EAVE November News 2020
- NEW MARKETING SALES PERSPECTIVES AHEAD 2021
EAVE EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW - EAVE project CENTRE OF THE EARTH supported by Hubert Bals Fund
In Development November 2020 - SAGRES in production now
In Production November 2020 - ELA, HILMI & ALI is now in post-production
In post-production November 2020 - ELECTRIC SLEEP wins Eurimages Co-production Development Award in Tallinn
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NEW MARKETING SALES PERSPECTIVES AHEAD 2021
This special interview has been prepared by EAVE Marketing Expert Sarah Calderon (The Film Agency, ES).
Thank you to our two sales agent participants of EAVE Marketing Workshop 2020: Francesca Tiberi from True Colours (IT) and Mathilde Martin from Charades (FR).
Francesca and Mathilde have accepted to answer some questions of particular relevance regarding new marketing sales perspectives and they give some hands-on practical tips and fresh tools!
One film you have promoted successfully using digital tools this year? How was it?
FT: We’ve basically improved the use of digital tools to promote all our new slates from Cannes to AFM, and we will obviously keep doing it, as the market’s main place has now moved online.
The most fun experience we had, was the promotional campaign made for (EAVE project) 200 METERS, first feature by Ameen Nayfeh, selected at Venice Days. As the world premiere took place physically at Venice International FF this year, we combined the regular promotional activity on the spot, collaborating with WOLF Consultants for the press strategy and activities, with the digital campaigns on our social media. We worked internally, feeding our profiles with visuals from the movie including the best quotes from the reviews, creating IG and FB stories with pictures and videos from the photocall and Q&A after the world premiere or reminding day/time of the online and physical industry screenings.
The idea was to share with the buyers, who follow our profiles and were not in Venice, the feeling of being back to festivals with us after the lockdown, creating awareness around the movie at the same time. Then, when the movie got the People’ Choice Award, we literally jumped in the pictures with the director and cast. We are a young team and buyers know we have a positive and fun attitude, in fact reactions were wonderful and we made it in re-creating online what we usually do at our booth: have fun and speak about good cinemas with buyers!
MM: The Speech by Laurent Tirard, selected this year in Cannes and to be released in France this December 23rd 2020. Thanks to the film’s team and the producer Olivia Lagache (Les Films sur Mesure), we were able to launch the film with a sales bespoke teaser, shot specifically for us on the set; we also created a fake wedding invitation.
First and foremost, we have had a lot of fun! We have been extremely happy with the positive reception and sales journey of the project. It has been a great occasion to experiment a new format and to start envisioning how to make B2B marketing with digital tools (emailing and social networks). Back in January when we launched the film, we had no idea this would become so drastically essential.
Can you describe how are you using digital marketing for sales nowadays? What are the opportunities?
FT: Digital strategies are something we have always included in our marketing plans to promote films: before COVID outbreak digital tools, in particular a campaign on social medias, was considered a marketing tool not really essential during a physical market. Today, the “market shock” caused by the virus’ impact, has urged us to move quickly online in order to bridge the gap between the buyers and us. This opened to a million new creative and exciting possibilities of promotion (showcases and interviews with the talents, special promos and teasers for instance), but these activities are always tied to the project/film’s status and also domestic releases.
Furthermore, most of the platforms at our disposal do not implement a perfect performance of the videos or are thought for a B2C audience. Long story short, our job is still linked to a B2B context, where the materials we have can be shared carefully and only with trusted industry people. Also, this business is extremely influenced by the word of mouth that triggers during a festival and create the exciting atmosphere we live in during them, which is unreplaceable.
We’ve been extremely quick in adapting our promotion strategies to the new market place so far, learning that digital strategies can keep the attention on the projects high also when an online market ends, but digital marketing tools still need to be adjusted to our B2B marketing needs.
MM: We have always used digital tools for sales such as email marketing and social media. However these were complementary to our work that is very embodied. Above all, festivals, markets are meant to be physical. Films and projects are promoted by word of mouth. The effervescent experience of the industry being gathered together is like no other. COVID and online markets obviously have had an overnight impact. This urged us in building digital substitutes: organize global digital screenings, strengthen our social media presence for instance. We also had to rethink the whole meeting experience, as tools like Zoom are not fitted to show video content like promoreels.
As sales agents, we have a very in-between position. We get early access to material and create assets but these can’t be shared with B2C audiences. We also follow the project downstream but still need to ensure the exclusivity of fresh content for the release by the distributor. This is why digital can be quite tricky for sales, it all depends on the timeline of your project.
This is nonetheless a great period to think out of the box of the usual digital B2B marketing. For starters, to put your film on the map in a context of greater and increased competition: nowadays we have all the necessary array of tools to showcase a film to the right audience. The digital landscape moves and innovates so often that your creative possibilities are endless. Beyond the films, digital can also be a way of facilitating the buyers’ market experience. For instance, since Cannes 2019, we remind all our screenings in daily stories on Instagram.
Having fun is also something we rather appreciate at Charades so we will be happy if you can both enjoy yourself and find information when scrolling through our feed!
What is the most important step forward that you consider your sales companies are doing?
FT: We understood immediately that there would have been a higher request for contents, especially library titles, because in case of release the distributor do not need to invest a big amount of money in the P&A, and genre titles, because we usually provide some marketing kits, created in collaboration with the producers, that can be used by local distributors. Then, for instance, we got the chance to partner with a big Korean platform, Watcha, for the theatrical release of one of our classic gems, Nuovo Cinema Paradiso. The release took place in the middle of our lockdown and it was really exciting following Watcha’s marketing campaign and seeing the impressive B.O. results in a country that was leaving behind itself an epidemic!
Another initiative we are proud of and helped us in providing a solution to all our clients working with festivals and screening events, is our Virtual Cinema. With this service, we are able to provide our clients, that doesn’t have their platforms/screening rooms, but have been forced to switch the offline events into online ones, with the movies and the technology to show them to their audiences. This is fantastic!
MM: As sales agents, our work normally has a well-defined frame. COVID made it explode and we have been trying to find new ways to make business outside of the usual surroundings of the markets.
With the pandemic breakout, our understanding of the market was that there was a need for fresh, topical content, to be available quickly.
This is why, last spring, we partnered up with the distribution company Neon over three titles: The Painter and The Thief, She Dies Tomorrow and Spaceship Earth. The three films addressed current issues from diverse and fresh perspectives. They were available immediately for delivery.
Spaceship Earth was the first to be launched in the US, with an innovative release strategy by Neon, combining a digital release on platforms and safe physical screenings (drive-ins and pop-up city-scape projections). Every theater and impacted businesses could offer to screen the film as well.
As the distribution rules were completely reshuffled, we also worked on a marketing package with the Film Agency, to provide distributors with alternatives and trends for films releases, in times of COVID 19.
If you could identify a key learning of 2020 for sales agents, what would it be?
FT: Adapting quickly to changes and face everything as a new challenge, that can open to new opportunities you would have never expected, never forgetting your company identity!
MM: Things move even faster than they used to: the measurement of time is not months but weeks now. With this in mind, flexibility and quick implementation matter more than perfection.
A piece of advice for producers you’re looking into promoting or launching their films in 2021?
FT: The sooner, the better always! The earliest we can be in touch with the producers, have access to the visuals, stills, artwork and do a chat with them identifying key points of their projects, the better we can work together on tailormade strategies, putting in place the best international launch for any project.
MM: It is a pretty basic yet (I hope!) efficient one: think ahead of the whole marketing strategy of your film. If you can, sit down early with the sales marketing team, your partners, discuss the project thoroughly and leverage the strengths of your film. Even if this doesn’t look like a priority in the pre-production madness, before the shooting is the best time to plan and make sure you are going to get all the needed material. The more you have, the more you can provide great content to support the sales and international releases. In the long-run, this also benefits your production and talents’ brands.
A project can work for many reasons but, in my opinion, good marketing is accountable for 50% of the success.
How’s 2021 looking like? What are your challenges ahead as sales agents?
FT: Virtual and hybrid, but we already know the path that awaits us is full of digital tools that can give us plenty of opportunities. The most important challenge, I’d say, is to adapt them to our B2B approach in order to get the attention we need in an increasingly wider, but also saturated, market.
MM: Blurry but interesting! With most of the festivals and markets going hybrid and virtual, we will have to keep adapting and find new ways to do our job.
EAVE project CENTRE OF THE EARTH supported by Hubert Bals Fund
Creative Europe
EAVE graduates supported by Creative Europe for development of audiovisual content – including 3 EAVE projects developed at EAVE Producers Workshops:
- BLOCK 5, producer: EAVE graduate Vlado Bulajic
- CELEBRATION, producer: EAVE graduate Zdenka Gold
- EAVE project BIG WOODEN EYES by Ivana Mladenovic and Adrian Schiop, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon and EAVE graduate Diana Paroiu
- EAVE project MAYSOON by Nancy Biniadaki, produced by EAVE participant Christopher Zitterbart
- EAVE project SOUVENIRS OF WAR by Georg Zeller, produced by EAVE participant Moritz Bonatti
- ENTRELACS, producer: PUENTES graduate Estela Valdivieso Chen
- GOODBYE BEAUTIFUL, producer: EAVE MW graduate Jovana Karaulic
- ORLANDO, producer: EAVE graduate Marica Stocchi
- LA BELLA ESTATE, producer: EAVE graduates Luca Legnani, Giovanni Pompili
- LES IMMORTELLES, producer: EAVE graduate Laurine Pelassy
- RASHID, JEUNESSE A SINJAR, producer: EAVE group leader Patrick Sobelman
- RAVENGIRL, producer: EAVE participant Nicholas Sando
- RIVIERA, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Konstantinos Vassilaros
- SOMMER DER FREUNDSCHAFT, producer: EAVE+ graduate Johannes Rexin
- SOUL SISTER, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri
- THE GRAND TOUR, producer: EAVE graduate Filipa Reis
German Federal Film Board
The following films by EAVE graduates have been supported by the German-French Commission of the FFA
- AEIOU – Das schnelle Alphabet der Liebe by Nicolette Krebitz, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
- OHNE RÜCKKEHR / SANS RETOUR by Davy Chou, producer: Interchange and B´EST graduate Charlotte Vincent
- DESERTS by Faouzi Bensaïdi, producer: EAVE graduate Nicole Gerhards
- DIE KUH, DIE EIN LIED ÜBER DIE ZUKUNFT SANG / LA VACHE QUI CHANTAIT LE FUTUR by Francisca Alegría, producers: EAVE graduates Tom Dercourt and Sophie Erbs
Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg
- TWO EYEDS by Ziya Demirel, producer: EAVE graduate Anamaria Aslanoglu receives support from the German-Turkish Co-Production Development Fund.
Netherlands Film Fund
In the third round of the Netherlands Film Production Incentive of 2020 five films and one drama series by EAVE graduates receive funding.
