EAVE May News 2016
- EAVE projects ROJO and WAJIB receive development support
In Development / Pre-Production May 2016 - BREATHING INTO MARBLE now in production
In Production May 2016 - Ties That Bind project INTERCHANGE now in post-production
In Post-Production May 2016 - 12 Main Awards for EAVE Producers in Cannes
Awards May 2016 - EAVE Project THE HERE AFTER in French cinemas
In Cinemas May 2016 - EAVE projects ONE WEEK AND A DAY and STRIKE A POSE in festivals around the world
Festivals May 2016 - B’EST EAVE ends with an award ceremony in Cannes
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Call for applications - EAVE producers scoop main awards in Cannes
Press release - B’EST EAVE ends with an award ceremony in Cannes
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EAVE projects ROJO and WAJIB receive development support
Wallimage supports seven feature-film projects, including two Belgian movies. Among them are:
- AU-DESSUS DE LOIS by François Troukens and Jean-François Hensgens, producer: EAVE graduate Jaques-Henri Bronckart
- LES ENFANTS DE LA NUIT by Andrea De Sica, co-producer: Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli
The Wallonia-Brussels Federation’s Film and Audiovisual Centre (CCA) supports the writing, development or production of 16 feature-film projects, nine shorts, 12 documentaries and one experimental film. Among them are:
- JE SUIS RESTÉ DANS LES BOIS by Vincent Solheid, Erika Sainte and Michael Bier, producer: PUENTES graduate Marie Besson
- LES CHÂTELAINS by Vero Cratzborn, producer: EAVE graduate Isabelle Truc
- PUENTES project THE BLOOD OF YOUR BLOOD by Stefano Pasetto, producer: PUENTES graduate Marie Besson
- THE FAITHFUL (LE FIDÈLE) by Michael R. Roskam, producer: EAVE graduate Peter Bouckaert
- ZAGROS by Sahim Omar Kalifa, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot
Four films by EAVE graduates are being funded by L'Aide aux Cinémas du Monde:
- A SORT OF FAMILY by Diego Lerman, producer: EAVE graduate Oliver Damian
- LA BOBINE DE SHULA by Rungano Nyoni, producer: B’EST graduate Juliette Grandmont
- L’INTRUSA by Leonardo Di Costanzo, producer: EAVE+ graduate Carlo Cresto-Dina
- EAVE project ROJO by Benjamin Naishtat, producer: Barbara Sarasola-Day, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot
Funded by the Norwegian Film Fund are the following films by EAVE producers:
- CANDELARIA by Jhonny Hendrix, producer: EAVE graduate Dag Hoel
- THE IMMERSED FAMILY by Maria Alché, producer: PUENTES graduate Barbara Fransisco
- EAVE project WAJIB by Annemarie Jacir, producer: EAVE graduate Ossama Bawardi, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ruben Thorkildsen
- SHINDISI by Nick Agiashvili, co-producer: EAVE graduate Vladimer Katcharava is in pre-production. Based on a true story of the Russian invasion of Georgia, the film takes place in the village of Shindisi during the August war and changes the life of an ordinary Georgian peasant forever. In the heart of Shindisi, heavily armed Russian military unit occupying the village, breaks the promise of a peaceful corridor given to Georgians and opens fire on Georgian soldiers lured into the ambush. One part of the Georgian soldiers take fire on themselves enabling the twenty-five fellow warriors to leave the battlefield. In the unequal battle Ivanov, the high-ranking Russian officer fails to reach desired goal, the number of casualties among Georgian soldiers is significantly lower than he had supposed. Ivanov’s revenge grows into hysteria; he seeks for wounded Georgian soldiers on the battlefield and refuses to even bury corpses of the Georgians. The film begins shooting in Shindisi on the actual location of the original events in September. The movie will benefit from the Georgian National Film Centre’s film industry incentive scheme (20-25 % cash rebate), launched in January 2016 to give a much welcomed boost to the local service and production industry.
- JACKDAWS ON THE ROAD by Olmo Omerzu, producer: EAVe graduate Jiri Konecny is in development. The road movie tells the story of Mára and Heduš, two boys on the run in a stolen car. They’re just twelve years old and they might never have a greater feeling of freedom again than during these two days. Their trip is framed by a parallel storyline: an investigation at a police station, as one of them was caught for driving without a license. The story explores the transition between childhood and adulthood. The project was supported by the Czech State Cinematography Fund and the Slovenian Film Centre. Ivan Ostrochovský of Slovakia’s Punkchart Films, Rok Bi?ek of Slovenia’s Cvinger Film and Czech TV are coproducing.
Film Fund Luxembourg supports 14 new audiovisual projects, among them are:
- APPLE PIE LULLABY by Cécile Somers and Reinis Kalnaellis, producer: EAVE graduate Paul Thiltges
- HISTOIRE DES FEMMES by Anne Schroeder. producer: EAVE graduate and EAVE Head of Studies Jani Thiltges
- SUPERJHEMP & FILS by Felix Koch, producer: EAVE graduate and EAVE Head of Studies Jani Thiltges
- TEL AVIV IS ON FIRE by Sameh Zoabi, producer: EAVE graduate and EAVE Head of Studies Jani Thiltges
- COMPATIBILITY by EAVE graduate Stephan Komandarev, producer: EAVE graduate Katya Trichkova is set to go into production in November of this year after Germany’s Aktis Film Production has joined the production. The film will span 24 hours in Sofia telling the stories about the fates of people in the city through the eyes of taxi drivers and their clients. Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM) is supporting the project. The production has already received funding from the Bulgarian National Film Centre.
BREATHING INTO MARBLE now in production
- THE LONGING by Joram Lürsen, producers: EAVE graduate Laurette Schillings, EAVE+ graduates Frans van Gestel and Arnold Heslenfeld is in production. Written by Frank Ketelaar, the story revolves around the very attractive Brigitte who shows up at publisher Goudemondt with a horrible manuscript. The publishers see possibilities: They make her switch roles with an unsightly and stuttering author of a literary masterpiece. The trick works; the book becomes both artistically and financially a huge success, but the initial agreement between all parties overturns into a bitter strife for acknowledgement. Principal photography starts in April 2016. The film is going to be released in Dutch cinemas in Spring 2017.
www.topkapifilms.nl/films/the-longing
- ZAGROS by Sahim Omar Kalifa, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot is shooting. Co-authored with the Belgian Jean-Claude Van Rijckeghem, the script is set in the Kurdish countryside and Brussels. It’s the story of a shepherd trying to find his wife who disappears with their child after being accused of adultery. ZAGROS is being produced by A Private View, co-producers are Man’s Films and Viking Film. Backing comes from the Flanders Audiovisual Fund, Screen Flanders, the Wallonia-Brussels Federation Centre for Film and Audiovisual, and the Netherlands Film Fund, as well as support from the MEDIA programme, Eurimages and the Tax Shelter. Shooting for the film, which began in Greece on 6 May, will continue in Turkey and Brussels.
