EAVE March News 2025
- EAVE Marketing Workshop project FLOW triumphs at the Oscars
Awards March 2025 - EAVE project IDYLLIC in Dutch cinemas
In Cinemas March 2025 - EAVE Marketing Workshop project WOOL pitching at Series Mania
Festivals March 2025 - SEMPRE ES INVERNO by David Trueba is in production
Development & Production News February 2025 - MEET EAVE IN APRIL
Meet our team at workshops and festivals! - Call for EAVE Producers - FOCUS ASIA 2025
press release - Interview with EAVE graduate Tiina-Mari Pitkänen, producer of the series QUEEN OF FUCKING EVERYTHING
“I always try to protect the integrity of the story.” - Newsflash: 8 Oscars for EAVE Producers in 2025!
press release
EAVE Marketing Workshop project FLOW triumphs at the Oscars
American Academy Awards – the Oscars
EAVE graduates scooped 8 Oscars at the American Academy Film Awards:
- EAVE Marketing Workshop project FLOW by Gints Zibalodis, produced and co-written by EAVE Marketing Workshop graduate Matiss Kaza won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature
- THE BRUTALIST by Bradley Corbet, co-producer: EAVE graduate Viktoria Petranyi won Best Actor, Best Cinematography, Best Original Score
- EMILIA PEREZ by Jacques Audiard, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis won Best Supporting Actress and Best Original Song
- CONCLAVE by Edward Berger, executive producer: EAVE FFF graduate Lorenzo Gangarossa won Best Adapted Screenplay
- I'M NOT A ROBOT by Victoria Warmerdam, producer: Interchange graduate Trent won Best Live Action Short Film.
French César Awards
11 awards for EAVE graduates at the 50th French Césars:
- EMILIA PEREZ by Jacques Audiard, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis scooped 7 trophies: Best Film, Best Director, Best Adaptation, Best Original Music, Best Sound, Best Cinematography, Best Visual Effects
- EAVE Marketing Workshop project FLOW by Gints Zilbalodis, producer: EAVE graduate Matiss Kaza won Best Animated Film
- LA FERME DES BERTRAND by Gilles Perret, producer: EAVE graduate Ulysse Payet won Best Documentary
- 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 Best Fiction Short
- LES FINANCEES DU SUD by Elena López Riera, producer: EAVE graduate Alejandro Arenas Azorin won Best Documentary Short
Finnish Jussi Awards
- STORMSKERRY MAJA by Tiina Lymi, producer: EAVE graduate Jukka Helle wins big at the Finnish Jussi Awards. The film won Best Film, Best Director, Best Leading Role (Amanda Jansson), Best Music, Best Editing, Best Set Design and the Audience Award.
- THE MISSILE by Miia Tervo, co-producer: EAVE graduate and Finnish National Coordinator Evelin Penttilä won Best Script, Best Costume Design
- SHADOWLAND by Otso Tiainen, executive producers: EAVE graduates Misha Jaari, Mark Lwoff won Best Sound Design
Polish Film Awards
- THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE by Magnus von Horn, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marius Wlodarski won the Polish Film Awards. The film scooped Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actress (Vic Carmen Sonne) Best Supporting Actress (Trine Dyrholm), Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Music, Best Costumes, Best Make-up, Best Production Design
- WHITE COURAGE by Marcin Koszalka, producer: EAVE graduate Magdalena Kaminska won Best Actor (Filip Plawiak)
Swiss Film Awards
- PUENTES project REINAS by Klaudia Reynicke, producers: PUENTES and EAVE+ graduate Britta Rindelaub, EAVE graduate Thomas Reichlin has scooped the Swiss Film Award for Best Fiction Film
- ELECTRIC CHILD by Simon Jaquemet, producers: EAVE + graduate Titus Kreyenberg, EAVE graduate Raymond van der Kaaij, TTB graduate and group leader Bianca Balbuena, TTB graduate Bradley Liew won Best Cinematography
- THE TRAITOR by Michael Krummenacher, producer: EAVE graduate Ivan Madeo won Best Male Performance (Dimitri Krebs)
- RIVERBOOM by Claude Baechtold, producer: EAVE graduate Katia Monla won Best Editing
- SOUTHERN BRIDES by Elena Lopez Riera, producer: EAVE graduate Eugenia Mumenthaler won Best Short Film
Icelandic Edda Awards
- WHEN THE LIGHT BREAKS by Runar Runarsson, co-producer: EAVE graduate Raymond van der Kaaij wins Film of the Year, Best Director, Best Actress in a Leading Role (Elín Hall), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Katla Njálsdóttir), Best Visual Effects
- O by Runar Runarsson, co-producer: EAVE graduate Siri Hjorton Wagner wins Short Film of the Year
Czech Lion Awards
- WAVES by Jiri Madl, co-producer: EAVE graduate Wanda Adamik Hrycova won Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Tatiana Pauhofová ), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Stanislav Majer), Best Screenplay, Best Sound and the Film Fans’ Award
- I’M NOT EVERYTHING I WANT TO BE by Klara Tasovska, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jakub Viktorin won Best Documentary, Best Film Editing
- YEAR OF THE WIDOW by Veronika Liskova, producer: EAVE graduate Tomáš Michálek, co-producer: EAVE graduate Miljenka Cogelja won Best Actress in a Leading Role (Pavla Beretová)
- GIRL AMERICA by Viktor Taus, producer: EAVE MW graduate Peter Badac won Best Cinematography, Best Stage Design, Best Costume Design and Best Film Poster
- EAVE Marketing Workshop project LIVING LARGE by Kristina Dufkova, co-producer: EAVE MW graduate Agata Novinski won Best Animated Film and Best Music
Series Mania
- THE DEAL, producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart won the first ever Buyers Choice Award in Series Mania’s Buyers Upfront initiative
CPH:DOX
- CHANGE project MISSING IN ACTION by Kateryna Holovko, Marharyta Melnychuk, producer: CHANGE graduate Aliona Kachkan received the Millennium Docs Against Gravity Award.
Millennium Docs Against Gravity offered an award to a project selected from those presented at CHANGE. The prize includes industry accreditation to the 22nd MDAG for two team members, as well as accommodation and travel expenses and a place at the main pitching session, the Progress Pitching Session at MDAG Industry, along with preparatory training with tutors.
Sofia International Film Festival
- HONEY MOON by Zhanna Ozirna, producer: EAVE graduate Dmytro Shukanov won the Sofia City of Film Award and the Young Jury Award
- CAT’S CRY by Sanja Zivkovic, executive producer: EAVE graduate Nevena Savic won the Special Jury Award
- WINDLESS by Pavel G. Vesnakov, producer: EAVE graduate Veselka Kiryakova, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Alessandro Amato won Best Bulgarian Feature Film and the FIPRESCI Award
- TRIUMPH by Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantina Stavrianou, Veselka Kiryakova won the Award of the Bulgarian Guild of Film Critics and a Special Mention
- SILENT OBSERVERS by Eliza Petkova, producer: EAVE graduate Veselka Kiryakova received a Special Mention
Sofia Meetings
3 awards for EAVE graduates at Sofia Meetings:
- THE PASSPORT by Rakan Mayasi, producer: EAVE graduate May Odeh won the Chaos VFX Award and the EWA BG Award
- CONTRE-JOUR by Antonia Milcheva, producer: EAVE graduate Katya Trichkova won the Cinelab Romania Award
Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival
- COEXISTENCE, MY ASS! By Amber Fares, producer: EAVE graduate Valérie Montmartin wins the Golden Alexander in the International Competition and the Human Rights in Motion Award
- UNDER THE FLAGS, THE SUN by Juanjo Pereira, producers: PUENTES graduates Gabriela Sabaté, Paula Zyngierman, Leandro Listorti wins the Human Values Award of the Hellenic Parliament
Agora Awards
- BUGBOY by Lucas Paleocrassas, producer: EAVE graduate Rea Apostolides, co-producer: EAVE graduate Maria Stevnback Westergren received a Special Mention and the Onassis Film Award
- MAMA KLORIN by Doreida Xhogu, producer: EAVE graduate Mina Dreki won the ERT – Thessaloniki Pitching Forum Award
- MY AUNTIES by Hazal Hanquet, producer: EAVE graduate Anna Maria Aslanoğlu won the Aylon Productions Digital Award and the DOK Leipzig Accelerator Award
- OH’ HEART, DON’T BE AFRAID by Ana Kvichidze, producer: CHANGE and MW graduate Mariam Bitsadze won the MFI Doc Lab Script 2 Film Workshop Award
- HOME COURT by Elpida Nikou, Rodrigo Hernandez, producer: EAVE graduate Rea Apostolides, co-producer: EAVE graduate Boris Despodov won the Hellenic Film and Audiovisual Center – Creative Greece Award
https://www.filmfestival.gr/en/documentary-festival
International Film Festival On Human Rights Geneva
- EAVE project THE BRINK OF DREAMS by Nada Riyadh and EAVE graduate Ayman El Amir, producer: EAVE graduate Ayman El Amir won the FIFDH Geneva Grand Award
- COSMOS by Germinal Roaux, producer: EAVE graduate Sandino Saravia Vinay received a Special Mention
- IN THE LAND OF BROTHERS by Raha Amirfazli and Alireza Ghasemi, producer: EAVE graduate and Dutch National Coordinator Frank Hoeve won the Youth Jury Award
One World International Human Rights Film Festival
- SONGS OF SLOW BURNING EARTH by Olha Zhurba, producers: EAVE graduates Darya Bassel, Anne Köhncke was awarded Best Film at the One World International Human Rights Film Festival
