EAVE October News 2023
- Unlocking Leadership Excellence as Creative Producer Indaba Gathers Global Talent: 15 Participants Announced
press release - EAVE project THE DIFFICULT BRIDE receives funding
In Development October 2023 - EAVE project THE LOST SON by Darko Stante is shooting!
In Production and in Post-production October 2023 - EAVE project CITIZEN SAINT wins the Grand Prix at CinÉast
Awards October 2023 - Six projects developed at EAVE workshops in the run for the Oscars!
Nominations October 2023 - INGEBORG BACHMANN in cinemas around Europe
In Cinemas October 2023 - EAVE Marketing Workshop project THE SETTLERS travels to Tokyo
Festivals October 2023 - MEET EAVE IN NOVEMBER!
. - ATF x TTB Animation Lab & Pitch kicks off today!
press release - WEMW opens the second round of calls for the EAVE Slate and Inspirational Labs!
press release - Grand finale: EAVE 2023 Producers Workshop in Rotterdam
press release - CHANGE - Co-production training course: Selection announced
EAVE, IMS and CPH:DOX start the third round of CHANGE programme supporting European Eastern Partnership countries. - EAVE TIES THAT BIND focuses on Asian Distributors in Busan and world premiere of DOI BOY
press release
Unlocking Leadership Excellence as Creative Producer Indaba Gathers Global Talent: 15 Participants Announced
Fifteen accomplished producers hailing from various corners of the globe have been selected to participate in the third edition of the Creative Producer Indaba (CPI).
This highly respected film industry professional development programme begins with an open assembly on 6 November, after which the cohort will attend the renowned Atlas Workshops, the dynamic industry programme of the Marrakech International Film Festival, Morocco from 25 November to 1 December where they will focus on legal and financial aspects of their work, as well as their own career development. Following this, they will attend the International Film Festival Rotterdam (Netherlands) from 25 January to 2 February, 2024 where the programme will focus on marketing, sales and story development. The Indaba then culminates in a programme of online sessions from 8 to 12 April 2024.
The Creative Producer Indaba, conceived by Realness Institute under the leadership of programme director Elias Ribeiro, a Cape Town (SA) based NPO, has formed strategic alliances with noteworthy industry players such as EAVE, International Film Festival Rotterdam's IFFR Pro, and Atlas Workshops. Furthermore, in an effort to expand the Realness Network into the Global South, it has collaborated with the Brazilian foundation Projeto Paradiso, facilitating the participation of a Brazilian producer with interest in producing African projects.
"We're thrilled to welcome new collaborators on board, including the Canadian Film Fund, the Austrian Film Fund, Training Institute Focal, Jeune Création Francophone fund and the NFVF. Their support is a tremendous boost for the future sustainability of this vital program" says Elias Ribeiro, Co-Founder and Executive Director at Realness Institute.
The CPI offers this unique opportunity to 10 African producers, with and without projects, as well as 5 international producers to bolster their leadership and entrepreneurial capabilities, refine their production skills, and foster professional networks that span across both Africa and the international stage.
Having made significant contributions to the African film landscape Adja Mariam Soro (Côte d’Ivoire), Chloé Ortolé (Senegal), Dantagos Jimmy-Melani (Namibia), Godisamang Khunou (South Africa) and Nomusa Nkabinde (South Africa), are all seeking their next landmark venture and will use this opportunity to network, engage and seek out projects to become involved in.
Actively seeking international collaborators and financial backing to bring their visionary creations to life, African producers with projects in development include Dhia Jerbi (Tunisia), Kudakwashe Maradzika (South Africa/Zimbabwe), Misha Maseka (Zambia), Stefan Supplice (Morocco) and EAVE graduate Tapiwa Chipfupa (Zimbabwe).
The international producers include Anouk Shad (Austria), Marie Ka and Sherien Barsoum (Canada), Rhea Plangg (Switzerland) and Yolanda Barroso (Brazil), who join the CPI with interest in investing and engaging with African film projects.
An impressive ensemble of industry experts will mentor the filmmakers – including Group Leaders Mehret Mandefro and Diana Elbaum, Story consultant and Creative Producer 2022 alumnus Tracey Lee Rainers. And, as part of the programme the cohort will be able to engage with seasoned ad highly experienced industry experts such as Femi Odugbemi, Sata Cissokho, Constanza Arena and Dayo Ogunyemi, and IFFR Festival Director Vanja Kaludjercic, who will share their skills, insights, and guidance.
Mehret Mandefro, the Director of Development and Partnership at the Realness Institute says “Training and connecting producers that can skillfully develop African stories and finance them for both the local and global market is a critical intervention.”
“EAVE is proud to partner again and contribute with our methodology for the third edition of INDABA with an incredibly strong cohort of African and international producers who will enhance their entrepreneurial and producing skills and become part of a thriving professional support network through their participation,” says Kristina Trapp, the CEO of EAVE.
Vanja Kaldudjercic IFFR Festival Director says “The Indaba is a powerful example of the importance of lasting bonds in our industry, both between the exciting talent on the programme and our partners at Realness, EAVE, the Atlas Workshops, and everyone else who makes this programme possible. We're delighted we can continue to develop the skills and creativity of these producers, and look forward to another fruitful edition.”
Head of Atlas Workshops at Marrakech IFF, Hédi Zardi says “Our collaboration with the program Creative Producer Indaba is very inspiring because it actively participates in the dynamic that we create within the Atlas Workshops. Indaba helps us anchor our support for the African producers of tomorrow. Creativity can only rhyme with diversity.”
The Realness Institute acknowledges the support of Institut Français d’Afrique du Sud, the Brazilian foundation Projeto Paradiso, the Austrian Film Institute, The Canada Media Fund, the Austrian Film Institute, The Swiss training organisation Focal and The Storyboard Collective, the Jeune Création Francophone fund and in partnership with European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs (EAVE), International Film Festival Rotterdam Pro (IFFR Pro), and Marrakech International Film Festival (Atlas Workshops).
For more information and submission details, please visit the Realness Institute website at https://www.realness.institute/creative-producer-indaba
EAVE project THE DIFFICULT BRIDE receives funding
Finnish Film Foundation
The Board of The Finnish Film Foundation granted production support to 10 new feature films, documentaries and short film productions in October. Among them:
- PEPE by Severi Koivusalo, producer: EAVE graduate Aleksi Bardy
- THE CURSE OF KANE by August B. Hanssen, Even G. Benestad, producer: EAVE graduate Carsten Aanonsen
Wallonia-Brussels Federation Film and Audiovisual Centre
70 projects, of which 27 are fiction feature films, have been chosen by the Film Commission and are set to be supported by the Wallonia-Brussels Federation Film and Audiovisual Centre following the organisation’s second session of 2023.
- A PROPOS DE SOUSAN by Marie Le floc'h, producer: EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes
- ANIMALE by Emma Benestan, producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
- BAGARRES by Catherine Cosme, producer: EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes
- EGOTRIP by Grégory Carnoli, producer: EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes
- FILLES DU CIEL by Bérangère Mc Neese, producer: EAVE graduate Annabella Nezri
- HELTER SKELTER by Paul Vincent de Lestrade, producers: EAVE graduate Anne-Laure Guegan and PUENTES graduate Geraldine Sprimont
- KIKA by Alexe Poukine, producer: EAVE graduate Benoît Roland
- IL EST DES FEMMES QUI SE PERDRONT TOUJOURS by Eve Duchemin, producer: EAVE graduate Annabella Nezri
- IMAGO by Déni Pitsaev, producers: EAVE graduate Anne-Laure Guegan and PUENTES graduate Geraldine Sprimont
- L'AMAZONE by Camille Meynard, Emilie Maréchal producers: EAVE graduate Anne-Laure Guegan and PUENTES graduate Geraldine Sprimont
- LE MYSTÉRIEUX REGARD DU FLAMANT ROSE by Diego Cespedes, producer: EAVE graduate Benoît Roland
- L’INCUBATRICE by Jessica Woodworth, producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum, EAVE graduate Peter Brosens
- LES PETIS VOLEURS by Joachim Lafosse, producers: EAVE graduates Anton Iffland Stettner and Eva Kuperman
- MANEZA by Babetida Sadjo, producer: EAVE graduate Benoît Roland
- MOTHER by Teona Strugar Mitevska, producer: EAVE graduate Labina Mitevska
- MULÂTRESSE SOLITUDE by Baloji, producer: EAVE graduate Benoît Roland
- PAROLE D’HOMME(S) by Marie Mc Court, producer: EAVE graduate Annabella Nezri
- PARTOUT LA LUMIÈRE by Pauline Beugnies, producer: EAVE graduate Valérie Bournonville
- VERMIGLIO, OU LA MARIÉE DES MONTAGNES by Maura Delpero, producer: EAVE graduate Henri-Jacques Bronckart
- WE ARE FAMILY by Géraldine Doignon, producer: EAVE graduate Isabelle Truc
Slovenian Film Centre
The Slovenian Film Centre supports six feature films and four short films. Among them:
- A WAY AWAY by Sara Kern, producers: EAVE graduate Miha Cernec, EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar
- HOTEL ALKOHOL by Jan Cvitkovic, producer: EAVE graduate Miha Cernec
- PERVERT GUIDE TO UTOPIA by Martin Rosenbaum, producers: EAVE graduate and Irish National Coordinator Katie Holly, EAVE graduate Evan Horan, co-producers: EAVE graduate Miha Cernec, EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar
- ZADNIJ DNEVI MAESTRALA by Igor Sterk, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Bostjan Virc
- HISKA by Nika Jurman, producer: EAVE+ graduate Danijel Hocevar
- WIND TALK TO ME by Stefan Djordjevic, producer: EAVE graduate Dragana Jovovic, co-producers: EAVE graduate Miha Cernec, EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar
Supported by the Norwegian Sorfond:
- GURIA by Levan Kougashvili, producer: EAVE graduate Elisa Fernanda Pirir
- MARS AT NIGHTFALL by Edgar Sajcabun, producer: EAVE graduate Dag Hoel
- SAM by E del Mundo, producer: EAVE graduate Ingrid Lill Hogtun
- EAVE project THE DIFFICULT BRIDE by Rubaiyat Hossain, producers: EAVE graduates Aadnan Ahmed, Ingrid Lill Hogtun
https://www.sorfond.no/news/s%C3%B8rfond-grants-for-nine-projects-in-2023
Czech Film Fund
Seven upcoming Czech fiction features received production support from the Czech Film Fund. Among them:
- WILD HUNT by Marek Najbrt, producer: EAVE graduate Jakub Kostal
- COWGIRL by Michal Blasko, producer: EAVE graduate Pavla Janouskova Kubeckova
EAVE project THE LOST SON by Darko Stante is shooting!
In production
- EAVE project THE LOST SON by Darko Stante, producers: EAVE graduates Nina Robnik, Miha Cernec, co-producer: EAVE graduate Konstantina Stavrianou started shooting. The film tells a story about police investigator Andrej, who encounters his long-lost brother Kristian during an intervention in a case of domestic abuse, where the latter is the perpetrator. Andrej left the family home, dominated by their abusive father, 12 years prior and severed all contact with his family. Now, he makes an effort to help Kristian, risking his professional career in process. The script, written by the filmmaker himself, was developed at the ScriptTeast and at EAVE Producers Workshop. Regarding his directorial vision, Štante said: “I am wondering if the cycle of violence, running from one generation into the next, making the victim become the perpetrator, can be broken. Despite the heavy topic, I am trying to make a film that can communicate with a wide audience, spreading the discussion further.” The producers of the film are Miha Černec and Nina Robnik for Slovenian outfit Staragara. The co-production companies are Propeler Film from Croatia (represented by Boris T Matić and Lana Matić), Kaval Film (Robert Jazadzizki) from North Macedonia and Graal Film (Konstantina Stavrianou) from Greece. THE LOST SON has received support from the Slovenian Film Centre, RTV Slovenia, Studio Viba Film, the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, the North Macedonia Film Agency, the Creative Europe – MEDIA programme and the Re-Act initiative. The shoot, taking place on location around Ljubljana and in Trieste, Italy, should last for 30 days, according to the schedule.
- TIES THAT BIND project CHINA SEA by Jurgis Matulevičius, producer: TTB graduate Ieva Cern, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jakub Kostal is currently shooting. The film written by Saulė Bliuvaitė tells the story of martial arts champion Osvaldas, who is expelled from the federation after accidentally hitting a girl. No longer able to participate in tournaments, Osvaldas spends his days in a cheap "China Sea" restaurant owned by a Taiwanese immigrant. When he convinces his former mentor to grant him a second chance, he takes a job as a martial arts coach for teens and proves to be good at it until the past catches up with him. The film is produced by Ieva Cern through Film Jam (Lithuania) in coproduction with Marta Gmosińska through Lava Films (Poland), Jakub Kostal through Bionaut (Czech Republic) and Amy Ma through Ma Studios (Taiwan). The Lithuanian Film Centre, the Polish Film Institute, the Czech Film Fund and the Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA) supported the project. The date of completion is the autumn of 2024.