- CHICKEN BOY by Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson, producer: EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson
- I AM ZLATAN by Jens Sjögren, producer: EAVE graduate Derk-Jan Warrink
- PIECE OF MY HEART by Dana Nechushtan, producers: EAVE graduates Frans van Gestel, Arnold Heslenfeld, Laurette Schillings
- SPLENDID ISOLATION by Urszula Antoniak, producer: EAVE graduate Floor Onrust
- THE WOODCUTTER STORY by Mikko Myllylahti, producer: EAVE graduate Derk-Jan Warrink
- ZENITH 2 by Joost van Hezik, producer: EAVE graduate Leontine Petit
Hubert Bals Fund
Supported by the NFF + Hubert Bals Fund Co-production Scheme:
- EAVE project CENTRE OF THE EARTH by Gabriel Mascaro, producer: EAVE graduate Rachel Daisy Ellis
- CHOCOBAR by Lucrecia Martel, producers: EAVE graduate Benjamin Domenech, co-producers: TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin, EAVE graduate Katrin Pors
Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation
The Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT SA) has announced that it is supporting 17 Greek and international co-productions during its latest round of financing. Among the selected projects are:
- ANIMAL by Sofia Exarchou, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Dandraki
- AZURE by Stratis Chatzielenoudas, producers: EAVE graduate and Greek National Coordinator Konstantinos Kontovrakis, EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas
- BIVAK by George Drivas, producer: EAVE+ graduate Fenia Cossovitsa
- DARKLING by Dusan Milic, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantina Stavrianou
- DEAR FUTURE by Christiana Cheiranagnostaki, producer: EAVE graduate Ioanna Bolomyti
- IRIS by Myrsini Aristidou, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantina Stavrianou
- KYUKA – JOURNEY TO THE MOON by Kostis Charamountanis, producers: EAVE graduate and Greek National Coordinator Konstantinos Kontovrakis, EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas
- NYTHERINOS EKFONITIS by Renos Haralambidis, producer: EAVE graduate Vicky Miha
- RIVIERA by Orfeas Peretzis, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Konstantinos Vassilaros
- THE TEAM OF PELE by Marios Karamanis, producer: EAVE graduate Ioanna Bolomyti
Estonian Film Institute
The Estonian Film Institute supports five new productions by EAVE graduates:
- CAPTAIN VOLKONOGOV ESCAPED by Natalya Merkulova, Alexey Chupov, producer: EAVE graduate Katrin Kissa
- JUHENDAJA by Alice Troughton, producer: EAVE graduate Esko Rips
- LIFE OF IVANNA by Renato Borrayo Serrano, co-producer: EAVE graduate Pertti Veijalainen
- MELCHIOR THE APOTHECARY by Elmo Nüganen, producers: EAVE graduate Esko Rips, EAVE+ graduate Kristian Taska
- THE INVISIBLE FIGHT by Rainer Sarnet, producer: EAVE graduate Katrin Kissa
Sundance Documentary Fund
Supported films by EAVE graduates:
- WITNESSES FROM THE SHADOWS by Ousmane Samassekou, producer: EAVE graduate Estelle Robin You
- THE MIRACLE OF ALMERIA by Moon Blaisse, producer: EAVE graduate Emmy Oost
- MUSEUM OF THE REVOLUTION by Srdan Keca, producer: EAVE graduate Vanja Jambrovic
- A NIGHT OF KNOWING NOTHING by Payal Kapadia, producer: EAVE CPI graduate Thomas Hakim
SAGRES in production now
- DALL’INTERNO by Leonardo Di Constanzo, producer: EAVE+ graduate Carlo Cresto-Dina is in production. The synopsis: in a prison in the process of decommission, a handful of officers and the last remaining inmates await transfer to a different jail. Over time, the written and unwritten rules in place seem to lose all meaning, and this community of men in limbo takes on a new and fragile form. DALL’INTERNO is produced by Tempesta, together with Rai Cinema, in co-production with Amka Film Productions (Switerland) and RSI Radiotelevisione Svizzera / SRG SSR. The film enjoys the support of MiBact’s Film Department, the Swiss Federal Bureau for Culture (UFC), Eurimages and the Sardegna Film Commission.
- THE CELLAR by Brendan Muldawney, producer: EAVE graduate Conor Barry, co-producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland, executive producer: EAVE graduate Lesley McKimm is shooting. The film tells the story of Keira Woods, whose daughter mysteriously vanishes in the cellar of their new house in the country. Keira soon discovers there is an ancient and powerful entity controlling their home that she will have to face or risk losing her family’s souls forever. THE CELLAR is being produced by Conor Barry for Savage Productions (Ireland) and Richard Bolger for Hail Mary Pictures (Ireland), and co-produced by Benoit Roland from Wrong Men (Belgium). Patrick Ewald, of Epic Pictures, Lesley McKimm, of Screen Ireland, and Patrick O’Neill, of Wildcard Distribution, will serve as the executive producers. The project was also backed by Screen Ireland, Epic Pictures, BCP Asset Management, the WRAP Fund, Wallimage, Wildcard Distribution, BNP Paribas Fortis Film Finance, VOO & BETV. Principal photography is set to commence in Roscommon this month.
- SAGRES by Lovisa Siren, co-producers: EAVE graduate and Swedish National Coordinator Julia Gebauer, EAVE graduate and Finnish National Coordinator Elli Toivoniemi is shooting. The film follows two sisters and a teenage daughter who travel from Stockholm, Sweden, to the picturesque cliffs of Sagres, Portugal — located in the southwestern most part of Europe, known as “The End of the World.” Maya, the younger sister, is a free-spirited, half-failing musician who has left her son in Portugal with her mother, while older sibling Nilo is a control freak in a sexless marriage. When the sisters’ mother phones up to say she’s sick, the pair — joined by Nilo’s rambunctious teenage daughter Laura — embarks on a road trip through Europe to reunite in Sagres, culminating in a tragicomic reunion no one expected. Siren’s feature debut featured in this year’s Berlinale Talents program, is produced by Siri Hjorton Wagner ([sic] film) and co-produced with Julia Gebauer (Way Creative), Elli Toivoniemi (Tuffi Films) and Beata Saboova (Umedia). Lisabi Fridell (“And Then We Danced”) serves as DOP on the project.
ELA, HILMI & ALI is now in post-production
- ELA, HILMI & ALI by Ziya Demirel, producer: EAVE graduate Anna Maria Aslanoglu is in post-production. Ela and Hilmi & Ali tells the story of a constantly-form-changing-relationship of a newly-wed couple: a maths teacher HILMI (45), an earthquake survivor ELA (19), and a minor student of Hilmi, the son of the building custodian, ALI (15). Co-producers: TANAY ABBASOĞLU, ÖYKÜ CANLI.
ELECTRIC SLEEP wins Eurimages Co-production Development Award in Tallinn
Torino Film Lab
The following films were awarded at the Torino Film Lab TFL Meeting Event 2020:
- THE MYSTERIOUS GAZE OF THE FLAMINGO by Diego Cespedes, producer: PUENTES graduate Giancarlo Nasi won a FeatureLab TFL Production Award
- HEARTLESS by Nara Normande & Tião, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach won the Su-Ti Access Award
- CHOCOBAR by Lucrecia Martel, producers: EAVE graduate Benjamin Domenech, co-producers: TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin, EAVE graduate Katrin Pors won the TFL Co–Production Fund
- CIUDAD SIN SUENO by Guillermo García López, producer: PUENTES graduate Lina Badenes received a Special Mention
connecting cottbus
- VACUUM by Yelizaveta Smith, producer: EAVE MW graduate Aleksandra Kostina won the coco Best Pitch Award and the Producers Network Award, a free accreditation to the Producers Network at the Marché du Film in Cannes 2021
- HONEY BUNNY by Igor Jelinović, producer: EAVE MW graduate Rea Rajčić won the Avanpost Pitch Packaging Award and the MIDPOINT Consulting Award
- KIRIL’S LUCK by Milena Andonova, producer: EAVE graduate Katya Trichkova won the MIDPOINT Consulting Award of the Connecting Cottbus East-West Co-production Market.
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
- ALIS by Nicolas van Hemelryck, Clare Weiskopf, producer: EAVE graduate Nicolas van Hemelryck, co-producers: EAVE Head of Studies Lise Lense-Møller, EAVE graduate Heino Deckert, Interchange graduate Charlotte Uzu has won the IDFA Forum Best Project Award.
- THE LAST HILLBILLY by Diane-Sara Bouzgarrou, Jenkoe Thomas, producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Laurent Csinidis received Special Mention
Thessaloniki International Film Festival
EAVE graduates scooped numerous awards at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival (TIFF):
- DIGGER by Georgis Grigorakis, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Fenia Cossovitsa won the Special Jury Award – Silver Alexander in the International Competition, the Greek Film Centre Award for Best Greek Debut, the J F Costopoulos Foundation Award, Youth jury awards – Best Feature Film Award, and the Fischer Audience Award
- SHORTA by Anders Ølholm and Frederik Louis Hviid, producer: EAVE graduate Signe Leick Jensen received the Special Jury Award for Best Director – Bronze Alexander and the FIPRESCI award – Best Film in the International Competition
- APPLES by Christos Nikou, producer: B’EST graduate Ales Pavlis, co-producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski, associate producer: EAVE+ graduate Antoine Simkine won Best Actor Award (Aris Servetalis)
- NIGHT OF THE KINGS by Philippe Lacôte, producer: EAVE + graduate Yanick Létourneau Best Artistic Achievement Award
- EAVE project 200 METERS by Ameen Nayfeh, producer: EAVE graduate May Odeh Best Feature Film Award - Golden Alexander, Special Jury Award for Best Director - Bronze Alexander in the Neighbors section
- SI LE VENT TOMBE by Nora Matryosian, producer: EAVE graduate Annabella Nezri won the Special Jury Award - Silver Alexander in this section
- SPIRAL by Cecília Felméri, co-producers: EAVE graduates Oana Giurgiu, Tudor Giurgiu received the Special Jury Award
- KALA AZAR by Janis Rafa, producer: EAVE graduate and Greek National Coordinator Konstantinos Kontovrakis won the Hellenic Film Commission Best Location Award
Agora Awards
- Dimitri Tsakaleas received the EAVE Marketing Workshop Scholarship Award for 2021
- TAKOTSUBO by Miki Polonski, co-producer: EAVE graduate Janja Kralj won the Crossroads Co-Production Forum Awards and a Sofia Meetings Project Selection
https://www.filmfestival.gr/en/film-festival
Viennale
- EPICENTRO by Hubert Sauper, producer: EAVE graduate Gabriele Kranzelbinder won the Vienna Award for Best Austrian Film at the Austrian Festival Viennale.
- THE TROUBLE WITH BEING BORN by Sandra Wollner, producer: EAVE graduate David Bohun received the Special Prize of the Jury.
Stockholm International Film Festival
Three Awards for EAVE graduates at the Stockholm International Film Festival.
- BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ by Burhan Qurbani, producers: EAVE graduates Léontine Petit, Derk-Jan Warrink, Marleen Slot won Best Film and Best Actor (Welket Bungué)
- THE MAN WHO SOLD HIS SKIN by Kaouther Ben Hania, producers: EAVE graduates Annabella Nezri, Martin Hampel won the Best Script award
- MEMORY HOUSE by Joao Paulo Miranda Maria, producers: EAVE graduate Paula Cosenza, EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri won Best Cinematography
Lithuanian Film and TV Silver Crane Awards
- Six awards for NOVA LITUANIA by Karolis Kaupinis, producer: EAVE graduate Marija Razgute at the Lithuanian Film and TV Silver Crane Awards. The film won awards for the Best Feature, Best Director, Best Script, Best Art Direction, Best Supporting Actress and Best Supporting Actor.
