EAVE July News 2012
- REMINDER: Francophone Co-production Meetings Paris
Call for applications - From Producers to Producers at the Locarno Film Festival
Call for participation - EAVE July News 2012
July Highlights - In development / pre-production July 2012
7 productions by EAVE graduates supported by EURIMAGES - In Production July 2012
Projects by EAVE producers now in production - In Post-production July 2012
Projects by EAVE producers now in production - Festivals July 2012
Films by EAVE graduates in festivals around the world - Nominations and Awards July 2012
EVERYBODY IN OUR FAMILY wins Heart of Sarajevo - In Cinema, on TV/Radio/Online and Crowdfunding in July 2012
Film releases by EAVE graduates - Upcoming Deadlines July 2012
Call for applications: EAVE 2013 European Producers Workshop - DEADLINE EXTENDED FOR THE PIXEL MARKET - PART OF POWER TO THE PIXEL’S CROSS-MEDIA FORUM!
Call for applications - New Business Models Seminar - Screen Leaders, EAVE and the Galway Film Fleadh
Call for applications
REMINDER: Francophone Co-production Meetings Paris
Dear EAVE producers,
The 9th Rencontres de Coproduction Francophone (Francophone Co-production Meetings) are taking place in Paris (Forum des images), November 7, 8, 9 / 2012 on the occasion of the 16th edition of «Cinema du Québec in Paris».
The Rencontres are aimed to stimulate co-production between producers sharing the French language. Following last year’s success, a Pitching session of the selected projects looking for co-producers from Quebec/Canada, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Switzerland and francophone European countries will be organized. Producers without a project – and who are looking for French language projects – can submit also their application.
This event is sponsored by SODEC (Société de développement des entreprises culturelles du Québec) with the support of the Embassy of Canada, Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée (CNC), Téléfilm Canada, Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel – Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles and Wallonie Bruxelles Images, Film Fund Luxembourg, Office Fédéral de la Culture Suisse and SwissFilms, TV5Monde and the collaboration of EAVE - European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs and ACE - Ateliers du Cinéma Européen.
Deadline for registration is August 6, 2012.
Please download the registration here and see the conditions of participation, or contact, for more information & registration, Emmanuelle Döry: emmanuelle@vision-in-motion.com
For all information regarding this event, please visit: www.cinema-du-quebec.com
From Producers to Producers at the Locarno Film Festival
From Producers to Producers
An annual invitation by the Swiss producers for a peer to peer exchange of experiences with European producers at the Locarno Film Festival
How can a creative producer build a sustainable independent business
This producers’ meeting is divided into two parts — a thematic debate (1.5 hours) and a reception to encourage contacts between professionals (1.5 hours).
Based on the testimonies of experienced European producers, the discussion will focus on the key factors to consider when designing a business plan and developing a slate of projects. This exchange will give all producers attending the event the opportunity to question their mid-term company development strategy. The questions dealt with will include What are my objectives for the next five years? With which projects and stories? Which directors will be involved? What are my expectations in terms of business prospects and financial consequences for my company?
After the debate, the participating producers will be invited to continue the discussions in a more relaxed atmosphere (terrace and cocktail), pitch their projects and/or make new contacts with producers as well as with representatives of the European professional training organizations taking part in this event.
Monday 6 August 2012, from 15.00 to 18.00, at the Hotel Belvedere in Locarno. Welcome from 14.30
Registration deadline: 27 July 2012. The event is free of charge but prior registration with FOCAL is compulsory at: www.focal.ch/FPtP_ch
For more information please see the flyer below:
EAVE July News 2012
**** EAVE producers shooting in France and the USA ****
**** EVERYBODY IN OUR FAMILY wins Heart of Sarajevo ****
**** THIS MUST BE THE PLACE best Italian film 2012 ****
**** TABU wins 2 awards at the Paris Cinema Festival ****
**** Call for applications: EAVE 2013 European Producers Workshop ****
In development / pre-production July 2012
Eurimages supports 17 European co-productions with a total amount of 5 530 000 Euros – among them are seven productions by EAVE graduates:
- LAUF JUNGE, LAUF, produced and directed by EAVE 1994 graduate Pepe Danquart, co-producer: EAVE 2011 graduate Izabela Wojcik
- SPUTNIK by Markus Dietrich, producers: EAVE 2010 graduate Marcel Lenz and EAVE 2008 graduate Guido Schwab
- WANDELSTERNE by Benjamin Heisenberg, producer: EAVE 2007 graduate Jonas Dornbach
- EAVE 2011 project THE JUDGMENT directed and produced by EAVE 2011 graduate Stephan Komandarev, co-producer: Film Finance Forum 2012 expert Alexander Ris
- THE BLUE WAVE by Merve Kayan and Zeynap Dadak, producers: EAVE 2011 graduate Enis Köstepen, EAVE 2008 graduate Dirk Decker and EAVE 2011 graduate Floor Onrust
- LE TEMPS DE L’AVENTURE by Jérome Bonnell, co-producer: EAVE 1991 graduate Ed Guiney
- MOSCOW NEVER SLEEPS by John O’Reilly, co-producer: EAVE 2005 graduate Katie Holly
- BOTA by Iris Elezi, co-producer: EAVE 1998 graduate Guilleaume de Seille
- Two feature films and one documentary received a total of 8 million Euro as development grants from the Hungarian National Film Fund, among them: DOLPHIN by Ferenc Török, producer: EAVE 2012 participant Andrea Taschler
- REFUGIADO by Diego Lerman, co-producer: EAVE 1998 graduate Oliver Damian is in pre-production. Produced by Campo Cine SRL, the film receives funding by the Berlinale World Cinema Fund. REFUGIADO tells the story of Matías, a four-year-old boy, who arrives at a Women’s Shelter. He’s with his mother Laura. Laura decides to leave the shelter, to set out to rebuild her broken family. With Matías, she begins a whirlwind tour around the city, where previously known things now pose a threat. Shooting on locations in Argentina starts in October.
- WETTBEWERB by Dito Tsintsadze, producer: EAVE 1998 graduate Oliver Damian gets support from the German-French Funding Commission.
- BLIND by Thomas Woschitz, producer: EAVE 2003 graduate Gabriele Kranzelbinder is funded by the BLS, Film Fund & Commission of the Alto Adige.
