EAVE January News 2014
- Six films by EAVE graduates supported by the EURIMAGES co-production fund
In Development / Pre-production January 2014 - EAVE project CRISTIAN now in production
In Production January 2014 - EAVE project AMERICAN INTERIOR to be released across four different formats
In Post-production January 2014 - EAVE projects MARINA, BITTER LEMONS, PARADJANOV and GLORIA in festivals around the world
Festivals and Markets January 2014 - Four OSCAR nominations for EAVE graduates
Nominations January 2014 - EAVE project TABIJA wins Eurimages Co-Production Development Award in Rotterdam
Awards January 2014 - EAVE projects CRULIC – THE PATH TO BEYOND, THE ACT OF KILLING, 82 DAYS IN APRIL in Cinemas
In Cinemas January 2014 - FRITZ BAUER – TOD AUF RATEN on TV
On TV January 2014 - Crowdfunding SHOOT ME. KISS ME. CUT.
Crowdfunding campaign - TIES THAT BIND – ASIA / EUROPE PRODUCERS WORKSHOP CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Call for applications - A successful closure for the 2ND EDITION OF EAVE+!
Press release - Upcoming deadlines
Calls for application for: CLOSING THE GAP: EQUITY INVESTMENT TRAINING & PITCHING, THE PIXEL LAB, DOK.INCUBATOR. - 26th GALWAY FILM FLEADH 2014 Call for Entries – Feature Film
Call for applications - TIES THAT BIND – ASIA / EUROPE PRODUCERS WORKSHOP - CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Call for applications - START FOR THE 2ND EDITION OF EAVE+!
Press release
Six films by EAVE graduates supported by the EURIMAGES co-production fund
The EURIMAGES co-production fund announced the final selections for 2013. 18 features films are funded for a total of €6.13m, among them are six films by EAVE graduates:
- TONI ERDMANN by Maren Ade, producer: EAVE 2007 graduate Jonas Dornbach
- LES CHEVALIERS BLANCS by Joachim Lafosse, producer: EAVE 2000 graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart
- 11 MINUTES by Jerzy Skolimowski, producer: EAVE 1991 graduate Ed Guiney
- MON SOUFFLE Jihane Chouaib, producer: Interchange 2011 graduate Samir
- GELO by Luis Galvao Teles, producer: EAVE 2001 graduate Gonçalo Galvão Teles
- HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM! by Ziga Virc, producer: EAVE 2007 graduate Siniša Juricic
- BACK TO ITACA by Laurent Cantet, producer EAVE 2014 participant Didar Domehri has received an Aide aux Cinémas grant.
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Following films by EAVE graduates are supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre:
- AERODROM by Michael Müller, producer: EAVE 2007 graduate Ankica Juric Tilic
- RAZGOVOR S RIBOM by Lukas Nola, producer: EAVE 2007 graduate Ankica Juric Tilic
- NE GLEDAJ MI U PIJAT by Hana Juši?, producer: EAVE 2007 graduate Ankica Juric Tilic
- RUBOVI by Robert Zuber, producer: EAVE 2007 graduate Sinisa Juricic
- BRABANÇONNE by Vincent Bal, producer: EAVE 2009 graduate Peter Bouckaert, is going to start filming in March. The story of a “fight” between a Wallonian marching band and a Flemish one is supported by Screen Flanders.
- GLASSLAND by Gerard Barrett, producer: EAVE 1991 graduate Ed Guiney is in pre-production. The film tells the story of a young taxi driver (Jack Reynor) who gets tangled up in the world of human trafficking while trying to save his mother (Toni Collette) from addiction. Financed by the Irish Film Board and Element Pictures, the film is shot on locations in Dublin.
- IN SEARCH OF A MIRACLE by Konstantin Bojanov, co-producer: EAVE 2010 graduate Janja Kralj is in pre-production. Based on the non-fiction bestseller Nine Lives by William Dalrymple, this documentary follows four individuals in contemporary India who try to transcend the limits of their everyday existence through escape or devotion to a higher power. Shooting in India is planned for January.
- THE SECRET OF MY FATHER by Jero Yun, producer: TIES THAT BIND 2012 graduate Guillaume de la Boulaye is in development. The film has received new funds while the script is being rewritten.
- Shooting of the dark social comedy CIAO CIAO by Song Chuan, producer: TIES THAT BIND 2012 graduate Guillaume de la Boulaye, is planned for next September in Yunnan, China. Guillaume de la Boulaye is looking for 200,000 Euros to complete the financing of the project.
- YELLOW FLOWERS, producer: EAVE Ties That Bind 2010 graduate Bee Thiam Tan will be shot by acclaimed cinematographer Christopher Doyle.
EAVE project CRISTIAN now in production
- FREE FALL by György Pálfi, producer: EAVE 2009 graduate Ferenc Pusztai is in production. After shooting in January, editing in February and post-production in March, the director plans to have the film completed by April 2014. FREE FALL tells the story about a suicide who throws herself off the roof of a tower block. In the last moments of her life she looks into the windows she passes and gets to know the true stories of people living in the house. Release in Hungarian cinemas is planned for September 2014.
- EAVE 2011 project CRISTIAN directed by EAVE 2008 graduate Tudor Giurgiu, producer: EAVE 2011 graduate Oana Giurgiu is in production. The movie tells the story of a young idealistic prosecutor who tries to solve a case against an elder colleague accused of corruption. The Romanian-Hungarian-Bulgarian co-production is financed by the Romanian National Film Center and received a development grant from the Media Programme of the European Union.
- SAOL by Paco Torres, producer: EAVE 1998 graduate and Irish National Coordinator Edwina Forkin wrapped shooting in Dublin in just 14 hours and one minute. The feature is part of a new concept called Whisper Film Projects where filmmakers try to wrap projects in 12 hours. SAOL (Irish word for life) followed no set script. Torres improvised with his actors on set, following a concept developed by Irish writers Shane Perez, Gemma Creagh, Iarlaith Forkin and Daniel Brennan in advance. The film is about anxiety, obsessions and reconstruction of a family after the loss of a family member. Edwina Forkin of Zanzibar Films and Stephen Gibson of RCA Media Productions produced in collaboration with Colin Browne at Film Equipment Hire, Vast Valley, Filmbase and Glue VFX.Torres’ next film, also to be produced by Forkin, will be BLUE GUITAR. Principal photography is set to begin in Galway and Ireland in March.
EAVE project AMERICAN INTERIOR to be released across four different formats
- THE WORLD IS MINE by Nicolae Constantin Tanase, producers: EAVE 2008 graduate Tudor Giurgiu and EAVE 2012 Film Marketing Workshop graduate Radu Stancu is ready to finish production. Shot during the summer, the project is in post-production, with one day of shooting left. The film with a budget of only €60,000 tells the story of Larisa, a teenager who lives in a small town near the Black Sea. She is expelled from school after getting into a fight with the ex-girlfriend of the boy she’s madly in love with, Florin, the town’s Don Juan. Running away from home, Larisa will soon be forced to make a decision regarding her future.
- EAVE Ties That Bind 2011 project FLAPPING IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE by Diep Nguyen Hoang, producer: TIES THAT BIND 2011 graduate David Lindner is in post-production in Paris.
- EAVE 2011 project MONUMENT TO MICHAEL JACKSON by Darko Lungulov, producer: EAVE 2011 graduate Snezana Penev is in the very last stage of post-production.
- CORBO by writer/director Mathieu Denis, producer: EAVE 2008 graduate Félize Frappier is in post-production. The story is based in Montréal in the spring of 1966. While the province of Québec is undergoing significant social change, Jean Corbo, 16, an idealistic teen born of a Québécois mother and an Italian father, is torn between two cultures, two identities. After making friends with two left-wing activists, he joins an underground group seeking to spark a socialist revolution in the province.
