EAVE December News 2024
- PUENTES 2025: Deadline extension announced
press release - 13 awards for films by EAVE producers at the European Film Awards
Awards December 2024 - 8 nominations for EMILIA PEREZ at the Golden Globes
Nominations December 2024 - PUENTES project REINAS in German cinemas
In Cinemas December 2024 - EAVE project YALLA PARKOUR selected for Red Sea Film Festival
Festivals December 2024 - EAVE project NORD EXPRESS is in production
Production News December 2024 - DUST by Anke Blondé receives support
In Development December 2024 - MEET EAVE IN JANUARY!
Meet our team at workshops and festivals! - A New Chapter Begins: Meet the 2025 EAVE Producers Workshop Participants!
press release - PUENTES 2025: Apply now to the 15th edition of EAVE’s Latin-American-European Co-Production Workshop!
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press release
PUENTES 2025: Deadline extension announced
After 15 successful years of connecting producers from Europe and Latin America during two weeks of the year, EAVE is welcoming applications for the next edition PUENTES.
The deadline to apply has been extended until January 12th!
“EAVE PUENTES has really changed my perspective and has broadened my possibilities as a producer. The network that we have created this year has impacted my career and I believe it is only the beginning of future collaborations with my colleagues. It is a complete program that every producer should go through once in their lives.”
Mariana Pineda, Pororó Films, PY (PUENTES 2024 Participant)
PUENTES provides in-depth support for the professional growth of each participant, giving them practical tools to navigate the cultural nuances of the film markets and fostering the skills needed for effective cross-continental collaboration. From acquisitions and distribution to real-life case studies, participants engage in a mix of plenary sessions, small group work, individual meetings with experts, and networking opportunities as well as special company planning modules.
During the workshop year, participants will be accompanied by the pedagogical team of experts, active professionals in the industry:
- PUENTES Head of Studies Fernanda del Nido (Setembro Cine, ES/AR) known for: UNA MUJER FANTASTICA, LA BODA DE ROSA, NERUDA, PEQUEÑA FLOR, EL LLANTO
- PUENTES Group Leader Sophie Erbs (Gaijin, FR) known for: LOS PERROS, COSTA BRAVA LEBANON, MILLA, THE HARVESTERS, THE LOAD
- PUENTES Script Consultant Jacques Akchoti (FR)
- PUENTES Latam Consultant Agustina Chiarino (Bocacha Films, UY) known for: MONOS, THE DISCIPLE OF SEED, GIANT, EL 5, THE WAVES
A recent example of a successful film that have come through PUENTES includes MI BESTIA, directed by Camila Beltrán, produced by Lionel Massol (Films Grand Huit, FR) and co-produced by Paola Andrea Pérez Nieto (Inercia Películas, CO). The project was developed through the 2021 PUENTES edition, where the two producers first met.
WHO SHOULD APPLY?
Applications are open to film professionals from Latin America and Europe who wish to strengthen connections between the two regions.
The selection consists of 10 producers focusing on project development (fiction films only), and 4-5 European film professionals with a focus on career development (not bringing a project).
Latin American and European Film producers focusing on project development:
- Experienced feature film producers with a strong interest with working with Europe and Latin America. The fiction feature project must be able to demonstrate a clear involvement with Latin America, and vice versa.
European Film Professionals focusing on career development:
- Citizens or residents of Europe (European Union and the countries that are eligible to apply for training under the MEDIA SUB-programme) that are sales agents, distributors, festival and market representatives, financiers, or European producers focusing on career development who wish to deepen their knowledge on Latin-American co-productions and market.
APPLICATION TIMELINE
Applications are open until January 12th and the selection will be announced at the beginning of April! Preselection interviews will be held In March, and applicants should be available then.
WORKSHOP TIMELINE
PUENTES takes place in the course of two weeks of the year. For the 2025 edition, PUENTES will exceptionally take place in the first week of June and at the beginning of September:
- First session: June 2 – 8, 2025 in Basilicata (IT – exact location TBC), in partnership with FVG Audiovisual Fund and MiC (Ministero dei Beni Ambientali e Culturali)
- Second session: September 2025 (exact date TBC) in Uruguay (exact location TBC) in partnership with Bocacha Films and supported by IBERMEDIA
APPLICATION
Click here to start your application and find out more information about the application process.In case of questions, do not hesitate to get in touch with the EAVE team: ana@eave.org
The PUENTES workshop is made possible with the support of the Creative Europe - MEDIA Programme of the European Union and Programa IBERMEDIA, and with the recognition of the Directorate-General for Cinema of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities.
13 awards for films by EAVE producers at the European Film Awards
European Film Awards 2024 – 13 awards for films produced by EAVE producers!
- EMILIA PEREZ by Jacques Audiard, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis won European Film
- EAVE Marketing Workshop project FLOW by Gints Zilbalodis, producer: EAVE MW graduate Matiss Kaza, won European Animated Feature Film
- THE MAN WHO COULD NOT REMAIN SILENT by Nebojsa Slijepcevic, producers: EAVE graduates Katarina Prpic, Danijel Pek, co-producers: EAVE graduates Katya Trichkova, Bostjan Virc won European Short Film
- Jacques Audiard for EMILIA PEREZ, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis won European Director
- Karla Sofía Gascón for EMILIA PEREZ by Jacques Audiard, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis won European Actress
- Jacques Audiard for EMILIA PEREZ, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis won European Screenwriter
- ARMAND by Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Fred Burle, Derk-Jan Warrink won the European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI
- Juliette Welfling for EMILIA PEREZ by Jacques Audiard, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis won European Editing
- Jagna Dobesz for THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE by Magnus von Horn, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marius Wlodarski won European Production Design
- Tanja Hausner for THE DEVIL’S BATH by Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala, producer: EAVE+ graduate Bettina Brokemper won European Costume Design
- Evalotte Oosterop for WHEN THE LIGHT BREAKS by Runar Runarsson, co-producer: EAVE graduate Raymond van der Kaaij won European Make-Up & Hair
- Frederikke Hoffmeier for THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE by Magnus von Horn, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marius Wlodarski won European Original Score
Honorary Award
- EURIMAGES INTERNATIONAL CO-PRODUCTION AWARD for EAVE graduate and Macedonian National Coordinator Labina Mitevska
The Gotham Awards
- ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT by Payal Kapadia, producer: Creative Producer Indaba graduate Thomas Hakim, co-producers: EAVE graduate and Dutch National Coordinator Frank Hoeve, EAVE graduate Gilles Chanial won Best International Feature.
