EAVE August News 2025
- International Competition titles WHITE SNAIL and GOD WILL NOT HELP win in Locarno
Awards August 2025 - NUESTRA TIERRA selected for Golden Globes Impact Prize for Documentary
Nominations August 2025 - SENTIMENTAL VALUE in cinemas around Europe
In Cinemas August 2025 - EAVE project SERAFIMA selected for the Venice Gap-Financing Market
Festivals August 2025 - CHANGE project BOXES FROM GEORGIA is in post-production
Development & Production News August 2025 - MEET EAVE IN SEPTEMBER
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International Competition titles WHITE SNAIL and GOD WILL NOT HELP win in Locarno
Locarno Film Festival
5 awards for EAVE graduates at the Locarno Film Festival:
- WHITE SNAIL by Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter, producer: EAVE graduate David Bohun, co-producer: EAVE graduate Heino Deckert wins the Special Jury Prize and the Leopard for Best Performance (Marya Imbro and Mikhail Senkov)
- GOD WILL NOT HELP by Hana Jusic, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Ankica Juric Tilic, co-producers: EAVE graduate Ada Solomon, EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri, B’EST graduate Ales Pavlin wins the Leopard for Best Performance (Manuela Martelli and Ana Marija Veselcic)
- HAIR, PAPER, WATER… by Nicolas Graux, Trương Minh Quý, producers: CPI graduate Thomas Hakim, EAVE+ graduate Julien Graff won the Golden Leopard in the Cineasti del Presente competition and a Special Mention
- DON’T LET THE SUN by Jacqueline Zünd, producer: EAVE graduate Louis Mataré won the Leopard for Best Performance in the Cineasti del Presente competition
- SOLOMAMMA by Janicke Askevold, producer: EAVE graduate and Norwegian National Coordinator Gary Cranner, co-producers: EAVE graduates Gints Grube, Inese Boka-Grube, EAVE+ graduate Gabija Siurbyte won the Ecumenical Award
Locarno PRO Awards
- NINA ROZA by Geneviève Dulude-De Celles, producer: EAVE graduate Fanny Drew won the Urban Post First Look Award and the Jannuzzi Smith Award
- IN THE HIDDEN by Goran Rebic, producer: EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu won the Masé Studio Post-Production Award
- NAJMA AND SALOMÉ by Anne Zinn-Justin, produced by PUENTES graduate Clémentine Mourão-Ferreira won the Script Consultancy Residency at DreamAgo offered by the Valais Film Commission
Melbourne International Film Festival
- A POET by Simon Mesa Soto, co-producer: EAVE graduate David Herdies won the Bright Horizons Award of the Melbourne International Film Festival.
https://miff.com.au/miff-awards
Sarajevo Film Festival
9 awards for EAVE graduates at the Sarajevo Film Festival:
- WIND, TALK TO ME by Stefan Djordjevic, producer: EAVE graduate Dragana Jovovic, co-producer: EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar won the Heart of Sarajevo for Best Feature Film
- SORELLA DI CLAUSURA by Ivana Mladenovic, producer: EAVE graduate Ada Solomon won the Heart of Sarajevo for Best Director
- YUGO FLORIDA by Vladimir Tagic, producer: EAVE graduate Marija Stojanovic won the Heart of Sarajevo for Best Actor
- FANTASY by Kukla, producers: EAVE graduates Lija Pogacnik and Vlado Bulajic won the Heart of Sarajevo for Best Actress
- OUR TIME WILL COME by Ivette Löcker, producers: EAVE graduate and Austrian National Coordinator Barbara Pichler, EAVE graduate Gabriele Kranzelbinder won the Heart of Sarajevo for Best Documentary Film
- GOD WILL NOT HELP by Hana Jusic, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Ankica Juric Tilic, co-producers: EAVE graduate Ada Solomon, EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri won the Special Award for Promoting Gender Equality
- DJ AHMET by Georgi M. Unkovski, producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Prpic won the Special Youth Perspectives Award and the Cineuropa Award
- THE WHITE SNAIL by Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter, producer: EAVE graduate David Bohun, co-producer: EAVE graduate Heino Deckert won the CICAE Award
CineLink Co-Production Market winners:
- The EAVE+ Award went to EAVE graduate Marija Stojanovic
- POGANA by David Kapac, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Danijel Hocevar won the Film Center Serbia CineLink Award
- TWO LITTLE NIGHTMARES by Nebojsa Slijepcevic, producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Prpic won the ARTEKino International Prize
- WONDERFUL by Katarina Mitrovic, Isidora Veselinovic, Vladimir Tagic, producer: EAVE graduate Marija Stojanovic won the Croatian Audiovisual Centre Drama Award
- 17 by Kosara Mitic, producer: EAVE graduate Miroslav Mogorovic won the Avanpost Media Award
- WHO ARE WE by Miroslav Terzic, producer: EAVE graduate Snezana van Houwelingen won the HBO Award
https://www.cinelinkindustrydays.com
Norwegian Amanda Awards
7 awards for EAVE graduates at the Amanda Awards, Norway's national film awards ceremony
- ARMAND by Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel, producers: EAVE graduates Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Fred Burle, Derk-Jan Warrink won the Amanda for Best Supporting Actor (Ellen Dorrit Petersen), Best Cinematography (Pål Ulvik Rokseth), and Best Sound Design
- THE BRUTALIST by Bradley Corbet, co-producer: EAVE graduate Viktoria Petranyi won Best Foreign-language Film
- SAFE HOUSE by Eirik Svensson, co-producer: EAVE graduate Erika Malgrem won Best Production Design
- NO. 24 by John Andreas Andersen, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Kęstutis Drazdauskas won Best Visual Effects and The People’s Amanda Audience Award.
https://www.filmfestivalen.no/
Norwegian International Film Festival Haugesund
- SILVERWHITE by Martti Helde, producer: EAVE graduate Elina Litvinova received a Honorable Mention.
NUESTRA TIERRA selected for Golden Globes Impact Prize for Documentary
American Academy Awards – the Oscars
First EAVE titles submitted for the Oscars’ race running for the Best International Feature Film Award:
- ALL THAT’S LEFT OF YOU by Cherien Dabis, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marios Piperides – Jordan
- A USEFUL GHOST by Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke, co-producer: TTB graduate Karim Aitouna - Thailand
- EAGLES OF THE REPUBLIC by Tarik Saleh, producer: EAVE graduate Linda Mutawi, co-producer: EAVE graduate Monica Hellstrøm - Sweden
- EAVE project TARIKA by Milko Lazarov, producer: EAVE graduate Veselka Kiryakova, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu – Bulgaria
- I’M NOT EVERYTHING I WANT TO BE by Klara Tasovska, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jakub Viktorin – Czech Republic
- PALESTINE 36 by Annemarie Jacir, producer: EAVE graduate Ossama Bawardi, co-producers: EAVE graduates Elisa Fernanda Pirir, Katrin Pors – Palestine
- PEACOCK by Bernhard Wenger, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Michael Kitzberger – Austria
- SANATORIUM by Gar O'Rourke, producer: EAVE graduate Andrew Freedman - Ireland
- SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic – Norway
- THE LOVE THAT REMAINS by Hlynur Pálmason, co-producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri, EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson, EAVE and TTB graduate Katrin Pors – Iceland
- THE THINGS YOU KILL by Alireza Khatami, producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marta Gmosinska – Canada
European Film Awards
The European Film Academy Board chose the first Short Film candidates to be part of the Academy’s Film Selection 2025. Among them:
- COMMON PEAR by Gregor Bozic, producer: EAVE graduate Marina Gumzi
- LEFT-HANDED PEN by Adas Burksaitis, producer: EAVE MW graduate Greta Akcijonaite
Golden Globes
The jury for the Golden Globes Impact Prize for Documentary selected:
- NUESTRA TIERRA by Lucrecia Martel, producers: EAVE graduates Benjamin Domenech, Katrin Pors, Leontine Petit, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
for a brand-new award presented by the Artemis Rising Foundation, and supported by Think-Film Impact Production, that honours a documentary feature in the Biennale’s official selection – in or out of competition – that tackles a key social issue.
