EAVE March News 2018
- PUENTES project USPANTAN supported by Eurimages
In Development /Pre-production March 2018 - GOMERA is shooting
In Production March 2018 - ZERO IMPUNITY now in post-production
In Post-Production March 2018 - EAVE project LOS PERROS nominated for the Premios Platino
Nominations March 2018 - 4 Oscars® for EAVE producers
Awards March 2018 - EAVE project WAJIB in Swiss cinemas
In Cinemas March 2018 - EAVE project 3/4 in festivals around the world
Festivals and Markets March 2018 - MEET EAVE IN APRIL!
. - Kickoff for the EAVE Producers Workshop’s 2018 edition!
. - Upcoming deadlines
Calls for application for: Ouaga Film Lab; Ex Oriente, East Silver Market, TRANS ATLANTIC PARTNERS, CHINA CO-PRODUCTION DAY in Cannes, DOK Leipzig - EAVE@ Stavanger: Special workshop for participants from Norway
Call for applications - EAVE Newsflash – 4 Oscars® for EAVE producers in LA!
Press release
PUENTES project USPANTAN supported by Eurimages
Eurimages has distributed 5.1 million Euros of co-production support to 17 fiction film projects, 1 documentary and 2 animations. Among them are 7 projects by EAVE graduates:
- BEYOND THE HORIZON by Delphine Lehericey, producer: EAVE graduate Sébastien Delloye
- FISHBONE by Dragomir Sholev, producer: EAVE graduate and Roimanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon
- LOLA AND THE SEA by Laurent Micheli, producers: EAVE graduates Alexandra Boussiou and Benoit Roland
- MARE by Andrea Staka, producer: EAVE graduate Tami Berkovits
- POMPEII by Anna Falgue?res, John Shank, producer: EAVE graduate Valerie Bournonville
- THE COUNTRY by Grimur Hakonarson, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jamila Wenske
- PUENTES project USPANTAN by César Diaz, producer: PUENTES graduate Géraldine Sprimont
www.coe.int/t/dg4/eurimages/History/Coproduction/2018coproductions_EN
screen.brussels has granted support to four feature films, four documentaries and two TV series in February. Among them the following films by EAVE graduates:
- FIVE IS THE PERFECT NUMBER by Igort, producer: EAVE graduate Peter de Maegd
- LA FRONTIÈRE by Frédéric Fonteyne, producer: EAVE graduate Jaques-Henri Bronckart
- NOS AUBES PERDUES by Eric d’Agostino, producer: EAVE graduate Aurélien Bodinaux
- WHERE IS ANNE FRANK? by Ari Folman, co-producer: EAVE graduate and Head of Studies Jani Thiltges
Screen Flanders
- GOUHEITSWAANZIN by Erik Verkerk, Joost Van den Bosch, producer: EAVE graduate Peter Bouckaert is supported by Screen Flanders.
The Finnish Film Foundation has granted production support to the following EAVE films:
- EN DEL AV MITT HJÄRTA by Edward af Sillén, producer: EAVE+ graduate Ilkka Matila
- FINGERPORI by Mikko Kouki, producer: EAVE graduate Nina Laurio
- OLEN SUOMALEINEN by Aleksi Mäkelä, producer: EAVE+ graduate Jukka Helle
- RISTO RÄPPÄÄJÄ JA PULLISTELIJA by Markus Lehmusruusu, producer: EAVE + graduate Jukka Helle
- TARHAPÄIVÄ by Marja Pyykkö, producer: EAVE+ graduate Jukka Helle
FilmFernsehFonds Bayern
- SIBERIA by Abel Ferrara, producer: Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli received funding by the German regional fund FFF Bayern. The film tells the story of a man who is searching for inner peace in the tundra, only to find he cannot escape his demons. One-quarter of the shoot will take place in Bavaria. SIBERIA is a co-production between Italy's Vivo Film and Munich-based outfit Maze Pictures.
German-Polish Film Fund
- ADVENTURES OF A MATHEMATICIAN by Thorsten Klein, producer: EAVE graduate Lena Vurma is supported by the German-Polish film funds. The project has already received support from the Tribeca Film Institute and the Alfred P Sloan Foundation, MDM, the Polish Film Institute, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg and the Federal Film Board (FFA). Producers are Lena Vurma (Dragonfly Films, Germany), Joanna Szymanska (Shipsboy, Poland) and Mary Young Leckie (Solo Productions, Canada). ADVENTURES OF A MATHEMATICIAN tells the heartwarming, true story of Polish immigrant and mathematician Stan Ulam, who moved to the USA in the 1930s. At the same time as having to deal with the difficult losses of family and friends, he was also helping to create both the hydrogen bomb and the first computer.
http://dragonflyfilms.de/adventures-of-a-mathematician
- SPIRAL by Cecilia Felmeri, co-producer: EAVE graduate Oana Giurgiu is in pre-production with shooting due in May. The story, written by the director herself, is in the vein of a psychological drama, with a triangular plot involving a man and two women on the edge of a lake. It digs into the themes of letting go, the repetitive aspects of relationships and how difficult it is to change. Produced by Andras Muhi and Monika Mecs for Inforg - M&M Film, Gabor Ferenczy for Spiral Film and co-produced by Oana Giurgiu for Romanian outfit Hai-Hui Entertainment receives support from the Hungarian Film Fund, the Romanian National Film Center and Eurimages. The shoot will take place between May 2018 and February 2019 in Sz?dliget, with György Reder serving as DoP.
- LA FRONTIÈRE by Frédéric Fonteyne, producer: EAVE graduate Jaques-Henri Bronckart is in pre-production. The film tells the story of three women during a scorching hot summer in the north of France and Belgium. Axelle, Conso and Dominic have nothing in common except that they are colleagues and that together, every day, they cross a border. On one side of the border, in Roubaix, they live dignified lives, while on the other side, in Belgium, they prostitute themselves. It's their little secret, their double life. At the end of summer, when a storm finally descends, these three women will enter into solidarity, as one might join the resistance. They will share a new secret that will bind them together forever. The film, which will be shot from 18 April to 25 May between Brussels and Metz, was produced by Versus Production and co-produced by Les Films du Poisson in France and Prime Time in Flanders, with support from the CCA, VAF, MEDIA, and the Grand Est region.
GOMERA is shooting
- THE SWALLOWS OF KABUL by Zabou Breitman, Eléa Gobbé-Mévellec, co-producer: EAVE graduate Stephan Roelants is shooting. The feature film is an adaptation of Yasmina Khadra’s novel of the same name, which is set in 1998 in a Taliban-occupied Kabul in ruins. The story revolves around Atiq and Mussarat, who have been married for years and who barely speak to each other any more. He can’t stand his life as a prison warden in a women’s jail, while she is dying, suffering from an incurable disease. As for youngsters Mohsen and Zunaira, they are in love and believe in the future, despite all the violence and poverty. But a foolish act by Mohsen tips them over into tragedy… This production being staged the French outfit Les Armateurs has secured co-productions from France’s KNM and Mystéo, Switzerland’s Close-Up Films and RTS, and Luxembourg’s Mélusine Productions.
- ROYALLY EVER AFTER by Lee Friedlander, co-producer: EAVE graduate Edwina Forkin is shooting. The story revolves around the character of Sara DeMarco, an American teacher in her thirties, who has found her own “Prince Charming” – namely, a handsome foreign writer visiting New Jersey. Nonetheless, Sara will receive an unexpected marriage proposal and will find out that her boyfriend is actually Prince Daniel, heir to the throne of the small kingdom of St Ives. ROYALLY EVER AFTER is being produced by US firm Wonderfly Films. The Irish co-producer is Dublin-based Zanzibar Films. Filming will run in Sligo until 30 March.