Les Arcs Industry Village
5 awards for EAVE graduates at Les Arcs Industry Village:
- HAPPY DAYS by Floor Van Der Meulen, producer: EAVE graduate Derk-Jan Warrink scooped the Eurimages Co-production Development Award
- 30 DAYS OF SUMMER by Anastasiia Solonevych, producer: EAVE MW graduate Aleksandra Kostina got the Eurimages Co-production Development Special Award
- SOLOMAMMA by Janicke Askevold, producer: EAVE graduate Gints Grube won the 22D Music Award
- STRANGE RIVER by Jaume Claret Muxart, co-producer: EAVE graduate Fabian Altenried, EAVE MW graduate Xavi Font, won the Alphapanda Audience Engagement Award
- GABIN, A YOUTH IN THE BACKLAND by Maxence Voiseu, producers: EAVE graduates Cecile Lestrade, Palmyre Badinier received a Alphapanda Special Mention
Asia Pacific Screen Awards
Winner of the Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) 2024:
- APRIL by Dea Kulumbegashvili, producer: EAVE graduate Archil Gelovani won Best Film and Best Performance
- PANOPTICON by George Sikharulidze, producer: EAVE graduates Vladimer Katcharava, co-producers: EAVE graduates Archil Gelovani, Anamaria Antoci won Best New Performer
- HESITATION WOUND by Selman Nacar, producers: EAVE graduates Guillaume de Seille, Oana Giurgiu was awarded Best Screenplay
- MONGREL by Chiang Wei Liang & You Qiao Yin, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marie Dubas won Best Cinematography
- ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT by Payal Kapadia, producer: Creative Producer Indaba graduate Thomas Hakim, co-producers: EAVE graduate and Dutch National Coordinator Frank Hoeve, EAVE graduate Gilles Chanial won the Jury Grand Prize
- TTB project HAPPYEND by Neo Sora, producers: TTB graduate Masubuchi Aiko, EAVE graduate Alex C. Lo won the Young Cinema Award
www.asiapacificscreenawards.com/awards
Cinémamed
6 awards and Special Mentions for EAVE graduates at the Cinémamed – Brussels’ Mediterranean Film Festival
- RED PATH by Lotfi Achour, producers: EAVE graduates Joanna Szymanska, Edyta Janczak Hiriart, Jacques-Henri Bronckart, won the Prix Spécial du Jury, the Prix du Regard citoyen and a Mention du Jury Officiel
- VERMIGLIO by Maura Delpero, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart won the Prix Cineuropa
- AICHA by Mehdi Barsaoui, producer: EAVE PCP Dubai graduate Habib Attia received a Mention du Jury RêVolution
- TO A LAND UNKNOWN by Mahdi Fleifel, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki received a Mention du Jury citoyen
Author's Film Festival, Belgrade
- THE NEW YEAR THAT NEVER CAME by Bogdan Muresanu, producer: EAVE graduate Dan Burlac won the Grand Prix and Best Screenplay at the Author's Film Festival, Belgrade.
- ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT by Payal Kapadia, producers: EAVE graduate Frank Hoeve, CPI graduate Thomas Hakim, co-producer: EAVE graduate Gilles Chanial, was awarded Best Director
British Independent Film Awards
- ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL by Rungano Nyoni, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney won Best Director and Breakthrough Performance for Susan Chardy at the Best British Independent Film Awards, BIFA 2024.
- WANDER TO WONDER by Nina Gantz, producer: EAVE graduate Stienette Bosklopper, EAVE+ graduate Maarten Swart won Best British Short
- THE ASSESSMENT by Fleur Fortuné, producer: EAVE + graduates Jonas Katzenstein won Best Production Design
Red Sea International Film Festival
- RED PATH by Lotfi Achour, producers: EAVE graduates Joanna Szymanska, Edyta Janczak Hiriart, Jacques-Henri Bronckart was awarded the Golden Yusr for Best Feature Film and the Best Director award at the Red Sea International Film Festival
- TO A LAND UNKNOWN by Mahdi Fleifel, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki won the Silver Yusr and the Best Actor award
- ALAZAR by Beza Hailu Lemma, producer: EAVE graduate Tamara Dawit won the Silver Yusr for Best Short Film
Kolkata International Film Festival
- EAVE project TARIKA by Milko Lazarov, producer: EAVE graduate Veselka Kiryakova, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Alexandru Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, won the Golden Royal Bengal Tiger Award, the Best Film award in the International Competition category at the 30th Kolkata International Film Festival in India. The Film won also the FIPRESCI award in International Competition.
8 nominations for EMILIA PEREZ at the Golden Globes
American Film Academy Awards – the Oscars
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced shortlists in 10 categories for the 97th Academy Awards®: Documentary Feature Film, Documentary Short Film, International Feature Film, Makeup and Hairstyling, Music (Original Score), Music (Original Song), Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film, Sound and Visual Effects.
Shortlisted films by EAVE producers:
Documentary Feature Film
- DAHOMEY by Mati Diop, producer: Interchange graduate Judith Lou Lévy
- SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D’ETAT by Johan Grimonprez, co-producer: EAVE graduate and Dutch National Coordinator Frank Hoeve
International Feature Film
- WAVES by Jiri Madl, co-producer: EAVE graduate Wanda Adamik Hrycova
- THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE by Magnus von Horn, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marius Wlodarski
- EMILIA PEREZ by Jacques Audiard, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis
- VERMIGLIO by Maura Delpero, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart
- EAVE Marketing Workshop project FLOW by Gints Zilbalodis, producer: EAVE graduate Matiss Kaza
- ARMAND by Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Fred Burle, Derk-Jan Warrink
- DAHOMEY by Mati Diop, producer: Interchange graduate Judith Lou Lévy
Live Action Short Film
- THE MAN WHO COULD NOT REMAIN SILENT by Nebojsa Slijepcevic, producers: EAVE graduates Katarina Prpic, Danijel Pek, co-producers: EAVE graduates Katya Trichkova, Bostjan Virc
Makeup and Hairstyling
- THE APPRENTICE by Ali Abbasi, co-producers: EAVE graduates Ditte Milsted, Ruth Treacy
- EMILIA PEREZ by Jacques Audiard, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis
Music (Original Score)
- EMILIA PEREZ by Jacques Audiard, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis
- CONCLAVE by Edward Berger, executive producer: EAVE FFF graduate Lorenzo Gangarossa
- THE BRUTALIST by Bradley Corbet, co-producer: EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Hungary Viktoria Petranyi
- THE ROOM NEXT DOOR by Pedro Almodovar, line producer: EAVE graduate Lara Costa-Calzado
Music (Original Song)
- EMILIA PEREZ by Jacques Audiard, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis
Sound
- EMILIA PEREZ by Jacques Audiard, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis
Golden Globes
Seven films by EAVE producers have been nominated in several categories:
- EMILIA PEREZ by Jacques Audiard, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis competes for Best Motion Picture – Musical, Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Screenplay, Best Score, Best Song
- THE BRUTALIST by Bradley Corbet, co-producer: EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Hungary Viktoria Petranyi vies for Best Motion Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Score
- ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT by Payal Kapadia, producers: EAVE graduate and Dutch National Coordinator Frank Hoeve, CPI graduate Thomas Hakim, co-producer: EAVE graduate Gilles Chanial competes for Best Director
- THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE by Magnus von Horn, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marius Wlodarski vies for Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language
- VERMIGLIO by Maura Delpero, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart competes for Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language
- EAVE Marketing Workshop project FLOW by Gints Zilbalodis, producer: EAVE graduate Matiss Kaza is nominated for Best Motion Picture – Animated
- KINDS OF KINDNESS by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney is in for Best Actor
European Shooting Stars
The European Shooting Stars have been announced. EFP (European Film Promotion) has selected the up-and-coming acting talent to be introduced during the 75th Berlin International Film Festival. 6 are known from films produced by EAVE graduates:
- Marina Makris in: AFRICA STAR by Adonis Floridis, producer: EAVE graduate Marios Piperides
- Besir Zeciri in: THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE by Magnus von Horn, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marius Wlodarski
- Maarja Johanna Mägi in: AURORA by Andres Maimik and Rain Tolk, producer: EAVE graduate Madis Tüür
- Elin Hall in: WHEN THE LIGHT BREAKS by Runar Runarsson, co-producer: EAVE graduate Raymond van der Kaaij
- Karlis Arnolds Avot in: SOVIET JEANS by Stanislavs Tokalovs, Juris Kursietis, producer: EAVE graduate and Latvian National Coordinator Aija Berzina
- Sarunas Zenkevicius in: BORDERLINE by EAVE graduate Ruta Adele Jekentaite
PUENTES project REINAS in German cinemas
In French cinemas
- LIMONOV – THE BALLAD OF EDDIE by Kirill Serebrennikov, producer: EAVE FFF graduate Lorenzo Gangarossa. December 4.
