EAVE November News 2019
- EAVE project FC FREEDOM receives funding
In development / pre-production November 2019 - EAVE project 98 SECONDS WITHOUT SHADOW now in production
In production November 2019 - EAVE project OUR MEN now in post-production
In post-production November 2019 - EURIMAGES Co-Production Award for EAVE group leader Ankica Juric Tilic
Awards November 2019 - THE BOY WHO HARNESSED THE WIND nominated for BIFA 2019
Nominations November 2019 - ADULTS IN THE ROOM in French and Belgian cinemas
In Cinemas November 2019 - EAVE project STORIES FROM THE CHESTNUT WOODS selected for Tallinn Black Nights
Festivals and Markets November 2019 - MEET EAVE IN DECEMBER!
. - Ties That Bind heads to Singapore for the 5th time
. - PUENTES 2019 culminates in Uruguay
. - EAVE on Demand in Rio Grande do Sul – open call for applications
. - EAVE on Demand Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil 2020
Call for applications open by December 4! - Ties That Bind heads to Singapore for the 5th year
press release - PUENTES 2019 culminates in Uruguay
press release - LES ARCS INDUSTRY VILLAGE WELCOMES YOU!
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EAVE project FC FREEDOM receives funding
Creative Europe – MEDIA
MEDIA Development support for single projects has been distributed among 70 projects. The following projects by EAVE producers received funding:
- TUFO, producer: EAVE graduate Patrice Nezan
- Al ANDALUS, producer: TTB Head of Studies Christophe Bruncher
- THE NEW IMPERIUM, producer: EAVE graduate Sinisa Juricic
- WITHOUT, producer: EAVE graduate Dragana Jovovic
- MUSEUM OF THE REVOLUTION, producer: EAVE graduate Vanja Jambrovic
- QUEEN OF THE DEUCE, producer: EAVE MW graduate Theodora Valentis
- CICCIOLINA, THE WITCH WHO WOULDN'T BURN, producer: EAVE graduate and Hungarian National Coordinator Viktoria Petranyi
- THE OTHER HALF, producer: EAVE+ graduate Herbert Schwering
- DOROTKA, producer: EAVE FFF graduate Ondrej Zima
- HELLO, producer: EAVE graduate Stephan Komandarev
- I'M JUST SO-O EASY GOING, producer: EAVE graduate Annika Hellström
- PIGGY, producer: EAVE graduate Merry Colomer
- QUEENS, producer: EAVE graduate and PUENTES Head of Studies Jean des Forets
- HORIA, producer: EAVE graduate Diana Paroiu
- EAVE project FC FREEDOM, producer: EAVE graduate Bojan Mastilovic
- LE SUCCESSEUR, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandre Gavras
- WISTING 2, producer: EAVE graduate Silje Hopland Eik
- SUBMERGEE, producer: EAVE+ and EAVE MW graduate Antoine Simkine
- LOVABLE, producer: EAVE graduate and Latvian National Coordinator Aija Berzina, B’EST graduate Alise Gelze
- MEDITERRANEO, producer: EAVE graduate Sergi Moreno
- THE GRANDSON, producer: EAVE graguate Adria Mones
Berlinale World Cinema Fund
The Berlinale World Cinema Fund is funding the following projects by EAVE producers:
Production Funding WCF
- DAUGHTER OF RAGE by Lisandro Alonso, producer: EAVE+ graduate Bettina Brokemper
- TTB project AUTOBIOGRAPHY by Makbul Mubarak, producer: TTB graduate Yulia Evina Bhara, co-producer: TTB graduate Jeremy Chua
- TTB project WHETHER THE WEATHER IS FINE by Carlo Francisco Matanad, producer in development stage: TTB graduate Aiess Alonso
WCF Europe
- PUENTES project SHOCK LABOR by Marcos Antonio Diaz Sosa, producers: PUENTES graduate María Carla del Rio Bentancurt, EAVE graduate and PUENTES Head of Studies Jean des Forêts
- CU LI NEVER CRIES by Lan Pham Ngoc, producer: TTB graduate and group leader Bianca Balbuena-Liew, TTB graduate Bradley Liew and EAVE graduate Claire Lajoumard
Distribution Funding WCF
- A TALE OF THREE SISTERS by Emin Alper, co-producers: EAVE graduates Enis Köstepen, Stienette Bosklopper, Jonas Dornbach
Medienboard Berlin Brandenburg
Medienboard Berlin Brandenburg has published its October decisions. Among the supported projects are:
- FOOLS by Tomasz Wasilewski, producer: EAVE graduate Jamila Wenske
- GLÜCK by Henrika Kull, producer: EAVE graduate Martin Heisler
- LIPSTICK ON THE GLASS by Kuba Czekaj, producer: EAVE graduate Arek Gielnik
- EAVE project MITRA by Kaweh Modiri, producer: EAVE graduate Frank Hoeve, co-producer: EAVE graduate and Group Leader Roshanak Behesht Nedjad
- OSTENDE 1936 by Uli Edel, producer: EAVE + graduate Johannes Rexin
- THE STORY OF MY WIFE by Ildiko Enyedi, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
- THE WAY WE WERE by Marten Persiel, producer: EAVE graduate Martin Heisler
- WACHS & GOLD by Heidi Specogna, producer: EAVE graduate Heino Deckert
Funded by the German-Polish Funding Commission are two films by EAVE graduates:
- ANXIETY by Slawomir Fabicki, producers: EAVE graduates Karsten Stöter, Violetta Kaminska
- DAS HAMLET-SYNDROM by Elwira Niewira and Piotr Rosolowski, producer: EAVE graduate Magdalena Kaminska
www.ffa.deNorwegian Film Institute
- EBBA by Johanna Pyykkö, producer: EAVE graduate Ruben Thorkildsen gets support from the Norwegian Film Institute. The feature follows a girl who falls in love with a man with memory loss and who tries to convince him that they are lovers.
www.apeogbjorn.noNetherlands Film Fund
The Netherlands Film Fund is supporting five minority Dutch co-productions through its selective funding scheme. Among the backed projects are:
- A HOUSE IN JERUSALEM by Muayad Alayan, producer: EAVE graduates Konstantinos Kontovrakis, Dorothe Beinemeier and Hanneke Niens
- POISON by Désirée Nosbusch, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandra Hoesdorff, co-producer: EAVE graduate and Group Leader Roshanak Behesht Nedjad
- TANJA by Marcel Mettelsiefen, producer: EAVE graduate Frank Hoeve
- THE ART OF REPRESSION by Estephan Wagner, producer: EAVE graduate Signe Byrge Sørensen, producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot
In the third round of the Netherlands Film Production Incentive of 2019 contributions were made to 17 productions. Among them:
- CLUB HEAVEN by Jona Honer, producer: EAVE graduate Frank Hoeve
- COOL ABDOUL by Jonas Baeckeland, producer: EAVE graduate Peter de Maegd
- DEALER by Jeroen Perceval, producer: EAVE graduate Valerie Bournonville
- HEAD TOGETHER by Joris Oprins, Marieke Blaauw, Job Roggeveen, producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot
- MY BEST FRIEND ANNE FRANK by Ben Sombogaart, producer: EAVE + graduate Kestutis Drazdauskas
- MY FATHER IS AN AIRPLANE by Antoinette Beumer, producers: EAVE graduates Frans van Gestel, Arnold Heslenfeld, Laurette Schillings
- RASPBERRIES WITH MUSTARD by Ruth Olshan, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu
Supported by NFF + Hubert Bals Fund Co-production Scheme are:
- LA MEMORIA DEL MONTE by Paz Encina, co-producer: EAVE graduate Raymond van der Kaaij
- LA HIJA DE TODAS LAS RABIAS by Laura Baumeister, producer: PUENTES graduate Eva Chillon
www.filmfonds.nlGan Foundation for Cinema
- TITANE by Julia Ducournau, producer: EAVE+ graduate Jean-Yves Roubin receives funding by the Gan Foundation for Cinema. Produced by Kazak Productions, TITANE will be co-produced by Arte France Cinéma and by Belgian company Frakas Productions (EAVE+ graduate Jean-Yves Roubain). Pre-bought by Arte, Canal+, Ciné+, the feature also benefits from the support of the advance on receipts from the CNC, of the Ile-de-France and Sud regions, and of Eurimages.
http://www.fondation-gan.com/Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation
The Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT SA) has announced that it is supporting 33 Greek and international co-productions during its latest round of financing. Among the selected projects are:
- GODARD KNOWS THE TRUTH by Spiros Stathoulopoulos, producer: EAVE graduate Amanda Livanou
- BROADWAY by Christos Massalas, producer: EAVE graduate Amanda Livanou
- FRUGAL ABUNDANCE by Giorgos Savoglou and Frantzeska Romanou, producer: EAVE graduate Amanda Livanou
- THE JOURNEY by Fiona Shaw, producer: EAVE graduate Ioanna Bolomyti
- GRAFFITI STORIES by Antonis Kokkinos, producer: EAVE graduate Ioanna Bolomyti
- ROOTS by Eliza Soroga, producer: EAVE graduate Fenia Cossovitsa
- 2052 by Hristos Karakepelis, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Dandraki
EAVE project 98 SECONDS WITHOUT SHADOW now in production
EAVE project 98 SECONDS WITHOUT SHADOW by Juan Pablo Richter, producer: EAVE graduate Paola Gosalvez has started shooting. The film is produced by Pucara Films (Bolivia) and co-produced by DiaFragma (Colombia) and Cine-Sud Promotion (France). Geraldine Chaplin as one of the main roles.
www.pucarafilms.comNOBODY SLEEPS IN THE WOODS TONIGHT by Bartosz M Kowalski, producer: EAVE graduate Jan Kwieczinski has finished shooting. Kowalski’s second feature is Poland’s first Slasher film and delves deep into the realm of fear, thrills and cruelty. The 23-day shoot wrapped in late October, and the movie is set for a March 2020 release.
www.aksonstudio.plNATURAL LIGHT by Denes Nagy, co-producer: EAVE graduate Viktoria Petranyi is in production. Written by Dénes Nagy after a Pal Zavada novel, the script is set in World War II.
The feature debut from the Hungarian filmmaker is produced by Campfilm with Mistrus Media, Lilith Films, Propellerfilm and Proton Cinema. The film benefits from the support of the Hungarian National Film Fund, the Hungarian Film Incentive, Eurimages, the CNC and the Institut Français (Aide aux Cinémas du Monde), ARTE/ZDF, the National Film Centre of Latvia, the Riga Film Fund, Creative Europe Media, and the TorinoFilmLab. The 28 days of filming will end on 15 December and will almost entirely take place in Latvia, except for two days in Budapest.
EAVE project OUR MEN now in post-production
KALA AZAR by Janis Rafa, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantinos Kontovrakis is in post-production. As a project, KALA AZAR was selected by De Verbeelding, an award for visual artists producing their first feature under the support of the Netherlands Film Fund and the Mondriaan Fund. The Dutch-Greek co-production staged by Dutch director-scriptwriter-producer Digna Sinke, of Amsterdam-based SNG Film, in co-production with EAVE graduates Konstantinos Kontovrakis and Giorgos Karnavas for Greek company Heretic. The film is being supported by the Netherlands Film Fund, the Mondriaan Fund, the Greek Film Centre, ERT SA, the Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst (AFK) and the Abraham Tuschinski Fonds, and won the Feature Expanded Distribution Award in the Feature Expanded programme, organised by HOME and Lo Schermo dell’arte.
www.heretic.grEAVE project OUR MEN (MON LÉGIONNAIRE) by Rachel Lang, producers: EAVE graduates Jérémy Forni and Benoît Roland has recently wrapped shooting in France and Morocco. Bac Films has taken international sales and French distribution rights to the film, starring Louis Garrel as a unit leader of the French Foreign Legion. The director said her film explores relationships strained by the absence, the solitude and death, while paying homage to people in the French Foreign Legion who have fought to keep relationships to their loved ones alive. OUR MEN shows the lives of families who are being put to test by the war against terrorism in Sahel. OUR MEN is produced by Jérémy Forni for the French outfit Chevaldeuxtrois and Benoît Roland for the Belgian company Wrong Men.
EURIMAGES Co-Production Award for EAVE group leader Ankica Juric Tilic
Eurimages Co-Production Award
This year’s Eurimages Co-Production Award goes to EAVE graduate, Group Leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic.
Ankica has more than 25 years of experience in film. She founded her production company Kinorama in 2003 together with two partners. Her filmography includes 30 feature films, several TV series and many shorts. Her latest, most successful features are the Eurimages-supported films QUIT STARING AT MY PLATE and THE HIGH SUN. Ankica Juric Tilic is a member of ACE Producers and the European Film Academy. She teaches at the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Zagreb and participates as a mentor, panellist, lecturer or advisor at many international film industry events.
