EAVE May News 2025

EAVE graduates win big in Cannes!
Awards May 2025
CinEuro Prize finalists announced
Nominations May 2025
ARCHITECTON in Belgian and Finnish cinemas
In Cinemas May 2025
RENOIR in Competition in Cannes
Festivals May 2025
A GIRL UNKNOWN by Zou Jing is in production
Development & Production News May 2025
MEET EAVE IN JUNE
Meet our team at workshops and festivals!
EAVE graduates win the Grand Prix and 25 more awards in Cannes!
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Joint Statement / EYCS Council May 2025
European Film & Audiovisual Sector Organisations Call for Strengthening the Creative Europe – MEDIA Programme
EAVE in Cannes 2025
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Empowering Underrepresented Voices in Greenland and Beyond: Interview with EAVE graduate Emile Hertling Péronard
“I realised there is a global community of Indigenous filmmakers trying to help and empower each other, doing exactly what we talk about at EAVE — changing systems and building awareness.”
EUROPEAN SHOWRUNNER PROGRAMME session for EAVE graduates
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EAVE Launches 2025 Think Tank Report on Inclusive Co-Production at Marché du Film
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EAVE graduates win big in Cannes!

Cannes Film Festival

Big success for EAVE graduates at the Cannes Film Festival: Grand Prix, Best Director and 25 more awards!

Competition

SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Ottmar Berensen, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic wins the Grand Prix of the 78th Cannes Film Festival.
THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonca Filho, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, EAVE graduate Leontine Petit, executive producer: EAVE+ graduate Dora Amorim wins Best Director (Kleber Mendonça Filho) and Best Actor (Wagner Moura)
SIRAT by Oliver Laxe, producer: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font wins the Jury Prize ex aequo
THE LITTLE SISTER by Hafsia Herzi, producer: PUENTES graduate Naomi Denamur wins Best Actress (Nadia Melliti)

Un Certain Regard

THE MYSTERIOUS GAZE OF THE FLAMINGO by Diego Cespedes, producer: PUENTES graduate Giancarlo Nasi wins the Un Certain Regard Prize
A POET by Simon Mesa Soto, co-producers: EAVE graduates Katharina Bergfeld, David Herdies, Heino Deckert, Michael Krotkiewski wins the Jury Prize
ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA by Arab et Tarzan Nasser, co-producers: EAVE graduates Edyta Janczak-Hiriart, Rashid Abdelhamid, Ahmed Amer, co-producer: EAVE graduate Dorothe Beinemeier wins Best Director
I ONLY REST IN THE STORM by Pedro Pinho, producer: TTB and EAVE graduate Filipa Reis, co-producers: EAVE graduate Ioana Lascar, EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Radu Stancu, PUENTES graudate and National Coordinator Latin America Tatiana Leite wins Best Actress (Cleo Diára)
PILLION by Harry Lighton, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney wins Best Screenplay

Critics' Week

A USEFUL GHOST by Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke, co-producers: TTB graduate Karim Aitouna, EAVE graduate May Odeh wins the Grand Prix
IMAGO by Déni Oumar Pitsaev: co-producers: PUENTES graduate Géraldine Sprimont, EAVE graduate Anne-Laure Guégan wins the French Touch Jury Prize
EAVE project THE LAST TEARS OF THE DECEASED by Beza Hailu Lemma, producer: EAVE graduate Tamara Dawit wins the Next Step Prize

Directors’ Fortnight

WILD FOXES by Valéry Carnoy, producer: EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes wins the Europa Cinemas Label and the SACD Award
LEFT-HANDED GIRL by Shih-Ching Tsou, executive producer: EAVE graduate Alex C. Lo wins the Gan Foundation Award for Distribution

Other Awards

IMAGO by Déni Oumar Pitsaev: co-producers: PUENTES graduate Géraldine Sprimont, EAVE graduate Anne-Laure Guégan wins the Golden Eye for Best Documentary
THE LITTLE SISTER by Hafsia Herzi, producer: PUENTES graduate Naomi Denamur wins the Queer Palm
THE LOVE THAT REMAINS by Hlynur Pálmason, producers: EAVE graduates Anton Máni Svansson Katrin Pors, co-producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri wins the Palme Dog
THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonca Filho, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, EAVE graduate Leontine Petit, executive producer: EAVE+ graduate Dora Amorim wins the FRIPRESCI Award (Competition)
ALPHA by Julia Ducournau, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin wins the CST Award for Best Artist-Technician
CONNEMARA by Alex Lutz, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland wins the CST Award for Best Young Female Film Technician

Docs-in-Progress Awards

EVERYBODY TO KENMURE STREET by Felipe Bustos Sierra, producer: EAVE graduate Ciara Barry wins the Al Jazeera Documentary Award
SOMETHING FAMILIAR by Rachel Close, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Lazurean-Gorgan wins the Chicken & Egg Vision Award
THE PRODUCTION OF THE WORLD by Brett Story, producer: EAVE graduate Elhum Shakerifar wins the Post-Production Award (TransPerfect Media)
TWO MOUNTAINS WEIGHING DOWN MY CHEST by Viv Li, producer: EAVE graduate Olivia Sophie Van Leeuwen wins the Alphapanda Award

EAVE graduate Ukrainian producer Volodymyr Yatsenko receives France’s Order of Arts and Letters medal at Cannes. The French Ministry of Culture established the order in 1957 to honor individuals who have made significant contributions to the arts, literature, or the promotion of these fields both within France and internationally.

www.festival-cannes.com

German Lola Awards

AKIKO, THE FLYING MONKEY by EAVE graduate Veit Helmer won Best Children’s Movie at the German Lola Awards
ISLANDS by Jan-Ole Gerster, producer: EAVE+ graduate Jonas Katzenstein was awarded Best Music

www.deutscher-filmpreis.de

goEast – Festival of Central and Eastern European Film

THE BLACK HOLE by Moonika Siimets, producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Riina Sildos, EAVE graduate Jussi Rantamäki won the Award of the City of Wiesbaden for Best Director at goEast – Festival of Central and Eastern European Film in Wiesbaden
EIGHTY PLUS by Zelimir Zilnik, producer: EAVE graduate Miha Cernec won the FIPRESCI Award

https://www.filmfestival-goeast.de/en

Romanian Gopo Awards

THE NEW YEAR THAT NEVER CAME by Bogdan Muresanu, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ada Solomon scooped 10 awards, including Best Long Film, Best Director and Best Debut Film, at the Gopo Awards in Bucharest. The film also won in the Script, Actor in a Leading Role, Actress in a Leading Role, Editing, Production Design, Sound, and Make-up & Hair Styling categories at the Gopos, the Romanian Film Awards
HOLY WEEK by Andrei Cohn, co-producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler won Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Best Cinematographer and Best Costumes

https://premiilegopo.ro

Crossing Europe Linz

THE NEW YEAR THAT NEVER CAME by Bogdan Muresanu, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ada Solomon won the CROSSING EUROPE Award - Best Fiction Film
THREE DAYS OF FISH by Peter Hoogendoorn, producer: EAVE graduate Stienette Bosklopper received a Special Mention
THE FLATS by Alessandra Celesia, producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Laurent Csinidis won the CROSSING EUROPE Social Awareness Award - Best Documentary Film
WENN DU ANGST HAST, NIMMST DU DEIN HERZ IN DEN MUND UND LÄCHELST by Marie Luise Lehner, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Michael Kitzberger won the CROSSING EUROPE Award Local Artist - Young Talent

www.crossingeurope.at

Critics Awards for Arab Films

EVERYBODY LOVES TOUDA Nabil Ayouch, producers: EAVE graduates Katrin Pors, Elisa Fernanda Pirir, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin won Best Screenplay and Best Actress
XOFTEX by Noaz Deshe, executive producer: EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki won Best Editing
THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE by Mo Harawe, producer: EAVE graduate Oliver Neumann, co-producer: EAVE graduate Nicole Gerhards won Best Cinematography

http://acc.film/critics-about.php

DOK.fest München

SILENT OBSERVERS by Eliza Petkova, producer: EAVE graduate Veselka Kiryakova won the VIKTORIA DOK.international Main Competition at the International Documentary Film Festival Munich
RASHID, THE BOY FROM SINJAR by Jasna Krajinovic, producer: EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes won the VIKTORIA DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency and the DOK.fest Preis der SOS-Kinderdörfer

www.dokfest-muenchen.de

Hot Docs

WRITING HAWA by Najiba Noori, producer: EAVE graduate Renko Douze won the Hot Docs Docs for Schools Student Choice Award and the Best Social Impact Documentary Special mention.

https://hotdocs.ca/

Mastercard OFF CAMERA International Festival of Independent Cinema

PIERCE by Nelicia Low, producer: TTB graduate Jeremy Chua, EAVE graduate Izabela Igel won the Andrzej Wajda Award at the Mastercard OFF CAMERA International Festival of Independent Cinema, Cracow

National Film Festival Vasil Gendov

EAVE graduates won 10 awards at the National Film Festival Vasil Gendov – Union of Bulgarian Filmmakers Awards.

WINDLESS by Pavel G. Vesnakov, producer: EAVE graduat Veselka Kiryakova, co-producers: EAVE graduate Luigi Chimienti, PUENTES graduate Alessandro Amato was awarded Best Feature Film, Best Cinematography, Best Screenplay, Best Actor in a Leading Role
TRIUMPH by Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantina Stavrianou won Best Director, Best Leading Actress, Best Production Design
SILENT OBSERVERS by Eliza Petkova, producer: EAVE graduate Veselka Kiryakova won Best Documentary, Best Director and Best Original Music

www.spisaniekino.com

Bolzano Film Festival

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 won the Special Jury Award of the Bolzano Film Festival

www.filmfestival.bz.it

Istanbul Film Festival

LESSON LEARNED by Balint Szimler, co-producers: EAVE graduate Julia Berkes, EAVE graduate and Hungarian Nationel Coordinator Viktoria Petranyi won the Golden Tulip for Best Film and the FIPRESCI Award at the Istanbul Film Festival

https://film.iksv.org/en

Beldocs Industry Days

CHANGE project MY NAME IS ENOUGH by Marina Arzumanova, Ani Grigoryan, and CHANGE graduate Ani Ordyan, producer: CHANGE graduate Ani Ordyan wins the Film Center of Montenegro's Award for Best Project in Development

https://www.beldocs.rs/en/

CinEuro Prize finalists announced

CinEuro Prize

The CinEuro Prize announced its finalists. During the Cannes Film Festival, the network for cross-border co-production presented 8 projects in the running for its development fund.

The finalists will take part in pitch sessions on 2 July at the Forum Alentours in Strasbourg. The jury will then select the winners, whose names will be announced that evening at a reception at ARTE GEIE. The Fiction Prize is worth €30,000 and the Documentary Prize €15,000.

Among them:

DER MENSCHENSOHN by Gabriel Vanderpas, producer: EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Luxembourg Bernard Michaux
DIE ULTRAMODERNEN by Robin Hunzinger, producer: EAVE graduate Cédric Bonin
MIRACLE by Sacha Wolff, producer: EAVE graduate Gilles Chanial
ROYAL BEAUTY by Claudia Marschal, producer: EAVE graduate Susanne Guggenberger
WEISSE VENEN by Maxime Coton, producer: EAVE graduate Luís Galvão Teles

https://cineuro.eu

ARCHITECTON in Belgian and Finnish cinemas

In French cinemas

RED PATH by Lotfi Achour, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart, co-producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Joanna Szymanska, EAVE graduate Krystina Kantor. May 7.
INGEBORG BACHMANN by Margarethe von Trotta, producers: EAVE + graduates Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Bettina Brokemper. May 7.
THE SHAMELESS by Konstantin Bojanov, executive producers: EAVE graduate Palmye Badinier, EAVE+ graduate Philippe Coeytaux. May 14.
LIBERTATE by Tudor Giurgiu, producers: EAVE graduates Tudor Giurgiu and Oana Giurgiu. May 21.