- THE ROOM by Christian Volckman, producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart starts shooting. Written by Eric Forestier and Christian Volckman, the story revolves around Kate and Matt, a couple in their early thirties, who are in search of some authenticity in their lives. The young couple decide to leave the city behind, buy a big house in the middle of nowhere and renovate it. Shortly after they move, they discover a strange, hidden room that is unlike the others, and which is capable of fulfilling all their desires. Their new life becomes a veritable fairy tale. Kate and Matt give in to all of the temptations that the Room offers them. Money and champagne start flowing like water, but a shadow looms over this apparent Garden of Eden: the Room will bring to light their deepest desire, and will grant them the very thing they have always been waiting for, and which Mother Nature had been denying them… Produced by Yaël Fogiel and Laetitia Gonzalez for Les Films du Poisson, THE ROOM will be co-produced by Belgian outfit Versus Production and Luxembourg’s Bidibul Productions. Having been pre-purchased by Canal+ and Ciné+, the feature has also secured backing from such sources as Wallimage, the Groupe Ouest and the Procirep. The shoot will continue until mid-May in Belgium and Luxembourg.
- GOMERA by Corneliu Porumboiu, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach is shooting. Porumboiu wrote the screenplay, which follows policeman Cristi, who arrives on La Gomera, one of the Canary Islands, to learn El Silbo, a whistling form of communication. Cristi’s mission is to find information that could potentially lead to the release of a controversial businessman currently imprisoned in a Romanian jail. The film is being produced by Porumboiu’s 42 Km Film in co-production with Les Films du Worso (France) and Komplizen Film (Germany). Production started in February and is expected to wrap at the end of April. The main shooting locations are Bucharest and the Spanish island of La Gomera. The film received financial support from the Romanian National Film Center and Eurimages.
- CONVOI EXCEPTIONNEL by Bertrand Blier, producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart is shooting. The story follows the adventures of Foster, who one day meets Taupin (Gerard Depardieu and Christian Clavier). Foster is wearing an overcoat, while Taupin is dressed in rags. All this would be trivial if it weren’t for the fact that one of them is in possession of a script, the script of their lives and deaths. All that’s left to do is open the pages and tremble with fear... The film is being produced by Curiosa Films, Ouille Productions and Versus Production. Orange Studio is co-producing. Shooting in Brussels started in February and is due to wrap up at the end of March.
- DEFENDERS OF THE FAITH by Christoph Röhls, producer: EAVE graduate Martin Heisler is shooting. The documentary tells the story of a man who spent his life protecting the church - which was his home and family - and led them into their greatest crisis: Joseph Ratzinger, German Pope Benedict XVI, who resigned in 2013. The documentary analyzes this traditional system of belief and power and its struggle with the upheavals of the 20th century. The film is coproduced by ZDF / 3sat and Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg and was sponsored by Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Nordmedia and Deutscher Filmförderfonds.
- THE FLOOD WON’T COME by Marat Sargsyan, producer: EAVE graduate Ieva Norviliene is shooting. A famous colonel, who acted as a war consultant in different countries for many years, now finds himself in a strange situation – when civil war breaks out in his native country, he becomes a colonel fighting for one of the sides. The main characters are played by the famous Lithuanian theatre and cinema actors Valentinas Masalskis and Remigijus Vilkaitis. The cast includes Sigitas Ra?kys and Albinas Keleris. THE FLOOD WON’T COME is produced by Ieva Norviliene through Tremora. The project is supported by the Lithuanian Film Centre.Principal photography started in Valkininkai, Lithuania in September 2017 and will wrap in August 2018.
- OLEG by Juris Kursietis, producers: EAVE graduates Alise Gelze and Aija Berzina, Lukas Trimonis and Isabelle Truc is shooting. The drama about a butcher who leaves for Brussels to work in a local meat factory, but gets under the control of a Polish criminal is a Latvian/Lithuanian/Belgian co-production. Shooting started in Latvia in January 2018, with a second stage taking place in Brussels and its outskirts in March 2018. Funding is coming from the National Film Centre of Latvia, Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel, Belgian Tax Incentive, and planned funding from Eurimages and the Lithuanian Film Centre.
ZERO IMPUNITY now in post-production
- THE MIRACLE OF THE SARGASSO SEA by Syllas Tzoumerkas, producers: EAVE graduates Maria Drandaki and Ellen Havenith, EAVE+ graduate Titus Kreyenberg is in post-production. The story, which bristles with police drama-thriller tension and also has horror undertones, follows two women: Elisabeth, a promiscuous policewoman who sees her life sinking into the abyss of a swampy provincial town, and Rita, a lonely, poor eel-hatchery worker, trapped in the circumstances of her never-changing life. They will discover a striking similarity between them in a bland, heartless world. The film has received the support of the Greek Film Centre, Film und Medienstiftung NRW, the Netherlands Film Fund, the Netherlands Film Production Incentive, the Swedish Film Institute, ERT SA, Eurimages and MEDIA.
- THE MERCY OF THE JUNGLE by Joel Karekezi, producers: EAVE graduates Aurélien Bodinaux and Nezha Cohen is in post-production. The film about a war with an antimilitarist aim shows the open wounds left by the fights and questions the place of humanity in armed conflicts: At the outbreak of the Second Congo War, Sergeant Xavier and young private Faustin, are accidentally left behind in the jungle. With only each other to count on, they embark on an odyssey across the most violent forest on earth, facing the depths of their own war-torn souls. Produced by Neon Rouge and co-produced by Tact Production (Fr) and Perfect Shot Films (De) the film has received development support from Durban International Film Festival and Luxor African Film Festival and is funded by OIF and CNC.
http://www.neonrouge.com/en/mercy-jungle
- THE DELEGATION by Bujar Alimani, co-producer: Ties That Bind graduate Guillaume de la Boulaye is in post-production. The plot: A group of Western diplomats arrive in Albania in order to investigate human rights abuses by the communist regime still in power. A political prisoner, Leo, is secretly taken out of a prison in order to meet Loheren, head of the European delegation, whom Leo met during his university years during the 1960s. But nothing goes according to plan.
- FREE SUBJECT by Stella Theodorakis, producer: EAVE graduate Guillaume de Seille is in post-production. The film poses the question of whether individual freedom exists in contemporary Western societies. Iris, a teacher at a Fine Arts School, assigns her students an exercise titled “Free Subject”, with an aim for them to mature more deeply in a time of crisis.
- PASSED BY CENSOR by Serhat Karaaslan, producers: EAVE graduate Undine Filter, Ties That Bind graduate Judith Nora is in post-production. Produced by Turkey’s +90 Film Production, Germany’s Departures Film and France’s Silex Films, PASSED BY CENSOR revolves around 30-year-old Zakir, a worker at an Istanbul prison whose job is to censor sensitive parts of letters that inmates receive and send. His routine takes an unexpected turn after he becomes infatuated with the wife of one of the inmates and decides to discover more about her life with the help of a young woman he meets while attending a creative writing class. The film was developed at the Cannes Film Festival’s Cinéfondation residence, Berlinale Talents, the Jerusalem International Film Lab and the Locarno Filmmakers Academy.
- ZERO IMPUNITY by Nicolas Blies, Stéphane Hueber-Blies and EAVE graduate Marion Guth, producer: EAVE graduate Stephan Roelants has finished post-production. The animated documentary produced by a_BAHN decrypts impunity and how rape is used as a weapon in current armed conflicts. Despite increasingly refined war technology, mass rape is used as a tool of war in modern combat. Some 25,000 to 40,000 women were victims of mass rape during the Balkan war 1992-1995. Twenty years after these crimes, only very few cases of war crimes of sexual violence have been investigated and prosecuted. For the women in the film the rapes remain a dark shadow in their lives enshrouded by taboo. For these women legal justice is the only hope to regain integrity and life. However, justice fails and betrays them all the way to the International Criminal Court of Justice in The Hague. The film has been supported by FILMFUND (LU) and CNC (FR).
- TEL AVIV ON FIRE by Sameh Zoabi, producer: EAVE graduate Bernard Michaux is in post-production. Taking place nowadays in Ramallah where everybody watches the successful soap opera TEL AVIV ON FIRE in which a Palestinian female spy has a love affair with an Israeli General in 1967, the film tells the story of Salam, a charming 30-year-old Palestinian living in East Jerusalem, working as an intern on the show in Ramallah. Every day, he has to pass the check point to reach the studios. He encounters the check point Commander Assi, whose wife is a huge fan of the soap. In order to please her, Assi puts pressure on Salam to influence the story of the show. Salam soon understands Assi’s creative vision can get him a promotion as a screenwriter, at least until Assi and the show’s financial backers start disagreeing on how it should all end, leaving Salam uncomfortably caught in the middle… The co-production between Samsa Film, Lama Film, TS Productions, Artemis Productions, Be Tv and Shelter Prod has been supported by the Film Fund Luxembourg, the Israël Film Fund, Eurimages and in association with taxshelter.be and ING.