This year’s Eurimages Co-Production Award, an award acknowledging the decisive role of co-productions in fostering international exchange, pays tribute to a woman’s contribution to the success of film co-production. The award will be presented during the European Film Awards ceremony in Berlin on December 7.
www.europeanfilmawards.euLUX Prize
- GOD EXISTS, HER NAME IS PETRUNYA by Teona Strugar Mitevska, producers: EAVE graduate and Macedonian National Coordinator Labina Mitevska, EAVE graduate and group leader Danijel Hocevar, EAVE graduates Sebastien Delloye, Zdenka Gold, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marie Dubas wins the LUX Prize of the European Union.
www.luxprize.euEuropean Film Awards
The first winners of the 2019 European Film Awards have been unveiled by the European Film Academy. Four prizes go to:
- THE FAVOURITE by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney The film wins Best Cinematography (Robbie Ryan), Best Editing (Yorgos Mavropsaridis), Best Costume Design (Sany Powell) and Best Hair & Make Up (Nadia Stacey)
- SYSTEM CRASHER by Nora Fingscheidt, producer: EAVE garuate and German National Coordinator Jonas Weydemann wins Best Score (John Gürtler)
www.europeanfilmacademy.orgTorino Film Lab
The following films were awarded at the Torino Film Lab TFL Meeting Event 2019:
- VICTUS by Andrei Tanase, producer: Anamaria Antoci won the FeatureLab TFL Production Award
- THE SONGSMITH by Bayu Prihantoro Filemon, producer: TTB graduate Yulia Evina Bhara won the ScriptLab Hamilton Behind the Camera Award – Talent for the Future
- A YEAR OF COLD by Min Bahadur Bham, co-producer Ruben Thorkildsen was given the subtitle Sub-ti Access Award
- PUENTES project MATERNAL by Maura Delpero, producers: PUENTES graduate Alessandro Amato and Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli and
- CUBAN DANCER by Roberto Salinas, producer: Michele Fornasero received the TFL Audience Design Fund Awards
www.torinofilmlab.itInternational Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
- IN A WHISPER by Heidi Hassan and Patricia Pérez Fernández, producer: EAVE graduate Delphine Schmit and co-producer EAVE graduate Claudia Calviño wins IDFA Award for Best Feature-Length Documentary
- SUNLESS SHADOWS by Mehrdad Oskouei, produced by EAVE graduate Carsten Aanonsen wins IDFA Award for Best Directing
- ASWANG by Alyx Ayn Arumpac, co-producer: EAVE graduate Henrik Underbjerg received a FIPRESCI Award
www.idfa.nlFilm Festival Cottbus
- FULL MOON by Nermin Hamzagic, producer: EAVE graduate Amra Baksic Camo, Adis Djapo wins Best Actor (Alban Ukaj) and the Ecumenical Jury Award.
- EINE LETZTE REISE ZUM MEER by Adi Voicu, producer: EAVE graduate Marcian Lazar receives the Special Award of the Festival.
www.filmfestivalcottbus.deThessaloniki International Film Festival (TIFF)
- VIENDRA LE FEU by Oliver Laxe, co-produced by EAVE graduates Donato Rotunno and Elise André won the Golden Alexander for Best Film and the Best Actor Award (Amador Arias)
- THE FEVER by Maya Da-Rin, producer: EAVE graduate Leonardo Mecchi won the Silver Alexander – Special Jury Award
- SONG WITHOUT A NAME by Melina León, co-producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler won the Bronze Alexander – Special Jury Award for Best Director and a Mermaid Award Special Mention
- COSMIC CANDY by Rinio Dragasak, producer: EAVE+ graduate Fenia Cossovitza, co-producer: EAVE group leader Patrick Sobelman won the Greek Film Centre Award for Best Greek Debut and the WIFT Award
- THE MIRACLE OF THE SARGASSO SEA by Syllas Tzoumerkas, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki received the Special Youth Jury Award
- WHAT A COUNTRY! by Vinko Bresan, co-producer: EAVE Marketing Workshop graduate Radoslawa Bardes received the Balkan Survey Award
- THE SWALLOWS OF KABUL by Eléa Gobbé-Mévellec, Zabou Breitman, co-producer: EAVE graduate Stephan Roelants won the Open Horizons Award
Agora Awards
- THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO KIMON, directed by: Neritan Zinxhiria produced by: Vassilis Chrysanthopoulos won the Crossroads Co-Production Award and the CNC Development Award
- IRIS by Myrsini Aristidou, producer: EAVE graduate Nathalie Dennes received a Special Mention
- ACRYLIC by Nikos Pastras, producer: EAVE graduate Amanda Livanou won the Initiative Film Award and a Cannes Producers’ Network accreditation
Agora Works in Progress Awards
- METAMORPHOSES by Dusan Zoric, Matija Gluscevic, co-producer: EAVE graduate and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric-Tilic received the GRAAL post-production award.
EAVE Award
- Vicky Antonopoulou from StudioBauhaus received the EAVE Marketing Workshop 2020 Scholarship Award.
http://tiff.filmfestival.gr/Arab Critics' Award for European Films
- GOD EXISTS, HER NAME IS PETRUNYA by Teona Strugar Mitevska, producers: EAVE graduate and Macedonian National Coordinator Labina Mitevska, EAVE graduate and group leader Danijel Hocevar, EAVE graduates Sebastien Delloye, Zdenka Gold, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marie Dubas wins the First Arab Critics' Award for European Films handed out by EFP (European Film Promotion) and the Arab Cinema Center (ACC). 42 film critics from 13 Arab countries selected the best European film out of 24 nominations submitted by national film promotion institutions from throughout Europe. The awards aims to promote European cinema to the Arab world.
www.efp-online.comViennale
- GIRAFFE by Anna Sofie Hartmann, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ditte Milsted won the FIPRESCI Award at the Austrian Festival Viennale.
Stockholm International Film Festival
- SYNONYMS by Nadav Lapid, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach won the Best Script Award
- CORPUS CHRISTI by Jan Komasa, co-producer: EAVE graduate Patrice Nezan won Best Actor (Bartosz Bielenia)
- JOJO RABBIT by Tika Waititi, producer: EAVE graduate Chelsea Winstanley won the Audience Award
www.stockholmfilmfestival.seLjubljana International Film Festival
- ANGELO by Markus Schleinzer, producer: EAVE graduate EAVE + graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu received Kingfisher Award – Special Mention at the Ljubljana International Film Festival
- MONOS by Alejandro Landes, producer: EAVE+ graduate and PUENTES group leader Fernando Epstein won the FIPRESCI Award
www.liffe.siZagreb Film Festival
- IVANA THE TERRIBLE by Ivana Mladenovic, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon has won the Golden Pram, the main award at the Zagreb Film Festival
- MONOS by Alejandro Landes, producer: EAVE+ graduate and PUENTES group leader Fernando Epstein was given a Special Mention for Best Feature Film
- EAVE project DIARY OF DIANA B. by Dana Budisavljevic, producer: EAVE graduate Miljenka Cogelja, co-producers: EAVE graduate Vlado Bulajic, EAVE graduate Snezana van Houwelingen received a Award of the PLUS programme
- JOJO RABBIT by Tika Waititi, producer: EAVE graduate Chelsea Winstanley won the Golden Bicycle Award for Best Film from the Together Again programme
http://zff.hr/en/Mediterranian Film Festival Montpellier
- EAVE project SOLE by Carlo Sironi, producers: EAVE graduates Giovanni Pompili and Aga Wasiak and
- STITCHES by Miroslav Terzic, producers: EAVE graduate Zdenka Gold, Adis Djapo, EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Bosnia and Herzegovina Amra Bacsic Camo have ex-aequo scooped the Antigone d’Or of the Mediterranian Film Festival Montpellier
- DEUX by Filippo Meneghetti, co-producer: EAVE graduate Donnato Rotunno won the Prix du Public
www.cinemed.tm.frSeville International Film Festival
- SYNONYMS by Nadav Lapid, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach won the Best Director award.
- THE WHISTLERS by Corneliu Porumboiu, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach was awarded Best Screenplay
- GOD EXISTS, HER NAME IS PETRUNYA by Teona Strugar Mitevska, producers: EAVE graduate and Macedonian National Coordinator Labina Mitevska, EAVE graduate and group leader Danijel Hocevar, EAVE graduates Sebastien Delloye, Zdenka Gold, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marie Dubas won Best Actress (Marta Nieto) and the Women in Focus Award
- ATLANTIS by Valentyn Vasyanovych, producer: EAVE graduate Vladimir Yatsenko received the award for Best Cinematography
- AND THEN WE DANCED by Levan Akin, producer: EAVE FFF graduate Ketie Daniela won the Grand Audience Award
- IT MUST BE HEAVEN by Elia Suleiman, producers: EAVE graduates Martin Hampel, Laurine Pelassy received the Eurimages Award for Best European Co-production
www.festivalcinesevilla.euLisbon & Sintra Film Festival
- THE RIVER by Emir Baigazin, producer: EAVE graduate Guillaume de Seille won Best Film at the Lisbon & Sintra Film Festival.
www.leffest.comNordic Film Days in Lübeck
- A WHITE, WHITE DAY by Hlynur Palmason, producer: EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson, co-producers: EAVE graduate Katrin Pors, PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin was awarded NDR Film Prize at the Nordic Film Days in Lübeck.
- ECHO (BERGMAL) by Runar Runarsson, co-producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler, executive producer: EAVE + graduate Bo Ehrhardt won the Interfilm Church Film Prize
- STUPID YOUNG HEART by Selma Vilhunen, producers: EAVE graduates Elli Toivoniemi and Venla Hellstedt was awarded the Children and Youth Film Prize
www.luebeck.de/filmtageArras Film Festival
- Three awarde for THE FATHER by Kistina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantina Stavrianou at the Arras Film Festival. The film won the Grand Prix du Jury, the Prix de la Presse and the Prix de la Jeunesse.
- DAFNE by Federico Bondi, producer: Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli was awarded the Prix du Public.
www.arrasfilmfestival.comLatvian National Film Awards
- OLEG by Juris Kursietis, producers: EAVE graduate and Latvian National Coordinator Aija Berzina, EAVE graduates Isabelle Truc and Guillaume de Seille, B’EST graduates Alise Gelze, Lukas Trimonis has won the awards for Best Picture, Best Cinematography and Best Supporting Actor at the Latvian National Film Awards.
https://rigaiff.lv/2019/lv/Voghera Film Festival
- LOW TIDE Kevin McMullin, producer: EAVE graduate Simon Doyle wins Best Horror at the Voghera Film Festival in Italy.
www.vogherafilmfestival.com
Mostra de València
- EAVE project SECRET INGREDIENT by Gjorce Stavreski, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantina Stavrianou has won the Silver Palm, the award for Best Direction, at the 34th Mostra de València.
https://lamostradevalencia.comJoburg Film Festival
- EAVE project FLATLAND by Jenna Bass, producers: EAVE graduate David Horler-Blankfield, EAVE graduate and group leader Roshanak Behesht Nedjad, EAVE graduates Désirée Nosbusch, Alexandra Hoesdorff, co-producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Titus Kreyenberg won Best African Film.
https://www.joburgfilmfestival.co.za/
THE BOY WHO HARNESSED THE WIND nominated for BIFA 2019
American Academy Awards / the Oscars
In addition to the announcements published in previous months, I HAD A DREAM by Claudia Tosi, sales: EAVE graduate Heino Deckert is among the 159 documentaries submitted to the Oscars.
www.majade.deEuropean Film Awards
Nominated for the European Film Awards are the following feature films by EAVE graduates.
- AND THEN WE DANCED by Levan Akin, producer: EAVE FFF graduate Ketie Daniela nominated for European Actor
- ANIARA by Hugo Lilja, Pella Kagerman, producer: EAVE graduate Annika Rogell nominated for European Discoevry – Prix FIPRESCI
- ATLANTIQUE by Mati Diop, co-producer: EAVE + graduate Jean-Yves Roubin nominated for European Discoevry – Prix FIPRESCI
- A WHITE, WHITE DAY by Hlynur Palmason, producer: EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson, co-producers: EAVE graduate Katrin Pors, PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin nominated for European Actor
- DOGS BARKING AT BIRDS by Leonor Teles, producer: EAVE graduate Filipa Reis nominated for European Short Film
- MARONA'S FANTASTIC TALE by EAVE graduate Anca Damian, producers: EAVE graduates Anca Damian and Thomas Leyers nominated for European Animated Feature Film
- SYSTEM CRASHER by Nora Fingscheidt, producer: EAVE graduate and German National Coordinator Jonas Weydemann nominated for Best European Film and European Actress
- THE FAVOURITE by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney nominated for Best European Film, Best European Comedy, European Director, European Actress
- THE TRAITOR by Marco Bellocchio, producer: EAVE graduate Anastasia Michelagnoli nominated for Best European Film, European Director, European Actor and European Screenwriter
- TEL AVIV ON FIRE by Sameh Zoabi, producer: EAVE graduate Bernard Michaux nominated for Best European Comedy
This year's European Film Awards Presentation will take place on 7 December in Berlin.
