EAVE November News 2023
- 3 projects funded by screen.brussels
In Development November 2023 - ODD FISH by Snævar Sölvason is shooting
In Production and in Post-production November 2023 - EAVE Marketing Workshop project THE SETTLERS wins at Stockholm
Awards November 2023 - HOLY EMY and LEONOR WILL NEVER DIE nominated for Film Independent Spirit Awards
Nominations November 2023 - EAVE project MAMI WATA in UK cinemas!
In Cinemas November 2023 - EAVE project SILENCE OF SIRENS selected for Cottbus
Festivals November 2023 - WEMW extends the deadline to apply to EAVE Slate and IBERMEDIA scholarships announced!
press release - PUENTES 2023 – the final workshop kicked off in Uruguay!
press release - Apply now: EFM Market Badge Inclusion Initiative
press release - APPLY NOW: GREEN FILM LAB in Athens
Workshop in Athens, Greece | 6th - 8th March 2024 - 21 nominations at the European Film Awards 2023 for EAVE graduates
press release - The new edition of EAVE Marketing Workshop is kicking off today!
press release - TIES THAT BIND unveils the 2023 selection and kicks off on Sunday in Taipei!
press release
3 projects funded by screen.brussels
screen.brussels
screen.brussels fund has selected 8 projects in various formats: 4 feature films, 2 animated projects, 1 documentary, 1 TV series. Among them:
- NINO DANS LA NUIT by Laurent Micheli, producer: EAVE graduate Benoît Roland
- UNE PART MANQUANTE by Guillaume Senez, producer: EAVE graduate Jacques Henri Bronckart
- IN THE DARK by Maarten Bernaerts and Bram Conjaerts, producer: EAVE graduate Annabella Nezri
Hubert Bals Fund
The Hubert Bals Fund has announced its second Script and Project Development Support lineup for 2023. It includes:
- LEND by Katy Léna Ndiaye, producer: EAVE graduate Aurélien Bodinaux
- THE SEA IS CALM TONIGHT by Le Bao, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marie Dubas
- THE WOLF, THE FOX & THE LEOPARD by David Verbeek, producer: EAVE graduate Leontine Petit, co-producers: EAVE graduates Alexandra Hoesdorff, Sinisa Juricic is in pre-production. The Croatian Minority Co-production is produced by Lemming film (the Netherlands) in co-production with Deal Productions (Luxemburg), Feline Films (Ireland), Nukleus film (Croatia) and Flash Forward Entertainment (Taiwan). THE WOLF, THE FOX & THE LEOPARD is a dystopian story about Isa, who has been found living amongst the wolves. She is brought back to a medical centre only to be kidnapped by a couple of extremists in order to build a new, purer world. The film is a story about strength, faith, and the ability to create an alternate reality. The filming will last for 15 days and will include 108 film workers, of whom 80 are Croatian tax residents. The filmmakers have applied for the incentives of the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, through the Filming in Croatia programme.
ODD FISH by Snævar Sölvason is shooting
In production
- ODD FISH by Snævar Sölvason, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Jukka Helle is in production. The story tackles the themes of identity and acceptance. Set in a small community in Iceland’s northern Westfjords, it follows two childhood friends, Björn and Hjalti, who run a popular seafood restaurant in a fishing village where they were born and raised. The pair are polar opposites: Hjalti is a confident family man and a big fish in town, Björn a reserved, single guy who has always lived in his parents’ house. As the pair suddenly get an opportunity to keep their fish restaurant going all year round, Björn comes out as a trans woman. Can his best friend overcome his prejudice and accept what truly matters in life? ODD FISH is being produced by Julius Kemp and Ingvar Pordarson for The Icelandic Film Company (Iceland), and co-produced by Solar Films (Finland) and Axman Production (Czech Republic). The project has received backing from the Icelandic Film Centre, Iceland’s tax rebate and the Nordisk Film & TV Fond.
- POLVO SERAN by Carlos Marques-Marcet, producers: EAVE graduates Eugenia Mumenthaler, Giovanni Pompili is in production. Written by the director himself along with Clara Roquet the original soundtrack of the musical tragicomedy is by the artist, singer and composer Maria Arnal and the choreographies are the creation of the dance company La Veronal. According to the synopsis, when Claudia decides that she does not want to wait for a disease to destroy her body, her partner, Flavio, who has not been separated from her for the last forty years, puts into action their old plan to end their life together in Switzerland thanks to the help of an association for voluntary assisted death. Meanwhile, their daughter Violeta becomes an involuntary mediator between her parents and everything they leave behind, while at the same time looking for her place in this story of unconditional love. The film raises questions such as; are we able to prepare ourselves for death? Why do we cling to life? What is it that makes us afraid of death? Is all affection conditional or is some unconditional? Is love for children always unconditional? From love to death through comedy, drama, music and dance. According to Marques-Marcet, "in this mixture of genres, the musical will allow us to approach these complex emotions and the unfathomable hole of death where words cannot reach, expressed through the body and music. The choreographies are intended not as a pause in the narrative, but as a way to keep the film moving forward by exploring the characters from another angle". POLVO SERAN is a production from Lastor Media (Spain), Alina Film (Switzerland) and Kino Produzioni (Italy) with the collaboration of the ICAA, ICEC and MEDIA – Europa Creativa, and supported by RTVE, Movistar Plus+, Direzione generale Cinema e audiovisivo del Ministero della Cultura DGCA - MIC, IDM Film Fund & Commission Südtirol Alto Adige and Eurimages. Filming takes place during October, November and December on location in Barcelona, the Italian Alps and Switzerland.
- MY FATHER’S SHOES by Hristo Simeonov, producer: EAVE graduate Katya Trichkova, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Laurent Csinidis is shooting. After completing five short films, Bulgarian director Hristo Simeonov deepens his research on human relationships by focusing on a family constellation, with a father who abandoned his closest ones long time ago. The script delves into the world of Mima who was raised by her stubborn mother, Boyka. She had long lost contact with her father when she learns that he has passed away, and when the father's body arrives in their village, no one can recognise him except for Boyka, who refuses to see him. Amidst this complicated situation, mother and daughter must face their own pain as they reconcile with the past. Producer Katya Trichkova reveals that the script was developed over the course of two years. The project was also presented at Sofia Meetings and Crossroads in 2021. Backed by Bulgaria’s Contrast Films and France’s Films de Force Majeure, while relying on the support of the Bulgarian National Film Centre and CNC - Cinema du Monde, the production will have 24 shooting days, starting on 2 November with a small crew and no expensive equipment.
www.films-de-force-majeure.com
- LOS DESTELLOS by Pilar Palomero, producer: EAVE graduate Valérie Delpierre is shooting. The plot, written by the director, tells how Isabel's life takes an unexpected turn the day her daughter Madalen asks her to visit Ramón, who is ill, on a regular basis. After fifteen years away from her ex-husband, whom she sees as a stranger despite the fact that they were family for years, resentments that she thought she had gotten past begin to resurface in Isabel. However, by accompanying the man at his most vulnerable moment, Isabel will be able to see the failure they experienced through different eyes and focus on the present of her own existence. Based on the story ‘Un corazón demasiado grande’, by the Basque writer Eider Rodríguez, Pilar Palomero states that "from the very first moment I was intrigued by this story which, broadly speaking, was about the forced reunion of a couple that didn't work out. I felt that this conflict allowed me to think about how contradictory and complex the ties we create can be and, above all, to propose a reflection on the impressions that we make and leave behind, and that make us who we are". LOS DESTELLOS is a production from MOD, Misent Producciones and Inicia Films with the participation of RTVE, Movistar Plus+, TVC and À Punt, with funding from ICAA - Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales and the collaboration of the ICEC - Generalitat de Catalunya and IVC - Generalitat Valenciana. The film is being shot on location in Horta de Sant Joan and Tortosa (both in Tarragona, Catalonia) over the months of October and November.
- SUBMERGÉE by Alanté Kavaïté, producer: EAVE graduate Antoine Simkine is in production. Written by Alanté Kavaïté the story takes us to an island with no future, given that it’s already partly submerged underwater. A woman is caring for ten or so very elderly individuals, but the arrival of five travellers turns their lives upside down… Produced by Les Films D’Antoine, together with Estrella Productions, the film enjoys support from the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region and the department of Charente-Maritime, where filming will continue throughout November, with Chilean-Danish cinematographer Manuel Alberto Claro heading up photography.
In post-production
- SIMONA KOSSAK by Adrian Panek, producer: EAVE graduate Magdalena Kaminska is in post-production. Written and directed by Adrian Panek, the film tells the story of a Polish biologist. Coming from a renowned family of artists (both her father Jerzy and grandfather Wojciech were famous painters, and her aunts Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska and Magdalena Samozwaniec were poets), Simona had no talents towards arts whatsoever. Eventually, in the mid 1960s she studied biology and after graduating, she moved to examine Białowieża Forest, where she lived in a small hut for 30 years. She was involved with nature photographer Lech Wilczek, whom she met in the wilderness. According to the press release, Simona Kossak focuses both on that relationship and on Simona’s professional efforts and her struggles as a woman biologist in a male-dominated environment. Adrian Panek states that his character is somewhat “archetypical” because she “rebels and runs away from her family, circumstances, place of birth, and wanders into the unknown in order to forget who she was or who she was told to be. And that way, she finds herself.” He adds that the film is also about Białowieża Forest, its story and the people connected to it. Simona Kossak recently regained popularity among Polish audiences thanks to a documentary by Natalia Koryncka-Gruz, titled Simona. Magdalena Kaminska and Agata Szymanska are producing the film through their Polish company Balapolis, while the co-producers are Documentary and Feature Film Studios, Krakow Festival Office and Hollman Emea Limited.
- SOVJET JEANS by Staņislavs Tokalovs and Juris Kursietis, producer: EAVE graduate and Latvian National Coordinator Aija Berzina is in post-production. The eight-episode series set in 1979 Soviet Latvia, the time of the fiercest propaganda against Western culture is based on true stories and follows Renars. The rock & roll fan and petty criminal is committed to a mental asylum for political reasons, where he starts illegal production of counterfeit US cult jeans together with his fellow inmates. The jeans gain popularity among the Latvian youth and Renars becomes an anonymous underground legend while the KGB searches for the jeans tailoring shop all over the country. “The socialist youth, the battles in the KGB, the obedient, the rebels, the thugs… all of them are victims of the same absurd madness. Our characters and their story pose the question: is it here in the madhouse that the only normality is born, while the world outside is crazy? All the authors in the team have different experiences with life in the Soviet era, but we are all born in different parts of the Socialist bloc. For us, this series is important not only because of the extraordinary point of view of the period, but also because of the terrifying parallels with the events of the present. We want to tell this story in its complexity, without going into extremely dark shades, but on the contrary, to feel hope, humour and beauty,” scriptwriter Teodora Markova said. SOVJET JEANS is produced by Aija Berzina through Tasse Film and it is supported by the National Film Centre of Latvia, as well as Go3 and Depo DIY.
