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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, producer: EAVE + graduate Alexander Glehr, 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

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

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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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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SENTIMENTAL VALUE Best International Feature at the Oscars

American Academy Awards – The Oscars

  • SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic won Best International Feature at the Oscars in 2026.
  • MR NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN by David Borenstein, Pavel Ilyich Talankin, Co-director Pavel Talank co-producer: EAVE graduate Radovan Sibrt won Best Documentary Feature

https://www.oscars.org/

 

Finnish Jussi Awards

  • A LIGHT THAT NEVER GOES OUT by Lauri-Matti Parppei, producer: EAVE graduate Ilona Tolmunen won Film of the Year, Directing of the Year (Lauri-Matti Parppei), Lead Actor of the Year (Samuel Kujala), Breakthrough Role of the Year (Anna Rosaliina Kauno), Scriptwriting of the Year (Lauri-Matti Parppe), Music of the Year (Lauri-Matti Parppei) and Sound Design of the Year (Juuso Oksala) at the Finnish Jussi Awards 2026.
  • ORENDA by Pirjo Honkasalo, producers: EAVE graduates Misha Jaari, Mark Lwoff won Cinematography of the Year (Max Smeds)
  • THE HELSINKI EFFECT by Arthur Franck, producer: EAVE graduate Thorvald Nielsen was awarded Editing of the Year (Markus Leppälä) and Documentary Film of the Year
  • NEVER ALONE by Klaus Härö, producers: EAVE + graduates Ilkka Matila, Kristian Taska won Costume Design of the Year (Eugen Tamberg)

https://www.jussit.fi/

 

Czech Film and Television Academy Awards

  • CARAVAN by Zuzana Kirchnerová, producers: EAVE graduates Dagmar Sedlácková and Jakub Viktorin, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Carlo Cresta-Dina won the Czech Lion for Best Feature Film and Best Actress in a Supporting Role at the Czech Film and Television Awards.
  • BETTER TO GO MAD IN THE WILD by Miro Remo, producer: EAVE graduate Pavla Janouskova Kubeckova won Best Documentary
  • BROKEN VOICES by Ondrej Provaznik, producer: EAVE graduate Jiri Konecny won Best Actress in a Leading Role, Best Cinematography, Best Sound and  Best Music
  • FRANZ by Agnieszka Holland, co-producer: EAVE graduates David Grumbach, Jorgo Narjes and Marcin Wierzchoslawski won Best Actor in a Leading Role, Best Stage Design, Best Costume Design and Best Make-up and hairstyling
  • 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

https://www.ceskylev.cz/en

 

Global Entertainment Awards

Guram Gabunya from Custom Production (Georgia), EAVE Marketing Workshop 2024 participant, has won two Grand Prix at the Global Entertainment Awards in Marbella (Spain), a major international event celebrating excellence in marketing for film, TV, streaming, and games. Competing against top global studios and platforms, his team took home two awards: Best Trailer – Brand · Television [Europe] and Best Season Trailer · Television [Europe].

https://theglobalentertainmentawards.com/

 

FESTIVAL SERIES MANIA 

  • MY BROTHER created by Karin Arrhenius, directed by Sanna Lenken, producer: EAVE graduate Anna Wallmark Avelin won Best Actress in the International Competition.

SERIES MANIA FORUM

  • RED PANTS written by Tilek Cherikov, producer: B’EST graduate Erke Dzhumakmatova won Best Project at the Series Mania Forum’s Co-Pro Pitching Sessions.

https://seriesmania.com/en/

 

CPH:DOX 

  • WHISPERS IN MAY by Dongnan Chen, co-producers: EAVE graduates Heejung Oh and Malin Hüber won the Dox:Award
  • THE CORD by Nolwenn Hervé, producer: EAVE graduate Estelle Robin You received the Dox:Award - Special Mention
  • JUST LOOK UP by Emma Wall & Betsy Hershey, producer: EAVE graduate Signe Byrge Sorensen won the F:ACT Award
  • HOMESICK by Taekyung Tanja In Wol Sørensen, producer: Rikke Tambo Andersen received the Nordic:Dox Special Mention

https://cphdox.dk/

 

Luxembourg City Film Festival

  • MY FATHER’S SHADOW by Akinola Davies, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney won the Grand Prix of the Luxembourg City Film Festival.
  • MEMORY by Vladlena Sandu, co-producer: EAVE, PUENTES, TTB and EAVE+ graduate Raymond van der Kaaij won the Documentary Award by BGL-BNP Paribas
  • AMILCAR by Miguel Eek, co-producer: EAVE graduate Mario Adamson won the 2030 Award by Luxembourg Aid & Development
  • THE CLOUDS ARE TWO THOUSAND METERS UP by Singing Chen, producer: EAVE participant Katharina Weser won Best Immersive Experience

https://www.luxfilmfest.lu/en/

 

Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival

  • CLOSURE by Michał Marczak, producer: EAVE graduate Monika Braid was won the The International Competition Golden Alexander award at the Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival.
  • BIRDS OF WAR by Janay Boulos & Abd Alkader Habak, producer: EAVE+ graduate Sonja Henric received the International Competition Silver Alexander award, the Human Rights in Motion Award, the FIPRESCI Award and the WIFT GR Award
  • THE BEAUTY OF ERRORS by Jukka Kärkkäinen, co-producers: EAVE graduate Carsten Aanonsen and Lisa Nyed received a Special Mention
  • AROUND PARADISE by Yulia Lokshina, producer: EAVE+ graduate David Armati Lechner received a Special Mention
  • A SONG WITHOUT HOME by Rati Tsiteladze, producer: CHANGE graduate Olga Slusareva received an Honorable Mention
  • AROUND PARADISE by Yulia Lokshina, producer: EAVE+ graduate David Armati Lechner received a Special Mention
  • STORIES OF A LIE by Olia Verriopoulou, producer: EAVE graduate Mina Dreki won the EKKOMED Award
  • BUGBOY by Lucas Paleocrassas, producer: EAVE graduates Rea Apostolides and Maria Stevnbak Westergren won the City Stories Municipality of Thessaloniki Award and the PEKK Award
  • WHERE SHADOWS REST by Marianna Economou, producer: EAVE graduate Rea Apostolides received the Best Greek Film Award of the Youth Jury

https://filmfestival.gr/en/tidf/

 

Sofia International Film Festival

  • BROKEN VOICES by Ondřej Provazník, producer: EAVE graduate Jiří Konečný won the Sofia City of Film Award for Best Film and the FIPRESCI Award
  • MOTHER by Teona Mitevska, producers: EAVE graduates Sébastien Delloye and Macedonian National Coordinator Labina Mitevska won Best Bulgarian Short FIlm Award
  • GOD WILL NOT HELP by Hana Jušić, producer: EAVE graduate and Group Leader Ankica Jurić Tilić was awarded a Special Jury Mention
  • MADE IN EU by EAVE graduate Stephan Komandarev, producer: EAVE graduate Katya Trichkova won the Award of the Bulgarian Guild of Film Critics
  • EAVE project NINA ROZA by Geneviève Dulude-de Celles, producer: EAVE graduate Fanny Drew won the Audience Award
  • ATLAS OF THE UNIVERSE by Paul Negoescu, producers: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Radu Stancu and EAVE graduate Ioana Lascăr won the Teen Award

https://siff.bg/en

 

m:brane

  • SHE WRESTLES by Charles Fairbanks, producer: EAVE graduate Lucila Moctezuma won Best Pitch Award at m:brane, the international platform based in Malmö, Sweden, focusing on young audiences' projects in development, looking for financing and partnerships.
  • CHRISTMAS WITH THE WINTER FAMILY, produced by Claus Herzog-Reichel, filmfaust, won the EAVE Marketing Workshop Scholarship Award
  • SCOPE OF THE UNIVERSE; producer: EAVE MW graduate Lillian Løvseth won the World Congress of Science & Factual Producers (WCSFP) Award

https://mbrane.se/

 

LOVE International FIlm Festival, Mons

  • MALDOROR by Fabrice du Welz, producer: EAVE+ graduate Jean-Yves Roubin won the Grand Prix.

https://www.liff-mons.be/

 

International Film Festival on Human Rights Geneva (FIFDH)

  • THE SYSTEM by By Joris Postema, producer: EAVE graduate Janneke Doolaard, co-producer: EAVE graduate Hans Everaert won the Special Jury Award.

https://fifdh.org/en/

 

Málaga Film Festival

  • YO NO MORIRÉ DE AMOR by Marta Matute, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Flavia Biurrún and EAVE graduate Hubert Toint  won the Golden Biznaga for Best Spanish Film, the Feroz Puerta Oscura Award 2026 for Best Feature Film in Official Competition, the Silver Biznaga ‘Hotel AC Málaga Palacio’ for Best Leading Female Performance (Júlia Mascort) and the Silver Biznaga for Best Supporting Male Performance (Tomás del Estal)
  • 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 won the Silver Biznaga Special Jury Award, the Silver Biznaga for Best Screenplay (Ian de la Rosa) and received the Special Jury Mention for Best Male Performance (Silver Chicón)
  • THE MAP TO TOUCH YOU by Mercedes Afonso, producers: EAVE graduate Agustina Chiarno, EAVE+ graduate Carlo D’Ursi was awarded the Silver Biznaga for Best Documentary
  • CORREDORA by Laura García Alonso, co-producer: EAVE graduate Maria Zamora won the Asecan Opera Prima Award for Best Film in Official Competition

https://festivaldemalaga.com/en/

 

Diagonale Austria

  • A RUSSIAN WINTER, by Patric Chiha, producers: Interchange and B’EST graduate Charlotte Vincent and EAVE graduate Katia Khazak won Best Film Music Documentary (Yuri Nosenko)
  • ROSE by Markus Schleinzer, producers: EAVE graduate Johannes Schubert, Karsten Stöter won Best Film Music Feature Film (Tara Nome Doyle)
  • TERESA’S BODY by Magdalena Chmielewska, producer: MW graduate Camille Chanel won Best Artistic Editing Feature Film (Anna Garnarczyk)
  • WHITE SNAIL by Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter, producers: EAVE graduate David Bohun and Heino Deckert won Best Costume Design (Kristine Vitola) and Best Production Design (Lena Oger)
  • WITH BRANCHES REACHING TO THE SKY by Katharina Copony, producers: EAVE graduate and Austrian National Coordinator Barbara Pichler and EAVE graduate Gabriele Kranzelbinder won Best Artistic Editing Documentary Film (Bettina Blickwede), Best Cinematography Documentary (Stefan Neuberger) and Best Sound Design Documentary Film (Peter Kutin)

https://www.diagonale.at/en/

 

Febiofest Bratislava

  • THE HOUR BETWEEN DOG AND WOLF by Terézia Halamová, producer: PUENTES graduate Natália Pavlove won the Cineuropa Work in Progress Award
  • ATTENTION WHORES by Alica Bednáriková, producer: EAVE graduate Jakub Viktorín won the Tatino Film Award

https://febiofest.sk/en/febiofest-en/


 

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EAVE project MAYSOON in German cinemas

EAVE project MAYSOON by Nancy Biniadaki, producer: EAVE graduate Christopher Zitterbart, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Titus Kreyenberg, EAVE graduate Konstantina Stavrianou, in cinemas in Germany from March 19th.

A relationship falls apart, a passport expires - and suddenly everything is at stake: Egyptian archaeologist Maysoon lives in Berlin with her partner Tobi and their two children when her past catches up with her: once politically active before the Arab Spring, returning to Egypt could cost her her freedom. As she fears the loss of her home, her family, and her sense of control, Maysoon begins a battle.

https://www.watchmen.de/films/maysoon/

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EAVE project NINA ROZA travels to Sofia and to Luxembourg

CARTOON MOVIE BORDEAUX (MARCH 3 – 5)

  • BILLIE BEAT by Nina Wels and Timo Berg, producer: EAVE graduate Frank Geiger
  • BLAISE by Dimitri Planchon and Jean-Paul Guigue, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandre Gavras
  • FAMILY SQUAD by Kostiantyn Fedorov, co-producer: EAVE graduate Maite Woköck
  • FIREBIRD by Matej Podskalsky and Anna Podskalska, producer: TTB graduate Karolina Davidova
  • GINGERBREAD TOWN by Will Ashurst and Kjersti G. Steinsbø, producer: EAVE graduate Kristine Marie Irgens Knudsen, co-producers: EAVE graduates Juraj Krasnohorsky and Tamsin Lyons
  • IGI by Natia Nikolashvili, producer: EAVE graduates Vladimer Katcharava and Giorgos Karnavas
  • KOKUM by Hassan Yola, producer: EAVE and MW graduate Adrien Chef
  • NIGHT TRAM by Michaela Pavlátová, producer: MW graduate Peter Badač
  • NINA AND THE GODDESS OF THUNDER by Kamil Polak, producer: EAVE graduate Jan Naszewski
  • NINE LIVES LEFT by by Zacharias Mavroeidis, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Kontogianni
  • ONCE UPON AN EGG by Nina Gantz, producer: EAVE graduate Koji Nelissen, co-producer: EAVE graduate Vladimir Lhoták
  • SAIMA: SCENES FROM A MIDLIFE CRISIS by Chintis Lundgren and Draško Ivezić, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Ostrat
  • SANDER’S MIDSUMMER by Hanne Berkaak, co-producer: EAVE graduate Kristine Knudsen
  • SMECHERIA or THE CONFIDENCES OF A CHEAT by Antoine Fontaine, co-producer: EAVE Anca Damian
  • STARSEED by Noviolet Bulawayo and EAVE graduate Anca Damian, producer: EAVE Anca Damian, co-producers: EAVE+ graduates Eric Idriss-Kanago and Daniela Mujica

www.cartoon-media.eu/movie

 

LUXEMBOURG CITY FILM FESTIVAL  (MARCH 5 – 15)

  • A LONG GOODBYE by Kate Voet & Victor Mae, producers: EAVE graduates Emmy Oost and Donato Rotunno
  • ALL MY SISTERS by Massoud Bakhshi, producer: EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu
  • AMILCAR by Miguel Eek, co-producer EAVE graduate Mario Adamson
  • CACTUS PEARS by Rohan Kanawade, producer: EAVE participant Naren Chandavarkar
  • CIRCUSBOY by Julia Lemke, Anna Koch, producers: EAVE graduates Katharina Bergfeld and Martin Heisler
  • DIE MY LOVE by Lynne Ramsay, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Calderwood
  • DIVINE COMEDY by Ali Asgari, producer: EAVE graduate Milad Khosravi, co-producers: EAVE graduates Lorenzo Cioffi, Avantika Singh Desbouvries
  • EXIL by Mehdi Hmili, producers: EAVE graduates Donato Rotunno, Michel Balagué
  • GHOST SCHOOL by Seemab Guu, co-producers: EAVE graduate Dorothe Beinemeier, EAVE+ graduate Steffen Gerdes
  • HIDDEN PLAY by Kolokouri Sophia, producer: EAVE and MW graduate André Fetzer, EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu
  • 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
  • HUMAN RESOURCE by Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit, producer: TTB graduate Pacharin Surawatanapongs
  • JIMPA by Sophie Hyde, producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot
  • KARLA by Christina Tournatzés, producer: PUENTES graduate Jamila Wenske
  • KURAK by Erke Dzhumakmatova & Emil Atageldijev, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandra Hoesdorff and B’EST graduate Erke Dzhumakmatova
  • LIVE A LITTLE by Fanny Ovesen, producer: EAVE graduate Marie Kjellson and Renée Hansen Mlodyszewski
  • MEMORY by Vladlena Sandu, co-producer: EAVE, PUENTES, TTB and EAVE+ graduate Raymond van der Kaaij
  • MORTE CUCINA by Pen-ek Ratanaruang, producer: EAVE SLATE graduate Stefano Centini, EAVE graduate Alexandra Hoesdorff
  • MY FATHER’S SHADOW by Akinola Davies, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
  • EAVE project NINA ROZA by Geneviève Dulude-de Celles, producer: EAVE graduate Fanny Drew
  • OP Fugue by Julie Schroell, Julie Schroell, Ian De Toffoli & Moritz Schonecker, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Gilles Chanial
  • PETER HUJAR’S DAY by Ira Sachs, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle
  • PROJECTO GLOBAL by Ivo M. Ferreira, producer: EAVE graduate Donato Rotunno
  • PUNCHING THE WORLD by Constanze Klaue, producer: EAVEs graduate Gabriele Simon, Martin Heisler, Alexander Wadou and Roxana Richter
  • RASHID, THE BOY FROM SINJAR by Jasna Krajinovic, producer: EAVE graduates Julie Esparbes and Cécile Lestrade
  • REEDLAND by Sven Bresser, producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot
  • ROMERIA by Carla Simon, producer: EAVE graduate and Spanish National Coordinator Maria Zamora
  • ROSE by Markus Schleinzer, producers: EAVE graduate Johannes Schubert, Karsten Stöter
  • TALES FROM THE MAGIC GARDEN by Jean-Claude Rozec, David Súkup, Patrik Pašš and Leon Vidmar, producer: EAVE graduate Juraj Krasnohorsky
  • THE BLOOD COUNTESS by Ulrike Ottinger, producer: EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu
  • THE CLOUDS ARE TWO THOUSAND METERS UP by Singing Chen, producer: EAVE participant Katharina Weser
  • THE DOLLHOUSE by Charlotte Bruneau and Dominic Desjardins, producer: EAVE MW graduate and EAVE participant Helène Walland
  • THE EXPLODING GIRL VR by Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel, producer: EAVE graduate Mando Stathi
  • THE GREAT ESCAPE by Joren Vandenbroucke, producers: EAVE graduates François Le Gall and Marion Guth
  • THE SECRET FLOOR by Norbert Lechner, producer: EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu and EAVE and MW graduate André Fetzer
  • THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE by Mona Fastvold, producer: EAVE graduate Viktoria Petrányi
  • THE WOLF, THE FOX AND THE LEOPARD by David Verbeek, producers: EAVE graduates Leontine Petit and Alexandra Hoesdorff
  • Utopolis by Vladimir Subotic, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandra Hoesdorff
  • WE’LL FIND HAPPINESS by Léa Pool, producer: MW graduate Katarzyna Ozga
  • WHO’S WHO? by Stina Wirsén & Linda Hambäck, producer: EAVE graduate Linda Hambäck

www.luxfilmfest.lu/en/films

 

THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL (MARCH 5 – 15)

  • 2M2 by Volkan Üce, producers: EAVE graduate Hans Everaert, EAVE+ graduates Harry Flöter and Jörg Siepmann
  • ALL ABOUT THE MONEY by Sinéad O’Shea, producer: EAVE, TTB graduate and Irish National Coordinator Katie Holly
  • AMILCAR by Miguel Eek, co-producer EAVE graduate Mario Adamson
  • AROUND PARADISE by Yulia Lokshina, producer: EAVE+ graduate David Armati Lechner
  • THE BEAUTY OF ERRORS by Jukka Kärkkäinen, co-producers: EAVE graduate Carsten Aanonsen and Lisa Nyed
  • BELLEVILLE BEATS by Hugo Sobelman, producer: EAVE graduate Carine Ruszniewski
  • BETWEEN BROTHERS by Tom Fassaert, producer: EAVE graduate Renko Douze, co-producer: EAVE graduate Hanne Phlypo
  • BIRDS OF WAR by Janay Boulos & Abd Alkader Habak, producer: EAVE+ graduate Sonja Henric
  • BUGBOY by Lucas Paleocrassas, producer: EAVE graduates Rea Apostolides and Maria Stevnbak Westergren
  • CIRCUSBOY by Julia Lemke, Anna Koch, producers: EAVE graduates Katharina Bergfeld and Martin Heisler
  • CLOSURE by Michał Marczak, producer: EAVE graduate Monika Braid
  • CUBA & ALASKA by Yegor Troyanovsky, producer: EAVE graduate Hanne Phlypo
  • THE CURSE OF KANE by August Baugstø Hanssen & Even G. Benestad, producer: EAVE graduate Carsten Aanonsen
  • DON’T WORRY SARI! by Sári Haragonics, producers: EAVE graduates Sára László and Marcell Gerő, co-producer: EAVE graduate Boris Despodov
  • EGON SCHIELE – A PERSONAL ENCOUNTEr by Gerda Leopold, co-producer: B’EST graduate Michael Geidel
  • EVERYBODY TO KENMURE STREET by Felipe Bustos Sierra, producer: EAVE graduate Ciara Barry
  • EAVE PROJECT THE GOLDEN SWAN by Anette Ostrø, producer: EAVE graduate Beathe Hofseth, co-producers: EAVE graduates Erika Malmgren, Olivia Sophie van Leeuwen
  • THE GROUND BENEATH OUR FEET by Yrsa Roca Fannberg, co-producer: EAVE graduate Malgorzata Staron
  • HIDDEN by Monika Kotecka, producer: EAVE SLATE graduate Marta Szymanowska
  • IMAGO by Deni Oumar Pitsaev, producer: EAVE graduate Anne-Laure Guégan, PUENTES graduate Géraldine Sprimont
  • JARIPEO by Efraín Mojica, Rebecca Zweig, co-producer: EAVE graduate Carine Chichkowsky
  • JUST JOOLS by Ezra Verbist, producer: EAVE graduate Emmy Oost
  • JUST LOOK UP by Emma Wall, Betsy Hershey, producer: EAVE graduate Signe Byrge Sorensen
  • LONDON by Sebastian Brameshuber, producer: EAVE graduate David Bohun
  • LUST FOR LIFE by Viktor Nordenskiöld, producer: EAVE graduate Mario Adamson,  EAVE SLATE graduate Ashley J. Smith
  • THE MAGIC CITY – BIRMINGHAM ACCORDING TO SUN RA by Guillaume Maupin & Pablo Guarise, co-producer: EAVE graduate Nicolas Lesoult
  • MAILIN by María Silvestre Esteve, producer: EAVE, graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Radu Stancu
  • MR NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN by David Borenstein, Pavel Ilyich Talankin, Co-director Pavel Talankin, co-producer: EAVE graduate Radovan Sibrt
  • MY MEXICAN BRETZEL by Nuria Giménez, producer: EAVE graduate and Spanish National Coordinator Maria Zamora
  • NO MERCY by Isa Willinger, producer: EAVE graduate Sabine Gruber, EAVE+ and MW graduate Peter Drössler
  • POPEL (ASHES) BY Oier Plaza, producer: EAVE graduate Alice Tabery
  • THE RADICAL SELF by Johann Feindt & Tamara Trampe, producer: EAVE+ graduate Titus Kreyenberg
  • REBEL by EAVE graduate Anna M. Bofarull, producer: EAVE graduate Anna M. Bofarull
  • SOAP FEVER by Inka Achté, producer: EAVE graduate Liisa Karpo and EAVE+ graduate Marianne Mäkelä, co-producer: EAVE participant Melissa Lindgren
  • A SONG WITHOUT HOME by Rati Tsiteladze, producer: CHANGE graduate Olga Slusareva
  • THE SPRUCE FOREST by EAVE graduate Tudor Giurgiu, producer: EAVE graduates Tudor Giurgiu, Bodgan Crăciun
  • STATE FUNERAL by Sergei Loznitsa, co-producers: EAVE graduate Jakub Viktorin and Pavla Janouskova Kubeckova
  • STORIES OF A LIE by Olia Verriopoulou, producer: EAVE graduate Mina Dreki
  • SURVIVORS – RECLAIMING HER MYTH by Maria Louka & Nina Maria Paschalidou, producer: EAVE graduate Mina Dreki, MW graduate Theodora Valentis-Pikrou
  • TELL ME by Nikos Megrelis, producer: EAVE graduate Effie Skrobola
  • TIRRENICA by Rosario Minervini, producer: PUENTES graduate Claudio Esposito, TTB graduate Stefano Chiavarini,
  • TRISTAN FOREVER by Tobias Nölle & Loran Bonnardot, producer: EAVE+ graduate Christof Neracher
  • WE ARE STARDUST by Elisabeth Rasmussen, producer: EAVE graduate Ulrik Gutkin
  • WE HAVE TO SURVIVE by Tomáš Krupa, co-producers: EAVE+ and MW graduates Peter Drössler and Arash T. T. Riahi
  • WHERE SHADOWS REST by Marianna Economou, producer: EAVE graduate Rea Apostolides
  • WHO IS STILL ALIVE by Nicolas Wadimoff, producer: EAVE graduate Ossama Bawardi

AGORA

Crossroads Co-production Forum Projects

  • A GIRL NAMED ZEUS by Nikos Dayanda, producer: MW graduate Konstantinos Κoukoulis
  • ROBBING BEIRUT by Katia Jarjoura, co-producer: EAVE graduate Elisa Fernanda Pirir

Works in Progress 

  • THE BOY WITH THE LIGHT-BLUE EYE by Thanasis Neofotistos, producers: EAVE graduates Ioanna Bolomyti, Irina Malcea and Maja Popovic
  • THE LION AT MY BACK by Tonia Mishiali, producer: MW graduate Katarzyna Ozga
  • PROMISED SPACES by Ivan Marković, producer: EAVE participant Jelena Radenkovic
  • TONIGHT IS FOREVER by Fernando Souza, co-producer: TTB graduate Mina Moteki
  • TRIP TO JERUSALEM by Michel Zarazir, producer: EAVE participant Gaby Zarazir

https://www.filmfestival.gr/en/documentary-festival

 

LOVE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, MONS (MARCH 6 – 14)

  • DIE MY LOVE by Lynne Ramsay, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Calderwood
  • EN VOITURE CLARA by Sara Dufossé, producer: EAVE graduate Sebastien Schelenz
  • ERNA AT WAR by Henrik Ruben Genz, producers: EAVE graduates Sébastian Delloye and Esko Rips
  • ÉLISE SOUS EMPRISE by Marie Rémond, producer: PUENTES graduate Lionel Massol
  • GRAND BONHOMME by Colin Cressent, producer: EAVE graduate Annabella Nezri
  • IN A WHISPER by Leyla Bouzid, producer: MW and EAVE graduate Caroline Nataf
  • KIKA by Alexe Poukine, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland
  • L’ÂGE MÛR by Jean-Benoît Ugeux, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland
  • EAVE project A SURVIVOR'S TALE (L’ILE DE LA DEMOISELLE) by Micha Wald, producers: EAVE graduate and Belgian National Coordinator Anton Iffland Stettner and EAVE graduate Eva Kuperman, co-producer: EAVE graduate Alexandre Gavras
  • L’ENFANT CAVALE by Margo Brière Bordier, producer: EAVE graduate Anne-Laure Guegan and PUENTES graduate Géraldine Sprimont
  • MALDOROR by Fabrice du Welz, producer: EAVE+ graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
  • NINO IN PARADISE by Laurent Micheli, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland
  • PICKING UP THE PIECES by Catherine Cosme, producers: EAVE+ and PUENTES graduate Britta Rindelaub and EAVE graduate Thomas Reichling, co-producers: EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes and PUENTES graduate Delphine Schmit
  • SAMIA by Selma Alaoui and Bruno Tracq, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland
  • SIRAT by Oliver Laxe, producer: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font
  • SUKKWAN ISLAND by Vladimir de Fontenay, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart
  • THE GOOD SISTER by Sarah Miro Fischer, producer: EAVE graduates Sebastian Herbst
  • THE STORIES by Abu Bakr Shawky, producer: EAVE graduate Julie Viez
  • THE TREASURE OF BARRACUDA by Adrià García, producer: EAVE+ and TTB graduate Valérie Delpierre
  • WILD FOXES by Valéry Carnoy, producer: MW and EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes
  • YES by Nadav Lapid, producer: Interchange graduate Judith Lou Lévy, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marios Piperides, Jonas Dornbach

https://www.liff-mons.be/ 

 

INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ON HUMAN RIGHTS, GENEVA  (MARCH 6 – 15)

Shorts

  • INHERITED SILENCE by Mariam Khatchvani, producers: EAVE graduates Archil Gelovani and Vladimer Katcharava

Competition - Focus

  • BELLEVILLE BEATS by Hugo Sobelman, producer: EAVE graduate Carine Ruszniewski
  • DISUNITED NATIONS by Christophe Cotteret, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland
  • FREEDOM - SHEWIT'S DESTINY by Anne-Frédérique Widmann, producer: EAVE graduate Katia Monla
  • SOLIDARITY by David Bernet, producer: EAVE graduate Arek Gielnik
  • THE SYSTEM by By Joris Postema, producer: EAVE graduate Janneke Doolaard, co-producer: EAVE graduate Hans Everaert
  • TRACES by Alisa Kovalenko and Marysia Nikitiuk, co-producers: EAVE+ graduate Violetta Kaminska and EAVE graduate Izabela Wojcik

Competition - Creative documentaries

  • MAILIN by María Silvestre Esteve, producer: EAVE,  graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Radu Stancu
  • SILVER by Natalia Koniarz, producer: EAVE graduate Maciej Kubicki
  • THE BEAUTY OF THE DONKEY by Dea Gjinovci, producer: EAVE graduate Palmyre Badinier

Competition - Fiction

  • COTTON QUEEN by Suzannah Mirghani, producers: EAVE graduates Caroline Daube, Ossama Bawardi, EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri
  • JULIAN by Cato Kusters, co-producers: EAVE graduates Laurette Schillings, Frans van Gestel
  • LAUNDRY by Zamo Mkhwanazi, producer: EAVE+ graduate Philippe Coeytaux
  • PALESTINE 36 by Annemarie Jacir, producer: EAVE graduate Ossama Bawardi, co-producers: EAVE graduates Elisa Fernandez Pirir, Katrin Pors

Young Public

  • LA VIE DE CHÂTEAU, MON ENFANCE À VERSAILLES by Clémence Madeleine-Perdrillat and Nathaniel H’limi, producer: PUENTES graduate Lionel Massol

Special Screenings

  • DON’T LET THE SUN by Jacqueline Zünd, producers: EAVEs graduates Louis Mataré, Gianfilippo Pedote

www.fifdh.org

 

MALAGA FILM FESTIVAL (MARCH 6-15)

Feature Films Official Competition

  • CALLE MALAGA by Maryam Touzani, producer: EAVE graduate Fred Burle
  • CORREDORA by Laura García Alonso, co-producer: EAVE graduate and Spanish National Coordinator Maria Zamora
  • THE RED HANGAR by Juan Pablo Sallato, co-producer: MW graduate Stefano Mutolo
  • 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
  • THE GOOD DAUGHTER by Julia de Paz Solvas, producer: EAVE graduate Sergio Grobas, co-producer: EAVE graduate Maarten D’Hollander
  • YO NO MORIRÉ DE AMOR by Marta Matute, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Flavia Biurrún and EAVE graduate Hubert Toint

Feature Films Official Section Out of Competition

  • 9 MOONS by Patricia Ortega, producer: EAVE graduate Olmo Figueredo González-Quevedo, co-producer: Hans Everaert
  • BYE BYE PARAISO by Kimberly Elizondo, co-producer: EAVE graduate Agustina Chiarino and PUENTES graduate Ivette Liang
  • CADA DÍA NACE UN LISTO by Arantxa Echeverría, producer: EAVE+ graduate Iker Ganuza
  • ANOTHER MAN by David Moragas, producer: PUENTES graduate Alba Bosch-Duran

Mosaico: International Scene

  • FATHER by Tereza Nvotova, producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski

Documentaries Feature Films Official Competition

  • 3000KM EN BICICLETA by Iván Vescovo, producer: PUENTES graduate Victoria Marotta
  • THE MAP TO TOUCH YOU by Mercedes Afonso, producers: EAVE graduate Agustina Chiarno, EAVE+ graduate Carlo D’Ursi
  • MOTHERS IN SILENCE by Claudia Abend, Adriana Loeff, producer: EAVE graduate Agustina Chiarino

Documentaries Special Sessions

  • THIS BODY OF MINE by Afioco Gnecco & Carolina Yuste, producer: EAVE+ graduate Carlo D’Ursic

https://festivaldemalaga.com

 

VILNIUS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (MARCH 9 – 22)

