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EAVE graduates Dyveke Bjørkly Graver and Andrea Berentsen Ottmar set up their own production company, Eye Eye Pictures

  • SABRE by Goran Stankovic and Vladimir Tagic, producer: EAVE graduate Snezana van Houwelingen is in pre-production. The series examines the Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic’s assassination in 2003 and its political repercussions through the eyes of a reporter, a police inspector and a young criminal, while following its impact on their lives. “The murder of Zoran Djindjic is probably the most significant event in Serbia’s recent history. That terrifying act is a perfect mirror of what Serbia was in the 90s, in the 2000s, and what it is today. Like through a cracked mirror we see ourselves and that very process of looking will hopefully help us learn something about ourselves and prevent us from repeating our mistakes. We owe to that man to tell his story, and he obliges us as authors to make that story good enough, multi-layered and complex”, Vladimir Tagic said. The series is produced by Serbia’s This and That Productions in co-production with Croatia’s Drugi Plan and Bulgaria’s Agitprop. SABRE is the first ever international coproduction to benefit from new TV drama fund launched by the Bulgarian National Film Center. Support comes from the Serbian public broadcaster RTS, the Bulgarian National Film Center and the European Union’s Creative Europe – MEDIA Programme. The shooting is expected to commence in the spring of 2023.

www.thisandthat.rs

 

  • EAVE graduates Dyveke Bjørkly Graver and Andrea Berentsen Ottmar have set up their own production company, Eye Eye Pictures. Former Oslo Pictures producers were both behind the Cannes-winning and double Oscar-nominated THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD by director Joachim Trier. Besides Trier, Bjørkly Graver and Berentsen Ottmar have brought another visionary Norwegian auteur to Cannes: Kristoffer Borgli, whose satire SICK OF MYSELF world premiered at the festival’s Un Certain Regard strand this year. A string of other talents to watch have directed shorts for the Eye Eye Pictures’ co-heads, including Beeston Film Fest winner André Chocron, SXSW nominee Thea Hvistendahl and Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel, grandson of Ingmar Bergman and Liv Ullmann. “With our new company, we will continue to work on director-driven projects, both from established names and newcomers, across film and TV series, and expand our international network by focusing on co-productions,” said Berentsen Ottmar. The first Eye Eye Pictures project to go into production next year will most probably be Ullmann Tøndel’s debut feature ARMAND.

https://variety.com/2022/film/global/andrea-berentsen-ottmar-dyveke-bjorkly-graver-1235344413/

 

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FÜR IRENA by Giedre Zickyte is now in production

  • FÜR IRENA by Giedre Zickyte, producer: EAVE graduate Pille Rünk is in production. The film zooms in on the last few years of an extraordinary woman, Lithuanian theatre scholar, Germanist professor and Holocaust survivor Irena Veisaite. “Never take revenge,” Irena’s mother told her before she was executed by the Nazis. These words kept Irena from feeling blind hatred even in her darkest hour. Born in 1928, Irena barely escaped perishing in the Kaunas ghetto. She was taken into the Christian family of a Lithuanian woman who had six children of her own. After the Soviets occupied the country, her adoptive mother was deported to Siberia. Losing her two mothers – one Jewish, killed by the Nazis, the other Catholic, sent to the Soviet Gulag – made a huge impact on Irena. In the secret ghetto school, Irena read Schiller’s Ballads, and after the war, she decided to study German literature. As a survivor of two totalitarian regimes, Irena dedicated her whole life to resolving conflicts between people and cultures, and healing trauma in society. Speaking about the project, Zickyte said: “Jerusalem of the North, that’s what Vilnius was called before. More than 95% of Lithuania’s Jewish population was massacred over the three-year German occupation – and that is the highest percentage of Holocaust-related murder in all of Europe. Irena is one of the few who miraculously survived. Twice, in Lithuania’s darkest hours, she was allowed to flee but chose not to (...) This film is going to be my farewell letter to Irena – to the woman who made a huge impact on me with her empathy, intelligence, humanism, commitment to understanding the other, and her vigorously open mind. I miss Irena, especially today, when war has returned to Europe. Everything Irena worried about is now bound to come true. Physically, she is not with us any more, but can her wisdom still guide us and help us survive these burdensome times?” During its development, the project was presented at the DOK Leipzig Co-Pro Market, where it received the Current Time Award. It has also been selected for the Gap-Financing Market at this year’s Venice Production Bridge. FÜR IRENA is being produced by Giedrė Zickyte for Lithuania’s Moonmakers, in co-production with Pille Rünk, of Estonia’s Allfilm, and Martichka Bozhilova, of Bulgaria’s Agitprop. It received support from the Lithuanian Film Centre, Eurimages, the European Union’s MEDIA programme, the Estonian Film Institute, the Bulgarian National Film Center, the Cultural Endowment of Estonia, Vilnius’ Goethe-Institut as well as Baltic pubcasters LRT and ERR.

www.allfilm.ee

 

  • THE EMPIRE by Bruno Dumont, co-producer: EAVE graduate Dorothe Beinemeier is in production. Written by the director, the script is set in a curious sci-fi universe: from the banal daily life of a fisherman’s village on the Opal Coast, emerges the epic parallel life of knights from interplanetary kingdoms. Rival clans are engaged in fierce and bloody battle following the announcement of the birth of Margat, the resurgent Prince, purple and ugly, the Beast of the Endtimes — located here on the Opal Coast, he is the child of a young couple already separated, as is common to life in a working class neighbourhood… . Produced by Tessalit Productions, THE EMPIRE is co-produced by Germany’s Red Balloon Film, Italy’s Ascent Film, Belgium’s Novak Prod, and Furyo Films. Pre-bought by Canal+ and Ciné+, the feature film is supported by Pictanovo (Hauts de France region), the small-scale co-production deal between France and Germany, Eurimages, the Italian Cultural Ministre, the Wallonia-Brussels Federation, the Film Fund Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein and the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, the CNC’s support to visual or audio creation with the use of digital technologies, and the Cofinova Sofica.

www.redballoon-film.de

 

  • 8 VIEWS OF LAKE BIWA by Marko Raat, co-producers: EAVE graduate Mark Lwoff and Misha Jaari is currently shooting. The film is a complex magical-realist ensemble tragedy, a blend of Baltic and Japanese culture and imagery. The story, loosely based on Max Dauthendey’s eponymous 1911 novel, is told through the prism of the “eight views” art tradition. Estonia’s Allfilm handles production duties, partnering with Mark Lwoff and Misha Jaari, of Helsinki-based Bufo. The animated segments will be created in Hungary. “We are shooting it on location on the Estonian-Russian border, among a community of ‘old believers’,” says producer Dora Nedeczky, referring to the religious refugees who fled Russia in the 17th century. Locations include Lake Peipsi, Narva and Tallinn. The film was backed by the Estonian Film Institute, the Cultural Endowment of Estonia, the Tartu Film Fund, the Ida-Viru Film Fund and the Finnish Film Foundation, and is being made in collaboration with Yle. The project was previously presented at the Baltic Event co-production market in 2020 and at the Marché du Film’s Co-Production Day in 2021. Shooting will continue until September, with a premiere set for 2023.

www.bufo.fi

 

  • SOUTHERN CHRONICLES by Ignas Miskinis, producer: EAVE graduate Lukas Trimonis is shooting. The film is based on Rimantas Kmita's novel of the same title. In the working-class neighbourhood of the Lithuanian city of Siauliai, a few years after the restoration of the country’s independence, 17-year-old Rimants is more interested in playing rugby, listening to music and dealing on the black market with his friend Minde than studying for school. Rimants is certain that physical strength and money are essential for success in a changing, competitive society. But when he falls in love with the beautiful, middle-class Monika, his faith in love and future is tested. The film is produced by Lukas Trimonis through IN SCRIPT with support from the Lithuanian Film Centre and the national broadcaster LRT. The film is shooting in Siauliai, Vilnius and on the Lithuanian seacoast. SOUTHERN CHRONICLES is planned to be completed in December 2023.

www.inscript.lt

 

  • PANOPTICON by George Sikharulidze, producer: EAVE graduate Vladimer Katcharava, co-producer: EAVE graduate Anamaria Antoci is shooting. The Georgian/French/Romanian/Italian co-production explores teenage sexuality and Christian fundamentalism in post-Soviet Georgia. In 2018, well after the dissolution of Soviet atheism, Georgia is a country of growing Orthodox Christianity. Rooted in this fundamentalism are emerging fascist organisations, which perpetuate conservative values on nationalism, religion and sexuality. One such battle is against sex clubs and brothels run by Muslim immigrants that offer a solution for Georgian youth in a country where premarital sex is a religious taboo for girls, but a cultural mandate for boys. “The story told in Panopticon is important for Georgian society, but also unfortunately for the majority of countries. In many places, nationalism, Nazism, fascism, religious intolerance have re-emerged, and this has the greatest impact on teenagers, because it is at this age that a person/personality is formed. The cheerful form that George found by observing the life of the little boy (the main character) contains an important message for young people, who may see parallels and think about some difficult issues”, producer Vladimer Katcharava said. PANOPTICON was supported by the Georgian National Film Center. The project participated in Arras Days (2017), Cinemed Pitching Sessions (2018), Cinéfondation-Cannes (2018-2019), Torino Script Lab (2019) and Torino Film Lab (2020). The film is produced by Vladimer Katcharava through Georgian 20 Steps and co-produced by Olivier Chantriaux through FILM02 (France), Anamaria Antoci through Tangaj Production (Romania) and Luca Cabriolu through More Rosse Production (Italy). Vladimer Chikhradze is line producer.

https://20steps.ge

 

 

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3 projects by EAVE graduates in post-production

