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EAVE March News 2019


PUENTES project CLARA SOLA receives funding

Eurimages

Eurimages has distributed about 4.4 million Euros of co-production support to 15 fiction film projects, 2 documentaries and 1 animation. Among them are 13 projects by EAVE graduates:

  • AVENGE by Marija Zidar, producer: EAVE group leader Danijel Hocevar
  • BIRDS OF A FEATHER by Hanna Bergholm, producer: EAVE graduate Mika Ritalahti
  • DARKLING by Dusan Milic producer: EAVE graduate Snezana Penev
  • GLASSBOY by Samuele Rossi EAVE + graduate Vincent Lucassen
  • HINTERLAND by Stefan Ruzowitzky, producers: EAVE graduate Oliver Neumann, EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu
  • HOME by Franka Potente, producer: EAVE+ graduate Jonas Katzenstein
  • ILLYRICVM by Simon Bogojevic Narath, producer: EAVE group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic
  • I NEVER CRY by Piotr Domalewski, producer: EAVE graduate Jan Kwiecinski
  • LAMB by Valdimar Johannsson, producer EAVE graduate Hrönn Kristinsdottir
  • OTTO THE BARBARIAN by Ghitescu Ruxandra, producer: EAVE graduate Iuliana Tarnovetchi
  • THE INNOCENTS by Eskil Vogt, co-producers: EAVE graduates Mark Lwoff and Misha Jaari
  • THE MAN WHO SOLD HIS SKIN by Kaouther ben Hania, EAVE graduate Annabella Nezri
  • WHEN I’M DONE DYING by Nisan Dag, producer: EAVE graduates Dorothe Beinemeier, Müge Özen

https://www.coe.int/en/web/eurimages/-/18-co-productions-supported-at-the-154th-eurimages-board-of-management-meeting

Croatian Audiovisual Centre

The Croatian Audiovisual Centre (HAVC) has announced the recipients of funding for the production of short and feature-length fiction and documentary films, as well as animated and experimental movies.

  • SLAV(E)S by Robert Zuber, producer: EAVE graduate Siniša Juri?i?
  • SUMMERHOUSE by Damir Cucic, producer: EAVE graduate Zdenka Gold
  • TRACES by Dubravka Turic, producer: EAVE graduate and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic
  • YOUNG TESLA AND THE IDEA POACHERS by Petar Oreskovic, producer: EAVE graduate Siniša Juri?i?

www.havc.hr/eng


Finnish Film Foundation

The Finnish Film Foundation supports 21 new projects, among them 11 fiction features, six feature-length documentaries, two short documentaries, one short animation and one animated series.

  • BIRDS OF A FEATHER by Hanna Bergholm, producer: EAVE graduate Mika Ritalahti
  • HAYFLOWER, QUILTSHOE AND THE FEISTY FIRST-GRADER by Lenka Hellstedt, producer: EAVE graduate Jarkko Hentula
  • HELENE by Antti J. Jokinen, producer: EAVE graduate Mikko Tenhunen
  • LIBRES! THIS TRAIN I RIDE by Arno Bitschy, producer: EAVE graduate Estelle Robin You
  • NORSKE BYGGEKLOSSER by Taneli Mustonen, producer: EAVE graduate Jukka Helle
  • O-2 by Margus Paju, producers: EAVE graduates Esko Rips, Jukka Helle, EAVE + graduate Kristian Taska
  • RISTO RÄPPÄÄJÄ JA VÄÄRÄ VINCENT by Maria Sid, producer: EAVE graduate Jukka Helle
  • SE MIELETÖN REMPPA by Taneli Mustonen, producer: EAVE graduate Jukka Helle
  • TALE OF A SLEEPING GIANT, produced and directed by EAVE + graduate Marko Röhr
  • THE GRAVEDIGGER by Khadar Ahmed, producers: EAVE graduates Mark Lwoff, Misha Jaari
  • THE RED RING, produced and directed by EAVE graduate Joonas Berghäll
  • VIILEÄ VOIMA by Sakari Suuronen, producer: EAVE graduate Mika Ritalahti

http://ses.fi/en

Norwegian Film Institute

The Norwegian Film Institute supports the following projects by EAVE graduates:

  • FLY WITH ME by Marja Pyykkö, producers: EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Norway Kristine Knudsen and EAVE graduates Venla Hellstedt and Elli Toivoniemi
  • JOURNEY TO UTOPIA by Erlend E. Moe, producer: EAVE Head of Studies Lise Lense-Møller

www.nfi.no

Swedish Film Institute

The Swedish Film Institute (SFI) has announced its February slate of funding, which comprises a total of eight films – two feature-length fictions, one feature-length documentary and five shorts. Among them:

  • I COME HOME AGAIN FOR CHRISTMAS by Ella Lemhagen, producer: EAVE graduate Sandra Harms
  • PUENTES project CLARA SOLA by Nathalie Alvarez Mensen, producer: PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi

www.filminstitutet.se/en

Film Fund Luxembourg

The Film Fund Luxembourg has announced the recipients of its latest slate of production and development funding.

  • ES SIEHT DICH by Jeff Desom, producer: EAVE graduate and Head of Studies Jani Thiltges
  • HIMBEEREN MIT SENF by Ruth Olshan, producer: EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu
  • LES TÉMOINS VIVANTS Finally by Karolina Markiewicz, producer: EAVE graduate Paul Thiltges
  • ON THE EDGE OF TOURISM by Chris Poulles, producer: EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu
  • PLAYBOY PRIEST by Arne Toonen, producers: EAVE graduate and Head of Studies Jani Thiltges, EAVE graduate Reinier Selen
  • SHOCK THE MONKEY by Blies Brothers, producer: EAVE graduate Marion Guth

www.filmfund.lu

screen.brussels

In its first session of 2019, screen.brussels has selected 11 co-productions to receive funding. The projects include seven feature films, three documentaries and one television series. Among them are three films by EAVE graduates:

  • EAVE project MON LÉGIONNAIRE by Rachel Lang, producers: EAVE graduates Benoit Roland and Jeremy Forni
  • SANS SOLEIL by by Banu Akseki, producers: EAVE graduates Jean-Yves Roubin, Denis Vaslin
  • UNE VIE DÉMENTE by Ann Sirot and Raphaël Balboni, producer: EAVE participant Julie Esparbes

www.screen.brussels/fr/fund

Screen Ireland

Screen Ireland supports the production of the following projects by EAVE graduates:

  • CALM WITH HORSES by Nick Rowland, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
  • EXTRA ORDINARY by Mike Ahern, Enda Loughman, producer: EAVE graduate Katie Holly, Ailish Bracken
  • SEND IN THE CLOWNS by George Kane, producer: EAVE graduate Macdara Kelleher
  • THE WINTER LAKE by David Turpin, producer: EAVE graduate Ruth Treacy
  • WILDFIRE by Cathy Brady, producer: EAVE graduate Martina Niland

www.screenireland.ie

HERSELF by Phyllida Lloyd, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney is in pre-production. The first clapperboard for Phyllida Lloyd’s new project will slam at the end of April. The plot of the Dublin-set drama follows the story of Sandra, a young Irish mother of two daughters, who escapes her abusive boyfriend and fights back against a broken housing system. Sandra sets out to build her own home and, in the process, rebuilds her life and re-discovers herself. The movie is being produced by Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe for Dublin-based Element Pictures, and Sharon Horgan for independent British firm Merman.
HERSELF has received financial support from BBC Films (UK) and Screen Ireland, with the Irish film agency having granted development support and two provisional offers of commitment to the production. The movie will be ready for an international release in 2020.

https://elementpictures.ie

VICTIM by Michal Blasko, producer: EAVE graduate Pavla Janouskova Kubeckova and Jakub Viktorin is in pre-production. Loosely based on real-life events, the film follows Irina, an immigrant living in the Czech Republic. After her son ends up in hospital, he tells Irina and the police that a group of Roma carried out the attack. As other people increasingly show solidarity for Irina, her son’s account of how events unfolded starts to fall apart. According to the filmmakers, the story captures the current social climate and demonstrates the power of prejudice. VICTIM is being produced by nutprodukcia (Slovakia) and nutprodukce (Czech Republic), and co-produced by ESSE Production House (Ukraine). Creative Europe MEDIA, the Slovak Audiovisual Fund and the Czech Film Fund support the project. The producers are still looking for other co-production partners. Principal photography is planned to take place from the second half of October until mid-December. The project is set to be presented at the Cinéfondation Atelier 2019.
VICTIM`s producer Jakub Viktorin has been awarded a scholarship for EAVE Producers Workshop 2020. During the EAVE year, the producer will be focusing on the development of the project VICTIM.

www.nutprodukce.cz

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EAVE project MITRA now in production

EAVE project MITRA by Kaweh Modiri, producer: EAVE graduate Frank Hoeve, co-producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Roshanak Behesht-Nedjad, EAVE graduate Katrin Pors, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin is shooting.  Inspired by the director’s own family history, the project will be set between present day Netherlands and 1981 Tehran. 37 years after her daughter Mitra was executed in Iran and she fled her home country, Haleh leads a successful life as a renowned academic in the Netherlands. Her peaceful existence is shaken by the arrival of a woman she believes may be the traitor responsible for Mitra’s death. The Netherlands Film Fund, Creative Europe, Danish Film Institute, Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, Deutscher Filmförderfonds, CoBO Fund, the Netherlands Film Production Incentive and Cinéart support the film. MITRA started shooting in Amsterdam and other cities in The Netherlands before is is going to move on to Germany and Jordan, where the film’s flashbacks to 1981 Tehran will be shot.