In Belgian cinemas

MR. K by Tallulah Hazekamp Schwab, producer: EAVE graduate Leontine Petit. May 7.
THE NEW YEAR THAT NEVER CAME by Bogdan Muresanu, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ada Solomon. May 7.
ARMAND by Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel, producers: EAVE graduates Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Fred Burle, Derk-Jan Warrink. May 14.
YOUTH (HARD TIMES) by Wang Bing, co-producers: EAVE graduates Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts. May 14
AICHA by Mehdi Barsaoui, producer: EAVE PCP Dubai graduate Habib Attia. May 21.
EXPLANATION FOR EVERYTHING by Gabor Reisz, producers: EAVE graduate and Hungarian National Coordinator Julia Berkes, EAVE graduate Viktoria Petranyi. May 21.
RED PATH by Lotfi Achour, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart, co-producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Joanna Szymanska, EAVE graduate Krystina Kantor. May 21.
MANAS by Marianna Brennand, producer: EAVE graduate Luis Galvão Teles. May 21.
ARCHITECTON by Victor Kossakovsky, producers: EAVE graduates Heino Deckert, Estelle Robin You. May 28.

In UK cinemas

MOTEL DESTINO by Karim Ainouz, co-producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri. May 9.

In Swiss cinemas

AKIKO, THE FLYING MONKEY by EAVE graduate Veit Helmer. May 8.
MEXICO 86 by César Diaz, producers: EAVE graduate Anne-Laure Guegan, PUENTES graduate Géraldine Sprimont, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Delphine Schmit. May 2.

In Austrian cinemas

WHEN THE LIGHT BREAKS by Rúnar Rúnarsson, co-producer: EAVE, TTB and PUENTES graduate Raymond van der Kaaij. May 2.

In German cinemas

WHEN THE LIGHT BREAKS by Rúnar Rúnarsson, co-producer: EAVE, TTB and PUENTES graduate Raymond van der Kaaij. May 8.
ISLANDS by Jan-Ole Gerster, producer: EAVE+ graduate Jonas Katzenstein. May 8.
TRANSAMAZONIA by Pia Marais, producers: EAVE and PUENTES graduate, PUENTES group leader Sophie Erbs, EAVE+ graduate Tom Dercourt. May 15.
EVERYBODY LOVES TOUDA by Nabil Ayouch, co-producers: EAVE graduates Elisa Fernanda Pirir, Katrin Pors, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin. March 27.

In Finnish cinemas

ARCHITECTON by Victor Kossakovsky, producers: EAVE graduates Heino Deckert, Estelle Robin You. May 28.

In Irish cinemas

WHEN THE LIGHT BREAKS by Rúnar Rúnarsson, co-producer: EAVE, TTB and PUENTES graduate Raymond van der Kaaij. May 23.
THE FLATS by Alessandra Celesia, producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Laurent Csinidis. May 23.

In Hungarian cinemas

GRAND TOUR by Miguel Gomes, producers: EAVE graduate Filipa Reis, Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Tom Dercourt. May 22.

In Polish cinemas

SHAMBHALA by Min Bahadur Bham, co-producer: EAVE graduate Verona Meier, executive producer: Ruben Thorkildsen, associate producer: TTB graduate Jeremy Chua. May 30.

In Swedish cinemas

GRAND TOUR by Miguel Gomes, producers: EAVE graduate Filipa Reis, Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Tom Dercourt. May 23.

RENOIR in Competition in Cannes

Hot Docs Festival (April 24 – May 4)

AI WEIWEI'S TURANDOT by Maxim Derevianko, producer: EAVE MW graduate Marta Zaccaron
CIRCUSBOY by Anna Koch, Julia Lemke, producer: EAVE participant Katharina Bergfeld
COEXISTENCE, MY ASS! By Amber Fares, producer: EAVE graduate Valérie Montmartin
EAVE CHANGE project 9-MONTH CONTRACT by Ketevan Vashagashvili, producer: EAVE CHANGE graduate Anna Khazaradze
EAVE project YALLA PARKOUR by Areeb Zuaiter, producer: EAVE graduate Basel Mawlawi, executive producer: EAVE graduate Lisa Nyed
HIGHER THAN ACIDIC CLOUDS by Ali Asgan, producer: EAVE participant Milad Khosravi
KING MATT THE FIRST by Jasmina Wojcik, producer: EAVE MW graduate Agnieszka Rostropowicz
MR NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN by David Borenstein, co-producer: EAVE graduate Radovan Sibrt
MY BOYFRIEND THE FASCIST by Matthias Lintner, producer: EAVE graduate Martin Rattini
NESHOMA by Sandra Beerends, producer: EAVE graduate Floor Onrust
THE LAST AMBASSADOR by Natalia Halla, producers: EAVE graduates Peter Drössler, Arash T.Riahi, Sabine Gruber
ULTRAS by Ragnhild Ekner, co- producer: EAVE graduate Monica Hellström
WALLS – AKINNI INUK by Nina Paninnguaq Skydsbjerg, producer: EAVE graduate and Danish National Coordinator Emile Hertling Péronard
WRITING HAWA by Najiba Noori, producer: EAVE graduate Renko Douze

https://hotdocs.ca/

OFF Camera Festival of independent Film, Krakow (April 25 – May 4)

LE DERNIER SOUFFLE by Costa-Gavras, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandre Gavras
GLIMMERS by Pilar Palomero, producer: EAVE+ graduate Valérie Delpierre
MAMIFERA by Liliana Torres, producer: EAVE graduate Carla Sospedra
PIERCE by Nelicia Low, producer: TTB graduate Jeremy Chua, EAVE graduate Izabela Igel
RABIA by Mareike Engelhardt, producer: EAVE graduate Annabella Nezri
RED PATH by Lotfi Achour, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart
SANDBAG DAM by Cejen Cernic Canak, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Ankica Juric Tilic, co-producers: EAVE graduates Ieva Norviliene, Marija Stojanovic
THE SAFE HOUSE (LA CACHE) by Lionel Baier, co-producer: EAVE graduate Vincent Quénault
THE SHAMELESS by Konstantin Bojanov, executive producers: EAVE graduate Palmyre Badinier, EAVE+ graduate Philippe Coeytaux
THREE DAYS OF FISH by Peter Hoogendoorn, producer: EAVE graduate Stienette Bosklopper
WET MONDAY by Justyna Mytnik, producer: EAVE graduate Marta Gmosinska, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marianne Ostrat, Jakub Kostal

https://offcamera.pl/en

Southeast European Film Festival Los Angeles (April 30 – May 7)

BEYOND THE FACE Anja Resman Jozko Rutar, Miha Cernec, Katarina Prpic
DJ AHMET by Georgi M. Unkovski, producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Prpic
MOTHER MARA by Mirjana Karanovic, producer: EAVE graduate Snezana van Houwelingen, co-producers: EAVE graduates Paul Thiltges, Adrien Chef
NASTY, MORE THAN JUST TENNIS by Tudor Giurgiu, Tudor D. Popescu, Cristian Pascariu, producer: EAVE graduate Tudor Giurgiu
ONE METER IS SIX CENTIMETERS by Jus Jeraj, Atila Urbancic, producer: EAVE graduate Marina Gumzi
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
THE NEW YEAR THAT NEVER CAME by Bogdan Muresanu, producer: EAVE graduate Ada Solomon
THE SKY ABOVE ZENICA by Nanna Frank Møller & Zlatko Pranjic, producer: EAVE Head of Studies Lise Lense-Møller

www.seefilmla.org

IndieLisboa – International Film Festival (May 1 – 11)

ARMAND by Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel, producers: EAVE graduates Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Fred Burle, Derk-Jan Warrink
BLUISH by Lilith Kraxner, Milena Czernovsky, producer: EAVE graduate David Bohun
DROWNING DRY by Laurynas Bareisa, co-producer: EAVE MW graduate Matiss Kaza
HANAMI by Denise Fernandes, producer: EAVE graduate Eugenia Mumenthaler
ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL by Rungano Nyoni, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
QUEENS OF DRAMA by Alexis Langlois, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland
REFLECTION IN A DEAD DIAMOND by Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani, producer: EAVE graduate Gilles Chanial
THE BLUE TRAIL by Gabriel Mascaro, producers: EAVE graduates Rachel Daisy Ellis, Sandino Saravia Vinay, co-producers: EAVE graduates Giancarlo Nasi, Marleen Slot
TIMESTAMP by Kateryna Gornostai, producer: EAVE graduate Reinier Selen, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marion Guth
YOUTH (HARD TIMES) by Wang Bing, co-producers: EAVE graduates Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts, Gilles Chanial
YOUTH (HOMECOMING) by Wang Bing, co-producers: EAVE graduates Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts, Gilles Chanial
YOUTH (SPRING) by Wang Bing, co-producers: EAVE graduates Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts, Gilles Chanial

https://indielisboa.com/en/

Docs Barcelona (May 2 – 12)

EAVE CHANGE project 9-MONTH CONTRACT by Ketevan Vashagashvili, producer: EAVE CHANGE graduate Anna Khazaradze
DABRUNEBA by Mar Garro Lleonart, producer: EAVE graduate Alba Sotorra
HEIMAT IS A SPACE IN TIME by Thomas Heise, producer: EAVE graduate Heino Deckert
ONLY ON EARTH by Robin Petré, producer: EAVE graduate Marieke Van Den Bersselaar
TIMESTAMP by Kateryna Gornostai, producer: EAVE graduate Reinier Selen, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marion Guth
TWO STRANGERS TRYING NOT TO KILL EACH OTHER by Jacob Perlmutter, producer: EAVE graduate Signe Byrge Sørensen

https://docsbarcelona.com

International Documentary Film Festival Munich (May 7 – 18)

AFTERWAR by Birgitte Stærmose, producers: EAVE Head of Studies Lise Lense-Møller, EAVE graduates Mark Lwoff, Misha Jaari
EAVE CHANGE project 9-MONTH CONTRACT by Ketevan Vashagashvili, producer: EAVE CHANGE graduate Anna Khazaradze
EAVE project FIUME O MORTE! by Igor Bezinovic, producers: EAVE graduates Tibor Keser, Marina Gumzi
GIRLS & GODS by Arash T. Riahi & Verena Soltiz, producers: EAVE graduates Arash T. Riahi, Sabine Gruber
ICE GRAVE by Robin Hunzinger, producer: EAVE graduate Cedric Bonin
ONLY ON EARTH by Robin Petré, producer: EAVE graduate Marieke Van Den Bersselaar
RASHID, THE BOY FROM SINJAR by Jasna Krajinovic, producer: EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes
SOLIDARITY by David Bernet, producer: EAVE graduate Arek Gielnik, co-producer: Interchange graduate Samir
SABAT by Anna Maria Beeck, producer: EAVE graduate Heino Deckert
SILENT OBSERVERS by Eliza Petkova, producer: EAVE graduate Veselka Kiryakova
SONGS OF SLOW BURNING EARTH by Olha Zhurba, producer: EAVE graduate Darya Bassel, Anne Köhncke
TATA by Lina Vdovîi, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Lazurean-Gorgan
THE GROUND BENEATH OUR FEET by Yrsa Roca Fannberg, producer: EAVE graduate Malgorzata Staron
WE ALL BLEED RED by Josephine Links, producer: EAVE graduate Jamila Wenske

www.dokfest-muenchen.de

Millenium Docs Against Gravity Film Festival, Warsaw (May 12 – 21)

ABOUT A HERO by Piotr Winiewicz, producer: EAVE graduate Rikke Tambo Andersen
CAN’T FEEL NOTHING by David Borenstein, producer: EAVE graduate Katrin Pors, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
MY DEAR THÉO by Alisa Kovalenko, producer: EAVE graduate Darya Bassel
SILENT OBSERVERS by Eliza Petkova, producer: EAVE graduate Veselka Kiryakova
SONGS OF SLOW BURNING EARTH by Olha Zhurba, producer: EAVE graduate Darya Bassel, Anne Köhncke
SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D'ETAT by Johan Grimonprez, producer: EAVE graduate and Dutch National Coordinator Frank Hoeve
SYMPHONY OF THE URSUS FACTORY by Jasmina Wojcik, producer: TTB participant Ioana Tatko
THE LAST EXPEDITION by Eliza Kubarska, producer: EAVE graduate Monika Braid
THE PRINCE AND THE DYBBUK by Elwira Niewiera, Piotr Rosolowski, producer: EAVE graduate Ann Carolin Renninger
THINGS WE SAID TODAY by Andrei Ujica, producer: EAVE graduate Anamaria Antoci, Anda Ionescu
TO CLOSE YOUR EYES AND SEE FIRE by Nicola von Leffern, Jakob Carl Sauer, producers: EAVE graduates Arash T. Riahi, Sabine Gruber
TRANS MEMORIA by Victoria Verseau, producer: EAVE graduate Malin Hüber

http://docsag.pl

Cannes Film Festival (May 13 - 24)

