Two Romanian films are among the 19 cinema projects which will receive financing from the European Cinema Support Fund (Eurimages). The films Aferim by Radu Jude and Cristian by Tudor Giurgiu landed EUR 157,000 and EUR 160,000 respectively from Eurimages.

In total, the European fund granted over EUR 5.3 million to 17 feature length co-productions, an animation and a documentary. The feature length movies received EUR 4.9 million, the documentary, some EUR 60,000, while the animation landed a EUR 370,000 financing package. The full list of productions supported by Eurimages this year is here.

Eurimages is the cultural support fund of the Council of Europe. Established in 1989, it currently numbers 36 of the 47 member states. It promotes the European audiovisual industry and has an annual budget of EUR 25 million.

Radu Jude's Aferim (2014) is a historic movie whose action takes place in the 19th century, and is based in the Tara Romaneasca historic province.

The second feature length film financed by Eurimages, Cristian, by Tudor Giurgiu, tells the story of a young idealistic prosecutor who tries to solve a complicated corruption case.

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