- BREATHING INTO MARBLE by Giedre Beinoriute, producer: EAVE graduate and Lithuanian National Coordinator Dagne Vildziunaite is in production. Based on the Lithuanian novel of the same name which won the European Union Literature Prize in 2009, the haunting plot involves the adoption of a cruel young boy who kills the natural son of his adoptive parents. The film will be the first fiction feature film from Beinoriute. The psychological drama has only recently received production funding from the Lithuanian Film Center.
Ties That Bind project INTERCHANGE now in post-production
- DIE ANFÄNGERIN by Alexandra Sells, producer: EAVE graduate Martin Heisler is in post-production. Production companies: Lichtblick Film, Cine+ Filmproduktion, ZDF (Das kleine Fernsehspiel) and ARTE.
- STORM IN THE STARS by Haifaa Al-Mansour, co-producer: EAVE graduate and Luxembourgish National Coordinator David Grumbach is in post-production. Written by Emma Jensen and Conor McPherson, the film tells the story of Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, author of Frankenstein, and her tempestuous relationship with the poet Percy Shelley. Financing comes from the Irish Film Board, the British Film Institute and the Luxembourg Film Fund along with HanWay, who will also handle the films international sales.
- Ties That Bind project INTERCHANGE by Dain Iskandar Said, producer: Ties That Bind graduate Nandita Solomon is in post-production. The film has been picked up by Paris-based Reel Suspects. The film revolves around a forensics photographer lured into a world of shamans and mystic creatures while helping his detective friend investigate a series of macabre murders. XYZ Films is representing the film for North American sales, while GSC Movies is handling theatrical distribution in Malaysia with release slated for later this year. The film is financed by Sonneratia Capital, Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDec) and Seeing Eye Films with support from the National Film Development Board Malaysia (FINAS) and Indonesian co-producer Cinesurya.
12 Main Awards for EAVE Producers in Cannes
EAVE producers scoop main awards in Cannes!
Competition
- Best Director Ex-Aequo Award for PERSONAL SHOPPER, co-producer: EAVE graduate Artemio Benki, sales agent: MK2 Films
- FIPRESCI Award for Best Film went to TONI ERDMANN by Maren Ade, producer EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach, co-producers: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon and EAVE graduate Antonin Svoboda, sales agent: The Match Factory
Un Certain Regard
- Un Certain Regard Award for EAVE project THE HAPPIEST DAY IN THE LIFE OF OLLI MÄKI, producer: EAVE graduate Jussi Rantamäki, co-producer: EAVE graduate Nicklas Wikström Nicastro, sales agent: Les Films du Losange
- Best Screenplay Award - Un Certain Regard for VOIR DU PAYS by Delphine Coulin & Muriel Coulin, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Fenia Cossovitsa, sales agent: Films Distribution
- FIPRESCI Award for Best Film went to DOGS by Bogdan Mirica, producer: EAVE graduate Marcela Ursu, co-producers: EAVE graduates Stephan Komandarev and Katya Trichkova, line producer: EAVE graduate Marcian Lazar, sales agent: Bac Films
Semaine de la Critique
- FIPRESCI Award for Best Film went to GRAVE (RAW) by Julia Ducournau, producer: EAVE graduate and French National Coordinator Jean des Forêts, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubain, sales agent: Wild Bunch
- NESPRESSO Grand Prize for Interchange project MIMOSAS, producer: EAVE graduate Felipe Lage Coro, sales agent: Luxbox
- GAN Foundation Award For Distribution went to ONE WEEK AND A DAY, producer: EAVE graduate Saar Yogev, sales agent: New Europe Film Sales
- SACD Award for DIAMOND ISLAND, producer: EAVE graduate Hanneke van der Tas, sales agent: Les Films du Losange
- FRANCE 4 Visionary Award for ALBÜM by Mehmet Can Mertoglu, producers: EAVE graduate & Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon and EAVE graduate Oana Iancu, sales agent: The Match Factory
Quinzaine Des Réalisateurs
- SACD Award for THE TOGETHER PROJECT (L’EFFET AQUATIQUE) by Solveig Anspach, producer: EAVE group leader Patrick Sobelmann, sales agent: Le Pacte
Cinéfondation Atelier
- ARTE International Award for LA CORDILLERA by Santiago Mitre, producer: EAVE graduate Didar Domehri, sales agent: Film Factory Entertainment
The ScripTeast Award for the Best Eastern European Script goes to:
- WHEN THE TREES FALL by Marysia Nikitiuk, co-producers: EAVE+ graduate Violetta Kaminska and EAVE graduate Izabela Wojcik
- DER STAAT GEGEN FRITZ BAUER by Lars Kraume, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ann Carolin Renninger wins big at the German Film Awards. The biopic was awarded Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor, Best Costume Design and Best Set Design.
- HEDI SCHNEIDER IS STUCK by Sonja Heiss, producer EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach was awarded Best Supporting Actress.
- ABOVE AND BELOW by Nicolas Steiner, producer: EAVE graduate Helge Albers won Best Documentary.
- LES SAUTEURS (THOSE WHO JUMP) by Moritz Siebert, Estephan Wagner, Abou Bakar Sidibé, producer: EAVE graduate Signe Byrge Sørensen received an Honorable Mention in the VIKTOR DOK.horizonte section at the Dokfest München.
- The Bridging the Borders award for Best Feature Film at the South East European Film Festival, SEEfest went to A GOOD WIFE by Mirjana Karanovic producers: EAVE graduates Snežana Penev and Sinisa Juricic, which also won an award for Best First Film.
- BABAI by Visar Morina, producer: EAVE graduate Nicole Gerhards was awarded Best Cinematography
- TADMOR by Monika Borgmann and Lokman Slim, producer: EAVE graduate Philippe Avril was awarded Best Swiss Film at Visions du Réel, Nyon in April. The film also received a Honorable Mention by the jury.
- BABAI by Visar Morina, producer: EAVE graduate Nicole Gerhards and- BADEN BADEN by Rachel Lang, producer: EAVE graduate Valerie Bournonville ex aequo win Best Fiction Film Award in Crossing Europe Film Festival Linz.
- KORIDA by Sinisa Vidovic, producer: EAVE graduate Arash T. Riahi wins the Local Artist Award.
- KOZA (GOAT) by Ivan Ostrochovsky, producer: EAVE graduate Jiri Konecny won Best Cinematography and Best Sound at Slovakia’s national Sun in a Net film awards, organised by the Slovak Film and Television Academy.
- The Grand Prix of the Millennium Docs Against Gravity Film Festival went to UNDER THE SUN by Vitaly Mansky, producer: EAVE graduate Simone Baumann.
- LES SAUTEURS (THOSE WHO JUMP) by Moritz Siebert, Estephan Wagner, Abou Bakar Sidibé, producer: EAVE graduate Signe Byrge Sørensen was given the Amnesty International Award.