- TIES THAT BIND project A MISSING PART by Guillaume Senez, producers: TTB graduate Nathan Duboutay, EAVE graduate Jacques-Henry Bronckart is shooting. The film paints the portrait of Jay, every day, he drives through Tokyo behind the wheel of his taxi looking for his daughter Lily. Separated for 9 years, he’s never been able to get custody. Just when he’s stopped hoping to see her again and is about to return to France, Lily comes into his taxi, but doesn’t recognise him… Guillaume Senez therefore returns to his favourite themes and also explores an aspect of Japanese culture that remains little known in the West, namely that many divorces lead to the almost complete rupture of bonds with one of the two parents, especially when that parent is a foreigner. Guillaume Senez is working for the first time with Belgian producers Nathan Duboutay and Jacques-Henry Bronckart for Versus Production. Co-produced by Les Films Pelléas (France) and Savage Film (Belgium), in partnership with the Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, RTBF, VOO and Be tv, Proximus, the Federal Belgian Government Tax Shelter and the Inver Tax Shelter, the Flanders Audiovisual Fund and O’Brother Distribution. In France, the film benefits from the support of the CNC, France 2 Cinéma, OCS, Disney+, Haut et Court Distribution, and Soficas Indéfilms, LBPI and Cinécap. Executive production in Japan is handled by Mam Film. Shooting which will continue until 3 December in Japan, between Tokyo, Sagami Bay and Yokohama.
http://www.versusproduction.be
- MARIANENGRABEN by Eileen Byrne, producer: EAVE graduate Bernard Michaux, co-producer: EAVE graduate Roberto Cavallini is in production. The novel adaptation of the same name by Jasmin Schreiber tells the story of Paula, whose will to live is extinguished after her little brother Tim drowns in the sea in Trieste. But when she meets old Helmut, who wants to take his ex-wife's urn to Italy, she finally sees a glimmer of hope. She decides to travel to the beach in Trieste, where her brother died, to find closure. During the journey, she not only picks up a new zest for life but also develops an unexpected friendship with Helmut. The international co-production involves partners from Luxembourg (Samsa Film), Austria (Film AG Produktions GmbH) and Italy (Albolina Film), with funding coming from Film Fund Luxembourg, IDM Südtirol, ÖFI+ and MiC. Alamode Film will release the film in German and Austrian cinemas throughout 2024.
- MARIA by Pablo Larrain, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach is in production. Production began early this month on MARIA, the Chilean director’s new film on Maria Callas, known as La Divina and one of the most revered opera singers of the 20th century. Angelina Jolie is in the title role. Originally born in New York to Greek-immigrant parents, Callas received her musical training after returning to Greece, and battled through 1940s wartime poverty to establish herself later in Italy as a bel canto star; later on, her life was ridden by scandal, tragedy and her struggle with near-sightedness. The movie, as per the official logline, will tell “the tumultuous, beautiful and tragic story of the life of the world’s greatest opera singer, relived and re-imagined during her final days in 1970s Paris. Callas possessed a tremulous, emotive soprano range that will definitely be aurally familiar to viewers, given the abundance of classic opera “cues” in various cinema and media. It’s an instrument that feels like it could shatter glass, in the time-honoured cliché, yet it has a stirring, grandiose quality. The film is produced by Juan de Dios Larraín for Chile’s Fabula, Lorenzo Mieli for Italy’s The Apartment Pictures and Jonas Dornbach for Germany’s Komplizen Film.
- NEVER ALONE by Klaus Härö, producer: EAVE+ graduate Ilkka Matila is in production. The World War II-set drama is based on true events and Rony Smolar’s biography Uncle Stiller. The picture is predominantly set on the eve of World War II, when Finland began taking in refugees from Germany and Austria. In detail, the story centres on unsung hero Abraham Stiller, an elderly Jewish man who tries to prevent the Finnish government from handing over Jewish refugees to the Gestapo and to the Auschwitz concentration camp. Producer Ilkka Matila reported that the movie has been in the works for almost 15 years. The project is being filmed in Estonia and Finland. NEVER ALONE is being produced by MRP Matila Röhr Productions in co-production with Estonia’s Taska Film, Sweden’s HOBAB, Austria’s Samsara Filmproduktion and Germany’s Penned Pictures. It has also received backing from the Nordisk Film & TV Fond, the Finnish Film Foundation, MTV3, CMore, Konstsamfundet, the Church Media Foundation, the Swedish Film Institute, SVT, the Austrian Film Institute, ORF, the Estonian Film Institute and the Cultural Endowment of Estonia.
- MEURSAULT CONTRE-ENQUÊTE by Malek Bensmaïl, producers: EAVE graduate Anne-Laure Guegan and PUENTES graduate Geraldine Sprimont is in production. Written by Malek Bensmaïl and Jacques Fieschi based on Kamel Daoud’s novel of the same name, the story is set in Oran in 1996, when elderly, retired bachelor Haroun tells a young journalist an incredible story dating back to the summer of 1942: he claims to be the brother of the "Nameless Arab" killed in Albert Camus’ famous novel… The film is produced by Fred Prémel on behalf of Tita B Productions and by Hachemi Zertal for Algerian firm Hikayet Films, in co-production with Belgium’s Need Productions and Switzerland’s Imago Films. Notably backed by the CNC (via an advance on receipts and the Fonds Images de la Diversité fund), the Ile-de-France region and Procirep, the movie will be shot over a four-week period in Oran, Algiers and Hadjout.
- FLOOD by Martin Gonda, producer: EAVE graduate and Slovak National Coordinator Katarina Krnacova, co-producer: EAVE graduate Izabela Igel is in production. The producers are applying the principles of green filming. It is the second Slovak green film produced by Silverart. “Benefiting from our previous experiences, with the first Slovak ‘green-film’ STAND UP, directed by Juraj Bohus, we applied the principles of green filming also in the preproduction and the production of FLOOD . We hired a certified green film manager long ahead of the shooting to carefully plan all the steps towards a sustainable production. We use our set of 10 basic rules, the ‘Ten Green Commandments’, which cover all the departments throughout the entire production process,“ producer Katarina Krnacova said. Set in the 1980’s, FLOOD tells the story of Mara, whose home valley is doomed due to the project of a new water reservoir. The villagers are forced to gradually leave their homes. Mara longs to leave the countryside and study in town, however, her father, who is a Ruthenian farmer, keeps her tied to the family land, which he refuses to let go of despite the end approaching. Mara finds herself in the core of the village community fighting against the failing infrastructure, hidden terrors of the authorities and the incoming flood. „Most of the characters are played by authentic Ruthenian actors and non-professional actors from this particular region. It is actually the first feature film about Ruthenians that is also in their language, since most of the dialogues are in Ruthenian“ Krnacova said. Katarina Krnacova and Tomas Gic are producing through Silverart in co-production with Izabela Igel through Polish Harine Films, Viktor Schwarcz through CINEART TV Prague and Henry Gillet through Belgian Y-House. The film was supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, the Polish Film Institute, the Radio and Television Slovakia, the Minority Culture Fund, Creative Europe MEDIA, the Košice Self-Governing Region, Czech Film Fund and the Belgian Tax Shelter.
In post-production
- AFTER THE SUMMER by Denis Tanovic, co-producers: EAVE graduate Miha Cernec, EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar, and EAVE graduate Anamaria Antoci is in post-production. The movie is envisioned as a comedy-drama with an unlikely late-summer romance at its core. That romance transforms into a story of acceptance and love towards the other, the island, one’s own roots and, most importantly, oneself. AFTER THE SUMMER is being produced by Lana Matic and Boris T Matic for Croatian production house Propeler Film. The co-producers are Jelena Mitrovic, Miha Černec, Josko Rutar, Mirsad Purivatra, EAVE FFF graduate Jovan Marjanovic and Anamaria Antoci. The film has been financially supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, the Slovenian Film Centre, Film Center Serbia, the Sarajevo Canton Cinema Foundation, the Romanian National Film Center, BH Telecom and Creative Europe – MEDIA.
- THE PRICE OF MONEY: A LARGO WINCH ADVENTURE by Olivier Masset-Depasse, producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart is in post-production. The film has been adapted from volumes 13 and 14 of the comic hit series The Price of Money, and The Law of the Dollar, which return to their comic book roots by dragging the hero into a complicated investigation against a backdrop of globalisation and other mergers and acquisitions, confronting him with his own contradictions. Devastated by the kidnapping of his 15-year-old son, Largo Winch is trying to hold it together when one of his associates brutally takes his own life in the middle of a press conference. Just as the world seems to be turning against him and his industrial empire folding, he discovers that the two events may be linked: if he finds those responsible for his bankruptcy, maybe he’ll see his son again? Largo doesn’t yet realise that his quest will lead him directly to hell. The film is carried out by Belgian producer Jacques-Henri Bronckart on behalf of Versus Production and Nathalie Gastaldo Godeau for Pan-Européenne (France).
- LITTLE TROUBLE GIRLS by Urska Djukic, producer: EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Katarina Prpic and Marina Gumzi is currently in post-production. It is a story about a shy and sensitive teenager Lucia, who navigates between the expectations of society and the discovery of her own sexuality. "I am grateful that I can make films and that through artistic reflection, above all, through myself and through the world around me, I can provoke the audience with questions, criticism, empathy and a sense of one's own being," says director Urska Djukic, who penned the script with Marina Gumzi. LITTLE TROUBLE GIRLS is produced by Jozko Rutar through Spok Films (Slovenia), Miha Cernec and David Cej through Staragara I.T. (Italy), and Katarina Prpic through Izazov 365 (Croatia), in co-production with Slovenia’s Nosorogi and RTV Slovenija. The project is supported by the Slovenian Film Centre, RTV Slovenija, Direzione generale Cinema e audiovisivo del Ministero della Cultura DGCA-Mic (MIBACT), the Friuli Venezia Giulia Audiovisual Fund, the Film Commission Friuli Venezia Gulia (FVG) and the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, with technical support provided by FS Viba. The development of the film was supported by the Slovenian Film Centre, Creative Europe MEDIA, RE-ACT and Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
- THE SILENT TREATMENT by Caroline Strubbe, producer: EAVE graduate Tomas Leyers, co-producer: EAVE graduate Denis Vaslin is in post-production. Tess, an odd 18-year-old Belgian woman with Stockholm syndrome, stalks an introverted, forty something Szabolcs in Budapest. His girlfriend Andrea secretly tries to approach the young stalker in order to help her confront Szabolcs with her questions about her troubled past. Gradually all three of them discover to what extent this tragic background affects their current relationships and learn to reconcile their past. THE SILENT TREATMENT is produced by Tomas Leyers of Minds Meet (Belgium) in co-production with Denis Vaslin of Volya Films (the Netherlands) and Judit Stalter of Laokoon Filmgroup (Hungary). With support from the VAF (Flanders Audiovisual Film Fund), Screen Brussel, Minds Meet equity, GFW invest, Tax Shelter, NFF (the Netherlands Film Fund), LFF (Limburg Film Fund), the Netherlands Film Production Incentive and the Hungarian Tax Rebate. "This collaboration is fantastic with Caroline and her producers, Tomas Leyers - MindsMeet and the Voya Films from the Netherlands. It was a pleasure to be part of a production with a real Hungarian storyline, with Hungarian characters, and where Budapest can shape itself. One of the defining locations of our film is the justly famous Gellér Hotel, which we managed to capture with its original patina before its closure and complete renovation", Hungarian co-producer Judit Stalter.
- THE SHADOW by Jaak Kilmi, producer: EAVE + graduate Kristian Taska is in post-production. A struggling poet and an unlikely detective is solving frightening murder cases in 1890s Estonia, in a period of heavy Russification from the Tsar. Fighting crime and his inner demons, the detective is torn between madness and sanity, darkness and light. In crazy times, a madman might turn out to be the most effective of them all. Indrek Hargla, who penned Melchior the Apothecary series, wrote the script. Kristian Taska is producing through Estonian Taska Film, Tanel Tatter and Veiko Esken through Apollo Film Productions and Armin Karu through HansaFilm, in co-production with Tuuli Roosma through Reede. The project is supported by the Estonian Film Foundation, as well as the Tartu Film Fund, Apollo Film Productions and HansaFilm
EAVE project CITIZEN SAINT wins the Grand Prix at CinÉast
San Sebastian Film Festival
EAVE graduates scoop six awards at the San Sebastian Film Festival:
- THE RYE HORN by Jaione Camborda, producer: EAVE graduate and Spanish National Coordinator Maria Zamora, EAVE graduate Katleen Goossens won the Golden Shell for best film.
- PUAN by Maria Alché, Benjamin Naishtat, producer: EAVE graduates Bárbara Sarasola-Day, Giovanni Pompili, PUENTES graduate Tatiana Leite was awarded the Silver Shells for Best Screenplay and for the Best Leading Performance (ex aequo Marcelo Subiotto and Tatsuya Fuji)
- KALAK by Isabella Eklöf, producer: EAVE graduates David Herdies, Leontine Petit won Best Cinematography Award and the Special Jury Prize
- THE CASTLE by Martin Benchimol, producer: EAVE graduate Gema Juárez Allen received the Horizontes Latinos Award
- THE HUMAN SURGE 3 by Eduardo Williams, co-producers: EAVE graduates Raymond van der Kaaij, Germen Boelens, Julia Alves, Stefano Centini won the Zabaltegi-Tabakalera Award
Zurich Film Festival
- HESITATION WOUND by Selman Nacar, producers: EAVE graduates Guillaume de Seille, Oana Giurgiu scooped the Golden Eye for Best Feature Film at the Zurich Film Festival.
Werner Herzog Film Award
- PATIENT #1 by Rezo Gigineishvili, producer: EAVE graduate Archil Gelovani won the Werner Hezog Film Award 2023.