- BIG GAME by Jalmari Helander, co-producer: EAVE 1995 graduate Jens Meurer is in post-production. The action adventure with Samuel L. Jackson is about a shy 13-year-old Finnish boy who has to spend the night in a local forest to prove his manhood; but when Air Force One is shot down by terrorists and the boy meets the US president, they fight to save themselves. Production companies are Altitude Film Entertainment, Egoli Tossell Film and Subzero Film Entertainment. The film is financed by: FilmFernsehFonds Bayern (fff-bayern), Finnish Film Foundation, German Federal Film Fund (DFFF), Nordic Film & Television Fund, YLE, Visionplus Fund, Bavarian Film Partners, Comerica Bank Entertainment Group and KfW Bankengruppe.
- EAVE 2012 project AMERICAN INTERIOR by Gruff Rhys, producer EAVE 2012 graduate Catryn Ramasut is a bold and ambitious multiplatform tale of adventure set for release in May 2014. AMERICAN INTERIOR is released across four different formats, each of which explores the story from a distinct angle: the album released on Turnstile, Gruff’s fourth (and best yet) solo LP features thirteen new songs inspired by Evans’ original journey; the book, a psychedelic historical travelogue in which Gruff traces Evans' incredible journey from North Wales to New Spain, alongside the tale of his own strange American road trip following in Evans' footsteps; the film, Funny, honest and inspiring, this visual document of Gruff’s 2012 tour sees fiction, fact, fantasy, myth and music documentary collide; the app, consists of one hundred separate entries (including pieces of artwork, animations, prose, film clips and original music) and creates a unique, immersive version of the John Evans story.
EAVE projects MARINA, BITTER LEMONS, PARADJANOV and GLORIA in festivals around the world
Palm Springs International Film Festival (January 3 – 13)
- AN EPISODE IN THE LIFE OF AN IRON PICKER by Danis Tanovic, producers: EAVE 2008 graduate and EAVE National Coordinator Bosnia and Herzegovina Amra Baksic-Camo and EAVE group leader Danijel Hocevar
- BETHLEHEM by Yuval Adler, co-producers: EAVE 2003 graduate Sébastien Delloye and EAVE 1994 graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum
- BLIND DATES by Levan Koguashvili, co-producer: EAVE 2010 graduate Olena Yershova
- THE BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN by Felix van Groeningen, co-producer: EAVE 2008 graduate Celine Baggen
- CHILD’S POSE by Calin Peter Netzer, producers: EAVE 2007 graduate & Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon and EAVE 2011 graduate Oana Giurgiu
- CIRCLES by Srdan Golubovic, co-producer: EAVE group leader Danijel Hocevar
- COSTA DA MORTE (COAST OF DEATH) by Lois Patino, producer: EAVE 2013 graduate Felipe Lage Coro
- GRAND CENTRAL by Rebecca Zlotowski, producer: EAVE 2003 graduate Gabriele Kranzelbinder
- HARMONY LESSONS by Emir Baigazin, producer: EAVE 2008 graduate and Russian National Coordinator Anna Katchko, co-producer: EAVE 2006 graduate Karsten Stöter
- HEART OF A LION by Dome Karukoski, producer: EAVE 2002 graduate & Finnish National Coordinator Aleksi Bardy
- HELI by Amat Escalante, co-produced by EAVE 1995 graduate Léontine Petit and EAVE+ 2013 graduate Titus Kreyenberg
- IN BLOOM by Aana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Groß, co-producer: EAVE 1998 graduate Guillaume de Seille
- IT'S ALL SO QUIET by Nanouk Leopold, producer: EAVE 1994 graduate Stienette Bosklopper
- EAVE 2009 project MARINA by Stijn Coninx, producer: EAVE 2009 graduate Peter Bouckaert
- MY SWEET PEPPER LAND by Hiner Saleem, producer: EAVE 2006 graduate Karsten Stöter
- OH BOY by Jan Ole Gerster, producer: EAVE 2012 graduate Alexander Wadouh
- PUENTES 2011 project GLORIA by Sebastián Lelio, co-producer EAVE PUENTES 2011 graduate Josefina Undurraga
- SLOW FOOD STORY by Stefano Sardo, producers: FILM FINANCE FORUM 2008 graduate Sarah Pennacchi, EAVE 1991 graduate Ed Guiney
- STANDING ASIDE, WATCHING by Yorgos Servetas, producer: EAVE 2012 graduate Konstantinos Kontovrakis
- TWO LIVES by Georg Maas, producer: EAVE 1991 graduate Rudi Teichmann
- THE VENICE SYNDROME by Andreas Pichler, co-producer: EAVE 2009 graduate Arash T. Riahi
- THE VERDICT Jan Verheyen, producer: EAVE 2009 graduate Peter Bouckaert
- WADJDA by Haifaa Al Mansour, producer: EAVE 2009 graduate Verona Meier
- THE WALL by Julian Roman Pölsler, producer: EAVE 2004 graduate Antonin Svoboda
Tromso International Film Festival (January 13 – 19)
- AUGUST FOOLS by Taku Mäkelä co-producer: EAVE 2012 graduate Michal Kollar
- I AM A STANDARD SUPPORTER by Riton Liebman producer: EAVE 2005 graduate Julien Berlan
- IN BLOOM by Aana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Groß, co-producer: EAVE 1998 graduate Guillaume de Seille
- LOVE IS BLIND by Ilmar Raag, producer: EAVE 2004 graduate, EAVE Board Member and Estonian National Coordinator Riina Sildos
- MY SWEET PEPPER LAND by Hiner Saleem, producer: EAVE 2006 graduate Karsten Stöter
- THE LUNCHBOX by Ritesh Batra, co-producer: EAVE 2006 graduate Karsten Stöter
- YOUR BEAUTY IS WORTH NOTHING by Hüseyin Tabak, producer: EAVE 1992 graduate Danny Krausz
Trieste Film Festival (January 17 - 22)
- AN EPISODE IN THE LIFE OF AN IRON PICKER by Danis Tanovic, producers: EAVE 2008 graduate and National Coordinator Bosnia and Herzegovina Amra Baksic-Camo and EAVE group leader Danijel Hocevar
- CIRCLES by Srdan Golubovic, co-producer: EAVE group leader Danijel Hocevar
- DOMESTIC by Adrian Sitaru, producer: EAVE 2011 graduate Monica Lazurean-Gorgan
- HARMONY LESSONS by Emir Baigazin, producer: EAVE 2008 graduate and Russian National Coordinator Anna Katchko, co-producer: EAVE 2006 graduate Karsten Stöter
- IN BLOOM by Aana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Groß, co-producer: EAVE 1998 graduate Guillaume de Seille
- OKTOBER NOVEMBER by Götz Spielmann, producer: EAVE 2004 graduate Antonin Svoboda
- EAVE 2009 project PARADJANOV, directed and co-directed by EAVE 2009 graduate Olena Fetisova, co-produced by EAVE 2009 graduate Tinatin Kajrishvili
- SHIRLEY – VISIONS OF REALITY by Gustav Deutsch, producer: EAVE 2003 graduate Gabriele Kranzelbinder
- THE 727 DAYS WITHOUT KARAMO by Anja Salomonowitz, producer: EAVE+ 2013 graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu
- THE SPECIAL NEED by Carlo Zoratti, co-producer: EAVE 2011 graduate Elena Vera Tomasin
- WHEN EVENING FALLS ON BUCHAREST OR METABOLISM by Corneliu Porumboiu, producer EAVE 2008 graduate Marcela Ursu
When East Meets West
WEMW’s line-up of projects being pitched in Trieste to potential co-producers and financiers consists of 22 films, among them are following EAVE graduates:
- 1313 DANTE’S EMPEROR by Bady Minck, producer: EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu
- BURNING PICASSO by Remus Achim, producer: EAVE 2013 graduate Cristina Badea
- FULL CONTACT by David Verbeek, producer: EAVE 1995 graduate Léontine Petit
- MAN OF THE HOUSE by Andamion Murataj, producer: EAVE 2012 graduate Alexander Wadouh
- PARTISAN & COURTESAN HOW TO BE THE NIECE OF A DICTATOR by Bojana Papp, producer: EAVE 2014 participant Judit Stalter
- RAFAËL by Dennis Bots, producer: EAVE 2006 graduate Reinier Selen
- THE FROG by Elmir Jukic, producer: EAVE 2010 graduate Snezana Maric
- THE GAME OF PIRATES by Marje Jurtshenko and Ilmar Raag, producer: EAVE 2004 graduate, EAVE Board Member and Estonian National Coordinator Riina Sildos
- WHEN FUCKING SPRING IS IN THE AIR by Danyael Sugawara, producer: Interchange 2013 graduate Trent
- WOMEN ON THE BORDER by Erika Rossi, producer: EAVE FILM FINANCE FORUM 2009 graduate Marta Zaccaron
The scholarship award for the EAVE European Producers Workshop 2014 went to Emilija Cockova (Fragment Film) from Macedonia with the project KRANI.
