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THE SECRET AGENT and SIRAT win at the Platino Awards

REIMS POLAR 

  • FATHER by Tereza Nvotova, producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski won the New Blood Award.

https://reimspolar.com

 

 

BRUSSELS INTERNATIONAL FANTASTIC FILM FESTIVAL

  • SICKO by Aitore Zholdaskali, producer: EAVE graduate Anna Katchko won the Black Raven Award.

https://www.bifff.net/

 

 

BOLZANO FILM FEST

  • 17 by Kosara Mitic, co-producers: EAVE and EAVE SLATE graduate Vlado Bulajić, EAVE graduates Miroslav Mogorovic and Lija Pogačnik received the Distribution Support Award of the Autonomous Region of Trentino-South Tyrol (10.000 EUR).
  • MELT by Nikolaus Geyrhalter, producer: EAVE graduate Michael Kitzberger received the “Dolomites Unesco World Heritage” Special Award (1.000 EUR)
  • ROMERIA by Carla Simon, producer: EAVE graduate and Spanish National Coordinator Maria Zamora won the Euregio Young Jury Award for Best Film (1.000 EUR)

http://filmfestival.bz.it

 

 

ISTANBUL FILM FESTIVAL

  • ROSE by Markus Schleinzer, producers: EAVE graduate Johannes Schubert, Karsten Stöter was awarded Best Screenplay (Markus Schleinzer & Alexander Brom)
  • THOSE WHO WHISTLE AFTER DARK by Pınar Yorgancıoğlu, co-producers: EAVE graduate Vanya Rainova and EAVE participant Victoria Mitreva won Best Actress Award (İnci Sefa Cingöz)
  • THE GREATEST FUNERAL HITS by Ziya Demirel, producer: EAVE graduate Anna Maria Aslanoğlu won Best Screenplay  (Ziya Demirel & Yusuf Tan Demirel), Best Actress (Esra Dermancıoğlu), Best Supporting Actress (Çağdaş Ekin Şişman) and Best Supporting Actor (Özer Keçeci) in the New Visions Section
  • 2M² by Volkan Üce, producers: EAVE graduate Hans Everaert, EAVE+ graduates Harry Flötter and Jörg Siepmann, co-producer: EAVE graduate Vildan Erşen won the BSB prize for Best Documentary

MEETINGS ON THE BRIDGE

  • THE ONES WHO MOVE SLOWLY by Dilşad Aladağ, producer: EAVE graduate İpek Erden won the Melodika Sound Award
  • STRATUM by Daniel Kötter & Marko Grba Singh, producer: EAVE graduate Jelena Angelovski won the Netflix Film Support Award (300,000 TL)
  • DANCING ANGELS by Ferit Kılıç, producer: EAVE+ graduate Diloy Gulun won the Fata Morgana Trailer Award
  • ORLANDO by Halime Usta, producer: EAVE graduate Vildan Erşen won the Square Eyes Counselling Award

https://film.iksv.org/en 

 

VISIONS DU RÉEL

  • A FIRE THERE by Marlene Edoyan, producer: EAVE graduate Dominique Dussault was received the Special Jury Award offered by Région de Nyon (CHF 10 000)
  • WHAT COMES FROM SITTING IN SILENCE? by Sophie Schrago, producer: EAVE graduate Heejung Oh won the Special Jury Award in the National Competition offered by SSA/Suissimage (CHF 10 000)
  • DER RUNDE TISCH by Juliette Menthonnex & Benjamin Bucher, producers: EAVE graduates Louis Mataré and Magdalena Welter received a Special Mention in the National Competition
  • BIRDS OF WAR by Janay Boulos & Abd Alkader Habak, producer: EAVE+ graduate Sonja Henric received the Audience Award in the Wide Angle Competition offered by la Ville de Nyon (CHF 10 000)

https://www.visionsdureel.ch/

 

 

PLATINO AWARDS

  • THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonça Filho, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, EAVE graduate Léontine Petit won Best Original Score (Tomaz Alves Souza, Mateus Alves), Best Editing Direction (Eduardo Serrano, Matheus Farias) and Best Art Direction (Thales Junqueira)
  • SIRAT by Oliver Laxe, producer: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font won Best Cinematography (Mauro Herce), Best Sound Direction (Amanda Villavieja, Laia Casanovas, Yasmina Praderas) and Best Special Effects (Pep Claret)

Winners in the 21 categories will be announced at the PLATINO Awards Opening Ceremony on May 7.

https://www.premiosplatino.com/

 

 

SLOVAK SUN IN A NET AWARDS

  • FATHER by Tereza Nvotova, producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski was awarded Best Feature Film (Veronika Paštéková, Anton Škreko), Best Film Direction (Tereza Nvotová), Best Cinematography (Adam Suzin), Best Film Music (Jonatán “Pjoni” Pastirčák) and Best Actor in a Leading Role (Milan Ondrík)
  • TALES FROM THE MAGIC GARDEN by Jean-Claude Rozec, David Súkup, Patrik Pašš and Leon Vidmar, producer: EAVE graduate Juraj Krasnohorsky won Best Animated Film
  • CARAVAN by Zuzana Kirchnerová, producers: EAVE graduates Dagmar Sedlácková and Jakub Viktorin, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Carlo Cresta-Dina received the Best Supporting Actress Award (Juliána Brutovská)
  • MOLOCH created by Lukas Hanulak, Vratislav Slajer and Stefan Titka, producer: EAVE graduate Jakub Kostal was awarded Best TV Movie/Miniseries/Series

https://sfta.sk/

 

 

ZAGREBDOX

  • SILVER by Natalia Koniarz, producer: EAVE graduate Maciej Kubicki received Special Mention in the International Competition and the Small Stamp for Best Film by the Young Jury
  • SLET 1988 by Marta Popivoda, producer: EAVE graduate Jelena Angelovski received the FIPRESCI Award

https://zagrebdox.net/en

 

 

Go East – Festival of Central and Eastern European Film

  • SORELLA DI CLAUSURA by Ivana Mladenović, producer: EAVE graduate Ada Solomon won the Award of the City of Wiesbaden for Best Director
  • OUTLIVING SHAKESPEARE by Inna Sahakyan, producer: EAVE graduate Joram Willink won the goEast Award for Best Documentary Film and the FIPRESCI Award for Documentary Film
  • THE BEAUTY OF THE DONKEY by Dea Gjinovci, producer: EAVE graduate Palmyre Badinier won the 3sat Broadcast Selection

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

 

 

Cyprus Film Days

  • AISHA CAN’T FLY AWAY by Morad Mostafa, producers: EAVE graduates Ahmed Amer, May Odeh won the Special Jury Award in the Glocal Images International Competition
  • FORASTERA by Lucía Aleñar Iglesias, producers: TTB graduate Marta Cruañas, EAVE graduate Ariadna Dot, EAVE graduate and Italian National Coordinator Giovanni Pompili won Best Cinematography
  • HOLD ONTO ME by Myrsini Aristidou, co-producer: EAVE graduate Konstantina Stavrianou won Best Cypriot Film, Best Director of a Cypriot Film and the Audience Award
  • MARICEL by Elias Demetriou, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki won Best Performance in a Cypriot Film

Dot.on.the.Map Industry Days

  • HORSES by Jernej Kastelec, producer: EAVE graduate Ida Weiss won the EKKOMED Award
  • UNTIL WE FIND YOUR NAME by Vaggelio Soumeli, producer: EAVE graduate Marios Piperides, co-producer: EAVE graduate Konstantina Stavrianou won the PS Movies & Stories Award

https://www.cyprusfilmdays.com/

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MADE IN ETHIOPIA nominated for the News and Documentary Emmy Award

News & Documentary Emmy® Awards

  • MADE IN ETHIOPIA by Xinyan Yu and Max Duncan, producer: EAVE graduate Tamara Dawit  nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Business and Economic Documentary

https://www.pbs.org/

 

FIPRESCI Documentary Grand Prix 2025

The following films are nominated for the FIPRESCI Documentary Grand Prix 2025, given to the best documentary film of the year, with the award ceremony happening on May 7th, during the Millennium Docs Against Gravity Festival.

  • EAVE project FIUME O MORTE! by Igor Bezinovic, producers: EAVE graduates Tibor Keser, Vanja Jambrovic, Marina Gumzi
  • MR NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN by David Borenstein, co-producer: EAVE graduate Radovan Sibrt

https://fipresci.org/

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EAVE project TO HOLD A MOUNTAIN selected for Visions du Réel

REIMS POLAR (MARCH 31 – APRIL 5)

  • BORGO by Stéphane Demoustier, producer: EAVE graduate and French National Coordinator Jean des Forêts
  • FATHER by Tereza Nvotova, producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski
  • MATA by Rachel Lang, producer: Jéremy Forni, co-producer: EAVE graduate Benoît Roland
  • MORTE CUCINA by Pen-ek Ratanaruang, producers: TTB and EAVE SLATE graduate Stefano Centini, EAVE graduate Alexandra Hoesdorff
  • THE LAST VIKING by Anders Thomas Jensen, co-producer: EAVE graduate Lizette Jonjic

https://reimspolar.com

 

BRUSSELS INTERNATIONAL FANTASTIC FILM FESTIVAL (APRIL 3 - 18)

  • SICKO by Aitore Zholdaskali, producer: EAVE graduate and Russian National Coordinator Anna Katchko
  • SINGULAR by Alberto Gastesi, producers: EAVE graduates Sergi Moreno and Aleksi Hyvärinen
  • THE HOLY BOY by Paolo Strippoli, producers: EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jožko Rutar and EAVE graduate Miha Černec
  • THE RESTORATION AT GRAYSON MANOR by Glenn McQuaid, producers: EAVE graduates Brendan McCarthy and Deirdre Levins

https://www.bifff.net/

 

NEW DIRECTORS/NEW FILMS, NEW YORK (APRIL 8 – 19)

  • BLEAT! by Ananth Subramaniam, producers: TTB graduates Choo Mun Bel and Bradley Liew
  • DONKEY DAYS by Rosanne Pel, producers: EAVE graduates Floor Onrust, National Coordinator Germany Verena Gräfe-Höft
  • DO YOU LOVE ME by Lana Daher, producer: FFF and EAVE graduate Jean-Laurent Csinidis
  • FOREST HIGH by Manon Coubia, co-producer: B'EST graduate Charlotte Vincent, EAVE graduate Katia Khazak
  • KIKA by Alexe Poukine, producer: EAVE graduate Benoiî Roland
  • MEMORY by Vladlena Sandu, co-producer: EAVE, PUENTES, TTB and EAVE+ graduate Raymond van der Kaaij
  • TRIAL OF HEIN by Kai Stänicke, producers: EAVE+ graduates Dirk Decker and Andrea Schütte

https://www.newdirectors.org/

 

CLEVELAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (APRIL 9 – 18)

  • BEYOND SILENCE by Marnie Blok, producer: EAVE graduate Ellen Havenith
  • BRIDES by Nadia Fall, producer: EAVE graduate Marica Stocchi
  • FATHER by Tereza Nvotova, producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski
  • GRACE by Anna Rodgers, producer: EAVE graduate Nuala Carr
  • HONEYJOON by Lilian T. Mehrel, producer: EAVE graduate Andreia Nunes
  • OCA by Karla Badillo, producers: PUENTES graduate Federico Eibuszyc and EAVE graduate Federico Sande Novo
  • POWER BALLAD by John Carney, producer: EAVE graduate Robert Walpole
  • READING LOLITA IN TEHERAN by Eran Riklis, producer: EAVE graduate Marica Stocchi
  • THE LAST VIKING by Anders Thomas Jensen, co-producer: EAVE graduate Lizette Jonjic

https://www.clevelandfilm.org/festival

 

BOLZANO FILM FEST (April 10 - 19)

  • 17 by Kosara Mitic, co-producers: EAVE and EAVE SLATE graduate Vlado Bulajić, EAVE graduates Miroslav Mogorovic and Lija Pogačnik
  • 18 HOLES TO PARADISE by João Nuno Pinto, producer: EAVE graduate Andreia Nunes, co-producers: EAVE graduates Roberto Cavallini, Debora Nischler
  • AROUND PARADISE by Yulia Lokshina, producer: EAVE+ graduate David Armati Lechner
  • HEART OF LIGHT - ELEVEN SONGS FOR FIJI by Cynthia Beatt, producer: EAVE graduate Philippe Avril
  • MAGELLAN by Lav Diaz, co-producer: TTB and EAVE SLATE graduate Stefano Centini
  • MELT by Nikolaus Geyrhalter, producer: EAVE graduate Michael Kitzberger
  • ROMERIA by Carla Simon, producer: EAVE graduate and Spanish National Coordinator Maria Zamora
  • TERESA’S BODY by Magdalena Chmielewska, producer: MW graduate Camille Chanel
  • TRISTAN FOREVER by Tobias Nölle & Loran Bonnardot, producer: EAVE+ graduate Christof Neracher
  • UN ANNO DI SCUOLA by Laura Samani, producers: EAVE graduates Nadia Trevisan, Thomas Lambert
  • WAKING HOURS by Federico Cammarata and Filippo Foscarini, producers: TTB and EAVE SLATE graduate Stefano Centini, EAVE graduate Serena Alfieri
  • WHITE SNAIL by Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter, producers: EAVE graduates David Bohun and Heino Deckert

http://filmfestival.bz.it

 

ISTANBUL FILM FESTIVAL (APRIL 17 – 28)

  • 2M² by Volkan Üce, producers: EAVE graduate Hans Everaert, EAVE+ graduates Harry Flötter and Jörg Siepmann, co-producer: EAVE graduate Vildan Erşen
  • A USEFUL GHOST by Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke, producer: TTB graduate Karim Aitouna, co-producer: EAVE graduate May Odeh
  • AMILCAR by Miguel Eek, co-producer: EAVE graduate Mario Adamson
  • BEACHCOMBER by Aristotelis Maragkos, producer: MW graduate Konstantinos Koukoulis, co-producer: EAVE graduate Vicky Miha
  • CALLE MALAGA by Maryam Touzani, producer: EAVE graduate Fred Burle
  • CONNEMARA by Alex Lutz, co-producer: EAVE graduate Benoît Roland
  • FANTASY by Kukla, producers: EAVE and EAVE SLATE graduate Vlado Bulajić and EAVE graduate Lija Pogačnik
  • FILIPIÑANA by Rafael Manuel, producer: TTB graduate Jeremy Chua
  • HABIBI HUSSEIN by Alex Bakri, producer: EAVE graduate May Odeh and Creative Producer Indaba graduate Thomas Kaske
  • HOLD ON TO ME by Myrsini Aristidou, co-producers: EAVE and EAVE+ graduate Konstantina Stavrianou
  • HOW COME IT’S ALL GREEN OUT HERE? by Nikola Ležaić, producer: EAVE graduate Marija Lero
  • 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
  • EAVE project LO-FI by Alcan Durbas, producer: EAVE graduate Ipek Erden
  • LONGING FOR THE SUN by Caner Kaya, producer: EAVE graduate Cihan Asli Filiz
  • MADE IN EU by EAVE graduate Stephan Komandarev, producer: EAVE graduate Katya Trichkova
  • MEMORY by Vladlena Sandu, co-producer: EAVE, PUENTES, TTB and EAVE+ graduate Raymond van der Kaaij
  • MOM’S PALE FLOWERS by Ali Cabbar, producer: PUENTES graduate Arthur Cohen
  • MOTHER MARY by David Lowery, producer: EAVE+ graduate Jonas Katzenstein
  • EAVE project NINA ROZA by Geneviève Dulude-de Celles, producer: EAVE graduate Fanny Drew
  • ON THE DRY ROCK by Yeşim Ustaoğlu, producer: EAVE graduate Anna Maria Aslanoglu
  • PARADISE by Jérémy Comte, producer: EAVE graduate Fabien Westerhoff
  • PROSECUTION by Faraz Sharia , producer: EAVE graduate Jorgo Narjes
  • RENOVATION by Gabrielė Urbonaitė, producers: PUENTES graduate Dominiks Jarmakovics, MW graduate Kristian Van der Heyden
  • ROSE by Markus Schleinzer, producers: EAVE graduates Johannes Schubert, Karsten Stöter
  • SIX DAYS IN SPRING by Joachim Lafosse, producers: EAVE graduates Anton Iffland Stettner, Eva Kuperman, Hans Everaert, EAVE+ Head of Studies Jani Thiltges
  • SHORT SUMMER by Nastia Korkia, producer: EAVE and EAVE+ graduates Dirk Decker, EAVE+ graduate Andrea Schütte
  • SLET 1988 by Marta Popivoda, producer: EAVE graduate Jelena Angelovski
  • SORELLA DI CLAUSURA by Ivana Mladenovic, producer: EAVE graduate Ada Solomon
  • THE BLACK SNAKE by Aurélien Vernhes-Lermusiaux, co-producers: PUENTES graduates Diana Bustamante Escobar, Paola Wink
  • THE GREATEST FUNERAL HITS by Ziya Demirel, producer: EAVE graduate Anna Maria Aslanoğlu
  • THE LAST VIKING by Anders Thomas Jensen, co-producer: EAVE graduate Lizette Jonjic
  • THE RICHEST WOMAN IN THE WORLD by Thierry Klifa, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart
  • THE WOLF, THE FOX AND THE LEOPARD by David Verbeek, producers: EAVE graduates Leontine Petit and Alexandra Hoesdorff
  • THOSE WHO WHISTLE AFTER DARK by Pınar Yorgancıoğlu, co-producers: EAVE graduate and Bulgarian National Coordinator Vanya Rainova and EAVE participant Victoria Mitreva
  • TO THE VICTORY! by Valentyn Vasyanovych, producer: EAVE graduate Volodymyr Yatsenko
  • TRIAL OF HEIN by Kai Stänicke, producers: EAVE and EAVE+ graduate Dirk Decker, EAVE+ graduate Andrea Schütte
  • WAKING HOURS by Federico Cammarata and Filippo Foscarini, producers: TTB and EAVE SLATE graduate Stefano Centini, EAVE graduate Serena Alfieri
  • WHO IS STILL ALIVE by Nicolas Wadimoff, producer: EAVE graduate Ossama Bawardi
  • WONDROUS IS THE SILENCE OF MY MASTER by Ivan Salatic, producer: EAVE graduate Jelena Angelovski

MEETINGS ON THE BRIDGE

Film Development Platform

  • THE ONES WHO MOVE SLOWLY by Dilşad Aladağ, producer: EAVE graduate İpek Erden

Works in Progress

  • BALLAD OF THE SKELETON by Murat Uğurlu, co-producer: EAVE graduate Linus Günther
  • DANCING ANGELS by Ferit Kılıç, producer: EAVE+ graduate Diloy Gulun
  • STRATUM by Daniel Kötter & Marko Grba Singh, producer: EAVE graduate Jelena Angelovski

Short Film Workshop

  • ORLANDO by Halime Usta, producer: EAVE graduate Vildan Erşen

https://film.iksv.org/en 

 

CYPRUS FILM DAYS (APRIL 17 -25)

  • DJ AHMET by Georgi M. Unkovski, co-producers: TTB graduate Veronika Kührová and EAVE graduate Katarina Prpić
  • FORASTERA by Lucía Aleñar Iglesias, producers: TTB graduate Marta Cruañas, EAVE graduate Ariadna Dot, EAVE graduate and Italian National Coordinator Giovanni Pompili
  • HOLD ON TO ME by Myrsini Aristidou, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantina Stavrianou
  • LUST by Ralitza Petrova, co-producers: TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin, EAVE graduates Katrin Pors, Anna Byvald
  • MARICEL by Elias Demetriou, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki
  • MOTHERWITCH by Minos Papas, producer: EAVE graduate Darko Popov
  • SISTERHOOD by Nora El Hourch, co-producer: EAVE graduate Lamia Chraibi
  • UTOPOLIS by Vladimir Subotic, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandra Hoesdorff
  • YES by Nadav Lapid, producer: Interchange graduate Judith Lou Lévy, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marios Piperides, Jonas Dornbach

DOT.ON.THE.MAP INDUSTRY DAYS

  • HAND by Alexander David, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Clémentine Mourão-Ferreira and EAVE SLATE graduate Andrea Magnani
  • HORSES by Jernej Kastelec, producer: EAVE graduate Ida Weiss
  • PIKOLO by Filip Heraković, producer: EAVE graduate Tamara Babun Zovko and EAVE participant Matija Drniković
  • UNTIL WE FIND YOUR NAME by Vaggelio Soumeli, producer: EAVE graduate Marios Piperides, co-producer: EAVE graduate Konstantina Stavrianou

https://www.cyprusfilmdays.com/

 

VISIONS DU RÉEL, NYON (APRIL 17 – 26)

  • A FIRE THERE by Marlene Edoyan, producer: EAVE graduate Dominique Dussault
  • BIRDS OF WAR by Janay Boulos & Abd Alkader Habak, producer: EAVE+ graduate Sonja Henric
  • CLUB HEAVEN by Jona Honer, co-producer: EAVE graduates Hanne Phlypo
  • DER RUNDE TISCH by Juliette Menthonnex & Benjamin Bucher, producers: EAVE graduates Louis Mataré and Magdalena Welter
  • DJELIYA, MEMORY OF MANDINGO by Boubacar Sangaré, producer: Creative Producer Indaba graduate Souleymane Kebe
  • FOREST HIGH by Manon Coubia, co-producer: B'EST graduate Charlotte Vincent, EAVE graduate Katia Khazak
  • HEAT by Jacqueline Zünd, producer: EAVE graduate Louis Mataré
  • IMAGO by Deni Oumar Pitsaev, producer: EAVE graduate Anne-Laure Guégan, PUENTES graduate Géraldine Sprimont
  • IN BETWEEN, A PLACE by Faezeh Nikoozad, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Julia Cöllen
  • JARIPEO by Efraín Mojica, Rebecca Zweig, co-producer: EAVE graduate Carine Chichkowsky
  • MELT by Nikolaus Geyrhalter, producer: EAVE graduate Michael Kitzberger
  • MEMORY by Vladlena Sandu, co-producer: EAVE, PUENTES, TTB and EAVE+ graduate Raymond van der Kaaij
  • ONLY ANGELS by Clément Pinteaux, producers: Creative Producer Indaba graduate Thomas Hakim, EAVE+ graduate Julien Graff
  • OPERA OF HORROR AND SALVATION by Anastasia Veber, producers: B’EST graduate Daniel Goroshko and MW graduate Kristian Van Der Heyden
  • THE BEAUTY OF ERRORS by Jukka Kärkkäinen, producers: EAVE graduates Carsten Aanonsen and Lisa Nyed
  • THE DIVIDED CITY OF MITROVICA by Marko Grba Singh, producer: EAVE graduate Jelena Angelovski
  • THE PRICE OF THE SUN by Jérôme le Maire, producers: EAVE graduates Hanne Phlypo and Isabelle Truc
  • EAVE project TO HOLD A MOUNTAIN by Biljana Tutorov, Petar Glomazic, producers: EAVE graduates Biljana Tutorov, Anton Iffland Stettner
  • TO THE MOON AND BACK by Elisa Gómez Alvarez, producer: EAVE graduate Palmyre Badinier
  • TRISTAN FOREVER by Tobias Nölle & Loran Bonnardot, producer: EAVE+ graduate Christof Neracher
  • TWO MOUNTAINS WEIGHING DOWN MY CHEST by Viv Li, producer: EAVE graduate Olivia Sophie Van Leeuwen
  • WHAT COMES FROM SITTING IN SILENCE? by Sophie Schrago, producer: EAVE graduate Heejung Oh
  • WHISPERS IN MAY by Dongnan Chen, co-producers: EAVE graduates Heejung Oh and Malin Hüber

https://www.visionsdureel.ch/

 

ZAGREB BOX (APRIL 19 - 26)

  • ALL MY SISTERS by Massoud Bakhshi, producer: EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu
  • BETTER GO MAD IN THE WILD by Miro Remo, producer: EAVE graduate Pavla Janouskova Kubeckova
  • CLOSURE by Michał Marczak, producer: EAVE graduate Monika Braid
  • KABUL BETWEEN PRAYERS by Aboozar Amini, co-producer: EAVE graduate Hanne Phlypo
  • MEMORY by Vladlena Sandu, co-producer: EAVE, PUENTES, TTB and EAVE+ graduate Raymond van der Kaaij
  • NEW BEGINNINGS by Vivianne Perelmuter, producer: EAVE graduate Hanne Phlypo
  • SANATORIUM by Gar O’Rourke, producer: EAVE graduate Andrew Freedman
  • SILVER by Natalia Koniarz, producer: EAVE graduate Maciej Kubicki
  • WELDED TOGETHER by Anastasija Mirošničenko, producer: EAVE graduate Valérie Montmartin, co-producers: EAVE graduates Anton Iffland Stettner and Eva Kuperman

https://zagrebdox.net/en

 

GOEAST – FESTIVAL OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPEAN FILM, WIESBADEN (APRIL 21 – 27)

  • A GOODNIGHT KISS by Giedre Zickyte, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Pille Rünk
  • BETTER GO MAD IN THE WILD by Miro Remo, producer: EAVE graduate Pavla Janouskova Kubeckova
  • TTB project CHINA SEA by Jurgis Matulevicius, producer: TTB graduate Ieva Cern, co-producers: EAVE graduates Mariusz Wlodarski, Jakub Kostal, Marta Gmosinska
  • COSMONAUTS by Leo Cernic, producer: EAVE graduate Katja Lenarcic and EAVE+ graduate Danijel Hocevar, co-producer: EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar
  • ERASERHEAD IN A KNITTED SHOPPING BAG by Lili Koss, producer: EAVE graduate and Bulgarian National Coordinator Vanya Rainova and EAVE participant Victoria Mitreva
  • FLOWERS OF UKRAINE by Adelina Borets, producer: EAVE graduate Natalia Grzegorzek
  • FREE THE CHICKENS by Matus Vizar, producer: EAVE graduate Jakub Viktorin
  • GOD WILL NOT HELP by Hana Jušić, producer: EAVE graduate and Group Leader Ankica Jurić Tilić
  • I DIED IN IRPIN by Anastasiia Falileieva, producer: EAVE graduate Juraj Krasnohorsky
  • KISMET by Ziga Virc, producer: EAVE graduate Bostjan Virc
  • LAGUNA by Sharunas Bartas, producer: EAVE graduate Janja Kralj, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Clémentine Mourão-Ferreira
  • OUTLIVING SHAKESPEARE by Inna Sahakyan, co-producer: EAVE graduate Joram Willink
  • PERLA by Alexandra Makarova, producers: EAVE graduates Arash T. Riahi and Sabine Gruber
  • SORELLA DI CLAUSURA by Ivana Mladenovic, producer: EAVE graduate Ada Solomon
  • TELL ME WHAT YOU FEEL by Łukasz Ronduda, producer: EAVE graduate Natalia Grzegorzek
  • THE BEAUTY OF THE DONKEY by Dea Gjinovci, producer: EAVE graduate Palmyre Badinier
  • CHANGE PROJECT THE KARTLI KINGDOM by Julien Prebel, producer: CHANGE graduate Ketevan Kipiani
  • THE OTHER SIDE OF SUMMER by Vojtěch Strakatý, producer: EAVE graduate and Croatian National Coordinator Tamara Babun
  • THE SPECTACLE by Balint Kenyeres, producer: TTB graduate Jeremy Zelnik
  • VERSCHWINDEN by Andrina Mracnikar, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Danijel Hocevar

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

 

SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (APRIL 21 – MAY 4)

  • AMILCAR by Miguel Eek, co-producer: EAVE graduate Mario Adamson
  • ENOUGH IS ENOUGH by Elisé Sawasawa, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Dumoulin
  • GHOST SCHOOL by Seemab Guu, co-producers: EAVE graduate Dorothe Beinemeier, EAVE+ graduate Steffen Gerdes
  • HAIR, PAPER, WATER… by Nicolas Graux and Trương Minh Quý, producers: Creative Producer Indaba graduate Thomas Hakim and EAVE+ graduate Julien Graff
  • FILIPIÑANA by Rafael Manuel, producer: TTB graduate Jeremy Chua
  • SALVATION by Emin Alper, producer: EAVE graduate Stienette Bosklopper
  • MILK TEETH by Muhai Mincan, producers: EAVE graduate, National Coordinator Romania Radu Stancu, EAVE graduate Ioana Lascar
  • THE FOX KING by Woo Ming Jin, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Yulia Evina Bhara
  • THOSE WHO WHISTLE AFTER DARK by Pınar Yorgancıoğlu, producer: EAVE graduate and Bulgarian National Coordinator Vanya Rainova, EAVE participant Victoria Mitreva
  • UNGRATEFUL BEINGS by Olmo Omerzu, producer: EAVE graduate Jiri Konecny

https://sffilm.org/

 

LAS PALMAS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (APRIL 23 – MAY 3)

  • 7 by Kosara Mitic, co-producers: EAVE and EAVE SLATE graduate Vlado Bulajić, EAVE graduates Miroslav Mogorovic and Lija Pogačnik
  • DRACULA by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandru Teodorescu, co-producers: EAVE graduates Ada Solomon, Luxembourgish National Coordinator Bernard Michaux, Paul Thiltges, EAVE+ Head of Study Jani Thiltges
  • FOREST UP IN THE MOUNTAIN by Sofía Bordenave, producer: PUENTES graduate Clara Massot
  • HONEY, MY LOVE, SO SWEET by JT Trinidad, producer: EAVE graduate Alemberg Ang
  • 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
  • IVÁN & HADOUM by Ian de la Rosa, producer: EAVE+ graduates José Alba, Odile Antonio-Baez, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Flavia Biurrún, EAVE graduates Roshanak Behesht Nedjad and Hubert Toint
  • LANDMARKS (NUESTRA TIERRA) by Lucrecia Martel, producers: PUENTES graduates Benjamin Domenech, Santiago Gallelli, EAVE graduates Katrin Pors, Leontine Petit, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
  • EAVE project NINA ROZA by Geneviève Dulude-de Celles, producer: EAVE graduate Fanny Drew
  • THE DASHED LINES by Anxos Fazáns, producer: MW graduate Nuria Landete
  • TRIAL OF HEIN by Kai Stänicke, producers: EAVE+ graduates Dirk Decker and Andrea Schütte

https://www.lpafilmfestival.com/

 

Far East Film Festival, Focus Asia (April 24 – May 2)

All Genre Project Market

  • ADARNA by Lois Patiño, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Zamora
  • I HAVE TO FUCK BEFORE THE WORLD ENDS by Andrea Benjamin Manenti, producers: TTB graduates Stefano Centini, Bradley Liew
  • NAKED IN GLENDALE by Haohao Yan, producers: EAVE graduate Heejung Oh, TTB graduate Julia Xu
  • NOODLES, OUR LOVE WAS INSTANT AND FOREVER by Whammy Alcazaren, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Alemberg Ang
  • WAKE ME UP WHEN THE MOURNING ENDS by Kok Rui Lau, producer: TTB graduate Stefano Centini

Far East in Progress 2026

  • DOPPEL by Jun Tanaka, producer: PUENTES graduate Emanuele Nespeca
  • GOOD DEATH by Atsushi Funahashi, producer: EAVE graduate Izabela Igel
  • TTB project PICTUREHOUSE by Nghiem-Minh Nguyen-Vo, producer: TTB graduate Johann Chapelan, EAVE and TTB graduate Alemberg Ang

TIES THAT BIND (April 26 - 30)

TIES THAT BIND is EAVE's leading training programme for European-Asian co-production. The participants work with top-notch industry professionals from both continents. The sessions focus on script development, co-production between Asia and Europe, public and private financing in the two regions, pitching, marketing and distribution. They meet leading Asian and European sales agents, funders and potential co-producers during FOCUS ASIA in Udine. Check out the selected participants of the 2025-2026 edition.

https://www.fareastfilm.com/eng/focus-asia-2026/

 

CROSSING EUROPE FILM FESTIVAL - LINZ (APRIL 28 - MAY 3)

  • 18 HOLES TO PARADISE by João Nuno Pinto, producer: EAVE graduate Andreia Nunes, co-producers: EAVE graduate Roberto Cavallinni, EAVE graduate Debora Nischler
  • CARAVAN by Zuzana Kirchnerová, producers: EAVE graduates Dagmar Sedlácková and Jakub Viktorin, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Carlo Cresta-Dina
  • CLOSURE by Michał Marczak, producer: EAVE graduate Monika Braid
  • DONKEY DAYS by Rosanne Pel, producers: EAVE graduates Floor Onrust, National Coordinator Germany Verena Gräfe-Höft
  • GOD WILL NOT HELP by Hana Jušić, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Ankica Jurić Tilić
  • FATHER by Tereza Nvotova, producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski
  • HELLO SUMMER by Martin Smatana, Veronika Zacharova, producer: EAVE MW graduate Kamila Dohnalova
  • 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
  • NIGHTBORN by Hanna Bergholm, co-producer: TTB graduate Christopher Granier-Deferre
  • RENOVATION by Gabrielė Urbonaitė, producers: PUENTES graduate Dominiks Jarmakovics, MW graduate Kristian Van der Heyden
  • CHANGE project SILENT FLOOD by Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk, producer: CHANGE graduate Karina Kostyna, co-producer: EAVE graduate Tanja Georgieva-Waldhauer
  • THE THING TO BE DONE by Srdan Kovacevic, producer: EAVE graduate Jelena Angelovski
  • UN ANNO DI SCUOLA by Laura Samani, producers: EAVE graduates Nadia Trevisan, Thomas Lambert
  • WELDED TOGETHER by Anastasija Mirošničenko, producer: EAVE graduate Valérie Montmartin, co-producers: EAVE graduates Anton Iffland Stettner and Eva Kuperman
  • WITHOUT KELLY by Lovisa Sirén, producer: EAVE graduate Siri Hjorton Wagner

https://www.crossingeurope.at/en

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MEET EAVE IN MAY

Bellaria Film Festival, May 8 - 9, Bellaria Igea Marina (IT)

EAVE CEO Kristina Trapp 

 

Cannes Film Festival, May 16 - 19, Cannes (FR)

EAVE CEO Kristina Trapp, EAVE Deputy CEO Satu Elo

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Interview with EAVE producer Tibor Keser on Fiume o Morte!

EAVE graduate Tibor Keser is a Zagreb-based producer with more than fifty film and audiovisual projects spanning fiction, documentary, and hybrid forms, as well as television and commercial work. He collaborates closely with the Croatian production house Restart on international documentary co-productions, while also developing projects through his own company, KOMPOT which he co-founded in 2019.

His work has screened at hundreds of festivals worldwide and aired across major European broadcasters. His recent feature documentary Fiume o morte! by Igor Bezinović premiered in the Tiger Competition at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2025, where it won both the Tiger Award and the FIPRESCI Prize, and in 2026 won the European Film Award for European Documentary, becoming the first-ever Croatian documentary Oscar candidate, and going on to become the most-watched Croatian documentary since the 1990s. Currently, the film is nominated for the FIPRESCI Documentary Grand Prix 2025, given to the best documentary film of the year, with the award ceremony happening on May 7th, during the Millennium Docs Against Gravity Festival.

Tibor was also selected for Producers on the Move at the Cannes Film Festival in 2024, further cementing his focus on international collaboration. We sat down with him to talk about the journey from development to festival success - and what comes next.

Congratulations on winning the European Documentary award for Fiume o Morte! at the European Film Awards! How did the co-production between Croatia, Italy and Slovenia come together in practice?

Thanks for your kind words! And thanks for the opportunity to talk about it. We, the producers, tend to usually hide somewhere in the background, which doesn't mean we don't have opinions. I'll do my best not to make this a boring and overly civil interview.

EFA was unlike anything Vanja (Jambrović, fellow producer) and I had ever done, and we’ve been through a lot together over the years. An entirely different experience from receiving an award at a festival. Festival prizes either happen or they don’t; it’s out of our hands once the film is out there. With EFA, we decided to run a real campaign, and we had very great support from HAVC (Croatian Audiovisual Center) throughout the process. At the same time, we were also running a separate campaign for the Academy Awards, aiming for the coveted Oscar, as well as for the Goya Awards. In the end, it almost felt more like a game than a competition. Looking back, the biggest challenge was simply getting people, our friends and colleagues across Europe, to actually sit down and watch the film. Funnily enough, that’s the first hurdle, but also the biggest one. Festival appearances help, of course, they put a kind of stamp of approval on a film. But most filmmakers are just ordinary people (myself included): we get home in the evening, have dinner, and put on whatever’s on a streaming platform. We had quite a few hoops to jump through to make sure enough people actually saw the film.

Regarding the co-production, we were lucky that our story organically connects that region; historically, sure, but also now, so forming meaningful partnerships felt very natural. We tried to include France during development, and Germany too, but couldn't find common ground. Bigger markets don't play well with smaller ones. I hate to say it because it goes against the spirit of open collaboration and European togetherness, but it's the truth, honestly. Perhaps there's a lesson in there?

 

What were the challenges and the advantages of a collaboration between 3 countries?

The biggest advantage was that we actually managed to form a really good team. All of the co-producers – EAVE graduate Marina (Gumzi, from Slovenian NOSOROGI), Erica (Barbiani) & Lucia (Candelpergher; both from Italian Videomante) - were passionate about the project and worked together with us, EAVE graduate Vanja (Jambrović from Croatian RESTART) and me, as true collaborators. It wasn't a purely monetary exchange, like some co-productions tend to be. We were very much like a family, for better and for worse, and everyone understood that we were trying to do something bigger than just the sum of its parts.

The biggest challenge was the timeframe. EFA's marked 9 years of doing this film for me. A lifetime. Also, different countries have different production schedules, mostly tied to legal obligations, so we had to work within constraints, and those are mostly never good for authors and artists. In my experience, the greatest resource a film can have is time - more shooting days, more editing hours, more room to think, and talk. Time is what makes a better film in the end.

 

You developed the project through the EAVE Producers Workshop in 2019. How did that experience influence the project's development, particularly in shaping the financing strategy or connecting with international partners?

EAVE helped me enormously in shaping a communication strategy which worked. I would love to say now that EAVE just gave me the blueprint for success, but it wasn't like that. There are no keys to the kingdom which EAVE unlocks, only hard work and perseverance. So, the absolute biggest gain was the network, and the camaraderie - finding access to such a diverse group of filmmakers and producers, and getting their honest feedback on the project. When you're deep inside your own film, you develop blind spots, and you become biased. Being able to talk openly with fellows and hearing their perspectives is crucial. Films really are a collaborative effort, and EAVE gave us the tools and the connections to help make that real.

 

The film blends documentary with staged reenactments performed by the citizens of Rijeka. From a producer's perspective, did it create specific challenges compared to a more conventional documentary?

The entire process was a huge challenge because we were working with non-professionals, both in front of and behind the camera, trying to build something that had never quite been done before. And I wouldn't label it a documentary. It's a piece of cinema that captures a set of ideas and then chooses different approaches to present them - a strategy which, when I think about it, is what all great cinema does. What "Fiume o morte!" managed was to find layers of narrative that were genuinely unique and engaging.

That's also what I'd like to see more of in European film: the courage to peek outside the box, to be provocative, to choose themes that matter. There's so much shifting in the world right now. We have the platform, and with it - the responsibility to use it.

EAVE graduates Tibor Keser, Vanja Jambrović, Marina Gumzi

 

How did the audience resonate with the film, in and outside Rijeka?

It's the most-watched film ever in Rijeka, and the most-watched documentary of all time in Croatia. Art-kino Croatia, a local cinema in Rijeka, held over a hundred screenings, most of them sold out, more than any film before it. We couldn't have made this film without the people of Rijeka, and they feel that. They own it. I'm truly satisfied with that exchange.

 

What's in the pipeline for you next?

I'm juggling several films now, which is just the nature of the job. A few of them are pushing into hybrid territory, much like "Fiume o morte!".

One is "Foundations" by Srđan Kovačević — it deals with a very painful period in Split in the 1990s while my country was being torn apart by war. Our society doesn't seem to have the capacity to confront some of the injustices from those years, and we want to put a spotlight on that. Another is "A Boat in the Backyard" by Tonći Gaćina - a documentary comedy about a very Mediterranean (male) dream of owning a boat, at least once in your life, and what people are willing to sacrifice for it. It's funny and melancholic in equal measure, which I find irresistible. And then there's "Kolo" by Bojan Mrđenović, about a network of people trading in used bricks - material mined from the poorest parts of Croatia and sold to some of the wealthiest people looking to buy a piece of history. It sounds absurd, because it is.

If there's a thread connecting all of it, it's probably this: we have a platform, and with it a duty to speak about what matters. The moment I start doing the same thing day in and day out, I'll probably stop making films.

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TIES THAT BIND Workshop and Labs Kicked Off in Udine

The 17th edition of the TIES THAT BIND Asia-Europe Co-Production Workshop continues with its second workshop (April 26–30, 2026) in Udine.

Guided by group leaders Bradley Liew (Epicmedia Productions, PH) and Jonas Weydemann (Weydemann Bros., DE), participants continue developing their projects, companies, and careers in group work sessions.

The programme features two co-production case studies, moderated by TTB Head of Studies Christophe Bruncher, and presented in collaboration with FOCUS ASIA, the industry section of the Udine Far East Film Festival:

  • FOUR SEASONS IN JAVA, produced by Ifa Isfansyah (Forka Films, ID) and directed by Kamila Andini 
  • FILIPIÑANA, by TTB alumni Bradley Liew and Jeremy Chua (Singapore International Film Festival, SG), directed by Rafael Manuel, and premiered at Sundance 2026 

Participants also engage in a series of industry sessions, including The Vertical Factor, moderated by Roger Garcia with speakers such as Pengnan Hu, Bryce Tsao, Katy Kim, Kunlin Wang, and LeeYein Teng, alongside discussions on European and Asian distribution strategies in partnership with Europa International and Europa Distribution, and Mind the Gap, presented by Patrick Frater.

Participants also receive expert feedback on the distribution potential of their projects from leading European and Asian distributors, including Bruce D. Lee, Stephan Holl, Vincent Quek, Albert Yao, Monica Felea, and Florestan La Torre, as well as sales agents such as Valeska Neu, Marta Ravani, and Cinthya Calderón.

The programme offers tailored individual consultations, covering script development (Clare Downs), pitching and communication training (Sibylle Kurz), and career, company, and project guidance (Christophe Bruncher). Participants further benefit from insights into Europe–Asia co-production opportunities through exchanges with TTB alumni, including Alemberg Ang, Diana Paroiu, Flavia Oertwig, and Martin Horyna.

Alongside the workshop, Udine hosts two complementary programmes:

  • Distribution Lab, welcoming 15 European and Asian distributors for case studies, group work, and screenings, focused on cross-market release strategies 
  • Sales Lab, bringing together over 10 European sales agents to explore the circulation of European films in Asia 

Both Labs are organised in collaboration with Europa Distribution, Europa International, and FOCUS ASIA, and connect with the workshop through joint plenary sessions, fostering exchange across a wide international industry network.

We are happy to announce that TIES THAT BIND project TITANIC OCEAN by Konstantina Kotzamani - a story about identity, desire, and transformation -, developed at the 2019 edition of the workshop, was selected for Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival this year! We congratulate the producers: EAVE and TTB graduates Maria Drandaki, Radu Stancu (Romanian National Coordinator),  EAVE graduates Luisa Romeo, Nina Frese, and executive producer: EAVE graduate Amy Gardner.

TIES THAT BIND is organised by the Friuli Venezia Giulia Audiovisual Fund, EAVE, the Udine Far East Film Festival, and the Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA), with the support of the Creative Europe – MEDIA programme of the European Union.

For more information, please contact:

EAVE Project Manager - Tanika Sajatovic: tanika@eave.org

www.eave.org, www.tiesthatbind.eu

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SAVE THE DATE: Release of the EAVE 2026 Impact Think Tank Report

Dear EAVE members,

We are excited to release this year’s EAVE Impact Think Tank report in Cannes, at the Marché du Film soon!

For those of you who are attending, please save the date:

Producing Under Pressure: Producer Care and Sustainable Practice

The release of the 2026 EAVE Impact Think Tank report, bringing together practical tools and new perspectives to help producers strengthen well-being across personal life, family life, and work life, while rethinking how the wider screen sector can better support the mental health of independent producers. 

Date: Saturday, 16/05/2026
Time: 11:30 -12:30 CET 
Location: Palais Stage (-1)

Moderator: Tamara Dawit (Gobez Media, CA/ET)
Speakers: Heejung Oh (Seesaw Pictures, KR), Rebecca Day (Film in Mind, UK), Linda Mutawi (Fikra, SE), Steven Malamud Rubinstein (GROM Productions, NL)

We look forward to seeing you in Cannes and sharing the final version of the report after the launch!

Thank you to our valuable partners who made the 2026 EAVE Impact Think Tank possible:

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LA FABRIQUE CINÉMA 2026 invites EAVE Producers to meet the projects

Dear EAVE graduates,

EAVE is delighted to continue the successful partnership with La Fabrique Cinéma de l’Institut Français in Cannes.

La Fabrique Cinéma de l’Institut français is a program designed to identify and promote filmmakers and producers from developing countries. The program offers a tailor-made support to accompany debut or second film projects, along with a number of professional partners.

EAVE organizes special networking events at La Fabrique Cinéma during Cannes Film Festival, which consists of a pitching session, as well as one-on-one meetings sessions with the projects selected for La Fabrique. 

EAVE producers will be invited to meet the international delegation of project representatives from emerging countries outside Europe.

The pitching session will be held in the Producers Club at Lérins in Cannes Market on Friday, May 15 between 3:30pm & 5:30pm, followed by a cocktail. You can join us if you are accredited with a Producers Network Badge. If not, as the entrance is upon invitation, so let us know by email and we will provide you an access at our event.

Then, the one-to-one meetings will be organized at a new place on the Institut Français area on Critics’ Week Beach on the following slots:

  • Monday, May 18: 9:30am-12:30pm / 2:30pm-4pm
  • Tuesday, May 19: 9:30am-12:30pm / 2:30pm-6pm
  • Wednesday, May 20: 9:30am-12:30pm

The ten projects selected this year are:

The project descriptions are available here: https://www.institutfrancais.com/en/programme/consulting-and-expertise/fabrique-cinema

For more information and to book your one-to-one meetings, you can contact Thibaut Bracq at La Fabrique Cinéma by May 6th (deadline). You can send him directly asap your wish list of projects and your available slots, and he will reply with proposals. Contact: thibautbracq@hotmail.com

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New partnership with Connie: 10% discount for EAVE producers

EAVE is thrilled to announce a new partnership with Danish contract and document management platform Connie!

If you've ever chased a missing contract the night before a shoot or searched hours for that one agreement from a few years ago, this one's for you.

Connie is an e-signature and contract management platform, co-funded by Creative Europe MEDIA, built for filmmakers, production companies, and content creators who want to spend less time on paperwork and more time creating. European-built, secure, and trusted by productions across the continent.

Create, send, and sign documents with ease with Connie – and ensure your productions and projects run smoothly. 

  • Talent release forms
  • Model release forms
  • Crew agreements
  • Location agreements
  • Video production contracts
  • Client agreements

Manage all your film production paperwork in one place – from pre-production to delivery.

Connie is designed around three principles:

  • PRODUCTIVITY: Manage release forms, production contracts, and agreements faster in one structured platform.
  • SIMPLICITY: Well-designed tools that stay out of the way of your creative work. No complex systems or unnecessary features.
  • PRIVACY: A secure European alternative for managing film production contracts and personal data. Connie is built to protect creators, contributors, and their personal information.

Check out how legendary Zentropa streamlines all production paperwork with Connie. Zentropa CEO, Anders Kjærhauge, shares his experience and talks about the needs of the industry and how Connie makes both production and admin staff happy:

Through EAVE's partnership with Connie, we’re able to offer our network a 3-month free trial period and an exclusive 10% discount on any subscription plan! You will also get free onboarding and platform introduction from the Connie team.

These benefits are automatically applied when users sign up using the partner code: EAVE-FRIEND.

Read more about Connie: https://www.getconnie.com/

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Apply now: EAVE MARKETING WORKSHOP 2026

Applications are now open for EAVE’s leading film marketing and promotion workshop! Curious minds, films and series at any stage are welcome, whether your project is just starting out in development, pre-production or already in post-production. Each marketing tool will be adapted to your stage with a personalised approach during the practical working sessions. 

In Luxembourg, November 15 - 20, 2026

Apply now until June 1st!

Designed for today’s rapidly evolving industry, the programme combines traditional marketing strategies with cutting-edge technology, equipping participants with practical tools to enhance their film and series marketing campaigns. 

From strategising, engaging with the press to leveraging the latest technologies, including AI, it provides a comprehensive guide to identifying and reaching audiences on a global scale, using data and creativity. Through a hands-on, collaborative approach, participants work together on the selected projects to develop concrete marketing strategies. Guided by top-tier experts, they gain practical knowledge and forward-looking insights, from audience targeting and positioning to international sales and distribution, ready to apply across every stage of a film’s release.

HOW DOES IT WORK?

The cohort consists of 48 participants from around the world, of which 8 are bringing a project. These projects serve as case studies throughout the workshop, which consists of plenaries and group works unfolding over an intensive 4-core-days programme. 

In the afternoon interactive group work sessions, the participants apply the insights gained in the morning from our top-tier marketing tutors to develop concrete marketing strategies for the selected projects, collaborating on them for nearly half of the time. This horizontal learning approach enhances the experience by allowing each participant to contribute with their unique know-how while fostering natural networking and community building within the group. These concrete marketing strategies will also serve as practical tools that participants can directly implement in their own professional contexts. 

Read more: Interview with EAVE Marketing Workshop Heads of Studies Alya Belgaroui-Degalet and Sarah Calderón

WHAT’S IN THE PROGRAMME?

Led by co-Heads of Studies Alya Belgaroui-Degalet (Pathé, France) & Sarah Calderón (The Film Agency, Spain), and supported by a team of high-level experts, participants will explore a wide range of topics, including:

  • International Marketing for Sales
  • Marketing strategy, audience design and AI opportunities in Marketing
  • International PR & Press
  • Online and alternative Marketing Strategies
  • Marketing Distribution, Posters creation and Trailers
  • Social Media Marketing
  • Audience Analysis, Data and Marketing for VOD platforms

WHO SHOULD APPLY?

The workshop is targeted at film producers and other industry professionals (sales agents, distributors, film festival representatives, trainers, consultants as well as institutions and funders) interested in deepening their marketing knowledge. We encourage applications from both seasoned professionals and emerging talents with around 3 years of experience.

“Coming here has been an opportunity to meet new partners, learn fresh perspectives, and strengthen the way we connect films with the audiences they deserve.”

Letícia Friedrich, Vitrine Filmes, Brazil 

“An inspiring programme that offered fresh perspectives on marketing and AI, with great people and practical insights I can take straight into my work!”

Sena Cilingiroglu, Charades, France

HOW TO APPLY?

Participants can either apply with or without a project. Click here to see the application requirements. 

Notable projects developed at the EAVE MARKETING WORKSHOP include FLOW by Gints Zibalodis, produced by EAVE MW graduate Matiss Kaza (Trickster Pictures, Latvia), which won the Oscar and the Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature in 2025 along with more than 60 other awards. THE BIRTHDAY PARTY by Miguel Ángel Jiménez, developed by EAVE MW gradute Effychia Terzi (Heretic, Greece), with main actor Willem Dafoe, participated at Locarno Film Festival in 2025. The series WOOL, produced by Milena Dzabasovic (Film Road Production, Serbia) went on winning the Council of Europe Series Co-Production Development Award at Tallinn Industry & Baltic Event 2025. 

The selection will be announced between late July and August.

CLICK HERE TO START YOUR APPLICATION!

 

PARTNERSHIPS

Thanks to EAVE’s ongoing steady partnerships, we will welcome selected participants from, M:brane, Thessaloniki Crossroads, LA INCUBADORA, Great Lakes Creative Producers Lab. 

Members of Europa International, Europa Distribution, ERICH POMMER INSTITUTE, and EAVE graduates will benefit from special discounts.

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 specialized marketing professionals.

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

Check out www.eave.org or contact marketing@eave.org for more information.

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Special Offer for EAVE graduates: Galway Film Fair

Dear EAVE Producers,

We are happy to share that the Co-Production Marketplace at the Galway Film Fair 2026 will take place on July 10th & 11th this year, and it is now open for applications! A limited number of bursaries are available for EAVE Producers to cover Marketplace accreditation and accommodation for this boutique industry event.

The Galway Film Fair is the industry market of the Galway Film Fleadh (festival) taking place 7th - 12th July 2026. The Marketplace pre-schedules meetings between filmmakers with projects in development (and/or completed films) and invited Film Financiers, Distributors, Sales Agents, Broadcasters, Film Funds and Major Producers. Selected producers with feature films/documentary projects will have the opportunity to meet with representatives of these companies.

The Marketplace’s unique selling points:

  • Transatlantic Bridge between US & EU film industries
  • Access to leading international financiers 
  • Showcasing new European and International cinema to leading Film Buyers, Distributors and Festival Programmers

Alongside the Marketplace, many other industry events take place at the Galway Film Fair, including conferences, seminars, masterclasses, debates, workshops and much more.

**** Thanks to the successful partnership between EAVE and Galway Film Fair, up to 6 EAVE producers (excluding Ireland and UK) will be selected to attend the Galway Film Fair 2026 in-person. Our partner will cover the cost of accommodation for 3 nights and waive the entry fee for the Marketplace at the Galway Film Fair for the six selected producers.

Projects can either be in development and/or completed films or documentaries.

If you are interested, please send an email with a CV and motivation letter to Satu Elo satu@eave.org by April 27th 2026.

For further information visit www.galwayfilmfleadh.com/film-fair/ or contact us via email: marketplace@filmfleadh.ie

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EAVE+ 16th Edition: Long-term strategies for future-proof film production companies

The 16th edition of EAVE+ takes place from April 10 - 15, 2026 at Hotel Légère Premium in Luxembourg.

The workshop will gather 17 experienced producers from 11 countries to discuss the structure of their companies, best management practices and innovative business models, guided by a hand-picked selection of seasoned industry professionals.

In tailor-made sessions according to the participants’ individual needs and company profiles, EAVE+ will tackle the most pressing issues for producers who want to run a sustainable company, such as transformational processes in film companies, IP management, diversification, new business models and company constellations.

EAVE+ Head of Studies Jani Thiltges (Samsa Film, LU), will lead group discussions analysing in depth the individual company cases of the selected participants. The group work will be complemented by various sessions held by the EAVE+ pedagogical team and guest experts. Additionally, participants will be able to go into more detail into the topics which are most urgent and most important to them and to their particular companies, during one-to-one meetings with all the experts and with each other.

“This programme was instrumental in challenging not only our thinking but also our approach to how we go forward as partners and with the company. It involved very detailed and somewhat difficult conversations but we are now in a place to move forward and have a roadmap of how to get there.”

Reece Cargan, 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. 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

EAVE+ takes place once a year in Luxembourg with different experts and curates the most urgent, contemporary topics for each session according to current industry needs.

See the complete list of participants below.

EAVE+ 2026 PARTICIPANTS

  • Artikulacija Film: Ivan Djurovic (ME)
  • Cubafilms: Ingrid Eloranta (EE)
  • FreibeuterFilm: Sabine Moser & Oliver Neumann (AT)
  • Die Gesellschaft DGS: Michael Henrichs (DE)
  • Gogol Film: Glib Lukianets (PL)
  • Hawkeye Pictures: Sonya Di Rienzo & Aeschylus Poulos (CA)
  • Karma Films: Diloy Gulun (TR)
  • Palosanto Films: Pilar Saavedra Perrotta (IT)
  • Saga Film: Flavia Biurrun & Hubert Toint (BE)
  • Saraguina Filmes: Marcel Cotrim & Roberta Sauerbronn (BR)
  • Studio Zentral: Christine Hartmann & Alexandra Kret (DE)
  • White Picture: Alise Gelze (LV) 

We are grateful to our scholarship partner Projeto Paradiso and their support to the selected workshop participant Roberta Sauerbronn (Saraguina Filmes, Brazil).

EAVE+ is supported by the Creative Europe - MEDIA sub-programme of the European Union and Film Fund Luxembourg.

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A scholarship has been set up to honour the memory of Alan Fountain, former Head of Studies and President of EAVE, who passed away in 2016. Its goal is to enable one producer from outside the EU to participate in all three sessions of the EAVE Producers Workshop each year.

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