Once a year the Werner Herzog Foundation offers the Werner Herzog Film Award in cooperation with the Film Archive Munich. The award is meant for innovative works by filmmakers all around the world and is endowed with €5,000
“Patient #1” will have its world premiere at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival on November 9.
CinÉast Luxembourg
- EAVE project CITIZEN SAINT by Tinatin Kajrishvili, producer: EAVE graduate Lasha Khalvashi, co-producers: Borislav Chouchkov, Carine Chichkowsky, Denis Vaslinwas awarded the Grand Prix at CinÉast – Luxembourg’s Central and Eastern European Film Festival.
- BLAGA’S LESSONS by EAVE graduate Stephan Komandarev, producer: EAVE graduate Katya Trichkova won the Special Jury Prize and the Ciritcs' Prize
- SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD by Anna Hints, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Ostrat received a Special Mention by the Press Jury.
Filmfest Hamburg
Three awards for EAVE graduates at the Filmfest Hamburg:
- DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon, co-producers: EAVE graduate Paul Thiltges, Adrien Chef, EAVE group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic, executive producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler won the Critics' Choice Award
- HOW TO HAVE SEX by Molla Manning Walker, producer: EAVE graduate and Greek National Coordinator Konstantinos Kontovrakis, executive producer: EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas received the Arthouse Cinema Award
- EAVE Marketing Workshop project TOTEM by Sander Burger, producers: EAVE graduates Fleur Knopperts, Denis Vaslin, co-producer: EAVE graduate Donato Rotunno won the MAJA: the Michel Award for Best Children's and Youth Film
Warsaw International Film Festival
- DIAGNOSIS: DISSENT by Denis Tarasov, producer: EAVE graduate Artem Koliubaiev won a Special Mention in the 1-2 Competition
- EAVE Marketing Workshop project THE SETTLERS by Felipe Galvez, producer: TTB, PUENTES, MW and EAVE+ graduate Giancarlo Nasi, PUENTES and EAVE+ graduate Benjamín Domenech and Santiago Gallelli, TTB graduate Stefano Centini, co-producers: EAVE and PUENTES graduate Katrin Pors, EAVE graduate Ingmar Trost, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin won the Crème de la Crème Award at the Warsaw International Film Festival
- EAVE project NOT A WORD by Hanna Slak, producer: EAVE graduate Michel Balagué, co-producers: TTB Head of Studies Christophe Bruncher, EAVE graduate Miha Cernec, EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar won the Ecumenical Jury Award
- I DON'T LOVE YOU ANYMORE by Zdeněk Jiráský, co-producer: EAVE graduate Anamaria Antoci won the Special Jury Award
- PHOTOPHOBIA by Ivan Ostrochovský, Pavol Pekarčík, producers: EAVE graduates Katarina Tomkova, Tomáš Michálek won Best Film in the Documentary Competition
Chicago International Film Festival
- EXPLANATION FOR EVERYTHING by Gabor Reisz, producers: EAVE graduate Julia Berkes, EAVE graduate and Hungarian National Coordinator Viktoria Petranyi won the Gold Hugo for Best Film and the Silver Hugo for Best Screenplay.
- THE DELINQUENTS by Rodrigo Moreno, producer: EAVE graduate Ezequiel Borovinsky, EAVE and TTB graduate Gilles Chanial, co-producer: EAVE graduate Julia Alves won the Silver Hugo: Jury Prize
- DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon, co-producers: EAVE graduate Paul Thiltges, Adrien Chef, EAVE group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic, executive producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler won the Silver Hugo for Best Performance
- ABOUT DRY GRASSES by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach won the Silver Hugo for Best Supporting Performance
- LA CHIMERA by Alice Rohrwacher, producer: EAVE + graduate Carlo Cresto-Dina won the Silver Hugo: Best Ensemble Cast Performance and Best Cinematography.
- SWEET DREAMS by Ena Sendijarevic, producer: EAVE graduate Leontine Petit won the Silver Hugo in the New Directors Competition
- THE ECHO by Tatiana Huezo, producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis won the Gold Hugo in the International Documentary Competition
- EAVE Marketing Workshop project HOUSEKEEPING FOR BEGINNERS by Goran Stolevski, producers: EAVE graduates Marija Dimitrova, National Coordinator Croatia Ankica Juric Tilic, National Coordinator Serbia Milan Stojanovic, Beata Rzezniczek, Jan Naszewski, PUENTES graduate Marcin Luczaj won the Silver Q-Hugo
- GREEN BORDER by Agnieszka Holland, producers: EAVE graduate Maria Blicharska, EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum won the Audience Choice Award for Best International Feature
Sitges Fantastic Film Festival
- CLUB ZERO by Jessica Hausner, producer: EAVE graduate Johannes Schubert, co-producers: EAVE graduates Per Damgaard Hansen, Clemens Köstlin won Best Music at Sitges Fantastic Film Festival
- HUMANIST VAMPIRE SEEKING CONSENTING SUICIDAL PERSON by Ariane Louis-Seize, producer: EAVE and EAVE+ graduate Jeanne-Marie Poulain won the Best Motion Picture New Visions Award Special Mention
- OMEN by Baloji, producers: EAVE graduates Benoit Roland, Ellen de Waele wins Best Direction
- ROBOT DREAMS by Pablo Berger, producer: EAVE graduate Alejandro Arenas won the Grand People's Choice Award for best feature film
- THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING by Timm Kröger, producers: EAVE graduates Heino Deckert, David Bohun, Dario Schoch won the José Luis Guarner Critics' Award for best film
- TONY, SHELLEY AND THE MAGIC LIGHT by Filip Posivac, producer: EAVE graduate Pavla Janouskova Kubeckova won Best animated feature film in the Anima't section
- TTB project TIGER STRIPES by Amanda Nell, co-producers: TTB graduate Foo Fei Ling, EAVE and TTB graduates Fran Borgia and Yulia Evina Bhara, EAVE graduate, TTB group leader and German National Coordinator Jonas Weydemann, EAVE graduate Ellen Havenith wins Best Actress (Zafreen Zairizai)
- VINCENT MUST DIE by Stéphan Castang, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Jean-Yves Roubin won Best actor and the Citizen Kane Award for best new director
Reykjavik International Film Festival
- BAAN by Leonor Teles, producer: EAVE graduate Filipa Reis wins the main award: the New Visions Golden Puffin at the Reykjavik International Film Festival.
- FAMILY TIME by Tia Kouvo, producer: EAVE graduate Jussi Rantamäki won the Special Jury Award won the New Visions Special Mention
MajorDocs Mallorca
- APOLONIA, APOLONIA by Lea Glob, co-producer: EAVE graduate Malgorzata Staron won the Audience Award at MajorDocs, the Mallorca Documentary Film Festival.
Golden Rose Varna
- BLAGA’S LESSONS by Stephan Komandarev, producer: EAVE graduate Katya Trichkova was awarded Best Film at the Golden Rose National Film Festival in Varna
- THE GOOD DRIVER by Tonislav Hristov, producer: EAVE graduate Kaarle Aho won Best Debut Feature
Athens International Film Festival
- HOW TO HAVE SEX by Molla Manning Walker, producer: EAVE graduate and Greek National Coordinator Konstantinos Kontovrakis, executive producer: EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas won the Golden Athena Award for Best Film at the Athens International Film Festival.
- 20,000 SPECIES OF BEES by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren, producer: EAVE+ graduate Valérie Delpierre won the City of Athens Best Director Award
- THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING by Timm Kröger, producers: EAVE graduates Heino Deckert, David Bohun, Dario Schoch, Sarah Born receives a Special Mention
Irish Film and Television Academy Awards
- NOTHING COMPARES by Kathryn Ferguson, executive producer: EAVE graduate Lesley McKimm won the George Morrison Feature Documentary Award at the Irish Film and Television Academy IFTA awards of 2023.
Film Fest Gent
- THE DELINQUENTS by Rodrigo Moreno, producer: EAVE graduate Ezequiel Borovinsky, EAVE and TTB graduate Gilles Chanial, co-producer: EAVE graduate Julia Alves won the Grand Prix for Best Film at the Film Fest Gent
- POOR THINGS by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney won the Georges Delerue Award for Best Original Music
- SLOW by Marija Kavtaradze, producer: EAVE graduate Marija Razgute, co-producers: EAVE graduates Luisa Romeo, Anna-Maria Kantarius received the Explore Award from the Explore Zone Jury
Riga International Film Festival
- FAMILY TIME by Tia Kouvo, producer: EAVE graduate Jussi Rantamäki won the Riga IFF’s main award, the Golden Rooster.
- SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD by Anna Hints, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Ostrat received a Special Mention
Festival of Slovenian Film, Portorose
- OBSERVING by Janez Burger, produced by EAVE graduate Miha Cernec and EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Jozko Rutar won the Vesna Awards for Best Female Lead Role, Best Production Design and Best Sound.
- PERO by Damjan Kozole, producer: EAVE+ graduate Danijel Hocevar received a Special Mention won the Vesna Award for special artistic achievement
- SAFE PLACE by Juraj Lerotic, producer: EAVE graduate Miljenka Cogelja won Best Cinematography and Best Minority Co-production at the Festival of Slovenian Film, Portorose
- SOIL by Alex Cvetkov, producer: EAVE graduate Miha Cernec won a Vesna Award for Special Achievement
- THE MAN WITHOUT GUILT by Ivan Gergolet, producers: EAVE graduate Miha Cernec and EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Jozko Rutar won Best Director, the Art Kino Network of Slovenia (AKMS) Award and the Iridium Award for Best Feature Debut
- WAKE ME by Marko Santic, producer: EAVE+ graduate Danijel Hocevar received the Vesna awards for Best Fiction Feature Film, Best Script, Best Male Lead Role and Best Male Supporting Role and Best Make-up.
Festival du Nouveau Film Montréal
- CHIEN DE LA CASSE by Jean-Baptiste Durand, producer: EAVE graduate Anaïs Bertrand won Best feature film of the International panorama section
- EAVE Marketing Workshop project THE SETTLERS by Felipe Galvez, producer: TTB, PUENTES, MW and EAVE+ graduate Giancarlo Nasi, PUENTES and EAVE+ graduate Benjamín Domenech and Santiago Gallelli, TTB graduate Stefano Centini, co-producers: EAVE and PUENTES graduate Katrin Pors won Best feature film in the International competition at the Festival du Nouveau Film Montréal
- HOW TO HAVE SEX by Molla Manning Walker, producer: EAVE graduate and Greek National Coordinator Konstantinos Kontovrakis, executive producer: EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas receives the FIPRESCI Award
- HUMANIST VAMPIRE SEEKING CONSENTING SUICIDAL PERSON by Ariane Louis-Seize, producer: EAVE and EAVE+ graduate Jeanne-Marie Poulain won Best feature film in the National competition
Six projects developed at EAVE workshops in the run for the Oscars!