EAVE project LOS PERROS nominated for the Premios Platino
The German Film Academy has announced the nominations for the German Lola Film Awards 2018:
- 3 DAYS IN QUIBERON by Emily Atef, producer: EAVE graduate Karsten Stöter, co-producer: EAVE graduate Undine Filter largely dominates the race with ten nominations.
- IN DEN GÄNGEN (IN THE AISLES) by Thomas Stuber, co-producer: EAVE graduate Undine Filter follows with 4 nominations.
- WESTERN by Valeska Grisebach, producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Boris Chouchkov is nominated for Best Director.
- THE HAPPY PRINCE by Rupert Everett, producer EAVE graduate Sébastien Delloye is in with Best Costume Design.
- ICEMAN by Felix Randau, producer: EAVE + graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu takes part for Best Makeup.
- TEHRAN TABOO by Ali Soozandeh, co-producer: EAVE graduate Antonin Svoboda is named for Best Music.
The 68th Lola ceremony will be held on April 27 in Berlin.
The Premios Platino, the Oscars of Latin American cinema, has nominated the contenders. Among them are:
- A FANTASTIC WOMAN by Sebastian Lelio, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Fernanda del Nido
- LA CORDILLERA by Santiago Mitre, producer: EAVE graduate Didar Domehri
- EAVE project LOS PERROS by Marcela Said, producers: EAVE+ graduate Tom Dercourt, EAVE graduate Sophie Erbs, co-producers: EAVE graduate Benjamin Domenech, EAVE MW graduate Jonas Katzenstein, associate producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler
- THE BOOKSHOP by Isabel Coixet, producer: PUENTES graduate Jamila Wenske
- ZAMA by Lucrecia Martel, producer: PUENTES graduate Benjamin Domenech, EAVE graduate Léontine Petit
4 Oscars® for EAVE producers
EAVE graduates have won four Oscars® at the Academy Awards in Los Angeles:
- A FANTASTIC WOMAN directed by Sebastian Lelio, a film co-produced by EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach and Fernanda del Nido won the Oscar® for Best Foreign Language Film.
- DUNKIRK by Christopher Nolan, delegate producer EAVE+ graduate Maarten Swart sccoped 3 Oscars® for Best Film Editing, Best Sound Editing and Best Sound Mix.
Multiple awards for EAVE graduates at the Gopos, the the Romanian Film Awards:
- ONE STEP BEHIND THE SERAPHIM by Daniel Sandu producer: EAVE graduate & Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon scooped eight Gopos for Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor (Vlad Ivanov), Best Supporting Actor (Ali Amir), Best New Hope (Stefan Iancu), Best Cinematography (George Dascalescu), and Best First Feature.
- ANA, MON AMOUR by Calon Peter Netzer, producers: EAVE graduate Oana Iancu, EAVE Marketing Workshop graduate Jonas Katzenstein won Best Lead Actress (Diana Cavaliotti) and Best Editing (Dana Bunescu)
- THE FIXER by Adrian Sitaru, producers: EAVE graduate Anamaria Antoci and EAVE graduate and French National Coordinator Jean des Forêts was awarded Best Supporting Actress (Diana Spatarescu)
- WRITTEN/UNWRITTEN by Adrian Silisteanu, producer: EAVE graduate Anamaria Antoci won Best Short Film.
http://www.premiilegopo.ro/filme/2018
Six awards for EAVE graduates at the Sofia International Film Festival and Sofia Meetings:
- EAVE project 3/4 by Ilian Metev, producer: EAVE graduate Ingmar Trost won the Sofia City of Film Grand Prix
- GENESIS by Arpad Bogdan, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Taschler received the Special Jury Award
- EAVE project RADIOGRAM by Rouzie Hassanova, producer: EAVE graduate Gergana Stankova got the Audience Award.
Sofia Meetings:
- THE TROJAN CRISIS by Francois Nouguies, producer: EAVE graduate Ana Alexieva won the Mediterranean Film Institute Award
- EAVE project MARCH.APRIL.MAY by Andrey Gryazev, producer: EAVE graduate Vlad Ketkovich pocketed the CINELAB Romania award
- CRISSEA IV by Vladimir Dembinski, producer: EAVE graduate Tudor Giurgiu received the Best Bulgarian Project Award.
Danish Film Awards
- WINTER BROTHERS by Hlynur Palmason, producer: EAVE graduate Per Damgaard Hansen, co-producer: EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson was the winner of Best Film and Best Cinematography (Maria von Hausswolff) at the Bodil Awards, organised by the Danish Film Critics Association.
French Academy Awards
- LES BIGORNEAUX by Alice Vial, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandre Charlet won a César for Best short Films at the French Academy Awards.
www.swanfrance.com/lesfilmsducygne
Norwegian film professionals at the Kosmorama International Film Festival in Trondheim have handed out the Kanon Awards to largely two films:
- WHAT WILL PEOPLE SAY by Iram Haq, co-producer: EAVE graduate Karsten Stöter won Best Script and Best Director, Best Producer (Maria Ekerhovd) and Best Supporting Actor (Adil Hussain).
- THELMA by Joachim Trier, co-producers: TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin, PUENTES graduate Katrin Pors pocketed Best Actress (Eili Harboe), Best Actor (Henrik Rafaelsen), Best Editing (Olivier Bugge Coutté) and Best Score (Ola Fløttum).
Icelandic Academy Award
- UNDER THE TREE by Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson, producers: EAVE graduate Ditte Milsted, PUENTES graduate Jamila Wenske won seven awards at the Icelandic Academy Awards, including best film, best director (Hafsteinn Gunnarsson), best actress (Edda Björgvinsdóttir), and best actor (Steindi Jr.).
CPH:DOX
- JOURNEY TO UTOPIA by Erlend Eirik Mo, producer: EAVE graduate Lise Lense-Møller won the Eurimages Pitch and Development Award at CPH:DOX in Copenhagen.
Luxembourg City Film Festival
- FOXTROT by Samuel Maoz, associated producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler won the Grand Prix at the Luxemburg City Film Festival.
- PITY by Babis Makridis, producer: EAVE participant Beata Rzezniczek received a Special Mention.
- GUTLAND by Govinda Van Maele, producer: EAVE graduate Gilles Chanial won the Audience Award.
Belgrade International Film Festival
- TEMPORADA DE CAZA (HUNTING SEASON) by Natalia Garagiola, producer: EAVE+ graduate Jonas Katzenstein won the Debut Award of the Belgrade International Film Festival.
Bergamo Film Meeting
- EAVE project SECRET INGREDIENT by Gjorce Stavreski, producer: EAVE graduate Kostantina Stavrianou is the winner of the First Prize at the Bergamo Film Meeting.
Cartagena Film Festival
- PUENTES project THE HEIRESSES by Marcelo Martinessi, producer at development stage: PUENTES graduate Karen Fraenkel, co-producer: PUENTES group leader Fernando Epstein won Best Director
- SEASON OF THE DEVIL by Lav Diaz, producers: Ties That Bind graduates Bianca Balbuena and Bradley Liew was awarded Best Film in the Gemas section.
David di Donatello Awards
- NICO, 1988 by Susanna Nicchiarelli, producer: EAVE graduate Valérie Bournonville scooped the Awards for Best Original Screenplay, Best Makeup, Best Hair Design and Best Soundtrack at the David di Donatello Award, the most important Italian Film prize.
- SICILIAN GHOST STORY by Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza, co-producer: EAVE graduate Andres Pfaeffli won Best Adapted Screenplay.
Guadalajara Co-production Meeting
- PUENTES project CLARA SOLA by Nathalie Álvarez Mesén, producer: PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Katrin Pors and EAVE graduate Peter Kropenin won the CTT and El Taller awards, and got a special mention from Argos at Guadalajara’s Co-production Meeting.