- MARINA by Stijn Coninx, producer: EAVE 2009 graduate Peter Bouckaert is currently in pre-production. Production companies: Eyeworks Film & TV Drama, Les Films du Fleuve and Orisa Produzioni. Written by Rik D’hiet, the film is based on the youth memories of Italian singer Rocco Granata. It tells the story of the Italian migration in the fifties, told through the eyes of a young Italian immigrant. Shooting is planned from September to November.
- THE TREATMENT by Hans Herbots, producer: EAVE 2009 graduate Peter Bouckaert is currently in financing stage. Production companies: Eyeworks Film & TV Drama, Artémis and Phanta Vision. The film has received production support from the Flemish Film Funds, Wallimage and the Dutch Film Fund. The script, written by Carl Joos is based upon the novel THE TREATMENT by UK writer Mo Hayder.
- WANDELSTERNE by Benjamin Heisenberg, producer: EAVE 2007 graduate Jonas Dornbach is in development. The film tells the story of a man who starts seeing a therapist who used to have NS connections. BKM (Beauftragter für Kultur and Medien) and Eurimages support this comedy.
- WHOSE COUNTRY? by Mohamed Siam, producer EAVE PCP 2008/Interchange 2010 graduate Talal Al-Muhanna received funding from the Sundance Institute and Organisation de la Francophonie.
- 2055 by Laila Hotait Salas and Rania Tawfik, producer EAVE PCP 2008/Interchange 2010 Talal Al-Muhanna is in pre-production in Tangier and Morocco. The docu-fiction is supported by CPH:DOX LAB and Screen Institute Beirut.
In Production July 2012
- LES CONQUÉRANTS by Xabi Molia, co-producer EAVE 2007 graduate Isabelle Truc is in production. Written by the director, the screenplay tells the tale of two half-brothers who think that the reason for their repeated failures is that they are the victims of a curse, because their father, discovered and sold the Holy Grail to a dealer. They decide to find the sacred object and bring it back to its sanctuary in the middle of the Basque mountains. The film has been pre-acquired by Canal+ and Ciné+, and has received support from the Aquitaine region, the Pyrénées-Atlantiques General Council and Wallimage. Shootig is going to last until early September in Liège and in the Basque Country.
- EVENT 15 by Matthew Thompson, producer: EAVE 1998 graduate and EAVE UK National Coordinator, Christine Alderson, is shooting. The film about three soldiers, traumatised by war, who get trapped in an elevator when terrorists set off a dirty bomb in Washington DC is produced by Format Films, Ipso Facto Films and Millbrook Pictures. Shooting on locations in Los Angeles started early July.
- LA VIE DOMESTIQUE, written and directed by Isabelle Czajkaon, producer: EAVE group leader Patrick Sobelman started shooting. The adaptation of Rachel Cusk's novel Arlington Park follows three hosewives over the course of a typical day - towards the end of the day they wonder what they have done with their lives. Financing: Canal +, Ciné+ and Sofica Cinemages. Shooting on locations in the Île-de-France region started early July.
- NIGHT FALLS IN INDIA by Chema Rodriguez, co-producers: EAVE 2007 graduate Kristina Åberg and EAVE 2010 graduate Marcian Lazar is in production. The film tells the story of a man with a degenerative disease who travels to India to die. Production companies: Jaleo Films, Strada Film, Atmo Films and Producciones Sin Un Duro. Support comes from Film I Väst, Eurimages, ICAA and the Romanian National Center Of Cinematography. Shooting is planned until the end of July.
www.atmo.se / www.stradafilm.ro
In Post-production July 2012
- MY FRIEND VIJAY by Sam Gabarski, co-producers: EAVE 1994 graduate & group leader Diana Elbaum and EAVE 1992 graduate and Head of Studies Jani Thiltges is in post-production. The comedy tells the story of an actor in a children's program who learns from news of his own tragic death and disguises himself at his funeral. Moritz Bleibtreu and Patricia Arquette play the leading roles. Support comes from Filmförderung Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Film- und Medienstiftung NRW and Wallimage. Shooting in New York, Germany, Luxembourg finished in June.
- WRESTLING IN DAKAR, produced and directed by EAVE 2007 graduate Edward Porembny is in post-production. The film by AMP Polska in co-production with Les Film du Tambour de Soie received Media TV Broadcasting support and has been picked up by 6 European Broadcasters including ARTE France, Al Jazeera UK, TVP Poland and NRK Norway.
Festivals July 2012
Festivals July 2012
Sarajevo Film Festival (July 6 - 14)
- AVALON by Axel Petersén, producer: EAVE 2010 graduate Erika Wasserman
- BEYOND THE HILL by Emin Alper, producer: EAVE 2011 graduate Enis Köstepen
- CHILDREN OF SARAJEVO by Aida Begic, producer: PUENTES 2011 expert Benny Drechsel
- EVERYBODY IN OUR FAMILY by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE 2007 graduate & Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon, co-producer: EAVE 1994 graduate Stienette Bosklopper
- GOODBYE FIRST LOVE by Mia Hansen-Løve, producer: EAVE 2008 graduate Verona Meier
- I, ANNA by Barnaby Southcombe, associate producer: EAVE 2008 graduate Dirk Decker
- IRON SKY by Timo Vuorensola, producer EAVE EPW 2011 expert Tero Kaukomaa, co-producer: EAVE 1998 graduate Oliver Damian
- LAND OF OBLIVION by Michale Boganim, co-producers: EAVE 2009 graduate Hanneke van der Tas, EAVE 2006 graduate Nicole Gerhards and EAVE 2011 graduate Izabela Wojcik
- LOTTE AND THE MOONSTONE SECRET by Janno Põldma and Heiki Ernits, producer: EAVE 2004 graduate and EAVE Board Member Riina Sildos
- MAMA ILLEGAL by Ed Moschitz, producer: EAVE 2009 graduate Arash T. Riahi
- MUSTAFA’S SWEET DREAMS by Angelos Abazoglou, producer: EAVE 1992 graduate Olga Abazoglou
- SHE MALE SNAILS by Ester Martin Bergsmark, producer: EAVE 2006 grauduate Anna-Maria Kantarius
- SOFIAS LAST AMBULANCE by Ilian Metev, producer: EAVE 2007 graduate SiniĊĦa Juricic
- TABU by Miguel Gomes, co-producer: EAVE 2007 graduate Jonas Dornbach
- THE LONELIEST PLANET by Julia Lotev, producer: EAVE 2003 graduate and group leader Roshanak Behesht Nedjad, EAVE 2002 graduate Helge Albers
- THE LONG VACATION by Damjan Kozole, producer: EAVE group leader Danijel Hocevar
- THE PLACE WE LEFT by Clarissa Thieme, producer: EAVE 2011 graduate Amira Kresevljakovic
- THE WOMAN WHO BRUSHED OFF HER TEARS by Teona Strugar Mitevska, producer: EAVE 2008 graduate and Macedonian National Coordinator Labina Mitevska, co-producers: EAVE 2008 graduate Guido Schwab and EAVE 2010 graduate Marcel Lenz, EAVE group leader Danijel Hocevar, EAVE 1994 graduate Diana Elbaum and EAVE 2003 graduate Sébastian Delloye.
