EAVE October News 2022
- FLESH OF MY FLESH receives support
In Development October 2022 - EAVE project THE HERD in post-production
In Production and in Post-production October 2022 - EAVE Marketing Workshop project LAMB triumphs at the EDDA Awards
Awards October 2022 - PUENTES project BLANQUITA Chile’s official entry to Best International Film at the Oscars
Nominations October 2022 - EAVE project HEARTBEAST in Finnish cinemas
In Cinemas October 2022 - Interchange project NEZOUH selected for BFI London
Festivals October 2022 - MEET THE EAVE TEAM IN NOVEMBER!
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press release - Final session of the EAVE 2022 Producers Workshop in Barcelona
press release - WHEN EAST MEETS WEST 2023 First round of calls for entries is now open!
press release - CHANGE - Co-production training course: selection announced
EAVE, IMS and CPH:DOX start the second round of CHANGE programme supporting European Eastern Partnership countries - Participants announced for Second Creative Producer Indaba
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FLESH OF MY FLESH receives support
Finnish Film Foundation
The Board of The Finnish Film Foundation granted production support to 12 new feature films and documentaries in October. Among them:
- CHILDREN OF THE LOWEST HEAVEN by Birgitte Stærmose, producers: EAVE Head of Studies Lise Lense-Møller, EAVE graduates Mark Lwoff, Misha Jaari
- ITTY BITTY PRINCESS by Lauri Maijala, producer: EAVE graduate Aleksi Bardy
- ORENDA by Pirjo Honkasalo, producers: EAVE Head of Studies Lise Lense-Møller, EAVE graduates Mark Lwoff, Misha Jaari
- STORMSKERRY MAJA by Tiina Lymi, producer: EAVE+ graduate Jukka Helle
- THE SWEDISH TORPEDO by Frida Kempff, producer: EAVE graduate David Herdies
- VARADO by Tonje Nicos Argillet and Stéphane Correa, producer: EAVE graduate Kaarle Aho
- PASTORAL PATHWAYS by Ahmet Necdet Cupur, producers: EAVE graduates Enis Köstepen, Nicole Gerhards is supported by the German-Turkish co-production Development Fund.
- FLESH OF MY FLESH by Matthys Boshoff, producer: EAVE graduate Khosie Dali, co-producer: EAVE graduates Khosie Dali, Reiner Selen receives support by the Netherlands Film Fund within the Minority co-production feature film and documentary support scheme. the film was also selected for support by the Durban FilmMart. The plot: After a car accident claims his little daughter’s life and renders his wife quadriplegic, Magnus, a fast-rising lawyer, brings free-spirited Annelie home from hospital. As lover becomes caretaker, grand dreams crumble into mediocrity and their son, Cornelius, rebels, will the family survive?
https://www.filmfonds.nl/page/11895/support-for-four-international-minority-co-productions
- FOR THE VICTORY! by Valentyn Vasyanovych, producer: EAVE graduate Volodymyr Yatsenko is in development. The film tells the story of a man over 50, for whom everything is falling apart – but slowly, not all at once. He tells it from the point of view of his family having left, settling somewhere near Vienna. So he remains here alone. His father is old and has to be looked after during the war, and he has an adult son who does not want to grow up, but wants to sit and study computer games. He’s got a whole heap of problems, and at the same time, he feels this terrible helplessness. He cannot go to fight, but he wants to support his country somehow. And he talks about his friends with whom he has worked before. Vasyanovych is one of 48 Ukrainian filmmakers to have received a development grant for his project from the Ukrainian Film Academy, with support from Netflix.
https://cineuropa.org/en/prodcompany/405763/
EAVE project THE HERD in post-production
In production
- ZE by Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir, producer: Interchange graduate Charlotte Vincent and EAVE graduate Denis Vaslin is shooting her feature debut. Written by the director, the script centres on Ze who’s in his last year of high school; he is 17 years old and a shaman. One day he meets Marla, a delicate but distrustful young woman, who has come to visit Ze’s spirit because of her illness. For Ze, it is love at first sight. When Marla rejects his affection, Ze confronts for the first time the limits of spirituality, love and his own evolution… Ze is a sober portrait of teenage life in today's Ulaanbaatar. Produced by Katia Khazak and Interchange graduate Charlotte Vincent for Aurora Films, ZE is co-produced by Guru Media (Mongolia), EAVE graduate Filipa Reis from Uma Pedra no Sapato (Portugal), EAVE graduate Denis Vaslin from Volya Films (The Netherlands) and in association with 27 Films Production (Germany). It is supported by the Aide aux Cinémas du Monde fund of the CNC, the fund for French-Portuguese cinema co-productions, the NFF+HBF Co-production scheme (which brings together the Netherlands Film Fund and the Hubert Bals Fund), the HBF+ Europe: Minority Co-production support (another programme initiated by the Hubert Bals Fund), the World Cinema Fund of the Berlinale, and Arte. The feature film has also benefited from the support of the ARRI, the MEDIA programme, the screenwriting assistance programme of CICLIC (Centre-Val de Loire region), and the Hubert Bals Fund. Winner of the Open Doors Hub Production Grant in Locarno in 2020, the project has also won two prizes at the Torino Film Lab: a CNC special mention in 2019, and a Post-production Award in 2021. Filming will take place from 24 October to 2 December.
- THE WHITE FLASH by Laura Hermanides, producer: EAVE graduate Floor Onrust is shooting her debut fiction feature. The movie tells a true family story rooted in a very authentic, almost forgotten working-class environment in Amsterdam, pushed out of the city centre to the low-rise outskirts. The script focuses on 42-year-old Rick, who, after a long and torturous history of psychiatric problems, has finally received a confirmed date for the requested and much-desired humane termination of his life, which has been full of suffering. The question hovering over this difficult situation is whether his parents will be able to let him go, out of their love for him. The project was developed with the support of the Netherlands Film Fund in 2020 and applied for production support in 2021. The Amsterdam Fund for the Arts granted it, while the rest of the financing came from a crowd funding campaign, support from Swiss distributor Innovative EYE and from Family Affair Films itself.
- LES MEUTES by Kamal Lazraq, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum is shooting. Written by Kamal Lazraq himself, the story thrusts us into the working-class suburbs of Casablanca where Hassan and Issam, father and son, are trying to get by day-to-day by way of petty crime or jobs for the local mob. But one night, they’re asked to kidnap a man… LES MEUTES is produced by Saïd Hamich Benlarbi on behalf of Barney Production, in co-production with Moroccan firm Mont Fleuri Production and Belgian outfit Beluga Tree. Supported by the CNC’s Aide aux Cinémas du Monde fund, the Institut Français, the Gan Film Foundation, the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie’s Film Fund for French-Language Films, the Doha Film Institute, the AFAC (Arab Fund For Arts And Culture), the Wallonia Brussels Fund and via an advance on receipts from the Moroccan Film Centre, this feature film will be shot in Casablanca and its surrounds.
- AND by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney is shooting. The plot of the new project, which remains under wraps for the time being, is based on a script developed by Element Pictures and Film4, and penned by the Greek helmer himself and his regular collaborator Efthimis Filippou. AND is being produced by US-based Searchlight Pictures, Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe for Ireland’s Element Pictures, Kasia Malipan and Lanthimos himself. British firm Film4 is co-financing the picture.
In post-production
- EAVE project THE HERD by Milko Lazarov, producer: EAVE graduate Veselka Kiryakova is in post-production. As per his previous works, Lazarov has chosen a remote setting for his film, with the villages of Karlukovo and Kamenno Pole - situated in the decaying north-western reaches of Bulgaria - serving as his main locations. The story focuses on Ali, his daughter Tarika, and her grandmother Chrysula, who are leading an isolated life in a village hut near the border. Tarika suffers from a rare bone malformation known as "butterfly wings", an abnormality passed down through the maternal line. Despite having lived in the area for a long time, enjoying a peaceful and harmonious relationship with their neighbours, the family have always been seen as strange. And then, out of nowhere, the animals in the village are struck down by disease, the river dries up, and sick boy Nikola dies after befriending Tarika. Driven by xenophobia and superstition, the villagers become increasingly suspicious and decide to deal with this unusual family themselves. Produced by Red Carpet, with 42film (Germany) and Amour Fou Luxembourg (Luxembourg) acting as co-producers, the film is funded by the Bulgarian National Film Center, MDM, ZDF/arte, Film fund Luxembourg and Eurimages.
EAVE Marketing Workshop project LAMB triumphs at the EDDA Awards
Filmfest Hamburg
Three awards for EAVE graduates at the Filmfest Hamburg:
- CLOSE by Lucas Dhont, producer: EAVE graduate Laurette Schillings, EAVE+ graduate Frans van Gestel won the Arthouse Cinema Award
- EAVE project DALVA by Emmanuelle Nicot, co-producers: EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes, PUENTES graduate Delphine Schmit won the NDR Young Talent Award
- VICTIM by Michal Blasko, producers: Jakub Viktorin and Pavla Janouskova Kubeckova, co-producer: EAVE graduate Saar Yogev received the Hamburg Producers Award for International Cinema Co-Productions
- HOLY SPIDER by Ali Abbasi, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, executive producer: EAVE graduate Ditte Milsted received a Special Mention
Namur International French-Language Film Festival
- UNDER THE FIG TREES by Erige Sehiri, producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri, EAVE graduates Palmyre Badinier, Roshanak Beheshd Nedjad won the Golden Bayard for Best Film at the Namur International French-Language Film Festival.
