Press Release 12-2017 European Co-production Award – Prix EURIMAGES for Cedomir 38 member States Kolar 21/11/2017 - This year’s EUROPEAN CO- PRODUCTION AWARD – Prix EURIMAGES, Albania an award acknowledging the decisive role of co- Armenia productions in the European film industry, goes Austria to the producer Cedomir Kolar. Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Cedomir Kolar has been active in film production Bulgaria for more than 30 years. He was born in former Canada* Yugoslavia, in the city of Rijeka on the Adriatic Croatia coast of Croatia, and graduated in film Cyprus production at the Belgrade Academy of Czech Republic Dramatic Arts. Denmark He has produced over 30 feature films by Estonia authors from all over the world. He is an Oscar Finland Nominee for BEFORE THE RAIN by Milcho Manchevski and an Oscar winning producer France for Danis Tanovic's NO MAN’S LAND. Georgia Germany In 1991 he joined Noé Productions in Paris where he produced BEFORE THE RAIN by Greece Milcho Manchevski, AS YOU LIKE ME by Carmine Amoroso, TRAIN OF LIFE by Radu Hungary Mihaileanu, THE ADOPTED SON and THE CHIMP by Aktan Abdykalykov, NO MAN’S Iceland LAND by Danis Tanovic and Danis Tanovic's short film in the collection of films Ireland 11'09''01-SEPTEMBER 11, produced by Galatée Films and StudioCanal. Italy Latvia In 2003 he launched a new Paris-based production entity, A.S.A.P. Films, together with Lithuania director Danis Tanovic and fellow producer Marc Baschet. In 2005, A.S.A.P. Films Luxembourg produced the new feature by Danis Tanovic, HELL (L’ENFER), written by Krzysztof Netherlands Piesiewicz in collaboration with the late Krzysztof Kieslowski, and WELL TEMPERED Norway CORPSES by Benjamin Filipovic. This was followed by Marion Hänsel's SOUNDS OF Poland SAND (SI LE VENT SOULEVE LES SABLES) in 2006, Danis Tanovic's TRIAGE and Portugal Srdjan Karanovic's BESA in 2008, WOMB by Benedek Fliegauf, THE LIGHT THIEF by Romania Aktan Abdykalykov, CIRKUS COLUMBIA by Danis Tanovic and BLACK OCEAN by Russia Marion Hänsel (in 2010), THE LUNCHBOX by Rites Batra (2013), ALBÜM by Mehmet Serbia Can Mertoglu (2016) and FOXTROT by Samuel Maoz (2017). Most of these films have Slovakia been supported by Eurimages. Slovenia Spain Cedomir Kolar was member of the EFA Board from 2004 to 2014. Sweden Switzerland “The former Yugoslav The EUROPEAN CO-PRODUCTION AWARD – Prix EURIMAGES will be presented Republic of during the European Film Awards Ceremony on Saturday, 9 December, in Berlin Macedonia” (Germany). Turkey EURIMAGES is a support fund for cinema co-production, theatrical distribution and exhibition established by the Council of Europe in 1988 ([email protected] –http://www.coe.int/Eurimages). Since it was set up in 1988, EURIMAGES has supported 1892 co-productions for a total amount of approximately €559 million. *Associate member A political organisation set up in 1949, the Council of Europe works to promote democracy and human rights continent-wide. It also develops common responses to social, cultural and legal challenges in its 47 member states. .