In the framework of the EAVE partnership with WHEN EAST MEETS WEST, 2 EAVE@Trieste sessions were organised: A case study on EAVE 2009 project Zoran, My Nephew the Idiot (IT/SI), with Sabrina Baracetti (Tucker Film), Manuela Buono, (Slingshot Films), Miha Cernec (Staragara), Roberto Olla (Eurimages), Igor Princic (Transmedia), moderated by Kristina Trapp (EAVE) and a session on Classic vs. Alternative Distribution by Alvaro Vega.
Festival Premiers Plans d’Angers (January 17 - 26)
- A STREET IN PALERMO by Emma Dante, producers: Interchange 2010 graduate Marta Donzelli and EAVE 1991 graduate Andres Pfaeffli
- HARMONY LESSONS by Emir Baigazin, producer: EAVE 2008 graduate and Russian National Coordinator Anna Katchko, co-producer: EAVE 2006 graduate Karsten Stöter
International Film Festival Rotterdam (January 26 - February 6)
- AU REVOIR L’ÉTÉ by Koji Fukada, producer: EAVE TIES THAT BIND 2010 graduate Kiki Sugino
- CANNIBAL by Manuel Martin Cuenca, co-producers: EAVE 2008 graduate Tudor Giurgiu and EAVE 2011 graduate Oana Giurgiu
- CONCRETE NIGHT by Pirjo Honkasalo, producers: EAVE 2012 graduate Mark Lwoff & EAVE 2009 graduate Misha Jaari, EAVE group leader Lise Lense-Møller and EAVE 2009 graduate Cecilia Valsted
- COSTA DA MORTE (COAST OF DEATH) by Lois Patino, producer: EAVE 2013 graduate Felipe Lage Coro
- DIE FRAU DES POLIZISTEN by Philip Gröning, line-producer: EAVE 2010 graduate Martin Blankemeyer
- LOVE IS THE PERFECT CRIME by Jean-Marie Larrieu and Arnaud Larrieu, co-producer: EAVE 1994 graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum
- HELI by Amat Escalante, co-produced by EAVE 1995 graduate Léontine Petit and EAVE+ 2013 graduate Titus Kreyenberg
- HELIUM by Eché Janga, producer: EAVE 2014 participant Laurette Schillings
- HOW WE PLAYED THE REVOLUTION by Giedre Zickyte, producer: EAVE 2012 graduate Dagne Vildziunaite
- I’M THE SAME, I’M ANOTHER by Caroline Strubbe, producer: EAVE 2006 graduate Tomas Leyers
- L'INCONNU DU LAC by Alain Guiraudie, co-producer: EAVE Film Finance Forum 2010 graduate Jean-Laurent Csinidis
- KING KONG by Nikolaos Kyritsis, producer: EAVE 2013 graduate Phaedra Vokali
- OKTOBER NOVEMBER by Götz Spielmann, producer: EAVE 2004 graduate Antonin Svoboda
- THE CAVE by Ahmend Ghoneimy, producer: PCP DUBAI 2008 graduate Tamer El Said and EAVE 2011 graduate Darko Popov
- THE QUIET ROAR by Henrik Hellstrom, producer: EAVE 2009 graduate Erika Wasserman
- TONIGHT AND THE PEOPLE by Neïl Beloufa, producer: EAVE 2007 graduate and PUENTES Head of Studies Jean des Forêts, co-producer: EAVE 2013 graduate Marie Dubas
- REDEMPTION by Miguel Gomes, co-producer: EAVE 2007 graduate Jonas Dornbach
- SHADOW OF A CLOUD by Radu Jude, producer EAVE 2007 graduate & Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon
- SOLECITO by Oscar Ruiz Navia, producer: PUENTES 2012 graduate Diana Bustamante
- TO KILL A MAN by Alejandro Fernández Almendras, producer Puentes 2013 graduate Eduardo Villalobos co-producer: EAVE 1998 graduate Guillaume de Seille
- WHEN EVENING FALLS ON BUCHAREST OR METABOLISM by Corneliu Porumboiu, producer EAVE 2008 graduate Marcela Ursu
- QISSA by Anup Singh, producer EAVE + Second Edition graduate Bettina Brokemper
CineMart
- ALINA by Björne Larson, producer: EAVE 2002 graduate and Swedish National Coordinator Helena Danielsson
- CHARLIE AND HANNAH’S GRAND NIGHT OUT by Bert Scholiers, producer: EAVE 2006 and PUENTES 2012 graduate Tomas Leyers
- EAVE 2013 project TABIJA by Igor Drljaca, producer: EAVE 2013 graduate Adis Djapo
- EAVE 2014 project UNITED STATES OF LOVE by Tomasz Wasilewski, producer: EAVE 2014 participant Piotr Kobus
- FRESH by by Peter Webber, producer: EAVE 2014 participant Didar Domehri
- LOVELING by Gustavo Pizzi, producer: PUENTES 2013 graduate Tatiana Leite
- MONK by Ties Schenk, producer: EAVE 2007 graduate Marleen Slot
- MUSTANG by Deniz Gamze Ergüven, producer: EAVE INTERCHANGE 2010 and B’EST 2012 graduate Charlotte Vincent
- PORCELAIN by Jenneke Boeijink, producer: EAVE 2010 graduate Sander Verdonk
- TARDA PRIMAVERA by Michelangelo Frammartino, producer: INTERCHANGE 2010 graduate Marta Donzelli.