  • A RIVER’S GAZE by Malul Vânăt, producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Laurent Csinidis
  • A USEFUL GHOST by Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke, producer: TTB graduate Karim Aitouna, co-producer: EAVE graduate May Odeh
  • ALPHA by Julia Ducournau, producers: EAVE+ graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
  • ARI by Léonor Serraile, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland
  • BFF. THE SINGING HOWL TOWN by Urtė Oettinger, Ignas Meilūnas, producer: EAVE graduate Juraj Krasnohorsky
  • BLEAT! by Ananth Subramaniam, producers: TTB graduate Choo Mun Bel and Bradley Liew
  • BROKEN VOICES by Ondřej Provazník, producer: EAVE graduate Jiří Konečný
  • COMMON PEAR by Gregor Bozic, producer: EAVE graduate Marina Gumzi
  • COYOTES by Said Zagha, producers: EAVE graduate Myriam Sassine and Petra Ivanyi, co-producer: EAVE graduate Rula Nasser
  • DAMMEN by GRÉGOIRE GRAESSLIN, producer: EAVE graduate Lauren Pelassy
  • FATHER by Tereza Nvotova, producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski
  • FRAGMENTS FOR VENUS by Alice Diop, producer: EAVE graduate Michel Klein
  • FRANZ by Agnieszka Holland, co-producer: EAVE graduates David Grumbach, Jorgo Narjes and Marcin Wierzchoslawski
  • HOLY DESTRUCTORS by Aistė Žegulytė-Zapolska, co-producers: FFF graduate Roberts Vinovskis, PUENTES graduate Dominiks Jarmakovics, EAVE+ graduate Christophe Audeguis
  • HURIKÁN by Jan Saska, producer: MW graduate Kamila Dohnalová, EAVE producer Juraj Krasnohorský
  • HYSTERICAL FIT OF LAUGHTER by Dušan Zorić, Matija Gluščević, producer: EAVE graduates Čarna Vučinić and Tena Gojić
  • JULIAN by Cato Kusters, co-producers: EAVE graduates Laurette Schillings, Frans van Gestel
  • LEFT-HANDED GIRL by Shih-Ching Tsou, associate producer: EAVE graduate Alex C. Lo
  • LOVE ON TRIAL by Koji Fukada, producer: EAVE graduate Carine Chichkowsky
  • LOYNES by Dorian Jespers, producer: EAVE graduate Benoît Roland
  • MAGELLAN by Lav Diaz, co-producer: EAVE SLATE graduate Stefano Centini
  • MARY ANNING by Marcel Barelli, producer: EAVE graduate Henri-Jacques Bronckart
  • MORTE CUCINA by Pen-ek Ratanaruang, producers: EAVE slate graduate Stefano Centini, EAVE graduate Alexandra Hoesdorff
  • NO BEAST. SO FIERCE. by Burhan Qurbani, producer: EAVE graduate Beata Rzeźniczek
  • PATTY IS SUCH A GIRLY NAME by Giorgos Georgopoulos, producer: EAVE graduate Fenia Cossovitsa
  • REEDLAND by Sven Bresser, producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot
  • RENOIR by Chie Hayakawa, producers: EAVE and TTB graduates Fran Borgia, Eiko Mizuno Gray, TTB Head of Studies and EAVE+ graduate Christophe Bruncher
  • RENOVATION by Gabrielė Urbonaitė, producers: PUENTES graduate Dominiks Jarmakovics, MW graduate Kristian Van der Heyden
  • ROMERIA by Carla Simon, producer: EAVE graduate and Spanish National Coordinator Maria Zamora
  • SANDBAG DAM by Cejen Cernic Canak, producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Ankica Juric Tilic, EAVE graduate Ieva Norviliene
  • SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic
  • SOLOMAMMA by Janicke Askevold, producer: EAVE graduate and Norwegian National Coordinator Gary Cranner, co-producer: EAVE graduate Inese Boka-Grube
  • TASTY by Egle Vertelyte, producer: B’EST graduate Lukas Trimonis
  • THE DASHED LINES by Anxos Fazans, producer: EAVE MW graduate Nuria Landete
  • THE FIRES by Ugla Hauksdottir, producer: EAVE graduate Beata Rzezniczek
  • THE LITTLE SISTER by Hafsia Herzi, producer: PUENTES graduate Naomi Denamur
  • THE ORCHARDS by Antoine Chapon, producer: Creative Producer Indaba Thomas Hakim, EAVE+ graduate Julien Graff
  • THE SPECTACLE by Balint Kenyeres, producer: TTB graduate Jeremy Zelnik
  • THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE by Mona Fastvold, producer: EAVE graduate Viktoria Petrányi
  • THE VISITOR by Vytautas Katkus, producer: MW graduate Brigita Beniušytė, EAVE and PUENTES graduate Marija Razgute, co-producer: EAVE graduate Anna-Maria Kantarius, PUENTES and EAVE graduate Elisa Fernanda Pirir
  • THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD by Joachim Trier, producer: PUENTES graduate Katrin Pors, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
  • TO THE VICTORY! by Valentyn Vasyanovych, producer: EAVE graduate Volodymyr Yatsenko
  • TWO PROSECUTORS by Sergei Loznitsa, co-producer: B’EST graduate Alise Gelze

https://kinopavasaris.lt/en/programme/

 

FEBIOFEST BRATISLAVA (MARCH 11 – 17)

  • COLLECTIVE by Alexander Nanau, producer: EAVE graduate and Luxembourgish National Coordinator Bernard Michaux
  • DOG AND WOLF by Tereza Halamová, producer: PUENTES graduate Natália Pavlove
  • 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
  • LITTLE THIEF by Ondrej Hudecek, producer: EAVE graduate Jakub Viktorin
  • PILLION by Harry Lighton, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
  • CZECH FILM PROJECT by EAVE graduates Marek Novák & Mikulas Novotny, producers: EAVE graduates Marek Novák, Mikulas Novotny
  • THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonça Filho, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, EAVE graduate Léontine Petit
  • TALES FROM THE MAGIC GARDEN by David Súkup, Patrik Pašš, Leon Vidmar, Jean-Claude Rozec, producer: EAVE graduate Juraj Krasnohorsky
  • THE OTHER SIDE OF SUMMER by Vojtěch Strakatý, producer: EAVE graduate and Croatian National Coordinator Tamara Babun
  • TO THE VICTORY! by Valentyn Vasyanovych, producer: EAVE graduate Volodymyr Yatsenko
  • WHITE SNAIL by Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter, producers: EAVE graduate David Bohun and Heino Deckert

BRATISLAVA INDUSTRY DAYS

Works in Progress 2026

  • EAVE project ANIMAL by Milada Těšitelová, producer: EAVE graduate Julie Marková Žáčková
  • ATTENTION WHORES by Alica Bednáriková, producer: EAVE graduate Jakub Viktorín
  • BELIEVING by Özgür Anil, co-producer: EAVE graduate Dorothe Beinemeier
  • THE HOUR BETWEEN DOG AND WOLF by Terézia Halamová, producer: PUENTES graduate Natália Pavlove

https://febiofest.sk/en/febiofest-en/

 

CPH:DOX COPENHAGEN  (MARCH 11 – 22)

DOX:AWARD

  • A SONG WITHOUT HOME by Rati Tsiteladze, producer: CHANGE graduate Olga Slusareva
  • CHRISTIANIA by Karl Friis Forchhammer, producer: EAVE graduate Rikke Tambo Andersen
  • SOMETHING FAMILIAR by Rachel Taparjan, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Lazurean-Gorgan
  • THE CORD by Nolwenn Hervé, producer: EAVE graduate Estelle Robin You
  • WHISPERS IN MAY by Dongnan Chen, co-producers: EAVE graduates Heejung Oh and Malin Hüber

F:ACT AWARD

  • CAMBODIAN BEER DREAMS by Laurits Nansen, producer: EAVE graduates Valérie Montmartin and Signe Skov Thomsen
  • JUST LOOK UP by Emma Wall & Betsy Hershey, producer: EAVE graduate Signe Byrge Sorensen

HUMAN:RIGHTS AWARD

  • BURNING VOICE by Anna Bruun Nørager, produceer: EAVE and MW graduate Maria Stevnbak Westergren

NEXT:WAVE AWARD

  • BECOMING EMA by EAVE participant Patricia Drati, producer: EAVE graduate Estephania Bonnett Alonso

NORDIC:DOX

  • A SWEETNESS FROM NOWHERE by Ester Bergsmark, producer: EAVE graduate Anna-Maria Kantarius
  • ALMOST FOREVER by Lia Hietala & Hannah Reinikainen, producer: EAVE graduate Melissa Lindgren
  • BIRITA by Búi Dam, producer: EAVE graduate Jón Hammer,
  • Fire, Water, Earth, Air by Ewa Cederstam, Janne Lindgren, Rógvi Rasmussen & Phie Ambo, producesr: EAVE graduate Rikke Tambo Andersen and Jón Hammer
  • HOMESICK by Taekyung Tanja In Wol Sørensen, producer: Rikke Tambo Andersen
  • THE ARCTIC CIRCLE OF LUST by Markku Heikkinen, producer: EAVE graduate Fredrik Lange

Out of Competition

  • ALL ABOUT THE MONEY by Sinéad O'Shea, producer: EAVE, TTB and Irish National Coordinator graduate Katie Holly
  • BELLEVILLE BEATS by Hugo Sobelman, producer: EAVE graduate Carine Ruszniewski
  • EAVE project TO HOLD A MOUNTAIN by Biljana Tutorov, Petar Glomazic, producers: EAVE graduates Biljana Tutorov, Anton Iffland
  • JARIPEO by Efraín Mojica, Rebecca Zweig, co-producer: EAVE graduate Carine Chichkowsky
  • MR NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN by David Borenstein, Pavel Ilyich Talankin, Co-director Pavel Talankin, co-producer: EAVE graduate Radovan Sibrt
  • OPEN MY MIND by Marcel Wyss, producer: EAVE graduates Louis Mataré and Magdalena Welter
  • PALESTINIAN UNWANTED by Omar Shargawi, producers: EAVE graduate Katrin Pors and Rula Nasser
  • CHANGE project SILENT FLOOD by Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk, producer: CHANGE graduate Karina Kostyna, co-producer: EAVE graduate Tanja Georgieva-Waldhauer
  • YUGO GOES TO AMERICA by Filip Grujić & Aleksa Borković, producers: EAVE graduates Čarna Vučinić and Vanja Jambrović

CPH:FORUM

  • CHANGE project 10 THINGS [WT] by Niniko Lekishvili, producers: CHANGE graduates Ana Kvichidze and Irina Gelashvili, EAVE graduate Estelle Robin You
  • CHANGE project 3 DAUGHTERS by Ana Gherciu, producer: CHANGE graduate Ana Gherciu
  • CHANGE project LIFE ON MARS by Mery Aghakhanyan, producer: CHANGE graduate Karina Simonyan
  • CHANGE project MY HOME by Ulviyya Ahmadova, producer: CHANGE graduate Nijat Dadashov
  • CHANGE project MY SCHOOL IS SEIZED by Halyna Lavrinets, producer: CHANGE graduate Oleksandr Ivanov 
  • CHANGE project SOUNDS OF REVOLUTION by Nikoloz Bezhanishvili, producer: CHANGE graduate Nikoloz Bezhanishvili
  • CHANGE project TOTAL MESS by Oleksandra Horiienko, producer: CHANGE graduate Kateryna Yahodka
  • CHANGE project UXXR: IS THERE SEX AFTER THE USSR? by Lilit Movsisyan, producer: CHANGE graduate Sona Margaryan
  • BROMANSKY by Arthur Franck, producer: EAVE graduate Thorvald Nilsen
  • CHILDREN OF THE MOON LAND by Roman Ďuriš, producer: TTB graduate Michal Sikora
  • DIRECTOR’S CUT [WT] by Radu Ciorniciuc, producers: EAVE SLATE graduate Oleksandra Kravchenko and EAVE graduate Darya Bassel
  • DON’T LET THE SUN GO UP ON ME by Asmae El Moudir, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Hellström
  • LAST WEEKEND IN OCTOBER by Nosarieme Garrick, producer: EAVE graduate Chioma Onyenwe
  • LETTER TO ALVIN by Hilton Als & Göran Hugo Olsson, producer: EAVE participant Melissa Lindgren
  • MATRESCENCE by Kathryn Ferguson, producer: EAVE graduate Rosie Crerar
  • MY FATHER THE ICEMAN by Łukasz Kowalski, producer: EAVE graduate Signe Byrge Sørensen
  • QUEENS BALLROOM by Hansen Lin & Siyi Chen, producer: EAVE graduate Clara Vuillermoz
  • STATE OF IMMORTALITY by Piotr Winiewicz, producer: EAVE graduate Henrik Underbjerg
  • THE DAWN OF THE POST PLANTATION by Ced'art Tamasala & Renzo Martens, producers: EAVE graduates Hanne Phlypo and Heino Deckert
  • THE SIEGE OF PARADISE by Gar O'Rourke, producer: EAVE graduate Andrew Freedman
  • WAR ON WOMEN [WT] by Maris Salumets, producer: EAVE graduate Elina Litvinova

https://cphdox.dk

 

SOFIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (MARCH 12 – 31)

International Competition for First and Second Feature Films

  • CINEMA JAZIREH by Gözde Kural, producer: EAVE graduate Milad Khosravi
  • EAVE project NINA ROZA by Geneviève Dulude-de Celles, producer: EAVE graduate Fanny Drew
  • BROKEN VOICES by Ondřej Provazník, producer: EAVE graduate Jiří Konečný
  • TRIAL OF HEIN by Kai Stänicke, producers: EAVE and EAVE+ graduate Dirk Decker, EAVE+ graduate Andrea Schütte
  • NOMAD SHADOW by Eimi Imanishi, producers: EAVE graduate Belén Sánchez Silvero, PUENTES graduate Queralt Pons Serra
  • A SAFE PLACE by Cecilia Stefanescu, producers: EAVE graduates Tudor Giurgiu, Oana Giurgiu and Bodgan Crăciun

Special Screenings

  • GIRLS FOR TOMORROW by Nora Philippe, producers: EAVE graduate Estelle Robin You, co-producers: EAVE graduates Annabella Nezri and Joram Willink
  • EAGLES OF THE REPUBLIC by Tarik Saleh, producer: EAVE graduate Linda Mutawi, co-producer: EAVE graduate Monica Hellström
  • DON’T LET ME DIE by Andrei Epure, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandru Teodorescu, co-producer: EAVE graduate Thomas Lambert,

Cinema Today - Masters

  • TO THE VICTORY! by Valentyn Vasyanovych, producer: EAVE graduate Volodymyr Yatsenko

Kaleidoscope

  • THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE by Mona Fastvold, producer: EAVE graduate Viktoria Petrányi
  • CARAVAN by Zuzana Kirchnerová, producers: EAVE graduates Dagmar Sedlácková and Jakub Viktorin, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Carlo Cresta-Dina
  • CALLE MALAGA by Maryam Touzani, producer: EAVE graduate Fred Burle
  • PALESTINE 36 by Annemarie Jacir, producer: EAVE graduate Ossama Bawardi, co-producers: EAVE graduates Elisa Fernandez Pirir, Katrin Pors
  • HEADS OR TAILS? by Alessio Rigo de Righi & Matteo Zoppis, producer: EAVE graduate Alex Lo

Balkan Competition

  • RECEPTIONS by Filippos Tsitos, producer: EAVE graduate Effie Skrobola
  • WHITES WASH AT NINETY by Marko Naberšnik, producer: B’EST graduate Ales Palvin,
  • GOD WILL NOT HELP by Hana Jušić, producer: EAVE graduate and Group Leader Ankica Jurić Tilić
  • 3 DAYS IN SEPTEMBER by EAVE graduate Tudor Giurgiu, producer: EAVE graduate Tudor Giurgiu
  • YUGO FLORIDA by Vladimir Tagić, producer: EAVE graduate Marija Stojanovic, co-producers: EAVE graduates Maja Popović, Serbian National Coordinator Milan Stojanović and Katya Trichkova
  • MADE IN EU by EAVE graduate Stephan Komandarev, producer: EAVE graduate Katya Trichkova
  • MILK TEETH by Muhai Mincan, producers: EAVE graduate, National Coordinator Romania Radu Stancu, EAVE graduate Ioana Lascar
  • MOTHER by Teona Mitevska, producers: EAVE graduates Sébastien Delloye and Macedonian National Coordinator Labina Mitevska
  • OTTER by Srđan Vuletić, producer: MW graduate Ivan Djurovic

International Documentary Competition

  • LONDON by Sebastian Brameshuber, producer: EAVE graduate David Bohun
  • TRUTH OR DARE by Tonislav Hristov, producer: EAVE graduate Erika Malmgren

Bulgarian Documentary Premieres

  • NO WAY TO SAY GOODBYE by Plamena Slavcheva, producers: EAVE graduates Katya Trichkova and Carine Chichkowsky

Teen Competition

  • THE LAST SLAP by Matteo Oleotto, producers: EAVE graduates Miha Černec and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar
  • BECAÀRIA by Erik Bernasconi, producers: EAVE+ graduate Michela Pini and EAVE participant Olga Lamontanara
  • IF YOU ARE AFRAID YOU PUT YOUR HEART INTO YOUR MOUTH AND SMILE by Marie Luise Lehner, producer: EAVE graduate and Austrian National Coordinator Michael Kitzberger
  • ATLAS OF THE UNIVERSE by Paul Negoescu, producers: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Radu Stancu and EAVE graduate Ioana Lascăr

SOFIA MEETINGS 

Feature Films

  • HER STORY by Florian Hoffmeister, producer: EAVE+ graduate Titus Kreyenberg
  • THE LAST GAME by Andrei Redinciuc, producer: EAVE graduate Bogdan Crăciun

Projects Based on Books

  • LONG DEAD by Milija Šćepanović, producer: EAVE graduate Milena Charan

TV Series

  • THE NEIGHBOURHOOD by João Nuno Pinto, producer: EAVE graduate and Portuguese National Coordinator Nuno Bernardo

Works in Progress

  • COWGIRL by Michal Blaško, producer: EAVE graduate Jakub Viktorín
  • DISQUALIFIÉ by Yorgos Teltzidis, producer: EAVE graduate Effie Skrobola
  • EAVE project LOST YEARS by Áron Horváth Botka, producers: EAVE graduate Jerca Jerič and MW graduate Andraž Jerič
  • PARIS 18 by Kitodar Todorov & Jonathan Heidelberger, producer: EAVE and MW graduate Magdelena Ilieva
  • RECRUCIFIED by Theo Papadoulakis, producer: EAVE SLATE graduate Ioanna Davi, PUENTES graduate Claudio Esposito, EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivancenau
  • WILD HORSE IN THE ROTTEN WEST by Mina Mileva & Vesela Kazakova producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Vesela Kazakova

https://siff.bg

 

Hong Kong - Asia Film Financing Forum (March 17 - 19)

  • EAVE project THE POWER PLANT by Tayfun Pirselimoglu, producers: EAVE graduates Vildan Ersen, Romanian National Coordinator Radu Stancu, Bulgarian National Coordinator Vanya Rainova
  • FUNERAL FLOWERS directed and produced by EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Asia Liza Dino
  • LIFE IS YOURS by Emma Kawawada, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Eiko Mizuno-Gray
  • RIA by Arvin Belarmino, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Alemberg Ang
  • STUCK LIKE BABIES by Dastan Zhapar Ryskeldi, producer: TTB graduate Fernanda Renno
  • THE SEA SPEAKS HIS NAME by Yosep Anggi Noen, producer: TTB graduate Gita Fara
  • TTB project YOU WILL STILL BE MY FRIEND by Lu Po-Shun, producer: TTB graduate  David Yu-Hao Su

https://industry.hkiff.org.hk/en

 