Polish Film Awards
- LOVING VINCENT by Dorota Kobiela and EAVE graduate Hugh Welchman, producer: EAVE graduate EAVE graduate Hugh Welchman was awarded Best Art Direction and Best Editing at the Eagles, the annual awards for Polish film, handed out by the Polish Film Academy.
- 21 X NEW YORK by Piotr Stasik, producer: EAVE graduate Agnieszka Wasiak won Best Documentary
http://akademiapolskiegofilmu.pl/en
Hungarian Film Awards
- JUPITER’S MOON by Kornel Mundruczo, producer: EAVE graduate Viktoria Petranyi won two prizes at the Hungarian Film Awards: Best Cinematography and Best Production Design.
http://mnf.hu/en/festival/hungarian-film-week
International Film Festival and Forum for Human Rights
- THE DISTANT BARKING OF DOGS by Simon Lereng Wilmont, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Hellström won the Young Jury Award at the International Film Festival and Forum for Human Rights (FIFDH), Geneva.
South African Film and Television Awards
- THE WOUND by John Trengove, producers: EAVE graduates Elias Ribeiro, Cait Pansegrouw, co-producer: Interchange graduate Trent wins six SAFTAs at the South African Film and Television Awards.
Finnish Film Awards
- THE ETERNAL ROAD by Antti-Jussi Annila, producer: EAVE+ graduate Ilkka Matila, co-producer: EAVE graduate Kristian Taska was the big winner at the Finnish National Film Awards. The film won five Jussis: Best Film, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress (Sidse Babett Knudsen), Best Supporting Actor (Hannu-Pekka Björkman), Best Cinematography (Rauno Ronkainen), Best Set Design (Kalju Kivi)
- MIAMI by Zaida Bergroth, executive producers: EAVE graduates Aleksi Bardy, Annika Sucksdorff won Best Actress (Krista Kosonen)
- TOM OF FINLAND by Dome Karukoski, producers: EAVE graduate and Finnish National Coordinator Aleksi Bardy, EAVE graduate Annika Sucksdorff, co-producer: EAVE graduate Malin Söderlund wins Best Costume Design (Anna Vilppunen)
- HOBBYHORSE REVOLUTION by Selma Vilhunen, producer: EAVE graduate Elli Toivoniemi was awarded Best Documentary.
Thessaloniki Documentary Festival
- THE DISTANT BARKING OF DOGS by Simon Lereng Wilmont, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Hellström was the winner of the Golden Alexander for Best Documentary at the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival.
Cinélatino Rencontres de Toulouse
- ZAMA by Lucrecia Martel, producer: PUENTES graduate Benjamin Domenech, EAVE graduate Léontine Petit was awarded the Grand Prix Coup de Coeur at the Cinélatino Rencontres de Toulouse.
- COCAINE PRISON by Violeta Ayala, co-producer: EAVE graduate Cedric Bonin won the Prix du Public Documentaire
- CANDELARIA by Jhonny Hendrix, producer: EAVE graduate Dag Hoel was awarded the Prix du Public Fiction
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival
- COMMANDER ARIAN by EAVE graduate Alba Sotorra will have its world premiere in the international competition at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.
EAVE project WAJIB in Swiss cinemas
In French cinemas
- OUAGA GIRLS by Theresa Traore Dahlberg, producer: EAVE graduate David Herdies, co-producer: EAVE graduate Estelle Robin You. March 7.
http://momentofilm.se/films/ouaga-girls/
- GOOD MANNERS by Juliana Rojas and Marco Dutra, producer: EAVE graduate Clement Duboin. March 21.
- DOPO LA GUERRA by Annarita Zambrano, producers: EAVE graduates Dan Wechsler, Sophie Erbs, EAVE+ graduate Tom Dercourt. March 21.
- 9 FINGERS by Francois-Jacques Ossang, producer: EAVE graduate Sébastien Haguenauer. March 21.
In Belgian cinemas
- HANNAH by Andrea Pallaoro, co-producer: EAVE graduate Clément Duboin. March 14.
- TOM OF FINLAND by Dome Karukoski, producers: EAVE graduate and Finnish National Coordinator Aleksi Bardy, EAVE graduate Annika Sucksdorff, co-producer: EAVE graduate Malin Söderlund. March 14.
- DOPO LA GUERRA by Annarita Zambrano, producers: EAVE graduates Dan Wechsler, Sophie Erbs, EAVE + graduate Tom Dercourt. March 21.
- 9 FINGERS by Francois-Jacques Ossang, producer: EAVE graduate Sébastien Haguenauer. March 28.
In UK cinemas
- BLACK 47 by Lance Daly, producers: EAVE graduates Macdara Kelleher, Bernard Michaux, EAVE graduate and Head of Studies Jani Thiltges. March 19.
In Dutch cinemas
- EAVE Marketing Workshop project RICHARD THE STORK by Toby Genkel and Reza Memari, producer: EAVE graduate Kristine Knudsen. March 21.
- CENTAUR by Aktan Arym Kuba, producers: EAVE graduates Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts. March 22.
In Swiss cinemas
- THELMA by Joachim Trier, co-producers: Ties That Bind graduate Mikkel Jersin, PUENTES graduate Katrin Pors. March 7.
- EAVE project WAJIB by Annemarie Jacir, producer: EAVE graduate Ossama Bawardi, co-producers: EAVE graduate Ruben Thorkildsen, PUENTES graduate Katrin Pors, March 8.
In Austrian cinemas
- MURER by Christian Frosch, producer: EAVE graduate Paul Thiltges. March 16.
- L’ANIMALE by Katharina Mückstein, producer: EAVE graduate Michael Kitzberger. March 16.
In German cinemas
- ARTHUR & CLAIRE by Miguel Alexandre, producers: EAVE graduates Arnold Heslenfeld, Laurette Schillings, Frans van Gestel. March 1.
- THELMA by Joachim Trier, co-producers: Ties That Bind graduate Mikkel Jersin, PUENTES graduate Katrin Pors. March 22.
In Greek cinemas
- DIRECTIONS by EAVE graduate Stephan Komandarev, producers: EAVE graduates Stephan Komandarev and Katya Trichkova. March 29.
