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Eurimages to support two films from Serbia-Montenegro

Belgrade, 10 May 2006

The Council of Europe's fund Eurimages has approved funds for co-financing nine European co-productions, among which are two films from Serbia-Montenegro, Sinisa Dragin's "Ako zrno ne umre" and Moma Mrdakovic's "Mamaros".

At the closing of the fund's three-day session in Belgrade, it was announced that Dragin will receive €230,000 for the film that will be made in co-production of Romania, Serbia-Montenegro and Austria, and Mrdakovic €280,000 for a co-production of Germany, Serbia-Montenegro and Hungary.

The total budget of €2.8 million has been divided to films from Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Turkey and France.

Eurimages also co-finances distributors which show European films, and among 27 companies that received aid this time are four from Belgrade - Megakom, Milenijum, Mirijus Tak and Orion Invest Film.

Serbian Minister of Culture Dragan Kojadinovic said that receiving a total of €545,000 this time, along with some €1 million last year, is very important, but that the encouragement which Serbia has been given by this institution, as an official body of the Council of Europe, is even more significant.

The Minister announced that by the end of May Eurimages will announce the results for grants to cinemas showing European films. Belgrade's Art and Balkan cinemas are already part of that network, and seven more cinemas from Serbia have applied for the grant.

Minister Kojadinovic said that the Serbian government also set aside funds in this year's budget, i.e. 90 million dinars for cinemas in Nis, Sremski Karlovci and other towns.