- ANGRY ANNIE by Blandine Lenoir, producer: Interchange graduate Charlotte Vincent won the Agnès Award
- MEN OF DEEDS by Paul Negoescu, producer: EAVE graduate Anamaria Antoci was awarded Bayard for Best Acting Performance and the Jury Special Mention
- EAVE project DALVA by Emmanuelle Nicot, co-producers: EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes, PUENTES graduate Delphine Schmit won the Discovery Prize, Best Acting Performance and the Junior Jury Prize
Warsaw Film Festival
- JANUARY by Viesturs Kairiss, producers: EAVE graduates Inese Boka-Grube, Gints Grube, co-producer: EAVE graduate Malgorzata Staron won Best Director at the Warsaw Film Festival
- BUTTERFLY VISION by Maksim Nakonechnyi, co-producer: EAVE graduate Dagmar Sedlackova won Best Ukrainian Fiction Feature
- DANGEROUS MEN by Maciej Kawalski, producer: EAVE graduate Agnieszka Dziedzic won the Audience Award
Busan International Film Festival
- SIMA’S SONG by Roya Sadat, producers: EAVE graduates Alba Sotorra and Dutch National Coordinator Frank Hoeve won the Taiwan Creative Content Agency-TAICCA Award at the Busan International Film Festival
- IN THE LAND OF BROTHERS by Raha Amirfazli, producers EAVE graduate and Dutch National Coordinator Frank Hoeve won the VIPO Award.
CinÉast – Luxembourg’s Central and Eastern European Film Festival
- GENTLE by Anna Nemes and Laszlo Csuja, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach was awarded the Grand Prix at CinÉast – Luxembourg’s Central and Eastern European Film Festival.
- 107 MOTHERS by Peter Kerekes, producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Tomkova, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jiri Konecny won the Special Jury Prize
- THE UNCLE by David Kapac, Andrija Mardesic, producer: EAVE graduate and Serbian National Coordinator Milan Stojanovic won the Audience Award.
National Film Critics’ Award Kinokolo
- 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 scooped three awards at Ukrainan’s fifth National Film Critics’ Award Kinokolo. The film was awarded Best Director and Best Screenwriter, and was also given the Opening of the Year Award for Best Feature-length Debut. The lead performer, Oleksandr Yatsentyuk, also received the award for Best Actor.
https://kcw.com.ua/en/p/about-the-award
DMZ International Documentary Film Festival
- EAVE project DISTURBED EARTH by Kumjana Novakova and EAVE graduate Guillermo Carreras-Candi, producer: EAVE graduate Guillermo Carreras-Candi was awarded the main award, the International Grand Prix at South Korea’s DMZ International Documentary Film Festival (DMZ Docs).
https://asianfilmfestivals.com/2022/09/29/dmz-international-documentary-film-festival-awards-2022/
Icelandic Edda Awards
- EAVE Marketing Workshop project LAMB by Valdimar Johannsson, producer: EAVE graduate Hrönn Kristinsdottir, developed at EAVE by MW graduate Ewa Bojanowska is the big winner of the Icelandic Edda Awards. The film took home a total of 12 awards (Best Feature Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor in a Leading Role, Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Best Production Design, Best Costumes; Best Special Effects; Best Editing; Best Cinematography; Best Sound; Best Original Score), including film of the year, director of the year (Valdimar Jóhannsson) and screenplay of the year (Valdimar Jóhannsson and Sjón).
Athens International Film Festival
- RETURN TO SEOUL by Davy Chou, producer: Interchange and B’EST graduate Charlotte Vincent, EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin won the Golden Athena Award for Best Film at the Athens International Film Festival.
- 1976 by Manuela Martelli, producer: EAVE graduate Dominga Sotomayor won the City of Athens best director award
- THE BLUE CAFTAN by Maryam Touzani, producers: EAVE graduate Kartin Pors, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin won the Fisher Audience Award and the Greek Film Critics Association Award.
Irish Film and Television Academy Awards
- YOUNG PLATO by Neasa Ni Chianain, Declan McGrath, co-producer: EAVE graduate Hanne Phlypo won the George Morrison Feature Documentary Award at the Irish Film and Television Academy IFTA awards.
La Roche-sur-Yon International Film Festival
- BEAUTIFUL BEINGS by Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson, EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson won the Grand Prize of the La Roche-sur-Yon International Film Festival.
Rome Film Fest
- JANUARY by Viesturs Kairiss, producers: EAVE graduates Inese Boka-Grube, Gints Grube, co-producer: EAVE graduate Malgorzata Staron was the big winner of the Rome Film Fest winning Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor (Karlis Arnolds Avots).
https://filmguide.romacinemafest.org
SomCinema Festival
- EAVE project FRANCESCA & LOVE, producer: EAVE graduate Alba Sotorra has won Best Documentary at the SomCinema Festival in Lleida.
Film Fest Gent
- A PIECE OF SKY by Michael Koch, producer: EAVE+ graduate Christof Neracher won the George Delerue Award for Best Score at the Film Fest Gent.
- EAVE project SPACE BOY by Olivier Pairoux, producer: EAVE graduate Annabella Nezri, co-producer: EAVE graduate Katleen Goossens received a Special Mention
- I HAVE ELECTRIC DREAMS by Valentina Maurel, producer: EAVE graduate Benoît Roland won Best Original Score for a Belgian Production.
Riga International Film Festival
- 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 won the Feature Film Competition of the Riga International Film Festival.
Netherlands Film Festival Utrecht
- OINK by Mascha Halberstad, producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot won the Netherlands Film Festival Utrecht. The animation scooped Best Film and Best Director at the Dutch festival.
- DO NOT HESITATE by by Shariff Korver, producer: EAVE graduate Leontine Petit, co-producers: EAVE graduate and Greek National Coordinator Konstantinos Kontovrakis, EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas was awarded Best Supporting Role (Tobias Kersloot) and Best Script
- NARCOSIS by Martijn de Jong, producer: Interchange graduate Trent won Best Leading Role (Thekla Reuten).
Platino awards
Two Latin American Platino awards for EAVE graduates:
- MEDITERRANEO by Marcel Barrena, producers: EAVE graduate Konstantinos Kontovrakis, EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas, EAVE graduate Adria Mones won Best Cinematography
- MEMORIA by Apichatpong Weerasethakul, producer: PUENTES graduate Diana Bustamante, co-producers: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler, Myriam Sassine, was awarded Best Sound
War on Screen Festival in Châlons-en-Champagne
- NATURAL LIGHT by Dénes Nagy, producer: EAVE graduate Sara Laszlo, co-producers: EAVE graduates Viktoria Petranyi, EAVE graduates Gints Grube, Inese Boka-Grube won the Grand Jury Prize at the War on Screen Festival in Châlons-en-Champagne
- BUTTERFLY VISION by Maksim Nakonechnyi, co-producer: EAVE graduate Dagmar Sedlackova was awarded the Student Jury Prize.
Tuzla Film Festival
- 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 won the award for Best Production.