www.baldrfilm.nl

COURTHOUSE by Chiara Bellosi, producer: EAVE graduate Carlo Cresto-Dina is in production. The drama film by the first-time director is being produced by tempesta and depicts a day in a civil justice case in a big Italian court. At the centre of the case is a hearing: in the dock are a young robber and a petrol pump attendant who reacted after the hold-up, opening fire and killing the former's very young accomplice. We see the whole ritual, gowns and all, and we hear the jargon. But we also see the things outside: the corridors, the offices, the daily comings and goings at the court, the noise, the chaos. Meanwhile, the families, children and wives of the accused, and those of the victims, wait outside. Carlo Cresto-Dina’s company is producing together with Rai Cinema, in co-production with Swiss outfit Cinedokké, with support from MiBAC – General Directorate for Cinema, the Piemonte Film TV Fund and the Torino Piemonte Film Commission.

www.tempestafilm.it

HOMO by Igor Ivanov, co-producer: EAVE graduate Miroslav Mogorovic has started filming. A five-week shooting schedule is planned, including more than 20 locations in Skopje. Six entirely different stories about six characters from Skopje intertwine here and now. Through the labyrinth of the disintegrated society, their destinies change forever. Each story has a separate title according to the main character of the story, borrowed from the terminology used by philosophic anthropology, trying to define the specifics of humanity. Igor Ivanov wrote the script together with Saso Kokalanov. Tomi Salkovski is producing through Skopje Film Studio while Bulgaria’s Gala Film, the Belgrade-based Art & Popcorn, Slovenia’s Iridium Film and Kosovo’s Trigger are co-producing. The project is supported by the Macedonian Film Agency, the Bulgarian National Film Center, Film Center Serbia, as well as the Kosovo Cinematography Center and the Slovenian Film Centre.

www.artandpopcorn.com

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TALES FROM THE PRISON CELL now in post-production

TALES FROM THE PRISON CELL by Abel Visky, producer: EAVE graduate Eszter Gyarfas is in post-production. The shoot for the creative documentary, which is the feature debut by the 31-year-old Romanian-born director, kicked off two years ago, and has just wrapped. The screenplay revolves around the relationship between fathers in prison and their children at home. In addition to the focus of presenting three incarcerated fathers, we gain an insight into the forever-altered lives of their families and children. As we become familiar with their daily lives, we witness the distance and even the closeness that grows between the inmates and their families. As a way of keeping contact, the inmates write fairy tales for their kids, which are then made into films with the children playing the lead roles. The stories convey messages that the fathers have come to see as basic truths during the course of their own lives and believe are important to pass on. Within these stories, in the freedom created by fiction, father and child can be united once again. Produced by EAVE graduate Eszter Gyarfas for Proton Cinema, the film is being co-produced by London-based outfit Taskovski Films (which will also take care of the international sales), Croatia’s Fade In and Hungary’s Arisona MPS, with backing from the Incubator programme of the Hungarian National Film Fund, the Croatian Film Fund (HAVC) and Creative Europe.

protoncinema.hu

BEYOND THE HORIZON by Delphine Lehericey, producer: EAVE graduate Sébastien Delloye is in post-production. 1976. A scorching summer. On the family farm, 13-year-old Gus senses that the heat is not only affecting the animals and the fields, but is also disrupting the behaviour of the adults around him. During his vacation, Gus will witness the end of his father's traditional world of farming as well as the explosion of his family nucleus. In a few months, he will have left his childhood innocence behind for good. The film is produced by Box Productions sàrl, Elzévir Films, Entre Chien et Loup, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse, RTBF - Radio Télévision Belge Francophone, Teleclub AG, BeTv.

www.entre-chien-et-loup.be

MARE by Andrea Staka, producer: EAVE graduate Tami Berkovits is in post-production. The plot: In the morning, when she's alone at home, Mare watches the planes taking off. One day a man moves in next door. They become acquainted, enjoy each other’s company, and have an affair. Mare embarks on a journey into a parallel universe that has little to do with her family and everyday life. Produced by Okofilm Productions, Dinaridi Film, ZDF Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, ARTE, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen.

www.okofilm.ch

LOLA AND THE SEA by Laurent Micheli, producers: EAVE graduates Benoit Roland and Sébastien Haguenauer is in post-production. While Lola, a transgender girl of 18, learns that she will finally be able to have surgery; his mother, who was to support her financially, dies. In order to respect her last wishes, Lola and her father, who have not seen each other for two years and who oppose everything, are obliged to travel to the Belgian coast. Along the way, they will realize that the outcome of the trip may not be the one they expected ...
With the support of Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, RTBF (Télévision belge), Proximus TV, CNC, Région Aquitaine and the Tax Shelter du Gouvernement Fédéral Belge.

www.wrongmen.be

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Interchange project NEZOUH selected for Cinefoundation Atelier

Cinefoundation Atelier

The Cannes Film Festival has unveiled this year’s Cinefoundation Atelier selection, comprising 15 projects in development from upcoming director talent. The titles include seven films produced by EAVE graduates:

  • BROADWAY by Christos Massalas, producer: EAVE graduate Amanda Livanou
  • ODE TO JOY by Gabriel Tzafka, producer: EAVE participant Jón Hammer
  • Interchange project NEZOUH by Soudade Kaadan, producer: Interchange graduate Amira Kaadan
  • THE SETTLERS by Felipe Galvez, producer: EAVE graduate Giancarlo Nasi
  • THE WOMEN by The Maw Naing, producer: TIES THAT BIND graduate Jeremy Chua
  • THE WOODCUTTER STORY by Mikko Myllylahti, producers: EAVE graduate Jussi Rantamäki
  • VICTIM by Michal Blasko, producer: EAVE graduate Pavla Janouskova Kubeckova

www.cinefondation.com


La Fabrique

The following project will participate in La Fabrique des Cinémas du Monde 2019:

  • BOOTLEG by Reem Morsi, producer: EAVE graduate Rula Nasser

www.lescinemasdumonde.com/en


German Lola Film Awards 2019

The German Film Academy has announced the nominations for the German Lola Film Awards 2019:

  • STYX by Wolfgang Fischer, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu is nominated for Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Sound
  • TRANSIT by Christian Petzold, co-producer: EAVE graduate Antonin Dedet is nominated for Best Film, Best Sound
  • THE MOST BEAUTIFUL COUPLE by Sven Taddicken, producer: EAVE graduate Jamila Wenske is in for Best Actress
  • THE BRA, directed and produced by EAVE graduate Veit Helmer vies for Best Cinematography  
  • OF FATHERS AND SONS by Talal Derki, producer: PUENTES graduate Tobias N. Siebert is nominated for Best Documentary and Best Editing

The 69th Lola ceremony will be held on May 3 in Berlin.

www.deutscher-filmpreis.de


Premios Platino

The Premios Platino, the Oscars of Latin American cinema, has nominated the contenders. Among them are:

  • ROMA by Alfonso Cuarón, producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolás Celis López
  • EAVE project BIRDS OF PASSAGE by Ciro Guerra, Cristina Gallego, producer: EAVE graduate Katrin Pors, co-producers: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin, co-producer: EAVE graduate Sandino Saravia Vinay
  • PUENTES project THE HEIRESSES by Marcelo Martinessi, producer at development stage: PUENTES graduate Karen Fraenkel, co-producer: PUENTES group leader Fernando Epstein
  • LA NOCHE DE 12 ANOS by Alvaro Brechner, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marianna Secco
  • YULI by Iciar Bollain, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Calderwood
  • THE MAN WHO KILLED DON QUIXOTE by Terry Gilliam, producer: EAVE graduate Sébastien Delloye

www.premiosplatino.com

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EAVE graduates awarded at Sofia IFF

Romanian Film Awards

  • THE MOROMETE FAMILY 2 by Stere Gulea, producer: EAVE graduate Tudor Giurgiu takes over the Gopos, the Romanian Film Awards. The film received a total of nine trophies. In addition to Best Film, it won awards for Best Image (Vivi Dragan Vasile), Best Editing (Dana Bunescu and Alexandra Gulea), Best Sound (Dana Bunescu, Cristinel Sirli, Constantin Fleancu), Best Set Design (Cristian Niculescu), Best Costumes (Dana Paparuz), and Best Makeup & Hair (Dana Roseanu, Iulia Roseanu, Domnica Bodogan). It also won the Young Hope award (Iosif Pastina), and the Audience Award, granted to productions with the highest box-office success in the previous year.
  • SOLDIERS. STORY FROM FERENTARI by Ivana Mladenovic, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon, Jelena Mitrovic won the Best Debut Film award.
  • THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney won the Best European Film award.

www.premiilegopo.ro/filme/2019

Sofia International Film Festival

  • SYSTEM CRASHER by Nora Fingscheidt, producer: EAVE graduate and German National Coordinator Jonas Weydemann was awarded Best Director
  • A PICTURE WITH YUKI by Lachezar Avramov, producer: EAVE graduate Borislav Chouchkov won the Audience Award
  • THE MAGIC LIFE OF V by Tonislav Hristov, producer: EAVE graduate Kaarle Aho won Best Documentary
  • HER JOB by Nikos Labôt, producers: EAVE graduates Maria Drandaki, Milan Stojanovic was awarded Best Balkan Film
  • THE LOAD by Ognjen Glavonic, producer: PUENTES graduate Sophie Erbs, co-producers: EAVE graduate, group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic, EAVE+ graduate Tom Dercourt received a Special Mention
  • TEHRAN: CITY OF LOVE by Ali Jaberansari, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot won the Young Jury Award

www.siff.bg

Bodil Awards

  • ROMA by Alfonso Cuaron, producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis Lopez won Best non-American feature at the Bodil Awards, organised by the Danish Film Critics Association.

www.bodilprisen.dk

One World Festival

  • COLD CASE HAMMARSKJÖLD by Mads Brügger, producer: EAVE graduate Bjarte Mørner Tveit won the award for Best Director at the One World Festival, Prague.

www.oneworld.cz

Cartoon Movie

  • OF UNWANTED THINGS AND PEOPLE by David Sukup, Ivana Laucikova, Leon Vidmar & Agata Gorzadek, producer: EAVE graduate Juraj Krasnohorsky received the Eurimages Co-production Development Award. Production companies: Maur Film (Czech Republic), Artichoke (Slovakia), ZVVIKS (Slovenia) & WJTeam/Likaon (Poland). The jury was impressed by the remarkable production team that this project brought together for the first time, and was seduced by this film which involves a great deal of fantasy and imagination dealing with universal issues.

