EAVE December News 2016
- EAVE project ANOTHER DAY IN BAGHDAD supported by CNC New Technologies Fund
In Development / Pre-Production December 2016 - BLACK 47 now in production
In Production December 2016 - COMPATIBILITY now in post production
In post-production December 2016 - 2 Oscar and 5 Golden Globes nominations for EAVE producers
Nominations December 2016 - EUROPEAN DISCOVERY – Prix FIPRESCI for EAVE project OLLI MÄKI
Awards December 2016 - NERUDA now in Dutch cinemas
In Cinemas /TV December 2016 - B’EST project HOUSE OF OTHERS in festivals around the world
Festivals December 2016 - TIES THAT BIND 2017 - CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
. - PUENTES – Europe / Latin America Co-Prod. Workshop 2017: CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
. - EAVE 2017 Producers Workshop selection revealed
. - Upcoming deadlines
Calls for application for: RE-ACT, Series Mania - EAVE 2017 Producers Workshop selection
Press release
EAVE project ANOTHER DAY IN BAGHDAD supported by CNC New Technologies Fund
The German-French Funding Commission supports the development and production of four film projects. Among them are:
- MAYA by Mia HansenLøve, producer: EAVE graduate Verona Meier
- TRANSIT by Christian Petzold, coproducer: EAVE graduate Antonin Dedet
The Film Fund Luxembourg supports 11 new projects. Among the fiction features, documentaries, animations and fiction series are the following films by EAVE graduates:
- 68 by Andy Bausch, producer: EAVE graduate Paul Thiltges
- DIE LIEBHABERINNEN by Caroline Kox, producer: EAVE+ graduate Alexander DumreicherIvanceanu
- FOR A HAPPY LIFE by Salima Glamine and Dimitri Linde, producer: EAVE graduate and Head of Studies Jani Thiltges
- KOSMIK JOURNEY by Jan Kounen, producer: EAVE graduate Marion Guth
- MURER by Christian Frosch, producer: EAVE graduate Paul Thiltges
- Untitled documentary by Alexander Nanau, producer: EAVE graduate and Head of Studies Jani Thiltges
The Romanian National Film Center supports new fiction, documentary and animated projects. Among them are:
- EDEN by Agnes Kocsis, producer: EAVE graduate Tudor Giurgiu
- I HATE BERLIN by Valentin Hotea, producer: EAVE graduate & Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon
- OCCASIONAL SPIES by Oana Giurgiu, producer: EAVE graduate Tudor Giurgiu
- SPIRAL by Cecilia Felmeri, producer: EAVE graduate & Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon
- THE DEAD COUNTRY by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate & Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon
- THESE ARE FISH BONE by Dragomir Sholev, producer: EAVE graduate & Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon
- TIE by Marius Olteanu, producer: EAVE graduate & Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon
- WINDSEEKER by Marius Sofronea, producer: EAVE graduate Tudor Giurgiu
Croatian Audiovisual Centre HAVC and the Film Fund of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- FATHER by Srdan Golubovic, coproducer: EAVE graduate Danijel Hocevar,
- SON by Ines Tanovic, producer: EAVE participant Alem Babic, and Danis Tanovic’s 9034 receive financial support from the Croatian Audiovisual Centre HAVC and the Film Fund of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
CNC New Technologies Fund
- EAVE project ANOTHER DAY IN BAGHDAD by Maysoon Pachachi, producers: EAVE graduate Talal AlMuhanna, Patrice Nezan & Alexander Ris receives support from the CNC New Technologies Fund.
Arte France Cinéma
- COLD WAR by Pawel Pawlikowski, producer: EAVE graduate Lukasz Dieziol gets backing from Arte France Cinéma. The filmmaker’s new feature will be set in communist Poland during the 1950s and 1960s, and will revolve around two youngsters and the difficulties of being in love at that time. The FrenchPolishBritish production will be staged by MK Productions, Opus Film and Apocalypso Pictures.
- Entre Chien et Loup and Kwassa Films join forces. Entre Chien et Loup, the company which was set up 30 years ago by Diana Elbaum and is active in audiovisual production, and young company Kwassa Films, founded by Annabella Nezri, team up. The two companies join forces and skills sets to increase levels of cooperation between their various professionals and allow them to rapidly evolve with new market opportunities: film, television, the Internet and virtual reality. Kwassa Films stands out with its pool of young writers and directors, and will rely on the knowhow and contacts of Entre Chien et Loup to accelerate the production process for its projects, whilst Entre Chien et Loup broadens its policy for supporting young talent to include producers. Diana Elbaum and Annabella Nezri have just teamed up to launch Boost Camp. The initiative aims to accelerate the development of films or series created by women, and to support them so that they don’t lose touch with the market due to the fact that their projects take longer to develop than those of their male counterparts. The first session kicks off in March 2017.
- Aurora Media Holdings of Ties That Bind graduate Justin Deimen has signed a multipicture development and production agreement with Kathy Morgan International at Screen Singapore this year.