Rotterdam Lab
Following EAVE graduates participated at the Rotterdam Lab to continue building up their international network and experience at this international festival and market:
- EAVE 2014 participant Rosan Boersma, (NL)
- EAVE 2012 graduate Gilles Chanial, (LU)
- EAVE Interchange 2013 graduate Amira Kaadan, (LB)
- EAVE 2012 graduate Ann Carolin Renninger, (DE)
2 EAVE 2013 graduates were nominated to participate in the Rotterdam Lab in the framework of the EAVE partnership with the Lab:
- EAVE 2013 graduate Eszter Gyárfás, (HU)
- EAVE 2013 graduate Phaedra Vokali, (GR)
Göteborg International Film Festival (January 24 – February 3)
- AN EPISODE IN THE LIFE OF AN IRON PICKER by Danis Tanovic, producers: EAVE 2008 graduate and EAVE National Coordinator Bosnia and Herzegovina Amra Baksic-Camo and EAVE group leader Danijel Hocevar
- A STRANGER by Bobo Jelcic, producer: EAVE 2013 graduate Zdenka Gold
- A STREET IN PALERMO by Emma Dante, producers: Interchange 2010 graduate Marta Donzelli, EAVE 1991 graduate Andres Pfaeffli
- A THOUSAND TIMES GOOD NIGHT by Erik Poppe, co-producer: EAVE 1998 graduate Lesley McKimm
- AUGUST FOOLS by Taru Mäkelä, producer: EAVE 2012 graduate Michal Kollar
- A VERY UNSETTLED SUMMER, written, directed and produced by EAVE 2010 graduate Anca Damian
- CHASING THE WIND by Rune Denstad Langlo, producers: EAVE 1995 graduate Sigve Endresen, EAVE 2012 graduate Brede Hovland and EAVE 1995 graduate Heino Deckert
- CIRCLES by Srdan Golubovic, co-producer: EAVE group leader Danijel Hocevar
- CONCERNING VIOLENCE by Göran Olsson, producer: EAVE 2011 graduate Annika Rogell, co-producer EAVE 2010 graduate Monica Hellstrom Weston
- CONCRETE NIGHT by Pirjo Honkasalo, producers: EAVE 2012 graduate Mark Lwoff & EAVE 2009 graduate Misha Jaari, EAVE group leader Lise Lense-Møller and EAVE 2009 graduate Cecilia Valsted
- FEUCHTGEBIETE by David Wnendt, producer: EAVE group leader Peter Rommel
- FREAK OUT! by Carl Javér, producer: EAVE 1995 graduate Heino Deckert
- IN BLOOM by Aana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Groß, co-producer: EAVE 1998 graduate Guillaume de Seille
- JULIA by J. Jackie Baier, co-producer: EAVE 2012 graduate Dagne Vildziunaite
- LOVE ME by Hanne Myren, producers: EAVE 1995 graduate Sigve Endresen, EAVE 2012 graduate Brede Hovland
- OKTOBER NOVEMBER by Götz Spielmann, producer: EAVE 2004 graduate Antonin Svoboda
- THE LAST OF THE UNJUST by Claude Lanzmann, production: EAVE 1992 graduate and group leader Danny Krausz
- THE ROMANTICISTS directed and produced by EAVE 2012 graduate Shoghik Tadevosyan
Sundance Film Festival (January 16 - 26)
- BLIND by Eskil Vogt, producer: EAVE 1995 graduate Sigve Endresen
- CONCERNING VIOLENCE by Göran Olsson, producer: EAVE 2011 graduate Annika Rogell, co-producer EAVE 2010 graduate Monica Hellstrom Weston
- FEUCHTGEBIETE by David Wnendt, producer: EAVE group leader Peter Rommel
- HAPPINESS by Thomas Balmès, producer: EAVE 1999 graduate Kaarle Aho
- L'INCONNU DU LAC by Alain Guiraudie, co-producer: EAVE Film Finance Forum 2010 graduate Jean-Laurent Csinidis
- THE LUNCHBOX by Ritesh Batra, co-producer: EAVE 2006 graduate Karsten Stöter
- TO KILL A MAN by Alejandro Fernández Almendras, producer: EAVE 1998 graduate Guillaume de Seille
- WE COME AS FRIENDS by Hubert Sauper, producer: EAVE 2003 graduate Gabriele Kranzelbinder
- WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS by Taika Waititi, producer: EAVE 2011 graduate Chelsea Winstanley
Solothurner Film Festival (January 24 – 31)
- ALFONSINA by Christoph Kühn, producer: EAVE 1991 graduate Andres Pfaeffli
- A STREET IN PALERMO by Emma Dante, producers: Interchange 2010 graduate Marta Donzelli, EAVE 1991 graduate Andres Pfaeffli
- EAVE 2007 project BITTER LEMONS produced and directed by EAVE 2007 graduate Adnan Hadzi
- CIRCLES by Srdan Golubovic, co-producer: EAVE group leader Danijel Hocevar
- DAWN by Romed Wyder, producer: Interchange 2011 graduate Samir, EAVE 2007 graduate Tunje Berns
- DIE FRAU DES POLIZISTEN by Philip Gröning, line-producer: EAVE 2010 graduate Martin Blankemeyer
- PUPPYLOVE by Delphine Lehericey, producer: EAVE 1994 graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum
- EAVE 2010 project THE ACT OF KILLING by Joshua Oppenheimer, Christine Cynn, producer: EAVE 2010 graduate Signe Byrge Sørensen and EAVE 2011 graduate Anne Köhncke
Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis Saarbrücken (January 21 - 27)
- ANGLE MORT (DOUDEGE WÉNKEL) by Christophe Wagner, producer: EAVE 1992 graduate and EAVE Head of Studies Jani Thiltges
- HIGH PERFORMANCE by Johanna Moder, producer: EAVE 2008 graduate Oliver Neumann
- OKTOBER NOVEMBER by Götz Spielmann, producer: EAVE 2004 graduate Antonin Svoboda
- ROSIE by Marcel Gisler, producer: EAVE 2003 graduate Susann Rüdlinger
- ZWEISITZRAKETE by Hans Hofer, producer: EAVE 1992 graduate Danny Krausz
Pune International Film Festival, India (January 9 - 16)
- QUEEN OF MONTREUIL by Sólveig Anspach, producer: EAVE group leader Patrick Sobelman
- ROSIE by Marcel Gisler, producer: EAVE 2003 graduate Susann Rüdlinger
- THE PASSION OF MICHELANGELO by Esteban Larrain, co-producer: EAVE 2007 graduate Oliver Roepke
- HUSH by Lukas Nola, producer: EAVE 2007 graduate Ankica Juric Tilic
- THE HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER by Eran Riklis, co-producer: EAVE 2008 graduate Tudor Giurgiu
- LUDWIG II by Peter Sehr, executive producer: EAVE 1992 graduate and group leader Danny Krausz
- OH BOY by Jan Ole Gerster, producer: EAVE 2012 graduate Alexander Wadouh
- ONE SHOT by Robert Orhel, producer: EAVE 2007 graduate Ankica Juric Tilic
- SOMEWHERE IN PALILULA by Silviu Purcarete, producer: EAVE 2008 graduate Tudor Giurgiu
Four OSCAR nominations for EAVE graduates
- EAVE 1989/1990 graduate and Belgian National Coordinator Jan Roekens has been appointed Head of Production of Screen Flanders.
http://www.screenflanders.be/en
- Nominated for an Oscar® as Best foreign language film of the year at the Academy Awards® is THE BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN by Felix van Groeningen, co-producer: EAVE 2014 participant Laurette Schillings.
- EAVE 2010 project THE ACT OF KILLING by Joshua Oppenheimer, Christine Cynn, producer: EAVE 2010 graduate Signe Byrge Sørensen and EAVE 2011 graduate Anne Köhncke is nominated for Best Documentary.
- DO I HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING by Selma Vilhunen, producer: EAVE 2013 graduate Elli Toivoniemi is nominated for Best Live Action Short Film.
- KARAMA HAS NO WALLS produced and directed by EAVE INTERCHANGE 2013 graduate Sara Ishaq is nominated in the Documentary short subject section.The Awards will be presented on March 2.
- EAVE TIES THAT BIND 2010 graduate Kiki Sugino is a Jury member for the Tiger Award Competition of the Film Festival Rotterdam.
Nominated for The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) are:
- RUSH by Ron Howard, co-producer: EAVE 1995 graduate Jens Meurer in the categories Best actor, Best editing and Best sound
- EAVE 2010 project THE ACT OF KILLING by Joshua Oppenheimer, Christine Cynn, producer: EAVE 2010 graduate Signe Byrge Sørensen and EAVE 2011 graduate Anne Köhncke for Best film not in English language and Best documentary.
- WADJDA by Haifaa Al Mansour, producer: EAVE 2009 graduate Verona Meier for Best film not in English language
http://awards.bafta.org/award/2014/film
45 films have been pre-nominated for the German Film Awards. Ten of them are produced by EAVE graduates. The Lolas will be presented on April 28.