- DEMOCRACY NOIR by Connie Field, co-producer: EAVE graduate Heino Deckert won the Regional Jury Award
- EAVE project THE BRINK OF DREAMS by Nada Riyadh and EAVE graduate Ayman El Amir, producer: EAVE graduate Ayman El Amir won the Vàclav Havel Jury Award for Best Film
East Doc Platform
- INNER LANDSCAPES by Zofia Sawicka, producer: EAVE graduate Maciej Kubicki won the East Doc Platform Award 2025 and the DocsBarcelona Award
- OPERATION CHAMPION by Mariam Nikolaishvil, producer: CHANGE graduate Irina Gelashvili won the Al Jazeera Balkans DFF Award and the Baltic Sea Docs Award
- SPORT TO THE PEOPLE by Duro Gavran, producer: EAVE graduate Miljenka Cogelja won The Golden Funnel Award - Docuseries
- BE REALISTIC, DEMAND THE IMPOSSIBLE by Vanja Jambrovic, producer: EAVE graduate Vanja Jambrovic, Tibor Keser won the Ex Oriente Fine Cut Award
- A SONG WITHOUT HOME by Rati Tsiteladze, producer: CHANGE graduate Olga Slusarev won the Silver Eye Award
- FROZEN OCEAN by Viktória Dénes, producer: EAVE graduate Julianna Ugrin won the Pitch the Doc Prize, the Sheffield DocFest Networking Award and the MIA Market Award
- RECOVERY by Roman Bondarchuk, producer: EAVE graduate Darya Bassel won the DOK Leipzig DOK Co-Pro Market Award
Mons International Film Festival
- THE SWEDISH TORPEDO by Frida Kempff, producers: EAVE graduates David Herdies, Michael Krotkiewski, Elina Litvinova, EAVE graduate and group leader Riina Sildos won the Grand Prize of the Mons International Film Festival
Luxembourg City Film Festival
- THE NEW YEAR THAT NEVER CAME by Bogdan Muresanu, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ada Solomon won the Grand Prix and the FIPRESCI Award at the Luxembourg City Film Festival
- THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE by Mo Harawe, producer: EAVE graduate Oliver Neumann, co-producer: EAVE graduate Nicole Gerhards received the Prix 2030 Award and a Special Mention
- YOUNG HEARTS by Anthony Schatteman, producer: EAVE graduate Xavier Rombaut, co-producers: EAVE graduates Floor Onrust, Annabella Nezri received a Special Mention
Febiofest Bratislava
- LESSON LEARNED by Balint Szimler, co-producers: EAVE graduate and Hungarian National Coordinator Julia Berkes, EAVE graduate Viktoria Petranyi won Best Feature Film
- FRAGMENTS OF ICE by Maria Stoianova, producer: EAVE graduate Carsten Aanonsen won Best Documentary
https://febiofest.sk/en/febiofest-en/
Malaga Film Festival
- PUENTES project THE EXILES (LOS TORTUGA) by Belén Funes, producer: PUENTES and TTB graduate Giancarlo Nasi won the Silver Biznaga for Best Director, for Best Screenplay, the Special Jury Award and the Signis Award in the Fiction Feature Competition
- FURY by Gemma Blasco, producer: PUENTES graduate and EAVE participant Mireilla Graell won the Silver Biznaga for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Ángela Cervantes), for Best Supporting Actor (Àlex Mon) and for Best Editing
- THE REMNANTS OF YOU by Gala Garcia, producer: EAVE+ graduate Carlo d’Ursi won the Silver Biznaga for Best Original Score
Vilnius International Film Festival Kino Pavasaris
- APRIL by Dea Kulumbegashvili, producer: EAVE graduate Archil Gelovani won Best Film at the Vilnius International Film Festival Kino Pavasaris.
- THE NEW YEAR THAT NEVER CAME by Bogdan Muresanu, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ada Solomon received a Special Mention
- O by Runar Runarsson, co-producer: EAVE graduate Siri Hjorton Wagner won Best Short
- SEA SALT by Leila Basma, producer: PUENTES graduate Natalia Pavlove received a Special Mention
- THE PEASANTS by DK and Hugh Welchman, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jelena Angelovski, Jan Naszewski won the Audience Award and Best Lithuanian Premiere
Winners of Meeting Point Vilnius
- TTB project CHINA SEA by Jurgis Matulevičius, producers: TTB graduate Ieva Cern, EAVE graduates Marta Gmosinska, Jakub Kostal won Best Lithuanian Co-production
- I AM GOING TO CHANGE THE WORLD by Inesa Kurklietyte, producer: EAVE graduate Zivile Gallego received the Marché du Film – Producers Network Accreditation
- INDEPENDENT CHILD won Best Lithuanian Project in Development and the Content Licensing Award
CARTOON MOVIE Bordeaux
- EAVE Marketing Workshop project FLOW by Gints Zilbalodis, producer: EAVE MW graduate Matiss Kaza won Producers of the Year. The producer team made history by winning the Oscar for Best Animated Feature at the most recent Academy Awards. Initially presented at Cartoon Movie in 2022, FLOW premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and was subsequently recognised at Annecy, the Golden Globes, and the European Film Awards, among others.
- ROCK BOTTOM by Maria Trenor, producer: EAVE graduate Alba Sotorra Clua won Director of the Year
Association of French Film Critics
The Association of French Film Critics has crowned the best films of 2024:
- EMILIA PEREZ by Jacques Audiard, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis won Best French film
- SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD by Anna Hints, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Ostrat won Best Foreign Film
EAVE project IDYLLIC in Dutch cinemas
In French cinemas
- EAVE Marketing Workshop project FLOW by Gints Zilbalodis, producer: EAVE graduate Matiss Kaza. March 5.
- REINE MÈRE by Manele Labidi, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin. March 12
- ARMAND by Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel, producers: EAVE graduates Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Fred Burle, Derk-Jan Warrink. March 12.
- TO A LAND UNKNOWN by Mahdi Fleifel, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki. March 12.
- THE SAFE HOUSE (LA CACHE) by Lionel Baier, co-producer: EAVE graduate Vincent Quénault. March 19.
- VERMIGLIO by Maura Delpero, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart. March19.
- AICHA by Mehdi Barsaoui, producer: EAVE PCP Dubai graduate Habib Attia. March 19.
- READING LOLITA IN TEHRAN by Eran Riklis, producer: EAVE graduate Marica Stocchi. March 26.
In Belgian cinemas
- WILD DIAMOND by Agathe Riedinger, producer: TTB graduate Judith Nora. March 5.
- REINE MÈRE by Manele Labidi, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin. March 12.
- VERMIGLIO by Maura Delpero, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart. March 19.
In UK cinemas
- JULIE KEEPS QUIET by Leonardo van Dijl, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi, EAVE graduate Jan Naszewski. March 7.
- EAVE Marketing Workshop project FLOW by Gints Zilbalodis, producer: EAVE graduate Matiss Kaza. March 21.
In Dutch cinemas
- VERMIGLIO by Maura Delpero, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart. March 20.
- SEPTEMBER SAYS by Ariane Labed, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney. March 27.
- EVERYBODY LOVES TOUDA by Nabil Ayouch, co-producers: EAVE graduates Elisa Fernanda Pirir, Katrin Pors, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin. March 27.
- EAVE project IDYLLIC by Aaron Rookus, producer: EAVE graduate Maarten van der Ven, co-producer: EAVE graduate Xavier Rombaut. March 13.
In German cinemas
- EAVE Marketing Workshop project FLOW by Gints Zilbalodis, producer: EAVE graduate Matiss Kaza. March 5.
- SEPTEMBER SAYS by Ariane Labed, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney. March 5.
- THE END by Josua Oppenheimer, producers: EAVE graduates Signe Byrge Sørensen, Conor Barry. March 26.
In Danish cinemas
- THE OUTRUN by Nora Fingscheidt, co-producer: EAVE graduate, TTB group leader Jonas Weydemann. March 13
In Polish cinemas
- ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL by Rungano Nyoni, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney. March 21.
In Estonian cinemas
- MARIA by Pablo Larrain, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach. March 14.
- ARMAND by Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel, producers: EAVE graduates Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Fred Burle, Derk-Jan Warrink. March 14.
In Irish cinemas
- THE END by Josua Oppenheimer, producers: EAVE graduates Signe Byrge Sørensen, Conor Barry. March 28.
In Finnish cinemas
- EAVE Marketing Workshop project FLOW by Gints Zilbalodis, producer: EAVE graduate Matiss Kaza. March 28.
In Swedish cinemas
- PEACOCK by Bernhard Wenger, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Michael Kitzberger. March 21.
- MR. K by Tallulah Hazekamp Schwab, producer: EAVE graduate Leontine Petit. March 21.
- 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. March 28.
In Greek cinemas
- SEPTEMBER SAYS by Ariane Labed, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney. March 20.
- TO A LAND UNKNOWN by Mahdi Fleifel, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki. March 20.
In Portuguese cinemas
- THE FLAME OF A CANDLE by André Gil Mata, producer: PUENTES graduate Clémentine Mourao-Ferreira. April 9.
