In post-production November 2010
8 EAVE graduates projects in post-production
- EAVE 2008 project THE BEAR, the second film from Dan Chisu, produced by EAVE 2008 graduate Tudor Giurgu is currently in post-production in Paris. THE BEAR is a bittersweet comedy involving a bear from the Bucharest State Circus, his human colleagues and a German hunter against the backdrop of Romania of 1990, when the financial issues were just one side of the story. It received a grant from the National Centre for Cinema in 2008 and is part of the MEDIA slate development funding for five films produced by Libra Film. The script written by Dan Chi?u received the Best Pitch Award at Connecting Cottbus. The shooting started in August 3, 2009, and lasted for 24 days, taking place around Bucharest and in Moldavia. The local premiere is planned for March 2011.
www.librafilm.net
- THE HOUR OF LIVING directed by Sebastian Michael and Adam Berzsenyi Bellaagh finished shooting. EAVE 1993 graduate Pascal Verdosci and Sebastian Michael's Optimist Creations Ltd are co-producing this British-Swiss project about a young man on a quest. Shooting locations were in Switzerland, the UK and Hungary.
www.thehourofliving.com
- ELEPHANT WHITE, the first English language feature film by Thai action director Prachya Pinkaew, starring Djimon Hounsou and Kevin Bacon, finished shooting. EAVE 2000 graduate Tom Waller served as a producer for Millennium Films.
www.dewarrenne.com
- IMPLOSION by Soeren Voigt is in post-production. After ending the shooting in September, the film is expected to be finished in January 2011. The story deals about the German teenager Thomas who is meeting by accident the black female refugee Djamile. Whilst his father wants to get rid of Djamile, Thomas wants to take her to Germany. Producers are EAVE 2007 graduate Hans Eddy Schreiber, Kai Künnemann of Karibufilm and Jordi Rediu and Norber Llaràs of Zip-Films. IMPLOSION is supported by ZDF - das kleine Fernsehspiel, Filmstiftung NRW, TV3, ICIC and IVAC.
www.karibufilm.de
- JÄGERNA 2 by Kjell Sundvall, produced by EAVE 2004 graduate Per Janérus of Per, Björn & Stefan Film, Stockholm has finished shooting. The 3,8 million Euro thriller was totally financed within Sweden.
- TOM SAWYER by Hermine Huntgeburth, service producer: EAVE 2007 graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon wrapped its Romanian part of shooting.
- OCEANUL MARE by Katarina Kopony, co-producer: EAVE 2007 graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon finished the shooting of their documentary about the Chinese community living in Bucharest.
www.hifilm.ro
- EAVE 2009 graduate Erika Wasserman has just received production support from the Swedish Film Institute for the feature AFTER EIGHT by director Axel Petersén. The film was shot this August-September 2010 and is now in editing. It is a co-production with SVT, Film i Väst, in cooperation with Canal+, distributor Nordisk Film.
- FROM LOVE WITH BEST INTENTIONS, the second feature by Adrian Sitaru, has concluded filming after one month and one day of production. Producer is EAVE 2007 graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon. Postproduction takes place in Romania and in Hungary. Co-produces are EAVE 2006 graduate Emöke Vagasi (Cor Leonis Films) from Hungary and Monica L?zurean-Gorgan and 4Proof Film from Romania. Sitaru wrote the script as a Cinéfondation resident at the Cannes Film Festival in 2008. The project received a development grant from the National Centre for Cinema and a production grant of €135,000 (545,000 RON) in August 2008. The project also participated at CineMart, at the Rotterdam Film Festival. The €750,000 film received €110,000 from Eurimages. The local premiere is set for Autumn 2011.
www.hifilm.ro
Page published 16 November 2010. Updated 19 November 2010.