DIAGONALE AUSTRIA (MARCH 18 – 23)

  • 2HOT2DRIVE by Kurdwin Ayub, producers: EAVE graduate and Austrian National Coordinator Barbara Pichler and EAVE graduate Gabriele KranzelbinderA RUSSIAN WINTER, by Patric Chiha, producers: Interchange and B’EST graduate Charlotte Vincent and EAVE graduate Katia Khazak
  • ALL MY SISTERS by Massoud Bakhshi, producer: EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu
  • DAS BLOCK by Stefan Kolbe & Chris Wright, producer: EAVE graduate Heino Deckert
  • 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
  • GODLAND by Hlynur Palmason, producers: EAVE graduate Katrin Pors, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin, EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson, co-producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri
  • HIDDEN PEOPLE by Miha Hocevar, producer: EAVE+ graduate Danijel Hocevar
  • JOAN OF ARC by Hlynur Palmason, producers: EAVE graduates Anton Máni Svansson and  Katrin Pors and EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri
  • MOTHER’S BABY by Johanna Moder, producer: EAVE graduate and Group Leader Oliver Neumann
  • NEST by Hlynur Pálmason, producers: EAVE graduates Anton Máni Svansson and  Katrin Pors, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
  • OUR GIRLS by Mike van Diem, producers: EAVE graduates Johannes Schubert, Koji Nelissen, Derk-Jan Warrink,
  • PIECES OF MY FATHER by Viki Kühn, producers: EAVE graduate and Austrian National Coordinator Barbara Pichler and EAVE graduate Gabriele Kranzelbinder
  • ROSE by Markus Schleinzer, producers: EAVE graduate Johannes Schubert, Karsten Stöter
  • SECOND COUNTRY by Michael Kofler, producers: EAVE graduate and Austrian National Coordinator Barbara Pichler and EAVE graduates  Gabriele Kranzelbinder and Martin Rattini
  • Seven Boats by Hlynur Pálmason, producers: EAVE graduates Per Damgaard Hansen and Anton Máni Svansson
  • THE STORIES by Abu Bakr Shawky, producer: EAVE graduate Julie Viez, co-producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland
  • TERESA’S BODY by Magdalena Chmielewska, producer: MW graduate Camille Chanel
  • THE ART ACCOMPLICES by Ebba Sinzinger, producer: EAVE+ graduates Vincent Lucassen and Ebba Sinzinger
  • THE LOVE THAT REMAINS by Hlynur Pálmason, producers: EAVE and PUENTES graduate Katrin Pors, EAVE and EAVE+ graduate Anton Máni Svansson, co-producers: EAVE graduate and Group Leader Didar Domehri, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin and PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi
  • The Valley where LOAB Lives by Georg Tiller, producer: Creative Producer Indaba graduate Maéva Ranaivojaona,
  • WHITE SNAIL by Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter, producers: EAVE graduate David Bohun and Heino Deckert
  • WINTER BROTHERS by Hlynur Palmason, co-producer: EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson
  • WITH BRANCHES REACHING TO THE SKY by Katharina Copony, producers: EAVE graduate and Austrian National Coordinator Barbara Pichler and EAVE graduate Gabriele Kranzelbinder

www.diagonale.at

 

CINÉLATINO, RENCONTRES DE TOULOUSE (MARCH 20 – 29)

  • CUERPO CELESTE by Nayra Ilic García, producer: EAVE graduate Alessandro Amato
  • MAILIN by María Silvestre Esteve, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Radu Stancu
  • OUR LAND by Lucrecia Martel, producers: EAVE+ graduates Benjamín Domenech and Santiago Gallelli, co-producers: TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin, EAVE graduates Leontine Petit, Katrin Pors
  • THE CURRENTS by Milagros Mumenthaler, producer: EAVE graduate Eugenia Mumenthaler
  • THE MYSTERIOUS GAZE OF THE FLAMINGO by Diego Cespedes, producer: PUENTES and TTB graduate Giancarlo Nasi
  • UNDER THE FLAGS, THE SUN by by Juanjo Pereira, producers: PUENTES graduates Leandro Listorti, Gabriela Sabaté

http://cinelatino.fr/

 

CINÉMA DU RÉEL (MARCH 21 – 28)

  • A RUSSIAN WINTER, by Patric Chiha, producers: Interchange and B’EST graduate Charlotte Vincent and EAVE graduate Katia Khazak
  • EL LEÓN by Diana Bustamante, producer: PUENTES graduate Diana Bustamante
  • I CROSSED THE DESERT WITH A GUN IN HAND by Laurence Garret, producer: PUENTES graduate Clémentine Mourão-Ferreira
  • LONDON by Sebastian Brameshuber, producer: EAVE graduate David Bohun
  • SHOT REVERSE SHOT by Radu Jude & Adrian Cioflâncă, producer: EAVE graduate Alex Teodorescu
  • OUR LAND by Lucrecia Martel, producers: EAVE+ graduates Benjamín Domenech and Santiago Gallelli, co-producers: TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin, EAVE graduates Leontine Petit, Katrin Pors
  • EAVE project TO HOLD A MOUNTAIN by Biljana Tutorov, Petar Glomazic, producers: EAVE graduates Biljana Tutorov, Anton Iffland
  • THE VANISHING POINT by Bani Khoshnoudi, producer: EAVE graduate Janja Kralj

https://www.cinemadureel.org/en/

 

FESTIVAL SERIES MANIA (MARCH 22 – 27)

  • ETTY created by Etty Hillesum, Hagai Levi, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach and EAVE+ graduate Frans van Gestel
  • ETHERNEL created by Romain Renard, Olivier Tollet, producer: PUENTES graduate Anthony Rey
  • BREENDONK created by Kevin Janssens and Filip Lenaerts, co-producer: EAVE graduate Miira Paasilinna
  • MY BROTHER created by Karin Arrhenius, directed by Sanna Lenken, producer: EAVE graduate Anna Wallmark Avelin

SERIES MANIA FORUM

Co-Pro Pitching Sessions - Competition

  • AURORA.NEWSROOM by Juris Kursietis, producers: EAVE graduates Gints Grube, Inese Boka-Grube, co-producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Riina Sildos
  • IGNITION written by Jessica Hoelzl, Susann Schadebrodt and Nadine Gottmann, producer: EAVE graduate Sebastian Herbst
  • RED PANTS written by Tilek Cherikov, producer: B’EST graduate Erke Dzhumakmatova

Co-Pro Pitching Sessions - Out of Competition

  • GOLD created by Christian Wehrlin & Pascal Glatz, producer: Creative Producer Indaba graduate Stefan Eichenberger

https://seriesmania.com/en/

 

INTERNATIONAL MUSIC & CINEMA FESTIVAL MARSEILLE (MCM) (MARCH 30 – APRIL 4)

  • DOG AND WOLF by Tereza Halamová, producer: PUENTES graduate Natália Pavlove
  • DON’T LET THE SUN by Jacqueline Zünd, producers: EAVEs graduates Louis Mataré and Gianfilippo Pedote
  • FANTASY by Kukla, producers: EAVE and EAVE SLATE graduate Vlado Bulajić and EAVE graduate Lija Pogačnik, co-producer: EOD Macedonia graduate Dejan Krajchevski
  • JULIAN by Cato Kusters, co-producers: EAVE graduates Laurette Schillings, Frans van Gestel
  • MAMBO MATERNICA by Borbála Nagy, producer: EAVE graduate Petra Iványi
  • PERLA by Alexandra Makarova, producers: EAVE graduates Arash T. Riahi and Sabine Gruber
  • WHEN IT MELTS by Veerle Baetens, producers: EAVE graduates Jacques-Henri Bronckart, Ellen Havenith, associate producer: Hans Everaert
  • WHITE SNAIL by Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter, producers: EAVE graduate David Bohun and Heino Deckert

https://www.music-cinema.com/en/

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EAVE project KYUSHU MOON supported by Eurimages

In Development

EURIMAGES

The Executive Committee of the Fund has decided to support the co-production of 32 feature films, including 2 documentaries and 1 animation, for a total amount of €9 835 000. 56.25% of the projects are produced by EAVE graduates.

  • A THOUSAND DAYS, A THOUSAND NIGHTS by Syllas Tzoumerkas, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki, co-producer: MW graduate Katarzyna Ozga
  • A FAVOUR by Grimur Hakonarson, co-producers: EAVE graduate Ditte Milsted, MW graduate Katarzyna Ozga
  • BLUE SWEATER WITH A YELLOW HOLE by Tetiana Khodakivska, producer: EAVE participant Elena Saulich
  • DECONSTRUCTION by Pavel G. Vesnakov, producers: Veselka Kiryakova, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Alessandro Amato, EAVE graduate Luigi Chimienti
  • HAPPY DAYS by Floor van der Meulen, producers: EAVE graduates Derk-Jan Warrink and Koji Nelissen
  • TTB project INBETWEEN WORLDS by Diana Cam Van Nguyen, producer: TTB graduate Karolina Davidova
  • EAVE project KYUSHU MOON by Stéphanie Argerich, producer: EAVE graduate Katia Monla
  • LA MANCHE by Damian Kocur, producer: EAVE SLATE graduate Marta Szymanowska
  • LITTLE MARY, ALWAYS A VIRGIN by Anna Jadowska, producer: EAVE graduates Magdalena Sztorc and Thomas Lambert
  • LUCIA by Aisling Walsh, producer: EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, EAVE graduates Jeanne-Marie Poulain and David Power
  • MAALSTROOM by Teddy Cherim, co-producer: EAVE graduate Eurydice Gysel
  • MILCH COW by Miroslav Sikavica, producer: EAVE graduate Miljenka Čogelja
  • SILVERWHITE by Martti Helde, producer: EAVE graduate Elina Litvinova
  • STORMS NAMED AFTER WOMEN by Isabel Muruzábal Lamberti, producer: EAVE graduate Stienette Bosklopper
  • TALES FROM THE GOLDEN AGE by Cristian Mungiu & Ioana Maria Uricaru, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandru Teodorescu
  • THE 8TH CONTINENT by Luuk Bouwman & Tomas Kaan, co-producer: EAVE graduate Hanne Phlypo
  • THE SHAME OF THE BORBÉLY FAMILY by Kálmán Nagy, producers: EAVE graduates Andi G. Hess and Johannes Schubert, co-producer: EAVE graduate Petra Ivanyi
  • THE WORKER by Eliza Petkova , producers: EAVE graduates Karsten Stöter and Veselka Kiryakova

https://www.coe.int/en/web/eurimages

 

IFFR HUBERT BALS FUND

International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR)’s Hubert Bals Fund (HBF) has selected eight feature film projects for its 2026 HBF+Europe support schemes worth €60,000 each.

  • EAVE project THE LAST TEARS OF THE DECEASED by Beza Hailu Lemma, producer: EAVE graduate Tamara Dawit

https://iffr.com/en/hubert-bals-fund

 

In Production

  • EAVE project TING is shooting in South Tyrol. Produced by EAVE graduates Roberto Cavallini, Deborah Nischler, co-produced by EAVE graduate James Heath. At the end of WWI, Marilì, a war orphan, escapes her grim reality by befriending Ting, a creature born from the battlefield's horrors. Harboring a terrifying secret, Ting force Marilì to confront her own trauma in a world crushed by conflict. The film was supported by Creative Europe MEDIA, the Italian Ministry of Culture and by Film Commission Torino Piemonte, IDM Film and Music Commission, Screen Scotland.

https://www.albolina.org/

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MEET EAVE IN APRIL

EAVE+, April 10 - 15, Luxembourg (LU)

EAVE CEO Kristina Trapp (April 10 - 14), EAVE Deputy CEO Satu Elo, EAVE project manager Sarah van den Hoogen

 

Ties That Bind, April 26 - 30, Udine (IT) 

EAVE CEO Kristina Trapp (April 27 - 29), EAVE project manager Tanika Sajatovic

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Hands-on A.I. Producers Lab - a new EAVE collaboration

The Hands-on A.I. Producers Lab (December 3 - 4, 2026, Vienna) presented by International Screen Institute in collaboration with EAVE, is designed for producers ready to engage with AI in a focused, small-group environment, and combines hands-on peer learning with close guidance from experienced mentors.

In a two-day practical, workshop-based format focused on learning by doing, participants work directly with AI tools, practice effective prompting and develop customised workflows or first prototypes for their own production practice.

The Lab is primarily intended for producers who have completed the ISI Future Ready Programme or the EAVE AI Skills Booster. Producers with prior experience working with AI may also apply to attend the Lab as a stand-alone programme.

In order to ensure a shared foundation and to help participants get the most out of the Lab, prior participation of ISI´s Future Ready or EAVE’s AI Skills Booster is highly recommended.

  • Application Deadline: 8 June 2026
  • Regular Programme Fee: 550,- Euros excl. VAT

****Graduates of all EAVE AI Skills Booster editions are eligible for a reduced fee: 450 Euros excl.VAT (10% off the regular fee).

Participants will leave the Lab equipped with:

  • Practical experience applying AI tools to concrete production challenges
  • Having taken essential steps in customising their own personalised AI-based tool, agent, or workflow, developed during the Lab and adapted to their professional needs, individual projects, or existing production pipelines
  • Increased confidence in experimenting with emerging technologies
  • A grounded understanding of ethical, legal, and business implications of AI use
  • Enhanced collaboration skills across creative, technical, and legal perspectives
  • Greater awareness of diversity, ethics, and representation in AI-driven tools and platforms

These outcomes support producers in translating experimentation into responsible and sustainable use of innovation and digital technologies.

The Hands-on A.I. Producers Lab is designed for producers with prior hands-on experience working with AI technologies.

Project requirement
Applicants are expected to apply with a concrete project, production challenge, or development context they wish to work on during the Lab. This ensures that the hands-on format can be directly applied to real-world workflows and individual professional needs.

Prior experience & selection criteria
The Lab is designed for participants with prior exposure to AI-related tools or workflows. Applicants who have previously participated in the Future Ready programme or the EAVE AI Skills Booster will be prioritised in the selection process. For all other applicants, participation in a comparable AI-focused workshop or training programme is strongly recommended to ensure a shared baseline for experimentation and peer exchange.

The working language of the Lab is English; therefore, a good working proficiency is recommended. Applications are welcome from individuals of all nationalities.
Please note that, in the selection process, diversity across participating companies is taken into consideration.

More information and application page: https://www.screeninstitute.eu/course/hands-on-ai-producers-lab/

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Special Offer: Shooting Locations Marketplace in Valladolid, Spain

Dear EAVE members,

We are delighted to announce EAVE has been given up to 15 fully funded spaces on a familiarisation trip to Spain, including attending the annual Shooting Locations Marketplace.

The event starts with the SLM, to be held in Valladolid, on October 14th and 15th, 2026. On the 17th, you will then leave Valladolid and head to the assigned fam trip. The group will split into smaller groups, since you will be visiting several areas not only in Spain but also in other international territories.

The main requirement is to be a producer with a project in development, interested in learning about friendly filming destinations based on the need of locations for upcoming projects.

Below is the full offering from Shooting Locations Marketplace:

  • Return flight tickets from the city of origin to Madrid. Major airports. Date of departure: October 13th.
  • Transfers from the airport in Madrid to Valladolid
  • 3 nights’ accommodation in a 4/5* hotel in Valladolid. October 13th, 14th and 15th.
  • Pre-scheduled meetings with international Film Commissions, Film Studios and Service production companies, based on common interests. Access to the B2B matchmaking venue on October 14th and 15th.
  • Meals included on October 14th and 15th
  • City tour and tapas night in Valladolid on October 13th. Welcome cocktail on October 14th.
  • Post Fam trip all included- Dates and itinerary to be confirmed in July/ August.  

To submit an application to take part as a hosted buyer, fill out the following form by May 4th.

Limited spots. Places will be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis.

If you have any further queries about the above, you can get in touch with Carolina Yepes of Feria De Valladolid by email carolina.yepes@feriavalladolid.com.

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Call for EAVE Producers -  FOCUS ASIA 2026

FOCUS ASIA (April 27-29, 2026) is a unique boutique market within the international co-production landscape, serving as the only initiative exclusively designed for film professionals, decision-makers, and buyers from Asia and Europe. 

Taking place within the Far East Film Festival in Udine, the largest European festival entirely dedicated to popular Asian cinema, FOCUS ASIA aims to establish long-term connections between the Asian film industry and the European audiovisual sector. The event creates opportunities for producers and films to access both Asian and European markets while fostering new artistic and production collaborations.

The programme features a series of complementary initiatives designed to identify alternative investment opportunities (including private investors and equity funds), launch new co-production opportunities, and promote the distribution of films and cultural identity across both areas.

FOCUS ASIA presents a rich industry lineup featuring:

  • All Genres Project Market – A dedicated platform for high-quality feature films in development with strong co-production or co-financing potential between Europe and Asia.

  • Far East in Progress – The first and only European works-in-progress section entirely focused on Asian films in post-production, seeking international distribution and festival premieres.

  • Distribution Lab – Organized in partnership with Europa Distribution, this exclusive lab brings together over 20 distributors from 15+ countries to exchange expertise and explore strategies for international film distribution.

  • Sales Lab – Organized in collaboration with European Film Promotion, this lab offers European sales agents direct access to Asian buyers and insights into sales strategies tailored to the region’s highly fragmented market.