- THE MISSILE by Miia Tervo, Elokuvayhtiö Komeetta, producer: EAVE graduate Evelin Penttilä is in post-production. The film is a dramedy about personal and national borders and boundaries, and it follows single mother Niina, who drifts into the middle of an international missile crisis in Inari when the Soviet Union shoots a missile across the Finnish border. “The film portrays the journey of Niina, a single mother in an abusive relationship, as she becomes entangled in the investigation surrounding the missile crash. Through this empowering process, Niina discovers her voice and gains the courage to stand up for herself. The film's creative team consists of talented professionals from Finland and Estonia, collaborating under the guidance of director Miia Tervo, and crafting a work with the potential to resonate with audiences all over the world”, producer Johanna Maria Paulson said. Kaisla Viitala and Daniel Kuitunen are producing through Komeetta (Finland) in co-production with Johanna Maria Paulson and EAVE graduate Evelin Penttilä through Stellar Film (Estonia). The project was fully financed at the end of 2022 and the production started in February 2023. From Estonia the production of the film was supported by the Estonian Film Institute, Estonian Cultural Endowment and the FilmEstonia cash rebate scheme. The project was also supported by Eurimages. Filming took place in February and March 2023, in Lapland and Estonia. All the exteriors were shot in Northern Finland (in Kemijärvi and Pelkosenniemi), while the interiors were shot in Estonia (Tallinn and nearby).
EAVE Marketing Workshop project THE SETTLERS wins at Stockholm
Film Festival Cottbus
6 awards for EAVE graduates at the Film Festival Cottbus:
- FOREVER-FOREVER by Anna Buryachkova, producer: EAVE graduate Reinier Selen scooped the Main Award for Best Film.
- PATIENT #1 by Rezo Gigineishvili, producer: EAVE graduate Archil Gelovani won the Special Award for Best Director
- BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY by Elene Naveriani, producer: EAVE+ graduate Britta Rindelaub, associate producer: EAVE+ graduate Bettina Brokemper won the Award for an Outstanding Individual Performance (Eka Chavleishvili), the Ecumenical Jury Prize and the "Cottbus to Cinema" Award
- FREEDOM by Tudor Giurgiu, producer: EAVE graduate Oana Giurgiu was awarded the FIPRESCI Prize
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
10 awards for EAVE graduates at the Black Nights Film Festival, Tallinn:
- MISERICORDIA by Emma Dante, producer: EAVE graduate Marica Stocchi won the Grand Prix for the Best Film and Best Actor (Simone Zambelli).
- NATASHA’S DANCE by Jos Stelling, co-producer: EAVE graduate Heino Deckert was awarded Best Cinematography (Goert Giltay)
- AMAL by Jawad Rhalib, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ellen de Waele won Best Actress (Lubna Azabal)
- THE MAGNET MAN by Gust Van den Berghe, producer: EAVE graduate Thomas Leyers, co-producers: EAVE graduates Leontine Petit, Gilles Chanial received the award for Best Original Score (David Van Keer, Birger Embrechts)
- PATIENT #1 by Rezo Gigineishvili, producer: EAVE graduate Archil Gelovani won Best Production Design
- THE MILKY WAY by Maya Kenig, producer: EAVE MW graduate Gal Greenspan received a Special Jury Mention
- SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD by Anna Hints, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Ostrat was awarded Best Baltic Film
- SLOW by Marija Kavtaradze, producer: EAVE graduate Marija Razgute won the Award for Best Baltic Producer for Co-production
- FIVE AND A HALF LOVE STORIES IN AN APARTMENT IN VILNIUS, LITHUANIA by Tomas Vengris, co-producer: EAVE FFF graduate Roberts Vinovskis won the Award for Best Film in the Rebels with a Cause competition
- FALLING INTO PLACE by Aylin Tezel, producers: EAVE graduate and German National Coordinator Jonas Weydemann, EAVE graduate Yvonne Wellie won the FIPRESCI Award
- POOR THINGS by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graudate Ed Guiney received the annual Dennis Davidson Spotlight Award
Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event
- THE ELF by Hannes Vartiainen, produced by EAVE graduate Joonas Berghäll won Best Project Award at the Baltic Event Co-production Market.
- FLIGHT FROM KABUL by Sahraa Karimi, produced by EAVE graduate Wanda Adamik Hrycova won the Screen International Best Pitch Award at the Baltic Event Co-production Market
- POGANA by David Kapac, produced by EAVE MW graduate Rea Rajcic won the Cannes Marché du Film Producers Network Award
- MAMIFERA by Liliana Torres, producer: EAVE graduate Carla Sospedra won Best International Project in the Works in Progress section
- SOUTHERN CHRONICLES by Ignas Miskinis, producer: EAVE graduate Lukas Trimonis, co-producer: EAVE graduate Esko Rips won Best Baltic Project Award at the Works in Progress section
Sundance Film Festival
- THE ETERNAL MEMORY, directed and produced by PUENTES graduate Maite Alberdi was given the annual Vanguard Award of the Sundance Film Festival.
Asia Pacific Screen Awards
- TTB graduate producer Jeremy Chua won the FIAPF Award for outstanding achievement in film in the Asia Pacific region at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2023.
- THE SIREN by Sepideh Farsi, producer: EAVE graduate David Grumbach won Best Animated Film
- INSHALLAH A BOY by Amjad Al Rasheed, producer: EAVE graduate Rula Nasser won Best Performance (Mouna Hawa)
- BAURYNA SALU by Askhat Kuchinchirekov, producer: EAVE graduate and Russian National Coordinator Anna Katchko won Best Youth Film
- INSIDE THE YELLOW COCOON SHELL by Thien An Pham, producer: TTB graduate Jeremy Chua, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marie Dubas, Adria Mones won the Young Cinema Award in Partnership with NETPAC and GFS
- 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 received a Special Mention for Best Cinematography (Yoshio Kitagawa)
www.asiapacificscreenawards.com/awards
Stockholm International Film Festival
Four awards for EAVE graduates at the Stockholm International Film Festival:
- EAVE Marketing Workshop project THE SETTLERS by Felipe Galvez, producer: TTB, PUENTES, MW and EAVE+ graduate Giancarlo Nasi, PUENTES and EAVE+ graduate Benjamin 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 Bronze Horse for Best Film
- HOW TO HAVE SEX by Molla Manning Walker, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantinos Kontrovrakis, executive producer: EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas won Best Director and Best First Feature
- THE ETERNAL MEMORY directed and produced by PUENTES graduate Maite Alberdi was awarded Best Documentary.
Thessaloniki International Film Festival
- ANIMAL by Sofia Exarchoiu, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki scooped the Best Feature Film Award the “Theo Angelopoulos” Golden Alexander and the Best Actress Award (Dimitra Vlagkopoulou).
- INSHALLAH A BOY by Amjad Al Rasheed, producer: EAVE graduate Rula Nasser the Best Actress Award (Mouna Haw) (ex aequo)
- THE HUMAN SURGE 3 by Eduardo Williams, co-producers: EAVE graduates Raymond van der Kaaij, Germen Boelens, Julia Alves, Stefano Centini won the Silver Alexander
- EMBRYO LARVA BUTTERFLY by Kyros Papavassiliou, producer: EAVE gradudate Mario Piperides won the ERT Original Music Award
Agora Crossroads
- EAVE graduate Ioanna Bolomyti of Atalante Productions won the Thessaloniki EAVE Marketing Workshop Scholarship.
- AND ME TOO by Sondos Shabayek, producer: EAVE graduate Kesmat Elsayed won the Greener Screen Consultancy Award
- FRIENDS, BIRTHDAYS, MURDER, ETC by Lida Vartzioti, Dimitris Tsakaleas, producer: EAVE graudate Ioanna Bolomyti won the CNC Development Award
- I MATTER by Alina Serban, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon won the ArteKino International Award
- HAPPY PEOPLE by Filip Peruzović, producer: EAVE graduate Tena Gojić won the Authorwave Post-production Award
- MALDIVES by Daniel Bolda, producer: EAVE+ graduate Nicholas Alavanos won the Onassis Cinema Award
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
- CANUTO’S TRANSFORMATION by Ariel Kuaray Ortega, Ernesto de Carvalho, producer: PUENTES graduate Leonardo Mecchi won the IDFA Award for Best Film in the Envision Competition and the Award for Outstanding Artistic Contribution.
- GERLACH by Aliona van der Horst and Luuk Bouwman, producer: EAVE graduate Ilja Roomans won the IDFA Award for Best Dutch Film
Gijón International Film Festival
- BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY by Elene Naveriani, producer: EAVE+ graduate Britta Rindelaub, associate producer: EAVE+ graduate Bettina Brokemper won the AISGE Award for Best Female Actor (Eka Chavleishvili), the AISGE Award for Best Male Actor (Temiko Chinchinadze) and the Distribution Award.
- DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH OF 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 Best Feature Film in the Albar Competition.
- EUREKA by Lisandro Alonso, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach won the section’s Distribution Award
Lëtzebuerger Filmpräis
- KOMMUNIOUN by Jacques Molitor, producer: EAVE graduate Gilles Chanial won Best Luxembourgish Fiction or Animated Feature Film.
- CORSAGE by Marie Kreutzer, producers: EAVE graduate and Luxembourgish National Coordinator Bernard Michaux, EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach won Best Female Performance
- KOMMUNIOUN by Jacques Molitor, producer: EAVE graduate Gilles Chanial won Best Creative Contribution in a Fiction or Documentary Work
- WHERE IS ANNE FRANK by Ari Folman, producer: EAVE+ Head of Studies and EAVE group leader Jani Thiltges won Best Animated Feature Film in Co-production
- MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH MARRIAGE by Signe Baumane, producer: EAVE FFF graduate Roberts Vinovskis won Best Creative Contribution in an Animation Work
- THE RESTLESS by Joachim Lafosse, producers: EAVE+ Head of Studies Jani Thiltges, EAVE graduates Alexandre Gavras and Anton Iffland Stettner, EAVE participant Eva Kuperman, co-producer: EAVE graduate Antonio Lombardo won the ALPC Luxembourg Critics Award
Nordic Film Days Lübeck
- FAMILY TIME by Tia Kouvo, producer: EAVE graduate Jussi Rantamäki was awarded the NDR Film Prize at the Nordic Film Days, Lübeck.
