Press Release 11-2014 European Co-production Award – 36 member States Prix EURIMAGES for Ed Guiney This Albania Austria Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland “The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” Turkey year’s AWARD – EUROPEAN Prix acknowledging the CO-PRODUCTION EURIMAGES, decisive an role award of co- productions in the European film industry, goes to Irish producer Ed Guiney. Ed Guiney co-founded Element Pictures with Andrew Lowe in 2001. Today, Element has offices in Dublin and London, working across production, distribution, and exhibition. Element has been involved in the production and distribution of over 30 feature films. Current and upcoming Element productions include ROOM, an adaptation of Emma Donoghue’s award-winning best-selling novel, directed by Lenny Abrahamson and starring Brie Larson, Joan Allen and William H. Macy, Yorgos Lanthimos’ first English language film, THE LOBSTER starring Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, John C. Reilly, Lea Seydoux and Ben Wishaw, Gerard Barrett’s GLASSLAND, starring Jack Reynor, Toni Colette and Will Poulter and Jerzy Skolimowski’s 11 MINUTES. Recently completed Element productions include Abrahamson’s latest film FRANK, starting Michael Fassbender, Maggie Gylenhaal and Domhnall Gleeson which premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival; and Ken Loach’s JIMMY’s HALL, a coproduction with Sixteen Films which screened in competition at Cannes in 2014. Other recent films include WHAT RICHARD DID (Lenny Abrahamson), starring Jack Reynor, which opened to great acclaim at the 2012 Toronto Film Festival, SHADOW DANCER (James Marsh) starring Clive Owen and Andrea Riseborough, THIS MUST BE THE PLACE (Paolo Sorrentino) starring Sean Penn and Frances McDormand, THE GUARD (John Michael McDonagh), starring Brendan Gleeson and Don Cheadle (currently the most successful independent Irish film of all time), GARAGE, the follow up film to the award-winning ADAM & PAUL (EFA-nominated for the script), from the same team of writer Mark O'Halloran and director Lenny Abrahamson, which was selected for Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes 2007 and won the CICAE Art and Essai award, THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY (Ken Loach), starring Cillian Murphy, which won the Palme d’Or at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival and the EFA’s cinematography award, and THE MAGDALENE SISTERS (Peter Mullan) which won the Golden Lion at Venice in 2001 and was nominated for the European Film Awards. A political organisation set up in 1949, the Council of Europe works to promote democracy and human rights continent-wide. It also develops common responses to social, cultural and legal challenges in its 47 member states. Press Release Element Pictures has received financial support from Eurimages for ALL GOOD CHILDREN by Alicia Duffy (2009) which was selected for Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes 2010, ESSENTIAL KILLING by Jerzy Skolimowski (2009, EFA-nominated for cinematography), THIS MUST BE THE PLACE, directed by Paolo Sorrentino and starring Sean Penn, which screened at Cannes 2011, DARK TOUCH by Marina de Van, LE TEMPS DE L'AVENTURE by Jérôme Bonnell (2012) and, more recently, THE LOBSTER by Yorgos Lanthimos (2013) and 11 MINUTES by Jerzy Skolimowski (2013). The EUROPEAN CO-PRODUCTION AWARD – Prix EURIMAGES will be presented during the European Film Awards Ceremony in Riga on Saturday, 13 December 2014. Berlin and Strasbourg, 17 November 2014 EURIMAGES is a support Fund for cinema co-production, theatrical distribution and exhibition established by the Council of Europe in 1988 ([email protected] –http://www.coe.int/Eurimages). Since it was set up in 1988, EURIMAGES has supported 1,619 European co-productions for a total amount of approximately 492 million euros. th THE 27 EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS: Riga, 13 December 2014 Live on www.europeanfilmawards.eu 2
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