Sitges Film Festival
- NIGHTSIREN by Tereza Nvotová, producer: EAVE MW graduate Peter Badac won the Award for the Best Fantastic Genre Feature Film and received two special mentions
- TTB project LEONOR WILL NEVER DIE by by Martika Ramirez Escobar, producer: TTB graduate Monster Jimenez won Best Direction in Noves Visions
PUENTES project BLANQUITA Chile’s official entry to Best International Film at the Oscars
American Film Academy Awards – The Oscars
31 films by EAVE graduates have been nominated to represent their country in the International Feature Film category at the Oscars:
- A BALLAD by Aida Begic, producer: EAVE graduate Adis Djapo – Bosnia Herzegovina
- A CUP OF COFFEE AND NEW SHOES ON by Gentian Koci, co-producer: EAVE graduate Konstantina Stavrianou – Albania
- ALCARRAS by Carla Simon, producers: EAVE graduate Giovanni Pompili, EAVE graduate and Spanish National Coordinator Maria Zamora – Spain
- ALMA VIVA by Cristèle Alves Meira, producer: EAVE graduate Sébastien Delloye – Portugal
- A PIECE OF SKY by Michael Koch, producer: EAVE+ graduate Christof Neracher – Switzerland
- AURORA’S SUNRISE by Inn Sahakyan, producer: EAVE + graduate Kestutis Drazdauskas – Armenia
- BEAUTIFUL BEINGS by Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson, producers: EAVE graduates Anton Mani Svansson, Peter Possne, PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi – Iceland
- BOY FROM HEAVEN by Tarik Saleh, producer: EAVE graduates Kristina Aberg, Linda Mutawi – Sweden
- CORSAGE by Marie Kreutzer, producers: EAVE graduate and Luxembourgish National Coordinator Bernard Michaux, EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach – Austria
- CLOSE by Lucas Dhont, producer: EAVE graduate Laurette Schillings, EAVE+ graduate Frans van Gestel – Belgium
- DARKLING (MRAK) by Dusan Milic, producers: EAVE graduates Konstantina Stavrianou and Snezana van Houwelingen – Serbia
- EAMI by Paz Encina, producer: EAVE, TTB and PUENTES graduate Raymond van der Kaaij – Paraguay
- EAVE project LOOKING FOR VENERA by Norika Sefa, producer: EAVE graduate Besnik Krapi – Kosovo
- GIRL PICTURE by Alli Haapasalo, producer: EAVE graduate Leila Lyytikäinen – Finland
- HOLY SPIDER by Ali Abbasi, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, executive producer: EAVE graduate Ditte Milsted – Denmark
- IMMACULATE by by Monica Stan and George Chiper Lillemark, producer: EAVE graduate Marcian Lazar – Romania
- JANUARY by Viesturs Kairiss, producers: EAVE graduates Inese Boka-Grube, Gints Grube, co-producer: EAVE graduate Malgorzata Staron – Latvia
- KALEV by Ove Musting, producer: EAVE graduate Pille Rünk – Estonia
- KERR by Tayfun Pirselimoglu, producer: EAVE graduate Guillaume de Seille – Turkey
- MEDITERRANEAN FEVER by Maha Haj, producer: EAVE graduate Marios Piperides – Palestine
- MOTHER by Zornitsa Sophia Popgantcheva, producers: EAVE graduates Irena Markovic, Marcel Lenz – Bulgaria
- NARCOSIS by Martijn de Jong, producer: Interchange graduate Trent – Netherlands
- PLAN 75 by Hayakawa Chie, producer: TTB and EAVE graduate Eiko Mizuno-Gray, co-producer: TTB and EAVE graduate Alemberg Ang – Japan
- PUENTES project BLANQUITA by Fernando Guzzoni, producer: PUENTES, EAVE + and MW graduate Giancarlo Nasi -
- RETURN TO SEOUL by Davy Chou, producer: Interchange and B’EST graduate Charlotte Vincent, EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin – Cambodia
- SAFE PLACE by Juraj Lerotic, producer: EAVE graduate Miljenka Cogelja – Croatia
- THE BLUE CAFTAN by Maryam Touzani, producers: EAVE graduate Kartin Pors, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin – Morocco
- THE EMPLOYER AND THE EMPLOYEE by Manuel Nieto Zas, co-producers: PUENTES graduates Georgina Baisch, Barbara Francisco – Uruguay
- 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 – North Macedonia
- UNDER THE FIG TREES by Erige Sehiri, producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri, EAVE graduates Palmyre Badinier, Roshanak Beheshd Nedjad – Tunisia
- VICTIM by Michal Blasko, producers: Jakub Viktorin and Pavla Janouskova Kubeckova, co-producer: EAVE graduate Saar Yogev – Slovakia
European Film Awards
The European Film Academy nominated six more films for the European Film Awards. Among them:
- COP SECRET by Hannes Thor Halldorsson, producer: EAVE graduate Lilja Snorradottir
- NO DOGS OR ITALIANS ALLOWED by Alain Ughetto, producer: EAVE graduate Enrica Capra
- OINK by Mascha Halberstad, producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot
The winners will be presented at the European Film Awards ceremony in Reykjavík on 10 December 2022.
The Gotham Awards
- CORSAGE by Marie Kreutzer, producers: EAVE graduate and Luxembourgish National Coordinator Bernard Michaux, EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach is nominated for the Best International Feature Award
- MURINA by Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic, co-producers: EAVE graduates Zdenka Gold, Miha Cernec, EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Slovenia Jozko Rutar is nominated for Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award and for Breakthrough Performer.
EAVE project HEARTBEAST in Finnish cinemas
In French cinemas
- TORI AND LOKITA by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, co-producer: EAVE graduate Peter Bouckaert. October 5.
- BUTTERFLY VISION by Maksim Nakonechnyi, co-producer: EAVE graduate Dagmar Sedlackova. October 12.
In Belgian cinemas
- HOLY SPIDER by Ali Abbasi, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, executive producer: EAVE graduate Ditte Milsted. October 26.
In UK cinemas
- NOTHING COMPARES by Kathryn Ferguson, executive producer: EAVE graduate Lesley McKimm. October 7.
- THE GRAVEDIGGER’S WIFE by Khadar Ayderus Ahmed, producers: EAVE graduates Misha Jaari, Mark Lwoff, Martin Hampel. October 22.
- VESPER by Kristina Buozyte, Bruno Samper, co-producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland. October 22.
- TORI AND LOKITA by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, co-producer: EAVE graduate Peter Bouckaert. October 28.
- TRIANGLE OF SADNESS by Ruben Östlund, co-producers: EAVE graduate and Greek National Coordinator Konstantinos Kontovrakis, EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas, EAVE graduates Danae Spathara, Per Damgaard Hansen, executive producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler. October 28.
In Swiss cinemas
- CORSAGE by Marie Kreutzer, producers: EAVE graduate and Luxembourgish National Coordinator Bernard Michaux, EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach. October 6.
- BURNING DAYS by Emin Alper, producer: EAVE graduate Stienette Bosklopper. October 28.
In Austrian cinemas
- CLOSE by Lucas Dhont, producer: EAVE graduate Laurette Schillings, EAVE+ graduate Frans van Gestel. October 8.
- TRIANGLE OF SADNESS by Ruben Östlund, co-producers: EAVE graduate and Greek National Coordinator Konstantinos Kontovrakis, EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas, EAVE graduates Danae Spathara, Per Damgaard Hansen, executive producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler. October 14.
- EISMAYER by David Wagner, producers: EAVE graduates Arash T. Riahi, Sabine Gruber. October 28.
In German cinemas
- VESPER by Kristina Buozyte, Bruno Samper, co-producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland. October 6.
- DER PASSFÄLSCHER by Maggie Peren, producer: EAVE + graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu. October 13.
- TRIANGLE OF SADNESS by Ruben Östlund, co-producers: EAVE graduate and Greek National Coordinator Konstantinos Kontovrakis, EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas, EAVE graduates Danae Spathatra, Per Damgaard Hansen, executive producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler. October 13.
In Irish cinemas
- TRIANGLE OF SADNESS by Ruben Östlund, co-producers: EAVE graduate and Greek National Coordinator Konstantinos Kontovrakis, EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas, EAVE graduates Danae Spathara, Per Damgaard Hansen, executive producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler. October 28.
- TORI AND LOKITA by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, co-producer: EAVE graduate Peter Bouckaert. October 28.
In Finnish cinemas
- ALCARRAS by Carla Simon, producers: EAVE graduate Giovanni Pompili, EAVE graduate and Spanish National Coordinator Maria Zamora. October 28.
- EAVE project HEARTBEAST by Aino Suni, producer: EAVE graduate Sébastien Aubert. October 26.
In Norwegian cinemas
- GREAT FREEDOM by Sebastian Meise, producer: EAVE graduate Oliver Neumann. October 27.
In Maltese cinemas
- CARMEN by Valerie Buhagiar, producers: EAVE graduates Coral Aiken and Pierre Ellul. October 6.
The film is a Maltese/Canadian co-production, and is being released now in Canada, Malta, and the USA.