  • CAPTURING SAMI by Adrian Voicu, producers: EAVE graduates Marcian Lazar and Katya Trichkova is in post-production. The screenplay focuses on Sami, a visual artist who shoots everything that captures his interest. One night, while thousands of people are protesting in Bucharest against a controversial change in the national health system, Sami attends a party where the same protests are the subject of an impromptu performance. As the event soon seems devoid of substance to Sami, the protagonist decides to go to the real protests. Here, he is surrounded by gendarmes who force him into a van where he witnesses terrifying violence against an innocent man. The drama is being staged by Romanian outfit Axel Film, represented by Marcian Lazar and by Bulgarian production company Contrast Films, represented by Katya Trichkova. The film’s is coming from the Romanian National Film Center. The Bulgarian National Film Center also supported the project. The shoot took place in Bucharest over 24 days scattered between the end of January and mid-March.

contrastfilms@gmail.com

 

  • KOTLINA by Danis Tanovic and Aida Begic, producers: EAVE graduates Amra Baksic Camo and Adis Djapo is in post-production. The story of the five-episode crime drama: After a body of an unknown man is discovered in the garden of the National Museum in Sarajevo, chief inspector Edib Pasic and his young colleague Mido Zec are called upon to the crime scene. It seems to be one more insignificant case of no interest to the media, but a journalist from the Sloboda online magazine, Ajla Pasic, happens to be at the crime scene with a camera. On the same day, Edib’s war comrade Senci returns from prison. The disappearance of the corpse from the morgue and the hidden motives of the Museum’s employees lead Edib, Mido, Ajla and Senci into a web of corruption, pressure, personal failures, poverty, hopelessness and international crime. KOTLINA is produced by Amra Baksic Camo and Adis Djapo of SCCA/pro.ba together with Sedin Kahriman through BH Content Lab, BH Telecom’s platform for production of high-quality television. This is the first TV series produced by BH Telecom. The premiere of the series is planned for September 2022 on BH Telecom’s Moja TV.

www.pro.ba

 

  • BLACK VELVET by Liene Linde, producer: EAVE graduate Ieva Norveliene is in post-production. This Latvian/Lithuanian co-production is a partly autobiographical dramedy about a 30 year old woman Marta, a film director. Marta's life in a way embodies the struggles of the millennial generation: working and burning out in creative industries and navigating through various situations, both comical and deeply serious. The film is produced by Guntis Trekteris through Latvia’s Ego Media in co-production with Ieva Norveliene through Lithuania’s Tremora. The project was funded by the National Film Centre of Latvia and the Lithuanian Film Centre with a minority co-production grant. Other financing consists of pre-sales to local broadcasters and streamers. The film's release is planned for the autumn of 2023.

www.tremora.com

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12 Awards for EAVE graduates at the Locarno Film Festival

Locarno Film Festival

12 awards for EAVE graduates at the Locarno Film Festival:

  • RULE 34 by Julia Murat, producer: PUENTES graduate Tatiana Leite scooped the Pardo d’Oro, the Grand Prize of the festival
  • TENGO SUEÑOS ELÉCTRICOS by Valentina Maurel, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland received the Pardos for Best Direction, Best Actress (Daniela Marín Navarro) and Best Actor (Reinaldo Amien Gutiérrez)
  • NIGHTSIREN by Tereza Nvotová, producer: EAVE MW graduate Peter Badac received the Pardo d’Oro in the Concorso Cineasti del presente
  • SAFE PLACE by Juraj Lerotic, producer: EAVE graduate Miljenka Cogelja received the Best Emerging Director Award, the Pardo for Best Actor (Goran Markovic) and the Swatch First Feature Award
  • MATTER OUT OF PLACE by Nikolaus Geyrhalter, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Michael Kitzberger won the Pardo Verde WWF in the Concorso Pardi di domani
  • SERMON TO THE FISH by Hilal Baydarov, co-producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler received a Special Mention
  • LAST DANCE by Delphine Lehericey, producers: EAVE graduate Anne-Laure Guégan, PUENTES graduate Géraldine Sprimont received the UBS Audience Award
  • ANGRY ANNIE by Blandine Lenoir, producer: Interchange and B’EST graduate Charlotte Vincent won the Variety Piazza Grande Award

Open Doors

  • PUENTES project WHEN RAIN FALLS by Yanillys Pérez, producer: PUENTES participant Thibaud Billiard won the World Cinema Fund Award

www.locarnofestival.ch

 

Sarajevo Film Festival

  • SAFE PLACE by Juraj Lerotić, producer: EAVE graduate Miljenka Čogelja wins the Heart of Sarajevo for Best Film in the Feature Film Competition and Heart of Sarajevo for Best Actor, while the film scoops the CICAE Award offered by the International Confederation of Arthouse Cinemas for Best Film in the Feature Film competition, as well as the Cineuropa Prize of the eponymous web portal devoted to European cinema and its creators.
  • CORSAGE by Marie Kreutzer, producers: EAVE graduate and Luxembourgish National Coordinator Bernard Michaux, EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach wins the Heart of Sarajevo for Best Actress at the Sarajevo Film Festival.
  • THE WHITE FORTRESS by Igor Drljaca, producers: EAVE graduates Amra Baksic Camo and Adis Djapo won the “Ivica Matić” Award

CineLink Co-Production Market Awards

  • THE BOY WITH THE LIGHT-BLUE EYES by Thanasis Neofotistos, producer: EAVE graduate Ioanna Bolomyti wins the Eurimages Co-Production Development Award
  • CHERRY BLOSSOMS by Marysia Nikitiuk, producer: EAVE graduate Igor Savychenko won the Eurimages Special Co-Production Development Award
  • SKATEBOARDING IS NOT FOR GIRLS by Dina Duma, producers: EAVE graduates Labina Mitevska, Sebastien Delloye wins the Film Center Serbia CineLink Award and the Female Voices CineLink Award sponsored by Slovenian Film Centre
  • EAVE project PETTY THIEVES by Mate Ugrin, producer: TTB graduate and EAVE participant Julia Cöllen wins the ArteKino International Prize 
  • The EAVE + AWARD went to EAVE graduate Oana Giurgiu

CineLink Work in Progress Awards

  • BLAGA'S LESSONS by Stephan Komandarev, producer: EAVE graduate Katya Trichkova wins the TRT Award
  • HESITATION WOUND by Selman Nacar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Oana Giurgiu, Guillaume de Seille wins the Post Republic Award
  • FREEDOM by EAVE graduate Tudor Giurgiu, producer: EAVE graduate Oana Giurgiu wins the Jury Award sponsored by Debee Studio

CineLink Drama Awards

  • RUMPUS by Dubravka Turic, producer: EAVE graduate, group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic wins the Croatian Audiovisual Centre Drama Award
  • BROTHERS by Simon Farmakas, producer: EAVE+ graduate Fenia Cossovitsa wins the TV Drama Vision Pitch Award

www.sff.ba

 

New Horizons International Film Festival

  • 107 MOTHERS by Peter Kerekes, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jiri Konecny won the Grand Prix  
  • AFTERWATER by Dane Komljen, producer: EAVE graduate Natasa Damnjanovic scooped the Audience award

www.nowehoryzonty.pl

 

Haugesund Film Festival

  • THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD by Joachim Trier, producers: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, Dyveke Bjørkly Graver, PUENTES graduate Katrin Pors, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin won Best Film, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Film and Best Screenplay
  • THE INNOCENTS by Eskil Vogt, co-producers: EAVE graduates Lizette Jonjic, Mark Lwoff, Misha Jaari, Katrin Pors, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin scooped Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Editing and Best Sound
  • THE MIDDLE MAN by Bent Hamer, producer: EAVE graduate Nina Frese was awarded Best Actor in a Leading Role
  • THE EMIGRANTS by Erik Poppe, producer: EAVE graduate Fredrik Wikström Nicastro won the Andreas Award
  • CLOSE by Lucas Dhont, producer: EAVE graduate Laurette Schillings, EAVE+ graduate Frans van Gestel received the Critics’ Award
  • WAR SAILOR by Gunna Vikene, producer: EAVE graduate Karsten Stöter won the Audience Award

www.filmfestivalen.no

 

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

9 awards for EAVE graduates at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival:

Crystal Globe competition

  • A ROOM OF MY OWN by Ioseb Bliadze, producer: EAVE graduate Eva Blondiau won Best actress ex-aequo Taki Mumladze, Mariam Khundadze
  • PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL by Ilian Metev, Ivan Chertov, Zlatina Teneva, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ingmar Trost was awarded the Ecumenical Jury Award
  • FUCKING BORNHOLM by Anna Kazejak, producer: PUENTES graduate Marta Lewandowska won the Europa Cinemas Label Award
  • BORDERS OF LOVE by Tomasz Winski, producer: EAVE graduate Jiri Konecny won the FIPRESCI Award

Proxima competition

  • THE UNCLE by David Kapac, Andrija Mardesic, producer: EAVE graduate and Serbian National Coordinator Milan Stojanovic received a Special Jury Mention

Eastern Promises

  • WINDLESS by Pavel G Vesnakov, producers: EAVE graduates Veselka Kiryakova, Alessandro Amato and Luigi Chimienti won the Works in Progress TRT Award
  • U ARE THE UNIVERSE by Pavlo Ostrikov, producer: EAVE graduate Vladimir Yatsenko received the Odesa International Film Festival Work in Progress Award

www.kviff.com

 

Durban FilmMart

EAVE and TTB graduates win 8 awards at the Durban FilmMart:

Gotham Week Award

  • BREAKFAST, LUNCH AND DINNER by Mohamed Samir, co-producer: TTB graduate Claire Chassagne

IDFA Spotlight Award, FIDA DOC Award and The Whickers Bursary 

  • 50 METERS by Yomna Khattab, producer: Interchange graduate Ahmed Amer

The Sørfond Award

  • THE CAMERA NEVER LIES by Abuzar Adam and Elsadig Abdelgayoum, producer: EAVE graduate Alyaa Musa

