Creative Europe invests €4 million in European film releases

The latest results for the Creative Europe MEDIA sub-programme’s Selective distribution scheme have been published.

Almost €4 million has been awarded to distributors who applied for the December 2015 deadline of this funding opportunity (call reference EACEA/13/2015), which supports the theatrical releases of European films outside of their home countries. 

Six UK-based distributors received a total of €392,700 to support the release of the following European films:

Upcoming releases

• Aleksandr Sokurov’s docu-drama Francofonia, a French/German/Dutch co-production soon to be released in the UK by Curzon Film World (€35,700)
• European Film Award and LUX Prize winner Mustang, released by Curzon Film World on 13 May 2016 (€64,400)
• Suburra, directed by Stefano Sollima and released by Kaleidoscope Film Distribution on 24 June 2016 (€64,400)
• Spanish drama Ma Ma, starring Penelope Cruz and released by Metrodome on 24 June 2016 (€64,400)
• The Girl King, a period drama set in 17th century Sweden, released by Peccadillo Pictures on 30 July 2016 (€13,200)

Previous releases

• My Skinny Sister (Min lilla syster), a German/Swedish co-production which was also supported through Creative Europe’s Slate development scheme and released by Matchbox Films on 27 November 2015 (€2,800)
• Danish director Tobias Lindholm's A War (Krigen), which also received a grant at development stage through Creative Europe’s Single Project scheme and was released by StudioCanal on 8 January 2016 (€22,800)
• A Bigger Splash by Italian director Luca Guadagnino was released by StudioCanal on 12 February 2016 (€125,000)

You can read the full set of results on the EACEA website.

Photo: Mustang, courtesy of Curzon Artificial Eye.