The Asian media organisation recently established a $30m content fund, which will be utilised in this deal with Kathy Morgan International to distribute and develop upcoming international film projects.
Aurora Media Holdings will serve as producers on a slate of new movies with Kathy Morgan International including Stano, which will be directed by Oscarwinner John G. Avildsen (Rocky) and produced by William Chartoff (Creed). The film is an underdog story about a rising baseball star who finds himself in prison after a terrible accident. The movie will begin principal photography next spring with the investment firm Salt Media also offering support.
Aurora Media Holdings also invested in the new BeachTV platform focused on a variety of beach-related content, from beach sports and fashion, to parties and festivals, to lifestyle, tourism and marine conservation.
- ALL ALONE by Bobo Jelcic, producer: EAVE graduate Zedenka Gold, co-producer: EAVE participant Alem Babic is in preparation. The film is an intimate character study and a social drama about a divorced father struggling with the legal labyrinth without breaking the parental bond. The story written by Jelcic focuses on a divorced father who starts exparte proceedings to spend more time with his daughter, but enters the Kafkaesque world of a social services system in meltdown. His fierce love for his child is the source of his misery and of his greatest joy as well. Zdenka Gold is producing through Croatia’s Spiritus Movens Production in coproduction with Alem Babi? through Dokument Sarajevo from Bosnia and Herzegovina. The project received a production grant from the Croatian Audiovisual Centre and a coproduction grant from Fondacija na kinematografiju Sarajevo. The 30 shooting days are scheduled from 20 February to 1 April 2017.
BLACK 47 now in production
- BLACK 47 by Lance Daly, producer: EAVE graduate Macdara Kelleher, co-producer: EAVE gradaute and Head of Studies Jani Thiltges is shooting at Connemara, Kildare and Wicklow locations in Ireland. The film is set in 1847 when Ireland was in the grip of the Great Famine. A hardened Irish ranger abandons his post with the British army to return home to Ireland to visit his family. He finds his mother starved to death and his brother killed by the English. He sets off on a bloody path of revenge. The only man who can stop him is his old English army mate. The film is financed by Primemeridian Entertainment (US), the Irish Film Board, the Luxembourg Film Fund, Wildcard Distribution (Ireland), the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, TV3 (Ireland), Eurimages, Umedia (Belgium), Samsa Film (Luxembourg) and Fastnet Films (Ireland).
COMPATIBILITY now in post production
COMPATIBILITY by EAVE graduate Stephan Komandarev completed shooting. The Bulgarian/German/Macedonian coproduction’s financing took less than a year.
Based on real events, the script written by Simeon Ventsislavov and Stephan Komandarev interweaves six contemporary taxi drivers’ stories and a free interpretation of Anton Chekhov’s short story Grief.
Preproduction started in March 2016, with scout locations and a test shooting of the whole film with a small digital camera. The real shooting in nocturnal Sofia took place in NovemberDecember 2016 and lasted 24 days. There are roughly six oneframe episodes, some of which go uninterrupted for nearly twenty minutes.
Bulgarian National Film Center, Bulgarian National Television, the German Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM), the Macedonian Film Agency and Eurimages are supporting.
2 Oscar and 5 Golden Globes nominations for EAVE producers
Academy Awards
Shortlisted for Best Foreign Language Film:
- 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
- A MAN CALLED OVE by Hannes Holm, producer: EAVE graduate Nicklas Wikström Nicastro
Golden Globes
Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film:
- 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
- NERUDA by Pablo Larrain, producer: EAVE graduate Fernanda del Nido
- ELLE by Paul Verhoeven, co-producers: EAVE graduate Diana Elbaum and Sébastien Delloye
Nominated for Best Actress:
- ELLE by Paul Verhoeven, co-producers: EAVE graduate Diana Elbaum and Sébastien Delloye
Nominated for Best Actor Comedy/Musical
- THE LOBSTER by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney, co-producers: EAVE graduate Léontine Petit and EAVE graduate Derk-Jan Warrink is nominated for the Best Actor Comedy/Musical.
European Shooting Stars
Among the ten upcoming actors nominated for the European Shooting Stars are:
- Victoria Guerra, Portugal (CASANOVA VARIATIONS by Michael Sturminger, producer: EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu)
- Tudor Aaron Istodor, Romania? (THE FIXER by Adrian Sitaru, producers: EAVE graduate Anamaria Antoci and EAVE graduate and French National Coordinator Jean des Forêts?)
- Elina Vaska, Latvia (B’EST project MELLOW MUD by Renars Vimba, producer: B’EST graduate Alise Gelze)
EUROPEAN DISCOVERY – Prix FIPRESCI for EAVE project OLLI MÄKI
European Film Awards
- 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 ist the big winner at the European Film Awards. The film won all the main awards: Best Screenplay, Best Actor (for Peter Simonischek), Best Actress (for Sandra Hüller), Best Director and Best Film.