- AS TIME GOES BY IN SHANGHAI by Uli Gaulke, producer: EAVE 2002 graduate Helge Albers
- DAS RADIKAL BÖSE by Stefan Ruzowitzky, co-producer: EAVE 1999 graduate Stefan Aichholzer
- DIE FRAU DES POLIZISTEN by Philip Gröning, line-producer: EAVE 2010 graduate Martin Blankemeyer
- FEUCHTGEBIETE by David Wnendt, producer: EAVE group leader Peter Rommel
- HOUSTON by Bastian Günther, producers: EAVE 2012 graduate Martin Heisler, EAVE 1991 graduate Joachim Ortmanns
- MASTER OF THE UNIVERSE by Marc Bauder, co-producer: EAVE 2006 graduate Michael Kitzberger
- OSTWIND by Katja von Garnier, produced by EAVE 2007 graduate Susann Schimk
- RUN BOY, RUN produced and directed by EAVE 1994 graduate Pepe Danquart, co-producer: EAVE 2009 graduate Hanneke van der Tas
- TWO LIVES by Georg Maas, producer: EAVE 1991 graduate Rudi Teichmann
- WADJDA by Haifaa Al Mansour, producer: EAVE 2009 graduate Verona Meier
Nominated for Les Magritte du Cinéma, the Belgian film awards, are the following EAVE graduates:
- I'M A STANDARD FAN by Riton Liebman producer: EAVE 2005 graduate Julien Berlan
- KINSHASA KIDS by Marc-Henri Wajnberg, producer: EAVE 2007 graduate Serge Guez
- LE CONSEILLER by Elisabet Lladó, producer: EAVE 2007 graduate Isabelle Truc
- LA TERRE AMOUREUSE by Manu Bonmariage, producer: EAVE 2007 graduate Isabelle Truc
- LE CHANT DE LA FLEUR by Jacques Dochamps and José Galingua, producer: EAVE 2007 graduate Isabelle Truc
- TANGO LIBRE by Frédéric Fonteyne, producer: EAVE 2006 graduate Tomas Leyers
- THE FIFTH SEASON by EAVE 1995 graduate Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth, co-producers: EAVE 1994 graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum, EAVE 1992 graduate Philippe Avril
- THE NUN (LA REGLIGIEUSE) by Guillaume Nicloux, producer: EAVE 2000 graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart
- VIJAY AND I by Sam Gabarski, co-producers: EAVE 1994 graduate & group leader Diana Elbaum & EAVE 1992 graduate and Head of Studies Jani Thiltges
The ceremony takes place on February 1.
- SNAILS IN THE RAIN, produced and directed by EAVE 2010 graduate Yariv Mozer is nominated for The Israeli LGBT media awards, for best picture & best acting performance by Yoav Reuveni and Moran Rosenblatt.
- CANNIBAL by Manuel Martin Cuenca, co-producers: EAVE 2008 graduate Tudor Giurgiu and EAVE 2011 graduate Oana Giurgiu has been nominated by the Academy of Arts and Cinematographic Sciences of Spain in 8 categories, including Best Film, Best Director and Female revelation of the year.
- PUENTES 2011 project GLORIA by Sebastián Lelio, co-producer EAVE PUENTES 2011 graduate Josefina Undurraga has been nominated for Best Iberoamerican film.
Nominated for the the Prévert Awards 2014, the French screenwriter’s award are:
- L'INCONNU DU LAC by Alain Guiraudie, co-producer: EAVE Film Finance Forum 2010 graduate Jean-Laurent Csinidis and
- QUEEN OF MONTREUIL by Sólveig Anspach, producer: EAVE group leader Patrick Sobelman
www.films-de-force-majeure.com
Ten nominations each for the the Jussi Awards, the Finnish national film prize are for:
- CONCRETE NIGHT by Pirjo Honkasalo, producers: EAVE 2012 graduate Mark Lwoff, EAVE 2009 graduate Misha Jaari, co-produced by EAVE group leader Lise Lense-Møller and EAVE 2009 graduate Cecilia Valsted and
- HEART OF A LION by Dome Karukoski, producer: EAVE 2002 graduate & Finnish National Coordinator Aleksi Bardy.
http://concretenight.com/the-film
- MUSEUM HOURS by Jem Cohen, co-producer: EAVE 2003 graduate Gabriele Kranzelbinder is nominated for the John Cassavetes Award at the Independent Spirit Awards USA, 2014.
EAVE project TABIJA wins Eurimages Co-Production Development Award in Rotterdam
- EAVE 2013 project TABIJA by Igor Drljaca, producer: EAVE 2013 graduate Adis Djapo won the Eurimages Co-Production Development Award of €30,000 for the best CineMart 2014 project with a European partner.
- MUSTANG by Deniz Gamze Ergüven, producer: EAVE INTERCHANGE 2010 and B’EST 2012 graduate Charlotte Vincent received the Global Film Initiative grant of $10,000.
http://www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com/professionals/cinemine/
- HARMONY LESSONS by Emir Baigazin, producer: EAVE 2008 graduate and Russian National Coordinator Anna Katchko, co-producer: EAVE 2006 graduate Karsten Stöter won the Grand Prix of the Jury at Premies Plans Festival Des Premiers Films Européens, Angers.
- YOUR BEAUTY IS WORTH NOTHING by Hüseyin Tabak, producer: EAVE 1992 graduate Danny Krausz scooped Best Film, Best Director, Best Script, Best Music at the Austrian Film Awards.
- SHIRLEY – VISIONS OF REALITY by Gustav Deutsch, producer: EAVE 2003 graduate Gabriele Kranzelbinder won three awards for best cinematography, best production design and best costume design.
- MEINE KEINE FAMILIE by Paul-Julien Robert, producer: EAVE 2008 graduate Oliver Neumann was awarded best documentary and best editing.
www.oesterreichische-filmakademie.at/2014/preise.html
- THE SPECIAL NEED by Carlo Zoratti, co-producer: EAVE 2011 graduate Elena Vera Tomasin received the Alpe Adria Cinema Award for the Best Documentary at the Trieste Film Festival.
- A grant for the participation in the 2014 edition of the EAVE EUROPEAN PRODUCERS WORKSHOP goes to Macedonian producer Emilija Cockova (Fragment Film) for her project KRANI.
- TO KILL A MAN by Alejandro Fernández Almendras, producer: EAVE 1998 graduate Guillaume de Seille is the winner of the World Cinema Dramatic Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival.
- HAPPINESS by Thomas Balmès, producer: EAVE 1999 graduate Kaarle Aho won the World Cinema Documentary Cinematography Award.
- WE COME AS FRIENDS by Hubert Sauper, producer: EAVE 2003 graduate Gabriele Kranzelbinder received the World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Cinematic Bravery.
- BLIND by Eskil Vogt, producer: EAVE 1995 graduate Sigve Endresen was given the World Cinema Dramatic Screenwriting Award.
- CANNIBAL by Manuel Martin Cuenca, co-producers: EAVE 2008 graduate Tudor Giurgiu and EAVE 2011 graduate Oana Giurgiu was awarded the Prix de la Meilleure Photographie at the LES ARCS European Film Festival.
- OSTWIND by Katja von Garnier, produced by EAVE 2007 graduate Susann Schimk won the Bavarian Film Award for best children and youth film.
- GRAND CENTRAL by Rebecca Zlotowski, producer: EAVE 2003 graduate Gabriele Kranzelbinder was honoured with a Special Prize of the Jury and the award for Best actress for Léa Seydoux at the 19th Lumières Awards, attributed by foreign journalists working in Paris.
- MAMA ILLEGAL by Ed Moschitz, producer: EAVE 2009 graduate Arash T. Riahi wins the Grand Prize of the Jury 2013 of the 2nd Edition of Streams – The European Online Film Festival.
- HIGH PERFORMANCE by Johanna Moder, producer: EAVE 2008 graduate Oliver Neumann wins the Audience Award at the Max-Ophüls-Festival, Saarbrücken.
- EAVE 2010 project THE ACT OF KILLING by Joshua Oppenheimer, Christine Cynn, producer: EAVE 2010 graduate Signe Byrge Sørensen and EAVE 2011 graduate Anne Köhncke received the Best Non-Fiction Film award by the US National Society of Film Critics.
- THE BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN by Felix van Groeningen, co-producer: EAVE 2008 graduate Celine Baggen was awarded the International Critics' Prize (FIPRESCI Prize) for the Best Foreign Language Film of the Year (2013) at the Palm Springs International Film Festival.
www.brokencircle.pandorafilm.de
- ECLIPSES by Daniel Hui, executive-producer: EAVE Ties That Bind 2010 graduate Bee Thiam Tan won the Pixel Bunker Award for International New Talent at the Doclisboa International Film Festival 2013.
- The winners of the free Berlinale market accreditation for participating in the EAVE 2013 Survey are EAVE 2010 graduate Maria Blicharska and EAVE 2012 graduate Dagne Vildziunaite. Congratulations!
EAVE projects CRULIC – THE PATH TO BEYOND, THE ACT OF KILLING, 82 DAYS IN APRIL in Cinemas
In French Cinemas:
- RAMALLAH by Flavia Pinatel and TIRANA by Alexander Schellow, producer: EAVE Film Finance Forum 2010 graduate Jean-Laurent Csinidis have been shown at the the Villa Méditerrannée in Marseilles on January 24.
www.films-de-force-majeure.com | www.agatfilms.com
- EAVE 1992 graduate and EAVE Head of Studies Jani Thiltges has currently three films in cimemas: AVANT L’HIVER by Philippe Claude, ORANGERIE by Anne Schiltz and Benoît Majerus, and LES ÂMES DE PAPIER by Vincent Lannoo.
