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47 member States Eurimages supports 13 European co-productions

Albania Strasbourg, 28.09.2009 - At its 116th meeting, held from 22 to 25 September 2009 in Andorra Strasbourg, the Board of Management of the Council of Europe's Eurimages Fund Armenia agreed to support the co-production of 13 feature films for a total amount of Austria 5 140 000 Euros: Azerbaijan Belgium Kai Apkabinsiu Tave - Kristijonas Vildziunas (Lithuania) Bosnia and Herzegovina (Lithuania, Poland) Bulgaria Az Ajto - Istvan Szabo (Hungary) Croatia (Hungary, Germany) Cyprus Habemus Papam - Nanni Moretti () (Italy, ) Denmark Our Grand Despair - Seyfi Teoman (Turkey) Estonia (Turkey, Germany, Netherlands) Finland Cirkus Columbia - Danis Tanovic (Belgium/Bosnia and Herzegovina) France (France, Bosnia and Herzegovina, United Kingdom, Germany, Slovenia, Georgia Belgium) Germany Ernest et Célestine - Vincent Patar & Stéphane Aubier (Belgium), Benjamin Renner Greece (France) Hungary (France, Belgium, Luxembourg) Animation film Iceland Tambien La Lluvia - Iciar Bollain () Ireland (Spain, France) Italy The Children's Republic - Flora Gomes () Feature film for children Latvia (Portugal, France) Liechtenstein Limbo - Maria Sodahl (Norway) Lithuania (Norway, Denmark, Sweden) Luxembourg Snowhite - Pablo Berger (Spain) Malta (Spain, France) Moldova Waiting for the sea - Bakhtiar Khoudoinazarov (Russia - Germany) (Germany, Russia, France, Belgium) Montenegro Hjem til jul - Bent Hamer (Norway) Netherlands (Norway, Germany) Norway Los pasos dobles - Isaki Lacuesta (Spain) Documentary Poland (Spain, Switzerland) Portugal

Romania Support was awarded to the following distributors: Russia

San Marino < Eurimages Films: Slovakia Slovenia Storm - Hans Christian Schmid (Germany) Spain Distributed by ART SERVIS (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Sweden Switzerland Mia et le Migou - Jacques-Rémy Girerd (France) Animation film for children “The former Yugoslav Distributed by ART SERVIS (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Republic of Distributed by ARENA FILM (“The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”) Macedonia” Distributed by KIDS FILM FEST (Serbia) Turkey Ukraine Vincere - Marco Bellochio (Italy) United Kingdom Distributed by EKRAN (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Distributed by MCF MEGACOM FILM (Serbia) To receive our press releases by e-mail, contact: [email protected]

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Max Manus - Joachim Roning (Norway) Distributed by TROPIK FILM & VIDEO (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Distributed by BALKAN FILM (“The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”) Distributed by ORION INVEST FILM (Serbia)

Back to Africa - Othmar Schmiderer (Austria) Documentary Distributed by MOZINET LTD (Hungary) Distributed by CLOROFILM ROMANIA (Romania)

Bathory - Juraj Jakubisko (Slovak Republic) Distributed by ARENA FILM (“The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”)

Mammoth - Lukas Moodysson (Sweden) Distributed by BALKAN FILM (“The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”)

Sveti Georgije ubiva azdahu - Srdjan Dragojevic (Serbia) Distributed by CINESTAR (“The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”)

Vratne Lahve - Jan Sverak (Czech Republic) Distributed by CINESTAR (“The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”)

Morrer como um Homem - Joao Pedro Rodrigues (Portugal) Distributed by EURO FILM (“The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”)

La véritable histoire du chat botté - Jérôme Deschamps (France) Animation film for children Distributed by MANAKIFILM (“The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”)

Nije Kraj/Woman without a Body - Vinko Bresan (Croatia) Distributed by MANAKIFILM (“The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”)

A place to make a good Person - Andrzej Fidyk (Poland) Documentary Distributed by ASOCIATA MOEBIUS (Romania)