- CROSSING by Levan Akin, co-producer: CHANGE graduate Anna Khazaradze. December 4.
- SHAMBHALA by Min Bahadur Bham, co-producer: EAVE graduate Verona Meier, executive producer: Ruben Thorkildsen, associate producer: TTB graduate Jeremy Chua. December 4.
- TONY, SHELLY AND THE MAGIC LIGHT by Filip Posivac, producer: EAVE graduate Pavla Janouskova Kubeckova. December 11.
- EVERYBODY LOVES TOUDA by Nabil Ayouch, producers: EAVE graduates Katrin Pors, Elisa Fernanda Pirir, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin. December 18.
In Belgian cinemas
- CROSSING by Levan Akin, co-producer: CHANGE graduate Anna Khazaradze. December 4.
- ANIMALE by Emma Benestan, producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin. December 18.
- EVERYBODY LOVES TOUDA Nabil Ayouch, producers: EAVE graduates Katrin Pors, Elisa Fernanda Pirir, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin. December 18.
- GRAND TOUR by Miguel Gomes, producers: TTB and EAVE graduate Filipa Reis, Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli, co-producer: EAVE + graduate Tom Dercourt. December 25.
In UK cinemas
- ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL by Rungano Nyoni, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney. December 6.
- DIE THEORIE VON ALLEM by Timm Kröger, producers: EAVE graduates Heino Deckert, David Bohun, Dario Schoch. December 13.
In Dutch cinemas
- THE NEW YEAR THAT NEVER CAME by Bogdan Muresanu, producer: EAVE graduate Dan Burlac. December 19.
- FLOW by Gints Zilbalodis, producer: EAVE graduate Matiss Kaza. December 5.
In Swiss cinemas
- DAHOMEY by Mati Diop, producer: Interchange graduate Judith Lou Lévy. December 12.
- EAVE Marketing Workshop project FLOW by Gints Zilbalodis, producer: EAVE graduate Matiss Kaza. December 26.
In Austrian cinemas
- THE OUTRUN by Nora Fingscheidt, co-producer: EAVE graduate, TTB group leader and German National Coordinator Jonas Weydemann. December 5.
- TONY, SHELLY AND THE MAGIC LIGHT by Filip Posivac, producer: EAVE graduate Pavla Janouskova Kubeckova. December 6.
- ARCHITECTON by Victor Kossakovsky, producers: EAVE graduates Heino Deckert, Estelle Robin You. December 6.
In German cinemas
- PUENTES project REINAS by Klaudia Reynicke, producers: PUENTES and EAVE + graduate Maria Britta Rindelaub, EAVE participant Thomas Reichlin. December 4.
- THE OUTRUN by Nora Fingscheidt, co-producer: EAVE graduate, TTB group leader and German National Coordinator Jonas Weydemann. December 4.
- WILD DIAMOND by Agathe Riedinger, producer: TTB graduate Judith Nora. December 12.
- ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT by Payal Kapadia, producers: EAVE graduate and Dutch National Coordinator Frank Hoeve, CPI graduate Thomas Hakim, co-producer: EAVE graduate Gilles Chanial. December 18.
- EXPLANATION FOR EVERYTHING by Gabor Reisz, producers: EAVE graduate Julia Berkes, EAVE graduate and Hungarian National Coordinator Viktoria Petranyi. December 18.
In Danish cinemas
- MY FAVOURITE CAKE by Maryam Moghaddam & Behtash Sanaeeha, producer: EAVE graduate Christopher Zitterbart. December 19.
In Finnish cinemas
- DAHOMEY by Mati Diop, producer: Interchange graduate Judith Lou Lévy. December 13.
In Polish cinemas
- WILD DIAMOND by Agathe Riedinger, producer: TTB graduate Judith Nora. December 13.
In Swedish cinemas
- FAMILY TIME by Tia Kouvo, producer: EAVE graduate Jussi Rantamäki. December 13.
In Spanish cinemas
- DAHOMEY by Mati Diop, producer: Interchange graduate Judith Lou Lévy. December 13.
- RABIA by Mareike Engelhardt, producer: EAVE graduate Annabella Nezri. December 13.
- EAVE Marketing Workshop project FLOW by Gints Zilbalodis, producer: EAVE graduate Matiss Kaza. December 24.
In Hungarian cinemas
- MY FAVOURITE CAKE by Maryam Moghaddam & Behtash Sanaeeha, producer: EAVE graduate Christopher Zitterbart. December 19.