- LOVE IS THE PERFECT CRIME by Jean-Marie Larrieu and Arnaud Larrieu, co-producer: EAVE 1994 graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum was released in France on January 15.
- CHILD’S POSE by Calin Peter Netzer, producers: EAVE 2007 graduate & Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon and EAVE 2011 graduate Oana Giurgiu started in French theatres on January 15.
- HEMEL by Sacha Polak producer: EAVE 1994 graduate Stienette Bosklopper was released in France on January 29.
- EAVE 2008 project 82 DAYS IN APRIL by Bart Van den Bempt, producer: EAVE 2008 graduate Ellen De Waele, with co-producer EAVE 1994 graduate Stienette Bosklopper and line producer EAVE 2009 graduate Serkan Cakarer started in France in January 29.
In Belgian Cinemas:
- THE TREATMENT by Hans Herbots, producer: EAVE 2009 graduate Peter Bouckaert had its World première in Belgium on January 21.
- LOVE IS THE PERFECT CRIME by Jean-Marie Larrieu and Arnaud Larrieu, co-producer: EAVE 1994 graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum was released in Belgium on January 22.
In Swiss Cinemas:
- SHELL by Scott Graham, producer: EAVE 2003 graduate David Smith, co-produced by EAVE 2003 graduate Helge Albers was released in Switzerland in January 30.
- EAVE 2010 project THE ACT OF KILLING by Joshua Oppenheimer, Christine Cynn, producer: EAVE 2010 graduate Signe Byrge Sørensen and EAVE 2011 graduate Anne Köhncke started in Swiss theatres on January 23.
In German Cinemas:
- BETHLEHEM by Yuval Adler, co-producer: EAVE 2003 graduate Sébastien Delloye was released in Germany on January 9.
- DAS RADIKAL BÖSE by Stefan Ruzowitzky, co-producer: EAVE 1999 graduate Stefan Aichholzer startet in Germany on January 16.
- EAVE 2010 project CRULIC – THE PATH TO BEYOND, directed and produced by EAVE 2010 graduate Anca Damian has started in German cinemas since January 16.
FRITZ BAUER – TOD AUF RATEN on TV
- GRIFFEN - AUF DEN SPUREN VON PETER HANDKE by Bernd Liepold-Mosser, producer: EAVE 2003 graduate Gabriele Kranzelbinder was shown on ORF2 on Sunday, January 19.
- FRITZ BAUER – TOD AUF RATEN, directed and produced by EAVE 1995 graduate Ilona Ziok was shown on PHOENIX, on December 20. Six screenings are following in 2014. The film premieres in the USA in Los Angeles in March, followed by Chile, Brazil, the BBC in the UK and in France.
- MARK LOMBARDI - KUNST UND KONSPIRATION by Mareike Wegener, producer: EAVE+ graduate Titus Kreyenberg was broadcasted by ARTE on January 8.
- The documentary series on innovation LA AVENTURA DEL SABER, producer EAVE Film Marketing Workshop 2009 and Film Finance Forum 2011 graduate Carmen Comadran is aired on TVE2 every Wednesday at 10 p.m.
http://tierravoz.com/boletinNoticias/10-01-14.html
Crowdfunding SHOOT ME. KISS ME. CUT.
SHOOT ME. KISS ME. CUT. by Nico von Glasow about a rich London teenager who meets a prostitute in a chatroom seeks support on Kickstarter. The story: When Flora, an online prostitute, meets Sam in a chatroom, he tells her about a film competition he is entering and the £10,000 prize money. Desperate to get custody of her daughter back, she decides to get involved and with the help of their very different friends they begin to make their own version of Romeo & Juliet. But when each of their personal issues start to interfere with the film, what follows is an eruption of power, parties, fights, sex and love. This is the story about the making of their film.
The team needs help to finish this film! They've completed 90% of filming, but there is still much more to do. “The money we manage to raise here will help us to: pay for our travel and filming costs; pay for the equipment we borrowed/rented; pay the production crew for the time they've given and continue to give us; market and distribute our film.
But you should know that the target we've set here is less than the total cost of this film. Hitting it would be excellent and a huge help to us, and any excess funds we do manage to raise will go towards the budget so that we make this film even better!”
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/palladiofilm/shoot-me-f-k-you-kiss-me-cut
TIES THAT BIND – ASIA / EUROPE PRODUCERS WORKSHOP CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
TIES THAT BIND – ASIA / EUROPE PRODUCERS WORKSHOP - CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
For the sixth time in 2014 and after the great success in 2013, Ties that Bind – Asia Europe Producers Workshop will be organised again in 2014 in partnership with Friuli Venezia Giulia Audiovisual Fund, EAVE, Udine Far East Film Festival and Busan International Film Festival / Asian Project Market.
The Ties that Bind 2014 workshop will take place in Udine (Italy) in April 2014 within the framework of the Udine Far East Film Festival (April 25 - May 3, 2014), supported by ASEF (Asia-Europe Foundation).
A second event will be organized in October 2014 during the Busan International Film Festival (October 2 – 11, 2014) in South Korea with the support of Creative Europe (TBC).
Ties that Bind will bring together 10 film producers from Asian and European countries. Each producer will be selected together with a feature film project in development and will work with leading industry experts from both continents during the two workshops. Amongst a range of issues, sessions will focus on script development, co-production between Asia and Europe, financing in the two regions, marketing and promotion, and the legal aspects of co-production. The workshop participants will work together as a group, as well as through individual consultation, and will have the unusual opportunity to get to know each other very well with the object of forming long term creative and business partnerships and networks. In Busan in October 2014, the participants will be able to have meetings with leading Asian and European funders, sales agents, and potential co-producers during the Asian Project Market.
The workshop will enable feature film producers from both continents to work together in two four-day workshops and will offer the 10 selected participants:
- top level professional and project development,
- work on the comprehensive development of European and Asian projects,
- cooperation and co-production on these and future projects,
- the creation of in-depth awareness of the audiovisual market and operating conditions, legal frameworks, financing, sales, distribution and exhibition practices in both continents,
- networking between the participants and their companies to create medium and long term informational co-financing and co-production relationships,
- access to a network of producers, markets, festivals and decision makers in both continents.
Target group:
Experienced feature film producers from Asia (Japan, Korea, China incl. Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, Mongolia, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines and Indonesia) andEurope (European Union and the countries mentioned in the following document: http://ec.europa.eu/culture/creative-europe/documents/eligible-countries.pdf) wishing to work on an international scale and to create long term creative and business relationships between Europe and Asia. Interested producers should apply with a feature film project in development stage. European producers applying must be able to demonstrate a clear involvement with Asia and vice versa.
Project criteria:
- feature-length fiction film (for theatrical release)
- projects suitable for an international co-production and looking for co-producers
- preferably a minimum of 20% should be in place
- projects suggested by European applicants should have a link to Asia (thematic, cultural, technical) and the producer should be motivated to work with / in Asia and vice versa
- projects suggested by applicants should have a potential for co-production
- applicants must be the lead producer of the submitted project
- producer must have completed at least one film released in the last 3 years (theatrically, TV, DVD, VOD)
- 1st draft of the script available in English for the workshop
Application documents:
- Completed Application Form (available for download on www.eave.org)
- 1 page Letter of Motivation concerning your participation at the workshop
- 1-2 page CV of the Producer and the Director
- Brief description of the production company
- A list of the company's productions: in development, pre-production, production and of those released (please specify if the film was released theatrically, on TV, DVD, VOD, etc.)
- 1 page Note of Intention of the Producer and 1 page Note of Intention of the Director concerning the development of your project
- 1 page Synopsis
- 8-10 pages Treatment
Scripts are to be sent only on request but should be ready in time for the first workshop.
All documents have to be sent in English – the working language of the workshop will be English.