  • EAVE Ties That Bind – A high-level workshop that connects Asian and European film professionals, offering project development support and mentorship from top industry experts.

  • Alongside these core initiatives, FOCUS ASIA also offers an extensive programme of lectures, case studies, one-on-one meetings, and networking activities, providing an unparalleled opportunity for Asian and European professionals to build meaningful and lasting industry connections.

**** Thanks to the partnership between Focus Asia and EAVE, the Festival will offer a free Focus Asia badge and 2 nights' hotel accommodation to the first 5 EAVE producers who will send an email to focusasia@cecudine.org. 

CONTACTS

Elena Bertoni, focusasia@cecudine.org

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

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EAVE Producers Workshop 2026 Hosts International Film Industry Events in Luxembourg

As part of the EAVE Producers Workshop 2026, EAVE welcomed 97 film industry professionals from around 40 countries to Luxembourg for the first session of its year-long training programme, taking place from 6 to 13 March alongside the Luxembourg City Film Festival.

Supported by Creative Europe and Film Fund Luxembourg, EAVE continues to play a key role in upskilling, training and connecting producers and audiovisual professionals from across the globe while reinforcing Luxembourg’s position as an active partner in international co-production.

On 7 March, two dedicated events created opportunities for exchange between workshop participants and the wider film community.

In the afternoon, the public conference “Rethinking Festival and Release Strategies: Adapting Film Releases to a Changing Ecosystem” took place at Cercle Cité. The discussion explored how filmmakers, producers, sales agents and festival representatives can respond to shifting models of film circulation, from premiere strategies to long-term audience visibility. Among the speakers were EAVE graduates Didar Domehri (Maneki Films, France) and Vincent Quenault (Red Lion, Luxembourg).

Later that evening, professionals from across the European audiovisual sector gathered at Mudam Luxembourg for the Mix and Match Evening, an informal event designed to encourage dialogue between EAVE producers, international sales companies, festival representatives and industry guests of the Luxembourg City Film Festival. The gathering offered a relaxed setting for conversations, new contacts and potential future collaborations.

The events have been organised in partnership with the Luxembourg City Film Festival, in collaboration with the Centre National de l’Audiovisuel, and with the valued support of the Film Fund Luxembourg and Creative Europe MEDIA Desk Luxembourg.

EAVE is also proudly supported by the national initiative Luxembourg – Let’s Make It Happen, which celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2026, highlighting the country’s commitment to creativity, openness and international cooperation in the audiovisual sector. 

Luxembourg.

Sustaining creativity.

Creating sustainability.

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EAVE 2026 Welcomes an International Delegation of Film Professionals during the Luxembourg City Film Festival

EAVE, Europe’s leading producer training organisation, is proud to kick off its prestigious year-long training programme: the EAVE Producers Workshop 2026 in Luxembourg, welcoming an exceptional international delegation of film professionals from across the globe.

For nearly four decades, EAVE has been at the forefront of professional training for international film producers. EAVE, based in Luxembourg and supported by the Film Fund Luxembourg and Creative Europe, hosts every year several of its core workshops in Luxembourg, such as the Producers Workshop, the Marketing Workshop and EAVE+.

"In 2025 alone, EAVE brought 254 industry professionals from 56 countries to Luxembourg, and 39 international co-productions have been released by Luxembourg-based EAVE producers - this is a powerful testament to Luxembourg’s dynamic role in the global audiovisual sector, to which EAVE is proud to contribute!" - says EAVE CEO Kristina Trapp.

The first week of the EAVE Producers Workshop 2026 (March 6 – 13) takes place during the Luxembourg City Film Festival (March 5 – 15), the Grand Duchy’s largest annual film event. EAVE brings 97 film professionals from around 40 different countries to Luxembourg to exchange and network with Luxembourgish industry professionals and to promote Luxembourg as co-production partner and film location standing for creativity, diversity and sustainability!

Building on the synergies between the festival and the workshop, a special event has been organised in partnership with the Luxembourg City Film Festival, in collaboration with the Centre National de l’Audiovisuel, and with the valued support of the Film Fund Luxembourg and Creative Europe MEDIA Desk Luxembourg.

RETHINKING FESTIVAL AND RELEASE STRATEGIES: ADAPTING FILM RELEASES TO A CHANGING ECOSYSTEM (Cercle Cité, March 7th, 14:00) – conference open to the public with registration

Among the speakers:

  • EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri (MANEKI FILMS, France)
  • EAVE graduate Vincent Quenault (Red Lion, Luxembourg)

In a rapidly changing film landscape, traditional strategies for premiering and distributing films are now being called into question. This conference brings together filmmakers, producers, international sales agents (Europa International) and festival representatives for an open dialogue on how to rethink festival positioning, premiere selection, market exposure and long-term visibility.

 

MIX AND MATCH EVENING (MUDAM, March 7th, 18:30) – private event on invitation only

Conceived as a convivial gathering at the heart of the European film ecosystem, this event will bring together members of European Film Festivals, Europa International, representatives of the national stage, as well as participants and experts of the 2026 EAVE Producers Workshop, around a simple yet essential objective: building professional connections.

Designed as an informal and stimulating moment of exchange, this initiative aims to foster synergies between festivals, international sales professionals, producers and project leaders. In a context where European cooperation is more strategic than ever, it will provide a welcoming space for meaningful encounters, cross-sector conversations and the emergence of future collaborations.

Both useful and warm in spirit, this gathering will celebrate the power of networks, collective intelligence and the pleasure of coming together to shape the future of European cinema.

 

EAVE is delighted to promote the values and faces of Luxembourg by adopting the signature of LuXembourg - Let’s Make It Happen, an initiative that celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. Happy Anniversary, LuXembourg – Let's Make It Happen!

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EAVE Producers Workshop 2026: The next cohort of EAVE Producers start their one-year training journey in Luxembourg!

In partnership with Film Fund Luxembourg and supported by Creative Europe, EAVE welcomes 56 producers and industry professionals from 35 countries to participate in this year’s programme.

Participants will have the unique opportunity to develop the 29 selected documentary, feature film and series projects under the professional guidance of the EAVE pedagogical team, as well as to focus on their careers, company structures and entrepreneurial skills over one year.

This workshop takes place from March 6–13, 2026 at the Légère Hotel Luxembourg and is the starting point of a transformative training journey spanning over 3 residential workshops. Workshop 2 will take place in Bolzano (Italy) in June and Workshop 3 in Cardiff (Wales) in October-November.

In addition to group work, individual mentoring and consultancy, a rich variety of plenary sessions during this workshop week will include topics such as:

  • Script, series and documentary development
  • The producer’s role
  • Thinking audience & marketing tools
  • Legal aspects in development
  • TV series and documentary production
  • Film & co-production financing
  • Company management tools
  • Pitching
  • AI toolbox for producers
  • Narrative Positioning
  • Career Planning

>>> All plenary sessions are open for interested local professionals in Luxembourg! For the detailed programme and registration, please contact EAVE Deputy CEO Satu Elo satu@eave.org.

Guidance from top-notch Industry Leaders

The participants’ journey this year will be led by EAVE Head of Studies Lise Lense-Møller (Magic Hour Films, Denmark) as well as the four group leaders, Didar Domehri (Maneki Films, France), Ankica Jurić Tilić (Kinorama, Croatia), Oliver Neumann (FreibeuterFilm, Austria) and Joanna Szymanska (Shipsboy, Poland), who are joined by top notch EAVE industry experts in different areas.

The EAVE ‘marketing incubator programme’

EAVE marketing consultants Sarah Calderon and Raquel Cabrera will run a special ‘marketing incubator programme’ in the groups and over the whole year, offering an intense PMD marketing training in cooperation with the EAVE Marketing Workshop.

Synergies shared with the Luxembourg City Film Festival

The EAVE Producers Workshop takes place during the Luxembourg City Film Festival (March 5 – 15), the Grand Duchy’s largest annual film event.

A special event has been organised in partnership with the Festival, in collaboration with the Centre National de l’Audiovisuel, and with the valued support of the Film Fund Luxembourg and Creative Europe MEDIA Desk Luxembourg.

RETHINKING FESTIVAL AND RELEASE STRATEGIES: ADAPTING FILM RELEASES TO A CHANGING ECOSYSTEM, a conference on March 7th, is open to the public with registrations, and it features among the speakers:

  • EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri (MANEKI FILMS, France)
  • EAVE graduate Vincent Quenault (Red Lion, Luxembourg)

The conference will be followed by a private event at MUDAM to bring together festival guest, Luxembourgish film professionals and the EAVE cohort.

Green Business Event

We are happy to announce that the EAVE Producers Workshop 2026 has been certified with the Green Business Events logo for its environmentally friendly organisation. The logo is assigned by the General Directorate for Tourism of the Ministry of the Economy to events that respect certain eco-friendly criteria.

For more information, visit wwww.greenbusinessevents.lu

Special Thanks and Recognition

EAVE expresses special gratitude for the support of Workshop 1 to Film Fund Luxembourg, Creative Europe MEDIA Desk Luxembourg - MEDIA sub-programme and to the Légère Hotel Luxembourg.

Find here the selected participants of EAVE Producers Workshop 2026.

 

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MR NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN wins Best Documentary at the BAFTA Awards

BERLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

Prizes of the International Jury

  • YELLOW LETTERS by lker Çatak, co-written and co-produced by EAVE graduate Enis Köstepen won the Golden Bear of the 76th Berlinale
  • SALVATION by Emin Alper, co-producers: EAVE graduate Stienette Bosklopper, EAVE+ graduate Maarten Swart won the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize
  • ROSE by Markus Schleinzer, producers: EAVE graduate Johannes Schubert, Karsten Stöter won the Silver Bear for Best Lead Performance
  • EAVE project NINA ROZA by Geneviève Dulude-de Celles, producer: EAVE graduate Fanny Drew won the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay

Perspectives

  • FOREST HIGH by Manon Coubia, co-producer: B'EST graduate Charlotte Vincent, EAVE graduate Katia Khazak received a Special Mention (Coup de Coeur) in Perspectives

Panorama Audience Awards

  • PROSECUTION by Faraz Sharia , producer: EAVE graduate Jorgo Narjes won the Audience Award (Fiction) in Panorama
  • TRACES by Aisa Kovalenko and Marysia Nikitiuk, producer: EAVE graduate Izabela Wojcik, EAVE+ graduate Violetta Kaminska won the Audience Award (Documentary) in Panorama
  • THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SUN by Tawfik Sabouni, co-producer: EAVE graduate Hanne Phlypo won the First Runner-up award in Panorama

Generation Competition

  • GUGU’S WORLD by Allan Deberton, producer: EAVE+ graduate Karen Castanho, executive producer: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle won the Grand Prix for the Best Film in Generation Kplus and the Crystal Bear for the Best Film in Generation Kplus
  • ATLAS OF THE UNIVERSE by Paul Negoescu, producers: EAVE graduates Radu Stancu, Ioana Lascăr received a Special Mention
  • SAD GIRLZ by Fernanda Tovar, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Carlo D’Ursi won the Grand Prix for the Best Film in Generation 14plus and the Crystal Bear for the Best Film in Generation 14plus
  • NOT A HERO by Rima Das, co-producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Fran Borgia received a Special Mention

Teddy Awards

  • IVÁN & HADOUM by Ian de la Rosa, producers: EAVE+ graduates José Alba and Odile Antonio-Baez, PUENTES graduate Flavia Biurrun, and EAVE graduate Hubert Toint won the Teddy Award for Best Feature Film
  • TRIAL OF HEIN by Kai Stänicke, producers: EAVE and EAVE+ graduate Dirk Decker, EAVE+ graduate Andrea Schütte won the Jury Award

FIPRESCI Award

  • PUENTES project NARCISO by Marcelo Martinessi, producer: PUENTES graduate Sebastián Peña Escobar, co-producers: EAVE, EAVE+ and PUENTES graduate Agustina Chiarino, EAVE+ graduate Fernando Epstein won the FIPRESCI prize in Panorama

Ecumenical Jury Award

  • RIVER DREAMS by Kristina Mikhailova, co-producer: EAVE participant Nadira Murray won the Ecumenical Jury Award in Forum

Other Awards

  • YELLOW LETTERS by lker Çatak, co-written and co-produced by EAVE graduate Enis Köstepen won the Prize of the Guild of German Arthouse Cinemas
  • PROSECUTION by Faraz Sharia , producer: EAVE graduate Jorgo Narjes won the Heiner Carow Prize and the C.I.C.A.E. Art Cinema Award
  • ON OUR OWN by Tudor Cristian Jurgiu, producers: EAVE graduate Tudor Giurgiu and Bogdan Crăciun won the C.I.C.A.E. Art Cinema Award

Berlinale Co-Production Market

  • LOTUS FEET by Amanda Nell Eu, producer: TTB graduate Foo Fei Ling received the ARTEKino International Award
  • EAVE project THE MOST ROMANTIC MAN IN THE WORLD by Simon Jaquemet, producer: EAVE participant Olga Lamontanara received the VFF Talent Highlight Award
  • Nomination Awards: EAVE graduate Yulia Evina Bhara (KawanKawan Media, Indonesia) and EAVE graduate Gary Cranner (Mantra Film, Norway)

Berlinale Talents

  • EAVE graduate Tapiwa Chipfupa (Ambidextrous Pictures, Zimbabwe) received the main prize of the Berlinale Talents Mastercard Enablement Programme for creating the AVEL (Audiovisual Entrepreneurs Laboratory) Producer’s Lab in Zimbabwe, designed to impart critical skills to emerging producers in a way that contributes to the building of the local film industry and continental film economy.

www.berlinale.de

 

INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ROTTERDAM

CineMart

  • DAUGHTERS OF THE SEA by Martika Ramirez Escobar, producer: EAVE graduate Alba Sotorra won the Eurimages New Lab: Innovation Award
  • LFD HOPE by Joshua Loftin, producer: EAVE graduate Patricia d’Intino won the Eurimages New Lab: Outreach Award
  • THE POET’S SON by Nicolas Graux, producer: EAVE graduate Hanne Phylpo won the ArteKino International Award
  • PALE FACES by Chantel Clark, producers: EAVE graduate and Dutch National Coordinator Frank Hoeve, EAVE graduate Cait Pansegrouw won the Filmmore Post-production Award
  • MARINA by Laís Santos Araújo, Pethrus Tibúrcio, producer: PUENTES graduate Arturo Yepez won the HBF Empowerment Award

https://iffr.com/nl/

 

SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL

  • EAVE project TO HOLD A MOUNTAIN by Biljana Tutorov, Petar Glomazic, producers: EAVE graduates Biljana Tutorov, Anton Iffland won the World Cinema Documentary Grand Jury Prize
  • SHAME AND MONEY by Visar Morina, producers: EAVE graduate Fabian Altenried, PUENTES graduate Sophie Ahrens, co-producers: EAVE graduates Besnik Krapi, Marija Dimitrova, EAVE+ graduate Danijel Hocevar won the World Cinema Dramatic Audience Award
  • FILIPIÑANA by Rafael Manuel, producer: producers: TTB graduates Bradley Liew and Jeremy Chua TTB group leader Bianca Balbuena won the World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Creative Vision
  • 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 won the World Cinema Dramatic Directing Award
  • BIRDS OF WAR by Janay Boulos & Abd Alkader Habak, producer: EAVE+ graduate Sonja Henrici won the World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Journalistic Impact
  • EVERYBODY TO KENMURE STREET by Felipe Bustos Sierra, producer: EAVE graduate Ciara Barry won the World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Civil Resistance
  • HOLD ON TO ME by Myrsini Aristidou, co-producers: EAVE and EAVE+ graduate Konstantina Stavrianou wins World Cinema Dramatic Audience Award

https://festival.sundance.org

 

SANTA BARBARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

  • VERSAILLES by Andres Clariond, producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolás Celis won the Nueva Vision Award for Spain/Latin America Cinema

https://sbiff.org/

 

BRITISH ACADEMY FILM AWARDS

  • BOONG by Lakshmipriya Devi, producer: MW graduate Alan McAlex won Best Children's & Family Film 
  • MR NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN by David Borenstein, Pavel Ilyich Talankin, Co-director Pavel Talankin, co-producer: EAVE graduate Radovan Sibrt won Best Documentary
  • SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic won Best Film Not in the English Language

https://www.bafta.org/awards/film/

 

IRISH FILM & TELEVISION ACADEMY AWARDS

  • SAIPAN (REPEAT) by Glenn Leyburn, Lisa Barros D'Sa, producer: EAVE graduate Macdara Kelleher won Best Lead Actor (Éanna Hardwicke)
  • BUGONIA by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney won Best International Actress (Emma Stone)
  • DIE MY LOVE by Lynne Ramsay, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Calderwood won Best Cinematography (Seamus McGarvey)
  • BLUE MOON by Richard Linklater, executive producer: EAVE graduate Macdara Kelleher won Best Costume Design (Consolata Boyle)

https://ifta.ie/news/dts/winners26.php

 

BELGIAN ENSOR AWARDS

  • YOUNG HEARTS by Anthony Schatteman, producer: EAVE graduate Xavier Rombaut, co-producers: EAVE graduates Floor Onrust, Annabella Nezri won Best Youth Fiction, Play Kinepolis Audience Award and Best Performance in a Supporting Role - Film (Emilie De Roo)

https://www.ensors.be/en/news/these-are-all-winners-ensors-2026

 