CARMEN received a positive review in THE NEW YORK TIMES and was selected as a Critic's Pick: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/22/movies/carmen-review.html www.aikenheartfilms.com/carmen
Interchange project NEZOUH selected for BFI London
BFI London Film Festival (October 5 – 16)
Special Presentations
- THE ETERNAL DAUGHTER by Joanna Hogg, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
- HOLY SPIDER by Ali Abbasi, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, executive producer: EAVE graduate Ditte Milsted
- TRIANGLE OF SADNESS by Ruben Östlund, co-producers: EAVE graduate and Greek National Coordinator Konstantinos Kontovrakis, EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas, EAVE graduates Per Damgaard Hansen, Danae Spathara, executive producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler
Official Competition
- CORSAGE by Marie Kreutzer, producers: EAVE graduate and Luxembourgish National Coordinator Bernard Michaux, EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
- 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
- Interchange project NEZOUH by Soudade Kaadan, producers: Interchange graduates Amira Kaadan and Soudade Kaadan
First Feature Competition
- 1976 by Manuela Martelli, producer: EAVE graduate Dominga Sotomayor
- ROBE OF GEMS by Natalia Lopez Gallardo, producers: PUENTES and EAVE+ graduates Benjamin Domenech, Santiago Gallelli
https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/lff
Busan International Film Festival (October 5 – 14)
- PACIFICTION by Albert Serra, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Dirk Decker
- TRIANGLE OF SADNESS by Ruben Östlund, co-producers: EAVE graduate and Greek National Coordinator Konstantinos Kontovrakis, EAVE+ graduate Girogos Karnavas, EAVE graduates Per Damgaard Hansen, Danae Spathara, executive producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler
- 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
- HOLY SPIDER by Ali Abbasi, producers: EAVE graduate Peter Possne, PUENTES graduate Fred Burle
- BEFORE, NOW & THEN by Kamila Andini, producer: TTB graduate Gita Fara
- TTB project AUTOBIOGRAPHY by Makbul Mubarak, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Yulia Evina Bhara
- TTB project ARNOLD IS A MODEL STUDENT by Sorayos Prapapan, producer: TTB graduate Donsaron Kovitvanitcha, co-producer: EAVE graduate Denis Vaslin
- PLAN 75 by Hayakawa Chie, producer: TTB and EAVE graduate Eiko Mizuno-Gray, co-producer: TTB and EAVE graduate Alemberg Ang
- RETURN TO SEOUL by Davy Chou, producer: Interchange and B’EST graduate Charlotte Vincent, EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
- ALCARRAS by Carla Simon, producers: EAVE graduate Giovanni Pompili, EAVE graduate and Spanish National Coordinator Maria Zamora
- A ROOM OF MY OWN by Ioseb Bliadze, producer: EAVE graduate Eva Blondiau
- PUENTES project BLANQUITA by Fernando Guzzoni, producer: PUENTES graduate Giancarlo Nasi
- BLIND WILLOW, SLEEPING WOMAN by Pierre Földes, producer: EAVE+ graduate Tom Dercourt
- BOY FROM HEAVEN by Tarik Saleh, producer: EAVE graduates Kristina Aberg, Linda Mutawi
- A CHIARA by Jonas Carpignano, co-producers; EAVE graduate Katrin Pors, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
- 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 DALVA by Emmanuelle Nicot, co-producers: EAVE graduates Julie Esparbes, PUENTES graduate Delphine Schmit
- RULE 34 by Julia Murat, producer: PUENTES graduate Tatiana Leite
- THE EIGHT MOUNTAINS by Charlotte Vandermeersch, Felix Van Groeningen, producer: EAVE graduate Hans Everaert
- NIGHT OF THE 12TH by Dominik Moll, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart
- DAUGHTER OF RAGE by Laura Baumeister, co-producer EAVE graduate Dag Hoel
- VICTIM by Michal Blasko, producers: EAVE graduates Jakub Viktorin and Pavla Janouskova Kubeckova, co-producer: EAVE graduate Saar Yogev
- ALIS by Clare Weiskopf and EAVE graduate Nicolas van Hemelryck, producer: EAVE graduate Nicolas van Hemelryck
- I HAVE ELECTRIC DREAMS by Valentina Maurel, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland
- SIMA’S SONG by Roya Sadat, producers: EAVE graduates Alba Sotorra and Dutch National Coordinator Frank Hoeve
- IN THE LAND OF BROTHERS by Raha Amirfazli, producers EAVE graduate and Dutch National Coordinator Frank Hoeve
Festival Du Nouveau Cinéma Montreal (October 5 – 16)
- A PIECE OF SKY by Michael Koch, producer: EAVE+ graduate Christof Neracher
- EAVE project DALVA by Emmanuelle Nicot, co-producers: EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes, PUENTES graduate Delphine Schmit
- ALCARRAS by Carla Simon, producers: EAVE graduate Giovanni Pompili, EAVE graduate and Spanish National Coordinator Maria Zamora
- BUTTERFLY VISION by Maksim Nakonechnyi, co-producer: EAVE graduate Dagmar Sedlackova
- HUMAN FLOWERS OF FLESH by Helena Wittmann, producer: TTB and EAVE graduate Julia Cöllen
- 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
- PLAN 75 by Hayakawa Chie, producer: TTB and EAVE graduate Eiko Mizuno-Gray, co-producer: TTB and EAVE graduate Alemberg Ang
- RULE 34 by Julia Murat, producer: PUENTES graduate Tatiana Leite
- TCHAIKOWSKI’S WIFE by Kirill Serebrennikov, co-producer: EAVE graduate Yohann Comte
- PETROV’S FLU by Kyril Serebrennikov, co-producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler
- PACIFICTION by Albert Serra, co-producer: EAVE graduate Dirk Decker
- TORI AND LOKITA by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, co-producer: EAVE graduate Peter Bouckaert
- INEXORABLE by Fabrice du Welz, producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
Sitges Film Festival (October 6 – 16)
- DARKLING (MRAK) by Dusan Milic, producers: EAVE graduates Konstantina Stavrianou and Snezana van Houwelingen
- NIGHTSIREN by Tereza Nvotová, producer: EAVE MW graduate Peter Badac
- OINK by Mascha Halberstad, producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot
- TTB project LEONOR WILL NEVER DIE by by Martika Ramirez Escobar, producer: TTB graduate Monster Jimenez
CinÉast - Central and Eastern European Film Festival, Luxemburg (October 6 – 23)
- 107 MOTHERS by Peter Kerekes, producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Tomkova, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jiri Konecny
- A ROOM OF MY OWN by Ioseb Bliadze, producer: EAVE graduate Eva Blondiau
- BUTTERFLY VISION by Maksim Nakonechnyi, co-producer: EAVE graduate Dagmar Sedlackova
- EAVE project OTHER PEOPLE by Aleksandra Terpińska, producer: EAVE graduate Beata Rzeźniczek
- ERIK STONEHEART by Ilmar Raag, producer: EAVE graduate, group leader and Estonian National Coordinator Riina Sildos, co-producers: EAVE graduates Paul Thiltges, Aleksi Bardy, Adrien Chef, Roberts Vinovskis
- GENTLE by Anna Nemes and Laszlo Csuja, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
- 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
- HUMBLE by Svetoslav Draganov, producer: EAVE graduate Katya Trichkova
- LUXEMBOURG LUXEMBOURG by Antonio Lukich, producer: EAVE graduate Vladimir Yatsenko
- MEN OF DEEDS by Paul Negoescu, producer: EAVE graduate Anamaria Antoci
- 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
- PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL by Ilian Metev, Ivan Chertov, Zlatina Teneva, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ingmar Trost
- THE ALBANIAN VIRGIN by Bujar Alimani, co-producers: EAVE graduates Peter de Maegd, Besnik Krapi
- THE HAPPIEST MAN IN THE WORLD by Teona Strugar Mitevska, producers: EAVE graduate and Macedonian National Coordinator Labina Mitevska, EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Bosnia Herzegovina Amra Baksic Camo, EAVE graduates Danijel Hocevar, Benoît Roland, Maria Møller Christoffersen, Sébastien Delloye
- THE UNCLE by David Kapac, Andrija Mardesic, producer: EAVE graduate and Serbian National Coordinator Milan Stojanovic
Astra Film Festival Sibiu (October 9 – 16)
- BROTHERHOOD by Francesco Montagner, producer: EAVE graduate Nadia Trevisan
- CHRIS THE SWISS by Anja Kofmel, producers: Interchange graduate Samir and EAVE graduates Sinisa Juricic, Heino Deckert
- HOLY DILEMMA by Julianna Ugrin, Marton Vizkelety, producer: EAVE graduate Julianna Ugrin
- LIFE OF IVANNA by Renato Borrayo Serrano, producer: EAVE graduate Pertti Veijalainen
- RECONCILIATION by Marija Zidar, producer: EAVE+ graduate Danijel Hocevar
- WHOSE DOG AM I? by Robert Lakatos, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon
Gent International Film Festival (October 10 – 22)
- 1985 by Wouter Bouvijn, producer: EAVE graduate Peter Bouckaert
- ALCARRAS by Carla Simon, producers: EAVE graduate Giovanni Pompili, EAVE graduate and Spanish National Coordinator Maria Zamora
- A PIECE OF SKY by Michael Koch, producer: EAVE+ graduate Christof Neracher
- BLIND WILLOW, SLEEPING WOMAN by Pierre Földes, producer: EAVE+ graduate Tom Dercourt
- BOY FROM HEAVEN by Tarik Saleh, producer: EAVE graduates Kristina Aberg, Linda Mutawi
- 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 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
- HOLY SPIDER by Ali Abbasi, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, executive producer: EAVE graduate Ditte Milsted
- NOTHING COMPARES by Kathryn Ferguson, executive producer: EAVE graduate Lesley McKimm
- OINK by Mascha Halberstad, producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot
- PACIFICTION by Albert Serra, co-producer: EAVE graduate Dirk Decker
- EAVE project SPACE BOY by Olivier Pairoux, producer: EAVE graduate Annabella Nezri, co-producer: EAVE graduate Katleen Goossens
- I HAVE ELECTRIC DREAMS by Valentina Maurel, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland
Chicago International Film Festival (October 12 – 23)
- 1976 by Manuela Martelli, producer: EAVE graduate Dominga Sotomayor
