Council Of Europe unveils projects to receive $3.3m from new Pilot Programme

LR: Alex Traila & Alessia Sonaglioni (Source: Council Of Europe)

Council Of Europe’s new Pilot Programme for series co-productions has unveiled seven shows that will receive €3m ($3.3m) in funding, following a call for projects last year.

Successful projects include The Kollective, the drama created by Femke Wolting, Maddalena Ravagli, Leonardo Fasoli that is being produced by Submarine Productions and Menuetto Film for the Alliance (ZDF in Germany, France Télévisions and Rai in Italy).

The scheme, which is led by managers Alex Traila and Alessia Sonaglioni, will invest between €250,000 ($270,000) and €500,000 per co-production.

Council of Europe has historically focused on feature films via Eurimages but launched the Pilot Programme as a three-year initiative to support TV series co-productions.

Almost two-thirds (64%) of the series creators are women, with 10 national, regional or minority languages used. The full slate of succesful projects are:

Arcanes, created by Michèle Jacob
Beluga Tree (Belgium) with Staragara (Slovenia), RTBF (Belgium), Proximus Media House (Belgium)

Favàritx, created by Lluis Illescas
TV ON (Spain) with Volf Entertainment (Portugal), Empatic Comunicacion Y Marketing (Spain)

Greater Adria, created by Nebojša Taraba, Simona Nobile
Drugi plan (Croatia) with Fabula Pictures (Italy), Nadcon Film (Germany), Lunanime (Belgium)

Interstellar Ella (S2), created by Adam Long (animated series)
Fabrique Productions (Belgium) with Apartment 11 Productions (Canada)

Puberty, created by Leticia Dolera
Distinto Films (Spain) with AT-Prod (Belgium), Corte y Confección de Películas (Spain), Uri Films (Spain)

The Kollective, created by Femke Wolting, Maddalena Ravagli, Leonardo Fasoli
Submarine Productions (Netherlands) with Menuetto Film (Belgium), ZDF (Germany), France Télévisions, RAI (Italy)

This Is Not A Murder Mystery, created by Kathleen Maes
Panenka (Belgium) with DeadPan Pictures (Ireland), VRT (Belgium), NPO (Netherlands), ZDF (Germany), SVT (Sweden), NRK (Norway), YLE (Finland), DR (Denmark), RUV (Iceland)