EAVE Marketing Workshop project WOOL pitching at Series Mania
Luxemburg City Film Festival (March 6 – 16)
- ABOUT A HERO by Piotr Winiewicz, producer: EAVE graduate Rikke Tambo Andersen
- ARCHITECTON by Victor Kossakovsky, producers: EAVE graduates Heino Deckert, Estelle Robin You
- DANGEROUS TRUTH by Barbara Eder, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandra Hoesdorff
- FADE TO BLACK by Anne Simon, producer: EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu
- FANON by Jean-Claude Barny, producer: EAVE graduate Paul Thiltges
- HANAMI by Denise Fernandes, producer: EAVE graduate Eugenia Mumenthaler
- EAVE Marketing Workshop project FLOW by Gints Zilbalodis, producer: EAVE graduate Matiss Kaza
- HAPPY HOLIDAYS by Scandar Copti, producers: EAVE graduates Tony Copti, Dorothe Beinemeier, co-producer: Marco Valerio Fusco
- PUENTES project HORIZONTE by César Augusto Acevedo, producers: EAVE+ graduate Titus Kreyenberg, PUENTES and TTB graduate Giancarlo Nasi, co-producer: EAVE graduate Donato Rotunno
- LOS DESTELLOS (GLIMMERS) by Pilar Palomero, producer: EAVE+ graduate Valérie Delpierre
- KONTINENTAL '25 by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandru Teodorescu
- JULIE KEEPS QUIET by Leonardo van Dijl, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi, EAVE graduate Jan Naszewski
- POISON by Désirée Nosbusch, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandra Hoesdorff
- REFLECTION IN A DEAD DIAMOND by Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani, producer: EAVE graduate Gilles Chanial
- SERPENT’S PATH by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, co-producer: EAVE graduate Donato Rotunno
- THE NEW YEAR THAT NEVER CAME by Bogdan Muresanu, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ada Solomon
- THE SAFE HOUSE (LA CACHE) by Lionel Baier, co-producer: EAVE graduate Vincent Quénault
- THE RETURN by Uberto Pasolini, producers: EAVE graduate Konstantinos Kontovrakis, EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas
- THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE by Mo Harawe, producer: EAVE graduate Oliver Neumann, co-producer: EAVE graduate Nicole Gerhards
- TIMESTAMP by Kateryna Gornostai, producer: EAVE graduate Reinier Selen, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marion Guth, François Le Gall
- YOUTH (HARD TIMES) by Wang Bing, co-producers: EAVE graduates Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts
- YOUTH (HOMECOMING) by Wang Bing, co-producers: EAVE graduates Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts
CARTOON MOVIE Bordeaux (March 5 – 7)
- AMALUR PROFEZIA produced and directed by EAVE graduate Myriam Ballesteros
- ANANDA by Fatimah Tobing Rony, Ariel Victor Arthanto, co-producer: EAVE graduate Adrien Chef
- BLACK WOLF by Raf Wathion, producer: EAVE MW graduate Eurydice Gysel
- COCOBANANA AND THE DINSOSAUR HUNT by Will Ashurst and Kjersti G. Steinsbø, producer: EAVE graduate Kristine Knudsen
- EAVE Marketing Workshop project FLOW by Gints Zilbalodis, producer: EAVE MW graduate Matiss Kaza
- HUGINN & MUNINN by Will Ashurst, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jakub Kostal
- HYACINTHE by Gerlando Infuso, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland
- KARMIC KNOT by Signe Baumane, producer: EAVE FFF graduate Roberts Vinovskis
- LOU AND THE GLACIER’S SECRET by Frédéric Guillaume and Samuel Guillaume, co-producer: EAVE graduate Anne-Laure Guégan
- ROCK BOTTOM by Maria Trenor, producer: EAVE graduate Alba Sotorra Clua
- ROSE AND THE MARMOTS by Alain Ughetto, co-producer: EAVE graduate Enrica Capra
- SHORT STORIES ABOUT LOVE AND SPACE produced and directed by EAVE graduate Anca Damian
- TALES FROM THE MAGIC GARDEN by Jean-Claude Rozec, Patrik Pass, Leon Vidmar, David Sukup, producer: EAVE graduate Juraj Krashnohorsky
- THE DREAMED JOURNEY OF ALPHA TWO by Susanne Seidel, producer: EAVE graduate Patrice Nézan
- THE LAST WHALE SINGER by Reza Mamari, producer: EAVE graduate Maite Woköck
- THYME HILL by Sarah Carlot Jaber, producer: EAVE graduate Anne-Laure Guégan
Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival (March 6 – 16)
- ABOUT A HERO by Piotr Winiewicz, producer: EAVE graduate Rikke Tambo Andersen
- BIRD BOY by Simon Lereng Wilmont, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Stevnbak Westergren
- COEXISTENCE, MY ASS! By Amber Fares, producer: EAVE graduate Valérie Montmartin
- DEATH PLAN FOR A DOG AND A MAN by Christos Karakepelis, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki
- FATHERHOOD by Even G. Benestad, August B. Hanssen, producer: EAVE graduate Carsten Aanonsen
- GIRL AGAINST GRAVITY by Jens J. V. Pedersen, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Stevnbak Westergren
- GIRLS FOR TOMORROW by Nora Philippe, producer: EAVE graduate Estelle Robin You
- LO by Thanassis Vassiliou, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantinos Vassilaros
- MUMS by Ariadna Seuba, producer: EAVE graduate Marieke Van Den Bersselaar
- NASTY, MORE THAN JUST TENNIS by Tudor Giurgiu, Tudor D. Popescu, Cristian Pascariu, producer: EAVE graduate Tudor Giurgiu
- ONLY ON EARTH by Robin Petré, producer: EAVE graduate Marieke Van Den Bersselaar
- PEOPLE, GODS AND OTHER CREATURES by Svetlana Strelnikova, producer: EAVE graduate Cedric Bonin
- REAL by Adele Tulli, producer: Interchenge graduate Charlotte Uzu
- SILENT OBSERVERS by Eliza Petkova, producer: EAVE graduate Veselka Kiryakova
- SMALL DOGS BARK LOUD by Nora Nivedita Tvedt, producer: EAVE MW graduate Lillian Løvseth
- SOUTHERN BRIDES by Elena Lopez Riera, producer: EAVE graduate Eugenia Mumenthaler
- THE FABULOUS GOLD HARVESTING MACHINE by Alfredo Pourailly De La Plaza, producer: EAVE graduate Annemiek van der Hell
- THE FLATS by Alessandra Celesia, producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Laurent Csinidis
- THE VENETIAN TWINS by Kaspar Astrup Schröder, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Stevnbak Westergren
- TIMESTAMP by Kateryna Gornostai, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marion Guth, Reinier Selen
- TRANS MEMORIA by Victoria Verseau, producer: EAVE graduate Malin Hüber
- TWST – THINGS WE SAID TODAY by Andrei Ujica, producer: EAVE graduate Anamaria Antoci, Anda Ionescu
- UNDER THE FLAGS, THE SUN by Juanjo Pereira, producers: PUENTES graduates Gabriela Sabaté, Paula Zyngierman, Leandro Listorti
Agora
- LAKE by Nikos Ziogas, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantina Stavrianou
- LO by Thanassis Vassiliou, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantinos Vassilaros
- MAILIN by Maria Silvia Esteve, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Radu Stancu
- BUGBOY by Lucas Paleocrassas, producer: EAVE graduate Rea Apostolides, co-producer: EAVE graduate Maria Stevnback Westergren
- MAMA KLORIN by Doreida Xhogu, producer: EAVE graduate Mina Dreki
- MY AUNTIES by Hazal Hanquet, producer: EAVE graduate Anna Maria Aslanoğlu
- OH’ HEART, DON’T BE AFRAID by Ana Kvichidze, producer: CHANGE and MW graduate Mariam Bitsadze
- HOME COURT by Elpida Nikou, Rodrigo Hernandez, producer: EAVE graduate Rea Apostolides, co-producer: EAVE graduate Boris Despodov
https://www.filmfestival.gr/en/documentary-festival
Mons International Film Festival (March 7 – 15)
- ARMAND by Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel, producers: EAVE graduates Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Fred Burle, Derk-Jan Warrink
- ELLBOGEN by by Asli Özarslan, producers: EAVE graduate Jamila Wenske
- HONEYMOON by Zhanna Ozirna, producer: EAVE graduate Dmytro Sukhanov
- LA PASSION SELON BÉATRICE by Fabrice du Welz, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
- LES COURAGEUX by Jasmin Gordon, producer: EAVE graduate Brigitte Hofer
- MARIANA’S ROOM by Emmanuel Finkiel, producer: EAVE graduate Viktoria Petranyi
- MEXICO 86 by César Diaz, producer: PUENTES graduate Géraldine Sprimont
- PUENTES project REINAS by Klaudia Reynicke, producers: PUENTES and EAVE graduate Britta Rindelaub, EAVE graduate Thomas Reichlin
- THE SHAMELESS by Konstantin Bojanov, executive producers: EAVE graduate Palmye Badinier, EAVE+ graduate Philippe Coeytaux
- THE SWEDISH TORPEDO by Frida Kempff, producers: EAVE graduates David Herdies, Michael Krotkiewski, Elina Litvinova, EAVE graduate and group leader Riina Sildos
International Film Festival On Human Rights Geneva (March 7 – 16)
- APRIL by Dea Kulumbegashvili, producer: EAVE graduate Archil Gelovani
- COSMOS by Germinal Roaux, producer: EAVE graduate Sandino Saravia Vinay
- EAVE project THE BRINK OF DREAMS by Nada Riyadh and EAVE graduate Ayman El Amir, producer: EAVE graduate Ayman El Amir
- FLOWERS OF UKRAINE by Adelina Borets, producer: EAVE graduate Natalia Grzegorzek
- IN THE LAND OF BROTHERS by Raha Amirfazli and Alireza Ghasemi, producer: EAVE graduate and Dutch National Coordinator Frank Hoeve
- MADE IN ETHIOPIA by Xinyan Yu and Max Duncan, producer: EAVE graduate Tamara Dawit
- MANAS by Marianna Brennand, producer: EAVE graduate Luis Galvão Teles
- SCARS OF GROWTH by Monika Grassl and Linda Osusky, producer: EAVE president Danny Krausz, EAVE graduate Andi G. Hess
- SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D'ETAT by Johan Grimonprez, producer: EAVE graduate and Dutch National Coordinator Frank Hoeve
- TO A LAND UNKNOWN by Mahdi Fleifel, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki
- TO CLOSE YOUR EYES AND SEE FIRE by Nicola von Leffern, Jakob Carl Sauer, producers: EAVE graduates Arash T. Riahi, Sabine Gruber, Peter Drössler
Vilnius International Film Festival (March 7 – 23)
- 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
- APRIL by Dea Kulumbegashvili, producer: EAVE graduate Archil Gelovani
- ARMAND by Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel, producers: EAVE graduates Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Fred Burle, Derk-Jan Warrink