- ALOYS by Tobias Nölle, producers: EAVE+ graduate Christof Neracher and EAVE graduate Jean des Forêts wins the Best Music and Sound Award at the Filmkunstfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
- UNDER THE SUN by Vitaly Mansky, producer: EAVE graduate Simone Baumann won the Feodora Award for Best Director, the Federation of Film Critics of Europe and the Mediterranean at the Docaviv Tel Aviv International Documentary Film Festival.
- LES SAUTEURS (THOSE WHO JUMP) by Moritz Siebert, Estephan Wagner, Abou Bakar Sidibé, producer: EAVE graduate Signe Byrge Sørensen wins the Jury's Second Prize at DocumentaMadrid.
EAVE Project THE HERE AFTER in French cinemas
In Belgian Cinemas:
- BADEN BADEN by Rachel Lang, executive producer: EAVE graduate Valerie Bournonville. Belgian start: May 11.
- ELLE by Paul Verhoeven, co-producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum and EAVE graduate Sébastien Delloye. Belgian release: May 25.
In French Cinemas:
- APPRENTICE by Boo Junfeng, co-producers: EAVE+ graduate Tom Dercourt, EAVE graduate Sophie Erbs, EAVE Marketing Workshop graduate Jonas Katzenbach: in French cinemas from May 25.
- EAVE Project THE HERE AFTER by Magnus von Horn, producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski, co-producer: EAVE graduate Sophie Erbs. French release: May 25.
- THE WOUNDED ANGEL by Emir Baigazin, producer: EAVE Marketing Workshop graduate Jonas Katzenstein. French start: May 11.
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- BADEN BADEN by Rachel Lang, executive producer: EAVE graduate Valerie Bournonville. French start: May 4.
- ELLE by Paul Verhoeven, co-producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum and EAVE graduate Sébastien Delloye. French release: May 25.
In Italian Cinemas:
- FRÄULEIN by Christian De Sica, producer: EAVE graduate Carlo Cresto Dina. Italian release: May 17.
In British Cinemas:
- ARABIAN NIGHTS TRILOGY by Miguel Gomes, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach. UK release: May 6.
In Dutch Cinemas:
- LOVE & FRIENDSHIP by Whit Stillman, producer: EAVE graduate Katie Holly, co-producer: EAVE graduate Raymond van der Kaaij. UK Start: May 27. Dutch start: May 26.
- EAVE project STRIKE A POSE directed by Ester Gould, Reijer Zwaan is co-produced by EAVE graduates Rosan Boersma, Sander Verdonk and Ellen de Wael. Dutch release: May 26.
- EAVE Marketing Workshop project NOMA – MY PERFECT STORM by Pierre Deschamps, producer: EAVE Marketing Workshop graduate Etta Deschamps. Dutch release: May 26.
In Swiss Cinemas:
- THE MEMORY OF WATER by Matias Bize, co-producer: EAVE graduate Nicole Gerhards. Swiss release: May 26.
In Austrian Cinemas:
- BECOMING ZLATAN by Magnus Gertten, producer: EAVE graduate Margarete Jangard. Austrian start: May 19.
In German Cinemas:
- SCHROTTEN by Max Zähle, producer: EAVE graduate Dirk Decker. German start: May 5.
EAVE projects ONE WEEK AND A DAY and STRIKE A POSE in festivals around the world
Cannes Film Festival (May 11-22)
Competition
- ELLE by Paul Verhoeven, co-producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum and EAVE graduate Sébastien Delloye, sales agent: SBS International
- SIERANEVADA by Cristi Puiu, co-producers: EAVE graduates Zdenka Gold and Labina Mitevska, executive producer: EAVE graduate Oana Giurgiu, sales agent: Elle Driver
- TONI ERDMANN by Maren Ade, producer EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach, co-producers: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon and EAVE graduate Antonin Svoboda, sales agent: The Match Factory
- PERSONAL SHOPPER by Olivier Assayas, co-producer: EAVE graduate Artemio Benki, sales agent: MK2 Films
Un Certain Regard
- EAVE project THE HAPPIEST DAY IN THE LIFE OF OLLI MÄKI by Juho Kuosmanen, producer: EAVE graduate Jussi Rantamäki, co-producer: EAVE graduate Nicklas Wikström Nicastro, sales agent: Les Films du Losange
- DOGS by Bogdan Mirica, producer: EAVE graduate Marcela Ursu, co-producers: EAVE graduates Stephan Komandarev and Katya Trichkova, line producer: EAVE graduate Marcian Lazar, sales agent: Bac Films
- BEYOND THE MOUNTAINS AND HILLS by Eran Kolirin, co-producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum and EAVE graduate Sébastien Delloye, sales agent: The Match Factory
- CLASH (ESHTEBAK) by Mohamed Diab, co-producer: EAVE graduate Nicole Gerhards, sales agent: Pyramide International
- THE DANCER by Stephanie Di Giusto, co-producer: EAVE graduate Artemio Benki, sales agent: Wild Bunch
- VOIR DU PAYS by by Delphine Coulin & Muriel Coulin, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Fenia Cossovitsa, sales agent: Films Distribution
- APPRENTICE by Boo Junfeng, co-producers: EAVE+ graduate Tom Dercourt, EAVE graduate Sophie Erbs, EAVE Marketing Workshop graduate Jonas Katzenbach, sales agent: Luxbox
Special Screenings
- THE LAST RESORT (L'ULTIMA SPIAGGIA) by Thanos Anastopoulos & Davide Del Degan, co-producers: EAVE graduates Bénédicte Thomas and Guillaume de Seille
- WRONG ELEMENTS by Jonathan Littell, producers: EAVE graduates Alexandra Boussiu, Benoît Roland, sales agent: Le Pacte
Short films in the Official Selection
- THE SILENCE (IL SILENCIO) by Farnoosh Samadi Frooshani & Ali Asgari, producer: EAVE graduate Giovanni Pompili
- MOTHER (MADRE) by Simón Mesa Soto, producer: EAVE participant David Herdies
Quinzaine des Réalisateurs
- L’ECONOMIE DU COUPLE by Joachim Lafosse, producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart, sales agent: Le Pacte
- L’EFFET AQUATIQUE by Solveig Anspach, producer: EAVE group leader Patrick Sobelmann, sales agent: Le Pacte
- NERUDA by Pablo Larrain, producer: EAVE graduate Fernanda del Nido, sales agent: Funny Balloons
- FAI BEI SOGNI by Marco Bellocchio, producer: EAVE graduate Anastasia Michelagnoli, sales agent: The Match Factory
Short Films in Quinzaine des Réalisateurs
- KINDIL EL BAHR by Damien Ounouri, producer: EAVE graduate Talal Al-Muhanna