- THIS MUST BE THE PLACE by Paolo Sorrentino, co-producer: EAVE 1991 graduate Ed Guiney
- VOICE OF MY FATHER by Orhan Eskiköy and Zeynel Dogan, co-producers: EAVE 2008 graduate Dirk Decker, EAVE 1998 graduate Guilleaume de Seille
- WHAT IS LOVE by Ruth Mader, producer: EAVE 2003 graduate Gabriele Kranzelbinder
- WHORE’S GLORY by Michael Glawogger, producer: EAVE 1998 graduate and Austrian National Coordinator Erich Lackner
CineLink
- A GOOD WIFE by Stevan Filipovic? and Mirjana Karanovic, producer: EAVE 2011 graduate Snezana Penev
- BRIDES, written, directed and produced by EAVE 2009 graduate Tinatin Kajrishvili
- LIGNITE by Gregory Rentis, producer: EAVE 2010 graduate Maria Tsigka
CineLink plus
- CLIMBING THE MOUNTAIN by Gabriel Dettre, producer: EAVE 2012 participant Viktor Huszar and EAVE 2009 graduate Arash T. Riahi
- FATHER by Visar Morina, producer: EAVE 2011 graduate Jonas Katzenstein
- QUIET PEOPLE by Ognjen Svilicic, co-producer: EAVE 2010 graduate Janja Kralj
- EAVE 2009 project, THAT TRIP WE TOOK WITH DAD by Anca Miruna Lazarescu, producer: EAVE 2009 graduate Verona Meier
Jerusalem Film Festival (July 5 - 14)
- ANTON CORBIJN INSIDE OUT by Klaartje Quirijns, co-producer: EAVE 2008 graduate Morgan Bushe
- BIG BOYS GONE BANANAS!* by Fredrik Gertten, producer EAVE 2005 graduate Margarete Jangård
- IN THE FOG by Sergei Loznitsa, producer: EAVE 1995 graduate Heino Deckert
- JAURÈS by Vincent Dieutre, producer: EAVE 1997 graduate Caroline Helburg
- POSTCARDS FROM THE ZOO by Edwin, producer: EAVE Ties that Bind expert Lorna Tee and Ties that Bind group leader Elise Jalladeau
- SÜSKIND by Rudolf Van Den Berg, producer: EAVE 2008 graduate Reinier Selen
- TABU by Miguel Gomes, co-producer: EAVE 2007 graduate Jonas Dornbach
- THURSDAY TILL SUNDAY by Dominga Sotomayor, producer: PUENTES 2011 graduate Benjamin Domenech
- VIVAN LAS ANTIPODAS by Victor Kossakovsky, producer: EAVE 1995 graduate Heino Deckert
Galway Film Fleadh (July 6 – 11)
- BAIKONUR by EAVE 1999 graduate Veit Helmer
- CIRCUMSTANCE directed by Maryam Keshawar, producer: EAVE 2006 graduate Antonin Dedet
- CITADEL by Ciarán Foy, producer: EAVE 2005 graduate Katie Holly
- EARTHBOUND by Alan Brennan, executive producer EAVE 2012 participant: Jacqueline Kerrin
- EAVE 2011 project SANCTUARY by Norah McGettigan, producer: EAVE 2011 graduate Andrew Freedman
- EVERYBODY IN OUR FAMILY by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE 2007 graduate & Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon, co-producer: EAVE 1994 graduate Stienette Bosklopper
- HEMEL by Sacha Polak producer: EAVE 1994 graduate Stienette Bosklopper
- JUMP by Kieron J. Walsh, executive producer: EAVE 2005 graduate Katie Holly
- SHADOW DANCER by James Marsh, co-producer: EAVE 1991 graduate Ed Guiney
- THE GENTLEMAN PRIZEFIGHTER by Andrew Gallimore, producer EAVE 2008 graduate: Morgan Bushe
- THE GOOD MAN by Phil Harrison, co-producer EAVE 2009 graduate: Rebecca O’Flanagan
- THE SUBSTANCE – ALBERT HOFMANN’S LSD by Martin Witz, producer: EAVE 1991 graduate Andres Pfaeffli, co-produced by EAVE 1991 graduate Joachim Ortmanns
- THE RAFTERS by John Carney, producer EAVE 2004 graduate: Macdara Kelleher
- THE WOMAN WHO BRUSHED OFF HER TEARS by Teona Strugar Mitevska, producer: EAVE 2008 graduate and Macedonian National Coordinator Labina Mitevska, co-producers: EAVE 2008 graduate Guido Schwab and EAVE 2010 graduate Marcel Lenz, EAVE group leader Danijel Hocevar, EAVE 1994 graduate Diana Elbaum and EAVE 2003 graduate Sébastian Delloye.