EAVE project 3/4 in festivals around the world
Luxemburg City Film Festival (February 22 – March 4)
- BRAGUINO by Clément Cogitore, producer: Cédric Bonin, co-producer: Kaarle Aho
- FOXTROT by Samuel Maoz, associated producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler
- GOOD MANNERS by Juliana Rojas and Marco Dutra, producer: EAVE graduate Clement Duboin
- GUTLAND by Govinda Van Maele, producer: EAVE graduate Gilles Chanial
- HOBBYHORSE REVOLUTION by Selma Vilhunen, producer: EAVE graduate Elli Toivoniemi
- MARY SHELLEY by Haifaa Al-Mansour, co-producer: EAVE graduate and Luxembourgish National Coordinator Cavid Grumbach
- PITY by Babis Makridis, producer: EAVE participant Beata Rzezniczek
Cartagena International Film Festival (February 28 – March 5)
- GOOD MANNERS by Juliana Rojas and Marco Dutra, producer: EAVE graduate Clement Duboin
- INSYRIATED by Philippe Van Leeuw, co-producers: EAVE graduates Tomas Leyers, Jacques Henri Bronckart
- PUENTES project THE HEIRESSES by Marcelo Martinessi, producer at development stage: PUENTES graduate Karen Fraenkel, co-producer: PUENTES group leader Fernando Epstein
- SEASON OF THE DEVIL by Lav Diaz, producers: Ties That Bind graduates Bianca Balbuena and Bradley Liew
- SUMMER 1993 by Carla Simon, producer: EAVE graduate and Spanish National Coordinator Maria Zamora
- THE WOLF HOUSE by Cristobal Leon, Joaquin Cocina, producer: PUENTES graduate Catalina Vergara
- ZAMA by Lucrecia Martel, producer: PUENTES graduate Benjamin Domenech, EAVE graduate Léontine Petit
Festival de Guadalajara (March 9 – 16)
- PUENTES project UN TRADUCTOR, produced and co-directed by PUENTES graduate Sebastian Barriuso
- SUMMER 1993 by Carla Simon, producer: EAVE graduate and Spanish National Coordinator Maria Zamora
- THE NILE HILTON INCIDENT by Tarik Saleh, producer: EAVE graduate Kristina Aberg, co-producers: EAVE graduates Signe Byrge Sørensen, Monica Hellström, Marcel Lentz and Guido Schwab
One World Film Festival Prague (March 5 – 14)
- BRAGUINO by Clément Cogitore, producer: Cédric Bonin, co-producer: Kaarle Aho
- HOBBYHORSE REVOLUTION by Selma Vilhunen, producer: EAVE graduate Elli Toivoniemi
International Film Festival On Human Rights Geneva (March 9 – 18)
- FORTUNA by Germinal Roaux, producer: EAVE participant Anne-Laure Guegan
- THE NILE HILTON INCIDENT by Tarik Saleh, producer: EAVE graduate Kristina Aberg, co-producers: EAVE graduates Signe Byrge Sørensen, Monica Hellström, Marcel Lentz and Guido Schwab
- UNA ESPECIE DE FAMILIA by Diego Lerman, co-producers: Ties That Bind graduate Mikkel Jersin, PUENTES graduate Katrin Pors
- WILLKOMMEN IN DER SCHWEIZ by Sabine Gisiger, producer: EAVE graduate Karin Koch
Sofia International Film Festival (March 9 – 31)
- ÁGA by Milko Lazarov, producer: EAVE graduate Guillaume de Seille
- ARRHYTHMIA by Boris Khlebnikov, producers: EAVE graduates Eva Blondiau, Natalia Drozd, Aleksi Hyvarinen
- AS WE WERE DREAMING by Andreas Dresen, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Peter Rommel
- BELGICA by Felix van Groeningen producers: EAVE graduates Laurette Schillings and Frans van Gestel
- 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
- DOVLATOV by Alexey German Jr., producers: EAVE graduates Isabella Wojcik, Violetta Kaminska, EAVE Serbian Coordinator Miroslav Mogorovich
- EAVE project 3/4 by Ilian Metev, producer: EAVE graduate Ingmar Trost
- FOXTROT by Samuel Maoz, associated producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler
- GENESIS by Arpad Bogdan, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Taschler
- HUMAN FLOW by Ai Weiwei, producer: EAVE graduate Heino Deckert
- EAVE project IVAN by Janez Burger, producer: EAVE graduate Miha Cernec
- JUPITER’S MOON by Kornel Mundruczo, producer: EAVE graduate Viktoria Petranyi
- KEEPER by Guillaume Senez, producer: EAVE graduate Isabelle Truc
- LE TOUT NOUVEAU TESTAMENT by Jaco Van Dormael, producers: EAVE graduate Paul Thiltges and EAVE graduate and Luxembourgish National Coordinator David Grumbach
- ONE STEP BEHIND THE SERAPHIM by Daniel Sandu producer: EAVE graduate & Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon
- PINA by Wim Wenders, producer: EAVE graduate Gian Piero Ringel
- EAVE project RADIOGRAM by Rouzie Hassanova, producer: EAVE graduate Gergana Stankova
- SICILIAN GHOST STORY by Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza, co-producer: EAVE graduate Andres Pfaeffli
- SIERANEVADA by Cristi Puiu, co-producers: EAVE graduates Zdenka Gold and Labina Mitevska, executive producer: EAVE graduate Oana Giurgiu
- SON OF SOFIA by Elina Psikou, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantinos Kontovrakis, Borislav Chouchkov
- THE BASICS OF KILLING by Jan Cvitkovic, producer: EAVE graduate and Serbian National Coordinator Miroslav Mogorovic
- THE BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN by Felix van Groeningen, co-producer: EAVE graduate Celine Baggen
- THE FIFTH SEASON by EAVE graduate Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth, co-producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum, EAVE graduate Philippe Avril
- THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER by Yorgos Lantimnos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
- THE LEISURE SEEKER by Paolo Virzi, executive producer: EAVE graduate and Luxembourgish National Coordinator David Grumbach
- THE NILE HILTON INCIDENT by Tarik Saleh, producer: EAVE graduate Kristina Aberg, co-producers: EAVE graduates Signe Byrge Sørensen, Monica Hellström, Marcel Lentz and Guido Schwab
- TOUCH ME NOT by Adina Pintilie, co-producer: EAVE graduate Philippe Avril
- WESTERN by Valeska Grisebach, producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Boris Chouchkov
Sofia Meetings
Following projects have been selected for the for the 15th Sofia Meetings:
Second Feature Fiction Film
- BUNKER by György Kristóf, producer: EAVE graduate Katarína Krna?ova
- EARTHQUAKE by Idan Haguel, producer: EAVE graduate Saar Yogev
Plus Minus One
- CRISSEA IV by Vladimir Dembinski, producer: EAVE graduate Tudor Giurgiu
- EAVE Project MARCH.APRIL.MAY by Andrey Gryazev, producer: EAVE graduate Vlad Ketkovich
- THE GOOD DRIVER by Tonislav Hristov, producer: EAVE graduate Kaarle Aho
Projects in Bank
- DARKLING by Dusan Milic, producer: EAVE graduate Snezana Penev
- EAVE project HOW I LEARNED TO FLY by Radivoje Andric, producer: EAVE graduate Maja Popovic
- PATROL CAR by Stephan Komandarev, Director and Producer
- THE JEWISH GIRL by Sharon Bar Ziv, producer: EAVE graduate Borislav Chouchkov
- THE TROJAN CRISIS by Francois Nouguies, producer: EAVE graduate Ana Alexieva
Selected producers and projects as part of the partnership with EAVE:
- Petra Oplatkova, Sirenafilm, Czech Republic
- Danilo Beckovic, Mali Budo, Serbia
- Bogdena Bogdziewicz-Onkol, Poland
- Maya Vitkova, Bulgaria
- Anna Shalashina, Rock Films, Russia:
- Marek Novak, Xova Film, Czech Republic
- Marko Pajlic, Serbia, Gargantua Films
- EAVE Project MARCH.APRIL.MAY by Andrey Gryazev, producer: EAVE graduate Vlad Ketkovich
- EAVE project HOW I LEARNED TO FLY by Radivoje Andric, producer: EAVE graduate Maja Popovic
Bergamo Film Meeting (March 10 – 18)
- A WOMAN'S LIFE by Stéphane Brizé, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart
- ILLEGITIMATE by Adrian Sitaru, producer: EAVE graduate Anamaria Antoci
- LICHT by Barbara Albert, producer: EAVE graduate Michael Kitzberger
- EAVE project SECRET INGREDIENT by Gjorce Stavreski, producer: EAVE graduate Kostantina Stavrianou
- THE FIXER by Adrian Sitaru, producers: EAVE graduate Anamaria Antoci and EAVE graduate and French National Coordinator Jean des Forêts
Thessaloniki Documentary Festival (March 11 – 20)
- ACROSS HER BODY by Zacharias Mavroeidis, producer: EAVE graduate Vicky Miha
- AMAL by Mohamed Siam, producer: EAVE graduate Talal Al-Muhanna
- ANTONIS’ VOICE by Christos Kapatos, producer: EAVE graduate Phaedra Vokali
- DREAMING MURAKAMI by Nitesh Anjaan, producer: EAVE graduate Signe Byrge Sørensen
- FRAGMENTS by Marianna Economou, producer: EAVE MW graduate Theodora Valenti
- ROOM FOR A MAN by Anthony Chidiac, producer: EAVE graduate Talal Al-Muhanna
- TARZAN’S TESTICLES by Alexandru Solomon, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National coordinator Ada Solomon
