The Reunion
Indicative Budget Positioning
Combined indicative duology budget in a coordinated back-to-back model: €3,8–5,6 million
Base planning scenario shown below: €2.3 million per film / €4,6 million combined
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Budget premise
- Each film is designed as a full standalone feature film, not as an add-on or split-format companion piece
- Indicative budget range per film: €1,9–2,8 million
- Combined indicative duology budget: €3,8–5,6 million in a coordinated back-to-back production model
- The shared structure assumes one production window, one ensemble base, one winter logistics platform, and one island environment
- Each film still retains its own editorial, sound, music, colour, mastering, and delivery value
- This is an indicative planning budget, intended to support early producer dialogue and co-production positioning
Budget positioning per film
Indicative budget range: €1,9–2,8 million
Designed as a full standalone feature film with its own dramatic arc, cast value, production demands, and post-production path.
Indicative budget range: €1,9–2,8 million
Designed as a full standalone feature film with its own structure, point of view, emotional weight, and finishing requirements.
Indicative Combined Budget – Coordinated Back-to-Back Model
| Category | € | % |
|---|---|---|
| Development, rights, legal groundwork | 90,000 | 2% |
| Producers, director, writers, key creatives | 370,000 | 8% |
| Cast | 470,000 | 10% |
| Production crew | 930,000 | 20% |
| Locations, production design, props, costume, make-up | 470,000 | 10% |
| Camera, lighting, grip, sound, technical rentals | 510,000 | 11% |
| Travel, accommodation, transport, catering, winter logistics | 420,000 | 9% |
| Post-production – picture | 330,000 | 7% |
| Post-production – sound, music, grade, VFX, deliverables | 470,000 | 10% |
| Insurance, accounting, admin, legal, production overhead | 230,000 | 5% |
| Contingency / reserve | 370,000 | 8% |
| TOTAL INDICATIVE COMBINED BUDGET | 4,700,000 | 100% |
Why the combined figure is structurally efficient
- One coordinated production window
- Shared cast base and rehearsal logic
- Shared winter logistics and island setup
- Shared technical platform and production movement
- Reduced duplication across prep and shoot
- Each film remains a complete standalone feature
- Each film carries its own editorial and emotional weight
- Separate post-production value remains necessary
- Separate sound, score, grade, masters and delivery chains remain intact
- The model creates efficiency without collapsing the films into one product
Comparison with separate production
If the two films were produced as fully separate feature productions – with separate prep periods, separate production windows, separate location setup, separate cast scheduling, and duplicated winter logistics – the combined cost would likely be significantly higher.
The coordinated back-to-back model is therefore not an added complexity layered onto the films. It is the mechanism that makes the duology financially coherent.
Range logic
Lower-range version based on tighter scheduling, leaner cast assumptions, a more compressed post-production model, and a reduced reserve.
Higher-range version allowing greater cast flexibility, stronger winter protection, more robust reserve capacity, and expanded post-production and international delivery scope.
Producer-facing budget note
This page is intended as an early-stage budget framing document for producer and co-production dialogue.
The central budget logic is simple: The Reunion consists of two complete standalone feature films, each positioned in the range of €1,9–2,8 million. The combined figure of €3,8–5,6 million reflects a coordinated back-to-back production model built around shared location, ensemble, winter logistics, and technical infrastructure.
The budget should therefore be read not as one oversized single project, but as two independent feature units made financially stronger through one shared production platform.
- Lead producer + co-production structure to be confirmed
- Designed for Nordic / European co-production dialogue
- Regional and national support expected to form part of the financing logic
- Broadcaster, distributor, sales, and private/gap components remain open to final structure
- Cast assumption: Nordic mid-level cast base, with flexibility upward in the higher scenario
Contact
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