- DROWNING DRY by Laurynas Bareisa, co-producer: EAVE graduate Matiss Kaza
- EIGHT POSTCARDS FROM UTOPIA by Radu Jude, Christian Ferencz-Flatz, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandru Teodorescu
- ELENA by Birute Sodeikaite, producer: PUENTES graduate Delphine Schmit
- EAVE Marketing Workshop project FLOW by Gints Zilbalodis, producer: EAVE graduate Matiss Kaza
- SONGS OF SLOW BURNING EARTH by Olha Zhurba, producer: EAVE graduate Darya Bassel, Anne Köhncke
- GREEN BORDER by Agnieszka Holland, producers: EAVE graduate Maria Blicharska, EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum
- HANAMI by Denise Fernandes, producer: EAVE graduate Eugenia Mumenthaler
- I DO NOT CARE IF WE GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS BARBARIANS by Radu Jude, producers: EAVE graduate Ada Solomon and EAVE graduates Jiri Konecny, Jonas Dornbach
- IEVA by Domas Petronis, Vytautas Plukas, producer: EAVE graduate Dagne Vildziunaite
- I’M NOT FROM HERE by Giedre Zickyte, Maite Alberdi, producer: PUENTES graduate Maite Alberdi
- JULIE KEEPS QUIET by Leonardo van Dijl, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi, EAVE graduate Jan Naszewski
- KILL THE JOCKEY by Luis Ortega, producer: EAVE and PUENTES graduate Benjamin Domenech
- MARIA by Pablo Larrain, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
- MOTHERS by Birute Kapustinskaite, producer: EAVE+ graduate Kestutis Drazdauskas
- MURMURING HEARTS by Vytautas Puidokas, producer: EAVE graduate Ruta Adele Jekentaite
- PEACOCK by Bernhard Wenger, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Michael Kitzberger
- SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D'ETAT by Johan Grimonprez, producer: EAVE graduate and Dutch National Coordinator Frank Hoeve
- TEN REASONS by Andrius Blazevicus, producer: EAVE graduate Marija Razgute
- THE BRUTALIST by Bradley Corbet, co-producer: EAVE graduate Viktoria Petranyi
- THE JUGGLER by Skirmanta Jakaitė, producer: PUENTES graduate Delphine Schmit
- THE NEW YEAR THAT NEVER CAME by Bogdan Muresanu, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ada Solomon
- THE NOISEMAKER by Karolis Kaupinis, producer: EAVE graduate Marija Razgute
- THE OUTRUN by Nora Fingscheidt, co-producer: EAVE graduate and TTB group leader Jonas Weydemann
- TO A LAND UNKNOWN by Mahdi Fleifel, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki
- VERMIGLIO by Maura Delpero, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart
- VIET AND NAM by Truong Minh Quy, producers: TTB graduate and group leader Bianca Balbuena, TTB graduates Bradley Liew, Stefano Renting, EAVE graduate Marie Dubas, EAVE+ graduate Joost de Vries
- WILD DIAMOND by Agathe Riedinger, producer: TTB graduate Judith Nora, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Carlo Cresto-Dina
Meeting Point Vilnius
- CABO DE HORNOS by Ramunas Greicius, producer: EAVE+ graduate Kestutis Drazdauskas
- CALL ME CALENDAR by Juris Poskus, producer: EAVE graduate Ieva Norviliene
- HOLD ME CLOSER by Irma Pužauskaitė, producer: TTB graduate Claire Chassagne
- I AM GOING TO CHANGE THE WORLD by Inesa Kurklietytė, producer: EAVE graduate Zivile Gallego
- INDEPENDENCE CHILD by Greta Griniute, producer: EAVE graduate Rūta Jekentaitė
- ME – GRETA by Miranda Namicheishvili, producer: CHANGE and MW graduate Mariam Bitsadze
- OBLIVION by Danielius Minkevičius, producer: EAVE graduate Ieva Norviliene
- REVIVAL by Jivan Avetisyan, producer: EAVE+ graduate Kestutis Drazdauskas
- SOLOMMAMA by Janicke Askevold, producers: EAVE graduates Gary Cranner, Inese Boka-Grūbe, Gints Grūbe, EAVE+ graduate Gabija Siurbytė
- THREE WEEKS UNDER THE SEA by Martin Kuba, producer: EAVE+ graduate Kestutis Drazdauskas
- TTB project CHINA SEA by Jurgis Matulevičius, producers: TTB graduate Ieva Cern, EAVE graduates Marta Gmosinska, Jakub Kostal
Malaga Film Festival (March 14 –23)
- FUGA by Mary Jiménez, Bénédicte Liénard, producer: EAVE graduate Hanne Phlypo
- HAMBURGO by Lino Escalera, producer: EAVE FFF graduate Cristina Zumarraga
- FURY by Gemma Blasco, producer: PUENTES graduate and EAVE participant Mireilla Graell
- LA NINA DE LA CABRA by Ana Asensio, producer: TTB graduate Pedro Hernandez
- LO QUE QUEDA DE TI by Gala Gracia, producer: EAVE graduate Luis Galvão Teles
- LOS AITAS by Borja Cobeaga, producer: EAVE graduate Valérie Delpierre
- PUENTES project THE EXILES (LOS TORTUGA) by Belén Funes, producer: PUENTES and TTB graduate Giancarlo Nasi
- MOLT LLUNY by Gerard Oms, producer: EAVE graduate Raymond van der Kaaij
- TAMBIEN ESTO PASARA by Maria Ripoll, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marica Stocchi
CPH:DOX Copenhagen (March 13 – 24)
DOX:AWARD
- FLOPHOUSE AMERICA by Monica Strømdahl, producer: EAVE graduate Beathe Hofseth
- SANATORIUM by Gar O’Rourke, producer: EAVE graduate Andrew Freedman
- THE HELSINKI EFFECT by Arthur Franck, producer: EAVE graduate Thorvald Nielsen
NEXT:WAVE AWARD
- 50 METERS by Yomna Khattab, producer: EAVE graduate Ahmed Amer
F:ACT AWARD
- THE GARDENER, THE BUDDHIST & THE SPY by Håvard Bustnes, producer: EAVE graduate Carsten Aanonsen
- THE LAST AMBASSADOR by Natalie Halla, producers: EAVE graduates Arash T.Riahi, Sabine Gruber, EAVE+ graduate Peter Drössler
HUMAN:RIGHTS AWARD
- CHANGE project 9-MONTHS CONTRACT by Ketevan Vashagashvili, producer: CHANGE graduate Anna Khazaradze
- EAVE project THE LIONS BY THE RIVER TIGRIS by Zaradasht Ahmed, producer: EAVE graduate Thorvald Nielsen
- GIRLS & GODS by Arash T. Riahi & Verena Soltiz, producers: EAVE graduates Arash T. Riahi, Sabine Gruber, TTB graduate Sarah Schiesser
NORDIC:DOX
- IF I DIE TODAY by Camilla Arlien, producer: EAVE graduate Marie Schmidt Olesen
- WALLS – AKINNI INUK by Nina Paninnguaq Skydsbjerg, producer: EAVE graduate and Danish National Coordinator Emile Hertling Péronard
Out of competition
- ABOUT A HERO by Piotr Winiewicz, producer: EAVE graduate Rikke Tambo Andersen
- BLUISH by Lilith Kraxner, Milena Czernovsky, producer: EAVE graduate David Bohun.
- BRIGHT FUTURE by Andra MacMasters, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Lazurean-Gorgan
- COEXISTENCE, MY ASS! By Amber Fares, producer: EAVE graduate Valérie Montmartin
- EAVE project THE BRINK OF DREAMS by Nada Riyadh and EAVE graduate Ayman El Amir, producer: EAVE graduate Ayman El Amir
- EAVE project FIUME O MORTE! by Igor Bezinovic, producers: EAVE graduates Tibor Keser, Marina Gumzi
- EAVE project WHERE DRAGONS LIVE by Suzanne Raes, producer: EAVE graduate Ilja Roomans, co-producer: EAVE graduate and UK National Coordinator Reece Cargan
- GRAND TOUR by Miguel Gomes, producers: EAVE graduate Filipa Reis, Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Tom Dercourt
- KONTINENTAL '25 by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandru Teodorescu
- MR NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN by David Borenstein, co-producer: EAVE graduate Radovan Sibrt
- ONLY ON EARTH by Robin Petré, producer: EAVE graduate Marieke van den Bersselaar
- SILENT OBSERVERS by Eliza Petkova, producer: EAVE graduate Veselka Kiryakova
- SONGS OF SLOW BURNING EARTH by Olha Zhurba, producers: EAVE graduates Darya Bassel, Anne Köhncke
- TATA by Lina Vdovii & Radu Ciorniciuc, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Lazurean-Gorgan
- TO A LAND UNKNOWN by Mahdi Fleifel, producers: EAVE graduates Geoff Arbourne,Maria Drandaki
- TRANS MEMORIA by Victoria Verseau, producer: EAVE graduate Malin Hüber
- YOUTH (HARD TIMES) by Wang Bing, co-producers: EAVE graduates Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts
- YOUTH (HOMECOMING) by Wang Bing, co-producers: EAVE graduates Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts
CPH:FORUM 2025
- ANATOMY OF A GENOCIDE by Torstein Grude, producer: EAVE graduate Sinisa Juricic
- CHANGE project ENTR’ACTES by Yuriy Shylov, producer: CHANGE graduate Olha Tuharinova
- CHANGE project EYES WIDE OPEN by Sopho Apriamashvili, producer: CHANGE graduate Nino Orjonikidze
- CHANGE project IMPORT/EXPORT MD by Max Ciorbă, producer: CHANGE graduate Sergiu Scobioala
- CHANGE project KURA by Murad Allahverdi, producer: CHANGE graduate Afag Yusifli
- CHANGE project LEAVE EASY COME BACK SAFE by Sasha Family Kulak, Masha Maroz, producer: CHANGE graduate Sasha Family Kulak
- CHANGE project MISSING IN ACTION by Kateryna Holovko, Marharyta Melnychuk, producer: CHANGE graduate Aliona Kachkan
- CHANGE project MY NAME IS ENOUGH by Marina Arzumanova, producer: CHANGE graduate Ani Ordyan
- CHANGE project WHISPIERS OF WOMANHOOD by Rati Tsiteladze, producer: CHANGE graduate Olga Slusareva
- EAVE project THE LAST NOMADS by Iljana Tutorov & Petar Glomazic, producers: EAVE graduates Biljana Tutorov, Anton Iffland Stettner, Eva Kuperman
- THE COIL CASE by Camilla Nielsson, Ulannaq Ingemann & Kimmernaq Kjeldsen, producer: EAVE graduate Signe Byrge Sørensen
- THE LAST WITNESSES by Omar Shargawi, producers: EAVE graduates Katrin Pors, Rula Nasser
- THE TRUTH (LA VERDAD) by Marianne Hougen-Moraga & Estephan Wagner, producer: EAVE graduate Signe Byrge Sørensen
- THERMOSCENE by Giorgio Ferrero, producer: EAVE graduate and Italian National Coordinator Giovanni Pompili
- UNTITLED SCIENCE PROJECT by Emilia Mello, Elijah Stevens, producers: EAVE graduates Julia Alves & Hanne Phlypo
- WOLF MOON by Robin Petré, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Hellström
- WORDS WE NEVER SAY by Agnieszka Zwiefka and EAVE graduate Izabela Igel, producer: EAVE graduate Izabela Igel
EAVE @CPH:DOX
on Thursday, March 27th, at 16:00, Kunsthal Charlottenborg
Moderator: EAVE graduate Emile Hertling Péronard
Speakers: Anupama Srinivasan, Camilo Cavalcanti, Nabil Bellahsene
A fascinating and important discussion in which filmmakers around the globe, from India, Brazil, France and Denmark with relevant experiences of global co-production discuss more equitable ways of working in partnership with each other to create new models of change, re-align values and shift the balance of power.