www.coe.int/en/web/eurimages/-/2019-eurimages-co-production-development-awards

Procirep

  • EAVE graduate Estelle Robin-You has won the Procirep French Producer Award. The jury awarded Les films du balibari (Estelle Robin-You, Clara Vuillermoz), highlighting “the quality and the modernity of their production approach from local to international, the engagement of the producers in collective battles for documentary and their opening on the world (including Africa) in a 360° vision of the profession”.

www.balibari.com

Cinéma du Réel

  • MOVEMENTS OF A NEARBY MOUNTAIN by Sebastien Brameshuber, producer: EAVE graduate David Herdies and EAVE participant David Bohun won the Grand Prix.
  • HAMADA by Eloy Dominguez Seren, producer: EAVE graduate David Herdies won the Prix Loridan Ivens and the Prix des Jeunes at Cinéma du Reel.

www.cinemadureel.org

Fribourg International Film Festival

  • LA NOCHE DE 12 ANOS by Alvaro Brechner, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marianna Secco won the Special Jury Award.

www.fiff.ch

Luxemburg City Film Festival

  • EAVE project BIRDS OF PASSAGE by Ciro Guerra, Cristina Gallego, producer: EAVE graduate Katrin Pors, co-producers: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin, co-producer: EAVE graduate Sandino Saravia Vinay won the Audience Award and a special mention at the Critics Award
  • STYX by Wolfgang Fischer, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu received the Youth Jury Award
  • MY GIRAFFE by Barbara Bredero, producer: EAVE graduate Leontine Petit won the Children’s Coup de Cœur Award

www.luxfilmfest.lu

Belgrade International Film Festival

  • CAPERNAUM by Nadine Labaki, co-produced by EAVE graduate Pierre Sarraf won the Best Director Award, the Best Debut Award (Zain Al Rafeea), the FIPRESCI Prize and the FEDEORA Award
  • I WAS AT HOME, BUT by Angela Schanelec, co-producer: EAVE graduate Natasa Damnjanovic won the Jury Award (Ivan Markovic, DoP)
  • THE FAVOURITE by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney won the Audience Award
  • STITCHES by Miroslav Terzic, producers: EAVE National Coordinator Bosnia and Herzegovina Amra Baksic Camo, EAVE graduates Zdenka Gold, Adis Djapo won Nebojsa Dukelic Award for Best film in the National section, Best Actress (Snezana Bogdanovic), and the FIPRESCI Prize
  • ALL ALONE by Bobo Jelcic, producers: EAVE graduates Zdenka Gold, Alem Babic won Best Director

www.fest.rs

Bergamo Film Meeting

  • EL MOTOARREBATADOR (THE SNATCH THIEF) by Agustin Toscano, producer: PUENTES graduate Hernan Musaluppi won the First Prize.
  • A DECENT MAN by Hadrian Marcu, producer: EAVE graduate Anamaria Antoci was awarded Best Director.

www.bergamofilmmeeting.it/eng

Cartagena Film Festival

  • MONOS by Alejandro Landes, producer: PUENTES graduate Fernando Epstein won Best Colombian Film and the Audience Award.

www.ficcifestival.com

International Film Festival and Forum for Human Rights (FIFDH)

  • THE BOY WHO HARNESSED THE WIND by Chiwetel Ejiofor, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea was awarded the Grand Prix Fiction.
  • STILL RECORDING by Saaed Al Batal, Ghiath Ayoub, poducer: EAVE graduate Jean-Laurent Csinidis won the Young Jury Award and received a Special Mention.

www.fifdh.org

Finnish National Film Awards

  • VOID by Aleksi Salmenperä, executive producers: EAVE graduates Misha Jaari, Mark Lwoff was the big winner at the Finnish National Film Awards. The film won four Jussi awards including best picture.
  • STUPID YOUNG HEART by Selma Vilhunen, producers: EAVE graduates Elli Toivoniemi and Venla Hellstedt was awarded Best Script
  • YRITTÄJÄ  by Virpi Suutari, producer: EAVE graduate Joonas Berghäll won Best Documentary

www.jussit.fi

Thessaloniki Documentary Festival

  • #FEMALE PLEASURE by Barbara Miller, producer: EAVE graduate Arek Gielnik won the Amnesty International Award and the Women in Film and Television Award.

http://tdf.filmfestival.gr

Diagonale`19

  • MOVEMENTS OF A NEARBY MOUNTAIN by Sebastien Brameshuber, producer: EAVE graduate David Herdies and EAVE participant David Bohun won Best Cinematography.

http://www.diagonale.at/


Czech Lions

  • WINTER FLIES by Olmo Omerzu, producer: EAVE graduate Jiri Konecny won Best Film, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Screenplay and Best Film Editing at the annual Czech Lions ceremony.

https://www.filmovaakademie.cz/en

 

Swiss Films Awards

  • CHRIS THE SWISS by Anja Kofmel, producers: Interchange graduate Samir and EAVE graduates Sinisa Juricic, Heino Deckert won Best Documentary Film, Best Film Score, Best Film Editing
  • THE INNOCENT by Simon Jaquemet, producer: EAVE graduate Tolga Dilsiz won Best Actress

https://www.schweizerfilmpreis.ch/it/

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EAVE project WAJIB in Dutch cinemas

In French cinemas

  • ROSIE by Paddy Breathnach, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney. March 13.

www.element-pictures.ie

  • LEMONADE by Ioana Uricaru, producer: EAVE+ graduate Yanick Létourneau. March 13.

www.peripheria.ca

  • THE LOAD by Ognjen Glavonic, producer: PUENTES graduate Sophie Erbs, co-producers: EAVE graduate, group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic, EAVE+ graduate Tom Dercourt. March 13.  

www.cinemadefacto.com

  • EAVE project SUNSET by Laszlo Nemes, producer in development stage: Eszter Gyarfas. March 20.  

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKAZINs-xas

  • THE MAN WHO SURPRISED EVERYONE by Natasha Merkulova, Aleksey Chupov, co-producers: EAVE graduates Katrin Kissa, Guillaume de Seille. March 20.   

www.homelessbob.ee

  • STYX by Wolfgang Fischer, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu. March 27.   

www.amourfoufilm.com

  • SYNONYMS by Nadav Lapid, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach. March 27.   

www.komplizenfilm.de/

  • STILL RECORDING by Saaed Al Batal, Ghiath Ayoub, producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Laurent Csinidis. March 27.   

www.films-de-force-majeure.com/

  • MEIN BRUDER HEIßT ROBERT UND IST EIN IDIOT by Philip Gröning, co-producer: EAVE graduate Andres Pfaeffli. March 27.   

www.venturafilm.ch


In Belgian cinemas

  • TOUCH ME NOT by Adina Pintilie, producer: EAVE graduate Philippe Avril. March 20.

www.lfetranger.fr


In UK cinemas

  • ROSIE by Paddy Breathnach, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney. March 8.

www.element-pictures.ie

  • GIRL by Lukas Dhont, producers: EAVE graduates Arnold Heslenfeld, Laurette Schillings & Frans van Gestel. March 15.

www.topkapifilms.nl


In Dutch cinemas

  • EAVE project SUNSET by Laszlo Nemes, producer in development stage: Eszter Gyarfas. March 14.  

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKAZINs-xas

  • LAZZARO FELICE by Alice Rohrwacher, producer: EAVE graduate Carlo Cresta-Dina. March 21.

www.tempestafilm.it

  • EAVE project WAJIB by Annemarie Jacir, producer: EAVE graduates Ossama Bawardi, Ruben Thorkildsen. March 28.

www.whenisawyou.com


In Swiss cinemas

  • IRON SKY: THE COMING RACE by Timo Vuorensola, producers: EAVE graduates Tero Kaukomaa, Oliver Damian, Peter de Maegd. March 21.  

http://ironsky.net/the-coming-race

  • #FEMALE PLEASURE by Barbara Miller, producer: EAVE graduate Arek Gielnik. March 13.

www.femalepleasure.org/english


In Austrian cinemas

  • IRON SKY: THE COMING RACE by Timo Vuorensola, producers: EAVE graduates Tero Kaukomaa, Oliver Damian, Peter de Maegd. March 21.  

http://ironsky.net/the-coming-race


In German cinemas

  • THE REPORTS ON SARAH AND SALEEM by Muayad Alayan, co-producer: EAVE graduate Hanneke Niens. March 14.

www.keyfilm.nl

  • IRON SKY: THE COMING RACE by Timo Vuorensola, producers: EAVE graduates Tero Kaukomaa, Oliver Damian, Peter de Maegd. March 21.  

http://ironsky.net/the-coming-race

  • THE BRA, directed and produced by EAVE graduate Veit Helmer. March 7.  

www.plutofilm.de/films/the-bra/0027


In Greek cinemas

  • LAZZARO FELICE by Alice Rohrwacher, producer: EAVE graduate Carlo Cresta-Dina. March 28.

www.tempestafilm.it


In Italian cinemas

  • BORDER by Ali Abbasi, producer: EAVE graduate Nina Bisgaard. March 21.   

https://metafilm.dk


In Portuguese cinemas

  • GABRIEL directed and produced by EAVE graduate Nuno Bernardo. March 21.

https://nunobernardo.com/

  • THE MAN WHO KILLED DON QUIXOTE by Terry Gilliam, producer: EAVE graduate Sébastien Delloye. March 29.

www.entre-chien-et-loup.be

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EAVE project FLATLAND tops in Luxembourg

Thessaloniki Documentary Festival  (March 1 – 10)