American Academy Awards – The Oscars
37 films by EAVE graduates have been nominated to represent their country in the International Feature Film category at the Oscars:
- ABOUT DRY GRASSES by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach – Turkey
- BLAGA’S LESSONS by EAVE graduate Stephan Komandarev, producers: EAVE graduates Stephan Komandarev, Katya Trichkova – Bulgaria
- BYE BYE TIBERIAS by Lina Soualem, producer: EAVE graduate Ossama Bawardi – Palestine
- CITY OF WIND by Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir, producer: Interchange and B'EST graduate Charlotte Vincent, co-producers: EAVE graduates Rachel Daisy Ellis, Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts, Filipa Reis, Oliver Damian – Mongolia
- DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH OF THE END OF THE WORLD by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanina National Coordinator Ada Solomon, co-producers: EAVE graduate Paul Thiltges, Adrien Chef, EAVE group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic, executive producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler – Romania
- EAVE project BEHIND THE HAYSTACKS by Asimina Proedrou, producer: EAVE graduate Ioanna Bolomyti – Greece
- EAVE project CITIZEN SAINT by Tinatin Kajrishvili, producer: EAVE graduate Lasha Khalvashi, co-producers: Borislav Chouchkov, Carine Chichkowsky, Denis Vaslin – Georgia
- EAVE project MAMI WATA by C.J. Obasi, produced by EAVE graduate Oge Obasi - Nigeria
- EAVE Marketing Workshop project THE SETTLERS by Felipe Galvez, producer: TTB, PUENTES, MW and EAVE+ graduate Giancarlo Nasi, PUENTES and EAVE+ graduate Benjamín Domenech and Santiago Gallelli, TTB graduate Stefano Centini, co-producers: EAVE and PUENTES graduate Katrin Pors, EAVE graduate Ingmar Trost, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin – Chile
- EXCURSION by Una Gunjak, producers: EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Bosnia Herzegovina Amra Baksic Camo, EAVE graduate Adis Djapo, co-producers: EAVE graduates Sinisa Juricic, Gary Cranner – Bosnia and Herzegovina
- FALLEN LEAVES by Aki Kaurismäki, producers: EAVE graduate Misha Jaari, TTB graduate Mark Lwoff – Finland
- GODLAND by Hlynur Palmason, producers: EAVE graduate Katrin Pors, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin, EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson, Peter Possne co-producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri – Iceland
- HANGING GARDENS by Ahmed Yassin Aldaradji, producer: EAVE graduate May Odeh - Iraq
- EAVE Marketing Workshop project HOUSEKEEPING FOR BEGINNERS by Goran Stolevski, producers: EAVE graduates Marija Dimitrova, National Coordinator Croatia Ankica Juric Tilic, National Coordinator Serbia Milan Stojanovic, Beata Rzezniczek, Jan Naszewski, PUENTES graduate Marcin Luczaj – North Macedonia
- I HAVE ELECTRIC DREAMS by Valentina Maurel, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland – Costa Rica
- INSHALLAH A BOY by Amjad Al Rasheed, producer: EAVE graduate Rula Nasser – Jordan
- IN THE SHADOW OF BEIRUT by Garry Keane, Stephen Gerard Kelly, producer: EAVE graduate Myriam Sassine – Ireland
- MY FREEDOM by Ilze Kunga-Melgaile, producer: EAVE graduate and Latvian National Coordinator Aija Berzina, PUENTES and EAVE graduate Marija Razgute – Latvia
- OMEN by Baloji, producers: EAVE graduates Benoit Roland, Ellen de Waele, co-producer: EAVE graduate Sander Verdonk – Belgium
- OPPONENT by Milad Alami, producers: EAVE graduates Annika Rogell, Peter Possne, Ruben Thorkildsen – Sweden
- PHOTOPHOBIA by Ivan Ostrochovský, Pavol Pekarčík, producers: EAVE graduates Katarina Tomkova, Tomáš Michálek - Slovakia
- RIDERS by Dominik Mencej, producers: EAVE graduates Miha Černec, Danijel Pek, Serbian National Coordinator Milan Stojanović, co-producer: EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar – Slovenia
- SIRIN by Senad Sahmanovic, co-producer: EAVE graduate Alem Babic - Montenegro
- SLOW by Marija Kavtaradze, producer: EAVE graduate Marija Razgute, co-producers: EAVE graduates Luisa Romeo, Anna-Maria Kantarius – Lithuania
- SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD by Anna Hints, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Ostrat – Estonia
- SWEET DREAMS by Ena Sendijarevic, producer: EAVE graduate Leontine Petit – Netherlands
- THE DELINQUENTS by Rodrigo Moreno, producer: EAVE graduate Ezequiel Borovinsky, EAVE and TTB graduate Gilles Chanial, co-producer: EAVE graduate Julia Alves – Argentina
- THE LAST ASHES by Loïc Tanson, associate producers: EAVE graduate, group leader and EAVE+ Head of Studies Jani Thiltges, EAVE graduate and Luxembourgish National Coordinator Bernard Michaux – Luxembourg
- THE PEASANTS by DK and Hugh Welchman, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jelena Angelovski, Jan Naszewski - Poland
- THE PROMISED LAND by Nikolaj Arcel, producer: EAVE graduate Lizette Jonjic – Denmark
- THIS IS WHAT I REMEMBER by Aktan Arym Kubat, producers: EAVE graduates Carine Chichowski, Fleur Knopperts, Denis Vaslin – Kyrgyzstan
- THUNDERS by Ioane Bobeica, producer: EAVE graduate Sergiu Cumatrenco Jr. - Moldova
- TOTEM by Lila Avilés, co-producer: EAVE graduate Per Damgaard Hansen – Mexico
- TRACES by Dubravka Turic, producers: EAVE graduate and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic, EAVE graduate Ieva Norvilliene, EAVE graduate and Serbian National Coordinator Milan Stojanovic – Croatia
- TTB PROJECT AUTOBIOGRAPHY by Makbul Mubarak, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Yulia Evina Bhara, co-producer: EAVE graduate Nicole Gerhards– Indonesia
- TTB project TIGER STRIPES by Amanda Nell, co-producers: TTB graduate Foo Fei Ling, EAVE and TTB graduates Fran Borgia and Yulia Evina Bhara, EAVE graduate, TTB group leader and German National Coordinator Jonas Weydemann, EAVE graduate Ellen Havenith – Malaysia
The following films are running for the Best Documentary Feature nomination:
- SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD by Anna Hints, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Ostrat
- CLOSE TO VERMEER, producer: EAVE graduate Ilja Roomans
- ANHELL69 by Theo Montoya, producer: EAVE graduate Maximilian Haslberger
- APOLONIA, APOLONIA by Lea Glob, co-producer: EAVE graduate Malgorzata Staron
- BYE BYE TIBERIAS by Lina Soualem, producer: EAVE graduate Ossama Bawardi
- THE ECHO by Tatiana Huezo, producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis
- THE ETERNAL MEMORY directed and produced by PUENTES graduate Maite Alberdi
- MOTHERLAND by Hanna Badziaka, Alexander Mihalkovich, producer: EAVE graduate Mario Adamson
- PHOTOPHOBIA by Ivan Ostrochovský, Pavol Pekarčík, producer: EAVE graduates Katarína Tomková, Tomáš Michálek
- PIANOFORTE by Jakub Piątek, producer: EAVE graduate Maciej Kubick
- TWICE COLONIZED by Lin Alluna, producer: EAVE graduate Emile Hertling Péronard
European Film Awards
Here is the full list of the feature films, documentary films and animated feature films by EAVE producers nominated for the European Film Awards 2023:
Feature Film Selection
- 20,000 SPECIES OF BEES by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren, producer: EAVE+ graduate Valérie Delpierre
- ANIMAL by Sofia Exarchou, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Maria Drandaki, co-producer: EAVE graduate Vicky Miha
- BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY by Elene Naveriani, produced by EAVE+and PUENTES graduate Britta Rindelaub and Film Finance Forum graduate Ketie Danelia
- BLAGA’S LESSONS by EAVE graduate Stephan Komandarev, producers: EAVE graduates Stephan Komandarev, Katya Trichkova
- CLOSE YOUR EYES by Víctor Erice, produced by EAVE+ graduates José Alba and Odile Antonio-Baez
- CLUB ZERO by Jessica Hausner, producer: EAVE graduate Johannes Schubert, co-producers: EAVE graduate Per Damgaard Hansen, EAVE participant Clemens Köstlin
- DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH OF THE END OF THE WORLD by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanina National Coordinator Ada Solomon, co-producers: EAVE graduates Paul Thiltges, Adrien Chef, EAVE graduate, group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic, executive producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler
- EAVE project BEHIND THE HAYSTACKS by Asimina Proedrou, produced by EAVE graduate Ioanna Bolomyti
- EXCURSION by Una Gunjak, producers: EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Bosnia Herzegovina Amra Baksic Camo, EAVE graduate Adis Djapo, co-producers: EAVE graduates Sinisa Juricic, Jelena Mitrovic, Gary Cranner
- EXPLANATION FOR EVERYTHING by Gabor Reisz, producers: EAVE graduate Julia Berkes, EAVE graduate and Hungarian National Coordinator Viktoria Petranyi
- FALLEN LEAVES by Aki Kaurismäki, producers: EAVE graduate Misha Jaari, EAVE and TTB graduate Mark Lwoff
- GREEN BORDER by Agnieszka Holland, producers: EAVE graduate Maria Blicharska, EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum
- HOLLY by Fien Troch, producer: EAVE graduates Antonino Lombardo, Elisa Heene, Donato Rotunno, Frans Van Gestel
- EAVE Marketing Workshop project HOUSEKEEPING FOR BEGINNERS by Goran Stolevski, producers: EAVE graduates Marija Dimitrova, Beata Rzezniczek, National Coordinator Croatia Ankica Juric Tilic, National Coordinator Serbia Milan Stojanovic, associate producers: EAVE graduate Jan Naszewski, PUENTES graduate Marcin Luczaj
- HOW TO HAVE SEX by Molla Manning Walker, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantinos Kontrovrakis, executive producer: EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas
- LA CHIMERA by Alice Rohrwacher, producer: EAVE + graduate Carlo Cresto-Dina
- PARADISE IS BURNING by Mika Gustafson, producers: EAVE graduates Venla Hellstedt, Jenni Jauri, Marco Valerio Fusco, Maria Stevnbak Westergren and PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi
- SAFE PLACE by Juraj Lerotic, producers: EAVE graduates Miljenka Cogelja, Vlado Bulajic, EAVE participant Lija Pogacnik
- SLOW by Marija Kavtaradze, co-produced by EAVE graduate Anna-Maria Kantarius, EAVE and PUENTES graduate Marija Razgute, co-produced by EAVE graduate Luisa Romeo
- STEPNE by Maryna Vroda, co-producers: EAVE graduates Anna Katchko, Agnieszka Dziedzic, Jan Naszewski, PUENTES graduate Marcin Łuczaj
- SWEET DREAMS by Ena Sendijarevic, producer: EAVE graduate Leontine Petit
- 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, Adis Djapo
- THE PROMISED LAND by Nikolaj Arcel, producer: EAVE graduate Lizette Jonjic
- THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING by Timm Kroger, producers: EAVE graduates David Bohun, Sarah Born, Heino Deckert, Dario Schoch
Documentary Film Selection
- APOLONIA, APOLONIA by Lea Glob, co-producer: EAVE graduate Malgorzata Staron
- BETWEEN REVOLUTIONS by Vlad Petri, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Lazurean-Gorgan
- MOTHERLAND by Alexander Mihalkovich, Hanna Badziaka, producer: EAVE participant Mario Adamson
- SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD by Anna Hints, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Ostrat
Animated Feature Film Selection
- A GREYHOUND OF A GIRL by Enzo d’Alò, producers: EAVE graduate Paul Thiltges, Adrien Chef, EAVE graduate, group leader and Estonian National Coordinator Riina Sildos
- ROBOT DREAMS by Pablo Berger, producer: EAVE graduate Alejandro Arenas
- WHITE PLASTIC SKY by Tibor Banoczki and Sarolta Szabo, co-producers: EAVE graduate Juraj Krasnohorsky, EAVE graduate and Hungarian National Coordinator Viktoria Petranyi
European University Film Award nominees
- GREEN BORDER by Agnieszka Holland, producers: EAVE graduate Maria Blicharska, EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum
- EAVE Marketing Workshop project HOUSEKEEPING FOR BEGINNERS by Goran Stolevski, producers: EAVE graduates Marija Dimitrova, National Coordinator Croatia Ankica Juric Tilic, National Coordinator Serbia Milan Stojanovic, Beata Rzezniczek, Jan Naszewski, PUENTES graduate Marcin Luczaj
- HOW TO HAVE SEX by Molla Manning Walker, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantinos Kontrovrakis, executive producer: EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas
The European Film Awards Ceremony takes place on December 9 in Berlin.
Coprocity Development Award
Ten projects are selected for the 2023 Coprocity Development Award. Among them:
- 40, MARIA-LUISA BOULEVARD by Kristina Spassovka, producer: EAVE graduate Maya Vitkova-Kosev
- AFTER DARK by Erenik Beqiri, producer: EAVE graduates Alessandro Amato, Luigi Chimienti
- ELENA by Dalia Huerta Cano, producer: EAVE graduate Elisa Fernanda Pirir
- THE MELTDOWN by Manuela Martelli, producer: PUENTES and EAVE+ graduate Benjamin Domenech
- WE WON’T GET OLD TOGETHER by Marius Olteanu, producer: EAVE graduate Oana Giurgiu
INGEBORG BACHMANN in cinemas around Europe
In French cinemas
- LOST IN THE NIGHT by Amat Escalante, producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis, co-producers: EAVE graduates Léontine Petit, Katrin Pors, Dan Wechsler, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin. October 4.
- THE OTHER LAURENS by Claude Schmitz, producers: EAVE graduates Jeremy Forni, Benoit Roland. October 4.
- LOST COUNTRY by Vladimir Perisic, producers: EAVE graduates Vincent Quenault, Janja Kralj, EAVE graduate, group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic. October 4.
- EAVE project VICENTA B. by Carlos Lechuga, producers: EAVE graduates Claudia Calvino, Dag Hoel. October 11.
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- LE SYNDROME DES AMOURS PASSÉES by Ann Sirot and Raphaël Balboni, producer: EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes. October 25.
In Belgian cinemas
- THE OTHER LAURENS by Claude Schmitz, producers: EAVE graduates Jeremy Forni, Benoit Roland. October 18.
- WHEN IT MELTS by Veerle Baetens, producers: EAVE graduates Jacques-Henri Bronckart, Ellen Havenith. October 25.
In UK cinemas
- 20,000 SPECIES OF BEES by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren, producer: EAVE+ graduate Valérie Delpierre. October 23.
- SAFE PLACE by Juraj Lerotic, producer: EAVE graduate Miljenka Cogelja. October 25.
In Dutch cinemas
- SEA SPARKLE by Domien Huyghe, producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot. October 25.
- DAUGHTER OF RAGE by Laura Baumeister, co-producer EAVE graduate Dag Hoel. October 26.
In Swiss cinemas
- BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY by Elene Naveriani, producer: EAVE+ graduate Bettina Brokemper. October 26.
- INGEBORG BACHMANN by Margarethe von Trotta, producers: EAVE+ graduates Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Bettina Brokemper. October 26.
In Austrian cinemas
- INGEBORG BACHMANN by Margarethe von Trotta, producers: EAVE+ graduates Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Bettina Brokemper. October 26.
In German cinemas
- La BÊTE DANS LA JUNGLE by Patric Chiha, producer: Interchange graduate Charlotte Vincent, EAVE graduates Jean-Yves Roubin, Ebba Sinzinger. October 4.
- PLAN 75 by Hayakawa Chie, producer: TTB and EAVE graduate Eiko Mizuno-Gray, co-producer: TTB and EAVE graduate Alemberg Ang. October 11.
