Eurimages Fund: Mungiu, Kechiche, Pastor Bros and Tomm Moore Receive Coin

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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.

Eric Lavallée
Eric Lavalléehttps://www.ericlavallee.com
Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist, and critic at IONCINEMA.com, established in 2000. A regular at Sundance, Cannes, and Venice, Eric holds a BFA in film studies from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013, he served on the narrative competition jury at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson’s "This Teacher" (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). He is a Golden Globes Voter, member of the ICS (International Cinephile Society) and AQCC (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma).

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