  • #FEMALE PLEASURE by Barbara Miller, producer: EAVE graduate Arek Gielnik
  • COLD CASE HAMMARSKJÖLD by Mads Brügger, producer: EAVE graduate Bjarte Mørner Tveit
  • THE MAGIC LIFE OF V by Tonislav Hristov, producer: EAVE graduate Kaarle Aho
  • TOUCH ME NOT by Adina Pintilie, producer: EAVE graduate Philippe Avril

http://tdf.filmfestival.gr

Cartoon Movie (March 5-7)

  • BLIND WILLOW, SLEEPING WOMAN by Pierre Földes, producer: EAVE+ graduateTom Dercourt, co-producer: EAVE graduate and Hungarian National Coordinator Viktoria Petranyi
  • GHOSTDANCE by Kim O'bomsawin, producer: EAVE graduate Stéphane Hueber-Blies
  • OF UNWANTED THINGS AND PEOPLE by David Súkup, Ivana Laucíková, Leon Vidmar & Agata Gorzadek, producer: EAVE graduate Juraj Krasnohorsky
  • THE ISLAND directed and produced by graduate Anca Damian
  • WHERE IS ANNE FRANK? by Ari Folman, co-producer: EAVE graduate and Head of Studies Jani Thiltges

http://www.cartoon-media.eu/cartoon-movie-event/cartoon-movie-2019.htm

Cartagena International Film Festival  (March 6 – 11)

  • A LAND IMAGINED by Siew Hua Yeo, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Fran Borgia, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jean-Laurent Csinidis and Denis Vaslin
  • ALONE AT MY WEDDING by Marta Bergman, producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
  • AQUARELA by Viktor Kossakovsky, producer: EAVE graduate Heino Deckert
  • ENTRE DOS AGUAS by Isaki Lacuesta, co-producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler
  • FIG TREE by Aäläm-Wärqe Davidian, producer: EAVE graduate Saar Yogev
  • HOMO BOTANICUS by Guillermo Quintero, producer: EAVE graduates Nicolas van Hemelryck, Clare Weiskopf
  • LOS REYES by Bettina Perut, Ivan Osnovikoff, producer: EAVE graduate Maite Alberdi
  • MONOS by Alejandro Landes, producer: PUENTES graduate and group leader Fernando Epstein
  • NIJOLE by Sandro Bozzolo, producer: EAVE graduate Dagne Vildziunaite
  • TOO LATE TO DIE YOUNG by Dominga Sotomayer, co-producer: EAVE graduate Stienette Bosklopper
  • THE MERCY OF THE JUNGLE by Joël Karekezi, producer: EAVE graduate Aurélien Bodinaux
  • THE WILD PEAR TREE by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, co-producer: EAVE graduate Labina Mitevska

www.ficcifestival.com

One World Film Festival Prague  (March 6 – 17)

  • AMAL by Mohamed Siam, producer: EAVE graduate Talal Al-Muhanna
  • ALWAYS TOGETHER by Eva Tomanova, producer: EAVE graduate Jiri Konecny
  • COLD CASE HAMMARSKJÖLD by Mads Brügger, producer: EAVE graduate Bjarte Mørner Tveit
  • ISLAND OF THE HUNGRY GHOSTS by Gabrielle Brady, producers: EAVE graduates Alexander Wadouh, Samm Haillay
  • THE MAGIC LIFE OF V by Tonislav Hristov, producer: EAVE graduate Kaarle Aho
  • TEATRO DE GUERRA by Lola Arias, producers: EAVE graduates Gema Juarez Allen, Ingmar Trost
  • WHAT WALAA WANTS by Christy Garland, producer: EAVE graduate Anne Köhncke

www.oneworld.cz

Bergamo Film Meeting  (March 7 – 15)

  • EAVE project ROJO by Benjamin Naishtat, producer: EAVE graduate Barbara Sarasola-Day, co-producers: EAVE graduates Rachel Daisy Ellis, Ingmar Trost, Marleen Slot
  • THE RAFT by Marcus Lindeen, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ingmar Trost
  • ZENTRALFLUGHAFEN THF by Karim Aïnouz, producer: Interchange graduate Charlotte Uzu

www.bergamofilmmeeting.it

Luxemburg City Film Festival  (March 7 –17)

  • ANGELO by Markus Schleinzer, producer: EAVE graduate EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu
  • CALIFORNIA DREAMING by Fabrizio Maltese, producers: EAVE graduate and Head of Studies Jani Thiltges, EAVE graduate Stephan Roelants
  • EAVE project BIRDS OF PASSAGE by Ciro Guerra, Cristina Gallego, producer: EAVE graduate Katrin Pors, co-producers: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin, co-producer: EAVE graduate Sandino Saravia Vinay
  • EAVE project FLATLAND by Jenna Bass, producers: EAVE graduates David Horler, Alexandra Hoesdorff, EAVE graduate and group leader Roshanak Behesht Nedjad, co-producer: EAVE group leader Titus Kreyenberg
  • EAVE project ROJO by Benjamin Naishtat, producer: EAVE graduate Barbara Sarasola-Day, co-producers: EAVE graduates Rachel Daisy Ellis, Ingmar Trost, Marleen Slot
  • EAVE project SUNSET by Laszlo Nemes, producer in development stage: Eszter Gyarfas
  • ESCAPADA by Sarah Hirtt, producer: EAVE graduate and Head of Studies Jani Thiltges  
  • FAN CLUB by Vincent Ravalec, producer: EAVE graduate Marion Guth
  • FOR A HAPPY LIFE (POUR VIVRE HEUREUX) by Salima Sarah Glamine and Dimitri Linder, producers: EAVE graduates Valérie Bournonville and Donato Rotunno
  • L’ANIMALE by Katharina Mückstein, producer: EAVE graduate Michael Kitzberger  
  • MY GIRAFFE by Barbara Bredero, producer: EAVE graduate Leontine Petit
  • PEITRUSS by Max Jacoby, producer: EAVE graduate and Head of Studies Jani Thiltges  
  • STILL RECORDING by Saaed Al Batal, Ghiath Ayoub, producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Laurent Csinidis
  • STYX by Wolfgang Fischer, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu
  • THE ANNOUNCEMENT by Mahmut Faz?l Coskun, producer: EAVE graduate Borislav Chouchkov
  • THE MAN WHO SURPRISED EVERYONE by Natasha Merkulova, Aleksey Chupov, co-producers: EAVE graduates Katrin Kissa, Guillaume de Seille
  • TOO LATE TO DIE YOUNG by Dominga Sotomayer, co-producer: EAVE graduate Stienette Bosklopper
  • TOUCH ME (WAS BLEIBT) by Eileen Byrne, co-producer: EAVE graduate Paul Thiltges  
  • ZERO IMPUNITY by Nicolas Blies, EAVE graduate Stéphane Hueber-Blies, Denis Lambert, producers: EAVE graduates Stephan Roelants, Marion Guth

www.luxfilmfest.lu/en/films

Sofia International Film Festival  (March 7 – 28)

  • A PICTURE WITH YUKI by Lachezar Avramov, producer: EAVE graduate Borislav Chouchkov
  • BORDER by Ali Abbasi, producer: EAVE graduate Nina Bisgaard   
  • BROTHERS by Ömür Atay, co-producer: EAVE graduate Borislav Chouchkov
  • CAPERNAUM by Nadine Labaki, co-produced by EAVE graduate Pierre Sarraf
  • DONBASS by Sergej Loznitsa, producer: EAVE graduate Heino Deckert
  • EAVE project BIRDS OF PASSAGE by Ciro Guerra, Cristina Gallego, producer: EAVE graduate Katrin Pors, co-producers: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin, co-producer: EAVE graduate Sandino Saravia Vinay
  • EAVE project SUNSET by Laszlo Nemes, producer in development stage: Eszter Gyarfas
  • ETHER by Krzysztof Zanussi, co-producer: EAVE graduate Olena Fetisova
  • GIRL by Lukas Dhont, producers: EAVE graduates Arnold Heslenfeld, Laurette Schillings & Frans van Gestel
  • GOOD DAY'S WORK by Martin Turk, producer: EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Bosnia and Herzegovina Amra Baksic-Camo
  • HAMADA by Eloy Dominguez Seren, producer: EAVE graduate David Herdies
  • HER JOB by Nikos Labôt, producers: EAVE graduates Maria Drandaki, Milan Stojanovic
  • LAZZARO FELICE by Alice Rohrwacher, producer: EAVE graduate Carlo Cresta-Dina
  • MR. JONES by Agnieszka Holland, co-producer: EAVE graduate Angus Lamont
  • ROMA by Alfonso Cuaron, producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis Lopez
  • SLAVA (GLORY) by Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov, co-producer: EAVE graduate Konstantina Stavrianou
  • SYSTEM CRASHER by Nora Fingscheidt, producer: EAVE graduate and German National Coordinator Jonas Weydemann
  • THE ANNOUNCEMENT by Mahmut Fazil Coskun, co-producer: EAVE graduate Borislav Chouchkov
  • THE BRA, directed and produced by EAVE graduate Veit Helmer
  • THE DELEGATION by Bujar Alimani, producers: EAVE graduates Guillaume de la Boulaye, Konstantina Stavrianou
  • THE LESSON by Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov, producer: EAVE graduate Magdelena Ilieva
  • THE LOAD by Ognjen Glavonic, producer: PUENTES graduate Sophie Erbs, co-producers: EAVE graduate, group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic, EAVE + graduate Tom Dercourt
  • THE MAGIC LIFE OF V by Tonislav Hristov, producer: EAVE graduate Kaarle Aho
  • THE MAN WHO SURPRISED EVERYONE by Natasha Merkulova, Aleksey Chupov, co-producers: EAVE graduates Katrin Kissa, Guillaume de Seille
  • THE RIVER by Emir Baigazin, producer: EAVE graduate Guillaume de Seille
  • THE WILD PEAR TREE by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, co-producer: EAVE graduate Labina Mitevska
  • TEHRAN: CITY OF LOVE by Ali Jaberansari, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot
  • TEL AVIV ON FIRE by Sameh Zoabi, producer: EAVE graduate Bernard Michaux
  • 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
  • TRANSIT by Christian Petzold, co-producer: EAVE graduate Antonin Dedet
  • WHAT WALAA WANTS by Christy Garland, producer: EAVE graduate Anne Köhncke
  • YEAR OF THE MONKEY by Vladimir Blaževski, producer: EAVE graduate Darko Popov

www.siff.bg

Sofia Meetings

Following projects have been selected for the for Sofia Meetings:

Second Feature Fiction Film

  • BLACK SALT by Marjoleine Boonstra, producers: EAVE graduates Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts

Plus Minus One

  • PANOPTICON by George Sikharulidze, producer: EAVE graduate Vladimer Katcharava

Projects in Bank

  • MIRA by Anna Jadowska, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Blicharska
  • THE INVISIBLE FIGHT by Rainer Sarnet, producer: EAVE graduate Katrin Kissa
  • EAVE project HOTLINE by Dren Zherka, producer: EAVE graduate Bujar Kabashi
  • EAVE project TO THE NORTH by Mihai Mincan, producer: EAVE graduate Radu Stancu Mihalcea

First Films First

  • BLIND SPOT by Stefka Mancheva, producer: EAVE graduate Vanya Rainova
  • SMARAGDA by Emilios Avraam, producer: EAVE graduate Marios Piperides

Work in Progress

  • 18 % GREY by Viktor Chouchkov, producer: EAVE graduate Borislav Chouchkov
  • CAT IN THE WALL by by Mina Mileva, Vesela Kazakova, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Vesela Kazakova, co-producer: TTB Head of Studies Christophe Bruncher
  • ROUNDS by EAVE graduate Stephan Komandarev, producer: EAVE graduate Katya Trichkova
  • THE BAREFOOT EMPEROR, directed and produced by EAVE graduate Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth, co-producers: EAVE graduates Frans van Gestel, Arnold Heslenfeld and Laurette Schillings
  • SOLO by EAVE graduate Artemio Benki, producers: EAVE graduates Artemio Benki, Arash T Riahi, Sabine Gruber

http://sofiameetings.siff.bg/

Festival de Guadalajara  (March 8 – 15)

  • EAVE project ROJO by Benjamin Naishtat, producer: EAVE graduate Barbara Sarasola-Day, co-producers: EAVE graduates Rachel Daisy Ellis, Ingmar Trost, Marleen Slot
  • PAPI CHULO by John Butler, producer: EAVE graduate Robert Walpole

http://ficg.mx

International Film Festival On Human Rights Geneva  (March 8 – 17)

  • A GERMAN YOUTH by Jean-Gabriel Périot, producer: EAVE graduate Eugenia Mumenthaler
  • A KASHA (THE ROUNDUP) by Hajooj Kuka, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
  • MANTA RAY Phuttiphong Aroonpheng, producer: EAVE graduate Philippe Avril
  • STILL RECORDING by Saaed Al Batal, Ghiath Ayoub, producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Laurent Csinidis
  • THE BOY WHO HARNESSED THE WIND by Chiwetel Ejiofor, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Calderwood

www.fifdh.org

SXSW Film Festival, Austin (March  8 – 17)

  • ALEKSI by Barbara Vekaric, producer: EAVE graduate Darija Kulenovic Gudan
  • EXTRA ORDINARY by Mike Ahern, Enda Loughman, producers: EAVE graduates Katie Holly, Ailish Bracken
  • X&Y by Anna Odell, producer: EAVE graduate Frida Bargo

www.sxsw.com

Malaga International Film Festival (March 15 – 24)

  • THE DAYS TO COME by Carlos Marqués-Marcet, producer: EAVE graduate and Spanish National Coordinator Maria Zamora
  • TERRA FRANCA by Leonor Teles, producer: EAVE graduate Filipa Reis

https://festivaldemalaga.com
 
Fribourg International Film Festival  (March 15 – 24)

  • ALEKSI by Barbara Vekaric, producer: EAVE graduate Darija Kulenovic Gudan
  • DIANE A LES ÉPAULES by Fabien Gorgeart, producer: EAVE graduate Jean des Forêts
  • LA NOCHE DE 12 ANOS by Alvaro Brechner, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marianna Secco
  • TTB project THE SEEN AND UNSEEN by Kamila Andini, producer: TTB graduate Gita Fara
  • VOLCANO by Roman Bondarchuk, producer: EAVE graduate Olena Yershova
  • ZULU LOVE LETTERS by Ramadan Suleman, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Dumoulin

www.fiff.ch

Cinéma du Reel (March 15 – 24)

  • HAMADA by Eloy Dominguez Seren, producer: EAVE graduate David Herdies
  • MOVEMENTS OF A NEARBY MOUNTAIN by Sebastien Brameshuber, producer: EAVE graduate David Herdies and EAVE participant David Bohun
  • STILL RECORDING by Saaed Al Batal, Ghiath Ayoub, producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Laurent Csinidis

www.cinemadureel.org

Hong Kong International Film Festival (March 18 – April 1)

  • ANGELO by Markus Schleinzer, producer: EAVE graduate EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu
  • CORE OF THE WORLD by Natalia Meschaninove, producers: EAVE graduate Natalia Drozd
  • DIVINE LOVE by Gabriel Mascaro, producers: EAVE graduates Dan Wechsler, Katrin Pors, Rachel Daisy Ellis
  • DONBASS by Sergej Loznitsa, producer: EAVE graduate Heino Deckert
  • EAVE project BIRDS OF PASSAGE by Ciro Guerra, Cristina Gallego, producer: EAVE graduate Katrin Pors, co-producers: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin, co-producer: EAVE graduate Sandino Saravia Vinay
  • EAVE project SUNSET by Laszlo Nemes, producer in development stage: Eszter Gyarfas
  • ETHER by Krzysztof Zanussi, co-producer: EAVE graduate Olena Fetisova
  • I DO NOT CARE IF WE GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS BARBARIANS by Radu Jude, producers: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon, EAVE graduates Jiri Konecny, Jonas Dornbach
  • I WAS AT HOME, BUT by Angela Schanelec, line producer: EAVE graduate Jana Cisar, co-producer: EAVE graduate Natasa Damnjanovic
  • JOY by Sudabeh Mortezai, producer: EAVE graduate EAVE graduate Oliver Neumann
  • KEEP GOING by Joachim Lafosse, producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart, associate producer: EAVE graduate Antonino Lombardo
  • MANTA RAY Phuttiphong Aroonpheng, producer: EAVE graduate Philippe Avril
  • OF FATHERS AND SONS by Talal Derki, producer: PUENTES graduate Tobias N. Siebert
  • SOFIA by Meryem Benm'Barek, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart
  • THE LOAD by Ognjen Glavonic, producer: PUENTES graduate Sophie Erbs, co-producers: EAVE graduate and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic, EAVE + graduate Tom Dercourt
  • THE MOST BEAUTIFUL COUPLE by Sven Taddicken, producer: EAVE graduate Jamila Wenske
  • THE RIVER by Emir Baigazin, producer: EAVE graduate Guillaume de Seille
  • TEL AVIV ON FIRE by Sameh Zoabi, producer: EAVE graduate Bernard Michaux
  • TOO LATE TO DIE YOUNG by Dominga Sotomayer, co-producer: EAVE graduate Stienette Bosklopper

www.hkiff.org.hk

Diagonale Graz  (March 19 – 24)

  • 3 DAYS IN QUIBERON by Emily Atef, producer: EAVE graduate Karsten Stöter, co-producers: EAVE graduates Undine Filter and EAVE group leader Danny Krausz
  • ANGELO by Markus Schleinzer, producer: EAVE graduate EAVE + graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu
  • B’EST project KAVIAR by B’EST graduate Elena Tikhonova, producer: EAVE graduate Ursula Wolschlager  
  • ERDE by Nikolaus Geyrhalter, producer: EAVE graduate Michael Kitzberger
  • GEHÖRT, GESEHEN by Jakob Brossmann, David Paede, producer: EAVE graduate Michael Kitzberger
  • IN DER KASERNE by Katharina Copony, producers: EAVE graduates Barbara Pichler, Gabriele Kranzelbinder
  • INTRODUZIONE ALL’OSCURO by Gastón Solnicki, producers: EAVE graduates Barbara Pichler, Gabriele Kranzelbinder
  • JOY by Sudabeh Mortezai, producer: EAVE graduate EAVE graduate Oliver Neumann
  • MOVEMENTS OF A NEARBY MOUNTAIN by Sebastien Brameshuber, producer: EAVE graduate David Herdies and EAVE participant David Bohun
  • REFUGEE LULLABY by Ronit Kertsner, producers: EAVE graduates Ebba Sinzinger, Vincent Lucassen
  • STYX by Wolfgang Fischer, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu
  • TO THE NIGHT by Peter Brunner, producer: EAVE graduate Oliver Neumann
  • YOU ONLY DIE TWICE by Yair Lev, David Deri, producer: EAVE graduate Michael Kitzberger

www.diagonale.at

CPH:DOX Copenhagen  (March 20 – 31)

  • FORGET ME NOT by Sun Hee Engelstoft, producers: EAVE graduates Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sørensen, Anne Köhncke
  • PUSH by Fredrik Gertten, producer: EAVE graduate Margarete Jangard
  • REDISCOVERY by Phie Ambo, producer: EAVE graduate Malene Flindt Pedersen
  • TINY SOULS by Dina Naser, producer: EAVE graduate Palmyre Badinier
  • WOLFLAND by Olivia Chamby-Rus, producer: EAVE graduate Malene Flindt Pedersen

CPH:FORUM

  • ALL-IN by Volkan Uce, producer: EAVE graduate Emmy Oost
  • EAVE project BAKOLORI by Penelope Bortoluzzi, producer: EAVE participant Cecile Lestrade
  • EAVE project THE LABUDOVIC REELS by Mila Turajli?, producer: EAVE graduate Carine Chichkowsky

https://cphdox.dk

Wales One World Film Festival  (March 21 – 30)