- INGEBORG BACHMANN by Margarethe von Trotta, producers: EAVE+ graduates Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Bettina Brokemper. October 18.
- TORI AND LOKITA by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, co-producer: EAVE graduate Peter Bouckaert. October 26.
In Irish cinemas
- THE ETERNAL DAUGHTER by Joanna Hogg, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney. October 27.
In Luxembourgish cinemas
- THE LAST ASHES (LÄIF A SÉIL) by Loic Tanson, producers: EAVE graduate and Luxembourgish National Coordinator Bernard Michaux, EAVE+ Head of Studies and EAVE group leader Jani Thiltges. October 27.
In Norwegian cinemas
- APPLES by Christos Nikou, producer: B’EST graduate Ales Pavlis, co-producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski, associate producer: EAVE graduate Antoine Simkine. October 29.
In Polish cinemas
- SILVER HAZE by Sacha Polak, producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot. October 27.
- DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon, co-producers: EAVE graduate Paul Thiltges, Adrien Chef EAVE group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic, executive producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler. October 27.
In Swedish cinemas
- INGEBORG BACHMANN by Margarethe von Trotta, producers: EAVE+ graduates Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Bettina Brokemper. October 27.
EAVE Marketing Workshop project THE SETTLERS travels to Tokyo
Filmfest Hamburg (September 28 – October 7)
- ABOUT DRY GRASSES by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
- BLAGA’S LESSONS by Stephan Komandarev, producer: EAVE graduate Katya Trichkova
- CITY OF WIND by Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir, producers: Interchange graduate Charlotte Vincent, EAVE graduates Rachel Daisy Ellis, Filipa Reis, Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts, Oliver Damian
- DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon, co-producers: EAVE graduate Paul Thiltges, EAVE group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic, executive producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler
- FALLING INTO PLACE by Aylin Tezel, producer: EAVE graduate, TTB group leader and German National Coordinator Jonas Weydemann
- HOW TO HAVE SEX by Molla Manning Walker, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantinos Kontrovrakis, executive producer: EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas
- INSHALLAH A BOY by Amjad Al Rasheed, producer: EAVE graduate Rula Nasser
- INSIDE THE YELLOW COCOON SHELL by Thien An Pham, producer: TTB graduate Jeremy Chua, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marie Dubas, Adria Mones
- LA CHIMERA by Alice Rohrwacher, producer: EAVE+ graduate Carlo Cresto-Dina
- LAST SHADOW AT FIRST LIGHT by Nicole Midori Woodford, producers: EAVE graduates Jeremy Chua, Bostjan Virc, Yulia Evina Bhara
- L'ÊTRE HUMAIN by Michael Klier, producer: EAVE graduate Jana Cisar
- LOST COUNTRY by Vladimir Perisic, producers: EAVE graduates Vincent Quenault, Janja Kralj, EAVE graduate, group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic
- OF LIVING WITHOUT ILLUSION by Katharina Lüdin, producer: EAVE graduate Ivan Madeo
- PARADISE IS BURNING by Mika Gustafson, producers: EAVE graduates Venla Hellstedt, Jenni Jauri, Marco Valerio Fusco, Maria Stevnbak Westergren and PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi
- POOR THINGS by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
- SLOW by Marija Kavtaradze, producer: EAVE graduate Marija Razgute
- THE DELINQUENTS by Rodrigo Moreno, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Gilles Chanial
- THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING by Timm Kröger, producers: EAVE graduates Heino Deckert, David Bohun, Dario Schoch
- YOUTH (SPRING) by Wang Bing, producers: EAVE graduates Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts
EXPLORER KONFERENZ (October 6)
Sessions in partnership with EAVE:
- Documentary (and Drawing) Power driving Social Change with EAVE graduate Hanne Phlypo
EAVE project DRAW FOR CHANGE! is a six-part documentary series about female cartoonists in Mexico, USA, Russia, India, Syria, and Egypt. The series blends documentary and animation in exploration of themes such as female representation, femicide, censorship, and democracy. EAVE graduate Producer Hanne Phlypo of Clin d’Oeil Films (Brussels) explored how documentary film can drive social change and shared her experience on packaging, financing, producing and releasing this project. Draw for Change! is produced in collaboration with European broadcasters and is being released as a TV-series, one-offs, a VR experience, an exhibition and a book.
- Social Impact Entertainment and impact-driven decision making with EAVE+ graduate Mariana Oliva and Luana Lobo
Stories have the power to change the world. But it is not only about the stories themselves, it is also about how works – films and series in particular – are having an impact based on the ways they are produced and marketed. EAVE+ graduates Luana Lobo and Mariana Oliva from Maria Farinha Filmes (Sao Paulo) dived into the particular business model and collective intelligence of their production company, that is fully dedicated to social impact entertainment, diversity and sustainability, and explored how they have implemented work principles based on these values, with an innovative form of leadership, and a focus on audience development.
Festival of Slovenian Film, Portoroz (October 3 – 10)
- 20 METROV by Damjan Kozole, producer: EAVE+ graduate Danijel Hocevar
- HOFFMAN'S LAW by Aleksander Kogoj Jr, producer: EAVE grduate Jerca Jeric
- OBSERVING by Janez Burger, produced by EAVE graduate Miha Cernec and EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Jozko Rutar
- SAFE PLACE by Juraj Lerotic, producer: EAVE graduate Miljenka Cogelja, co-producers: EAVE graduates Vlado Bulajic, Lija Pogacnik
- SHOOTING BLANKS by Ziga Virc, producers: EAVE graduates Bostjan Virc, Sinisa Juricic
- SOIL by Alex Cvetkov, producer: EAVE graduate Miha Cernec
- SPORTS DAY by August Adrian Braatz, producer: EAVE graduate Ida Weiss
- THE MAN WITHOUT GUILT by Ivan Gergolet, producers: EAVE graduate Miha Cernec and EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Jozko Rutar
- WAKE ME by Marko Santic, producer: EAVE+ graduate Danijel Hocevar
Busan International Film Festival (October 4 – 13)
- ABOUT DRY GRASSES by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
- BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY by Elene Naveriani, producer: EAVE+ graduate Bettina Brokemper
- BLAGA’S LESSONS by EAVE graduate Stephan Komandarev, producers: EAVE graduates Stephan Komandarev, Katya Trichkova
- CITY OF WIND by Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir, producers: Interchange graduate Charlotte Vincent, EAVE graduates Rachel Daisy Ellis, Filipa Reis, Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts, Oliver Damian
- DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon, co-producers: EAVE graduate Paul Thiltges, Adrien Chef, EAVE group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic, executive producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler
- EUREKA by Lisandro Alonso, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
- FALLEN LEAVES by Aki Kaurismäki, producers: EAVE graduate Misha Jaari, TTB graduate Mark Lwoff
- GREEN BORDER by Agnieszka Holland, producers: EAVE graduate Maria Blicharska, EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum
- HOLLY by Fien Troch, producer: EAVE graduates Elisa Heene, Donato Rotunno, Frans Van Gestel, Antonino Lombardo
- EAVE Marketing Workshop project HOUSEKEEPING FOR BEGINNERS by Goran Stolevski, producers: EAVE graduates Marija Dimitrova, National Coordinator Croatia Ankica Juric Tilic, National Coordinator Serbia Milan Stojanovic, Beata Rzezniczek, Jan Naszewski, PUENTES graduate Marcin Luczaj
- HOW TO HAVE SEX by Molla Manning Walker, producer: EAVE graduate and Greek National Coordinator Konstantinos Kontovrakis, executive producer: EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas
- INSIDE THE YELLOW COCOON SHELL by Thien An Pham, producer: TTB graduate Jeremy Chua, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marie Dubas, Adria Mones
- INSHALLAH A BOY by Amjad Al Rasheed, producer: EAVE graduate Rula Nasser
- LA CHIMERA by Alice Rohrwacher, producer: EAVE+ graduate Carlo Cresto-Dina
- MUSIC by Angela Schanelec, producer: EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas
- POOR THINGS by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
- THE DELINQUENTS by Rodrigo Moreno, producer: EAVE graduate Ezequiel Borovinsky, EAVE and TTB graduate Gilles Chanial, co-producer: EAVE graduate Julia Alves
- THE PLOUGH (LE GRAND CHARIOT) by Philippe Garrel, producer: EAVE graduate Laurine Pelassy
- THE RYE HORN by Jaione Camborda, producer: EAVE graduate and Spanish National Coordinator Maria Zamora, EAVE graduate Katleen Goossens
- THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING by Timm Kröger, producers: EAVE graduates David Bohun, Sarah Born, Heino Deckert, Dario Schoch
- VINCENT MUST DIE by Stéphan Castang, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
- YOUTH (SPRING) by Wang Bing, producers: EAVE graduates Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts
Festival Du Nouveau Cinéma Montréal (October 4 – 15)
- ABOUT DRY GRASSES by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
- ANIMAL by Sofia Exarchoiu, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki
- BETWEEN REVOLUTIONS by Vlad Petri, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Lazurean-Gorgan
- CHIEN DE LA CASSE by Jean-Baptiste Durand, producer: EAVE graduate Anaïs Bertrand
- DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon, co-producers: EAVE graduate Paul Thiltges, Adrien Chef, EAVE group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic, executive producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler
- FALLEN LEAVES by Aki Kaurismäki, producers: EAVE graduate Misha Jaari, TTB graduate Mark Lwoff
- HOW TO HAVE SEX by Molla Manning Walker, producer: EAVE graduate and Greek National Coordinator Konstantinos Kontrovrakis, executive producer: EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas
- HUMANIST VAMPIRE SEEKING CONSENTING SUICIDAL PERSON by Ariane Louis-Seize, producer: EAVE and EAVE+ graduate Jeanne-Marie Poulain
- INSIDE THE YELLOW COCOON SHELL by Thien An Pham, producer: TTB graduate Jeremy Chua, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marie Dubas, Adria Mones
- LA BELLA ESTATE by Laura Luchetti, producer: EAVE graduate Giovanni Pompili
- LA CHIMERA by Alice Rohrwacher, producer: EAVE+ graduate Carlo Cresto-Dina
- MUSIC by Angela Schanelec, producer: EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas
- OMEN by Baloji, producers: EAVE graduates Benoit Roland, Ellen de Waele
- SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD by Anna Hints, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Ostrat
- SWEET DREAMS by Ena Sendijarevic, producer: EAVE graduate Leontine Petit
- THE HUMAN SURGE 3 by Eduardo Williams, co-producers: EAVE graduates Raymond van der Kaaij, Germen Boelens, Julia Alves, Stefano Centini
- EAVE Marketing Workshop project THE SETTLERS by Felipe Galvez, producer: TTB, PUENTES, MW and EAVE+ graduate Giancarlo Nasi, PUENTES and EAVE+ graduate Benjamín Domenech and Santiago Gallelli, TTB graduate Stefano Centini, co-producers: EAVE and PUENTES graduate Katrin Pors
- EAVE Marketing Workshop project TOTEM by Sander Burger, producers: EAVE graduates Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts
- TTB project MAMMALIA by Sebastian Mihailescu, producers: EAVE graduate Diana Paroiu & EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon, co-producer: EAVE graduate Nina Frese
BFI London Film Festival (October 4 – 15)
- FALLEN LEAVES by Aki Kaurismäki, producers: EAVE graduate Misha Jaari, TTB graduate Mark Lwoff
- EAVE Marketing Workshop project HOUSEKEEPING FOR BEGINNERS by Goran Stolevski, producers: EAVE graduates Marija Dimitrova, National Coordinator Croatia Ankica Juric Tilic, National Coordinator Serbia Milan Stojanovic, Beata Rzezniczek, Jan Naszewski, PUENTES graduate Marcin Luczaj
- OCCUPIED CITY by Steve McQueen, producer: EAVE graduate Floor Onrust
- PARADISE IS BURNING by Mika Gustafson, producers: EAVE graduates Venla Hellstedt, Jenni Jauri, Marco Valerio Fusco, Maria Stevnbak Westergren and PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi
- TTB project TIGER STRIPES by Amanda Nell, co-producers: TTB graduate Foo Fei Ling, EAVE and TTB graduates Fran Borgia and Yulia Evina Bhara, EAVE graduate, TTB group leader and German National Coordinator Jonas Weydemann, EAVE graduate Ellen Havenith
Sitges Film Festival (October 5 – 15)
- CLUB ZERO by Jessica Hausner, producer: EAVE graduate Johannes Schubert, co-producers: EAVE graduates Per Damgaard Hansen, Clemens Köstlin
- HUMANIST VAMPIRE SEEKING CONSENTING SUICIDAL PERSON by Ariane Louis-Seize, producer: EAVE and EAVE+ graduate Jeanne-Marie Poulain
- IN MY MOTHER’S SKIN by Kenneth Dagatan, producer: TTB graduates Bianca Balbuena, Stefano Centini