In Competition

ALPHA by Julia Ducournau, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
RENOIR by Hayakawa Chie, producers: EAVE and TTB graduates Eiko Mizuno Gray, Fran Borgia, Yulia Evina Bhara, Alemberg Ang, TTB Head of Studies and EAVE+ graduate Christophe Bruncher
THE HISTORY OF SOUND by Oliver Hermanus, co-producers: EAVE graduate Lara Costa Calzado, EAVE graduate and Italian National Coordinator Giovanni Pompili
THE LITTLE SISTER by Hafsia Herzi, producer: PUENTES graduate Naomi Denamur
SIRAT by Oliver Laxe, producer: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font
TWO PROSECUTORS by Sergei Loznitsa, producer: B’EST graduate Alise Gelze
FUORI by Mario Martone, executive producer: EAVE graduate Giorgio Magliulo
THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonca Filho, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, EAVE graduate Leontine Petit
EAGLES OF THE REPUBLIC by Tarik Saleh, producer: EAVE graduate Linda Mutawi, co-producer: EAVE graduate Monica Hellström
ROMERIA by Carla Simon, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Zamora
SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Ottmar Berensen, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic

Un Certain Regard

THE MYSTERIOUS GAZE OF THE FLAMINGO by Diego Cespedes, producer: PUENTES graduate Giancarlo Nasi
MY FATHER’S SHADOW by Akinola Davies Jr., executive producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
THE GREAT ARCH by Stéphane Demoustier, producer: EAVE group leader Patrick Sobelman
A PALE VIEW OF HILLS by Ishikawa Kei co-producers: EAVE graduates Mariusz Włodarski, Marta Gmosińska
CARAVAN by Zuzana Kirchnerova, producer: EAVE graduate Dagmar Sedlackova
PILLION by Harry Lighton, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
AISHA CAN’T FLY AWAY by Morad Mostafa, producer: EAVE graduate Ahmed Amer, EAVE graduate May Odeh
ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA by Arab et Tarzan Nasser, co-producers: EAVE graduates Edyta Janczak-Hiriart, Rashid Abdelhamid, Ahmed Amer, co-producer: EAVE graduate Dorothe Beinemeier
PROMISED SKY by Erige Sehiri, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri
THE LAST ONE FOR THE ROAD by Francesco Sossai, producer: Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli
HEADS OR TAILS? by Matteo Zoppis, Alessio Rigo de Righi, producer: EAVE graduate Alex C. Lo, co-producer: TTB graduate Stefano Centini
LOVE ME TENDER by Anna Cazenave Cambet, associate producer: EAVE graduate and Luxembourgish National Coordinator Bernard Michaux
A POET by Simon Mesa Soto, co-producers: EAVE graduates Katharina Bergfeld, David Herdies, Heino Deckert, Michael Krotkiewski
I ONLY REST IN THE STORM by Pedro Pinho, producer: TTB and EAVE graduate Filipa Reis, EAVE graduate Ioana Lascar

A POET © Ocultimo/Juan Sarmiento G.

Out of Competition

THE RICHEST WOMAN IN THE WORLD by Thierry Klifa, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart

Cannes Premiere

CONNEMARA by Alex Lutz, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland
MAGELLAN by Lav Diaz, producer: TTB graduate Stefano Centini
THE DISAPPEARANCE OF JOSEF MENGELE by Kirill Serebrennikov, co-producer: EAVE graduate Sandino Saravia Vinay
THE LOVE THAT REMAINS by Hlynur Pálmason, producers: EAVE graduates Anton Máni Svansson Katrin Pors, co-producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri

Short Films Competition

AASVOËLS (VULTURES) by Dian Weys, producer: EAVE graduate Anaïs Bertrand

Critics’ Week

In the Semaine de la Critique jury: EAVE and TTB graduate Yulia Evina Bhara

Feature Film Competition

A USEFUL GHOST by Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke, co-producers: TTB graduate Karim Aitouna, EAVE graduate May Odeh
IMAGO by Déni Oumar Pitsaev: co-producers: PUENTES graduate Géraldine Sprimont, EAVE graduate Anne-Laure Guégan
KIKA by Alexe Poukine, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland
LEFT-HANDED GIRL by Shih-Ching Tsou, executive producer: EAVE graduate Alex C. Lo
REEDLAND by Sven Bresser, producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot

Short Film Competition

ALISVERIS by Vasile Todinca, producer: EAVE graduate Ada Solomon
BLEAT! by Ananth Subramaniam, producers: TTB graduates Bradley Liew, Choo Mun Bel

Short Film Special Screenings

ERASERHEAD IN A KNITTED SHOPPING BAG by Lili Koss, producer: EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Bulgaria Vanya Rainova

Directors’ Fortnight

WILD FOXES by Valéry Carnoy, producer: EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes
LOYNES by Dorian Nour Jespers, produced by EAVE graduate Benoît Roland
HER WILL BE DONE by Julia Kowalski, producer : EAVE graduate Estelle Robin You
YES! by Nadav Lapid, producer: EAVE graduate Judith Lou Lévy, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Marios Piperides

ACID

A LIGHT THAT NEVER GOES OUT by Lauri-Matti Parppei, producer: EAVE graduate Ilona Tolmunen
ENTRONCAMENTO by Pedro Cabeleira, co-producer: EAVE graduates Edyta Janczak-Hiriart
OBSCURE NIGHT – "AIN’T I A CHILD?" by Sylvain George, producer: EAVE graduate Eugenia Mumenthaler
THE BLACK SNAKE by Aurélien Vernhes-Lermusiaux, co-producers: PUENTES graduates Diana Bustamante Escobar, Paola Wink

Immersive Selection

CECI EST MON CŒUR by Nicolas Blies & Stéphane Hueber-Blies, producer: EAVE graduate Marion Guth
THE DOLLHOUSE by Charlotte Bruneau and Dominic Desjardins, producer: EAVE MW graduate Helène Walland
THE EXPLODING GIRL VR by Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel, producer: EAVE graduate Mando Stathi
BATTLEFIELD by François Vautier, producer: EAVE graduate Annabella Nezri
FLOATING WITH SPIRITS by Juanita Onzaga, producers: EAVE graduates Emmy Oost, Donato Rotunno, EAVE MW graduate An Oost

Les cinémas du monde | La Fabrique Cinéma de l’Institut Français

THE FLOWERS OF THE DEAD by Nuno Miranda, co-producer: EAVE graduate Janja Kralj
THE PASSPORT by Rakan Mayasi, producer: EAVE graduate May Odeh
TO LEAVE, TO STAY by Danech San, co-producer: TTB and EAVE graduate Yulia Evina Bhara
WHAT FOLLOWS IS MY DEATH by Laura Baumeister, co-producer: EAVE graduate Barbara Sarasola Day

Frontières Platform

MOTHERWITCH by Minos Papas, producer: EAVE graduate Darko Popov

Cannes Docs

LESBIAN LINES by Cara Holmes, producer: EAVE graduate Evan Horan
WAVE by Mariam Chachia, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Lazurean-Gorgan
MAGNETIC LETTERS by Demie Dangla, producer: EAVE graduate Laura Kloeckner
SOMETHING FAMILIAR by Rachel Close, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Lazurean-Gorgan
THE PRODUCTION OF THE WORLD by Brett Story, producer: EAVE graduate Elhum Shakerifar
SARKASH by Sophie Schrago, producer: EAVE graduate Heejung Oh
TWO MOUNTAINS WEIGHING DOWN MY CHEST by Viv Li, producer: EAVE graduate Olivia Sophie Van Leeuwen
EVERYBODY TO KENMURE STREET by Felipe Bustos Sierra, producer: EAVE graduate Ciara Barry
LOVE LETTERS by Daniel Cook, producer: EAVE graduate James Heath
YOUR HONOUR by Bircan Birol, producer: EAVE graduate Reece Cargan
BERLINER by CHANGE graduate Anna Khazaradze, producer: EAVE+ graduate Nino Chichua
DEAR by Ramona Mos, producer: EAVE graduate Julia Cöllen
HOPE AGAINST HOPE by Omid Alayhe Omid, producer: TTB Head of Studies and EAVE+ graduate Christophe Bruncher, EAVE participant Anita Norfolk

Great 8 Showcase

LEARNING TO BREATHE UNDER WATER by Rebekah Fortune, executive producer: EAVE graduate Amy Gardner
MISSION by Paul Wright, co-producer: EAVE graduate Stelana Kiiris

Cinema de demain

Focus COPRO’ 2025

MY NAME IS NINA SHAKIRA by Samuel Suffren, producer: EAVE graduate Carine Ruszniewski

FOCUS WIP

GOATS! by Tonci Gacina, producer: EAVE graudate Tibor Keser
SONG OF SLEEPLESS NIGHTS by Madli Laane, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Ostrat

Collaboration EAVE & Focus COPRO': consultations by EAVE graduate Vicky Miha and EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri for Focus COPRO' participants

Producers on the Move

15 out of 20 PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE by the European Film Promotion networking platform are EAVE graduates:

Blerina Hankollari, Atlab, Albania
Andi G Hess, Schubert Film, Austria
Géraldine Sprimont, Need Productions, Belgium
Magdelena Ilieva, Little Wing Productions, France
Tamara Babun Zovko, Wolfgang & Dolly, Croatia
Lionel Massol, Films Grand Huit, France
Fred Burle, One Two Films, Germany
Claudia Sümeghy, JUNO11 Pictures, Hungary
Deirdre Levins, Fantastic Films, Ireland
Vincent Quénault, Red Lion, Luxembourg
Bojana Radulovic, Code Blue Production, Montenegro
Agnieszka Wasiak, Lava Films, Poland
Carla Fotea, microFILM, Romania
Eliza Jones, Grand Slam Film, Sweden
Thomas Reichlin, Alva Film, Switzerland

EAVE @ Cannes Producers Network

Network EAVE is proud to be partner of the Cannes Producers Network!

EAVE Deputy CEO Satu Elo is a Producers Network Guest of Honour on Sunday, May 18, 2025.

EAVE graduate and National Coordinator for Asia Liza Dino will be moderating at the Producers Network.

In the framework of this partnership 5 EAVE graduates have been selected:

Raphaël Gindre, RG FILMS, France
Claire Mc Cabe, Pipedream Productions, Ireland
Renko Douze, Een van de jongens, Netherlands
Dimitris Logiadis, Filmiki Productions, Greece
Ilona Tolmunen, MADE, Finland

Also participating in the Cannes Producers Network:

Jakub Kostal BIONAUT * Julie Markova Zackova NOCHI FILM * Juliana Vicente PRETA PORTÊ FILMES * Cristina Badea ADENIUM FILM * Joe Balass COMPASS PRODUCTIONS * Ciara Barry BARRY CRERAR LTD * Virginia Bogliolo TARKIOFILM * Enrica Capra GRAFFITI DOC * Patricia Chica FLIRT FILMS * Arthur Cohen ELEMENTARY * Jiries Copti PALESTINE FILM INSTITUTE * Marta Cruanas CANADA * Ingrid Lill Hogtun BARENTSFILM * Zivile Gallego FRALITA FILMS * Yanick Létourneau PERIPHERIA * Mika Ritalahti SILVA MYSTERIUM * Marju Lepp FILMIVABRIK * Britta Rindelaub ALVA FILM * Gints Grube MISTRUS MEDIA * Alexandra Hoesdorff DEAL PRODUCTIONS * Carles Torras ZABRISKIE FILMS * Patrice Nezan LES CONTES MODERNES * Gentzane Martinez de Osaba * Ryan Singh RYAN SINGH PRODUCTIONS * Luana Lobo MARIA FARINHA FILMES * Estela Valdivieso Chen SERENDIPITY * Patricia D’Intino GOOD KIDS * Alba Sotorra Clua ALBA SOTORRA S.L. * Judith Lichtneckert EMILIA PRODUCTIONS * Marina Oliva MARIA FARINHA FILMES * Heejung Oh SEESAW PICTURES * Milad Koshravibaledi SEVEN SPRINGS PICTURES * Pedro Soulé KRIOLSCOPE * Alex C. Lo CINEMA INUTILE * Anna Kapustina ALBATROS COMMUNICOS * Natalia Pavlove OTHER STORIES * Sebastian Caballero RED COLLISION STUDIOS * Linus Günther KLINKERFILM PRODUCTION * May Odeh MAYANA FILMS * Marta Gmosinska LAVA FILMS * Supatsa Thipsena WHITE LIGHT STUDIO * Sophie Ahrens SCHULDENBERG FILMS * Olha Tuharinova OLHA TUHARINOVA