Semaine de la Critique
- Interchange project MIMOSAS by Oliver Laxe, producer: EAVE graduate Felipe Lage Coro, sales agent: Luxbox
- EAVE project ONE WEEK AND A DAY by Asaph Polonsky, producer: EAVE graduate Saar Yogev, sales agent: New Europe Film Sales
- Ties That Bind project A YELLOW BIRD by K. Rajagopal, producer: Ties That Bind graduate Jeremy Chua, co-producers: EAVE graduates Fran Borgia and Claire Lajoumard, sales agent: Alpha Violet
- ALBÜM by Mehmet Can Mertoglu, co-producers: EAVE graduate & Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon and EAVE graduate Oana Iancu, sales agent: The Match Factory
- DIAMOND ISLAND by Davy Chou, producer: EAVE graduate Hanneke van der Tas, sales agent: Les Films du Losange
- GRAVE (RAW) by Julia Ducournau, producer: EAVE graduate and French National Coordinator Jean des Forêts, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubain, sales agent: Wild Bunch
- TRAMONTANE by Vatche Boulghourjian, associate producer: Interchange graduate Myriam Sassine
- LE SOLDAT VIERGE by Erwan Le Duc, producer: EAVE graduate Sebastien Haguenauer
Short Films in Semaine de la Critique
- LIMBO by EAVE graduate Konstantina Kotzamani, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Dandraki
Cinéfondation Atelier
- DAOUD'S WINTER by Koutaiba Al-Janabi, producer: EAVE graduate Trent
- FEMME FATALE by Ties That Bind graduate Kyoko Miyake, co-producers: EAVE graduate Guillaume de Seille and Ties That Bind graduate Freddy Olsson
- LA CORDILLERA by Santiago Mitre, producer: EAVE graduate Didar Domehri
- SEMINA IL VENTO (SOW THE WIND) by Danilo Caputo, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Dumoulin
Cinéfondation Résidence
- THE USERS by Ivan Ikic, producer: EAVE graduate Milan Stojanovic
ACID
- MADAME B, HISTOIRE D’UNE NORD-CORÉENNE by Jero Yun, co-producer: EAVE graduate Guillaume de la Boulaye
- Interchange project HEAVEN SENT by Wissam Charaf, producer: Interchange graduate Charlotte Vincent
La Fabrique des Cinémas du Monde
- Ties That Bind project A WRONG SEASON by Carlo Francisco Manatad, producer: Ties That Bind graduate Aiess Alonso
- AMAL by Mohamad Siam, co-producer: Interchange graduate Myriam Sassine
- CITIZEN SAINT by EAVE graduate Tinatin Kajrishvili, producer EAVE participant Lasha Khalvashi
Producers on the Move
10 EAVE graduates have been selected to participate in the networking platform PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE at the Cannes International Film Festival.
- EAVE graduate Adis Djapo, SCCA/pro.ba, Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Ties That Bind participant Mikkel Jersin, Snowglobe, Denmark
- EAVE graduate Aet Laigu, Meteoriit, Estonia
- EAVE graduate Misha Jaari, Bufo, Finland
- EAVE graduate and Lithuanian National Coordinator Dagne Vildzunaite, Just A Moment, Lithuania
- Film Finance Forum graduate Roberts Vinovskis, Locomotive Productions, Latvia
- EAVE graduate Janneke Doolard, KeyDocs, The Netherlands
- EAVE graduate Anamaria Antoci, 4 Proof Film, Romania
- EAVE graduate Milan Stojanovic, Sense, Production, Serbia
- EAVE graduate Frida Bargo, B-Reel, Sweden
Marché du Film
- A GOOD WIFE by Mirjana Karanovic producers: EAVE graduates Snezana Penev and Sinisa Juricic
- A QUIET PASSION by Terence Davies, co-producer: EAVE graduate Peter de Maegd
- Ties That Bind project A YELLOW BIRD by K. Rajagopal, producer: Ties That Bind graduate Jeremy Chua, co-producers: EAVE graduates Fran Borgia and Claire Lajoumard
- ALBUM by Mehmet Can Mertoglu, co-producers: EAVE graduate & Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon and EAVE graduate Oana Iancu
- ALOYS by Tobias Nölle, producers: EAVE+ graduate Christof Neracher and EAVE graduate and French National Coordinator Jean des Forêts
- BADEN BADEN by Rachel Lang, producer: EAVE graduate Valerie Bournonville
- BEYOND THE MOUNTAINS AND HILLS by Eran Kolirin, co-producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum and EAVE graduate Sébastien Delloye
- CLASH (ESHTEBAK) by Mohamed Diab, co-producer: EAVE graduate Nicole Gerhards
- SCHONE HANDEN by Tjebbo Penning, producer: EAVE graduate Peter Bouckaert
- DEATH IN SARAJEVO by Danis Tanovic, producer: EAVE National Coordinator Bosnia and Herzegovina Amra Baksic Camo, executive producer: EAVE graduate Adis Djapo
- DOGS by Bogdan Mirica, producer: EAVE graduate Marcela Ursu, co-producer: EAVE graduate Katya Trichkova, line producer: EAVE graduate Marcian Lazar
- Interchange project MIMOSAS by Oliver Laxe, producer: EAVE graduate Felipe Lage Coro
- ELLE by Paul Verhoeven, co-producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum and EAVE graduate Sébastien Delloye
- HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM! by Ziga Virc, co-producers: EAVE graduates Sinisa Juricic and Ingmar Trost
- ILLEGITIMATE by Adrian Sitaru, producer: EAVE graduate Anamaria Antoci
- KATER (TOMCAT) by Händl Klaus, producer: EAVE graduate Antonin Svoboda
- KIKI by Sara Jordenö & Twiggy Pucci Garçon, producer: EAVE graduate Annika Rogell
- KOZA (GOAT) by Ivan Ostrochovsky, producer: EAVE graduate Jiri Konecny
- L’ÉCONOMIE DU COUPLE by Joachi Lafosse, producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart
- LOVE & FRIENDSHIP by Whit Stillman, producer: EAVE graduate Katie Holly, co-producer: EAVE graduate Raymond van der Kaaij
- MAMMAL by Rebecca Daly, producers: EAVE graduates Gilles Chanial, Macdara Kelleher, Reinier Selen
- MORRIS FROM AMERICA by Chad Hartigan, producers: EAVE graduates Martin Heisler and Arek Gielnik
- PAULINA by Santiago Mitre, producer: EAVE graduate Didar Domehri
- SHADOW WORLD by Johan Grimonprez, co-producers: EAVE graduates Signe Byrge Sørensen and Emmy Oost
- THAT TRIP WE TOOK WITH DAD, written and directed by: Anca M. Lazarescu, producers: Ties That Bind graduate David Lindner and EAVE graduate Verona Meier
- THE BANKSY JOB by Ian Gray and Dylan Harvey, producer: EAVE graduate Christine Alderson