- PARADISE IS BURNING by Mika Gustafson, producers: EAVE graduates Venla Hellstedt, Jenni Jauri, Marco Valerio Fusco, Maria Stevnbak Westergren and PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi won the INTERFILM Church Prize and the Youth Jury Award.
Scanorama Lithuania
- STEPNE by Maryna Vroda, co-producers: EAVE graduates Anna Katchko, Agnieszka Dziedzic won the top-prize of the European Film Forum Scanorama, Lithuania.
Amiens International Film Festival
- THE CASTLE by Martin Benchimol, producer: EAVE graduate Gema Juárez Allen won the Grand Prize of the Amiens International Film Festival (FIFAM).
Lecce European Film Festival
4 awards for EAVE graduates at the Lecce European Film Festival:
- LÉGUA by João Miller Guerra and EAVE and TTB graduate Filipa Reis, producers: EAVE graduate Rachel Daisy Ellis, EAVE and TTB graduate Filipa Reis, co-producer: EAVE graduate Alexandre Gavras won the Special Jury Prize.
- COPENHAGEN DOES NOT EXIST by Martin Skovbjerg, producer: EAVE graduate Katrin Pors and TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin was awarded the FIPRESCI Prize and the SNGCI Prize for Best European Actor/Actress (Angela Bundalovic)
- DISCO BOY by Giacomo Abbruzzese, producer: PUENTES graduate Lionel Massol, co-producer: EAVE graduate Maria Blicharska won the Mario Verdone Prize
www.festivaldelcinemaeuropeo.com/en
Arras Film Festival
- HOLLY by Fien Troch, producer: EAVE graduate Donato Rotunno, Elisa Heene, Antonino Lombardo, Frans Van Gestel won the Arras Film Festival. The film was awarded the Golden Atlas - Grand Jury Prize.
- HESITATION WOUND by Selman Nacar, producers: EAVE graduates Guillaume de Seille, Oana Giurgiu won the Silver Atlas
- LIBERTATE by Tudor Giurgiu, producers: EAVE graduates Tudor Giurgiu and Oana Giurgiu received the SFCC Critics’ Award
- SLOW by Marija Kavtaradze, producer: EAVE graduate Marija Razgute won the ‘Young Outlook’ Award - Hauts-de-France Region
- MADE IN EU by Stephan Komandarev, producer: EAVE graduate Katya Trichkova was given the Arras Days Development Grant
https://www.arrasfilmfestival.com/?lang=en
Zagreb Film Festival
- HOW TO HAVE SEX by Molla Manning Walker, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantinos Kontrovrakis, executive producer: EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas received the Golden Pram for Best Feature Film at the Zagreb Film Festival.
Belfast Film Festival
- BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY by Elene Naveriani, producer: EAVE+ graduate Britta Rindelaub, associate producer: EAVE+ graduate Bettina Brokemper won Best Performance (Eka Chaleishvili) at the Belfast Film Festival.
- INSIDE THE YELLOW COCOON SHELL by Thien An Pham, producer: TTB graduate Jeremy Chua, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marie Dubas, Adria Mones won the Best Craft Award
https://belfastfilmfestival.org
Viennale
- SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD by Anna Hints, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Ostrat won the FIPRESCI Award at the Austrian Viennale.
Verzio International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival
- DANCING ON THE EDGE OF A VOLCANO by Cyril Aris, producer: EAVE graduate Myriam Sassine won the Viewfinder award at the Verzio International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival.
Cinemed Montpellier
- 20,000 SPECIES OF BEES by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren, producer: EAVE+ graduate Valérie Delpierre won the Prix du Public Midi Libre at the Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival.
Ljubljana International Film Festival
- FOUR LITTLE ADULTS by Selma, producers: EAVE graduates Venla Hellstedt, Elli Toivoniemi won the Slovenian Art Cinema Association Award at the Ljubljana IFF
Rolan International Film Festival for Children & Youth, Armenia
- THE SONG OF FLYING LEAVES directed and produced by EAVE graduate Armine Anda received the award for Best Animated Short Film.
- OKTHANKSBYE by Nicole van Kilsdonk, producer: EAVE graduate Rogier Kramer won Best Feature Film
Chicago International Children’s Film Festival
- TOTEM by Sander Burger, producers: EAVE graduates Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts won 2nd Prize of the Children’s Jury for Live-action Feature Film
- OKTHANKSBYE by Nicole van Kilsdonk, producer: EAVE graduate Rogier Kramer won the 1st Prize of the Youth Jury for Live-action Feature Film
- 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 won the 1st Prize of the Professional Jury for Animated Feature Film
- KIDDO by Zara Dwinger, producer: EAVE graduate Maarten van der Ven won the 1st Prize of the Professional Jury for Live-action Feature Film
https://facets.org/cicff40-awards
Oulu International Children's and Youth Film Festival
- HÅKAN BRÅKAN by Ted Kjellsson, producer: EAVE graduate Malin Söderlund won the Oulun Energia Children's Film Competition Award
- TOTEM by Sander Burger, producers: EAVE graduates Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts won the ECFA Award for the Best European Children's Film
https://www.oulufilmfestival.fi/
HOLY EMY and LEONOR WILL NEVER DIE nominated for Film Independent Spirit Awards
Film Independent Spirit Awards
Nominated for Best International Film at the 2023 Film Independent Spirit Awards Los Angeles:
- CORSAGE by Marie Kreutzer, producers: EAVE graduate and Luxembourgish National Coordinator Bernard Michaux, EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
- EAVE and TTB project HOLY EMY by Araceli Lemos, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantinos Vassilaros
- EAVE project MAMI WATA by C.J. 'Fiery' Obasi, producer: EAVE graduate Oge Obasi
- MURINA by Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic, co-producers: EAVE graduates Zdenka Gold, Miha Cernec, EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Slovenia Jozko Rutar
- TTB project LEONOR WILL NEVER DIE by Martika Ramirez Escobar, producer: TTB graduate Monster Jimenez
- UPON ENTRY by Alejandro Rojas, Juan Sebastián Vásquez, producer: EAVE graduates Alba Sotorra, Carles Torras was nominated for Best First Feature, Best Script and Best Editing
European Shooting Stars
EAVE graduate Zivile Gallego is in the European Shooting Stars Jury 2024. Five experts including Lithuanian producer Zivile Gallego will pick the 10 European Shooting Stars 2024, who will be announced in mid-December 2023. The 27th edition of European Shooting Stars will be held 16 – 19 February 2024 at the Berlin International Film Festival.
EAVE project MAMI WATA in UK cinemas!
In French cinemas
- HOW TO HAVE SEX by Molla Manning Walker, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantinos Kontrovrakis, executive producer: EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas. November 15.
- OMEN by Baloji, producers: EAVE graduates Benoit Roland, Ellen de Waele. November 29.
In Belgian cinemas
- FALLEN LEAVES by Aki Kaurismäki, producers: EAVE graduate Misha Jaari, TTB graduate Mark Lwoff. November 1.
- ABOUT DRY GRASSES by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach. November 15.
- THE ETERNAL MEMORY directed and produced by PUENTES graduate Maite Alberdi. November 15
https://www.facebook.com/EscalaHumanaFilms
- OMEN by Baloji, producers: EAVE graduates Benoit Roland, Ellen de Waele. November 15.
- HOLLY by Fien Troch, producers: EAVE graduates Donato Rotunno, Frans Van Gestel. November 22.
- HOW TO HAVE SEX by Molla Manning Walker, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantinos Kontrovrakis, executive producer: EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas. November 29.
In UK cinemas
- HOW TO HAVE SEX by Molla Manning Walker, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantinos Kontrovrakis, executive producer: EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas. November 3.
- THE ETERNAL MEMORY directed and produced by PUENTES graduate Maite Alberdi. November 10.
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- BETWEEN REVOLUTIONS by Vlad Petri, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Lazurean-Gorgan. November 9.
- EAVE project MAMI WATA by C.J. “Fiery” Obasi, producer: EAVE graduate Oge Obasi. November 17.
- 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. November 24.
- THE ETERNAL DAUGHTER by Joanna Hogg, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney. November 24.
In Dutch cinemas
- WHEN IT MELTS by Veerle Baetens, producers: EAVE graduates Jacques-Henri Bronckart, Ellen Havenith. November 2.
- SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD by Anna Hints, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Ostrat. November 30.
In Swiss cinemas
- ABOUT DRY GRASSES by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach. November 16.
- BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY by Elene Naveriani, producer: EAVE+ graduate Britta Rindelaub, associate producer: EAVE+ graduate Bettina Brokemper. November 1.
In Austrian cinemas
- THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING by Timm Kröger, producers: EAVE graduates David Bohun, Sarah Born, Heino Deckert, Dario Schoch. November 10.
In German cinemas
- TOTEM by Lila Avilés, co-producer: EAVE graduate Per Damgaard Hansen. November 8.
- SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD by Anna Hints, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Ostrat. November 22.
- THE SIREN by Sepideh Farsi, producer: EAVE graduate David Grumbach. November 30.
In Polish cinemas
- HOW TO HAVE SEX by Molla Manning Walker, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantinos Kontrovrakis, executive producer: EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas. November 24.
In Estonian cinemas
- FALLEN LEAVES by Aki Kaurismäki, producers: EAVE graduate Misha Jaari, TTB graduate Mark Lwoff. November 24.
In Finnish cinemas
- INGEBORG BACHMANN by Margarethe von Trotta, producers: EAVE + graduates Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Bettina Brokemper. November 24.
In Italian cinemas
- LA CHIMERA by Alice Rohrwacher, producer: EAVE + graduate Carlo Cresto-Dina
In Swedish cinemas
- HOW TO HAVE SEX by Molla Manning Walker, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantinos Kontrovrakis, executive producer: EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas. November 24.
In US cinemas
- BACKLASH: MISOGYNY IN THE DIGITAL AGE by Léa Clermont-Dion and Guylaine Maroist, producer: EAVE+ graduate Eric Ruel. November 2.