SENTIMENTAL VALUE in cinemas around Europe
In French cinemas
- SLOW by Marija Kavtaradze, producer: EAVE graduate Marija Razgute, co-producers: EAVE graduates Luisa Romeo, Anna-Maria Kantarius. August 6.
- BRIEF HISTORY OF A FAMILY by Lin Jianjie, co-producer: EAVE graduate Rikke Tambo Andersen. August 13.
- ALPHA by Julia Ducournau, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin. August 20.
- SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic. August 20.
- SALVE MARIA by Mar Coll, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Zamora. August 20.
In Belgian cinemas
- BRIEF HISTORY OF A FAMILY by Lin Jianjie, co-producer: EAVE graduate Rikke Tambo Andersen. August 13.
- THE SWEDISH TORPEDO by Frida Kempff, producers: EAVE graduates David Herdies, Michael Krotkiewski, Elina Litvinova, EAVE graduate and group leader Riina Sildos. August 13.
- SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic. August 20.
- SHAMBHALA by Min Bahadur Bham, co-producer: EAVE graduate Verona Meier, executive producer: Ruben Thorkildsen, associate producer: TTB graduate Jeremy Chua. August 20.
In UK cinemas
- PARADISE IS BURNING by Mika Gustafson, producers: EAVE graduates Venla Hellstedt, Jenni Jauri, Marco Valerio Fusco, Maria Stevnbak Westergren and PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi). August 30.
In Dutch cinemas
- MANAS by Marianna Brennand, producer: EAVE graduate Luis Galvão Teles. August 20.
- SHAMBHALA by Min Bahadur Bham, co-producer: EAVE graduate Verona Meier, executive producer: Ruben Thorkildsen, associate producer: TTB graduate Jeremy Chua. August 20.
- BRIEF HISTORY OF A FAMILY by Lin Jianjie, co-producer: EAVE graduate Rikke Tambo Andersen. August 20.
In Swiss cinemas
- SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic. August 20.
- UNE PART MANQUANTE by Guillaume Senez, producer: EAVE graduate Jacques Henri Bronckart. August 20.
In Austrian cinemas
- SIRAT by Oliver Laxe, producer: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font. August 14.
In German cinemas
- SIRAT by Oliver Laxe, producer: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font. August 13.
- SHAHED (THE WITNESS) by Nader Saeivar, producers: EAVE graduates Arash T. Riahi, Sabine Gruber. August 21.
In Danish cinemas
- KÖLN 75 by Ido Fluk, producer: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle. August 21.
- ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT by Payal Kapadia, producers: EAVE graduate and Dutch National Coordinator Frank Hoeve, CPI graduate Thomas Hakim, co-producer: EAVE graduate Gilles Chanial. August 28.
In Hungarian cinemas
- DJ AHMET by Georgi M. Unkovski, producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Prpic. August 28.
In Norwegian cinemas
- WILD DIAMOND by Agathe Riedinger, producer: TTB graduate Judith Nora. August 22.
- BEING MARIA by Jessica Palud, producer: EAVE graduate Alex C. Lo. August 22.
In Polish cinemas
- PEACOCK by Bernhard Wenger, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Michael Kitzberger. August 22.
EAVE project SERAFIMA selected for the Venice Gap-Financing Market
Dokufest Prizren (August 2 – 10)
- EAVE project FIUME O MORTE! by Igor Bezinovic, producers: EAVE graduates Tibor Keser, Vanja Jambrovic, Marina Gumzi
- THE LAST AMBASSADOR by Natalie Halla, producers: EAVE graduates Arash T. Riahi, Sabine Gruber
- TO A LAND UNKNOWN by Mahdi Fleifel, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki
- TWST – THINGS WE SAID TODAY by Andrei Ujica, producer: EAVE graduate Anamaria Antoci
Locarno Film Festival (August 7 – 17)
Piazza Grande
- IRKALLA – GILGAMESH’S DREAM by Mohamed Jabarah Al-Daradji, producer: EAVE FFF graduate Isabelle Stead
- LITTLE SISTER by Hafsia Herzi, producer: PUENTES graduate Naomi Denamur
- SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Ottmar Berensen, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic
- THE BIRTHDAY PARTY by Miguel Ángel Jiménez, producer: EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas, co-producers: EAVE graduates Adria Mones, Leontine Petit
- THE DEAD OF WINTER by Brian Kirk, producer: EAVE+ and MW graduate Jonas Katzenstein
- THE DEAL by Jean-Stéphane Bron, producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart
- TESTA O CROCE? By Alessio Rigo de Righi, Matteo Zoppis, producer: EAVE graduate Alex C. Lo, co-producer: EAVE SLATE and TTB graduate Stefano Centini
International Competition
- GOD WILL NOT HELP by Hana Jusic, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Ankica Juric Tilic, co-producers: EAVE graduate Ada Solomon, EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri, B’EST graduate Ales Pavlin
- DONKEY DAYS by Rosanne Pel, producer: EAVE graduate Floor Onrust, co-producer: EAVE graduate and German National Coordinator Verena Gräfe-Höft
- DRACULA by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandru Teodorescu, co-producers: EAVE graduates Adrien Chef, Paul Thiltges, Bernard Michaux, Ada Solomon, EAVE+ Head of Studies Jani Thiltges
- MOSQUITOES by Valentina Bertani, Nicole Bertani, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Michela Pini
- DESIRE LINES by Dane Komljen, producer: EAVE graduate Natasa Damnjanovic, co-producer: EAVE and EAVE SLATE graduate Miljenka Čogelja
- SOLOMAMMA by Janicke Askevold, producer: EAVE graduate and Norwegian National Coordinator Gary Cranner, co-producers: EAVE graduates Gints Grube, Inese Boka-Grube, EAVE+ graduate Gabija Siurbyte
- SORELLA DI CLAUSURA by Ivana Mladenović, producer: EAVE graduate Ada Solomon
- WHITE SNAIL by Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter, producer: EAVE graduate David Bohun, co-producer: EAVE graduate Heino Deckert
Out of Competition
- EXILE by Mehdi Hmili, producers: EAVE graduates Donato Rotunno, Michel Balagué
- THE DEAL by Jean-Stéphane Bron, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart
Cineasti del presente
- BECOMING by Zhannat Alshanova, producers: EAVE graduates Jean-Laurent Csinidis, Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts, Marija Razgutė, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marie Kjellson
- DON’T LET THE SUN by Jacqueline Zünd, producer: EAVE graduate Louis Mataré
- FANTASY by Kukla, producers: EAVE graduates Lija Pogačnik, Vlado Bulajić
- DON’T LET ME DIE by Andrei Epure, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandru Teodorescu, co-producer: EAVE graduate Thomas Lambert
- THE FIN by Syeyoung Park, producer: EAVE graduate Heejung Oh
- HAIR, PAPER, WATER… by Nicolas Graux, Trương Minh Quý, producers: CPI graduate Thomas Hakim, EAVE+ graduate Julien Graff
Pardi di Domani: International Competition
- INDEX by Radu Muntean, producers: EAVE graduates Anamaria Antoci, Anda Ionescu
- SLET 1988 by Mart Popivoda, producer: EAVE graduate Jelena Angelovski
- SOUTH-FACING WINDOW by Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir, producer: Interchange graduate Charlotte Vincent
