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EAVE project FIUME O MORTE! wins European Documentary

European Film Awards

  • BUGONIA by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney won European Make-up and Hair Stylist (Torsten Witte)
  • EAVE project FIUME O MORTE! by Igor Bezinovic, producers: EAVE graduates Tibor Keser, Marina Gumzi, Vanja Jambrovic won European Documentary
  • SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic won European Film, European Director, European Actress, European Actor, European Screenwriter and Original Score
  • SIRAT by Oliver Laxe, producer: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font won European Casting Director (Nadia Acimi, Luís Bértolo & María Rodrigo), European Cinematographer (Mauro Herce), European Editor (Cristóbal Fernández), European Production Designer ((Laia Ateca) and European Sound Designer (Johnnie Burn)
  • EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach won the Eurimages Co-Production Award

https://www.europeanfilmawards.eu/

 

 

Golden Globes

3 Golden Globes for EAVE graduates:

  • SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic won Best supporting actor (Stellan Skarsgård)
  • THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonça Filho, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, EAVE graduate Léontine Petit won Best performance by an actor in a motion picture - drama (Wagner Moura) and Best Picture - non-English Language

https://goldenglobes.com/

 

 

French Lumière Awards

  • THE LITTLE SISTER by Hafsia Herzi, producer: PUENTES graduate Naomi Denamur won Female Revelation Award (Nadia Melliti)
  • THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonça Filho, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, EAVE graduate Léontine Petit won Best International Co-production

https://www.festival-lumiere.org/

 

 

Swedish Guldbagge Awards

  • 7 STEPS by Andreas Öhman, producer: EAVE graduate Eliza Jones won Best Cinematography
  • EAGLES OF THE REPUBLIC by Tarik Saleh, producer: EAVE graduates Linda Mutawi, co-producers: EAVE graduate Monica Hellström won Best Film, Best Actor in a leading role (Fares Fares), Best Screenplay (Tarik Saleh), Best Costumes (Virginie Montel), Best Make-up (Saara Räisänen) and Best Visual Effects (Peter Hjorth, Anders Nyman, Per Nyman, Mikael Windelin)
  • KEVLAR SOUL by Maria Eriksson-Hecht, producer: EAVE graduate Lizette Jonjic won Best Director, Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Torkel Petersson), and the Guldipga Award for Emerging Talent (Rio Svensson)
  • EAVE Marketing Workshop project THE HOME by Mattias Johansson Skoglund, producer: EAVE and MW graduate Siri Hjorton Wagner, co-producer: EAVE graduate Elina Litvinova won Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Anki Lidén)
  • TRANS MEMORIA by Victoria Verseau, producer: EAVE and EAVE SLATE graduate Malin Hüber won Best Documentary Film

https://www.guldbaggen.se/

 

 

Finnish Golden Venla Awards

  • QUEEN OF FUCKING EVERYTHING by Tiina Lymim, producer: EAVE graduate Tiina-Mari Pitkanen won five Golden Venla Awards in Finland yesterday — including Best Drama Series. The four other awards went to Tiina Lymi for screenwriting and directing, Laura Malmivaara for Best Leading Actress, and Kristo Salminen for Best Supporting Actor.

https://www.kultainenvenla.fi/

 

 

International Film Festival Tarragona

REC LAB

  • WOLF GRRRLS by Claudia Estrada Taracó, producer: EAVE graduate Alba Sotorra won the International Deluxe Award
  • LÓNGQUÁN: THE DRAGON SPRING by Adrià Guxens, producer: MW graduate Anna Moragriega won the Málaga Work in Progress award

https://www.festivalrec.com/en/

 

 

Red Sea Film Festival

  • ALL THAT’S LEFT OF YOU by Cherien Dabis, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marios Piperides won the Silver Yusr for Feature Film
  • YUNAN by Ameer Fakher Eldin, producers: EAVE graduates Dorothe Beinemeier, Marco Valerio Fusco, Tony Copti, EAVE participant Jiries Copti won Best Actor

https://redseafilmfest.com/

Cinemamed Festival

  • DJ AHMET by Georgi M. Unkovski, producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Prpic won the RêVolution Price
  • PROMISED SKY by Erige Sehiri, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri won the Critic’s Price

https://cinemamed.be/

 

 

Around the World in 14 Films Festival

  • I ONLY REST IN THE STORM by Pedro Pinho, producer: EAVE graduate Filipa Reis, co-produced by PUENTES graduate Tatiana Leite, won Best Director

https://www.14films.de/

 

 

Les Arcs European Film Festival

  • BEYOND SILENCE by Marnie Blok, producer: EAVE graduate Ellen Havenith won Best Short Film Award
  • FATHER by Tereza Nvotova, producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski won the Award for Best Interpretation (Milan Ondrík)
  • 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 won the Grand Jury Award
  • MR NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN by David Borenstein, Pavel Ilyich Talankin, Co-director Pavel Talankin, co-producer: EAVE graduate Radovan Sibrt won the Crystal Arrow Award and Best Original Soundtrack (Michal Rataj & Jonas Struck)

https://lesarcs-filmfest.com/fr

 

 

Trieste Film Festival

  • BRAT by Maciej Sobieszczański, producers: EAVE+ graduate Violetta Kaminska and EAVE graduate Izabela Wójcik won the Audience Award for Best Feature Film
  • ELECTING MS SANTA by Raisa Răzmeriță, producer: EAVE graduate Gnautic, co-producers: EAVE and EAVE+ graduate Anamaria Antoci, EAVE graduate Anda Ionescu won the Central European Initiative Award
  • FANTASY by Kukla, producers: EAVE and EAVE SLATE graduate Vlado Bulajić and EAVE graduate Lija Pogačnik, co-producer: EOD Macedonia graduate Dejan Krajchevski won Best Feature Film, the Trieste Award and the Cineuropa Price 
  • CHANGE PROJECT THE KARTLI KINGDOM by Julien Prebel, producer: Ketevan Kipiani won the Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso Transeuropa Prize for best documentary in competition
  • THE LAST ONE FOR THE ROAD by Francesco Sossai, producer: Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli won SNCCI Critic’s Choice Award for Best Italian Film
  • THE SPECTACLE by Bálint Kenyeres, producer: TTB graduate Jeremy Zelnik won Best Short
  • THE VISITOR by Vytautas Katkus, producer: MW graduate Brigita Beniušytė, EAVE and PUENTES graduate Marija Razgute, co-producer: EAVE graduate Anna-Maria Kantarius, PUENTES and EAVE graduate Elisa Fernanda Pirir received a Special Mention for Directing
  • WELDED TOGETHER by Anastasija Mirošničenko, producer: EAVE graduate Valérie Montmartin, co-producers: EAVE graduates Anton Iffland Stettner and Eva Kuperman won Best Documentary in Competition
  • WHITE LIES by Alba Zari, producer: EOD RE-ACT graduate Manuela Buono won the In Direzione Donna award, Award for best film in the Corso Salani category

www.triestefilmfestival.it  

 

 

When East Meets West

  • The EAVE Producers Workshop Scholarship Award went to: Diana Caravia, microFILM, Romania
  • BIRDIE by Aneta Ptak, producer: EAVE graduate Malgorzata Staron won the HBO Europe Award
  • DEATH HAS NO MASTER by Jorge Thielen Armand, producer: TTB and EAVE SLATE graduate Stefano Centini won the Laser Film Post Production Award
  • EVERYTIME by Sandra Wollner, producer: EAVE graduate David Bohun won the M74 Award
  • GOING UNDERGROUND by Armands Začs, producer: EAVE graduate Gints Grube received the Film Center Serbia Development Award and the Taskovski #DocsConnect Award 
  • KORYO by Mladen Kovačević, producers: EAVE graduates Tina Tisljar, Čarna Vučinić won the Marché du Film Producers Network Award
  • CHANGE project MY NAME IS ENOUGH by Marina Arzumanova, producer: CHANGE graduate Ani Ordyan won the DAE Talent Development Award
  • PATTY by Luise Donschen, producer: EAVE graduate Julia Cöllen won the TRT Prize
  • EAVE Marketing Workshop and CHANGE project SACRED SONGS by Nona Giunashvili, Mariam Bitsadze, producer: EAVE MW and CHANGE graduate Mariam Bitsadze won the Film Center Montenegro Award
  • THE LAST DOG ON EARTH by Nina Kopko, producer: EAVE graduate Leticia Friedrich wins the Ciclic WEMW Award and the EWA Network’s Award for Equality & Inclusion and the Pop Up Film Residency Award
  • WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE ARE YOU by Lina Lužytė, producers: EAVE graduates Dagne Vildziunaite, Estonian National Coordinator Evelin Penttilä won the GoGo2025 Residency Award

https://www.wemw.it/

 

 

Max Ophüls Festival Saarbrücken

  • NOAH by Ali Tamim, producers: PUENTES graduate Sophie Ahrens and EAVE graduate Fabian Altenried won Best Social Interest Film and Best Screenplay
  • TERESAS KÖRPER by Magdalena Chmielewska, producer: MW graduate Camille Chanel won Best Director

https://ffmop.de/en

 

 

Tromsø International Film Festival

  • BROKEN VOICES by Ondřej Provazník, producer: EAVE graduate Jirí Konecny won the FIPRESCI Award
  • 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 won the Faith in Film Award

https://www.tiff.no/en/

 

 

Premier Plans Film Festival Angers

  • DON’T WAKE THE SLEEPING CHILD by Kevin Aubert, producer: Creative Producer Indaba graduate Chloé Ortolé won the Grand Jury Price for Best Short
  • ERASERHEAD IN A KNITTED SHOPPING BAG by Lili Koss, producer: EAVE graduates Vanya Rainova and Victoria Mitreva won the Grand Jury Price
  • THE LAST ONE FOR THE ROAD by Francesco Sossai, producer: Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli received the Jury Special Mention
  • WILD FOXES by Samuel Kircher, producer: MW and EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes won the Bouvet Ladubay Best Actor Award

https://www.premiersplans.org/

 

 

Palm Springs International Film Festival

  • FATHER by Tereza Nvotova, producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski won the FIPRESCI Prize for Best Actor in an International Feature Film (Milan Ondrík) 
  • LEFT-HANDED GIRL by Shih-Ching Tsou, associate producer: EAVE graduate Alex C. Lo won the FIPRESCI Prize for the Best Actress in an International Feature Film (Nina Ye, Janel Tsai and Shi-yuan Ma)
  • SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic won the FIPRESCI Prize for Best International Screenplay
  • SIRAT by Oliver Laxe, producer: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font won the FIPRESCI Prize for Best International Feature Film

https://www.psfilmfest.org/

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21 Oscar nominations for EAVE producers

American Academy Awards – The Oscars

21 nominations for EAVE producers at the 2026 Oscars:

  • BUGONIA by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney is nominated for Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, Actress in a Leading Role (Emma Stone) and for Best Original Score 
  • MR NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN by David Borenstein, Pavel Ilyich Talankin, Co-director Pavel Talankin, co-producer: EAVE graduate Radovan Sibrt is nominated for Best Documentary Feature Film 
  • THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonca Filho, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, EAVE graduate Leontine Petit is nominated for Best Picture, Best International Feature Film, Actor in a Leading Role (Wagner Moura) and Best Casting
  • SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic is nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Editing, Best International Feature Film, Actress in a Leading Role (Renate Reinsve), twice for Actress in a Supporting Role (Elle Fanning, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas), Actor in a Supporting Role (Stellan Skarsgård)
  •  SIRAT by Oliver Laxe, producer: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font is nominated for Best International Feature Film, and Best Sound
  • THE UGLY STEPSISTER by Emilie Blichfeldt, co-producers: EAVE graduates Ada Solomon and Mariusz Włodarski is nominated for Best Make-up and Hairstyling

https://www.oscars.org/

 

 

Producer Guild of America

  • EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar from Eye Eye Pictures is nominated by Producer Guild of America for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures.

https://producersguild.org/

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EAVE project TO HOLD A MOUNTAIN premieres at Sundance

Palm Springs International Film Festival (January 2 - 12)

  • A POET by Simón Mesa Soto, co-producers: EAVE graduate Katharina Bergfeld, Heino Deckert, David Herdies and Michael Krotkewski
  • A USEFUL GHOST by Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke, co-producers: EAVE graduate May Odeh and TTB graduate Karim Aitouna
  • ALL THAT’S LEFT OF YOU by Cherien Dabis, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marios Piperides
  • EAGLES OF THE REPUBLIC by Tarik Saleh, producer: EAVE graduates Linda Mutawi, co-producers: EAVE graduate Monica Hellström
  • FATHER by Tereza Nvotova, producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski
  • FRANZ by Agnieszka Holland, co-producer: EAVE graduates David Grumbach, Jorgo Narjes and Marcin Wierzchoslawski 
  • LEFT-HANDED GIRL by Shih-Ching Tsou, associate producer: EAVE graduate Alex C. Lo
  • 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
  • MAGELLAN by Lav Diaz, co-producer: EAVE SLATE graduate Stefano Centini
  • MR NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN by David Borenstein, Pavel Ilyich Talankin, Co-director Pavel Talankin, co-producer: EAVE graduate Radovan
  • NO OTHER CHOICE by Park Chan-wook, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandre Gavras
  • PALESTINE 36 by Annemarie Jacir, producer: EAVE graduate Ossama Bawardi, co-producers: EAVE and TTB graduate Katrin Pors, EAVE graduate Elisa Fernanda Pirir
  • REEDLAND by Sven Bresser, producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot
  • SIRAT by Oliver Laxe, producer: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font
  • THE LOVE THAT REMAINS  by Hlynur Pálmason, producers: EAVE and PUENTES graduate Katrin Pors, EAVE and EAVE+ graduate Anton Máni Svansson, co-producers: EAVE graduate and Group Leader Didar Domehri, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin and PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi
  • THE MYSTERIOUS GAZE OF THE FLAMINGO by Diego Cespedes, producer: PUENTES and TTB graduate Giancarlo Nasi
  • THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonça Filho, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, EAVE and EAVE+ graduate Léontine Petit
  • THE THINGS YOU KILL by Alireza Khatami, producers: PUENTES graduate Elisa Sepulveda and EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marta Gmosińska
  • THE TOWER OF STRENGTH by Nikola Vukčević, co-producer: EAVE graduate Nevena Savic
  • UNDER THE FLAGS, THE SUN by by Juanjo Pereira, producers: PUENTES graduates Leandro Listorti, Gabriela Sabaté
  • A LAND WITHIN by Michael Kofler, producer: EAVE graduate Barbara Pichler, Gabriele Kranzelbinder
  • ISLANDS by Jan-Ole Gerster, producer: EAVE + graduate Jonas Katzenstein
  • THE CAPTIVE by Alejandro Amenábar, producer: EAVE graduate Simón de Santiago, associate producer: EAVE graduate Fabien Westerhoff
  • THE LAST VIKING by Anders Thomas Jensen, producer: EAVE graduate Lizette Jonjic
  • TWO PROSECUTORS by Sergei Loznitsa, co-producer: B’EST graduate Alise Gelze
  • YES by Nadav Lapid, producer: Interchange graduate Judith Lou Lévy, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marios Piperides, Jonas Dornbach
  • BROKEN VOICES by Ondrej Provaznik, producer: EAVE graduate Jiri Konecny
  • 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
  • SILENT REBELLION by Marie-Elsa Sgualdo, producer: EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes
  • THE NATURE OF INVISIBLE THINGS by Rafaela Camelo, co-producer: EAVE MW graduate Rebeca Gutiérrez Campos, executive producer: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle
  • JIMPA by Sophie Hyde, producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot
  • THE LITTLE SISTER by Hafsia Herzi (Nadia Melliti), producer: PUENTES graduate Naomi Denamur
  • BEGINNINGS by Jeanette Nordahl, producers: EAVE graduate Katrin Pors, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi, EAVE graduate Leontine Petit
  • FRONTIER by Judith Colell, producer: EAVE graduate Katleen Goossens
  • MADE IN EU by EAVE graduate Stephan Komandarev, producer: EAVE graduate Katya Trichkova
  • MR. BURTON by Marc Evans, producer: Taste of EAVE graduate Ed Talfan
  • PROMISED SKY by Erige Sehiri, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri
  • RENOIR by Chie Hayakawa, producers: EAVE and TTB graduates Fran Borgia, Eiko Mizuno Gray, TTB Head of Studies and EAVE+ graduate Christophe Bruncher
  • SAIPAN (REPEAT) by Glenn Leyburn, Lisa Barros D'Sa, producer: EAVE graduate Macdara Kelleher
  • THE BLUE TRAIL by Gabriel Mascaro, producers: EAVE graduates Rachel Daisy Ellis, Sandino Saravia Vinay, co-producers: EAVE graduates Giancarlo Nasi, Marleen Slot
  • THE RICHEST WOMAN IN THE WORLD by Thierry Klifa, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart
  • TO THE VICTORY! by Valentyn Vasyanovych, producer: EAVE graduate Volodymyr Yatsenko

https://www.psfilmfest.org/

 

 

Trieste Film Festival (January 16 - 24)

Feature Film Competition

  • FANTASY by Kukla, producers: EAVE and EAVE SLATE graduate Vlado Bulajić and EAVE graduate Lija Pogačnik
  • RENOVATION by Gabrielė Urbonaitė, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Dominiks Jarmakovičs and MW graduate Kristian Van der Heyden
  • ELENA’S SHIFT by Stefanos Tsivopoulos, associate producers: EAVE graduates Carla Fotea and Ada Solomon

Out of Competition

  • TWO PROSECUTORS by Sergei Loznitsa, co-producer: B’EST graduate Alise Gelze
  • THE DISAPPEARANCE OF JOSEF MENGELE by Kirill Serebrennikov, co-producer: EAVE graduate Sandino Saravia Vinay
  • FRANZ by Agnieszka Holland, co-producer: EAVE graduates David Grumbach, Jorgo Narjes and Marcin Wierzchoslawski
  • LAGUNA by Sharunas Bartas, producer: EAVE graduate Janja Kralj, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Clémentine Mourão-Ferreira

Wild Roses - Focus on Slovenia

  • MOJA VESNA by Sara Kern, producer: MW graduate Gal Greenspan
  • INSTALLATION OF LOVE by Maja Weiss, producer: EAVE and MW graduate Ida Weiss
  • WOMAN OF GOD by Maja Prettner, producer: EAVE graduate Bostjan Virc
  • 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
  • CENT’ANNI by Maja Doroteja Prelog, co-producer: EAVE graduate Biljana Tutorov
  • EAVE project HISTORY OF LOVE by Sonja Prosenc, producer: EAVE graduate Rok Secen, co-producers: EAVE graduates Nadja Trevisan, Jarle Bjørknes
  • IDA WHO SANG SO BADLY EVEN THE DEAD ROSE UP AND JOINED HER IN SONG by Ester Ivakic, producers: EAVE graduate Jerca Jeric, EAVE MW graduate Andraz Jeric
  • TELO (BODY) by Petra Seliškar, co-producer: EAVE graduate Tamara Babun

Short Film Competition

  • CARAVAN by Zuzana Kirchnerová, producers: EAVE graduates Dagmar Sedlácková and Jakub Viktorin, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Carlo Cresta-Dina

Queer Visions

  • PENINSULA by David Gašo, co-producer: EAVE graduate Danijel Pek

www.triestefilmfestival.it  

 

When East Meets West

Co-production Forum

  • ANELA & SILAN by Tamara Denić, producers: EAVE graduate Jonas Weydemann, EAVE graduate and Serbian National Coordinator Milan Stojanovic
  • BEYOND THE BLUE MOUNTAINS IS THE SEA by Eneos Çarka, producer: EAVE graduate Blerina Hankollari
  • BRIGHT FUTURE by Lara Scherpinski, producer: EAVE graduate Tanja Georgieva-Waldhauer
  • CALM by Sara Fattahi, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Oliver Neumann
  • THE COLD BREEZE OF SUMMER by Silvia Brunelli, producer: EAVE SLATE graduate Andrea Magnani
  • THE DOUGH by Carlotta Napolitano, producer: EAVE graduate Anna M. Bofarull
  • FOREIGN BODY by Anita Rivaroli, producers: EAVE graduates Michele Fornasero, Bostjan Virc
  • GOING UNDERGROUND by Armands Začs, producer: EAVE graduate Gints Grube
  • HOT SPOT. A DOCUTHERAPY by Michał Bielawski, producer: EAVE graduate Maciej Kubicki
  • KORYO by Mladen Kovačević, producers: EAVE graduates Tina Tisljar, Čarna Vučinić
  • THE LAST DOG ON EARTH by Nina Kopko, producer: EAVE graduate Leticia Friedrich
  • MACRAME by by Alexis Koukias-Pantelis, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantinos Vassilaros
  • MAGIC MOUNTAIN by Mykola Zasieiev, producer: EAVE MW graduate Matiss Kaza
  • CHANGE project MY NAME IS ENOUGH by Marina Arzumanova, producer: CHANGE graduate Ani Ordyan
  • MY SHINING DARKNESS by Lia Lőrinczy, producer: EAVE graduate Julianna Ugrin
  • PRETTY BABY by Cristina Groșan, producer: EAVE graduate Marek Novak
  • THE SUMMER HOLIDAY by Vasile Todinca, producer: EAVE graduate Ada Solomon
  • WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE ARE YOU by Lina Lužytė, producers: EAVE graduates Dagne Vildziunaite, Estonian National Coordinator Evelin Penttilä

Works in Progress

LAST STOP TRIESTE

  • BIRDIE by Aneta Ptak, producer: EAVE graduate Malgorzata Staron
  • EAVE Marketing Workshop and CHANGE project SACRED SONGS by Nona Giunashvili, Mariam Bitsadze, producer: EAVE MW and CHANGE graduate Mariam Bitsadze
  • SUNKEN by Dimitris Gkotsis, producer: EAVE graduate Mina Dreki

THIS IS IT

  • DEATH HAS NO MASTER by Jorge Thielen Armand, producer: TTB and EAVE SLATE graduate Stefano Centini
  • ECLIPSE by Manuel Wetscher, producers: EAVE graduates Bernhard Holzhammer, Roberto Cavallini
  • EVERYTIME by Sandra Wollner, producer: EAVE graduate David Bohun
  • HOMO SIVE NATURA by Giovanni C. Lorusso, producer: PUENTES graduate Salvatore Lizzio
  • KOHINOOR by Udita Bhargava, producers: EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, EAVE graduate André Fetzer
  • SEVDA by Ufuk Emiroglu, producers: EAVE graduates Anton Iffland Stettner, Eva Kuperman, Cihan Asli Filiz, EAVE+ graduate Philippe Coeytaux
  • EAVE project TINY TREMBLING BIRD by Maja Križnik, producers: EAVE graduates Vlado Bulajic, Lija Pogacnik, EAVE MW graduate Marta Zaccaron

FIRST CUT +

  • ELEPHANTS IN THE FOG by Abinash Bikram Shah, producer: PUENTES graduate Michael Henrichs, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Tatiana Leite, EAVE graduate Leonardo Mecchi
  • EAVE project EVERYTHING THAT'S WRONG WITH YOU by Urša Menart, producers: EAVE graduates Katja Lenarcic, Alexander Wadouh, Roxana Richters, EAVE+ graduate Danijel Hocevar
  • NEW LIFE (working title) by Bernadette Weber, producer: EAVE graduate Roberto Cavallini
  • PATTY by Luise Donschen, producer: EAVE graduate Julia Cöllen
  • THE WINNING GENERATION by Marco De Stefanis, producer: EAVE graduate Joram Willink

 

EAVE SLATE

EAVE SLATE, run by When East Meets West in close partnership with EAVE, has selected 8 European companies that are developing a slate of A/V works and will offer them consultancies on how to build a successful company slate and strategic company planning, together with business-to-business exchanges with key players from different industry sectors.

The programme combines the EAVE group work method with a series of plenary sessions and individual consultancies focusing on strategic company planning, potential risk evaluation and company diversification. The main goal is to define realistic short-, mid- and long-term strategies for their companies and how to pick the right projects to include in their company slates.

EAVE SLATE Group leaders: EAVE graduates Ankica Juric Tilic (Kinorama, Croatia) and Michael Kitzberger (Geyrhalterfilm, Austria)

Guest experts: EAVE graduate and Company Planning Expert Sophie Erbs (Gaijin, France), EAVE graduate Adria Mones (Fasten Films, Spain) and EAVE graduate Marija Razgute (m-films, Lithuania).

The selected companies for the EAVE SLATE are the following:

  • ALLEGRA FILMS | producer: Mayca Sanz L-Higueras | Spain
  • Montenegro Max Film | producer: Jasmina Karajlovic | Montenegro
  • INDIGO VIEW PRODUCTIONS | producer: Ioanna Davi | Greece
  • Dansu Films | producer: Viktorija Rimkute| Lithuania
  • Die Gesellschaft DGS | producer: PUENTES graduate Michael Henrichs | Germany
  • Incipit Film | producer: EAVE MW graduate Marta Zaccaron | Italy
  • Panama Film Gmbh & Co KG | producer: EAVE graduate David Bohun | Austria
  • Moon Man | producer: Oleksandra Kravchenko | Ukraine

 

EAVE IMPACT THINK TANK

At WEMW, EAVE launched the 8th edition of the EAVE Impact Think Tank (January 17 - 18, 2026), which turns the lens inward, looking at the internal well-being and mental health of producers, especially those working at the intersection of systemic inequity, identity-based exclusion, displacement, and under-resourced environments. Our aim is to co-design new approaches to support, sustainability, and collective care.

The EAVE Impact Think Tank is organised in partnership with our long-term partner WEMW, and our generous partners Canada Media Fund (CMF) and Telefilm Canada, as well as the Marché du Film – Festival de Cannes. The EAVE Impact Think Tank is supported by DW Akademie funded by the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the British Council Travel Grant Fund delivered in partnership with the BFI (using National Lottery Funds).

 

EAVE SESSION (January 19)

"Holding the Center: Producer Care and Resilience" – January 19, 17:00

This in-conversation session previews insights from the EAVE Think Tank 2026, examining the often unseen mental and emotional load producers carry as the backbone of screen production. The Think Tank focused on outlining producer-led strategies for care, resilience, and long-term sustainability.

Panalists:

  • EAVE Head of Studies Lise Lense-Møller, Magic Hour Films, Denmark
  • EAVE graduate Alyaa Musa, Tooma Production, Sudan / Rwanda
  • lori lozinski, Volator Films, Canada
  • Sam Soko, LBx Africa, Kenya

Moderator: EAVE graduate Tamara Dawit

https://www.wemw.it/

 

 

Sundance (January 22 - February 1)

World Cinema Dramatic Competition 
  • FILIPIÑANA by Rafael Manuel, producer: producers: TTB graduates Bradley Liew and Jeremy Chua TTB group leader Bianca Balbuena
  • HOLD ON TO ME by Myrsini Aristidou, co-producers: EAVE and EAVE+ graduate Konstantina Stavrianou
  • HOW TO DIVORCE DURING THE WAR by Andrius Balezvicius, producer: EAVE graduate Marija Razgute, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jakub Kostal, Vincent Quenault, associate producer: MW graduate Brigita Beniusyte
  • SHAME AND MONEY by Visar Morina, producers: EAVE graduate Fabian Altenried, PUENTES graduate Sophie Ahrens, co-producers: EAVE graduates Besnik Krapi, Marija Dimitrova, EAVE+ graduate Danijel Hocevar
  • TELL ME EVERYTHING by Moshe Rosenthal, producer: MW graduate Gal Greenspan

World Cinema Documentary Competition

  • BIRDS OF WAR by Janay Boulos & Abd Alkader Habak, producer: EAVE+ graduate Sonja Henrici 
  • CLOSURE by Michal Marczak, producer: EAVE graduate Monika Braid
  • EVERYBODY TO KENMURE STREET by Felipe Bustos Sierra, producer: EAVE graduate Ciara Barry
  • EAVE project TO HOLD A MOUNTAIN by Biljana Tutorov, Petar Glomazic, producers: EAVE graduates Biljana Tutorov, Anton Iffland Stettner, Eva Kuperman, executive producer: EAVE graduate Lucila Moctezuma

Next

  • JARIPEO by Efraín Mojica, Rebecca Zweig, co-produced by EAVE graduate Carine Chichkowsky

Premieres

  • THE WEIGHT by Padraic McKinley, producer: EAVE+ and MW graduate Jonas Katzenstein

Episodic

  • THE OLIGARCH AND THE ART DEALER by Andreas Dalsgaard, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Philippe Coeytaux

www.sundance.org

 

 

International Film Festival Rotterdam (January 29 - February 8)

TIGER COMPETITION

  • MY SEMBA by Hugo Salvaterra, producer: EAVE graduate Jorge Cohen

BIG SCREEN COMPETITION

  • PROJECTO GLOBAL by Ivo M. Ferreira, producer: EAVE graduate Donato Rotunno
  • TELL ME WHAT YOU FEEL by Łukasz Ronduda, producer: EAVE graduate Natalia Grzegorzek
  • MOONGLOW by Isabel Sandoval, producer: EAVE graduate Alemberg Ang, EOD Philippines graduate Takahiro Yamashita
  • BUTTERFLY by Itonje Søimer Guttormsen, co-producer EAVE graduate Lizette Jonjic
  • 2M² by Volkan Üce, producer: EAVE graduate Hans Everaert, EAVE+ graduate Jörg Siepmann, EAVE+ and MW graduate Harry Flötter, co-producer: EAVE graduate Vildan Eršen

TIGER SHORT COMPETITION

  • OBJET D’ÉNIGME by Chiara Caterina, producer: EAVE SLATE graduate Caroline Houben

HARBOUR

  • EAVE project A SURVIVOR’S TALE (L’ILE DE LA DEMOISELLE) by Micha Wald, producers: EAVE graduate and Belgian National Coordinator Anton Iffland Stettner and EAVE graduate Eva Kuperman, co-producer: EAVE graduate Alexandre Gavras (Dutch premiere)

LIMELIGHT

  • FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER by Jim Jarmusch, co- producer: EAVE graduate Conor Barry
  • THE LITTLE SISTER by Hafsia Herzi (Nadia Melliti), producer: PUENTES graduate Naomi Denamur
  • NO OTHER CHOICE by Park Chan-wook, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandre Gavras
  • THE KIDNAPPING OF A PRESIDENT by Samuli Valkama, producers: EAVE graduates Jakub Kostal, John Lundsten, Rogier Kramer
  • THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonça Filho, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, EAVE graduate Léontine Petit
  • THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE by Mona Fastvold, producer: EAVE graduate Viktoria Petrányi
  • WHITETAIL by Nanouk Leopold, producers: EAVE graduate Stienette Bosklopper, co-producer: EAVE graduates Katie Holly, Evan Horan

BRIGHT FUTURE

  • LET THEM BE SEEN by Nolitha Refilwe Mkulisi, producer: Creative Producer Indaba graduate Shveta Naidoo

 

CineMart

  • AFTER THE NIGHT, THE NIGHT by Naomi Pacifique, co-producer: EAVE graduate Léontine Petit
  • LUX by Thomas Elley, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Møller Christoffersen
  • PALE FACES by Chantel Clark, producer: EAVE graduate and Dutch National Coordinator Frank Hoeve
  • THE POET’S SON by Nicolas Graux, producer: EAVE graduate Hanne Phylpo
  • WORSE TOGETHER by Luis De Filippis, producers: EAVE MW graduate Jessica Adams, EAVE graduate Michael Graf

CineMart x HBF selection

  • DAUGHTERS OF THE SEA by Martika Ramirez Escobar, producer: EAVE graduate Alba Sotorra

 

ROTTERDAM LAB

EAVE graduates participating at the Rotterdam Lab:

  • EAVE graduate Kaouthar Hadidi (France, Tunisia)
  • EAVE graduate Milad Khosravi (Iran)
  • EAVE MW graduate Brigita Beniušytė (Lithuania)
  • EAVE participant Debora Nischler (Italy)
  • EAVE participant May Jabareen (Palestine)
  • EAVE participant Ondřej Lukeš (Czech Republic)
  • PUENTES graduate Natália Pavlove
  • Creative Producer Indaba graduate Kamy Lara (Angola)
  • Creative Producer Indaba graduate Yolanda Maria Barroso (Brazil)

 

EAVE @ IFFR

Building Bridges: Empowering Independent Producers Through Global Networks

Wednesday 4 February, 11.00 – 12.30, van Weelde

This roundtable session brings together leaders from training programmes, markets, and labs to share how their global networks support independent producers through project development, training, and unique networking opportunities. The discussions will highlight how they foster creative producing and co-productions while nurturing emerging talents through mentorship and hands-on artistic development. Participating training organisations: EAVE, La Fabrique, Sundance, Frontiéres, ACE, Solace 23, Biennale College.

With EAVE Project Manager Sarah van den Hoogen

www.iffr.com  

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FIRES is in post-production

In production

  • EAVE Marketing Workshop project MILA/MARIJA, producers: EAVE+ graduates Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Danijel Hocevar, EAVE graduate Katia Lenarčič

Andrina Mračnikar has begun shooting her second feature film Mila/Marija, a Slovenian–Austrian–Greek coproduction with a budget of 4.6 million EUR. Set in Carinthia in 1943, the drama follows nineteen-year-old Mila, who joins the partisan resistance against Nazi occupation, rises to lead her own unit, and later must again choose between submission and resistance after the war. The film stars Doroteja Nadrah, Oskar Haag, Marko Mandić, Edita Malovčić, and Petja Labović, and is produced by Vertigo, Amour Fou, and co-produced by Indigo View and Ruth Beckerman Filmproduktion, in collaboration with ORF Film/Television Agreement and RTV Slovenija. The project is supported by the Austrian Film Institute, Slovenian Film Centre, Filmfonds Wien, Hellenic Film & Audiovisual Center, the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, Carinthia Film Commission and Future Fund of the Republic of Austria. Shooting runs from October to mid-November 2025 in Carinthia and Slovenia, with the film slated for release in Slovenian and Austrian cinemas in 2026.

https://www.filmneweurope.com/news/slovenia-news/item/127360-production-andrina-mracnikar-starts-shooting-mila-marija

 

  • EAVE project SERAFIMA wraps filming, producers: EAVE graduates Andreas Kask, Esko Rips

Estonian actor Priit Võigemast and Georgian actress Tinatin Dalakishvili star in Veiko Õunpuu’s new film SERAFIMA, a drama about moral choice and survival under authoritarianism in Soviet Estonia. Based on Vahur Afanasjev’s novel Serafima and Bogdan, the Estonian–Latvian–Polish coproduction is set in the 1960s and explores how individuals and communities are shaped by repression and violence. Produced by Nafta Films in co-production with Gunda Bergmane of Nafta Films Latvia, Alicja Gancarz of Orka Films (Poland), and Tanel Tatter and Veiko Esken of Apollo Film Productions (Estonia), on a 2.2 million EUR budget, shot in Latvia by cinematographer Mart Taniel, the film is slated to premiere in 2027 with distribution by Hea Film. The Estonian Film Institute, the Estonian Cultural Endowment, Creative Europe MEDIA, the Estonian Public Broadcasting, Apollo Film Productions, the Polish Film Institute, the Investment and Development Agency of Latvia, the Riga Film Fund, and Postimees are backing the project.

https://www.filmneweurope.com/news/estonia-news/item/127506-production-veiko-ounpuu-wraps-filming-estonian-latvian-polish-coproduction-serafima

 

In post-production

  • EAVE project FIRES is in post-production, producer: EAVE graduate Bojana Radulovic, co-producer: EAVE graduate Nevena Savić

Slovenian director Nina Tratnik has completed shooting her debut feature FIRES (Požari) on 14 November 2025, a Montenegrin–Albanian–Serbian coproduction led by an all-women producing team headed by EAVE graduate Bojana Radulović of Code Blue Production. Torn between her own forbidden desires and the unsettling attraction she feels toward her handball coach—a man who skillfully charms her entire family—18-year-old Ana finds herself suffocating during one scorching summer. As her father’s need for control intensifies, her mother retreats into silence, and her grandmother approaches her final days, Ana is pushed to her breaking point. In the heat of it all, she must choose what in her life will burn—and what she will allow to survive. Written by Jovana Bojović and starring Janja Ćetković, Aleksandar Gavranić, Maja Stojanović, and Olivera Vuković, the project has a budget of 455,000 EUR, with most of it already secured. The Film Centre of Montenegro, the Albanian National Cinematography Center, the Secretariat for Culture and Sports of the Capital City of Podgorica, and the Tourist Organisation of Podgorica are backing the project. Shot over 19 days and set for completion by July 2026, Fires has been developed and showcased at major European industry platforms, with its premiere and distribution still to be confirmed.

https://www.filmneweurope.com/news/montenegro/item/127500-production-nina-tratnik-enters-postproduction-with-first-all-women-feature-film-in-montenegro   

 

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MEET EAVE IN FEBRUARY

@ International Film Festival Rotterdam, February 1 - 4, Rotterdam (NL)

EAVE Project Managers Sarah van den Hoogen, Théo Koutsaftis (->Book a meeting)

 

@ European Film Market, February 13 - 17, Berlin (DE)

EAVE CEO Kristina Trapp (February 14 - 17), EAVE Deputy CEO Satu Elo 

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Deadline Extension: EAVE+ 2026

EAVE+ is an intensive five-day workshop event for independent producers with solid track record and international experience who wish to reinforce their managerial and financial capacity to run sustainable production companies and compete on the international market.

Extended deadline for application: February 5th, 2026

Join this compact workshop to get a comprehensive industry update and an insight into the latest business models. EAVE+ offers participating producers the opportunity to discuss their company structures and management practices together with high-profile industry experts during 4,5 days to tackle the business side of running a film company.

Sessions will focus on:

  • Company sustainability and how to reinvent yourself in times of change
  • ‘Transforming companies’: a series of company case studies and inspiring new business models
  • The role of the producer as a leader

Together with top-notch experts, we will dive deep into:

  • cashflow management
  • company strategies
  • negotiation with financiers and partners
  • raising finance from investors
  • how to create viable business models for the future

All producers will work on their individual leadership qualities and resilience in private coaching sessions.

EAVE+ will take place from April 10 - 15, 2026 in Luxembourg.

“I'd been recommended EAVE+ after doing the producer workshops in 2021 and had planned to do it for several years, thinking it could be informative to help improve my business with a new business plan - what I got from it was so much more than that. I now have tools and best practices that will last a lifetime and a structured plan of action to improve our company immediately."

James Heath, Randan Film and Television Productions, UK

“EAVE+ allowed me to talk freely about the challenges facing my company. I never felt judged, and I felt we all had common issues. Meeting people from all over the world with the same passion for production is very enriching! I come home with a new energy, and a motivation to be a better producer. EAVE+ has given me the tools to do that."

Julie Groleau, Couronne Nord, Canada

Applications are open for independent producers with a solid track record and international experience from Europe and the rest of the world. We have extended the deadline to apply until February 5th, 2026. 

The programme is designed for producers who have been running their own company for five years+ and/or who have worked five years+ at senior management level in another company. We strongly recommend that two individuals at senior management level attend from each company. Priority will be given to candidates from one company applying jointly.

EAVE allocates a specific scholarship for European residents and citizens who identify as Black, Indigenous, or People of Colour. EAVE also offers a limited number of scholarships covering the participation fee (incl. breakfasts and lunches). Priority is given to candidates from LCC countries as defined by Creative Europe (Group A: Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Poland, Portugal, Romania. Group B: Bulgaria, Cyprus, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Slovakia, Slovenia, and the following third countries, subject to the conditions being fulfilled for their participation in the MEDIA strand: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Iceland, Lichtenstein, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Ukraine).

Thanks to our partnerships, SODEC will offer financial support for one participant from Quebec and Canada Media Fund (CMF) will offer a scholarship for 1-2 participants from one Canadian company owned and controlled by persons from Indigenous, Equity-Deserving and/or Regional communities. To be eligible, the company needs to have a slate of content and have received production funding from the CMF in the past 3 fiscal years.

Projeto Paradiso will offer a scholarship for one Brazilian participant attending EAVE+.

CLICK HERE TO START YOUR APPLICATION!

EAVE+ is organised once a year in Luxembourg with support of the Creative Europe - MEDIA sub-programme of the European Union and Film Fund Luxembourg

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21 Oscar nominations for EAVE producers in 2026

We are proud to announce that producers from the EAVE network have received a total of 21 nominations at this year’s American Academy Awards. SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier has received 9 nominations, including Best Picture and Best International Feature Film. 

The Oscars ceremony will take place on March 15th, where the nominated projects will be celebrated among the world’s most distinguished cinematic accomplishments.

Congratulations to all the nominees and everyone involved in creating these wonderful movies.

Best Picture

  • BUGONIA by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
  • THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonca Filho, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, EAVE graduate Leontine Petit
  • SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic

Best Actress in a Leading Role

  • Renate Reinsve for SENTIMENTAL VALUE
  • Emma Stone for BUGONIA

Best Actor in a Leading Role

  • Wagner Moura for THE SECRET AGENT

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

  • Elle Fanning for SENTIMENTAL VALUE
  • Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas for SENTIMENTAL VALUE

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

  • Stellan Skarsgård for SENTIMENTAL VALUE

Best Director

  • Joachim Trier for SENTIMENTAL VALUE

Best Original Screenplay

  • Joachim Trier and Eskil Vogt for SENTIMENTAL VALUE

Best Adapted Screenplay

  • Will Tracy for BUGONIA

Best Documentary Feature Film

  • MR NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN by David Borenstein, Pavel Ilyich Talankin, Co-director Pavel Talankin, co-producer: EAVE graduate Radovan Sibrt

Best International Feature Film

  • THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonca Filho
  • SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier
  • SIRAT by Oliver Laxe, producer: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font

Best Editing

  • SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier

Best Make-up and Hairstyling

  • THE UGLY STEPSISTER by Emilie Blichfeldt, co-producers: EAVE graduates Ada Solomon, Mariusz Włodarski, Lizette Jonjic

Best Music (Original Score)

  • BUGONIA by Yorgos Lanthimos

Best Sound

  • SIRAT by Oliver Laxe
  • THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonca Filho

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14 European Film Awards for EAVE producers

Producers from the EAVE network have received 14 awards at the European Film Awards 2026!

SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier won six times, and we are especially proud to announce that FIUME O MORTE! by Igor Bezinovic - developed by Tibor Keser at the EAVE Producers Workshop in 2019 - won Best European Documentary! Congratulations to the producers and filmmakers for this wonderful achievement! 

European Film

  • SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic

European Documentary

  • EAVE project FIUME O MORTE! by Igor Bezinovic, producers: EAVE graduates Tibor Keser, Marina Gumzi, Vanja Jambrovic

European Director

  • SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic

European Actress

  • SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic (Renate Reinsve)

European Actor

  • SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic (Stellan Skarsgard)

European Screenwriter

  • SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic (Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier)

European Casting Director

  • SIRAT by Oliver Laxe, producer: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font (Nadia Acimi, Luís Bértolo & María Rodrigo)

European Cinematographer

  • SIRAT by Oliver Laxe, producer: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font (Mauro Herce)

European Composer (Original Score)

  • SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic (Hania Rani)

European Editor

  • SIRAT by Oliver Laxe, producer: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font (Cristóbal Fernández)

European Make-up and Hair Artist

  • BUGONIA by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney (Torsten Witte)

European Production Designer

  • SIRAT by Oliver Laxe, producer: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font (Laia Ateca)

European Sound Designer

  • SIRAT by Oliver Laxe, producer: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font (Johnnie Burn)

Eurimages Co-Production Award

  • Maren Ade, EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach and Janine Jackowski (Komplizen Film)

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EAVE @ WHEN EAST MEETS WEST 2026

EAVE is happy to announce a vast presence of EAVE graduates at the next edition of When East Meets West in Trieste, Italy (January 18-20, 2026)!

Discover here the activities by EAVE, including the EAVE IMPACT THINK TANK, introducing a new topic about mental health, and check out the projects and companies by EAVE graduates presented at the popular co-production platform!

We are launching the 8th edition of the EAVE Impact Think Tank, which turns the lens inward, looking at the internal well-being and mental health of producers, especially those working at the intersection of systemic inequity, identity-based exclusion, displacement, and under-resourced environments. Our aim is to co-design new approaches to support, sustainability, and collective care.

The EAVE Impact Think Tank is organised in partnership with our long-term partner WEMW, and our generous partners Canada Media Fund (CMF) and Telefilm Canada, as well as the Marché du Film – Festival de Cannes. The EAVE Impact Think Tank is supported by DW Akademie funded by the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the British Council Travel Grant Fund delivered in partnership with the BFI (using National Lottery Funds).

"Holding the Center: Producer Care and Resilience" – January 19, 17:00

This in-conversation session previews insights from the EAVE Think Tank 2026, examining the often unseen mental and emotional load producers carry as the backbone of screen production. The Think Tank focused on outlining producer-led strategies for care, resilience, and long-term sustainability.

Panalists:

  • EAVE Head of Studies Lise Lense-Møller, Magic Hour Films, Denmark
  • EAVE graduate Alyaa Musa, Tooma Production, Sudan / Rwanda
  • lori lozinski, Volator Films, Canada
  • Sam Soko, LBx Africa, Kenya

Moderator: EAVE graduate Tamara Dawit

EAVE SLATE, run by When East Meets West in close partnership with EAVE, has selected 8 European companies that are developing a slate of A/V works and will offer them consultancies on how to build a successful company slate and strategic company planning, together with business-to-business exchanges with key players from different industry sectors.

The programme combines the EAVE group work method with a series of plenary sessions and individual consultancies focusing on strategic company planning, potential risk evaluation and company diversification. The main goal is to define realistic short-, mid- and long-term strategies for their companies and how to pick the right projects to include in their company slates.

EAVE SLATE Group leaders: EAVE graduates Ankica Juric Tilic (Kinorama, Croatia) and Michael Kitzberger (Geyrhalterfilm, Austria)

Guest experts: EAVE graduate and Company Planning Expert Sophie Erbs (Gaijin, France), EAVE graduate Adria Mones (Fasten Films, Spain) and EAVE graduate Marija Razgute (m-films, Lithuania).

The selected companies for the EAVE SLATE are the following:

  • ALLEGRA FILMS | producer: Mayca Sanz L-Higueras | Spain
  • Montenegro Max Film | producer: Jasmina Karajlovic | Montenegro
  • INDIGO VIEW PRODUCTIONS | producer: Ioanna Davi | Greece
  • Dansu Films | producer: Viktorija Rimkute| Lithuania
  • Die Gesellschaft DGS | producer: PUENTES graduate Michael Henrichs | Germany
  • Incipit Film | producer: EAVE MW graduate Marta Zaccaron | Italy
  • Panama Film Gmbh & Co KG | producer: EAVE graduate David Bohun | Austria
  • Moon Man | producer: Oleksandra Kravchenko | Ukraine

Co-Production Forum

EAVE will award one producer with a scholarship for the EAVE Producers Workshop 2027!

The following projects are being produced by EAVE graduates:

  • ANELA & SILAN by Tamara Denić, producers: EAVE graduate Jonas Weydemann, EAVE graduate and Serbian National Coordinator Milan Stojanovic
  • BEYOND THE BLUE MOUNTAINS IS THE SEA by Eneos Çarka, producer: EAVE graduate Blerina Hankollari
  • BRIGHT FUTURE by Lara Scherpinski, producer: EAVE graduate Tanja Georgieva-Waldhauer
  • CALM by Sara Fattahi, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Oliver Neumann
  • THE COLD BREEZE OF SUMMER by Silvia Brunelli, producer: EAVE SLATE graduate Andrea Magnani
  • THE DOUGH by Carlotta Napolitano, producer: EAVE graduate Anna M. Bofarull
  • FOREIGN BODY by Anita Rivaroli, producers: EAVE graduates Michele Fornasero, Bostjan Virc
  • GOING UNDERGROUND by Armands Začs, producer: EAVE graduate Gints Grube
  • HOT SPOT. A DOCUTHERAPY by Michał Bielawski, producer: EAVE graduate Maciej Kubicki
  • KORYO by Mladen Kovačević, producers: EAVE graduates Tina Tisljar, Čarna Vučinić
  • THE LAST DOG ON EARTH by Nina Kopko, producer: EAVE graduate Leticia Friedrich
  • MACRAME by by Alexis Koukias-Pantelis, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantinos Vassilaros
  • MAGIC MOUNTAIN by Mykola Zasieiev, producer: EAVE MW graduate Matiss Kaza
  • CHANGE project MY NAME IS ENOUGH by Marina Arzumanova, producer: CHANGE graduate Ani Ordyan
  • MY SHINING DARKNESS by Lia Lőrinczy, producer: EAVE graduate Julianna Ugrin
  • PRETTY BABY by Cristina Groșan, producer: EAVE graduate Marek Novak
  • THE SUMMER HOLIDAY by Vasile Todinca, producer: EAVE graduate Ada Solomon
  • WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE ARE YOU by Lina Lužytė, producers: EAVE graduates Dagne Vildziunaite, Estonian National Coordinator Evelin Penttilä

Works in Progress

LAST STOP TRIESTE

  • BIRDIE by Aneta Ptak, producer: EAVE graduate Malgorzata Staron
  • EAVE Marketing Workshop and CHANGE project SACRED SONGS by Nona Giunashvili, Mariam Bitsadze, producer: EAVE MW and CHANGE graduate Mariam Bitsadze
  • SUNKEN by Dimitris Gkotsis, producer: EAVE graduate Mina Dreki

THIS IS IT

  • DEATH HAS NO MASTER by Jorge Thielen Armand, producer: TTB and EAVE SLATE graduate Stefano Centini
  • ECLIPSE by Manuel Wetscher, producers: EAVE graduates Bernhard Holzhammer, Roberto Cavallini
  • EVERYTIME by Sandra Wollner, producer: EAVE graduate David Bohun
  • HOMO SIVE NATURA by Giovanni C. Lorusso, producer: PUENTES graduate Salvatore Lizzio
  • KOHINOOR by Udita Bhargava, producers: EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, EAVE graduate André Fetzer
  • SEVDA by Ufuk Emiroglu, producers: EAVE graduates Anton Iffland Stettner, Eva Kuperman, Cihan Asli Filiz, EAVE+ graduate Philippe Coeytaux
  • EAVE project TINY TREMBLING BIRD by Maja Križnik, producers: EAVE graduates Vlado Bulajic, Lija Pogacnik, EAVE MW graduate Marta Zaccaron

FIRST CUT +

  • ELEPHANTS IN THE FOG by Abinash Bikram Shah, producer: PUENTES graduate Michael Henrichs, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Tatiana Leite, EAVE graduate Leonardo Mecchi
  • EAVE project EVERYTHING THAT'S WRONG WITH YOU by Urša Menart, producers: EAVE graduates Katja Lenarcic, Alexander Wadouh, Roxana Richters, EAVE+ graduate Danijel Hocevar
  • NEW LIFE (working title) by Bernadette Weber, producer: EAVE graduate Roberto Cavallini
  • PATTY by Luise Donschen, producer: EAVE graduate Julia Cöllen
  • THE WINNING GENERATION by Marco De Stefanis, producer: EAVE graduate Joram Willink

INSPIRATIONAL LABS

AMAZING INTELLIGENCE | AI Inspirational Lab

  • EAVE graduate Edwin Goldman | Goldman Films | Netherlands
  • EAVE graduate Maja Popovic | Sense Production | Serbia
  • EAVE MW graduate Małgorzata Wabińska | Entertain Pictures | Poland

ANIMA SPIRIT | Animation Inspirational Lab

  • EAVE SLATE graduate Maria Eugenia Lombardi | Damita Joe | Spain
  • EAVE graduate Maria Tsigka | FICTION PARK | Germany
  • EAVE graduate Aneta Zagorska | Krakow Animation Center | Poland

COLD OPEN | Drama Series Inspirational Lab

  • EAVE graduate Patricia d'Intino | Good Kids | Hungary
  • EAVE MW graduate Martina Netikova | Cinémotif Films | Czech Republic
  • EAVE graduate Claudia Wohlgenannt | Plan C Filmproduktion | Austria

DOCS MEET SERIES | Docuseries Inspirational Lab

  • EAVE participant Estephania Bonnett | Playlab Films | Spain
  • ACCESS graduate Tanya Hoshi | Hoshi Media | Canada

GENRE RULES | Fantastic Film Inspirational Lab

  • TTB graduate Daniel Tenné | 70 STEPS | Germany

IMPACT ZONE | Outreach & Impact Inspirational Lab

  • TTB participant Alexandra Borza | Fugace Films | France
  • EAVE MW graduate Alice Royoux | Amour Fou Vienna | Austria

SUSTAINABLE LEADERSHIP | Well-Being and Success for Women in Film Inspirational Lab

  • EAVE graduate Milena Charan | Taurus Production | Montenegro
  • EAVE graduate Miljenka Čogelja | Pipser | Croatia
  • EAVE MW graduate Zala Opara | Vertigo | Slovenia
  • EAVE MW graduate Britta Strampe | Bandenfilm | Germany

UNLOCKING CAPITAL | Private Investment Inspirational Lab

  • EAVE graduate Marija Dimitrova | List Production | North Macedonia
  • TTB graduate Vincenzo Filippo | Lupin Film | Italy
  • EAVE graduate Michael Graf | Cloud Fog Haze Pictures | Switzerland
  • EAVE graduate Sergio Grobas | ASTRA Pictures | Spain
  • EAVE graduate Leonardo Mecchi | Enquadramento Produções | Brazil
  • EAVE graduate Laurine Pelassy | Les Films de la Capitaine | France
  • EAVE graduate Ada Solomon | microFILM | Romania
  • EAVE graduate Radu Stancu | deFilm | Romania
  • EAVE graduate Milan Stojanovic | Sense Production | Serbia
  • EAVE graduate Olena Yershova | TatoFilm | Türkiye

MIDPOINT SHORTS

  • BETWEEN THE SKY AND THE SEA by Bao Van Hoe, producer: EAVE graduate Hanne Phlypo
  • BRAVE BOYS by Ivan Veljača, producers: EAVE graduates Danijel Pek, Katarina Prpic
  • DECAY OF STRAWBERRY MOON by Maros Pulscak, producer: EAVE+ graduate Pille Rünk

Read for a meeting? Meet EAVE CEO Kristina Trapp and EAVE Project Managers Tanika Sajatovic and Lilla Kadar at the WEMW 2026!

For more information, please visit: https://www.wemw.it/

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EAVE 2025 HIGHLIGHTS

39 EAVE WORKSHOPS MODULES DELIVERED IN 2025

  • 3 EAVE Producers Workshop weeks in Luxembourg / in Spain / in Greece
  • 1 EAVE Marketing Workshop in Luxembourg
  • 1 EAVE+ workshop in Luxembourg
  • 2 PUENTES workshop weeks in Italy / in Uruguay
  • 2 TIES THAT BIND workshop weeks in Taiwan / in Italy
  • 5 TIES THAT BIND labs: sales lab & distribution lab in Udine / ATF x TTB animation lab 3 modules online and in Singapore
  • 3 Green Film Lab workshops: Green Production Lab in Spain, Green Film Labs in Portugal and in Hungary
  • 3 Creative Producer Indaba workshops in Rotterdam and online
  • 1 EAVE SLATE workshop at WEMW in Trieste
  • 1 EAVE AI SKILLS BOOSTER workshop online
  • 17 EAVE on Demand workshops all over the globe online and onsite: 3 ACCESS workshops in Canada and online // 3 CHANGE Co-production workshops in Moldova and in Denmark // Inclusive Production Practices workshop at Industry Village Les Arcs // AI workshop for producers in Udine // Kurdistan Producers Lab in Kurdistan // Arab Producers Lab in Jordan // EAVE x ESP showrunner session online // Sámi Producers Lab last modules online // The Global Media Makers Residency in Trieste // 2 local workshops during Producer Workshops in Spain and in Greece // 2 local workshops during PUENTES in Italy and in Uruguay

EAVE SPECIAL EVENTS IN 2025

AWARDS FOR EAVE PRODUCERS IN 2025

  • 39 nominations and 8 American Academy Awards including Best Animation for EAVE Marketing Workshop project FLOW
  • 20 nominations and 8 Golden Globes including Best Animation for EAVE Marketing Workshop project FLOW
  • 36 nominations and 14 prizes at the European Film Awards, including European Documentary for EAVE project FIUME O MORTE!
  • 27 awards in Cannes including the Grand Prix for SENTIMENTAL VALUE
  • 19 awards at the Berlinale, including the GWFF Best First Feature Award for PUENTES project THE DEVIL SMOKES (AND SAVES THE BURNT MATCHES IN THE SAME BOX)
  • 5 awards at Sundance
  • Golden Lion for FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER, 5 main awards and 9 collateral awards in Venice
  • 4 Hearts of Sarajevo and 5 more awards in Sarajevo
  • 4 awards in Karlovy Vary
  • 17 awards in Locarno …and many more

OUR PARTNERS IN 2025

Creative Europe | Film Fund Luxembourg | Basque Government, Department of Language Policy and Culture; Provincial Council of Álava; Department of Economic Promotion, Employment, Trade, and Tourism of Vitoria-Gasteiz; Basque Audiovisual; Greek Producers Association SAPOE; Thessaloniki International Film Festival and AGORA; EKKOMED Hellenic Film & Audiovisual Center; Region of Central Macedonia; Film Office Central Macedonia; ERT; COSMOTE TELEKOM; Cinobo; Oxbelly; the Athens Film Office and Grand Thornton Greece for the EAVE Producers Workshop | Bocacha; Programa Ibermedia; Agencia del Cine y el Audiovisual del Uruguay; FVG Audiovisual Fund; the Italian Directorate-General for Cinema of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities; MiC Ministero della Cultura; Kido Music; CNA – Cinema e Audiovisivo; Lucana Film Commission and GAL for PUENTES | FVG Audiovisual Fund; Udine Far East Film Festival; TAICCA, Taiwan Creative Content Festival – TCCF; ATF Asia TV Forum & Market; Europa Distribution; Europa International; Film Development Council Philippines; National Film Center of Latvia; Animation Ireland; New Zealand Film Commission and CEE Animation Workshop; Southeast Asian Audio-Visual Association (SAAVA); Focus Asia for Ties That Bind | Realness Institute; International Film Festival Rotterdam’s IFFR Pro; the Marrakech International Film Festival’s Atlas Workshops for Creative Producer Indaba | CPH:DOX and IMS International Media Support for CHANGE | National Screen Institute - Canada and Canada Media Fund for ACCESS | TorinoFilmLab; Green Film; Museo Nazionale del Cinema and Trentino Film Commission for the Green Film and Green Production Labs | International Sámi Film Institute and Netflix for the Sàmi Producers Lab | The Royal Film Commission of Jordan for the Arab Producers Lab | Zeroidee APS for the AI workshop for producers in Udine | Kurdistan Film Commission Slemani for the Kurdistan Producers Lab | Global Media Makers; US Embassy in Ukraine; Ukrainian Institute; When East Meets West; U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA); Film Independent for The Global Media Makers Residency | International Film School Köln for the European Showrunner Programme | Industry Village Les Arcs for the pilot programme of Inclusive Production Practices | When East Meets West for EAVE SLATE | When East Meets West; Canada Media Fund; Telefilm Canada; IEFTA and the Marché du Film for the EAVE IMPACT THINK TANK

We wish you a HAPPY AND HEALTHY NEW YEAR!

Thanks to our partners, consultants, experts, pedagogical team, and all the members of the EAVE community for their precious support!

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Open Call: EAVE+ 2026

EAVE+ is an intensive five-day workshop event for independent producers with solid track record and international experience who wish to reinforce their managerial and financial capacity to run sustainable production companies and compete on the international market.

Application deadline: January 29th, 2026

Join this compact workshop to get a comprehensive industry update and an insight into the latest business models. EAVE+ offers participating producers the opportunity to discuss their company structures and management practices together with high-profile industry experts during 4,5 days to tackle the business side of running a film company.

Sessions will focus on:

  • Company sustainability and how to reinvent yourself in times of change
  • ‘Transforming companies’: a series of company case studies and inspiring new business models
  • The role of the producer as a leader

Together with top-notch experts, we will dive deep into:

  • cashflow management
  • company strategies
  • negotiation with financiers and partners
  • raising finance from investors
  • how to create viable business models for the future

All producers will work on their individual leadership qualities and resilience in private coaching sessions.

EAVE+ will take place from April 10 - 15, 2026 in Luxembourg.

“I'd been recommended EAVE+ after doing the producer workshops in 2021 and had planned to do it for several years, thinking it could be informative to help improve my business with a new business plan - what I got from it was so much more than that. I now have tools and best practices that will last a lifetime and a structured plan of action to improve our company immediately."

James Heath, Randan Film and Television Productions, UK

“EAVE+ allowed me to talk freely about the challenges facing my company. I never felt judged, and I felt we all had common issues. Meeting people from all over the world with the same passion for production is very enriching! I come home with a new energy, and a motivation to be a better producer. EAVE+ has given me the tools to do that."

Julie Groleau, Couronne Nord, Canada

Applications are open for independent producers with a solid track record and international experience from Europe and the rest of the world until January 29th, 2026. 

The programme is designed for producers who have been running their own company for five years+ and/or who have worked five years+ at senior management level in another company. We strongly recommend that two individuals at senior management level attend from each company. Priority will be given to candidates from one company applying jointly.

EAVE allocates a specific scholarship for European residents and citizens who identify as Black, Indigenous, or People of Colour. EAVE also offers a limited number of scholarships covering the participation fee (incl. breakfasts and lunches). Priority is given to candidates from LCC countries as defined by Creative Europe (Group A: Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Poland, Portugal, Romania. Group B: Bulgaria, Cyprus, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Slovakia, Slovenia, and the following third countries, subject to the conditions being fulfilled for their participation in the MEDIA strand: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Iceland, Lichtenstein, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Ukraine).

Thanks to our partnerships, SODEC will offer financial support for one participant from Quebec and Canada Media Fund (CMF) will offer a scholarship for 1-2 participants from one Canadian company owned and controlled by persons from Indigenous, Equity-Deserving and/or Regional communities. To be eligible, the company needs to have a slate of content and have received production funding from the CMF in the past 3 fiscal years.

Projeto Paradiso will offer a scholarship for one Brazilian participant attending EAVE+.

CLICK HERE TO START YOUR APPLICATION!

EAVE+ is organised once a year in Luxembourg with support of the Creative Europe - MEDIA sub-programme of the European Union and Film Fund Luxembourg

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Green Film Lab Torino

Green Film Lab promotes environmentally sustainable practices in film production, starting from scratch and provides film professionals with guidance on how to apply a green protocol and achieve certification. It is a residential 3-day project-oriented workshop, tailored for both audiovisual professionals and sustainability consultants. The first workshop of 2026 will be held in Torino (Italy) from April 17 to 19.

GREEN FILM LAB TARGETS:

  • Film and TV series industry professionals involved in the early development, pre-production and production stages, interested in getting and improving their skills in sustainable practices on set. They can apply with or without a project to work on
  • Professionals with at least two years of experience in the field of environmental management interested in learning how an audiovisual production is carried out.
  • Professionals from the screen industry already working on sustainability on set.
  • Delegates from Funds, Film Commissions, Film Institutions interested in knowing more about sustainability on set.

DEADLINE TO APPLY: FEBRUARY 20, 2026

For more information please visit www.torinofilmlab.it, and contact petit@museocinema.it.

Workshop participation fee: 300 Euro (+ VAT, if due) per person. A scholarship covering half of the fee is available for EAVE graduates!

Green Film Lab is a programme by TorinoFilmLab and Green Film, organised by Museo Nazionale del Cinema and Trentino Film Commission. The programme is realised thanks to the support of Creative Europe -MEDIA Sub-programme of the European Union, and in collaboration with ACE Producers, EAVE and Ecoprod.

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