EAVE project SILENCE OF SIRENS selected for Cottbus
Nordic Film Days Lübeck (November 1 – 5)
- COPENHAGEN DOES NOT EXIST by Martin Skovbjerg, producers: EAVE graduate Katrin Pors and TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
- FAMILY TIME by Tia Kouvo, producer: EAVE graduate Jussi Rantamäki
- JE’VIDA by Katja Gauriloff, producer: EAVE graduate Joonas Berghäll
- LET THE RIVER FLOW by Ole Giaever, producer: EAVE graduate Lizette Jonjic
- PARADISE IS BURNING by Mika Gustafson, producers: EAVE graduates Venla Hellstedt, Jenni Jauri, Marco Valerio Fusco, Maria Stevnbak Westergren and PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi
- OF LIVING WITHOUT ILLUSION by Katharina Lüdin, producer: EAVE graduate Ivan Madeo
- SLOW by Marija Kavtaradze, producer: EAVE graduate Marija Razgute, co-producers: EAVE graduates Luisa Romeo, Anna-Maria Kantarius
- SOLITUDE by Ninna Palmadottir, producer: EAVE graduate Lilja Osk Snorradottir, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jakub Viktorin
Thessaloniki International Film Festival (November 3 – 13)
International Competition
- ANIMAL by Sofia Exarchou, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Maria Drandaki, co-producer: EAVE graduate Vicky Miha
- MEDIUM by Christina Ioakeimidi, co-producer: Veselka Kiryakova
- HUMANIST VAMPIRE SEEKING CONSENTING SUICIDAL PERSON by Ariane Louis-Seize, producer: EAVE, MW and EAVE+ graduate Jeanne-Marie Poulain
- SWEET DREAMS by Ena Sendijarevic, producer: EAVE graduate Leontine Petit
- THE LOST BOYS by Zeno Graton, producer: TTB graduate Valérie Bournonville, co-producer: EAVE graduate Hans Everaert
- TOUCHED by Claudia Rorarius, producer: EAVE graduate Harry Flöter
Meet the Neighbors
- DAY OF THE TIGER by Andrei Tănase, producers: EAVE graduates Anamaria Antoci, Konstantina Stavrianou
- 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, EAVE Norwegian national coordinator and EAVE graduate Gary Cranner
- INSHALLAH A BOY by Amjad Al Rasheed, producer: EAVE graduate Rula Nasser
- MELK by Stefanie Kolk, producer: EAVE graduate Leontine Petit
>>Film Forward
- EMBRYO LARVA BUTTERFLY by Kyros Papavassiliou, producer: EAVE graduate Mario Piperides
- FOREMOST BY NIGHT by Victor Iriarte, producer: Pandora da Cunha Telles
- THE HUMAN SURGE 3 by Eduardo Williams, co-producers: EAVE graduates Raymond van der Kaaij, Germen Boelens, Julia Alves, Stefano Centini
- VOURDALAK by Adrien Beau, producer: Interchange graduate Judith Lou Levy
Agora Crossroads Co-production Forum
Crossroads Mentor: EAVE graduate Amanda Livanou
- 40, MARIA LUISA BOULEVARD by Kristina Spassovska, producer: EAVE graduate Maya Vitkova-Kosev
- AND ME TOO by Sondos Shabayek, producer: EAVE graduate Kesmat Elsayed
- EAVE project SIDNEY SMILE FUTURE PERFECT by Gregoris Rentis, producer: EAVE graduate Mando Stathi
- FRIENDS, BIRTHDAYS, MURDER, ETC. by Lida Vartzioti, EAVE graduate Dimitris Tsakaleas, producer: EAVE graduate Ioanna Bolomyti
- I MATTER by Alina Serban, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon
- SINGING HORSES by Luka Papic, co-producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Julia Cöllen
- TETHYS OCEAN by Anna Jadowska, producer EAVE graduate Maria Blicharska-Lacroix
- YIANNIS by Kyros Papavassiliou, co-producer: EAVE graduate Konstantina Stavrianou
Company Time - a workshop in collaboration with EAVE, Midpoint and Agora Crossroads
The four days long workshop offered participating producers support in the areas of company sustainability and strategic business planning. This training is designed and co-organized with EAVE.
The workshop was led by EAVE expert Juliane Schulze, a strategic creative economy expert in business, finance, investment and sustainability, who advises European and international audiovisual companies as well as funding institutions and business agencies.
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (November 3 – 19)
Official Selection
- AMAL by Jawad Rhalib, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ellen de Waele
- FAMILIAR by Calin Peter Netzer, producers: EAVE graduates Oana Iancu, Sophie Erbs, Stefano Centini
- FOREVER HOLD YOUR PEACE by Ivan Marinovic, producer: EAVE graduate Marija Stojanovic
- MISERICORDIA by Emma Dante, producer: EAVE graduate Marica Stocchi
- NATASHA’S DANCE by Jos Stelling, co-producer: EAVE graduate Heino Deckert
- PATIENT #1 by Rezo Gigineishvili, producer: EAVE graduate Archil Gelovani
- TERESA by Paula Ortiz, producers: EAVE graduates Alex Lafuente, Valerie Delpierre
- THE MAGNET MAN by Gust Van den Berghe, producer: EAVE graduate Thomas Leyers, co-producers: EAVE graduates Leontine Petit, Gilles Chanial
- THE MAN FROM ROME by Jaap van Heusden, co-producer: EAVE graduate Maria Tsigka
First Feature Competition
- CAT CALL by Rozalia Szeleczki, producer: EAVE graduate Petra Ivanyi
- FALLING INTO PLACE by Aylin Tezel, producers: EAVE graduate and German National Coordinator Jonas Weydemann, EAVE graduate Yvonne McWellie
- THE FISHERMAN’S DAUGHTER by Edgar de Luque Jácome, producer: PUENTES graduate Tatiana Leite
- THE QUIET MAID by Miguel Faus, producer: EAVE+ graduate Carlo d’Ursi
- UNMOORED by Carolina Ingvarsson, producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski
Critics' Picks Competition
- HER BODY by Natalie Cisarovska, producer: EAVE graduate and Slovak National Coordinator Katarina Krnacova
- KALMAN’S DAY by Szabolcs Hajdu, co-producers: EAVE graduate and Hungarian National Coordinator Viktoria Petranyi, EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler
- THE MILKY WAY by Maya Kenig, producer: EAVE MW graduate Gal Greenspan
Rebels with a Cause
- LIFE’S A BITCH by Xavier Seron, producer: EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes
- FIVE AND A HALF LOVE STORIES IN AN APARTMENT IN VILNIUS by Tomas Vengris, EAVE FFF graduate Roberts Vinovskis
Baltic Film Competition
- DARK PARADISE by Triin Ruumet, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jeremy Forni
- 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
- THE BRAZEN by Aik Karapetian, producer: EAVE FFF graduate Roberts Vinovskis
- TWITTERING SOUL by Deimantas Narkevicius, producer: EAVE graduate Dagne Vildziunaite
Out of 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
In Focus: Serbia and SEE Neighbours
- EXCURSION by Una Gunjak, producer: EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Bosnia Herzegovina Amra Baksic Camo, EAVE graduate Adis Djapo
- FOREVER HOLD YOUR PEACE by Ivan Marinovic, producer: EAVE graduate Marija Stojanovic
- 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
- WORKING CLASS GOES TO HELL by Mladen Djordjevic, producers: EAVE graduate and Serbian National Coordinator Milan Stojanovic, EAVE graduate and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic, EAVE graduates Maria Drandaki, Anamaria Antoci
Best of Fest
- THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING by Timm Kröger, producers: EAVE graduates David Bohun, Sarah Born, Heino Deckert, Dario Schoch
- 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, 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
- FOREVER-FOREVER by Anna Buryachkova, producer: EAVE graduate Reinier Selen
- HESITATION WOUND by Selman Nacar, producers: EAVE graduates Guillaume de Seille, Oana Giurgiu
- INGEBORG BACHMANN by Margarethe von Trotta, producers: EAVE + graduates Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Bettina Brokemper
- LE SYNDROME DES AMOURS PASSÉES by Ann Sirot and Raphaël Balboni, producers: EAVE graduates Julie Esparbes, Delphine Schmit, Guillaume Dreyfus
- OMEN by Baloji, producers: EAVE graduates Benoit Roland, Ellen de Waele
- SOLITUDE by Ninna Palmadottir, producer: EAVE graduate Lilja Osk Snorradottir, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jakub Viktorin
- STEPNE by Maryna Vroda, co-producers: EAVE graduates Anna Katchko, Agnieszka Dziedzic
Screen International Critics' Choice
- HOW TO HAVE SEX by Molla Manning Walker, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantinos Kontrovrakis, 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
- LA CHIMERA by Alice Rohrwacher, producer: EAVE+ graduate Carlo Cresto-Dina
- THE DELINQUENTS by Rodrigo Moreno, producer: EAVE graduate Ezequiel Borovinsky, EAVE and TTB graduate Gilles Chanial, co-producer: EAVE graduate Julia Alves
- POOR THINGS by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
Doc@PÖFF
- AFTER WORK by Erik Gandini, producer: EAVE graduate Carsten Aanonsen
- THE LAST SEAGULL by Tonislav Hristov, producer: EAVE graduate Kaarle Aho
Youth Competition
- HORIA by Ana-Maria Comanescu, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon
- LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT by Inari Niemi, producer: EAVE graduate Oskari Huttu
- SKUNK by Koen Mortier, co-producer: EAVE graduate and Dutch National Coordinator Frank Hoeve
- UNDER THE NAKED SKY by Lilian Sijbesma, producer: EAVE, TTB and PUENTES graduate Raymond van der Kaaij, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ellen DeWaele
Children's Competition Programme
- SNOT AND SPLASH by Teemu Nikki, producer: EAVE graduate Ari Matikainen
- TOTALLY BOSS by Ingomar Vihmar, producer: EAVE graduate Esko Rips
- WHO AM I SMILING FOR? by Eeva Mägi, producer: EAVE graduate Dora Nedeczky
Children’s Rights Programme
- WHO AM I SMILING FOR? by Eeva Mägi, producer: EAVE graduate Dora Nedeczky
PöFF Shorts
- THE GOLDEN RECORD by Stephen Korytko, producer: EAVE graduate and Luxembourgish National Coordinator Bernard Michaux
Animation Competition
