In production October 2011
3 EAVE projects in production
- TERRA MATTA by Costanza Quatriglio, associate producer: EAVE 1992 graduate Stefano Tealdi started shooting in Sicily at Chiaramonte Gulfi and Ragusa. The documentary is produced by Cliomedia Officina, Cinecittà Luce and Stefilm.
- EAVE 2008 project LOVE ETERNAL by writer/director Brendan Muldowney has completed principal photography at Irish locations and the unit has moved on to Luxembourg. EAVE 2010 graduate Conor Barry, EAVE 2008 graduate Morgan Bushe and EAVE 2004 graduate Macdara Kelleher for Fastnet Films, EAVE 2006 graduate Reinier Selen for Rinkel Film, as well as Red Lion and T.O. Entertainment are producing. Based on Kei Oishi’s Japanese novel Loving the Dead, the film follows a disturbed young man, who lived closed off from the world, but rediscovers beauty through a special relationship with an eccentric young woman. The Irish Film Board, Film Fund Luxembourg, the Netherlands Film Fund, T.O. Entertainment, Inc and Atlantic Screen Music Ltd are backing the Irish/Luxembourg/Dutch/Japanese co-production.
- PUENTES 2010 project TANTA AGUA by Ana Guevara and Leticia Jorge, Executive Producer: EAVE 2011 participant Agustina Chiarino is shooting on locations in Uruguay. The film is co-produced by Bonita films (Mexico) and IDTV (Holland) and won the Fona production background in Montevideo 2010, the Hubert Bals plus, Holland 2010 and was supported by the Hubert Bals Fund, Holland 2008.
- SNAILS IN THE RAIN, written, produced and directed by EAVE 2010 graduate Yariv Mozer is shooting on locations in Israel. Mozer’s first feature film is based on a story by Yossi Avni Levy. SNAILS IN THE RAIN is supported by the Rabinovich Film Fund.
- EAVE 2010 project WOLF by Bogdan Mustata, producer: EAVE 2010 graduate Marcian Lazar entered the production stage. Shooting takes place in Bucharest and is expected to end on November 12. Written by Mustata over several years, WOLF tells the surreal story of a teenager, Lupu, a 16-year-old loner who secretly yearns for a meaningful connection with others. The film is produced by Strada Film and Germany's Neue Road Movies (EAVE 2010 graduate Gian-Piero Ringel, EAVE 2011 participant Erwin Schmidt). Last year the project received funding from the Romanian National Film Centre. The film's budget amounts to €1m.
- THE PERVERT’S GUIDE TO IDEOLOGY by Sophie Fiennes, producer: EAVE 2005 graduate Katie Holly is in production. The feature length documentary about ideology in film is the second collaboration with philosopher Slavoj Zizek following The Pervert’s Guide To Cinema in 2006. The film is produced by Blinder Films and P Guide Productions. Financing comes from Film4, Irish Film Board, UK Film Council, Channel 4, British Film Institute (BFI) and Rooks Nest Entertainment. Shooting in Ireland’s Ardmore Studios and on location in Salzburg, Austria and California lasts until October 2011.
- SHELL, written and directed by Scott Graham, producers: EAVE 2002 graduate David Smith and EAVE 2001 graduate Helge Albers is shooting in Scotland. The film is an extended version of Grahams 2007 short film and tells the story of an oppressive relationship between a father and daughter who live in a remote Scottish petrol station. SHELL is supported by the UK Film Council, ZDF/Arte and Creative Scotland.
- UPGRADE by Franziska Buch, producer: EAVE 1995 graduate Ralph Schwingel is in production. The film about two people who meet on a flight to Paris where they both travel regularly albeit for very different reasons is produced by Wüste Film Ost, Wüste Film West, Iris Films and Vito Films. Cast: Jessica Schwarz, Gérard Jugnot and Sandrine Bonnaire. Shooting on locations in North Rhine-Westphalia, Dusseldorf, Luxembourg and Paris started on October 12. The film is funded by Filmstiftung NRW (Nordrhein-Westfalen), German Federal Film Board (FFA) German Federal Film Fund (DFFF) and NDR.
Page published 19 October 2011.
