Saul fia (Son of Saul)
Curzon Film World
Distribution: Selective
England
2015
Total project grant (euros)
64,400
Programme
Creative Europe
Sub-programme
MEDIA
Funding scheme
Distribution: Selective
Call number
23/2014
Call publication date
6 Oct 2014
Application deadline
2 Jul 2015
Result publication date
4 Nov 2015
UK release date
29 Apr 2016
Saul fia (Son of Saul) is a Hungarian drama directed by László Nemes. It is set in the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II, and follows a day-and-a-half in the life of Saul Ausländer (played by Géza Röhrig), a Hungarian member of the Sonderkommando.
The film premiered at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Grand Prix. The film also won awards for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2015 Academy Awards and the 2015 Golden Globes.
Louisa Dent, Managing Director of Curzon Artificial Eye, said:
"Creative Europe support makes a significant contribution to Curzon's ability to champion European film. It not only helps us take acquisition risks and mount ambitious releases of non-national European films, but also encourages collaboration with European partners such as sales agents and filmmakers."
Curzon has also received funding from Creative Europe to support the release of European films in the UK through the Automatic Distribution scheme.





