Eurimages Co-Production La Grande Bellezza Wins Academy Award® for Best Foreign Language Film

Eurimages Co-Production La Grande Bellezza Wins Academy Award® for Best Foreign Language Film

T +33(0)388412560 www.coe.int [email protected] Ref. DC 026(2014) Eurimages co-production La Grande Bellezza wins Academy Award® for best foreign language film Strasbourg, 03.03.2014 - La Grande Bellezza (The Great Beauty) received the Oscar® for Best Foreign Language Film at Sunday’s Academy Awards® ceremony in Hollywood. Paolo Sorrentino’s film, a co-production between Italy and France supported by the Council of Europe’s fund Eurimages, has already won a European Film Award, a Golden Globe and a BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts), and premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. Commenting on the prestigious award, Council of Europe Deputy Secretary General, Gabriella Battaini Dragoni said: “The Oscar for La Grande Bellezza highlights the strength and the relevance of international co-operation in the European film industry. It is a demonstration of the value of film co- production to our Continent”. Two other co-produced films, also supported by Eurimages, figured in this year’s list of nominations for the Academy Awards®: The Hunt (Denmark-Sweden) and The Broken Circle Breakdown (Belgium- The Netherlands). Since it was set up in 1988, EURIMAGES has supported 1,560 European co-productions for a total amount of approximately 474 million euros. Eight films have received the Oscar®: Journey of Hope, Xavier Koller; Belle Epoque, Fernando Trueba; Antonia’s Line, Marleen Gorris; Kolya, Jan Sverak; No Man’s Land, Danis Tanovic; Mar Adentro, Alejandro Amenabar; Amour, Michael Haneke; La Grande Bellezza, Paolo Sorrentino. * * * Eurimages is the cultural support fund of the Council of Europe. Established in 1989, it currently numbers 36 of the 47 member states of the Strasbourg-based Organisation. Eurimages promotes the European audiovisual industry by providing financial support to feature films, animations and documentaries produced in Europe. In doing so, it encourages co-operation between professionals established in different European countries. Contact : Giuseppe Zaffuto, Media officer, Tel. +33 3 90 21 56 04 ; Mob +33 6 86 32 10 24 .

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