- THE DANCER by Stephanie Di Giusto, co-producer: EAVE graduate Artemio Benki
- EAVE project THE HAPPIEST DAY IN THE LIFE OF OLLI MÄKI by Juho Kuosmanen, producer: EAVE graduate Jussi Rantamäki, co-producer: EAVE graduate Nicklas Wikström Nicastro
- THE TENTH MAN (EL REY DEL ONCE) by Daniel Burman, producer: PUENTES graduate Barbara Francisco
- THE WORLD IS MINE (LUMEA E A MEA) by Nicolae Constantin Tanase, producer: EAVE graduate Tudor Giurgiu
- THIS BEAUTIFUL FANTASTIC by Simon Aboud, producer: EAVE graduate and Bristish National Coordinator Christine Alderson
- LES SAUTEURS (THOSE WHO JUMP) by Moritz Siebert, Estephan Wagner, Abou Bakar Sidibé, producer: EAVE graduate Signe Byrge Sørensen
- TONI ERDMANN by Maren Ade, producer EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach, co-producers: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon and EAVE graduate Antonin Svoboda
- EAVE project UNITED STATES OF LOVE by Tomasz Wasilewski, producer: EAVE graduate Piotr Kobus
- WE ARE NEVER ALONE by Petr Vaclav, producer: EAVE graduate Sophie Erbs, EAVE+ graduate Tom Dercourt
- WELCOME HOME by Philippe de Pierpont, producer: EAVE graduate Isabelle Truc
- YOUNG WRESTLERS, produced and directed by EAVE graduate Mete Gümürhan
DocumentaMadrid (April 27 – May 8)
- LES SAUTEURS (THOSE WHO JUMP) by Moritz Siebert, Estephan Wagner, Abou Bakar Sidibé, producer: EAVE graduate Signe Byrge Sørensen
- UNDER THE SUN by Vitaly Mansky, co-producer: EAVE graduate Simone Baumann
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Southeast European Film Festival Los Angeles (April 28 – May 5)
- A GOOD WIFE by Mirjana Karanovic producers: EAVE graduates Snežana Penev and Sinisa Juricic
- BABAI by Visar Morina, producer: EAVE graduate Nicole Gerhards
- EAVE project WHY ME? by EAVE graduate Tudor Giurgiu, produced by EAVE graduate Oana Giurgiu, co-producer EAVE graduate Emoke Vagasi
- HOME by Metod Pevec, producer: EAVE group leader Danijel Hocevar
- OUR EVERYDAY LIFE by Ines Tanovic, producer: EAVE graduate Zdenka Gold
Docville International Documentary Festival Leuven (April 29 - May 7)
- EAVE project BROTHERS by Wojciech Staron, producer: EAVE graduate Malgorzata Staron
- EAVE Marketing Workshop project NOMA, MY PERFECT STORM by Pierre Deschamps, producer: EAVE Marketing Workshop graduate Etta Deschamps
- WE COME AS FRIENDS by Hubert Sauper, producer: EAVE graduate Gabriele Kranzelbinder
Schwerin International Film Festival (May 3 - 8)
- ALOYS by Tobias Nölle, producers: EAVE+ graduate Christof Neracher and EAVE graduate and French National Coordinator Jean des Forêts
- AUF EINMAL by Asli Özge, co-producer: EAVE graduate Laurette Schillings
- BELGICA by Felix van Groeningen producers: EAVE graduates Laurette Schillings and Frans van Gestel
- CHUCKS by Sabine Hiebler and Gerhard Ertl, producer: EAVE graduate Danny Krausz
- DAS LEBEN IST NICHTS FÜR FEIGLINGE by André Erkau, producer: EAVE graduate Dirk Decker
- HOMO SAPIENS by Nikolaus Geyrhalter, producer: EAVE graduate Michael Kitzberger
- KEEPER by Guillaume Senez, producer: EAVE graduate Isabelle Truc
- B’EST project MELLOW MUD by Renars Vimba, producer: B’EST graduate Alise Gelze and EAVE graduate and Latvian National Coordinator Aija Berzina
- ONE OF US by Stephan Richter, producer: EAVE graduate Arash T. Riahi
- PARADISE TRIPS by Raf Reyntjens, producer: EAVE graduate Peter De Maegd
- SCHROTTEN by Max Zähle, producer: EAVE graduate Dirk Decker
- THE FIRST, THE LAST by Bouli Lanners, producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart
- THE RED SPIDER by Marcin Koszalka, co-producer: EAVE graduate Michal Kollar
- THE YARD by Måns Månsson, producers: EAVE graduates Charlotte Most, Matthias Krause
- TOKYO FIANCEE by Stefan Liberski, producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart
- TOUS LES CHATS SONT GRIS by Savina Dellicour, producer: EAVE graduate Donato Rotunno
International Documentary Film Festival Munich (May 4 - 14)
- BECOMING ZLATAN by Magnus Gertten, producer: EAVE graduate Margarete Jangard
- DEMOCRACY by David Bernet, producer: EAVE graduate Arek Gielnik
- DREAMS REWIRED by Manu Luksch, Martin Reinhart, Thomas Tode, producer: EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu
- FORGET ME NOT by Jan Jaap Kuiper, producer: EAVE graduate Sander Verdonk
- HOMO SAPIENS by Nikolaus Geyrhalter, producer: EAVE graduate Michael Kitzberger
- LES SAUTEURS (THOSE WHO JUMP) by Moritz Siebert, Estephan Wagner, Abou Bakar Sidibé, producer: EAVE graduate Signe Byrge Sørensen
- MASTER AND TATYANA by Giedre Zickyte, producer: EAVE graduate Dagne Vildziunaite
- VON MÄNNERN UND VÄTERN by Andreas Pichler, Martin Prinz, co-producer: EAVE graduate Michael Kitzberger
- YOUNG WRESTLERS, produced and directed by EAVE graduate Mete Gümürhan
European Film Festival Bucharest (May 5 – 15)
- BANAT by Adriano Valerio, co-producer: EAVE graduate & Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon
- DOMESTIC by Adrian Sitaru, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Lazurean-Gorgan
- GLASSLAND by Gerard Barrett, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
- ILLEGITIMATE by Adrian Sitaru, producer: EAVE graduate Anamaria Antoci
- VIOLET by Bas Devos, producer: EAVE graduate Tomas Leyers
- THE HAPPIEST GIRL IN THE WORLD by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate & Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon
- SCHMITKE by Stephan Altrichter, producer: EAVE graduate Susann Schimk
- ONE FLOOR BELOW by Radu Muntean, co-producer: EAVE graduate Oana Iancu
- THE COMMUNE by Thomas Vinterberg, co-producer: EAVE graduate Laurette Schillings
- THE FENCER by Klaus Härö, producer: EAVE graduate Kaarle Aho
- THE LESSON by Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov, producer: EAVE graduate Magdelena Ilieva