- OLEG by Jurig Kursietis, producer: EAVE graduate Aija Berzina, B'EST 2012 graduate Alise Gelze won Best Co-production and Best Actor (Valentinas Novopolskis)
Seville International Film Festival
Six Awards for EAVE graduates at the Seville International Film Festival:
- MALMKROG by Cristi Puiu, co-producers: EAVE graduate and Serbian National Coordinator Milan Stojanovic, EAVE graduates Anamaria Antoci, Labina Mitevska, Dan Wechsler won the Golden Giraldillo for Best Film and the Best Screenplay award
- APPLES by Christos Nikou, producer: B’EST graduate Ales Pavlis, co-producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski, associate producer: EAVE+ graduate Antoine Simkine won Best Film in the New Waves section
- LITTLE GIRL by Sébastien Lifshitz, co-producer: EAVE graduate Monica Hellström was awarded Best Film in the New Waves Non-fiction section and the Ocaña Award for Freedom
- EAVE project 200 METERS by Ameen Nayfeh, producer: EAVE graduate May Odeh won the Audience Award in the Extraordinary Histories section.
- EAVE graduate Olmo Figueredo was awarded the Premio a la Trayectoria at the festival.
Zagreb Film Festival
- OASIS by Ivan Ikic, producers: EAVE graduate and Serbian National Coordinator Milan Stojanovic & EAVE graduate Marija Stojanovic, co-producers: EAVE graduates Miha Cernec, Derk-Jan Warrink, Adis Djapo, EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Bosnia and Herzegovina Amra Baksic Camo, EAVE+ graduate Anoine Simkine won the Golden Pram, the main award at the Zagreb Film Festival
- OSCAR & LILI, WHERE NOBODY KNOWS US by EAVE graduate Arash T. Riahi won the Audience award in the KinoKino section
Cinemed
- FATHER by Srdan Golubovic, producers: EAVE group leader Danijel Hocevar, EAVE graduate Adis Djapo, EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Bosnia-Herzegovina Amra Baksic Camo scooped the Antigone d’Or of the Mediterranian Film Festival Montpellier
- ACASA, MY HOME by Radu Ciorniciuc, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Lazurean-Gorgan won the Prix Ulysse
Nordic Film Days Lübeck
- GAMES PEOPLE PLAY by Jenni Toivoniemi, producers: EAVE graduate Venla Hellstedt, EAVE graduate and Finnish National Coordinator Elli Toivoniemi was awarded Best First Film and Best Nordic Feature at the Nordic Film Days in Lübeck.
- FOREST GIANT by Ville Jankeri, producer: EAVE graduate Jukka Helle won the Audience Award
- HOPE by Maria Sødahl, co-producers: EAVE graduates Lizette Jonjic, Peter Possne received an Honorable Mention in the NDR Film Prize section
Arras Film Festival
- QUO VADIS‚ AIDA? by Jasmila Zbanic, producer: EAVE participant Cristian Nicolescu was awarded the Golden Atlas, Arras Film Festival’s main award.
- I NEVER CRY by Piotr Domalewski, producer: EAVE graduate Jan Kwiecinski won the Silver Atlas
- ROUNDS by EAVE graduate Stephan Komandarev, producer: EAVE graduate Katya Trichkova received a Special Mention
- HELLO by Stephan Komandarew, producer: EAVE graduate Katya Trichkova triumphs at Arras Days
Latvian National Film Awards
- ANDREY TARKOVSKY. A CINEMA PRAYER by Andrej A. Tarkovskij, producer: EAVE graduate Peter Kropenin won the Audience Award at the Latvian National Film Awards.
Cork International Film Festival
- SONGS OF REPRESSION by Marianne Hougen-Moraga, Estephan Wagner, producer: EAVE graduate Signe Byrge Sørensen won the Award for Cinematic Documentary at the Cork International Film Festival
- VAURIEN by Peter Dourountzis, producer: EAVE graduate Sebastien Haguenauer received the Cork International Film Festival Youth Jury Award
- EAVE Marketing Workshop project WHITE ON WHITE by Théo Court, producer: PUENTES graduate Giancarlo Nasi won Best World Documentary Film
Festival of Slovenian Film
Four awards for EAVE graduates at the Festival of Slovenian Film, Ljubljana:
- APPLES by Christos Nikou, producer: B’EST graduate Ales Pavlis, co-producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski, associate producer: EAVE+ graduate Antoine Simkine won the Kingfisher Award for Best film
- EXILE by Visar Morina, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach, co-producers: EAVE participant Valon Bajgora, EAVE+ graduate Jean-Yves Roubin received the FIPRESCI Prize
- MARTIN EDEN by Pietro Marcello, producer: EAVE graduate Anastasia Michelagnoli won the Art Cinema Network of Slovenia Award
- SWEAT by Magnus von Horn, producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski received a Special Mention
Sguardi Altrove Film Festival
- MOTHER OF by Gan de Lange, producer: EAVE participant Kobi Mizrahi won two awards at the Sguardi Altrove Film Festival in Italy: Best film award selected by the Young Jury and a Special Mention by the Jury of Competitive Section Sguardi (S)confinati.
https://sguardialtrovefilmfestival.it
Festival of Romani Film
- LINDY THE RETURN OF LITTLE LIGHT by Ida Persson Lännerberg, producer China Åhlander wins Best Film & Audience Choice Award.
New Horizons International Film Festival
- THE TROUBLE WITH BEING BORN by Sandra Wollner, producer: EAVE graduate David Bohun received a Special Mention.
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
- CAGED BIRDS by Oliver Rihs, producer: EAVE graduate Ivan Madeo was awarded Best Actress (Marie Leuenberger)
- ERNA AT WAR by Henrik Ruben Genz, producers: EAVE graduates Sébastian Delloye and Esko Rips was awarded Best Actor (Ulrich Thomsen)
- WHEN I’M DONE DYING by Nisan Dag, producers: EAVE graduates Muge Ozen, Dorothe Beinemeier was awarded Best Director
- THE LAST ONES by Veiko Õunpuu, producers: EAVE graduates Katrin Kissa, Mark Lwoff, Misha Jaari was awarded Best Baltic Feature Film
Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event Co-Production Market
- ELECTRIC SLEEP, written and directed by Zeynep Dadak, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Titus Kreyenberg won the Eurimages Co-production Development Award for Best project
- TASTY by Eglė Vertelytė, producer: B´EST graduate Lukas Trimonis won the Screen International Best Pitch Award
- I AM FINE, THANKS by Ernestas Jankauskas, producer: EAVE+ graduate Gabija Siurbyte received the Baltic Event Works in Progress Award
- THE SLEEPING BEAST by Jaak Kilmi, producers: EAVE graduate Evelin Penttilä, FFF graduate Roberts Vinovskis won the Just Works in Progress Award
COLLECTIVE in race for the Oscars and nominated for EFA
American Academy Awards / The Oscars
Films by EAVE graduates in the race for the International Feature Film Academy Award:
- APPLES by Christos Nikou, producer: B’EST graduate Ales Pavlis, co-producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski, associate producer: EAVE+ graduate Antoine Simkine – Greece
- ATLANTIS by Valentyn Vasyanovych, producer: EAVE graduate Vladimir Yatsenko – Ukraine
- BULADO by Eche Janga, producer: EAVE graduate Derk-Jan Warrink – The Netherlands
- COLLECTIVE by Alexander Nanau, producer: EAVE graduate and Luxembourgish National Coordinator Bernard Michaux – Romania
- DEUX by Filippo Meneghetti, co-producer: EAVE graduate Donnato Rotunno – France
- DRUK (ANOTHER ROUND) by Thomas Vinterberg, co-producers: EAVE graduates Lizette Jonjic, Arnold Heslenfeld, Laurette Schillings & Frans van Gestel – Denmark
- EXILE by Visar Morina, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach, co-producers: EAVE participant Valon Bajgora, EAVE+ graduate Jean-Yves Roubin – Kosovo
- EAVE project 200 METERS by Ameen Nayfeh, producer: EAVE graduate May Odeh – Jordan
- EAVE project STORIES FROM THE CHESTNUT WOODS by Gregor Bozic, producer: EAVE graduate Marina Gumzi – Slovenia
- HOPE by Maria Sødahl, co-producers: EAVE graduates Lizette Jonjic, Peter Possne – Norway
- LAND OF ASHES by Sofía Quirós Úbeda, producer: PUENTES graduate Mariana Murillo - Costa Rica
- NEVER GONNA SNOW AGAIN by Malgorzata Szumowska and Michal Englert, producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski – Poland
- NIGHT OF THE KINGS by Philippe Lacote, producer: EAVE+ graduate Yanick Letourneau – Côte d'Ivoire
- NOVA LITUANIA by Karolis Kaupinis, producer: EAVE graduate Marija Razgute – Lithuania
- ONCE UPON A TIME IN VENEZUELA by Anabel Rodriguez Rios, producer: EAVE graduate Arash T. Riahi – Venezuela
- OPEN DOOR by Florenc Papas, co-producer: EAVE graduate Besnik Krapi - Albania
- QUO VADIS‚ AIDA? by Jasmila Zbanic, producer: EAVE participant Cristian Nicolescu – Bosnia and Herzegovina
- THE ENDLESS TRENCH by Aitor Arregi, Jon Garaño, Jose Mari Goenaga, producer: EAVE graduate Olmo Figueredo González-Quevedo - Spain
- THE FATHER by Kistina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantina Stavrianou – Bulgaria
- THE LAST ONES by Veiko Õunpuu, producers: EAVE graduates Katrin Kissa, Mark Lwoff, Misha Jaari – Estonia
- THE MAN WHO SOLD HIS SKIN by Kaouther Ben Hania, producers: EAVE graduates Annabella Nezri, Martin Hampel – Tunesia
- THE MOLE AGENT by Maite Alberdi, producers: EAVE graduates Fleur Knopperts, Ingmar Trost, Denis Vaslin - Chile
- THE REPORT by Peter Bebjak, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marcel Lenz and Guido Schwab – Slovakia
- THIS IS NOT A BURIAL, IT’S A RESURRECTION by Jeremiah Lemonhang Mosese, producers: EAVE graduates Elias Ribeiro, Cait Pansegrouw, EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Africa Bongiwe Selane – Lesotho
- TOVE by Zaida Bergroth, producer: EAVE graduate Aleksi Bardy – Finland
- WILLOW by Milcho Manchevski, co-producer: EAVE graduate Hubert Toint – North Macedonia
- WORKING GIRLS by Frédéric Fonteyne and Anne Paulicevich, producers: EAVE graduates Jacques-Henri Bronckart, Antonio Lombardo – Belgium
- YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY by Amjad Abu Alala, producers: EAVE graduates Ingrid Lill Högtun, Hossam Elouan – Sudan
European Film Awards
Nominated for the European Film Award are the following feature films by EAVE graduates:
- ACASA, MY HOME by Radu Ciorniciuc, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Lazurean-Gorgan
- ADULTS IN THE ROOM by Costa-Gravras, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandre Gavras
- ADVANTAGES OF TRAVELLING BY TRAIN by Aritz Moreno, producer: EAVE graduate Merry Colomer
- BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ by Burhan Qurbani, producers: EAVE graduates Léontine Petit, Derk-Jan Warrink, Marleen Slot
- COLLECTIVE by Alexander Nanau, producer: EAVE graduate and Luxembourgish National Coordinator Bernard Michaux
- CORPUS CHRISTI by Jan Komasa, co-producer: EAVE graduate Patrice Nezan
- DAU. NATASHA by Ilya Khrzhanovskiy, Jekaterina Oertel, producer: EAVE+ graduate Artem Vasilyev
- DRUK (ANOTHER ROUND) by Thomas Vinterberg, co-producers: EAVE graduates Lizette Jonjic, Arnold Heslenfeld, Laurette Schillings & Frans van Gestel
- EAVE project SOLE by Carlo Sironi, producer: EAVE graduate Giovanni Pompili & Agnieszka Wasiak
- FATHER by Srdan Golubovic, producers: EAVE group leader Danijel Hocevar, EAVE graduate Adis Djapo, EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Bosnia-Herzegovina Amra Baksic Camo
- FULL MOON by Nermin Hamzagic, producer: EAVE graduate Amra Baksic Camo & Adis Djapo
- HOPE by Maria Sødahl, co-producers: EAVE graduates Lizette Jonjic, Peter Possne
- INSTINCT by Halina Reijn, producers: EAVE graduates Frans van Gestel, Laurette Schillings & Arnold Heslenfeld
- JUMBO by Zoé Wittock, producer: EAVE graduates Anaïs Bertrand, Annabella Nezri & Gilles Chanial
- LADIES OF STEEL by: Pamela Tola, producer: EAVE graduate Aleksi Bardy
- LITTLE GIRL by Sébastien Lifshitz, co-producer: EAVE graduate Monica Hellström
- MARTIN EDEN by Pietro Marcello, producer: EAVE graduate Anastasia Michelagnoli
This year's European Film Awards Presentation will take place in a virtual event on December 7 in Berlin.