GÖTEBORG FILM FESTIVAL

  • CALLE MALAGA by Maryam Touzani, producer: EAVE graduate Fred Burle won the Dragon Award Best International Film
  • MY FATHER’S SHADOW by Akinola Davies, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney won the Youth Jury Dragon Award
  • THE PATRON by Julie Thelin, producer: EAVE graduate Eliza Jones won the Angelospriset (Swedish Church Film Prize)

Nordic Film Market

  • CHENTIAN by Suha Arraf, producer: EAVE graduate May Odeh won the Tint Post-Production Award

https://goteborgfilmfestival.se/en

 

INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS

  • THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE by Mona Fastvold, producer: EAVE graduate Viktoria Petrányi won Best Editing (Sofía Subercaseaux)
  • THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonça Filho, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, EAVE graduate Léontine Petit won Best International Film

https://www.filmindependent.org/spirit-awards/ 

 

GAUDI AWARDS

  • SIRAT by Oliver Laxe, producer: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font won Best Non-Catalan Language Film, Best Production, Best Art Direction, Best Original Music, Best Cinematography, Best Sound, Best Visual Effects, Best Makeup and HairstyliFURY by Gemma Blasco, producer: PUENTES graduate and EAVE graduate Mireilla Graell won Best New Director, Best Actress
  • ROMERIA by Carla Simon, producer: EAVE graduate and Spanish National Coordinator Maria Zamora won Best Breakthrough Performance
  • EAVE project MADE OF SUGAR by Claudia Cedo, producer: EAVE graudtae Ariadna Dot won Best Short Film
  • EAVE Marketing Workshop project FLOW by Gints Zilbalodis, producer: EAVE graduate Matiss Kaza won Best European Film

https://academiadelcinema.cat/ca/premis-gaudi/xviii-premis-gaudi

 

SHORTFILMWIRE CLERMONT-FERRAND

  • A SHORT ART by Ilke Paddenburg, producer: EAVE graduate Maarten Van der Ven won the Audience Award
  • BLUE HEART by Samuel Suffren, producer: EAVE graduate Carine Ruszniewski won the International Grand Prize
  • BLEAT! by Ananth Subramaniam, producers: TTB graduate Choo Mun Bel and Bradley Liew won the Student Jury Prize
  • WATER SPORTS by Whammy Alcazaren, producer:  TTB and EAVE graduate Alemberg Ang received the Special Mention by the Lab jury

https://www.shortfilmwire.com/

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EAVE project SKIFF in Belgian cinemas

  • EAVE project SKIFF by Cecilia Verheyden, producer: EAVE graduate Elisa Heene, co-producer: EAVE graduate Leontine Petit in Belgian cinemas this month.

https://www.miragefilms.be/

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EAVE Marketing Workshop project THE BIRTHDAY PARTY showcased at Glasgow

Shortfilmwire Clermont-Ferrand (January 30 – February 7)

  • A SHORT ART by Ilke Paddenburg, producer: EAVE graduate Maarten Van der Ven
  • AGAPITO by Arvin Belarmino and Kyla Romero, producer: TTB and EAVE graduate Alemberg Ang
  • ASTRONAUTA by Giorgio Giampà, producer: EAVE graduate Lorenzo Cioffi and TTB and EAVE graduate Avantika Singh Desbouvries
  • BLEAT! by Ananth Subramaniam, producers: TTB graduate Choo Mun Bel and Bradley Liew
  • BLUE HEART by Samuel Suffren, producer: EAVE graduate Carine Ruszniewski
  • EL BANNER by Tomás Terzano, producer: PUENTES graduate Julieta Juncadella
  • LOYNES by Dorian Jespers, producer: EAVE graduate Benoît Roland
  • CE QUI N’EXISTE PAS N’EXISTE PAS by Franck Morand, Guillaume Senez, Lazare Gousseau, producer: TTB graduate Nathan Duboutay
  • COYOTES by Said Zagha, producers: EAVE graduate Myriam Sassine and Petra Ivanyi, co-producer: EAVE graduate Rula Nasser
  • ÉQUARRISSEURS by Hippolyte Burkhart-Uhlen, producer: EAVE graduate Laurent Dené
  • PENINSULA by David Gašo, co-producer: EAVE graduate Danijel Pek
  • WATER SPORTS by Whammy Alcazaren, producer:  TTB and EAVE graduate Alemberg Ang
  • A LONG GOODBYE by Victor Maes and Kate Voet, producers: MW graduate An Oost, EAVE graduates Emmy Oost and Donato Rotunno
  • THE EXPLODING GIRL VR by Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel, producer: EAVE graduate Mando Stathi
  • THE DOLLHOUSE by Charlotte Bruneau and Dominic Desjardins, producer: EAVE MW graduate and EAVE participant Helène Walland

https://www.shortfilmwire.com/fr/2026

 

Santa Barbara International Film Festival (February 4 – 14)

  • A PALE VIEW OF HILLS by Kei Ishikawa, producers: EAVE graduate Marta Gmosińska and Mariusz Wlodarski
  • BROKEN VOICES by Ondřej Provazník, producer: EAVE graduate Jiří Konečný
  • CUBA & ALASKA by Yegor Troyanovsky, producer: EAVE graduate Hanne Phlypo
  • DEATH AND LIFE MADALENA by Guto Parente, co-producer: EAVE graduate Isabel Machado
  • THE HEART IS A MUSCLE by Imran Hamdulay, producer: EAVE graduate Khosie Dali
  • LAUNDRY by Zamo Mkhwanazi, producer: EAVE+ graduate Philippe Coeytaux
  • MATURITY by Jean-Benoît Ugeux, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland
  • MAYSOON by Nancy Biniadaki, producer: EAVE graduate Christopher Zitterbart
  • NOMAD SHADOW by Eimi Imanishi, producers: EAVE graduate Belén Sánchez Silvero, PUENTES graduate Queralt Pons Serra
  • NO MERCY by Isabella Willinger, co-producers: MW and EAVE+ graduate Peter Drössler, FFF, EAVE+ and EAVE graduate Sabine Gruber
  • PERLA by Alexandra Makarová, producers: FFF, EAVE+ and EAVE graduate Sabine Gruber, MW, EAVE and EAVE+ graduate Arash T. Riahi
  • SAIPAN by Lisa Barros D’Sa and Glenn Leyburn, producer: EAVE graduate Macdara Kelleher
  • SANATORIUM by Gar O’Rourke, producer: EAVE graduate Andrew Freedman
  • SILENT REBELLION by Marie-Elsa Sgualdo, producer: EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes
  • STEAL AWAY by Clement Virgo, producer: FFF, MW, EAVE and EAVE+ graduate Peter De Maegd
  • VANISHING GOATS by Marie Rémond, producer: PUENTES graduate Lionel Massol
  • VERSAILLES by Andres Clariond, producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolás Celis
  • YUNAN by Ameer Fakher Eldin, producers: EAVE graduates Dorothe Beinemeier, Marco Valerio Fusco, Tony Copti; EAVE participant Jiries Copti won Best Actor

https://sbiff.org/

 

Berlin International Film Festival (February 13 – 23)

Competition

  • AT THE SEA by Kornél Mundruczó, producer: EAVE graduate Viktoria Petrányi
  • DUST by Anke Blondé, co-producers: EAVE graduate Krystyna Kantor, EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas, EAVE graduate and group leader Joanna Szymanska, associate producer: EAVE graduate Stephen Vandingenen
  • HOME STORIES by Eva Trobisch, producer: EAVE+ graduate David Armati Lechner, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
  • IN A WHISPER by Leyla Bouzid, producer: EAVE graduate Caroline Nataf
  • NIGHTBORN by Hanna Bergholm, co-producer: TTB graduate Christopher Granier-Deferre
  • EAVE project NINA ROZA by Geneviève Dulude-de Celles, producer: EAVE graduate Fanny Drew
  • ROSE by Markus Schleinzer, producers: EAVE graduate Johannes Schubert, Karsten Stöter
  • SALVATION by Emin Alper, co-producers: EAVE graduate Stienette Bosklopper, EAVE+ graduate Maarten Swart
  • YELLOW LETTERS by lker Çatak, co-written and co-produced by EAVE graduate Enis Köstepen

Perspectives

  • 17 by Kosara Mitic, co-producers: EAVE and EAVE SLATE graduate Vlado Bulajić, EAVE graduates Miroslav Mogorovic and Lija Pogačnik
  • A PRAYER FOR THE DYING by Dara van Dusen, producers: EAVE graduate Dyveke Bjørkly Graver, FFF graduate Ondrej Zima, co-producers: EAVE+ graduate Fenia Cossovitsa, EAVE graduate Vicky Miha
  • FILIPIÑANA by Rafael Manuel, producer: producers: TTB graduates Bradley Liew and Jeremy Chua, TTB group leader Bianca Balbuena, co-producer: TTB graduate Sam Chua Weishi
  • FOREST HIGH by Manon Coubia, co-producer: B'EST graduate Charlotte Vincent, EAVE graduate Katia Khazak
  • OUR SECRET by Grace Passô, co-producers: EAVE graduate Rachel Daisy Clarke Ellis, EAVE and Creative Producer Indaba graduate Julia Alves
  • THE RED HANGAR by Juan Pablo Sallato, co-producer: MW graduate Stefano Mutolo
  • TRIAL OF HEIN by Kai Stänicke, producers: EAVE and EAVE+ graduate Dirk Decker, EAVE+ graduate Andrea Schütte
  • TRULY NAKED by Muriel d’Ansembourg, producers: TTB graduates Isabella Depeweg and Els Vandevorst, co-producers: EAVE+ graduate and TTB Head of Studies Christophe Bruncher, EAVE+ graduate Tom Dercourt, EAVE graduate Antonino Lombardo
  • WHERE TO? by Assaf Machnes, producer: EAVE graduate Luis Singer

Panorama

  • AROUND PARADISE by Yulia Lokshina, producer: EAVE+ graduate David Armati Lechner
  • ÁRRU by Elle Sofe Sara, producer: EAVE and PUENTES graduate Elisa Fernanda Pirir
  • A RUSSIAN WINTER, by Patric Chiha, producers: Interchange and B’EST graduate Charlotte Vincent and EAVE graduate Katia Khazak
  • DOUGLAS GORDON BY DOUGLAS GORDON by Finlay Pretsell, producer: EAVE+ graduate Sonja Henrici, co-producer: EAVE and EAVE+ graduate Estelle Robin You
  • ENOUGH IS ENOUGH by Elisé Sawasawa, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Dumoulin
  • IVÁN & HADOUM by Ian de la Rosa, producers: EAVE+ graduates José Alba and Odile Antonio-Baez, PUENTES graduate Flavia Biurrun, and EAVE graduate Hubert Toint
  • JARIPEO by Efraín Mojica, Rebecca Zweig, co-producer: EAVE graduate Carine Chichkowsky
  • LADY by Olive Nwosu, associate producer: EAVE graduate Victoria Thomas
  • LONDON by Sebastian Brameshuber, producer: EAVE graduate David Bohun
  • PUENTES project NARCISO by Marcelo Martinessi, producer: PUENTES graduate Sebastián Peña Escobar, co-producers: EAVE, EAVE+ and PUENTES graduate Agustina Chiarino, EAVE+ graduate Fernando Epstein
  • NUMB by Takuya Uchiyama, producer: TTB graduate Naomi Satoh
  • PARADISE by Jérémy Comte, producer: EAVE graduate Fabian Westerhoff, associate producer: EAVE graduate Julie Viez
  • PROSECUTION by Faraz Shariat, producer: EAVE graduate Jorgo Narjes
  • RAGING by Ryan Machado, producer: EAVE graduate Alemberg Ang
  • SIRI HUSTVEDT – DANCE AROUND THE SELF by Sabine Lidl, producer: EAVE graduate Karin Koch
  • THE EDUCATION OF JANE CUMMING by Sophie Heldman, producer: EAVE+ graduate Bettine Brokemper, EAVE graduate Karin Koch, EAVE participant Nadira Murray
  • THE GARDEN WE DREAMED by Joaquín del Paso, producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolás Celís
  • THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SUN by Tawfik Sabouni, co-producer: EAVE graduate Hanne Phlypo
  • TRACES by Aisa Kovalenko and Marysia Nikitiuk, producer: EAVE graduate Izabela Wojcik, EAVE+ graduate Violetta Kaminska
  • TRISTAN FOREVER by Tobias Nölle, Loran Bonnardot, producer: EAVE+ graduate Christof Neracher, associate producers: EAVE and PUENTES graduate Jean des Forêts, EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler
  • TWO MOUNTAINS WEIGHING DOWN MY CHEST by Viv Li, producer: EAVE graduate Olivia Sophie Van Leeuwen

Forum

  • EL LEON directed and produced by PUENTES graduate Diana Bustamante
  • LUST by Ralitza Petrova, co-producers: TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin, EAVE graduates Katrin Pors, Anna Byvald
  • NARRATIVE by Anocha Suwichakornpong, producer: TTB graduate Mai Meksawan
  • ON OUR OWN by Tudor Cristian Jurgiu, producers: EAVE graduates Tudor Giurgiu, Bogdan Crăciun
  • RIVER DREAMS by Kristina Mikhailova, co-producer: EAVE participant Nadira Murray
  • SCENARIO by Marie Wilke, producer: EAVE graduate Heino Deckert
  • UCHRONIA by Fil Ieropoulos, co-producer: EAVE graduate Steven Rubinstein Malamud
  • WOMEN AS LOVERS by Koxi, producers: EAVE+ graduates Herbert Schwering, Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu

Berlinale Special

Berlinale Special Gala

  • HEYSEL 85 by Teodora Ana Mihai, producer: EAVE graduate Hans Everaert
  • NO GOOD MEN by Shahrbanoo Sadat, co-producers: EAVE graduates Maxi Haslberger, Katja Adomeit
  • THE BLOOD COUNTESS by Ulrike Ottinger, producer: EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu
  • THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE by Mona Fastvold, producer: EAVE graduate Viktoria Petrányi
  • THE WEIGHT by Padraic McKinley producer: EAVE+ and MW graduate Jonas Katzenstein

Berlinale Special Midnight

  • MONSTER PABRIK RAMBUT (SLEEP NO MORE) by Edwin, co-producer: EAVE graduate Roshanak Behesht Nedjad

Berlinale Special Series

  • MINT by Charlotte Regan, producer: EAVE graduate Angus Lamont

Generation

Generation Kplus

  • ATLAS OF THE UNIVERSE by Paul Negoescu, producers: EAVE graduates Radu Stancu, Ioana Lascăr
  • BATS & BUGS by Lena von Döhren , producer: MW and EAVE graduate Sarah Born, EAVE and EAVE+ graduate Dario Schoch
  • GHOST SCHOOL by Seemab Guu, co-producers: EAVE graduate Dorothe Beinemeier, EAVE+ graduate Steffen Gerdes
  • GUGU’S WORLD by Allan Deberton, producer: EAVE+ graduate Karen Castanho, executive producer: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle
  • IMAGINARY NUMBERS by Jelica Jerinić, producer: EAVE and EAVE+ graduate Snezana Van Houwelingen, co-producer: EAVE graduate Tina Tisljar
  • NOT A HERO by Rima Das, co-producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Fran Borgia
  • PAPAYA by Priscilla Kellen, producer: EAVE and MW graduate Letícia Friedrich

Generation 14plus

  • BLACK BURNS FAST by Sanduela Asanda, producers: EAVE graduates Cait Pansegrouw, Elias Ribeiro
  • QUATRO MENINAS by Karen Suzane, producer: EAVE graduate Ellen Havenith
  • SAD GIRLZ by Fernanda Tovar, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Carlo D’Ursi
  • THE LIGHTS, THEY FALL by Saša Vajda, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Sophie Ahrens, EAVE graduate Fabian Altenried, executive producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler

Berlinale Shorts

  • SHOT REVERSE SHOT by Radu Jude, Adrian Cioflâncă, producer: EAVE graduate Alex Teodorescu
  • SOULS OF FOUTA by Alpha Diallo, co-producer: Creative Producer Indaba graduate Souleymane Kébé

EFM Animation Days

  • GOYA, CAVE OF DREAMS by DK and Hugh Welchman, producers: EAVE graduates Alba Sotorra, Belen Sanchez, Hugh Welchman
  • EAVE project RED ZONE by Iryna Tsilyk, producer: EAVE graduate Darya Bassel, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marion Guth
  • SAIMA: SCENES FROM A MIDLIFE CRISIS by Chintis Lundgren, Draško Ivezić, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Ostrat
  • THE TWILIGHT WORLD produced by EAVE graduate Kristine Knudsen

Berlinale Co-Production Market

Official Feature Project Selection 2026

  • ALL IN MY FAMILY by Hao Wu, producer: TTB graduate Julia Xu
  • BLACK AS SNOW by Farhad Delaram, producer: EAVE graduate Caroline Nataf
  • FERAL by Nihaarika Negi, producer: EAVE participant Naren Chandavarkar
  • KARMIC KNOT by Signe Baumane, producers: EAVE FFF graduate Robert Vinovskis, PUENTES graduate Dominiks Jarmakovics
  • LOTUS FEET by Amanda Nell Eu, producer: TTB graduate Foo Fei Ling
  • MERCURY CHILD by Leonie Krippendorff, producer: EAVE graduate Verona Meier
  • NATIVITY by Francisca Alegría, producer: PUENTES, TTB, MW and EAVE+ graduate Giancarlo Nasi
  • PEOPLE STILL DIE OF LOVE by Fernando Guzzoni, producer: PUENTES graduate Florencia Rodriguez
  • RIOT/GIRL by Arman T. Riahi, producers: EAVE graduates Arash T. Riahi, Peter Drössler
  • SYLVIA by Aida Begic, producer: EAVE graduate Snezana van Houwelingen
  • THE BLACK GOAT by Eduardo Casanova, producer: EAVE graduate and Spanish National Coordinator Merry Colomer