- UNFAIR WORLD by Filippos Tsitos, producer: EAVE 2010 graduate Alexandra Boussiou
- VOLCANO by Rúnar Rúnarsson, executive producer: EAVE 1993 graduate Thomas Gammeltoft
Revelations Perth Film Festival (July 5 – 15)
- ARCHEO by Jan Cvitkovic, producer: EAVE 2008 graduate Jozko Rutar
- THE SUBSTANCE – ALBERT HOFMANN’S LSD by Martin Witz, producer: EAVE 1991 graduate Andres Pfaeffli, co-produced by EAVE 1991 graduate Joachim Ortmanns
European Film Festival Palic (July 14 – 20)
- A NIGHT TOO YOUNG by Olmo Omerzu, producer: EAVE 2007 graduate Jiri Konecny
- AVALON by Axel Petersén, producer: EAVE 2010 graduate Erika Wasserman
- BEYOND by Pernilla August, producer: EAVE 2002 graduate and Swedish National Coordinator Helena Danielsson
- BEYOND THE HILL by Emin Alper, producer: EAVE 2011 graduate Enis Köstepen
- DO NOT FORGET ME ISTANBUL, co-produced by EAVE 2010 graduate Maria Tsigka
- IN THE FOG by Sergei Loznitsa, producer: EAVE 1995 graduate Heino Deckert
- IRON SKY by Timo Vuorensola, producer: EAVE 2011 graduate Tero Kaukomaa, co-producer: EAVE 1998 graduate Oliver Damian
- MISS KICKI, producer: EAVE 2009 graduate Lizette Jonjic
- THE IDIOT by Rainer Sarnet, producer: EAVE 2007 graduate Katrin Kissa
- THE WOMAN WHO BRUSHED OFF HER TEARS by Teona Strugar Mitevska, producer: EAVE 2008 graduate and Macedonian National Coordinator Labina Mitevska, co-producers: EAVE 2008 graduate Guido Schwab and EAVE 2010 graduate Marcel Lenz, EAVE group leader Danijel Hocevar, EAVE 1994 graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum and EAVE 2003 graduate Sébastian Delloye
- UNDER CONTROL by Volker Sattel, producer: EAVE 2007 graduate Susann Schimk
- VANISHING WAVES by Kristina Buozyte, producer: EAVE 2007 graduate Ieva Norviliene
New Horizons Festival Wroclaw (July 19-29)
- BLUE BIRD by Gust Van den Berghe, producer: EAVE 2006 graduate Tomas Leyers
- COMING HOME (À MOI SEULE) by Frédéric Videau, producer: EAVE 2007 graduate Michel Klein
- EAVE 2010 project CRULIC – THE PATH TO BEYOND, directed and produced by EAVE 2010 graduate Anca Damian
- MY JOY, producer: EAVE 1995 graduate Heino Deckert, co-producer: EAVE 2010 graduate Olena Yershova, EAVE 2007 graduate Marleen Slot
- OSLO, AUGUST 31 by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE 1995 graduate Sigve Endresen
- PINA by Wim Wenders, producer: EAVE 2010 graduate Gian Piero Ringel
- POSTCARDS FROM THE ZOO by Edwin, producer: EAVE Ties that Bind expert Lorna Tee and Ties that Bind group leader Elise Jalladeau
- THE PRIZE (EL PREMIO) by Paula Markovitch, co-producer: EAVE 2006 graduate Nicole Gerhards
- VALHALLA RISING, producer: EAVE 1998 graduate and UK National Coordinator Christine Alderson
Durban International Film Festival (July 19 – 29)
- 38 WITNESSES by Lucas Belvaux, producer: EAVE group leader Patrick Sobelman
- 360 by Fernando Mereilles, co-producer: EAVE 1992 graduate Danny Krausz
- BAIKONUR by EAVE 1999 graduate Veit Helmer
- LAS ACACIAS by Pablo Giorgelli, producer: PUENTES 2011 graduate Paula Massa
- MY WORST NIGHTMARE by Anne Fontaine, producer: EAVE 1994 graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum
- NOIRE ICI, BLANCHE LA BAS by Claude Haffner, producer: EAVE 2011 graduate Ceric Bonin
- SHADOW DANCER by James Marsh, co-producer: EAVE 1991 graduate Ed Guiney.
- SUR LA PLANCHE by Leila Kilani, co-producer: EAVE 2009 graduate Hanneke van der Tas
- TABU by Miguel Gomes, co-producer: EAVE 2007 graduate Jonas Dornbach
- THE LONELIEST PLANET by Julia Lotev, producer: EAVE 2003 graduate and group leader Roshanak Behesht Nedjad, EAVE 2002 graduate Helge Albers
- THE RIVER USED TO BE A MAN by Jan Zabeil, producers: EAVE 2005 graduate Karsten Stöter
- THIS MUST BE THE PLACE by Paolo Sorrentino, co-producer: EAVE 1991 graduate Ed Guiney
- VIVAN LAS ANTIPODAS by Victor Kossakovsky, producer: EAVE 1995 graduate Heino Deckert and EAVE 2006 graduate Léontine Petit
- WETLANDS written and directed by Guy Édoin, producers: EAVE 2008 graduate Félize Frappier
- WHORE’S GLORY by Michael Glawogger, producer: EAVE 1998 graduate and Austrian National Coordinator Erich Lackner
Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival (July 6 - 14)
- CITADEL by Ciarán Foy, producer: EAVE 2005 graduate Katie Holly
- VANISHING WAVES by Kristina Buozyte, producer: EAVE 2007 graduate Ieva Norviliene
Locarno Film Festival (August 1 - 11)
- EAVE 2004 project ONE MORE CROISSANT by Ilmar Raag, producer: EAVE 2004 graduate and EAVE Board Member Riina Sildos
- EAVE 2006 project LORE by Cate Shortland, producers: EAVE 2006 graduate Karsten Stöter, PUENTES 2011 expert Benny Drechsel, EAVE 2006 graduate Paul Welsh
- I, ANNA by Barnaby Southcombe, associate producer: EAVE 2008 graduate Dirk Decker
- MOBILE HOME by François Pirot, producer: EAVE 1999 graduate Donato Rotunno
- MUSEUM HOURS by Jem Cohen, co-producer: EAVE 2003 graduate Gabriele Kranzelbinder
- EAVE PUENTES 2010 project POLVO by Julio Hernández Cordón, producer: EAVE graduate Fernanda del Nido
- THE END OF TIME by Petzer Mettler, producer: EAVE 1999 graduate Brigitte Hofer
- EAVE PUENTES 2011 project GREATEST HITS by Nicolás Pereda, producer Puentes 2011 graduate: Maximiliano Cruz
- FORGET ME NOT by David Sieveking, producer: EAVE 2012 participant Martin Heisler
- THE ROUTE 43 MIRACLE by Ronnie Sandahl, producer: EAVE 2008 graduate Annika Hellström
EAVE is delighted to continue its partnership with OPEN DOORS at the Locarno Film Festival. In 2012 the OPEN DOORS section focuses on francophone Sub-saharan Africa. Around ten projects are selected. The directors and producers of the chosen projects are present in Locarno and available for pre-scheduled one-to-one meetings. In the framework of OPEN DOORS, it will also be possible to request meetings with the 6 filmmakers of the Cannes CINEFONDATION. At the same time, the Locarno Industry Days are organized.