- ELECTRA by by Daria Kashcheeva, co-producer: EAVE graduate Juraj Krasnohorsky
Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event
Baltic Event Co-Production Market
- DIRT IN YOUR FACE by Jaak Kilmi, produced by EAVE+ graduate Kristian Taska
- EAVE project UNCOMFORTABLE BEINGS by Maja Kriznik, produced by Lija Pogacnik
- FLIGHT FROM KABUL by Sahraa Karimi, produced by EAVE graduate Wanda Adamik Hrycova
- MONTE ZOMBIE by Danilo Beckovic, produced by EAVE graduate Marko Paljic
- POGANA by David Kapac, produced by EAVE MW graduate Rea Rajcic
- THE BOG by Reinis Kalvins, produced by EAVE and EAVE+ graduate Gints Grube
- THE ELF by Hannes Vartiainen, produced by EAVE graduate Joonas Berghäll
- WE WON’T GET OLD TOGETHER by Marius Olteanu, produced by Oana Giurgiu
Baltic Event Works in Progress
- LIFE AND LOVE by Helen Takkin, producer: EAVE+ graduate Kristian Taska
- EAVE project MARIA’S SILENCE by Davis Simanis, producer: EAVE and EAVE+ graduate Gints Grube
- SOUTHERN CHRONICLES by Ignas Miskinis, producer: EAVE graduate Lukas Trimonis, co-producer: EAVE graduate Esko Rips
- THE BLACK HOLE by Moonika Siimets, producer: EAVE graduate and Estonian National Coordinator Riina Sildos
St Louis International Film Festival (November 3 – 13)
- 20,000 SPECIES OF BEES by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren, producer: EAVE+ graduate Valérie Delpierre
- 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
- LA CHIMERA by Alice Rohrwacher, producer: EAVE+ graduate Carlo Cresto-Dina
- MOTHER by Sophia Zornitsa, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marcel Lenz
- MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH MARRIAGE by Signe Baumane, producer: EAVE FFF graduate Roberts Vinovskis
- PLASTIC SYMPHONY by Juraj Lehotsky, producer: EAVE graduate Izabela Igel
Geneva International Film Festival (November 3 – 12)
- ABOUT DRY GRASSES by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
- A WOLFPACK CALLED ERNESTO by Everardo Gonzalez, producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler
- BLAGA’S LESSONS by EAVE graduate Stephan Komandarev, producers: EAVE graduates Stephan Komandarev, Katya Trichkova
- THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING by Timm Kröger, producers: EAVE graduates David Bohun, Sarah Born, Heino Deckert, Dario Schoch
- EMBRYO LARVA BUTTERFLY by Kyros Papavassiliou, producer: EAVE graudate Mario Piperides
- HOLLY by Fien Troch, producers: EAVE graduates Antonino Lombardo, Elisa Heene, Donato Rotunno, Frans Van Gestel
- LES INDOCILES by Joanne Giger, Camille Rebetez, Delphine Lehericey, producer: EAVE graduate Sébastien Delloye
- SIDONIE AU JAPON by Elise Girard, producer: EAVE graduate Sébastien Haguenauer
- THE OWNER by Yury Bykov, producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler
- THE SIREN by Sepideh Farsi, producer: EAVE graduate David Grumbach
- UPON ENTRY by Alejandro Rojas, Juan Sebastián Vásquez, producers: EAVE graduates Alba Sotorra, Carles Torras
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Chicago International Children’s Film Festival (November 3 – 19)
- 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
- KIDDO by Zara Dwinger, producer: EAVE graduate Maarten van der Ven
- OFFSIDE by Catherina Iosifidis, producers: EAVE graduates Fleur Knopperts, Denis Vaslin
- THE SONG OF FLYING LEAVES directed and produced by EAVE graduate Armine Anda
- TOTEM by Sander Burger, producers: EAVE graduates Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts
- OKTHANKSBYE by Nicole van Kilsdonk, producer: EAVE graduate Rogier Kramer
Arras International Film Festival (November 3 – 12)
- 20,000 SPECIES OF BEES by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren, producer: EAVE+ graduate Valérie Delpierre
- BLAGA’S LESSONS by EAVE graduate Stephan Komandarev, producers: EAVE graduates Stephan Komandarev, Katya Trichkova
- BORGO by Stéphane Demoustier, producer: EAVE graduate and French National Coordinator Jean des Forêts
- HESITATION WOUND by Selman Nacar, producers: EAVE graduates Guillaume de Seille, Oana Giurgiu
- HOLLY by Fien Troch, producers: EAVE graduates Antonino Lombardo, Elisa Heene, Donato Rotunno, Frans Van Gestel
- INSHALLAH A BOY by Amjad Al Rasheed, producer: EAVE graduate Rula Nasser
- LIBERTATE by Tudor Giurgiu, producers: EAVE graduates Tudor Giurgiu and Oana Giurgiu
- SLOW by Marija Kavtaradze, producer: EAVE graduate Marija Razgute, co-producers: EAVE graduates Luisa Romeo, Anna-Maria Kantarius
- SOLITUDE by Ninna Palmadottir, producer: EAVE graduate Lilja Osk Snorradottir, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jakub Viktorin
Arras Days
- MADE IN EU by EAVE graduate Stephan Komandarev, producers: EAVE graduates Stephan Komandarev and Katya Trichkova
- THE HOST by Nae Caranfil, producer: EAVE graduate Tudor Giurgiu
Braunschweig International Film Festival (November 6 – 12)
- FALLING INTO PLACE by Aylin Tezel, producer: EAVE graduate, TTB group leader and German National Coordinator Jonas Weydemann
- GONDOLA, produced and directed by EAVE graduate Veit Helmer
- MATTER OUT OF PLACE by Nikolaus Geyrhalter, producer: EAVE graduate, group leader and Austrian National Coordinator Michael Kitzberger
- SLOW by Marija Kavtaradze, producer: EAVE graduate Marija Razgute, co-producers: EAVE graduates Luisa Romeo, Anna-Maria Kantarius
- THE SIREN by Sepideh Farsi, producer: EAVE graduate David Grumbach
Filmfestival Cottbus (November 7 – 12)
- 1991 by Linas Ziura, producer: EAVE graduate Dagne Vildziunaite
- BETWEEN REVOLUTIONS by Vlad Petri, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Lazurean-Gorgan
- BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY by Elene Naveriani, producer: EAVE+ graduate Britta Rindelaub, associate producer: EAVE+ graduate Bettina Brokemper
- BOY by Hrvoje Mabic, producer: EAVE graduate Darija Kulenovic Gudan
- CLARA by Sabin Dorohoi, producer: EAVE graduate Dan Burlac
- COLD AS MARBLE by Asif Rustamov, co-producer: EAVE graduate Guillaume de Seille
- EXCURSION by Una Gunjak, producers: EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Bosnia Herzegovina Amra Baksic Camo, EAVE graduates Adis Dapo and Sinisa Juricic
- FOREVER-FOREVER by Anna Buryachkova, producer: EAVE graduate Reinier Selen
- FREEDOM by Tudor Giurgiu, producer: EAVE graduate Oana Giurgiu
- IMAGO by Olga Chajdas, producer: EAVE graduate Izabela Wojcik, Violetta Kaminska, co-producers: EAVE graduates Laurette Schillings, Arnold Heslenfeld, Frans van Gestel
- LOST COUNTRY by Vladimir Perisic, producers: EAVE graduates Vincent Quenault, Janja Kralj, EAVE graduate, group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic
- PATIENT #1 by Rezo Gigineishvili, producer: EAVE graduate Archil Gelovani
- EAVE project SILENCE OF SIRENS by Gazmend Nela, producer: EAVE graduate Valon Bajgora, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Britta Rinderlaub
- 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 REAL TRUTH ABOUT THE FIGHT by Andrea Slavicek, producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Prpic
connecting cottbus
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- AT YOUR SERVICE by German Golub, producer: EAVE graduate Evelin Penttilä
- HONEYMOON by Zhanna Ozirna, producer: EAVE graduate Dmytro Shukanov
- MATHER by Anguelina Ranguelova & Vesela Kazakova, producer: EAVE graduate Vesela Kazakova
- NIGHT WAVES by Filip Heraković, producer: EAVE graduate Tamara Babun
- RESONANCE by Yordan Petkov, producers: EAVE graduate Vanya Rainova, EAVE SLATE graduate Mina Dreki
coco Work in Progress
- CHRYSANTHEMUM DAY by Simon Mozghovyi, producers: EAVE graduates Artem Koliubaiev, Annemiek van der Hell
- INK WASH by Sarra Tsorakidis, producer: EAVE graduate Nikos Moustakas
- WET MONDAY by Justyna Mytnik, producers: EAVE graduates Marianne Ostrat, Jakub Kostal
EAVE session at the connecting cottbus co-production market:
Leadership and Resilience: How to steer your company & your projects through challenging times - with EAVE Expert Michael Comyn
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (November 9 – 20)
- ALIS by Clare Weiskopf, producer: EAVE graduate Nicolas van Hemelryck, co-producer: EAVE graduate Radu Stancu
- ALREADYMADE by Barbara Visser, producer: EAVE graduate Monique Busman
- AMOR by Virginia Eleuteri Serpieri, producer: EAVE graduate Stefano Tealdi
- A PICTURE TO REMEMBER by Olga Chernykh, producer: TTB graduate Flavia Oertwig
- ARSENIE. AN AMAZING AFTERLIFE by Alexandru Solomon, producers: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon, EAVE graduates Paul Thiltges, Adrien Chef
- ATIRKÜL IN THE LAND OF REAL MEN by Janyl Jusupjan, co-producer: EAVE graduate Alice Tabery
- BREAKING SOCIAL by Fredrik Gertten, producer: EAVE graduate Margarete Jangård
- BYE BYE TIBERIAS by Lina Soualem, producer: EAVE graduate Ossama Bawardi
- CANUTO’S TRANSFORMATION by Ariel Kuaray Ortega, Ernesto de Carvalho, producer: PUENTES graduate Leonardo Mecchi
- EMBODIED CHORUS by Mohamad Sabbah, Danielle Davie, producer: EAVE graduate Julia Wagner, co-producer: EAVE MW graduate Helene Walland
- FACING DARKNESS by Jean-Gabriel Périot, producer: EAVE graduate Cécile Lestrade
- FLOATING WITH SPIRITS by Juanita Onzaga, producer: EAVE graduate Emmy Oost, co-producer: EAVE graduate Donato Rotunno
- GERLACH by Aliona van der Horst and Luuk Bouwman, producer: EAVE graduate Ilja Roomans
- GIRL AWAY FROM HOME by Simon Lereng Wilmont, Alisa Kovalenko, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Stevnbak Westergren
- GIRLS’ STORIES by Aga Borzym, producer: EAVE MW graduate Agnieszka Rostropowicz