- LUKA by Jessica Woodworth, producer: EAVE graduate Peter Brosens, EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum, EAVE graduates Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts
- OMEN by Baloji, producers: EAVE graduates Benoit Roland, Ellen de Waele
- POOR THINGS by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
- ROBOT DREAMS by Pablo Berger, producer: EAVE graduate Alejandro Arenas
- THE INVISIBLE FIGHT by Rainer Sarnet, producer: EAVE graduate Katrin Kissa, co-producers: EAVE graduate Amanda Livanou, B’EST graduates Alise Gelze, Helen Vinogradov
- THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING by Timm Kröger, producers: EAVE graduates Heino Deckert, David Bohun, Dario Schoch
- TONY, SHELLY AND THE MAGIC LIGHT by Filip Posivac, producer: EAVE graduate Pavla Janouskova Kubeckova
- TTB project TIGER STRIPES by Amanda Nell, co-producers: TTB graduate Foo Fei Ling, EAVE and TTB graduates Fran Borgia and Yulia Evina Bhara, EAVE graduate, TTB group leader and German National Coordinator Jonas Weydemann, EAVE graduate Ellen Havenith
- VINCENT MUST DIE by Stéphan Castang, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
- VOURDALAK by Adrien Beau, producer: Interchange graduate Judith Lou Levy
- WHITE PLASTIC SKY by Tibor Banoczki and Sarolta Szabó, producer: EAVE graduate Juraj Krasnohorsky, co-producer: EAVE graduate and Hungarian National Coordinator Viktoria Petranyi
CinÉast - Central and Eastern European Film Festival, Luxemburg (October 5 – 22)
- A CUP OF COFFEE AND NEW SHOES ON by Gentian Koci, co-producer: EAVE graduate Konstantina Stavrianou
- ANOTHER LOTTERY TICKET by Paul Negoescu, producer: EAVE graduate Anamaria Antoci
- ARSENIE. AN AMAZING AFTERLIFE by Alexandru Solomon, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon
- BLAGA’S LESSONS by EAVE graduate Stephan Komandarev, producers: EAVE graduates Stephan Komandarev, Katya Trichkova
- DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanina National Coordinator Ada Solomon, co-producers: EAVE graduate Paul Thiltges, Adrien Chef, EAVE group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic, executive producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler
- EAVE project CITIZEN SAINT by Tinatin Kajrishvili, producer: EAVE graduate Lasha Khalvashi, co-producers: Borislav Chouchkov, Carine Chichkowsky, Denis Vaslin
- ESCORT by Lukas Nola, producer: EAVE graduate, group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic
- EXCURSION by Una Gunjak, producer: EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Bosnia Herzegovina Amra Baksic Camo, EAVE graduate Adis Djapo
- EAVE Marketing Workshop project HOUSEKEEPING FOR BEGINNERS by Goran Stolevski, producers: EAVE graduates Marija Dimitrova, National Coordinator Croatia Ankica Juric Tilic, National Coordinator Serbia Milan Stojanovic, Beata Rzezniczek, Jan Naszewski, PUENTES graduate Marcin Luczaj
- LOST COUNTRY by Vladimir Perisic, producers: EAVE graduates Vincent Quenault, Janja Kralj, EAVE graduate, group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic
- MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH MARRIAGE by Signe Baumane, producer: EAVE FFF graduate Roberts Vinovskis
- REMEMBER TO BLINK by Austeja Urbaite, producer: EAVE graduate Zivile Gallego
- SLOW by Marija Kavtaradze, producer: EAVE graduate Marija Razgute, co-producers: EAVE graduates Luisa Romeo, Anna-Maria Kantarius
- SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD by Anna Hints, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Ostrat
- STEPNE by Maryna Vroda, co-producers: EAVE graduates Anna Katchko, Agnieszka Dziedzic
- THE 9TH STEP by Irma Puzauskaite, producer: B’EST graduate Lukas Trimonis
- THE INVISIBLE FIGHT by Rainer Sarnet, producer: EAVE graduate Katrin Kissa, co-producers: EAVE graduate Amanda Livanou, B’EST graduates Alise Gelze, Helen Vinogradov
- VICTIM by Michal Blasko, producers: EAVE graduates Jakub Viktorin and Pavla Janouskova Kubeckova, co-producer: EAVE graduate Saar Yogev
- WHITE PLASTIC SKY by Tibor Banoczki and Sarolta Szabó, producer: EAVE graduate Juraj Krasnohorsky, co-producer: EAVE graduate and Hungarian National Coordinator Viktoria Petranyi
Warsaw Film Festival (October 8 – 17)
- ANXIETY by Slawomir Fabicki, producers: EAVE graduates Violetta Kaminska, Izabela Wojcik
- DIAGNOSIS: DISSENT by Denis Tarasov, producer: EAVE graduate Artem Koliubaiev
- EAVE project NOT A WORD by Hanna Slak, co-producers: TTB Head of Studies Christophe Bruncher, EAVE graduate Miha Cernec, EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar
- EAVE Marketing Workshop project THE SETTLERS by Felipe Galvez, producer: TTB, PUENTES, MW and EAVE+ graduate Giancarlo Nasi, PUENTES and EAVE+ graduate Benjamín Domenech and Santiago Gallelli, TTB graduate Stefano Centini, co-producers: EAVE and PUENTES graduate Katrin Pors, EAVE graduate Ingmar Trost, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
- I DON'T LOVE YOU ANYMORE by Zdeněk Jiráský, co-producer: EAVE graduate Anamaria Antoci won the Special Jury Award
- PHOTOPHOBIA by Ivan Ostrochovský, Pavol Pekarčík, producers: EAVE graduates Katarina Tomkova, Tomáš Michálek won Best Film in the Documentary Competition
- THE INVISIBLE FIGHT by Rainer Sarnet, producer: EAVE graduate Katrin Kissa, co-producers: EAVE graduate Amanda Livanou, B’EST graduates Alise Gelze, Helen Vinogradov
- THE LAST MEN by David Oelhoffen, producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart
- TONY, SHELLEY AND THE MAGIC LIGHT by Filip Posivac, producer: EAVE graduate Pavla Janouskova Kubeckova
Gent International Film Festival (October 11 – 24)
- 20,000 SPECIES OF BEES by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren, producer: EAVE+ graduate Valérie Delpierre
- ABOUT DRY GRASSES by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
- AMAL by Jawad Rhalib, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ellen de Waele
- BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY by Elene Naveriani, producer: EAVE+ graduate Bettina Brokemper
- COPENHAGEN DOES NOT EXIST by Martin Skovbjerg, producer: EAVE graduate Katrin Pors and TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
- EAVE project COSTA BRAVA, LEBANON by Mounia Akl, producer: EAVE graduate Myriam Sassine, co-producers: EAVE graduates Sophie Erbs, Katrin Pors, Sergi Moreno, Ingrid Lill Høgtun
- CREATURA by Elena Martín, producer: EAVE graduate and Spanish National Coordinator Maria Zamora
- DANCING ON THE EDGE OF A VOLCANO by Cyril Aris, producer: EAVE graduate Myriam Sassine
- DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon, co-producers: EAVE graduate Paul Thiltges, EAVE group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic, executive producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler
- EUREKA by Lisandro Alonso, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
- FALLEN LEAVES by Aki Kaurismäki, producers: EAVE graduate Misha Jaari, TTB graduate Mark Lwoff
- HOLLY by Fien Troch, producer: EAVE graduates Elisa Heene, Donato Rotunno, Frans Van Gestel, Antonino Lombardo
- HOME by Fien Troch, producer: EAVE graduate Antonino Lombardo
- HOW TO HAVE SEX by Molla Manning Walker, producer: EAVE graduate and Greek National Coordinator Konstantinos Kontrovrakis, executive producer: EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas
- INSHALLAH A BOY by Amjad Al Rasheed, producer: EAVE graduate Rula Nasser
- OMEN by Baloji, producers: EAVE graduates Benoit Roland, Ellen de Waele
- POOR THINGS by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
- SLOW by Marija Kavtaradze, producer: EAVE graduate Marija Razgute, co-producers: EAVE graduates Luisa Romeo, Anna-Maria Kantarius
- SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD by Anna Hints, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Ostrat
- STEPNE by Maryna Vroda, co-producers: EAVE graduates Anna Katchko, Agnieszka Dziedzic
- SWEET DREAMS by Ena Sendijarevic, producer: EAVE graduate Leontine Petit
- THE DELINQUENTS by Rodrigo Moreno, producer: EAVE graduate Ezequiel Borovinsky, EAVE and TTB graduate Gilles Chanial, co-producer: EAVE graduate Julia Alves
- THE HUMAN SURGE 3 by Eduardo Williams, co-producers: EAVE graduates Raymond van der Kaaij, Germen Boelens, Julia Alves, Stefano Centini
- THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING by Timm Kröger, producers: EAVE graduates David Bohun, Sarah Born, Heino Deckert, Dario Schoch
- TOTEM by Lila Avilés, co-producer: EAVE graduate Per Damgaard Hansen
- YOUTH (SPRING) by Wang Bing, producers: EAVE graduates Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts
Chicago International Film Festival (October 11 – 22)
- ABOUT DRY GRASSES by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
- AFTER WORK by Erik Gandini, producer: EAVE graduate Carsten Aanonsen
- BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY by Elene Naveriani, producer: EAVE+ graduate Bettina Brokemper
- DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon, co-producers: EAVE graduate Paul Thiltges, Adrien Chef, EAVE group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic, executive producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler
- EXPLANATION FOR EVERYTHING by Gabor Reisz, producers: EAVE graduate Julia Berkes, EAVE graduate and Hungarian National Coordinator Viktoria Petranyi
- FALLEN LEAVES by Aki Kaurismäki, producers: EAVE graduate Misha Jaari, TTB graduate Mark Lwoff
- GREEN BORDER by Agnieszka Holland, producers: EAVE graduate Maria Blicharska, EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum
- LA CHIMERA by Alice Rohrwacher, producer: EAVE + graduate Carlo Cresto-Dina
- HOLLY by Fien Troch, producer: EAVE graduates Elisa Heene, Donato Rotunno, Frans Van Gestel, Antonino Lombardo
- EAVE Marketing Workshop project HOUSEKEEPING FOR BEGINNERS by Goran Stolevski, producers: EAVE graduates Marija Dimitrova, National Coordinator Croatia Ankica Juric Tilic, National Coordinator Serbia Milan Stojanovic, Beata Rzezniczek, Jan Naszewski, PUENTES graduate Marcin Luczaj
- LOST COUNTRY by Vladimir Perisic, producers: EAVE graduates Vincent Quenault, Janja Kralj, EAVE graduate, group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic
- OCCUPIED CITY by Steve McQueen, producer: EAVE graduate Floor Onrust
- PARADISE IS BURNING by Mika Gustafson, producers: EAVE graduates Venla Hellstedt, Jenni Jauri, Marco Valerio Fusco, Maria Stevnbak Westergren and PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi
- POOR THINGS by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
- SWEET DREAMS by Ena Sendijarevic, producer: EAVE graduate Leontine Petit
- THE DELINQUENTS by Rodrigo Moreno, producer: EAVE graduate Ezequiel Borovinsky, EAVE and TTB graduate Gilles Chanial, co-producer: EAVE graduate Julia Alves
- THE ECHO by Tatiana Huezo, producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis
- THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING by Timm Kröger, producers: EAVE graduates David Bohun, Sarah Born, Heino Deckert, Dario Schoch
- TOTEM by Lila Avilés, co-producer: EAVE graduate Per Damgaard Hansen
Riga International Film Festival (October 12 – 22)
- ABOUT DRY GRASSES by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
- COPENHAGEN DOES NOT EXIST by Martin Skovbjerg, producer: EAVE graduate Katrin Pors and TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
- ERIK STONEHEART by Ilmar Raag, producer: EAVE graduate and Estonian National Coordinator Riina Sildos, co-producers: EAVE graduates Paul Thiltges, Aleksi Bardy, Roberts Vinovskis
- FAMILY TIME by Tia Kouvo, producer: EAVE graduate Jussi Rantamäki
- FOUR LITTLE ADULTS by Selma, producers: EAVE graduates Venla Hellstedt, Elli Toivoniemi
- INGEBORG BACHMANN by Margarethe von Trotta, producers: EAVE+ graduates Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Bettina Brokemper
- LA CHIMERA by Alice Rohrwacher, producer: EAVE+ graduate Carlo Cresto-Dina
- LUKA by Jessica Woodworth, producer: EAVE graduate Peter Brosens, co-producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum, EAVE graduates Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts
- MUSIC by Angela Schanelec, producer: EAVE + graduate Giorgos Karnavas
- SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD by Anna Hints, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Ostrat
- THE ETERNAL DAUGHTER by Joanna Hogg, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
- THE INVISIBLE FIGHT by Rainer Sarnet, producer: EAVE graduate Katrin Kissa, co-producers: EAVE graduate Amanda Livanou, B’EST graduates Alise Gelze, Helen Vinogradov
- TOTEM by Lila Avilés, co-producer: EAVE graduate Per Damgaard Hansen
Astra Film Festival Sibiu (October 14 – 21)
- A HOLY FAMILY by Elvis A-Liang Lu, producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Laurent Csinidis
- ARSENIE. AN AMAZING AFTERLIFE by Alexandru Solomon, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon
European Work in Progress, Cologne (October 16 – 18)
- ARMAND by Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel, co-producers: EAVE graduates Fred Burle, Dekr-Jan Warrink
- BREATHING UNDERWATER by Eric Lamhène, producer: EAVE graduate Claude Waringo
- NOTHING IN ITS PLACE by Burak Cevik, producer: EAVE graduate İpek Erden
- RESTLESS by Elmar Imanov, producer: EAVE graduate Eva Blondiau