British Independent Film Awards
- THE BOY WHO HARNESSED THE WIND by Chiwetel Ejiofor, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Calderwood is nominated for Best British New Director 2019 at the British Independent Film Awards BIFA.
ADULTS IN THE ROOM in French and Belgian cinemas
In French cinemas
- ADULTS IN THE ROOM by Costa-Gavras, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandre Gavras. November 6.
- AND THEN WE DANCED by Levan Akin, producer: EAVE FFF graduate Ketie Daniela. November 6.
- PROXIMA by Alice Winocour, co-producer: EAVE graduate Nina Frese. November 27.
www.pandorafilm.comIn Belgian cinemas
- ADULTS IN THE ROOM by Costa-Gavras, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandre Gavras. November 6.
- AND THEN WE DANCED by Levan Akin, producer: EAVE FFF graduate Ketie Daniela. November 6.
- PUENTES project OUR MOTHERS by Cesar Diaz, producers: PUENTES graduates Géraldine Sprimont, Delphine Schmit. November 13.
- PROXIMA by Alice Winocour, co-producer: EAVE graduate Nina Frese. November 27.
www.fluxfilm.netIn Dutch cinemas
- AND THEN WE DANCED by Levan Akin, producer: EAVE FFF graduate Ketie Daniela. November 7.
- INSTINCT by Halina Reijn, producers: EAVE graduates Frans van Gestel, Arnold Heslenfeld, Laurette Schillings
- A TALE OF THREE SISTERS by Emin Alper, co-producers: EAVE graduates Enis Köstepen, Stienette Bosklopper, Jonas Dornbach. November 7.
- THE BEST OF DORIEN B. by Anke Blondé, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot. November 14.
www.vikingfilm.nlIn UK cinemas
- A DOG CALLED MONEY by Seamus Murphy, producer: EAVE graduate Katie Holly. November 8.
www.blinderfilms.comIn Swiss cinemas
- A WHITE, WHITE DAY by Hlynur Palmason, producer: EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson, co-producers: EAVE graduate Katrin Pors, PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin November 21.
www.snowglobefilm.comIn Austrian cinemas
- GOD EXISTS, HER NAME IS PETRUNYA by Teona Strugar Mitevska, producers: EAVE graduate and Macedonian National Coordinator Labina Mitevska, EAVE graduate and group leader Danijel Hocevar, EAVE graduates Sebastien Delloye, Zdenka Gold, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marie Dubas. November 22.
www.sistersandbrothermitevski.com
- MONOS by Alejandro Landes, producer: EAVE+ graduate and PUENTES Group Leader Fernando Epstein. November 7.
www.mutantecine.comIn German cinemas
- A DOG CALLED MONEY by Seamus Murphy, producer: EAVE graduate Katie Holly. November 13.
- SMUGGLING HENDRIX by Marios Piperides, producers: EAVE graduates EAVE graduate Marios Piperides, Janine Teerling. November 13.
- GOD EXISTS, HER NAME IS PETRUNYA by Teona Strugar Mitevska, producers: EAVE graduate and Macedonian National Coordinator Labina Mitevska, EAVE graduate and group leader Danijel Hocevar, EAVE graduates Sebastien Delloye, Zdenka Gold, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marie Dubas. November 13.
www.sistersandbrothermitevski.com
- ANGELO by Markus Schleinzer, producer: EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu. November 27.
EAVE project STORIES FROM THE CHESTNUT WOODS selected for Tallinn Black Nights
Denver International Film Festival (October 30 – November 10)
- ATLANTIQUE by Mati Diop, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
- A WHITE, WHITE DAY by Hlynur Palmason, producer: EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson, co-producers: EAVE graduate Katrin Pors, PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
- DIVINE LOVE by Gabriel Mascaro, producer: EAVE graduate Rachel Daisy Ellis, co-producers: EAVE graduates Katrin Pors, Dan Wechsler, Sandino Saravia Vinay
- DOLCE FINE GIORNATA by Jacek Borcuch, producer: EAVE graduate Marta Habior
- HIS MASTER’S VOICE by György Pálfi, producer: EAVE graduate Ferenc Pusztai
- IT MUST BE HEAVEN by Elia Suleiman, producers: EAVE graduates Martin Hampel, Laurine Pelassy
- MANTA RAY Phuttiphong Aroonpheng, producer: EAVE graduate Philippe Avril
- MONSTERS by Marius Olteanu, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National coordinator Ada Solomon
- SYNONYMS by Nadav Lapid, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
- THE BEST OF DORIEN B. by Anke Blondé, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot.
- THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US AND THE SKY by Vasilis Kekatos, producer: EAVE graduate Guillaume Dreyfus and PUENTES graduate Delphine Schmit
- THE MAN WHO SURPRISED EVERYONE by Natasha Merkulova, Aleksey Chupov, co-producers: EAVE graduates Katrin Kissa, Guillaume de Seille
- THE MIRACLE OF THE SARGASSO SEA by Syllas Tzoumerkas, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki
- THE RIVER by Emir Baigazin, producer: EAVE graduate Guillaume de Seille
- THE STOLEN CARAVAGGIO by Roberto Ando, producer: EAVE graduate Patrick Sobelman
- THE WHISTLERS by Corneliu Porumboiu, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
Thessaloniki International Film Festival (October 31 – November 10)
- A TALE OF THREE SISTERS by Emin Alper, co-producers: EAVE graduates Enis Köstepen, Stienette Bosklopper, Jonas Dornbach
- ATLANTIS by Valentyn Vasyanovych, producer: EAVE graduate Vladimir Yatsenko
- EAVE Marketing Workshop project WHITE ON WHITE (BLANCO EN BLANCO) by Théo Court, producer: PUENTES graduates Giancarlo Nasi and Eva Chillón (Marketing Workshop graduate developing the project: Luis Renart)
- CAT IN THE WALL by Mina Mileva, TTB graduate Vesela Kazakova, producer: TTB graduate Vesela Kazakova, co-producer: EAVE graduate and TTB Head of Studies Christophe Bruncher
- COLD CASE HAMMARSKJÖLD by Mads Brügger, producer: EAVE graduate Bjarte Mørner Tveit
- CORPUS CHRISTI by Jan Komasa, co-producer: EAVE graduate Patrice Nezan
- COSMIC CANDY by Rinio Dragassaki, producer: EAVE+ graduate Fenia Cossovitza, co-producer: EAVE group leader Patrick Sobelman
- DAFNE by Federico Bondi, producer: Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli
- DIRTY GOD by Sacha Polak, producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot
- ECHO (BERGMAL) by Runar Runarsson, co-producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler, executive producer: EAVE + graduate Bo Ehrhardt
- GHOST TROPIC by Bas Devos, producers: EAVE graduates Tomas Leyers, Benoit Roland
- GOD EXISTS, HER NAME IS PETRUNYA by Teona Strugar Mitevska, producers: EAVE graduate and Macedonian National Coordinator Labina Mitevska, EAVE graduate and group leader Danijel Hocevar, EAVE graduates Sebastien Delloye, Zdenka Gold, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marie Dubas
- HEIMAT IST EIN RAUM AUS ZEIT by Thomas Heise, producer: EAVE graduate Heino Deckert
- IT MUST BE HEAVEN by Elia Suleiman, producers: EAVE graduates Martin Hampel, Laurine Pelassy
- IVANA THE TERRIBLE by Ivana Mladenovic, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon
- I WAS AT HOME, BUT by Angela Schanelec, co-producer: EAVE graduate Natasa Damnjanovic
- I WILL CROSS TOMORROW by Sepideh Farsi, producers: EAVE graduates Donato Rotunno, Denis Vaslin
- LUCIÉRNAGAS by Bani Khoshnoudi, co-producer: EAVE graduate Janja Kralj
- MONOS by Alejandro Landes, producer: EAVE+ graduate and PUENTES group leader Fernando Epstein
- MONSTERS by Marius Olteanu, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National coordinator Ada Solomon
- OROSLAN by Matjaz Ivanisin, producer: EAVE graduate Miha Cernec
- PATRICK by Tim Mielants, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jacques-Henri Bronckart, Peter Bouckaert, Frans van Gestel
- SONG WITHOUT A NAME by Melina Leon, co-producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler
- SUICIDE TOURIST by Jonas Alexander Arnby, producers: EAVE graduate Katrin Pors, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
- THE FEVER by Maya Da-Rin, producer: PUENTES graduate Leonardo Mecchi
- THE MONEYCHANGER by Federico Veiroj, producer: PUENTES graduate Hernan Musaluppi
- MELTEM by Basile Doganis, co-producer: EAVE graduate Fenia Cossovitsa
- THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US AND THE SKY by Vasilis Kekatos, producer: EAVE graduate Guillaume Dreyfus and PUENTES graduate Delphine Schmit
- THE FATHER by Kistina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantina Stavrianou
- THE MIRACLE OF THE SARGASSO SEA by Syllas Tzoumerkas, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki
- THE SWALLOWS OF KABUL by Eléa Gobbé-Mévellec, Zabou Breitman, co-producer: EAVE graduate Stephan RoelantsTHE WHISTLERS by Corneliu Porumboiu, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
- VIENDRA LE FEU by Oliver Laxe, co-produced by EAVE graduates Donato Rotunno and Elise André
- WHAT A COUNTRY! By Vinko Bresan, co-producer: EAVE Marketing Workshop graduate Radoslawa Bardes
- YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY by Amjad Abu Alala, producers: EAVE graduates Ingrid Lill Högtun, Hossam Elouan
Agora
- 17 MOMENTS OF SUMMER by Sonja Prosenc, Mitja Licen, producer: EAVE graduate Rok Secen
- THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO KIMON by Neritan Zinxhiria, producer: EAVE graduate Vasilis Chrysanthopoulos
- IRIS by Myrsini Aristidou, producer: EAVE graduate Nathalie Dennes
- LUNA PARK by Florenc Papas, producer: EAVE graduate Ioanna Bolomyti
- OCEANE by Eva Pervolovici, producer: EAVE graduate Tudor Giurgiu
- PETER & THE WOLF by Thanassis Neofotistos, producer: EAVE graduate Ioanna Bolomyti
- RIVIERA by Orfeas Peretzis, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantinos Vassilaros
Agora Works in Progress
- METAMORPHOSES by Dusan Zoric, Matija Gluscevic, co-producer: EAVE graduate, group leader and National Coordinator Croatia Ankica Juric Tilic
- QUICKSAND by Margot Schaap, producer: EAVE graduate Ellen Havenith, co-producers: EAVE graduates Katrin Kissa, Maria Dandraki
- SELENE 66 QUESTIONS by Jacqueline Lentzou, producer: EAVE graduate Fenia Cossovitsa
- SHAKE YOUR CARES AWAY by Tom Shoval, producer: EAVE graduate Jamila Wenske
- SWEAT by Magnus Von Horn, producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski
- THE CITY AND THE CITY by Syllas Tzoumerkas, Christos Passalis, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki
Geneva International Film Festival Tous Écrans (November 1 – 10)
- ADULTS IN THE ROOM by Costa-Gavras, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandre Gavras
- CORPUS CHRISTI by Jan Komasa, co-producer: EAVE graduate Patrice Nezan
- IT MUST BE HEAVEN by Elia Suleiman, producers: EAVE graduates Martin Hampel, Laurine Pelassy
- PATRICK by Tim Mielants, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jacques-Henri Bronckart, Peter Bouckaert, Frans van Gestel
- PROXIMA by Alice Winocour, co-producer: EAVE graduate Nina Frese
- TAKE ME SOMEWHERE NICE by Ena Sendijarevic, producer: EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Bosnia-Herzegovina Amra Baksic-Camo