- EAVE project THE HAPPIEST DAY IN THE LIFE OF OLLI MÄKI by Juho Kosmanen, producer: EAVE graduate Jussi Rantamäki, coproducer: EAVE graduate Nicklas Wikström Nicastro received the European Discovery Award – FIPRESCI Prize.
- A MAN CALLED OVE by Hannes Holm, producer: EAVE graduate Nicklas Wikström Nicastro was awarded Best European Comedy.
- THE COMMUNE by Thomas Vinterberg, coproducer: EAVE graduate Laurette Schillings was awarded Best European Editor (Anne Østerud & Janus Billeskov Jansen)
- 11 MINUTES by Jerzy Skolimowski, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney won Best European Sound Designer (Rados?aw Ochnio).
- EAVE graduate Leontine Petit received the European Co-Production Award – Prix EURIMAGES.
Les Arcs European Film Festival
- GOOD LUCK by Ben Russell, producer: EAVE graduate Janja Kralj won the Hiventy Prize in the Work in Progress section of the Les Arcs European Film Festival.
Gotham Independent Film Awards
- ELLE by Paul Verhoeven, co-producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum and EAVE graduate Sébastien Delloye received the Gotham Award for Best Actress (Isabelle Huppert) at the Gotham Independent Film Awards.
Brussels Mediterranean Film Festival
- PARK by Sofia Exarchou, producer: EAVE graduate Amanda Livanou received the Youth Jury Award and the Cineuropa Prize at the Brussels Mediterranean Film Festival.
Brisbane Asian Pacific Screen Awards
- B’EST project HOUSE OF OTHERS by Rusudan Glurjidze, producer: B’EST graduate Zurab Magalashvili won the Brisbane Asian Pacific Screen Award (APSA) for Best Achievement in Cinematography.
- ZOOLOGY by Ivan I. Tverdovsky, coproducer: EAVE graduate Guillaume de Seille was awarded for Best Performance by an Actress (Natalia Pavlenkova).
- UNDER THE SUN by Vitaly Mansky, coproducer: EAVE graduate Simone Baumann won the Best Documentary award.
www.asiapacificscreenacademy.com/theawards/
Cairo International Film Festival
- Interchange project MIMOSAS by Oliver Laxe, producer: EAVE graduate Felipe Lage Coro won the Golden Pyramid for Best Film and the Award for Best Actor (Shakib Ben Omar) at the Cairo International Film Festival.
- THE TRAIN OF SALT AND SUGAR by Licinio Azevedo, co-producers: EAVE graduates Philippe Avril and Elias Ribeiro won the Silver Pyramid for Best Director.
- EAVE project ZUD by Marta Minorowicz, producer: EAVE graduates Anna Wyrda, Ann Carolin Renninger was given the Fathy Farag Prize for Best Artistic Contribution.
Gijon Interntional Film Festival
- SLAVA (GLORY) by Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov, coproducer: EAVE graduate Konstantina Stavrianou won Best Feature Film, Best Script and the FIPRESCI Award at the Gijon Interntional Film Festival.
Tbilisi International Film Festival
- B’EST project HOUSE OF OTHERS by Rusudan Glurjidze, producer: B’EST graduate Zurab Magalashvili won the Golden Prometheus for Best Film at the Tbilisi International Film Festival.
Olympia International Film Festival
- B’EST project MELLOW MUD by Renars Vimba, producer: B’EST graduate Alise Gelze won three awards at the Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People. Renars Vimba received the Best Director and Best Screenplay Awards, while his lead actress, Elina Vaska, won the Best Young Actress Award. The film also won the nomination for the EFA Young Audience Award.
Trophée Francophone
Three Awards for Luxembourg at the Trophée Francophone:
- DEMAIN, APRÈS LA GUERRE by Christophe Wagner, producer: EAVE graduate and EAVE Head of Studies Jani Thiltges won the Trophée Francophone for Best Directing.
- LE TOUT NOUVEAU TESTAMENT by Jaco Van Dormael, producers: EAVE graduate Paul Thiltges and EAVE graduate and Luxembourgish National Coordinator David Grumbach was awarded Best Script (Jaco Van Dormael) and Best Actor (Benoît Poelvoorde).
MedFilm Festival
- KINDIL by Damien Ounouri, co-producer: Talal AlMuhanna wins three prizes at MedFilm in Rome including Best Film.
CINEMED Montpellier
- TIMGAD by Fabrice Benchaouche, producer: Puentes graduate Lila Graffin, co-producer: EAVE graduate Antonin Dedet won the Audience Award at the Festival CINEMED Montpellier.
www.facebook.com/TIMGAD2016/#Timgad#21Decembre
Caminos Festival Coimbra
- ELDORADO by Rui Abreu, Thierry Besseling and Loïc Tanson, producer: Anne Schroeder won three awards at the Caminos Festival Coimbra. The film was awarded Best Documentary, the Prix Don Quijote and the Prix de la Presse.