- THE DISTANT BARKING OF DOGS by Simon Lereng Wilmont, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Hellström
- WHAT COMES AROUND by Reem Saleh, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantina Stavrianou
Diagonale Graz (March 13 – 18)
- BAUMSCHLAGER by Harald Sicheritz, producer: EAVE graduate Danny Krausz
- BOOMERANG by Kurdwin Ayub, producer: EAVE graduate Ebba Sinzinger
- COPS by Stefan A. Lukacs, producer: EAVE graduate Arash T. Riahi
- L'ANIMALE by Katharina Mückstein , producer: EAVE graduate Michael Kitzberger
- LICHT by Barbara Albert, producer: EAVE graduate Michael Kitzberger
- LIFE GUIDANCE by Ruth Mader, producer: EAVE graduate Gabriele Kranzelbinder
- LOOKING FOR OUM KULTHUM by Shirin Neshat, producer: EAVE graduate Antonin Svoboda, co-producer: Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli
- ICEMAN by Felix Randau, producer: EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu
- MURER by Christian Frosch, producer: EAVE graduate Paul Thiltges
- TEHRAN TABOO by Ali Soozandeh, co-producer: EAVE graduate Antonin Svoboda
- DAS TESTAMENT by Amichai Greenberg, producer: EAVE graduate Oliver Neumann
- TIERE (ANIMALS) by Greg Zglinski, producers: EAVE graduates Antonin Svoboda, Lukasz Dzieciol
- WESTERN by Valeska Grisebach, producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Boris Chouchkov
Wales One World Film Festival (March 13 – 29)
- FOXTROT by Samuel Maoz, associated producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler
- EAVE project WAJIB by Annemarie Jacir, producer: EAVE graduate Ossama Bawardi, Ruben Thorkildsen
- WESTERN by Valeska Grisebach, producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Boris Chouchkov
CPH:DOX Copenhagen (March 15 – 25)
- AMAL by Mohamed Siam, producer: EAVE graduate Talal Al-Muhanna
- EAVE project GHOST HUNTING by Raed Andoni, producer: EAVE graduate Palmyre Badinier
- GOOD LUCK by Ben Russell, producer: EAVE graduate Janja Kralj
- INFINITE FOOTBALL by Corneliu Porumboiu, producer: EAVE graduate Marcela Ursu
- LE FORT DES FOUS by Narimane Mari, producer: EAVE graduate Ann Carolin Renninger
- LOOKING FOR OUM KULTHUM by Shirin Neshat, producer: EAVE graduate Antonin Svoboda, co-producer: Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli
- EAVE project STRIKE A POSE by Ester Gould, Reijer Zwaan, producers: EAVE graduates Sander Verdonk, Elle de Waele
- THAT SUMMER by Göran Hugo Olsson, producer: EAVE graduate Signe Byrge Sørensen
- THE DISTANT BARKING OF DOGS by Simon Lereng Wilmont, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Hellström
- ZENTRALFLUGHAFEN THF by Karim Aïnouz, producer: Interchange graduate Charlotte Uzu
New Directors/New Films New York (March 15 - 26)
- EAVE project 3/4 by Ilian Metev, producer: EAVE graduate Ingmar Trost
- GOOD MANNERS by Juliana Rojas and Marco Dutra, producer: EAVE graduate Clement Duboin
- SCARY MOTHER by Ana Urushadze, producer: EAVE graduate Tinatin Kajrishvili
- WINTER BROTHERS by Hlynur Palmason, producer: EAVE graduate Per Damgaard Hansen, co-producer: EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson
Vilnius International Film Festival (March 15 – 29)
- SCARY MOTHER by Ana Urushadze, producer: EAVE graduate Tinatin Kajrishvili
- WINTER BROTHERS by Hlynur Palmason, producer: EAVE graduate Per Damgaard Hansen, co-producer: EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson
- A HEART OF LOVE by Serce Milosci, producer: EAVE graduate Kuba Kosma
- LA CORDILLERA by Santiago Mitre, producer: EAVE graduate Didar Domehri
- CANDELARIA by Jhonny Hendrix, producer: EAVE graduate Dag Hoel
- DOVLATOV by Alexey German Jr., producers: EAVE graduates Isabella Wojcik, Violetta Kaminska, EAVE Serbian National Coordinator Miroslav Mogorovich
- LICHT by Barbara Albert, producer: EAVE graduate Michael Kitzberger
- NAMME by Zaza Khalvashi, producer: EAVE graduate Ieva Norviliene
- LE FIDÈLE by Michael R. Roskam, producer: EAVE graduate Peter Bouckaert
- THE REPORTS ON SARAH AND SALEEM by Muayad Alayan, co-producer: EAVE graduate Hanneke Niens
- UNDER THE TREE by Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurdsson, producers: EAVE graduate Ditte Milsted, PUENTES graduate Jamila Wenske
- BREATHING INTO MARBLE by Giedre Beinoriute, producer: EAVE graduate Dagne Vildziunaite
- IN THE SHADOWS by Dipesh Jain, producer: EAVE graduate Lena Vurma
- LOVING VINCENT by Dorota Kobiela and EAVE graduate Hugh Welchman, producer: EAVE graduate Hugh Welchman
- SOLDIERS. STORY FROM FERENTARI by Ivana Mladenovic, producer: EAVE graduate Jelena Mitrovic
- THE DISTANT BARKING OF DOGS by Simon Lereng Wilmont, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Hellström
- PUENTES project THE HEIRESSES by Marcelo Martinessi, producer at development stage: PUENTES graduate Karen Fraenkel, co-producer: PUENTES group leader Fernando Epstein
- WHAT WILL PEOPLE SAY by Iram Haq, co-producer: EAVE graduate Karsten Stöter
- HUMAN FLOW by Ai Weiwei, producer: EAVE graduate Heino Deckert
- UN BEAU SOLEIL INTERIEUR by Claire Denis, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart
- ZAMA by Lucrecia Martel, producer: PUENTES graduate Benjamin Domenech, EAVE graduate Léontine Petit
- ARRHYTHMIA by Boris Khlebnikov, producers: EAVE graduates Eva Blondiau, Natalia Drozd, Aleksi Hyvarinen
- FOXTROT by Samuel Maoz, associated producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler
- GOOD MANNERS by Juliana Rojas and Marco Dutra, producer: EAVE graduate Clement Duboin
- HANNAH by Andrea Pallaoro, co-producer: EAVE graduate Clément Duboin
- TEMPORADA DE CAZA (HUNTING SEASON) by Natalia Garagiola, producer: EAVE+ graduate Jonas Katzenstein
Cinélatino Toulouse (March 16 – 25)
- A FANTASTIC WOMAN by Sebastian Lelio, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Fernanda del Nido
- CANDELARIA by Jhonny Hendrix, producer: EAVE graduate Dag Hoel
- COCAINE PRISON by Violeta Ayala, co-producer: EAVE graduate Cedric Bonin
- GOOD MANNERS by Juliana Rojas and Marco Dutra, producer: EAVE graduate Clement Duboin
- LA CORDILLERA by Santiago Mitre, producer: EAVE graduate Didar Domehri
- PUENTES LOS PERROS by Marcela Said, producers: EAVE+ graduate Tom Dercourt, EAVE graduate Sophie Erbs, co-producers: EAVE graduate Benjamin Domenech, EAVE MW graduate Jonas Katzenstein, associate producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler
- PUENTES project GLORIA by Sebastián Lelio, co-producer EAVE PUENTES graduate Josefina Undurraga
- TEMPORADA DE CAZA (HUNTING SEASON) by Natalia Garagiola, producer: EAVE+ graduate Jonas Katzenstein
- THE FUTURE by Alicia Scherson, producer: PUENTES graduate Christoph Friedel
- UNA ESPECIE DE FAMILIA by Diego Lerman, co-producers: Ties That Bind graduate Mikkel Jersin, PUENTES graduate Katrin Pors
- ZAMA by Lucrecia Martel, producer: PUENTES graduate Benjamin Domenech, EAVE graduate Léontine Petit
Febiofest Prague (March 26 – 28)
- ANA, MON AMOUR by Calon Peter Netzer, producers: EAVE graduate Oana Iancu, EAVE Marketing Workshop graduate Jonas Katzenstein
- DAYBREAK by Gentian Koci, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantina Stavrianou
- DISOBEDIENCE by Sebastián Lelio, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
- DOPO LA GUERRA by Annarita Zambrano, producers: EAVE graduates Sophie Erbs, Dan Wechsler
- EAVE project 3/4 by Ilian Metev, producer: EAVE graduate Ingmar Trost
- FOXTROT by Samuel Maoz, associated producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler
- FROST by Sharunas Bartas, producers: EAVE graduates Janja Kralj, Olena Yershova, Maria Blicharska
- INSYRIATED by Philippe Van Leeuw, co-producers: EAVE graduates Tomas Leyers, Jacques Henri Bronckart
- LA CORDILLERA by Santiago Mitre, producer: EAVE graduate Didar Domehri
- LICHT by Barbara Albert, producer: EAVE graduate Michael Kitzberger
- NICO, 1988 by Susanna Nicchiarelli, producer: EAVE graduate Valérie Bournonville
- SCARY MOTHER by Ana Urushadze, producer: EAVE graduate Tinatin Kajrishvili
- SOLDIERS. STORY FROM FERENTARI by Ivana Mladenovic, producer: EAVE graduate Jelena Mitrovic
- SICILIAN GHOST STORY by Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza, co-producer: EAVE graduate Andres Pfaeffli