Participation fees & conditions:
The participation at Ties That Bind is free of charge. Each participant will be offered accommodation during the workshop stay (full board including meals). In addition, we will offer a number of partial scholarships to contribute to the travel costs.
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: February 6, 2014
The selection will be made by a selection committee and will be published by mid March 2014.
For further information please contact: tanika@eave.org
www.eave.org / www.tiesthatbind.eu
A successful closure for the 2ND EDITION OF EAVE+!
A successful closure for the 2ND EDITION OF EAVE+!
After a successful launch in September 2013, EAVE+ went into the second round.
12 experienced producers from 10 countries and 6 high-profile industry experts have gathered during 4 days to discuss their company structures, management practices and new business models.
The second edition of EAVE+ took place from January 9-12, 2014 at the hotel Le Place D’Armes in Luxembourg.
Among the guests this time are Norwegian producer Sigve Endresen (Motlys), who has present a case study of his production company and gave insight into managing practices in times of transition.
Jean Labadie (Le Pacte, FR) gave a walk-through of his successes, failures and how to survive in an ever-changing distribution environment.
Marc Bordure (Agat Films, FR) has presented concrete ways and tools how to handle the financial management and cashflow of a production company.
Management coach Michael Comyn (IE) has worked with the producers on leadership, management skills and personal resilience.
Led by EAVE Head of Studies Jani Thiltges (Samsa Film, LU) together with EAVE+ consultant Michael Weber (The Match Factory, DE), the keynote sessions by the guest speakers were completed by group work session and 1-2-1 meetings.
EAVE+ is organised twice a year in Luxembourg with different keynote speakers and topics addressed at each workshop session.
More information on: http://eave.org/programmes/eave/
Upcoming deadlines
CLOSING THE GAP: EQUITY INVESTMENT TRAINING & PITCHING
Application deadline is: 18 February 2014.
Seeking funding for your film, TV, or transmedia project?
Interested in pitching to equity investors?
Want to learn how to close your project’s budget gap?
Closing The Gap is a training course and pitching session for film, TV, and transmedia producers organized by creative industries financing consultancy peacefulfish (Berlin/London/Brussels/Cannes) in association with the pan-European investor network Media Deals (Paris/Berlin) and with the support of the Apulia Film Commission (Italy) and the Investitionsbank Berlin (Germany).
Launched in 2010 with co-financing from the MEDIA Programme of the European Commission and now in its 5th edition, Closing The Gap has been attended by over 65 international producers. The course addresses methods to identify, approach, and pitch to equity investors, teaching business skills that producers can use to find additional sources of financing in the current financial climate.
- Investors participating on the pitch panel include:
- individual business angels
- representatives of business angel funds
- venture capital financiers
- gap equity fund managers
Through Closing The Gap, producers learn innovative financing strategies, prepare business plan content and pitch presentations targeted to an equity investor audience, have a range of networking opportunities with the invited investors and tutors, receive extensive one-to-one feedback and pitch coaching and—at the course’s conclusion—pitch their projects to a panel of equity investors.
Producers should apply with a specific project. About half the projects selected will be early stage and about half will be late stage (in past editions, we have had projects at the treatment/script phase as well as projects in post-production, and several of the investors on our pitch panel can investment in development while several invest in production).
The course fee is 900 euro per producer, which includes the individual Skype consultations with the course tutors, access to the two on-site sessions (the financing strategies workshop and the equity investor pitching event), and lunches and some dinners for the attending producer during the on-site sessions. Producers must cover their own travel and accommodation costs. Scholarships are available from peacefulfish.
For additional information about Closing The Gap including locations and dates of the on-site sessions, as well as to download the application form, visit: www.closing-the-gap.net
The Pixel Lab 2014 is open for applications!
Applications close 28 March 2014, 18.00BST.
Designed to give participants the skills and knowledge needed to create, finance and distribute stories across multiple platforms, The Pixel Lab is the ultimate cross-media workshop for European media professionals wanting to capitalise on the value of their intellectual property.
Do you work in film, TV, interactive, games, publishing, the arts or other media industries? Do you want to get your creative juices flowing, learn from the global leaders in cross-media, and find out how to get your multi-platform projects off the ground with the new breed of financiers and commissioners? Then The Pixel Lab is for you! The Pixel Lab is a project-focused development course designed to equip participants with the skills they need to create, finance and distribute multi-platform stories to maximise audience engagement and build a sustainable business.
Kicking off with a 6-day residential week in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, at the beautiful Traube Tonbach Hotel, participants will learn the A to Z of cross-media storytelling through a combination of 1-2-1 meetings, group work, presentations and case study analysis from the biggest minds in media including:
- Nuno Bernardo, beActive (PT)
- Sean Coleman, Red Kingdom (UK)
- Diana Elbaum, Entre Chien et Loup (BE)
- Thomas Howalt, Games Producer & Writer (DK)
- Michel Reilhac, Venice Biennale College (FR)
There are also plenty of networking events and a smoking £3,000 Pixel Lab Prize up for grabs for one lucky project producer! So what are you waiting for?
Head to the website for further information, entry guidelines and to apply! www.powertothepixel.com
DOK.Incubator: New Call Opened
DEADLINE: MARCH 3th 2014!
Apparently, the age-old documentary has been brought to its knees. To call broadcasters to invest massive amounts of money into the creative productions – like they did in the last decades – is, despite their good will, like beating a dead horse. But actually, there is still an audience, ready to come to the cinema, to a festival, to watch, support, and promote these films; but just the outstanding, special, excellent ones. So what is the difference between a good and an excellent documentary? Time, money, and a lot of energy.
DOK.Incubator has come to support documentary projects in the rough-cut stage, willing to work hard – and fly high. For half a year more than 20 experienced lecturers will inspire eight selected films from all over Europe, each represented by three team members (producer, director, editor). They will be working vigorously in the editing room, building a clever, tailor-made distribution plan and marketing strategy, as well as meeting with important international distributors.
The workshop is divided into three week-long residential sessions:
- May 18th -25th Krakow /PL/ = ROUGH CUT
- August 24th – 31st Bratislava /SK/ or Prague /CZ/ (TBC) = FINE CUT
- October 25th – 30th Leipzig /DE/ = PRESENTATION
26th GALWAY FILM FLEADH 2014 Call for Entries – Feature Film
26th GALWAY FILM FLEADH 8th-13th JULY 2014
Call for Entries – Feature Film
Deadline: Friday 28th March 2014
The Galway Film Fleadh – Ireland’s leading film festival, takes place every July and screens the best of New Irish, European and International features and documentaries as well as welcoming a host of filmmakers, International programmers and other industry delegates. It is an Oscar-Qualifying festival for Shorts (Animation & Drama). It also platforms excellence in filmmaking with retrospectives, public interviews, tributes and masterclasses from some of the world’s best filmmaking talent (Zachary Quinto, Saoirse Ronan, Fionnula Flanagan, Will Forte, Martin Sheen, Stephen Daldry, Michael Fassbender, Ronald Harwood, Anjelica Huston, Christopher Hampton, Peter O'Toole, Jessica Lange, Kathy Bates, Robert Towne, Paul Schrader, Mira Nair, Patricia Clarkson, Abbas Kiarostami, Paolo Taviani and many more).
Alongside the festival, the Fair – Ireland’s only film market, co-ordinates pre-scheduled meetings between filmmakers and invited Film Financiers, Distributors and Major Producers, allowing new talent to be discovered and long term partnerships to be made.
The Galway Film Fair’s unique selling points:
- Transatlantic Bridge
- Intimate and informal atmosphere
- Privileged access to the world’s leading financiers
- Showcasing new European and International cinema to leading Film Buyers, Distributors and Festival Programmers
Galway is a picturesque city by the sea with character and charm and our intimate setting is an added incentive for many to attend, as is our reputation for creating an environment that is convivial and relaxed.