Mostar Film Festival
- DEATH IN SARAJEVO by Danis Tanovic, producer: EAVE National Coordinator Bosnia and Herzegovina Amra Baksic Camo, executive producer: EAVE graduate Adis Djapo was awarded Best Supporting Actor (Goran Navojec) at the Mostar Film Festival.
Duabi Internationale Film Festival
- EAVE project ALI, THE GOAT AND IBRAHIM by Sherif El Bendary, producer: EAVE graduate Hossam Elouan won the Best Actor Award (Ali Sobhi) at the Duabi Internationale Film Festival.
Belgrade Auteur Film Festival
- SOY NERO by Rafi Pitts, coproducer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis Lopez was awarded the Grand Prix for Best Film at the Belgrade Auteur Film Festival.
- SIERANEVADA by Cristi Puiu, co-producers: EAVE graduates Zdenka Gold and Macedonian National Coordinator Labina Mitevska, executive producer: EAVE graduate Oana Giurgiu won Best Director.
- ALBUM by Mehmet Can Mertoglu, co-producers: EAVE graduate & Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon and EAVE participant Oana Iancu received a Special Mention.
Festival International du Film de Marrakech
- EAVE project HEARTSTONE by Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson, producer: Anton Mani Svansson won the Best Actor Award (Baldur Einarsson and Blær Hinriksson) at the Festival International du Film de Marrakech.
http://www.festivalmarrakech.info/
NERUDA now in Dutch cinemas
In French Cinemas:
- PERSONAL SHOPPER by Olivier Assayas, coproducer: EAVE graduate Artemio Benki. December 14.
- TIMGAD by Fabrice Benchaouche, producer: Puentes graduate Lila Graffin, coproducer: EAVE graduate Antonin Dedet. December 21.
- DIAMOND ISLAND by Davy Chou, producer: EAVE graduate Hanneke van der Tas. December 28.
In Belgian Cinemas:
- PERSONAL SHOPPER by Olivier Assayas, coproducer: EAVE graduate Artemio Benki. December 14.
In British Cinemas
- THE ARDENNES by Robin Pront, producer: EAVE graduates Peter Bouckaert. December 9.
- THE BLACK HEN by Min Bahadur Bham, coproducer: EAVE graduate and Russian National Coordinator Anna Katchko. December 9.
In Dutch Cinemas
- NERUDA by Pablo Larrain, producer: EAVE graduate Fernanda del Nido. December 8.
In Swiss Cinemas
- A GOOD WIFE by Mirjana Karanovic producers: EAVE graduates Snežana Penev and Sinisa Juricic, December 2.
In Austrian Cinemas:
- HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM! by Ziga Virc, coproducers: EAVE graduates Sinisa Juricic, Ingmar Trost. December 12.
In German Cinemas:
- DIE HABENICHTSE by Florian Hoffmeister, producer: EAVE+ graduate Titus Kreyenberg. December 1.
- LOVE & FRIENDSHIP by Whit Stillman, producer: EAVE graduate Katie Holly, coproducer: EAVE graduate Raymond van der Kaaij. December 22.
- BADEN BADEN by Rachel Lang, producer: EAVE graduate Valerie Bournonville. December 29.
On Tv
- THE RAILWAY CHILDREN, producer: EAVE graduate Anne Beresford (stagetoscreen, filmed at York Theatre Royal) was shown on Sky Arts at 18:00 Sunday 18th November after screening in over 450 cinemas in the UK.
- KING LEAR starring Don Warrington, executive producer: EAVE graduate Anne Beresford (stagetoscreen, Talawa/Royal Exchange Theatre Manchester) will be on BBC4 7pm Christmas Day.