All are involved in forward thinking work in the field – including moderator Emile Hertling Péronard, whose deep experience of working with minority indigenous filmmakers brings another valuable dimension to the conversation. Emile was also involved in the 2024 EAVE Impact Think Tank Report – which originated from a think tank of producers and experts looking at best practice and recommended ways of working to ensure inclusive and ethical co-productions for all parties.
- The final week of CHANGE Co-production Training Course 2024-25 took place at CPH:DOX. The participants were invited to pitch their 8 projects on March 25th. CHANGE is a collaboration between CPH:DOX, EAVE and IMS International Media Support, promoting journalism and documentary film to reduce conflict, strengthen democracy and facilitate dialogue.
Sofia International Film Festival (March 16 – 31)
Galas
- EAVE Marketing Workshop project FLOW by Gints Zilbalodis, producer: EAVE graduate Matiss Kaza
- THE SHAMELESS by Konstantin Bojanov, executive producers: EAVE graduate Palmye Badinier, EAVE+ graduate Philippe Coeytaux
International Competition
- ON THE EDGE by Guérin van de Vorst, Sophie Muselle, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland
- WINDLESS by Pavel G. Vesnakov, producer: EAVE graduate Veselka Kiryakova
Balkan Competition
- LUNA PARK by Florenc Papas, producer: EAVE graduate Ioanna Bolomyti
- MOTHER MARA by Mirjana Karanovic, producer: EAVE graduate Snezana van Houwelingen
- TRIUMPH by Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantina Stavrianou
International Documentary Competition
- LEO RECORDS: STRICTLY FOR OUR FRIENDS by Ioana Grigore, producer: EAVE graduate Marcian Lazar
- SILENT OBSERVERS by Eliza Petkova, producer: EAVE graduate Veselka Kiryakova
Teen Competition
- LITTLE TROUBLE GIRLS by Urska Djukic, producer: EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marina Gumzi, Miha Cernec, Katarina Prpic
- KYUKA: BEFORE SUMMER’S END by Kostis Charamountanis, producers: EAVE graduates Danae Spathara, Greek National Coordinator Konstantinos Kontovrakis, EAVE + graduate Giorgos Karnavas
- PANOPTICON by George Sikharulidze, producer: EAVE graduate Vladimer Katcharava
Special Screenings
- NASTY, produced and directed by EAVE graduate Tudor Giurgiu
- THE WORLD WILL TREMBLE by Lior Geller, producer: EAVE graduate Saar Yogev
Cinema Today – Masters
- LONG GOOD THURSDAY by Mika Kaurismäki, producer: EAVE graduate Jukka Helle
- MY LATE SUMMER by Danis Tanovic, producers: EAVE graduates Miha Cernec, Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar, Annamaria Antoci
- THE END by Josua Oppenheimer, producers: EAVE graduates Signe Byrge Sørensen, Conor Barry
- THE RETURN by Uberto Pasolini, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantinos Kontovrakis, EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas
- TRANSAMAZONIA by Pia Marais, producer: EAVE graduate Sophie Erbs
Kaleidoscope
- 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
- KÖLN 75 by Ido Fluk, producer: EAVE graduate Fred Burle
- THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE by Mo Harawe, producer: EAVE graduate Oliver Neumann, co-producer: EAVE graduate Nicole Gerhards
- WHEN THE LIGHT BREAKS by Runar Runarsson, co-producer: EAVE, TTB and PUENTES graduate Raymond van der Kaaij
New Bulgarian Features
- EAVE project TARIKA by Milko Lazarov, producer: EAVE graduate Veselka Kiryakova
Bulgarian Documentary Premieres
- GERI’S WISH by Tonislav Hristov, producer: EAVE graduate Kaarle Aho
- SILENT OBSERVERS by Eliza Petkova, producer: EAVE graduate Veselka Kiryakova
Sofia Meetings
Feature Films
- BRIGHT GREY by Miruna Minculescu, producer: EAVE graduate Oana Iancu
- CONTRE-JOUR by Antonia Milcheva, producer: EAVE graduate Katya Trichkova
- THE FORCE by Xavier Artigas, producer: EAVE graduate Marieke van den Bersselaar
- THE PASSPORT by Rakan Mayasi, producer: EAVE graduate May Odeh
Projects in Bank
- BEYOND THE CLOUDS by Giorgi Babluani, Timur Babluani, producer: EAVE graduate Vladimer Katcharav
- BLOCK UNIVERSE directed and produced by EAVE graduate Stefan Komandarev
- FRIENDS, BIRTHDAY, MURDER, ETC. by Dimitris Tsakaleas, Lida Vartzioti, producer: EAVE graduate Ioanna Bolomyti
- MAGDALENA by Dimitar Kutmanov, producer: EAVE graduate Veselka Kiryakova
- EAVE project SUN IN SATURN by Ary Zara, producer: EAVE graduate Andreia Nunes
Works In Progress Selection
- ANOTHER FATHER by Mariona Guiu, producer: EAVE graduate Belen Sanchez Silvero
- CHICA CHECA by Simon Holy, producer. EAVE participant Alzbeta Janackova
- EXOTIC by Sonja Orlewicz-Zakrzewska, producer: EAVE graduate Magdalena Sztorc
- THE SINLESS by Attila Hartung, producer: EAVE graduate Petra Ivanyi
- TRUTH by Tonislav Hristov, producers: EAVE graduates Kaarle Aho, Annika Hellström
- WILD IS THE WIND by Eloy Dominguez Serén, producers: EAVE graduates Felipe Lage Coro, Vicky Miha
Febiofest Bratislava (March 19 – 25)
- ABOUT A HERO by Piotr Winiewicz, producer: EAVE graduate Rikke Tambo Andersen
- DROWNING DRY by Laurynas Bareisa, co-producer: EAVE graduate Matiss Kaza
- ELECTRA by Daria Kashcheeva, co-producer: EAVE graduate Juraj Krasnohorsky
- EMILIA PEREZ by Jacques Audiard, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis
- FRAGMENTS OF ICE by Maria Stoianova, producer: EAVE graduate Carsten Aanonsen
- HAPPINESS TO ALL by Filip Remunda, co-producer: EAVE graduate Denis Vaslin
- HURIKÁN by Jan Saska, producer: EAVE MW graduate Kamila Dohnalova, co-producer: EAVE graduate Juraj Krasnohorsky
- I DIED IN IRPIN by Anastasiia Falileieva, producer: EAVE graduate Juraj Krasnohorsky
- LESSON LEARNED by Balint Szimler, co-producers: EAVE graduate and Hungarian National Coordinator Julia Berkes, EAVE graduate Viktoria Petranyi
- PEACOCK by Bernhard Wenger, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Michael Kitzberger
- THE NEW YEAR THAT NEVER CAME by Bogdan Muresanu, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ada Solomon
- THE SURFER by Lorcan Finnegan, producer: EAVE graduate Brendan McCarthy
Bratislava Industry Days
Works in Progress 2025
- BOOKS ARE OUR WEAPONS by Máté Konkol, producer: EAVE graduate Balázs Zachar
- SOFT HOURS by Anna Gyimesi, producer: EAVE graduate Edyta Janczak-Hiriart
https://febiofest.sk/en/febiofest-en/
One World Film Festival Prague (March 20 – April 21)
- BALOMANIA by Sissel Morell Dargis, producers: EAVE graduates Marie Schmidt Olesen, Marieke van den Bersselaar
- DEMOCRACY NOIR by Connie Field, co-producer: EAVE graduate Heino Deckert
- EAVE project THE BRINK OF DREAMS by Nada Riyadh and EAVE graduate Ayman El Amir, producer: EAVE graduate Ayman El Amir
- JULIE KEEPS QUIET by Leonardo van Dijl, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi, EAVE graduate Jan Naszewski
- MADE IN ETHIOPIA by Xinyan Yu and Max Duncan, producer: EAVE graduate Tamara Dawit
- MR NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN by David Borenstein, co-producer: EAVE graduate Radovan Sibrt
- MY SEXTORTION DIARY by Patricia Franquesa, producer: PUENTES and MW graduate, EAVE participant Mireia Graell
- NICE LADIES by Mariia Ponomarova, producer: EAVE graduate Rogier Kramer
- ON FALLING by Laura Carreira, executive producer: EAVE graduate Luis CamposSONGS OF SLOW BURNING EARTH by Olha Zhurba, producers: EAVE graduates Darya Bassel, Anne Köhncke
- THE LEGEND OF THE VAGABOND QUEEN OF LAGOS by The Agbajowo Collective, producer: PUENTES graduate Michael Henrichs
- THE NIGHTS STILL SMELL OF GUNPOWDER by Inadelso Cossa, producer: INDABA graduate Thomas Kaske, co-producer: EAVE graduate Frank Hoeve
- THE SKY ABOVE ZENICA by Nanna Frank Møller & Zlatko Pranjic, producer: EAVE Head of Studies Lise Lense-Møller
Festival Series Mania (March 21 – 28)
- KABUL created by Olivier Demangel, Thomas Finkielkraut in collaboration with Joé Lavy, producer: EAVE+ graduate Fenia Cossovitsa
- THE COSTA-GAVRAS CENTURY created by Edwy Plenel, Yannick Kergoat, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandre Gavras
- LOG OUT created by Ami Cohen, Raphaël Meyer, producer: EAVE+ graduate Philippe Coyteaux
Series Mania Forum
Co-Pro Pitching Sessions
- CONSULTANTS written by Richard Kropf, Bob Conrad and Hanno Hackfort, producer: EAVE graduate Henning Kamm
- HEIST, written by Ben Braeunlich, producer: EAVE+ graduate Antoine Simkine
- EAVE Marketing Workshop project WOOL, created and produced by EAVE graduate Milena Dzambasovic
Series Mania Buyers Upfront
- DANGEROUS TRUTH, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandra Hoesdorff
- THE DEAL, producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart
EAVE @Series Mania
On March 25, at the MEDIA MANIA event, participants could explore cutting-edge, MEDIA-funded initiatives, including innovative technological tools and training programmes!