- HONEY, MY LOVE, SO SWEET by JT Trinidad, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Alemberg Ang
- GOATS! By Tonći Gaćina, producer: EAVE graduate Tibor Keser
- PLANCTON by Irene Moray, producers: EAVE graduates Inés Massa, Nadine Rothschild, TTB graduate Marta Cruañas
- PENINSULA by David Gaso, co-producer: EAVE and EAVE+ graduate Danijel Pek
Open Doors: Screenings
- ANCESTRAL VISIONS OF THE FUTURE by Lemohang Mosese, co-producer: EAVE graduate Laura Kloeckner
- NOME by Sana Na N’Hada, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jorge Cohen
- THE NEW MAN by Carlos Yuri Ceuninck, co-producers: EAVE graduate Aurélien Bodinaux, EAVE MW graduate Gudula Meinzolt, EAVE graduate Alyaa Musa
- SO LONG A LETTER directed and produced by EAVE graduate Angèle Diabang
- TUG OF WAR directed and produced by EAVE participant Amil Shivji, co-producers: EAVE graduates Tamsin Ranger, Nicole Gerhards
Locarno Kids Screenings
- FANTASTIQUE by Marjolijn Prins, producer: EAVE graduate Ellen De Waele, co-producers: EAVE graduates Anton Iffland Stettner, Eva Kuperman
Panorama Suisse
- BAGGER DRAMA by Piet Baumgartner, producer: EAVE graduate Karin Koch
- IMMORTALS by Maja Tschumi, producer: EAVE graduate Nadine Lüchinger
- THE SAFE HOUSE by Lionel Baier, producer: EAVE graduate Vincent Quénault
- THE COURAGEOUS by Jasmin Gordon, producer: EAVE graduate Brigitte Hofer
Locarno Pro
First Look Projects
- NINA ROZA by Geneviève Dulude-De Celles, producer: EAVE graduate Fanny Drew
- VEINS by Raymond St-Jean, producer: EAVE+ graduate Nicolas Comeau
- WE WILL NOT BE SILENCED by Catherine Hébert and Elric Robichon, producer: EAVE MW graduate Christine Falco
Open Doors Producers
- EAVE graduate Moustapha Sawadogo
- CPI graduate Kamy Lara
- CPI graduate Kudi Maradzika
Selected for Alliance 4 Development
- 3RD EYE OF SHIVA by Maria Kaur Bedi and Satindar Singh Bedi, producer: EAVE graduate Esther van Messel
- IN THE HIDDEN by Goran Rebic, producer: EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu
- LOVE AND REBELLION by Sarah Miro Fischer, producer: EAVE + graduate Titus Kreyenberg
- NAJMA AND SALOMÉ by Anne Zinn-Justin, produced by PUENTES graduate Clémentine Mourão-Ferreira
Melbourne International Film Festival (August 7 – 24)
- 400 CASSETTES by Thelyia Petraki, co-producer: EAVE graduate Christopher Zitterbart
- BLEAT! by Ananth Subramaniam, producer: TTB graduate Bradley Liew
- DJ AHMET by Georgi M. Unkovski, producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Prpic
- EAGLES OF THE REPUBLIC by Tarik Saleh, producer: EAVE graduate Linda Mutawi, co-producer: EAVE graduate Monica Hellströ
- EAVE project FIUME O MORTE! by Igor Bezinovic, producers: EAVE graduates Tibor Keser, Vanja Jambrovic, Marina Gumzi
- HANAMI by Denise Fernandes, producer: EAVE graduate Eugenia Mumenthaler
- HAPPY HOLIDAYS by Scandar Copti, producer: EAVE graduate Dorothe Beinemeier
- I ONLY REST IN THE STORM by Pedro Pinho, producer: EAVE graduate Filipa Reis
- KONTINENTAL '25 by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandru Teodorescu
- KYUKA: BEFORE SUMMER’S END by Kostis Charamountanis, producers: EAVE graduates Danae Spathara, Konstantinos Kontovrakis, EAVE + graduate Giorgos Karnavas
- LITTLE SISTER by Hafsia Herzi, producer: PUENTES graduate Naomi Denamur
- LITTLE TROUBLE GIRLS by Urska Djukic, producer: EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marina Gumzi, Miha Cernec, Katarina Prpic
- ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA by Arab and Tarzan Nasser, co-producers: EAVE graduates Edyta Janczak-Hiriart, Rashid Abdelhamid
- PETER HUJAR’S DAY by Ira Sachs, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle
- PROMISED SKY by Erige Sehiri, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri
- REFLECTION IN A DEAD DIAMOND by Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani, producer: EAVE graduate Gilles Chanial
- ROMERIA by Carla Simon, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Zamora
- SIRAT by Oliver Laxe, producer: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font
- THE BLUE TRAIL by Gabriel Mascaro, producers: EAVE graduates Rachel Daisy Ellis, Sandino Saravia Vinay, co-producers: EAVE graduates Giancarlo Nasi, Marleen Slot
- THE END by Josua Oppenheimer, producers: EAVE graduates Signe Byrge Sørensen, Conor Barry, executive producers: EAVE graduates Macdara Kelleher, Kaarle Aho
- THE ICE TOWER by Lucile Hadzihalilovic, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ingmar Trost
- THE LOVE THAT REMAINS by Hlynur Palmason, co-producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri, EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson, EAVE and TTB graduate Katrin Pors
- THE MYSTERIOUS GAZE OF THE FLAMINGO by Diego Cespedes, producer: PUENTES and TTB graduate Giancarlo Nasi
- THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonca Filho, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, EAVE graduate Leontine Petit
- TÊTES BRÛLÉES by Maja Ajmia Yde Zellama, producer: EAVE graduate Benoît Roland
- TWST – THINGS WE SAID TODAY by Andrei Ujica, producer: EAVE graduate Anamaria Antoci
- A POET by Simon Mesa Soto, co-producer: EAVE graduate David Herdies
- YOUTH (HARD TIMES) by Wang Bing, co-producers: EAVE graduates Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts
- YOUTH (HOMECOMING) by Wang Bing, co-producers: EAVE graduates Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts
Sarajevo Film Festival (August 15 – 22)
Feature Film Competition
- DJ AHMET by Georgi M. Unkovski, producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Prpic
- FANTASY by Kukla Kesherovic, producer: EAVE graduate Vlado Bulajic
- GOD WILL NOT HELP by Hana Jusic, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Ankica Juric Tilic, co-producers; EAVE graduate Ada Solomon, EAVE group leader Didar Domehri
- OTTER by Srdjan Vuletic, producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Prpic
- SORELLA DI CLAUSURA by Ivana Mladenovic, producer: EAVE graduate Ada Solomon
- THE WHITE SNAIL by Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter, producer: EAVE graduate David Bohun, co-producer: EAVE graduate Heino Deckert
- WIND, TALK TO ME by Stefan Djordjevic, producer: EAVE graduate Dragana Jovovic, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jozko Rutar
- YUGO FLORIDA by Vladimir Tagic, producer: EAVE graduate Marija Stojanovic
Documentary Film Competition
- CUBA & ALASKA by Iegor Troianovskyi, producer: EAVE graduate Hanne Phlypo
- OHO by Damjan Kozole, producer: EAVE graduate Danijel Hocevar
- ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA by Arab et Tarzan Nasser, co-producers: EAVE graduates Edyta Janczak-Hiriart, Rashid Abdelhamid
- OUR TIME WILL COME by Ivette Löcker, producers: Barbara Pichler, Gabriele Kranzelbinder
- TATA by Lina Vdovii, Radu Ciorniciuc, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Lazurean-Gorgan