- THE MAGIC MOUNTAIN, directed and produced by EAVE graduate Anca Damian, co-producers: EAVE graduate Benedicte Thomas and EAVE graduate Guillaume de Seille
- THE TREASURE by Corneliu Porumboiu, producer: EAVE graduate Marcela Ursu
- THE WEDNESDAY CHILD by Lili Horvath, producer: EAVE graduate Károly Fehér
Millenium Docs Against Gravity Film Festival, Warsaw (May 13 – 22)
- BECOMING ZLATAN by Magnus Gertten, producer: EAVE graduate Margarete Jangard
- CATHEDRALS OF CULTURE by Wim Wenders, Michael Glawogger, Michael Madsen, Robert Redford, Margreth Olin, Karim Aïnouz, producers: EAVE graduate Gian-Piero Ringel and EAVE graduate Erwin M. Schmidt, co-produced by EAVE graduate Anne Köhncke, EAVE graduate Signe Byrge Sørensen
- CINEMA, MON AMOUR by Alexandru Belc, producer: EAVE graduate Tudor Giurgiu
- DEMOCRACY by David Bernet, producer: EAVE graduate Arek Gielnik
- EAVE project ZUD by Marta Minorowicz, producer: EAVE graduates Anna Wyrda and Ann Carolin Renninger
- HOMO SAPIENS by Nikolaus Geyrhalter, producer: EAVE graduate Michael Kitzberger
- LES SAUTEURS (THOSE WHO JUMP) by Moritz Siebert, Estephan Wagner, Abou Bakar Sidibé, producer: EAVE graduate Signe Byrge Sørensen
- MY JOY by Sergei Loznitsa, producer: EAVE graduate Heino Deckert, co-producers: EAVE graduate Olena Yershova, EAVE graduate Marleen Slot
Docaviv – Tel Aviv International Documentary Film Festival (May 19 - 28)
- HOMO SAPIENS by Nikolaus Geyrhalter, producer: EAVE graduate Michael Kitzberger
- LES SAUTEURS (THOSE WHO JUMP) by Moritz Siebert, Estephan Wagner, Abou Bakar Sidibé, producer: EAVE graduate Signe Byrge Sørensen
- EAVE project STRIKE A POSE directed by Ester Gould, Reijer Zwaan is co-produced by EAVE graduates Rosan Boersma, Sander Verdonk and Ellen de Waele
- UNDER THE SUN by Vitaly Mansky, co-producer: EAVE graduate Simone Baumann
Seattle International Film Festival (May 19 – June 12)
- CHUCKS by Sabine Hiebler and Gerhard Ertl, producer: EAVE graduate Danny Krausz
- DER STAAT GEGEN FRITZ BAUER by Lars Kraume, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ann Carolin Renninger
- EAVE Project THE PARADISE SUITE by Joost van Ginkel, producer: EAVE graduate Ellen Havenith
- EAVE project ZUD by Marta Minorowicz, producer: EAVE graduates Anna Wyrda, Ann Carolin Renninger
- FAMILY FILM by Olmo Omerzu, producer: EAVE graduate Jiri Konecny
- ILLEGITIMATE by Adrian Sitaru, producer: EAVE graduate Anamaria Antoci
- LE TOUT NOUVEAU TESTAMENT by Jaco Van Dormael, producers: EAVE graduate Paul Thiltges and EAVE graduate and Luxembourgish National Coordinator David Grumbach
- MARZIA, MY FRIEND by Kirsi Mattila, producer: EAVE graduate Elina Pohjola
- MORRIS FROM AMERICA by Chad Hartigan, producers: EAVE graduates Martin Heisler and Arek Gielnik
- MOTHERLAND by Senem Tüzen, producer: EAVE graduate Olena Yershova
- THE BLACK HEN by Min Bahadur Bham, co-producer: EAVE graduate and Russian National Coordinator Anna Katchko
- THE HIGH SUN by Dalibor Matanic, producer: EAVE graduate and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic, co-producers: EAVE graduate and Serbian National Coordinator Miroslav Mogorovic and EAVE graduate Petra Vidmar
- THE WOUNDED ANGEL by Emir Baigazin, producer: EAVE Marketing Workshop graduate Jonas Katzenstein
- UNDER THE SUN by Vitaly Mansky, co-producer: EAVE graduate Simone Baumann
Zlín Film Festival (May 27 - June 3)
- I, OLGA HEPNAROVA by Petr Kazda, Tomas Weinreb, co-producer: EAVE graduate Guillaume de Seille
- KEEPER by Guillaume Senez, producer: EAVE graduate Isabelle Truc
- MY REVOLUTION by Ramzi Ben Sliman, producer: EAVE graduate Sébastien Haguenauer
- THE BLACK HEN by Min Bahadur Bham, co-producer: EAVE graduate and Russian National Coordinator Anna Katchko
Transilvania International Film Festival Cluj-Napoca (May 27 – June 5)
- 11 MINUTES by Jerzy Skolimowski, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
- CINEMA, MON AMOUR by Alexandru Belc, producer: EAVE graduate Tudor Giurgiu
- DOGS by Bogdan Mirica, producer: EAVE graduate Marcela Ursu, co-producer: EAVE graduate Katya Trichkova, line producer: EAVE graduate Marcian Lazar
- EASTERN BUSINESS by Igor Cobileanski, producers: EAVE graduates Dagne Vildziunaite, Iuliana Tarnovetchi
- EAVE project UNITED STATES OF LOVE by Tomasz Wasilewski, producer: EAVE graduate Piotr Kobus
- FAMILY FILM by Olmo Omerzu, producer: EAVE graduate Jiri Konecny
- FRENZY by Emin Alper, producer: EAVE graduate Enis Köstepen
- ILLEGITIMATE by Adrian Sitaru, producer: EAVE graduate Anamaria Antoci
- NEON BULL by Gabriel Mascaro, producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot
- EAVE Marketing Workshop project NOMA – MY PERFECT STORM by Pierre Deschamps, producer: EAVE Marketing Workshop graduate Etta Deschamps
- SIERANEVADA by Cristi Puiu, co-producers: EAVE graduates Zdenka Gold and Labina Mitevska, executive producer: EAVE graduate Oana Giurgiu
- THE MAGIC MOUNTAIN, directed and produced by EAVE graduate Anca Damian, co-producers: EAVE graduate Benedicte Thomas and EAVE graduate Guillaume de Seille
- THE WAITING ROOM by Igor Drljaca, producer: Film Finance Forum graduate Borga Dorter
- ZERO by Gyula Nemes, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jiri Konecny
Krakow Film Festival (May 29 – June 5)
- EAVE project BROTHERS by Wojciech Staron, producer: EAVE graduate Malgorzata Staron
- EAVE project STRIKE A POSE directed by Ester Gould, Reijer Zwaan is co-produced by EAVE graduates Rosan Boersma, Sander Verdonk and Ellen de Waele
Doxa Documentary, Film and Video Festival Vancouver (May 5 – 15)
- UNDER THE SUN by Vitaly Mansky, co-producer: EAVE graduate Simone Baumann
B’EST EAVE ends with an award ceremony in Cannes
The B'EST EAVE 2015 Producers Workshop ends today with the best project award announced at the Baltic Event reception in Cannes. The 12 000 Euros of development support is granted by the P.O.V. Film Development Fund. The award goes to producer Maxim Dashkin's (Russia) project THE LONGEST BIRTHDAY.