“The Galway Film Fleadh is unlike any other Irish film festival. It packs in films,masterclasses, seminars, business meetings and gossip.” (Screen International)
“The Fleadh thankfully remains the most unpretentious and friendliest film gathering.” (The Guardian)
The Galway Film Fleadh accepts Feature films, Documentary and Animation. Screening at an earlier film festival will not preclude selection, although priority will be given to Irish, European and World Premieres. The audience selects awards for Best International First Feature, Best International Feature and Best International Feature Documentary, Best Irish First Feature, Best Irish Feature, Best Irish Feature Documentary while awards for Human Rights Cinema and The Bingham Ray New Talent Award are awarded by a Jury of Industry Professionals.
Submission forms are available to download on the web-site www.galwayfilmfleadh.com
Please feel free to e-mail: info@galwayfilmfleadh.com, or phone at +353 91 562200
TIES THAT BIND – ASIA / EUROPE PRODUCERS WORKSHOP - CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
TIES THAT BIND – ASIA / EUROPE PRODUCERS WORKSHOP - CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
For the sixth time in 2014 and after the great success in 2013, Ties that Bind – Asia Europe Producers Workshop will be organised again in 2014 in partnership with Friuli Venezia Giulia Audiovisual Fund, EAVE, Udine Far East Film Festival and Busan International Film Festival / Asian Project Market.
The Ties that Bind 2014 workshop will take place place in Udine (Italy) in April 2014 within the framework of the Udine Far East Film Festival (April 25 - May 3, 2014), supported by ASEF (Asia-Europe Foundation).
A second event will be organized in October 2014 during the Busan International Film Festival (October 2 – 11, 2014) in South Korea with the support of Creative Europe (TBC).
Ties that Bind will bring together 10 film producers from Asian and European countries. Each producer will be selected together with a feature film project in development and will work with leading industry experts from both continents during the two workshops. Amongst a range of issues, sessions will focus on script development, co-production between Asia and Europe, financing in the two regions, marketing and promotion, and the legal aspects of co-production. The workshop participants will work together as a group, as well as through individual consultation, and will have the unusual opportunity to get to know each other very well with the object of forming long term creative and business partnerships and networks. In Busan in October 2014, the participants will be able to have meetings with leading Asian and European funders, sales agents, and potential co-producers during the Asian Project Market.
The workshop will enable feature film producers from both continents to work together in two four-day workshops and will offer the 10 selected participants:
- top level professional and project development,
- work on the comprehensive development of European and Asian projects,
- cooperation and co-production on these and future projects,
- the creation of in-depth awareness of the audiovisual market and operating conditions, legal frameworks, financing, sales, distribution and exhibition practices in both continents,
- networking between the participants and their companies to create medium and long term informational co-financing and co-production relationships,
- access to a network of producers, markets, festivals and decision makers in both continents.
Target group:
Experienced feature film producers from Asia (Japan, Korea, China incl. Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, Mongolia, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines and Indonesia) and Europe (European Union and the countries mentioned in the following document: http://ec.europa.eu/culture/creative-europe/documents/eligible-countries.pdf) wishing to work on an international scale and to create long term creative and business relationships between Europe and Asia. Interested producers should apply with a feature film project in development stage. European producers applying must be able to demonstrate a clear involvement with Asia and vice versa.
Project criteria:
- feature-length fiction film (for theatrical release)
- projects suitable for an international co-production and looking for co-producers
- preferably a minimum of 20% should be in place
- projects suggested by European applicants should have a link to Asia (thematic, cultural, technical) and the producer should be motivated to work with / in Asia and vice versa
- projects suggested by applicants should have a potential for co-production
- applicants must be the lead producer of the submitted project
- producer must have completed at least one film released in the last 3 years (theatrically, TV, DVD, VOD)
- 1st draft of the script available in English for the workshop
Application documents:
- Completed Application Form (available for download on www.eave.org)
- 1 page Letter of Motivation concerning your participation at the workshop
- 1-2 page CV of the Producer and the Director
- Brief description of the production company
- A list of the company's productions: in development, pre-production, production and of those released (please specify if the film was released theatrically, on TV, DVD, VOD, etc.)
- 1 page Note of Intention of the Producer and 1 page Note of Intention of the Director concerning the development of your project
- 1 page Synopsis
- 8-10 pages Treatment
Scripts are to be sent only on request but should be ready in time for the first workshop.
All documents have to be sent in English – the working language of the workshop will be English.
Participation fees & conditions:
The participation at Ties That Bind is free of charge. Each participant will be offered accommodation during the workshop stay (full board including meals). In addition, we will offer a number of partial scholarships to contribute to the travel costs.
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: February 6, 2014
The selection will be made by a selection committee and will be published by mid March 2014.
For further information please contact: tanika@eave.org
www.eave.org / www.tiesthatbind.eu
START FOR THE 2ND EDITION OF EAVE+!
Start for the 2nd edition of EAVE+!
After a successful launch in September 2013, EAVE+ goes into the second round.
13 experienced producers from 11 countries and 6 high-profile industry experts will gather during 4 days to discuss their company structures, management practices and new business models. Find the full list of participants at the end of the press release.
The second edition of EAVE+ takes place from January 9-12, 2014 at the hotel Le Place D’Armes in Luxembourg.
Among the guests this time are Norwegian producer Sigve Endresen (Motlys), who will present a case study of his production company and give insight into managing practices in times of transition.
Jean Labadie (Le Pacte, FR) will give a walk-through of his successes, failures and how to survive in an ever-changing distribution environment.
Marc Bordure (Agat Films, FR) will present concrete ways and tools how to handle the financial management and cashflow of a production company.
Management coach Michael Comyn (IE) will work with the producers on leadership, management skills and personal resilience.
Led by EAVE Head of Studies Jani Thiltges (Samsa Film, LU) together with EAVE+ consultant Michael Weber (The Match Factory, DE), the keynote sessions by the guest speakers are completed by group work session and 1-2-1 meetings.
Some comments from the first edition:
« I thought it was a great four days and served as a real think tank for experienced producers to gain perspective on our changing world. »
Mike S. Ryan, Greyshack Films, USA
« Since EAVE+, things are different and better as thanks to the participants and experts, It really changes my vision about our film industry, my company and... myself. »
David Grumbach, BAC Films, F
"EAVE+ was extremely useful on many levels - practical information on a range of subjects from promoting films on VoD platforms to how to work on one's resilience in stressful situations to raising private equity and managing those investor relationships. The networking element also really paid off in terms of finding a co-producer with access to a national fund in a country where one of my projects takes place, and that funding application is now underway. »
Natasha Dack, Tigerlily Films, UK
« It was hughly inspiring and interesting to look back and forward at our companies and the ever changing film environment in a greatly open atmosphere with an international group of colleque creative entrepeneurs. Priceless and inspiring to share thoughts and ideas, weakness and strengths about leading our companies and the ever changing film environment. »
Hanneke Niens, KeyFilm, The Netherlands
« The combination of people both participants and experts was magnificent and lead to a complete openness that I could not have imagined possible between a group of professionals at this stage of their careers. It was like an AA for producers, very painful but critical for our wellbeing. Am looking at everything since quite differently. »
Christine Alderson, Ipso Facto Films, UK
The selected participants for the second edition of EAVE+ are:
- Bettina Brokemper, Heimatfilm GmbH + Co KG, Germany
- Agustina Chiarino, MUTANTE CINE SRL, Uruguay
- Nicolas Comeau, 1976 Productions, Canada
- Fernando Epstein, MUTANTE CINE SRL, Uruguay
- Jukka Helle, Solar Films Inc. Oy, Finland
- Violetta Kaminska, Apple Film Production, Poland
- Yoav Roeh, Gum Films, Israel
- Valerie Schuit, Viewpoint Productions, The Netherlands
- Guido Schwab, ostlicht filmproduktion GmbH, Germany
- Sabine Sidawi, Orjouane Productions, Lebanon
- Antoine Simkine, Les Films d'Antoine, France
- Paul Thiltges, Paul Thiltges Distributions / Juliette Films, Luxembourg
- Artem Vasilyev, Metrafilms Ltd, Russia
EAVE+ is organised twice a year in Luxembourg with different keynote speakers and topics addressed at each workshop session.
EAVE+ is supported by the MEDIA Programme of the EU, MEDIA Mundus and the Luxembourg Film Fund.
More information on: http://eave.org/programmes/eave/