EAVE CEO Kristina Trapp joined the roundtables to explain and share about the #EAVE programmes.
The project showcase included BetaSeries, EAVE, The GreenShot, Filmmakers Europe and Séries Mania Institute.
The event was hosted by Creative Europe MEDIA Desks.
Cinéma du Réel (March 22 – 31)
- LES HABITANTS by Maureen Fazendeiro, producer: TTB and EAVE graduate Filipa Reis
- YOUTH (HARD TIMES) by Wang Bing, co-producers: EAVE graduates Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts
- YOUTH (HOMECOMING) by Wang Bing, co-producers: EAVE graduates Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts
- YOUTH (SPRING) by Wang Bing, co-producers: EAVE graduates Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts
WORKS-IN-PROGRESS
- BARBARA FOREVER by Brydie O’Connor, producer: EAVE graduate Katharina Bergfeld
- IMAGO by Déni Oumar Pitsae, producer: PUENTES graduate Géraldine Sprimont
Cinélatino, Rencontres de Toulouse (March 24 – April 2)
- ALIS by Clare Weiskopf and Nicolas van Hemelryck, producer: EAVE and PUENETES graduate Nicolas van Hemelryck, co-producers: EAVE Head of Studies Lise Lense-Møller, EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Radu Stancu
- EMILIA PEREZ by Jacques Audiard, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis
- THE DELINQUENTS by Rodrigo Moreno, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Gilles Chanial
- MANAS by Marianna Brennand, producer: EAVE graduate Luis Galvão Teles
- MARINER OF THE MOUNTAINS by Karim Aïnouz, producer: EAVE graduate Jennifer Sabbah
- MEXICO 86 by César Diaz, producer: PUENTES graduate Géraldine Sprimont
- MOTEL DESTINO by Karim Ainouz, co-producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri
- PUENTES project HORIZONTE by César Augusto Acevedo, producers: EAVE+ graduate Titus Kreyenberg, PUENTES and TTB graduate Giancarlo Nasi, co-producer: EAVE graduate Donato Rotunno
- PUENTES project MI BESTIA by Camila Beltran, producer: PUENTES graduate Lionel Massol, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Paola Perez Nieto
- PUENTES project REINAS by Klaudia Reynicke, producers: PUENTES and EAVE+ graduate Britta Rindelaub, EAVE graduate Thomas Reichlin
- PUENTES project THE DEVIL SMOKES (AND SAVES THE BURNT MATCHES IN THE SAME BOX) by Ernesto Martínez Bucio, producer: PUENTES graduate Carlos Hernandez Vazquez
- THE BEST MOTHER IN THE WORLD by Anna Muylaert, executive producer: PUENTES graduate and EAVE participant Leonardo Mecchi
- TRANSAMAZONIA by Pia Marais, producers: EAVE graduate Sophie Erbs, EAVE+ graduate Tom Dercourt
- ZENTRALFLUGHAFEN THF by Karim Aïnouz, producer: Interchange graduate Charlotte Uzu
International Music & Cinema Festival Marseille (MCM) (March 24 – 29)
- HANAMI by Denise Fernandes, producer: EAVE graduate Eugenia Mumenthaler
- MEXICO 86 by César Diaz, producer: PUENTES graduate Géraldine Sprimont
- OUR WILDEST DAYS by Vasilis Kekatos, producers: EAVE graduates Julie Esparbes, Jamila Wenske
- PANOPTICON by George Sikharulidze, producer: EAVE graduate Vladimer Katcharava, co-producer: EAVE graduate Anamaria Antoci
- PEACOCK by Bernhard Wenger, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Michael Kitzberger
- SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D'ETAT by Johan Grimonprez, producer: EAVE graduate and Dutch National Coordinator Frank Hoeve
- THE WEEPING WALK by Dimitri Verhulst, producer: EAVE MW graduate Eurydice Gysel
Diagonale Austria (March 27 – April 1)
- BLUISH by Lilith Kraxner, Milena Czernovsky, producer: EAVE graduate David Bohun
- DER SOLDAT MONIKA by Paul Poet, producer: EAVE graduate Oliver Neumann
- GIRLS & GODS by Arash T. Riahi & Verena Soltiz, producers: EAVE graduates Arash T. Riahi, Sabine Gruber, TTB graduate Sarah Schiesser
- HAPPYLAND by Evi Romen, producer: EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu
- HOW TO BE NORMAL AND THE ODDNESS OF THE OTHER WORLD by Florian Pochlatko, producers: EAVE graduates Arash T. Riahi, Sabine Gruber
- LAST OF THE WILD by Bernadette Weigel, producers: EAVE graduate and Austrian National Coordinator Barbara Pichler, EAVE graduate Gabriele Kranzelbinder
- PEACOCK by Bernhard Wenger, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Michael Kitzberger
- PERLA by Alexandra Makarová, producers: EAVE graduates Arash T. Riahi, Sabine Gruber
- SCHNEE VON GESTERN by David Wagner, producer: EAVE president Danny Krausz, EAVE graduate Andi G. Hess
- THE MILLION DOLLAR BET by Thomas Woschitz, producer: EAVE graduate Gabriele Kranzelbinder
- THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE by Mo Harawe, producer: EAVE graduate Oliver Neumann, co-producer: EAVE graduate Nicole Gerhards
- TO CLOSE YOUR EYES AND SEE FIRE by Nicola von Leffern, Jakob Carl Sauer, producers: EAVE graduates Arash T. Riahi, Sabine Gruber
- UNSERE ZEIT WIRD KOMMEN by Ivette Löcker,
- WENN DU ANGST HAST, NIMMST DU DEIN HERZ IN DEN MUND UND LÄCHELST by Marie Luise Lehner, producer: EAVE graduate and goup leader Michael Kitzberger
SEMPRE ES INVERNO by David Trueba is in production
In development / pre-production
Film Fund Luxembourg
The Film Fund Luxembourg announced the results of its first funding session of 2025. The film agency backs the development and production of 17 projects, which include six live-action features, three animated features, one documentary feature, two documentary series, three shorts and two XR projects. Among them:
- 200 KOPAVOGUR by Grimur Hakonarson, producer: EAVE graduate Gilles Chanial
- ARMS by Raha Razavi Ghashghai, producer: EAVE graduate Gilles Chanial
- BOXING STORIES by Alain Tshinza, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandra Hoesdorff
- DEAD DAD GIRL by Stephen Korytko, producer: EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Luxembourg Bernard Michaux
- HEADLESS by Govinda Van Maele, producer: EAVE graduate Gilles Chanial
- MINIATUR WUNDERLAND by Félix Koch, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandra Hoesdorff
- THE GREAT ESCAPE by Joren Vandenbrouck, producer: EAVE graduate Marion Guth
- WAT MER IERWEN by Ken Rischard, producer: EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu
Vienna Film Fund
The Vienna Film Fund has announced its funding for new film and television productions. Among them:
- BTBI by Juri Rechinsky, producer: EAVE graduate Arash T. Riahi
- EFRATIA by Amos Gitai, producer: EAVE president Danny Krausz
- MIXED FEELINGS by Evelyne Faye, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Michael Kitzberger
- SPUR DES BÖSEN: MORPHEUS by Andreas Prochaska, producer: EAVE graduate Josef Aichholzer
- SÜDWEST by Wolfgang Fischer, producer: EAVE graduate Oliver Neumann
- RIOT/GIRL by Arman T. Riahi, producers: EAVE graduates Arash T. Riahi, Patrice Nezan
Lithuanian Film Centre
The Lithuanian Film Centre announced production grants and minority co-production grants:
- I’M NOT LIKE THAT by Marius Pocevicius, producer: EAVE graduate Brigita Beniusyte
- MARCH 4TH by Alberto Gross Molo, co-producer: EAVE graduate Brigita Beniusyte
Croatian Audiovisual Centre
Croatia supports 11 Minority Co-productions. Among them:
- CALL A LARGE HOUND NEAR by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandru Teodorescu
- GODS MUST BE MISTAKEN by Jakob Krese Weidner, producer: EAVE graduate Tibor Keser
- FALL OF THE PATRIARCH by Anna Shishova-Bogolyubova, producer: EAVE graduate Sinisa Juricic
- KARMIC KNOT by Signe Baumane, producer: EAVE FFF graduate Roberts Vinovskis is in pre-production. In 1971, when Latvia was occupied by the Soviet Union, a poor upbeat family of four (an engineer, a schoolteacher and their two daughters) move into a large house that they cannot afford to buy. The father's brother lends them money on the condition that the family starts an underground business of growing and selling rose cultivars to gardeners and collectors in Russia. United by the purpose to pay for the house and keep it, the family toils in their garden and greenhouse. In the process they become quite wealthy, but with the wealth come arrogance and a sense of invincibility. As the Soviet Union starts to fall apart, the family also unravels. “One overcast morning in the midst of the pandemic, I was looking outside the kitchen window of my studio when a familiar feeling hit me: the world-as-we-know-it was ending. This was familiar to me. In the 1990’s I had lived through the collapse of the Soviet Union. Standing in my kitchen I thought I should revisit what my Latvian family and I experienced as the Soviet Union crumbled, throwing Latvia into social turmoil. I believe that animation is the best medium to tell this complicated story, where each point of view or character’s inner thoughts can be represented in different visual styles”, Signe Baumane said. Dominiks Jarmakovics and Roberts Vinovskis are producing through Latvian Studio Locomotive in coproduction with Signe Baumane and Sturgis Warner through the American company The Marriage Project, and Leonardo Barrile through the Italian Samarcanda Film. The project is funded by the National Film Centre of Latvia, the State Culture Capital Foundation of Latvia and New York State Film Tax Credits. The project is also being developed through individual donations, as well as donations made through private foundations. The film will employ various techniques, including stop motion, traditional animation and CGI 3D.
