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77th Cannes Film Festival
On the occasion of Cannes International Film Festival, an ESFUF event was organised at the CNC beach on May 20th, in partnership with the French Institute and the Ukrainian Institute.
During this event, the results of the first finalisation round of the 2024 European Solidarity Fund for Ukrainian Films call were announced by Jérémie Kessler, Director of European and International Affairs at the CNC.
A total of 8 projects, 5 documentaries and 3 feature films, for a global amount of 400 000 € will receive support to finalization. Notably, half of the projects are directed by women.
LISTENING TO WORLD by Yelizaveta Smith
Ukrainian production company: Tabor LTD
Production company established in Germany: Pink Shadow Films
Amount of the support: €55,000
MAIDAN TIME MACHINE by Volodymyr Tykhyy, Roman Liubyi
Ukrainian production company: Babylon 13 Production
Production company based in Germany: TRIMAFILM
Amount of the support: €65,000
SILENT FLOOD by Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk
Ukrainian production company: TABOR LTD
Production company based in Germany: Elemag Pictures
Amount of the support: €50,000
THE DAUGHTER by Egor Olesov
Ukrainian production company: LLC HEROES CREATIVE STUDIO
Production company based in the United Kingdom: UNITED HEROES LTD
Amount of the support: €30,000
THE SOLDIER’S JOURNEY by Helena Maksyom
Ukrainian production company: PE Jeanne Maksymenko-Dovhych
Production company established in the Netherlands: Een van de jongens
Amount of the support: €50,000
TIMESTAMP by Kateryna Gornostai
Ukrainian production company: 2BRAVE PRODUCTIONS
Production company based in the Netherlands: RINKEL DOCS BV
Amount of the support: €45,000
TO THE VICTORY! by Valentyn Vasyanovych
Ukrainian production company: Arsenal Films
Production company based in Lithuania: Čiobreliai (M-Films)
Amount of the support: €75,000
WAR THROUGH THE EYES OF ANIMALS by Myroslav Slaboshpytskyi, Yuliia Shashkova, Oleksii Mamedov, Maksym Tuzov, Andrii Lidahovskyi and Sviatoslav Kostiuk
Ukrainian production company: Kleos Art Productions
Production company based in Germany: Essence Film
Amount of the support: €30,000
The event was also the occasion to present 5 pitches of projects in development:
- Inheritence: directed by Stanislav Bytiutskyi and presented by its Ukrainian producer Inna Lastochkina, Info on the project here
- Petrol station: presented by its director Yuliia Hontaruk and its Ukrainian producer Elena Saulich. Info on the project here
- The Blindsight: presented by its director Ruslan Batytskyi and Ukrainian producer Natalia Libet and Olha Beskhmelnytsina (supported by the fund in December), Info on the project here
- Ukraine is the capital of everything: presented by its director Tonia Noyabrova and its Ukrainian producer Anastasiia Bukovska, Info on the project here
- Unholy power: presented by its director Roman Liubyi and its German producer Felix Herrmann (supported by the fund in May 2023). Info on the project here
And 6 pitches of projects in post-production or completed:
- A picture to remember: by Olga Chernykh, presented by its Ukrainian producer Regina Maryanovska-Davidzon (supported by the fund in May 2023), Info on the project here
- A Poem for little people: presented by its director Ivan Sautkin and Lithuanian producer Ringaile Leščinskienė (supported by the fund in May 2023), Info on the project here
- Fragments of ice: by Maria Stoianova, presented by its Ukrainian producer Maksym Nakonechnyi (supported by the fund in December), Info on the project here
- Real: by Oleh Sentsov, presented by its Ukrainian producer Denis Ivanov (supported by the fund in December), Info on the project here
- The days I would like to forget: by Alina Gorlova, Yelizaveta Smith, Maksym Nakonechnyi and Simon Mozgovyi, presented by one of its directors Maksym Nakonechnyi and its Ukrainian producer Eugene Rachkovsky (supported by the fund in December), Info on the project here
- The Editorial office: by Roman Bondarchuk, presented by its German producer Tanja Georgieva-Waldhauer (supported by the fund in May 2023). Info on the project here
The results of development will be announced mid-July.
Background
The European Solidarity Fund for Ukrainian Films is an initiative launched in February 2023 in Berlin. After having supported various actions for Ukraine at a national and European level (here), EFAD and its members wanted to unite forces to launch a dedicated support for Ukrainian filmmakers, to support the completion of films or the development of new projects, while fostering co-productions. The fund supported 29 Ukrainian projects in 2023.