- TEHRAN TABOO by Ali Soozandeh, co-producer: EAVE graduate Antonin Svoboda
- THE LEISURE SEEKER by Paolo Virzi, executive producer: EAVE graduate David Grumbach
- THE MINER by Hanna Slak, producer: EAVE graduate Sinisa Juricic
- Ties That Bind project THE SEEN AND UNSEEN by Kamila Andini, producer: Ties That Bind graduate Gita Fara
- UNDER THE TREE by Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurdsson, producers: EAVE graduate Ditte Milsted, PUENTES graduate Jamila Wenske
- WHEN THE DAY HAD NO NAME by Teona Mitevska, producer: EAVE graduate Labina Mitevska, co-producers: EAVE graduate Sébastien Delloye, EAVE group leaders Diana Elbaum and Danijel Hocevar
- WINTER BROTHERS by Hlynur Palmason, producer: EAVE graduate Per Damgaard Hansen, co-producer: EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson
Fribourg International Film Festival (March 31 – April 4)
- APPRENTICE by Boo Junfeng, co-producers: EAVE+ graduate Tom Dercourt, EAVE graduate Sophie Erbs, EAVE Marketing Workshop graduate Jonas Katzenbach
- FOXTROT by Samuel Maoz, associated producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler
- NEON BULL by Gabriel Mascaro, producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot
- TOM OF FINLAND by Dome Karukoski, producers: EAVE graduate and Finnish National Coordinator Aleksi Bardy, EAVE graduate Annika Sucksdorff, co-producer: EAVE graduate Malin Söderlund
- Ties That Bind project THE SEEN AND UNSEEN by Kamila Andini, producer: Ties That Bind graduate Gita Fara
- WHAT WILL PEOPLE SAY by Iram Haq, co-producer: EAVE graduate Karsten Stöter
MEET EAVE IN APRIL!
@EAVE Plus, Luxembourg, 4 - 8 April: CEO Kristina Trapp
@EAVE Plus, Luxembourg, 4 - 8 April: Programme Manager Europe Satu Elo
@EAVE on Demand Armenia, Yerevan, 12 - 15 April: Programme Manager Europe Satu Elo
@Chech Film Springboard, Plzen, 21 - 23 April: Programme Manager Europe Satu Elo
@MAFF Malaga, Malaga 18 - 20 April: CEO Kristina Trapp
@Ties That Bind, Udine 24 - 25 April: CEO Kristina Trapp
@EAVE on Demand Poland, Krakow, 30 April - 1 May: Programme Manager Europe Satu Elo
Kickoff for the EAVE Producers Workshop’s 2018 edition!
EAVE is happy to announce a succesful launch of the 2018 edition of the EAVE Producers Workshop in our home-base Luxembourg, in partnership with Film Fund Luxembourg.
51 producers from 36 countries have been chosen out of over 180 applications to develop the 31 selected documentary and feature film projects and their entrepreneurial skills throughout one year and 3 residential workshops.
Workshop 1 took place from March 8–15 at the Légère Premium Hotel Luxembourg.
Upcoming deadlines
CALL FOR ENTRIES: Ouaga Film Lab 2018
Ouga Film Lab will take place from September 20 – 29
Deadline for submissions: July 1
The main aim of the OUAGA FILM LAB development and co-production residency is to strengthen the competitiveness of West African directors and producers within major international labs, as well as to facilitate their access to local funds, international co-productions and a close collaboration with experienced mentors from around the continent.
This call for proposals is aimed at West African film and audiovisual professionals who meet the criteria set out in the regulations of OUAGA FILM LAB 2018. At the deadline of the call for entries, a committee will select the 10 best cinematographic projects that will be invited to participate in the 2nd edition of the OUAGA FILM LAB. The main criterion of selection is the artistic quality of the projects presented as well as the sensitivity of the subject.
Submission is free and should be done online at www.ouagafilmlab.net
About the submission procedures, please refer to the Regulations on our website.
At the end of the week of training, meetings and presentations of projects, the following prizes will be awarded to the best projects:
- The Idrissa Ouédraogo Award: writer’s residence at Moilin d’Ande, Tunisia
- SUD ECRITURE Award: participation in a writing residency in Tunisia;
- FIDADOC Award: participation in a documentary project development workshop at the Agadir International Documentary Film Festival in Morocco;
- “CINEMA DU MONDE / INSTITUT FRANCAIS” Award: Grant to participate in an international writing residency.
For further information, please visit our website www.ouagafilmlab.net or contact the GENERATION FILMS office: ouagafilmlab@generationfilms.net
Ex Oriente Film Workshop 2018
Deadline for Submissions May 4, 2018
Focus: Development
Open to: Creative feature length (52´up) documentary projects in development and production tackling contemporary topics, challenging genre and media boundaries and audience participation. We welcome filmmakers who set out to conduct intense and engaged experiences and to change the way we think about topical issues, audiences, ways of storytelling and the world itself.
Apply HERE by April 24th 2018
Workshop timeline:
1st Session: June 17th – June 23rd, 2018 (Trieste, Italy); Out of the Comfort Zone – Vision, Space, Story
2nd Session: October 25th – October 30th, 2018 (Jihlava, Czech Republic, within Ji.hlava IDFF); Inside the Production
3rd Session: March 2019 (Prague, Czech Republic, within East Doc Platform and One World IFF); Market, Here I Am
Participants: The workshop is open for 12 documentary projects represented by director-producer teams who will attend all the workshop sessions. The workshop is designed primarily for directors and producers from Central and Eastern Europe (incl. EU acceding and candidate countries, Post-Soviet states and Russia) and/ or for creative documentary projects dealing with stories from Central and Eastern Europe.
Participation fee: The participation fee is 2,100€ per selected project (includes accommodation, coffee breaks and lunches during all the three workshop sessions for 2 pers.)
Scholarship: Selected participants may apply for a scholarship to cover part of the participation fee associated with the workshop. Applicants must prove that there is no access to scholarships in their own country.
Practical requirements: Directors and producers can only participate with their own creative documentary projects. It is required that all workshop sessions be attended by both the director and the producer. Participants must be proficient in English.
Contacts:
Rebecca De Pas / Manager: rebecca@dokweb.net
Kristýna Bartošová / Coordinator: kbartosova@dokweb.net
http://bit.ly/exo-2018-details
East Silver Market 2018
Call for Submissions
Submission deadline for films produced in 2018: May 31, 2018
Submission deadline for projects in rough cut stage: July 31, 2018
Focus: Completed films
Open to: Creative documentary projects tackling contemporary topics, challenging genre and media boundaries and audience participation. We welcome films that set out to conduct intense and engaged experiences and to change the way we think about topical issues, audiences, ways of storytelling and the world itself. This call is open for completed documentaries produced/co-produced in the region of Central and Eastern Europe after January 1, 2017. Only films that have not been previously submitted for East Silver market are eligible.
Dates: 15th East Silver Market during 22nd Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival 2018 (Oct 25 – 30, 2018).
How: Applying is free of charge, applying is possible through the online application form. Submit your documentary via our online ENTRY FORM
We accept online screeners (Vimeo, YouTube etc.), which must be available till Sep 30, 2018. In case you didn’t included online link to your film in the submission form, please send 2 DVD screeners with English subtitles / English voiceover, with trailer and any additional press and promo materials (if available) to: Institute of Documentary Film / East Silver, Stepanska 14, 110 00 Prague, Czech Republic
About East Silver
East Silver Market
East Silver is the first documentary market which supports producers and distributors from Central and East Europe. Each year, about 300 films from more than 29 countries are included in the market. The 15th edition of the East Silver Market take place at the 22nd Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival in October 25 – 30, 2018, Jihlava, Czech Republic.