In production
- SEMPRE ES INVERNO by David Trueba, co-producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland is in production. The film is based on his own book Blitz, published in 2015 and set in Liege, Barcelona, Madrid, Palma de Mallorca and Calanda. The plot features Miguel, a landscape architect who travels to Belgium with his girlfriend Marta to attend a conference. There, the end of his troubled relationship comes to a head, and after their separation, he decides to stay on alone for a few days to try to piece his future back together. Broken and out of place, he meets Olga (Isabelle Renauld), a woman twice his age who is volunteering at the same event. By her side, the young man begins to rebuild his life and understand what his new future entails. SEMPRE ES INVERNO is a feature film produced by the Spanish companies Ikiru Films, Atresmedia Cine, Blitz la Película AIE and La Terraza Films in co-production with the Belgium company Wrong Men, with the participation of Netflix and Atresmedia, and funding from the ICAA and support from the ICEC.
- DUST by Anke Blondé, co-producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Joanna Szymanska, EAVE graduate Krystyna Kantor and EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas is shooting. The film unfolds over the course of a day, during which two tech visionaries are faced with the collapse of their empire and the loss of their families’ and friends’ savings. They find themselves asking: “If you only had 24 hours before going to jail, what would you do with your time?". We then flash back to the end of the 20th century and the threat of the y2k millennium bug. Luc and Geert are scaling summits when everything is suddenly taken away from them on account of an article due to appear in the morning press which threatens to reveal the truth about their network of shell companies and the unchecked innovation and political corruption at the heart of their business model. As prison sentences begin to feel inevitable, they each choose their own path to redemption and strive to earn the forgiveness of their families and of the community, which invested colossal sums based on their promises and which now risks losing everything. They’re both faced with a choice: run away or accept the consequences of their actions. The film is being produced by Dries Phlypo on behalf of A Private View (Belgium) in co-production with James Watson and Mikko Makela on behalf of Bêtes Sauvages (UK), EAVE graduates Joanna Szymanska and Krystyna Kantor for ShipsBoy (Poland) and EAVE+ Giorgos Karnavas for Heretic (Greece). The movie enjoys support from the Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds (VAF), Screen Flanders, Tax Shelter/Casa Kafka, the Polish Film Institute, the Greek Film Centre, the Ekome Cash Rebate, the BFI Global Screen Fund and Eurimages.
- L’AGE D’OR by Bérenger Thouin, producers: EAVE graduates Enrica Capra and Carine Ruszniewski is in production. Set in 1944, the movie uses original archive footage as a backdrop against which the flesh and blood actors play their parts. In France, Countess Jeanne de Barante has fallen into the hands of a group of soldiers and is being led towards the place of her execution. Over the course of this journey towards death, Jeanne thinks back on her story and the capricious fate, which drove her to this end. From her childhood spent in her parents’ butcher’s in the French provinces in the early 20th century to the years she lived in Paris, alone and in poverty; from her encounter with the intrepid, elusive and passionate Celeste to the spiralling vortex of the Great War; from her reunion with the young count, Guillaume de Barante, who was party to the mistake she made in her youth, to their business in Brazil when coffee became all the rage in the roaring Twenties… Right up until her return to France, when Jeanne finally fulfilled her dream of going home to the village of her birth in the shoes of a countess… The movie is being produced by Carine Ruszniewski on behalf of Gogogo Film and by Enrica Capra for Graffiti Film, with support from Eurimages, the Italian Ministry for Culture’s Film Department, the Piedmont Region – Piedmont Film TV Fund, the CNC, Canal+, Ciné+ OCS, the Occitanie Region, the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Region, the Department of Lot-et-Garonne, the Department of Charente, and Cinéventure.
In post-production
- THE FOURTH KING by Zvonimir Juric, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Ankica Juric-Tilic is in post-production. The film deals with the 1990s war and its consequences for individuals, and is set during one weekend in the winter on an island. An extended family gathers to discuss the sale of the property they inherited, but they are about to make some other important decisions. THE FOURTH KING is a co-production between Croatian production company Kinorama and Serbian company Atalanta. It was supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, Film Centre Serbia, Creative Europe – MEDIA and Croatian Radio-Television. The film was shot on location in Zagreb, as well as on the islands of Pašman and Krk in the Adriatic Sea.
- Y by Maria Popistasu and Alexandru Baciu, producer: EAVE graduate Anamaria Antoci is in post-production. Olga, her father and her two sisters are living an easy life thanks to the fortune of her grandmother, Ileana, once a lawyer. Ileana’s sudden death troubles the balance of the family and especially Olga, to whom Ileana confessed on the death bed that the files for international adoptions that she worked on after 1990 are inconsistent, and much is not known about the whereabouts of some children. In order to uncover proofs to clean Ileana’s name as well as her own consciousness, Olga has to unbury the past and make peace with it. Romania’s Tangaj Production is producing the film in co-production with Greece’s View Master Films, with public support from the Romanian Film Centre (CNC), the Greek Film Centre, and the Romanian Television (TVR), being also supported by Cinema City, Banca Comercială Romana, Mega Image, Unicredit, Raiffeisen Bank and Centrul Medical Unirea - Regina Maria, among others.
- THE LAST SLAP (L’ULTIMO SCHIAFFO) by Matteo Oleotto, producer: EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar is in post-production. This Christmas comedy drama “is an exceptional example of film co-operation between Slovenia, Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Italy. The film, shot on locations in the Slovenian cultural space, goes beyond the physical borders between the two countries in its story,” Jozko Rutar said. Siblings Jure and Petra live in a mountain village in Friuli Venezia Giulia. They dream to transform their old lakeside house into a modern bar with the reward from finding a lost dog, but things don’t go as planned, and Christmas turns into chaos. THE LAST SLAP is produced by Michele Neri through Italian Staragara I.T. Productions and Jozko Rutar through Slovenian SPOK Films in co-production with Rai Cinema and RTV Slovenija. The project is supported by the Slovenian Film Centre, FS Viba, the Italian Ministry for Culture, the Friuli Venezia Giulia Audiovisual Fund and the Friuli Venezia Giulia Film Commission. The six-weeks shooting started on 20 January 2025 and took place in Italian Tarvisio and Gorizia, as well as in Slovenian Kranjska Gora and Nova Gorica.
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MEET EAVE IN APRIL
@ EAVE+, April 25 - 30, Luxembourg
EAVE CEO Kristina Trapp, EAVE Deputy CEO Satu Elo, EAVE Project Manager Sarah van den Hoogen
@ TIES THAT BIND W2, April 27 - May 1, Udine (IT)
TTB Head of Studies Christophe Bruncher, EAVE Project Manager Tanika Sajatovic
Call for EAVE Producers - FOCUS ASIA 2025
FOCUS ASIA (April 28-30, 2025) is a unique boutique market within the international co-production landscape, serving as the only initiative exclusively designed for film professionals, decision-makers, and buyers from Asia and Europe.
Taking place within the Far East Film Festival in Udine, the largest European festival entirely dedicated to popular Asian cinema, FOCUS ASIA aims to establish long-term connections between the Asian film industry and the European audiovisual sector. The event creates opportunities for producers and films to access both Asian and European markets while fostering new artistic and production collaborations.
The programme features a series of complementary initiatives designed to identify alternative investment opportunities (including private investors and equity funds), launch new co-productions opportunities, and promote the distribution of films and cultural identity across both areas.
FOCUS ASIA presents a rich industry lineup featuring:
- All Genres Project Market – A dedicated platform for high-quality feature films in development with strong co-production or co-financing potential between Europe and Asia.
- Far East in Progress – The first and only European works-in-progress section entirely focused on Asian films in post-production, seeking international distribution and festival premieres.
- Distribution Lab – Organized in partnership with Europa Distribution, this exclusive lab brings together over 20 distributors from 15+ countries to exchange expertise and explore strategies for international film distribution.
- Sales Lab – Organized in collaboration with European International, this lab offers European sales agents direct access to Asian buyers and insights into sales strategies tailored to the region’s highly fragmented market.
