Here is some great news for fans of the long take. Cannes’ 2007 Palme d’Or winning director Cristian Mungiu (4 months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days) and Golden Lion winning director Abdellatif Kechiche (La Graine et le mulet) are two of the 18 European co-productions that have received coin from Council of Europe’s Eurimages Fund. Mungiu’s next project entitled “Provizoriu,” is produced by the filmmakers’ shingle Mobra Films alogn with France’s Why Not Productions and Belgium’s Les Films du Fleuve (Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne’s co.) This is a Romanian convent-set tale of a 23-year-old girl’s overweening love for a girl inmate – and we could easily see rising starlet Ada Condeescu in the key role. Another “same sex romance” might be the focus of Kechiche’s next project entitled, “Le Bleu est une couleur chaude.” Based on an award-winning graphic novel, this is set up by the Wild Bunch folks, Quat’Sous Films, Kechiche’s own label, Belgium’s Scope Pics and Spain’s Vertigo Films.
Other filmmakers to receive support include Camiel Borgmann from Alex van Warmerdam (Waiter), The Last Days from the Pastor Bros. (Carriers) and Song of the Sea from animation filmmaker Tomm Moore (who directed the award-winning “The Secret of Kells”. 2013 is already looking like a great year.