- HOW TO PLEASE by Elina Talvensaari, producer: EAVE graduate Jussi Rantamaki
- JASMIN’S TWO HOMES by Inka Achté, Hanna Karppinen, producer: EAVE graduate Liisa Karpo
- LOVE, DAD by Diana Cam Van Nguyen, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jakub Viktorin
- MIXTAPE LA PAMPA by Andrés Di Tella, producer: EAVE graduate Gema Juarez Allen
- MACHTAT by Sonia Ben Slama, producer: EAVE graduate Cecile Lestrade
- MOTHERLAND by Hanna Badziaka, Alexander Mihalkovich, producer: EAVE graduate Mario Adamson
- MILISUTHANDO by Milisuthando Bongela, producer: CPI graduate Marion Isaacs
- NEWSREEL 242 – SUNNY RAILWAYS by Nika Autor, co-producers: EAVE graduate Jerca Jeric, EAVE MW graduate Andraž Jerič
- OCCUPIED CITY by Steve McQueen, producer: EAVE graduate Floor Onrust
- OMI NOBU by Carlos Yuri Ceuninck, producer: EAVE graduate Aurélien Bodinaux, co-producer: EAVE MW graduate Gudula Meinzolt, EAVE graduate Alyaa Musa
- OUR LAND, OUR FREEDOM by Meena Nanji, Zippy Kimundu, producer: EAVE graduate Eliane Ferreira, co-producer: EAVE MW graduate Gudula Meinzolt
- OZOGOCHE by Joe Houlberg Silva, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ellen De Waele
- REJEITO by Pedro de Filippis, producer: PUENTES graduate Leonardo Mecchi
- SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD by Anna Hints, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Ostrat
- TALES OF OBLIVION by Dulce Fernandes, producer: EAVE+ graduate Pandora da Cunha Telles
- THE CASTLE by Martín Benchimol, producer: EAVE graduate Gema Juarez Allen
- THE DRIVEN ONES by Piet Baumgartner, producers: EAVE graduates Dario Schoch, Sarah Born
- THE ETERNAL MEMORY directed and produced by PUENTES graduate Maite Alberdi
- THE LAST by Sebastián Peña Escobar, producer: EAVE graduate and PUENTES group leader Augustina Chiarino, PUENTES graduate Sebastián Peña Escobar, EAVE+ graduate and PUENTES group leader Fernando Epstein
- THE LOST BOYS OF MERCURY by Clémence Davigo, producer: EAVE graduate Cécile Lestrade
- THE STORY OF NEKUKO by Festus Toll, producer: EAVE graduate Janneke Doolaard
- THE TRIAL by Ulises De la Orden, producer: EAVE graduates Dag Hoel, PUENTES graduate Alessandro Borrelli
- WHERE ZEBUS SPEAK FRENCH by Nantenaina Lova, co-producer: EAVE graduate Nicole Gerhards
- WHILE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS by Peter Mettler, producer: EAVE graduate Brigitte Hofer
- YOUTH (SPRING) by Wang Bing, producers: EAVE graduates Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts
- ZINDER by Aicha Macky, producer: EAVE graduate Clara Vuillermoz
IDFA Forum
- ARCHITECTURE AS INTERVENTION by Michael Madsen, producer: EAVE graduate Per Damgaard Hansen
- CELESTIAL TWINS – EL BARDO by Niles Atallah, producer: PUENTES graduate Giancarlo Nasi
- CUBA AND THE NIGHT by Sergio Fernandez Borras, producer: EAVE graduate Nicolas van Hemelryck
- EATEN FISH by Daniel Nils Roberts, producer: EAVE graduate Anne Köhncke
- FIRE, WATER, EARTH, AIR by Phie Ambo, Ewa Cederstam, Rogvi Rasmusen, Janne Lindgren, producer: EAVE graduate Rikke Tambo Andersen
- PARADISE LOST by Yolanda Markopoulou, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantina Stavrianou
- RADIO LUXEMBOURG – THE STATION THAT CHANGED THE WORLD by Dominique Santana, producer: EAVE graduate Bernard Michaux
Ljubljana International Film Festival (November 8 – 19)
- 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
- BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY by Elene Naveriani, producer: EAVE+ graduate Britta Rindelaub, associate producer: EAVE+ graduate Bettina Brokemper
- BLAGA’S LESSONS by EAVE graduate Stephan Komandarev, producers: EAVE graduates Stephan Komandarev, Katya Trichkova
- COPENHAGEN DOES NOT EXIST by Martin Skovbjerg, producer: EAVE graduate Katrin Pors and TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
- 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
- EAVE project NOT A WORD by Hanna Slak, producer: EAVE graduate Michel Balagué
- FOUR LITTLE ADULTS by Selma, producers: EAVE graduates Venla Hellstedt, Elli Toivoniemi
- GONDOLA, produced and directed by EAVE graduate Veit Helmer
- 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
- LUXEMBOURG LUXEMBOURG by Antonio Lukich, producer: EAVE graduate Vladimir Yatsenko
- 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
- SILENCE 6-9 by Christos Passalis, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki
- THE DELINQUENTS by Rodrigo Moreno, producer: EAVE graduate Ezequiel Borovinsky, EAVE and TTB graduate Gilles Chanial, co-producer: EAVE graduate Julia Alves
- TOTEM by Lila Avilés, co-producer: EAVE graduate Per Damgaard Hansen
- TOTEM by Sander Burger, producers: EAVE graduates Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts
Scanorama Lithuania (November 9 – 19)
- AMOR by Virginia Eleuteri Serpieri, producer: EAVE graduate Stefano Tealdi
- FAMILY TIME by Tia Kouvo, producer: EAVE graduate Jussi Rantamäki
- STEPNE by Maryna Vroda, co-producers: EAVE graduates Anna Katchko, Agnieszka Dziedzic
- FOUR LITTLE ADULTS by Selma, producers: EAVE graduates Venla Hellstedt, Elli Toivoniemi
- JE’VIDA by Katja Gauriloff, producer: EAVE graduate Joonas Berghäll
- ANIMAL by Sofia Exarchou, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki, co-producer: EAVE graduate Vicky Miha
- 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, EAVE group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic, executive producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler
- 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
- IMAGO by Olga Chajdas, producer: EAVE graduate Izabela Wojcik, Violetta Kaminska, co-producers: EAVE graduates Laurette Schillings, Arnold Heslenfeld, Frans van Gestel
- INGEBORG BACHMANN by Margarethe von Trotta, producers: EAVE+ graduates Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Bettina Brokemper
- POOR THINGS by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
- THE BEAST IN THE JUNGLE by Patric Chicha, producer: Interchange graduate Charlotte Vincent, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jean-Yves Roubin, Ebba Sinzinger
- THE ETERNAL DAUGHTER by Joanna Hogg, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
- WHITE PLASTIC SKY by Tibor Banoczki and Sarolta Szabó, producer: EAVE graduate Juraj Krasnohorsky, co-producer: EAVE graduate and Hungarian National Coordinator Viktoria Petranyi
- YOUTH (SPRING) by Wang Bing, producers: EAVE graduates Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts
- EUREKA by Lisandro Alonso, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
- HUMAN FLOWERS OF FLESH by Helena Wittmann, producer: TTB and EAVE graduate Julia Cöllen
- HUMANIST VAMPIRE SEEKING CONSENTING SUICIDAL PERSON by Ariane Louis-Seize, producer: EAVE, MW and EAVE+ graduate Jeanne-Marie Poulain
- THE INVISIBLE FIGHT by Rainer Sarnet, producer: EAVE graduate Katrin Kissa, co-producers: EAVE graduate Amanda Livanou, B’EST graduates Alise Gelze, Helen Vinogradov
Lisbon & Estoril Film Festival (November 10 – 20)
- ABOUT DRY GRASSES by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
- 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, EAVE group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic, executive producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler
- GREEN BORDER by Agnieszka Holland, producers: EAVE graduate Maria Blicharska, EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum
- HUMANIST VAMPIRE SEEKING CONSENTING SUICIDAL PERSON by Ariane Louis-Seize, producer: EAVE, MW and EAVE+ graduate Jeanne-Marie Poulain
- THE DELINQUENTS by Rodrigo Moreno, producer: EAVE graduate Ezequiel Borovinsky, EAVE and TTB graduate Gilles Chanial, co-producer: EAVE graduate Julia Alves
- 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
- THE RYE HORN by Jaione Camborda, producer: EAVE graduate and Spanish National Coordinator Maria Zamora, EAVE graduate Katleen Goossens
- THE WILD PEAR TREE by Nuri Bilge Ceylan co-producer: EAVE graduate and Macedonian National Coordinator Labina Mitevska
Stockholm Film Festival (November 10 – 21)
- EAVE Marketing Workshop project THE SETTLERS by Felipe Galvez, producer: TTB, PUENTES, MW and EAVE+ graduate Giancarlo Nasi, PUENTES and EAVE+ graduate Benjamin Domenech and Santiago Gallelli, TTB graduate Stefano Centini, co-producers: EAVE and PUENTES graduate Katrin Pors, EAVE graduate Ingmar Trost, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
- HESITATION WOUND by Selman Nacar, producers: EAVE graduates Guillaume de Seille, Oana Giurgiu
- HOLLY by Fien Troch, producers: EAVE graduates Antonino Lombardo, Elisa Heene, Donato Rotunno, Frans Van Gestel
- 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
- IRGENDWANN WERDEN WIR UNS ALLES ERZÄHLEN by Emily Atef, producer: EAVE graduate Karsten Stöter
- THE DELINQUENTS by Rodrigo Moreno, producer: EAVE graduate Ezequiel Borovinsky, EAVE and TTB graduate Gilles Chanial, co-producer: EAVE graduate Julia Alves
- 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
- THE BEAST IN THE JUNGLE by Patric Chicha, producer: Interchange graduate Charlotte Vincent, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jean-Yves Roubin, Ebba Sinzinger
- THE CASTLE by Martin Benchimol, producer: EAVE graduate Gema Juarez Allen
- THE ETERNAL MEMORY directed and produced by PUENTES graduate Maite Alberdi
- THE PRACTICE by Martin Rejtman, producer: PUENTES, TTB and EAVE + graduate Giancarlo Nasi
WEMW extends the deadline to apply to EAVE Slate and IBERMEDIA scholarships announced!
