Mungiu helms 'Provizoriu,' Kechiche 'Bleu'

Madrid-- France's Why Not Productions is joining with Romania's Mobra Films and Belgium's Ces Films du Fleuve, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne's The town-based shingle, to produce "Provizoriu," the next film by Christian Mungiu.Why Not is lead-creating. Mungiu's IFC U.S. pickup "4 Several days, three days, and two Days" won Cannes' 2007 Palme d'Or. Put together by Mungiu, "Provizoriu" might be the Romanian convent-set tale from the 23-year-old girl's overweening passion for a lady inmate."Provizoriu" is among 18 European co-productions that have attracted lower a complete Pounds 5.85 million ($7.6 000 0000) in subsidies within the Council of Europe's Eurimages Fund.Among awardees, introduced Friday, Abdellatif Kechiche ("The Important Thing in the Grain") is installed on helm "Le Bleu est une couleur chaude." A coming-of-age drama, "Bleu" is defined at France's Wild Bunch and Quat'Sous Films, Kechiche's own label, Belgium's Scope Photos, which makes way to Belgium tax-break gold gold coin, and Spain's Vertigo Films, which Wild Bunch co-has.InchBleu" changes a multi-valued graphic novel by France's Julie Maroh, about Clementine, a teen, who discovers desire and love with Emma, a blue-haired girl.Further Eurimages subsidy visitors are Jean-Paul Lilienfeld's "Arretez-moi," with Sophie Marceau and Miou-Miou, produced by France's Rezo and Luxembourg's Iris, and "When Day Breaks," from Serbia's Goran Paskaljevic ("Honeymoons")."Bleu" won Eurimages' finest 2011 award: Pounds 560,000 ($728,000). "Song in the Sea," from Tomm Moore ("The Important Thing of Kells"), attracted lower $715,000, as did Alex and David Pastor's "The Ultimate Days" and "Camiel Borgmann," from Nederlander auteur Alex van Warmerdam ("Waiter"). Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com