Brendan and the Secret of Kells - Tomm Moore (Ireland) Animation film for children Distributed by GRAFITTI ART 2005 (Romania)

The World is Big and Salvation lurks around the Corner - Stephan Komandarev (Bulgaria) Distributed by ART VISTA (Serbia)

Rue Santa Fe - Carmen Castillo (France) Documentary Distributed by MCF MEGACOM FILM (Serbia)

Dragnet - Steve Hudson (United Kingdom) Distributed by ORION INVEST FILM (Serbia)

Les grandes personnes - Anna Novion (Sweden) Distributed by BARBAR FILM (Turkey)

Home - Ursula Meier (Switzerland) Distributed by BARBAR FILM (Turkey)

Trilogy II: The dust of Time - Theo Angelopoulos (Greece) Distributed by FILMARTI FILM (Turkey)

Ne te retourne pas - Marina de Van (France) Distributed by MARS PRODUKSIYON (Turkey)

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“Non-Eurimages” Films:

Searching for Johnny - Miroslav Mandic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Documentary Distributed by OBALA ART CENTAR (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Katalin Varga - Peter Strickland (Romania) Distributed by OSKAR FILM (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Nos enfants nous accuseront - Jean-Paul Jaud (France) Documentary Distributed by VIP KOMUNIKACIJE (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Les plages d'Agnès - Agnès Varda (France) Documentary Distributed by VADI VAN KRIS (Bulgaria)

The Man who shot Chinatown - Axel Schill (Germany) Documentary Distributed by DOCUFACTORY (Switzerland)

The Queen and I - Nahid Persson Savastani (Sweden) Documentary Distributed by DOCUFACTORY (Switzerland)

Süt/Milk - Semih Kplanoglu (Turkey) Distributed by MOZINET LTD (Hungary)

Un conte de Noël - Arnaud Desplechin (France) Distributed by MEDIA FACTORY (“The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”)

Le renard et l'enfant - Luc Jaquet (France) Feature film for children Distributed by YOUTH CULTURAL CENTER (“The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”)

Cykelmyggen og Dansemyggen - Jannik Hastrup (Denmark) Documentary Distributed by CLOROFILM ROMANIA (Romania)

Sonic Mirror - Mika Kaurismaki (Finland) Documentary Distributed by GRAFITTI ART 2005 (Romania)

Pokrajina 2/Landscape 2 - Vinko Mödemdorfer (Slovenia) Distributed by CINEARS (Serbia)

Nordwand - Philipp Stolzl (Germany) Distributed by MIRIUS TUCK (Serbia) Distributed by MARS PRODUKSIYON (Turkey)

Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky - Jan Kounen (France) Distributed by TUCK VISION (Serbia) Distributed by YENI BIR FILM (Turkey)

De Usynlige/Trouble Water - Erik Poppe (Norway) Distributed by A ARTI (Turkey)

14 Kilometers - Gérard Olivares (Spain) Distributed by A ARTI (Turkey)

Viaggio segreto - Roberto Ando (Italy) Distributed by BELGE FILM (Turkey)

Ricky - François Ozon (France) Distributed by YENI BIR FILM (Turkey)

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Within the framework of the Theatres Support scheme, the Board of Management decided to integrate in the network the theatre: Koaecli Ncity Sinemalari (Izmit, Turkey). The Eurimages/EUROPA CINEMAS network comprises 35 theatres in the following countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” and Turkey.

The Board of Management has set the meeting dates for 2010. The deadlines for submission of applications for support will be the following:

- 7 December 2009 - 22 March 2010 - 28 June 2010 - 4 October 2010

EURIMAGES is a support fund for the co-production, distribution and exhibition of European cinematographic works, established by the Council of Europe in 1988 1 (E-mail: [email protected] – Web: http://www.coe.int/Eurimages).

Since its establishment in 1988, EURIMAGES has supported 1279 European co-productions for a total amount of approximately 380 million Euros.

1 Since 1 September 2009, EURIMAGES comprises 34 member States: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, , Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, “The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” and Turkey.

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