35.7% of female share among the Eurimages beneficiaries, on the 1st call of the year.
34% of the budget is allocated to women's films.
At its online meeting, the Board of Management of the Council of Europe's Eurimages Fund agreed to support 19 fiction films, 2 animation films and 7 documentary projects.
€ 2,078,000 was awarded to women's projects (34%), much less funding allocated than in previous calls.
35.7% of the projects supported were directed by women, among them, we are delighted to see Floor van der Meulen (Netherlands), director of Pink Moon (ex Methusalem) , one of the projects supported by Ewa Network with a development award and Agnieszka Woszczynska (Poland), director of Dry Land (former Fortnight), which received the EWA best pitch Award in Fest Forward Belgrade
More female- directed films supported by the Board:
Sabattier Effect by Eleonora Veninova, Storm by Erika Calmeyer, The Flats by Alessandra Celesia, Dreamers by Stéphanie Barbey, Stray Bodies by Elina Psykou, Alcarràs by Carla Simon and Every Single Minute by Erika Hnikova.
As regards the distribution in European countries, Teona Mitevska, Jessica Hausner, Céline Sciamma and Audrey Diwan's films also received Eurimages support.
You can read here the entire list