British Independent Film Awards
Films by EAVE graduates on the Longlist for Best International Independent Film 2020 of the British Independent Film Awards BIFA.
- DRUK (ANOTHER ROUND) by Thomas Vinterberg, co-producers: EAVE graduates Lizette Jonjic, Arnold Heslenfeld, Laurette Schillings & Frans van Gestel
- PIECES OF A WOMAN by Kornel Mundruczo, producer: EAVE graduate and Hungarian National Coordinator Viktoria Petranyi
- SWEAT by Magnus von Horn, producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski
Variety’s 10 producers to watch
Among Variety’s 10 producers to watch: EAVE graduate Nynne Selin Eidnes
While her company First Lady Film focuses on youth titles, Selin Eidnes also works with the innovative, independent production outfit Nimbus Film, the group behind Dogma hits such as “Festen” and “Mifune.” Her first feature for Nimbus, the World War I drama “Erna at War,” helmed by Henrik Ruben Genz, debuted on Oct. 29. “The biggest challenge in the making of ‘Erna’ was producing the film with regional funding from three different countries,” she says. “Not only was the financial spending locked to a country, but to a very specific region in that country, which means that we had to come up with some very creative solutions for the film.”
Given her strong background in all aspects of filmmaking, creative solutions are Selin Eidnes’ forte. “What I love about producing is mastering the puzzle. Making all the millions of little details come together as a complete work of art is immensely satisfying.” She considers American producer Gale Ann Hurd an inspiration. “I hope to be making kick-ass films like her while also helping young women forward in the industry,” she says.
PUENTES project DEATH WILL COME AND SHALL HAVE YOUR EYES selected for New Horizons
Denver International Film Festival (October 22 – November 8)
- ACASA, MY HOME by Radu Ciorniciuc, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Lazurean-Gorgan
- APPLES by Christos Nikou, producer: B’EST graduate Ales Pavlis, co-producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski, associate producer: EAVE+ graduate Antoine Simkine
- ATLANTIS by Valentyn Vasyanovych, producer: EAVE graduate Vladimir Yatsenko
- BERGMAL (ECHO) by Runar Runarsson, co-producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler
- CORPUS CHRISTI by Jan Komasa, co-producer: EAVE graduate Patrice Nezan
- KUBRICK BY KUBRICK by Gregory Monro, producer: TTB graduate Jeremy Zelnik
- NIGHT OF THE KINGS by Philippe Lacôte, producer: EAVE+ graduate Yanick Létourneau
- PATRICK by Tim Mielants, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jacques-Henri Bronckart, Peter Bouckaert, Frans van Gestel
- SOW THE WIND by Danilo Caputo, producers: EAVE graduates Marianne Dumoulin, Konstantina Stavrianou
- THIS IS NOT A BURIAL, IT’S A RESURRECTION by Jeremiah Lemonhang Mosese, producers: EAVE graduates Elias Ribeiro, Cait Pansegrouw, EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Africa Bongiwe Selane
- THE TROUBLE WITH BEING BORN by Sandra Wollner, producer: EAVE graduate David Bohun
- WILDFIRE by Cathy Brady, producer: EAVE+ graduate Carlo Cresto-Dina
Leeds International Film Festival (November 2 – 19)
- ANDREY TARKOVSKY. A CINEMA PRAYER by Andrej A. Tarkovskij, producer: EAVE graduate Peter Kropenin
- COLLECTIVE by Alexander Nanau, producer: EAVE graduate and Luxembourgish National Coordinator Bernard Michaux
- KUBRICK BY KUBRICK by Gregory Monro, producer: TTB graduate Jeremy Zelnik
- QUO VADIS‚ AIDA? by Jasmila Zbanic, producer: EAVE participant Cristian Nicolescu
- THE MOLE AGENT by PUENTES graduate Maite Alberdi, co-producers: EAVE graduates Fleur Knopperts, Denis Vaslin, Ingmar Trost
Braunschweig International Film Festival (November 2 – 8)
- ANDREY TARKOVSKY. A CINEMA PRAYER by Andrej A. Tarkovskij, producer: EAVE graduate Peter Kropenin
- CAT IN THE WALL by Mina Mileva, TTB graduate Vesela Kazakova, producer: TTB graduate Vesela Kazakova, co-producer: TTB Head of Studies Christophe Bruncher
- EAVE project STORIES FROM THE CHESTNUT WOODS by Gregor Bozic, producer: EAVE graduate Marina Gumzi
- EAVE Marketing Workshop project GOLD by Rogier Hesp, producer: EAVE graduate Frank Hoeve
- HOPE by Maria Sødahl, producers: EAVE graduates Lizette Jonjic, Peter Possne
- I NEVER CRY by Piotr Domalewski, producer: EAVE graduate Jan Kwiecinski
- KIDS RUN by Barbara Ott, producers: EAVE graduates Martin Heisler and Gabriele Simon
- SERVANTS by Ivan Ostrochovsky, producer: EAVE graduate Tudor Giurgiu, Oana Giurgiu, delegate producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Tomkova
- WOOD by Monica Lazurean-Gorgan, producer: EAVE graduate Ebba Sinzinger, Monica Lazurean-Gorgan
- WALCHENSEE FOREVER by Janna Ji Wonders, producers: EAVE graduates Martin Heisler and Gabriele Simon
connecting cottbus (November 4 – 6)
coco pitch projects 2020
- FLOOD by Martin Gonda, producer: EAVE graduate and Slovak National Coordinator Katarina Krnacova
- HONEY BUNNY by Igor Jelinović, producer: EAVE MW graduate Rea Rajčić
- KIRIL’S LUCK by Milena Andonova, producer: EAVE graduate Katya Trichkova
- VACUUM by Yelizaveta Smith, producer: EAVE MW graduate Aleksandra Kostina
coco WIP projects 2020
- SISTER by Dina Duma, producer: EAVE graduate Guillaume De Seille
- SUPERMARKET by Nemanja Becanovic, producer: EAVE participant Jelena Angelovski
On November 3rd EAVE graduate Larry Bass gave a keynote speech “There’s No Business like Show Business, Get your Business Straight” in cooperation with EAVE and connecting cottbus.
Nordic Film Days Lübeck (November 4 – 8)
- DRUK (ANOTHER ROUND) by Thomas Vinterberg, co-producers: EAVE graduates Lizette Jonjic, Arnold Heslenfeld, Laurette Schillings & Frans van Gestel
- HOPE by Maria Sødahl, co-producers: EAVE graduates Lizette Jonjic, Peter Possne
- FOREST GIANT by Ville Jankeri, producer: EAVE graduate Jukka Helle
- GAMES PEOPLE PLAY by Jenni Toivoniemi, producers: EAVE graduate Venla Hellstedt, EAVE graduate and Finnish National Coordinator Elli Toivoniemi
- LADY TIME by Elina Talvensaari, producer: EAVE graduate Jussi Rantamäki
- JOURNEY TO UTOPIA by Erlend E. Mo, producer: EAVE Head of Studies Lise Lense-Møller
- MEANWHILE ON EARTH by Carl Olsson, producer: EAVE graduate Anne Köhncke
- GARAGE PEOPLE by Natalija Yefimkina, producer: EAVE graduate Dirk Decker
- EQUINOX by Lena Knauss, producer: EAVE graduate Dirk Decker
New Horizons International Film Festival (November 5 – 15)
International competition
- KALA AZAR by Janis Rafa, producer: EAVE graduate and Greek National Coordinator Konstantinos Kontovrakis
- RED MOON TIDE by Lois Patiño, producer: EAVE graduate Felipe Lage Coro
- EAVE project STORIES FROM THE CHESTNUT WOODS by Gregor Bozic, producer: EAVE graduate Marina Gumzi
- THE TROUBLE WITH BEING BORN by Sandra Wollner, producer: EAVE graduate David Bohun
- THIS IS NOT A BURIAL, IT’S A RESURRECTION by Jeremiah Lemonhang Mosese, producers: EAVE graduates Elias Ribeiro, Cait Pansegrouw, EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Africa Bongiwe Selane
Gala screenings
- DRUK (ANOTHER ROUND) by Thomas Vinterberg, co-producers: EAVE graduates Lizette Jonjic, Arnold Heslenfeld, Laurette Schillings & Frans van Gestel
- BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ by Burhan Qurbani, producers: EAVE graduates Léontine Petit, Derk-Jan Warrink, Marleen Slot
- QUO VADIS‚ AIDA? by Jasmila Zbanic, producer: EAVE participant Cristian Nicolescu
- SWEAT by Magnus von Horn, producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski
Masters
- DAU. NATASHA by Ilya Khrzhanovskiy, Jekaterina Oertel, producer: EAVE+ graduate Artem Vasilyev
- MALMKROG by Cristi Puiu, co-producers: EAVE graduate and Serbian National Coordinator Milan Stojanovic, EAVE graduates Anamaria Antoci, Labina Mitevska, Dan Wechsler
Discoveries
- AIR CONDITIONER by Fradique, producer: EAVE graduate Jorge Cohen
- APPLES by Christos Nikou, producer: B’EST graduate Ales Pavlis, co-producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski, associate producer: EAVE+ graduate Antoine Simkine
- PUENTES project DEATH WILL COME AND SHALL HAVE YOUR EYES by José Luis Torres Leiva, producer: PUENTES graduate Catalina Vergara
- NIGHT OF THE KINGS by Philippe Lacôte, producer: EAVE+ graduate Yanick Létourneau
- EAVE Marketing Workshop project WHITE ON WHITE by Théo Court, producer: PUENTES graduate Giancarlo Nasi
Thessaloniki International Film Festival (November 5 – 15)
- APPLES by Christos Nikou, producer: B’EST graduate Ales Pavlis, co-producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski associate producer: EAVE+ graduate Antoine Simkine
- BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ by Burhan Qurbani, producers: EAVE graduates Léontine Petit, Derk-Jan Warrink, Marleen Slot
- DIGGER by Georgis Grigorakis, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Fenia Cossovitsa
- EAVE project 200 METERS by Ameen Nayfeh, producer: EAVE graduate May Odeh
- EDEN by Agnes Kocsis, producer: EAVE graduate Oana Giurgiu
- EXILE by Visar Morina, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach, co-producers: EAVE participant Valon Bajgora, EAVE+ graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
- FATHER by Srdan Golubovic, producers: EAVE group leader Danijel Hocevar, EAVE graduate Adis Djapo, EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Bosnia-Herzegovina Amra Baksic Camo
- I NEVER CRY by Piotr Domalewski, producer: EAVE graduate Jan Kwiecinski
- IN THE DUSK by Sharunas Bartas, producer: EAVE graduate Janja Kralj, co-producer: EAVE graduate Petra Oplatkova
- JUMBO by Zoé Wittock, producer: EAVE graduates Anaïs Bertrand, Annabella Nezri & Gilles Chanial
- KALA AZAR by Janis Rafa, producer: EAVE graduate and Greek National Coordinator Konstantinos Kontovrakis
- LITTLE GIRL by Sébastien Lifshitz, co-producer: EAVE graduate Monica Hellström
- LOS CONDUCTOS by Camilo Restrepo, co-producer: EAVE graduate Arek Gielnik