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The deadline for submission to the open calls for the Last Stop Trieste, This is IT, EAVE Slate and Inspirational Labs has been extended to November 24, 2023 at 23.59 CET, to allow as many producers as possible to finalise their applications. Companies from Europe and Latin America keen on focusing on how to build a successful slate and strategic planning can register to the EAVE Slate.
Producers with a creative documentary in the final stage of editing - developed in one of the WEMW partner platforms* - and looking for festivals, sales, broadcasters and a final round of feedback session can apply to Last Stop Trieste. Works in progress produced/co-produced with Italy, or produced by one of the WEMW 2024 Countries in Focus**, can be submitted to This is IT to find festival premiere and international distribution. Professionals from Europe, Canada and Latin America willing to develop new business models, explore new formats and connect with new markets can apply to one of the Inspirational Labs, run in collaboration with leading training providers and international partners. For more information on each programme, and to submit your application, please visit www.wemw.it |
PUENTES 2023 – the final workshop kicked off in Uruguay!
The second and final session of PUENTES, EAVE’s European-Latin American co-production workshop, starts today, November 20th in Montevideo (Uruguay) and will run until November 26th!
The carefully selected group of Latin American and European participants will reunite again to develop their projects, work on their careers and company structures, think internationally and build strong professional links between Europe and Latin America under the guidance of experienced PUENTES experts.
Experts and programme
The core tutors include Head of Studies Fernanda del Nido (Setembro Cine, AR/ES), Script Consultant Jacques Akchoti (FR), LATAM Consultant, Workshop partner and expert Agustina Chiarino (Bocacha Films, AR) and Didar Domehri (Maneki Films, FR).
The second workshop will feature top Latin American professionals Álvaro Arroba (Directors Fortnight – Cannes, FR), Ester Bernal (Piano, MX), Pablo Carrizosa (Totem Films, FR), Alessandro Gropplero (FVG Audiovisual Fund, IT) and Gema Juárez Allen (GEMA Films, AR). In speed meetings with the guest experts, participants can expand their networks and receive valuable feedback.
The schedule consists of group work and individual meetings, including special working sessions on “Building a Sustainable Business” with EAVE expert Juliane Schulze.
To spice up the programme, we are organising a special screening of the film POWER ALLEY (LEVANTE) by Lillah Halla produced by PUENTES participant Clarissa Guarilha. This year, the film won the FIPRESCI award in Cannes and was honoured at Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival for Best Director and Best Editing.
PUENTES URUGUAY for local professionals
As every year, a special PUENTES URUGUAY workshop for Uruguayan producers will take place alongside the international PUENTES programme from November 21-24. The local participants and the international group will have the opportunity to mingle during a special networking evening.
VENTANA SUR – PUENTES at the most important film market in Latin America
Thanks to the partnership between EAVE and the Marché du Film – Festival de Cannes, all PUENTES participants will be accredited to participate in the upcoming VENTANA SUR taking place from November 27 to December 1 in Buenos Aires.
As part of this partnership, EAVE will also organise a PUENTES networking cocktail during the market days.
MEET EAVE at VENTANA SUR: Ana Ruiz Miralles, Project Manager
Many thanks to our partners!
The PUENTES programme is made possible with the support of the Creative Europe - MEDIA Programme of the European Union and IBERMEDIA.
EAVE would like to express its gratitude to the partners of PUENTES 2023 second workshop: Bocacha Films, Egeda Uruguay, Agencia del Cine y Audiovisual del Uruguay – ACAU, Montevideo Audiovisual, Universidad Católica del Uruguay and Marché du Film – Festival de Cannes, and to the partners of the first workshop in Udine: Fondo Audiovisivo FVG and MiC Ministero della Cultura.
Apply now: EFM Market Badge Inclusion Initiative
Dear EAVE Producers,
As part of the European Film Market’s Diversity & Inclusion initiative towards a more inclusive market and film industry, the EFM we will be granting a total of 315 physical EFM Market Badges and Festival Accreditations, along with 70 online EFM Market Badges, to organisations, collectives, and institutions that champion and represent marginalised and Global South film professionals.
*** EAVE has been selected as one of those organisations and we are happy to launch a special call for applications for EAVE graduates who identify as part of marginalised and/or Global South communities in order to receive one free EFM Market Badge & Festival Accreditation.
* NB: Badges are intended for in-person attendance, and they are non-transferable and not convertible!
If you wish to apply, please send your CV, company profile and short motivation statement to tina@eave.org by November 27th.
The EFM Market Badge and Berlinale Film Festival Accreditation mainly provides access to festival screenings and the European Film Market venues in Berlin. Further details of the benefits provided by EFM physical Market Badges and festival accreditation can be found on EFM’s accreditation page.
The EFM Market Badge Inclusion Initiative is supported by Creative Europe Media, HessenFilm, the European Film Market (EFM) and the Berlinale, and aims at creating outreach and greater pathways into a more inclusive market and film industry at large for marginalised film professionals from across the globe.
The Market Badge + Festival Accreditation is recommended to filmmakers, producers, sales agents, buyers, for employees of production and distribution companies, persons working as a curator / manager for a film or cultural institution, a museum, cinema or film festival, commissioning editors, cinema programmers/ curators, teachers and/or researchers on a course whose central focus is on film, lawyers and employees in legal departments working in the film industry. Those profiles would highly benefit from attending the European Film Market.
*After selection, EFM will provide specific accreditation instructions to the selected participant who will need to formally apply until 20 December. After that date, EFM can no longer guarantee the participation in the programme.
APPLY NOW: GREEN FILM LAB in Athens
In collaboration with EAVE, Green Film Lab promotes environmentally sustainable practices in audiovisual production and gives film professionals a new prespective on how to apply a green protocol and achieve certification.
The next round of the workshop will be held in Athens (Greece), thanks to the collaboration with the Greek Film Centre / Hellenic Film Commission. It will take place between 6th and 8th March, 2024.
GREEN FILM LAB looks for:
- FILM AND SERIES INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS involved in the pre-production and production stages, interested in getting and improving their skills in sustainable practices on set and applying WITH or WITHOUT a project.
- PROFESSIONALS with at least 2 years of experience in the field of environmental management interested in learning how an audiovisual production is carried out, how to apply their skills to the audiovisual context and who want to build a professional network in the film and series industry.
- DELEGATES from Funds, Film Commissions, Film Institutions interested in knowing more about sustainability on set.
- Green Film Lab especially welcomes applications from professionals who live in Greece and the nearby region, professionals who got support from Greek Film Centre/Hellenic Film Commission and/or who will shoot in Greece.
THE DEADLINE TO APPLY IS 9TH JANUARY 2024, 2:00 PM CET
Click HERE to visit the detailed call for applications.
For more information www.torinofilmlab.it, severine.petit@torinofilmlab.it
Green Film Lab is organised by TorinoFilmLab and Green Film, organised by the National Museum of Cinema and Trentino Film Commission, in collaboration with EAVE.
Supported by Creative Europe - MEDIA Sub-programme of the European Union.
21 nominations at the European Film Awards 2023 for EAVE graduates
We are thrilled to announce that the following films by EAVE graduates were nominated for the European Film Awards 2023!
The European Film Awards, presented jointly by the European Film Academy and European Film Academy Productions, honour the greatest achievements in European cinema. The European Film Awards ceremony will take place on December 9th, in Berlin.
We will keep our list of nominations updated with further news.
European Film
- 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
European Documentary
- APOLONIA, APOLONIA by Lea Glob, co-producer: EAVE graduate Malgorzata Staron
- MOTHERLAND by Alexander Mihalkovich, Hanna Badziaka, producer: EAVE participant Mario Adamson
- SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD by Anna Hints, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Ostrat
European Animated Feature Film
- 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 Director
- Aki Kaurismäki for FALLEN LEAVES by Aki Kaurismäki, producers: EAVE graduate Misha Jaari, EAVE and TTB graduate Mark Lwoff
- Agnieszka Holland for GREEN BORDER by Agnieszka Holland, producers: EAVE graduate Maria Blicharska, EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum
European Actress
- Eka Chavleishvili in BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY by Elene Naveriani, produced by EAVE+and PUENTES graduate Britta Rindelaub and Film Finance Forum graduate Ketie Danelia
- Alma Pöysti in FALLEN LEAVES by Aki Kaurismäki, producers: EAVE graduate Misha Jaari, EAVE and TTB graduate Mark Lwoff
- Mia McKenna-Bruce in HOW TO HAVE SEX by Molla Manning Walker, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantinos Kontrovrakis, executive producer: EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas
European Actor
- Jussi Vatanen in FALLEN LEAVES by Aki Kaurismäki, producers: EAVE graduate Misha Jaari, EAVE and TTB graduate Mark Lwoff
- Josh O’Connor in LA CHIMERA by Alice Rohrwacher, producer: EAVE + graduate Carlo Cresto-Dina
- Mads Mikkelsen in THE PROMISED LAND by Nikolaj Arcel, producer: EAVE graduate Lizette Jonjic
European Screenwriter
- Aki Kaurismäki for FALLEN LEAVES by Aki Kaurismäki, producers: EAVE graduate Misha Jaari, EAVE and TTB graduate Mark Lwoff
- Maciej Pisuk, Gabriela Łazarkiewicz-Sieczko & Agnieszka Holland for GREEN BORDER by Agnieszka Holland, producers: EAVE graduate Maria Blicharska, EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum
European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI
- 20,000 SPECIES OF BEES by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren, producer: EAVE+ graduate Valérie Delpierre
- HOW TO HAVE SEX by Molla Manning Walker, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantinos Kontrovrakis, executive producer: EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas
- SAFE PLACE by Juraj Lerotic, producers: EAVE graduates Miljenka Cogelja, Vlado Bulajic, EAVE participant Lija Pogacnik
Special Awards
Lux Audience Award 2024
- 20,000 SPECIES OF BEES by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren, producer: EAVE+ graduate Valérie Delpierre
- FALLEN LEAVES by Aki Kaurismäki, producers: EAVE graduate Misha Jaari, EAVE and TTB graduate Mark Lwoff
- SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD by Anna Hints, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Ostrat
European University Film Award 2023
- GREEN BORDER by Agnieszka Holland, producers: EAVE graduate Maria Blicharska, EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum
- HOW TO HAVE SEX by Molla Manning Walker, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantinos Kontrovrakis, executive producer: EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas
- 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
The new edition of EAVE Marketing Workshop is kicking off today!