- THE MIRACLE OF THE SARGASSO SEA by Syllas Tzoumerkas, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki
- THE WHISTLERS by Corneliu Porumboiu, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
Film Festival Cottbus (November 5 – 10)
- ALL DIE SÜNDEN by Mika Ronkainen, producer: EAVE + graduate Marko Röhr
- CORPUS CHRISTI by Jan Komasa, co-producer: EAVE graduate Patrice Nezan
- DAS VERMÄCHTNIS by Dorian Boguta, producer: EAVE graduate Oana Bujgoi Giurgiu
- DER LETZTE SERBE IN KROATIEN by Predrag Licina, producer: EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Croatia Ankica Juric Tilic
- DER MENSCHLICHE TEIL DES SEINS by Juha Lehtola, producers: EAVE graduates Misha Jaari, Mark Lwoff
- EINE LETZTE REISE ZUM MEER by Adi Voicu, producer: EAVE graduate Marcian Lazar
- EAVE project BAD POEMS by Gabor Reisz, producers: EAVE graduates Estelle Robin You, Julia Berkes
- EAVE project THE SON by Ines Tanovic, producer: EAVE graduate Alem Babic, co-producer: EAVE graduate Zdenka Gold, Irina Andreea Malcea
- FULL MOON by Nermin Hamzagic, producer: EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Bosnia-Herzegovina Amra Baksic Camo, EAVE graduate Adis Djapo
- HAVANA, CUBA by Andrei Hutuleac, producer: EAVE graduate Tudor Giurgiu
- OLD-TIMERS by Martin Dusek, producer: EAVE graduate Jiri Konecny
- SMUGGLING HENDRIX by Marios Piperides, producers: EAVE graduates Marios Piperides, Janine Teerling
- SWORD OF GOD - IM NAMEN DES HERRN by Bartosz Konopka, producer: EAVE graduate Anna Wydra
connecting cottbus (November 6 – 8)
coco pitch projects 2019
- FOREVER HOLD YOUR PEACE by Ivan Marinovic, producer: EAVE graduate Marija Stojanovic
- TRACES by Dubravka Turic, producer: EAVE graduate, group leader and National Coordinator Croatia Ankica Juric Tilic
- YOU ARE THE UNIVERSE by Pavlo Ostrikov, producer: EAVE graduate Vladimir Yatsenko
coco wip projects 2019
- BETWEEN TWO DAWNS by Selman Nacar, producer: EAVE graduate Oana Giurgiu
- CELTS by Milica Tomovic, producer: EAVE graduate Vladimir Vasiljevic
- MIA MISSES HER REVENGE by Bogdan Theodor Olteanu, producer: EAVE graduate Anamaria Antoci
Stockholm Film Festival (November 6 – 17)
- A DOG CALLED MONEY by Seamus Murphy, producer: EAVE graduate Katie Holly
- ATLANTIQUE by Mati Diop, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
- CORPUS CHRISTI by Jan Komasa, co-producer: EAVE graduate Patrice Nezan
- DIRTY GOD by Sacha Polak, producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot
- DIVINE LOVE by Gabriel Mascaro, producer: EAVE graduate Rachel Daisy Ellis, co-producers: EAVE graduates Katrin Pors, Dan Wechsler, Sandino Saravia Vinay
- I WAS AT HOME, BUT by Angela Schanelec, co-producer: EAVE graduate Natasa Damnjanovic
- JOJO RABBIT by Tika Waititi, producer: EAVE graduate Chelsea Winstanley
- MONOS by Alejandro Landes, producer: EAVE+ graduate and PUENTES group leader Fernando Epstein
- PUENTES project MATERNAL (HOGAR) by Maura Delpero, producers: PUENTES graduate Alessandro Amato and Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli
- SYNONYMS by Nadav Lapid, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
- THE GIRL WITH A BRACELET by Stéphane Demoustier, producer: EAVE graduate and PUENTES Head of Studies Jean des Forêts, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
- THE WHISTLERS by Corneliu Porumboiu, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
- VIENDRA LE FEU by Oliver Laxe, co-produced by EAVE graduates Donato Rotunno and Elise André
- ZOMBI CHILD by Bertrand Bonello, producer: Interchange graduate Judith Lou Lévy
Leeds International Film Festival (November 6 – 21)
- A DOG CALLED MONEY by Seamus Murphy, producer: EAVE graduate Katie Holly
- AQUARELA by Victor Kossakovsky, producer: EAVE graduate Heino Deckert
- ATLANTIQUE by Mati Diop, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
- DOGS DON’T WEAR PANTS by J-P Valkeapää, producers: EAVE graduate Aleksi Bardy, B’EST graduate Helen Vinogradov, co-producers: B’EST graduate Alise Gelze and EAVE graduate and Latvian National Coordinator Aija Berzina
- EXTRA ORDINARY by Mike Ahern, Enda Loughman, producer: EAVE graduate Katie Holly
- GHOST TROPIC by Bas Devos, producers: EAVE graduates Tomas Leyers, Benoit Roland
- GOD EXISTS, HER NAME IS PETRUNYA by Teona Strugar Mitevska, producers: EAVE graduate and Macedonian National Coordinator Labina Mitevska, EAVE graduate and group leader Danijel Hocevar, EAVE graduates Sebastien Delloye, Zdenka Gold, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marie Dubas
- GUO4 by Peter Strickland, producer: EAVE graduate Dora Nedeczky
- HEIMAT IST EIN RAUM AUS ZEIT by Thomas Heise, producer: EAVE graduate Heino Deckert
- IT MUST BE HEAVEN by Elia Suleiman, producers: EAVE graduates Martin Hampel, Laurine Pelassy
- JOJO RABBIT by Tika Waititi, producer: EAVE graduate Chelsea Winstanley
- OLEG by Juris Kursietis, producers: EAVE graduate and Latvian National Coordinator Aija Berzina, EAVE graduates Isabelle Truc and Guillaume de Seille, B’EST graduates Alise Gelze, Lukas Trimonis
- PATRICK by Tim Mielants, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jacques-Henri Bronckart, Peter Bouckaert, Frans van Gestel
- SHOOTING THE MAFIA by Kim Longinotto, producer: EAVE graduate Lesley McKimm
- SYNONYMS by Nadav Lapid, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
- SYSTEM CRASHER by Nora Fingscheidt, producer: EAVE graduate and German National Coordinator Jonas Weydemann
- THE WHISTLERS by Corneliu Porumboiu, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
- VIENDRA LE FEU by Oliver Laxe, co-produced by EAVE graduates Donato Rotunno and Elise André
DOC NYC Festival New York (November 6 – 15)
- COLD CASE HAMMARSKJÖLD by Mads Brügger, producer: EAVE graduate Bjarte Mørner Tveit
- SHOOTING THE MAFIA by Kim Longinotto, producer: EAVE graduate Lesley McKimm
- SYMPHONY OF THE URSUS FACTORY by Jasmina Wojcik, producer: TTB participant Ioana Tatko
Seville European Film Festival (November 6 – 14)
- AND THEN WE DANCED by Levan Akin, producer: EAVE FFF graduate Ketie Daniela
- ATLANTIS by Valentyn Vasyanovych, producer: EAVE graduate Vladimir Yatsenko
- A TALE OF THREE SISTERS by Emin Alper, co-producers: EAVE graduates Enis Köstepen, Stienette Bosklopper, Jonas Dornbach
- DAS FREIWILLIGE JAHR by Ulrich Köhler, Henner Winckler, producer: EAVE graduate Ingmar Trost
- DIRTY GOD by Sacha Polak, producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot
- EAVE project BAD POEMS by Gabor Reisz, producer: EAVE graduates Julia Berkes, Estele Robin You
- GOD EXISTS, HER NAME IS PETRUNYA by Teona Strugar Mitevska, producers: EAVE graduate and Macedonian National Coordinator Labina Mitevska, EAVE graduate and group leader Danijel Hocevar, EAVE graduates Sebastien Delloye, Zdenka Gold, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marie Dubas
- HOW TO FAKE A WAR by Rudolph Herzog, producer: EAVE graduate Vladimer Katcharava
- I DO NOT CARE IF WE GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS BARBARIANS by Radu Jude, producers: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon and EAVE graduates Jiri Konecny, Jonas Dornbach
- IT MUST BE HEAVEN by Elia Suleiman, producers: EAVE graduates Martin Hampel, Laurine Pelassy
- IVANA THE TERRIBLE by Ivana Mladenovic, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon
- MR. JONES by Agnieszka Holland, co-producer: EAVE graduate Angus Lamont
- OLEG by Juris Kursietis, producers: EAVE graduate and Latvian National Coordinator Aija Berzina, EAVE graduates Isabelle Truc and Guillaume de Seille, B’EST graduates Alise Gelze, Lukas Trimonis
- PUENTES project MATERNAL (HOGAR) by Maura Delpero, producers: PUENTES graduate Alessandro Amato, Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli
- STITCHES by Miroslav Terzic, producers: EAVE graduate Zdenka Gold, Adis Djapo, EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Bosnia and Herzegovina Amra Bacsic Camo
- TAKE ME SOMEWHERE NICE by Ena Sendijarevic, producer: EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Bosnia-Herzegovina Amra Baksic-Camo
- 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
- THE WHISTLERS by Corneliu Porumboiu, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
- WEREWOLF by Adrian Panek, producer: EAVE graduate Magdalena Kaminska
- X&Y by Anna Odell, producer: EAVE graduate Frida Bargo
Zagreb Film Festival (November 7 – 17)
- DIVINE LOVE by Gabriel Mascaro, producer: EAVE graduate Rachel Daisy Ellis, co-producers: EAVE graduates Katrin Pors, Dan Wechsler, PUENTES graduate Sandino Saravia Vinay
- DON’T FORGET TO BREATHE by Martin Turk, producer: EAVE graduate Ida Weiss
- EAVE project DIARY OF DIANA B. by Dana Budisavljevic, producer: EAVE graduate Miljenka Cogelja, co-producers: EAVE graduate Vlado Bulajic, EAVE graduate Snezana van Houwelingen
- GOD EXISTS, HER NAME IS PETRUNYA by Teona Strugar Mitevska, producers: EAVE graduate and Macedonian National Coordinator Labina Mitevska, EAVE graduate and group leader Danijel Hocevar, EAVE graduates Sebastien Delloye, Zdenka Gold, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marie Dubas
- IVANA THE TERRIBLE by Ivana Mladenovic, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon
- JOJO RABBIT by Tika Waititi, producer: EAVE graduate Chelsea Winstanley
- MONOS by Alejandro Landes, producer: EAVE+ graduate and PUENTES group leader Fernando Epstein
- PUENTES project OUR MOTHERS by Cesar Diaz, producers: PUENTES graduates Géraldine Sprimont, Delphine Schmit
- PATRICK by Tim Mielants, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jacques-Henri Bronckart, Peter Bouckaert, Frans van Gestel
- RABBIT À LA BERLIN by Bartek Konopka, producer: EAVE graduate Anna Wydra
- STUPID YOUNG HEART by Selma Vilhunen, producers: EAVE graduates Elli Toivoniemi and Venla Hellstedt
- TAKE ME SOMEWHERE NICE by Ena Sendijarevic, producer: EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Bosnia-Herzegovina Amra Baksic Camo
- 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
- THE COUNTY by Grimur Hakonarson, producer: EAVE graduate Jamila Wenske
- THE MIRACLE OF THE SARGASSO SEA by Syllas Tzoumerkas, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki
www.zff.hrSt Louis International Film Festival (November 7 – 17)
- ATLANTIQUE by Mati Diop, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
- EAVE project ROJO by Benjamin Naishtat, producers: EAVE graduates Barbara Sarasola-Day, Ingmar Trost, co-producers: EAVE graduates Rachel Daisy Ellis, Marleen Slot
- FRANKIE by Ira Sachs, co-producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum
- PUENTES project AUGUST by Armando Capó, producer: EAVE graduate Marcela Esquivel Jimenez, co-producer: EAVE Interchange graduate Nathalie Trafford
- SYNONYMS by Nadav Lapid, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
- THE SONG OF NAMES by François Girard, co-producer: EAVE graduate and Hungarian National Coordinator Viktória Petrányi