- MALMKROG by Cristi Puiu, co-producers: EAVE graduate and Serbian National Coordinator Milan Stojanovic, EAVE graduates Anamaria Antoci, Labina Mitevska, Dan Wechsler
- NEVER GONNA SNOW AGAIN by Malgorzata Szumowska and Michal Englert, producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski
- NIGHT OF THE KINGS by Philippe Lacôte, producer: EAVE+ graduate Yanick Létourneau
- OASIS by Ivan Ikic, producers: EAVE graduate and Serbian National Milan Stojanovic & EAVE graduate Marija Stojanovic, co-producers: EAVE graduates Miha Cernec, Derk-Jan Warrink, Adis Djapo, EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Bosnia and Herzegovina Amra Baksic Camo
- SERVANTS by Ivan Ostrochovsky, co-producer: EAVE graduates Oana Giurgiu, Tudor Giurgiu, delegate producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Tomkova
- SHORTA by Anders Ølholm and Frederik Louis Hviid, producer: EAVE graduate Signe Leick Jensen
- SI LE VENT TOMBE by Nora Matryosian, producer: EAVE graduate Annabella Nezri
- SOW THE WIND by Danilo Caputo, producers: EAVE graduates Marianne Dumoulin, Konstantina Stavrianou
- SPIRAL by Cecília Felméri, co-producers: EAVE graduates Oana Giurgiu, Tudor Giurgiu
- THE BOOK OF VISION by Carlo S. Hintermann, co-producer: EAVE graduate Sébastien Delloye
- THE TROUBLE WITH BEING BORN by Sandra Wollner, producer: EAVE graduate David Bohun
- UPPERCASE PRINT by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon
- WILDFIRE by Cathy Brady, producer: EAVE+ graduate Carlo Cresto-Dina
- WILDLAND by Jeanette Nordahl, producers: EAVE graduate Katrin Pors, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
Agora
- HELLO by Stephan Komandarev, producers: EAVE graduates Stephan Komandarev, Katya Trichkova
- KYUKA – JOURNEY TO THE MOON by Kostis Charamountanis, producers: EAVE graduate and Greek National Coordinator Konstantinos Kontovrakis, EAVE+ graduate Girogos Karnavas
- PATTY IS SUCH A GIRLY NAME by Giorgos Georgopoulos, producer: EAVE+ graduate Fenia Cossovitsa
- TAKOTSUBO by Miki Polonski, co-producer: EAVE graduate Janja Kralj
St Louis International Film Festival (November 5 – 22)
- ALEKSI by Barbara Vekaric, producer: EAVE graduate Darija Kulenovic Gudan
- DEUX by Filippo Meneghetti, co-producers: EAVE graduates Elise André and Donnato Rotunno
- MARTIN EDEN by Pietro Marcello, producer: EAVE graduate Anastasia Michelagnoli
- THE MOLE AGENT by PUENTES graduate Maite Alberdi, co-producers: EAVE graduates Fleur Knopperts, Denis Vaslin, Ingmar Trost
DOC NYC Festival New York (November 6 – 15)
- ACASA, MY HOME by Radu Ciorniciuc, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Lazurean-Gorgan
- AN IMPOSSIBLE PROJECT by EAVE graduate Jens Meurer, producer: EAVE graduate Jens Meurer
- COLLECTIVE by Alexander Nanau, producer: EAVE graduate and Luxembourgish National Coordinator Bernard Michaux
- SONGS OF REPRESSION by Estephan Wagner, Marianne Hougen-Moraga, producer: EAVE graduate Signe Byrge Sørensen
- THE MOLE AGENT by PUENTES graduate Maite Alberdi, co-producers: EAVE graduates Fleur Knopperts, Denis Vaslin, Ingmar Trost
Seville European Film Festival (November 6 – 14)
- ANNA'S WAR Aleksey Fedorchenko, producer: EAVE+ graduate Artem Vasilyev
- APPLES by Christos Nikou, producer: B’EST graduate Ales Pavlis, co-producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski, associate producer: EAVE+ graduate Antoine Simkine
- BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ by Burhan Qurbani, producers: EAVE graduates Léontine Petit, Derk-Jan Warrink, Marleen Slot
- CAT IN THE WALL by Mina Mileva, TTB graduate Vesela Kazakova, producer: TTB graduate Vesela Kazakova, co-producer: TTB Head of Studies Christophe Bruncher
- DAU. NATASHA by Ilya Khrzhanovskiy, Jekaterina Oertel, producer: EAVE+ graduate Artem Vasilyev
- DRUK (ANOTHER ROUND) by Thomas Vinterberg, co-producers: EAVE graduates Lizette Jonjic, Arnold Heslenfeld, Laurette Schillings & Frans van Gestel
- EAVE project 200 METERS by Ameen Nayfeh, producer: EAVE graduate May Odeh
- ECHO (BERGMAL) by Runar Runarsson, co-producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler
- EXILE by Visar Morina, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach, co-producers: EAVE participant Valon Bajgora, EAVE+ graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
- IF IT WERE LOVE by Patric Chiha, producer: Interchange graduate Charlotte Vincent
- IN MY ROOM by Ulrich Köhler, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
- LITTLE GIRL by Sébastien Lifshitz, co-producer: EAVE graduate Monica Hellström
- LOLA by Laurent Micheli, producer: EAVE + graduate Benoit Roland, EAVE graduate Sébastien Haguenauer
- MALMKROG by Cristi Puiu, co-producers: EAVE graduate and Serbian National Coordinator Milan Stojanovic, EAVE graduates Anamaria Antoci, Labina Mitevska, Dan Wechsler
- NEVER GONNA SNOW AGAIN by Malgorzata Szumowska and Michal Englert, producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski
- NIGHT OF THE KINGS by Philippe Lacôte, producer: EAVE+ graduate Yanick Létourneau
- OASIS by Ivan Ikic, producers: EAVE graduate and Serbian National Coordinator Milan Stojanovic & EAVE graduate Marija Stojanovic, co-producers: EAVE graduates Miha Cernec, Derk-Jan Warrink, Adis Djapo, EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Bosnia and Herzegovina Amra Baksic Camo
- QUO VADIS‚ AIDA? by Jasmila Zbanic, producer: EAVE participant Cristian Nicolescu
- SIBERIA by Abel Ferrara, producer: Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli
- SWEAT by Magnus von Horn, producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski
- THE MAN WHO SOLD HIS SKIN by Kaouther Ben Hania, producers: EAVE graduates Annabella Nezri, Martin Hampel
- WILDFIRE by Cathy Brady, producer: EAVE+ graduate Carlo Cresto-Dina
Taipei Golden Horse Festival (November 7 – 24)
- APPLES by Christos Nikou, producer: B’EST graduate Ales Pavlis, co-producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski, associate producer: EAVE+ graduate Antoine Simkine
- DAU. NATASHA by Ilya Khrzhanovskiy, Jekaterina Oertel, producer: EAVE+ graduate Artem Vasilyev
- DRUK (ANOTHER ROUND) by Thomas Vinterberg, co-producers: EAVE graduates Lizette Jonjic, Arnold Heslenfeld, Laurette Schillings & Frans van Gestel
- EXTRA ORDINARY by Mike Ahern, Enda Loughman, producer: EAVE graduate and Irish National Coordinator Katie Holly
- PELICAN BLOOD by Katrin Gebbe, producer: EAVE graduate Vera Gräfe-Höft
- SWEAT by Magnus von Horn, producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski
- YALDA, A NIGHT FOR FORGIVENESS by Massoud Bakhshi, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Dumoulin, co-producers: EAVE graduate Nicole Gerhards, EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu
Arras International Film Festival (November 7 – December 15)
- DRUK (ANOTHER ROUND) by Thomas Vinterberg, co-producers: EAVE graduates Lizette Jonjic, Arnold Heslenfeld, Laurette Schillings & Frans van Gestel
- FATHER by Srdan Golubovic, producers: EAVE group leader Danijel Hocevar, EAVE graduate Adis Djapo, EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Bosnia-Herzegovina Amra Baksic Camo
- I NEVER CRY by Piotr Domalewski, producer: EAVE graduate Jan Kwiecinski
- QUO VADIS‚ AIDA? by Jasmila Zbanic, producer: EAVE participant Cristian Nicolescu
- ROSA’S WEDDING by Iciar Bollain, producer: EAVE graduate, PUENTES Head of Studies and National Coordinator Latin America Fernanda del Nido
- ROUNDS by EAVE graduate Stephan Komandarev, producer: EAVE graduate Katya Trichkova
- SERVANTS by Ivan Ostrochovsky, producer: EAVE graduate Tudor Giurgiu, Oana Giurgiu, delegate producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Tomkova
- SI LE VENT TOMBE by Nora Matryosian, producer: EAVE graduate Annabella Nezri
- THE CASTLE by Lina Luzyte, producer: EAVE+ graduate Kestutis Drazdauskas
- THE MAN WHO SOLD HIS SKIN by Kaouther Ben Hania, producers: EAVE graduates Annabella Nezri, Martin Hampel
- WILDLAND by Jeanette Nordahl, producers: EAVE graduate Katrin Pors, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
Zagreb Film Festival (November 8 – 15)
- BERGMAL (ECHO) by Runar Runarsson, co-producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler
- FOCUS, GRANDMA by Pjer Žalica, producer: EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Bosnia-Herzegovina Amra Baksic Camo
- FATHER by Srdan Golubovic, producers: EAVE group leader Danijel Hocevar, Adis Djapo, EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Bosnia-Herzegovina Amra Baksic Camo
- OASIS by Ivan Ikic, producers: EAVE graduate and Serbian National Milan Stojanovic & EAVE graduate Marija Stojanovic, co-producers: EAVE graduates Miha Cernec, Derk-Jan Warrink, Adis Djapo, EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Bosnia and Herzegovina Amra Baksic Camo, EAVE+ graduate Anoine Simkine
- OSCAR & LILI, WHERE NOBODY KNOWS US by EAVE graduate Arash T. Riahi
- PARI by Siamak Etemadi, producers: EAVE graduate and Greek National Coordinator Konstantinos Kontovrakis, EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas, co-producers: EAVE graduates Borislav Chouchkov, Frans van Gestel, Laurette Schillings, Arnold Heslenfeld, Dan Wechsler
- SWEAT by Magnus von Horn, producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski
- THE DAYS TO COME by Carlos Marques-Marcet, producer: EAVE graduate and Spanish National Coordinator Maria Zamora
- THE ORPHANAGE by Shahrbanoo Sadat, producer: EAVE+ Head of Studies Jani Thiltges
- UPPERCASE PRINT by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon
Geneva International Film Festival Tous Écrans (November 9 – 13)
- DRUK (ANOTHER ROUND) by Thomas Vinterberg, co-producers: EAVE graduates Lizette Jonjic, Arnold Heslenfeld, Laurette Schillings & Frans van Gestel
- NIGHT OF THE KINGS by Philippe Lacote, producer: EAVE graduate Yanick Letourneau
- PARI by Siamak Etemadi, producers: EAVE graduate and Greek National Coordinator Konstantinos Kontovrakis, EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas, co-producers: EAVE graduates Borislav Chouchkov, Frans van Gestel, Laurette Schillings, Arnold Heslenfeld, Dan Wechsler