  • ÁGA by Milko Lazarov, producer: EAVE graduate Guillaume de Seille
  • EAVE project BIRDS OF PASSAGE by Ciro Guerra, Cristina Gallego, producer: EAVE graduate Katrin Pors, co-producers: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin, co-producer: EAVE graduate Sandino Saravia Vinay
  • LAZZARO FELICE by Alice Rohrwacher, producer: EAVE graduate Carlo Cresta-Dino
  • TOO LATE TO DIE YOUNG by Dominga Sotomayer, co-producer: EAVE graduate Stienette Bosklopper

www.wowfilmfestival.com

Vilnius International Film Festival (March 21 – April 4)

  • #FEMALE PLEASURE by Barbara Miller, producer: EAVE graduate Arek Gielnik
  • A LAND IMAGINED by Siew Hua Yeo, producer EAVE graduate Fran Borgia, co-producer: EAVE graduates Jean-Laurent Csinidis
  • AMATEURS by Gabriela Pichler, producer: EAVE graduate Anna-Maria Kantarius
  • ANGELO by Markus Schleinzer, producer: EAVE graduate EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu
  • CAPERNAUM by Nadine Labaki, co-produced by EAVE graduate Pierre Sarraf
  • CHRIS THE SWISS by Anja Kofmel, producers: Interchange graduate Samir and EAVE graduates Sinisa Juricic, Heino Deckert
  • CORE OF THE WORLD by Natalia Meschaninove, producers: EAVE graduate Natalia Drozd
  • EAVE project BIRDS OF PASSAGE by Ciro Guerra, Cristina Gallego, producer: EAVE graduate Katrin Pors, co-producers: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin, co-producer: EAVE graduate Sandino Saravia Vinay
  • EAVE project ROJO by Benjamin Naishtat, producer: EAVE graduate Barbara Sarasola-Day, co-producers: EAVE graduates Rachel Daisy Ellis, Ingmar Trost, Marleen Slot
  • ETHER by Krzysztof Zanussi, co-producer: EAVE graduate Olena Fetisova
  • FIG TREE by Aäläm-Wärqe Davidian, producer: EAVE graduate Saar Yogev
  • INFINITE FOOTBALL by Corneliu Porumboiu, producer: EAVE graduate Marcela Ursu
  • IN MY ROOM by Ulrich Köhler, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
  • JOY by Sudabeh Mortezai, producer: EAVE graduate EAVE graduate Oliver Neumann
  • MANTA RAY Phuttiphong Aroonpheng, producer: EAVE graduate Philippe Avril
  • SHOOTING THE MAFIA by Kim Longinotto, producer: EAVE graduate Lesley McKimm
  • STICKS AND STONES by Martin Skovbjerg Jensen, producers: EAVE graduate Katrin Pors, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
  • STILL RECORDING by Saaed Al Batal, Ghiath Ayoub, producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Laurent Csinidis
  • SUMMER SURVIVORS by Marija Kavtaradze, producer: EAVE graduate Marija Razgute
  • THE RIVER by Emir Baigazin, producer: EAVE graduate Guillaume de Seille
  • THE SILENCE OF THE DYING FISH by Vasilis Kekatos, producer: EAVE graduate Guillaume Dreyfus
  • THE LOAD by Ognjen Glavonic, producer: PUENTES graduate Sophie Erbs, co-producers: EAVE graduate, group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic, EAVE+ graduate Tom Dercourt
  • THE WILD PEAR TREE by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, co-producer: EAVE graduate Labina Mitevska
  • TEL AVIV ON FIRE by Sameh Zoabi, producer: EAVE graduate Bernard Michaux
  • TOUCH ME NOT by Adina Pintilie, producer: EAVE graduate Philippe Avril
  • TROT by Xacio Baño, producers: EAVE graduates Marija Razgute, Luisa Romeo
  • UNFOLDED by Cristina Pichhi, producer: B’EST graduate Lukas Trimonis

 www.kinopavasaris.lt/en/films

Febiofest Prague (March 21 – 29)

  • ÁGA by Milko Lazarov, producer: EAVE graduate Guillaume de Seille  
  • A LAND IMAGINED by Siew Hua Yeo, producer EAVE graduate Fran Borgia, co-producer: EAVE graduates Jean-Laurent Csinidis
  • ALICE T. by Radu Muntean, producer: EAVE graduate Oana Iancu
  • ANGELO by Markus Schleinzer, producer: EAVE graduate EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu
  • ANIARA by Hugo Lilja, Pella Kagerman, producer: EAVE graduate Annika Rogell
  • HIS MASTER’S VOICE by György Pálfi, producer: EAVE graduate Ferenc Pusztai
  • KEEPER by Guillaume Senez, producer: EAVE graduate Isabelle Truc
  • MANTA RAY Phuttiphong Aroonpheng, producer: EAVE graduate Philippe Avril
  • PAPI CHULO by John Butler, producer: EAVE graduate Robert Walpole
  • PUENTES project THE HEIRESSES by Marcelo Martinessi, producer at development stage: PUENTES graduate Karen Fraenkel, co-producer: PUENTES group leader Fernando Epstein
  • RETABLO by Álvaro Delgado-Aparicio L., co-producer: EAVE graduate Dag Hoel
  • THE HAPPY PRINCE by Rupert Everett, producer EAVE graduate Sébastien Delloye
  • THE LOAD by Ognjen Glavonic, producer: PUENTES graduate Sophie Erbs, co-producers: EAVE graduate, group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic, EAVE+ graduate Tom Dercourt
  • THE RAFT by Marcus Lindeen, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ingmar Trost    
  • TEL AVIV ON FIRE by Sameh Zoabi, producer: EAVE graduate Bernard Michaux

www.febiofest.cz

Cinélatino Toulouse  (March 22 – 31)

  • EAVE project BIRDS OF PASSAGE by Ciro Guerra, Cristina Gallego, producer: EAVE graduate Katrin Pors, co-producers: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin, co-producer: EAVE graduate Sandino Saravia Vinay
  • EAVE project ROJO by Benjamin Naishtat, producer: EAVE graduate Barbara Sarasola-Day, co-producers: EAVE graduates Rachel Daisy Ellis, Ingmar Trost, Marleen Slot
  • A FAMILY SUBMERGED by Maria Alché, producer: PUENTES graduate Barbara Francisco, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Tatiana Leite
  • MONOS by Alejandro Landes, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Fernando Epstein
  • PUENTES project THE HEIRESSES by Marcelo Martinessi, producer at development stage: PUENTES graduate Karen Fraenkel, co-producer: PUENTES group leader Fernando Epstein
  • PUENTES project THE SHARKS by Lucia Garibaldi, producer: PUENTES graduate Pancho Magnou
  • YULI by Iciar Bollain, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Calderwood
  • ZAMA by Lucrecia Martel, producer: PUENTES graduate Benjamin Domenech, EAVE graduate Léontine Petit

www.cinelatino.com.fr

BUFF Film Festival  (March 23 – 29)

  • RAFIKI (FRIEND) by Wanuri Kahiu, producer: EAVE graduate Verona Meier, co-producers: EAVE graduate Ruben Thorkildsen and Reinier Selen

www.buff.se

New Directors/New Films New York  (March 27 – April 7)

  • A LAND IMAGINED by Siew Hua Yeo, producer EAVE graduate Fran Borgia, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jean-Laurent Csinidis
  • ANGELO by Markus Schleinzer, producer: EAVE graduate EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu
  • JOY by Sudabeh Mortezai, producer: EAVE graduate EAVE graduate Oliver Neumann
  • SOFIA by Meryem Benm'Barek, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart
  • A FAMILY SUBMERGED by Maria Alché, producer: PUENTES graduate Barbara Francisco, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Tatiana Leite
  • MANTA RAY Phuttiphong Aroonpheng, producer: EAVE graduate Philippe Avril
  • MONOS by Alejandro Landes, producer: EAVE graduate Fernando Epstein
  • THE LOAD by Ognjen Glavonic, producer: PUENTES graduate Sophie Erbs, co-producers: EAVE graduate, group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic, EAVE+ graduate Tom Dercourt

www.newdirectors.org

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MEET EAVE IN APRIL!

@EAVE+, April 3-7, Luxembourg

EAVE CEO Kristina Trapp, EAVE+ Head of Studies Jani Thiltges, EAVE Programme Manager Europe Satu Elo

@Visions du Réel, April 10-12, Nyon

EAVE Head of Studies Lise Lense-Møller

@Czech Film Springboard, April 13-15, Plzen

EAVE Programme Manager Europe Satu Elo

@TIES THAT BIND, April 29-May 3, Udine

EAVE CEO Kristina Trapp

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The first week of EAVE Producers Workshop’s 2019 edition wrapped up in Luxembourg!

In partnership with Film Fund Luxembourg, we were thrilled to welcome the selected 52 producers from 30 countries that have been chosen out of 180 applications to develop the 29 selected documentary, feature film and series projects and their entrepreneurial skills at the EAVE Producers Workshop 2019.
The first of 3 residential workshops took place from March 8–15 at the Légère Premium Hotel Luxembourg.

Some highlights of the week:
- Building Story Worlds: Using selected EAVE projects as case studies, Juan DiazB (Kosmology World Building Institute, DE) demonstrated how to build coherent story worlds when developing a film.
- Become a PMD/marketing expert: Sarah Calderon (The Film Agency, ES) runs a special ‘marketing incubator programme’ in the groups and over the whole year, offering an intense PMD marketing training in cooperation with the EAVE Marketing Workshop.
- Developing Documentaries: EAVE Head of Studies Lise Lense-Møller (Magic Hour Films, DK) devoted her plenary session to the specific questions and challenges related to the development of documentaries.