B’EST project HOUSE OF OTHERS in festivals around the world
Belgrade Auteur Film Festival (November 25 – December 3)
- ALBUM by Mehmet Can Mertoglu, co-producers: EAVE graduate & Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon and EAVE participant Oana Iancu
- ALL THE CITIES OF THE NORTH by Dane Komljen, producers: EAVE National Coordinator Bosnia and Herzegovina Amra Baksic Camo, EAVE graduates Natasa Damnjanovic, Adis Djapo
- ALS WIR TRÄUMTEN by Andreas Dresen, producer: EAVE graduate Peter Rommel
- GRAVE (RAW) by Julia Ducournau, producer: EAVE graduate and French National Coordinator Jean des Forêts, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubain
- HALBE TREPPE by Andreas Dresen, producer: EAVE graduate Peter Rommel
- HALT AUF FREIER STRECKE by Andreas Dresen, producer: EAVE graduate Peter Rommel
- LA REGIÓN SALVAJE (THE UNTAMED) by Amat Eschalante, producer: EAVE graduate Katrin Pors
- LIMBO by EAVE graduate Konstantina Kotzamani, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Dandraki
- MOTHER by Kadri Kõusaar, producer: EAVE graduate Aet Laigu
- NACHTGESTALTEN by Andreas Dresen, producer: EAVE graduate Peter Rommel
- SCARRED HEARTS by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate & Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon
- SIERANEVADA by Cristi Puiu, co-producers: EAVE graduates Zdenka Gold and macedonian National Coordinator Labina Mitevska, executive producer: EAVE graduate Oana Giurgiu
- SOY NERO by Rafi Pitts, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis Lopez
- 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
- WOLKE NEUN by Andreas Dresen, producer: EAVE graduate Peter Rommel
International Film Festival Tarragona (November 30 – December 6)
- Interchange project MIMOSAS by Oliver Laxe, producer: EAVE graduate Felipe Lage Coro
- EAVE project THE HAPPIEST DAY IN THE LIFE OF OLLI MÄKI by Juho Kosmanen, producer: EAVE graduate Jussi Rantamäki, co-producer: EAVE graduate Nicklas Wikström Nicastro
- B’EST project HOUSE OF OTHERS by Rusudan Glurjidze, producer: B’EST graduate Zurab Magalashvili
- PARK by Sofia Exarchou, producer: EAVE graduate Amanda Livanou
Tbilisi International Film Festival (November 28 - December 4)
- A GOOD WIFE by Mirjana Karanovic, producers: EAVE graduates Snežana Penev and Sinisa Juricic
- ALBUM by Mehmet Can Mertoglu, co-producers: EAVE graduate & Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon and EAVE participant Oana Iancu
- ALOYS by Tobias Nölle, producers: EAVE+ graduate Christof Neracher and EAVE graduate and French National Coordinator Jean des Forêts
- DOGS by Bogdan Mirica, producer: EAVE graduate Marcela Ursu, co-producers: EAVE graduates Stephan Komandarev and Katya Trichkova, line producer: EAVE graduate Marcian Lazar
- EAVE project THE HAPPIEST DAY IN THE LIFE OF OLLI MÄKI by Juho Kosmanen, producer: EAVE graduate Jussi Rantamäki, co-producer: EAVE graduate Nicklas Wikström Nicastro
- EAVE project UNITED STATES OF LOVE by Tomasz Wasilewski, producer: EAVE graduate Piotr Kobus
- GODLESS by Ralitza Petrovam, co-producers: EAVE graduates Katrin Pors and Mikkel Jersin
- B’EST project HOUSE OF OTHERS by Rusudan Glurjidze, producer: B’EST graduate Zurab Magalashvili
- L’ÉCONOMIE DU COUPLE by Joachim Lafosse, producer: EAVE graduate JacquesHenri Bronckart
- PERSONAL SHOPPER by Olivier Assayas, co-producer: EAVE graduate Artemio Benki
- QUIT STARING AT MY PLATE by Hana Jusic, producer: EAVE graduate and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic
- THE RED SPIDER by Marcin Koszalka, co-producer: EAVE graduate Michal Kollar
- 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
Dubai International Film Festival (December 10 - 17)
- APPRENTICE by Boo Junfeng, producer: EAVE graduate Fran Borgia, co-producers: EAVE+ graduate Tom Dercourt, EAVE graduate Sophie Erbs, EAVE Marketing Workshop graduate Jonas Katzenbach
- EAVE project THE HAPPIEST DAY IN THE LIFE OF OLLI MÄKI by Juho Kosmanen, producer: EAVE graduate Jussi Rantamäki, co-producer: EAVE graduate Nicklas Wikström Nicastro
- EAVE project ALI, THE GOAT AND IBRAHIM by Sherif El Bendary, producer: EAVE graduate Hossam Elouan
- EGYPTION JEANNE D’ARC by Iman Kamel, producer: EAVE graduate Talal AlMuhanna
- KING OF THE BELGIANS, directed and produced by EAVE graduates Peter Brosens, Jessica Woodworth, co-producers: EAVE graduates Arnold Heslenfeld, Laurette Schillings, Frans Van Gestel
- LAYLA M. by Mijke de Jong, producer: EAVE graduates Arnold Heslenfeld, Laurette Schillings, Frans van Gestel
- NERUDA by Pablo Larrain, producer: EAVE graduate Fernanda del Nido
- SIERANEVADA by Cristi Puiu, co-producers: EAVE graduates Zdenka Gold and Labina Mitevska, executive producer: EAVE graduate Oana Giurgiu
- SLAVA (GLORY) by Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov, co-producer: EAVE graduate Konstantina Stavrianou
Dubai Film Connection
- WESTERN ARABS by Omar Jarl Shargawi, producers: EAVE graduates Katrin Pors and Mikkel Jersin