Other festivals
Freiburg Filmfest (July 12-22)
- 360 by Fernando Mereilles, co-producer: EAVE 1992 graduate Danny Krausz
Liverpool Arabic Arts Festival (6 – 15 July)
- NOMAD'S HOME by EAVE PCP 2008 graduates Iman Kamel, producer EAVE PCP 2008/Interchange 2010 Talal Al-Muhanna screened at FACT Liverpool as part of the Liverpool Arabic Arts Festival 2012.
http://www.arabicartsfestival.co.uk/
Nominations and Awards July 2012
Nominations
The European Parliament announced the finalists of this year’s LUX Prize official selection at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Three EAVE graduates are nominated:
- NOS ENFANTS by Joaquim Lafosse, producer: EAVE 1992 graduate and Head of Studies Jani Thiltges.
- EAVE 2010 project CRULIC – THE PATH TO BEYOND, directed and produced by EAVE 2010 graduate Anca Damian
- TABU by Miguel Gomes, co-producer: EAVE 2007 graduate Jonas Dornbach The three winners of the 2012 LUX Prize Competition will be unveiled at the Venice Days in Rome on 24 July. The LUX Prize 2012 will be officially awarded on 21 November 2012 during a sitting of the European Parliament in Strasbourg in presence of the filmmakers.
Awards
- LA PIROGUE by Moussa Touré, producer: EAVE 2009 graduate Caroline Daube is the winner of the ARRI AWARD for best foreign film at the International Filmfest Muenchen
- BACK TO STAY by Milagros Mumenthaler, producer: EAVE 2011 graduate Eugenia Mumenthaler received the CineVision Award for best international new film director at the festival.
- TABU by Miguel Gomes, co-producer: EAVE 2007 graduate Jonas Dornbach won two awards at the Paris Cinema Festival. It received the Blogger & Web Prize and was the Heart-winning film of the Jury.
- VANISHING WAVES by Kristina Buozyte, producer: EAVE 2007 graduate Ieva Norviliene received a Special Mention at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival - BEYOND THE HILL by Emin Alper, producer: EAVE 2011 graduate Enis Köstepen won the NETPAC Award.
- At the Edinburgh International Film Festival Andrea Riseborough and Bríd Brennan won Awards for Best Performance in a British Feature Film for their performances in SHADOW DANCER by James Marsh, co-producer: EAVE 1991 graduate Ed Guiney.
- PRACTICAL GUIDE TO BELGRADE WITH SINGING AND CRYING by Bojan Vuletic, producers: EAVE 2007 graduate and Serbian National Coordinator Miroslav Mogorovic, EAVE 2007 graduate Jean des Forêts and EAVE 2007 graduate Oliver Röpke was awarded the FIPRESCI PRIZE at the Cinema City International Film Festival Novi Sad.
- The Heart of Sarajevo Award for Best Film at the Sarajevo Film Festival went to EVERYBODY IN OUR FAMILY by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE 2007 graduate & Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon, co-producer: EAVE 1994 graduate Stienette Bosklopper.
- Marija Pikic won the Heart of Sarajevo Award for Best Actress for her role in CHILDREN OF SARAJEVO by Aida Begic, producer: PUENTES 2011 expert Benny Drechsel.
- The Special Jury Award received BEYOND THE HILL by Emin Alper, producer: EAVE 2011 graduate Enis Köstepen
- HARMONY LESSONS by Baigazin Emir, producer: EAVE 2008 graduate and Russian National Coordiantor Anna Katchko won the Work in Progress Award
- The EAVE Scholarship went to DUST CLOTH by Ahu Öztürk, producer: Nesra Gürbüz
- CHILDREN OF SARAJEVO by Aida Begic, producer: PUENTES 2011 expert Benny Drechsel scooped three awards at the International Film Festival Pesaro. The film won not only the Lino Miccichè Prize, but also the Young Jury Prize and the Amnesty International Prize for Cinema and Human Rights.
- THIS MUST BE THE PLACE by Paolo Sorrentino, co-producer: EAVE 1991 graduate Ed Guiney is the Best Italian Picture of 2012, according to the SNGCI (National Union of Film Journalists) who awarded their Nastri d’Argento end of June. The film also won Best Cinematography (Luca Bigazzi) and Best Set Design (Stefania Cella).
- SUPERMAN, SPIDERMAN OR BATMAN, produced and directed by EAVE 2008 graduate Tudor Giurgiu won the international competition at the KALIBER35 Munich International Short Film Festival.
In Cinema, on TV/Radio/Online and Crowdfunding in July 2012
In cinema
- ICH BIN EINE TERRORISTIN by Valérie Gaudissart, producer: EAVE 2009 graduate Juliette Grandmont is running in French cinemas.
- MAN WITHOUT A CELL PHONE by Sameh Zoabi, producer: EAVE 2006 graduate Marie Gutmann can be seen in French theatres from July 25.
- AVALON by Axel Petersen, producer: EAVE 2010 graduate Erika Wasserman was released in Denmark on July 19.
- OUTBOUND (PERIFERIC) by Bogdan George Apetri, co-producer: EAVE 1999 graduate Josef Aichholzer started in German theatres on July 12.
- IRON SKY by Timo Vuorensola, producer: EAVE 2011 graduate Tero Kaukomaa, co-producer: EAVE 1998 graduate Oliver Damian had its Czech release on July 12.
- THE GIANTS by Bouli Lanners, producers: EAVE 2000 graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart & EAVE 1992 graduate and Head of Studies Jani Thiltges is on in UK cinemas July 13.