EAVE project YALLA PARKOUR selected for Red Sea Film Festival
Cinemamed Festival (November 28 – December 6)
- AFTERWAR by Birgitte Stærmose, producers: EAVE graduates Lise Lense-Møller, Mark Lwoff, Misha Jaari
- AICHA by Mehdi Barsaoui, producer: EAVE PCP Dubai graduate Habib Attia
- ANIMALE by Emma Benestan, producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
- ARCADIA by Yorgos Zois, producers: EAVE graduates Veselka Kiryakova, Maria Drandaki ARMAND by Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel, producers: EAVE graduates Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, Kristine Knudsen, co-producers: EAVE graduates Fred Burle, Derk-Jan Warrink
- EAVE project STRAY BODIES by Elina Psykou, producers: EAVE graduates Rea Apostolides, Ivan Madeo, Veselka Kiryakova
- EAVE Marketing Workshop project FLOW by Gints Zilbalodis, producer: EAVE graduate Matiss Kaza
- EVERYBODY LOVES TOUDA by Nabil Ayouch, co-producers: EAVE graduates Elisa Fernanda Pirir, Katrin Pors, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
- KYUKA: BEFORE SUMMER’S END by Kostis Charamountanis, producers: EAVE graduates Danae Spathara, Konstantinos Kontovrakis, EAVE + graduate Giorgos Karnavas
- RABIA by Mareike Engelhardt, producer: EAVE graduate Annabella Nezri
- RED PATH by Lotfi Achour, producers: EAVE graduates Joanna Szymanska, Edyta Janczak Hiriart, Jacques-Henri Bronckart REINE MÈRE by Manele Labidi, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
- THE MAN WHO COULD NOT REMAIN SILENT by Nebojsa Siljepcevic, producers: EAVE graduates Katarina Prpic, Danijel Pek, co-producers: EAVE graduates Katya Trichkova, Bostjan Virc
- TO A LAND UNKNOWN by Mahdi Fleifel, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki
- VERMIGLIO by Maura Delpero, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart
- WILD DIAMOND by Agathe Riedinger, producer: TTB graduate Judith Nora
Around the World in 14 Films Festival (December 1 – 9)
- ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT by Payal Kapadia, producers: EAVE graduate and Dutch National Coordinator Frank Hoeve, CPI graduate Thomas Hakim, co-producer: EAVE graduate Gilles Chanial
- ARMAND by Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel, producers: EAVE graduates Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Fred Burle, Derk-Jan Warrink
- EXPLANATION FOR EVERYTHING by Gabor Reisz, producers: EAVE graduate Julia Berkes, EAVE graduate and Hungarian National Coordinator Viktoria Petranyi
- GRAND TOUR by Miguel Gomes, producers: EAVE graduate Filipa Reis, Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli, co-producer: EAVE + graduate Tom Dercourt
- KILL THE JOCKEY by Luis Ortega, producer: EAVE and PUENTES graduate Benjamin Domenech
- MISERICORDIA by Emma Dante, producer: EAVE graduate Marica Stocchi
- SEPTEMBER SAYS by Ariane Labed, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
- THE END by Josua Oppenheimer, producers: EAVE graduates Signe Byrge Sørensen, Conor Barry, executive producers: EAVE graduates Macdara Kelleher, Kaarle Aho
- THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE by Mo Harawe, producer: EAVE graduate Oliver Neumann, co-producer: EAVE graduate Nicole Gerhards
- TRANSAMAZONIA by Pia Marais, producers: EAVE graduate Sophie Erbs, EAVE + graduate Tom Dercourt
- VERMIGLIO by Maura Delpero, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart
- VIET AND NAM by Truong Minh Quy, producers: TTB group leader and National Coordinator Asia Bianca Balbuena, TTB graduates Bradley Liew, Stefano Renting, EAVE graduate Marie Dubas, EAVE+ graduate Joost de Vries
Tbilisi International Film Festival (December 1 – 8)
- CHANGE project BLUEBERRY DREAMS by Elene Mikaberidze, producer: EAVE graduate Isabelle Truc
- DAHOMEY by Mati Diop, producer: Interchange graduate Judith Lou Lévy
- DROWNING DRY by Laurynas Bareisa, co-producer: EAVE graduate Matiss Kaza
- EAVE project MARIA’S SILENCE by Davis Simanis, producer: EAVE graduates Gints Grube, Inese Boka-Grube, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Kestutis Drazdauskas
- EAVE Marketing Workshop project FLOW by Gints Zilbalodis, producer: EAVE graduate Matiss Kaza
- MISERICORDIA by Emma Dante, producer: EAVE graduate Marica Stocchi
- SEPTEMBER SAYS by Ariane Labed, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
- THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE by Magnus von Horn, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marius Wlodarski
- THE RYE HORN by Jaione Camborda, producer: EAVE graduate and Spanish National Coordinator Maria Zamora, EAVE graduate Katleen Goossens
- THE SHAMELESS by Konstantin Bojanov, executive producers: EAVE graduate Palmye Badinier, EAVE+ graduate Philippe Coeytaux
- TO A LAND UNKNOWN by Mahdi Fleifel, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki
Ventana Sur, Montevideo (December 2 – 6)
- PUENTES project STREETS OF GLORIA by Felipe Sholl, producer: EAVE graduate Daniel van Hoogstraten
- ELENA by Dalia Huerta Cano, producer: EAVE graduate Elisa Fernanda Pirir
- MARRIAGE BY ABDUCTION by Sophia Mocorrea, producer: EAVE graduate Nicole Gerhards
International Film Festival Tarragona (December 4 – 8)
- ARMAND by Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel, producers: EAVE graduates Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Fred Burle, Derk-Jan Warrink
- 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
- EAVE Marketing Workshop project FLOW by Gints Zilbalodis, producer: EAVE graduate Matiss Kaza
- GHOST TRAIL by Jonathan Millet, producers: EAVE graduates Nicole Gerhards, Julie Esparbes
- KYUKA: BEFORE SUMMER’S END by Kostis Charamountanis, producers: EAVE graduates Danae Spathara, Konstantinos Kontovrakis, EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas
- GLIMMERS by Pilar Palomero, producer: EAVE+ graduate Valérie Delpierre
- MISERICORDIA by Emma Dante, producer: EAVE graduate Marica Stocchi
- MY FAVOURITE CAKE by Maryam Moghaddam & Behtash Sanaeeha, producer: EAVE graduate Christopher Zitterbart
- POLVO SERÁN by Carlos Marqués-Marcet, producers: EAVE graduates Giovanni Pompili, Eugenia Mumenthaler
- PUENTES project REINAS by Klaudia Reynicke, producers: PUENTES and EAVE + graduate Maria Britta Rindelaub, EAVE participant Thomas Reichlin
- QUEENS OF DRAMA by Alexis Langlois, co-producer: EAVE graduate Benoît Roland
- ROCK BOTTOM by Maria Trenor, producer: EAVE graduate Alba Sotorra Clua
- SKIN IN SPRING by Yennifer Uribe, producer: EAVE MW graduate Rebeca Gutiérrez Campos
- THE LEGEND OF THE VAGABOND QUEEN OF LAGOS by The Agbajowo Collective, producer: PUENTES graduate Michael Henrichs
- THEY WILL BE DUST by Carlos Marqués-Marcet, producer: EAVE graduate Adriana Dot, co-producers: EAVE graduates Giovanni Pompili, Eugenia Mumenthaler
- WILD DIAMOND by Agathe Riedinger, producer: TTB graduate Judith Nora
Red Sea Film Festival (December 5 – 14)
- ALAZAR by Beza Hailu Lemma, producer: EAVE graduate Tamara Dawit
- AICHA by Mehdi Barsaoui, producer: EAVE PCP Dubai graduate Habib Attia
- HANAMI by Denise Fernandes, producer: EAVE graduate Eugenia Mumenthaler
- EAVE project QUIET LIFE by Alexandros Avranas, producers: EAVE graduate and Estonian National Coordinator Riina Sildos, EAVE graduates Vicky Miha, Kaarle Aho
- EAVE project YALLA PARKOUR by Areeb Zuaiter, producer: EAVE graduate Basel Mawlawi
- RED PATH by Lotfi Achour, producers: EAVE graduates Joanna Szymanska, Edyta Janczak Hiriart, Jacques-Henri Bronckart SIMA’S SONG by Roya Sadat, producers: EAVE graduate Alba Sotorra, EAVE graduate and Dutch National Coordinator Frank Hoeve
- TO A LAND UNKNOWN by Mahdi Fleifel, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki
- U ARE THE UNIVERSE by Pavlo Ostrikov, producer: EAVE graduate Vladimir Yatsenko
Red Sea Souk
- A WINNER IS SEEN AT THE STRAT by Zhannat Alshanova, producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Laurent Csinidis
- I’LL SMILE IN SEPTEMBER by Aakash Chhabra, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Fran Borgia
- THE LONELINESS OF THE LIGHT SKIN ONE by Baloji, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland
Les Arcs European Film Festival (December 16 – 23)