The participants started their EAVE journey under the guidance of EAVE Head of Studies Lise Lense-Møller (Magic Hour Films, DK), the four group leaders, Didar Domehri (Maneki Films - Full House, FR), Ankica Juric Tilic (Kinorama, HR), Titus Kreyenberg (unafilm, DE) and Riina Sildos (Amrion, EE); the script consultants Clare Downs (UK), Jacques Akchoti (FR), Martin Daniel (USA), TV series consultant Ossi Nishri (IL), and documentary expert Sylvia Stevens (Faction Films, UK).
They were joined by the EAVE specialized experts - for Pitching: Sibylle Kurz (DE), Finance and Company Planning: Linda Beath (Ideal Filmworks, IT), Marketing: Sarah Calderon (The Film Agency, ES) and Legal Issues: Katrine Schlüter Schierbeck (The Law Factory, DK), who shared their expertise in plenary and group work sessions as well as individual meetings.
We also offered the EAVE producers opportunities to network with Luxembourg professionals as well as members of Europa International during a mingling evening co-hosted by Luxembourg City Film Festival and Creative Europe MEDIA Desk Luxembourg.
All plenary sessions are open for interested local professionals.

EAVE expresses special gratitude for the support of Workshop 1 to: Film Fund Luxembourg; CREATIVE EUROPE Desk Luxembourg - MEDIA sub-programme; Légère Premium Hotel Luxembourg.


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EAVE on Demand in Guadeloupe and in Gran Canaria

EAVE was proud to organise two EAVE on Demand workshops in the month of March.

One of them was launched in co-operation with the Nouveaux Regards Film Festival and ScriptoKarib from March 13-16, 2019 in Guadeloupe.
During the workshop, tailor-made for film professionals from the Carribean, EAVE expert Domenico La Porta (Cineuropa, BE) focused on creative writing and storytelling tools and techniques for different platforms and worked with the selected participants on their projects in development.
https://eave.org/programmes/guadeloupe-2019/

The second EAVE on Demand was organised with MECAS and Gran Canaria Film Commission from March 23-24, 2019 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
EAVE experts Agustina Chiarino (Mutante Cine, UY) and Raquel Cabrera (The Film Agency, ES)  held one day of masterclasses for a larger audience on marketing and festival strategies and one day of group work on 6 selected projects, to strengthen the projects both in content and in financing strategies.
https://eave.org/programmes/gran-canaria-2019/

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EAVE+ kicking off in April in Luxembourg!

EAVE+ (April 3-7, 2019, Luxembourg) gathers 15 producers during 4 days to discuss their company structures and management practices together with high-profile industry experts.
In immersive role-plays, design thinking and scenario planning exercises, group work, individual coaching and through an interdisciplinary approach, the EAVE+ workshop will tackle the business side of running a film company.
Top-notch business and management coaches will explore topics such as cashflow management, leadership, company strategies, negotiation with financiers and partners, and raising finance from investors.

More information: https://eave.org/programmes/eave-9th-edition/

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Upcoming deadlines

East Silver Market

Submission deadline for films produced in 2018: March 31, 2019
Submission deadline for films produced in 2019: May 31, 2019
Submission deadline for projects in rough cut stage: July 31, 2019
Focus: Completed films

Open to: Creative documentaries from the region of Central and Eastern Europe, 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 September 1, 2018. Only films that have not been previously submitted for East Silver market are eligible.
How: 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

For more information please contact:
Zdenek Blaha / Manager: info@eastsilver.net
Walter Nagy / East Silver Caravan: walter@dokweb.net

4th Sino-International Company Meetings

Deadline: April 5, 2019

Are you interested in Sino-International collaboration but not sure about the right approach? Would you like to expand your professional network of Chinese film professionals? Do you find it challenging to look for a reliable partner? More and more Chinese filmmakers have turned their attention to the global market and at the same time more and more international ones are eager to explore the blooming Chinese market. As the opportunities for Sino-international collaboration continue to grow, one of the biggest challenges is still the built of trust and personal connections among producers.
For this reason, Bridging the Dragon together with the Marche du Film will host for the fourth consecutive year a Sino-International Company Meetings event. The aim is to match-make a number of selected international companies to Chinese counterparts according to their mutual focuses and goals.
The event will take place in the afternoon on Sunday, 19 May 2019 in Cannes.
The event is aimed at both international (non-Chinese) and Chinese producers with a proven interest in Sino-international collaboration. It would be an advantage to have a related project attached but it is not a must.

International producers please fill in the e-form at http://bit.ly/BTDCompanyMeetings

Chinese producers please fill in the e-form at https://www.wjx.top/jq/35990911.aspx

Selection result will be announced by late-April 2019.

ACM Distribution

Deadline for applications: April 5, 2019

Founded in 2015 in order to support and promote the distribution and circulation of international co-productions, the ACM Distribution funding component, managed by the CNC with support from the MEDIA programme – Creative Europe, has just launched its seventh call for applications. It’s worth noting that it is now open to all co-productions between a MEDIA country and a non-MEDIA country, and the financial contribution of the MEDIA co-producer must be somewhere between 20% and 70%, for features of all genres.
To be eligible for ACM Distribution, the film or batch of features (up to a maximum of four) must have at least one co-producer based in a MEDIA member country and another in a territory outside of MEDIA or Eurimages.
Companies wishing to apply (encompassing producers, sales agents and content aggregators based in a MEDIA country and owned either directly by majority involvement or by nationals of these countries) must present a strategy for distribution in at least three countries (at least one of which must be in the MEDIA area, excluding France, and another in a country that is not a member of the MEDIA zone), and suggest one or more exhibition methods (theatres, festivals, TV, VoD and so on) for each movie. It should be stressed that innovative approaches are particularly encouraged (such as simultaneous VoD release and festival distribution, multiple circulation across several territories, straight to VoD, online festivals and so on) and that a coordinated distribution and circulation strategy is required for these films.
A detailed description of ACM Distribution and the application form itself can be found on the CNC’s website – please click here.

Ex Oriente Film Workshop

Deadline for Submissions: April 19, 2019

Ex Oriente Film is an international training programme for documentary professionals supporting the development and funding of creative documentary films from Central and Eastern Europe. The core of the Ex Oriente Film workshop is based on three week-long residential workshops held over 9 months. Each year we select up to 12 projects that receive assistance from a wide range of film experts, with each workshop focusing on a different segment of development. Our participants are given a tailored guidance in developing the subject, narrative and the visual style of their projects, making drafts of a financing and distribution strategy, and finding international partners.
The course culminates in the pitching sessions of projects at the East Doc Forum co-production meeting, featuring the final pitching in front of Europe's and North America's leading commissioning editors and independent producers, distributors, buyers and film fund representatives.
The three residential Ex Oriente Film workshops and the East Doc Forum pitching are supplemented by the Follow-Up Programme - a yearlong chain of follow-up support and additional activities for projects that have completed, or are currently completing, the Ex Oriente Film workshop.

For more information contact: Sofia Tocar - Ex Oriente Film Coordinator tocar@dokweb.net 

BIO TO B

Deadline for submissions April 22, 2019

Find your international partner and sales agent at the 6th edition13th - 15th June 2019 in Bologna – Italy at Biografilm Festival International Celebration of Lives.
Bio To B seeks projects which are either documentary or biopic feature films (intended for theatrical release), European productions or co-productions which are in the final stage, either in production or rough cut. Cinematographic qualities, and the honesty of the filmmaker’s approach to their subjects are highly valued. Creative documentaries and amateur films are especially welcome. The final format of the film must be of a minimum duration of 50 minutes.
A prestigious panel of international sales agents and commissioning editors will evaluate 18 selected projects and assign three grants, with the possibility to win in more than one category: Best European Project, Best Italian Project, Best Project from Emilia-Romagna.
For more info feel free to get in touch with: biotob@biografilm.com
www.biografilm.it

DOK Leipzig

Entry Deadlines:  
For films: 5 May 2019
For films and interactive works: 7 July 2019 
For DOK Co-Pro Market Projects 1 August 2019

The 62nd International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film takes place from 28 October to 3 November 2019.
From now on artistic Documentaries, Animated Films and Animated Documentaries of all lengths as well as Interactive Works can be submitted to DOK Leipzig 2019.
"We are looking forward to productions that present unusual perspectives. Films rethinking traditional concepts or inventing new ones. Above all, we are looking for films revealing how documentary and animated film absorbs and expresses the present."
Ralph Eue, Programmer DOK Leipzig
More information:
More about DOK Industry
More about DOK Film Market

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EAVE on Demand in Gran Canaria

EAVE is proud to organise an EAVE ON DEMAND workshop in co-operation with MECAS and Gran Canaria Film Commission from March 23-24, 2019 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

The workshop will combine the long experience that EAVE has in international training and networking with a tailor-made approach for the participants of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

EAVE experts Agustina Chiarino (Mutante Cine, UY) and Raquel Cabrera (The Film Agency, ES) will hold one day of masterclasses for a larger audience on marketing and festival strategies and one day of group work on 6 selected projects, to strengthen the projects both in content and in financing strategies.
 
The selected participants & projects are:
Mercedes Afonso, Lunática producciones audiovisuales - EL MAPA PARA TOCARTE
Macu Machín, EL VIAJE FILMS - LA HOJARASCA
Omar Razzak, Tourmalet Films - MATAR CANGREJOS
Angharad Rojo, DIGITAL 104 , VOLCANO FILMS - LA VIAJANTE
Coré Ruiz and Silvia Sánchez Imaco Produccionnes (Imaco89) - VOY A DESAPARECER
Amaury Santana Marrero, Amaury Santana Producciones – SUECIA

EAVE Experts:
Agustina Chiarino

Bachelor’s degree in Communication and Master’s degree in Creative Documentary. At Control Z Films, she produced the feature films “Gigante”, “Hiroshima”, “3”, “Tanta agua”. In 2011, she founded Mutante Cine with Fernando Epstein. They produced and distributed “El 5 de talleres”, “Las olas” and the documentary “Locura al aire”. They co-produced“Historia del miedo”, “Mi amiga del parque”, “Benzinho”y “Las herederas”. The feature films Alelíand Monos are in post-production. All these films have premiered at major festivals such as Cannes, Berlinale, Venice, Toronto and Sundance, and been awarded. They are co-organizers with EAVE of the PUENTES training project, which takes place every year in Montevideo. For 10 years she was in charge of the committee that receives and develops new projects and co-productions at Uruguay’s Channel 10. She has participated nationally and internationally as a teacher, tutor and consultant in training activities such as Biennale College, BrLab and BiobioLab. She has participated as jury member in competitions for project development and finalization, in international festivals and funds such as San Sebastián, BAFICI, Miami, Locarno and Cartagena.

