III. Grants» Eurimages»

The Eurimages Fund is currently the only multi-national European fund that supports the making of European coproductions and contributes to stimulation of cooperation between creators and producers of various countries. This fund was established within the framework of the European Council, based in Strasburg. Currently Eurimages has 33 member countries.

Eurimages supports coproductions of feature films, documentaries and animated films with a minimum length of 70 minutes, which are intended for distribution in cinemas. The co-productions must have participants from at least two member countries in the fund.

In 2007 the fund introduced the support of digitalization for films that previously had received support from the fund.

Several changes in the rules took place year 2007. The most important change, which is in effect from this year, is the reduction of meeting from five to four annual meetings.

Eurimages Fund supported two projects in 2008 with Czech participation:

Three Seasons in Hell (3 sezóny v pekle) – dir. Tomáš Mašín

Coproduction CR – DAWSON production s. r. o.

Germany – Babelsberg Film GmbH

SR – Trigon Production, s. r. o.

To Survive One’s Life (Přežít svůj život) – dir. Jan Švankmajer

Coproduction CR – ATHANOR – společnost pro filmovou tvorbu, s. r. o.

SR – C-GA Film

In 2008 The Czech Republic paid a membership contribution in the amount of 215 043,– EUR, and Czech producers received a total of 490 500,– EUR (which is almost 100 000,– EUR more than year 2007) for projects with budgets totaling 690 000,– EUR.

Film title | Director | Total amount | Support | Support
|  | of support in € | for the CR in % | for the CR in €
|  |  | (coop. share) |
Three Seasons in Hell | Tomáš Mašín | 450 000 | 69,00 | 310 500
To Survive One’s Life | Jan Švankmajer | 240 000 | 75,00 | 180 000