Selection results of second call

On Monday December 11th, the ESFUF jury, composed of 7 experts from the European film industry, convened in Paris to review and select projects from the second call. This time, a total of 86 applications were received.

Out of these, 18 projects, with a combined budget of 761 020 €, have been selected to receive support for development and finalization. This includes 10 documentaries and 8 feature films. Notably, 11 projects will be directed by women.

10 projects in development

A development support will be allocated to:

• Antonivka by Kateryna Gornostai – Fiction
  Ukrainian production company: Moon Man LLC
  Lithuanian production company: Just a moment
  Amount of the support: 43 800 €

• Ground zero by Zhanna Ozirna – Fiction
  Ukrainian production company: Toy LLC
  French production company: Good Fortune Films
  Amount of the support: 43 800 €

• Hard sub by Novruz Hikmet – Fiction
  Ukrainian production company: Contemporary Ukrainian Cinema LLC
  German production company: Plotlessfilm
  Amount of the support: 37 500 €

• Red zone by Iryna Tsilyk – Fiction/Documentary
  Ukrainian production company: Moon Man LLC
  Luxembourg production company: a_BAHN
  Amount of the support: 43 800 €

• Retention by Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobtchuk – Fiction
  Ukrainian production company: Mellivora Productions
  French production company: Paradise City Films
  Amount of the support: 43 800 €

• The blindsight by Ruslan Batytskyi – Fiction
  Ukrainian production company: 2 Brave Productions LLC
  German production company: CALA Film Central GmbH & Co. KG
  Amount of the support: 43 800 €

• The days I would like to forget by Alina Gorlova, Yelizaveta Smith, Maksym Nakonechnyi & Simon Mozgovyi – Documentary
  Ukrainian production company: Tabor Ltd.
  French production company: Les Valseurs
  Amount of the support: 15 000 €

• Under the yellow sky by Maryna Nazarenko – Documentary
  Ukrainian production company: Cinema Sound Production
  Estonian production company: Undi Teod Oü
  Amount of the support: 25 000 €

• Vona by Kseniia Kravtsova, Daria Onyshchenko – Documentary
  Ukrainian production company: Arts & Rights and ДІМ Film House
  German production company: Flare Films GmbH
  Amount of the support: 23 600 €

• War in Chernobyl by Oleksiy Radynski – Documentary
  Ukrainian production company: Kinotron Group LLC
  Lithuanian production company: Studija Kinema
  Amount of the support: 25 000 €

8 projects in finalisation

A finalisation support will be allocated to:

• Chrysanthemum day by Simon Mozghovyi – Fiction
  Ukrainian production company: Mainstream Pictures
  Dutch production company: Windmill Film BV
  Amount of the support: 75 000 €

• Clouds move with great speed by Roman Ostrovskyi – Documentary
  Ukrainian production company: PE Iryna Kyporenko
  European production company: tbc
  Amount of the support: 39 000 €

• Dad’s Lullaby by Lesia Diak – Documentary
  Ukrainian production company: DramaFree
  Croatian production company: Petnaesta Umjetnost
  Amount of the support: 50 000 €

• Displaced by Olha Zhurba – Documentary
  Ukrainian production company: Moon Man LLC
  Danish production company: Final Cut For Real
  Amount of the support: 15 000 €

• Fragments of ice by Maria Stoianova – Documentary
  Ukrainian production companies: Tabor Ltd & Mental Drive Studio
  Norwegian production company: Indie Films AS
  Amount of the support: 59 000 €

• Real by Oleh Sentsov – Documentary
  Ukrainian production company: AT Films LLC
  Croatian production company: Propeler Films D.o.o
  Amount of the support: 28 160 €

• U are the universe by Pavlo Ostrikov – Fiction
  Ukrainian production company: Fore Films LLC
  Belgian production company: Stenola Productions
  Amount of the support: 74 760 €

• Up in the air by Oksana Syhareva – Documentary
  Ukrainian production company: PE Oksana Syhareva
  Lithuanian production company: Baltic Productions
  Amount of the support: 75 000 €

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. ESFUF brings together 19 partners from 16 different countries, the EFAD association, some of its members (15 EFAD members), and Culture Ministries.