B'EST EAVE Producers Workshop, which took place in St Petersburg, Russia, in September, and during Baltic Event in Tallinn, Estonia, in November, ran for the 4th time in 2015.
Organised in collaboration with the training programme EAVE (European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs) and CTB Film Company (Russia), and supported by Creative Europe MEDIA Programme and Indigo Hotel St Petersburg, it is an initiative designed specifically for co-production projects between the European Union and the CIS countries, Georgia and Ukraine. Eight projects and four participants without projects were presented in its 2015 edition.
B'EST EAVE will discontinue in 2016, but negotiations with potential partners in the CIS countries will hopefully result in a comeback in the coming years.
Upcoming Deadlines
connecting cottbus: Save the date and submit your feature projects now!
Deadline: July 30, 2016
connecting cottbus, the East-West co-production market at the FilmFestival Cottbus will take place on November 10 and 11 and searches for the most exciting pitch projects until July 30, 2016
connecting cottbus (coco), the East-West co-production market at the FilmFestival Cottbus, is currently accepting project submissions for its 2016 pitching session until July 30. Furthermore producers, sales agents and other industry representatives are invited to participate without specific projects.
Founded in 1999, coco is one of the leading international meeting points for film professionals in an East- West-European context aiming to foster co-production with a special focus on East-West feature film projects. Films such as THE HIGH SUN or ONE FLOOR BELOW (both Cannes Un Certain Regard 2015) as well as MOTHERLAND (Venice Film Festival 2015) or A GOOD WIFE (Sundance Film Festival 2016) were pitched in Cottbus before they were successfully produced and released. connecting cottbus also offers up-to-date information, discussions on current topics and networking events with particular attention to the financing and market landscape.
Until July 30, 2016, producers can apply with a feature film project that either originates in or is content wise related to Eastern Europe and shows potential for an East-West co-production. The projects to be presented at coco will be selected until mid-September. Producers, sales agents, distributors, festival representatives, commissioning editors and financiers are welcome to reserve their seats as guests without project by submitting their application form by October 14, 2016.
This year, 11 film projects from or related to Eastern Europe will get the chance to present themselves to an industry audience at connecting cottbus. The coco Best Pitch Award of €1,500 plus an accreditation to the Cannes Producers Network 2017 goes to the producer of the best pitch and is awarded by all industry participants. A jury of three industry representatives will award the coco Post Pitch Award of €25,000, an in-kind award donated by the German post-production house The Post Republic.
The HFM Co-Production Platform is open for submissions
Deadline: July 1, 2016
The 29th Holland Film Meeting will be held 22 - 25 September 2016. In its core the Utrecht-based HFM Co-Pro Platform event is one of the key staging posts for the finance of independent European cinema, and generous prizes are on offer to aid the development and/or production of the film.
We are officially open for submissions until July 1st, 2016. The application form is available here.
Every year the HFM selects around twenty film projects in development, suitable for co-production, ready to be presented to many of international cinema's most important and influential financiers, distributors, sales agents, broadcasters and co-producers. Selected participants will benefit from the chance to pitch their projects, receive feedback from leading film professionals, and to have one-on-one meetings within a professional but relaxed atmosphere. For international projects the selection includes travel and accommodation for three nights in Utrecht’s luxurious Hotel Karel V, covering two delegates per project. European feature-length films suitable for co-production, with a minimum duration of 70 minutes, and with local financial support in place (support from a public funding institution, TV, MG or tax shelter), are eligible for selection.
CROSSROADS CO-PRODUCTION FORUM, November 19 – 21, 2016
Application deadline August 30, 2016
CROSSROADS is a Co-Production Forum, organized by the Thessaloniki International Film Festival. Mediterranean and Balkan producers with a feature film script are given the chance to meet a new network of financiers, co-producers and leading industry specialists.
CROSSROADS will take place for three days from November 19 to the 21 this year.
CROSSROADS will introduce producers to a variety of industry professionals from all over the world. The programme is varied and provides the opportunity to meet, formally and informally, distributors, broadcasters, sales agents and consultants who can offer confidential advice on everything from legal matters to strategies for raising money.
CROSSROADS' goal is to support the producers of feature-length fiction film projects that contain a link to the Mediterranean and Balkan regions. Qualifying features will be produced or co-produced by a country in this area or are movies that contain story elements based in this region.
CROSSROADS projects will be selected based on the quality of the script, the creative team and the likelihood of being made. The deadline for applications is August 30.
For more information and application forms please contact: crossroads@filmfestival.gr
EP2C post-production workshop 2016
Application Deadline: June 2016
Are you a producer or a post-production supervisor looking for a smoother post-production for your feature films (fiction or documentary)
EP2C is a project based workshop, mainly designed for producers and dedicated to post-production management. The workshop is also open to post-production supervisors. During one week, technical, financial and artistic post-production challenges are addressed in lectures, group sessions and individual meetings.
Once a year, the workshop welcomes 22 participants and some 20 international experts specialised in various aspects of post-production and international co-productions.
EP2C was created in 2009 in the firm belief that a well-scheduled, well-budgeted, well-run post-production, apart from saving the producer a lot of work, time, and money, will most of all protect the film from unnecessary artistic compromise.
Producers come with a feature film project (fiction or documentary at development stage) on which they will work with the experts for a week.
Post-production supervisors are assigned to producers' projects. The workshop gives them an opportunity to share experiences and talk about methods used in their countries.This annual itinerant workshop is supported by the Media Programme of the European Union and was created on the initiative of the Belgium production company Entre Chien et Loup (Diana Elbaum & Sébastien Delloye).
For more information please visit www.ep2c.com or contact us at info@ep2c.com.
MEDIMED - THE EURO-MEDITERRANEAN DOCUMENTARY MARKET
Sitges (Barcelona) 13-16 October 2016
MEDIMED is calling for entries of new documentary projects-in-development having in place 25% of their finance and/or a broadcast guarantee or co-production agreement. We are looking for European producers and filmmakers that can provide independently produced documentaries, projects engaging in creative risks, advancing issues and presenting points of views not typically seen on television. Selected projects will be pitched at the central Pitching Forum or at the newly designed ANTI-pitch program dedicated to projects in their final stage of production.
We are also looking for finished European documentary productions of any genre produced in 2015 or 2016.
This dedicated market is focused on the promotion and development of new European and Mediterranean independent documentary productions, promoting the networking between international producers and financiers. MEDIMED offers an excellent opportunity to introduce and sell new films to international buyers, thus enhancing distribution possibilities for their recently produced documentaries.