- THE TROUBLE WITH BEING BORN by Sandra Wollner, producer: EAVE graduate David Bohun
- THIS IS NOT A BURIAL, IT’S A RESURRECTION by Jeremiah Lemonhang Mosese, producers: EAVE graduates Elias Ribeiro, Cait Pansegrouw, EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Africa Bongiwe Selane
- WORKING GIRLS by Frédéric Fonteyne and Anne Paulicevich, producers: EAVE graduates Jacques-Henri Bronckart, Antonio Lombardo
Cork Film Festival (November 9 – 18)
- ALL THE DEAD ONES by Caetano Gotardo, Marco Dutra, producer: EAVE graduate Clément Duboin
- AN IMPOSSIBLE PROJECT by EAVE graduate Jens Meurer, producer: EAVE graduate Jens Meurer
- SIBERIA by Abel Ferrara, producer: Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli
- THE CASTLE by Lina Luzyte, producer: EAVE+ graduate Kestutis Drazdauskas
- THE TROUBLE WITH BEING BORN by Sandra Wollner, producer: EAVE graduate David Bohun
- WILDFIRE by Cathy Brady, producer: EAVE+ graduate Carlo Cresto-Dina
- YALDA, A NIGHT FOR FORGIVENESS by Massoud Bakhshi, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Dumoulin, co-producers: EAVE graduate Nicole Gerhards, EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu
Stockholm Film Festival (November 11 – 22)
- APPLES by Christos Nikou, producer: B’EST graduate Ales Pavlis, co-producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski, associate producer: EAVE+ graduate Antoine Simkine
- BAD HAIR by Oskar Lehemaa, producer: EAVE graduate Evelin Soosaar-Penttillä
- BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ by Burhan Qurbani, producers: EAVE graduates Léontine Petit, Derk-Jan Warrink, Marleen Slot
- SHORTA by Anders Ølholm and Frederik Louis Hviid, producer: EAVE graduate Signe Leick Jensen
- THE MAN WHO SOLD HIS SKIN by Kaouther Ben Hania, producers: EAVE graduates Annabella Nezri, Martin Hampel
- THE MOLE AGENT by PUENTES graduate Maite Alberdi, co-producers: EAVE graduates Fleur Knopperts, Denis Vaslin, Ingmar Trost
Ljubljana International Film Festival (November 13 – 24)
- APPLES by Christos Nikou, producer: B’EST graduate Ales Pavlis, co-producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski, associate producer: EAVE+ graduate Antoine Simkine
- DRUK (ANOTHER ROUND) by Thomas Vinterberg, co-producers: EAVE graduates Lizette Jonjic, Arnold Heslenfeld, Laurette Schillings & Frans van Gestel
- EXILE by Visar Morina, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach, co-producers: EAVE participant Valon Bajgora, EAVE+ graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
- FATHER by Srdan Golubovic, producers: EAVE group leader Danijel Hocevar, EAVE graduate Adis Djapo, EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Bosnia-Herzegovina Amra Baksic Camo
- MARTIN EDEN by Pietro Marcello, producer: EAVE graduate Anastasia Michelagnoli
- SWEAT by Magnus von Horn, producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (November 13 – 29)
Official Selection
- CAGED BIRDS by Oliver Rihs, producer: EAVE graduate Ivan Madeo
- FAN GIRL by Antoinette Jadaone, producer: TTB group leader and National Coordinator Asia Bianca Balbuena, PUENTES graduate Dan Villegas
- SANREMO by Miroslav Mandic, producer: EAVE MW graduate Marta Zaccaro
- THE DAWN by Dalibor Matanic, producer: EAVE group leader and Croation National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic
- THE SIGN PAINTER by Viestur Kairish, producer: EAVE graduate Guntis Trekteris
- THE THREE by Anna Melikyan, producer: EAVE+ graduate Artem Vasilyev
- WHEN I’M DONE DYING by Nisan Dag, producers: EAVE graduates Muge Ozen, Dorothe Beinemeier
First Feature Competition
- EAVE project THE PENULTIMATE by Jonas Kærup Hjort, producer: EAVE graduate Rikke Tambo Andersen, co-producer: EAVE graduate Gary Cranner, world premiere
- MADLY IN LIFE by Ann Sirot, Raphaël Balboni, producer: EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes
- TAILOR by Sonia Liza Kenterman, producer: EAVE graduate Ioanna Bolomyti
- WHY NOT YOU by Evi Romen, producer: EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu
Baltic Film Competition
- IN THE DUSK by Sharunas Bartas, producer: EAVE graduate Janja Kralj, co-producer: EAVE graduate Petra Oplatkova
- THE FLOOD WON’T COME by Marat Sargsyan, producer: EAVE graduate Ieva Norviliene
- THE LAST ONES by Veiko Õunpuu, producers: EAVE graduates Katrin Kissa, Mark Lwoff, Misha Jaari
First Features – Out of competition
- WHY NOT YOU by Evi Romen, producer: EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu
In Focus: New German Cinema
- BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ by Burhan Qurbani, producers: EAVE graduates Léontine Petit, Derk-Jan Warrink, Marleen Slot
- CAGED BIRDS by Oliver Rihs, producer: EAVE graduate Ivan Madeo
- EXILE by Visar Morina, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach, co-producers: EAVE participant Valon Bajgora, EAVE+ graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
- HOME by Franka Potente, producers: EAVE+ graduate Jonas Katzenstein, EAVE graduate Maximilian Leo
- MADISON – A FAST FRIENSHIP by Kim Strobl, producer: EAVE President Danny Krausz
- WALCHENSEE FOREVER by Janna Ji Wonders, producers: EAVE graduates Martin Heisler and Gabriele Simon
Current Waves
- JUMBO by Zoé Wittock, producer: EAVE graduates Anaïs Bertrand, Annabella Nezri & Gilles Chanial
- OASIS by Ivan Ikic, producers: EAVE graduate and Serbian National Coordinator Milan & EAVE graduate Marija Stojanovic, co-producers: EAVE graduates Miha Cernec, Derk-Jan Warrink, Adis Djapo, EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Bosnia and Herzegovina Amra Baksic-Camo
- QUO VADIS‚ AIDA? by Jasmila Zbanic, producer: EAVE participant Cristian Nicolescu
- SERVANTS by Ivan Ostrochovsky, producer: EAVE graduate Tudor Giurgiu, Oana Giurgiu, delegate producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Tomkova
- THE MAN WHO SOLD HIS SKIN by Kaouther Ben Hania, producers: EAVE graduates Annabella Nezri, Martin Hampel
- YALDA, A NIGHT FOR FORGIVENESS by Massoud Bakhshi, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Dumoulin, co-producers: EAVE graduate Nicole Gerhards, EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu
Estonian Olympic Committe Sports Film Programme
- SWEAT by Magnus von Horn, producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski
- THE RACER by Kieron J. Walsh, producer: EAVE graduate and Irish National Coordinator Katie Holly
Midnight Shivers
- HUNTED by Vincent Paronnaud, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland
- SHORTA by Anders Ølholm and Frederik Louis Hviid, producer: EAVE graduate Signe Leick Jensen
Screen International Critics' Choice
- SWEAT by Magnus von Horn, producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski
PÖFF Shorts
- COSMOPOLITAN by Moran Nakar, producer: EAVE participant Kobi Mizrahi
- WHITE EYE by Tomer Shushan, producer: EAVE participant Kobi Mizrahi
Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event Co-Production Market
- 8 VIEWS OF LAKE BIWA, written and directed by Marko Raat, producer: EAVE graduate Dora Nedeczky
- COLD AS MARBLE, written by Roelof-Jan Minneboo, directed by Asif Rustamov, producer: EAVE graduate Guillaume de Seille
- DOGBORN written and directed by Isabella Carbonell, producer: EAVE graduate David Herdies
- ELECTRIC SLEEP, written and directed by Zeynep Dadak, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Titus Kreyenberg
- MARIA’S SILENCE, written and directed by Dāvis Sīmanis, producer: EAVE graduate Gints Grūbe
- MILK TEETH, written and directed by Mihai Mincan, producer: EAVE MW graduate Ioana Lascar, EAVE graduate Radu Stancu
- NINJA FROM MANILA, written and directed by Miko Livelo, producer: TTB participant Alemberg Ang
- SOLDIER, written and directed by Toni Kamula, producer: EAVE graduate Oskari Huttu
- TASTY by Egle Vertelyte, producer: B’EST graduate Lukas Trimonis
- THE BEILIS CASE, written by Yuri Arabov, directed by Andrey Proshkin, producers: Alexander Vaynsheyn, Archil Gelovani and Marina Naumova (EAVE On Demand in Russia project)
- THE LAND NAMED SASHA, written and directed by Yulia Trofimova, producer: Katerina Mikhaylova (EAVE On Demand in Russia project)
- THE SUMMER ENDS SOON, written and directed by Yana Skopina, producer: EAVE graduate Anna Katchko
Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event Works in Progress
- EAVE project A GIRL’S ROOM by Aino Suni, producer: EAVE graduate Sébastien Aubert
- I AM FINE, THANKS by Ernestas Jankauskas, producer: EAVE+ graduate Gabija Siurbyte
- LOVABLE by Staņislavs Tokalovs, producer: EAVE graduate and Estonian national Coordinator Aija Berzina, co-producer: EAVE graduate Evelin Penttilä
- MELCHIOR THE APOTHECARY by Elmo Nüganen, producers: EAVE graduate Esko Rips, EAVE+ graduate Kristian Taska
Just Film Works in Progress
- A BUTTERFLY’S HEART by Inesa Kurklietytė, producer: EAVE graduate Zivile Gallego
- THE SLEEPING BEAST by Jaak Kilmi, EAVE graduate Evelin Penttilä, co-producer FFF graduate Roberts Vinovskis
- THIS IS MY MOMENT by Lieven Corthouts, producer: EAVE graduate Emmy Oost
Camerimage Bydgoszcz (November 14 – 21)
- DEUX by Filippo Meneghetti, co-producers: EAVE graduates Elise André and Donnato Rotunno
- EPICENTRO by Hubert Sauper, producer: EAVE graduate Gabriele Kranzelbinder
- HOPE by Maria Sødahl, producers: EAVE graduates Lizette Jonjic, Peter Possne
- IL MIO CORPO by Michele Pennetta, producer: EAVE graduate Giovanni Pompili
- NEVER GONNA SNOW AGAIN by Malgorzata Szumowska and Michal Englert, producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski
- SERVANTS by Ivan Ostrochovsky, producer: EAVE graduate Tudor Giurgiu, Oana Giurgiu, delegate producer EAVE graduate Katarina Tomkova
- SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL by Guillaume De Fontenay, producer: EAVE+ graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
Lisbon & Estoril Film Festival (November 15 – 24)