- THE WHISTLERS by Corneliu Porumboiu, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
- WINTER FLIES by Olmo Omerzu, producer: EAVE graduate Jiri Konecny
- ZOMBI CHILD by Bertrand Bonello, producer: Interchange graduate Judith Lou Lévy
www.cinemastlouis.orgTaipei Golden Horse Festival (November 7 – 24)
- AND THEN WE DANCED by Levan Akin, producer: EAVE FFF graduate Ketie Daniela
- A TALE OF THREE SISTERS by Emin Alper, co-producers: EAVE graduates Enis Köstepen, Stienette Bosklopper, Jonas Dornbach
- ATLANTIS by Valentyn Vasyanovych, producer: EAVE graduate Vladimir Yatsenko
- A WHITE, WHITE DAY by Hlynur Palmason, producer: EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson, co-producers: EAVE graduate Katrin Pors, PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
- EAVE Marketing Workshop project WHITE ON WHITE (BLANCO EN BLANCO) by Théo Court, producer: PUENTES graduates Giancarlo Nasi and Eva Chillón (Marketing Workshop graduate developing the project: Luis Renart)
- CORPUS CHRISTI by Jan Komasa, co-producer: EAVE graduate Patrice Nezan
- DAFNE by Federico Bondi, producer: Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli
- EAVE project SOLE by Carlo Sironi, producers: EAVE graduates Giovanni Pompili and Aga Wasiak
- FRANKIE by Ira Sachs, co-producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum
- GOD EXISTS, HER NAME IS PETRUNYA by Teona Strugar Mitevska, producers: EAVE graduate and Macedonian National Coordinator Labina Mitevska, EAVE graduate and group leader Danijel Hocevar, EAVE graduates Sebastien Delloye, Zdenka Gold, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marie Dubas
- IT MUST BE HEAVEN by Elia Suleiman, producers: EAVE graduates Martin Hampel, Laurine Pelassy
- JOJO RABBIT by Tika Waititi, producer: EAVE graduate Chelsea Winstanley
- PROXIMA by Alice Winocour, co-producer: EAVE graduate Nina Frese
- MONOS by Alejandro Landes, producer: EAVE+ graduate and PUENTES group leader Fernando Epstein
- MR. JONES by Agnieszka Holland, co-producer: EAVE graduate Angus Lamont
- PUENTES project OUR MOTHERS by César Díaz, producer: PUENTES graduates Delphine Schmit, Géraldine Sprimont
- STITCHES by Miroslav Terzic, producers: EAVE graduate Zdenka Gold, Adis Djapo, EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Bosnia- Herzegovina Amra Bacsic Camo
- THE FATHER by Kistina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantina Stavrianou
- THE GIRL WITH A BRACELET by Stéphane Demoustier, producer: EAVE graduate and PUENTES Head of Studies Jean des Forêts, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
- THE MOST BEAUTIFUL COUPLE by Sven Taddicken, producer: EAVE graduate Jamila Wenske
- THE PERFECT CANDIDATE directed and produced by Interchange graduate Haifaa Al-Mansour
- THE WHISTLERS by Corneliu Porumboiu, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
- TTB project MOTEL ACACIA by TTB graduate Bradley Liew, producers: TTB graduate and group leader Bianca Balbuena and TTB graduate Jeremy Chua, co-producers: EAVE graduates Bostjan Virc and Sinisa Juricic
- VIENDRA LE FEU by Oliver Laxe, co-produced by EAVE graduates Donato Rotunno and Elise André
- WOLKENBRUCH by Michael Steiner, producer: EAVE FFF graduate Anita Wasser
- ZOMBI CHILD by Bertrand Bonello, producer: Interchange graduate Judith Lou Lévy
www.goldenhorse.org.twCinedays Macedonia (November 7 – 15)
- LE MILIEU DE L’HORIZON by Delphine Lehericey, producer: EAVE graduate Elena Tatti
- SYNONYMS by Nadav Lapid, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
- THE WHISTLERS by Corneliu Porumboiu, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
Arras International Film Festival (November 8 – 17)
- IT MUST BE HEAVEN by Elia Suleiman, producers: EAVE graduate Laurine Pelassy
- JOJO RABBIT by Tika Waititi, producer: EAVE graduate Chelsea Winstanley
- LOLA VERS LA MER by Laurent Micheli, producers: EAVE graduates Benoit Roland, Sebastien Haguenauer
- PASSED BY CENSOR by Serhat Karaaslan, producers: EAVE graduates Serkan Cakarer, Undine Filter, TTB graduate Judith Nora
- PUENTES project MATERNAL (HOGAR) by Maura Delpero, producers: PUENTES graduate Alessandro Amato, Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli
- SMUGGLING HENDRIX by Marios Piperides, producers: EAVE graduates Marios Piperides, Janine Teerling
- THE GIRL WITH A BRACELET by Stéphane Demoustier, producer: EAVE graduate and PUENTES Head of Studies Jean des Forêts, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
www.arrasfilmfestival.comAFI Film Fest Santa Monica (November 8 – 15)
- CORPUS CHRISTI by Jan Komasa, co-producer: EAVE graduate Patrice Nezan
- IVANA THE TERRIBLE by Ivana Mladenovic, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon
- I WAS AT HOME, BUT by Angela Schanelec, co-producer: EAVE graduate Natasa Damnjanovic
- PATRICK by Tim Mielants, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jacques-Henri Bronckart, Peter Bouckaert, Frans van Gestel
- PUENTES project MATERNAL (HOGAR) by Maura Delpero, producers: PUENTES graduate Alessandro Amato, Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli
- THE WHISTLERS by Corneliu Porumboiu, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
www.afi.comCork Film Festival (November 9 – 18)
- ATLANTIS by Valentyn Vasyanovych, producer: EAVE graduate Vladimir Yatsenko
- A WHITE, WHITE DAY by Hlynur Palmason, producer: EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson, co-producers: EAVE graduate Katrin Pors, PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
- COLD CASE HAMMARSKJÖLD by Mads Brügger, producer: EAVE graduate Bjarte Mørner Tveit
- DOLCE FINE GIORNATA by Jacek Borcuch, producer: EAVE graduate Marta Habior
- HELLHOLE by Bas Devos, producer: EAVE graduate Tomas Leyers
- JOJO RABBIT by Tika Waititi, producer: EAVE graduate Chelsea Winstanley
- OLEG by Juris Kursietis, producers: EAVE graduate and Latvian National Coordinator Aija Berzina, EAVE graduates Isabelle Truc and Guillaume de Seille, B’EST graduates Alise Gelze, Lukas Trimonis
- SYSTEM CRASHER by Nora Fingscheidt, producer: EAVE graduate and German National Coordinator Jonas Weydemann
- TAKE ME SOMEWHERE NICE by Ena Sendijarevic, producer: EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Bosnia-Herzegovina Amra Baksic-Camo
- THE FATHER by Kistina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantina Stavrianou
- THE MIRACLE OF THE SARGASSO SEA by Syllas Tzoumerkas, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki
- THE WHISTLERS by Corneliu Porumboiu, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
- TRANSNISTRA by Anna Eborn, producer: EAVE graduate David Herdies, EAVE graduate Michael Krotkiewski
- VIENDRA LE FEU by Oliver Laxe, co-produced by EAVE graduates Donato Rotunno and Elise André
www.corkfilmfest.orgMar del Pata International Film Festival (November 9 – 18)
- ATLANTIQUE by Mati Diop, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
- JOJO RABBIT by Tika Waititi, producer: EAVE graduate Chelsea Winstanley
- GIRAFFE by Anna Sofie Hartmann, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ditte Milsted
- HEIMAT IST EIN RAUM AUS ZEIT by Thomas Heise, producer: EAVE graduate Heino Deckert
- I WAS AT HOME, BUT by Angela Schanelec, co-producer: EAVE graduate Natasa Damnjanovic
- PUENTES project MATERNAL (HOGAR) by Maura Delpero, producers: PUENTES graduate Alessandro Amato and Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli
- VIENDRA LE FEU by Oliver Laxe, co-produced by EAVE graduates Donato Rotunno and Elise André
Camerimage Bydgoszcz (November 9 – 16)
- CORPUS CHRISTI by Jan Komasa, co-producer: EAVE graduate Patrice Nezan
- DOLCE FINE GIORNATA by Jacek Borcuch, producer: EAVE graduate Marta Habior
- MR. JONES by Agnieszka Holland, co-producer: EAVE graduate Angus Lamont
- TRANSNISTRA by Anna Eborn, producer: EAVE graduate David Herdies, EAVE graduate Michael Krotkiewski
- THE MAGIC LIFE OF V by Tonislav Hristov, producer: EAVE graduate Kaarle Aho
Ljubljana International Film Festival (November 13 – 24)
- AYKA by Sergey Dvortsevoy, producer: EAVE graduate Martin Hampel, co-producer: EAVE graduate Anna Wydra
- ANGELO by Markus Schleinzer, producer: EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu
- GOD EXISTS, HER NAME IS PETRUNYA by Teona Strugar Mitevska, producers: EAVE graduate and Macedonian National Coordinator Labina Mitevska, EAVE graduate and group leader Danijel Hocevar, EAVE graduates Sebastien Delloye, Zdenka Gold, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marie Dubas
- DIVINE LOVE by Gabriel Mascaro, producer: EAVE graduate Rachel Daisy Ellis, co-producers: EAVE graduates Katrin Pors, Dan Wechsler, Sandino Saravia Vinay
- THE FATHER by Kistina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantina Stavrianou
- DAS FREIWILLIGE JAHR by Ulrich Köhler, Henner Winckler, producer: EAVE graduate Ingmar Trost
- THE BRA, directed and produced by EAVe graduate Veit Helmer
- MONOS by Alejandro Landes, producer: EAVE+ graduate and PUENTES group leader Fernando Epstein
- PUENTES project OUR MOTHERS by Cesar Diaz, producers: PUENTES graduates Géraldine Sprimont, Delphine Schmit
- COLD CASE HAMMARSKJÖLD by Mads Brügger, producer: EAVE graduate Bjarte Mørner Tveit
- TAKE ME SOMEWHERE NICE by Ena Sendijarevic, producer: EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Bosnia-Herzegovina Amra Baksic-Camo
- SYSTEM CRASHER by Nora Fingscheidt, producer: EAVE graduate and German National Coordinator Jonas Weydemann
- SYNONYMS by Nadav Lapid, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
- STITCHES by Miroslav Terzic, producers: EAVE graduate Zdenka Gold, Adis Djapo, EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Bosnia-Herzegovina Amra Bacsic Camo
- IT MUST BE HEAVEN by Elia Suleiman, producers: EAVE graduates Martin Hampel, Laurine Pelassy
- JOJO RABBIT by Tika Waititi, producer: EAVE graduate Chelsea Winstanley
- ZOMBI CHILD by Bertrand Bonello, producer: Interchange graduate Judith Lou Lévy
- THE WHISTLERS by Corneliu Porumboiu, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
Rencontres de Co-production Francophone (November 13-16)
Organised this year by the Film Fund Luxembourg, the 16th edition of the French-Speaking Co-Production Meetings (RCF), aimed at facilitating the co-production of fiction feature films in French, unspooled from 13 to 16 November 2019 in Luxembourg. Among the selected projects:
- GHOSTDANCE by Nicolas Blies, Stéphane Hueber-Blies, Kim O’Bomsawin, producer: EAVE graduate Marion Guth
- KOMMUNIOUN by Jacques Molitor, producer: EAVE graduate Gilles Chanial
- LES IMMORTELLES by Caroline Deruas, producer: EAVE graduate Laurine Pelassy
- LUCIE, JOUR À JOUR by Elisabet Llado, producer: EAVE graduate Isabelle Truc
EAVE+ Head of Studies Jani Thiltges has been moderator for the Video Pitch session on November 13th.