- EAVE Ties That Bind – A high-level workshop that connects Asian and European film professionals, offering project development support and mentorship from top industry experts.
Alongside these core initiatives, FOCUS ASIA also offers an extensive programme of lectures, case studies, one-on-one meetings, and networking activities, providing an unparalleled opportunity for Asian and European professionals to build meaningful and lasting industry connections.
**** Thanks to the partnership between Focus Asia and EAVE, the Festival will offer a free Focus Asia badge and 2 nights hotel accommodation to the first 5 EAVE producers that will send an email to focusasia@cecudine.org. Deadline: March 26.
CONTACTS
Elena Bertoni, focusasia@cecudine.org
https://www.fareastfilm.com/focus-asia-2025/
Interview with EAVE graduate Tiina-Mari Pitkänen, producer of the series QUEEN OF FUCKING EVERYTHING
EAVE: The series "Queen of Fucking Everything" has achieved unprecedented viewership numbers on YLE in Finland, achieving the biggest single-week number in the country ever. What do you believe contributed most to this overwhelming success?
Tiina-Mari Pitkänen, Rabbit Films, Finland: First of all, I think the topic is relevant at the moment, as many of us are facing financial challenges due to inflation. People are having to rethink their living expenses, and a sense of frustration is bubbling under. It doesn’t help that when you reach out for help, it’s often a robot answering your questions. In the series, Linda is trying to get assistance from different offices, but she faces bureaucratic red tape everywhere. Tiina Lymi, the writer-director, identifies these everyday frustrations well. Of course, we also have an incredible cast. I'm especially happy with Laura Malmivaaras' role as Linda. She was the perfect choice for the role, as she’s previously been seen in more calm, reserved roles. I love how her appearance changes throughout the episodes as the pressure builds. There’s also humour in her performance. Linda wants to keep up appearances—looking nice and stylish is a big part of her job. It's also sad how she can't be honest about her real situation at work, for example. She tries to open up to Anna, her friend at work, but it almost seems like being truthful could ruin their relationship, which is built on the success they’ve shared as real estate agents.
When I first read the script, I laughed and cried. And I think that’s always a good sign! I believe the series resonates with people because it touches on themes that are easy to relate to. We all play different roles in our lives, and there’s an underlying question of honesty. Who can you truly be honest with and trust that they won’t walk away? For Linda, it’s her childhood friend Marke—what a fantastic character! I think we all should have a Marke in our lives.
Partly the series achieved this success because people have been talking about it so much afterward. I’ve heard people discussing it at hairdressers, gyms, horse-riding stables, and so on. With such a wide range of characters, it’s relatable to all kinds of people—young and old, all genders, etc. It also blew up on social media, with lots of memes. Huge thanks to YLE’s fantastic social media team! They’ve done a great job, and it’s clear they’ve had fun creating content for the show.
Lastly, I must say the quality is top-notch. At every level, we had the opportunity to work with high-calibre artists and crew. The artistic quality was always in our sights from start to finish. Personally, I’m thrilled that we managed to showcase Helsinki from so many different angles. One of our goals was to present Helsinki as an exciting part of the Nordic cities.
© Peter Salovaara / Rabbit Films
The female-led show is defined as a “black comedy crime” series, do you think the genre blend had an impact on its success?
Yes, definitely! If you look at the most popular series or films lately, they often mix different genre elements. For example, I recently saw Anora, and after watching, I found it hard to define the genre. It was brilliantly done—it started as a drama with music film elements, blended with humour, then turned into a violent crime story, and ended as a love or breakup story. People are so used to seeing different types of content now that we, as filmmakers, need to be brave and ready to mix genres, but of course, we must do so with good taste and intention.
In Queen of Fucking Everything, some of the scenes are so dark that we have to inject humour into them. It’s both awful and funny at the same time, like when Spora shows up at Linda’s house with his finger cut off, and Marke hasn’t checked the right timetable for freezing it properly so it could be reattached. It makes me laugh every time, thanks to the marvellous performances of Katja Küttner (Marke) and Joonas Heikkinen (Spora).
What were the primary challenges faced during the development and the production phase, especially when compared to producing a feature film?
With a series, of course, there are more filming days than with a feature film nowadays. We had 50 shooting days, mostly in Helsinki and the surrounding area, with a mini-unit crew traveling to Spain for three days to film in Malaga with a local crew. We were fortunate that our DOP, Aarne Tapola, was already familiar with the project, having discussed it with the director and our executive producer Minna Haapkylä. He’s also very flexible to work with, even though we had so many different locations to shoot. My job was also to question whether there were any elements we could cut from the script without compromising the story too much. It’s not always easy to do since the script has already been carefully thought out, but I always try to protect the integrity of the story while suggesting changes that might make sense for the shooting schedule.
There were also some things beyond our control. For instance, we had scenes where Linda was supposed to go skiing. We had a supervisor measuring the ice thickness every week to ensure the location was safe, but last winter was so rainy that there was no snow on the ice when the shoot day arrived. So, Laura Malmivaaras (Linda) had to learn how to ice skate quickly, and she made it look effortless! In the end, we were lucky to have a beautiful fog at the location, which made the scenes look amazing, so it all worked out.
Of course, it was stressful at times when we couldn’t control everything. There were also some last-minute casting changes due to scheduling conflicts. In the end, Janne Reinikainen jumped into the role of Lauri, Linda’s business partner. It turned out to be hilarious, as I think Lauri’s character is one of the funniest in the script—playing someone who’s depressed and has fallen out of the fast-paced world of real estate.
I haven’t produced a feature yet—I’ve only worked on this series and Summer of Sorrow (Munkkivuori), which won the Best Drama Series award in Finland in 2023. But I have worked as a line producer and production manager on several feature films. In comparison, series production tends to be longer, as the filming period is spread out, but it also ends sooner since there are no tours or premieres like with a feature film. We did organize a cast-and-crew event where we watched some of the episodes together, but this doesn’t always happen.
Financially, we were lucky to produce this series with YLE and other NEW8 partners. We also received backing from Business Finland and the Finnish Film Foundation, which made the production process much smoother and allowed us to greenlight the project with confidence.
At the end of the day, it’s important to understand that series production involves more people, and not everyone will be as passionate about the project itself—sometimes they’re just doing their job, and that’s okay.
© Jaakko Kahilaniemi / Rabbit Films
The marketing strategy seems to have played a crucial role in the series' popularity. What promotional approaches did you use to engage the audience?
As we were working with YLE, Finland’s national broadcaster, the marketing of the series was in good hands. YLE has its own marketing team dedicated to building awareness about the series. The first trailers were released in November and ran for about 6-7 weeks on YLE Areena (the streaming service) and on linear TV. We had great timing, as the series launched on January 1, 2025, when people were spending their holidays and more likely to tune in to the first episode.
For the Finnish launch, we used an iconic still that Finnish audiences would recognize, featuring the famous street in downtown Helsinki, with Linda standing there, looking desperate. We also had our international premiere at Content London, where the poster was different. For the international launch materials, we used the slogan Betrayed. Bankrupt. Ready for Revenge.
We also held a press day in November where the main cast attended, followed by radio promotions in the first weeks of January. And, of course, we went big on social media! YLE’s social media team created great stories and posts on Instagram. Before the launch, they introduced all the characters to give the audience a preview. Afterward, they created memes. One meme humorously says “Back to work!” on Epiphany, January 6, which is the last day of the long Christmas holidays for many people. Humour has been a huge part of our social media presence, and I think when it suits your content, it’s a jackpot. It really extends the life cycle of the content!
© Jaakko Kahilaniemi / Rabbit Films
For some years now, EAVE accepts also series projects at the Producers Workshop. You participated in EAVE Producers Workshop in 2019 with the series project “The Town of Tails” by Minna Panjanen. Can you share any updates on that project?
It's still a work in progress. The latest news? It’s evolving into a Christmas detective calendar! The idea now is to feature shorter episodes aimed at an adult audience, adding a fresh twist to the concept.
Newsflash: 8 Oscars for EAVE Producers in 2025!
After a fantastic festival start for EAVE Producers in 2025, including prestigious awards like 4 Silver Bears, 8 Golden Globes, 5 Sundance awards, we are thrilled to add 7 Academy Awards to the list of success stories!
We are thrilled and immensely proud that FLOW by Gints Zibalodis, produced and co-written by EAVE Marketing Workshop graduate Matiss Kaza won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature! The film's marketing strategy was developed at the EAVE Marketing Workshop in 2022.
"EAVE Marketing Workshop gave us plenty of food for thought about the potential directions the Flow campaign could go in, as well as valuable advice in designating the right target audiences for the film, which was difficult to sell as a concept alone." - Matiss Kaza, Trickster Pictures, Latvia.
FLOW has achieved unprecedented success, becoming the first Latvian film to win an Academy Award. This dialogue-free animated feature, created with open-source software Blender, tells the story of a cat and other animals seeking refuge after a catastrophic flood, scooped several important awards, including the European Film Award for Best Animated Feature, the Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature, the Film Independent Spirit Award for Best International Film, Best Animated Independent Feature award at the Annie Awards, and many more. At the Latvian National Film Awards, FLOW secured five awards, highlighting its domestic acclaim, and a statue of the cat protagonist has been installed in Riga in recognition of the film's impact!
The film's innovative storytelling and international recognition have not only set a new benchmark for Latvian cinema, but have also showcased the global appeal of independent animated films.
In addition, THE BRUTALIST by Bradley Corbet, co-producer: EAVE graduate Viktoria Petranyi won Best Actor, Best Cinematography, Best Original Score, EMILIA PEREZ by Jacques Audiard, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis won Best Supporting Actress and Best Original Song, CONCLAVE by Edward Berger, executive producer: EAVE FFF graduate Lorenzo Gangarossa won Best Adapted Screenplay and I'M NOT A ROBOT by Victoria Warmerdam, producer: Interchange graduate Trent won Best Live Action Short Film.
We congratulate all of our producers for their exceptional work and results!
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