Les Arcs European Film Festival (December 10 – 17)
Official Competition
- CLAIR OBSCUR by Yesim Ustaoglu, producer: EAVE+ graduate Titus Kreyenberg
- HOME by Fien Troch, producer: EAVE graduate Antonio Lombardo
- LAYLA M. by Mijke de Jong, producer: EAVE graduates Arnold Heslenfeld, Laurette Schillings, Frans van Gestel
- PYROMANIAC by Erik SKJOLDBJÆRG, co-producer: EAVE graduate Gian-Piero Ringel
- SLAVA (GLORY) by Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov, co-producer: EAVE graduate Konstantina Stavrianou
- THE FIXER by Adrian Sitaru, producers: EAVE graduate Anamaria Antoci and EAVE graduate and French National Coordinator Jean des Forêts
- ZOOLOGY by Ivan I. Tverdovsky, co-producer: EAVE graduate Guillaume de Seille
Hauteur
- BROTHERHOOD, A LIFE WITH SAINT FRANCIS by Renaud Fély, Arnaud Louvet, co-producer EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum
- QUIT STARING AT MY PLATE by Hana Jusic, producer: EAVE graduate and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic
- JAMAIS CONTENTE by Emilie Deleuze, producer: EAVE group leader Patrick Sobelman
- KING OF THE BELGIANS, directed and produced by EAVE graduates Peter Brosens, Jessica Woodworth, co-producers: EAVE graduates Arnold Heslenfeld, Laurette Schillings, Frans Van Gestel
- THE COMMUNE by Thomas Vinterberg, co-producers: EAVE graduates Arnold Heslenfeld, Laurette Schillings, Frans van Gestel
Nouvelles Femmes de Cinéma
- AIR FRAIS by Agnes Kocsis, producer: EAVE graduate Ferenc Pusztai
- BADEN BADEN by Rachel Lang, producer: EAVE graduate Valerie Bournonville
- GUERNSEY by Nanouk Leopold, producer: EAVE graduate Stienette Bosklopper
- LAYLA FOURIE by Pia Marais, co-producers: EAVE+ graduate Tom Dercourt, EAVE graduates Sophie Erbs, Laurette Schillings, Arnold Heslenfeld, Frans van Gestel
- LOURDES by Jessica Hausner, producer: EAVE graduate Antonin Svoboda
- MAMMAL by Rebecca Daly, producers: EAVE graduates Conor Barry, Macdara Kelleher, Gilles Chanial, Reinier Selen
- EAVE Marketing Workshop project THE SUMMER OF SANGAILE by Alanté Kavaité, producers: EAVE graduates Zivile Gallego, Marleen Slot, EAVE+ graduate Antoine Simkine
- VERGINE GIURATA by Laura Bispuri, producers: Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli, EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler
Snow Frayeurs
- GRAVE (RAW) by Julia Ducournau, producer: EAVE graduate and French National Coordinator Jean des Forêts, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubain
Special Screenings
- DER RÄUBER by Benjamin Heisenberg, producer: EAVE graduate Michael Kitzberger
Arc 1950 Coproduction Village
- ANATOLIAN LEOPARD by Emre Kayis producer: EAVE graduate Olena Yershova
- DEAD & BEAUTIFUL by David Verbeek, producer: EAVE graduate Léontine Petit
- (F)LIGHT by Wouter Bouvijn, producer: EAVE graduate Peter Bouckaert
- THE LAST ONES by Veiko Ounpuu producer: EAVE graduate Katrin Kissa, co-producers: EAVE graduates Mark Lwoff, Misha Jaari
- OBIECTIVA TEODORA by Szabolcs Hadju, co-producer: EAVE graduate Tomas Leyers
- OLEG by Juris Kursietis, producer: EAVE graduate Aija Berzina, B’EST graduate Alise Gelze
Work in Progress Selection
- GOOD LUCK by Ben Russell, producer: EAVE graduate Janja Kralj
- I’M NOT A WITCH by Rungano Nyoni, producer: EAVE graduate Juliette Grandmont
- MY HAPPY FAMILY by Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Gross, producer: EAVE graduate Gulliaume de Seille
- THE GULF by Emre Yeksan, producer: EAVE participant Annamaria Aslanoglu
- UNTITLED by Olmo Omerzu, producer: EAVE graduate Jiri Konecny
- THE WILDNESS by Guérin Van De Vorst, producers: EAVE graduates Andrea Boussiou, Benoit Roland
- YESTERDAY by Balint Kenyeres producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Taschler
Be Film Festival (December 22 – 30)
- BADEN BADEN by Rachel Lang, producer: EAVE graduate Valerie Bournonville
- BEHIND THE CLOUDS by Cecilia Verheyden, producer: EAVE graduate Peter Bouckaert
- BELGICA by Felix van Groeningen producers: EAVE graduates Laurette Schillings and Frans van Gestel
- EVERYBODY HAPPY Nic Balthazar, producer: EAVE graduate Peter Bouckaert
- LES CHEVALIERS BLANCS by Joachim Lafosse, producer: EAVE graduate JacquesHenri Bronckart
- KING OF THE BELGIANS, directed and produced by EAVE graduates Peter Brosens, Jessica Woodworth, co-producers: EAVE graduates Arnold Heslenfeld, Laurette Schillings, Frans Van Gestel
- PARASOL by Valéry Rosier, producer: EAVE graduate Benoît Roland
- THE BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN by Felix van Groeningen, co-producer: EAVE graduate Celine Baggen
- THE FIRST, THE LAST by Bouli Lanners, producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart
TIES THAT BIND 2017 - CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
The call for applications for the ninth edition of TIES THAT BIND – Asia / Europe Co-Production Workshop in 2017 is now open until February 16, 2017.