Kinoscope
- I ONLY REST IN THE STORM by Pedro Pinho, producer: EAVE graduate Filipa Reis
- KIKA by Alexe Poukine, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland
- REEDLAND by Sven Bresser, producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot
- REFLECTION IN A DEAD DIAMOND by Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani, producer: EAVE graduate Gilles Chanial
- ROMERIA by Carla Simon, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Zamora
- SIRAT by Oliver Laxe, producer: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font
- THE ICE TOWER by Lucile Hadzihalilovic, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ingmar Trost
- THE LOVE THAT REMAINS by Hlynur Palmason, co-producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri, EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson, EAVE and TTB graduate Katrin Pors
- YES by Nadav Lapid, producer: EAVE graduate Judith Lou Lévy, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marios Piperides, Jonas Dornbach
Dealing with the past
- EAVE project FIUME O MORTE! by Igor Bezinovic, producers: EAVE graduates Tibor Keser, Vanja Jambrovic, Marina Gumzi
In Focus
- DESIRE LINES by Dane Komljen, producer: EAVE graduate Natasa Damnjanovi, co-producer: EAVE graduate Miljenka Cogelja
- HOW COME IT’S ALL GREEN OUT HERE? by Nikola Lezaic, co-producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Ankica Juric Tilic
- LITTLE TROUBLE GIRLS by Urska Djukic, producer: EAVE graduate Jozko Rutar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marina Gumzi, Miha Cernec, Katarina Prpic
- KONTINENTAL '25 by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandru Teodorescu
Open Air
- EAVE project THE LOST DREAM TEAM by Jure Pavlovic, co-producers: EAVE graduates Miha Cernec, Miloš Ivanović, Chiara Galloni, Biljana Tutorov, associate producer: EAVE graduate Bojan Kanjera
- SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic
- WHITES WASH AT NINETY by Marko Nabersnik, co-producer: EAVE graduate, group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic
Summer Screen
- THE BLUE TRAIL by Gabriel Mascaro, producers: EAVE graduates Rachel Daisy Ellis, Sandino Saravia Vinay, co-producers: PUENTES and TTB graduate Giancarlo Nasi, EAVE graduate Marleen Slot
- A POET by Simón Mesa Soto, co-producers: EAVE graduates David Herdies, Heino Deckert
Adriatic Audience Award
- MALDOROR by Fabrice du Welz, producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
- PERLA by Alexandra Makarová, producers: EAVE graduates Sabine Gruber, Arash T. Riahi
Teenarena
- AKIKO, THE FLYING MONKEY by EAVE graduate Veit Helmer
- BRIDES by Nadia Fall, producer: EAVE graduate Marica Stocchi
- PATERNAL LEAVE by Alissa Jung, producer: FFF graduate Lorenzo Gangarossa
CineLink Co-production Market (August 16 – 21)
- ASSUMPTION by Tarik Ötgen, producer: EAVE graduate Ipek Erden
- AGATHA CANDY by Andrei Tanase, producers: EAVE graduate Anamaria Antoci, TTB graduate Anda Ionescu
- POGANA by David Kapac, co-producer: EAVE + graduate Danijel Hocevar
- THE CITY by Stanislav Bytiutskyi, co-producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Prpic
- TWO LITTLE NIGHTMARES by Nebojsa Slijepcevic, producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Prpic
Cinelink Drama
- SOUTH STREAM by Marko Popovic, co-producer: EAVE graduate ad National Coordinator Serbia Milan Stojanovic
- WONDERFUL by Katarina Mitrovic, Isidora Veselinovic, Vladimir Tagic, producer: EAVE graduate Marija Stojanovic
CineLink Work in Progress
- 17 by Kosara Mitic, producer: EAVE graduate Miroslav Mogorovic
- EAVE project EVERYTHING THAT’S WRONG WITH YOU by Ursa Menart, producers: EAVE graduate Katja Lenarcic, EAVE+ graduate Danijel Hocevar
- MONUMENT by Bojan Bodruzic, producer: EAVE graduate Adis Dapo, National Coordinator Bosnia Herzegovina Amra Baksic-Camo
- THE FORBIDDEN AUNT by Bojana Novakovic, producer: EAVE graduate ad National Coordinator Serbia Milan Stojanovic
- WHO ARE WE by Miroslav Terzic, producer: EAVE graduate Snezana van Houwelingen
Haugesund - The Norwegian International Film Festival (August 16 – 22)
- ALPHA by Julia Ducournau, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
- ARMAND by Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel, producers: EAVE graduates Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Fred Burle, Derk-Jan Warrink
- BEGINNINGS by Jeanette Nordahl, producers: EAVE graduate Katrin Pors, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi, EAVE graduate Leontine Petit
- DJ AHMET by Georgi M. Unkovski, producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Prpic
- KEVLAR SOUL by Maria Eriksson-Hecht, producer: EAVE graduate Lizette Jonjic, co-producers: EAVE graduates Misha Jaari, Mark Lwoff
- KÖLN 75 by Ido Fluk, producer: EAVE graduate Fred Burle
- REEDLAND by Sven Bresser, producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot
New Nordic Films
Market Screenings
- LIVE A LITTLE by Fanny Ovesen, producer: EAVE graduate Marie Kjellson
- THE LOVE THAT REMAINS by Hlynur Palmason, co-producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri, EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson, EAVE and TTB graduate Katrin Pors
- EAVE project SUMMER IS CRAZY by Ulla Heikkilä, producer: EAVE graduate Marja Pihlaja
Nordic Co-Production Market
- ABYSS by Aino Suni, producer: EAVE graduate Jussi Rantamäki
- BEATRICE by Vallo Toomla, producer: EAVE graduate and Estonian National Coordinator Evelin Penttilä, co-producers: EAVE graduate and Italian National Coordinator Giovanni Pompili, EAVE graduates Dagne Vildziunaite, Aleksi Bardy
- BLOOD – THE DEVIL IN HELSINKI by Viivi Huuska, producer: EAVE graduate Aleksi Hyvärinen
- FLOOD by Jorune Greiciute, co-producer: Peter Krupenin
- I’M GOING TO CHANGE THE WORLD by Inesa Kurklietyte, producer: EAVE graduate Zivile Gallego
- LEGATO by Ilze Burkovska-Jacobsen, producer: EAVE graduate Matiss Kaza
- QUIET LAKE by Tonislav Hristov, producer: Kaarle Aho, co-producers: EAVE graduates Erika Malmgren, Annika Hellström
- SILVERWHITE by Martti Helde, producer: EAVE graduate Elina Litvinova
- SORCERER’S EYE by Aik Karapetian, producers: EAVE graduates Inese Boka-Grube, Gints Grube
- THE CANNIBAL by Måns Månsson, producer: EAVE graduate Martin Persson
Works in Progress
- ARRU by Elle Sofe Sara, producer: EAVE graduate Elisa Fernanda Pirir
- SON OF REVENGE by Antti J Jokinen, producer: EAVE + graduate Marko Röhr
- THE KIDNAPPING OF A PRESIDENT by Samuli Valkama, co-producer: EAVE graduate Madis Tüür
EAVE presentation: ‘Creating a Producer's Network and Sharing Knowledge’
August 21, in the Haugesund Public Library
- Presentation of EAVE and ACE Producers as examples of European programmes for networking and professional training for producers, by EAVE Deputy CEO Satu Elo and EAVE graduate producer Gary Cranner (NO).