Marché du Film

AKIKO, THE FLYING MONKEY by EAVE graduate Veit Helmer, sales: Loco Films
A LIGHT THAT NEVER GOES OUT by Lauri-Matti Parppei, producer: EAVE graduate Ilona Tolmunen, sales: Patra Spanou Film
AISHA CAN’T FLY AWAY by Morad Mostafa, producers: EAVE graduates Ahmed Amer, May Odeh, sales: Mad Solutions
ALPHA by Julia Ducournau, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin, sales: Filmnation
CARAVAN by Zuzana Kirchnerova, producer: EAVE graduate Dagmar Sedlackova, sales: Alpha Violet
CICADAS by Ina Weisse, co-producer: EAVE graduate Sebastien Haguenauer, sales: Beta Cinema
CIRCUSBOY by Anna Koch, Julia Lemke, producer: EAVE participant Katharina Bergfeld
CUERPO CELESTE by Nayra Ilic, producer: PUENTES graduate Alessandro Amato, sales: Intramovies
CONNEMARA by Alex Lutz, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland, sales: Studiocanal
DJ AHMET by Georgi M. Unkovski, producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Prpic, sales: Films Boutique
EAGLES OF THE REPUBLIC by Tarik Saleh, producer: EAVE graduate Linda Mutawi, co-producer: EAVE graduate Monica Hellström, sales: Playtime
FUORI by Mario Martone, executive producer: EAVE graduate Giorgio Magliulo, sales: Goodfellas
HEADS OR TAILS? by Matteo Zoppis, Alessio Rigo de Righi, producer: EAVE graduate Alex C. Lo
HER WILL BE DONE by Julia Kowalski, producer : EAVE graduate Estelle Robin You, sales: WTFILMS
I ONLY REST IN THE STORM by Pedro Pinho, producer: TTB and EAVE graduate Filipa Reis, EAVE graduate Ioana Lascar, sales: Terratreme Filmes
KIKA by Alexe Poukine, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland, sales: Totem Films
LA FURIA by Gemma Blasco, producer: PUENTES graduate Mireia Graell, sales: Filmax
LA PETITE DERNIÈRE by Hafsia Herzi, producer: PUENTES graduate Naomi Denamur, sales: MK2 Films
LOVE ME TENDER by Anna Cazenave Cambet, associate producer: EAVE graduate Bernard Michaux, sales: Be for Films
LOYNES by Dorian Nour Jespers, produced by EAVE graduate Benoît Roland, sales: Flanders Image
MAMA by Or Sinai, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marco Valerio Fusco, Aneta Zagorska, sales: Intramovies
MANAS by Marianna Brennand, producer: EAVE graduate Luis Galvão Teles, sales: Bendita Film Sales
MY UNCLE JENS by Brwa Vahabpour, co-producer: EAVE graduate Anda Ionescu, sales: Intramovies
OBSCURE NIGHT – "AIN’T I A CHILD?" by Sylvain George, producer: EAVE graduate Eugenia Mumenthaler
ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA by Arab et Tarzan Nasser, co-producers: EAVE graduates Edyta Janczak-Hiriart, Rashid Abdelhamid, sales: The Party
PANOPTICON by George Sikharulidze, producer: EAVE graduate Vladimer Katcharava, co-producer: EAVE graduate Anamaria Antoci, sales: MMM Film Sales
REEDLAND by Sven Bresser, producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot, sales: The Party
RENOIR by Hayakawa Chie, producers: EAVE and TTB graduates Eiko Mizuno Gray, Fran Borgia, Yulia Evina Bhara, Alemberg Ang, TTB Head of Studies and EAVE+ graduate Christophe Bruncher, sales: Goodfellas
ROMERIA by Carla Simon, producer: EAVE graduate and Spanish National Coordinator Maria Zamora, sales: MK2 Films
SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Ottmar Berensen, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic, sales: MK2 Films
SIRAT by Oliver Laxe, producer: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font, sales: The Match Factory
THE BLACK HOLE by Moonika Siimets, producer: EAVE graduate and Estonian National Coordinator Riina Sildos, EAVE graduate Jussi Rantamäki, sales: Reel Suspects
THE BLACK SNAKE by Aurélien Vernhes-Lermusiaux, co-producers: PUENTES graduates Diana Bustamante Escobar, Paola Wink, sales: MPM Premium
THE COURAGEOUS by Jasmin Gordon, producer: EAVE graduate Brigitte Hofer
THE DISAPPEARANCE OF JOSEF MENGELE by Kirill Serebrennikov, co-producer: EAVE graduate Sandino Saravia Vinay, sales: Kinology
THE FOXES ROUND by Valéry Carnoy, producer: EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes, sales: The Party
THE GREAT ARCH by Stéphane Demoustier, producer: EAVE group leader Patrice Sobelman, sales: Le Pacte
THE ICE TOWER by Lucile Hadzihalilovic, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ingmar Trost, sales: Goodfellas
THE LAST AMBASSADOR by Natalie Halla, producers: EAVE graduates Arash T.Riahi & Sabine Gruber, sales: The Party
THE LAST ONE FOR THE ROAD by Francesco Sossai, producer: Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli, sales: Lucky Number
THE LOVE THAT REMAINS by Hlynur Pálmason, producers: EAVE graduates Anton Máni Svansson, Katrin Pors, co-producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri, sales: New Europe Film Sales
THE MYSTERIOUS GAZE OF THE FLAMINGO by Diego Cespedes, producer: PUENTES graduate Giancarlo Nasi, sales: Charades
THE RICHEST WOMAN IN THE WORLD by Thierry Klifa, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart, sales: Playtime
THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonca Filho, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, EAVE graduate Leontine Petit, sales: MK2 Films
THE SHADOW by Yaak Kilmi, producer: EAVE+ graduate Kristian Taska
THE WOLF, THE FOX & THE LEOPARD by David Verbeek, producer: EAVE graduate Leontine Petit, co-producers: EAVE graduates Alexandra Hoesdorff, Sinisa Juricic, sales: Level K
TWO PROSECUTORS by Sergei Loznitsa, producer: B’EST graduate Alise Gelze, sales: Coproduction Office
A POET by Simon Mesa Soto, co-producers: EAVE graduates Katharina Bergfeld, David Herdies, Heino Deckert, Michael Krotkiewski, sales: Luxbox
YES! by Nadav Lapid, producer: EAVE graduate Judith Lou Lévy, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Marios Piperides, sales: Les Films du Losange
YUNAN by Ameer Fakher Eldin, producers: EAVE graduates Dorothe Beinemeier, Marco Valerio Fusco, Tony Copti, EAVE participant Jiries Copti, sales: Intramovies

May 17

10:00–11:00
EAVE IMPACT THINK TANK: Inclusive Co-Productions – Building New Frameworks

- in partnership with Marché du Film

This panel offers a first look at key recommendations from EAVE’s 2025 Report on Inclusive Co-Productions, shifting the focus from challenges to solutions. Producers will share practical strategies for financing, fair deals, community-minded distribution, and equitable collaboration. Through real-world case studies, the discussion explores how to build trust in cross-border partnerships and cultivate harmony in multinational teams, equipping producers with actionable tools for ethical co-productions

Moderator: Tamara Dawit (Gobez Media, Canada, Ethiopia)

Speakers: Emile Hertling Péronard (Ánorâk Film, Denmark & Greenland), Jennifer Sabbah-Immagine (BIG SISTER & JSI Consultant, FR), Myriam Sassine (La Niña Cinema, France & Lebanon), Daniela Mujica (Productions Ocho, Canada)

@ Palais Stage, Level -1, Palais des Festivals

15.30-16.30

EAVE ImpAct session: Audiences: Profile your business targets and final viewers

- in partnership with Marché du Film

Alya Belgaroui-Degalet, Marketing Director at Pathé International (with former experience at mk2 and Goodfellas), and Sarah Calderón, CEO of The Film Agency, will present a comprehensive overview of their targeting and audience profiling techniques. Both promotion professionals co-direct the EAVE Marketing Workshop, where they emphasize the importance of a concrete targeting strategy before undertaking any promotion steps in the audiovisual industry. Alya will detail B2B targeting tools such as benchmarking, sales agent and distribution mapping, and a concrete list of marketing materials to prepare at the sales stage. Sarah, on her end, will present behavior-driven audience studies from various countries and offer tips and techniques to establish concrete and coherent B2C audience plans throughout the development, production, and launch processes.

@ Producers Club (Lérins), Palais des Festivals

May 18

10.00-11.00

La Fabrique des Cinémas du Monde: EAVE presentation

- in partnership with La Fabrique

EAVE CEO Kristina Trapp will give insight into EAVE’s activities and workshop programmes.

@ Adosom, 16 Avenue Windsor

11:00 – 12:30

SPOTLIGHT ASIA: Roadmap to Co-Production with Asia Funding Landscape

- in partnership with Marché du Film

A dedicated platform for connecting over 20 fund representatives from diverse continents to showcase their unique funding opportunities for development, production, post-production, and connect with producers who are interested in international co-production with Asia.

Moderators: TTB Head of Studies Christophe Bruncher ( Ici et Là Productions, France), Lorna Tee (Asian Film Alliance Network)

@ Producers Club (Lérins), Palais des Festivals

17.30-19.00

SPOTLIGHT ASIA: TTB/EAVE case study of RENOIR

- in partnership with Marché du Film

After « Plan 75 » received the Camera d'Or Special Mention in Cannes, Chie Hayakawa returns with her second feature « Renoir ». This case study features the journey of its international co-producers, reflecting on the creative and logistical challenges of bringing the project to life. The session offers a candid look into the realities of co-producing across borders, exploring both the successes and the struggles behind the scenes.

Moderator: TTB Head of Studies Christophe Bruncher ( Ici et Là Productions, France)

Speakers: EAVE and TTB graduate Eiko Mizuno-Gray and Jason Gray (Loaded Pictures, Japan)

@ Producers Club (Lérins), Palais des Festivals

Zlin Film Festival (May 29 – June 6)

BRIDES by Nadia Fall, producer: EAVE graduate Marica Stocchi
CIRCUSBOY by Anna Koch, Julia Lemke, producer: EAVE participant Katharina Bergfeld
DJ AHMET by Georgi M. Unkovski, producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Prpic
HONEY by Natasha Arthy, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Stevnbak Westergren
I ACCIDENTALLY WROTE A BOOK by Nora Lakos, producer: EAVE graduate Joram Willink
KEVLAR SOUL by Maria Eriksson-Hecht, producer: EAVE graduate Lizette Jonjic, co-producers: EAVE graduates Misha Jaari, Mark Lwoff
SMALL DOGS BARK LOUD by Nora Nivedita Tvedt, producer: EAVE graduate Lillian Løvseth
THE SECRET FLOOR by Norbert Lechner, producer: EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher- Ivanceanu
WET MONDAY by Justyna Mytnik, producer: EAVE graduate Marta Gmosinska, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marianne Ostrat, Jakub Kostal

https://program.zlinfest.cz/en

A GIRL UNKNOWN by Zou Jing is in production

In development / pre-production

Polish Film Institute

The Polish Film Institute (PFI) has announced support for 13 feature-film projects. Among them:

ALL THE BOYS ARE HERE by Goran Stolevski, producer: EAVE graduate Jan Naszewski
ARTEFACTS by Jan Jakub Kolski, producer: EAVE graduate Violetta Kaminska
HER WILL BE DONE by Julia Kowalski, producer: EAVE graduate Estelle Robin You
TWO SOULS by Lukasz Ronduda, producer: EAVE graduate Agnieszka Wasiak

https://pisf.pl

National Film Centre of Latvia

The National Film Centre of Latvia has announced its grants:

SHE-DEVIL by Davis Simanis, producers: EAVE graduates Gints Grube, Inese Boka-Grube, Edina Gedina-Ducena
ELINA GARANCA – THE SECRET OF LIFE by Signe Birkova, producers: EAVE graduates Gints Grube, Inese Boka-Grube, Edina Gedina-Ducena
SUNSHINE FOR EVERYONE by Anete Melece, producer: EAVE FFF graduate Roberts Vinovskis

www.nkc.gov.lv/en

Wallimage

The Belgian regional investment fund Wallimage is financing 5 new projects, among them:

LE FAUX SOIR by Michaël R. Roskam, producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
VENUS ELECTRIFICATA by Pierre Salvadori, producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart

www.wallimage.be

In production

A GIRL UNKNOWN by Zou Jing, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri is in production. The film depicts a young Chinese woman from the age of six through to her thirties, living in three different families. It tells the story of entire generations of abandoned girls in China from the 1980s to the 2000s. It is also an intimate coming-of-age story that explores existential pain, self-discovery, and how one learns to love. In A GIRL UNKNOWN Zou Jing follows through on her thorough investigation of Chinese society. She addresses what remains to this day a sensitive topic in the country: the predicament of girls abandoned by their family. The devastating consequences of the country’s one-child policy, which reached its peak in the 1980s and 1990s, remain a sad reality for countless families. Drawing from her personal experience, Zou Jing offers a reserved portrayal of psychological and emotional scars resulting from such trauma through three distinct chapters of her protagonist’s life. In this realistic, minimalistic film, in which emotions are expressed with utmost restraint, Zou Jing gracefully explores the truths hidden in this chapter of Chinese history.

https://www.screendaily.com/news/pyramide-adopts-rising-filmmaker-zou-jings-a-girl-unknown-starring-li-gengxi/5204928.article

In post-production

CALL ME QUEEN by Emily Atef, producer: EAVE graduate Gian-Piero Ringel is in post-production. The production has wrapped filming in Nairobi, Kenya. Adapted from Lara Santoro’s 2007 novel Mercy, the film depicts a friendship between an Irish journalist in Kenya and a Rwandan woman, who pair up to combat the AIDS crisis in the 1990s. Gian-Piero Ringel produces for Germany’s Ringel Film, with David Thion for France’s Les Films Pelleas; and from the UK, Catherine Townsend for Cowboy Films and Alexandra Stone for Streetcar Productions. Co-producers are Paul Zischler, Martin Rehbock and Appie Matere, with executive producers Charles Steel for Cowboy Films and Mo Abudu. Atef describes the film as “a cinematic celebration of empowerment and the strength found in community and collective action. To show the strength that emerges when people come together to challenge the status quo and reclaim their voice, is central to the film - something I believe strongly resonates today,” said Atef.

http://ringel-film.de

HOLD ON TO ME by Myrsini Aristidou, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantina Stavrianou is currently in post-production. It’s summer, and 11-year-old Iris is running wild through the streets with her older friend Danae when she learns her estranged father, Aris, is back in town for his own father’s funeral. Determined to know him, Iris tracks him down to a dilapidated shipyard, where he’s been keeping to himself. What begins as a stubborn attempt to reconnect slowly unfolds into a fragile bond - imperfect, yet poignant. “Hold onto Me is a personal and emotionally layered story about a father and daughter rediscovering each other. The film captures both the beauty and the tension of reconnection, weaving moments of humour, defiance and tenderness through the eyes of 11-year-old Iris. As a Cypriot filmmaker, it was important to me to portray the richness and stillness of everyday life here: the worn-out backdrops, the sense of time standing still, the forgotten colliding with the new, and the raw emotional undercurrents that continue to shape us. At its core, the film is about the fragile beginnings of a bond, one that never quite had the chance to grow, but might still find its shape”, Myrsini Aristidou said. Aristidou’s debut feature is a co-production between Cyprus, Denmark and Greece made in joint participation with the United States. The film was financed through a combination of public funds, institutional support, international grants, and private investment secured between 2018 and 2024. The producers are Monica Nicolaidou, Myrsini Aristidou, Anders N.U Berg, Konstantina Stavrianou and Rena Vougioukalou. Mark Hollinger and Thomas J. Mangan IV (USA) are executive producers. Filmblades (Cyprus) and One Six One Films (Cyprus) are producing the film in co-production with Fredo Pictures (Denmark), Graal S.A (Greece), with the support from the Cyprus Deputy Ministry of Culture, ERT (Greek TV Channel), the Danish Film Institute, the Greek Film Center, the Black Family Grant of NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Pleasant Bay Pictures, the Sam Spiegel International Film Lab - Emerging Filmmaker Award, and Mango Productions. The principal photography took place during the summer and fall of 2023 in Limassol and Nicosia, including the surrounding coastal areas. The completion of the film is expected by the summer of 2025.

www.graal.gr

MEET EAVE IN JUNE

@ PUENTES Workshop 1, June 2 - 8, Montevideo (UY)

EAVE Project Manager Ana Ruiz Miralles

@ Producers Workshop 2, June 23 - 30, Vitoria-Gasteiz (ES)

EAVE CEO Kristina Trapp, EAVE Deputy CEO Satu Elo, EAVE Head of Studies Lise Lense-Møller, EAVE Project Managers Sarah van den Hoogen, Ana Ruiz Miralles, Tanika Sajatovic

EAVE graduates win the Grand Prix and 25 more awards in Cannes!

Congratulations to the winners of the 78th Cannes Film Festival! We are thrilled to share that EAVE producers took home an impressive number of 26 awards — including the prestigious Grand Prix and Best Director in Competition!

Competition

SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Ottmar Berensen, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic wins the Grand Prix of the 78th Cannes Film Festival.
THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonca Filho, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, EAVE graduate Leontine Petit, executive producer: EAVE+ graduate Dora Amorim wins Best Director (Kleber Mendonça Filho) and Best Actor (Wagner Moura)
SIRAT by Oliver Laxe, producer: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font wins the Jury Prize ex aequo
THE LITTLE SISTER by Hafsia Herzi, producer: PUENTES graduate Naomi Denamur wins Best Actress (Nadia Melliti)

Un Certain Regard

THE MYSTERIOUS GAZE OF THE FLAMINGO by Diego Cespedes, producer: PUENTES graduate Giancarlo Nasi wins the Un Certain Regard Prize
A POET by Simon Mesa Soto, co-producers: EAVE graduates Katharina Bergfeld, David Herdies, Heino Deckert, Michael Krotkiewski wins the Jury Prize
ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA by Arab et Tarzan Nasser, co-producers: EAVE graduates Edyta Janczak-Hiriart, Rashid Abdelhamid, Ahmed Amer, co-producer: EAVE graduate Dorothe Beinemeier wins Best Director
I ONLY REST IN THE STORM by Pedro Pinho, producer: TTB and EAVE graduate Filipa Reis, co-producers: EAVE graduate Ioana Lascar, EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Radu Stancu, PUENTES graudate and National Coordinator Latin America Tatiana Leite wins Best Actress (Cleo Diára)
PILLION by Harry Lighton, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney wins Best Screenplay

Critics' Week

A USEFUL GHOST by Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke, co-producers: TTB graduate Karim Aitouna, EAVE graduate May Odeh wins the Grand Prix
IMAGO by Déni Oumar Pitsaev: co-producers: PUENTES graduate Géraldine Sprimont, EAVE graduate Anne-Laure Guégan wins the French Touch Jury Prize
EAVE project THE LAST TEARS OF THE DECEASED by Beza Hailu Lemma, producer: EAVE graduate Tamara Dawit wins the Next Step Prize

Directors’ Fortnight

WILD FOXES by Valéry Carnoy, producer: EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes wins the Europa Cinemas Label and the SACD Award
LEFT-HANDED GIRL by Shih-Ching Tsou, executive producer: EAVE graduate Alex C. Lo wins the Gan Foundation Award for Distribution

Other Awards

IMAGO by Déni Oumar Pitsaev: co-producers: PUENTES graduate Géraldine Sprimont, EAVE graduate Anne-Laure Guégan wins the Golden Eye for Best Documentary
THE LITTLE SISTER by Hafsia Herzi, producer: PUENTES graduate Naomi Denamur wins the Queer Palm
THE LOVE THAT REMAINS by Hlynur Pálmason, producers: EAVE graduates Anton Máni Svansson Katrin Pors, co-producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri wins the Palme Dog
THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonca Filho, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, EAVE graduate Leontine Petit, executive producer: EAVE+ graduate Dora Amorim wins the FRIPRESCI Award (Competition)
ALPHA by Julia Ducournau, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin wins the CST Award for Best Artist-Technician
CONNEMARA by Alex Lutz, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland wins the CST Award for Best Young Female Film Technician

Docs-in-Progress Awards

EVERYBODY TO KENMURE STREET by Felipe Bustos Sierra, producer: EAVE graduate Ciara Barry wins the Al Jazeera Documentary Award
SOMETHING FAMILIAR by Rachel Close, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Lazurean-Gorgan wins the Chicken & Egg Vision Award
THE PRODUCTION OF THE WORLD by Brett Story, producer: EAVE graduate Elhum Shakerifar wins the Post-Production Award (TransPerfect Media)
TWO MOUNTAINS WEIGHING DOWN MY CHEST by Viv Li, producer: EAVE graduate Olivia Sophie Van Leeuwen wins the Alphapanda Award

Heartfelt congratulations!

Joint Statement / EYCS Council May 2025

As organisations working across the European film and audiovisual sector, we represent film and TV directors, producers, training and networking organisations, markets and festivals, sales agents, publishers and distributors of films both offline and online, and cinema operators.

We are writing to express our strong support for the ongoing efforts of the Council in strengthening the cultural and creative sectors across Europe, and to highlight the crucial role of the Creative Europe MEDIA Programme.

The Council of the EU and the European Parliament will have a key role to play in future months, not just on the budget in the framework of the next MFF but also on ensuring that Creative Europe will be continued and reinforced. Strengthening MEDIA for a future-proof strong, vibrant and independent European film and audiovisual sector is only possible by maintaining it as a distinct programme. This should be done by ensuring a right balance between cultural and industrial objectives - since together these determine the sector’s competitiveness - and by securing the highest possible budget. The film and audiovisual sector need effective and sector-tailored EU funding programmes, to safeguard its long-term resilience, competitiveness and the vitality of Europe’s cultural and creative ecosystem.

The Creative Europe’s MEDIA sub-programme is undeniably a success story and has been instrumental in helping the European film and audiovisual sector to become increasingly culturally and creatively diverse, while proactively supporting collaboration at European level, as well as the development of markets and audiences for European film and TV works. The essence of MEDIA is to foster European culture, cinema, independent film and audiovisual companies and cultural diversity, while at the same time ensuring a sustainable and competitive film and audiovisual ecosystem, mixing large players and a solid ecosystem of SMEs, thus ensuring the competitiveness of European works and stakeholders. MEDIA will celebrate its 35th anniversary in 2026 and has always been paramount in allowing the audiovisual and film sector to thrive, in Europe and beyond.

As the only European programme specifically designed to support the development, circulation and promotion of European film and audiovisual works, taking into account today’s digital environment, the programme plays a vital role in celebrating cultural diversity, safeguarding our democratic values, enriching our common European identity, and enhancing social cohesion, while fostering innovation, competitiveness, economic growth and skilled jobs. In its own-initiative report on the Next long-term budget for the EU, the European Parliament "points to the importance of Creative Europe in contributing to Europe’s diversity and competitiveness and in supporting vibrant societies”. This is a thriving sector, largely due to cooperation, co-productions, talent exchange, training and networking. In terms of dissemination of works, sales agents, distributors, cinemas and festivals are key operators for offering cultural and linguistic diversity to European and international audiences.

In light of the ongoing digital transformation of the industry and technological innovations, of the current world political context, we firmly believe that it is crucial to continue supporting European cooperation, audiovisual creation and dissemination of works in Europe and beyond.

This support should be visible, inclusive, stable and sustainable. In the current context, we firmly believe that this is more needed than ever. Culture fosters a sense of belonging and civic engagement among citizens, which is essential for upholding our common democratic values.

Signatories:

Audiovisual Training Coalition (ATC) - including EAVE
Eurocinema
Europa Distribution
Europa International
European Audiovisual Production (CEPI)
European Film Promotion (EFP)
European Producers Club (EPC)
Federation of European Screen Directors (FERA)
Film and Audiovisual Markets in Europe (F.A.M.E.)
International Confederation of Arthouse Cinemas (CICAE)
International Federation of Film Distributors' and Publishers' Associations (FIAD)
International Federation of Film Producers Associations (FIAPF)
International Union of Cinemas (UNIC)
International Video Federation (IVF)
Smart7
Society of Audiovisual Authors (SAA)

EAVE in Cannes 2025

EAVE is happy to announce the selection of 43 films in the OFFICIAL & SIDEBAR SECTIONS OF THE FESTIVAL, 4 at ACID, 5 in the IMMERSIVE SELECTION, 13 in the CANNES DOCS, 4 at LA FABRIQUE CINÉMA, 1 at the FRONTIÈRES PLATFORM, 15 out of 20 PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE, 49 EAVE producers at the PRODUCERS NETWORK and 50 films at the Marché du Film!

