick Sobelmann, the film tells the story of a group of union workers who try to save their jobs by raising money donating sperm. The shooting of the French / Romanian co-production is planned for 5 weeks from August 16.
- HEADHUNTER by Bastian Günther, co-producer: EAVE 1991 graduate Joachim Ortmanns of Lichtblick Film is in pre-production. Wolfram Koch and Ulrich Tukur play the leading roles in the story about a headhunter who is an alcoholic – and who plunges into the innermost darkness when he has to travel to Texas for work. The film is financed by Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Filmstiftung NRW (Nordrhein-Westfalen) and SWR
- DAWN by Romed Wyder, co-producer: EAVE 1999 graduate Katrin Koch is in development. The film is based on Elie Wiesel’s novel of the same name about Jewish freedom fighters in Palestine in 1947. Production Companies: Dschoint Ventschr, Enigma Pictures Ltd, Les Poissons Volants and Lama Film. The French/South African/ Israeli/Swiss co-production is supported by the Filmstiftung NRW
- IN THE FOG by Sergei Loznitsa, co-producers: EAVE 1995 graduate Heino Deckert, EAVE 1995 graduate Léontine Petit and EAVE 2007 graduate Marleen Slot is in pre-production. The film with a budget of $2,92M is supported by ZDF/Arte. Shooting in Latvia is planned for September 2011.
Page published 3 June 2011.