MIP Africa MIP Special Invitation

  • BREAKFAST, LUNCH AND DINNER by Mohamed Samir, co-producer: TTB graduate Claire Chassagne
  • BLACK BURNS FAST by Sandulela Asanda, producers: EAVE graduates Cait Pansegrouw and Elias Ribiero 

National Film and Video Foundation Award

  • BLACK BURNS FAST by Sandulela Asanda, producers: EAVE graduates Cait Pansegrouw and Elias Ribiero 

https://durbanfilmmart.co.za

 

Pula International Film Festival

Numerous awards for EAVE graduates at the Pula International Film Festival

  • THE STAFFROOM by Sonja Tarokic, producer: EAVE group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic, co-producer: EAVE graduate Janja Kralj is the big winner of the festival. On top of winning the Grand Golden Arena for Best Film, THE STAFFROOM scooped four more Golden Arenas. Sonja Tarokic was awarded as Best Director, Stojan Matavulj and Nives Ivankovic won the Arenas for Best Male Lead and Best Supporting Actress respectively, and Borna Buljevic was awarded for Best Editing. The film also won the Prize of the Critics Jury in the National competition.
  • THE UNCLE by Andrija Mardesic, David Kapac, producer: EAVE graduate and Serbian National Coordinator Milan Stojanovic won awards for Best Screenwriting and Best Costume Design
  • ILLYRICUM by Simon Bogojevic Narath, Sasa Podgorelec, producer: EAVE group leader and National Coordinator Croatia Ankica Juric Tilic was awarded Best Make-up
  • KICK AND SCREAM by Nina Violic, producer: EAVE graduate Zdenka Gold received the Breza award for Best Debut Feature
  • EVEN PIGS GO TO HEAVEN by Sandra Antolic, co-producer: EAVE graduate Danijel Pek got the award for Best male supporting role
  • BURNING DAYS by Emin Alper, co-producer: EAVE graduate Stienette Bosklopper won the awards for Best Film, Best Croatian minority co-production and the award of the Critics’ Jury.
  • HOW I LEARNED TO FLY by Radivoje Andric, produced by EAVE graduate Maja Popovic, EAVE graduate and Serbian National Coordinator Milan Stojanovic, co-producers: EAVE graduate and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic, EAVE graduate Katarina Krnacova scooped two prizes, for Best Croatian Contribution in a minority co-production and the Audience Award
  • BUTTERFLY VISION by Maksim Nakonechnyi, co-producer: EAVE graduate Dagmar Sedlackova got the Special Mention.

www.pulafilmfestival.hr

 

Palic Film Festival

Golden Tower of the European Film Festival Palic and a Special Mention to:

  • PAMFIR by Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk, producers: EAVE MW graduate Aleksandra Kostina, co-producer: PUENTES and EAVE+ graduate Giancarlo Nasi, EAVE graduate Artem Koliubaiev, EAVE MW and FFF graduate Adolf El Assal
  • GENTLE by Anna Nemes and Laszlo Csuja, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach and
  • BUTTERFLY VISION by Maksim Nakonechnyi, co-producer: EAVE graduate Dagmar Sedlackova received a Special Mention.

www.palicfilmfestival.com

 

MakeDox Creative Documentary Film Festivalm Skopje

  • BROTHERHOOD by Francesco Montagner, producers: EAVE graduates Nadia Trevisan, Pavla Janouskova Kubeckova won the Young Onion Award for Best Film by First or Second Time Director

http://makedox.mk

 

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LAMB and CLARA SOLA nominated for the Nordic Council Film Prize

European Film Awards

The European Film Academy Board has chosen the first 30 films to be part of the Academy´s Feature Film Selection 2022. In a second part, 10-15 further titles for the Feature Film Selection will be announced in September. The European Film Awards, honouring the greatest achievements in European cinema, will be presented on 10 December in Reykjavík, Iceland.

The selected Feature Films by EAVE producers are:

  • ALCARRAS by Carla Simon, producers: EAVE graduate Giovanni Pompili, EAVE graduate and Spanish National Coordinator Maria Zamora
  • AS FAR AS I CAN WALK by Stefan Arsenijevic, producers: EAVE graduates Miroslav Mogorovic, Gilles Chanial, Borislav Chouchkov, EAVE+ graduate Kestutis Drazdauskas
  • BEAUTIFUL BEINGS by Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson, producers: EAVE graduates Anton Mani Svansson, Peter Possne, PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi
  • BENEDICTION by Terence Davies, producer: EAVE graduate Deborah Aston
  • BOY FROM HEAVEN by Tarik Saleh, producers: EAVE graduates Kristina Åberg, Mark Lwoff, Peter Possne, Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sørensen, EAVE participant Linda Mutawi
  • BURNING DAYS by Emin Alper, producer: EAVE graduate Stienette Bosklopper
  • CLOSE by Lucas Dhont, producers: EAVE graduates Laurette Schillings, Jacques-Henri Bronckart
  • CORSAGE by Marie Kreutzer, producers: EAVE graduate and Luxembourgish National Coordinator Bernard Michaux, EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
  • GIRL PICTURE by Alli Haapasalo, producer: EAVE graduate Leila Lyytikäinen
  • GODLAND by Hlynur Pálmason, producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri, EAVE graduates Katrin Pors, Anton Máni Svansson, Peter Possne, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
  • HOLY SPIDER by Ali Abbasi, producers: EAVE graduate Peter Possne, PUENTES graduate Fred Burle
  • MEDITERRANEAN FEVER by Maha Haj, producer: EAVE graduate Marios Piperides
  • MORE THAN EVER by Emily Atef, producer: EAVE graduate Nicole Gerhards, co-producer: EAVE group leader and EAVE+ Head of Studies Jani Thiltges
  • PACIFICTION by Albert Serra, producer: EAVE graduate Dirk Decker
  • RABIYE KURNAZ VS. GEORGE W. BUSH by Andreas Dresen, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Tom Dercourt
  • REFLECTION by Valentyn Vasyanovych, producer: EAVE graduate Vladimir Yatsenko
  • THE EIGHT MOUNTAINS by Felix van Groeningen, Charlotte Vandermeersch, producers: EAVE FFF graduate Lorenzo Gangarossa, EAVE graduate Hans Everaert
  • TORI AND LOKITA by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, co-producer: EAVE graduate Peter Bouckaert
  • TRIANGLE OF SADNESS by Ruben Östlund, co-producers: EAVE graduate and Greek National Coordinator Konstantinos Kontovrakis, EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas, EAVE graduate Per Damgaard Hansen, executive producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler
  • WOMEN DO CRY by Mina Mileva, EAVE and TTB graduate Vesela Kazakova, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Vesela Kazakova, EAVE+ graduate and TTB Head of Studies Christophe Bruncher

www.europeanfilmawards.eu

 

The New Nordic Films Work in Progress in the framework of the Haugesund Nordic Co-Production Market

  • ANYTHING FOR HER by Andrias Høgenni, producer: EAVE graduate Rikke Tambo Andersen
  • BAROQUE FILM by Jan Forsström, producer: EAVE graduate Elli Toivoniemi
  • BETWEEN THE HAMMER AND THE SICKLE by Heikki Kujanpää, producer: EAVE + graduate Ilkka Matila, co-producer: EAVE + graduate Kristian Taska 
  • THE BRAID by Angelika Abramovitch, producer: EAVE graduate Annika Hellström
  • CONTAINER by Arun Tamm, producer: EAVE on Demand graduate Madis Tüür
  • DER FLECK by Willy Hans, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Julia Cöllen
  • IN THE PALLID LIGHT by Renars Vimba, producer: EAVE graduate and Latvian National Coordinator Aija Berzina
  • THE SOFT SKIN by Minka Jakerson, producer: EAVE graduate Annika Hellström, co-producer: EAVE graduate Signe Leick Jensen
  • STRANGER by Mads Hedegaard, co-producer: EAVE graduate Viktoria Petranyi
  • THE SWEDISH CONNECTION by Thérèse Ahlbeck, Marcus A. Olsson, producer: EAVE graduate Julia Gebauer

www.newnordicfilms.no

 

Nominated for this year’s Nordic Council Film Prize

  • GODLAND by Hlynur Palmason, producers: EAVE graduate Katrin Pors, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin, EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson, co-producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri – Denmark
  • EAVE MW project LAMB by Valdimar Johannsson, producer: EAVE graduate Hrönn Kristinsdottir, developed at EAVE by MW graduate Ewa Bojanowska – Iceland
  • PUENTES project CLARA SOLA by Nathalie Alvarez Mesén, producer: EAVE graduates Nima Yousefi, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Géraldine Sprimont – Sweden
  • THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD by Joachim Trier, producer: PUENTES graduate Katrin Pors, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin, EAVE + graduate Mattias Nohrborg, executive producers: EAVE graduates Dyveke Bjørkly Graver, Andrea Berentsen Ottmar – Norway

www.norden.org

 

Rising Stars Producers Scotland

EAVE graduates Ciara Barry, Rosie Crerar and EAVE participant Reece Cargan are Scotland’s Rising Star producers. Screen International, in association with Screen Scotland, has revealed the line-up for the first-ever Rising Stars Scotland, a major new talent spotlight for Scottish filmmakers and actors. The programme aims to identify and promote the next generation of Scottish film talent to the international industry.

www.screendaily.com/news/screen-reveals-first-ever-rising-stars-scotland-talent-showcase/5173349.article

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PUENTES project MATERNAL in Belgian and Dutch Cinemas

In French Cinemas

  • DODO by Panos H. Koutras, producer: EAVE graduate Valerie Bournonville. August 10.