- ALCARRAS by Carla Simon, producers: EAVE graduate Giovanni Pompili, EAVE graduate and Spanish National Coordinator Maria Zamora
- ALIS by Clare Weiskopf and EAVE graduate Nicolas van Hemelryck, producer: EAVE graduate Nicolas van Hemelryck
- A PIECE OF SKY by Michael Koch, producer: EAVE+ graduate Christof Neracher
- 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
- EAVE project VICENTA B. by Carlos Lechuga, producers: EAVE graduates Claudia Calvino, Dag Hoel
- GODLAND by Hlynur Palmason, producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri, EAVE graduates Katrin Pors, Anton Mani Svansson, Peter Possne, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
- LA MATERNAL by Pilar Palomero, producer: EAVE+ graduate Valérie Delpierre
- LUXEMBOURG LUXEMBOURG by Antonio Lukich, producer: EAVE graduate Volodimir Yatsenko
- MEDITERRANEAN FEVER by Maha Haj, producer: EAVE graduate Marios Piperides
- PACIFICTION by Albert Serra, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Dirk Decker
- PLAN 75 by Hayakawa Chie, producer: TTB and EAVE graduate Eiko Mizuno-Gray, co-producer: TTB and EAVE graduate Alemberg Ang
- RETURN TO SEOUL by Davy Chou, producer: Interchange and B’EST graduate Charlotte Vincent, EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
- THE BLUE CAFTAN by Maryam Touzani, producers: EAVE graduate Kartin Pors, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
- THE WONDER by Sebastian Lelio, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney, co-producer: EAVE graduate Angus Lamont
- THE WOODCUTTER STORY by Mikko Myllylahti, producer: EAVE graduate Jussi Rantamäki, co-producer: EAVE graduate Koji Nelissen
- UNDER THE FIG TREES by Erige Sehiri, producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri, EAVE graduates Palmyre Badinier, Roshanak Beheshd Nedjad
Riga International Film Festival (October 13 – 23)
- AEIOU – A QUICK ALPHABET OF LOVE by Nicolette Krebitz, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
- BEAUTIFUL BEINGS by Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson, producers: EAVE graduates Anton Mani Svansson, Peter Possne, PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi
- BURIAL by Emilija Skarnulyte, co-producer: EAVE graduate Dagne Vildziunaite
- BOY FROM HEAVEN by Tarik Saleh, producer: EAVE graduates Kristina Aberg, Linda Mutawi
- BUTTERFLY VISION by Maksim Nakonechnyi, co-producer: EAVE graduate Dagmar Sedlackova
- 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
- EAMI by Paz Encina, producer: EAVE, TTB and PUENTES graduate Raymond van der Kaaij
- GODLAND by Hlynur Palmason, producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri, EAVE graduates Katrin Pors, Anton Mani Svansson, Peter Possne, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
- PACIFICTION by Albert Serra, producer: EAVE+ graduate Dirk Decker
- 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
- RABIYE KURNAZ VS. GEORGE W. BUSH by Andreas Dresen, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Tom Dercourt
- RETURN TO SEOUL by Davy Chou, producer: Interchange and B’EST graduate Charlotte Vincent, EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
- RHINO by Oleg Sentsov, producers: EAVE graduates Izabela Wojcik, Violetta Kaminska, Heino Deckert
- SONGS FOR A FOX by Kristijonas Vildziunas, producer: FFF graduate Roberts Vinovskis
- THE WOODCUTTER STORY by Mikko Myllylahti, producer: EAVE graduate Jussi Rantamäki, co-producer: EAVE graduate Koji Nelissen
Warsaw Film Festival (October 14 – 23)
- ADEMOKA’S EDUCATION by Adilkhan Yerzhanov, producer: EAVE graduate Guillaume de Seille
- DANGEROUS MEN by Maciej Kawalski, producer: EAVE graduate Agnieszka Dziedzic
- EAVE project VICENTA B. by Carlos Lechuga, producers: EAVE graduates Claudia Calvino, Dag Hoel
- JANUARY by Viesturs Kairiss, producers: EAVE graduates Inese Boka-Grube, Gints Grube, co-producer: EAVE graduate Malgorzata Staron
- KALEV by Ove Musting, producer: EAVE graduate Pille Rünk
- MEDITERRANEAN FEVER by Maha Haj, producers: EAVE graduates Martin Hampel, Marios Piperides
- MEN OF DEEDS by Paul Negoescu, producer: EAVE graduate Anamaria Antoci
- MOTHER by Zornitsa Sophia, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marcel Lenz
- REMEMBER TO BLINK by Austeja Urbaite, producer: EAVE graduate Zivile Gallego
- ROCK. PAPER. GRENADE by Iryna Tsilyk, producer: EAVE graduate Vladimir Yatsenko
- TRACES by Dubravka Turic, producer: EAVE group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic
- WHOSE DOG AM I? by Robert Lakatos, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon
DOK Leipzig (October 17 – 23)
- A PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL by Ilian Metev, Ivan Chertov, Zlatina Teneva, producer: EAVE graduate Ingmar Trost
- DANIEL RICHTER by EAVE graduate Pepe Danquart
- MATTER OUT OF PLACE by Nikolaus Geyrhalter, producer: EAVE graduate, group leader and Austrian National Coordinator Michael Kitzberger
Selected for the Dok Leipzig Co-pro Market:
- BALTIC UXO by Alexander Belinski, Agne Dovydaityte, producer: EAVE graduate Dagne Vildziunaite
- IN A BOX by Liinu Grönlund, Okku Nuutilainen, producers: EAVE graduates Venla Hellstedt, Elli Toivoniemi
- ON THE EDGE OF MY SHADOW by Ziad Kalthoum, producers: Indaba graduate Thomas Kaske, EAVE graduate May Odeh
- SUNSET by Milos Jacimovic, producer: EAVE graduate Jelena Angelovski
Viennale (October 20 – November 1)
- A CHIARA by Jonas Carpignano, co-producers; EAVE graduate Katrin Pors, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
- AFTERWATER by Dane Komljen, co-producer: EAVE graduate Natasa Damnjanovic
- A PIECE OF SKY by Michael Koch, producer: EAVE+ graduate Christof Neracher
- BURIAL by Emilija Skarnulyte, co-producer: EAVE graduate Dagne Vildziunaite
- CLOSE by Lucas Dhont, producer: EAVE graduate Laurette Schillings, EAVE+ graduate Frans van Gestel
- 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
- EISMAYER by David Wagner, producers: EAVE graduates Arash T. Riahi, Sabine Gruber
- EL AGUA by Elena Lopez Riera, Producer: EAVE graduate Eugenia Mumenthaler, co-producer: EAVE graduate Alejandro Arenas
- HUMAN FLOWERS OF FLESH by Helena Wittmann, producer: TTB and EAVE graduate Julia Cöllen
- I HAVE ELECTRIC DREAMS by Valentina Maurel, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland
- 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
- MATTER OUT OF PLACE by Nikolaus Geyrhalter, producer: EAVE graduate, group leader and Austrian National Coordinator Michael Kitzberger
- MUTTER by Carolin Schmitz, producer: EAVE graduate Ingmar Trost
- PACIFICTION by Albert Serra, producer: EAVE+ graduate Dirk Decker
- RETURN TO SEOUL by Davy Chou, producer: Interchange and B’EST graduate Charlotte Vincent, EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
- ROBE OF GEMS by Natalia Lopez Gallardo, producers: PUENTES and EAVE+ graduates Benjamin Domenech, Santiago Gallelli
- TCHAIKOWSKI’S WIFE by Kirill Serebrennikov, co-producer: EAVE graduate Yohann Comte
- TORI AND LOKITA by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, co-producer: EAVE graduate Peter Bouckaert
- THE ETERNAL DAUGHTER by Joanna Hogg, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
- UNDER THE FIG TREES by Erige Sehiri, producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri, EAVE graduates Palmyre Badinier, Roshanak Behesht Nedjad
- 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
Valladolid International Film Festival (October 22 – 29)
- A HOUSE MADE OF SPLINTERS by Simon Lereng Wilmont, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Hellström
- ALIS by Clare Weiskopf and EAVE graduate Nicolas van Hemelryck, producer: EAVE graduate Nicolas van Hemelryck
- ALMA VIVA by Cristèle Alves Meira, producer: EAVE graduate Sébastien Delloye
- BEAUTIFUL BEINGS by Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson, EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson
- BEFORE, NOW & THEN by Kamila Andini, producer: TTB graduate Gita Fara
- BOY FROM HEAVEN by Tarik Saleh, producer: EAVE graduates Kristina Aberg, Linda Mutawi
- EAVE project DALVA by Emmanuelle Nicot, co-producers: EAVE graduates Julie Esparbes, PUENTES graduate Delphine Schmit
- 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
- STARING AT STRANGERS by Félix Viscarret, producer: EAVE graduate Sébastien Delloye
- THE BLUE CAFTAN by Maryam Touzani, producers: EAVE graduate Kartin Pors, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
- THE EIGHT MOUNTAINS by Felix van Groeningen, Charlotte Vandermeersch, producers: EAVE FFF graduate Lorenzo Gangarossa, EAVE graduate Hans Everaert
- YOUNG PLATO by Neasa Ni Chianain, Declan McGrath, co-producer: EAVE graduate Hanne Phlypo
Rome Film Fest (October 13 – 24)
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JANUARY by Viesturs Kairiss, producers: EAVE graduates Inese Boka-Grube, Gints Grube, co-producer: EAVE graduate Malgorzata Staron
https://filmguide.romacinemafest.org
Cinemed Montpellier (October 21 – 29)
- ALMA VIVA by Cristèle Alves Meira, producer: EAVE graduate Sébastien Delloye
- BRIGHTON 4TH by Levan Koguashvili, producer: EAVE graduate Olena Yershova
- BURNING DAYS by Emin Alper, producer: EAVE graduate Stienette Bosklopper
- MEDITERRANEAN FEVER by Maha Haj, producers: EAVE graduates Martin Hampel, Marios Piperides
- RECONCILIATION by Marija Zidar, producer: EAVE graduate Danijel Hocevar
- UNDER THE FIG TREES by Erige Sehiri, producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri, EAVE graduates Palmyre Badinier, Roshanak Behesht Nedjad
Tokyo International Film Festival (October 31 – November 11)
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CLOVES & CARNATIONS by Bekir Bülbül, producer: EAVE graduate Halil Kardas
MEET THE EAVE TEAM IN NOVEMBER!