- SECOND HAND LAND by Wasiliki Bleser, producer: EAVE graduate Gabriele Kranzelbinder
- SIMAS SONG by Roya Sadat, producer: EAVE graduate Alba Sotorra
- THE NEW ILLUSION by Jasmin Gordon, producer: EAVE graduate Brigitte Hofer
- THE SHAMELESS by Konstantin Bojanov, producer: EAVE graduate Palmyre Badinier
- TRANSAMAZONIA by Pia Marais, producer: EAVE graduate Sophie Erbs
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La Roche-sur-Yon International Film Festival (October 16 – 22)
- APOLONIA, APOLONIA by Lea Glob, co-producer: EAVE graduate Malgorzata Staron
- ESSENTIAL TRUTHS OF THE LAKE by Lav Diaz, producer: producer: TTB graduate and group leader Bianca Balbuena, TTB graduate Bradley Liew
- GREEN BORDER by Agnieszka Holland, producers: EAVE graduate Maria Blicharska, EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum
- INGEBORG BACHMANN by Margarethe von Trotta, producers: EAVE+ graduates Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Bettina Brokemper
- POOR THINGS by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
- PUAN by Maria Alché, Benjamin Naishtat, producer: EAVE graduates Bárbara Sarasola-Day, Giovanni Pompili, PUENTES graduate Tatiana Leite
- THE ECHO by Tatiana Huezo, producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis
- THE HUMAN SURGE 3 by Eduardo Williams, co-producers: EAVE graduates Raymond van der Kaaij, Germen Boelens, Julia Alves, Stefano Centini
- THE INVISIBLE FIGHT by Rainer Sarnet, producer: EAVE graduate Katrin Kissa, co-producers: EAVE graduate Amanda Livanou, B’EST graduates Alise Gelze, Helen Vinogradov
- WHEN IT MELTS by Veerle Baetens, producers: EAVE graduates Jacques-Henri Bronckart, Ellen Havenith
Rome Film Festival (October 17 – 29)
- BLAGA’S LESSONS by Stephan Komandarev, producers: EAVE graduates Stephan Komandarev, Katya Trichkova
- EUREKA by Lisandro Alonso, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
- HOLLY by Fien Troch, producer: EAVE graduates Elisa Heene, Donato Rotunno, Frans Van Gestel, Antonino Lombardo
- HOW TO HAVE SEX by Molla Manning Walker, producer: EAVE graduate and Greek National Coordinator Konstantinos Kontrovrakis, executive producer: EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas
- JE’VIDA by Katja Gauriloff, producer: EAVE graduate Joonas Berghäll
- LA CHIMERA by Alice Rohrwacher, producer: EAVE+ graduate Carlo Cresto-Dina
- PARADISE IS BURNING by Mika Gustafson, producers: EAVE graduates Venla Hellstedt, Jenni Jauri, Marco Valerio Fusco, Maria Stevnbak Westergren and PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi
- THE ETERNAL MEMORY directed and produced by PUENTES graduate Maite Alberdi
DOK Leipzig (October 17 – 23)
- 5 DREAMERS AND A HORSE by Vahagn Khachatryan, Aren Malakyan, producer: EAVE graduate Eva Blondiau
- BYE BYE TIBERIAS by Lina Soualem, producer: EAVE graduate Ossama Bawardi
- DER WIND NIMMT DIE MIT, produced and directed by EAVE graduate Ann Carolin Renninger
- EAVE project DISTURBED EARTH directed and produced by EAVE graduate Guillermo Carreras-Candi
- EAVE project DRAW FOR CHANGE!: We Exist, We Resist by Mariana Cadenas Sangronis, producer: EAVE graduate Hanne Phlypo
- GRANNY'S SEXUAL LIFE by Urška Djukić, Émilie Pigeard, producer: EAVE graduate Bostjan Virc
- PHOTOPHOBIA by Ivan Ostrochovský, Pavol Pekarčík, producer: EAVE graduates Katarína Tomková, Tomáš Michálek
- PLANET B by Pieter Van Eecke, producer: EAVE graduate Hanne Phlypo
- PLAYING MEN by Matjaž Ivanišin, producers: EAVE graduates Marina Gumzi, Vanja Jambrovic, Tibor Keser
- POND by Lena von Döhren, Eva Rust, producer: EAVE graduate Sarah Born
- SILENT SUN OF RUSSIA by Sybilla Tuxen, producers: EAVE graduates Rikke Tambo Andersen, Maria Møller Christoffersen
- SKATE THE CITY by Lies Van der Auwera, producer: EAVE graduate Katleen Goossens
- STILL LIFE WITH WOMAN, TEA AND LETTER by Tess Martin, producers: EAVE graduates Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts
- THE STANDSTILL by Nikolaus Geyrhalter, producer: EAVE graduate, group leader and Austrian National Coordinator Michael Kitzberger
- THE GATE by Jasmin Herold, Michael David Beamish, producer: EAVE graduate Heino Deckert
- THE WAGES OF JOHN PERNIA directed and produced by EAVE graduate Ben Young
- THE WIND IS TAKING THEM directed and produced by EAVE graduate Ann Carolin Renninger
- VIKA! by Agnieszka Zwiefka, producer: EAVE graduate Anna Stylińska, co-producer: EAVE graudate Heino Deckert
- VISTA MARE by Florian Kofler, Julia Gutweniger, producer: EAVE graduate Bernhard Holzhammer,
- WHILE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS by Peter Mettler, producer: EAVE graduate Brigitte Hofer
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- DECEMBER by Grzegorz Paprzycki, producer: EAVE graduate Dagne Vildziunaite
Viennale (October 19 – 31)
- ABOUT DRY GRASSES by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
- ANIMAL by Sofia Exarchou, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki, co-producer: EAVE graduate Vicky Miha
- BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY by Elene Naveriani, producer: EAVE+ graduate Bettina Brokemper
- THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING by Timm Kröger, producers: EAVE graduates Heino Deckert, David Bohun, Dario Schoch, Sarah Born
- DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon, co-producers: EAVE graduate Paul Thiltges, Adrien Chef, EAVE group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic, executive producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler
- ESSENTIAL TRUTHS OF THE LAKE by Lav Diaz, producer: producer: TTB graduate and group leader Bianca Balbuena, TTB graduate Bradley Liew
- EUREKA by Lisandro Alonso, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
- GREEN BORDER by Agnieszka Holland, producers: EAVE graduate Maria Blicharska, EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum
- INSIDE THE YELLOW COCOON SHELL by Thien An Pham, producer: TTB graduate Jeremy Chua, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marie Dubas, Adria Mones
- LA CHIMERA by Alice Rohrwacher, producer: EAVE + graduate Carlo Cresto-Dina
- MUSIC by Angela Schanelec, producer: EAVE + graduate Giorgos Karnavas.
- OMEN by Baloji, producers: EAVE graduates Benoit Roland, Ellen de Waele
- POOR THINGS by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
- SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD by Anna Hints, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Ostrat
- STILLSTAND by Nikolaus Geyrhalter, producer: EAVE graduate, group leader and Austrian National Coordinator Michael Kitzberger
- THE DELINQUENTS by Rodrigo Moreno, producer: EAVE graduate Ezequiel Borovinsky, EAVE and TTB graduate Gilles Chanial, co-producer: EAVE graduate Julia Alves
- THE ECHO by Tatiana Huezo, producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis
- THE HUMAN SURGE 3 by Eduardo Williams, co-producers: EAVE graduates Raymond van der Kaaij, Germen Boelens, Julia Alves, Stefano Centini
- THE PLOUGH (LE GRAND CHARIOT) by Philippe Garrel, producer: EAVE graduate Laurine Pelassy
- THE PRACTICE by Martin Rejtman, producer: PUENTES, TTB and EAVE+ graduate Giancarlo Nasi
- TOTEM by Lila Avilés, co-producer: EAVE graduate Per Damgaard Hansen
- THROUGH THE NIGHT by Delphine Girard, producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart
- YOUTH (SPRING) by Wang Bing, producers: EAVE graduates Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts
MEET EAVE IN NOVEMBER!
@ CHANGE, November 4 - 8, Tbilisi (GE)
EAVE Deputy CEO Satu Elo
@ TIES THAT BIND Workshop 1, November 5 - 9, Taipei (TW)
TTB Head of Studies Christophe Bruncher
@ EAVE Marketing Workshop, November 7 - 12, Luxembourg
EAVE CEO Kristina Trapp (Nov 8 – 11), EAVE Project Manager Ana Ruiz Miralles
@ Cutting Edge Talent Lab, November 17 - 19, Mannheim (DE)
EAVE CEO Kristina Trapp
@ PUENTES Workshop 2, November 20 - 26, Montevideo (UY)
EAVE Project Manager Ana Ruiz Miralles
ATF x TTB Animation Lab & Pitch kicks off today!
Asia TV Forum & Market (ATF) and EAVE Ties That Bind (TTB) have joined forces to launch the first edition of the ATF x TTB Animation Lab & Pitch, a new initiative targeting producers with (young adult) animated projects from Asia and Europe with the potential and desire to explore new financing and co-production opportunities, new markets, and new audiences in both continents.
Out of the impressive number of submissions received – over 110 from 28 different countries/regions, the Animation Lab selection committee – featuring Justin Deimen (108 Media/SAVVA, SG), Juraj Krasnohorsky (Artichoke/CEE Animation, SK), Kanji Kazahaya (Culture Connect Co., JP) and Matija Sturm (CEE Animation Workshop, SI) – have announced the final line-up of 9 projects in development coming from 4 European and 5 Asian countries/regions.
The ATF x TTB Animation Lab & Pitch will take place over 2 separate programmes offering comprehensive knowledge of the European and Asian animation industries and markets. The participants will benefit from high-level development under the guidance of top-notch experts from both continents and have the opportunity to pitch their project in front of key decision makers during the upcoming edition of the Asia TV Forum & Market in Singapore.
The first online programme kicks off today and over the next 5 days, October 30 - November 3, 2023, selected participants will be able to attend a rich and diverse workshop crafted by the Lab curator Juraj Krasnohorsky (Artichoke/CEE Animation, SK), who has put together a team of leading industry professionals: Ervin Han will present a general overview of Asian-European financing landscape, Katarzyna Siniarska (New Europe Film Sales) will lead the session “Working with a Sales Agent”, Jean François Le Corre (Vivement Lundi!) and Justin Deimen (108 Media/SAVVA) will elaborate on the “Good Practice of Co-Production”, Juraj Krasnohorsky (Artichoke/CEE Animation) will share tips to package and pitch a project while Bonnie Williams will share tips on organising and conducting market meetings.
All participants will thereon have individual consultations with 4 experts that will revise their project packages (Jean-François Le Corre and Kanji Kazahaya) and their financing strategies (Jean-Baptiste Babin-Backup Media and Justin Deimen).
The second on-site programme will take place from December 6 - 8, 2023 within the frame of ATF in Singapore, and it will feature experts’ lectures, individual consultancies, a pitching component and a series of prearranged one-to-one meetings between selected teams and decision makers & financiers.
The following 9 projects wanting to extend their knowledge and network towards Asia and Europe have been selected to participate in the ATF x TTB Animation Lab & Pitch:
- Brian, Whatube Studios, Taiwan
- Chill Out, Girl, BCH Entertainment, Indonesia
- Ella Arcangel: Ballad of Tooth and Claw, Twenty Manila (Ludritz Ventures, Inc.), Philippines
- Moss, Imagic TV, Spain
- Republic of Cats – Vanishing Utopia, Jet Set Go, Japan
- Something Great, Sumimasen Pte. Ltd., Singapore
- Trouble Magnet, Fabian&Fred, Germany
- Twice Upon a Time, To Blink Animation, Serbia
- Tytus Romek & A’Tomek, EGoFILM, Poland
ATF x TTB Animation Lab & Pitch 2023 will take place in the framework of the Asia TV Forum & Market, Asia’s leading content market and conference, and it will be organised by ATF and Ties That Bind with the support of lead sponsor Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA), sponsors Film Development Council Philippines (FDCP) and Visual Industry Promotion Organization (VIPO), and in collaboration with CEE Animation Workshop.
TIES THAT BIND, based in Udine, is organised by the Friuli Venezia Giulia Audiovisual Fund, EAVE, Udine Far East Film Festival and Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA) and supported by the Creative Europe - MEDIA sub-programme of the European.
About Asia TV Forum & Market (ATF) 2023
Into its 24thedition, Asia TV Forum & Market (ATF) – the region’s leading entertainment content market and conference – is the proven industry platform to acquire knowledge, network, buy, sell, finance, distribute and co-produce across all platforms. It is the premier stage in Asia to engage with the entertainment industry’s top players from around the world. It’s where the best minds meet, and the future of Asia’s content is shaped. For more information, please visit www.asiatvforum.com
About 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 worldwide.
About 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.
About Southeast Asian Audio-Visual Association (SAAVA)
The Southeast Asian Audio-Visual Association (SAAVA), a non-profit association that seeks to unify media producers and media financiers in the region. The association's mission is to advance creative development across the region, promote Southeast Asian audio-visual content and capabilities internationally, as well as stimulate business collaborations between its members.
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CONTACTS
Media Contact: Candy Cheah, RX Singapore | candy.cheah@rxglobal.com
Lab & Pitch Contact (ATF): ATF Lab & Pitch Team | atf.conference@rxglobal.com
Lab & Pitch Contact (EAVE): Alessandra Pastore | tiesthatbind@eave.org
WEMW opens the second round of calls for the EAVE Slate and Inspirational Labs!