https://helicotronc.com

  • VESPER by Kristina Buozyte, Bruno Samper, co-producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland. August 17.

info@1080films.be

  • FLEE by Jonas Poher Rasmussen, producers: EAVE graduates Monica Hellstrøm, Signe Byrge Sørensen. August 31.

www.finalcutforreal.dk

  • CASA DE ANTIGUIDADES (MEMORY HOUSE) by Joao Paulo Miranda Maria, producers: EAVE graduate Paula Cosenza, EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri. August 31.

www.manekifilms.com

 

In Belgian cinemas

  • PUENTES project MATERNAL by Maura Delpero, producers: PUENTES graduate Alessandro Amato, Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli. August 3.

www.disparte.com

 

In UK cinemas

  • WHERE IS ANNE FRANK? by Ari Folmann, producer: EAVE + Head of Studies Jani Thiltges. August 12.

www.samsa.lu

 

In Dutch cinemas

  • LINGUI by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, co-producers: EAVE graduate Melanie Andernach, EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum. August 25. 

www.madeingermany-film.de

  • ALCARRAS by Carla Simon, producers: EAVE graduate Giovanni Pompili, EAVE graduate and Spanish National Coordinator Maria Zamora. August 18.

www.avalonproductions.es

  • THE RESTLESS by Joachim Lafosse, producers: EAVE+ Head of Studies Jani Thiltges, EAVE graduates Alexandre Gavras and Anton Iffland Stettner, EAVE participant Eva Kuperman, co-producer: EAVE graduate Antonio Lombardo. August 11.

www.stenola.eu

  • PUENTES project CLARA SOLA by Nathalie Alvarez Mesén, producer: EAVE graduates Nima Yousefi, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Géraldine Sprimont. August 11.

www.hobab.se

  • PUENTES project MATERNAL by Maura Delpero, producers: PUENTES graduate Alessandro Amato, Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli. August 4.

www.disparte.com

 

In Austrian cinemas

  • ALCARRAS by Carla Simon, producers: EAVE graduate Giovanni Pompili, EAVE graduate and Spanish National Coordinator Maria Zamora. August 26.

www.avalonproductions.es

 

In German cinemas

  • YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY by Amjad Abu Alala, producers: EAVE graduates Ingrid Lill Høgtun, Hossam Eloua. August 25.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkRqrLYYkxw

  • ALCARRAS by Carla Simon, producers: EAVE graduate Giovanni Pompili, EAVE graduate and Spanish National Coordinator Maria Zamora. August 11.

www.avalonproductions.es

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EAVE and TTB project TO THE NORTH , PUENTES project BLANQUITA and TTB project AUTOBIOGRAPHY selected at Venice International Film Festival

Fantasia International Film Festival, Montreal (July 22 – August 3)

  • THE COW WHO SANG A SONG INTO THE FUTURE by Francisca Alegría, producer: EAVE + graduate Tom Dercourt
  • VESPER by Kristina Buozyte, Bruno Samper, co-producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland
  • TTB Project WHETHER THE WEATHER IS FINE by Carlo Francisco Manatad, co-producer: EAVE graduate and German National Coordinator Jonas Weydemann

Locarno Film Festival (August 3 – 13)

International Competition

  • HUMAN FLOWERS OF FLESH by Helena Wittmann, producer: TTB graduate and EAVE participant Julia Cöllen
  • IL PATAFFIO by Francesco Lagi, producer: Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli
  • MATTER OUT OF PLACE by Nikolaus Geyrhalter, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Michael Kitzberger
  • REGRA 34 by Julia Murat, producer: PUENTES graduate Tatiana Leite
  • SATURN BOWLING by Patricia Mazuy, producer: EAVE group leader Patrick Sobelman
  • SERMON TO THE FISH by Hilal Baydarov, co-producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler
  • STONE TURTLE by Ming Jin Woo, co-producer: TTB graduate and EAVE participant Yulia Evina Bhara
  • TENGO SUEÑOS ELÉCTRICOS by Valentina Maurel, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland

Cineasti del presente 

  • OUR LADY OF THE CHINESE SHOP by Ery Claver, producer: EAVE graduate Jorge Cohen
  • SAFE PLACE by Juraj Lerotic, producer: EAVE graduate Miljenka Cogelja
  • TTB project ARNOLD IS A MODEL STUDENT by Sorayos Prapapan, producer: TTB graduate Donsaron Kovitvanitcha, co-producer: EAVE graduate Denis Vaslin

Pardi di Domani

  • AIRHOSTESS-737 by Thanasis Neofotistos, producer: EAVE graduate Ioanna Bolomyti
  • ASTERION by Francesco Montagner, producer: TTB graduate Veronika Kührova, co-producer; EAVE graduate Juraj Krasnohorsky
  • CASTELLS by Blanca Camell Galí, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Nadine Rothschild
  • DIAMOND KID by Pierre Edouard Dumora, producer: EAVE graduate Alejandro Arenas
  • MONEY AND HAPPINESS by Ana Nedeljkovic, Nikola Majdak Jr., co-producer: EAVE MW graduate Peter Badac
  • THAT'S HOW THE SUMMER ENDED by Matjaz Ivanisin, producers: EAVE graduate Miha Cernec, EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar

Piazza Grande

  • ANGRY ANNIE by Blandine Lenoir, producer: B’EST and Interchange graduate Charlotte Vincent
  • DELTA by Michele Vannucci, producer: EAVE graduate Giovanni Pompili
  • EVERYTHING ABOUT MARTIN SUTER. EVERYTHING BUT THE TRUTH by André Schäfer, producer: EAVE participant Nadine Lüchinger
  • LAST DANCE by Delphine Lehericey, producers: EAVE graduate Anne-Laure Guégan, PUENTES graduate Géraldine Sprimont
  • YOU WILL NOT HAVE MY HATE by Kilian Riedhof, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Jean-Yves Roubin

Out of Competition

OBSCURE NIGHT – WILD LEAVES (THE BURNING ONES, THE OBSTINATE) by Sylvain George, co-producer: EAVE graduate Eugenia Mumenthaler

Open Doors: Screenings

  • OPTION ZERO by Marcel Beltrán, co-producers: PUENTES graduates Maria Carla Del Rio, Paola Andrea Pérez Nieto
  • TTB project AUTOBIOGRAPHY by Makbul Mubarak, producer: EAVE participant and TTB graduate Yulia Evina Bhara, co-producer: EAVE graduate Nicole Gerhards

Open Doors: Shorts

  • SOUL OF THE SEA by Elvis Caj Cojoc, producer: EAVE graduate Elisa Pirir

Locarno Kids: Screenings

  • EAVE Marketing Workshop project SIHJA, THE REBEL FAIRY by Marja Pyykkö, producers: EAVE graduate and Finnish National Coordinator Elli Toivoniemi, EAVE graduate Venla Hellstedt
  • HOW I LEARNED TO FLY by Radivoje Andric, producers: EAVE graduate and Serbian National Coordinator Milan Stojanovic, EAVE graduate Maja Popovic, co-producers: EAVE graduate, group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic, EAVE graduate and Slovak National Coordinator Katharina Krnacova
  • LA FRECCIA AZZURRA by Enzo D'Alò, producer: EAVE graduate Paul Thiltges

Critics’ Week

  • THE HAMLET SYNDROME by Elwira Niewiera, Piotr Rosolowski, producer: EAVE graduate Magdalena Kaminska
  • THE RIVER IS NOT A BORDER by Alassane Diago, producer: EAVE graduate Heino Deckert

Panorama Suisse

  • ALA KACHUU - Take and Run by Maria Brendle, producer: EAVE participant Nadine Lüchinger
  • A PIECE OF SKY by Michael Koch, producer: EAVE+ graduate Christof Neracher
  • LIKE AN ISLAND by Tizian Büchi, producer: EAVE+ and PUENTES graduate Britta Rindelaub
  • OLGA by Elie Grappe, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Tom Dercourt

 

Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia (August 4 – 21)