East Silver database – an essential referral spot for East European docs
The easy-to-navigate online database at www.eastsilver.net presents the most recent Eastern European documentary production, gathered at one place and searchable in our up-to-date archive of titles with full film credits and trailers.
Online streaming for professionals – a year-long access to East European titles
Easy-to-navigate online streaming at streaming.eastsilver.net allows producers to make their titles available to festival selectors, distributors, TV buyers and other film professionals throughout the year from everywhere in the world.
East Silver Caravan – a supporting tool for documentary screenings at festivals
East Silver Caravan promotes East European documentary films at important international film festivals and markets. Our nomad showcase of Eastern European documentary selection reaches over 130 prestigious international film festivals and markets.
Silver Eye Award 2018
Picking the nominees from 2018 East Silver Market submissions, East Silver international jury (comprising of international buyers, sales agents and festival selectors) awards the best documentary films with the Silver Eye Award. The total of 33 films competes in 3 main categories (feature, mid-length and short documentary). All winners are granted with prize money of EUR 1 500.
Contacts:
Zden?k Blaha / Manager: info@eastsilver.net
Walter Nagy / East Silver Caravan: walter@dokweb.net
Organizer:
Institute of Documentary Film (IDF)
Št?pánská 14, Praha 1, 110 00, Czech Republic
www.eastsilver.net
TRANS ATLANTIC PARTNERS 2018
Application Deadline on April 3
The deadline for our program TRANS ATLANTIC PARTNERS 2018 is approaching: Experienced producers from Europe, Canada and the U.S. can apply until April 3rd! We’d be delighted if you could help us spread the word and remind people of the approaching deadline, and we’d like to thank you very much in advance!
TRANS ATLANTIC PARTNERS is an intensive, hands-on training program focusing on co-production and co-ventures between Europe and North America. It consists of two modules:
Module 1: June 16 – 21 | Berlin, Germany
Module 2: September 10 – 16 | Halifax, Canada
Top industry experts share their knowledge and offer project feedback. Next to the development of specific skills, the workshop also provides an excellent opportunity to network across the Atlantic and find the right partners for your project.
For more information about TRANS ATLANTIC PARTNERS 2018, the application process and guidelines, please have a look at our website. You will find a promotional text as well as some suggestions for social media posts and a visual here.
If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact Dina Rubanovitš | Head of International Training | +49 331 721 28 86.
CALL FOR ENTRIES - 3rd CHINA CO-PRODUCTION DAY
Bridging the Dragon and the Marché du Film - Festival de Cannes, in partnership with the CNC - Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, in the frame of the 3rd China Co-production Day, will present a new edition of the Sino-International Company Meetings. The event will take place on Friday, 11th May 2018 from 14:30 to 17:00 at the Gray d'Albion Beach, Espace CNC.
The companies that would like to attend shall submit an application by Friday, 6th April 2018 (see application method below). For inquiries please email to: cannes@bridgingthedragon.com
The selection will be announced in late April 2018.
Application method
• For international (non-Chinese) companies:
Please fill in the e-form at https://goo.gl/VkKJZ9
• For Chinese companies:
Please fill in the e-form at https://www.wjx.top/jq/21622344.aspx
Submissions DOK Leipzig 2018
Deadline: July 7, 2018
The 61st International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film takes place from 29 October to 4 November 2018.
From now on artistic Documentaries, Animated Films and Animated Documentaries of all lengths as well as Interactive Works can be submitted to DOK Leipzig 2018. Our Call for Entries will close on 7 July 2018.
"We are excited to discover through your eyes new perspectives on life here and around the world. We are looking forward to seeing films that do things differently, that show an awareness that there are more things between heaven and earth than one can possibly imagine – whether in an animated film, a documentary or a fruitful combination of both. Films revealing how documentary and animated film absorbs and expresses the present. For us, a documentary is much more than a means of transmitting information while animated films use the power of imagination to open up a world that goes well beyond sight and sound. And that's exactly what we want to celebrate with you and your films during the festival!"
More information:
Read our Entry Rules and Regulations
EAVE@ Stavanger: Special workshop for participants from Norway
EAVE Producers Workshop in Stavanger (June 22-29, 2018) also opens its doors to Norwegian producers and professionals with a tailor-made programme.
All plenary sessions of the workshop will be open for all interested industry professionals and film students to attend.
In addition, 11 participants from Norway with or without a project (fiction feature or documentary) will be selected for a special local EAVE programme tailor-made for their needs.
EAVE@Stavanger will take place over 2 days in between June 24-27, 2018.
This workshop which will consist of one-to-one mentoring and/or group work by various EAVE experts (on topics such as career development, company planning, co-production finance, legal issues of co-production, sales and distribution, the international market, festival strategies, marketing and story development), as well as of attending the plenaries of the EAVE workshop and networking with the 50 EAVE participants from 36 different countries as well as with all EAVE experts and guests.
The exact contents will be defined according to the final selection of participants.
Check out the list of some of the EAVE experts already confirmed for the workshop.
Our target group are upcoming producers who already have a track record and credit as producer (of short or long feature films and/or documentaries) and who are willing to open up to the international market and to co-produce internationally.
To apply for this special programme, please download the application form here and send the enclosed application form, as well as other documents specified in it, to satu@eave.org by April 6th, 2018.
Participation at EAVE@Stavanger is free of cost. For the travel and accommodation costs, you might be eligible for a travel grant from your regional film centre, after the selection is confirmed (mid/late April).
EAVE@Stavanger is organized in co-operration with The Norwegian Film Institute, Filmkraft Rogaland, Stavanger kommune, Rogaland fylkeskommune, Mediefondet Zefyr, Vestnorsk Filmsenter, Sørnorsk Filmsenter, Screen Story, Nordnorsk Filmsenter, Sola kommune and Chezville.
EAVE Newsflash – 4 Oscars® for EAVE producers in LA!
After a fantastic festival start for EAVE producers in 2018, including prestigious awards like the Golden Bear, Silver Bears and many other main festival prizes, we are thrilled to add a whopping 4 Academy Awards to their list of success stories!
The Oscar® for Best Foreign Language Film went to A FANTASTIC WOMAN directed by Sebastian Lelio, a film co-produced by EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach and Fernanda del Nido!
EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach remarks: "A FANTASTIC WOMAN is a co-production with Chile-Germany-US and Spain! With EAVE in 2007 I started to build up my international network which is the back bone for every co-production I do."
EAVE graduate Fernanda del Nido underlines: "Participating in EAVE was a turning point in my professional life and it has provided me with the perfect network all these years."
A FANTASTIC WOMAN premiered at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay and the Teddy Award. The first success was followd by an array of prestigious awards (Spirit Award for Best International Film, Goya Award for Best Latin American Film ..) and nominations in festivals around the world. The film was acquired by Sony Pictures Classics after its premiere in Berlin.
DUNKIRK directed by Christopher Nolan, delegate producer EAVE+ graduate Maarten Swart sccoped 3 Oscars® for Best Film Editing, Best Sound Editing and Best Sound Mix! The film had been nominated for 8 Academy Awards and had received an array of awards including the BAFTA Award for Best Sound and AACTA International Award for Best Direction.
A total of 26 films by EAVE producers represented their country in the race for the Foreign Language Academy Awards, including EAVE project LAYLA M. produced by EAVE graduates Laurette Schillings, Frans van Gestel and Arnold Heslenfeld and EAVE project WAJIB, produced by EAVE graduates Ossama Bawardi and Ruben Thorkildsen!
LOVING VINCENT by Dorota Kobiela and EAVE graduate Hugh Welchman, produced by EAVE graduate Hugh Welchman was nominated for the Best Animation Academy Award, while STRONG ISLAND by Yance Ford, co-produced by EAVE graduate Signe Byrge Sørensen was competing for Best Documentary.
We congratulate all of our producers for their exceptional work and results!
For more information about the different EAVE programmes and how to become part of our network, please visit: www.eave.org