- KILL ME by Emily Atef, producers: EAVE 2006 graduate Nicole Gerhards, EAVE 1995 graduate Ralph Schwingel, co-producer: EAVE 2009 graduate Hanneke van der Tas started in German cinemas on July 5.
- MISS KICKI, producer: EAVE 2009 graduate Lizette Jonjic was released in Germany on July 26.
- PLAYOFF by Eran Riklis, producer: EAVE 1995 graduate Jens Meurer started in France on July 4
- THE SLUT by Hagar Ben Asher, co-producer: PUENTES 2011 expert Benny Drechsel can be seen in French theatres since July 11.
- BACK TO STAY by Milagros Mumenthaler, producer: EAVE 2011 graduate Eugenia Mumenthaler. French release on July 18.
- 360 by Fernando Mereilles, co-producer: EAVE 1992 graduate Danny Krausz was released in France on July 25.
- ADRIENN PAL by Agnes Kocsis, producer: EAVE 2009 graduate Ferenc Pusztai, co-producer: EAVE 2008 graduate Oliver Neumann started in French cinemas on July 25.
- EAVE 2007 project AND IF WE ALL LIVED TOGETHER? (ET SI ON VIVAIT TOUS ENSEMBLE) by Stéphane Robelin, producers: EAVE consultant Christophe Bruncher and EAVE group leader Peter Rommel, associate producer: EAVE 2007 graduate Nicolas Lesoult. Dutch release on July 5.
- WHORE’S GLORY by Michael Glawogger, producer: EAVE 1998 graduate and Austrian National Coordinator Erich Lackner started in The Netherlands on July 5.
On TV/Radio/Online
- UNTER DICKHÄUTERN – DIE RÜCKKEHR DER ELFEFANTEN by Peter Dreckmann, producer: EAVE 2004 graduate Olaf Jacobs broadcasted by ARD on July 9.
- DDR AHOI! HELDEN DER SEE by Lutz Pehnert, producer: EAVE 2004 graduate Olaf Jacobs was shown on MDR on July 9.
- EAVE 2010 graduate Kevin McCann invites you to listen to his radio documentary BORDER BELIEFS, which the Irish Independent has described as "a thoughtful, even handed investigation into how Irish faith has changed".
http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-border-beliefs-religion-cavan.html
- Interviews and Master Class short docs from Fingal Film Festival this year are finally online. In case you missed them or simply want to have a look back, the FFF 2012 Interviews & Master Classes can now to be explored at:
Crowdfunding
- PEACE OLD JAZZ BAND by Uli Gaulke on “Kickstarter” from 3rd July, 2012 Uli Gaulke is presenting his cinema documentary about the oldest band in the world – the jazz band of the Peace Hotel in Shanghai – on Kickstarter.com from 3rd July, 2012 in order to raise funds. After the award-winning and internationally acclaimed documentary features HAVANNA, MI AMOR (2000), MARRY ME (2003), COMRADES IN DREAMS (2006) and PINK TAXI (2009), his latest project is just about to be finished. The budget for music rights was exceeded and 25,000 Dollars are to be raised within 30 days via Kickstarter, in order to make the film happen. The elderly gentlemen seen in the film greatly enjoyed improvising American big band classics and humming Elvis tunes. These scenes are often beautiful and touching and the filmmakers would love to keep these shots in the film. This will only be possible if the full music rights can be acquired.If you have any further questions, don’t hesitate to contact them.
Upcoming Deadlines July 2012
Call for applications: EAVE 2013 European Producers Workshop
Deadline October 1, 2012
EAVE, European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs, is one of the leading training and development providers for producers in Europe, renowned for its European Producers Workshop.
Who is it for?
EAVE is aimed at producers, both fiction and documentary, who are already working in the film and television industries, who wish to begin to operate on a European wide basis by increasing their knowledge of producing and co-producing in Europe and by building up a pan European professional network. We also welcome applications from associated branches of the industry - e.g. commissioning, funding, legal and finance, festivals & markets, media administration. Each year fifty participants are selected from most of the EU countries and beyond and take part in three one-week long workshops.
How does it work?
Half the participants attend the course with projects and it is an excellent means of development through intense focus on the project with colleagues and experts throughout the year. Most participants attending with a project also bring their writer for the first two weeks which enables producer and writer to benefit together from one-to-one sessions with script experts.
During the first two workshops, in March and June, participants work within groups led by experienced producers and with several experts on script analysis, development and production financing, legal aspects of co-production, marketing, pitching, packaging and more. In the third week in October/November, 40-50 Decision Makers (commissioning editors, national and regional media funds, sales agents, etc.) join the participants to discuss the projects, companies and careers of the participants, a process which offers unusual access to Europe's Decision Makers.
EAVE graduates join a unique network of active European producers which forms one of the backbones of the industry. Furthermore, EAVE participants and members benefit from our partnerships with the leading European film festivals and markets where EAVE facilitates graduate participation.
Timeline
The interviews with all candidates will take place in autumn 2012 and the selection will be announced in December 2012. The 3 workshops take place during March 11 - 18 in Luxembourg (LU), June 12 - 19 in Turku (FI) and October/November (tbc) in Vienna (AT) 2013.
Check out: http://eave.org/programmes/european-producers-workshop-2013/ for more information and the application form or contact us!
Postgraduate Opportunities – Develop your voice as an independent producer further with an Online Raindance Masters course
Would you like to study filmmaking on your own terms? The Raindance Postgraduate Film Degree allows producers to achieve a Staffordshire University Masters degree (subject to validation) in a film-related field of their own choosing, in a structure they personally negotiate with their tutors and industry collaborators on a part-time or full-time basis. Our 20 years of experience in training supported film makers like directors Christopher Nolan (Inception), Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead), Guy Ritchie (Sherlock Holmes) and writer Julian Fellowes (Downton Abbey). Some of our current Masters students are now making their first films, have gone on to better jobs than when they first started with help from the Degree, or are about to close multi-million financing deals - depending on their interest.
The programme can build on your past and present work at EAVE and includes additional online training courses from the Raindance Course Calendar, networking with industry and self-directed study. The learning activities and themes depend on the evolving student career and project aims and could lead to an M.Sc. testing various avenues to Crowd Funding, an M.A. Film Financing Case Study or looking at Marketing Comedy Webisodes, to support later professional development in teaching or management. Your final project could be a thesis, production package including budget and schedule, or a finished feature film.