  • 107 MOTHERS by Peter Kerekes, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jiri Konecny
  • 1976 by Manuela Martelli, producer: EAVE graduate Dominga Sotomayor 
  • AHED’S KNEE by Nadav Lapid, producers: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach and Interchange graduate Judith Lou Levy
  • ALCARRAS by Carla Simon, producers: EAVE graduate Giovanni Pompili, EAVE graduate and Spanish National Coordinator Maria Zamora
  • THE BLUE CAFTAN by Maryam Touzani, producers: EAVE graduate Kartin Pors, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
  • BOY FROM HEAVEN by Tarik Saleh, producer: EAVE graduate Kristina Aberg 
  • BURNING DAYS by Emin Alper, co-producer: EAVE graduate Stienette Bosklopper
  • PUENTES project CLARA SOLA by Nathalie Alvarez Mesén, producer: EAVE graduates Nima Yousefi, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Géraldine Sprimont
  • CLOSE by Lucas Dhont, producer: EAVE graduate Laurette Schillings, EAVE+ graduate Frans van Gestel
  • CORSAGE by Marie Kreutzer, producers: EAVE graduate and Luxembourgish National Coordinator Bernard Michaux, EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
  • EAVE project COSTA BRAVA, LEBANON by Mounia Akl, producer: EAVE graduate Myriam Sassine
  • THE COW WHO SANG A SONG INTO THE FUTURE by Francisca Alegría, producer: EAVE + graduate Tom Dercourt
  • THE DAM by Ali Cherry, producer: EAVE graduate Janja Kralj, co-producer: EAVE graduate Martin Hampel
  • EAMI by Paz Encina, producer: EAVE graduate Raymond van der Kaaij
  • EARWIG by Lucile Hadzihalilovic, producer: EAVE graduate Jean des Forêts, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
  • THE EIGHT MOUNTAINS by Charlotte Vandermeersch, Felix Van Groeningen, producer: EAVE graduate Hans Everaert
  • EL GRAN MOVIMIENTO by Kiro Russo, producers: EAVE graduates Alexa Rivero, Dan Wechsler
  • EVOLUTION by Kornel Mundruczo, producer: producer: EAVE graduate and Hungarian National Coordinator Viktoria Petranyi, co-producer: EAVE graduate Julia Berkes
  • GODLAND by Hlynur Palmason, producers: EAVE graduate Katrin Pors, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin, EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson, co-producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri
  • THE GRAVEDIGGER’S WIFE by Khadar Ayderus Ahmed, producers: EAVE graduates Misha Jaari, Mark Lwoff, Martin Hampel
  • HARKA by Lotfy Nathan, producer: EAVE graduate Julie Viez, co-producers: EAVE graduates Benoit Ronand, Donnato Rotunno 
  • HOLY SPIDER by Ali Abbasi, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, executive producer: EAVE graduate Ditte Milsted
  • A HOUSE MADE OF SPLINTERS by Simon Lereng Wilmont, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Hellström
  • LINGUI by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, co-producer: EAVE graduate Melanie Andernach, EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum
  • MEDITERRANEAN FEVER by Maha Haj, producers: EAVE graduates Martin Hampel, Marios Piperides
  • NO DOGS OR ITALIANS ALLOWED by Alain Ughetto, producer: EAVE graduate Enrica Capra
  • NOTHING COMPARES by Kathryn Ferguson, executive producer: EAVE graduate Lesley McKimm
  • PAMFIR by Dmytro Sukholytky-Sobchuk, producers: EAVE MW graduate Sasha Kostina, PUENTES graduate Giancarlo Nasi, EAVE graduate Artem Koliubaiev, EAVE MW and FFF graduate Adolf El Assal
  • REFLECTION by Valentyn Vasyanovych, producer: EAVE graduate Vladimir Yatsenko
  • ROBE OF GEMS by Natalia Lopez Gallardo, producers: PUENTES and EAVE+ graduates Benjamin Domenech, Santiago Gallelli
  • EAVE project SILENT LAND by Cicha Ziemia, producers: EAVE graduates Agnieszka Wasiak, Giovanni Pompili
  • THE TALE OF THE KING CRAB by Alessio Rigo de Righi and Matteo Zoppis, producers: PUENTES graduates Agustina Costa Varsi, Ezequiel Borovinsky
  • TORI AND LOKITA by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, co-producer: EAVE graduate Peter Bouckaert
  • TRIANGLE OF SADNESS by Ruben Östlund, co-producers: EAVE graduate and Greek National Coordinator Konstantinos Kontovrakis, EAVE+ graduate Girogos Karnavas, EAVE graduate Per Damgaard Hansen, executive producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler
  • WHERE IS ANNE FRANK? by Ari Folmann, producer: EAVE + Head of Studies Jani Thiltges
  • UNDER THE FIG TREES by Erige Sehiri, producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri, EAVE graduates Palmyre Badinier, Roshanak Beheshd Nedjad
  • TTB project WHETHER THE WEATHER IS FINE by Carlo Francisco Manatad, co-producer: EAVE graduate and German National Coordinator Jonas Weydemann
  • YUNI by Kamila Andini, producer: EAVE graduate and TTB group leader Fran Borgia

 

Dokufest Prizren (August 5 – 13)

  • 5 DREAMERS AND A HORSE by Aren Malakyan, producer: EAVE graduate Eva Blondiau
  • A HOUSE MADE OF SPLINTERS by Simon Lereng Wilmont, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Hellström
  • EAVE project A THOUSAND FIRES by Saeed Taji Farouky, producers: EAVE graduate and EAVE CHANGE group leader Estelle Robin You, EAVE graduates Palmyre Badinier, Joram Willink, May Odeh
  • LIKE AN ISLAND by Tizian Büchi, producer: EAVE + graduate Britta Rindelaub
  • POLARIS by Ainara Vera, producers: EAVE graduate and EAVE CHANGE group leader Estelle Robin-You, EAVE participant Clara Vuillermoz, EAVE graduate Emile Hertling Péronard
  • THE CITY AND THE CITY by Christos Passalis, Syllas Tzoumerkas, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki
  • THE KILLING OF A JOURNALIST by Matt Sarnecki, producer: EAVE graduate Signe Byrge Sørensen
  • THE NEW GREATNESS CASE by Anna Shishova, producer: EAVE graduate Sinisa Juricic, B’EST graduate Vlad Ketkovich

 

Sarajevo Film Festival (August 12 – 19)

Feature Film Competition

  • A BALLAD by Aida Begic, producer: EAVE graduate Adis Djapo
  • CORSAGE by Marie Kreutzer, producers: EAVE graduate and Luxembourgish National Coordinator Bernard Michaux, EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
  • MEN OF DEEDS by Paul Negoescu, producer: EAVE graduate Anamaria Antoci
  • RIDERS by Dominik Mencej, producer: EAVE graduate Miha Cernec

Documentary Competition

  • A PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL by Ilian Metev, Ivan Chertov, Zlatina Teneva, producer: EAVE graduate Ingmat Trost 
  • TRIANGLE OF SADNESS by Ruben Östlund, co-producers: EAVE graduate and Greek National Coordinator Konstantinos Kontovrakis, EAVE+ graduate Girogos Karnavas, EAVE graduate Per Damgaard Hansen, executive producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler

Kinoscope

  • TRIANGLE OF SADNESS by Ruben Östlund, co-producers: EAVE graduate and Greek National Coordinator Konstantinos Kontovrakis, EAVE+ graduate Girogos Karnavas, EAVE graduate Per Damgaard Hansen, executive producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler
  • UNDER THE FIG TREES by Erige Sehiri, producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri, EAVE graduates Palmyre Badinier, Roshanak Beheshd Nedjad

CineLink Co-production Market

  • CHERRY BLOSSOM by Marysia Nikitiuk, producer: EAVE graduate Igor Savychenko
  • EAVE project PETTY THIEVES by Mate Ugrin, producer: TTB graduate and EAVE participant Julia Cöllen
  • MUM by Nikola Lezaic, producer: EAVE graduate Sinisa Juricic
  • PATRIMONIAL FEARS AND OTHER SYMPTOMS by Elina Psykou, producer: EAVE graduates Maria Drandaki, Konstantinos Vassilaros
  • SKATEBOARDING IS NOT FOR GIRLS by Dina Duma, producers: EAVE graduates Labina Mitevska, Sebastien Delloye    
  • THE BOY WITH THE LIGHT-BLUE EYES by Thanasis Neofotistos, producer: EAVE graduate Ioanna Bolomyti
  • YUGOSLAVA by Ivan Bakrac, producer: EAVE graduate Guillaume de Seille

Cinelink Drama

  • BROTHERS by Simon Farmakas, producer: EAVE+ graduate Fenia Cossovitsa
  • RUMPUS by Dubravka Turic, producer: EAVE graduate, group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic

CineLink Work in Progress

  • BLAGA’S LESSONS by EAVE graduate Stephan Komandarev, producer: EAVE graduate Katya Trichkova 
  • CAPTURING SAMI by Adi Voicu, Producer: EAVE graduate Marcian Lazar
  • DORMITORY by Nehir Tuna,  EAVE graduate Dorothe Beinemeier
  • FREEDOM by EAVE graduate Tudor Giurgiu, producer: EAVE graduate Oana Giurgiu
  • HESITATION WOUND by Selman Nacar, co-Producers: EAVE graduates Oana Giurgiu, Guillaume de Seille
  • THE TRAP by Nadejda Koseva, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Herbert Schwering
  • WHEN YOU ARE 17 by Giorgi Mukhadze, producer: EAVE + graduate and EAVE group leader Titus Kreyenberg

 

SANFIC Chile (August 14 – 21)

  • ALIS by Clare Weiskopf and EAVE graduate Nicolas van Hemelryck, producer: EAVE graduate Nicolas van Hemelryck
  • EAVE project COSTA BRAVA, LEBANON by Mounia Akl, producer: EAVE graduate Myriam Sassine
  • PAMFIR by Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk, producers: EAVE MW graduate Aleksandra Kostina, co-producer: PUENTES and EAVE+ graduate Giancarlo Nasi, EAVE graduate Artem Koliubaiev, EAVE MW and FFF graduate Adolf El Assal 
  • RABIYE KURNAZ VS. GEORGE W. BUSH by Andreas Dresen, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Tom Dercourt

 

Hong Kong International Film Festival (August 15 – 31)

  • A CHIARA by Jonas Carpignano, co-producers; EAVE graduate Katrin Pors, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
  • AHED’S KNEE by Nadav Lapid, producers: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach and Interchange graduate Judith Lou Levy
  • AFTERWATER by Dane Komljen, producer: EAVE graduate Natasa Damnjanovic
  • A PIECE OF SKY by Michael Koch, producer: EAVE+ graduate Christof Neracher
  • CAPTAIN VOLKONOGOV ESCAPED by Natalya Merkulova and Alexey Chupov, producer: EAVE graduate Katrin Kissa
  • EL GRAN MOVIMIENTO by Kiro Russo, producers: EAVE graduates Alexa Rivero, Dan Wechsler
  • FEATHERS by Omar El Zohairy, co-producers: EAVE graduates Derk-Jan Warrink, Verona Meier, EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas
  • FRANCE by Bruno Dumont, producer: EAVE graduate Dorothe Beinemeier
  • ÎNTREGALDE by Radu Muntean, executive producer: EAVE graduate Oana Iancu
  • OLGA by Elie Grappe, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Tom Dercourt
  • ONODA – 10 000 NIGHTS IN THE JUNGLE by Arthur Harari, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
  • PACIFICTION by Albert Serra, producer: EAVE graduate Dirk Decker
  • PETROV’S FLU by Kyril Serebrennikov, co-producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler
  • REFLECTION by Valentyn Vasyanovych, producer: EAVE graduate Vladimir Yatsenko
  • THE GRAVEDIGGER’S WIFE by Khadar Ayderus Ahmed, producers: EAVE graduates Misha Jaari, Mark Lwoff, Martin Hampel
  • THE STORY OF MY WIFE by Ildiko Enyedi, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach 
  • THE RESTLESS by Joachim Lafosse, producers: EAVE+ Head of Studies Jani Thiltges, EAVE graduates Alexandre Gavras and Anton Iffland Stettner, EAVE participant Eva Kuperman, co-producer: EAVE graduate Antonio Lombardo
  • VERA DREAMS OF THE SEA by Kaltrina Krasniqi, producer: EAVE graduate Shkumbin Istrefi
  • YUNI by Kamila Andini, producer: EAVE graduate and TTB group leader Fran Borgia