Lisbon & Estoril Film Festival (November 15 – 24)
- A DOG CALLED MONEY by Seamus Murphy, producer: EAVE graduate Katie Holly
- ADULTS IN THE ROOM by Costa-Gravras, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandre Gavras
- ATLANTIQUE by Mati Diop, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
- ATLANTIS by Valentyn Vasyanovych, producer: EAVE graduate Vladimir Yatsenko
- CORPO CELESTE by Alice Rohrwacher, producer: EAVE graduate Carlo Cresto-Dina
- EAST OF BUCHAREST by Corneliu Porumboiu, producer: EAVE graduate Daniel Burlac
- INFINITE FOOTBALL by Corneliu Porumboiu, producer: EAVE graduate Marcela Ursu
- IT MUST BE HEAVEN by Elia Suleiman, producers: EAVE graduates Martin Hampel, Laurine Pelassy
- LAZZARO FELICE by Alice Rohrwacher, producer: EAVE graduate Carlo Cresta-Dino
- POLICE, ADJECTIVE by Corneliu Porumboiu, producer: EAVE graduate Marcela Ursu
- THE TREASURE by Corneliu Porumboiu, producer: EAVE graduate Marcela Ursu
- THE WONDERS by Alice Rohrwacher, EAVE+ graduate Carlo Cresto-Dina
- THE WHISTLERS by Corneliu Porumboiu, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
- TRANSIT by Christian Petzold, co-producer: EAVE graduate Antonin Dedet
- VIENDRA LE FEU by Oliver Laxe, co-produced by EAVE graduates Donato Rotunno and Elise André
- ZOMBI CHILD by Bertrand Bonello, producer: Interchange graduate Judith Lou Lévy
International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg (November 15 – 25)
- OLD-TIMERS by Martin Dusek, producer: EAVE graduate Jiri Konecny
Gijon International Film Festival (November 15 – 23)
- A DOG CALLED MONEY by Seamus Murphy, producer: EAVE graduate Katie Holly
- A WHITE, WHITE DAY by Hlynur Palmason, producer: EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson, co-producers: EAVE graduate Katrin Pors, PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
- EAVE Marketing Workshop project WHITE ON WHITE (BLANCO EN BLANCO) by Théo Court, producer: PUENTES graduates Giancarlo Nasi and Eva Chillón (Marketing Workshop graduate developing the project: Luis Renart)
- EAVE project SOLE by Carlo Sironi, producers: EAVE graduates Giovanni Pompili and Aga Wasiak
- EXTRA ORDINARY by Mike Ahern, Enda Loughman, producer: EAVE graduate Katie Holly
- OROSLAN by Matjaz Ivanisin, producer: EAVE graduate Miha Cernec
- ROUNDS by EAVE graduate Stephan Komandarev, producer: EAVE graduate Katya Trichkova
- ZOMBI CHILD by Bertrand Bonello, producer: Interchange graduate Judith Lou Lévy
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (November 16 – December 2)
Official Selection
- GIPSY QUEEN by Hüseyin Tabak, producer: EAVE graduate and president Danny Krausz
- LOST LOTUS by Liu Shu, co-producer: EAVE graduate Denis Vaslin
- THE FLYING CIRCUS, written and directed by Fatos Berisha, producer: EAVE graduate Vjosa Berisha
First Feature Competition
- EAVE project STORIES FROM THE CHESTNUT WOODS by Gregor Bozic, producer: EAVE graduate Marina Gumzi
Estonian Olympic Committee Sports Film Programme
- RINGSIDE by Andre Hörmann, producer: EAVE graduate Ingmar Trost
Baltic Film Competition
- CHASING UNICORNS by Rain Rannu, producer: EAVE graduate Aet Laigu
- NOVA LITUANIA by Karolis Kaupinis, producer: EAVE graduate Marija Razgute
- OLEG by Juris Kursietis, producers: EAVE graduate and Latvian National Coordinator Aija Berzina, EAVE graduates Isabelle Truc and Guillaume de Seille, B’EST graduates Alise Gelze, Lukas Trimonis
- TRUTH AND JUSTICE by Tanel Toom, co-producer: EAVE on Demand graduate Madis Tüür
Baltic Premiere
- SH_T HAPPENS by David Stumpf, Michaela Mihalyi, producer: EAVE MW graduate Peter Badac
- GUO4 by Peter Strickland, producer: EAVE graduate Dora Nedeczky
Signatures
- CORPUS CHRISTI by Jan Komasa, co-producer: EAVE graduate Patrice Nezan
- ECHO (BERGMAL) by Runar Runarsson, co-producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler
- JOJO RABBIT by Tika Waititi, producer: EAVE graduate Chelsea Winstanley
- 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
Current Waves
- EAVE Marketing Workshop project DISCO by Jorunn Myklebust Syversen, producer: Maria Ekerhovd (Marketing Workshop graduate developing the project: Oistein Refseth)
- PATRICK by Tim Mielants, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jacques-Henri Bronckart, Peter Bouckaert, Frans van Gestel
- PELICAN BLOOD by Katrin Gebbe, producer: EAVE graduate Vera Gräfe-Höft
- PUENTES project AUGUST by Armando Capó, producer: EAVE graduate Marcela Esquivel Jimenez, co-producer: EAVE Interchange graduate Nathalie Trafford
- THE COUNTY by Grimur Hakonarson, producer: EAVE graduate Jamila Wenske
In Focus: Sizzling Arabia
- BAGHDAD IN MY SHADOW by Interchange graduate Samir
- IRAQUI ODYSSEY by Interchange gradute Samir, producer: EAVE graduate Werner Schweizer
- THE REPORTS ON SARAH AND SALEEM by Muayad Alayan, co-producer: EAVE graduate Hanneke Niens
- YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY by Amjad Abu Alala, producers: EAVE graduates Ingrid Lill Högtun, Hossam Elouan
Rebels with a cause
- ATLANTIS by Valentyn Vasyanovych, producer: EAVE graduate Vladimir Yatsenko
- ADVANTAGES OF TRAVELLING BY TRAIN by Aritz Moreno, producer: EAVE graduate Merry Colomer
Screen International Critics' Choice
- CAT IN THE WALL by Mina Mileva, TTB graduate Vesela Kazakova, producer: TTB graduate Vesela Kazakova, co-producer: EAVE graduate and TTB Head of Studies Christophe Bruncher
- SYSTEM CRASHER by Nora Fingscheidt, producer: EAVE graduate and German National Coordinator Jonas Weydemann
- TWO OF US by Filippo Meneghetti, producer: EAVE graduate Donato Rotunno
https://poff.eeBaltic Event Co-Production Market
- ARIA by Noud Heerkens, producer: EAVE graduate Joram Willink
- BABYDOLL by Elena Lanskih, producer: EAVE graduate Natalia Drozd
- A BUTTERFLY'S HEART by Inesa Kurklietyte, producer: EAVE graduate Zivile Gallego
- CLARA by Sabin Dorohoi, producer: EAVE graduate Daniel Burlac
- EAVE project THE FILE by Jonas Karasek, producer: EAVE graduate Wanda Adamik Hrycova
- HORIA by Ana Maria Comanescu, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon
- THE GOLDEN SPOT by Liene Linde, producer: EAVE graduate Guntis Trekteris
- THE GOOD DRIVER by Tonislav Hristov, producer: EAVE graduate Kaarle Aho
Baltic Event Works in Progress
- IN THE MIRROR by Laila Pakalnina, co-producer: EAVE graduate Dagne Vildziunaite
- KIDS OF THE NIGHT by Priit Pääsuke, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Ostrat
- LADIES OF STEEL by Pamela Tola, producer: EAVE graduate and National Coordiantor Finland Aleksi Bardy
- PARALYSIS by Andrius Blaževicius, producer: EAVE graduate Marija Razgute
- PEOPLE WE KNOW ARE CONFUSED by Tomas Smulkis, producer: EAVE graduate Dagne Vildziunaite
- O2 by Margus Paju, producers: EAVE graduate Esko Rips, EAVE + graduate Kristian Taska, co-producers: EAVE + graduate Jukka Helle, B’EST graduate Lukas Trimonis
International Works in Progress
- TTB project FAR FRONTIERS directed and produced by EAVE graduate Maxim Dashkin
- SCHOKO by Sarah Blaßkiewitz, producer: EAVE graduate Yvonne Wellie and EAVE graduate and German National Coordinator Jonas Weydemann
- STAND UP by Juraj Bohuš, producer: EAVE graduate Katarína Krná?ová
Just Film Works in Progress
- CHRISTMAS IN THE JUNGLE by Jaak Kilmi, producers: EAVE FFF graduate Roberts Vinovskis and EAVE graduate Evelin Soosaar-Penttilä
Braunschweig International Film Festival (November 19 – 24)
- ANGELO by Markus Schleinzer, producer: EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu
- CORPUS CHRISTI by Jan Komasa, co-producer: EAVE graduate Patrice Nezan
- DAFNE by Federico Bondi, producer: Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli
- IT MUST BE HEAVEN by Elia Suleiman, producers: EAVE graduates Martin Hampel, Laurine Pelassy
- PELICAN BLOOD by Katrin Gebbe, producer: EAVE graduate Vera Gräfe-Höft
- TEHRAN: CITY OF LOVE by Ali Jaberansari, producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot
- THE MAN WHO SURPRISED EVERYONE by Natasha Merkulova, Aleksey Chupov, co-producers: EAVE graduates Katrin Kissa, Guillaume de Seille
- THE WHISTLERS by Corneliu Porumboiu, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (November 20 – December 1)
- #387 by Madeleine Leroyer, co-producer: EAVE graduate Enrica Capra
- AYAHUASCA – THE SHAMANIC EXHIBITION by Jan Kounen and Diversion cinema, producer: EAVE graduate Marion Guth
- ASWANG by Alyx Ayn Arumpac, co-producer: EAVE graduate Henrik Underbjerg
- BORN IN EVIN by Maryam Zaree, producers: EAVE graduates Arash T. Riahi, Sabine Gruber, Karin C. Berger
- COLLECTIVE by Alexander Nanau, co-producer: EAVE graduate Bernard Michaux
- A COMEDIAN IN AN SYRIAN TRAGEDY by Rami Farah, producer: EAVE graduate Signe Byrge Sørensen
- ERDE by Nikolaus Geyrhalter, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Michael Kitzberger
- HEIMAT IST EIN RAUM AUS ZEIT by Thomas Heise, producer: EAVE graduate Heino Deckert
- IN A WHISPER by Heidi Hassan, Patricia Pérez Fernández, producer: PUENTES graduate Delphine Schmit, co-producer: EAVE graduate Claudia Calvino
- JUST DON’T THINK I’LL SCREAM by Frank Beauvais, producer: EAVE graduate Michel Klein
- LADY TIME by Elina Talvensaari, producer: EAVE graduate Jussi Rantamäki
- MARS, OMAN by Vanessa Del Campo, producer: EAVE graduate Emmy Oost
- NORIE by Yuki Kawamura, producer: EAVE graduate Gilles Chanial
- OVERSEAS by Sung-A Yoon, producer: EAVE graduate Isabelle Truc
- PRIVATE FICTION by Andrés Di Tella, producer: EAVE graduate Gema Juárez Allen
- PUSH by Fredrik Gertten, producer: EAVE graduate Margarete Jangård
- SHOOTING THE MAFIA by Kim Longinotto, producer: EAVE graduate Lesley McKimm
- SUNLESS SHADOWS by Mehrdad Oskouei, producer: EAVE graduate Carsten Aanonsen
IDFA Forum Selection
- AFTER WORK by Erik Gandini, producer: EAVE graduate Costanza Julia Bani
- ART OF REPRESSION by Estephan Wagner, Marianne Hougen-Moraga, producer: EAVE graduate Signe Byrge Sørensen
- COWBOY LOVE by Manuel Abramovich, producer: EAVE graduate Gema Juarez Allen
- I SEE FOR YOU by Cille Hannibal, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Hellström
- LISBON IN THE BACKMIRROR by Marcelo Gomes, producer: EAVE+ graduate Pandora Da Cunha Telles
- MERLIN AND HER COUSINS by Hanna Heilborn, producer: EAVE graduate Elin Kamlert
- MUSEUM OF THE REVOLUTION by Srdan Keca, producer: EAVE graduate Vanja Jambrovic, co-producer: EAVE graduate Pavla Kubeckova
- WIIKA! by Agnieszka Zwiefka, producer: Kasia Slesicka, co-producer: EAVE graduate Heino Deckert
- THE WITNESSES FROM THE SHADOWS by Ousmane Samassekou, producer: EAVE graduate Estelle Robin You
- YOUNG PLATO by Neasa Ní Chianáin, Declan J McGrath, producer: EAVE graduate David Rane
On November 25 a Europa Distribution open panel has been held on SOLO, EAVE graduate Artemio Benki's feature leght documentary on the Argentinian pianist Martin Perino. With the participation of EAVE graduate producer Petra Oplatkova.
Cairo International Film Festival (November 20 – 29)
- A CERTAIN KIND OF SILENCE by Michal Hogenauer, producers: EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Latvia Aija Berzina, EAVE graduate Stienette Bosklopper, co-producer: B’EST graduate Alise Gelze
- BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH by Najwa Najjar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Paul Thiltges and Adrien Chef
- CAT IN THE WALL by Mina Mileva, TTB graduate Vesela Kazakova, producer: TTB graduate Vesela Kazakova, co-producer: EAVE graduate and TTB Head of Studies Christophe Bruncher
- DOLCE FINE GIORNATA by Jacek Borcuch, producer: EAVE graduate Marta Habior
- ECHO (BERGMAL) by Runar Runarsson, co-producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler, executive producer: EAVE + graduate Bo Ehrhardt
- GHOST TROPIC by Bas Devos, producers: EAVE graduates Tomas Leyers, Benoit Roland
- GOD EXISTS, HER NAME IS PETRUNYA by Teona Strugar Mitevska, producers: EAVE graduate and Macedonian National Coordinator Labina Mitevska, EAVE graduate and group leader Danijel Hocevar, EAVE graduates Sebastien Delloye, Zdenka Gold, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marie Dubas
- IT MUST BE HEAVEN by Elia Suleiman, producers: EAVE graduates Martin Hampel, Laurine Pelassy
- LAND OF ASHES by Sofia Quiros Ubeda, producer: PUENTES graduate Mariana Murillo
- MONOS by Alejandro Landes, producer: EAVE+ graduate and PUENTES group leader Fernando Epstein
- NOVA LITUANIA by Karolis Kaupinis, producer: EAVE graduate Marija Razgute
- PROXIMA by Alice Winocour, co-producer: EAVE graduate Nina Frese
- PUENTES project AUGUST by Armando Capó, producer: EAVE graduate Marcela Esquivel Jimenez, co-producer: EAVE Interchange graduate Nathalie Trafford
- PUENTES project MATERNAL (HOGAR) by Maura Delpero, producers: PUENTES graduate Alessandro Amato, Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli
- STITCHES by Miroslav Terzic, producers: EAVE graduate Zdenka Gold, Adis Djapo, EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Bosnia and Herzegovina Amra Bacsic Camo
- 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
- THE TRAP by Nada Riyadh, producer: EAVE graduate Ayman El Amir
- THE WHISTLERS by Corneliu Porumboiu, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
- VIENDRA LE FEU by Oliver Laxe, co-produced by EAVE graduates Donato Rotunno and Elise André
During Cairo International Film Festival, Cairo Industry Days in partnership with EAVE is offering a 4 days EAVE on Demand workshop for selected teams of producers and writers. The objective is to cover all aspects of the development stage of Arabic feature film projects including the role of the producer, script development strategies, international sales as well as budgeting, financial planning and pitching. EAVE on Demand brings to Cairo top-notch international experts to ensure the delivery of information and content in a relevant and tailored manner to meet the specific needs of each project.