Raquel Cabrera 

Raquel Cabrera is the Account Manager of The Film Agency, working with the Spanish-speaking market and focusing on film marketing and consultancy services for producers. Some of her most important recent clients include Avalon, Fox, Mediapro, MOD and Telecinco.

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EAVE on Demand at the Nouveaux regards Film Festival

EAVE is proud to organise an EAVE ON DEMAND workshop in co-operation with the Nouveaux Regards Film Festival and ScriptoKarib from March 13-16, 2019 in Guadeloupe.

The workshop will combine the long experience that EAVE has in international training and networking with a tailor-made approach for film professionals from the Carribean.

EAVE expert Domenico La Porta will focus on creative writing and storytelling tools and techniques for different platforms and will work with the selected participants on their projects in development.


The selected participants & projects are:

Gwénola Balmelle (Martinique) – CHOUCHOU THE COSMONAUT
Emma Hubert (Guadeloupe) – SICK PEOPLE
Tyler Johnston (Trinidad and Tobago) – MODERN ART
Guillaume Navailles (Guadeloupe) – MR. PREACHER MAN
Delroy Nesta (Dominica) – BÉLÉ DANCER
Albert Teddy& Stéphane Cotrebil (Martinique) – THE INHERITED VIOLENCE
Richard-Scott Thamar (Guadeloupe) - 7000 KM
Patrice Turlet (Guadeloupe) – SPLIT

EAVE Expert: Domenico La Porta

Domenico La Porta is the editor of Cineuropa, the online media focusing on European audiovisual industry and available in 4 languages since 2002.
He is experienced as a journalist, script doctor and a transmedia author/producer and he has been involved with 40+ narrative projects for the last 15 years including academy awards nominees.
In 2014, he became the head of the Wallimage Creative fund in Belgium.
Wallimage Creative is investing 1M€ per year in digital creation and transmedia storytelling.
In 2016, he was appointed director of the R/O institute, a project based incubator for Narrative Intellectual Properties (NIP). The 8 months training programme is helping a new generation of storytellers to unfold their narratives across platforms (gaming, series, film, VR, comics...) while keeping their story world in check. Talents are also developing a tailored made business model that will position their NIP as a competitive ecosystem in the global market.
Aside from those complementary activities, Domenico frequently works as an international consultant in storytelling, audience mapping, creative funding and multi streams revenue models.
He gives lectures around the world and teaches transmedia related courses in a master programme.

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The EAVE Producers Workshop’s 2019 edition kicks off in Luxembourg!

In partnership with Film Fund Luxembourg, we are thrilled to welcome the selected 52 producers from 30 countries that have been chosen out of 180 applications to develop the 29 selected documentary, feature film and series projects and their entrepreneurial skills at the EAVE Producers Workshop 2019.

The first of 3 residential workshops takes place from March 8–15 at the Légère Premium Hotel Luxembourg.

Some highlights of the week:

- Building Story Worlds: Using selected EAVE projects as case studies, Juan DiazB (Kosmology World Building Institute, DE) will demonstrate how to build coherent story worlds when developing a film.

- Become a PMD/marketing expert: Sarah Calderon (The Film Agency, ES) will run a special ‘marketing incubator programme’ in the groups and over the whole year, offering an intense PMD marketing training in cooperation with the EAVE Marketing Workshop.

- Developing Documentaries: EAVE Head of Studies Lise Lense-Møller (Magic Hour Films, DK) will devote her plenary session to the specific questions and challenges related to the development of documentaries.

The participants will start their EAVE journey under the guidance of EAVE Head of Studies Lise Lense-Møller (Magic Hour Films, DK), the four group leaders, Didar Domehri (Maneki Films - Full House, FR), Ankica Juric Tilic (Kinorama, HR), Titus Kreyenberg (unafilm, DE) and Riina Sildos (Amrion, EE); the script consultants Clare Downs (UK), Jacques Akchoti (FR), Martin Daniel (USA), TV series consultant Ossi Nishri (IL), and documentary expert Sylvia Stevens (Faction Films, UK).
They are joined by the EAVE specialized experts - for Pitching: Sibylle Kurz (DE), Finance and Company Planning: Linda Beath (Ideal Filmworks, IT), Marketing: Sarah Calderon (The Film Agency, ES) and Legal Issues: Katrine Schlüter Schierbeck (The Law Factory, DK), who share their expertise in plenary and group work sessions as well as individual meetings.

We will also offer the EAVE producers opportunities to network with Luxembourg professionals as well as members of Europa International during a mingling evening co-hosted by Luxembourg City Film Festival and Creative Europe MEDIA Desk Luxembourg.
 
All plenary sessions are open for interested local professionals. For the detailed programme, please contact EAVE Programme Manager Satu Elo satu@eave.org.

EAVE expresses special gratitude for the support of Workshop 1 to:
Film Fund Luxembourg; CREATIVE EUROPE Desk Luxembourg - MEDIA sub-programme; Légère Premium Hotel Luxembourg.

EAVE is supported by the Creative Europe - MEDIA sub-programme of the European Union, Film Fund Luxembourg, Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée, Fondo Audiovisivo Friuli Venezia Giulia, PACT – the Producers Alliance for Cinema and Television, Cinema do Brasil, the Polish Film Institute, Doha Film Institute, Telefilm Canada, Berlinale Co-Production Market and the partners who have hosted the workshops since 1988.

Selected participants of EAVE Producers Workshop 2019 are:

ANGOLA
Jorge Cohen, Geração 80 Produções, Lda.

AUSTRIA
David Bohun, PANAMA Film KG

BELGIUM
Julie Esparbes, Hélicotronc

CANADA
Kaleena Kiff, Curiosity Pictures

CROATIA
Tamara Babun, Wolfgang&Dolly LLC
Bojan Kanjera, Sekvenca
Tibor Keser, Restart

CUBA
Claudia Calvino, Producciones de la 5ta Avenida

CZECH REPUBLIC
Marek Novák, Xova Film, s.r.o.

DENMARK
Jón Hammer, Adomeit Film ApS
Marie Schmidt Olesen, Northern Souls/ Autonomi Ltd

EGYPT
Ayman El Amir, Felucca Films

FINLAND
Oskari Huttu, Lucy Loves Drama
Tiina-Mari Pitkänen, Bufo Ltd.

FRANCE
Yohann Comte, CHARADES
Edyta Janczak-Hiriart, Kometa Films
Cécile Lestrade, Alter Ego Production
Caroline Nataf, UNITE DE PRODUCTION

GERMANY
Michel Balagué, Volte Slagen
Daniel Ehrenberg
Julia Wagner, HEARTWAKE films GmbH

INDIA
Mathivanan Rajendran, Stray Factory

IRELAND
Lindsay Campbell, Underground Films Ltd.
Garret Daly, Mixed Bag Media
Deirdre Levins, Fantastic Films

ITALY
Birgit Oberkofler, IDM Südtirol – Alto Adige
Sarah Pennacchi, Tico Fim Company S.r.l.
Marica Stocchi, Rosamont srl

LEBANON
Jessica Khoury, JD Kooks
Myriam Sassine, Abbout Productions

LUXEMBOURG
Adrien Chef, Paul Thiltges Distributions
André Fetzer, AMOUR FOU LUXEMBOURG

NETHERLANDS
Olivia Sophie Van Leeuwen, HALAL docs B.V

NIGERIA
Ogechukwu Obasi, Fiery Film Company

NORWAY
Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, Oslo Pictures

POLAND
Agnieszka Dziedzic, Koi Studio
Beata Rzezniczek, Madants

QATAR
Aisha Al-Jaidah, Blue Penguin Animation

ROMANIA
Aurelian Nica, KINETOSCOP
Diana Paroiu, Hi Film Productions & Micro Film

SERBIA
Dragana Jovovic, Theory at Work / Non-Aligned Films
Marija Stojanovic, SENSE Production
Tijana Visnjic, SOUL FOOD FILMS

SLOVAKIA
Wanda Adamik Hrycova, Wandal Production

SLOVENIA
Bojan Mastilovic, Iridium Film

SPAIN
Gaspar Broullón

SWEDEN
Michael Krotkiewski, Momento Film
Jon Nohrstedt, SF Studios Production
Sofie Palage, Warner Bros. ITVP Sverige AB

SWITZERLAND
Yves Bouzaglo, Lunica Productions Ltd

UK
Geoff Arbourne, Inside Out Films
Elhum Shakerifar, Hakawati

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FOCUS ASIA - Call for EAVE Producers

Dear EAVE Producers,

We are very pleased to inform you that - thanks to the partnership between FOCUS ASIA and EAVE - five producers who are interested to attend FOCUS ASIA will be invited to come to the third edition of FOCUS ASIA - All Genres Project Market. The event will take place in Udine from 30th April to 2nd May 2019 during the 21st edition of the Far East Film Festival (26th April - 4th May), and will be offered 2 nights of accommodation and accreditation.

This industry programme will bring together over 200 film professionals from Asia and Europe, and will include a Project Market for 12 outstanding films in development, a screening section exclusively for international sales & buyers called GET READY FOR CANNES, and a series of Panels & Case Studies dedicated to the latest trends of European and Asian cinema. Alongside the industry programme, the festival will host the 11th edition of Ties That Bind, the leading workshop for Asian and European film producers.

If you are interested, please contact focusasia@cecudine.org before March 10, 2019.

For further information, please see http://www.fareastfilm.com/eng/focus-asia-2019/.

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