In Competition

ALPHA by Julia Ducournau, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
RENOIR by Hayakawa Chie, producers: EAVE and TTB graduates Eiko Mizuno Gray, Fran Borgia, Yulia Evina Bhara, Alemberg Ang, TTB Head of Studies and EAVE+ graduate Christophe Bruncher
THE HISTORY OF SOUND by Oliver Hermanus, co-producers: EAVE graduate Lara Costa Calzado, EAVE graduate and Italian National Coordinator Giovanni Pompili
THE LITTLE SISTER by Hafsia Herzi, producer: PUENTES graduate Naomi Denamur
SIRAT by Oliver Laxe, producer: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font
TWO PROSECUTORS by Sergei Loznitsa, producer: B’EST graduate Alise Gelze
FUORI by Mario Martone, executive producer: EAVE graduate Giorgio Magliulo
THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonca Filho, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, EAVE graduate Leontine Petit
EAGLES OF THE REPUBLIC by Tarik Saleh, producer: EAVE graduate Linda Mutawi, co-producer: EAVE graduate Monica Hellström
ROMERIA by Carla Simon, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Zamora
SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Ottmar Berensen, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic

Un Certain Regard

THE MYSTERIOUS GAZE OF THE FLAMINGO by Diego Cespedes, producer: PUENTES graduate Giancarlo Nasi
MY FATHER’S SHADOW by Akinola Davies Jr., executive producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
THE GREAT ARCH by Stéphane Demoustier, producer: EAVE group leader Patrick Sobelman
A PALE VIEW OF HILLS by Ishikawa Kei co-producers: EAVE graduates Mariusz Włodarski, Marta Gmosińska
CARAVAN by Zuzana Kirchnerova, producer: EAVE graduate Dagmar Sedlackova
PILLION by Harry Lighton, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
AISHA CAN’T FLY AWAY by Morad Mostafa, producer: EAVE graduate Ahmed Amer, EAVE graduate May Odeh
ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA by Arab et Tarzan Nasser, co-producers: EAVE graduates Edyta Janczak-Hiriart, Rashid Abdelhamid, Ahmed Amer, co-producer: EAVE graduate Dorothe Beinemeier
PROMISED SKY by Erige Sehiri, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri
THE LAST ONE FOR THE ROAD by Francesco Sossai, producer: Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli
HEADS OR TAILS? by Matteo Zoppis, Alessio Rigo de Righi, producer: EAVE graduate Alex C. Lo, co-producer: TTB graduate Stefano Centini
LOVE ME TENDER by Anna Cazenave Cambet, associate producer: EAVE graduate and Luxembourgish National Coordinator Bernard Michaux
A POET by Simon Mesa Soto, co-producers: EAVE graduates Katharina Bergfeld, David Herdies, Heino Deckert, Michael Krotkiewski
I ONLY REST IN THE STORM by Pedro Pinho, producer: TTB and EAVE graduate Filipa Reis, EAVE graduate Ioana Lascar

A POET © Ocultimo/Juan Sarmiento G.

Out of Competition

THE RICHEST WOMAN IN THE WORLD by Thierry Klifa, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart

Cannes Premiere

CONNEMARA by Alex Lutz, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland
MAGELLAN by Lav Diaz, producer: TTB graduate Stefano Centini
THE DISAPPEARANCE OF JOSEF MENGELE by Kirill Serebrennikov, co-producer: EAVE graduate Sandino Saravia Vinay
THE LOVE THAT REMAINS by Hlynur Pálmason, producers: EAVE graduates Anton Máni Svansson Katrin Pors, co-producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri

Short Films Competition

AASVOËLS (VULTURES) by Dian Weys, producer: EAVE graduate Anaïs Bertrand

Critics’ Week

In the Semaine de la Critique jury: EAVE and TTB graduate Yulia Evina Bhara

Feature Film Competition

A USEFUL GHOST by Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke, co-producers: TTB graduate Karim Aitouna, EAVE graduate May Odeh
IMAGO by Déni Oumar Pitsaev: co-producers: PUENTES graduate Géraldine Sprimont, EAVE graduate Anne-Laure Guégan
KIKA by Alexe Poukine, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland
LEFT-HANDED GIRL by Shih-Ching Tsou, executive producer: EAVE graduate Alex C. Lo
REEDLAND by Sven Bresser, producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot

Short Film Competition

ALISVERIS by Vasile Todinca, producer: EAVE graduate Ada Solomon
BLEAT! by Ananth Subramaniam, producers: TTB graduates Bradley Liew, Choo Mun Bel

Short Film Special Screenings

ERASERHEAD IN A KNITTED SHOPPING BAG by Lili Koss, producer: EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Bulgaria Vanya Rainova

Directors’ Fortnight

WILD FOXES by Valéry Carnoy, producer: EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes
LOYNES by Dorian Nour Jespers, produced by EAVE graduate Benoît Roland
HER WILL BE DONE by Julia Kowalski, producer : EAVE graduate Estelle Robin You
YES! by Nadav Lapid, producer: EAVE graduate Judith Lou Lévy, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Marios Piperides

ACID

A LIGHT THAT NEVER GOES OUT by Lauri-Matti Parppei, producer: EAVE graduate Ilona Tolmunen
ENTRONCAMENTO by Pedro Cabeleira, co-producer: EAVE graduates Edyta Janczak-Hiriart
OBSCURE NIGHT – "AIN’T I A CHILD?" by Sylvain George, producer: EAVE graduate Eugenia Mumenthaler
THE BLACK SNAKE by Aurélien Vernhes-Lermusiaux, co-producers: PUENTES graduates Diana Bustamante Escobar, Paola Wink

Immersive Selection

CECI EST MON CŒUR by Nicolas Blies & Stéphane Hueber-Blies, producer: EAVE graduate Marion Guth
THE DOLLHOUSE by Charlotte Bruneau and Dominic Desjardins, producer: EAVE MW graduate Helène Walland
THE EXPLODING GIRL VR by Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel, producer: EAVE graduate Mando Stathi
BATTLEFIELD by François Vautier, producer: EAVE graduate Annabella Nezri
FLOATING WITH SPIRITS by Juanita Onzaga, producers: EAVE graduates Emmy Oost, Donato Rotunno, EAVE MW graduate An Oost

Les cinémas du monde | La Fabrique Cinéma de l’Institut Français

THE FLOWERS OF THE DEAD by Nuno Miranda, co-producer: EAVE graduate Janja Kralj
THE PASSPORT by Rakan Mayasi, producer: EAVE graduate May Odeh
TO LEAVE, TO STAY by Danech San, co-producer: TTB and EAVE graduate Yulia Evina Bhara
WHAT FOLLOWS IS MY DEATH by Laura Baumeister, co-producer: EAVE graduate Barbara Sarasola Day

Frontières Platform

MOTHERWITCH by Minos Papas, producer: EAVE graduate Darko Popov

Cannes Docs

LESBIAN LINES by Cara Holmes, producer: EAVE graduate Evan Horan
WAVE by Mariam Chachia, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Lazurean-Gorgan
MAGNETIC LETTERS by Demie Dangla, producer: EAVE graduate Laura Kloeckner
SOMETHING FAMILIAR by Rachel Close, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Lazurean-Gorgan
THE PRODUCTION OF THE WORLD by Brett Story, producer: EAVE graduate Elhum Shakerifar
SARKASH by Sophie Schrago, producer: EAVE graduate Heejung Oh
TWO MOUNTAINS WEIGHING DOWN MY CHEST by Viv Li, producer: EAVE graduate Olivia Sophie Van Leeuwen
EVERYBODY TO KENMURE STREET by Felipe Bustos Sierra, producer: EAVE graduate Ciara Barry
LOVE LETTERS by Daniel Cook, producer: EAVE graduate James Heath
YOUR HONOUR by Bircan Birol, producer: EAVE graduate Reece Cargan
BERLINER by CHANGE graduate Anna Khazaradze, producer: EAVE+ graduate Nino Chichua
DEAR by Ramona Mos, producer: EAVE graduate Julia Cöllen
HOPE AGAINST HOPE by Omid Alayhe Omid, producer: TTB Head of Studies and EAVE+ graduate Christophe Bruncher, EAVE participant Anita Norfolk

Great 8 Showcase

LEARNING TO BREATHE UNDER WATER by Rebekah Fortune, executive producer: EAVE graduate Amy Gardner
MISSION by Paul Wright, co-producer: EAVE graduate Stelana Kiiris

Cinema de demain

Focus COPRO’ 2025

MY NAME IS NINA SHAKIRA by Samuel Suffren, producer: EAVE graduate Carine Ruszniewski

FOCUS WIP

GOATS! by Tonci Gacina, producer: EAVE graudate Tibor Keser
SONG OF SLEEPLESS NIGHTS by Madli Laane, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Ostrat

Collaboration EAVE & Focus COPRO': consultations by EAVE graduate Vicky Miha and EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri for Focus COPRO' participants

Producers on the Move

15 out of 20 PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE by the European Film Promotion networking platform are EAVE graduates:

Blerina Hankollari, Atlab, Albania
Andi G Hess, Schubert Film, Austria
Géraldine Sprimont, Need Productions, Belgium
Magdelena Ilieva, Little Wing Productions, France
Tamara Babun Zovko, Wolfgang & Dolly, Croatia
Lionel Massol, Films Grand Huit, France
Fred Burle, One Two Films, Germany
Claudia Sümeghy, JUNO11 Pictures, Hungary
Deirdre Levins, Fantastic Films, Ireland
Vincent Quénault, Red Lion, Luxembourg
Bojana Radulovic, Code Blue Production, Montenegro
Agnieszka Wasiak, Lava Films, Poland
Carla Fotea, microFILM, Romania
Eliza Jones, Grand Slam Film, Sweden
Thomas Reichlin, Alva Film, Switzerland

EAVE @ Cannes Producers Network

Network EAVE is proud to be partner of the Cannes Producers Network!

EAVE Deputy CEO Satu Elo is a Producers Network Guest of Honour on Sunday, May 18, 2025.

EAVE graduate and National Coordinator for Asia Liza Dino will be moderating at the Producers Network.

In the framework of this partnership 5 EAVE graduates have been selected:

Raphaël Gindre, RG FILMS, France
Claire Mc Cabe, Pipedream Productions, Ireland
Renko Douze, Een van de jongens, Netherlands
Dimitris Logiadis, Filmiki Productions, Greece
Ilona Tolmunen, MADE, Finland

Also participating in the Cannes Producers Network:

Marché du Film

AKIKO, THE FLYING MONKEY by EAVE graduate Veit Helmer, sales: Loco Films
A LIGHT THAT NEVER GOES OUT by Lauri-Matti Parppei, producer: EAVE graduate Ilona Tolmunen, sales: Patra Spanou Film
AISHA CAN’T FLY AWAY by Morad Mostafa, producers: EAVE graduates Ahmed Amer, May Odeh, sales: Mad Solutions
ALPHA by Julia Ducournau, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin, sales: Filmnation
CARAVAN by Zuzana Kirchnerova, producer: EAVE graduate Dagmar Sedlackova, sales: Alpha Violet
CICADAS by Ina Weisse, co-producer: EAVE graduate Sebastien Haguenauer, sales: Beta Cinema
CIRCUSBOY by Anna Koch, Julia Lemke, producer: EAVE participant Katharina Bergfeld
CUERPO CELESTE by Nayra Ilic, producer: PUENTES graduate Alessandro Amato, sales: Intramovies
CONNEMARA by Alex Lutz, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland, sales: Studiocanal
DJ AHMET by Georgi M. Unkovski, producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Prpic, sales: Films Boutique
EAGLES OF THE REPUBLIC by Tarik Saleh, producer: EAVE graduate Linda Mutawi, co-producer: EAVE graduate Monica Hellström, sales: Playtime
FUORI by Mario Martone, executive producer: EAVE graduate Giorgio Magliulo, sales: Goodfellas
HEADS OR TAILS? by Matteo Zoppis, Alessio Rigo de Righi, producer: EAVE graduate Alex C. Lo
HER WILL BE DONE by Julia Kowalski, producer : EAVE graduate Estelle Robin You, sales: WTFILMS
I ONLY REST IN THE STORM by Pedro Pinho, producer: TTB and EAVE graduate Filipa Reis, EAVE graduate Ioana Lascar, sales: Terratreme Filmes
KIKA by Alexe Poukine, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland, sales: Totem Films
LA FURIA by Gemma Blasco, producer: PUENTES graduate Mireia Graell, sales: Filmax
LA PETITE DERNIÈRE by Hafsia Herzi, producer: PUENTES graduate Naomi Denamur, sales: MK2 Films
LOVE ME TENDER by Anna Cazenave Cambet, associate producer: EAVE graduate Bernard Michaux, sales: Be for Films
LOYNES by Dorian Nour Jespers, produced by EAVE graduate Benoît Roland, sales: Flanders Image
MAMA by Or Sinai, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marco Valerio Fusco, Aneta Zagorska, sales: Intramovies
MANAS by Marianna Brennand, producer: EAVE graduate Luis Galvão Teles, sales: Bendita Film Sales
MY UNCLE JENS by Brwa Vahabpour, co-producer: EAVE graduate Anda Ionescu, sales: Intramovies
OBSCURE NIGHT – "AIN’T I A CHILD?" by Sylvain George, producer: EAVE graduate Eugenia Mumenthaler
ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA by Arab et Tarzan Nasser, co-producers: EAVE graduates Edyta Janczak-Hiriart, Rashid Abdelhamid, sales: The Party
PANOPTICON by George Sikharulidze, producer: EAVE graduate Vladimer Katcharava, co-producer: EAVE graduate Anamaria Antoci, sales: MMM Film Sales
REEDLAND by Sven Bresser, producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot, sales: The Party
RENOIR by Hayakawa Chie, producers: EAVE and TTB graduates Eiko Mizuno Gray, Fran Borgia, Yulia Evina Bhara, Alemberg Ang, TTB Head of Studies and EAVE+ graduate Christophe Bruncher, sales: Goodfellas
ROMERIA by Carla Simon, producer: EAVE graduate and Spanish National Coordinator Maria Zamora, sales: MK2 Films
SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Ottmar Berensen, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic, sales: MK2 Films
SIRAT by Oliver Laxe, producer: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font, sales: The Match Factory
THE BLACK HOLE by Moonika Siimets, producer: EAVE graduate and Estonian National Coordinator Riina Sildos, EAVE graduate Jussi Rantamäki, sales: Reel Suspects
THE BLACK SNAKE by Aurélien Vernhes-Lermusiaux, co-producers: PUENTES graduates Diana Bustamante Escobar, Paola Wink, sales: MPM Premium
THE COURAGEOUS by Jasmin Gordon, producer: EAVE graduate Brigitte Hofer
THE DISAPPEARANCE OF JOSEF MENGELE by Kirill Serebrennikov, co-producer: EAVE graduate Sandino Saravia Vinay, sales: Kinology
THE FOXES ROUND by Valéry Carnoy, producer: EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes, sales: The Party
THE GREAT ARCH by Stéphane Demoustier, producer: EAVE group leader Patrice Sobelman, sales: Le Pacte
THE ICE TOWER by Lucile Hadzihalilovic, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ingmar Trost, sales: Goodfellas
THE LAST AMBASSADOR by Natalie Halla, producers: EAVE graduates Arash T.Riahi & Sabine Gruber, sales: The Party
THE LAST ONE FOR THE ROAD by Francesco Sossai, producer: Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli, sales: Lucky Number
THE LOVE THAT REMAINS by Hlynur Pálmason, producers: EAVE graduates Anton Máni Svansson, Katrin Pors, co-producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri, sales: New Europe Film Sales
THE MYSTERIOUS GAZE OF THE FLAMINGO by Diego Cespedes, producer: PUENTES graduate Giancarlo Nasi, sales: Charades
THE RICHEST WOMAN IN THE WORLD by Thierry Klifa, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart, sales: Playtime
THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonca Filho, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, EAVE graduate Leontine Petit, sales: MK2 Films
THE SHADOW by Yaak Kilmi, producer: EAVE+ graduate Kristian Taska
THE WOLF, THE FOX & THE LEOPARD by David Verbeek, producer: EAVE graduate Leontine Petit, co-producers: EAVE graduates Alexandra Hoesdorff, Sinisa Juricic, sales: Level K
TWO PROSECUTORS by Sergei Loznitsa, producer: B’EST graduate Alise Gelze, sales: Coproduction Office
A POET by Simon Mesa Soto, co-producers: EAVE graduates Katharina Bergfeld, David Herdies, Heino Deckert, Michael Krotkiewski, sales: Luxbox
YES! by Nadav Lapid, producer: EAVE graduate Judith Lou Lévy, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Marios Piperides, sales: Les Films du Losange
YUNAN by Ameer Fakher Eldin, producers: EAVE graduates Dorothe Beinemeier, Marco Valerio Fusco, Tony Copti, EAVE participant Jiries Copti, sales: Intramovies

May 17

10:00–11:00
EAVE IMPACT THINK TANK: Inclusive Co-Productions – Building New Frameworks

- in partnership with Marché du Film

Moderator: Tamara Dawit (Gobez Media, Canada, Ethiopia)

@ Palais Stage, Level -1, Palais des Festivals

15.30-16.30

EAVE ImpAct session: Audiences: Profile your business targets and final viewers

- in partnership with Marché du Film

@ Producers Club (Lérins), Palais des Festivals

May 18

10.00-11.00

La Fabrique des Cinémas du Monde: EAVE presentation

- in partnership with La Fabrique

EAVE CEO Kristina Trapp will give insight into EAVE’s activities and workshop programmes.

@ Adosom, 16 Avenue Windsor

11:00 – 12:30

SPOTLIGHT ASIA: Roadmap to Co-Production with Asia Funding Landscape

- in partnership with Marché du Film

Moderators: TTB Head of Studies Christophe Bruncher ( Ici et Là Productions, France), Lorna Tee (Asian Film Alliance Network)

@ Producers Club (Lérins), Palais des Festivals

17.30-19.00

SPOTLIGHT ASIA: TTB/EAVE case study of RENOIR

- in partnership with Marché du Film

Moderator: TTB Head of Studies Christophe Bruncher ( Ici et Là Productions, France)

Speakers: EAVE and TTB graduate Eiko Mizuno-Gray and Jason Gray (Loaded Pictures, Japan)

@ Producers Club (Lérins), Palais des Festivals

EAVE CEO Kristina Trapp

EAVE Deputy CEO Satu Elo

during May 15 - 20

At the European Pavilion No. 118, International Village

At the Producers Club, Riviera, J.

Contact: satu@eave.org

EAVE is a proud partner of The Red Balloon Alliance Team. Supporting all the parents and families attending Cannes with their little ones, Le Ballon Rouge is here to help from 13 - 22 May!

Empowering Underrepresented Voices in Greenland and Beyond: Interview with EAVE graduate Emile Hertling Péronard

EAVE graduate Emile Hertling Péronard, Greenlandic expert of the EAVE Producers Workshop, and group leader of the EAVE Sámi Producers Lab, has recently been appointed to be EAVE’s National Coordinator for Denmark. We sat down at this occasion to speak about producing in Greenland, his work around equity and inclusion, his different roles and recent films, and the upcoming EAVE THINK TANK panel in Cannes.

EAVE: The EAVE IMPACT THINK TANK, in which you have been actively involved, will present its latest results at the Cannes Marché du Film on May 17th. Why do you think the work EAVE does with the Think Tank is relevant, and what is your motivation to be part of it?

Emile Hertling Péronard: I have been part of the Think Tank for two years, focusing on inclusive co-productions. Joining EAVE’s Producers Workshop in 2021 was something I had considered for years to grow as a producer, and while I gained valuable knowledge, one of the biggest takeaways was the international network — it offered benefits far beyond individual projects! Every interaction, meeting, keynote or panel since has felt deeply rewarding, echoing the spirit of the workshop. Taking part in the Think Tank also aligned with my long-standing focus on diversity and inclusion, particularly in empowering underrepresented voices in film.

As a Greenlandic filmmaker, I faced systemic barriers, like being ineligible for Danish film funding, which highlighted how the industry has historically excluded many. Now that more people from underrepresented regions can create films thanks to technology, it's vital to address structural barriers and racism and to discuss issues that Indigenous and BIPOC people have felt trying to emerge through film funding systems. EAVE, especially through the Producers Workshop, plays a key role in that. The discussions I bring to the Think Tank, and to the EAVE Racial Equity Advisory Board that I’m also a part of, naturally extend from my background and from early conversations at the Producers Workshop, thanks to my very diverse group D.

As producers, we always try to find solutions to get where we want to go. But as Indigenous or global majority filmmakers, we are used to navigating systems not built for us: the road is not paved with public funding and broadcasters, so we need to find different ways. Inclusive co-production discussions at the Think Tank reflect our lived realities, and we try to answer the question: how can we change the system so the next generation doesn’t face the same obstacles?

How come Greenlanders didn’t have access to film funding in Denmark?

When Greenland gained home rule in 1979, some policies, for instance, cultural policy, were gradually taken over from Denmark. While that shift gave us more autonomy, it also closed the door to Danish resources — leaving us with very limited means to develop film. There was no filmmaking system before then: Greenlandic TV began in 1982, the first short film was produced in 1999, and the first feature in 2009. Everything started late and on minimal budgets, with in-kind services and help sourced locally.

Only 3–4 years ago did we manage to establish a special Danish funding scheme — NORDDOK — focused on documentaries from Greenland and the Faroe Islands, so that Greenlandic companies can now get production funding from Denmark. This came from our political advocacy and pushing for change, because the system simply wasn’t built for us. My new film, WALLS – AKINNI INUK which premiered at CPH:DOX 2025 and won the Nordic Dox Award, is the first since the very first film I did 11 years ago that I’ve been able to make as a majority Greenlandic producer! Until now, all my films had to go through my Danish company to secure funding. This is a clear example of how, as producers, we often have to push the system to change — by lobbying, advocating, and demonstrating the value of our work to prove to the people in power that this is something that they should really pay more attention to.

That’s very inspiring also to other Greenlandic filmmakers! Are there many?

The film community in Greenland is small but dedicated, around 50 individuals working professionally or semi-professionally in filmmaking as independent filmmakers (not employed at the TV station for instance). It is organised under a filmmakers’ association called Film.gl, established in 2012 and which has since been the only film body in Greenland, as we do not yet have a national film institute.

Not yet! But you are actually working on setting up one, right?

Yes, exactly. For years, our film association has advocated for a film institute — writing reports to politicians explaining how it could work and why it’s needed. We highlighted key aspects like the arms-length principle, ensuring decisions are made independently and professionally, not politically – which is fundamental in all areas of democratic society. Previously, film funding came directly from the government, with the cultural minister signing grants. While I never felt my projects were blocked for political reasons, it's not ideal to depend on who is in charge. With a film institute, we will finally have a dedicated fund, qualified project readers, and a film commissioner to build the infrastructure.

You have been working on the Sámi Producers Lab - organised by EAVE in partnership with the International Sámi Film Institute and Netflix - as an EAVE expert. What is the relationship between Inuit and Sámi people and are their narratives relatively similar?

We are not the same people, but we are both Indigenous, colonised by similar countries, so there are many shared experiences we can talk about. Filmmaking opened that world to me — our first film in 2014 was selected for Toronto-based Indigenous film festival imagineNATIVE, and it was my first real encounter with other Indigenous filmmakers from all over the world. It was profound to see how they connected with our story and how we connected with theirs — we are all trying to reclaim our narratives through film.

At Berlinale in 2015, we saw the first native stand at EFM and reconnected with many of those people who had been at imagineNATIVE. That’s when I realised there is a global community of Indigenous filmmakers trying to help and empower each other, doing exactly what we talk about at EAVE — changing systems and building awareness. It’s really unique that I can have a conversation with a filmmaker from Aotearoa (New Zealand) and feel that we share history and values more so than I would with a non-Indigenous filmmaker from my neighbouring country.

Since then, we have worked closely with ISFI and imagineNATIVE, and we make sure to include these voices at our own film festival in Nuuk. These collaborations may be harder to fund, but they are deeply meaningful. So, when we talk about inclusive co-productions, it’s not only about power imbalances — it’s also about immediate trust, shared values and how much easier it is to work with those who truly understand where we are coming from.

The Arctic Indigenous Film Fund (AIFF) is part of the ecosystem. While it doesn’t yet support full productions, it funds development, workshops, and cross-border project — like the Witness program, where Arctic Indigenous filmmakers make 5-minute-long climate documentaries. The goal is to eventually provide production funding across borders, — just like ISFI does for Sámi filmmakers across Norway, Sweden, and Finland. It’s very unique for a film funding body to be able to do that. The same would be the case for the AIFF; it would be able to give money also to Greenland, to Canada, to Alaska, and all the Arctic regions that have indigenous peoples. That cross-border support is rare and powerful — and it’s something we really need more of.

But the Greenlandic film fund will be a national fund?