TIES THAT BIND is the leading training programme for European-Asian co-production. It is targeted at European & Asian producers, 10 of which will be selected with a feature film in development for the workshop. We also welcome applications of other European professionals interested in working with Asia (sales agents, financiers, distributors, festival programmers, co-production market representatives) or European producers without project. 5 of them will be selected to be an active part of the group.
The 15 participants attend 2 workshops: Workshop 1 will take place from April 25 – 29, 2017 within the framework of the Udine Far East Film Festival (April 21 – 29, 2017) in Italy. Workshop 2 will be organised in early December 2017 in Singapore during the Southeast Asian Film Financing (SAFF) Forum in partnership with the Southeast Asian Audio-Visual Association (SAAVA).
PUENTES – Europe / Latin America Co-Prod. Workshop 2017: CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
Apply now and until February 27, 2017 for the eighth edition of PUENTES – Europe / Latin America Co-Production Workshop before February 27, 2017!
We are delighted to announce a new partnership with RE-ACT, an initiative set up in 2015 by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, Friuli Venezia Giulia Audiovisual Fund and Slovenian Film Centre aimed at developing new audiovisual projects and fostering international co-productions.
PUENTES is targeted at Latin American & European producers with projects, 10 of which will be selected for the workshop. We are also open to receive the applications of other European professionals interested in working with Latin America (sales agents, financiers, distributors, festival programmers, co-production market representatives) or European producers without project. 4 of them will be selected to be an active part of the group.
EAVE 2017 Producers Workshop selection revealed
EAVE is thrilled to announce officially the participants for the EAVE Producers Workshop 2017, selected out of 172 applications from 51 different countries.
52 outstanding producing talents and professionals from 39 countries will be part of the EAVE programme next year and join EAVE’s thriving network.
Upcoming deadlines
Extended deadline for applications for RE-ACT Workshop
New deadline: 20 December 2016.
The third RE-ACT workshop will take place in Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy in March 2017 alongside the brand new TorinoFilmLab international SeriesLab programme. The workshop is open to creative teams with either feature or documentary projects in development and, for the first time ever: to TV series projects in development.
Extended deadline for applications for RE-ACT Workshop! New deadline: 20 December 2016.
At least 7 creative teams consisting of writers (or directors) and producers from Croatia, Friuli Venezia Giulia and Slovenia developing feature and documentary projects, as well as TV series, will have the unique opportunity to:
- hold individual meetings with TFL and RE-ACT experts/tutors focusing on the main areas of filmmaking and TV series creation, such as script development, directing, image, sound, producing and connection to TV industry
- work in group sessions and form long term creative and business partnerships
- participate in TFL SeriesLab plenary sessions
- take part in a tailor-made networking platform and present their projects to possible co-producing partners and film funds’ representatives from FVG, Slovenia and Croatia
Target group
Creative teams (writer or director and producer) from partner countries/regions: Croatia, Friuli Venezia Giulia and Slovenia who have either feature, documentary or TV series projects in early stages of development
Project criteria
- feature-length fiction or documentary projects, preferably thematically linking the territories of three partner countries/regions with a clear co-production potential, and the 1st draft of the script in English ready for the workshop (to be sent in by the end of February at the latest)
- long multi-season TV series projects preferably thematically linking the territories of three partner countries/regions and with a clear co-production potential, consisting of at least 6 episodes (duration of 26’-50’ or 50’- 59’ each)
Documents to be submitted
In order to apply for the 3rd RE-ACT Workshop, the following documents should be submitted in English by 20 December 2016:
For feature and documentary projects:
- a completed Application Form
- 1 page letter of motivation concerning your participation at the workshop
- 1 page synopsis
- 8–10 pages treatment
- 1 page note of intention of the producer and the writer (or the director)
- 2 pages profile of the producer and the writer (or the director)
- 1 page company profile
Scripts should be ready in time for the workshop by the end of February 2017
For TV series projects:
- a completed Application Form
- log line - 2 lines maximum
- 2 pages profile of the producer and the writer (or the director)
- concept presentation (7.500 max characters spaces included)
- Pilot outline structured in bullet points:
a) for 26’ to 50’ format 16-25 points and 7.500 characters (spaces included)
b) for 50’ to 59’ format 35-45 points and 10.000 characters (spaces included)
Note!