Last year, 30 documentary projects from 15 European & Southern Mediterranean countries were pitched to a panel of key commissioning editors, and 500 finished documentaries were screened by 70 international buyers and distributors.
The deadline for the submission of both programmes and projects is due JUNE 30. They can be registered free of charge and are subject to selection by an international jury.
MEDIMED is organized by the Mediterranean Producer’s Association, APIMED, with the financial support of the EUROPE CREATIVE MEDIA Programme of the European Union.
To obtain the entry forms and for any further information, please visit: www.medimed.org or contact the organisation via email at: medimed@apimed.org
SPECIAL FOR EAVE PRODUCERS: FIDLab Marseille
Dear EAVE producers,
FIDLAB and EAVE are glad to invite you to apply for the 8th edition of the FIDLAB (Marseille, July 15th-16th) and discover 11 brand new film projects at all stages of development.
FIDLab is a professional platform for coproduction support, setting up meetings between projects and possible co-producers, distributors, representatives of international cinema funds, sales agents, curators, programmers and other potential financiers. FIDLab offers a dynamic and active work environment, where artistic and economic joint ventures are created.
In the framework of the partnership with EAVE, FIDLAB will select 2 EAVE producers to participate in the 2016 edition of the FIDLab. This invitation will include 3 nights of hotel accommodation and an industry accreditation for the festival. In order to apply, please send, before June 8th, your CV and a short letter of motivation to the following addresses: fidlab@fidmarseille.org; franciscalucero@fidmarseille.org
For the call for entries 2016, 11 projects, all with a budget under 1 million Euros were selected from more than 370 applications from 87 countries. In the past 7 editions FIDLab has selected 80 projects. More than 50% of those projects are now films with a rich and diverse life and visibility.
FIDLab lasts for two days : visual and oral presentations are followed by one-to-one meetings. FIDLab has the same criteria as FIDMarseille: it has no restriction of genre, length or format; and gives a particular attention to those films that cross the boundaries between fiction and documentary.
Different from a market pitching, FIDLab offers the professional audience a chance to discover the projects through images, rushes, rough cuts, photos, artistic references and all the material that may increase the understanding of the project. In a diverse international context, FIDLab aims to reinforce projects chosen not only for their artistic and creative qualities, but also for their international potential and market accessibility.
FIDLab is a meeting place for discussing film projects, offering film-makers an opportunity to make useful contacts and networking thanks to match-maked and free one-to-one meetings, as well as more informal moments of encounter.
EAVE producers scoop main awards in Cannes
We are proud to announce that EAVE graduates have been extremely successful at the this year`s Cannes Film Festival!
Out of 32 FILMS SELECTED in the official & sidebar sections of the festival programme, EAVE producers have won 12 of the MAIN AWARDS of the festival:
Competition
- Best Director Ex-Aequo Award for PERSONAL SHOPPER, co-producer: EAVE graduate Artemio Benki, sales agent: MK2 Films
- FIPRESCI Award for Best Film went to TONI ERDMANN by Maren Ade, producer EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach, co-producers: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon and EAVE graduate Antonin Svoboda, sales agent: The Match Factory
Un Certain Regard
- Un Certain Regard Award for EAVE project THE HAPPIEST DAY IN THE LIFE OF OLLI MÄKI, producer: EAVE graduate Jussi Rantamäki, co-producer: EAVE graduate Nicklas Wikström Nicastro, sales agent: Les Films du Losange
- Best Screenplay Award - Un Certain Regard for VOIR DU PAYS by Delphine Coulin & Muriel Coulin, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Fenia Cossovitsa, sales agent: Films Distribution
- FIPRESCI Award for Best Film went to DOGS by Bogdan Mirica, producer: EAVE graduate Marcela Ursu, co-producers: EAVE graduates Stephan Komandarev and Katya Trichkova, line producer: EAVE graduate Marcian Lazar, sales agent: Bac Films
Semaine de la Critique
- FIPRESCI Award for Best Film went to GRAVE (RAW) by Julia Ducournau, producer: EAVE graduate and French National Coordinator Jean des Forêts, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubain, sales agent: Wild Bunch
- NESPRESSO Grand Prize for Interchange project MIMOSAS, producer: EAVE graduate Felipe Lage Coro, sales agent: Luxbox
- GAN Foundation Award For Distribution went to ONE WEEK AND A DAY, producer: EAVE graduate Saar Yogev, sales agent: New Europe Film Sales
- SACD Award for DIAMOND ISLAND, producer: EAVE graduate Hanneke van der Tas, sales agent: Les Films du Losange
- FRANCE 4 Visionary Award for ALBÜM by Mehmet Can Mertoglu, producers: EAVE graduate & Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon and EAVE graduate Oana Iancu, sales agent: The Match Factory
Quinzaine Des Réalisateurs
- SACD Award for THE TOGETHER PROJECT (L’EFFET AQUATIQUE) by Solveig Anspach, producer: EAVE group leader Patrick Sobelmann, sales agent: Le Pacte
Cinéfondation Atelier
- ARTE International Award for LA CORDILLERA by Santiago Mitre, producer: EAVE graduate Didar Domehri, sales agent: Film Factory Entertainment
B’EST EAVE ends with an award ceremony in Cannes
The B'EST EAVE 2015 Producers Workshop ends today with the best project award announced at the Baltic Event reception in Cannes. The 12 000 Euros of development support is granted by the P.O.V. Film Development Fund. The award goes to producer Maxim Dashkin's (Russia) project The Longest Birthday.
B'EST EAVE Producers Workshop, which took place in St Petersburg, Russia, in September, and during Baltic Event in Tallinn, Estonia, in November, ran for the 4th time in 2015. Organised in collaboration with the training programme EAVE (European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs) and CTB Film Company (Russia), and supported by Creative Europe MEDIA Programme and Indigo Hotel St Petersburg, it is an initiative designed specifically for co-production projects between the European Union and the CIS countries, Georgia and Ukraine. Eight projects and four participants without projects were presented in its 2015 edition with participants coming from Germany, Estonia, Finland, Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Czech Republic, and Lithuania.
The Longest Birthday (screenwriter Savion Einstein) is a road-movie about a young mother who travels through multiple time zones with her fatally ill son to give him the longest birthday ever. Riina Sildos, the Head of Studies, and Natalia Drozd, the Head of P.O.V. Film Development Fund, admitted that The Longest Birthday was one of the most promising projects at B’EST EAVE 2015, and the development process of the project has convinced them that the resulting film will be applauded internationally by audiences and critics alike.
The P.O.V. Film Development Fund provides financial, educational, and other forms of support for the development of feature film co-productions with Russia.
B'EST EAVE will discontinue in 2016, but negotiations with potential partners in the CIS countries will hopefully result in a comeback in the coming years.
Baltic Event, B'EST EAVE's host event during Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival in the framework of Industry@Tallinn, will take place on November 21-24, 2016. The Call for Projects will be announced in the beginning of June.
Additional information:
Marge Liiske: balticevent@poff.ee