@ EAVE on Demand ACCESS, October 30 – November 4, Edmonton (CA)
EAVE Deputy CEO Satu Elo
@ EAVE Marketing Workshop, November 8 - 13, Luxembourg (LU)
EAVE CEO Kristina Trapp (November 8-10), EAVE Project Manager Ana Ruiz Miralles
@ EAVE on Demand for Aurora Studios, November 14 - 16, Helsinki (FI)
EAVE Deputy CEO Satu Elo
@ PUENTES, November 21 - 27, Montevideo (UY)
@ VENTANA SUR, November 28 - 30, Buenos Aires (AR)
EAVE Project Manager Ana Ruiz Miralles
EAVE Yoga Corner
Dear EAVE Yogis,
You are welcome to join the EAVE Online Yoga sessions on THURSDAYS.
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
- 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:
- 100 Euro for a 10-class card
Please register by email: yogatanika@gmail.com
Namaste,
Tanika
More info:
https://www.facebook.com/yogatanika/
WEMW opens the second round of calls for the EAVE Slate and Inspirational Labs!
A few weeks to go before the deadline of the first round of calls dedicated to projects in development and works in progress, and it’s already time to launch a second round of WEMW programmes focusing on career boost, acceleration in strategic company development and reinforced company sustainability.
Starting from today and until November 20, European producers have the chance to apply to the second edition of EAVE Slate, an innovative programme that will offer consultancies on how to build a successful company slate and strategic company planning to companies that are developing a slate of A/V works.
Until November 20, producers coming from Europe, Canada and Latin America will also be able to apply to one of our new Inspirational Labs, a series of mini-workshops meant to stimulate selected participants to develop new content and explore new business models. Run in collaboration with leading training programmes and international partners, the six Labs will offer a deeper insight on drama series content, animation production, impact & outreach strategy, online distribution and co-financing, film genre production and the 2023 WEMW spotlight territories.
Not sure about what event suits you better?
Take the brand new QUIZ to find your way to WEMW 2023!
All EAVE Slate & Inspirational Labs at a glance!
EAVE Slate
EAVE Slate will select up to 8 companies that are developing a slate of A/V works and will combine the EAVE group work method with a series of plenary sessions and individual consultancies focusing on strategic company planning, potential risk evaluation and company diversification. The main goal is to define realistic short-, mid- and long-term strategies for the selected companies and to outline how to pick the right projects to include in the company slates.
ANIMA SPIRIT | Animation Inspirational Lab
in partnership with CEE Animation Workshop
ANIMA SPIRIT is designed as an entrance door for experienced producers and film companies coming from live action or documentary, wanting to discover the exciting and complex world of animated film production. The lab will combine group work, individual consultancies, and lectures on financial and creative aspects of animation production.
Anima Spirit Lab is hosted by the CEE Animation Workshop team and led by experts Jelena Popović (NFB, Canada) and Martin Vandas (MAUR Film, Czech Republic). The experts team will be accompanied with additional experts from Latin America and announced soon.
Find out more HERE
COLD OPEN | Drama Series Inspirational Lab
in partnership with MIDPOINT Institute
COLD OPEN will once again select international producers with a background in feature films who aspire to shift to drama series content. The programme will be led by MIDPOINT Institute's tutors and experts, and will include lectures, group sessions, and individual consultations, aiming to supply hands-on skills in the development, production planning, and financing of serialized drama content.
Find out more HERE.
THE IMPACT ZONE | Outreach & Impact Inspirational Lab
in partnership with ESoDoc
ESoDoc's lab at WEMW will focus on the design of impact campaign strategies. The team from Think-Film Impact Production - the impact media organisation with specialist expertise at the cutting-edge intersection of film and social change - will lead a guided co-creation workshop, in which selected fiction and documentary projects develop impact loglines, goals and key action steps. The main objective is to enhance participants’ understanding of the value of impact and what it can achieve for their productions and society, introduce them to a range of tools they can use to design and deliver policy impact, and give participants specific project advice and guidance.
Find out more HERE
THE ON DEMAND ECOSYSTEM | VOD Inspirational Lab
curated by Silvia Cibien & Agustina Lumi
The VoD Inspirational Lab is a unique opportunity to better understand the diversity of the VOD landscape and the dynamics behind the on-demand ecosystem. Through a series of lectures, case studies and masterclasses, sharing data and know-how on the current VoD market and players, with a focus on Europe and LATAM, the Lab will help the participants to plan ahead the online distribution strategy and co-financing of their content, answering to the audience demand.
WEMW FOCUS | East & West Inspirational Lab
in partnership with the 2023 East & West countries in focus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine & Spain, Portugal, Latin America)
An all-encompassing journey through the main funding, distribution and market opportunities offered by the 2023 WEMW spotlight territories. All lectures, individual consultancies and exchange sessions will feature leading key players from these industries and will tackle a wide range of topics.
GENRE RULES | Fantastic Film Inspirational Lab
in partnership with the Fantastic Film Forum of the Trieste Science+Fiction Festival
Genre Rules is meant as a hands-on guide to the inner workings of genre cinema. Even though genre movies today are more popular and marketable than ever, producing them may not prove so easy. The genre film industry is highly specialised, with key players, industry events and subgenres of its own, and constantly changing trends. This lab is designed to provide an in-depth overview of this sector and will focus in particular on the best strategies to develop your project and effectively place it in the market. The workshop targets independent producers and new talents with an international attitude, who wish to improve their skills and become acquainted with the genre film landscape.
SELECTION & LOCATION
The final selection of the Labs will be primarily based on the applicant’s profile and motivation, and all selected participants will have the extraordinary opportunity to physically join the full programme of WEMW.
Please note that due to the restricted capacity of our venue, there will be a very limited number of on-site WEMW accreditations and therefore we encourage all professionals keen to join on-site in Trieste next January to apply to one of our activities.
* The participation fee for the EAVE Slate and all Inspirational Labs will be waived for all possible Ukrainian selected participants.
INFO DAY
If you wish to get more info about the Inspirational Labs and the EAVE Slate, please join our INFO DAY on November 2 from 10.00am to 11.00am (CET timezone). To confirm your attendance and get the direct link to the INFO DAY, you need to register by writing to inspiration@wemw.it no later than October 31.
We look forward to being once again inspired all together next January!
More information are available at www.wemw.it
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Final session of the EAVE 2022 Producers Workshop in Barcelona
The EAVE 2022 Producers Workshop’s third and final session in Barcelona, Spain (October 17 - 24) will welcome 90 leading international decision makers (list below) to discover in physical or online meetings the 55 top producing talents from 35 countries and discuss the 31 fiction, documentary and serial projects developed during this year’s EAVE Producers’ Workshop.
On the menu is a rich programme of plenary sessions, group work and individual meetings with EAVE experts and exquisite guests. Some highlights include sessions on Producing in a Changing Industry by Lucas Schmidt (Studio Zentral, DE) and Insights into Eurimages and the Future by Sergio Garcia de Leaniz (FR), a case study on Institutional Diversification by René Bourdages (Telefilm Canada, CA) and Lisa Valencia-Svensson (Aynaku Media, CA), negotiation group sessions with Anja Henningsmeyer (DE) analysing the Main Mistakes in Negotiation, as well as the different Conflict Styles & Negotiation Power in order to succeed in negotiations as well as a dedicated session on Producing in and with Catalonia with EAVE graduate Alba Sotorra Clua (Alba Sotorra SL) and Carlota Guerrero (Catalan Film Commission).