 

MakeDox Creative Documentary Film Festival (August 18 - 25)

  • 5 DREAMERS AND A HORSE by Vahagn Khachatryan, Aren Malakyan, producer: EAVE graduate Eva Blondiau
  • A HOUSE MADE OF SPLINTERS by Simon Lereng Wilmont, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Hellström
  • BROTHERHOOD by Francesco Montagner, producers: EAVE graduates Nadia Trevisan, Pavla Janouskova Kubeckova

 

International Cinematographers Film Festival Manaki Brothers (August 19 – 26)

  • ALCARRAS by Carla Simon, producers: EAVE graduate Giovanni Pompili, EAVE graduate and Spanish National Coordinator Maria Zamora
  • CLOSE by Lucas Dhont, producer: EAVE graduate Laurette Schillings, EAVE+ graduate Frans van Gestel
  • HEAVENS ABOVE by Srdjan Dragojevic, co-producer: EAVE graduate Heino Deckert
  • RABIYE KURNAZ VS. GEORGE W. BUSH by Andreas Dresen, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Tom Dercourt
  • THE EIGHT MOUNTAINS by Charlotte Vandermeersch, Felix Van Groeningen, producer:
  • THE UNCLE by David Kapac, Andrija Mardesic, producer: EAVE graduate and Serbian National Coordinator Milan Stojanovic
  • TRIANGLE OF SADNESS by Ruben Östlund, co-producers: EAVE graduate and Greek National Coordinator Konstantinos Kontovrakis, EAVE+ graduate Girogos Karnavas, EAVE graduate Per Damgaard Hansen, executive producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler

Haugesund - The Norwegian International Film Festival  (August 20 – 26)

  • ALCARRAS by Carla Simon, producers: EAVE graduate Giovanni Pompili, EAVE graduate and Spanish National Coordinator Maria Zamora
  • CLOSE by Lucas Dhont, producer: EAVE graduate Laurette Schillings, EAVE+ graduate Frans van Gestel
  • GREAT FREEDOM by Sebastian Meise, producer: EAVE graduate Oliver Neumann
  • HOLY SPIDER by Ali Abbasi, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, executive producer: EAVE graduate Ditte Milsted
  • SO DAMN EASY GOING by Christoffer Sandler, producer: EAVE graduate Annika Hellström 
  • THE EMIGRANTS by Erik Poppe, producer: EAVE graduate Fredrik Wikström Nicastro
  • THE INNOCENTS by Eskil Vogt, co-producers: EAVE graduate Lizette Jonjic, Mark Lwoff, Misha Jaari, EAVE graduate Katrin Pors, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin 
  • THE MIDDLE MAN by Bent Hamer, producer: EAVE graduate Nina Frese 
  • TRIANGLE OF SADNESS by Ruben Östlund, co-producers: EAVE graduate and Greek National Coordinator Konstantinos Kontovrakis, EAVE+ graduate Girogos Karnavas, EAVE graduate Per Damgaard Hansen, executive producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler
  • THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD by Joachim Trier, producer: PUENTES graduate Katrin Pors, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin, EAVE + graduate Mattias Nohrborg, executive-e producers: EAVE graduate Dyveke Bjørkly Graver, Andrea Berentsen Ottmar
  • THE YEAR I STARTED MASTURBATING, produced and directed by EAVE graduate Erika Wasserman
  • WHERE IS ANNE FRANK? by Ari Folmann, producer: EAVE + Head of Studies Jani Thiltges
  • WAR SAILOR by Gunnar Vikene, producer: EAVE graduate Gary Cranner

 

Film Francophone d’Angoulême  (August 23 – 28)

  • ANNIE COLÈRE by Blandine Lenoir, producer: Interchange graduate Charlotte Vincent
  • EAVE project DALVA by Emmanuelle Nicot, co-producers: EAVE graduates Julie Esparbes, PUENTES graduate Delphine Schmit
  • LA NUIT DES ROIS by Philippe Lacote, producer: EAVE+ graduate Yanick Letourneau
  • LES HIRONDELLES DE KABOUL by Zabou Breitman, Eléa Gobbé-Mévellec, co-producer: EAVE graduate Stephan Roelants
  • THE BLUE CAFTAN by Maryam Touzani, producers: EAVE graduate Kartin Pors, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin

 

Espoo Cinè International Film Festival (August 29 – September 4)

  • EAVE MW project QUIET FREEDOM by Wendla Nölle, producers: EAVE+ graduates Dirk Decker, Andrea Schütte

 

Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (August 29 – September 10)

  • COP SECRET by Hannes Thor Halldorsson, producer: EAVE graduate Lilja Snorradottir
  • HINTERLAND by Stefan Ruzowitzky, producer: EAVE graduate Oliver Neumann, EAVE + graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu
  • VESPER by Kristina Buozyte, Bruno Samper, co-producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland

 

Venice International Film Festival (August 31 – September 10)

Competition

  • CHIARA by Susanna Nicchiarelli, producer: Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli
  • L’IMMENSITA by Emanuele Crialese, producer: EAVE FF graduate Lorenzo Gangarossa
  • THE ETERNAL DAUGHTER by Joanna Hogg, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney

Out of Competition

  • SICCITA by Paolo Virzi, producer: EAVE FF graduate Lorenzo Gangarossa
  • WHEN THE WAVES ARE GONE by Lav Diaz, producer: TTB graduate and group leader Bianca Balbuena, TTB graduates Bradley Liew, Mikkel Jersin, EAVE graduate Katrin Pors

Out of competition – Series

  • THE KINGDOM by Lars von Trier, co-producer: EAVE graduate Hubert Toint

Out of competition – non fiction

  • MUSIC FOR BLACK PIGEONS by Jørgen Leth and Andreas Koefoed, producer: EAVE graduate Emile Hertling Péronard

Orizzonti

  • EAVE and TTB project TO THE NORTH by Mihai Mincan, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Radu Stancu, co-producers: TTB and EAVE graduate Konstantinos Vassilaros, EAVE graduate Mikulas Novotny
  • INNOCENCE Guy Davidi, producer: EAVE graduate Kaarle Aho
  • LUXEMBOURG, LUXEMBOURG by Antonio Lukich, producer: EAVE graduate Vladimir Yatsenko
  • PUENTES project BLANQUITA by Fernando Guzzoni, producer: PUENTES graduate Giancarlo Nasi
  • THE HAPPIEST MAN IN THE WORLD by Teona Strugar Mitevska, producers: EAVE graduate and Macedonian National Coordinator Labina Mitevska, EAVE+ graduate Danijel Hocevar, EAVE graduates Benoît Roland, National Coordinator Bosnia Herzegovina Amra Baksic Camo, EAVE graduates Maria Møller Christoffersen, Sébastien Delloye
  • TTB project AUTOBIOGRAPHY by Makbul Mubarak, producer: EAVE participant and TTB graduate Yulia Evina Bhara, co-producer: EAVE graduate Nicole Gerhards
  • VICTIM by Michal Blasko, producers: Jakub Viktorin and Pavla Janouskova Kubeckova, co-producer: EAVE graduate Saar Yogev

Orizzonti Extra

  • GOLIATH by Adilkhan Yerzhanov, producer: EAVE graduate Natalia Drozd
  • HANGING GARDENS by Ahmed Yassin Al Daradji, producer: EAVE graduate May Odeh
  • Interchange project NEZOUH by Soudade Kaadan, producers: Interchange graduates Amira Kaadan and Soudade Kaadan
  • VALERIA IS GETTING MARRIED by Michal Vinik, producer: EAVE graduate Vladimir Yatsenko

Venice Days – Giornate degli Autori

Competition

  • DIRTY DIFFICULT DANGEROUS by Wissam Charaf, producer: EAVE graduate Charlotte Vincent
  • EAVE project ORDINARY FAILURES by Cristina Grosan, producers: EAVE graduates Marek Novak, Marica Stocchi
  • THE DAMNED DON'T CRY by Fyzal Boulifa, producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
  • THE LAST QUEEN by Adila Bendimerad, Damien Ounouri, producer: EAVE group leader Patrick Sobelman

Miu Miu Women’s Tales

  • #24 CARTA DE MI MADRE PARA MI HIJO by Carla Simón, producer: EAVE graduate, group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic

Projects selected for Final Cut in Venice

  • BACKSTAGE by Afef Ben Mahmoud and Khalil Benkirane, producer: EAVE graduate Isabelle Truc
  • INSHALLAH A BOY by Amjad Al Rasheed, producer: EAVE graduate Rula Nasser
  • SUSPENDED by Myriam El Hajj, producer: EAVE graduate Myriam Sassine

63 projects will be presented at the Venice Gap-Financing Market. The event is being organised as part of the Venice Production Bridge during the Venice Film Festival. Among them the following projects by EAVE producers:

  • ARCADIA by Yorgos Zois, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki
  • BLUE BANKS by Andreea Cristina Bortun, producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Laurent Csinidis
  • COLD by Erlingur Thoroddsen, producer: EAVE participant Elisa Heene
  • FÜR IRENA by Giedre Zickyte, producer: EAVE+ graduate Pille Rünk
  • HOLD ME TIGHT by Ana Guevara, Leticia, producer: EAVE graduate and PUENTES group leader Agustina Chiarino
  • STRANGER EYES by Yeo Siew Hua, producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Laurent Csinidis
  • THE GOD WILL NOT HELP by Hana Jusic, producer: EAVE group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic
  • THE SMELL OF FRESHLY CUT GRASS by Celina Murga, producer: TTB and EAVE graduate and German National Coordinator Jonas Weydemann
  • TTB project TITANIC OCEAN by Konstantina Kotzamani, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki
  • ZE by Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir, producer: Interchange graduate Charlotte Vincent
  • I, THE SONG by Dechen Roder, producer: TTB graduates Johann Chapelan, Fernanda Renno, Stefano Centini

 

 

 

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SPECIAL OFFER FOR EAVE GRADUATES - Asian Project Market | Busan International Film Festival

Are you interested in CO-PRODUCING WITH ASIA?