Only one day to go before the deadline of the WEMW Co-Production Forum call for projects in development, 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 third 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 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 eight Labs will offer a deeper insight on drama series content, animation production, impact & outreach strategy, online distribution and co-financing, video game development, genre film production, virtual production and East & West International Co-Production.
EAVE Slate & Inspirational Labs at a glance!
EAVE Slate
EAVE Slate will select up to 12 European and Latin American 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.
The Lab is hosted by the CEE Animation Workshop team and led by experts Martin Vandas (producer, Czech Republic) and Agne Adomene (creative producer at Art Shot studio, Lithuania).
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 of development, production planning and financing of serialised drama content.
EAST & WEST | Co-Production Inspirational Lab
in partnership with WEMW
A complete journey through the main co-production and distribution opportunities offered by Europe and Latin America, with a focus on the most dynamic regional and national funds, but also on the Eurimages, Ibermedia and Creative Europe support schemes.
The Co-Production Inspirational Lab is specifically designed for upcoming producers that need to acquire the necessary tools to co-produce films and other audio-visual formats in the international marketplace, and will include lectures, exchange sessions with leading industry key players and successful East & West co-production case studies.
FILM MEETS GAMES | Video Games Production Inspirational Lab
in partnership with SpielFabrique
The video game industry is reaching USD 200B and targets everybody on a global basis! The FILM MEETS GAMES Inspiration Lab is offering an expert glimpse of the opportunities through understanding how to position, finance and distribute a game. The Lab is developed with pan European game ecosystem catalyst SpielFabrique with the support from renowned experts. It offers keynotes and personal support to filmmakers wishing to expand to video games.
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.
IMPACT ZONE | Outreach & Impact Inspirational Lab
in partnership with ESoDoc
ESoDoc's lab at WEMW will focus on the design of impact campaign strategies. During the workshop, participants - selected both from documentary and fiction genres - will work on their 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.
THE ON DEMAND ECOSYSTEM | VOD Inspirational Lab
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, the Lab will help the participants to plan ahead the online distribution strategy and co-financing of their content, answering to the audience demand.
VIRTUAL INNOVATION | Virtual Production Inspirational Lab
in partnership with European Virtual Production Alliance
“Demystifying VP and its applications for independent productions and industry”
Virtual Production has undoubtedly been one of the most spoken-about industry innovations of recent years, yet for independent industries, it remains a practice shrouded in mystery. Is it only about hyper-expensive LED screens and blockbuster productions, or will this novel approach also revolutionise independent productions?
The VIRTUAL INNOVATION Lab, organised in partnership with European Virtual Production Alliance - an industry network of Europe’s leading virtual production experts and studios, will demystify virtual production once and all for independent industry leaders from financiers decision makers to producers, VFX supervisors, and below the line crew. This Lab will look into different forms of VP, including In-Camera VFX, LED production, previsualization, virtual cameras, and set capturing, as well as into how to assess VP suitability for your production, how to budget and plan the workflow, and how to manage the process from start to finish successfully. The Lab will also present recent case studies from awarded European festival favourites and feature films and TV series to give the participant a 360-degree look into the world of V.
APPLICATION & DEADLINE
It is possible to apply to max. 3 different labs, but it will be possible to attend only one Inspirational Lab. To apply, visit WEMW website.
The deadline for both the EAVE Slate and the Inspirational Labs is November 20, 2023.
In case you have already applied to other WEMW activities (e.g Co-Production Forum or Works in Progress sections), you can also apply to the EAVE Slate and the Inspirational Labs.
LOCATION & SELECTION
The EAVE Slate and Inspirational Labs activities will take place at the WEMW venues in Trieste. The final selection will be primarily based on the applicant’s profile and motivation, and all selected participants will also have the opportunity to join the rest of the programme of WEMW.
PARTICIPATION FEE & SCHOLARSHIPS
The participation fee for the EAVE Slate is € 450, while for each Inspirational Lab is € 250. The fee includes the WEMW accreditation, the EAVE Slate/Inspirational Lab tuition fee, lunches and coffee breaks.
*Please note that the participation fee will be waived for all Ukrainian selected participants.
**Thanks to the support from our network of regional/national funds, a limited number of producers from certain regions/countries will be able to access partial/full scholarships. Please contact us at inspiration@wemw.it for further info.
INFO DAY
If you wish to get more info about the Inspirational Labs and the EAVE Slate, please join our INFO DAY on Thursday November 2 from 11.00 to 12.00 (CET timezone). To confirm your attendance please fill in our registration form 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
WEMW 2024 is organized once again by the FVG Audiovisual Fund in collaboration with the Trieste Film Festival, EAVE, Creative Europe Desk Italy and thanks to the precious and constant support of Creative Europe MEDIA, MIC - Direzione Generale per il Cinema, CEI – Central European Initiative, Film Center Serbia, Ciclic - Centre-Val de Loire Region, and the Autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia.
Grand finale: EAVE 2023 Producers Workshop in Rotterdam
The EAVE 2023 Producers Workshop culminates in a grand finale during its third and final session in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, from October 23-30!
The newest members of the EAVE network, after a year of training to develop their producer skills, are now ready to present themselves and their projects to a wider professional audience in meetings specially curated by EAVE.
We will welcome 85 “future partners” – leading international industry professionals - to meet the 55 rising producing talents from 34 countries at physical or online meetings. EAVE provides a safe space to discuss participants’ careers, company slates and the 28 fiction, documentary and series projects developed during this year’s EAVE Producers’ Workshop under the guidance of EAVE’s top experts.
Successful projects developed at the EAVE Producers Workshop include recent festival hits such as CITIZEN SAINT, BEHIND THE HAYSTACKS, MAMI WATA, LOVE ACCORDING TO DALVA, DRAW FOR CHANGE! and many more.
What’s new in the workshop programme?
On the menu is a rich offer of plenary sessions, group work and individual meetings with EAVE experts and exquisite guests.
Highlights include anticipated sessions on the following topics:
- Virtual Production by Sten-Kristian Saluveer (Cannes Next, EE) & Maciej Zemojcin (Pixelrace, PL)
- Technology as a Cinematic Tool by EAVE graduate Radoslawa Bardes (ATM Virtual, PL) & Maciej Zemojcin (Pixelrace, PL)
- How to Think about Distribution, Sales and Festivals after the Pandemic by Zsuzsi Bankuti (Open Doors, Locarno Film Festival, CH)
- Insights into Eurimages and the Future by Katre Kajamäe-Gupta (Eurimages, FR)
- Sustainability in film and work-life balance (EAVE graduate Merry Colomer, Morena Films, ES)
- Innovative funding models, transmedia storytelling and disruptive distribution (EAVE graduate Mathivanan Rajendran, Stray Factory, IN)
- ShareDoc (Anne Marie Borsboom, ShareDoc, NL)
- Everything Changing All at Once: Author and media analyst Johanna Koljonen presents a comprehensive analysis of the industry's future based on the 2023 Nostradamus report
- and a dedicated session on Producing with the Netherlands with Dennis Kleyn (ReadySetStudios, NL) and Bas van der Ree (Netherlands Film Commission, NL)
EAVE builds bridges to the Dutch industry
Parallel to the main workshop schedule, EAVE offers group work sessions for 6 selected projects from the Netherlands, as well as open plenary sessions for a wider Dutch audience of film industry professionals.
Many thanks to our valuable partners who make the workshop possible!
The EAVE 2023 Producers Workshop’s third and final session in Rotterdam is organized in partnership with the Netherlands Film Fund, Netherlands Film Commission and the Rotterdam Film Media Office, and in collaboration with Volya Films, New Producers Academy, CineSud, Playgrounds, Creative Europe Desk Netherlands, NAPA and SEE NL.
The first two sessions of the EAVE 2023 Producers Workshop took place from March 3-10 in Luxembourg and from June 11-18 in Alpbach, Austria.
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, Doha Film Institute, Telefilm Canada, SODEC, IDM Südtirol Alto Adige, Fonds Jeune Création Francophone, Projeto Paradiso, TRT - Turkish Radio and Television Corporation, Berlinale Co-Production Market and the partners who have hosted the workshops since 1988.
CHANGE - Co-production training course: Selection announced
CHANGE is a collaboration between EAVE, CPH:DOX, the world leading documentary film festival supporting independent and innovative filmmaking, and IMS, International Media Support, promoting journalism and documentary film 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 with international film professionals gathered annually at CPH:DOX.
We are proud to announce the third round of CHANGE and reveal the 2023/2024 line-up. The selected projects show new perspectives ranging from the bigger political picture to seemingly hyper-local dramas dealing with nuanced points of view on pollution, corruption, radicalization, patriarchy and war in a post-colonial context meeting resistance and bravery are portrayed by a talented cohort of courageous local filmmakers.
The first workshop of CHANGE - Co-production training course in Tbilisi, Georgia in November 2023 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 2024 in Chisinau, Moldova. The programme will culminate with a third module and presentation of the projects to the international industry at CPH:DOX in Copenhagen in March 2024.
The selected projects are:
- Lessons of “Chemistry”, prod. Olga Karpovich, dir. Marta Veras, Belarus
- Echoes of Avey, prod. Durna Safarova, dir. Atanur Nabiyeva, Azerbaijan
- The Ferryman, prod. Olha Symonenko, dir. Pavlo Dorohoi, Ukraine
- Land of Fairy Tales and Dreams, prod. Calin Laur, dir. Denis Pavlovic, Moldova
- Language X, prod. Katerina Barushka, dir. Tanya Haurylchyk, Belarus/Germany
- Milena: Between Strange Borders, prod. Mira Oyetoro, dir. Sabina Asadova & Mira Oyetoro, Ukraine
- Nana’s Wind, prod. Mariam Chachia, dir. Maradia Tsaava, Georgia
- Sacred Songs, prod. Mariam Bitsadze, dir. Nona Giunashvili, Georgia
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.
THE PARTNERSHIP BEHIND CHANGE
EAVE is a professional training, project development and networking organization for audiovisual producers. Founded in 1988, our 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. We believe that the support of independent voices, creative imagination and culturally driven companies within the global media industries is an urgent necessity in the 21st century. Through our work we aim to contribute towards the creation of strong networks of producers and to encourage the exchange of knowledge and skills which will strengthen independent production across the world.
CPH:DOX, Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival, 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 125,000, and our industry platform, championing high-end cinematic and hybrid filmmaking welcomes annually nearly 2,000 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 170 people.
EAVE TIES THAT BIND focuses on Asian Distributors in Busan and world premiere of DOI BOY
Are you participating at Busan International Film Festival this year? Are you ready to explore distribution and market opportunities with key experts from Asia and from Europe?
We are delighted to announce that EAVE TIES THAT BIND is preparing in cooperation with the European Film Promotion a series of roundtable talks with Asian distributors such as Wutichai Namjaiprasert (GDH 559, TH), Taewon Jung (Jinjin Pictures, KR), Selina Chen Si Yu (Flash Forward Entertainment, TW), and Jee-eun Kim (Challan, KR) this year in Busan.
The roundtable talks will explore the current situation of the Asian market in a friendly and informal atmosphere. They will be open to European sales agents and TTB alumni, and they will take place between October 7 – 9, 2023 at the TIES THAT BIND booth at ACFM (Asian Contents & Film Market).
Another TTB event in cooperation with the European Film Promotion will be a panel Cinematic Crossroads: Navigating European and Asian Film Markets on the challenges and opportunities encountered while introducing Asian art-house and commercial films to European audiences, and vice versa. The panel will be curated by Katarzyna Siniarska (New Europe Film Sales, PL) featuring speakers such as Patrick Mao Huang (Flash Forward Entertainment, TW), Kini Kim (The Jokers Films, FR), June Lee (WATCHA, KR), Valeska Neu (Films Boutique, DE), and Felix Tsang (Golden Scene, HK). The panel will take place on October 9, 2023 (Event Room C).
In Busan, TTB will also celebrate a world premiere of the highly anticipated TTB project DOI BOY by Nontawat Numbenchapol, which was developed at the TTB workshop in 2017 by Steve Chen (Anti-Archive, KH). Among the producers of the film is TTB 2019 alumna Supatcha Thipsena (Mobile Lab Project, TH) along with Daniel Mattes and Davy Chou. World sales is handled by Neramitnung Film.
Sorn, an ethnic Shan sex worker, tries to build a future in Chiang Mai, Thailand, as a refugee far from home, but he is drawn into a complex relationship with one client, a police officer investigating a political activist.
The director Nontawat Numbenchapol is known for his experimental docudrama #BKKY exploring the lives of Bangkok teenagers.
The film garnered anticipation even from its planning stages, having been selected for the Busan Asian Project Market (APM), Cannes L’Atelier, Berlinale Talents, and Talents Tokyo.
Furthermore, we are delighted to announce that the following projects of TTB graduates are selected for this year’s edition of the Asian Project Market:
- Yulia Evina Bhara (KawanKawan Media, ID): Watch It Burn
- Fran Borgia (Akanga Film Asia, SG): I'll Smile in September
- Stefano Centini (Volos Films, TW): Mr. Tiger
- Jeremy Chua (Potocol, SG): Filipinana
- Monster Jimenez (This Side Up, PH): Daughters of the Sea
- Mai Nguyen (CineHanoi & Scarlet Visions, DE/VN): Mr. Van
Congratulations!
For more information, please contact: Tanika Sajatovic, EAVE Project Manager: tanika@eave.org
EAVE TIES THAT BIND is supported by the Creative Europe - MEDIA sub-programme of the European Union.
