At the end of May the Eurimages Management Committee had their 158th meeting to announce which co-productions will receive financial support this year. 19 feature film projects, 2 animated films and 7 documentaries were selected. The total amount of aid is €6,138,000.
34% of the projects discussed were for films made by women. 37.5% of the projects given financial support by Eurimages were initiated by women, and they receive 34% of the total grant money.
Among the various co-productions selected, several are from Mediterranean countries. A Greyhound of a Girl by the Italian director Enzo D’Alo is one of the two animated films chosen. It received €430,000. Its co-producers are in Luxembourg (Paul Thiltges Distributions Sarl) and Italy (Aliante SPL).
Of the seven documentary co-productions, four are Mediterranean, including The Flats and Stray Bodies:
The Flats is by Franco-Italian director Alessandra Celesia (€110,000). The co-producers are from France (Films de force Majeure), Belgium (Thank you & Good night productions), the United Kingdom (Dumbworld) and Ireland (Planet Korda Pictures LTD).
Stray Bodies is by the Greek director Elina Psykou (€139,000) with co-producers from Greece (Jungle Films, Anemon Productions), Switzerland (Contrast Film), Italy (Doclab) and Bulgaria (Red Carpet).
Thirteen of the nineteen feature film co-productions chosen for financial support are Mediterranean. Among them is Sabattier Effect byMacedonian director Eleonora Veninova: North Macedonia (DNF Films) and Serbia (Lilit). Eurimages will put €88,000 into this project and €70,000 into Kerr by Turkish director Tayfun Pirselimogli. Kerr is co-produced by two Turkish companies (Gataki Films & Istabul Digital), one Greek company (Bad Crowd) and one French (Arizona Productions).
Finally Happy Holidays by Palestinian director Scandar Copti, whose co-producers are from Germany (Red Ballon Film GmbH), Palestine (Fresco Films Co), France (Tessalit Productions) and Turkey (Solis Film) with finance from Eurimages to the tune of €190,000.
All the films selected can be found here.
Sources :
https://www.coe.int