"Berlinale Directors" projects

  • THE LAST FRONTIER by Rodrigo Moreno, producers: PUENTES graduate Ezequiel Borovinsky, EAVE graduate Gilles Chanial
  • THE VACATION by Dénes Nagy, producers: EAVE graduates Sára László, Marcell Gerő, Jean-Laurent Csinidis

World Cinema Market Project

  • BLUE CARD by Mohammed Alomda, producer: Creative Producer Indaba graduate Mohamed Alomda

Rotterdam-Berlinale Express

  • BEIRUT BABY by Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige, producer: EAVE graduate Myriam Sassine

Talent Project Market

  • ACTS OF KINDNESS by Ellen Ugelstad, producer: EAVE graduate and Norwegian National Coordinator Gary Cranner
  • APNEA by Lô Politi, producer: EAVE graduate Leonardo Mecchi
  • EAVE project CLAUDE by Narcisse Wandji, producer: EAVE graduate Evodie Ngueyeli
  • MISS PANDORA by Jan Forsström, producer: EAVE graduate Marja Pihlaja
  • PORTO ALEGRE by Alvaro Gago, producer: EAVE graduate Mireia Graell
  • EAVE project THE MOST ROMANTIC MAN IN THE WORLD by Simon Jaquemet, producer: EAVE participant Olga Lamontanara
  • WATCH IT BURN by Makbul Mubarak, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Yulia Evina Bhara

Company Matching Programme

  • 2Brave Productions, Ukraine - CHANGE participant Kateryna Yahodka
  • Bubbles Project, Brazil - PUENTES graduate and National Coordinator Latin America Tatiana Leite
  • Elastica, Spain - EAVE graduate Maria Zamora
  • Kino Produzioni, Italy - EAVE graduates Giovanni Pompili, Lara Costa-Calzado
  • X Filme Creative Pool, Germany - EAVE graduate Jorgo Narjes

Copro Series Projects

  • GOLD, produced by EAVE graduate Ivan Madeo, Creative Producer Indaba graduate Stefan Eichenberger
  • THE GRANDDAUGHTER, produced by EAVE+ graduate David Armati Lechner
  • JAMANDA!, produced by EAVE graduate Leontine Petit
  • ANGELMAKER, produced by EAVE graduates Anamaria Antoci, Anda Ionescu

Berlinale Talents

  • Creative Producer Indaba graduate Sawsan Yusuf
  • PUENTES graduate Carlos Hernandez Vazquez
  • TTB, MW graduate and EAVE participant Matija Drnikovic
  • EAVE graduate Evodie Ngueyeli
  • TTB graduate Loy Te
  • PUENTES graduate Irene Cadavid
  • EAVE participant Estephania Bonnett
  • EAVE MW graduate Brigita Beniušytė
  • EAVE MW graduate Ajandok Gyenis
  • EAVE graduate Leonardo Mecchi
  • EAVE graduate Ram Krishna Pokharel
  • EAVE graduate Maria Ibrahimova
  • EAVE graduate and Norwegian National Coordinator Gary Cranner
  • EAVE graduate Yulia Evina Bhara
  • EAVE participant Olga Lamontanara
  • EAVE graduate Mireia Graell
  • EAVE graduate Marja Pihjala
  • EAVE graduate Tapiwa Chipfupah

EFM SCREENINGS

  • 18 HOLES TO PARADISE by João Nuno Pinto, producer: EAVE graduate Andreia Nunes, co-producers: MW and EAVE graduate Roberto Cavallinni, EAVE graduate Debora Nischler
  • 500 MILES by Morgan Matthews, producer: EAVE graduate Martina Niland
  • 9 MOONS by Patricia Ortega, producer: EAVE graduate Olmo Figueredo González-Quevedo
  • A BRIGHT FUTURE by Lucía Garibaldi, producer: PUENTES graduate Pancho Magnou, co-producer: Jamila Wenske
  • A BURNING MAN by Eyal Halfon, producer: EAVE graduate Michael Rozenbaum
  • AISHA CAN’T FLY AWAY by Morad Mostafa, producer: EAVE graduate Ahmed Amer, co-producers: EAVE graduate May Odeh and Creative Producer Indaba graduate Sawsan Yusuf
  • AKASHI by Mayumi Yoshida, producer: ACCESS graduate Nach Dudsdeemaytha
  • ALL MY SISTERS by Massoud Bakhshi, producer: EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu
  • ALL NIGHT WRONG by Jason James, producer: EAVE graduate Amber Ripley
  • AMSTERDAMNED II by Dick Maas, producer: MW, FFF, EAVE+ and EAVE graduate Peter De Maegd
  • ANOTHER MAN by David Moragas, producer: PUENTES graduate Alba Bosch-Duran
  • A PRAYER FOR THE DYING by Dara van Dusen, producers: EAVE graduate Dyveke Bjørkly Graver, FFF graduate Ondrej Zima, co-producers: EAVE+ graduate Fenia Cossovitsa, EAVE graduate Vicky Miha
  • ÁRRU by Elle Sofe Sara, producer: EAVE and PUENTES graduate Elisa Fernanda Pirir
  • A RUSSIAN WINTER, by Patric Chiha, producers: Interchange and B’EST graduate Charlotte Vincent and EAVE graduate Katia Khazak
  • ATHLETE by Semih Gülen, co-producers: EAVE and EAVE+ graduate Anamaria Antoci, EAVE+, TTB and EAVE graduate Anda Ionescu
  • ATLAS OF THE UNIVERSE by Paul Negoescu, producers: MW and EAVE graduate Ioana Lascar, MW, TTB, EAVE and PUENTES graduate Radu Stancu
  • AT THE SEA by Kornél Mundruczó, producer: EAVE graduate Viktoria Petrány
  • A USEFUL GHOST by Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke, producer: TTB graduate Karim Aitouna, co-producer: EAVE graduate May Odeh
  • BATS & BUGS by Lena von Döhren , producer: MW and EAVE graduate Sarah Born, EAVE and EAVE+ graduate Dario Schoch
  • CALLE MALAGA by Maryam Touzani, producer: EAVE graduate Fred Burle
  • CLOSURE by Michał Marczak, producer: EAVE graduate Monika Braid
  • CONRAD & CRAB - IDIOTIC GEMS by Claude Schmitz, producer: EAVE graduates Benoît Roland and Jéremy Forni
  • COSMONAUTS by Leo Cernic, producer: EAVE graduate Katja Lenarcic and EAVE+ graduate Danijel Hocevar, co-producer: EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar
  • DEAD LANGUAGE by Oded Binnun and Mihal Brezis, producer: MW graduate Gal Greenspan
  • DOUGLAS GORDON BY DOUGLAS GORDON by Finlay Pretsell, producer: EAVE+ graduate Sonja Henrici, co-producer: EAVE and EAVE+ graduate Estelle Robin You
  • DO YOU LOVE ME by Lana Daher, producer: FFF and EAVE graduate Jean-Laurent Csinidis
  • DUST by Anke Blondé, co-producers: EAVE graduate Krystyna Kantor, EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas, EAVE graduate and group leader Joanna Szymanska, associate producer: EAVE graduate Stephen Vandingenen
  • EAVE project NINA ROZA by Geneviève Dulude-de Celles, producer: EAVE graduate Fanny Drew
  • EAVE project SKIFF by Cecilia Verheyden, producer: EAVE graduate Elisa Heene, co-producer: EAVE graduate Eliza Jones
  • EAVE project TO HOLD A MOUNTAIN by Biljana Tutorov, Petar Glomazic, producers: EAVE graduates Biljana Tutorov, Anton Iffland Stettner, Eva Kuperman
  • ELISA by Leonardo Di Constanzo, producers: EAVE+ graduates Carlo Cesto-Dina, Michela Pini and Amel Soudain
  • ENJOY YOUR STAY by Dominik Locher and Honeylyn Joy Alipio, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Dumoulin, Europe graduate Jacques Bidou
  • EVERYBODY TO KENMURE STREET by Felipe Bustos Sierra, producer: EAVE graduate Ciara Barry
  • EXTRAORDINARY by Vanda Raymanová  andMarina Andree Skop, producer: EAVE graduate Tibor Keser, co-producer: MW and EAVE graduate Ida Weiss
  • FATHER by Tereza Nvotová, producer: EAVE graduate Marta Gmosińska, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marius Wlodarski
  • FILIPIÑANA by Rafael Manuel, producer: producers: TTB graduates Bradley Liew and Jeremy Chua, TTB group leader Bianca Balbuena
  • FLOPHOUSE AMERICA by Monica Strømdahl, producer: EAVE graduate Beathe Hofseth
  • FORASTERA by Lucía Aleñar Iglesias, producers: TTB graduate Marta Cruañas, EAVE graduate Ariadna Dot, EAVE graduate and Italian National Coordinator Giovanni Pompili
  • FOREST HIGH by Manon Coubia, co-producer: B'EST graduate Charlotte Vincent, EAVE graduate Katia Khazak
  • FRONTIER by Judith Colell, producer: EAVE graduate Katleen Goossens
  • GUGU’S WORLD by Allan Deberton, producer: EAVE+ graduate Karen Castanho
  • HEYSEL 85 by Teodora Ana Mihai, producer: EAVE graduate Hans Everaert
  • HOLD ON TO ME by Myrsini Aristidou, co-producers: EAVE graduate Konstantina Stavrianou
  • HOME STORIES by Eva Trobisch, producer: EAVE+ graduate David Armati Lechner, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
  • HONESTLY, I’M FINE by Anne de Clercq, producer: EAVE+ graduate Hanneke Niens
  • 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
  • ICE GRAVE by Robin Hunzinger, producer: EAVE graduate Cédric Bonin
  • IMAGINARY NUMBERS by Jelica Jerinic, producer: Snezana van Houwelingen, co-producer: EAVE graduate Tina Tisljar
  • IN A WHISPER by Leyla Bouzid, producer: MW and EAVE graduate Caroline Nataf
  • IVÁN & HADOUM by Ian de la Rosa, producers: EAVE+ graduates José Alba and Odile Antonio-Baez, PUENTES graduate Flavia Biurrun, and EAVE graduate Hubert Toint
  • KALEVALA: THE STORY OF KULLERVO by Antti J. Jokinen, producer: EAVE+ graduate Marko Röhr
  • KARLA by Christina Tournatzés, producer: PUENTES graduate Jamila Wenske
  • KOMAR by Timur Makarevic, producers: EAVE and EAVE+ graduates Amra Bakšić Čamo and Adis Djapo
  • KRISTALLNACHT by Stefan Ruzowitzky, producers: EAVE graduate Danny Krausz and MW graduate Florian Krügel
  • LAST CALL by Sherif Francis, associate producer: EAVE, EAVE+ and Greek National Coordinator Konstantinos Kontovrakis
  • LAUNDRY by Zamo Mkhwanazi, producer: EAVE+ graduate Philippe Coeytaux
  • LIFE IS LIFE by Riccardo Milani, producer: FFF graduate Lorenzo Gangarossa
  • LOCAL SHADOW by Eimi Imanishi, producers: EAVE graduate Belén Sánchez Silvero, PUENTES graduate Queralt Pons Serra
  • LONDON by Sebastian Brameshuber, producer: EAVE graduate David Bohun
  • MAIGRET AND THE DEAD LOVER, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart
  • MAILIN by María Silvestre Esteve, producer: EAVE and PUENTES graduate Radu Stancu
  • MELT by Nikolaus Geyrhalter, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Michael Kitzberger
  • MONKAM by Narcisse Wandji, producer: EAVE graduate Evodie Ngueyeli
  • MONSTER PABRIK RAMBUT (SLEEP NO MORE) by Edwin, co-producer: EAVE graduate Roshanak Behesht Nedjad
  • MOSQUITOES by Nicole Bertani and Valentina Bertani, producers: EAVE graduate Olga Lamontanara and EAVE+ graduate Michela Pini
  • NAK MUAY by Tinge, producer: TTB graduate Lee Thomas
  • NO GOOD MEN by   Shahrbanoo Sadat, producer: EAVE graduate Maximilian Haslberger
  • NOT A HERO by Rima Das, co-producer: FFF, TTB and EAVE graduate Fran Borgia
  • NOTHING BETWEEN US by Juan Taratuto, producer: EAVE and PUENTES graduate Sandino Saravia Vinay
  • OH, THIS UNSPEAKABLE VOID by Simon Verhoeven, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
  • ON OUR OWN by Tudor Cristian Jurgiu, producers: EAVE graduate Tudor Giurgiu and Bogdan Crăciun
  • PAPAYA by Priscilla Kellen, producer: EAVE and MW graduate Letícia Friedrich
  • PARADISE by Jérémy Comte, producer: EAVE graduate Fabian Westerhoff, associate producer: EAVE graduate Julie Viez
  • PET PEEVES by Javier Polo Gandía, producer: EAVE graduate Gerard Rodríguez
  • PROYECTO GLOBAL by Ivo Ferreira, co-producer: EAVE graduate Donato Rotunno
  • PROSECUTION by Faraz Shariat , producer: EAVE graduate Jorgo Narjes
  • PUENTES project NARCISO by Marcelo Martinessi, producer: PUENTES graduate Sebastián Peña Escobar
  • PUENTES project THE ANATOMY OF THE HORSES by Daniel Vidal Toche, producer: PUENTES graduate Ignacio Vuelta
  • RIVER DREAMS by Kristina Mikhailova, co-producer: EAVE participant Nadira Murray
  • ROSE by Markus Schleinzer, producers: EAVE graduate Johannes Schubert, Karsten Stöter
  • SAD GIRLZ by Fernanda Tovar, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Carlo D’Ursi
  • SALVATION by Emin Alper, co-producers: EAVE graduate Stienette Bosklopper, EAVE+ graduate Maarten Swart
  • SHAME AND MONEY by Visar Morina, producers: EAVE graduate Fabian Altenried, PUENTES graduate Sophie Ahrens, co-producers: EAVE graduates Besnik Krapi, Marija Dimitrova, EAVE+ graduate Danijel Hocevar
  • SHOT REVERSE SHOT by Radu Jude, Adrian Cioflâncă, producer: EAVE graduate Alex Teodorescu
  • SICKO by Aitore Zholdaskali, producer: EAVE graduate Anna Katchko
  • SILENT REBELLION by Marie-Elsa Sgualdo, producer: EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes
  • SORELLA DI CLAUSURA by Ivana Mladenovic, producer: EAVE graduate Ada Solomon
  • SOULS OF FOUTA by Alpha Diallo, co-producer: Creative Producer Indaba graduate Souleymane Kébé
  • STEAL AWAY by Clement Virgo, producer: FFF, MW EAVE and EAVE+ graduate Peter De Maegd
  • STRANGE RIVER by Jaume Claret Muxart, producers: EAVE graduates Xavi Font, Fabian Altenried, PUENTES graduate Sophie Ahrens
  • STRAWBERRIES by Laïla Marrakchi, co-producers: EAVE graduate Elisa Heene, EAVE graduate Adrià Monés,
  • TELL ME EVERYTHING by Moshe Rosenthal, producer: MW graduate Gal Greenspan
  • THE BLOOD COUNTESS by Ulrike Ottinger, producer: EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu
  • THE EDUCATION OF JANE CUMMING by Sophia Heldman, producers: EAVE+ graduate Bettina Brokemper, EAVE graduate Karen Koch, co-producer: EAVE graduate Nadira Murray
  • THE ETERNITY MAN by Ivan NIkolaichuk, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Ikka Matila
  • THE EYES OF OTHERS by Andrea Se Sica, producer: Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli
  • THE FALL OF SIR DOUGLAS WEATHERFORD by Sean Robert Dunn, associate producer: EAVE participant Nadira Murray
  • THE FROG AND THE WATER by Thomas Stuber, co-producer: EAVE graduate Magdalena Welter
  • THE LAST RESORT by Maria Sødahl, co-producers: EAVE graduate Dyveke Bjørkly Graver, EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar
  • THE LIGHTS, THEY FALL by Saša Vajda, producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Sophie Ahrens, EAVE graduate Fabian Altenried
  • THE MYSTERIOUS GAZE OF THE FLAMINGO by Diego Cespedes, producer: PUENTES and TTB graduate Giancarlo Nasi
  • THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SUN by Tawfik Sabouni, co-producer: EAVE graduate Hanne Phlypo
  • THE PALM LINE by Fulvio Bernasconi, producer: EAVE+ graduate Christof Neracher
  • THE PHYSICIAN II by Philipp Stölzl, producer: EAVE graduate Petra Ivanyi
  • THE SQUIRREL by Markus Lehmusruusu, producers: EAVE graduate Misha Jaari and TTB and EAVE graduate Mark Lwoff, co-producers: EAVE graduates Lizette Jonjic, Fleur Knopperts, Denis Vaslin
  • TRISTAN FOREVER by Tobias Nölle, Loran Bonnardot, producer: EAVE+ graduate Christof Neracher, associate producers: EAVE and PUENTES graduate Jean des Forêts, EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler
  • TRULY NAKED by Muriel d’Ansembourg, producers: TTB graduates Isabella Depeweg and Els Vandevorst, co-producers: EAVE+ graduate and TTB Head of Studies Christophe Bruncher, EAVE+ graduate Tom Dercourt, EAVE graduate Antonino Lombardo
  • UN ANNO DI SCUOLA by Laura Samani, producers: EAVE graduate Nadia Trevisan, EAVE graduate Thomas Lambert
  • UNSTOPPABLE by Martin Lund, producer: EAVE graduate Ruben Thorkildsen
  • VÄRN  by John Skoog, producer: EAVE graduate Caroline Drab, co-producer: EAVE graduates Per Damgaard Hansen, Misha Jaari, EAVE and TTB graduate Mark Lwoff, EAVE and EAVE+ graduate Leontine Petit
  • VEINS by Raymond St-Jean, producer: EAVE+ graduate Nicolas Comeau
  • VERSALLES by Andres Clariond, producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolás Celis
  • WELDED TOGETHER by Anastasija Mirošničenko, producer: EAVE graduate Valérie Montmartin, co-producers: EAVE graduates Anton Iffland Stettner and Eva Kuperman
  • WE’LL FIND HAPPINESS by Léa Pool, producer: EAVE graduate Katarzyna Ozga
  • WHAT IS LOVE by Fabien Gorgeart, producers: EAVE and PUENTES graduates Jean des Forêts and Marie Dubas, MW graduate Amélie Jacquis
  • WHITE SNAIL by Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter, producers: EAVE graduate David Bohun and Heino Deckert
  • YELLOW LETTERS by lker Çatak, co-producer: EAVE graduate Enis Köstepen
  • YON LÄPSI by Hanna Bergholm, co-producer: TTB graduate Christopher Granier Deferre
  • ZEJTUNE by Alex Camilleri, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle

 

EFM Far East in Progress

on Thursday, February 12th, 18:00–19:30

A new Works in Progress initiative jointly organised by EAVE Ties That Bind – Asia Europe Co_Production Workshop and the European Film Market (EFM).
The session spotlighted five Asian feature films currently in post-production, all produced by alumni of the Ties That Bind programme.