The 90 decision makers joining physically or online are:
Salma Abdalla / Autlook Filmsales (AT), Kazz Basma / Sideways Film (UK), Steven Bestwick / The Yellow Affair (FI), Francesca Breccia / Coccinelle Film (IT), Todd Brown / XYZ Films (US), Natasa Bucar / Slovenian Film Centre (SI), Manuela Buono / Slingshot Films (IT), Laure Caillol / Haut et Court (FR), Daniela Cölle / Pluto Film (DE), Agathe Corbin / Urban Sales (FR), Pierre Dallois / CICLIC Centre-Val de Loire (FR), Claas Danielsen / Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (DE), Paul de Beco / Playtime (FR), Esra Demirkiran / TRT Sinema (TR), Lucie Desquiens / Charades (FR), Thibault Drugy / BAC Films (FR), Sarah Duve-Schmid / FFA (German Federal Film Board) (DE), Luca Ferrario / Trentino Film Fund and Commission (IT), Noemi Ferrer Schwenck / DR Sales (DK), Leslie Finlay / Creative Scotland (UK), Marco Valerio Fusco / Intramovies (IT), Sergio Garcia de Leaniz / Eurimages (FR), Gabor Greiner / Films Boutique (DE), Veronika Grob / Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg (DE), Alessandro Gropplero Italy / Friuli Venezia Giulia Audiovisual Fund (IT), Laufey Guðjónsdóttir / Icelandic Film Centre (IS), Yuval Horowitz / Keshet Media Group (IL), Hanaa Issa / Doha Film Institute (QA), Natacha Kaganski / Wild Bunch (FR), Susa Katz / Zürcher Filmstiftung (CH), Ali Khechen / Doha Film Institute (QA), Susan King / Telefilm Canada (CA), Tine Klint / LevelK (DK), Zuzana Kucerova / Czech Television (CZ), Marie Lamboeuf / Luxbox (FR), Johanne Larue / SODEC (CA), Ioana Lazareanu / Romanian Film Centre (RO), Hanna Lejonqvist / Swedish Film Institute (SE), Marcin Łuczaj / New Europe Film Sales (PL), Katrien Maes / Screen Flanders (BE), Noël Magis / screen.brussels (BE), Gaetano Maiorino / True Colours Glorious Films (IT), Pauline Mazenod / Windrose (DE), Teresa McGrane / Sreen Ireland (IE), Alan R. Milligan / White Rabbit (NO), Anthony Muir / Film i Väst (SE), Birgit Oberkofler / IDM Südtirol - Alto Adige (IT), Simon Ofenloch / ZDF/ARTE (DE), Edward Parodi / Film Constellation (UK), Christina Pelekani / Endorphin Film Sales (GR), Agneta Perman / Sveriges Television (SE), Pierre Pierquin / Wallimage (BE), Elina Pohjola / YLE (FI), Victor Pothevin / Diaphana (FR), Lorne Price / Sphere Films International (CA), Joakim Rang Strand / Film i Skåne (SE), Thorsten Ritter / Beta Cinema (DE), Ilse Ronteltap / Netherlands Film Fund (NL), Gabriele Röthemeyer / Consultant (DE), Maximilian Sachsse / Picture Tree International (DE), Annika Schmidt / Dynamic Television (DE), Lucas Schmidt / Studio Zentral (DE), Katriel Schory / Senior Consultant to the Programming Department of the Israel Public TV (KAN) (IL), Edith Sepp / Estonian Film Institute (EE), Emily Skoggard / Canada Media Fund (CA), Weerada Sucharitkul / FilmDoo (UK), Annika Sucksdorff / Netflix (SE), Bianca Taal / Hubert Bals Fund (NL), Irena Taskovski / Taskovski Films (UK), Ana Vicente / Dogwoof (UK), Bérénice Vincent / Totem Films (FR), Maja Vukic / Croatian Audiovisual Centre (HR), Lena Vurma / Filmwelt Verleihagentur (DE) and Denitsa Yordanova / UK Global Screen Fund (UK).
Various special guests from Europe’s leading co-production markets EAVE has partnerships with will be available for one-to-one meetings:
Alessia Acone / IFFR Pro (NL), Miriam Allen / Galway Film Fair (IE), Marjorie Bendeck / connecting cottbus (DE), Martina Bleis / Berlinale Co-Production Market (DE), Mercedes Fernandez / TorinoFilmLab (IT), Alessandro Gropplero / When East Meets West (IT), Lison Hervé / Les Arcs Industry Village (FR), Marge Liiske / Baltic Event (EE), Helena Mackenzie / Production Finance Market (UK), Tereza Simikova / CPH:DOX (DK), Mira Staleva / Sofia Meetings (BG), Lennart Ström / m:brane (SE), Gülin Üstün / Meetings on the Bridge (TR), Angeliki Vergou / Crossroads Co-production Forum (GR) and Aleksandra Zakharchenko / Marché du Film – Festival de Cannes (FR).
The EAVE 2022 Producers Workshop’s third and final session in Barcelona, Spain (October 17-24), is organized in partnership with the Government of Catalonia through the Catalan Institute for Cultural Companies (ICEC), the City Hall of Barcelona, and Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte, and in collaboration with Catalan Films, Catalunya Film Commission and Barcelona and Maresme Film Commissions.
The first two sessions of the EAVE 2022 Producers Workshop took place from March 4 -11 in Luxembourg and from June 10 -17 in Pärnu, Estonia.
For more information, please contact satu@eave.org.
EAVE is supported by the Creative Europe - MEDIA sub-programme of the European Union, Film Fund Luxembourg, Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée, Fondo Audiovisivo Friuli Venezia Giulia, PACT – the Producers Alliance for Cinema and Television, the Polish Film Institute, Doha Film Institute, Telefilm Canada, SODEC, IDM Südtirol Alto Adige, Fonds Jeune Création Francophone, Projeto Paradiso, TRT - Turkish Radio and Television Corporation, VIPO | Visual Industry Promotion Organization, Berlinale Co-Production Market and the partners who have hosted the workshops since 1988.
WHEN EAST MEETS WEST 2023 First round of calls for entries is now open!
WEMW CO-PRODUCTION FORUM
DEADLINE: November 4, 2022
WEMW 2023 will take place on January 22-25, 2023 in Trieste (Italy) and will select 20 projects in development (both documentaries and fiction films) from all over Europe and beyond, in particular from the East & West 2023 spotlight countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine & Spain, Portugal, Latin America.
ELIGIBLE CRITERIA
- Producers from Europe*, Canada, USA & Latin America are eligible to apply
- Projects must be long feature fiction films or documentaries in development with preferably 5-10% of the total budget already in place (this preferable condition will not apply to any project submitted by Ukrainian production companies)
- Projects must have international co-production potential
SUBMISSION
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/wemw2023
There is no submission fee and the deadline is November 4, 2022, 23.59 CET.
Selected projects will be announced mid-December.
WEMW SCOUTING DAYS
All applicants will have the possibility to virtually meet with the WEMW team on Oct 12 & 19 from 10:00 to 12:00 CET time, and on Oct 26 & Nov 2 from 15:00 to 17:00 CET, to discuss projects, share ideas or doubts or get more info about the co-production forum and the submission process. To schedule the most suitable slot please click on https://wemw-2023.youcanbook.me/ or feel free to contact us at info@wemw.it
WORK IN PROGRESS SESSIONS
Last Stop Trieste
Documentary Fine-Cut-Session
Deadline: November 20, 2022
WEMW and Trieste Film Festival announce the ninth edition of LAST STOP TRIESTE, a work in progress section for documentary projects in a stage of a fine cut, previously developed or presented in one of our partner events: Ex-Oriente Film, Balkan Discoveries at the Balkan Documentary Centre, Docu Rough Cut Boutique at Sarajevo Film Festival/Sofia, ZagrebDox PRO, Baltic Sea Forum and When East Meets West.
Selected documentaries will be showcased in Trieste to an exclusive panel of decision makers and at the same time online to all invited festival programmers, sales agents and commissioning editors. Each selected team will also be offered feedback sessions. More info about the guidelines at the following LINK.
This is IT
Feature Work-in-Progress Session
Deadline: November 20, 2022
Section exclusively dedicated to long feature fiction films and hybrid works with a strong visual and artistic approach produced/co-produced by Italian producers or coming from any of the East & West 2023 spotlight territories (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine & Spain, Portugal, Latin America).
Selected teams will have the chance to screen 8' of their films in post-production (or at least partially shot) to an exclusive panel of international decision makers who will follow the event either on-site in Trieste or online. More info about the guidelines at the following LINK
FIRST CUT LAB | TRIESTE
Workshop for Films in Editing Phase
Deadline: December 5, 2022
First Cut Lab Trieste is a consultancy programme designed for first and second feature films in the editing phase from one of the WEMW 2023 spotlight countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine & Spain, Portugal, Latin America**).
The selected teams (director/producer/editor) are offered a creative framework, both challenging and protective, where to open up new perspectives and to explore the whole artistic potential of their films. They screen their rough cut in a private session, and receive expert feedbacks from three international film industry advisors, as well as tailor-made advice from a consultant editor. Consultant and industry advisors will be defined according to the profiles of the film selected. Once the workshop is over, the participants receive a report & a roadmap that can serve as guidance for further editing. Eventually, the ambition of First Cut Lab is to enhance the audience opportunities of the films. More info at http://firstcutlab.eu/
** All Latin American countries, except Brazil (if interested, Brazilian producers can directly apply to the First Cut Lab Brazil)
Alongside the programmes targeting projects in development and post-production, WEMW 2023 will offer a rich and lively program including workshops and panels, as well as a series of initiatives dedicated to company planning & development such as the EAVE Slate and the Inspirational Labs.
