Press release
June 16, 2011
Eurimages Supports Estonian-Finnish co-production „Rat King“
European Council’s co-production fund Eurimages decided to support Estonian-Finnish co-production movie „Rat King“ with 250 000 euros. The decision was made last week at the eurimages meeting in Helsinki, Finland
„Rat King“ is about a schoolboy who is hooked on online gaming and wants to bring the game to another level – into real life.
The shooting of the film took place in Estonia. The director of the film is Petri Kotwica (Finland), who had his last film „Black Ice“ selected to the main competition of the Berlin Film Festival in 2008.
The film is being produced by Making Movies OY in Finland and Allfilm in Estonia. The film is addionally supported by the Estonian Film Foundation, Finnish Film Foundation, Estonian Cultural Endowment, Estonian Ministry of Culture and the Finnish television channel MTV3.
In 2009 „Rat King“ participated in theTallinn co-production market „Baltic Event“.
Estonia has been a member of Eurimages since 2004. Estonian films that have got the support earlier are “Lotte from Gadgetville”, “The Temptation of St. Tony” and the documentary “Nazis and Blondes”.
The goal of Eurimages (founded in 1988) is to support the European film industry through production and promotion. Eurimages id the only film fund involving all of the 35 member states of the EU. Every year, Eurimages gives out about 24 million euros worth of production money. 90% of the support goes to European co-productions.
Additional Information
Karlo Funk
Head of Production and Development
Estonian Film Foundation
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Eda Koppel
Estonian Film Foundation
Information Manager
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