In Development / Pre-production November 2012
EAVE PUENTES 2011 project TODOS ESTÁN MUERTOS in active development
- FLAPPING IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE by EAVE TIES THAT BIND 2011 graduate Diep Nguyen Hoang, co-producer: TIES THAT BIND 2011 graduate David Lindner is supported by the World Cinema Fund. After the honorable mention by the Global Film Initiative this is the second step in the financing process towards the shooting next year. The film is about Huyèn, a poor student, who must decide whether to go through with an abortion after her hustler boyfriend runs off with her savings – and falls for a man who fetishizes her pregnant belly.
- EAVE PUENTES 2011 project TODOS ESTÁN MUERTOS by Beatriz Sanchis, producer: Puentes 2011 and EAVE 2012 graduate Maria Zamora is funded by EURIMAGES. The Spanish-German-Mexican Co-production gets support from MEDIA development, TVE and Spanish National Fund.
- The HBF Plus program of The Netherlands Film Fund and IFFR’s Hubert Bals Fund have selected following projects:
- THE MIDFIELDER by Adrián Biniez (Uruguay/Argentina), Dutch producer: EAVE Film Marketing Expert Frans van Gestel
- LATE TO DIE YOUNG by Dominga Sotomayor (Chile), producer: PUENTES 2011 graduate Benjamin Domenech
- A CORNER OF HEAVEN by Zhang Miaoyan (China), producer: EAVE 1998 graduate Guillaume de Seille
- AIR POCKET by Milagros Mumenthaler (Argentina), producer: EAVE 2011 graduate Eugenia Mumenthaler
- LOUDER THAN BOMBS by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE 1995 graduate Sigve Endresen is in development. Bonafide Films and Motlys AS produce the Norwegian-American drama written by Joachim Trier and Eskil Vogt.
- REMOTE CONTROL by Will Clark, producer: EAVE 1995 graduate Heino Deckert is in development. Guru Media and Majade Filmproduktions produce this film about a child from a broken home who discovers a magic remote control on one of his daily retreats and attempts to use it to get his only friend to fall in love with him. Support comes from the World Cinema Fund (WCF).
- FRANCUSKI by Goran Rebic, producer: EAVE 1998 graduate Oliver Damian is in development. The tragic-comedy tale is based on a real event: On the Soviet Island of Sachalin in the 1960s a French teacher is wanted. In the near working camp Georgi, imprisoned for political reasons, sees his chance - he applies and gets the job. Longtime it is undiscovered that he has no clue of French but teaches Ladino instead, the Spaniolic-Jewish language of his Sephardic parents. Until one day Simone Signoret and Yves Montand are going to visit the island... Produced by 27 Films, Amour Fou Filmproduktion and Yeti Films, the film with a budget of 2,4 M € is supported by Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Austrian Film Institute, German Federal Film Board (FFA) and MEDIA Programme.
- HIS WIFE by Michel Spinosa, producer: EAVE group leader Patrick Sobelman is in pre-production. The story follows a young Indian woman who has been haunted by her friend's disappearance since her wedding day. The bereaved widower decides to travel to see her in India in hope of making amends. Writers: Agnès De Sacy and Michel Spinosa. Charlotte Gainsbourg and Yvan Attal play the leading roles. The film is supported by Canal + and Ciné+. Shooting starts in December and lasts for 40 days in India followed by several days in France.
- HECTOR AND THE SEARCH FOR HAPPINESS by Peter Chelsom, producer: EAVE 1995 graduate Jens Meurer is in pre-production. Hector is an eccentric London psychiatrist in crisis. One day, he breaks out of his life into a global quest to find out if happiness exists. Written by Maria von Heland, Peter Chelsom and Tinker Lindsay. Based on the novel by François Lelord. Supported by Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM), Film- und Medienstiftung NRW (Nordrhein-Westfalen) and German Federal Film Board (FFA). Shooting in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, France, China, South Africa starts in January 2013.
- DANCING ARABS by Eran Riklis, producer: EAVE 2008 graduate Dirk Decker is in pre-production. The plot: When a young Arab's good grades take him to a Hebrew boarding school in Jerusalem he starts seeing the advantages of being Israeli and not Arab and he decides to assume the identity of an Israeli friend. Budget: €3.6M. Funded by Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein and Eurimages.
- FAMILY FILM by Olmo Omerzu, producer: EAVE 2007 graduate Jiri Konecny, co-producer EAVE 2007 graduate Darija Kulenovic is in preparation. Endorfilm, Ars Media, Studio Dim (, Punkchart Films and Rouge International produce the Czech-Croatian-Slovak-French co-production with a budget of 1.4M EUR. Financing: MEDIA development, Slovenian development and Czech Fund. Shooting is planned for October 2013 in Prague and in Croatia.
- EAVE 2010 project EDEN HOTEL, produced and directed by EAVE 2010 graduate Anca Damian is in development. Co-writer of the script is Bogdan Mustata. Shooting of the psychological drama of a journalist who returns home affected by the death of an interpreter and who finds himself confronted with a changed reality, forcing him to find new values is planned for autumn-winter 2013. Damian plans to shoot in Romania and Afghanistan with foreign co-producers and an Afghan partner. The premiere is tentatively set for 2014.
Page published 23 November 2012.