Please contact us on carl@raindance.co.uk to check if you meet entry requirements, and if you would like to arrange a taster tutorial through Skype.
The Pixel Market Extended
Deadline until Friday July 27
£6,000 ARTE Pixel Pitch Prize plus three amazing new prizes to be won!
THE PIXEL MARKET is Power to the Pixel’s renowned two-day finance market for cross-media projects, taking place on 17 & 18 October in London, at the centre of its 6th Cross-Media Forum (16 – 19 October) held in association with the 56th BFI London Film Festival.
Up to 30 international teams will be selected for the market, 8 of whom will progress to the next round – The Pixel Pitch Competition (17 October) - delivering 10-minute presentations to a jury of international experts who will award the prestigious £6,000 ARTE Pixel Pitch Prize!
This year also sees three brand new prizes: the beActive Pixel Market Comedy Prize (best comedy project), the Cinekid Pixel Market Prize (best project for children 4-14 years) and the Mozilla Pixel Market Prize (best web native, non-fiction project).
The Pixel Meetings on the second day of the Market (18 October), will offer bespoke 1-2-1 business meetings between the 30 project teams and over 100 potential investors - all executive-level international decision-makers from across the media industry spectrum - film, publishing, TV, interactive, online, mobile, advertising and games.
The Pixel Market is a truly unique gathering of both creative and business talent from around the world and a networking opportunity like no other. Don't miss this amazing opportunity to raise your project's profile on the international arena and, most importantly, get it financed!
Final Deadline for Submissions: FRIDAY 27 JULY 18.00 BST
Application details can be found at PttP’s website www.powertothepixel.com
For further info please contact
Inês Braga: ines@powertothepixel.com | +44 (0)20 7535 6723
Companies in attendance at last year's Pixel Market include: Aardman | Aramid Capital | Artangel | ARTE France | BBC | BBH | beActive | Bell Fund | BFI | Blind Spot Pics | Canada Media Fund | CAPA | Channel 4 | Childseye | Cinemart | CNC | Coproduction Office | Disney | Dogwoof | Egmont Press | FaberNovel | France Télévisions | Grand Central | Krempelwood | Manning Gottlieb OMD | Medea | MediaCom | Microsoft | nDreams | NFB Canada | Orange | Penguin | Pulse Films | Pure Grass Films | Red Kingdom | RTL | Salt. | SBS | ShineVu | Six to Start | Somethin’ Else | Starlight Runner| Telefilm Canada | The company P | Tigerlily Films | Turner | Vice | Wallimage CrossMedia | Warp | Workbook Project | XBox | ZDF
The Pixel Market is supported by the MEDIA programme of the European Union. Additional partners: ARTE, beActive, Cinekid for Professionals, Mozilla. The Cross-Media Forum is held in association with the 56th BFI London Film Festival.
3D Film Mart 2012 Call for Projects
Submission deadline: August 31
The European Summit for Stereoscopic 3D for Science, Technology, and Digital Art, called 3D Stereo MEDIA, comprises a co-production 3D film market – which is the object of the present call – and a 3D film festival, as well as a scientific conference, a professional conference, and a 3D academy, all dedicated to stereoscopic 3D (S-3D) and more. For more information about 3D Stereo MEDIA, please visit at www.3dstereomedia.eu.
Producers of 2D and S-3D movies are invited to submit S-3D movie projects to the first co-production market for S-3D movies in Europe and beyond, called the “3D Film Mart (3DFM)”, to be held in Liège, Belgium, on 4-5 December 2012, during 3D Stereo MEDIA.
In 2011, over 60 projects were submitted, for a total budget of about € 250,000,000. 3D Stereo MEDIA has formed partnerships with the technology cluster TWIST and the creative industries consultancy peacefulfish, and has received funding support from the MEDIA Programme of the European Commission, to create a co-production market dedicated to S-3D movie projects (live action, documentary, animation, alternative content, etc.) that are at the development stage, but already have at least 20% of their financing secured.
Producers of 2D movies interested in the possibility of producing their next project in S-3D, as well as producers who already have a track record in S-3D, are encouraged to submit projects. 3DFM thus functions not only as a project market but also as a forum for discussion and education about producing and distributing S-3D content.
A jury will select about 20 projects among those submitted. As a result of the sponsoring by the EU, about 90% of the selected projects will be from producers based in Europe. During 3D Stereo MEDIA, the producers of the selected projects will pitch their project to a Pitch Panel including investors, financiers, sales agents, and (co-)producers.Besides the pitch sessions, the market features other business tools such as:
• Networking events over the two days of the market for producers to meet investors, financiers, sales agents, (co-)producers, distributors, and other key players in co-production and S-3D. The networking evening of 4 Dec is specifically dedicated to 3DFM attendees.
• Preorganized one-to-one meetings, which will provide the producers of the selected projects with access to Belgium-based S-3D post-production houses as well as to Belgian film funds specialized in Belgium’s tax shelter system.
The producer of the best project will receive, at the overall Awards Ceremony of 3D Stereo MEDIA of 6 Dec evening, the Best Project Award and a € 3,000 (three thousand Euros) cash award. If the winning producer is not personally present at this ceremony, he/she loses any right to this cash award.The selected producers are required to attend 3D Film Mart from its opening on 4 Dec at 11am until its closing on 5 Dec at6pm.
The selected producers must cover their own travel and accommodation costs. However, small travel stipends are available. To apply, please provide a one-page justification letter as part of your submission. There is no fee for submitting a project.
All the information for submitting a project, including the regulations, Call for Projects, and submission form, is available at www.3dstereomedia.eu/filmmart. The submission form and all required elements must arrive at the Secretariat of the Film Mart no later than 31 August 2012. The regulations should answer most of the questions you might have. However, do not hesitate to contact our Secretariat: market@3dstereomedia.eu
Webpage of 3D Film Mart: www.3dstereomedia.eu/filmmart
Les Arcs European Film Festival Co-production Village
Applications are open until September 21
In only three years, the Les Arcs European Film Festival has acquired incontestable notoriety and become sought after for the quality of its programming, its conviviality, and its effective Co-production Village. The festival has just launched a call for applications for its European co-production market and Work in Progress event to be held at its fourth edition from December 15 to 22 this year.