At EAVE, November is the time when creative ideas are born and innovative marketing strategies are developed!
The 2023 edition of the EAVE Marketing Workshop will take place in Luxembourg from 7 to 12 November. The event will bring together 36 filmmakers to get a 360˚ overview of the latest trends and tools in film marketing, including AI and social media marketing.
After a deep dive into the plenary sessions in the morning, participants will work on design thinking techniques in the afternoon with visual, tangible and playful exercises that are equally creative, innovative and strategic. Inspired by the EAVE sharing pedagogy, the result is a hands-on workshop with concrete tools that everyone can immediately apply in their own team. This informal way of learning facilitates network and community building across countries from all over the world.
Participants will be working alongside cutting-edge marketing specialists, such as Heads of Studies Alya Belgaroui-Degalet (MK2 Films, FR – international sales & marketing) and Sarah Calderón (The Film Agency, ES – marketing consultant) and core contributors like PR Expert Michael Arnon (Wolf Consultants – PR, DE), and Distribution Expert Boris Pugnet (The Jokers Films, FR).
Other contributors and sessions include:
- Lola Rodriguez (The Film Agency, Spain) and Kristoffer Barslund (Will and Agency / Publikum.io, DK) will give a session on Artificial Intelligence Opportunities in Marketing.
- Social Media Expert Guillaume Boscher’s (Kelawin, FR) plenary and group sessions will focus on social media content tips and tools for Facebook and for Instagram.
- Elena Neira (La Otra Pantalla - Professor, lecturer and researcher, ES) will dedicate her session to marketing and audiovisual consumption models in VOD platforms.
- Manori Ravindran (Freelance journalist, Variety’s former executive editor) will give a lecture on International PR and Press and will work on Strategic Pitches for Press.
By the end of the week, the 36 carefully selected participants will have a complete overview of the actual marketing trades in terms of targeting and positioning, from international sales strategies to national publishing and creating awareness throughout the publishing process, including festivals.
"I expanded my knowledge in so many different layers. I am encouraged to brainstorm more, trust my instinct, take more initiatives and communicate my marketing plan more effectively. I have a different perspective of my role in the company, which gave me confidence and a boost of creativity."
Eleni Oulani, Heretic, Greece - Marketing Workshop Participant 2022
In 2023, one of the Marketing Workshop participants has been granted the EAVE Diversity scholarship (a special scholarship designated to European residents and citizens who identify as Black, Indigenous, or People of Colour).
We warmly welcome the Marketing Buddies of previous EAVE Producers Workshops who have trained over one year as specialized marketing professionals: Nicola Ofoego, Simone Oliveira and Joanna Zielinska.
David Aymerich Herreria is benefitting from the LA INCUBADORA scholarship while Andraž Jerič received a scholarship thanks to EAVE’s partnership with Thessaloniki Crossroads.
Members of EAVE partners such as Europa International, Europa Distribution, CICAE and EUROVOD are benefitting from a reduced participation fee.
The selected participants and the eight projects that will serve as a tool for the group sessions are:
- China Åhlander, Chinema Film Sweden, Sweden
- David Aymerich Herreria, Ayhe Productions, Spain
- Julien Beauvois, Wallonie Bruxelles Images, Belgium
- Brigita Beniušytė, M-Films, Lithuania | Project: HUNGER STRIKE BREAKFAST
- Sigrid Bersmann, Film i Väst, Sweden
- Paola Botrán, SIDERAL (ELAMEDIA ESTUDIOS), Spain | Project: CHEAPER THAN STEALING
- Melanie Dastmalchi. Nexiko DK, Denmark
- Eleanor Debreu, MIRAGE Film Festival, Norway
- Stephanie Demers, h264, Canada
- Jesús Fragoso, Movistar Plus+, Spain
- Samuel Frazher, Fremantle Media International, United Kingdom
- Nolwenn Gaudin, Goodfellas, France
- Siri Hjorton Wagner, [sic] film, Sweden | Project: THE HOME
- Sini Hormio, Mouka Filmi, DocPoint, Finland
- Thierry Hugot, Eurimages - Council of Europe, France
- Agata Jelenekova, NOVINSKI, Slovakia | Project: LIVING LARGE
- Andraž Jerič, Temporama, Slovenia
- Marina Lazarevska, Uzengija DOOEL, North Macedonia
- Lucky Mwachi, LBx Africa, Kenya
- Michal Myslinski, Aurora Films, Poland
- Marija Nikčević, Film Centre of Montenegro, Montenegro
- Nicola Ofoego, Black Mic Mac, France | Project: MAMA D'LO
- Simone Oliveira, Globo Filmes, Brazil
- Paulina Portela, Compañía de Cine, Argentina
- Jeanne Marie Poulain, Art et essai, Canada
- Nicolas Pubellier, StudioCanal, France
- Maria Rabbe, Autlook Filmsales, Austria | Project: MOTHERBOARD
- Eleonoora Rinnekangas, B-Plan Distribution, Finland
- Karlee Rodrigues, Kino Lorber, USA
- Joan Ruiz, Catalan Films, Spain
- Sigrid Saag, Estonian Film Institute, Estonia
- Nancy Schoesetters, Menuetto, Belgium
- Bongiwe Selane, Blingola Media, South Africa | Project: COCONUT
- Maria Luiza Troina Teixeira Gomes, Maria Farinha Films, Brazil | Project: DAIANE: THE GIRL WHO COULD FLY
- Chiara Winkler, Rushlake Media, Germany
- Joanna Zielinska, BIG WAVE FILMS, Poland
In addition to the 36 participants, EAVE is welcoming one special guest that will actively participate in the sessions:
- Susana Costa Pereira, Creative Europe, Executive Coordinator
EAVE Marketing Workshop is funded by the Creative Europe - MEDIA sub-programme of the European Union and supported by the Film Fund Luxembourg.
EAVE thanks our partners for this edition: Thessaloniki Crossroads, LA INCUBADORA, CICAE, M:BRANE, Europa International, Erich Pommer Institute, Europa Distribution and EuroVOD.
TIES THAT BIND unveils the 2023 selection and kicks off on Sunday in Taipei!
For its 15th edition, EAVE TIES THAT BIND (TTB), the leading workshop programme connecting professionals from Asia and Europe, announces the selection of 25 participants including directors coming from 13 countries.
TTB takes place over a year through 2 workshops offering comprehensive knowledge of the European and Asian film industries and markets. The participants benefit from high-level development under the guidance of top-notch experts from both continents and have the opportunity to meet with key decision makers during the edition of TCCF – Taiwan Creative Content Fest (Taipei), and FOCUS ASIA, the Industry Section of the Udine Far East Film Festival (Italy).
The first workshop kicks off on Sunday, November 5, 2023 and the participants will work together in a group led by EAVE graduate Jonas Weydemann (Weydemann Bros., DE) and TTB graduate Bianca Balbuena (Kroma Entertainment, PH). The two group leaders will guide the participants’ discussion and analysis of each other’s projects from both an Asian and European perspective.
TTB Head of Studies Christophe Bruncher (Ici et Là Productions, FR) has put together a team of leading industry professionals. Script consultant Clare Downs (UK) will introduce the main script development tools to strengthen the participants’ understanding of narrative principles, in order to enable them to navigate their writers through the script development process. Financing and legal expert Jean-Baptiste Babin (Backup Media Group, FR) will elaborate on Legal Aspect of Co-Productions and, in a joint session with Patrick Mao Huang (Flash Forward Entertainment, TW), will give detailed advice on the projects’ financing plans. Nicolas Brigaud Robert (Playtime, FR) will present the sales agents' current perspective while Olivier Père (Arte France Cinéma, FR) will share all about ARTE. Foo Fei Ling (Ghost Grrrl Pictures, MY), Ellen Havenith (PRPL, NL), Jonas Weydemann (Weydemann Bros., DE), Patrick Mao Huang (Flash Forward Entertainment, TW) and Yulia Evina Bhara (KawanKawan Media, ID) will join the co-production case study of the film TIGER STRIPES. In addition to these sessions, all selected participants will have individual meetings with Gabor Greiner (Film Boutique, DE), Keiko Funato (Alpha Violet, FR), Ming-Jung Kuo (Quinzaine des Cinéastes, FR) and Tanja Meissner (DE).
The following 10 participants focusing on project development with feature films in development and 5 participants focusing on career development wanting to extend their knowledge and network towards Asia have been selected to participate in TTB 2023:
- Alessia Acone, International Film Festival Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Haziqah Azemi, Kapsul Studio, Malaysia
Project: GAREK by Cech Ardea - Florence Giovani Chandra, Studio Antelope, Indonesia
Project: FIRST BREATH AFTER COMA by Jason Iskandar - Svetlana Cherrier, Ciclic Centre-Val de Loire, France
- Stefano Chiavarini, Piroetta Srl, Italy
- Marta Cruanas Compes, Canada, Spain
Project: TIME OF LONELINESS, VIOLENCE AND YOUTH by Jiajie Yu Yan - Guillaume Dreyfus, Tripode Productions, France
Project: THREE TIMES JENNY by Milena Beurer Doenst - Martin Horyna, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Czech Republic
- Frauke Kolbmüller, Oma Inge Film GmbH, Germany
Project: IF I STAY by Su Jin Song - Maya Korn, MHK Productions, UK/Germany
Project: ICON by Christina YR Lim - Mina Moteki, Kowatanda Films, Japan
Project: TIDES by Anshul Chauhan - Alexandra Maria Poblete, Los Otros, Philippines
Project: THE BOY AND THE FIGHT OF SPIDERS by Jarell Mahinay Serencio - Yu-Hao Su, InLight Film Studio, Taiwan
Project: WILL YOU STILL BE MY FRIEND by Po Shun Lu - Katalina Tobón, BAM - Bogotá Audiovisual Market, Spain
- Čarna Vučinić, Čarna Vučinić ENTP, Serbia
Project: HOLY DAD by Dušan Zorić and Matija Gluščević
TIES THAT BIND will take place in the framework of Taiwan Creative Content Fest (TCCF), the key content marketplace in Asia, gathering selected entertainment content from Taiwan, Asia and beyond, and bringing buyers and professionals from all over the world to Taipei.
TIES THAT BIND 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 Union. TIES THAT BIND is held in conjunction with Taiwan Creative Content Festival - TCCF.
For more information please contact:
TTB Coordinator, Alessandra Pastore: tiesthatbind@eave.org