- BRAGUINO by Clément Cogitore, producer: Cédric Bonin, co-producer: EAVE graduate Kaarle Aho
- IN THE DUSK by Sharunas Bartas, producer: EAVE graduate Janja Kralj, co-producer: EAVE graduate Petra Oplatkova
- MALMKROG by Cristi Puiu, co-producers: EAVE graduates Milan Stojanovic, Anamaria Antoci, Labina Mitevska, Dan Wechsler
- SIBERIA by Abel Ferrara, producer: Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli
AFI Film Fest Santa Monica (November 15 – 22)
- APPLES by Christos Nikou, producer: B’EST graduate Ales Pavlis, co-producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski, associate producer: EAVE+ graduate Antoine Simkine
- COLLECTIVE by Alexander Nanau, producer: EAVE graduate and Luxembourgish National Coordinator Bernard Michaux
- CORRESPONDENCIA by Carla Simón, Dominga Sotomayor, producer: EAVE graduates Maria Zamora, Carla Sospedra
- JUMBO by Zoé Wittock, producer: EAVE graduates Anaïs Bertrand, Annabella Nezri & Gilles Chanial
- THE INTRUDER by Natalia Meta, producer: EAVE graduate Benjamín Domenech
- WILDLAND by Jeanette Nordahl, producers: EAVE graduate Katrin Pors, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg (November 15 – 25)
- MARONA’S FANTASTIC TALE, produced and directed by EAVE graduate Anca Damian, co-producer: EAVE graduate Tomas Leyers
- THIS IS NOT A BURIAL, IT’S A RESURRECTION by Jeremiah Lemonhang Mosese, producers: EAVE graduates Elias Ribeiro, Cait Pansegrouw, EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Africa Bongiwe Selane
Cinedays Macedonia (November 18 – 24)
- 18% GREY by Viktor Chouchkov, producers: EAVE graduates Katya Trichkova, Boris Chouchkov, Marcel Lenz, Guido Schwab
- DRUK (ANOTHER ROUND) by Thomas Vinterberg, co-producers: EAVE graduates Lizette Jonjic, Arnold Heslenfeld, Laurette Schillings & Frans van Gestel
- FATHER by Srdan Golubovic, producers: EAVE group leader Danijel Hocevar, EAVE graduate Adis Djapo, EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Bosnia-Herzegovina Amra Baksic Camo
- MALMKROG by Cristi Puiu, co-producers: EAVE graduate and Serbian National Coordinator Milan Stojanovic, EAVE graduates Anamaria Antoci, Labina Mitevska, Dan Wechsler
- OASIS by Ivan Ikic, producers: EAVE graduate and Serbian National Coordinator Milan & EAVE graduate Marija Stojanovic, co-producers: EAVE graduates Miha Cernec, Derk-Jan Warrink, Adis Djapo, EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Bosnia and Herzegovina Amra Baksic Camo
- PROXIMA by Alice Winocour, co-producer: EAVE graduate Nina Frese
- SWEAT by Magnus von Horn, producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (November 18 – December 6)
- ACASA, MY HOME by Radu Ciorniciuc, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Lazurean-Gorgan
- EPICENTRO by Hubert Sauper, producer: EAVE graduate Gabriele Kranzelbinder
- EVERYTHING WILL NOT BE FINE by Adrian Pîrvu, Helena Maksyom, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon
- GARAGE PEOPLE by Natalija Yefimkina, producer: EAVE graduate Dirk Decker
- IL MIO CORPO by Michele Pennetta, producer: EAVE graduate Giovanni Pompili
- THE MOLE AGENT by PUENTES graduate Maite Alberdi, co-producers: EAVE graduates Fleur Knopperts, Denis Vaslin, Ingmar Trost
- SILENT VOICE by Reka Valerik, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Geraldine Sprimont
- SONGS OF REPRESSION by Marianne Hougen-Moraga, Estephan Wagner, producer: EAVE graduate Signe Byrge Sørensen
IDFA Forum Selection
- 400 PAIRES DE BOTTES by Hélène Baillot & Raphaël Botiveau, producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Laurent Csinidis
- ALIS by Nicolas van Hemelryck, Clare Weiskopf, producer: EAVE graduate Nicolas van Hemelryck, co-producers: EAVE graduates Lise Lense-Møller, Heino Deckert, Interchange graduate Charlotte Uzu
- AMALIE’S SHADOW by Esther Niemeier, producer: EAVE graduate Dirk Decker
- A HOUSE MADE OF SPLINTERS by Simon Lereng Wilmont, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Hellstrom
- OF BOYS AND MEN by Anders S Jepsen, producer: EAVE graduate Anne Köhncke
- EAVE project THE LABUDOVIC REELS by Mila Turajlic, producer: EAVE graduate Carine Chichkowsky
- THE LAST HILLBILLY by Diane-Sara Bouzgarrou, Thomas Jenkoe, producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Laurent Csinidis
- THE FIRST 53 YEARS by Avi Mograbi, producer: EAVE graduate Leila Lyytikäinen
- THE NEW GOSPEL by director Milo Rau, producer: EAVE participant Sebastian Lemke
- THE TRANS SYRIAN EXPRESS by Alina Rudnitskaya, producer: EAVE graduate Pertti Veijalainen
- THINGS WE SAID TODAY by Andrei Ujica, producer: EAVE graduate Anamaria Antoci
- THIS IS MY MOMENT by Lieven Corthouts, producer: EAVE graduate Emmy Oost
- WITNESSES FROM THE SHADOWS by Ousmane Samassekou, producer: EAVE graduate Estelle Robin You
Torino Film Festival (November 20 – 28)
- CASA DE ANTIGUIDADES (MEMORY HOUSE) by Joao Paulo Miranda Maria, producers: EAVE graduate Paula Cosenza, EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri
- HOCHWALD by Evi Romen, producer: EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu
- SCHOOLGIRLS by Pilar Palomero, producer: EAVE+ graduate Valérie Delpierre
- SEALSKIN by Ugla Hauksdóttir, producer: EAVE graduate Anton Máni Svansson
- THE LAST HILLBILLY by Diane-Sara Bouzgarrou, Jenkoe Thomas, producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Laurent Csinidis
- WILDFIRE by Cathy Brady, producer: EAVE+ graduate Carlo Cresto-Dina
Torino Film Lab
ScriptLab projects
- CALF’S HEAD by Rosanne Pel, producer: EAVE graduate Floor Onrust
- CIUDAD SIN SUENO by Guillermo García López, producer: PUENTES graduate Lina Badenes
- ELBOW by Asli Özarslan, producer: EAVE graduate Jamila Wenske
- GOD WILL NOT HELP by Hana Jusic, producer: EAVE group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic
- PAX EUROPA by Oliver Adam Kusio, producer: EAVE graduate Agnieszka Dziedzic
- UK KEI by Leonor Teles, Ágata de Pinho, producer: EAVE graduate Filipa Reis
FeatureLab projects
- HEARTLESS by Nara Normande & Tião, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
- PANOPTICON by George Sikharulidze, producer: EAVE graduate Vladimer Katschavara
- THE MYSTERIOUS GAZE OF THE FLAMINGO by Diego Cespedes, producer: PUENTES graduate Giancarlo Nasi
SeriesLab
- DAVOS by Adrian Illien, Julia Penner, producer: EAVE graduate Ivan Madeo
- THE PRETENDER by Michael Kinirons, Arnaud Bénoliel, producer: EAVE graduate Jacqueline Kerrin
Red Sea Lodge
- THE ARABIC INTERPRETER by Ali Kareem, producer: EAVE graduate Jamila Wenske
TFL CO-PRODUCTION FUND
- CHOCOBAR by Lucrecia Martel, producers: EAVE graduate Benjamin Domenech, co-producers: TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin, EAVE graduate Katrin Pors
TFL COMING SOON
- CITY OF SMALL BLESSINGS by Chen-Hsi Wong, producer: EAVE graduate and TTB group leader Fran Borgia, TTB graduate Jeremy Chua
- WHETHER THE WEATHER IS FINE by Carlo Francisco Manatad, producer: TTB group leader, EAVE graduate and German National Coordinator Jonas Weydemann
- ZORRO by Ronny Trocker, producer: EAVE graduate Katrin Pors, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
Gijon International Film Festival (November 20 – 28)
- IL MIO CORPO by Michele Pennetta, co-producer: EAVE graduate Giovanni Pompili
- ONE OF THESE DAYS by Bastian Günther, producers: EAVE graduates Martin Heisler and Gabriele Simon
- SIBERIA by Abel Ferrara, producer: Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli
- SOW THE WIND by Danilo Caputo, producers: EAVE graduates Marianne Dumoulin, Konstantina Stavrianou
- THE CASTLE by Lina Luzyte, producer: EAVE+ graduate Kestutis Drazdauskas
- UPPERCASE PRINT by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon
- WILDLAND by Jeanette Nordahl, producers: EAVE graduate Katrin Pors, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
Cinemamed Festival (November 26 – December 5)
- EAVE project 200 METERS by Ameen Nayfeh, producer: EAVE graduate May Odeh
- ROSA’S WEDDING by Iciar Bollain, producer: EAVE graduate, PUENTES Head of Studies and National Coordinator Latin America Fernanda del Nido
- FATHER by Srdan Golubovic, producers: EAVE group leader Danijel Hocevar, EAVE graduate Adis Djapo, EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Bosnia-Herzegovina Amra Baksic Camo
- PARI by Siamak Etemadi, producers: EAVE graduate and Greek National Coordinator Konstantinos Kontovrakis, EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas, co-producers: EAVE graduates Borislav Chouchkov, Laurette Schillings, Frans van Gestel, Dan Wechsler
Festivals postponed or cancelled
- Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 54 ½
(original dates 18-21 November, cancelled)
- Geneva International Film Festival
(original dates 6-15 November, cancelled)
- Film Festival Cottbus
(originally in November, postponed to December 8 – 13)
MEET EAVE IN DECEMBER!
@EAVE Producers Workshop 3, December 5 - 12, online
EAVE Head of Studies Lise Lense-Møller
EAVE CEO Kristina Trapp
EAVE Programme Manager Europe Satu Elo
EAVE Yoga Corner
EAVE online yoga is a peaceful place, where you can gently stretch your body and connect with your breath.
We practice yoga focusing on awareness and joy!
Our focus will be on precise alignment helping us to understand each asana better and learning how to assess our body to delve deeper into asanas.
We will also practice pranayama - different breathing techniques - which can help you to calm your mind and reduce stress.
You can join us on:
MONDAYS: 20:30 – 22:00 CET
THURSDAYS: 08:15 – 08:55 CET
THURSDAYS: 19:00 – 19:40 CET
Discounted price for the EAVE graduates:
- 50 Euro for a 10-class card
- 6 Euro for single class
Please register with Tanika: yogatanika@gmail.com
EAVE on Demand in Ecuador coming up
EAVE will present in partnership with and in the framework of Eurocine Film Festival two masterclasses online:
- December 10: Development and Financing by Fernanda del Nido
- December 11: Promotion, Digital Transition & Online Markets by Sarah Calderon
The masterclasses will be held in Spanish.