Competition
- THE NEW YEAR THAT NEVER CAME by Bogdan Muresanu, co-producer: EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Romania Ada Solomon
- PEACOCK by Bernhard Wenger, producer: EAVE graduate Michael Kitzberger
- WHEN THE LIGHT BREAKS by Runar Runarsson, co-producer: EAVE graduate Raymond van der Kaaij
Short Films Competition
- THE MAN WHO COULD NOT REMAIN SILENT by Nebojsa Slijepcevic, producers: EAVE graduates Katarina Prpic, Danijel Pek, co-producers: EAVE graduates Katya Trichkova, Bostjan Virc
Islandic Focus
- A LETTER FROM HELGA by Asa Helga Hjörleifsdottir, producer: EAVE graduate Annika Hellström
- DRIVING MUM by Hilmar Oddson, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Ostrat
- HAUT LES CŒURS! by Solveig Anspach, producer: EAVE graduate Diana Elbaum
- HEARTSTONE by Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson, producer: EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson
- NEST by Hlynur Palmason, producer: EAVE graduates Anton Máni Svansson, Katrin Pors, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin, EAVE graduate Jan Naszewszki
- RAMS by Grimur Hakonarson, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ditte Milsted
- WINTER BROTHERS by Hlynur Palmason, co-producer: EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson
Playtime
- MALDOROR by Fabrice du Welz, producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
- MR. K by Tallulah Schwab, producer: EAVE graduate Leontine Petit
- SAMIA by Yasemin Samdereli and Deka Mohamed Osman, producers: EAVE graduates David Herdies, Michael Krotkiewski
- THE SWEDISH TORPEDO by Frida Kempff, producers: EAVE graduates David Herdies, Michael Krotkiewski, Elina Litvinova, EAVE group leader and Estonian National Coordinator Riina Sildos
- TO A LAND UNKNOWN by Mahdi Fleifel, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki
- U ARE THE UNIVERSE by Pavlo Ostrikov, producer: EAVE graduate Vladimir Yatsenko
Hauteur
- SEPTEMBER SAYS by Ariane Labed, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
- WINDLESS by Pavel G. Vesnakov, producers: EAVE graduates Veselka Kiryakova, Luigi Chimienti and PUENTES graduate Alessandro Amato
Oscar on skis
- ARMAND by Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel, producers: EAVE graduates Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, Kristine Knudsen, co-producers: EAVE graduates Fred Burle, Derk-Jan Warrink
- FAMILY THERAPY by Sonja Prosec, producer: EAVE graduate Rok Secen, co-producers: EAVE graduates Tamara Babun, Jarle Bjørknes, EAVE MW graduate Marta Zaccaron
- JULIE KEEPS QUIET by Leonardo van Dijl, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi, EAVE graduate and Polish National Coordinator Jan Naszewski
- THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE by Magnus von Horn, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marius Wlodarski
- VERMIGLIO by Maura Delpero, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart
- WAVES by Jiri Madl, co-producer: EAVE graduate Wanda Adamik Hrycova
Séance speciale
- UNE NUIT by Axel Lutz, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri
- WILD DIAMOND by Agathe Riedinger, producer: TTB graduate Judith Nora
Sommet
- THE QUIET ONES by Frederic Louis Hviid, producer: EAVE graduate Lizette Jonjic
- PEACOCK by Bernhard Wenger, producer: EAVE graduate, group leader and Austrian National Coordinator Michael Kitzberger
- REINE MÈRE by Manele Labidi, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
Industry Village
- 30 DAYS OF SUMMER by Anastasiia Solonevych, producer: EAVE MW graduate Aleksandra Kostina
- BABETTE by Franziska Margarete Hoenisch, producer: EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu
- BURNING SKIN by Behrooz Karamizade, producer: EAVE graduate, TTB group leader and German National Coordinator Jonas Weydemann
- EAVE project ALL CLEAR by Christina Tynkevich, producer: EAVE graduate Olha Matat
- HAPPY DAYS by Floor Van Der Meulen, producer: EAVE graduate Derk-Jan Warrink
- JUST A KID by Vala Omarsdottir, producers: EAVE graduates Joram Willink, Marianne Ostrat
- SEAVIEW by Katarina Morano, producer: EAVE+ graduate Danijel Hocevar
- TARFAYA by Sofia Alaoui, producer: EAVE graduate Annabella Nezri
- UNTIL WE FIND YOUR NAME by Vaggelio Soumeli, producers: EAVE graduates Mario Piperides, Konstantina Stavrianou
Work in Progress
- A LIGHT THAT NEVER GOES OUT by Lauri-Matti Parppei, producer: EAVE graduate Ilona Tolmunen
- GABIN, A YOUTH IN THE BACKLAND by Maxence Voiseu, producer: EAVE graduate Palmyre Badinier
- HATIXHE AND SHABAN by Visar Morina, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Danijel Hocevar
- PERLA by Alexandra Makarová, producers: EAVE graduates Sabine Gruber, Arash T. Riahi
- REEDLAND by Sven Bresser, producers: EAVE graduates Marleen Slot, Fabian Altenried
- SOLOMAMMA by Janicke Askevold, producer: EAVE graduate Gints Grube
- STRANGE RIVER by Jaume Claret Muxart, co-producer: EAVE graduate Fabian Altenried
- THE BOY WITH THE LIGHT BLUE EYES by Thanasis Neofotistos, producer: EAVE graduate Ioanna Bolomyti
- THE SPRING by Ivan Ostrochovsky, co-producer: EAVE graduate Julia Berkes
- THE FIRES by Ugla Hauksdottir, producer: EAVE graduate Beata Rzezniczek
EAVE Breakfast
EAVE Project Manager Ana Ruiz Miralles co-hosted a breakfast on December 16th for producers interested in applying to EAVE workshops.
The Breakfast was organised in partnership with ACE Producers, International Screen Institute and Industry Village Les Arcs.
EAVE project NORD EXPRESS is in production
In production
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EAVE project NORD EXPRESS by Karlis Lesins, producers: EAVE graduates Elina Gedina-Ducena, Gints Grube, Inese Boka-Grube, Pille Rünk, Malgorzata Staron is in production. In this documentary, the Latvian writer-director becomes a “citizen investigator” and goes on the road to find out why, after 30 years and with only a few years to go before the intended launch of the Rail Baltica railway line, the construction of this EU-funded project is significantly behind schedule and over budget and may never be finished at all. NORD EXPRESS adopts the tone of a detective film, looking into the construction of an 870-kilometre-long high-speed railway line that started with a dream to connect the Baltic states to the rest of Europe when, in 1991, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania regained their independence from the Soviet Union. Lesins follows the trail of the Rail Baltica project, trying to get some answers – what has happened, and what is happening? Travelling through all the countries involved, he meets officials, military personnel, investigative journalists, people whose land will be expropriated, employees implementing the project, and potentially benefiting entrepreneurs, who open up to him with their versions of the story. There are also lots of rumours and theories. Is it the Russians, the Chinese or just the banality of bureaucracy that has led to this situation where the project is so behind schedule and at risk of losing EU funding? What happens if this high-profile showcase project goes awry at a time when there is an ongoing war in Europe and the EU itself is under great scrutiny? The cost to the EU could be more than just money. “This journey began for this group of countries with the simple idea that it would be great to have a train connection through Germany, Poland and the Baltic states, from Amsterdam all the way up to Helsinki. A clean and effective way of travelling and of exchanging goods and services. Instead, what we find is this idealistic image has collided with a complicated history of shifting power spheres, stalled development and Russian espionage,” reads the official press release. NORD EXPRESS is a co-production between Latvia’s Mistrus Media, Germany’s Gebrüder Beetz, Poland’s Staron-Film and Estonia’s Allfilm for LTV and MDR/ARTE, with backing from the National Film Centre of Latvia, the Polish Film Institute, the Estonian Film Institute, Latvia’s Ministry of Culture, the Cultural Endowment of Estonia, Valsts kultūrkapitāla fonds and Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung.