Around the World in 14 Films, Berlin (November 21 – 30)
- ANGELO by Markus Schleinzer, producer: EAVE graduate EAVE + graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu
- IT MUST BE HEAVEN by Elia Suleiman, producers: EAVE graduates Martin Hampel, Laurine Pelassy
- PELICAN BLOOD by Katrin Gebbe, producer: EAVE graduate Vera Gräfe-Höft
- THE WHISTLERS by Corneliu Porumboiu, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
- VIENDRA LE FEU by Oliver Laxe, co-produced by EAVE graduates Donato Rotunno and Elise André
- YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY by Amjad Abu Alala, producers: EAVE graduates Ingrid Lill Högtun, Hossam Elouan
- ZOMBI CHILD by Bertrand Bonello, producer: Interchange graduate Judith Lou Lévy
Torino Film Festival (November 22 – 30)
- ALELI by Leticia Jorge Romero, producer: PUENTES graduate Agustina Chiarino
- A WHITE, WHITE DAY by Hlynur Palmason, producer: EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson, co-producers: EAVE graduate Katrin Pors, PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
- GOD EXISTS, HER NAME IS PETRUNYA by Teona Strugar Mitevska, producers: EAVE graduate and Macedonian National Coordinator Labina Mitevska, EAVE graduate and group leader Danijel Hocevar, EAVE graduates Sebastien Delloye, Zdenka Gold, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marie Dubas
- HEIMAT IST EIN RAUM AUS ZEIT by Thomas Heise, producer: EAVE graduate Heino Deckert
- JOJO RABBIT by Tika Waititi, producer: EAVE graduate Chelsea Winstanley
- SYNONYMS by Nadav Lapid, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
- 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
- THE WHISTLERS by Corneliu Porumboiu, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
MEET EAVE IN DECEMBER!
@EAVE PUENTES, November 26-December 2, Punta del Este, Uruguay
EAVE CEO Kristina Trapp
@TIES THAT BIND, December 2-6, Singapore
EAVE Coordinator Tanika Sajatovic
Ties That Bind heads to Singapore for the 5th time
with NZ Partnership and an expanded Project Market
For the Fifth year in a row, TIES THAT BIND (TTB)’s second workshop returns to Singapore. TTB is a workshop programme connecting professionals from Asia and Europe. It combines producer training, project development and co-production meetings, and focuses on co-operation between European producers and their Asian counterparts.
For the first time we are organising in parallel to TTB and in partnership with the New Zealand Film Commission and SAAVA a TIES THAT BIND ON DEMAND workshop for 7 selected producers from New Zealand. They will work on developing their projects under the guidance of the two TTB group leaders, Fran Borgia (Akanga Film Asia, SG) and Jonas Weydemann (Weydemann Bros., DE). They will also network with the TTB participants in joint plenary sessions and networking events, and explore and foster opportunities for Europe-Asia-New Zealand co-production and other collaboration.
The TTB participants will meet in Singapore from December 2 – 6, 2019, and will continue to develop and package their projects under the guidance of TTB Head of Studies Christophe Bruncher (Ici et Là Productions, FR), script consultants Clare Downs (UK) and Alex Jia (Beijing WD Pictures, CN), and group leaders Fran Borgia and Jonas Weydemann.
The TTB guest experts will include Nicolas Brigaud-Robert (Playtime, FR), Jean-Baptiste Babin (Backup Media Group, FR), Bianca Balbuena (Epicmedia Productions, PH) and Olivier Père (Arte France Cinéma, FR).
TTB graduates Bianca Balbuena (Epicmedia Productions, PH), Jeremy Chua (Potocol, SG) and Boštjan Virc (Studio Virc, SI) will give a case study on 6 countries co-production of the TTB film MOTEL ACACIA by Bradley Liew. MOTEL ACACIA premiered at the Asian Future Competition @ Tokyo IFF. Picture Tree International is handling international sales.
Thanks to the partnership with the Southeast Asian Audio-Visual Association (SAAVA) and with support from Asia TV Forum & Market, the second workshop of TTB 2019 will be held during the Southeast Asian Film Financing (SAFF) Project Market, where the selected TTB projects will be presented together with 15 other selected projects from Southeast Asia to leading decision makers from Asia and Europe. This year’s SAFF Project Market has surpassed the previous mark by establishing SGD100,000 worth of prizes and awards up for grabs for its selected projects from top companies in the region: 108 Media, Salt Media, ACE Pictures, Supernova & KL Post, AV8 and RED Digital Cinema.
Among the decision makers at SAFF this year: Justin Deimen (Aurora Media Holdings, SG), Keiko Funato (Alpha Violet, FR), Georges Goldenstern (Cinéfondation, FR), Christoph Hahnheiser (Black Forest Films, DE), Roselle Monteverde (Regal Entertainment, PH), Jeremy Sim (Aurora Global Media Capital, SG), Joanne Goh (Jazzy Group, MY), Christopher Figg (Piccadilly, UK), Allen Jordan (Goshen Prime, ID), Gabriel Kuperman (Luang Prabang Film Festival, LA), Sherman Ng (Salt Media, SG), Himanshu Shah (RED/AV8, SG), Jordan Nutson and Ryo Abe (108 Media, SG/JP), Samad Hassan (KL Post, MY), Peter Wong (ACE Pictures, MY), Carlene Tan (Disney/SAAVA, SG) and David Bessieres (Canal+, FR).
The new format SAFF Plenary will feature a panel session on legal, financial, insurance, technical, and distribution aspects of co-production by Jean-Baptiste Babin, Ronald Loke, Himanshu Shah and Abhi Rastogi, moderated by Yi-Ling Teo. During the Industry Circles, key industry players such as Netflix and Hooq will share their experience in international sales and distribution in various Asian territories.
TIES THAT BIND is organised by the Friuli Venezia Giulia Audiovisual Fund, EAVE, Udine Far East Film Festival and Southeast Asian Audio-Visual Association (SAAVA), and supported by the Creative Europe - MEDIA sub-programme of the European Union and Aurora Media Holdings. TIES THAT BIND is held in conjunction with Asia TV Forum & Market and ScreenSingapore.
For more information please contact:
EAVE Coordinator - Tanika Sajatovic: tanika@eave.org
www.eave.org, www.tiesthatbind.eu
PUENTES 2019 culminates in Uruguay
PUENTES Europe/Latin America Co-Production Workshop heads to Uruguay for the second and final workshop of this year’s edition (November 26 – December 2). The 15 selected participants (complete list below) will continue to work on each other’s projects under the guidance of the two group leaders Jean des Forêts (Petit Film, FR) and Agustina Chiarino (Mutante Cine, UY). The experts will include script consultant Jacques Akchoti (FR), sales agent Carole Baraton (Charades FR), management consultant Georgina Miranda (NL) and Cannes Critic’s Week’s Charles Tesson (FR) will give a session entitled festival insights. Aside from the plenary sessions, daily group work sessions will be the core of PUENTES.
In parallel to the workshop, selected Uruguayan producers will attend tailor-made PUENTES Uruguay sessions and have the opportunity to network with the PUENTES participants during the common plenary and networking events. Experts include Juan Antonio Vigar, director of the Málaga Festival and of the Málaga Film Office (ES), Costanza Arena, Executive Director of CinemaChile (CL) and Fernando Epstein (Mutante Cine, UY). Thanks to a special cooperation with Marché du Film – Festival de Cannes, all PUENTES & PUENTES Uruguay participants will be able to attend VENTANA SUR (Dec 2-6) in Buenos Aires after the workshop.
Read more: https://eave.org/news/puentes-2019-culminates-in-uruguay/
EAVE on Demand in Rio Grande do Sul – open call for applications
EAVE is proud to organise an EAVE ON DEMAND session in co-operation with Tecna – the Audiovisual Production Center of Rio Grande do Sul with Finep as the sponsor of the initiative. The workshop takes place in January 10-12, 2020, in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil for producers of Rio Grande do Sul.
EAVE ON DEMAND RIO GRANDE DO SUL will consist of 3 days of masterclasses and group work sessions, as well as individual meetings for 6 producers and their writers with their projects in development as well as 6 producers participating without a project, but taking an active role in the group.
EAVE ON DEMAND RIO GRANDE DO SUL will combine the long experience that EAVE has in international training and networking with a tailor-made approach for producers from Rio Grande do Sul / Brazil, taking into account their specific needs.
The objective is to improve the participants’ skills in international coproduction, film finance and management, marketing, packaging, festival and sales strategies as well as script development, allowing them to take the next step in their careers and businesses.
The workshops will consist of group work for the selected projects in development, and the selected participants without a project, as well as master-classes for a wider audience.
The experts confirmed for the workshop include the following EAVE experts: group leader Fernanda del Nido (Setembro Cine, ES), script consultant Martin Daniel (US/CZ) and sales and marketing consultant Gabor Greiner (Films Boutique, DE).
Our target group are 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.
All workshop sessions will be in English.
To apply, please download the application form and EAVE fact sheet here: http://www.pucrs.br/tecna/evento/workshop-coproducao-internacional-eave-on-demand-rio-grande-do-sul/
Please send your application by December 04, 2019.
If you have any questions, please contact: tecna@pucrs.br
All applicants will be informed about the selection results by December 16, 2019.
EAVE on Demand Rio Grande do Sul is organized by EAVE and Tecna – the Audiovisual Production Center of Rio Grande do Sul with Finep as the sponsor of the initiative.EAVE is Europe’s leading training, development and networking organization for producers. In addition to our flagship programme, the renowned European Producers Workshop, we are involved in a variety of programmes in Europe, Asia, Latin America, Russia, Africa and the Middle East. Founded in 1988, EAVE’s objectives are to provide professional training opportunities and to bring producers from different regions of the world together with the aim of facilitating co-production relationships. EAVE’s unique international network comprises over 2,700 producers and key decision makers (funders, sales agents, distributors, commissioning editors etc.).Tecna is an Audiovisual Production Center created to support the Brazilian audiovisual production. It has an infrastructure of international standards, equiped with state-of-the-art technology in wide spaces for production and final processes. It is one of the enterprises of PUCRS, which is among the best universities in Brazil. It is located inside Tecnopuc, the University’s scientific and technological park, which is one of the most respected ecosystems of innovation in Latin America. Thus, Tecna also encompasses scientific research, permanent training programs and business cluster.
EAVE on Demand Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil 2020
EAVE is proud to organise an EAVE ON DEMAND session in co-operation with Tecna – the Audiovisual Production Center of Rio Grande do Sul with Finep as the sponsor of the initiative. The workshop takes place in January 10-12, 2020, in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil for producers of Rio Grande do Sul.
EAVE ON DEMAND RIO GRANDE DO SUL will consist of 3 days of masterclasses and group work sessions, as well as individual meetings for 6 producers and their writers with their projects in development as well as 6 producers participating without a project, but taking an active role in the group.
EAVE ON DEMAND RIO GRANDE DO SUL will combine the long experience that EAVE has in international training and networking with a tailor-made approach for producers from Rio Grande do Sul / Brazil, taking into account their specific needs.
The objective is to improve the participants’ skills in international coproduction, film finance and management, marketing, packaging, festival and sales strategies as well as script development, allowing them to take the next step in their careers and businesses.