More news will be announced soon, so stay tuned!
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* Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom
WEMW is organised 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, MIC -Direzione Generale per il Cinema, CEI – Central European Initiative, Film Center Serbia, Ciclic and the Autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia.
CHANGE - Co-production training course: selection announced
We are proud to announce the second round of CHANGE - a collaboration with EAVE, Europe’s leading training, development, and networking organisation for producers, CPH:DOX, the world leading documentary film festival supporting independent and innovative filmmaking, and IMS, International Media Support, promoting journalism and documentary film to strengthen the capacity of media to reduce conflict, strengthen democracy and facilitate dialogue.
The partners’ goal being to increase equality and access to the international film market, the programme wants to stimulate inter-regional co-production and to connect projects, filmmakers and producers from the European Eastern Partnership countries (EaP) with international film professionals gathered annually at CPH:DOX.
The line-up of selected projects covers a wide variety of current topics spanning from the historical nuclear disarmament of Ukraine and its consequences, Abkhazian and Ukrainian refugees in Georgia, the ongoing non-violent resistance in Belarus, a female filmmaker's gaze in the patriarchal Azerbaijani society on the gradual disappearance of the Caspian Sea, and a year of the current war in the life of four generations of women from Mariupol.
The first workshop of CHANGE - Co-production training course in Tbilisi, Georgia in October-November 2022 will combine masterclasses and group work sessions, as well as individual meetings for the 8 selected producer-director teams. The same participants will continue to work together in the second workshop in January 2023 in one of the countries in the region. The programme will culminate with a third module and presentation of the projects to the international industry at CPH:DOX in Copenhagen in March 2023.
The selected projects are:
- A Bit of a Stranger, prod. Anna Kapustina, dir. Svitlana Lishchynska, Ukraine
- Boxes from Georgia, prod. Tiko Nadirashvili, dir. Gvantsa Meparishvili, Georgia
- How Long is the Echo, prod. Vahan Khachatryan, dir. Merri Mkrtchyan, Armenia
- Kartli, prod. Ketevan Kipiani, dir. Tamar Kalandadze and Julien Pebrel, Georgia
- Keepers of Heritage, prod. Irina Gleashvili, dir. Keti Machavariani, Georgia
- Nuclear-free Ukraine | Nuclear-freeworld, prod. Anna Palenchuk, dir. Kornii Hrytsiuk, Ukraine
- Strange Sea, prod. Aysel Akhundova, dir. Lala Aliyeva, Azerbaijan
- Voices.Streams by Belarusian filmmakers DocWave
The objective of the programme is to improve the participants’ skills in defining the content, core and goals of the film projects; in regional and international collaboration and co-production, financing structures and production environment; and in preparing for the encounter with the international market.
As EAVE CEO Kristina Trapp states: “The first edition of CHANGE has not only shown how relevant the programme is, but also how urgent it is to help filmmakers in the region express their voices so that it can be heard in the rest of the world. We are very glad to continue the programme - together with our partners IMS and CPH:DOX - and contribute to the public debate for social, political and cultural change.»
“We were thrilled to see such a strong field of applications from the involved countries and are now looking forward to starting the collaboration with 8 new producer-director teams. It is such a privilege to take part in this. Together we will continue to strengthen the documentary film industry in the region and further add to the results coming out of the first edition of CHANGE”, says Henrik Underbjerg from IMS.
Tereza Simikova, Head of Industry & Training, CPH:DOX says: “The war raging on European soil reminds us all how critical it is to hear the voices of our neighbours on the Russian - and European - doorstep. We are grateful that these filmmakers and their work can help us all understand the challenges and opportunities for our common, democratic, and hopefully soon also peaceful future.”
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 2,300 producers and key decision-makers.
CPH:DOX is a world leading documentary film festival supporting independent and innovative filmmaking and presenting the best and brightest in contemporary non-fiction film. The festival is known and widely respected for radically changing the documentary landscape with a focus on challenging the genre with cross over to other art forms, and for advancing art as an active voice in civil society. Annually presenting approx. 200 films, the annual festival’s audience has grown to more than 117,000, and our industry platform, championing high-end cinematic and hybrid filmmaking welcomes annually no less than 1,900 industry professionals from a wide variety of sectors across creative documentary, hybrid non-fiction, visual arts, journalism and science. CPH:INDUSTRY includes a pitch platform CPH:FORUM, CPH:MARKET services for finished films and a talent development programme CPH:LAB.
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. CHANGE is made possible by the New Democracy Fund.
Participants announced for Second Creative Producer Indaba
Fifteen diverse producers from around the globe have been selected to participate in the second Creative Producer Indaba (CPI) which takes place from 7 November this year online for a week, at the Atlas Workshops (Marrakech International Film Festival) 14 - 17 November and at International Film Festival Rotterdam (25 January – 5 February 2023) in person.
Creative Producer Indaba is presented by Realness Institute, in partnership with EAVE, International Film Festival Rotterdam’s industry initiative IFFR Pro, and the Marrakech International Film Festival’s Atlas Workshops; with the support of IEFTA, Projeto Paradiso and The StoryBoard Collective. The Indaba aims to bring together a hive-mind of producers who are either in the process of developing a film project, or want to collaborate on an African film project, in order to develop their entrepreneurial and leadership expertise, foster their creative skills, and create long-lasting and significant networks.
Selected participants include African producers Marion Isaacs (South Africa), Matheus Mello (Brazil/Mozambique), Bramwel Iro (Kenya), Sawsan Yusuf (Egypt) and Zoe Ramushu (Zimbabwe/South Africa) who have active film projects in development and are looking for international producers and co-financiers. Their film projects include a heist suspense series, two feature documentary dramas, and two feature dramas.
Film professionals from Africa - Caroline Kganyago-Ralefeta, Lucia Meyer-Marais and Tracey-Lee Rainers (South Africa), Mia Bittar (Sudan) and Pedro Soulé (Cabo Verde) who have significant stakes in the African film marketplace, with an interest in the development of film projects and co-producing with Africa were selected.
Finally Bartholomeu Luiz (Brazil), Ellen Havenith (Netherlands), Flavia Zanon (Switzerland), Kesmat El Sayed (Egypt/Germany) and Temilola Adebayo (Nigeria /Canada) are all international producers looking to finance projects in Africa, with a view to collaborating on African projects. Luiz is attending through the partnership with Brazilian foundation, Projeto Paradiso.
“We are truly excited about this year’s strong cohort for the Creative Producer Indaba,” says Mehret Mandefro, Director of Development and Partnership, Realness Institute. “These producers represent a diverse range of voices and interests with solid or growing networks from Africa and beyond. Following our highly successful CPI last year we have seen how these intense programmes can provide opportunities for filmmakers to move forward with their ideas and projects.”
Kristina Trapp, CEO at EAVE says “We can no longer work in isolation, or in silos, the world has changed and collaboration is key. The CPI creates a solid and safe space for producers to find solution-driven strategies through sharing skills, ideas and networks. We believe the Indaba will also once again help to connect people in a significant and meaningful way.”
“Worldwide we see the success of these kinds of incubators, where professional development and knowledge-sharing has had a profound effect on producers, who often work tirelessly in isolation with few opportunities to benchmark their skills and share their insights,” says Inke Van Loocke, Head of IFFR Pro . “We look forward to seeing what sparks are ignited at the Indaba this year, and the impact this will have on the projects in development, and others.”
“We look forward to meeting this cohort at Atlas Workshops, as producers gather to hone their skills and share ideas,” says Thibaut Bracq, Head of Atlas Workshops (Marrakech IFF). “It is our vision to work side by side with a new generation of Moroccan, Arab and African filmmakers, and to create a space for exchange between international professionals and regional talents – and hosting the Creative Producer Indaba participants will certainly help achieve these goals.”
The programme is packed with workshops, discussions, case studies, and one-on-one meetings with mentorship focussed on the development of projects that will take them through the whole scope of skills needed to get a film into production and reach audiences. Group Leaders, Mehret Mandefro and Diana Elbaum, and Story Expert, Mmabatho Kau, will be mentoring these producers, with a host of film industry experts in support.
Elias Ribeiro, Head of Studies and Executive Director of the Realness Institute says “We have a brilliant line-up of experts this year who will be meeting the producers including Femi Odugbemi, Katriel Schory and Dayo Ogunyemi, and IFFR Festival Director Vanja Kaludjercic adding their superb skills, insights and guidance during this time.”
The Creative Producer Indaba is made possible through the support of Documentary Africa, International Emerging Film Talent Association (IEFTA), Institut Français d'Afrique du Sud, the Brazilian foundation Projeto Paradiso, and The Storyboard Collective in partnership with European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs (EAVE), International Film Festival Rotterdam and Marrakech International Film Festival (Atlas Workshops).
For more information go to: https://www.realness.institute/creative-producer-indaba
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