- PUENTES project IL CILENO by Sergio Castro San Martin, producer: PUENTES graudate Pablo Calisto, PUENTES and EAVE SLATE graduate Alessandro Amato, co-producer: EAVE graduate Daniele Segre is in production. The Italian portion of filming on the Italian-Swiss-Chilean co-production directed by the El Salvador-born filmmaker, has now wrapped in Turin. Produced by dispàrte, EQUECO (Chile) and Cinédokké in association with Redibis Film, the movie focuses on the story of Aldo Marin, a young socialist who fled Pinochet’s Chile in 1976 and found refuge in Italy, in the turbulent city of Turin, which was marred by the political tensions of that decade. Shooting will continue in Switzerland and then for several days in Chile, until early January. IL CILENO is a story described by the director as a coming-of-age tale with noir undertones, which aims to depict a young survivor’s forced transition to adulthood. It’s set in Turin in 1976. Young socialist Aldo Marin and his best friend El Chapa escape the Chilean army and find refuge in Italy. They arrive in the turbulent city of Turin, which is marred by political and social tensions reminiscent of their homeland. While El Chapa soon adapts to living on his wits, forging relationships with the local underworld, Aldo dreams of a different future. He finds work in a factory, convinced that, over time, he’ll manage to earn enough to bring his wife and son to Italy. It’s the hot autumn of terrorism in Italy and Aldo’s destiny sees him cross paths with Luciana, a young university lecturer committed to the fight for women’s rights, and with her brother Enrico, a militant with extra-parliamentary powers. Luciana is prepared to risk everything for her ideals, while Aldo must face up to a past which doesn’t seem to leave him in peace. With an eye on the past and a reflection on present-day challenges the film guides us through the life of a young man torn between two worlds, both of which marred by violence and ideals. IL CILENO is being made with the support of the Film Commission Torino Piemonte - Piemonte Film Tv Development Fund (December 2020), with backing from the 2021-2027 Piedmont European Regional Development Fund (FESR) - Piedmont Film TV Fund Call (2024) and the Italian Ministry for Culture’s Film and Audiovisual Department, together with Ibermedia, Creative Europe MEDIA, FFA - Coproducción Minoritaria, CORFO, OFC – Minority Co-Productions, Ticino Republic and Canton – Canton Fund for Cinematography, and RSI, with sponsorship from the City of Turin.
- FORÊT IVRE by Manon Coubia, co-producer: Interchange graduate Charlotte Vincent is in production. The unusual film is set in a mountain refuge and is being filmed over the course of four seasons. The shoot, which kicked off a few months ago, will wrap in April next year, with a few final scenes to be shot to round things off. The mountains, and particularly those in Haute-Savoie, are at the heart of the filmmaker’s cinematic creations, taking pride of place in many of her films. This time around, she follows the overlapping paths of three women who take shifts taking care of a mountain refuge. As the seasons go by amidst the immensity of nature, they have more and more encounters, and bonds are made and broken. Through these three intimate portraits, captured over the course of one season each, the movie observes these women who have chosen to escape from the world down there, at ground level. FORÊT IVRE is being produced by The Blue Raincoat and Manon Coubia, co-producer on the French side is Charlotte Vincent for Aurora Films. The film has received lightweight production support from the Wallonia-Brussels Federation as well as production backing from the Brussels Audiovisual Centre. It has also received support from France’s CNC.
- KALUNYO by Iglika Triffonova, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon is currently in production. The story, based on the best-selling novel by G. Bozhinov and set during the crumbling of the Ottoman Empire, deals with questions like: Why is our enmity towards the different ones so infatuating? Do our Gods wish us to die or kill in their name? What can a strong, dignified man do in times of bloody harvest? To stop the herd is impossible. To stand aside is unthinkable. “In KALUNYO Iglika Triffonova stays true to her deep interest in the existential questions her characters are facing. The moving emotional story is beautifully interpreted by Oleg Mutu’s camera. The authentic style of talented young production designer Andrea Popova, of Elena Stoyanova (costume designer in all Triffonova’s films) and of renowned make-up artist Petya Simeonova, contribute to the mesmerising atmosphere in each shot,“ the producer says. Rossitsa Valkanova is producing through Bulgarian KLAS Film in co-production with Petra Goedings through the Netherlands’s Phantavision and Ada Solomon through Romania’s microFILM. Тhe project has received financial support from the Bulgarian National Film Center (development and production grants), the Bulgarian cash rebate scheme, the Netherlands Film Fund, the Dutch Incentive scheme, Romania’s Avanpost, as well as from private investors and sponsors. The 32 shooting days are divided into two periods: 11 days in November 2024 on set in Sofia’s NU Boyana Film Studios, and 21 days in May - June 2025 in the Rhodope Mountains and the Kovatchevitsa village. The final postproduction will be completed in October 2025 in the Netherlands as well as in Romania.
In post-production
- MOTHER by Teona Strugar Mitevska, producer: EAVE graduate Sébastien Delloye, co-producer: EAVE graduate and Macedonian National Coordinator Labina Mitevska is in post-production. In mid-November, shooting wrapped on the seventh feature film by Brussels-based Macedonian filmmaker Teona Strugar Mitevska, with Swedish actress Noomi Rapace playing the mythical figure of Mother Teresa. Fascinated for several years with the complex figure of Mother Teresa, who like Mitevska was born in Skopje in Macedonia (then still the Ottoman Empire), she has chosen to focus on a brief period of her life, a few weeks after the end of the Second World War, before the nun founded her own congregation, the Missionaries of Charity. The film begins in Calcutta in 1948. Time is of the essence; Mother Teresa must prepare the convent for her imminent departure and designate her successor. She chose the only possible candidate for her: Sister Agnieszka. But very soon, Agnieszka admits she must refuse this offer because she is pregnant from a brief love affair. Agnieszka wants an abortion and, in her mind, only Mother Teresa can help. Torn between her beliefs and her compassion, will Mother Teresa be able to carry this heavy secret? The film is produced by Sébastien Delloye for Entre Chien et Loup (Belgium), and co-produced in Macedonia by Sisters and Brother Mitevski, which as its name indicates, brings together the siblings, therefore Teona, as well as Vuk Mitevski and Labina Mitevska, which just received the International Co-Production Eurimages Prize. MOTHER is also co-produced in Sweden by Rainy Days, in Denmark by Frau Film, and in India by Raging Film.