Yes, the Greenlandic film fund will be a national institute, similar to public film funding bodies in Europe. But there are exciting developments — for example, in Canada, Inuit from Greenland can now be counted as Canadian in the funding point system, since we are the same people separated by a colonial border. This change could make it easier for Greenlandic and Canadian Inuit to collaborate and access Canadian film funding.

Many changes are happening and adapting to the needs of people, right?

I am really hopeful. I mean, I know that now it’s a really difficult time when it comes to inclusion and diversity for other reasons, but at the same time I feel that the work that we have done and also the results that have come out of the EAVE Think Tanks is actually getting people to listen and institutions to realize that maybe it is a problem that the Canadian-Danish co-production treaty has been signed in 1997 and hasn’t been changed since and maybe we do need to think a little bit different in today’s age.

This year at CPH:DOX I moderated a panel on inclusive and equitable co-productions, using the 2024 Think Tank report as a starting point to discuss filmmakers' experiences and challenges. The ideas strongly resonated with participants from other countries like Brazil and India, highlighting the urgent need for more balanced, sustainable collaboration models — something even Danish filmmakers, despite their privileged funding system, are beginning to acknowledge.

Producer Emile Hertling Péronard, director Lin Alluna and protagonist Aaju Peter at the opening of Twice Colonized in 2023 © CPH:DOX

Your most recent films TWICE COLONIZED and WALLS – AKINNI INUK generated many conversations at the festivals and got awarded generously. How have these films been actually made?

TWICE COLONIZED often comes up in discussions about co-production. It's a story about an Inuit woman from Greenland living in Canada, connecting both communities. The main character is lawyer Aaju Peter who has led a lifelong fight for the rights of Inuit people. When her youngest son unexpectedly passes away, Aaju embarks on a personal journey to bring her colonizers in both Canada and Denmark to justice.

I initially wanted to co-produce with Inuit producers Alethea Arnaquq-Baril and Stacey Aglok MacDonald of Red Marrow Media in the province of Nunavut, just an hour from Nuuk, but we hit a deadlock: not only I couldn’t raise enough funds in Greenland, but they lacked the track record to access national funding in Canada. Also, the Canadian funding system is so bureaucratic that it can be overwhelming for small companies, creating major barriers to meaningful collaborations.

After pitching at Hot Docs in 2019, Canadian company EyeSteelFilm joined Red Marrow in the project, securing the national funding and empowering us as the Indigenous majority producers. In the meantime, I established a company in Denmark to access Danish funding. In the end, we made it happen through an “intra-commonwealth” co-production between Greenland and Denmark and an “intra-provincial” co-production between Nunavut and Quebec. We were finally able to actually overcome the obstacles, work together and make the first Inuit co-production across colonial borders a reality. Now, Canadian funders use the film as an example of why the system needs to change — even CBC, the Canadian Broadcaster’s commissioning editor recently said it influenced how they view co-productions!

How did the audience resonate with the film?

The film resonated deeply in both Denmark and Canada, premiering at Sundance, then opening CPH:DOX and Hot Docs in the same year. I think it was an example of how important this discussion is in both Denmark and Canada, about these countries’ responsibilities towards the colonial trauma that this film explores through such a personal and intimate story. But its real impact came when it returned home to Greenland and Nunavut, where Aaju could reclaim her story and see how powerfully the film sparked conversations, for example in the Friday Night Talk Show. Despite the emotional weight of being a character in a big scale creative documentary, she says she was grateful for the dialogues and impact it has created. I think all this makes it very worthwhile. That’s why we do it, at the end of the day.

What about your next film, WALLS – AKINNI INUK?

WALLS – AKINNI INUK shares the same ideology as our other films: bringing out underrepresented voices. It’s set in a Greenlandic prison, where my friend Nina began filming nearly a decade ago. She met Ruth, a woman serving an indefinite sentence — meaning she might never be released — and they formed a powerful friendship. The film explores how two seemingly different people can deeply connect, help each other, even across very different lives.

It challenges our assumptions: Who is someone convicted of murder, really? Nina and Ruth discover they were both sexually abused as children. Nina had fantasised about revenge; Ruth had acted on it, which is why she is in the prison. The film becomes a dialogue about trauma, justice, and how thin the lines can be between drastically different life outcomes, depending on individual decisions. It’s also about giving a voice to someone who we tend as society to forget after we have locked them away.

Thanks to NORDDOK funding, and because the two directors Sofie Rørdam and Nina Paninnguaq Skydsbjerg were able to film over many years on a shoestring budget, we could make this a fully Greenlandic production, without the need for international co-production.

That’s impressive. Are local productions like that common in Greenland?

Not really. Most filmmakers back home work with tiny budgets, often doing everything themselves — you’ll see the same name over and over in the credits. But if you want a professional, international-level production with experienced crew — like for example our amazing editors on WALLS — you need external funding. That’s always the challenge.

Together with Pipaluk K. Jørgensen, I founded my fiction production company in Greenland as a service company in 2020, but now we’re doing co-productions and our own projects. We have just finished shooting a major French feature in Northern Greenland — the biggest production we have ever handled with substantial Greenlandic involvement. More international projects are on the way, and our goal is to ensure Greenlandic filmmakers are part of them! These films are coming to Greenland regardless (we have stunning locations), so we want to make sure our people get the experience and opportunities they bring.

Sharing knowledge and building up local talent is a big part of our mission. That’s also why I joined the Sámi Producers Lab — it’s such an important initiative! Greenland faces the same problem: many talented filmmakers are producing their own work because there simply aren’t enough producers. Long term, that’s risky. If we don’t train producers, foreign companies will take over our stories and control - we need to empower Greenlandic producers. I’d love for them to experience something like the Sámi Producers Lab — it was incredibly valuable. And if we can make this tough job a bit more appealing, maybe more people will see what an amazing, meaningful career it can be, beyond all the paperwork, to be a producer.

EUROPEAN SHOWRUNNER PROGRAMME session for EAVE graduates

This year EAVE has teamed up with the International Film School Köln’s (IFS) EUROPEAN SHOWRUNNER PROGRAMME (ESP), to offer an introductory online session (“Producing in the Showrunner Model”) on showrunning in Europe for EAVE graduates and for the participants of EAVE Producers Workshop 2025

ABOUT THE SESSION

This session on May 5 featured a case study presented by a producer and a showrunner who have previously collaborated. The goal was to understand the new creative process Showrunning in Europe, to explore the dynamics of the collaboration of showrunners and producers, and to help define their respective roles more clearly.

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

Jeppe Gjervig Gram & Jacob Jarek

Despite its growing popularity, there are still many misconceptions about the showrunner position in Europe. This online session with experienced writer and showrunner Jeppe Gjervig Gram ("Borgen", "Follow the Money") and renowned producer Jacob Jarek ("The Apprentice", "Follow the Money") offered a unique opportunity to learn about the showrunner model directly from two top industry professionals.
Focusing on the crucial relationship between showrunner and producer, this session explored the benefits and challenges of this innovative work model. Using Jeppe’s and Jacob’s working relationship as a case study, the session discussed how the showrunner model impacts the role of the producer, illustrating how showrunners and producers support each other as equal creative partners.

ABOUT IFS’S EUROPEAN SHOWRUNNER PROGRAMME

The European Showrunner Programme (ESP) is dedicated to analysing, discussing and eventually establishing a uniquely European approach to showrunning, tailored to the specific needs and circumstances of series production in Europe. Rather than adopting the US showrunner model, the ESP aims to create a framework that addresses the distinct characteristics of the European series markets.

As the lead creative force behind a series, the showrunner is a writer-producer responsible for maintaining the creative vision from ideation through story development, pre-production, shooting, post-production, and marketing. They make all creative decisions, including involvement in the final cut, and work closely with the production department on budget matters and with all heads of department. This role demands a unique blend of creative and managerial skills, making it one of the most challenging and rewarding positions in the industry.

The evolving practice of showrunning in Europe defines a new creative process where the writer's responsibilities span the entire production workflow, from story development and pre-production to post-production supervision, distribution, marketing, and audience design. Showrunners must be excellent series writers with a strong creative vision, a producer’s mindset, and exceptional communication and leadership skills. Although most European series writers have yet to acquire these skills, the demand for showrunners is steadily growing.

Programme Structure

The ESP consists of three main components:

European Showrunner Training: A six-month training and mentoring programme designed to equip experienced European series writers with the essential skills and insights needed for the showrunner role. Through online and on-site seminars and one-on-one mentoring, participants develop the mindset and self-awareness necessary for successful showrunning. The programme emphasizes creative leadership and covers key areas such as head writing, directing, and producing. It also encourages showrunners to embrace advancements in AI and consider the social impact of their work, while providing access to a vast and reliable professional network.
European Showrunner Think Tank: A series of industry events aimed at discussing, defining, and establishing the showrunner position in Europe. These events facilitate dialogue among industry professionals to ensure the successful integration of the showrunner model into the European series production landscape.
European Showrunner Network: A platform for ongoing support and collaboration among European showrunners, fostering a community of practice and continuous professional development.

The ESP is committed to nurturing the next generation of European showrunners, ensuring they are well-prepared to meet the demands of this pivotal role and significantly contribute to the advancement and success of the European series industry.

You can find more information on the ESP here:

https://www.filmschule.de/en/professional-training/european-showrunner-programme

EAVE Launches 2025 Think Tank Report on Inclusive Co-Production at Marché du Film

EAVE (European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs) is proud to announce the release of its 2025 EAVE IMPACT Think Tank Report on Inclusive Co-Production Practices, a bold new framework to transform international co-production models through equity, transparency, and narrative sovereignty. The report will officially launch at a special panel during this year’s Marché du Film – Co-Production Day:

Panel: Inclusive Co-Productions – Building New Frameworks
Date: Saturday, 17 May
Time: 10:00–11:00 AM
Location: Palais Stage (Level -1), Marché du Film, Cannes

Speakers: Emile Hertling Péronard (Ánorâk Film, Denmark & Greenland), Jennifer Sabbah-Immagine (BIG SISTER & JSI Consultant, FR), Myriam Sassine (La Niña Cinema, France & Lebanon), Daniela Mujica (Productions Ocho, Canada)

Moderator: Tamara Dawit (Gobez Media, Canada, Ethiopia)

Developed through a global, multi-stakeholder think tank facilitated by EAVE in partnership with When East Meets West (WEMW) and supported by the Canada Media Fund (CMF), Telefilm Canada, and the International Emerging Film Talent Association (IEFTA), the report responds to an urgent need to address systemic barriers in the global co-production ecosystem. As international collaboration becomes more critical to financing screen content, the need for inclusive co-production models that reflect a plurality of voices has never been greater.

“International co-productions have long been a tool for collaboration, but too often they replicate inequitable systems and silence the very voices they aim to amplify. With this report, we offer not just a critique - but a roadmap - for producers committed to co-creating a truly inclusive and globally representative screen industry. At EAVE, we believe this work is essential to the future of international storytelling.” - Kristina Trapp, CEO, EAVE

The report outlines concrete areas of work for producers across all stages of content creation, offering practical tools and strategies to build more ethical and inclusive co-productions:

Development: Building narratives that resonate locally and globally through innovative storytelling techniques, community engagement, and cultural considerations.
Financing & Contracting: Establishing equitable financing structures that ensure fair access to resources for marginalized creators, including alternative funding models, co-financing strategies, and ethical revenue-sharing considerations.
Production: Ensuring inclusive crew selection, fostering team-building on set, and implementing ethical frameworks such as contracts, codes of conduct, and legal capacity-building measures.
Post-Production: Protecting creative integrity by establishing processes that uphold cultural authenticity and ensure the developmental vision remains intact.
Release & Distribution: Crafting inclusive release strategies that maximize market access while ensuring equitable representation of all co-producing parties across festival platforms, commercial venues, and non-theatrical screening opportunities.

"Building a truly inclusive global screen industry demands more than goodwill—it requires real frameworks for action. This report is a powerful step forward, offering guiding principles and tangible tools that can reshape how we collaborate across borders, cultures, and communities to bring stories to life. The CMF is honoured to support this important work, and we are grateful for the strong partnership between EAVE, Telefilm, and IEFTA in making it possible." - Joy Loewen, VP of Growth & Inclusion, CMF

This initiative builds on EAVE’s long-term commitment to advancing inclusion and sectoral transformation. The Canada Media Fund, a key partner in this effort, continues to champion inclusive practices and this necessary global dialogue.

Please note: the report is under embargo until May 17, 2025, and will be made publicly available online following its Cannes launch.