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Results of the 2024 call for ESFUF development support

Aug 29, 2024

The jury of the European Solidarity Fund for Ukrainian Films, composed of 7 experts from the European film industry, gathered on July 16^th, 2024 to select the beneficiaries of the development support scheme. For this round, a total of 75 projects were examined by the jury.

12 projects were supported for a total amount of 239 500 €. Among the supported projects are 5 fiction films, 5 documentaries and 2 animation projects.

The supported projects are the following:

BLUE SWEATER WITH A YELLOW HOLE by Tetiana Khodakivska – Animated documentary
Ukrainian production company: Pronto Film
French production company: Girelle Production
Amount of the support: 22 500 €

FAMILY SQUAD by Kostiantyn Fedorov – Animation
Ukrainian production company: Animagrad LLC
German production company: Telescope Animation Studios GmbH
Amount of the support: 25 000 €

MADAGASCARPLAN by Ivan Orlenko – Fiction
Ukrainian production company: Good Morning Films & Leaf Media
German production company: LUK Productions
Amount of the support: 22 000€

NO DEATH by Yevhen Titarenko – Documentary
Ukrainian production company: Braha Production Company
Latvian production company: Ego Media
Amount of the support: 12 500 €

NOAH by Marysia Nikitiuk – Fiction
Ukrainian production company: Directory Films
Croatian production company: Petnaesta umjetnost d.o.o.
Amount of the support: 25 000 €

ORTALAN by Nariman Aliev – Fiction
Ukrainian production company: Fore Films
French production company: Les Contes Modernes
Amount of the support: 25 000 €

PETROL STATION by Yuliia Hontaruk – Fiction
Ukrainian production company: Hutko Films
French production company: Georges Films
Amount of the support: 22 000 €

THE FERRYMAN by Pavlo Dorohoi – Documentary
Ukrainian production company: Eidos.productions LLC
Norwegian production company: Folk Film
Amount of the support: 12 500 €

THE SCHOOLMATES by Denys Vorontsov – Documentary
Ukrainian production company: Babylon 13 Production
French production company: Les Steppes Productions
Amount of the support: 12 500 €

TIMES NEW ROMAN by Philip Sotnychenko – Fiction
Ukrainian production company: Viatel LLC
Lithuanian production company: Po Mokyklos MB (Afterschool Production)
Amount of the support: 25 000 €

UKRAINE IS NOT SO FAR AWAY by Darya Averchenko & Roman Bondarchuk – Documentary
Ukrainian production company: South Films
Lithuanian production company: Monoklis
Amount of the support: 12 500 €

UKRAINIAN SCARY FAIRY TALE by Anatoliy Lavrenishyn, Anna Dudko, Olha Havrilova, Stanislav Santimov & Maria Yanko – Animation
Ukrainian production company: AT Films
French production company: Forecast Pictures
Amount of the support: 23 000 €

Details about the next 2024 ESFUF call for projects and its scope will be announced in the fall.

The documentary “Song of slow burning earth” by Olha Zhurba, supported by the fund in finalisation last December, will be presented in the official selection out of competition at the forthcoming Venice Film Festival. Further information on this film is available at: https://esfuf.eu/songs-of-slow-burning-earth/

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