DUST by Anke Blondé receives support
Screen Flanders
Screen Flanders, the Flemish regional audiovisual investment fund, has selected 14 projects, both films and series, for its latest support session. Among them:
- JULIAN by Cato Kusters, co-producers: EAVE graduates Laurette Schillings, Arnold Heslenfeld, Frans van Gestel
- DUST by Anke Blondé, co-producers: EAVE graduates Joanna Szymanska, Danae Spathara, Greek National Coordinator Konstantinos Kontovrakis, EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas
- HEYSEL 85 by Ana Teodora Mihai, producer: EAVE graduate Hans Everaert, co-producers: EAVE graduates Laurette Schillings, Arnold Heslenfeld, Frans van Gestel
- PATSERS FOR LIFE by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, producer: EAVE graduate Benoît Roland
- LIFE IS CRUEL FOR BASILIA BELUSHI by Stelios Kammitsis, producers: EAVE graduates Hans Everaert, Fenia Cossovitsa
Romanian Film Centre
The Romanian Film Centre has announced the following grants:
- S-A INTAMPLAT SA FIE by Radu Muntean, producer: EAVE graduate Annamaria Antoci
- UN MECI DE NEUITAT by EAVE graduate Tudor Giurgiu, producer: EAVE graduate Oana Giurgiu
- NOAPTEA PLEC, NOAPTEA MA INTORC by Gabriel Achim, producer: EAVE graduate Oana Giurgiu
- A CINCEA REGULA by Ioachim Stroe, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon
- STEVAN by Matt Sarnecki, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Lazurean-Gorgan
- CINDERELLA UNBOUND by Ilinca Calugareanu, producer: EAVE graduate Anamaria Antoci
- WAVE by Mariam Chachia, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Lazurean-Gorgan
- VALLEY OF THE WIDOWS by Katarana Jonisova, Miroslav Jelok, producer: EAVE graduate Anamaria Antoci
- THE ETERNAL SOLDIER by Aleksandar Nikolic, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Lazurean-Gorgan
- LA BALEINE by Sylvère Petit, producer: EAVE graduate Isabelle Truc is in pre-production. Written by Sylvère Petit and Nathan Le Graciet, the story takes us back to autumn 1985. A storm awakens the Mediterranean. A village is devastated, the harvest ravaged. The sea has deposited a whale on the beach. It’s dead and is declared a carrier of disease. With his tractor, his harvest trailer and three kitchen knives, ailing, misanthrope wine grower, Corbac, wants to save the cetacean’s skeleton from a sanitary blast of dynamite. Day and night, his daughter Mathilde sees the biggest of creatures paraded, piece by piece, past the church, the school and the distillery, awakening the villagers’ unconscious minds and stirring up violence. Mathilde knows her father: he’ll see it through to the bitter end… Serge Lalou and Sophie Cabon produce LA BELEINE for Les Films d’Ici Méditerranée, in co-production with Iota Production (Isabelle Truc and Lawrence Absalon) Upside Films, Spain’s Imagic Telecom. Pre-purchased by Ciné+, the feature film enjoys support via a CNC advance on receipts, as well as backing from Eurimages, the Gan Film Foundation, the Occitanie/Pyrénées-Méditerranée region (where filming will unfold until 14 February, with Michaël Capron heading up photography), Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole, the SOFICA companies Cineventure and Cofimage, and Procirep/Angoa. It also benefits from partnerships with the Pelagis Observatory and Paris’ Natural History Museum, and enjoys further backing from Le Groupe Ouest and the Francophone Co-Production Meetings, among other sources.
MEET EAVE IN JANUARY!
@ CHANGE Workshop 2, January 13 - 17, Chisinau (MD)
EAVE Deputy CEO Satu Elo
@ When East Meets West, January 17 - 21, Trieste (IT)
EAVE CEO Kristina Trapp (January 18 - 21), EAVE project managers Ana Ruiz Miralles, Tanika Sajatovic
A New Chapter Begins: Meet the 2025 EAVE Producers Workshop Participants!
As we bid farewell to yet another amazing year, it is with great joy that we introduce next year’s cohort for the EAVE Producers Workshop!
We welcome the 56 producers and professionals from 38 countries (see complete list below) that have been selected out of 304 applications from 65 countries to EAVE!
As part of the selection process, EAVE Head of Studies Lise Lense-Møller interviewed around 110 professionals from very different contexts and with very different visions, missions, and perspectives.
As she puts it, this procedure “…allows us to take the pulse of today’s industry and get a hint of tomorrow's landscape for content producers and IP creators.”
“The industry is in major transition, still recovering from COVID, with widespread uncertainty fueled by global conflicts, political upheaval, and collapsing business models yet to be replaced.
Still, the will and skill to try out new financing models, new company structures or clusters is enormously inspiring, as is the creativity when it comes to finding and adapting to new ways of producing – e.g. with the possibilities that AI has opened.
Producers are also finding new sources of finance and income and have a renewed awareness of the potential of multi-format exploitation of concepts or content.
One of the great advantages of bringing so many producers together is that, as a group, they represent a lot of different experiences, ideas, and inspiration – sometimes from unrelated, but still very relevant backgrounds.
We tailor and constantly adapt the workshop to draw on this vast potential, while at the same time attempting to keep the best possible balance between the expertise acquired over years of practice and the will to meet the moment and embrace future changes. One of our goals is to make producers resilient in times of change.”
We are particularly grateful for the generous support of our 2025 scholarship partners:
- The French CNC supports the participation of 3 international producers at the EAVE Producers Workshop, namely Jiries Copti (Palestine), Milad Khosravi (Iran) and Evodie Ngueyeli N. (Cameroon).
- Thanks to German regional fund MDM, Albanian producer Blerina Hankollari and Serbian producer Marija Lero will develop their skills at the EAVE 2025 course.
- PACT is offering a scholarship to one UK producer (Emilie Jouffroy) in the name and memory of EAVE expert Dorothy Viljoen.
- Our partnerships with Telefilm Canada and SODEC made it possible for two producers from Canada (Sonya di Rienzo and Line Sander Egede) to attend the programme.
- The support of Projeto Paradiso was granted to Leonardo Mecchi from Brazil.
- Thanks to our collaboration with the Film Centre of Montenegro, Milena Charan will participate in the programme.
- The Italian regional fund Fondo Audiovisivo Friuli Venezia Giulia supports the participation of Maria Kontogianni from Greece and Julia Sinkevych from Ukraine
In addition to those, a number of scholarships have been allocated by EAVE, including an EAVE diversity scholarship for European participants who identify as black, indigenous or people of colour. Additional EAVE scholarships were given in priority to participants from European low production capacity countries.
We would like to thank our partners, consultants, pedagogical team, and all the members of the EAVE family for their precious support and wish you all a peaceful holiday season and a good start into the New Year!
Happy Holidays!
The EAVE office is closed from December 23-31, 2024.
Your EAVE team will be back on January 2, 2025.
