The results of the first Eurimages Project Evaluation Session of 2024 have just been announced. Further to recommendations made by independent experts meeting online, the Executive Committee of the Fund has decided to support the co-production of 26 feature films, including 5 documentaries and 1 animation, for a total amount of €6 992 000. Of the 26 co-production projects supported during the session, 14 are to be directed by women. This represents 61.06% of the total funding awarded.

(El artículo continúa más abajo - Inf. publicitaria)

The films supported include the new work by acclaimed directors such as Polish filmmaker Agnieszka Holland, fresh off the success of her latest feature Green Border [+lee también:
crítica
tráiler
ficha de la película] and having stepped down from the presidency of the European Film Academy to dedicate time to new films (read news), who has received €500,000 for Franz (Czech Republic/Germany/Poland), a Franz Kafka biopic scheduled to start filming this month (read news). Other acclaimed filmmakers that have received funding for their new projects are Norway's Joachim Trier, with €499 000 for Sentimental Value (Norway/France/Germany/Denmark), his follow-up to his Cannes-awarded and global hit The Worst Person in the World [+lee también:
crítica
tráiler
entrevista: Joachim Trier
ficha de la película]; Spain's Carla Simón, with €500,000 for Romería (Spain/France), her new film after his Golden Bear winner Alcarràs [+lee también:
crítica
tráiler
entrevista: Carla Simón
entrevista: Carla Simón
entrevista: Giovanni Pompili
ficha de la película]; and Sweden's Tarik Saleh, with €500,000 for his new film after Sundance winner The Nile Hilton Incident [+lee también:
crítica
tráiler
entrevista: Tarik Saleh
ficha de la película] and Cannes Competition entry Boy from Heaven [+lee también:
crítica
tráiler
entrevista: Tarik Saleh
ficha de la película], Eagles of the Republic (Sweden/France/Denmark).

Other established filmmakers that have received funding for their new projects are French actor-director Hafsia Herzi, with €350 000 for her third outing behind the cameras after You Deserve a Lover [+lee también:
crítica
tráiler
entrevista: Hafsia Herzi
ficha de la película] and Good Mother [+lee también:
crítica
tráiler
entrevista: Hafsia Herzi
ficha de la película], The Last One, a co-production between France and Germany); Sweden's Amanda Kernell (€500,000 for The Curse, a Love Story, a co-production between Sweden, Denmark and Norway, the filmmaker's new film after Sámi Blood [+lee también:
crítica
tráiler
entrevista: Amanda Kernell
entrevista: Lars Lindstrom
ficha de la película] and Charter [+lee también:
crítica
tráiler
entrevista: Amanda Kernell
ficha de la película]); Serbia's Dane Komljen (€120,000 for Desire Lines, a co-production between Serbia, Netherlands, Croatia and Germany, his new feature after All the Cities of the North [+lee también:
crítica
tráiler
entrevista: Dane Komljen
ficha de la película] and Afterwater [+lee también:
crítica
tráiler
ficha de la película]), Italy's Emanuela Piovano (€150,000 for Finale Allegro, a co-production between Italy and France) and Slovenia's Marko Naberšnik (€149,000 for Whites Wash at Ninety, a co-production between Slovenia, Italy, Serbia, North Macedonia and Montenegro).

Three second fiction features have also been funded: God Will Not Help (Croatia/Romania/France/Slovenia) by Croatia's Hana Jušić (Quit Staring at My Plate [+lee también:
crítica
tráiler
entrevista: Hana Jušić
ficha de la película]), with €390,000; Supporting Role (Georgia/Estonia/Turkey) by Georgia's Ana Urushadze (Scary Mother [+lee también:
crítica
tráiler
entrevista: Ana Urushadze
ficha de la película]) with €160,000, The Portuguese House [+lee también:
crítica
tráiler
ficha de la película] (Spain/Portugal) by Spain's Avelina Prat (Vasil [+lee también:
crítica
tráiler
entrevista: Avelina Prat
ficha de la película]) with €350,000; and Fed Up (Spain/Belgium) by Spain's Júlia De Paz Solvas (Ama [+lee también:
tráiler
ficha de la película]) with €250,000.

The supported first fiction features are Sleepless City (Spain/France) by Spain's Guillermo García López with €340,000; Brave (Switzerland/Belgium) by Switzerland's Marie-Elsa Sgualdo, with €300,000; Don't Let Me Die (Romania/Bulgaria) by Romania's Andrei Epure, with €150,000; Haven of Hope (France/Germany/Netherlands) by Pakistan's Seemab Gul, with €150,000; No Rest for the Wicked (Denmark/Iceland) by Denmark's Kasper Kalle Skovsbøl with €480,000; Pastoral Pathways (France/Germany/Turkey) by Turkey's Ahmet Necdet Çupur with €82,000; and Strange River (Spain/Germany) by Spain's Jaume Claret Muxart, with €200,000.

The only animation film financed is Seraphine (France/Luxembourg) by France's Sarah Van Den Boom with €500,000; .

Regarding the supported documentaries, the titles are Fantastique (Belgium/France/Netherlands) by Belgium's Marjolijn Prins with €89,000; If Pigeons Turned to Gold (Czech Republic/Slovakia) by Czech Republic's Josefina Lubojacki with €36,000; Nostalgia for the Future (Belgium/Netherlands/Italy) by Belgium's Brecht Debackere with €95,000; Supernatural [+lee también:
crítica
entrevista: Ventura Durall
ficha de la película] (Spain/Belgium/France) by Spain's Ventura Durall with €72,000; and 9-Month Contract (Georgia/Bulgaria) by Georgia's Ketevan Vashagashvili with €80,000.