 

We are happy to announce that thanks to the partnership between Asian Contents & Film Market, EAVE Ties That Bind and European Film Promotion, up to 5 EAVE European alumni will be invited to join the 25th Asian Project Market in the framework of the 27th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF, October 5 – 14).

The invitations will be granted only to delegates looking to contribute to the selected projects of APM & Busan Story Market and preference will be given to producers who co-produced with Asia in the past four years. These participants should be looking for new Asian film projects or original IPs to co-produce or co-finance and should not mainly aim to present their own projects in Busan.

Each producer will be able to scout the best new Asian projects in development at the APM, network with more than 2,000 film professionals from all over the world and attend festival screenings. The invitation by Asian Project Market covers 4 hotel nights (Oct. 8-12) plus a discounted accreditation for 150 US$.

The Asian Project Market (APM, October 9- 11) is a co-production platform that offers filmmakers of official APM projects the opportunity to meet international leading film professionals including financiers, co-producers, or sales agents. In 2019, 29 projects were presented in more than 795 scheduled meetings physical and in the past two year it took place online. This year, APM will hold physical event with 29 official projects – [See Full List of APM 2022].

Established in 2006, Asian Contents & Film Market (Oct. 8 – 11) serves as a total film market covering all stages of film industry from pre-production to film sales. Since 2012, ACFM has presented Busan Story Market as a marketplace for film and audiovisual adaptation of original IP ranging from literary books to webtoons, web novels, story, and more. This year, Busan Story Market will introduce about 60 original IPs as an official selection with powerful Korean and Asian IP holders.

 

 

If you are interested, please send your CV and statement of goal & purpose of your attendance in APM and Busan to Seri PARK: seri@biff.kr before August 28th

 

For further information, please see:

27th BUSAN International Film Festival (5-14 October 2022) | www.biff.kr

Asian Contents & Film Market 2022 (8-11 October 2022) | www.acfm.kr

25th Asian Project Market (9-11 October 2022) | http://apm.biff.kr

EAVE Ties That Bind https://eave.org/programmes/ties-that-bind-2022

EFP EUROPE! GOES BUSAN https://www.efp-online.com/en/project_talent_promotion/busan.php

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MEET EAVE IN SEPTEMBER!

@ EAVE on Demand Tours, September 13 - 15, Tours (FR)

EAVE Deputy CEO Satu Elo

@ EAVE on Demand Film Fund Luxembourg, September 26 - 27, Luxembourg (LU)

EAVE Deputy CEO Satu Elo

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EAVE Yoga Corner

Dear EAVE Yogis,

You are welcome to join the EAVE Online Yoga sessions each THURSDAY from September 22 onwards.

EAVE Online Yoga sessions offer a peaceful place where you can stretch your body in a gentle way and practice pranayama (breathing) in a small group of yogis.

THURSDAYS: Online classes from September 22

08:15 – 08:55 CEST

19:30 – 21:00 CEST

MONDAYS: In-Person classes at Tagtigall in Berlin

18:30 – 20:00 CEST

20:30 – 22:00 CEST

Discounted price for the EAVE graduates:

  • 50 Euro for a 10-class card (40 min)
  • 100 Euro for a 10-class card (90 min)

 

Please register by email: yogatanika@gmail.com

 

Namaste,

Tanika

 

More info:

https://www.yogatanika.de/

https://www.facebook.com/yogatanika/

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Deadline extension: TIES THAT BIND 2022

The call for applications for the 14th edition of TIES THAT BIND Asia - Europe Co-Production Workshop in 2022 is now EXTENDED until August 26th, 2022.

We are very proud to announce a new partnership with TAICCA - Taiwan Creative Content Agency and to unveil the new dates and location of the Asian session of the workshop!!

TAICCA: “After the very fruitful TIES THAT BIND on Demand Workshop in 2021, TAICCA is very glad to extend and deepen our partnership with TIES THAT BIND in 2022. We hope by this partnership, TAICCA and TTB will be able to  build stronger connections between Europe and Asia”.

Kristina Trapp, EAVE: “In addition to our existing strong partnerships in several Asian countries and regions, we are thrilled to start this privileged partnership with TAICCA for TIES THAT BIND.”

Sabrina Baracetti, Far East Film Festival: “The Far East Film Festival was born with the aim to create a bridge between East and West. TTB is the place where this bridge finds its realisation. After having been distanced in the past two years, we feel the need to create a place where stories intertwine. We are confident that Taipei is our new beginning!"

Paolo Vidali, Friuli Venezia Giulia Audiovisual Fund: ”TTB has grown steadily over its 12+ year life. Having such a prestigious organisation on board now as TAICCA will give a further boost to a project that unites and will unite European and Asian cinema.”

What is TTB?

TIES THAT BIND is the leading training programme for European-Asian co-production. The participants will work with top-notch industry professionals from both continents. The sessions will focus on script development, co-production between Asia and Europe, public and private financing in the two regions, pitching, marketing and distribution. They will meet leading Asian and European sales agents, funders and potential co-producers during FOCUS ASIA in Udine.

Target Group

TTB is targeted at European & Asian producers focusing on project development. We will select 5 European and 5 Asian producers. In addition to feature fiction films, we are open to TV series or animation fiction films in development. We encourage you to bring your directors to the workshop.

We also welcome applications from European professionals interested in working with Asia such as sales agents, financiers, distributors, festival programmers, co-production market representatives, or European producers who wish to focus on their career development. We will select 5 career participants to be an active part of the group. In order to benefit from all aspects of the programme, they will be able to partner with project participants and attend the meetings with the experts and decision makers together.

2 Workshops
Workshop 1 will take place in early November 2022, in Taipei, Taiwan, within the framework of the TCCF - Taiwan Creative Content Fest.

Workshop 2 will take place at the end of April 2023 in Udine, Italy, within the framework of the Udine Far East Film Festival & FOCUS ASIA.

To name just some of the TTB success stories from the last few years: LEONOR WILL NEVER DIE by Martika Escobar (World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award: Innovative Spirit at Sundance 2022), MONEYBOYS by C.B. Yi (Un Certain Regard in Cannes 2021), HOLY EMY by Araceli Lemos (Best Film Top Prize at LAGFF’s Orpheus Awards 2022, Special Mention Award in Locarno 2021), WHETHER THE WEATHER IS FINE by Carlo Francisco Manatad (Youth Jury Award in Locarno 2021), THE SEEN AND UNSEEN by Kamila Andini (Grand Prize of the Generation 14plus International Jury at Berlinale 2018), A YELLOW BIRD by K. Rajagopal (Cannes Critics’ Week 2016).

“TIES THAT BIND offers a great opportunity for exchange, strong networking, finding more financing possibilities, expanding the knowledge as well as business. Different feedback from diverse backgrounds is a great advantage for the project development.

Mai Nguyen (DE/VN), Scarlet Visions & CineHanoi, Ties That Bind 2021

“It was great to have inter-continental dialogue between Asia and Europe at TIES THAT BIND. It helped to question preconceptions on both sides and understand each other's realities better. As an Asian participant, it's great to be able to have the opportunity to connect not just with European producers but also with producers from other Asian countries. I very much feel that I will be keeping in touch with a lot of my cohort for the years to come.”

Aiko Masubuchi (JP), Zakkubalan,Ties That Bind 2021

Find out all about the application criteria and regulations and apply by filling in the form here.

EXTENDED DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: August 26, 2022

The selection will be made by a selection committee and will be announced by late September 2022.

TIES THAT BIND is organised by the Friuli Venezia Giulia Audiovisual Fund, EAVE, Udine Far East Film Festival and TAICCA, and supported by the Creative Europe - MEDIA sub-programme of the European Union. A special thanks goes to SAAVA and ATF Asia TV Forum & Market for hosting the workshop since 2015 in Singapore and for continuing offering special support for the future plans of Ties That Bind.

For more information please contact:

TTB Coordinator – Alessandra Pastore: tiesthatbind@eave.org

www.eave.org, www.tiesthatbind.eu

EAVE
European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs, EAVE, is a professional training, project, development and networking organisation for audiovisual producers. Working with a worldwide network of partners we are involved in programmes for producers in Europe, Russia, Latin America, the Arab world, Asia and Africa.

