Press Release Directorate of Communication Ref: 975a09 Tel. +33 3 88 41 25 60 Fax +33 3 88 41 39 11 Internet: www.coe.int e-mail: [email protected] 47 member States Eurimages supports 13 European co-productions Albania Strasbourg, 17.12.2009 - At its 117th meeting, held from 14 to 16 December 2009 in Andorra Paris, the Board of Management of the Council of Europe's Eurimages Fund agreed Armenia to support the co-production of 13 feature films for a total amount of 4 770 000 euros: Austria Azerbaijan Belgium Allez, Eddy ! - Gert Embrechts (Belgium) Bosnia and Herzegovina (Belgium, Netherlands) Feature film for children Bulgaria Entente Cordiale - Hubert Sauper (France/Austria) Croatia (Austria, France) Documentary Cyprus Het Zigzagkind - Vincent Bal (Belgium) Czech Republic (Netherlands, Belgium) Feature film for children Denmark Il Gioiellino - Andrea Molaioli (Italy) Estonia (Italy, France) Finland Iron Sky - Timo Vuorensola (Finland) France (Finland, Germany) Georgia Mauvaise pente - Martin Provost (France) Germany (France, Belgium) Greece Michel Petrucciani - Body and Soul - Michael Radford (United Kingdom) Hungary (France, Germany, Italy) Documentary Iceland My Brother Robert - Philip Gröning (Germany) Ireland (Germany, France) Italy Once upon a time in Anatolia - Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Turkey) Latvia (Turkey, Bosnia and Herzegovina) Liechtenstein Roskisprinssi - Raimo O Niemi (Finland) Lithuania (Finland, Norway) Luxembourg The Essence of Killing - Jerzy Skolimowski (Poland) Malta (Poland, Norway, France, Ireland) Moldova Tony Ten - Mischa Kamp (Netherlands) Monaco (Netherlands, Germany, Belgium) Feature film for children Montenegro Zuurstof - Hans Van Nuffel (Belgium) Netherlands (Belgium, Netherlands) Norway Poland Portugal Support was awarded to the following distributors: Romania Russia < Eurimages Films, 27 support requests supported San Marino Serbia Slovakia Das weisse Band - Michael Haneke (Germany) Slovenia Distributed by Spain BALKAN FILM (“The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”) Sweden MCF MEGACOM FILM (Serbia) Switzerland WEGA FILM ISTANBUL (Turkey) “The former Yugoslav Republic of Irina Palm - Sam Garbarski (Belgium) Macedonia” Distributed by Turkey CINESTAR (“The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”) Ukraine United Kingdom To receive our press releases by e-mail, contact: [email protected] A political organisation set up in 1949, the Council of Europe works to promote democracy and human rights continent-wide. 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Press Release Katanga Business - Thierry Michel (Belgium) Documentary Distributed by VADI VAN KRIS (Bulgaria) Les Lascars - Emmanuel Klotz (France) Animation Film Distributed by ART SERVIS (Bosnia and Herzegovina) BALKAN FILM (“The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”) KIDS FILM FEST (Serbia) Lorenzo Da Ponte - Carlos Saura (Spain) Distributed by ARENA FILM (“The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”) Lost Person Area - Caroline Strubbe (Belgium) Distributed by MEDIA FACTORY (“The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”) Mammoth - Lukas Moodysson (Sweden) Distributed by TROPIK FILM & VIDEO (Bosnia and Herzegovina) MCF MEGACOM FILM (Serbia) Mikro Eglima/Small Crime - Christos Georgiou (Cyprus) Distributed by MEDIA FACTORY (“The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”) Muukalainen/The Visitor - Jukka-Pekka Valkeapää (Finland) Distributed by EKRAN (Bosnia and Herzegovina) ORION INVEST FILM (Serbia) Ne te retourne pas - Marina de Van (France) Distributed by FIRST PRODUCTION FILM (Serbia) Neka Ostane Medju Nama/Just between us - Rajko Grlic (Croatia) Distributed by OSKAR FILM (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Pianomania - Lilian Franck (Germany) Documentary Distributed by MARIGOLD FILMS (Bulgaria) Ping Pong Kingen - Jens Jonsson (Sweden) EURO FILM (“The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”) Snow - Zubcevic Aida Begic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Distributed by GRAFITTI ART 2005 (Romania) Teah - Hanna AW Slak (Slovenia) Feature film for children Distributed by ASOCIATA MOEBIUS (Romania) Tengri, le bleu du ciel - Marie Jaoul de Poncheville (France) Distributed by FILMARTI FILM (Turkey) 2 Press Release Triage - Danis Tanovic (Belgium) Distributed by TROPIK FILM & VIDEO (Bosnia and Herzegovina) TARAMOUNT FILM (Serbia) Trilogy II: The dust of time - Theo Angelopoulos (Greece) Distributed by ORION INVEST FILM (Serbia) Venkovsky ucitel aka/Country Teacher - Bohdan Slama (Czech Republic) Distributed by EKRAN (Bosnia and Herzegovina) ARENA FILM (“The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”) “Non-Eurimages” Films, 20 support requests supported Amintiri din epoca de aur/Tales from the Golden Age - By Hanno Höfer (Romania) Distributed by OBALA ART CENTAR (Bosnia and Herzegovina) CINEARS (Serbia) Big Sellout - Florin Opitz (Germany) Documentary Distributed by CLOROFILM ROMANIA (Romania) Cooking History - Kerekes Peter (Hungary) Documentary Distributed by CHICAGO TOURS (Romania) Gomorra - Matteo Garrone (Italy) Distributed by CINESTAR (“The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”) Hitna Pomoc/The Ambulance - Goran Radovanovic (Serbia) Distributed by OSKAR FILM (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Istoria 52 - Alexis Alaxiou (Greece) Distributed by A ARTI (Turkey) Katalin Varga - Peter Strickland (Romania) Distributed by YOUTH CULTURAL CENTER (“The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”) Krabat Disciple of the Dark Mill - Marco Kreuzpaintner (Germany) Distributed by A ARTI (Turkey) Lat den ratte komma in/Let the Right One in - Tomas Alfredson (Sweden) Distributed by YENI BIR FILM (Turkey) Le petit Nicolas - Laurent Tirard (France) Feature film for children Distributed by FILMA FILM (Turkey) 3 Press Release Nomadak TX - Raul de la Fuente (Spain) Documentary Distributed by MOZINET LTD (Hungary) ASOCIATA MOEBIUS (Romania) Plastic Planet - Werner Boote (Austria) Documentary Distributed by VADI VAN KRIS (Bulgaria) Police Adjective - Corneliu Porumboiu (Romania) Distributed by CINEARS (Serbia) OBALA ART CENTAR (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Pope Joan - Sönke Wortmann (Germany) Distributed by MIRIUS TUCK (Serbia) Rudi, the return of the racing pig - Peter Timm (Germany) Feature film for children Distributed by GRAFITTI ART 2005 (Romania) Turtle: the incredible journey - Nick Stringer (Austria) Documentary Distributed by KIDS FILM FEST (Serbia) Valhalla Rising - Nicolas Winding Refn (Denmark) Distributed by TUCK VISION (Serbia) In the framework of its digitisation support scheme aiming at encouraging the use of digital support, the Board of Management decided at its December meeting to award aid for the production of digital masters for the following 10 co-productions supported by Eurimages: < 23/5 Filmproduktion ( Germany ) for Storm by Hans-Christian Schmid Claussen + Woebke + Putz Filmproduktion ( Germany ) for Maria, ihm schmeckt's nicht by Neele Leana Vollmar Deblokada (“The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”) for Na Putu by Jasmila Zbanic Film Oblige (France) for L’Autre Dumas by Safy Nebbou Liaison Cinématographique (France) for La Régate by Bernard Bellefroid Wega Filmproduktion ( ustria) for Das weisse Band by Michael Haneke Zentropa Entertainment (Danemark) for Breaking the Waves, Dancer in the Dark, Dogville and Manderlay by Lars Von Trier. 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 1292 European co-productions for a total amount of approximately 385 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, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, “The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” and Turkey. 4 .