In case you are applying with an adaptation based on the existing material please provide the evidence of secured rights for the book or other work on which the story is based.
Participation fees & conditions
The participation at RE-ACT Workshop is free of charge. Each participant will be offered accommodation and subsistence during the workshop. Participants themselves should cover travel costs.
Deadline for submissions
All documents have to be sent in English via email by 20 December 2016 to info@filmreact.eu.
Final selection
The RE-ACT Programme Council appointed by three member funds reads all eligible projects and evaluates the artistic excellence, feasibility and coherence of the projects as future co-productions in between participating countries/regions. A special care will be taken to ensure a fair balance of approved projects per country/region and per genre.
The selection will be publicly announced during the WEMW Co-production Forum, Trieste, Italy in January 2017.
The Call for projects for the Series Mania Co-production Forum is now open!
Submit your project to the pre-selection of the Series Mania Co-production Forum (April, 18-21 2017)
15 projects will be selected.
NEW:
THE PRODUCER OF THE BEST PROJECT WILL BE AWARDED A €50,000 PRIZE FOR DEVELOPMENT BY A JURY OF PROFESSIONALS.
Submit your project by filling the online form and the rules and regulations
Submission deadline: February, 17 2017
EAVE 2017 Producers Workshop selection
We are thrilled to announce officially the participants for the EAVE Producers Workshop 2017, selected out of 172 applications from 51 different countries.
52 outstanding producing talents and professionals from 39 countries will be part of the EAVE programme next year and join EAVE’s thriving network.
(See the complete list of selected participants below).
The selected participants for the EAVE Producers Workshop 2017 are:
ALBANIA
Belina Jano, Animated Society
ARGENTINA
Federico Sande Novo, Le Tiro Cine
BELGIUM
Serge Bierset, Zodiak Belgium
Nicolas George, Les Films du Carré
BOLIVIA
Paola Gosalvez, Pucara Films
BRAZIL
Deborah Osborn, bigBonsai
BULGARIA
Maya Vitkova, Viktoria Films
CANADA
Karen Harnisch, Film Forge Productions Inc.
CZECH REPUBLIC
Pavla Janoušková Kube?ková, nutprodukce, s. r. o.
DENMARK
Per Damgaard Hansen, Masterplan Pictures ApS
Maria Stevnbak Westergren, Toolbox Film
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Wendy Muniz, ViewFinder SRL
EGYPT
Dina Harb, Birthmark Films
FINLAND
Ari Matikainen, Kinocompany Ltd
FRANCE
Carine Chichowsky, Survivance
Guillaume Dreyfus, Année Zéro
Julie-Jeanne Régnault, CNC – French Film Agency
GERMANY
Dorothe Beinemeier, Red Balloon Film GmbH
Undine Filter, DEPARTURES Film
Christine Haupt, Hauptfilm Produktion
GREECE
Rea Apostolides, Anemon
HUNGARY
Sára László, Campfilm
IRELAND
Paddy Hayes, Magamedia
ISRAEL
Tony Copti, Fresco Films Ltd.
ITALY
Marco Valerio Fusco, Intramovies
KOSOVO
Besnik Krapi, Circle Production
LATVIA
Inese Boka-Grube, Mistrus Media
LUXEMBOURG
Stéphane Hueber-Blies, a_BAHN
MACEDONIA
Ognen Antov, Dream factory
MALTA
Abigail Mallia, Take 2 Entertainment
NEPAL
Ram Krishna Pokharel, Icefall Productions
NETHERLANDS
Monique Busman, De Familie Film & TV
Frank Hoeve, BALDR Film
Fleur Knopperts, Volya Films
NIGERIA
Kenneth Gyang, Cinema Kpatakpata
NORWAY
Trine Aadalen Lo, Filmbin
POLAND
Marta Habior, No Sugar Films
Magdalena Kaminska, Balapolis
Joanna Wendorff-Ostergaard, Anima-pol
RUSSIA
Vladislav Ketkovich, Ethnofund
SERBIA
Maja Popovic, SENSE Production
SLOVAKIA
Juraj Krasnohorsky, Artichoke
SLOVENIA
Bostjan Virc, Studio Virc d.o.o.
SOUTH AFRICA
Cait Pansegrouw, Urucu Media
SPAIN
Merry Colomer, Morena Films
Adrià Monés, Filmax
Alba Sotorra Clua, Alba Sotorra S.L.
SWEDEN
Henrik JP Åkesson, Trossfilm AB
SWITZERLAND
Julia Tal, 2:1 Film GmbH
TURKEY
Muge Ozen, SOLIS FILM
UNITED KINGDOM
Rosie Crerar, Barry Crerar
The EAVE 2017 Producers Workshop will take place in Luxembourg (March 2-9), Lodz/Poland (June 19-26) and Copenhagen/Denmark (October 23-30).