SANFIC Chile (August 17 – 24)
- A POET by Simon Mesa Soto, co-producer: EAVE graduate David Herdies
- CUERPO CELESTE by Nayra Ilic García, producer: EAVE graduate Alessandro Amato
- THEY WILL BE DUST by Carlos Marqués-Marcet, producers: EAVE graduate and Italian National Coordinator Giovanni Pompili, EAVE graduate Eugenia Mumenthaler
- THE FLATS by Alessandra Celesia, producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Laurent Csinidis
MakeDox Creative Documentary Film Festival (August 21 – 28)
- EAVE project FIUME O MORTE! by Igor Bezinovic, producers: EAVE graduates Tibor Keser, Vanja Jambrovic, Marina Gumzi
- MATTER OUT OF PLACE by Nikolaus Geyrhalter, producer: EAVE graduate Michael Kitzberger
- ONLY ON EARTH by Robin Petré, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marieke van den Bersselaar
- SILENT OBSERVERS by Eliza Petkova, producer: EAVE graduate Veselka Kiryakova
- SOIL AND WINGS by Stefan Malesevic, producer: EAVE graduate Jelena Angelovski
- SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D'ETAT by Johan Grimonprez, producer: EAVE graduate and Dutch National Coordinator Frank Hoeve
- TATA by Lina Vdovii, Radu Ciorniciuc, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Lazurean-Gorgan
- WISHING ON A STAR by Péter Kerekes, producer: EAVE graduate Tibor Keser
Film Francophone d’Angoulême (August 25 – 30)
- LA DANSE DES RENARDS by Valéry Carnoy, producer: EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes
- LA FEMME LA PLUS RICHE DU MONDE by Thierry Klifa, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart
- KIKA by Alexe Poukine, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland
- MALDOROR by Fabrice du Welz, producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
- PROMISED SKY by Erige Sehiri, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri
Venice International Film Festival (August 27 – September 6)
Competition
- BUGONIA by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
- DUSE by Pietro Marcello, associate producer: EAVE MW graduate Stefano Mutolo
- ELISA by Leonardo di Costanzo, producer: EAVE graduate Carlo Cresto-Dina
- FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER by Jim Jarmusch, co-producer: EAVE graduate Conor Barry, executive producer: EAVE graduate Alex C. Lo
- NO OTHER CHOICE by Park Chan-wook, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandre Gavras
- THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE by Mona Fastvold, producer: EAVE graduate Viktoria Petranyi
Out of Competition
- KABUL BETWEEN PRAYERS by Aboozar Amini, co-producer: EAVE graduate Hanne Phlypo
- LA VALLE DEI SORRISI by Paolo Strippoli, co-producer: EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Slovenia Jozko Rutar, EAVE graduate Miha Cernec
- NUESTRA TIERRA by Lucrecia Martel, producers: EAVE graduates Benjamin Domenech, Katrin Pors, Leontine Petit, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
- THE LAST VIKING by Anders Thomas Jensen, producer: EAVE graduate Lizette Jonjic
Orizzonti
- FATHER by Tereza Nvotova, producer: EAVE graduate Marta Gmosinska, co-producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski
- GRAND CIEL by Akihiro Hata, producer: EAVE graduate Gilles Chanial, Clément Duboin
- KOMEDIE ELAHI by Ali Asgari, producer: EAVE participant Milad Khosravi, co-producers: EAVE participants Lorenzo Cioffi, Avantika Singh Desbouvries
- MILK TEETH by Muhai Mincan, producers: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Radu Stancu, EAVE graduate Ioana Lascar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Monica Hellström, Konstantinos Vassilaros
- MOTHER by Teona Strugar Mitevska, producer: EAVE graduate Sebastien Delloye, co-producers: EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Bosnia Herzegovina Amra Baksic Camo, EAVE graduate Maria Møller Christoffersen, Adis Djapo, National Coordinator Macedonia Labina Mitevska
- STRANGE RIVER by Jaume Claret Muxart, producer: EAVE graduate Fabian Altenried, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font, PUENTES participant Sophie Ahrens
- THE SOUFFLEUR by Gaston Solnicki, producer: EAVE graduate Gabriele Kranzelbinder
- UN ANNO DI SCUOLA by Laura Samani, producers: EAVE graduate Nadia Trevisan, EAVE graduate Thomas Lambert
Orizzonti Short Films
- COYOTES by Said Zagha, producer: EAVE graduate Myriam Sassine, co-producer: EAVE graduate Rula Nasser
- WITHOUT KELLY by Lovisa Sirén, producer: EAVE graduate Siri Hjorton Wagner
Venezia Spotlight
- CALLE MALAGA by Maryam Touzani, producer: EAVE graduate Fred Burle
- MADE IN EU directed and produced by EAVE graduate Stephan Komandarev, producer: EAVE graduate Katya Trichkova
- SILENT REBELLION by Marie-Elsa Sgualdo, producer: EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes
Venice Immersive:
- A LONG GOODBYE by Kate Voet, Victor Maes, producer: EAVE graduate Emmy Oost, co-producer: EAVE graduate Donato Rotunno
- THE GREAT ESCAPE by Joren Vandenbroucke, producer: EAVE graduate Marion Guth
www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/2025/lineup
Settimana Internazionale della Critica
- COTTON QUEEN by Suzannah Mighani, producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri, EAVE graduates Caroline Daube, Ossama Bawardi, Jessica Khoury
- GORGONA by Evi Kalogiropoulu, producers: EAVE graduate Amanda Livanou, EAVE+ graduate Fenia Cossovitsa
- STEREO GIRLS by Caroline Deruas Peano, producers: EAVE graduates Laurine Pelassy, Jean-Laurent Csinidis
- WAKING HOURS by Federico Cammarata and Filippo Foscarini, producers: TTB graduate Stefano Centini, EAVE graduate Serena Alfieri
Giornate degli Autori
Competition
- IT’S A SAD AND BEAUTIFUL WORLD by Cyril Aris, co-producers: EAVE graduates Julie Viez, Katharina Weser
- MEMORY by Vladlena Sandu, co-producer: EAVE graduate Raymond Van Der Kaaij
- SHORT SUMMER by Nastia Korkia, producers: EAVE graduates Natalia Drozd, Dirk Decker, EAVE+ graduate Andrea Schütte, co-producer: EAVE graduate Miroslav Mogorovic
Special Events
- DO YOU LOVE ME by Lana Daher, producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Laurent Csinidis
- LAGUNA by Sharunas Bartas, producer: EAVE graduate Janja Kralj
- WHO IS STILL ALIVE by Nicolas Wadimoff, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ossama Bawardi
Final Cut in Venice
- THE STATION by Sara Ishaq, producer: EAVE graduate Fred Burle
Venice Gap-Financing Market
- 93 ECHO FROM A COLLAPSE by Andrias Høgenni, producer: EAVE graduate Rikke Tambo
- ARRU by Elle Sofe Sara, producer: EAVE graduate Elisa Fernanda Pirir
- A SIMPLE VISTA by Rhayuela, producer: EAVE graduate Linus Günther
- CALL ME QUEEN by Emily Atef, producer: EAVE graduate Gian-Piero Ringel
- CARO NANNI by Pablo Maqueda, producer: EAVE MW graduate Haizea G Viana
- CULEBRA CUT by Ana Elena Tejera, producer: PUENTES participant Elisa Matilde Sepulveda
- DOG LEGS by Matías Rojas Valencia, producer: EAVE graduate Linus Günther
- ECHO FROM A COLLAPSE by Andrias Høgenni, producer: EAVE graduate Rikke Tambo
- FOROUGH: LET US BELIEVE IN THE BEGINNING OF THE COLD SEASON by Tina Gharavi, producer: EAVE graduate James Baillie
- ORSO Q: SEASONS OF SOLITUDE by Inuk Silis Høegh, producer: EAVE graduate and Danish National Coordinator Emile Hertling Péronard
- PEOPLE STILL DIE OF LOVE by Fernando Guzzoni, producer: PUENTES participant Florencia Rodriguez
- EAVE project SERAFIMA by Veiko Õunpuu, producer: EAVE participant Andreas Kask, EAVE graduate Esko Rips, EAVE+ graduate Diana Mikita
- TO DIE ON YOUR FEET by María Paz González, producer: EAVE+, PUENTES, TTB and MW graduate Giancarlo Nasi
- WILD HORSE IN THE ROTTEN WEST directed and produced by EAVE and TTB graduate Vesela Kazakova
Distributors-Producers Working Session at Venice Production Bridge - in collaboration with EAVE
On Sunday, August 31st, 16:00 - 18:30, at Hotel Excelsior – Spazio Incontri
EAVE, ACE Producers and EPC are collaborating with Europa Distribution to organise a working session dedicated to producers and distributors, in the scope of the Venice Production Bridge.
Thirty distributors, members of Europa Distribution, alongside thirty producers, members of EAVE, EPC and ACE Producers, will take part in the brainstorming session to discuss shared interests and challenges spanning the entire lifecycle of a film and foster collaboration. The exchange will provide both groups with a chance to better understand the needs and limitations of the other, creating a better understanding of the work done by each. The working session will be followed by a networking drink.
http://veniceproductionbridge.org
CHANGE project BOXES FROM GEORGIA is in post-production
In development
Film Fund Luxembourg
Film Fund Luxembourg has announced the recipients of its latest round of funding following the selection committee’s third session of the year, which took place from 21-25 July. 14 projects received funding commitments for writing and/or development and production. The projects include four live-action feature films, two animated features, three live-action series, one animated series, one live-action short film, two animated short films and one XR project. Among them:
- CAPITANI 3 by Christophe Wagner, associate producers: EAVE graduate and Luxembourgish National Coordinator Bernard Michaux, EAVE+ Head of Studies Jani Thiltges
- DONJONS & CHATONS by Clément De Ruyter and Jérémy Guiter, producer: EAVE graduate Stephan Roelants
- LES GENS DE LA PLUIE by Nicolas Blies and Stéphane Hueber-Blies, producer: EAVE graduate Marion Guth
- MARGINAL 2 by Loïc Tanson, producer: associate producers: EAVE graduate and Luxembourgish National Coordinator Bernard Michaux, EAVE+ Head of Studies Jani Thiltges
- POMERHIN by Julie Schroell, producer: EAVE graduate Gilles Chanial
- STUFFED COMPANION by Ken Barthelmey, producer: EAVE graduate Bernard Michaux
- SUZANNE by Anaïs Caura and Joëlle Oosterlinck, producer: EAVE graduate Marion Guth
- THE MAN IN THE STOREROOM by Maria Solrun, co-producer: EAVE graduate Vincent Quénault
- THE WILD INSIDE by Patrick Imbert, producer: EAVE graduate Stephan Roelants
In production
- 1949 by Pawel Pawlikowski, producer: EAVE FFF graduate Lorenzo Gangarossa is in production. Set against the backdrop of a devastated Europe at the dawn of the Cold War, 1949 follows renowned German novelist and Nobel Prize winner Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika. A journalist, actress and rally driver, Erika accompanies her father on a road trip in a black Buick cruiser, travelling from US-dominated Frankfurt to Soviet-controlled Weimar. Their journey through the ruins of Germany becomes a reflection on family bonds, identity and guilt, while capturing the moral uncertainty of a continent divided by new ideological frontiers. 1949 is based on the 2021 novel The Magician by Irish novelist Colm Toibin, and the script is co-written by Pawlikowski and German writer-director Henk Handloegten. The film continues Pawlikowski’s thematic exploration of identity, guilt, family and love amid the moral confusion of post-war Europe. Shooting is currently taking place in Poland, Germany and Italy. The German-Italian-Polish-French co-production is being staged by Lorenzo Gangarossa for Circle One, Mario Gianani and Lorenzo Mieli for Rome-based OUR Films, ; for Lodz-based Extreme Emotions; Jeanne Tremsal and Edward Berger for Nine Hours; and Dimitri Rassam for Chapter2.
https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/482382
- LA CHALEUR by Stéphane Demoustier, producer: EAVE graduate Jean des Forêts is in production. Adapted by the director from Victor Jestin’s novel of the same name, the film’s plot goes as follows: it’s unusually hot on the beaches of Landes, and on his last day on the camping site, 17-year-old Marouane is plagued by dread: will the body that he buried on the beach the night before be discovered in broad daylight?. Produced by Jean des Forêts for Petit Film LA CHALEUR is being co-produced by Italy’s Wildside, plus Belgium’s Panache Productions and La Compagnie Cinématographique, in conjunction with Switzerland’s The Dreaming Sheep Company. Having been pre-purchased by Canal+ and Ciné+/OCS, the feature has also secured support via the CNC’s advance on receipts, the Aquitaine region and Procirep/Angoa. The shoot will continue until 24 September in Contis-plage, with David Chambille serving as DoP.
https://eave.org/network/desforets
- TARTUFFERIES by Igor Sterk, producer: EAVE graduate Bostjan Virc, co-producer: EAVE graduate Sinisa Juricic is in production. The story: Truffles, the riches of the underworld, have clouded the minds of the villagers of an Istrian village. When a master truffle hunter catches the biggest specimen in the world, the frenzy of greed bursts. A story of obsession, and two young people who love each other, and of everyone else who doesn’t. “The story is set in Istria, but I understand it as an allegory. Truffles can be anything: power, money, influence. Through the prism of comedy, we explore what happens when an individual achieves something extraordinary, and how the community reacts to it,” says director and co-writer Igor Šterk. The film is produced by Bostjan Virc and Natasa Vugrinec through Studio Virc in co-production with RTV Slovenija, Nukleus Film (Croatia) and Levante Produzioni (Italy). Studio Viba Film is providing technical support. The Slovenian Film Centre, the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, Fondo Audiovisivo FVG, and Creative Europe– MEDIA are backing the project. The first part of the 33-days shooting is taking place in Ljubljana, while the second part is set for the Istrian region, Croatia and Italy, in October 2025.
- LEAVING COPACABANA by Milcho Manchevski, co-producer: EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Serbia Milan Stojanovic is in production. The social thriller-comedy tells the story of Malina and Viktor, a brother and sister who steal busts for living. One day, the heavy bronze head-and-shoulders of a national hero slips out of Viktor’s hands and crushes his foot. When the doctor arrives to treat his injury, he demands sexual favors as payment. That’s when Viktor picks up a heavy manhole cover that was lying around the house. “This is a film about sibling love and self-sacrifice, about the rich and the poor, the good and the bad, the blind and the seeing. It’s a film about how we live, how we laugh, and how we die,” Manchevski said. Jane Ķortosev is producing through Banana Film (North Macedonia) in co-production with Gala Film (Bulgaria), Sense Production (Serbia), Tirana Film Institute (Albania), Coast to Coast (Italy), and Berkeley Media Group (UK). The film is supported by the North Macedonia Film Agency, the Bulgarian National Film Centre, Film Center Serbia, the Albanian National Center of Cinematography, and also by funding from Italy and UK, as well as private investors. The shooting started on 15 July and is currently taking place at various locations around the Macedonian capital.
In post-production
- WORTHY by Christos Georgiou, line producer: EAVE graduate Marios Piperides is in post-production. The story begins when Elias, a cemetery caretaker, stumbles upon what he believes to be a weeping icon of Saint Anastasia while disposing of rubbish at a nearby dump. Moved by the discovery, he puts the icon on display at the cemetery. Soon, the site draws a diverse group of visitors, each bringing their own hopes, desires and frustrations, convinced that the icon may help them realise their wishes. At the same time, Elias struggles with the burden of being “worthy”, testing his faith, his self-belief and his ability to live up to the role he feels has been assigned to him as the icon’s chosen one. According to Georgiou, who also wrote the script, WORTHY uses a portmanteau structure to interweave the humorous and the poignant, offering a playful reflection on people’s universal need to wish for something and the often-complicated path towards making those wishes come true. Local production was overseen by EAVE graduate Marios Piperides (AMP Filmworks). WORTHY is a Cypriot-Greek co-production, staged by Christos Georgiou for Cyprus-based Lychnari Productions and Giorgos Kyriakos, Costas Lambropoulos and Sotiria Marini for Lesbos-based KPG Entertainment. The film is backed by the Cyprus Deputy Ministry of Culture, Greece’s public broadcaster ERT SA and Creative Europe – MEDIA. Worthy is expected to be completed in early 2026.
- EAVE CHANGE project BOXES FROM GEORGIA by Gvantsa Meparishvili, co-producer: Natalie Humphreys is in post-production. The observational documentary captures the emotional dynamics and political fault lines inside a small humanitarian aid centre in Tbilisi, Georgia, where Georgian, Ukrainian and Russian volunteers try to cooperate amid the ongoing war in Ukraine. The film centres on Lasha, a 47-year-old Georgian former lawyer who, after years of unemployment, becomes an active volunteer at the centre. Located on Paliashvili Street, the space becomes an unexpected meeting point for those fleeing violence or political repression, Ukrainians seeking refuge and Russians escaping Putin’s regime. Initially a haven of tolerance, the aid hub slowly unravels as internal tensions, power struggles and suspicions take hold. As the conflict outside creeps into this fragile space of solidarity, trust begins to collapse. Shot entirely in Tbilisi and edited in Glasgow, the film offers a rare, close-up view of a grassroots effort to maintain unity in a region long marred by historical trauma and political instability. Through the perspective of Lasha and his interactions with fellow volunteers, including Russian street artists, Ukrainian refugees and mixed-heritage individuals, the documentary investigates how personal relationships are strained and reshaped under pressure. Speaking to Cineuropa, Meparishvili explains: “What I discovered was a group of people from vastly different backgrounds, all united by one simple, honest purpose: to help. The centre felt like a microcosm of something greater, a symbolic space where the idea of peaceful coexistence was put to the test. But when the money disappeared and the founder vanished, the tension became unbearable. Suddenly, friends turned into strangers overnight.” Echoing her approach in her well-travelled short Number 26, Meparishvili maintains a stylistically intimate, observational tone throughout the film. “The camera stays close to the action. I wanted viewers to feel like they were present in the room, caught in the emotional currents, the mistrust and the fleeting beauty of genuine human connection,” she says. Drawing a subtle parallel between the protagonist and his country, Meparishvili describes Lasha as “a hopeful but destabilised figure – much like Georgia itself, caught between aspirations for independence and the constant pull of external forces”. The documentary touches on themes of identity, trust, post-Soviet fragmentation and the emotional toll of displacement, while carefully avoiding didacticism or political grandstanding. BOXES FROM GEORGIA is a Georgian-UK co-production between Meparishvili’s ZuchiFilms and Natalie Humphreys, of Glasgow’s Storyboard Studios. The project was developed through the EAVE CHANGE programme (2022-2023) and was pitched at CPH:DOX in 2023. It is supported by Screen Scotland and Glasgow-based post-production company Blazing Griffin.
https://eave.org/programmes/change-co-production-training-course-2022-2023
- OBJET by Ann Oren, producers: PUENTES graduate Sophie Ahrens, EAVE graduates Fabian Altenried, Donato Rotunno, Vicky Miha is in post-production. The project participated in Locarno’s Alliance 4 Development lab and FIDMarseille’s FIDLab in 2023, and a synopsis shared from around that time reads as follows: Ingeborg and Adam live and work together as hand surgeons. Ingeborg is a kleptomaniac. During a fit, she hurts her ankle and gets a walking aid. As she becomes attached to her new, sensitive body part, the envious Adam finds his own object of desire. While they explore their objectophilias, the mysterious Gaia begins working for them. She has unusually wild armpit hair, and she uses dried mushrooms to soak up her sweat. Gradually, she lures the couple into a surreal dialogue with nature. The title refers to Jacques Lacan’s psychoanalytic theory of an unattainable object of desire, specifically a projection or reflection of the “ego”. “Objet a is a tale about control and the hidden power in letting go of it,” said Oren in a statement. “It’s structured like a triangle of desire but with a twist. Objectophilia and fetishism in OBJET a are a commentary on our modern, desensitised body. We touch flat screens more than our lovers’ skins, and so we miss out on touching and being touched.” The film’s producers expanded to say that it “explores themes of desire, control and bodily autonomy in a modern world that seems to have lost touch with its own senses”. The picture is being produced by Kristof Gerega, Sophie Ahrens and Fabian Altenried, of Germany’s Schuldenberg Films, Donato Rotunno, of Luxembourg’s Tarantula; and Vicky Miha, of Greece’s Asterisk*. Further backing comes from Creative Europe – MEDIA, Deutscher Filmforderfonds, Der Beauftragte der Bundesregierung fur Kultur und Medien, Hessen Film & Medien, Filmforderungsanstalt and Film Fund Luxembourg.
- ESPIONAGE FOR BEGINNERS by Viktor Oszkar Nagy, co-producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland is in post-production. Written by Norbert Csala, the story revolves around 28-year-old György who’s a receptionist in a hotel in Hungary nestled on the shores of Lake Balaton. Feeling trapped in a life which isn’t going anyway, he’s convinced he’s made for greater things. During the summer of 1976, he meets a young Belgian woman called Mathilde with whom he falls hopelessly in love. But their romance doesn’t go unnoticed. The Hungarian minister for the interior takes an interest, because Mathilde’s father is the chief deputy of Ouest Machine, a Belgian firm specialising in military technology. Hoping to obtain crucial information through György, the ministry employees try to force his hand by blackmailing him into cooperating. But, to their great surprise, György offers to help them voluntarily – it turns out he’s keen to take part in an international operation in Belgium. Believing that he’s finally found an opportunity to realise his spy potential, György dives in headfirst, but finds himself stumbling from one disaster to another.... Produced by Istvan Major for Hungarian outfit Filmsquad, in co-production with Belgium’s Wrong Men and Spain’s Javier Toledo, ESPIONAGE FOR BEGINNERS enjoys support from the National Film Institute Hungary (NFI). Having kicked off on 27 May, shooting unfolded in Hungary (in Budapest and at Lake Balaton) and Belgium.
- IVAN & HADOUM by Ian de la Rosa, producer: EAVE graduate Hubert Toint is in post-production. The film explores themes of identity, family legacy and reclaiming one's body through love, told through the relationship between its protagonists: a trans man and a Hispanic-Moroccan woman. “If our bodies are not represented as desired and loved, we will not live a full life. One way to make this happen is to share and show love for them and their stories, as we do with Ivan and Hadoum. This film was born out of that impulse," said the director and screenwriter. The story follows Ivan, a forklift driver in a greenhouse warehouse in southern Spain. Against all odds, he falls in love with Hadoum, a colleague from the packaging line. Their relationship unfolds in defiance of both of their families’ disapproval. IVAN & HADOUM is produced by Stefan Schmitz and Emilia Fort for Avalon along with José Alba and Odile Antonio-Baez for Pecado Films, Carlotta Schiavon for Vayolet Films and Ivan & Hadoum AIE, in co-production with Roshanak Khodabakhsh and Jan Krüger for the German company Port au Prince, and Flavia Biurrun and Hubert Toint for the Belgian company Saga Film. It is also supported by RTVE, Canal Sur, Movistar Plus+, ICAA, Regional Government of Andalusia, ICEC, Europa Creativa - MEDIA, Eurimages and ARTE/ZDF.
- THE ASSISTANCE by Jutta Brückner, producer: EAVE graduate Herbert Schwering is in post-production. The main protagonist is Ursula, an archaeologist whose mother mysteriously dies after she uncovers a perfectly preserved bog body. Circumstances become more complex when Ursula hires an assistant named Mel to help her, as referred to by the German title, but this mysterious young woman seems to know much more about the researcher’s past than she should. Brückner returns to create feature films 20 years after her last effort, the 2005 flick The Hitler Cantate, in total having made nine features between 1975 and 2005. She is a Düsseldorf-born director for film, theatre and radio who began creating movies in the 1970s; her work includes both fiction and documentary. Her autobiographical 1980 film The Hunger Years (Hungerjahre) won the FIPRESCI Prize at the Berlinale, and she served as the head of the Berlinale jury in 1981. Brückner has also won the German Film Critics' Award three times for her work. The film is being produced by Christine Kiauk and Herbert Schwering for Coin Film. Additional funding was provided by Hessen Film, Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, the German Federal Film Board (FFA)/German Federal Film Fund (DFFF) and Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg (MBB).
- DIRT IN YOUR FACE by Jaak Kilmi, producer: EAVE+ graduate Kristian Taska is in post-production. Inspired by the autobiographical novel of Mihkel Raud, the film tells the story of a teenage metal band, Golem, as they take a wild ride from Tallinn to Võru to play the legendary rock festival in the last days of Soviet rule. Described by Kilmi as "a punk movie, a road movie, and a memory movie," the film is weighed down with youthful rebellion against period absurdity. The book itself has a pivotal share in Estonian culture. Martin Algus penned the script. „Mihkel Raud’s Dirt in Your Face is the most-read book in the Estonian literature of the last 20 years, and it is fair to call it a modern classic. Its film adaptation visualises the youthful adventures in the story, and shows how rock and punk music were the catalyst that helped fight the stupid Soviet repression", said producer Kristian Taska. EAVE+ graduate Kristian Taska is producing through Estonia's Taska Film in co-production with Tanel Tatter and Veiko Esken through Estonia’s Apollo Film Production, Janis Kalejs through Latvia’s Film Angels Studio, and Rain Rannu and Tõnu Hiielaid through Estonia’s Tallifornia. The project is supported by the Estonian Film Institute, the Estonian Cultural Endowment, the Viru Film Fund, the Tartu Film Fund, the National Film Centre of Latvia, and the Latvian State Guarantee Fund.
MEET EAVE IN SEPTEMBER
@ Venice International Film Festival, August 29 - September 2, Venice (IT)
EAVE Project Manager Ana Ruiz Miralles
@ San Sebastian Film Festival, September 21 - 23, San Sebastian (ES)
EAVE Project Manager Ana Ruiz Miralles
@ Arab Producers Lab, September 26 - 30, Amman (JO)
EAVE Deputy CEO Satu Elo
@ PUENTES Workshop 2, September 27 – October 3, Policoro (IT)
EAVE CEO Kristina Trapp (September 27 - October 1), EAVE Project Manager Ana Ruiz Miralles
Upcoming TIFF panel: Perspectives: Building Inclusive and Collaborative Productions
You are invited to a special panel at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) to mark the North American launch of the 2025 EAVE IMPACT Think Tank Report on Inclusive Co-Production.
Date & Time: Saturday, September 6, 2025 – 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.
Location: Glenn Gould Studio B, Toronto
The panel, “Perspectives: Building Inclusive and Collaborative Productions”, will explore the findings of the EAVE 2025 Report and open a conversation on rethinking production models for greater equity, transparency, and inclusivity in collaboration.
Speakers include:
- Ama Ampadu – British Film Institute
- Jennifer Podemski – Redcloud Studios Inc. / Shine Network Institute
- Karen Harnisch – Film Forge
- Moderated by: Tamara Dawit – Gobez Media
The discussion will highlight practical strategies and tools across:
- Story development – Engaging communities early and embedding cultural consultants
- Financing & contracts – Shared risk/reward models and transparent budgeting
- Production practices – Inclusive crew recruitment and codes of conduct
- Post-production – Cultural review checkpoints and safeguarding creators’ voices
- Distribution & exhibition – Equal visibility and fair revenue-sharing across territories
Read the 2025 EAVE Think Tank Report: https://eave.org/impact/eave-impact-think-tank-2025
Presented by EAVE and the Canada Media Fund, with support from Telefilm Canada, When East Meets West, and the International Emerging Film Talent Association.
We look forward to welcoming you to this timely and vital conversation at TIFF.
DEADLINE EXTENSION: EAVE Producers Workshop 2026
EAVE, European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs, is one of the leading training and development providers for producers in Europe, renowned for its EAVE Producers Workshop.
Don't miss your chance: the deadline to apply is now extended until August 25!
Who is it for?
EAVE is aimed at producers (fiction, documentary and TV series), who are already working in the film and television industries, and who wish to expand their operation internationally by increasing their knowledge of producing and co-producing in Europe and by building up a pan-European professional network. We also welcome applications from associated branches of the industry – e.g. commissioning, funding, legal and finance, festivals & markets, media administration. Each year 56 participants are selected from most of the EU countries and beyond and take part in three one-week long workshops.
Please check the section “Applicant Profile” for more detailed information.
“It has truly been one of the greatest experiences of my professional life. The level of expertise is extremely high, and your network expands significantly, both of which help strengthen the very people who are not just the future of our industry, but are the industry itself.”
Edwin Goldman, Goldman Films, Netherlands, EAVE Producers Workshop 2024
How does it work?
Half the participants attend the course with projects, and it is an excellent means of development through intense focus on the project with colleagues and experts throughout the year. The other half come to EAVE in order to focus on developing their companies or careers. Most participants attending with a project also bring their writer for the first two weeks, which enables producer and writer teams to benefit together from one-to-one sessions with script experts.
During the first two workshops, participants work within groups led by experienced producers and with several experts on script analysis, development and production financing, legal aspects of co-production, marketing, pitching, packaging and more. In the third workshop, some 50 Future Partners (commissioning editors, national and regional media funds, financiers, sales agents, etc.) join the participants to discuss the projects, companies and careers of the participants, a process which offers unusual access to Europe's Key Industry Players.
EAVE graduates join a unique network of active European and international producers, which forms one of the backbones of the industry. Furthermore, EAVE participants and members benefit from our partnerships with the leading European film festivals and markets, where EAVE facilitates graduate participation.
“EAVE is an opportunity for professional and personal transformation. A space for intercontinental exchanges, from new businesses to new partners.”
Leticia Friedrich, Vitrine Filmes, Brazil, EAVE Producers Workshop 2024
Timeline
The interviews with a pre-selection of candidates will take place in autumn 2025 and the selection will be announced in December 2025. The 3 workshops take place from March 6 - 13, 2026 in Luxembourg (LU), in June 2026 (exact dates TBC) in Bolzano (IT), and in October/November 2026 (location and exact dates TBC).
EAVE Marketing Buddies Programme
The EAVE Marketing Workshop participants are joined every year by selected graduates of the renowned EAVE Producers Workshop, who have trained over one year as specialised marketing professionals.
EAVE is a residential workshop programme with a strong focus on network building.
EXTENDED DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: August 25, 2025
Check out www.eave.org or contact satu@eave.org for more information.
Start your application here: eave.org/apply/epw-2026
