Berlin -- Danish filmmakers Susanne Bier (“Things We Lost in the Fire”) and Andreas Thomas Jensen (“Adam’s Apples”) are teaming up to co-write the drama “Julius” about a holocaust survivor who meets his twin sister he thought died in the camps.
Bier and Jensen collaborated on Bier’s Oscar-nominated drama "After The Wedding," (2006) with Jensen writing the screenplay based on Bier’s original story.
The Nrw Filmboard has backed "Julius" with 80,000 euros ($108,000) in development funding for Cologne-based Zentropa International, which will produce the film. It’s an inside job for Bier and Jensen, who worked with Zentropa on "After The Wedding" and individually on several other projects. Jensen most recently wrote the script to Zentropa’s "Antichrist" from director Lars von Trier.
German director Bay Okan and his shingle Bajan Film received $808,000 from Nrw for his drama "Grapes of Hope," a German-French-Romanian co-production starring veteran Mario Adorf and German-Turkish...
Bier and Jensen collaborated on Bier’s Oscar-nominated drama "After The Wedding," (2006) with Jensen writing the screenplay based on Bier’s original story.
The Nrw Filmboard has backed "Julius" with 80,000 euros ($108,000) in development funding for Cologne-based Zentropa International, which will produce the film. It’s an inside job for Bier and Jensen, who worked with Zentropa on "After The Wedding" and individually on several other projects. Jensen most recently wrote the script to Zentropa’s "Antichrist" from director Lars von Trier.
German director Bay Okan and his shingle Bajan Film received $808,000 from Nrw for his drama "Grapes of Hope," a German-French-Romanian co-production starring veteran Mario Adorf and German-Turkish...
- 12/15/2008
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Cologne, Germany -- Bay Okan Kulen's "Grapes of Hope" and Bruno Chiche's "Small World" have secured production financing from the German-French subsidy commission, which backs cross-border co-productions.
Yume Quad Films in Paris and Munich's Blueprint Film, the producers of "Small World," received 400,000 euros ($521,000) in financing. "Grapes of Hope," which Bayan Film in Cologne is producing together with France's Bac Films, received $391,000.
Yume Quad Films in Paris and Munich's Blueprint Film, the producers of "Small World," received 400,000 euros ($521,000) in financing. "Grapes of Hope," which Bayan Film in Cologne is producing together with France's Bac Films, received $391,000.
- 11/25/2008
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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