The workshops will consist of group work for the selected projects in development, and the selected participants without a project, as well as master-classes for a wider audience.
The experts confirmed for the workshop include the following EAVE experts: group leader Fernanda del Nido (Setembro Cine, ES), script consultant Martin Daniel (US/CZ) and sales and marketing consultant Gabor Greiner (Films Boutique, DE).
Our target group are 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.
All workshop sessions will be in English.
To apply, please download the application form and EAVE fact sheet here: http://www.pucrs.br/tecna/evento/workshop-coproducao-internacional-eave-on-demand-rio-grande-do-sul/
Please send your application by December 04, 2019.
If you have any questions, please contact: tecna@pucrs.br
All applicants will be informed about the selection results by December 16, 2019.
EAVE on Demand Rio Grande do Sul is organized by EAVE and Tecna – the Audiovisual Production Center of Rio Grande do Sul with Finep as the sponsor of the initiative.EAVE is Europe’s leading training, development and networking organization for producers. In addition to our flagship programme, the renowned European Producers Workshop, we are involved in a variety of programmes in Europe, Asia, Latin America, Russia, Africa and the Middle East. Founded in 1988, EAVE’s objectives are to provide professional training opportunities and to bring producers from different regions of the world together with the aim of facilitating co-production relationships. EAVE’s unique international network comprises over 2,700 producers and key decision makers (funders, sales agents, distributors, commissioning editors etc.).Tecna is an Audiovisual Production Center created to support the Brazilian audiovisual production. It has an infrastructure of international standards, equiped with state-of-the-art technology in wide spaces for production and final processes. It is one of the enterprises of PUCRS, which is among the best universities in Brazil. It is located inside Tecnopuc, the University’s scientific and technological park, which is one of the most respected ecosystems of innovation in Latin America. Thus, Tecna also encompasses scientific research, permanent training programs and business cluster.
Ties That Bind heads to Singapore for the 5th year
with NZ Partnership and an expanded Project Market
For the Fifth year in a row, TIES THAT BIND (TTB)’s second workshop returns to Singapore. TTB is a workshop programme connecting professionals from Asia and Europe. It combines producer training, project development and co-production meetings, and focuses on co-operation between European producers and their Asian counterparts.
For the first time we are organising in parallel to TTB and in partnership with the New Zealand Film Commission and SAAVA a TIES THAT BIND ON DEMAND workshop for 7 selected producers from New Zealand. They will work on developing their projects under the guidance of the two TTB group leaders, Fran Borgia (Akanga Film Asia, SG) and Jonas Weydemann (Weydemann Bros., DE). They will also network with the TTB participants in joint plenary sessions and networking events, and explore and foster opportunities for Europe-Asia-New Zealand co-production and other collaboration.
The TTB participants will meet in Singapore from December 2 – 6, 2019, and will continue to develop and package their projects under the guidance of TTB Head of Studies Christophe Bruncher (Ici et Là Productions, FR), script consultants Clare Downs (UK) and Alex Jia (Beijing WD Pictures, CN), and group leaders Fran Borgia and Jonas Weydemann.
The TTB guest experts will include Nicolas Brigaud-Robert (Playtime, FR), Jean-Baptiste Babin (Backup Media Group, FR), Bianca Balbuena (Epicmedia Productions, PH) and Olivier Père (Arte France Cinéma, FR).
TTB graduates Bianca Balbuena (Epicmedia Productions, PH), Jeremy Chua (Potocol, SG) and Boštjan Virc (Studio Virc, SI) will give a case study on 6 countries co-production of the TTB film MOTEL ACACIA by Bradley Liew. MOTEL ACACIA premiered at the Asian Future Competition @ Tokyo IFF. Picture Tree International is handling international sales.
Thanks to the partnership with the Southeast Asian Audio-Visual Association (SAAVA) and with support from Asia TV Forum & Market, the second workshop of TTB 2019 will be held during the Southeast Asian Film Financing (SAFF) Project Market, where the selected TTB projects will be presented together with 15 other selected projects from Southeast Asia to leading decision makers from Asia and Europe. This year’s SAFF Project Market has surpassed the previous mark by establishing SGD100,000 worth of prizes and awards up for grabs for its selected projects from top companies in the region: 108 Media, Salt Media, ACE Pictures, Supernova & KL Post, AV8 and RED Digital Cinema.
Among the decision makers at SAFF this year: Justin Deimen (Aurora Media Holdings, SG), Keiko Funato (Alpha Violet, FR), Georges Goldenstern (Cinéfondation, FR), Christoph Hahnheiser (Black Forest Films, DE), Roselle Monteverde (Regal Entertainment, PH), Jeremy Sim (Aurora Global Media Capital, SG), Joanne Goh (Jazzy Group, MY), Christopher Figg (Piccadilly, UK), Allen Jordan (Goshen Prime, ID), Gabriel Kuperman (Luang Prabang Film Festival, LA), Sherman Ng (Salt Media, SG), Himanshu Shah (RED/AV8, SG), Jordan Nutson and Ryo Abe (108 Media, SG/JP), Samad Hassan (KL Post, MY), Peter Wong (ACE Pictures, MY), Carlene Tan (Disney/SAAVA, SG) and David Bessieres (Canal+, FR).
The new format SAFF Plenary will feature a panel session on legal, financial, insurance, technical, and distribution aspects of co-production by Jean-Baptiste Babin, Ronald Loke, Himanshu Shah and Abhi Rastogi, moderated by Yi-Ling Teo. During the Industry Circles, key industry players such as Netflix and Hooq will share their experience in international sales and distribution in various Asian territories.
TIES THAT BIND is organised by the Friuli Venezia Giulia Audiovisual Fund, EAVE, Udine Far East Film Festival and Southeast Asian Audio-Visual Association (SAAVA), and supported by the Creative Europe - MEDIA sub-programme of the European Union and Aurora Media Holdings. TIES THAT BIND is held in conjunction with Asia TV Forum & Market and ScreenSingapore.
For more information please contact:
EAVE Coordinator - Tanika Sajatovic: tanika@eave.org
www.eave.org, www.tiesthatbind.eu
PUENTES 2019 culminates in Uruguay
PUENTES Europe/Latin America Co-Production Workshop heads to Uruguay for the second and final workshop of this year’s edition (November 26 – December 2). The 15 selected participants (complete list below) will continue to work on each other’s projects under the guidance of the two group leaders Jean des Forêts (Petit Film, FR) and Agustina Chiarino (Mutante Cine, UY). The experts will include script consultant Jacques Akchoti (FR), sales agent Carole Baraton (Charades FR), management consultant Georgina Miranda (NL) and Cannes Critic’s Week’s Charles Tesson (FR) will give a session entitled festival insights. Aside from the plenary sessions, daily group work sessions will be the core of PUENTES.
In parallel to the workshop, selected Uruguayan producers will attend tailor-made PUENTES Uruguay sessions and have the opportunity to network with the PUENTES participants during the common plenary and networking events. Experts include Juan Antonio Vigar, director of the Málaga Festival and of the Málaga Film Office (ES), Costanza Arena, Executive Director of CinemaChile (CL) and Fernando Epstein (Mutante Cine, UY). Thanks to a special cooperation with Marché du Film – Festival de Cannes, all PUENTES & PUENTES Uruguay participants will be able to attend VENTANA SUR (Dec 2-6) in Buenos Aires after the workshop.
Proyecta, an initiative organized by Ventana Sur and the San Sebastian Film Festival, will host the presentation of 16 film projects in search of co-production between Latin America and Europe. Among them PUENTES project “STREETS OF GLORIA” which will be presented by Brazilian producer Daniel Van Hoogstraten in a pitching session to professionals from the international film industry.
Other recent successes include:
- OUR MOTHERS/NUESTRAS MADRES, directed by César Diaz & produced by Géraldine Sprimont (Need Productions, Belgium) has won the prix SACD de la Semaine de la Critique, Caméra d'Or, Grand Golden Railprix at Cannes, Best Photo award at the Oostende Film Festival, Spanish Cooperation Award at San Sebastian 2019, Prix de la Critique at Namur Film Festival 2019 and has been nominated to represent Belgium in the Oscar Race 2020.
- THE SHARKS (LOS TIBURONES), directed by Lucia Garibaldi & produced by Pancho Magnou (Montelona Cine, Uruguay) has won Best Director at Sundance 2019 - World Cinema Dramatic Competition, Grand Prix Coup de Cœur at Cinélatino – Rencontres de Toulouse.
- MATERNAL (HOGAR), directed by Maura Delpero & produced by Alessandro Amato (Disparte, Italy) has won Ecumenic Jury Award and Second Prize of the Youth Jury in Locarno IFF 2019, Audience Award at Annecy Cinéma Italien, Special Mention of the Jury at Reykjavík International Film Festival 2019, Special Mention for Best Feature Film (Section Competencia Argentina) and FIPRESCI Prize for the Best Argentine Film at Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata.
- THE HEIRESSES (LAS HEREDERAS), directed by Marcelo Martinessi & produced by Sebastian Peña Escobar (La Babosa Cine, Paraguay) & developed by PUENTES participant Karen Fraenkel (Mira, Paraguay) has won Best Actress & Best Opera Prima for Premios Platino del Cine Iberoamericano 2019
- DEATH WILL COME AND WILL HAVE YOUR EYES (VENDRÁ LA MUERTE Y TENDRÁ TUS OJOS), directed by José Luis Torres Leiva & produced by Catalina Vergara (Globo Rojo Producciones, Chile) world premiered at San Sebastian IFF in the official competition.
- AUGUST (AGOSTO), directed by Armando Capó Ramos & produced by Marcela Esquivel Jiménez (La Feria Producciones, Costa Rica) world premiered in Discovery Toronto IFF 2019 & Horizontes Latinos San Sebastian IFF 2019.
PUENTES is organized by EAVE in partnership with Mutante Cine, FVG Audiovisual Fund , Ventana Sur and MIBACT and with the support of IBERMEDIA and Creative Europe – MEDIA sub-programme of the European Union.
For more information please contact:
EAVE – Francesca Buffa, Coordinator: francesca@eave.org
www.eave.org
The selected participants for PUENTES 2019 are:
Georgina Baisch, Murillo Cine, Argentina
Project: JESUS LOPEZ, director: Maximiliano SchonfeldFay Breeman, Hubert Bals Fund / International Film Festival Rotterdam, NetherlandsGabija Budreckyte, Kinomind Films, LithuaniaPablo Calisto, Equeco, Chile
Project: IL CILENO, director: TBCAgustina Costa Varsi, Volpe Films, Argentina / Italy
Project: LA FIEBRE, director: Mateo Bendesky Isabel Garcia Arnabal, Montelona Cine, Uruguay
Project: POLLEN, director: Diego Blanco Andrea Herrera Catalá, Amore y Lujo, Venezuela
Project: DINOSAUR, director: Javier FerreroMarcin Luczaj, New Europe Film Sales, PolandGaëlle Mareschi, Kinology / Fluxus Films, FranceJulie O’Leary, Freelancer, Ireland
Project: EL OTRO LADO, director: Barbara CigarroaDaniel Pech, Multiverso Produções, Brasil
Project: CASA SEM DONO, directors: Alvaro Furloni and Mario FurloniAlexandra Reveyrand de Menthon, Charades, France
Kostas Tagalakis, Topspot, Greece
Project: Brasil, director: Thelya Petraki Daniel van Hoogstraten, Syndrome Films, Brasil / Netherlands
Project: STREETS OF GLORIA, director: Felipe ShollJuan Diego Villegas, Fidelio Films, Colombia
LES ARCS INDUSTRY VILLAGE WELCOMES YOU!
Les Arcs Film Festival is pleased to invite 2 EAVE producers to attend the event as participants without project to Les Arcs Industry Village for a special fare of 300€.
For its 11th edition, Les Arcs Industry Village will as usual host its Coproduction Village, the Work in Progress and the Talent Village. With more than 550 hundred professionals attending from all over Europe, the Industry Village is a wonderful place to extend your network in the Alps' amazing setting. 2019 will put the spotlight Finnish and Baltic cinema.
The selected EAVE producers will benefit from an all inclusive pack:
- 3 nights accommodation in a shared apartment in one of the 5* residency in Les Arcs ski resort
- Access to One-to-one meetings, Work in progress session, conferences, professional lunches & cocktails, and Opening dinner and party
- 2 daily ski-passes, and special fares on ski rental
The travel expenses remain at the participant’s charge.
You want to apply? It is very easy.
We only ask you to send us a few words about your company, your involvement in the European film industry, and your motivations for attending Les Arcs Industry Village 2019.
Applications must be sent the latest on November 18 to: industry@lesarcs-filmfest.com
More information on Les Arcs’ website: www.lesarcs-filmfest.com
