The European Fund will finance the production of 18 Ukrainian films – list

European Solidarity Fund for Ukrainian Films (ESFUF) announced the results of the second competition for the selection of Ukrainian projects for financial support. This time, the jury selected 18 Ukrainian projects.

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The winning projects were chosen from among 86 applications. 761,020 euros will be spent on their support, the press service of Derzhkino reported.

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Among the films that will receive European support are eight feature films and ten documentaries. Ten projects will receive funding at the development stage, eight – at the final stage of production.

The projects were chosen by the jury, which included producer Marianna Sloth (chairman of the jury), producer Simona Baumann, director and producer Dariusz Jablonski, director Timon Kulmasis, director Ilmar Raag, director Ineke Smits and director Audreus Stonis.

Projects that received support at the development stage:

• “Antonivka”, directed by Kateryna Gornostay

Amount of support: 43,800 euros

• “Lower Horizon”, directed by Zhanna Ozirna

Amount of support: 43,800 euros

• “Hard sub”, directed by Novruz Hikmet

Amount of support: 37,500 euros

• “The Red Zone”, directed by Iryna Tsylyk

Amount of support: 43,800 euros

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• “Retention”, directed by Dmytro Suholytkyi-Sobchuk

Amount of support: 43,800 euros

• “The Game of Blindness”, directed by Ruslan Batytskyi

Amount of support: 43,800 euros

• “Days that you want to forget”, directors Elizaveta Smith, Alina Horlova, Semen Mozgovy, Maksym Nakonechny

Amount of support: 15,000 euros

• “Under the Yellow Sky”, directed by Maryna Nazarenko

Amount of support: 25,000 euros

• “Vona”, directed by Ksenia Kravtsova and Daria Onishchenko

Amount of support: 23,600 euros

• “War in Chernobyl”, directed by Oleksiy Radinsky

Amount of support: 25,000 euros

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Projects that received support at the final stage of production:

• “Chrysanthemum Holiday”, directed by Semen Mozgovy

Amount of support: 75,000 euros

• “Clouds flew with great speed”, directed by Roman Ostrovsky

Amount of support: EUR 39,000

• “Daddy’s Lullaby”, directed by Lesya Dyak

Amount of support: 50,000 euros

• “Displaced”, directed by Olga Zhurba

Amount of support: 15,000 euros

• “Fragments of Ice”, directed by Maria Stoyanova

Amount of support: EUR 59,000

• “Real”, directed by Oleg Sentsov

Amount of support: 28,160 euros

• “You are the cosmos”, directed by Pavlo Ostrikov

Amount of support: 74,760 euros

• “In the air”, director Oksana Sygareva

Amount of support: 75,000 euros

European Solidarity Fund with Ukrainian Cinema (ESFUF) is an initiative launched in February 2023 during the Berlin International Film Festival. The fund brought together 19 partners from 16 different countries, the association of European Film Agency Directors (EFAD), 15 of its members and ministries of culture.

The results of the first competitive selection were announced during the Cannes Film Festival. Then the jury chose 11 Ukrainian projects, the total amount of support was 523,000 euros.

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