PRODUZIONE / FINANZIAMENTI Grecia
La Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation svela la sua ultima lista di finanziamenti
- L'emittente pubblica greca sostiene 14 coproduzioni nazionali e internazionali per un totale di quasi 950.000 euro
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The Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT SA) has announced that it is supporting 14 Greek and international co-productions at its latest round of financing. This is the latest slate of funding announced in 2020, amounting to a total of €940,000, which is in accordance with the rule that broadcasters should allocate 1.5% of their gross income to Greek cinema. The 14 selected projects – 5 fiction features, 6 international co-productions and 3 documentaries – were submitted from 1 January to 30 April 2020.
The five selected fiction projects, which have received support totalling €510,000, include the new features by Giorgos Georgopoulos‘ (Not to Be Unpleasant, But We Need to Have a Serious Talk) Patty Is Such a Girly Name (producer: Faliro House Productions) and Periklis Hoursoglou’s (The Building Manager) Ekseliksi (Soul Productions) along with three debutant directors, Thelgia Petraki’s Mikro Chroniko Trelas (Top Spot), Amerissa Basta’s Life In A Beat (Soul Productions), and Dimitris Katsimiris’ Me Aksioprepia (Frau Films).
Six international co-productions with a Greek producer on board will be funded with €295,000 by ERT SA. They are the sophomore feature by Catalunya’s Nely Reguera (María (and Everybody Else) [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Nely Reguera
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intervista: Gentian Koçi
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intervista: Gentian Koçi
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intervista: Emin Alper
scheda film]. Furthermore, the other funded projects are the latest feature from Cypriot director Kyros Papavassiliou (Impressions of a Drowned Man [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Kyros Papavassiliou
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intervista: Giulia Amati
scheda film] (Bad Crowd), and Day of the Tiger [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Andrei Tănase
scheda film], from Romania’s Andrei Tanase (Graal SA), which also received Eurimages support last year.
Finally, three documentaries are being supported to the tune of €135,000. The feature-length titles are the latest project from writer-director Angelos Kovotsos (Europe, the Dream [+leggi anche:
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