Production Expert: Fernanda del Nido – Septembro Cine (ES), Puentes Head of Studies
Fernanda del Nido (Buenos Aires, 1974) is an MPXA and EAVE graduate and has also participated in EAVE-Puentes, EAVE-Ties that Bind and ACE. She usually works as a tutor as well as teaching masterclasses in universities and cultural institutions around Ibero-America. In 2006 she founded TIC TAC PRODUCCIONES, an independent production company based in Spain. Noteworthy titles are Polvo (Julio Hernández Cordón, 2012. WP at Locarno IFF 2012), Tralas luces (Sandra Sánchez, 2011. Creative documentary. WP at San Sebastián IFF), 18 comidas (Jorge Coira, 2010) or Agua fría de mar (Paz Fábrega, 2010. Tiger Award at Rotterdam IFF). In 2014 Fernanda created SETEMBRO CINE, a Spanish independent production company from which she participates in such relevant international coproductions as Una mujer fantástica (Sebastián Lelio, 2017. Winner of the Oscar to the Best Foreign Language Film) or Neruda (Pablo Larraín, 2016. Nominated to the Golden Globes), both award-winning films, selected at major festivals and sold to all the world. She also coproduced Princesita (Marialy Rivas, 2017. WP at Toronto IFF and European Premiered at San Sebastián IFF). SETEMBRO CINE also carried out production services in Spain for long-feature films. Fernanda currently produces and coproduces films by directors with their own identity, stories that leave a mark. She is leading the development of La llegada del hijo by Valeria Pivato and Cecilia Aitán, and La nadadora by Sandra Sánchez. And her forthcoming titles as coproducer are La boda de Rosa (Icíar Bollain, release in 2020), Petite Fleur (Santiago Mitre, in production) and the creative documentary Suerte de Pinos (Lorena Muñoz, in production), among others.
Marketing Expert: Sarah Calderon – The Film Agency (ES), EAVE Marketing Expert
Sarah is co-founder and CEO of The Film Agency, a marketing consultancy and service specialized in the film industry handling more than 50 clients in Spain and abroad, including A Contracorriente, Autlook Film Sales, Avalon, Backup Films, Beta Cinema, Biennale di Venezia, Cannes Film Festival, EONE, Filmax, Film Constellation, Film Factory, Karma, K&S, Fox, Gaumont, Mediapro, Mod, Morena Films, Netflix, NewEurope, Playtime, Telecinco, Wim Wenders’ Neueroad Movies, The Match Factory, Wanda and Wild Bunch France. The agency also leads European innovation projects such as European Film Challenge and Le Ballon Rouge. Sarah holds a major in advertising at the PUJ of Bogotá and a Master degree in Multicultural Communication at the CELSA Sorbonne IV in Paris. She has more than fifteen years of work experience in the audiovisual sector in different positions including: Head of International Sales at Coproduction Office – Paris, and distributor coordinator at Karma Films – Madrid. In parallel to The Film Agency she currently works as EAVE Marketing Workshop co-head of studies and marketing tutor for EAVE Producers Workshop and EAVE IMPACT Think Tank.
12th edition of TTB takes place online
TIES THAT BIND (TTB), the leading workshop programme connecting professionals from Asia and Europe, is taking place online between November 16 - 26, 2020.
For 2020 edition 25 participants were selected out of a record number of 66 applications from 30 countries. To discover the list of participants, click here for the full list.
The participants work together in a group led by EAVE graduate Jonas Weydemann (Weydemann Bros., DE) and TTB graduate Bianca Balbuena (Epicmedia Productions, PH). The two group leaders guide the participants’ discussion and analysis of each others’ projects from both the Asian and European perspective.
TTB Head of Studies Christophe Bruncher (Ici et à Productions, FR) has put together a team of top-notch industry professionals from Europe and Asia. Clare Downs (Script Consultant, UK) introduced the main script development tools to strengthen the participants’ understanding of narrative principles. Sibylle Kurz (Pitching Consultant, DE) was coaching the participants how to fine-tune their pitches and embrace pitching as a development tool. Jean-Baptiste Babin (Backup Media Group, FR) and Justin Deimen (108 Media, SG) gave detailed advice on the projects’ finance plans. Nicolas Brigaud-Robert (Playtime, FR) elaborated on the international market for independent films and Constanza Arena (CinemaChile, CL) gave insight into marketing tools. The experts’ team was joined by Ossi Nishri (Quiddity, IL) who was a script consultant for TTB’s first drama series project.
Furthermore, the participants had an opportunity to meet the representatives of international film funds, such as Vincenzo Bugno (World Cinema Fund, DE), Iole Maria Giannattasio (MIBACT, IT), Magalie Armand (CNC, FR), Per Eiriki Gilsvik (Sorfond, NO), Ping Yu Chiu (Taipei Film Commission), and the representatives of international co-production markets, such Martina Bleis (Berlinale Co-Production Market, DE), Inke Van Loocke (IFFR Pro, NL), Seri Park (Asian Project Market, KR) and Sarah Schiesser (Open Doors, CH).
Between December 1 - 4, 2020 the TTB participants will have the opportunity to meet Asian and European decision makers at the online edition of the SAFF Project Market, which will take place in conjunction with the ATF - Asia TV Forum & Market.
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.
EAVE IMPACT SESSION available to watch now: ALGORITHM AND DATA AS MARKETING TOOLS
EAVE Marketing Workshop experts Ali Vahdati and Elena Neira dive into the unknown and fascinating world of VOD data.
Moderated by Wendy Mitchell in this EAVE IMPACT session, they walk us through the corridors of Netflix and Amazon Prime and allow us to perceive how they think and shape content.
Seen as an opportunity for producers and the European film industry, the understanding of data can be a game-changer.
Elena depicts the world of Netflix taggers and the influence of A/B testing for Netflix images. Knowing the elements she presents, can completely change the importance we (finally!) should give to images in our industry.
Ali, on his end, has developed the platform SODA which measures the consumption of SVOD in 1000 households per EU territory. With his Dashboard, he can know which films and series are being watched by each household and extract the demographic data behind them.
Don’t miss this crucial session to think about the immediate digital future!
The session is available to watch for 15 days, until December 4, 2020.
Video of EAVE Producers Workshop 2 – a glimpse of an online adventure!
The whole EAVE team wants to thank our amazing partners and our wonderful pedagogical team for contributing to the EAVE PRODUCERS WORKSHOP 2 ‘virtually in Ireland’!
The online version of the second week of EAVE´s flagship programme has been summed up in the video clip here below.
“I know that many people, me included, had no confidence in this online workshop! You always kept the spirit and believed in it and made the impossible possible! Thank you for this! Was really amazing week despite it was online! The program is amazing! The best workshop I ever attended to! Experts, tutors are very professional! The pedagogical team is very good and brings a positive, caring energy to the group. Very unique program, made by unique people!”
Moritz Bonatti, Helios Sustainable Films, Italy
EAVE 2020 is a great gang, and literally we have crossed the borders through our screens!
A special thanks to Alessandro Gropplero & the Almost Happy band for an unforgettable final party!
And a huge thank you to our dear EAVE Participants of 2020!
“EAVE is a great place for inspiration, learning and making new acquaintances. Suddenly you have a network all over the world.”
Nicholas Sando, Filmbin AS, Norway
“Great opportunity to build up a network and strong bond to other producers with whom I would like to cooperate in the coming years.”
Luis Singer, StickUp Films, Germany
“I admire the EAVE program and have been for years now. Since I have built my career not only on producing, but also on working as an acquisition manager and sales agent, I was quite familiar with some of the topics that were tackled on the plenaries. My biggest benefit was learning some new ways of coping with the current COVID-19 situation and learning about the new outline of our professional landscape. I am very well aware that the EAVE program is of great importance for our industry professionals and am a big supporter and will continue to be.“
Morana Ikic Komljenovic, Little Red Dot, Croatia
“EAVE really encourages you to look at your projects and company more profoundly. It's been an eye opening experience.”
Ciaran Charles, Rockal Films, Ireland
“Thank you EAVE for a wonderful and intense workshop and for bringing zoom servers to their limits with the funniest Karaoke party ever... Looking forward to W3 in December!”
Christopher Zitterbart, watchmen productions, Germany
The EAVE workshop “virtually in Ireland” has been organized in co-operation with Fís Éireann / Screen Ireland, Screen Skills Ireland, Greasán na Meáin Skillnet, BAI is Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, TG4, Creative Europe Desk Ireland – MEDIA Office Galway, Danú Media and Udaras na Gaelchta.
Have your Say: EAVE IMPACT THINK TANK 2020 SURVEY
EAVE cares about the future of our industry and believes in the power of collective thinking. We’d like to ask 10 minutes of your time to evaluate the relevance and feasibility of the five initiatives developed in our EAVE IMPACT THINK TANK. Go get a cup of tea and discover what a brighter future could look like!
EAVE organises the EAVE IMPACT THINK TANK annually in Trieste and hosts other dialogues throughout the year to discuss new ideas. In this particularly challenging year of 2020, we would like to give special focus on effective ways of moving forward towards more innovative models that will allow for the survival of the audiovisual sector in the current climate and in the future.
During 2020, we have gathered a working group of 40 professionals to strategize and brainstorm new ideas; they came up with 55 suggestions. These five listed below are the strongest and most transversal ideas amongst those 55, and we think each suggestion can have an impact across the audiovisual value chain. We now invite our EAVE community to evaluate and rank these initiatives, so we can endorse some of the ideas and present them to the wider industry to create change.
LINK TO THE EAVE IMPACT THINK TANK SURVEY
Please note that the deadline to respond is November 20!
Tina Trapp, CEO EAVE
Sarah Calderon, THE FILM AGENCY
On behalf of the EAVE IMPACT THINK TANK 2020 group
WEMW Co-Production Forum 2021 - Extended deadline: November 6
As a result of the strong interest in the upcoming edition of the WEMW Co-Production Forum, taking place on January 24-28, 2021, the deadline for submission has been extended to November 6, 2020 to allow as many producers as possible to finalize their materials and apply with their project.
Producers from Europe*, Israel, North & South America are eligible to apply with long feature fiction films or documentaries. WEMW will select 20 projects in development with international co-production potential and preferably 10% of the total budget in place (more info on the eligible criteria on www.wemw.it).
All applications must include: complete online application form, treatment in English (max 5-8 pages), financing plan, teaser/visuals/mood board of the submitted project and previous work of the director.
In order to submit your application and the required materials you need to create your own account and fill in the online form following this link https://vp.eventival.com/trieste/2021
There is no submission fee and the deadline is November 6, 2020.
Selected projects will be announced late December and selected producers/directors will have the chance to pitch their project to all attending decision makers and professionals. Along with the pre-arranged one-to-one meetings, for the first time we will accompany the selected projects before, during and after the event, organizing curated one-to-one meetings with a number of business angels handpicked for each project in cooperation with EAVE. Selected teams will have the unique opportunity to receive advice on co-production, finance, marketing or distribution, according to the primary needs of their project.
Selected projects will compete for the following awards:
- Film Center Serbia Development Award - cash prize
- EAVE scholarship - for the EAVE Producers Workshop
- Flow Postproduction Award - prize in post-production facilities
- EWA Network Best Woman Director Award - cash prize for the best female director
- Producers Network Prize - free accreditation to the Cannes Marche du Film Producer’s Network
- Pop Up Film Residency Award - a 3-week residency with the guidance of international mentors
On occasion of this special edition, WEMW 2021 is also pleased to announce an upcoming collaboration: thanks to the brand new WEMW-FIPADOC Time Machine 3 WEMW documentary projects will get the opportunity of a short online presentation at FIPADOC Co-Production Forum in Biarritz one week earlier.
We are looking forward to receiving your wonderful projects!
More information is available at www.wemw.it
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WEMW is organized once again by the FVG Audiovisual Fund in collaboration with the Trieste Film Festival, EAVE, Creative Europe Desk Italy and thanks to the precious and constant support of Creative Europe/MEDIA Programme, MIBACT -Direzione Generale per il Cinema, CEI – Central European Initiative, Film Center Serbia and the Autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia. The 2021 Focus on Israel and Italy is run in partnership with the Israel Cinema Project, Rabinovich Foundation and MIBACT – Direzione Generale per il Cinema.
* Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Norway, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom
