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CHANGE project 9 MONTH CONTRACT Best Documentary at SEE Film LA

HOT DOCS FESTIVAL

  • PAIKAR by Dawood Hilmandi, producer: EAVE graduate Frank Hoeve won the Hot Docs Emerging International Filmmaker Award (Dawood Hilmandi)
  • HOUSE OF HOPE by Marjolein Busstra, producer: EAVE graduate Olivia Sophie van Leeuwen, co-producers: EAVE graduate Ossama Bawardi, EAVE participant May Jabareen was awarded the Hot Docs Best International Feature Documentary

https://hotdocs.ca/festivals/hot-docs-festival

 

SOUTHEAST EUROPEAN FILM FESTIVAL LOS ANGELES

  • CHANGE project 9 MONTH CONTRACT by Ketevan Vashagashvili, producers: CHANGE graduate Anna Khazaradze and EAVE+ graduate Nino Chichua won Best Documentary Film
  • FANTASY by Kukla, producers: EAVE graduate Vlado Bulajić and Lija Pogačnik received the award for Best Ensemble and Honorary Mention in Best Feature Film, Grand Jury Prize Category and Honorable mention in the Best Cinematography in a feature Film (Lazar Bogdanovic)
  • FATHER by Tereza Nvotova, producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski won the Best Cinematography in a Feature Film award and the Bridging the Borders Award
  • OUR FATHER by Goran Stankovic, producer: EAVE graduate Snezana van Houwelingen received two Honorable Mentions; for Cinematography in a feature Film category  (Dragan Vildovic) and in the Bridging the Borders Category
  • MY DEAR THEO by Alisa Kovalenko, producer: EAVE graduate Darya Bassel received Honorary Mention in the category Best Cinematography in a Documentary Film (Alisa Kovalenko)
  • SILENT CINEMA by Krste Gospodinovski, producer: EAVE graduate Darko Popov was awarded Best Animated Short

https://seefilmla.org/

 

INDIELISBOA – INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

  • HOW TO CATCH A BUTTERFLY by Kiriko Mechanicus, producer: EAVE graduate Ilja Roomans was awarded the EMEL Short Film Grand Prize (4,000 euros)

https://indielisboa.com/en/

 

DOCS BARCELONA

  • MAILIN by María Silvestre Esteve, producer: EAVE, graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Radu Stancu received the Best Editing Award – AMMAC (María Silvia Esteve)
  • DO YOU LOVE ME by Lana Daher, producer: FFF and EAVE graduate Jean-Laurent Csinidis was awarded the New Talent Award – Filmin (Lana Daher)

Forum

  • MY SISTER GAZA by Rima Jabaly, producer: EAVE graduate Elhum Shakerifar received the European Talent Development Award ARTE and the Al Jazeera Documentary Co-production Award for Best Forum Project

https://docsbarcelona.com/

 

INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL MUNICH

  • SOMETIMES, I IMAGINE THEM ALL AT A PARTY by Daniela Magnani Hüller, producer: EAVE graduate Birgit Schulz won the Megaherz Student Award

https://www.dokfest-muenchen.de/

 

CANNES FILM FESTIVAL

15 main awards for EAVE graduates at the 79th Cannes Film Festival!

Competition

  • FJÖRD by Cristian Mungiu, producers: EAVE graduates Dyveke Bjørkly Graver, Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Katrin Pors, Jussi Rantamäki won the main prize of the Cannes Film Festival, the Palme d’OrFATHERLAND by Pawel Pawlikowski, producer: FFF graduate Lorenzo Gangarossa won Best Director (Pawel Pawlikowski)
  • THE DREAMED ADVENTURE by Valeska Grisebach, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach was awarded the Jury Prize
  • ALL OF A SUDDEN by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, producer: EAVE+ graduate Bettina Brokemper won Best Performance for an Actress (Virginie Efira and Tao Okamoto)
  • COWARD by Lukas Dhont, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jacques-Henri Bronckart and Laurette Schillings, EAVE+ graduate Frans van Gestel won Best Performance (Emmanuel Macchia and Valentin Campagne)
  • BEN’IMANA by Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo, producer: EAVE graduate Samantha Biffot, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ingrid Lill Hogtun won the Caméra d'Or

Un Certain Regard

  • EVERYTIME by Sandra Wollner, producers: EAVE and EAVE SLATE graduate David Bohun, MW graduate Camille Chanel was awarded the Un Certain Regard Prize
  • ELEPHANTS IN THE FOG by Abinash Bikram Shah, producers: PUENTES, EAVE+ and EAVE SLATE graduate Michael Henrichs, EAVE, PUENTES, EAVE+ and EAVE SLATE graduate Leonardo Mecchi, National Coordinator Latin America Tatiana Leite received the Jury Prize
  • CONGO BOY by Rafiki Fariala, co-producer: EAVE graduate Caroline Nataf won Best Actor (Bradley Fiomona Dembeasset)
  • FOREVER YOUR MATERNAL ANIMAL by Valentina Maurel, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolás Celis López won Best Actresses (Marina de Tavira, Daniela Marín Navarro, Mariangel Villegas)

Critics’ Week

  • A GIRL UNKNOWN  by ZOU Jing, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri was awarded the Distribution Award
  • DUA by Blerta Basholli, producers: EAVE graduate Valon Bajgora, PUENTES graduate Britta Rindelaub, EAVE graduate Thomas Reichlin won the SACD Award
  • SKINNY BOOTS by Romain F. Dubois, executive producer: EAVE graduate Julie Groleau won the Short Film Prize

Immersive Competition

  • KATABASIS by Ugo Arsac, producer: TTB graduate Guillaume de la Boulaye won Best Immersive Work

Other Awards

  • REHEARSALS OF A REVOLUTION by Pegah Ahangarani, producer: EAVE graduate Adrià Monés won the Golden Eye for the Best Documentary at the Croisette

Marché du Film Awards

Goes to Cannes

  • AT YOUR SERVICE by German Golub, producer: EAVE graduate and Estonian National Coordinator Evelin Penttilä won the Ciné+ OCS Award (€15,000 prize)

Docs-in-Progress

  • GAZA SUNBIRDS by Flavia Cappellini, producers: MW graduate Kristian van der Heyden and EAVE participant May Jabareen won the Think-Film Impact Award

Nordic NEST

All projects are co-produced by Nordic and German partners and will receive additional funding of up to €60,000 per project for the script development phase.

  • DEEPER by Eva-Maria Koskinen, producers: TTB graduate Frauke Kolbmüller, EAVE and TTB graduate Mark Lwoff
  • WHITE NOISE by Stefanie Ren, producer: EAVE graduate Solmaz Azizi

https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/

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15 awards for EAVE graduates in Cannes

EAVE is proud to announce that graduates of its producer training programmes claimed 15 main awards across all major sections of the 79th Cannes Film Festival. Highlights include the Palme d'Or for Fjörd (producers Dyveke Bjørkly Graver, Andrea Berentsen Ottmar; co-producers Katrin Pors, Jussi Rantamäki), the Caméra d'Or for Ben'imana (producers Samantha Biffot, Ingrid Lill Hogtun), and prizes spanning Competition, Un Certain Regard, Critics' Week, and the Immersive Competition.

This exceptional result stands as a testament to EAVE's nearly four-decade commitment to developing the producers who shape the future of European and international cinema.

Competition

  • FJÖRD by Cristian Mungiu, producers: EAVE graduates Dyveke Bjørkly Graver, Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Katrin Pors, Jussi Rantamäki, won the main prize of the Cannes Film Festival, the Palme d’Or
  • FATHERLAND by Pawel Pawlikowski, producer: FFF graduate Lorenzo Gangarossa won Best Director (Pawel Pawlikowski)
  • THE DREAMED ADVENTURE by Valeska Grisebach, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach, was awarded the Jury Prize
  • ALL OF A SUDDEN by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, producer: EAVE+ graduate Bettina Brokemper won Best Actress (Virginie Efira and Tao Okamoto)
  • COWARD by Lukas Dhont, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jacques-Henri Bronckart and Laurette Schillings, EAVE+ graduate Frans van Gestel, won Best Actor (Emmanuel Macchia and Valentin Campagne)
  • BEN’IMANA by Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo, producer: EAVE graduate Samantha Biffot, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ingrid Lill Hogtun, won the Caméra d'Or

Un Certain Regard

  • EVERYTIME by Sandra Wollner, producers: EAVE and EAVE SLATE graduate David Bohun, MW graduate Camille Chanel, was awarded the Un Certain Regard Prize
  • ELEPHANTS IN THE FOG by Abinash Bikram Shah, producers: PUENTES, EAVE+ and EAVE SLATE graduate Michael Henrichs, EAVE, PUENTES, EAVE+ and EAVE SLATE graduate Leonardo Mecchi, National Coordinator Latin America Tatiana Leite received the Jury Prize
  • CONGO BOY by Rafiki Fariala, co-producer: EAVE graduate Caroline Nataf won Best Actor (Bradley Fiomona Dembeasset)
  • FOREVER YOUR MATERNAL ANIMAL by Valentina Maurel, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolás Celis López, won Best Actress (Marina de Tavira, Daniela Marín Navarro, Mariangel Villegas)

Critics’ Week

  • A GIRL UNKNOWN  by ZOU Jing, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri, was awarded the Distribution Award
  • DUA by Blerta Basholli, producers: EAVE graduate Valon Bajgora, PUENTES graduate Britta Rindelaub, EAVE graduate Thomas Reichlin, won the SACD Award
  • SKINNY BOOTS by Romain F. Dubois, executive producer: EAVE graduate Julie Groleau won the Short Film Prize

Immersive Competition

  • KATABASIS by Ugo Arsac, producer: TTB graduate Guillaume de la Boulaye won Best Immersive Work

Other Awards

  • REHEARSALS OF A REVOLUTION by Pegah Ahangarani, producer: EAVE graduate Adrià Monés won the Golden Eye for the Best Documentary at the Croisette

REHEARSALS OF A REVOLUTION © Fasten Films

 

Marché du Film Awards

Goes to Cannes

  • AT YOUR SERVICE by German Golub, producer: EAVE graduate and Estonian National Coordinator Evelin Penttilä won the Ciné+ OCS Award (€15,000 prize)

Docs-in-Progress

  • GAZA SUNBIRDS by Flavia Cappellini, producers: MW graduate Kristian van der Heyden and EAVE participant May Jabareen, won the Think-Film Impact Award

Nordic NEST

All projects are co-produced by Nordic and German partners and will receive additional funding of up to €60,000 per project for the script development phase.

  • DEEPER by Eva-Maria Koskinen, producers: TTB graduate Frauke Kolbmüller, EAVE and TTB graduate Mark Lwoff
  • WHITE NOISE by Stefanie Ren, producer: EAVE graduate Solmaz Azizi

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CHANGE project SILENT FLOOD selected for HotDocs and DokFest Munich

HOTDOCS FESTIVAL (APRIL 23 – MAY 3)

  • A FIRE THERE by Marlene Edoyan, producer: EAVE graduate Dominique Dussault
  • A WAR ON WOMEN by Raha Shirazi, producer: EAVE graduate Marica Stocci,
  • ANTIDIVA: THE CAROLE POPE CONFESSIONS by Michelle Mama, producer: ACCESS graduate Michelle Mama
  • APOLO by Tainá Müller, Isis Broken, producer: EAVE+ graduate Karen De Athayde Castanho Vega
  • BABY JACKFRUIT BABY GUAVA by Nong Nhat Quang, producer: EAVE graduate Heejung Oh
  • BETTER GO MAD IN THE WILD by Miro Remo, producer: EAVE graduate Pavla Janouskova Kubeckova
  • BIRDS OF WAR by Janay Boulos & Abd Alkader Habak, producer: EAVE+ graduate Sonja Henric
  • GIMME TRUTH by Simon Ennis & Brad Abrahams, producer: EAVE+ graduate Aeschylus Poulos
  • HOUSE OF HOPE by Marjolein Busstra, producer: EAVE graduate Olivia Sophie van Leeuwen, co-producers: EAVE graduate Ossama Bawardi, EAVE participant May Jabareen
  • JARIPEO by Efraín Mojica, Rebecca Zweig, co-producer: EAVE graduate Carine Chichkowsky
  • LES HABITANTS by Maureen Fazendeiro, producer: EAVE graduate Filipa Reis
  • MANDZARSOA by Germain Le Carpentier, producer: PUENTES graduate Murielle Thierrin
  • CHANGE project SILENT FLOOD by Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk, producer: CHANGE graduate Karina Kostyna, co-producer: EAVE graduate Tanja Georgieva-Waldhauer
  • THE SECRET READING CLUB OF KABUL by Shakiba Adil and Elina Hirvonen, producer: EAVE participant Pauliina Piipponen
  • TIME OF PLENTY by Robin Jensen, producer: EAVE graduate Lise Fearnley
  • EAVE project TO HOLD A MOUNTAIN by Biljana Tutorov, Petar Glomazic, producers: EAVE graduates Biljana Tutorov, Anton Iffland Stettner
  • TRACES by Alisa Kovalenko and Marysia Nikitiuk, co-producers: EAVE+ graduate Violetta Kaminska and EAVE graduate Izabela Wojcik
  • PAIKAR by Dawood Hilmandi, producer: EAVE graduate Frank Hoeve
  • 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
  • WHO IS STILL ALIVE by Nicolas Wadimoff, producer: EAVE graduate Ossama Bawardi

https://hotdocs.ca/festivals/hot-docs-festival

 

OFF CAMERA FESTIVAL OF INDEPENDENT FILM, KRAKOW (APRIL 24 – MAY 3)

  • ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT by Payal Kapadia, producer: Creative Producer Indaba graduate Thomas Hakim, co-producers: EAVE graduate and Dutch National Coordinator Frank Hoeve, EAVE graduate Gilles Chanial
  • BEGINNINGS by Jeanette Nordahl, producers: TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin, EAVE graduate Katrin Pors, co-producers: EAVE graduate Léontine Petit and PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi
  • BROTHER by Maciej Sobieszczanski, producers: EAVE graduates Violetta Kaminska, Izabela Wojcik
  • CALLE MALAGA by Maryam Touzani, producer: EAVE graduate Fred Burle
  • COTTON QUEEN by Suzannah Mirghani, producers: EAVE graduates Caroline Daube, Ossama Bawardi, EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri
  • CUERPO CELESTE by Nayra Ilic García, co-producers: PUENTES graduates Alessandro Amato and Florencia Rodríguez, EAVE graduate Luigi Chimienti
  • DIVINE COMEDY by Ali Asgari, producer: EAVE graduate Milad Khosravi, co-producers: EAVE graduates Lorenzo Cioffi, Avantika Singh Desbouvries
  • EAGLES OF THE REPUBLIC by Tarik Saleh, producer: EAVE graduate Linda Mutawi, co-producer: EAVE graduate Monica Hellström
  • FANTASY by Kukla, producers: EAVE graduate Vlado Bulajić and Lija Pogačnik
  • FATHER by Tereza Nvotova, producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski
  • FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER by Jim Jarmusch, co- producer: EAVE graduate Conor Barry
  • GORNONÀ by Evi Kalogiropoulou, producer: EAVE graduate Amanda Livanou, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Fenia Cossovitsa
  • HONEY BUNNY by Igor Jelinović, producer: EAVE MW graduate Rea Rajcic
  • IN A WHISPER by Leyla Bouzid, producer: MW and EAVE graduate Caroline Nataf
  • JULIAN by Cato Kusters, co-producers: EAVE graduates Laurette Schillings, Frans van Gestel
  • KONTINENTAL '25 by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandru Teodorescu
  • LOVE ME TENDER by Anna Cazenave Cambet, associate producer: EAVE graduate and Luxembourgish National Coordinator Bernard Michaux
  • RE-CREATION by Jim Sheridan and David Merriman, producer: EAVE graduate Tina O’Reilly
  • RENOVATION by Gabrielė Urbonaitė, producers: PUENTES graduate Dominiks Jarmakovics, MW graduate Kristian Van der Heyden
  • STEREO GIRLS by Caroline Deruas Peano, producers: EAVE graduates Laurine Pelassy, Jean-Laurent Csinidis
  • THE BARONESSES by Nabil Ben Yadir, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland, co-producer: EAVE graduate and Luxembourgish National Coordinator Bernard Michaux
  • THE LITTLE SISTER by Hafsia Herzi, producer: PUENTES graduate Naomi Denamur
  • THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD by Joachim Trier, producer: PUENTES graduate Katrin Pors, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
  • THREE LOVES by Lukasz Grzegorzek, producer: EAVE graduate Natalia Grzegorzek
  • TREAT HER LIKE A LADY by Paloma Aguilera Valdebenito, producers: EAVE+ graduate Frans van Gestel and Laurette Schillings, co-producer: EAVE graduate Hans Everaert
  • UNGRATEFUL BEINGS by Olmo Omerzu, producer: EAVE graduate Jiri Konecny
  • VERMIGLIO by Maura Delpero, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart
  • WILD ROSES by Anna Jadowska, producer: EAVE graduate Izabela Igel
  • WINTER OF THE CROW by Kasia Adamik, producer: MW graduate Katarzyna Ozga

https://offcamera.pl/en

 

SOUTHEAST EUROPEAN FILM FESTIVAL LOS ANGELES (APRIL 29 – MAY 6)

  • CHANGE project 9 MONTH CONTRACT by Ketevan Vashagashvili, producers: CHANGE graduate Anna Khazaradze and EAVE+ graduate Nino Chichua
  • ELECTING MS SANTA by Raisa Răzmeriță, producer: EAVE graduate Gnautic, co-producers: EAVE and EAVE+ graduate Anamaria Antoci, EAVE graduate Anda Ionescu 
  • ERASERHEAD IN A KNITTED SHOPPING BAG by Lili Koss, producer: EAVE graduate and Bulgarian National Coordinator Vanya Rainova and EAVE participant Victoria Mitreva
  • FANTASY by Kukla, producers: EAVE and EAVE SLATE graduate Vlado Bulajić and EAVE graduate Lija Pogačnik
  • FATHER by Tereza Nvotova, producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski
  • HONEY BUNNY by Igor Jelinović, producer: EAVE MW graduate Rea Rajcic
  • MY DEAR THEO by Alisa Kovalenko, producer: EAVE graduate Darya Bassel
  • OUR FATHER by Goran Stankovic, producer: EAVE graduate Snezana van Houwelingen
  • PANOPTICON by George Sikharulidze, producer: EAVE graduate Vladimer Katcharava
  • SILENT CINEMA by Krste Gospodinovski, producer: EAVE graduate Darko Popov
  • TRUTH OR DARE by Tonislav Hristov, producer: EAVE graduate Karlee Aho, co-producer: EAVE graduate Erika Malmgren

https://seefilmla.org/

 

INDIELISBOA – INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (APRIL 30 – MAY 10)

International Competition

  • CONFERENCE OF THE BIRDS by Amin Motallebzadeh, producers: EAVE graduate Dirk Decker, EAVE+ graduate Andrea Schütte
  • HOLY DESTRUCTORS by Aistė Žegulytė-Zapolska, co-producers: FFF graduate Roberts Vinovskis, PUENTES graduate Dominiks Jarmakovics, EAVE+ graduate Christophe Audeguis
  • HONEY, MY LOVE, SO SWEET by JT Trinidad, producer: EAVE graduate Alemberg Ang
  • HOW TO CATCH A BUTTERFLY by Kiriko Mechanicus, producer: EAVE graduate Ilja Roomans
  • LOYNES by Dorian Jespers, producer: EAVE graduate Benoît Roland
  • THE INNER EAR by Rafael Federman, producer: PUENTES graduate Clara Massot

National Competition

  • 18 HOLES TO PARADISE by João Nuno Pinto, producer: EAVE graduate Andreia Nunes, co-producers: EAVE graduates Roberto Cavallini, Debora Nischler
  • ALIVE AND DEAD by Marco Leão, André Santos, producer: EAVE graduate Andreia Nunes
  • MONSTRO by Nuno Baltazar, producer: EAVE participant Norah Elkhateeb

Silvestre

  • A SOUTH FACING WINDOW by Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir, producers: EAVE graduate Katia Khazak and B’EST graduate Charlotte Vincent

https://indielisboa.com/en/

 

DOCS BARCELONA (MAY 7 – 17)

  • 80 ANGRY JOURNALISTS by András Földes & Anna Kis, producer: MW graduate Natalya Sarch
  • AMILCAR by Miguel Eek, co-producer: EAVE graduate Mario Adamson
  • DO YOU LOVE ME by Lana Daher, producer: FFF and EAVE graduate Jean-Laurent Csinidis
  • MAILIN by María Silvestre Esteve, producer: EAVE, graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Radu Stancu
  • PLATO 3 by Maria Borrell, producer: TTB graduate Marta Cruanas Compes
  • THE BEAUTY OF ERRORS by Jukka Kärkkäinen, producers: EAVE graduates Carsten Aanonsen and Lisa Nyed

FORUM

Public Pitch

  • LA MONA by Bruno Federico, producer: TTB graduate Michal Sikora
  • MY SISTER GAZA by Rima Jabaly, producer: EAVE graduate Elhum Shakerifar
  • STATE OF IMMORTALITY by Piotr Winiewicz, producer: EAVE graduate Henrik Underbjerg
  • THE OTHER VOICE by Agustina Pérez Rial, producer: EAVE graduate Felicitas Raffo

Speed Meetings

  • THE BEAUTIFUL AND THE DAMNED by Seamus Murphy, producer: EAVE graduate David Rane
  • TO THESE LANDS I RETURN by Yann-Manuel Hernandez, producer: EAVE graduate Dominique Dussault
  • WOLF GAMES by Patricia Echeverria Liras, producer: EAVE graduate Anna M. Bofarull
  • WORDS WE NEVER SAY by Agnieszka Zwiefka, producer: EAVE graduate Izabela Igel

https://docsbarcelona.com/

 

INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL MUNICH (MAY 6 – 18)

  • 80 ANGRY JOURNALISTS by András Földes & Anna Kis, producer: MW graduate Natalya Sarch
  • A SONG WITHOUT HOME by Rati Tsiteladze, producer: CHANGE graduate Olga Slusareva
  • ALMOST FOREVER by Lia Hietala & Hannah Reinikainen, producer: EAVE graduate Melissa Lindgren
  • AMILCAR by Miguel Eek, co-producer: EAVE graduate Mario Adamson
  • AROUND PARADISE by Yulia Lokshina, producer: EAVE+ graduate David Armati Lechner
  • BECOMING KIM by Susanne Kim, producer: EAVE graduate Heejung Oh
  • BETWEEN BROTHERS by Tom Fassaert, producer: EAVE graduate Renko Douze, co-producer: EAVE graduate Hanne Phlypo
  • DEATH OF DEATH by Dāvis Sīmanis, producer: EAVE graduate Guntis Trekteris
  • ENOUGH IS ENOUGH by Elisé Sawasawa, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Dumoulin
  • EXTRAORDINARY MONA by Sarah Van Dale, producer: EAVE graduate Maarten Schmidt
  • FRAGMENTS OF BELONGING by Tatjana Božić, producer: EAVE graduate Magdalena PetrovicMELT by Nikolaus Geyrhalter, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Michael Kitzberger
  • SOMETHING FAMILIAR by Rachel Taparjan, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Lazurean-Gorgan
  • SOMETIMES, I IMAGINE THEM ALL AT A PARTY by Daniela Magnani Hüller, producer: EAVE graduate Birgit Schulz
  • PAIKAR by Dawood Hilmandi, producer: EAVE graduate and Dutch National Coordinator Frank Hoeve
  • CHANGE project SILENT FLOOD by Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk, producer: CHANGE graduate Karina Kostyna, co-producer: EAVE graduate Tanja Georgieva-Waldhauer
  • THE BEAUTY OF ERRORS by Jukka Kärkkäinen, producers: EAVE graduates Carsten Aanonsen and Lisa Nyed
  • THOSE WHO WATCH OVER by Karima Saïdi, co-producer: EAVE graduate Sophie Schoukens
  • EAVE project TO HOLD A MOUNTAIN by Biljana Tutorov, Petar Glomazic, producers: EAVE graduates Biljana Tutorov, Anton Iffland Stettner
  • WE HAVE TO SURVIVE by Tomáš Krupa, co-producers: EAVE+ and MW graduates Peter Drössler and Arash T. T. Riahi
  • WHISPERS IN MAY by Dongnan Chen, co-producers: EAVE graduates Heejung Oh and Malin Hüber

https://www.dokfest-muenchen.de/

 

CANNES FILM FESTIVAL (MAY 12 - 23)

IN COMPETITION

  • ALL OF A SUDDEN by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, producer: EAVE+ graduate Bettina Brokemper
  • COWARD by Lukas Dhont, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jacques-Henri Bronckart and Laurette Schillings, EAVE+ graduate Frans van Gestel
  • FATHERLAND by Pawel Pawlikowski, producer: FFF graduate Lorenzo Gangarossa
  • FJORD by Cristian Mungiu, producers: EAVE graduates Dyveke Bjørkly Graver, Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, Katrin Pors and Jussi Rantamäki
  • GENTLE MONSTER by Marie Kreutzer, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach and Marie Kjellson
  • THE DREAMED ADVENTURE by Valeska Grisebach, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach

UN CERTAIN REGARD

In Un Certain Regard Jury: EAVE graduate Angèle Diabang

  • BEN’IMANA by Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo, producer: EAVE graduate Samantha Biffot
  • CONGO BOY by Rafiki Fariala, co-producer: EAVE graduate Caroline Nataf
  • ELEPHANTS IN THE FOG by Abinash Bikram Shah, producers: PUENTES, EAVE+ and EAVE SLATE graduate Michael Henrichs, EAVE, PUENTES, EAVE+ and EAVE SLATE graduate Leonardo Mecchi, National Coordinator Latin America Tatiana Leite
  • EVERYTIME by Sandra Wollner, producers: EAVE and EAVE SLATE graduate David Bohun, MW graduate Camille Chanel
  • FOREVER YOUR MATERNAL ANIMAL by Valentina Maurel, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolás Celis López
  • EAVE Marketing Workshop project I’LL BE GONE IN JUNE by Katharina Rivilis, producer: EAVE and MW graduate Clemens Köstlin, co-producer: EAVE participant Olga Lamontanara
  • LA MÁS DULCE by Laïla Marrakchi, co-producers: EAVE graduates Elisa Heene and Adrià Monés
  • THE MELTDOWN by Manuela Martelli, producer: EAVE graduate Alex C. Lo
  • ULYA by Viesturs Kairišs, producer: EAVE graduate Guntis Trekteris, co-producers: EAVE graduate Ieva Norviliene, EAVE graduate Malgorzata Staron and EAVE+ graduate Pille Rünk
  • TTB project TITANIC OCEAN by Konstantina Kotzamani, producers: EAVE and TTB graduates Maria Drandaki, Romanian National Coordinator Radu Stancu, EAVE graduates Luisa Romeo, Nina Frese, executive producer: EAVE graduate Amy Gardner

OPENING FILM - OUT OF COMPETITION

  • THE ELECTRIC KISS by Pierre Salvadori, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart

CANNES PREMIERE

  • MARY MAGDALENE by Gessica Généus, producer: EAVE graduate Anton Iffland Stettner
  • THE END OF IT by Maria Martínez Bayona, producers: EAVE graduates Adrià Monés and Emilie Jouffroy, co-producers: EAVE graduates Dyveke Bjørkly Graver and Andrea Berentsen Ottmar

GREAT 8 SHOWCASE

  • OUR SHARE OF SAND by Shalini Adnani, producers: EAVE graduate Michael Graf, EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas, MW graduate Alan McAlex

CANNES CLASSICS

  • THE GOLDEN AGE by Bérenger Thouin, producer: EAVE graduate Carine Ruszniewski, co-producer: EAVE graduate Enrica Capra

SHORT FILMS COMPETITION

  • NOBODY SAID ANYTHING by Tamara Todorović, producer: EAVE graduate Čarna Vučinić, co-producers: EAVE graduates Tena Gojić, Miljenka Čogelja and Katja Lenarčič
  • SIREN’s SWIM by Lola Degove, producer: TTB graduate Judith Nora

CRITICS’ WEEK

In the jury: TTB graduate Donsaron Kovitvanitcha

Feature Film Competition

  • A GIRL UNKNOWN  by ZOU Jing, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri,
  • DUA by Blerta Basholli, producers: EAVE graduate Valon Bajgora, PUENTES graduate Britta Rindelaub, EAVE graduate Thomas Reichlin
  • SIX MONTHS IN A PINK AND BLUE BUILDING by Bruno Santamaría Razo, co-producers: EAVE graduates Rachel Daisy Ellis, Katrin Pors, EAVE participant Giulia Triolo
  • THE STATION by Sara Ishaq, producer: Interchange graduate Nadia Eliewat, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, EAVE graduates Koji Nelissen, Derk-Jan Warrink and Ingrid Lill Høgtun

Special Screenings - Feature Films

  • FLESH AND FUEL by Pierre Le Gall, co-producer: EAVE graduate Patryk Sielecki

Short Films

  • SKINNY BOOTS by Romain F. Dubois, executive producer: EAVE graduate Julie Groleau

Next Step Studio 2026

With Indonesia as the focus country for the inaugural Next Step Studio, EAVE and TTB graduate Yulia Evina Bhara is serving as a producer of the four short films:

  • HOLY CROWD by Reza Fahriyansyah & Ananth Subramaniam
  • ORIGINAL WOUND by Shelby Kho & Sein Lyan Tun
  • ANNISA by Reza Rahadian & Sam Manacsa
  • MOTHERS ARE MOTHERING by Khozy Rizal & Lam Li Shuen

DIRECTORS’ FORTNIGHT

  • DEATH HAS NO MASTER by Jorge Thielen Armand, producer: TTB and EAVE SLATE graduate Stefano Centini
  • DORA by July Jung, producer: EAVE graduate Gilles Chanial
  • DOUBLE FREEDOM by Lisandro Alonso, co-producer: EAVE graduate Gilles Chanial
  • GABIN by Maxence Voiseux, producers: EAVE graduates Cécile Lestrade and Palmyre Badinier
  • LOW EXPECTATIONS by Eivind Landsvik, co-producer: TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin

ACID

  • BLAISE by Jean-Paul Guigue and Dimitri Planchon, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandre Gavras
  • PROMISED SPACES by  Ivan Markovic, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jelena Radenkovic
  • VIRAGES by Céline Carridroit and Aline Suter, co-producer: EAVE graduate Cécile Lestrade

MIDNIGHT SCREENINGS

  • ROMA ELASTICA by Bertrand Mandico, producer: EAVE graduate Daniele Segre 

SPECIAL SCREENINGS

  • ASHES by Diego Luna, producer: EAVE+ graduate Valérie Delpierre,
  • REHEARSALS OF A REVOLUTION by Pegah Ahangarani, producer: EAVE graduate Adrià Monés
  • LES MATINS MERVEILLEUX by Avril Besson, producer: EAVE+ graduate Christophe Audeguis

LES CINÉMAS DU MONDE | LA FABRIQUE CINÉMA DE L’INSTITUT FRANÇAIS

  • DIVINE POISON by Nehir Tuna, producer: EAVE graduate Gökçe Işıl Tuna, co-producer: EAVE graduate Dorothe Beinemeier
  • PING-PONG by Saleh Saadi, producer: EAVE participant May Jabareen
  • THE LAST DOG ON EARTH by Nina Kopko, producer: EAVE graduate Letícia Friedrich, co-producers: TTB and EAVE SLATE graduate Stefano Centini and EAVE graduate Serena Alfieri
  • THE RIVER KNOWS OUR NAMES by Mai Huyên Chi, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Alemberg Ang
  • UFO'S IN THE TROPIC by Rob Mendoza, producer: PUENTES graduate Isabel Carrasco, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Fernando Epstein

FRONTIÈRES PLATFORM

Proof of Content

  • AULKEN by Didier Konings, producer: EAVE graduate Monique van Kessel
  • SPIRAL by Kourtney Roy, producer: EAVE graduate Amber Ripley

FANTASTIC 7

  • EAVE project ROCK, PAPER, SEA by Randa Ali, producer: EAVE participant Norah Elkhateeb
  • EAVE project TING by Maximilien Dejoie, producers: EAVE graduates Roberto Cavallini, James Heath

INVESTOR’S CIRCLE

Selected directors:

  • Atsuko Hirayanagi (Japan/USA), producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Eiko Mizuno-Gray
  • Magnus von Horn (Sweden/Poland), producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski
  • Juho Kuosmanen (Finland), producers: EAVE graduates Jussi Rantamäki and Katrin Pors
  • Felipe Galvez (Chile), producer: PUENTES and EAVE+ graduate Benjamin Domenech

CANNES DOCS

Docs In-Process Showcases

In the jury: MW graduate Paulina Portela

  • SISTERS OF THE UNION by Dan Popa, producer: EAVE graduate Line Sander Egede
  • EAVE project FLOTSAM by Isa Rao, producer: EAVE participant Nadira Murray
  • UNTITLED TIMBUKTU DOCUMENTARY by Simon Klose, producers: EAVE graduates Martin Persson and Elin Kamler
  • LAND OF EVANESCENCE by Trang Nguyen Thi Xuan, producers: TTB graduates Wilfredo Manalang and Charlotte Lelong
  • GAZA SUNBIRDS by Flavia Cappellini, producers: MW graduate Kristian van der Heyden and EAVE participant May Jabareen
  • SISTERS by Tereza Bernátková, producers: EAVE graduate Dagmar Sedláčková and PUENTES graduate Natália Pavlove

Spotlighted projects

  • RE:COLLECTION by Dane Dodds, producer: EAVE participant Antoinette Engel
  • TIME HUNTER by Daniel Chein and Mushiva, producers: Creative Producer Indaba graduate Thomas Kaske, EAVE graduate Laura Kloeckner

Co-Pro Social Club

  • EAVE SLATE graduate Eugenia Olascuaga Fierro
  • EAVE graduate Inuk Jørgensen

CINEMA DE DEMAIN

FOCUS WIP

  • TROPIC OF THE MOURNING GECKO by Stavros Markoulakis, producer: EAVE graduate Ioanna Bolomyti

PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE 

  • TTB and EAVE SLATE graduate Stefano Centini
  • PUENTES graduate Xavi Font
  • EAVE graduate Marion Guth
  • EAVE graduate Sunna Guðnadóttir
  • EAVE participant Maria Møller Kjeldgaard
  • EAVE graduate Linda Mutawi
  • EAVE MW graduate Agáta Novinski
  • EAVE graduate Marianne Ostrat
  • EAVE+ graduate Michela Pini
  • EAVE graduate Dagmar Sedláčková
  • EAVE graduate Danae Spathara
  • EAVE graduate Olivia Sophie van Leeuwen

EAVE @ CANNES PRODUCERS NETWORK

EAVE is proud to be partner of the Cannes Producers Network! In the framework of this partnership 6 EAVE graduates have been selected:

  • Alzbeta Janackova, SILK FILMS
  • Emilie Jouffroy, ELATION PICTURES
  • Jorgo Narjes, X FILME
  • Kaouthar Hadidi, 3ÈME GENRE PRODUCTION
  • Line Sander Egede, TAK FILMS / GREENGROUND PRODUCTIONS
  • Lorena Bonadrovsky, BONDE FILMES

Also participating in the Cannes Producers Network (Producers Under the Spotlighted are highlighted):

Tine MIKKELSEN, ZENTROPA PRODUCTIONS * Steven RUBINSTEIN MALAMUD, GROM PRODUCTIONS * Marie GARRETT, XYZ FILMS * Inuk JØRGENSEN * Linus GÜNTHER, KLINKERFILM PRODUCTION * Laura KLOECKNER, SEERA FILMS * Evan HORAN, KEEPER PICTURES * Rogier KRAMER, LABYRINT FILM * Čarna VUČINIĆ, NON-ALIGNED FILMS * Maria KONTOGIANNI, WILD AT HEART * Carole KREMER, FILM FUND LUXEMBOURG * Daniele SEGRE, REDIBIS FILM * Mary Liza DINO, FIRE AND ICE MEDIA AND PRODUCTIONS * John LUNDSTEN, TACK FILMS * Ruta Adele JEKENTAITE, BALTIC PRODUCTIONS * Monique VAN KESSEL, MAKE WAY FILM * Alex Chen-Wen LO, CINEMA INUTILE * Marja PIHLAJA, TEKELE PRODUCTIONS * Thomas REICHLIN, ALVA FILM * Katja LENARČIČ, VERTIGO * Heejung OH, BREATHING FILMS, SEESAW PICTURES * Katia MONLA, INTERMEZZO FILMS * Krystyna KANTOR, SHIPSBOY * Gerard RODRIGUEZ, JAPONICA FILMS * Maximilian HASLBERGER, AMERIKAFILM * Nele PAVES, ESTONIAN FILM INSTITUTE * Natalia DĄBROWSKA, NEW EUROPE FILM SALES * Amber RIPLEY, GOODBYE PRODUCTIONS * Bongiwe SELANE, BLINGOLA MEDIA * Alemberg ANG, DALUYONG STUDIOS * Maria Stevnbak WESTERGREN, TOOLBOX FILM * Eliza JONES, GRAND SLAM FILM * Eliane FERREIRA, MUIRAQUITÃ FILMES * Biljana TUTOROV, WAKE UP FILMS, CIRCLE Training Initiative * Yohann COMTE, CHARADES * Jeanne-Marie POULAIN, ART ET ESSAI * Geoff ARBOURNE, INSIDE OUT FILMS * Beata RZEZNICZEK, MADANTS * Andreas KASK, NAFTA * Gilles CHANIAL, LES FILMS FAUVES * Roberto CAVALLINI, ALBOLINA FILM * Konstantinos VASSILAROS, STUDIOBAUHAUS * Kasia KARWAN, VELVET SPOON * Kasia KARWAN, THE MOONSHOT COMPANY * Evelin PENTTILÄ, STELLAR FILM * Lisa NYED, FILM I SKANE * Karen HARNISCH, FILM FORGE * Gentzane MARTINEZ DE OSABA, MARMOKA FILMS * Vincent QUÉNAULT, RED LION * Konstantina STAVRIANOU, GRAAL FILMS * Lucas ROSANT, MELIA FILMS * Theo TSAPPOS, THE SWEDISH FILM INSTITUTE * Eiko MIZUNO-GRAY, LOADED FILMS * Alexandra HOESDORFF, DEAL PRODUCTIONS * Donato ROTUNNO, TARANTULA LUXEMBOURG * Gints GRUBE, MISTRUS MEDIA * Martina BLEIS, BERLINALE * Jacques-Henri BRONCKART, VERSUS PRODUCTION, O'BROTHER DISTRIBUTION * Signe BYRGE SØRENSEN, FINAL CUT FOR REAL * Enrica CAPRA, GRAFFITI DOC, TAG FILM * Carlo D'URSI, POTENZA PRODUCCIONES * Natasa DAMNJANOVIC, DART FILM * Guillaume DE LA BOULAYE, ZORBA PRODUCTION * Simon DE SANTIAGO, MOD PRODUCCIONES * Sonya DI RIENZO, HAWKEYE PICTURES * Marta DONZELLI, VIVO FILM * Kestutis DRAZDAUSKAS, VILNIUS FILM CLUSTER, ARTBOX * Leticia FRIEDRICH, VITRINE FILMES, BOULEVARD FILMES * Katleen GOOSSENS, BULLETPROOF CUPID * Alessandro GROPPLERO, WHEN EAST MEETS WEST, TIES THAT BIND / FOCUS ASIA GENRE PROJECT MARKET, FVG AUDIOVISUAL FUND * Katrin KISSA, HOMELESS BOB PRODUCTION * Birthe KLINGE, FFA - GERMAN FEDERAL FILM BOARD / FILMFÖRDERUNGSANSTALT * Tatiana LEITE, BUBBLES PROJECT * Francine LUSSER, TIPIMAGES PRODUCTIONS * Leonardo MECCHI, ENQUADRAMENTO PRODUÇOES * Bernard MICHAUX, SAMSA FILM * Elizabeth MORGAN HEMLOCK, ARTURI FILMS * Patrice NEZAN ,LES CONTES MODERNES * Freddy OLSSON, BOKOMOTIV - FREDDY OLSSON FILMPRODUKTION, FOLKETS BIO, GÖTEBORG FILM FESTIVAL * Esko RIPS, NAFTA * Luisa ROMEO, FRIDA FILMS * Kristian TASKA, TASKA FILM * Alexandru TEODORESCU, SAGA FILM * Benedicte THOMAS, ARIZONA FILMS DISTRIBUTION * Ida WEISS, BELA FILM * Ryohei TSUTSUI, TRIXTA * Amanda Man-Yin TSENG, ENLA Media * David FRANCISCUS, PROTAGONIST STUDIOS * Judith LICHTNECKERT, DSCHOINT VENTSCHR FILMPRODUKTION * Konstantinos KOUKOULIS, PLANKTON

EAVE sessions

  • EAVE IMPACT THINK TANK REPORT: Producing Under Pressure: Producer Care and Sustainable Practice - in partnership with impACT Marché du Film, on May 16

A presentation of the 2026 EAVE Impact Think Tank, 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.

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

Speakers: Rebecca Day (Film in Mind, UK), Linda Mutawi (Fikra, Sweden), Heejung Oh (Seesaw Pictures, South Korea/Netherlands), Steven Rubinstein Malamud (GROM Productions, Netherlands)

  • EAVE workshop in Cannes: Designing Equitable Co-productions - in partnership with impACT Marché du Film, on May 17

Based on the EAVE Impact Think Tank 2025 report, this hands-on session will give actionable strategies on how to make co-productions more equitable, inclusive and transparent. Gain practical tools to build co-productions grounded in shared ownership, balanced power, and sutainable cross-border partnerships. Explore collaborative approaches to project design, inclusive budgeting, and fair contracting.

Speakers: EAVE expert Tamara Dawit (Gobez Media, Canada, Ethiopia), EAVE expert Jennifer Sabbah-Immagine (The Copro Agency, France)

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MEET EAVE IN JUNE

@ EAVE Producers Workshop 2, June 14 - 21, Bolzano (IT)

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

 

@ EAVE on Demand In The Palace, June 22 - 25 & In The Palace International Short Film Festival June 26 - 27, Pernik (BG)

EAVE Project Manager Théo Koutsaftis

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Special for EAVE Graduates: VENICE PRODUCTION BRIDGE

We are pleased to announce a new partnership with the Venice Production Bridge (VPB), through which 3 selected EAVE producers will be invited to attend this year's event in Venice. This invitation covers:

  • Four nights' accommodation in Venice (between September 3 - 9, 2026)
  • A Gold Accreditation for the Venice Production Bridge (against a €300 administration fee to be paid by the selected producer)

Priority will be given to producers from Greece and Switzerland.

*If you are interested in being considered, please send an email with a short CV and company profile to news@eave.org by Monday, June 1st.*

The Venice Production Bridge, taking place Sept 3 - 9, 2026, is a unique platform that allows producers to meet professionals from across the international audiovisual industry. It offers access to the complete production chain: from ideas and intellectual property through the Book Adaptation Rights Market (BARM), and shooting locations through the VPB Locations Market, to the financial completion of projects through the Venice Gap-Financing Market (VGFM) and Venice Immersive Market (VIM). It also provides opportunities for work-in-progress screenings, sales and distribution, and meetings with broadcasters and streamers. Alongside these activities, networking events, dedicated panels and international VPB Focuses create valuable opportunities for business exchange and collaboration.

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Co-Pro Access 2026 Launched to Connect South Asian Projects with Co-Production Partners

ProducerLAND, Storiculture's flagship producer-first initiative, has launched Co-Pro Access 2026 in partnership with Tasveer — the only Oscar-qualifying South Asian film festival in the world — and Institut Français, the cultural and cooperation service of the French Embassy in India. The Producers Guild of India and EAVE (European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs) join as programme partners.

Co-Pro Access 2026 is a targeted accelerator for feature-length fiction and documentary projects in advanced development, designed to prepare them for co-production, financing, and partnership engagement. It is not an early-stage development lab. 

Co-Pro Access runs across two phases. A virtual lab in the first week of July will offer each project tailored one-to-one mentorship alongside shared masterclasses across fiction and non-fiction tracks. Industry Days follow in the fourth week of July in Mumbai, designed as a conversion-focused platform : structured one-to-one meetings and decision-maker roundtables, with no passive audiences. Selected projects will also receive project grants.

The programme will select eight fiction and eight non-fiction projects.

Applications close end of May, 2026.

"We are thrilled for EAVE to be programme partners of Co-Pro Access 2026. Together with ProducerLAND, we share the common goal to nurture producers, and to create new industry standards and more inclusive and more empathetic production practices."  — Kristina Trapp, EAVE

 

About the Programme

Sessions are structured around four areas: co-production readiness and positioning; financing strategy and budget architecture; materials and pitch development. 

The programme is open to producers with prior credits, attached to projects with completed feature-length screenplays. Applicants must submit a full shooting script (SWA registered or equivalent if out of India), director's statement, producer's vision, details of financing secured, a pitch deck with a clear ask, and a note of intention outlining the project's suitability for co-production.

Co-Pro Access builds on ProducerLAND's existing programme slate. The platform's recently concluded Creative Development Lab, in collaboration with The Writers Lab International  (USA), supported nine writer-producer teams in its first edition. In November 2025, a Transmedia Lab brought together nine participants and global mentors including Liam Young and Jeff Gomez.

Applications are open now at https://www.thestoriculturecompany.com/co-proaccesslab 

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Special for EAVE Graduates: Green Film Lab Gran Canaria

Green Film Lab - realised in collaboration with EAVE - will move to Las Palmas, Gran Canaria for its second workshop of the year, from July 24 - 26, 2026!

The programme - realised thanks to the support of Creative Europe - MEDIA Sub-programme of the European Union -  promotes environmentally sustainable practices in film production and provides film professionals with guidance on how to apply a green protocol and achieve certification. 

The call for Green Film Lab - Gran Canaria 2026 is now open: you can apply by June 12.

Who can apply:

  • Film and tv series professionals involved from early development to production stage of a project interested in getting and improving their skills in sustainable practices on set. 
  • 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 curious about the topic.

>> If you are a professional with a project, click here to submit your application <<

>> If you are a professional without project, apply here <<

DEADLINE TO APPLY: June 12, 2026, 2.00 pm CET

PARTICIPATION FEE: 300 Euro (+ VAT, if due) per person.

**** Scholarship available for EAVE members: One team with a project from EAVE or from ACE Producers will receive a scholarship covering the half of the participation fee.

Any questions? Ask Séverine: petit@museocinema.it

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Special for EAVE Graduates: Sheffield DocFest

Planning to attend Sheffield DocFest 2026, from June 10 - 15?

**** EAVE members have access to an exclusive 30% off on a limited number of Festival Passes on a first-come, first-served basis.

The pass gives you access to all in-person festival events in Sheffield including film screenings, exhibitions, live events, talks, panels, industry sessions and live pitches, networking events and parties. 

Don’t miss out! Register for the Standard Pass with the discount code by 27 May 2026 (17:00 BST)! To access the discount code, please email lilla@eave.org.

 

To register, you need to go through the Standard Industry Pass registration form. The steps are then as follows:

  1. Click here to begin the registration process - you will be asked to create a MyDocFest account, if you don’t already have one
  2. Complete the Standard Industry Pass form.
  3. Press submit and you will see a confirmation page. Please press the button to continue to payment.
  4. You will be taken to a payment page where you can add in your discount code. Please continue to payment. Your registration is not complete until payment has been made.

For any questions about registration or the discount, please contact registration@sheffdocfest.com.

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Special for EAVE Graduates: RO Days

Celebrating its 25th anniversary, the Transilvania International Film Festival continues to stand as Romania’s leading film event, bringing together over 1,000 industry professionals and more than 100,000 film lovers each year.

RO Days Industry Events (17–21 June 2026 | Cluj-Napoca) will once again offer a dynamic platform for networking, collaboration, and professional exchange through masterclasses, workshops, pitch sessions, drama series initiatives, talent development programs, and closed screenings of upcoming Romanian productions.

At the heart of the industry program is Transilvania Pitch Stop (TPS), the festival’s co-production platform dedicated to first and second-time filmmakers from the region. Ten projects in development will be selected and presented to international producers, distributors, sales agents, and film fund representatives through public pitching sessions, one-on-one meetings, and project discussions. Participants will also compete for awards consisting of cash prizes and production services.

A new addition to the festival is the Works in Progress platform, developed in partnership with HBO. The initiative gives filmmakers the opportunity to showcase films currently in post-production to international industry professionals, with the aim of boosting visibility and connecting projects with sales agents, distributors, and festival programmers. Selected projects will compete for the Transilvania HBO Award, worth €30,000.

The industry program also includes Drama Room, TIFF’s initiative dedicated to drama series development. Launched in 2021, the program supports Romanian screenwriters and writer-directors developing contemporary series and mini-series projects through workshops, mentoring, and industry guidance.

**** Thanks to EAVE and RO Days collaboration, we offer you a free industry accreditation, and for five EAVE producers, the Festival will also cover four nights of accommodation between 17th and 21st of June. 

If you are interested, please send an email to Lilla Kadar lilla@eave.org by May 25th 2026.

For further information regarding this offer, please contact ami.geger@tiff.ro.

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Special for EAVE Graduates: Polish Days

On behalf of this year’s edition of the TAURON New Horizons International Film Festival, held in Wrocław between July 23 and August 2, we invite producers interested in coproducing with Poland to attend the POLISH DAYS (July 26 - 28) – the biggest industry event in Poland, organised jointly with the Polish Film Institute.

POLISH DAYS offers members of the international film industry opportunities to view the latest Polish projects in all stages of production, including completed films and works in progress as well as taking part in presentations of projects in development. It is also a networking place for international producers aiming to work with Polish partners or eager to explore financing and coproduction possibilities in Poland. 

The Festival also offers the possibility to meet industry professionals from all over the world, attend the festival and enjoy the beautiful sights of Wrocław.

**** Thanks to EAVE and Polish Days collaboration, we offer you a free industry accreditation, and for the first six EAVE producers who will answer the call, the Festival will also cover three nights of accommodation between July 26 - 29.  

In order to take part in the event, please contact Head of Industry – Weronika Czołnowska at weronika.czolnowska@nowehoryzonty.pl  before June 5.

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EAVE Launches 2026 Think Tank Report on Producer Care and Sustainable Practice at Marché du Film

EAVE (European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs) is proud to announce the release of its 2026 EAVE IMPACT Think Tank Report on Producer Care and Sustainable Practice. The report launched at a special panel during this year’s Marché du Film – Co-Production Day, on Saturday, May 16th:

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. 

Speakers: Heejung Oh (Seesaw Pictures, KR), Rebecca Day (Film in Mind, UK), Linda Mutawi (Fikra, SE), Steven Malamud Rubinstein (GROM Productions, NL)

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

Read the exclusive Screen article following the launch of the report: Producer burnout cases are rising fast, says EAVE report.

The 2026 EAVE IMPACT Think Tank Report is available to download in English and in French.

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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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Apply now: EAVE INCLUSIVE PRODUCTION PRACTICES 2026

A new EAVE Booster workshop designed for audiovisual producers and interested film professionals seeking to embed equity, inclusion, and ethical practices across the full production lifecycle, from development to distribution.

Online, September 7-10, 2026

Based on the EAVE Impact Think Tank 2025 report, this hands-on workshop will give actionable strategies on how to make productions & co-productions more equitable, inclusive and transparent. Gain practical tools to build productions grounded in shared ownership, balanced power, and sustainable cross-border partnerships. Explore collaborative approaches to project design, inclusive budgeting, and fair contracting.

Through top-tier experts on development, production, post-production, and distribution, the workshop aims to give a comprehensive view on the best practices to adopt with real-life examples. 

DEADLINE TO REGISTER: JUNE 17, 2026

When and where?

The workshop will take place over 4 half days from September 7th to 10th (14.30 - 18.00 CEST every day) on Zoom*.

*The workshop will not be available for replay, so your participation during the workshop hours is required. Only those participants who have paid their registration fee will be admitted to the Zoom.

For whom?

Whether you are an emerging producer or an established player in international coproductions, this workshop is designed to equip you with frameworks and tools to address inclusive production practices at the various production stages: from tackling power dynamics in contracting (e.g. between higher and lower capacity countries) to making sure all stakeholders in the story you are bringing to life have their voices heard.

“Producers can help reshape the global production landscape into a more just and representative space by centring on cultural authenticity, financial fairness, and ethical industry practices.” 
— extract from the Conclusion of the 2025 EAVE Impact Think Tank report

Workshop Programme

The module is led and devised by EAVE expert Tamara Dawit of Gobez Media, Ethiopia & Canada.

Sessions

​​Positionality & Power in Producing

A self-reflective session exploring how identity, privilege, and social location shape the roles, relationships, and influence of producers and key creatives. Participants will map their own positionality in relation to their project and examine how to apply principles of equitable creative process.

Developing with an Inclusive Lens

This session centers the development phase as a critical site for embedding equity, care, and intentionality into the creative process — ensuring that the project vision and pathway to production are clear, transparent, and inclusive for all producers. Participants will explore how to shape their project vision using care-based development frameworks, including collaborative story design and consent-driven research, to create a roadmap that guides the project from concept to production.

Inclusive Financing & Budgeting

This session introduces inclusive budgeting tools and financing strategies that promote equity across the production lifecycle. Topics include fair compensation, and practical tips for building budgets that reflect shared ownership, transparent practices, and community benefit. The session also addresses how to navigate currency imbalances in international coproductions.

Inclusive Co-Productions

This session explores how to build co-productions that uphold creative equity, financial fairness, and shared IP ownership and revenue participation — particularly when working across regions or countries with differing resources or systemic advantages. Participants will examine strategies for negotiating fair terms, drafting inclusive contracts, and navigating legal frameworks that support respectful collaboration, transparency, and long-term sustainability. Emphasis is placed on building co-productions as equitable partnerships, not just financing arrangements.

Inclusive Production Practices

This session offers practical tips for managing productions across diverse cultural and geographic contexts. It covers inclusive hiring, cross-cultural crew coordination, and ethical casting. Participants will explore safer set protocols, power-sharing approaches, culturally sensitive scheduling and inclusive catering practices. The session also addresses production and post-production workflows that prioritise access, consent, and psychological safety.

Accessibility in Production

Dedicated to creating accessible production environments. Includes planning for physical, sensory, cognitive, and communication accessibility across locations, documents, workflows, and on-set practices.

Equity in Distribution & Audience Engagement

This session explores how to design distribution strategies that center equity, access, and cultural relevance. Participants will examine festival and grassroots pathways, language justice, and co-created rollout plans while addressing how to share distribution rights, territories, and revenue ethically across coproducing partners. Emphasis is placed on avoiding extractive models, engaging communities as partners, and ensuring that marketing, access, and target audiences reflect the values and contributions of all collaborators.

Fees and Deadlines

  • Registration Deadline: June 17th
  • Registration Fee: 400 EUR

How to Register

Register Now by June 17th through the registration form and take part in this workshop!

A limited number of scholarships are available specifically for selected BIPOC participants and for participants from low production capacity countries (priority to LCC group B countries as defined by Creative Europe/Media) or countries with no existing support mechanisms.

Don't miss the chance to embed equitable and inclusive practices at the heart of your projects under the guidance of leading experts in the field.

For more information and registration details, contact us at theo@eave.org.

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EAVE in Cannes 2026

EAVE is happy to announce the selection of 40 films in the OFFICIAL & SIDEBAR SECTIONS OF THE FESTIVAL, and 3 at ACID, as well as 8 works in progress at CANNES DOCS, 5 projects at LA FABRIQUE CINÉMA and 2 at the FRONTIÈRES PLATFORM, 12 out of 20 PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE, and close to 100 EAVE producers at the PRODUCERS NETWORK!

 

IN COMPETITION

  • ALL OF A SUDDEN by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, producer: EAVE+ graduate Bettina Brokemper
  • COWARD by Lukas Dhont, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jacques-Henri Bronckart and Laurette Schillings, EAVE+ graduate Frans van Gestel
  • FATHERLAND by Pawel Pawlikowski, producer: FFF graduate Lorenzo Gangarossa
  • FJORD by Cristian Mungiu, producers: EAVE graduates Dyveke Bjørkly Graver, Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, Katrin Pors and Jussi Rantamäki
  • GENTLE MONSTER by Marie Kreutzer, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach and Marie Kjellson
  • THE DREAMED ADVENTURE by Valeska Grisebach, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach

UN CERTAIN REGARD

In Un Certain Regard Jury: EAVE graduate Angèle Diabang

  • BEN’IMANA by Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo, producer: EAVE graduate Samantha Biffot
  • CONGO BOY by Rafiki Fariala, co-producer: EAVE graduate Caroline Nataf
  • ELEPHANTS IN THE FOG by Abinash Bikram Shah, producers: PUENTES, EAVE+ and EAVE SLATE graduate Michael Henrichs, EAVE, PUENTES, EAVE+ and EAVE SLATE graduate Leonardo Mecchi, National Coordinator Latin America Tatiana Leite
  • EVERYTIME by Sandra Wollner, producers: EAVE and EAVE SLATE graduate David Bohun, MW graduate Camille Chanel
  • FOREVER YOUR MATERNAL ANIMAL by Valentina Maurel, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolás Celis López
  • EAVE Marketing Workshop project I’LL BE GONE IN JUNE by Katharina Rivilis, producer: EAVE and MW graduate Clemens Köstlin, co-producer: EAVE participant Olga Lamontanara
  • LA MÁS DULCE by Laïla Marrakchi, co-producers: EAVE graduates Elisa Heene and Adrià Monés
  • THE MELTDOWN by Manuela Martelli, producer: EAVE graduate Alex C. Lo
  • ULYA by Viesturs Kairišs, producer: EAVE graduate Guntis Trekteris, co-producers: EAVE graduate Ieva Norviliene, EAVE graduate Malgorzata Staron and EAVE+ graduate Pille Rünk
  • TTB project TITANIC OCEAN by Konstantina Kotzamani, producers: EAVE and TTB graduates Maria Drandaki, Romanian National Coordinator Radu Stancu, EAVE graduates Luisa Romeo, Nina Frese, executive producer: EAVE graduate Amy Gardner

OPENING FILM - OUT OF COMPETITION

  • THE ELECTRIC KISS by Pierre Salvadori, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart

CANNES PREMIERE

  • MARY MAGDALENE by Gessica Généus, producer: EAVE graduate Anton Iffland Stettner
  • THE END OF IT by Maria Martínez Bayona, producers: EAVE graduates Adrià Monés and Emilie Jouffroy, co-producers: EAVE graduates Dyveke Bjørkly Graver and Andrea Berentsen Ottmar

GREAT 8 SHOWCASE

  • OUR SHARE OF SAND by Shalini Adnani, producers: EAVE graduate Michael Graf, EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas, MW graduate Alan McAlex

CANNES CLASSICS

  • THE GOLDEN AGE by Bérenger Thouin, producer: EAVE graduate Carine Ruszniewski, co-producer: EAVE graduate Enrica Capra

SHORT FILMS COMPETITION

  • NOBODY SAID ANYTHING by Tamara Todorović, producer: EAVE graduate Čarna Vučinić, co-producers: EAVE graduates Tena Gojić, Miljenka Čogelja and Katja Lenarčič
  • SIREN’s SWIM by Lola Degove, producer: TTB graduate Judith Nora

CRITICS’ WEEK

In the jury: TTB graduate Donsaron Kovitvanitcha

Feature Film Competition

  • A GIRL UNKNOWN  by ZOU Jing, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri,
  • DUA by Blerta Basholli, producers: EAVE graduate Valon Bajgora, PUENTES graduate Britta Rindelaub, EAVE graduate Thomas Reichlin
  • SIX MONTHS IN A PINK AND BLUE BUILDING by Bruno Santamaría Razo, co-producers: EAVE graduates Rachel Daisy Ellis, Katrin Pors, EAVE participant Giulia Triolo
  • THE STATION by Sara Ishaq, producer: Interchange graduate Nadia Eliewat, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, EAVE graduates Koji Nelissen, Derk-Jan Warrink and Ingrid Lill Høgtun

Special Screenings - Feature Films

  • FLESH AND FUEL by Pierre Le Gall, co-producer: EAVE graduate Patryk Sielecki

Short Films

  • SKINNY BOOTS by Romain F. Dubois, executive producer: EAVE graduate Julie Groleau

Next Step Studio 2026

With Indonesia as the focus country for the inaugural Next Step Studio, EAVE and TTB graduate Yulia Evina Bhara is serving as a producer of the four short films:

  • HOLY CROWD by Reza Fahriyansyah & Ananth Subramaniam
  • ORIGINAL WOUND by Shelby Kho & Sein Lyan Tun
  • ANNISA by Reza Rahadian & Sam Manacsa
  • MOTHERS ARE MOTHERING by Khozy Rizal & Lam Li Shuen

DIRECTORS’ FORTNIGHT

  • DEATH HAS NO MASTER by Jorge Thielen Armand, producer: TTB and EAVE SLATE graduate Stefano Centini
  • DORA by July Jung, producer: EAVE graduate Gilles Chanial
  • DOUBLE FREEDOM by Lisandro Alonso, co-producer: EAVE graduate Gilles Chanial
  • GABIN by Maxence Voiseux, producers: EAVE graduates Cécile Lestrade and Palmyre Badinier
  • LOW EXPECTATIONS by Eivind Landsvik, co-producer: TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin

ACID

  • BLAISE by Jean-Paul Guigue and Dimitri Planchon, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandre Gavras
  • PROMISED SPACES by  Ivan Markovic, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jelena Radenkovic
  • VIRAGES by Céline Carridroit and Aline Suter, co-producer: EAVE graduate Cécile Lestrade

MIDNIGHT SCREENINGS

  • ROMA ELASTICA by Bertrand Mandico, producer: EAVE graduate Daniele Segre 

SPECIAL SCREENINGS

  • ASHES by Diego Luna, producer: EAVE+ graduate Valérie Delpierre,
  • REHEARSALS OF A REVOLUTION by Pegah Ahangarani, producer: EAVE graduate Adrià Monés
  • LES MATINS MERVEILLEUX by Avril Besson, producer: EAVE+ graduate Christophe Audeguis

I’LL BE GONE IN JUNE © Road Movies, Wolfskind Films, 8horses

 

LES CINÉMAS DU MONDE | LA FABRIQUE CINÉMA DE L’INSTITUT FRANÇAIS

  • DIVINE POISON by Nehir Tuna, producer: EAVE graduate Gökçe Işıl Tuna, co-producer: EAVE graduate Dorothe Beinemeier
  • PING-PONG by Saleh Saadi, producer: EAVE participant May Jabareen
  • THE LAST DOG ON EARTH by Nina Kopko, producer: EAVE graduate Letícia Friedrich, co-producers: TTB and EAVE SLATE graduate Stefano Centini and EAVE graduate Serena Alfieri
  • THE RIVER KNOWS OUR NAMES by Mai Huyên Chi, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Alemberg Ang
  • UFO'S IN THE TROPIC by Rob Mendoza, producer: PUENTES graduate Isabel Carrasco, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Fernando Epstein

FRONTIÈRES PLATFORM

Proof of Content

  • AULKEN by Didier Konings, producer: EAVE graduate Monique van Kessel
  • SPIRAL by Kourtney Roy, producer: EAVE graduate Amber Ripley

FANTASTIC 7

  • EAVE project ROCK, PAPER, SEA by Randa Ali, producer: EAVE participant Norah Elkhateeb
  • EAVE project TING by Maximilien Dejoie, producers: EAVE graduates Roberto Cavallini, James Heath

INVESTOR’S CIRCLE

Selected directors:

  • Atsuko Hirayanagi (Japan/USA), producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Eiko Mizuno-Gray
  • Magnus von Horn (Sweden/Poland), producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski
  • Juho Kuosmanen (Finland), producers: Jussi Rantamäki and Katrin Pors
  • Felipe Galvez (Chile), producer: Benjamin Domenech

CANNES DOCS

Docs In-Process Showcases

In the jury: MW graduate Paulina Portela

  • SISTERS OF THE UNION by Dan Popa, producer: EAVE graduate Line Sander Egede
  • EAVE project FLOTSAM by Isa Rao, producer: EAVE participant Nadira Murray
  • UNTITLED TIMBUKTU DOCUMENTARY by Simon Klose, producers: EAVE graduates Martin Persson and Elin Kamler
  • LAND OF EVANESCENCE by Trang Nguyen Thi Xuan, producers: TTB graduates Wilfredo Manalang and Charlotte Lelong
  • GAZA SUNBIRDS by Flavia Cappellini, producers: MW graduate Kristian van der Heyden and EAVE participant May Jabareen
  • SISTERS by Tereza Bernátková, producers: EAVE graduate Dagmar Sedláčková and PUENTES graduate Natália Pavlove

Spotlighted projects

  • RE:COLLECTION by Dane Dodds, producer: EAVE participant Antoinette Engel
  • TIME HUNTER by Daniel Chein and Mushiva, producers: Creative Producer Indaba graduate Thomas Kaske, EAVE graduate Laura Kloeckner

Co-Pro Social Club

  • EAVE SLATE graduate Eugenia Olascuaga Fierro
  • EAVE graduate Inuk Jørgensen

CINEMA DE DEMAIN

FOCUS WIP

  • TROPIC OF THE MOURNING GECKO by Stavros Markoulakis, producer: EAVE graduate Ioanna Bolomyti

PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE 

  • TTB and EAVE SLATE graduate Stefano Centini
  • PUENTES graduate Xavi Font
  • EAVE graduate Marion Guth
  • EAVE graduate Sunna Guðnadóttir
  • EAVE participant Maria Møller Kjeldgaard
  • EAVE graduate Linda Mutawi
  • EAVE MW graduate Agáta Novinski
  • EAVE graduate Marianne Ostrat
  • EAVE+ graduate Michela Pini
  • EAVE graduate Dagmar Sedláčková
  • EAVE graduate Danae Spathara
  • EAVE graduate Olivia Sophie van Leeuwen

EAVE @ CANNES PRODUCERS NETWORK

EAVE is proud to be partner of the Cannes Producers Network! In the framework of this partnership 6 EAVE graduates have been selected:

  • Alzbeta Janackova, SILK FILMS
  • Emilie Jouffroy, ELATION PICTURES
  • Jorgo Narjes, X FILME
  • Kaouthar Hadidi, 3ÈME GENRE PRODUCTION
  • Line Sander Egede, TAK FILMS / GREENGROUND PRODUCTIONS
  • Lorena Bonadrovsky, BONDE FILMES

Also participating in the Cannes Producers Network (Producers Under the Spotlighted are highlighted):

Tine MIKKELSEN, ZENTROPA PRODUCTIONS * Steven RUBINSTEIN MALAMUD, GROM PRODUCTIONS * Marie GARRETT, XYZ FILMS * Inuk JØRGENSEN * Linus GÜNTHER, KLINKERFILM PRODUCTION * Laura KLOECKNER, SEERA FILMS * Evan HORAN, KEEPER PICTURES * Rogier KRAMER, LABYRINT FILM * Čarna VUČINIĆ, NON-ALIGNED FILMS * Maria KONTOGIANNI, WILD AT HEART * Carole KREMER, FILM FUND LUXEMBOURG * Daniele SEGRE, REDIBIS FILM * Mary Liza DINO, FIRE AND ICE MEDIA AND PRODUCTIONS * John LUNDSTEN, TACK FILMS * Ruta Adele JEKENTAITE, BALTIC PRODUCTIONS * Monique VAN KESSEL, MAKE WAY FILM * Alex Chen-Wen LO, CINEMA INUTILE * Marja PIHLAJA, TEKELE PRODUCTIONS * Thomas REICHLIN, ALVA FILM * Katja LENARČIČ, VERTIGO * Heejung OH, BREATHING FILMS, SEESAW PICTURES * Katia MONLA, INTERMEZZO FILMS * Krystyna KANTOR, SHIPSBOY * Gerard RODRIGUEZ, JAPONICA FILMS * Maximilian HASLBERGER, AMERIKAFILM * Nele PAVES, ESTONIAN FILM INSTITUTE * Natalia DĄBROWSKA, NEW EUROPE FILM SALES * Amber RIPLEY, GOODBYE PRODUCTIONS * Bongiwe SELANE, BLINGOLA MEDIA * Alemberg ANG, DALUYONG STUDIOS * Maria Stevnbak WESTERGREN, TOOLBOX FILM * Eliza JONES, GRAND SLAM FILM * Eliane FERREIRA, MUIRAQUITÃ FILMES * Biljana TUTOROV, WAKE UP FILMS, CIRCLE Training Initiative * Yohann COMTE, CHARADES * Jeanne-Marie POULAIN, ART ET ESSAI * Geoff ARBOURNE, INSIDE OUT FILMS * Beata RZEZNICZEK, MADANTS * Andreas KASK, NAFTA * Gilles CHANIAL, LES FILMS FAUVES * Roberto CAVALLINI, ALBOLINA FILM * Konstantinos VASSILAROS, STUDIOBAUHAUS * Kasia KARWAN, VELVET SPOON * Kasia KARWAN, THE MOONSHOT COMPANY * Evelin PENTTILÄ, STELLAR FILM * Lisa NYED, FILM I SKANE * Karen HARNISCH, FILM FORGE * Gentzane MARTINEZ DE OSABA, MARMOKA FILMS * Vincent QUÉNAULT, RED LION * Konstantina STAVRIANOU, GRAAL FILMS * Lucas ROSANT, MELIA FILMS * Theo TSAPPOS, THE SWEDISH FILM INSTITUTE * Eiko MIZUNO-GRAY, LOADED FILMS * Alexandra HOESDORFF, DEAL PRODUCTIONS * Donato ROTUNNO, TARANTULA LUXEMBOURG * Gints GRUBE, MISTRUS MEDIA * Martina BLEIS, BERLINALE * Jacques-Henri BRONCKART, VERSUS PRODUCTION, O'BROTHER DISTRIBUTION * Signe BYRGE SØRENSEN, FINAL CUT FOR REAL * Enrica CAPRA, GRAFFITI DOC, TAG FILM * Carlo D'URSI, POTENZA PRODUCCIONES * Natasa DAMNJANOVIC, DART FILM * Guillaume DE LA BOULAYE, ZORBA PRODUCTION * Simon DE SANTIAGO, MOD PRODUCCIONES * Sonya DI RIENZO, HAWKEYE PICTURES * Marta DONZELLI, VIVO FILM * Kestutis DRAZDAUSKAS, VILNIUS FILM CLUSTER, ARTBOX * Leticia FRIEDRICH, VITRINE FILMES, BOULEVARD FILMES * Katleen GOOSSENS, BULLETPROOF CUPID * Alessandro GROPPLERO, WHEN EAST MEETS WEST, TIES THAT BIND / FOCUS ASIA GENRE PROJECT MARKET, FVG AUDIOVISUAL FUND * Katrin KISSA, HOMELESS BOB PRODUCTION * Birthe KLINGE, FFA - GERMAN FEDERAL FILM BOARD / FILMFÖRDERUNGSANSTALT * Tatiana LEITE, BUBBLES PROJECT * Francine LUSSER, TIPIMAGES PRODUCTIONS * Leonardo MECCHI, ENQUADRAMENTO PRODUÇOES * Bernard MICHAUX, SAMSA FILM * Elizabeth MORGAN HEMLOCK, ARTURI FILMS * Patrice NEZAN ,LES CONTES MODERNES * Freddy OLSSON, BOKOMOTIV - FREDDY OLSSON FILMPRODUKTION, FOLKETS BIO, GÖTEBORG FILM FESTIVAL * Esko RIPS, NAFTA * Luisa ROMEO, FRIDA FILMS * Kristian TASKA, TASKA FILM * Alexandru TEODORESCU, SAGA FILM * Benedicte THOMAS, ARIZONA FILMS DISTRIBUTION * Ida WEISS, BELA FILM * Ryohei TSUTSUI, TRIXTA * Amanda Man-Yin TSENG, ENLA Media * David FRANCISCUS, PROTAGONIST STUDIOS * Judith LICHTNECKERT, DSCHOINT VENTSCHR FILMPRODUKTION * Konstantinos KOUKOULIS, PLANKTON

The Nomadic Film Space - conceived by Yetu (Un)limited

The African & Diasporic Audience Development Think Tank - A Cannes Marché du Film Session - May 15 – 10:00–12:00 (Hotel Canopy)

The African & Diasporic Audience Development Think Tank was initiated in 2025 by Yetu (Un)limited ; its pilot edition was held in Salvador, brazil, in partnership with the mostra de cinemas africanos, generating case studies, qualitative audience design frameworks, and the first edition of an ongoing publication. This cannes 2026 session is the second iteration of its traveling workshop. The think tank combines market research with the development of endogenous audience design methodologies — moving beyond reporting toward the co-creation of tools, templates, and a support mechanism dedicated to growing revenue-generating audiences for African cinema. the cannes session will showcase the brazil pilot findings and set the strategic framework for the future of this innovative platform.

Yetu (Un)limited is a collaboration between African producers (EAVE graduates Melissa Adeyemo, Yanis Gaye, Carol Kioko, Creative Producer Indaba graduate Chloé Ortolé) who met at the EAVE Producers Workshop 2023.

https://variety.com/2026/film/global/nomadic-film-space-traveling-market-africa-cannes-1236739489/

May 16

11:30–12:30

EAVE IMPACT THINK TANK REPORT: Producing Under Pressure: Producer Care and Sustainable Practice

- in partnership with impACT Marché du Film

A presentation of the 2026 EAVE Impact Think Tank, 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.

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

Speakers: Rebecca Day (Film in Mind, UK), Linda Mutawi (Fikra, Sweden), Heejung Oh (Seesaw Pictures, South Korea/Netherlands), Steven Rubinstein Malamud (GROM Productions, Netherlands)

@ Palais Stage, Level -1, Palais des Festivals & Online

May 17

15:30-16:30

EAVE workshop in Cannes: Designing Equitable Co-productions

- in partnership with impACT Marché du Film

Based on the EAVE Impact Think Tank 2025 report, this hands-on session will give actionable strategies on how to make co-productions more equitable, inclusive and transparent. Gain practical tools to build co-productions grounded in shared ownership, balanced power, and sutainable cross-border partnerships. Explore collaborative approaches to project design, inclusive budgeting, and fair contracting.

Speakers: EAVE expert Tamara Dawit (Gobez Media, Canada, Ethiopia), EAVE expert Jennifer Sabbah-Immagine (The Copro Agency, France)

@ Producers Club (Lérins)

EAVE CEO Kristina Trapp

EAVE Deputy CEO Satu Elo

during May 16 - 19

At the European Pavilion No. 124, International Village

Contact: satu@eave.org

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