FVG Audiovisual Fund
First experience in the Italian panorama, the aim of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Audiovisual Regional Fund is to support the development of local film companies and promote the regional audiovisual works in national and international markets. The Fund operates in three main sectors: training, to encourage the participation of local audiovisual professional in national and international courses for directors, scriptwriters, producers, editors, camera operators, and sound engineers; development, to cover all the activities between the idea and the production phase, from the script writing and the research, to the casting, the fundraising and the presentation of a promo; distribution, along with the promotion of the projects, this last action includes a financial support to cover the production expenses, so as to create more competitive products.
Along with the ordinary management of the fund, the FVG AUDIOVISUAL FUND has organized several events aimed at creating platforms for cinema professionals from all around the world and developing the local audiovisual industry.

Far East Film Festival
Established in Udine (Italy) in 1999 after the success achieved in 1998 by the Hong Kong Film focus, Far East Film is about to reach its 24th edition, and still represents a unique opportunity to experience current trends in East and South-East Asian filmmaking.
Every year, during its nine days of screenings, Far East Film offers the chance to watch the most successful recent Asian releases as well as staging important retrospectives. In the pleasant, informal and relaxing festival mood, the newest feature films from the Far East are presented along with tributes and focuses on specific directors.
Since 2016, FEFF also hosts its own industry section called FOCUS ASIA that brings together over 120 producers, investors, sales and buyers from Asia and Europe, and which includes a Project Market for films in development and a series of Panels & Case Studies dedicated to the latest trends in European and Asian cinema.

TAICCA - Taiwan Creative Content Agency
Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA), established in June 2019 and supervised by the Ministry of Culture, is a professional intermediary organization that promotes the development of Taiwan’s content industries. TAICCA supports various cultural content industries in Taiwan, including film and television, pop music, publishing, ACG, and fashion, artworks and cultural technologies.
With advanced information and communication technology infrastructure and emerging technologies in Taiwan, TAICCA manages the National Development Fund to develop intellectual property (IP), incubate culture technologies, and facilitate startups.
Through international distribution channels, TAICCA strives to promote Taiwan’s cultural brand in the world. TAICCA enhances Taiwan’s cultural content industries and creates new value for Taiwan’s national brand. Profitable and eco-friendly, the creative industries are now valued as a key economic indicator worldwide.

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Deadline extension: EAVE Producers Workshop 2023 - apply by September 5, 2022

EAVE, European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs, is one of the leading training and development providers for producers in Europe, renowned for its EAVE Producers Workshop.

  Who is it for?

EAVE is aimed at producers (fiction, documentary and TV series), who are already working in the film and television industries who wish to expand their operation internationally by increasing their knowledge of producing and co-producing in Europe and by building up a pan European professional network. We also welcome applications from associated branches of the industry – e.g. commissioning, funding, legal and finance, festivals & markets, media administration. Each year fifty participants are selected from most of the EU countries and beyond and take part in three one-week long workshops.

  How does it work?

Half the participants attend the course with projects and it is an excellent means of development through intense focus on the project with colleagues and experts throughout the year. The other half come to EAVE in order to focus on developing their companies or careers. Most participants attending with a project also bring their writer for the first two weeks which enables producer and writer to benefit together from one-to-one sessions with script experts.

During the first two workshops, participants work within groups led by experienced producers and with several experts on script analysis, development and production financing, legal aspects of co-production, marketing, pitching, packaging and more. In the third workshop 60-70 Decision Makers (commissioning editors, national and regional media funds, sales agents, etc.) join the participants to discuss the projects, companies and careers of the participants, a process which offers unusual access to Europe's Decision Makers. 

EAVE graduates join a unique network of active European producers which forms one of the backbones of the industry. Furthermore, EAVE participants and members benefit from our partnerships with the leading European film festivals and markets where EAVE facilitates graduate participation. 

  Timeline

The interviews with a pre-selection of candidates will take place in autumn 2022 and the selection will be announced in December 2022. The 3 workshops take place in March 3-10, 2023 in Luxembourg (LU), June 11-18, 2023 in Alpbach (AT), and October 2023 in the Netherlands.

  EAVE MARKETING BUDDIES PROGRAMME

The EAVE Marketing Workshop participants are joined every year by selected graduates of the renowned EAVE Producers Workshop, who have trained over one year as specialized marketing professionals.

EAVE is a residential workshop programme with a strong focus on network building. Should local travel restrictions occur, alternative digital solutions will be proposed.

EXTENDED DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: September 5, 2022

Check out www.eave.org or contact satu@eave.org for more information.

Application form: eave.org/apply/epw-2023

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Deadline extension: CHANGE Co-production training course 2022-2023

EXTENDED DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 2ND SEPTEMBER 2022

EAVE, CPH:DOX, and IMS are calling for eight teams with documentary projects in development from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine.

We offer a tailor-made programme taking place over three residential workshops with the aim to stimulate and qualify inter-regional co-production and to connect documentary projects to regional and international markets. Participants are tutored by regional and international experts.

The first two workshops will consist of five full days of group work, plenaries, and individual meetings; the third workshop will take place in the framework of CPH:DOX and consists of workshop days, pitching of the projects at CPH:FORUM as well as debrief of the pitching and development of strategies for the teams and projects after the workshop.

Between the workshops, participants will be working on project development with specific tasks and assignments.

 

THE WORKSHOPS

DEVELOPMENT  -  October 31 - November 4, 2022 in Tbilisi

We dig deep into the core of what the teams want to tell, enforce the storytelling, and focus on the ambition for each film in terms of impact, awareness, change.

CO-PRODUCTION  -  January 16-20, 2023 in one of the participating countries

We expand the participants knowledge of each other’s reality, production environment, financing structures. The pros and cons of co-production are used to strengthen each project, preparing them to meet the international market.

ENCOUNTER – March 18-22, 2023 in Copenhagen

The projects will pitch at CPH:FORUM and encounter the international market leading to the formulation of tailored strategies for each project.

 

THE PARTICIPANTS

Upcoming teams – director and producer – with a documentary project in development from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine can apply and we are committed to equal opportunity to all. We focus on projects set in these countries, projects that are open for co-production, and we welcome projects in the crossing field between documentary and journalism.

The working language is English, and participants should be comfortable with reading, writing, and speaking English.

The film project shall:

  • Demonstrate to cover topics of public interest in a professional and ethical way.
  • Have an idea of how to reach intended audiences and be a call for action.
  • Seek to have an impact on the public debate leading to potential social, political, or cultural change.
  • Priority is given to productions focusing on issues of gender equality, marginalised groups and minorities, diversity, social change, current affairs, and human rights.

There is no participation fee as CHANGE provides tutoring, travel, lodging, and living. Participants will cover local transportation themselves.

 

Application deadline: 2nd September 2022

The application form can be downloaded here.

For further information, please contact Satu Elo, satu@eave.org.

 

This call is organised in collaboration with the film festivals:

  • Docudays UA – Ukraine
  • MOLDOX – Moldova
  • CinéDOC-Tbilisi – Georgia
  • Golden Apricot – Armenia
  • WATCH DOCS – Belarus
  • DokuBaku – Azerbaijan
  • Georgian National Film Center

Some of the applicants might be invited for an online interview in September, to further clarify the application. Final selection will be announced after mid-September 2022.

THE PARTNERSHIP BEHIND CHANGE

EAVE, European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs, is Europe’s leading training, development, and networking organisation 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 2,400 producers and key decision-makers.

CPH:DOX, Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival, is one of the biggest documentary film festivals in the world. A festival that continues to develop and expand, presenting a program that ranges from the works of major international directors to new talents, from large-scale theatrical releases to film/video works in the field between cinema and visual art.

IMS, International Media Support, is promoting journalism and documentary film to strengthen the capacity of media to reduce conflict, strengthen democracy and facilitate dialogue. Our work is geared towards helping locally-based public interest media operating in armed conflicts, humanitarian crises and rapid political change, both positive and negative, to provide the public and “civic organizations” with public interest content they can trust and use. We work in more than 40 countries across four continents with a staff of about 150 people.

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SPECIAL OFFERS FOR EAVE GRADUATES - Gotham Week and CinePitching

CINEPITCHING

Are you interested in CO-PRODUCING WITH BRASIL?

The 6th edition of CinePitching will take place online from August 30 - 31, 2022 and they are looking for international co-producers who would like to have individual meetings with Brasilian producers on the 30th of August.

Cinepitching is an event that aims to bring together, through business rounds and pitchings, authors and directors with film distributors, representatives of TV and VOD channels and producers around projects in the initial phase of development.

*** Special for EAVE graduates: apply by August 12th by sending a CV / company profile and a short motivation statement to eric@bocaboca.com.br.

 

More information: www.bocaboca.com.br/cine-pitching/

 

 

 

GOTHAM WEEK PROJECT MARKET

We are happy to continue the special partnership with the 2022 Gotham Week Project Market (formerly IFP Week Project Forum).

The Gotham Week’s Project Market is a large-scale, curated marketplace for fiction & documentary films, series, and audio projects ranging from early stages of development to near-completion. It’s a must-attend event for financiers, producers and production companies, distributors, broadcasters, sales & talent execs, and festival programmers seeking access to bold, original projects and talent early. With their registration, Industry professionals are given access to learn more and request meetings with Project Market-selected projects from around the world and are granted complimentary access to the Gotham Week Conference

Notable Project Market-supported projects include American Factory; Crip Camp; Embrace of the Serpent; The Hottest August; I’m No Longer Here; Knock Down the House; The Last Black Man in San Francisco; Lingua Franca; Making a Murderer; The Man Who Sold His Skin; Miss Juneteenth; Monos; Selah and the Spades; Stray, and The Truffle Hunters.


Gotham Week will take place onsite in NYC during September 17 - 23, 2022.


***Special for EAVE producers: EAVE and The Gotham offer the opportunity for 3 EAVE producers WITHOUT PROJECT to be registered for free at the Gotham Week.


Please let us know if you are interested, by e-mail: lilla@eave.org, no later than August 26, 2022.


For more information please visit: thegotham.org

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