Results of the 2025 call for ESFUF production support

The supported projects are the following:

ANTONIVKA by Kateryna Gornostai – Fiction
Ukrainian production company: Moon Man
Lithuanian production company: Just a moment
Amount of the support: 180 000 €

ASHES SETTLING IN LAYERS ON THE SURFACE by Zoya Laktionova – Documentary
Ukrainian production company: 2Brave Productions
French production company: Cinephage Productions
Amount of the support: 40 000 €

FAMILY SQUAD by Kostiantyn Fedorov – Animation
Ukrainian production company: Animagrad
German production company: Telescope Animation GmbH
Amount of the support: 135 000€

HAPPY DAYS by Vladlen Odudenko – Fiction
Ukrainian production company: Arsenal Films & Fore Films
Spanish production company: Edna Cinema
Amount of the support: 150 000 €

IT’S NOT A FULL PICTURE by Maryna Stepanska – Documentary
Ukrainian production company: Individual entrepreneur Yuliia Sinkevych
British production company: Pinball London
Amount of the support: 60 000 €

MAGIC MOUNTAIN by Mykola Zasieiev – Fiction
Ukrainian production company: 2Brave Productions
Latvian production company: Trickster Pictures
Amount of the support: 180 000 €

NOAH by Marysia Nikitiuk – Fiction
Ukrainian production company: Directory Films
Croatian production company: Petnaesta umjetnost d.o.o.
Amount of the support: 180 000 €

PROTOCOL94 by Mstyslav Chernov – Documentary
Ukrainian production company: 435 Films
German production company: Detailfilm GmbH
Amount of the support: 60 000 €

SOMETHING STRANGE HAPPENED TO ME by Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk – Fiction
Ukrainian production company: Mellivora Production
British production company: Wellington Films
Amount of the support: 180 000 €

 THE FERRYMAN by Pavlo Dorohoi – Documentary
Ukrainian production company: Eidos.productions LLC
Norwegian production company: Folk Film
Amount of the support: 60 000 €

THE FOREST GLADE by Oksana Savoskina – Documentary
Ukrainian production company: Nice.Nice.Film
German production company: filmDOUGH Productions
Amount of the support: 60 000 €

TIMES NEW ROMAN by Philip Sotnychenko – Fiction
Ukrainian production company: Viatel
Lithuanian production company: Po Mokyklos MB (Afterschool Production)
Amount of the support: 180 000 €

TRANSPARENCY BOOTH: ECHOES OF THE FUTURE by Anna Kapustina and Alexander Mihalkovich – Documentary
Ukrainian production company: Albatros Communicos
French production company: Survivance
Amount of the support: 60 000 €

These 13 films, co-produced between Ukraine and 8 different contributing countries, will join the list of ESFUF-supported films.

70 ESFUF grants have already been attributed to 55 projects, including 21 grants for production support. The total grants attributed since the launch of the fund in 2023 amount to 4.3 million euros.

Thanks to these grants, several projects are already completed and have circulated in festivals across Europe and beyond, as shown in the video below. 17 ESFUF films have already begun their festival journey. The most recent example is Silent Flood by Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk, which received the IDFA award for Best Cinematography in November.

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