The selected participants for the EAVE Producers Workshop 2025 are:
ALBANIA
Blerina Hankollari, Artalb Film Productions
BELGIUM
Rosa Spaliviero, Twenty Nine Studio & Production
Stephen Vandingenen, A Private View
BRAZIL
Lorena Bondarovsky, Conspiração Filmes
Leonardo Mecchi, Enquadramento Produções
CAMEROON
Evodie Ngueyeli N., Les Films d'Ebene
CANADA
Sonya Di Rienzo, Hawkeye Pictures
Line Sander Egede, Intuitive Pictures / TAK films
CROATIA
Tina Tišljar, Eclectica
CZECH REPUBLIC
Alzbeta Janackova, Silk Films
DENMARK
Tine Mikkelsen, Zentropa
Katrine A. Sahlstrøm, Good Company Pictures
ESTONIA
Andreas Kask, Nafta Films
Nele Paves, Estonian Film Institute
FINLAND
Julia Elomäki, Tekele productions
Jonna Enroth, Rocky Road Pictures
FRANCE
Marie Garrett, Pulsar Content
Paulus Hagemeyer, Coproduction Office
Jonathan Rubin, WE FILM
FRANCE/INDIA
Avantika Singh Desbouvries, Salt for Sugar Films / Off Season Films
FRANCE/TUNISIA
Kaouthar Hadidi, 3ÈME GENRE PRODUCTION
FRANCE/UK
Emilie Jouffroy, Elation Pictures
GERMANY
Katharina Bergfeld, Ma.ja.de. Filmproduktions
Sebastian Herbst, arkanum pictures
Jorgo Narjes, X Filme
GREECE
Maria Kontogianni, Wild At Heart
Maria Laskaridou, Argonauts Productions
ICELAND
Sunna Guðnadóttir, Bjartsýn films
INDIA
Angad Singh, Superbad
IRAN
Milad Khosravi, Seven Springs Pictures
IRELAND
Paul Fitzsimons, Prelude Media Limited t/a Prelude Content
ITALY
Lorenzo Cioffi, LADOC
JAMAICA
Nadean Rawlins, RAW Management
LUXEMBOURG
Aurore Schneidesch, Film Fund Luxembourg
MONTENEGRO
Milena Charan, Taurus Production
NETHERLANDS
Steven Rubinstein Malamud, GROM Productions
Monique van Kessel, Make Way Film
NIGERIA
Lala Akindoju, The Make It Happen Production Company
NORWAY
Anita Norfolk, Folk Film
PALESTINE
Jiries Copti, Fresco Films
POLAND
Natalia Dąbrowska, New Europe Film Sales
PORTUGAL
Patricia Faria, Uma Pedra no Sapato
SERBIA
Marija Lero, Somnium production
SOUTH AFRICA
Layla Swart, Yellowbone Entertainment
SPAIN
Anna M. Bofarull, Kaboga Art & Films
Mireia Graell, Ringo Media
Gentzane Martinez de Osaba, Bide Guztiak AIE
Gerard Rodriguez, Japonica Films
SWEDEN
Sigrid Helleday, New Land
SWITZERLAND
Magdalena Welter, Lomotion
TANZANIA
Amil Shivji, Kijiweni Productions
TURKEY
Vildan Ersen, Gataki Films
UK
Rakasree Basu, Momentum Films
Sarudzayi Marufu, Euras Films
UKRAINE
Julia Sinkevych, JS Films
US
Lucila Moctezuma
The 3 sessions of the EAVE 2025 Producers Workshop will take place in Luxembourg (March 7-14), Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain (June 23-30) and Thessaloniki, Greece (October 27 – November 3).
Best regards, The EAVE team
PUENTES 2025: Apply now to the 15th edition of EAVE’s Latin-American-European Co-Production Workshop!
After 15 successful years of connecting producers from Europe and Latin America during two weeks of the year, EAVE is welcoming applications for the next edition PUENTES - apply now until January 5th!
“EAVE PUENTES has really changed my perspective and has broadened my possibilities as a producer. The network that we have created this year has impacted my career and I believe it is only the beginning of future collaborations with my colleagues. It is a complete program that every producer should go through once in their lives.”
Mariana Pineda, Pororó Films, PY (PUENTES 2024 Participant)
PUENTES provides in-depth support for the professional growth of each participant, giving them practical tools to navigate the cultural nuances of the film markets and fostering the skills needed for effective cross-continental collaboration. From acquisitions and distribution to real-life case studies, participants engage in a mix of plenary sessions, small group work, individual meetings with experts, and networking opportunities as well as special company planning modules.
During the workshop year, participants will be accompanied by the pedagogical team of experts, active professionals in the industry:
- PUENTES Head of Studies Fernanda del Nido (Setembro Cine, ES/AR) known for: UNA MUJER FANTASTICA, LA BODA DE ROSA, NERUDA, PEQUEÑA FLOR, EL LLANTO
- PUENTES Group Leader Sophie Erbs (Gaijin, FR) known for: LOS PERROS, COSTA BRAVA, LEBANON, MILLA, THE HARVESTERS, THE LOAD
- PUENTES Script Consultant Jacques Akchoti (FR)
- PUENTES Latam Consultant Agustina Chiarino (Bocacha Films, UY) known for: MONOS, THE DISCIPLE OF SEED, GIANT, EL 5, THE WAVES
A recent example of a successful film that have come through PUENTES includes MI BESTIA, directed by Camila Beltrán, produced by Lionel Massol (Films Grand Huit, FR) and co-produced by Paola Andrea Pérez Nieto (Inercia Películas, CO). The project was developed through the 2021 PUENTES edition, where the two producers first met.
WHO SHOULD APPLY?
Applications are open to film professionals from Latin America and Europe who wish to strengthen connections between the two regions.
The selection consists of 10 producers focusing on project development (fiction films only), and 4-5 European film professionals with a focus on career development (not bringing a project):
Latin American and European Film producers focusing on project development:
- Experienced feature film producers with a strong interest with working with Europe and Latin America. The fiction feature project must be able to demonstrate a clear involvement with Latin America, and vice versa.
European Film Professionals focusing on career development:
- Citizens or residents of Europe (European Union and the countries that are eligible to apply for training under the MEDIA SUB-programme) that are sales agents, distributors, festival and market representatives, financiers, or European producers focusing on career development who wish to deepen their knowledge on Latin-American co-productions and market.
APPLICATION TIMELINE
Applications are open until January 5 and the selection will be announced at the beginning of April! Preselection interviews will be held In March, and applicants should be available then.
WORKSHOP TIMELINE
PUENTES takes place in the course of two weeks of the year. For the 2025 edition, PUENTES will exceptionally take place in the first week of June and at the beginning of September:
- First session: June 2 – 8, 2025 in Basilicata (IT – exact location TBC), in partnership with FVG Audiovisual Fund and MiC (Ministero dei Beni Ambientali e Culturali)
- Second session: September 2025 (exact date TBC) in Uruguay (exact location TBC) in partnership with Bocacha Films and supported by IBERMEDIA
APPLICATION
Click here to start your application and find out more information about the application process.In case of questions, do not hesitate to get in touch with the EAVE team: ana@eave.org
The PUENTES workshop is made possible with the support of the Creative Europe - MEDIA Programme of the European Union and Programa IBERMEDIA, and with the recognition of the Directorate-General for Cinema of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities.
Durban FilmMart Institute: Safer Spaces Report
The Durban FilmMart Institute recently hosted a "Safer Spaces Roundtable" to address pressing concerns in the film industry, such as cultural safety, political safety, sexual harassment, and power dynamics. EAVE has been a contributing member of the Safer Spaces Roundtable.
Co-curated by Themba Bhebhe and Marion Schmidt, the event brought together a range of perspectives to collaborate on solutions for a more just and equitable screen landscape. Stay tuned as DFMI continues this crucial conversation.