For three days, selected participants representing their film projects (fiction features, animation features, or feature-length documentaries, in development or post-production, that are European initiatives and directed by a European) will be invited to Les Arcs to meet potential co-producers (including EAVE - European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs members), distributors (including some from Europa Distribution and the French network DIRE), representatives from regional funds (Rhône-Alpes Cinéma and other partners of the European network Cine Regio), international sales agents, and representatives from the financial sector. Projects that already have a European region’s support and projects that have already gathered 25% of funding will be at an advantage.
The Co-production Village 2012 will also repeat the Works in Progress screenings launched last year (read more). Frédéric Boyer (artistic director for the Les Arcs Film Festival as well as the Tribeca Film Festival) will animate the session to allow film professionals to discover a selection of nine films in post-production looking for extra funding, distributors, and international sales agents.
The co-production market’s programme will also include debates and case studies on European film production and distribution, with a focus on Belgium this year.
Applications for the Co-production Village are open until September 21 on the festival’s website: http://www.lesarcs-filmfest.com
DEADLINE EXTENDED FOR THE PIXEL MARKET - PART OF POWER TO THE PIXEL’S CROSS-MEDIA FORUM!
APPLY BY FRIDAY 27 JULY!
£6,000 ARTE Pixel Pitch Prize plus three amazing new prizes to be won!
THE PIXEL MARKET is Power to the Pixel’s renowned two-day finance market for cross-media projects, taking place on 17 & 18 October in London, at the centre of its 6th Cross-Media Forum (16 – 19 October) held in association with the 56th BFI London Film Festival.
Up to 30 international teams will be selected for the market, 8 of whom will progress to the next round – The Pixel Pitch Competition (17 October) - delivering 10-minute presentations to a jury of international experts who will award the prestigious £6,000 ARTE Pixel Pitch Prize!
This year also sees three brand new prizes: the beActive Pixel Market Comedy Prize (best comedy project), the Cinekid Pixel Market Prize (best project for children 4-14 years) and the Mozilla Pixel Market Prize (best web native, non-fiction project).
The Pixel Meetings on the second day of the Market (18 October), will offer bespoke 1-2-1 business meetings between the 30 project teams and over 100 potential investors - all executive-level international decision-makers from across the media industry spectrum - film, publishing, TV, interactive, online, mobile, advertising and games.
The Pixel Market is a truly unique gathering of both creative and business talent from around the world and a networking opportunity like no other. Don't miss this amazing opportunity to raise your project's profile on the international arena and, most importantly, get it financed!
Final Deadline for Submissions: FRIDAY 27 JULY 18.00 BST
Application details can be found at PttP’s website www.powertothepixel.com
For further info please contact
Inês Braga: ines@powertothepixel.com | +44 (0)20 7535 6723
Companies in attendance at last year's Pixel Market include: Aardman | Aramid Capital | Artangel | ARTE France | BBC | BBH | beActive | Bell Fund | BFI | Blind Spot Pics | Canada Media Fund | CAPA | Channel 4 | Childseye | Cinemart | CNC | Coproduction Office | Disney | Dogwoof | Egmont Press | FaberNovel | France Télévisions | Grand Central | Krempelwood | Manning Gottlieb OMD | Medea | MediaCom | Microsoft | nDreams | NFB Canada | Orange | Penguin | Pulse Films | Pure Grass Films | Red Kingdom | RTL | Salt. | SBS | ShineVu | Six to Start | Somethin’ Else | Starlight Runner| Telefilm Canada | The company P | Tigerlily Films | Turner | Vice | Wallimage CrossMedia | Warp | Workbook Project | XBox | ZDF
The Pixel Market is supported by the MEDIA programme of the European Union. Additional partners: ARTE, beActive, Cinekid for Professionals, Mozilla. The Cross-Media Forum is held in association with the 56th BFI London Film Festival.
New Business Models Seminar - Screen Leaders, EAVE and the Galway Film Fleadh
Dear EAVE producers,
Screen Leaders, EAVE & The Galway Film Fleadh present:
New Business Models: Multi-platform Storytelling and Branded Content
Panel:
Chair: Alan Fountain, President of EAVE
Alan Fountain has worked with EAVE for 12 years as Head of Studies, Chief Executive and President. He was one of the founding Commissioning Editors at Channel Four and subsequently Head of the Northern Media School and Professor of Television Studies, Middlesex University.
Mark McKeown, Oil Productions
Mark McKeown has 20+ years’ experience in both production and commercial development across multiple platforms (Web, Wireless, TV, Interactive TV and related industries). Mark has established skills in developing and managing large multi-disciplined creative and commercial teams and has an in-depth knowledge of games, interactive drama, Participation TV.
Oil Productions:
Oil Productions creates drama and entertainment based on their own IP for broadcasters, branded content for advertisers and commercial properties with forward thinking partners.Oil’s clients include Channel 4,Unilever, Nissan, BBC, Conran, Angela Hartnett, Activision and Scholastic
Miles Bullough, Independent Media Consultant
25+ Years of experience in Independent Production, Comedy, Film, Animation, Entertainment, Children’s Media, Distribution, Digital, Strategy, Business Planning and Leadership.
Former Head of Broadcast and Executive Producer for Aardman Animation, overseeing development and production for television and also managing distribution and digital. Previously Miles was also Managing Director of Absolutely Productions, the producers of Trigger Happy TV. The Jack Docherty Show, Stressed Eric, Armstrong & Miller, Absolutely, The Creatives, Meg and Mog, The Morwenna Banks Show etc
EAVE
EAVE is one of the Europe's leading professional training organizations currently involved in programmes for producers in Europe, the Middle East, Latin America, Asia and Russia.
SCREEN LEADERS
Screen Leaders is a European wide leadership and strategic company development programme for film, television, animation, digital media, exhibition, sales, distribution, VFX and facility companies.
Friday the 13th of July, 4.30 pm the Radisson Hotel, Galway Admission Free, to take part please apply online at www.screentrainingireland.ie, deadline for applications Thursday the 12th of July.
For further information please contact Helen McMahon at helen.mcmahon@fas.ie or call 01 607 7461