  • ONE MORE GOOD DAY by Natasha K. Sung, producer: TTB graduate Nobu Tsai Hsin Hung
  • RIA by Arvin Belarmino, produced by TTB and EAVE graduate Alemberg Ang
  • THE SEA SPEAKS HIS NAME by Yosep Anggi Noen, producer: TTB graduate Gita Fara
  • TTB project PICTUREHOUSE by Minh-Nghiem Nguyen-Vo, producer: TTB graduate Johann Chapelan
  • TTB project WILL YOU STILL BE MY FRIEND by Po-Shun Lu, producer: TTB graduate Yu-Hao Su

The session was moderated by TTB Head of Studies and EAVE+ graduate Christophe Bruncher (Ici et Là Productions, France).

 

Morning Kick-Off: Producers' Breakfast Club by EFM, ACE Producers and EAVE

on Saturday, February 14th, 09:00 – 10:00

 

EAVE session: Does AI need you more than you need it? Five questions to find out.

on Saturday, February 14th, at 10:00

Speaker: EAVE expert Nicolò Gallio, Marketing Strategist & Audience Designer

Artificial intelligence promises efficiency and productivity, but what does that really mean for film professionals? In this interactive talk, EAVE expert Nicolò Gallio will walk through five questions to test where AI genuinely adds value, where it still falls short, and why human judgement remains essential when working with machines.

www.berlinale.de

 

Dublin International Film Festival (February 19 – March 1)

  • 500 MILES by Morgan Matthews, producer: EAVE graduate Martina Niland
  • CIRCLE by Valentina Monti, producer: EAVE graduates Alessandro Carroli and Claudio Giapponesi
  • GAYS AGAINST GUNS by Paul Rowley, producer: EAVE graduate Nicky Gogan
  • POWER BALLAD by John Carney, producer: EAVE graduate Robert Anthony Walpole
  • MIDWINTER BREAK by Polly Findlay, producer: EAVE and EAVE+ graduate Floor Onrust, co-producer: EAVE and EAVE+ graduate Reece Cargan
  • THE LIGHTKEEPER by Vic Sarin, producer: EAVE graduate Larry Bass
  • THE MYSTERIOUS GAZE OF THE FLAMINGO by Diego Cespedes, producer: PUENTES and TTB graduate Giancarlo Nasi
  • THE RESTORATION AT GRAYSON MANOR by Glenn McQuaid, producer: EAVE graduate Brendan McCarthy
  • WHITETAIL by Nanouk Leopold, producers: EAVE graduate Stienette Bosklopper, co-producer: EAVE graduates Katie Holly, Evan Horan

https://www.diff.ie/

 

Ibizacinefest – Ibiza International Independent Film Festival (February 20 – March 1)

  • DE SUCRE by Claudia Cedó, producer: EAVE graduate Ariadna Dot
  • BODEGÓN CON FANTASMAS by Enrique Buleo, producer: EAVE graduate Snezana van Houwelingen
  • I WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT LIFE! by Beatričė Sofija Piesliakaitė, producer: MW graduate Marija Kazlauskaite

https://ibizacinefest.com/

 

Rieti International Film Festival, Italy (February 18-22)

  • ASTRONAUTA by Giorgio Giampà, producer: EAVE graduate Lorenzo Cioffi and TTB and EAVE graduate Avantika Singh Desbouvries

https://rietifilmfestival.com/

 

Glasgow Film Festival (February 25 – March 8)

  • EVERYBODY TO KENMURE STREET by Felipe Bustos Sierra, producer: EAVE graduate Ciara Barry
  • FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER by Jim Jarmusch, co- producer: EAVE graduate Conor Barry
  • EAVE Marketing Workshop project THE BIRTHDAY PARTY by Miguel Ángel Jiménez, producer: EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas, co-producers: EAVE graduates Adrià Monés and Leontine Petit
  • THE LAST VIKING by Anders Thomas Jensen, co-producer: EAVE graduate Lizette Jonjic
  • LEONORA IN THE MORNING LIGHT by Lena Vurma, Thor Klein, producers: EAVE and EAVE+ graduate James Heath, EAVE graduate Lena Vurma
  • HEN by György Pálfi, produce: EAVE Effie Skrobola
  • FRANZ by Agnieszka Holland, co-producer: EAVE graduates David Grumbach, Jorgo Narjes and Marcin Wierzchoslawski
  • JARIPEO by Efraín Mojica, Rebecca Zweig, co-producer: EAVE graduate Carine Chichkowsky
  • WITHOUT PERMISSION by Hassan Nazer, associate producer: Paul Welsh
  • FORASTERA by Lucía Aleñar Iglesias, producers: TTB graduate Marta Cruañas, EAVE graduate Ariadna Dot, EAVE graduate and Italian National Coordinator Giovanni Pompili
  • ALLAH IS NOT OBLIGED by Zaven Najjar, producer: EAVE and EAVE+  graduate Paul Thiltges

https://www.glasgowfilm.org/

 

New York International Children’s Film Festival, US (February 28 - March 15)

  • 9 MILLION COLORS by Bara Anna Stejskalova, producer: EAVE graduate Jakub Košťál, co-producer: EAVE graduate Lillian Ramsøskar Løvseth
  • AUTOKAR by Sylwia Szkiłądź, co-producer: Viviane Vanfleteren
  • BATS & BUGS by Lena von Döhren , producer: MW and EAVE graduate Sarah Born, EAVE and EAVE+ graduate Dario Schoch
  • FORT BUKU by Loëlle Monsanto, producer: EAVE graduate Emjay Rechsteiner
  • GHOST SCHOOL by Seemab Guu, co-producers: EAVE graduate Dorothe Beinemeier, EAVE+ graduate Steffen Gerdes
  • MY LIFE IN VERSAILLES by Clémence Madeleine-Perdrillat & Nathaniel H'limi, producer: PUENTES graduate Lionel Massol
  • PAPAYA by Priscilla Kellen, producer: EAVE and MW graduate Letícia Friedrich

https://nyicff.org/

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EAVE project THE DIFFICULT BRIDE in post-production

FONDAZIONE PRADA

Fondazione Prada announces the projects selected for the first edition of the Fondazione Prada Film Fund, the annual initiative launched in 2025 to support independent cinema. Amounting to 1.5 million euros in total, the Film Fund supports film projects in their development, production, and post-production phases. With no restrictions of genre or geography, it embraces a plurality of languages, forms, and perspectives, focusing particularly on works that address contemporary complexities through personal and innovative cinematographic vision.

  • EAVE project THE DIFFICULT BRIDE by Rubaiyat Hossain, producer: EAVE graduate Aadnan Imtiaz Ahmed (currently in post-production)

https://www.fondazioneprada.org/film-fund/

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MEET EAVE IN MARCH

@ EAVE Producers Workshop, March 6 - 13, Luxembourg (LU)

EAVE CEO Kristina Trapp, EAVE Deputy CEO Satu Elo, EAVE Head of Studies Lise Lense-Møller, and the whole EAVE team

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Golden Bear for YELLOW LETTERS - 22 awards in total for EAVE Producers at the Berlinale

EAVE graduates won an impressive number of 22 awards at the 76th Berlin International Film Festival, including the Golden Bear for YELLOW LETTERS which was not only co-produced, but also co-written by EAVE graduate Enis Köstepen! 

Other highlights include the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay for EAVE project NINA ROZA - congratulations to EAVE producer Fanny Drew!

PUENTES project NARCISO produced by PUENTES graduate Sebastián Peña Escobar, and co-produced by EAVE producers Agustina Chiarino and Fernando Epstein won the FIPRESCI prize in Panorama!

 

Prizes of the International Jury

  • YELLOW LETTERS by lker Çatak, co-written and co-produced by EAVE graduate Enis Köstepen won the Golden Bear of the 76th Berlinale
  • SALVATION by Emin Alper, co-producers: EAVE graduate Stienette Bosklopper, EAVE+ graduate Maarten Swart won the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize
  • ROSE by Markus Schleinzer, producers: EAVE graduate Johannes Schubert, Karsten Stöter won the Silver Bear for Best Lead Performance
  • EAVE project NINA ROZA by Geneviève Dulude-de Celles, producer: EAVE graduate Fanny Drew won the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay

Perspectives

  • FOREST HIGH by Manon Coubia, co-producer: B'EST graduate Charlotte Vincent, EAVE graduate Katia Khazak received a Special Mention (Coup de Coeur) in Perspectives

Panorama Audience Awards

  • PROSECUTION by Faraz Sharia , producer: EAVE graduate Jorgo Narjes won the Audience Award (Fiction) in Panorama
  • TRACES by Aisa Kovalenko and Marysia Nikitiuk, producer: EAVE graduate Izabela Wojcik, EAVE+ graduate Violetta Kaminska won the Audience Award (Documentary) in Panorama
  • THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SUN by Tawfik Sabouni, co-producer: EAVE graduate Hanne Phlypo won the First Runner-up award in Panorama

Generation Competition

  • GUGU’S WORLD by Allan Deberton, producer: EAVE+ graduate Karen Castanho, executive producer: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle won the Grand Prix for the Best Film in Generation Kplus and the Crystal Bear for the Best Film in Generation Kplus
  • ATLAS OF THE UNIVERSE by Paul Negoescu, producers: EAVE graduates Radu Stancu, Ioana Lascăr received a Special Mention
  • SAD GIRLZ by Fernanda Tovar, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Carlo D’Ursi won the Grand Prix for the Best Film in Generation 14plus and the Crystal Bear for the Best Film in Generation 14plus
  • NOT A HERO by Rima Das, co-producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Fran Borgia received a Special Mention

Teddy Awards

  • IVÁN & HADOUM by Ian de la Rosa, producers: EAVE+ graduates José Alba and Odile Antonio-Baez, PUENTES graduate Flavia Biurrun, and EAVE graduate Hubert Toint won the Teddy Award for Best Feature Film
  • TRIAL OF HEIN by Kai Stänicke, producers: EAVE and EAVE+ graduate Dirk Decker, EAVE+ graduate Andrea Schütte won the Jury Award

FIPRESCI Award

  • PUENTES project NARCISO by Marcelo Martinessi, producer: PUENTES graduate Sebastián Peña Escobar, co-producers: EAVE, EAVE+ and PUENTES graduate Agustina Chiarino, EAVE+ graduate Fernando Epstein won the FIPRESCI prize in Panorama

Ecumenical Jury Award

  • RIVER DREAMS by Kristina Mikhailova, co-producer: EAVE participant Nadira Murray won the Ecumenical Jury Award in Forum

Other Awards

  • YELLOW LETTERS by lker Çatak, co-written and co-produced by EAVE graduate Enis Köstepen won the Prize of the Guild of German Arthouse Cinemas
  • PROSECUTION by Faraz Sharia , producer: EAVE graduate Jorgo Narjes won the Heiner Carow Prize and the C.I.C.A.E. Art Cinema Award
  • ON OUR OWN by Tudor Cristian Jurgiu, producers: EAVE graduate Tudor Giurgiu and Bogdan Crăciun won the C.I.C.A.E. Art Cinema Award

A great number of 37,3 % of all Berlinale awards were handed out to EAVE producers! Congratulations to everyone involved!

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EAVE @ the 76th Berlin International Film Festival

EAVE is proud to announce a very strong presence of EAVE projects & producers at this year's Berlin Film Festival: 9 films in COMPETITION, 9 films in the PERSPECTIVES section, 21 in PANORAMA, 8 at the FORUM, 7 in BERLINALE SPECIAL, 11 at the GENERATION sections, 2 SHORTS, 4 projects in EFM Animation Days, 19 projects at the BERLINALE CO-PRODUCTION MARKET and its sidebar sections, 17 Berlinale Talents and 7 projects at the TALENT PROJECT MARKET and in total 119 films presented at the European Film Market!

Don't miss the EAVE session: 'Does AI need you more than you need it? Five questions to find out' on February 14th at the EFM Innovation Hub!

Competition

  • AT THE SEA by Kornél Mundruczó, producer: EAVE graduate Viktoria Petrányi
  • DUST by Anke Blondé, co-producers: EAVE graduate Krystyna Kantor, EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas, EAVE graduate and group leader Joanna Szymanska, associate producer: EAVE graduate Stephen Vandingenen
  • EAVE project NINA ROZA by Geneviève Dulude-de Celles, producer: EAVE graduate Fanny Drew
  • HOME STORIES by Eva Trobisch, producer: EAVE+ graduate David Armati Lechner, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
  • IN A WHISPER by Leyla Bouzid, producer: EAVE graduate Caroline Nataf
  • NIGHTBORN by Hanna Bergholm, co-producer: TTB graduate Christopher Granier-Deferre
  • ROSE by Markus Schleinzer, producers: EAVE graduate Johannes Schubert, Karsten Stöter
  • SALVATION by Emin Alper, co-producers: EAVE graduate Stienette Bosklopper, EAVE+ graduate Maarten Swart
  • YELLOW LETTERS by lker Çatak, co-written and co-produced by EAVE graduate Enis Köstepen

Perspectives

  • 17 by Kosara Mitic, co-producers: EAVE and EAVE SLATE graduate Vlado Bulajić, EAVE graduates Miroslav Mogorovic and Lija Pogačnik
  • A PRAYER FOR THE DYING by Dara van Dusen, producers: EAVE graduate Dyveke Bjørkly Graver, FFF graduate Ondrej Zima, co-producers: EAVE+ graduate Fenia Cossovitsa, EAVE graduate Vicky Miha
  • FILIPIÑANA by Rafael Manuel, producer: producers: TTB graduates Bradley Liew and Jeremy Chua, TTB group leader Bianca Balbuena, co-producer: TTB graduate Sam Chua Weishi
  • FOREST HIGH by Manon Coubia, co-producer: B'EST graduate Charlotte Vincent, EAVE graduate Katia Khazak
  • OUR SECRET by Grace Passô, co-producers: EAVE graduate Rachel Daisy Clarke Ellis, EAVE and Creative Producer Indaba graduate Julia Alves
  • THE RED HANGAR by Juan Pablo Sallato, co-producer: MW graduate Stefano Mutolo
  • TRIAL OF HEIN by Kai Stänicke, producers: EAVE and EAVE+ graduate Dirk Decker, EAVE+ graduate Andrea Schütte
  • TRULY NAKED by Muriel d’Ansembourg, producers: TTB graduates Isabella Depeweg and Els Vandevorst, co-producers: EAVE+ graduate and TTB Head of Studies Christophe Bruncher, EAVE+ graduate Tom Dercourt, EAVE graduate Antonino Lombardo
  • WHERE TO? by Assaf Machnes, producer: EAVE graduate Luis Singer

Panorama

  • AROUND PARADISE by Yulia Lokshina, producer: EAVE+ graduate David Armati Lechner
  • ÁRRU by Elle Sofe Sara, producer: EAVE and PUENTES graduate Elisa Fernanda Pirir
  • A RUSSIAN WINTER, by Patric Chiha, producers: Interchange and B’EST graduate Charlotte Vincent and EAVE graduate Katia Khazak
  • DOUGLAS GORDON BY DOUGLAS GORDON by Finlay Pretsell, producer: EAVE+ graduate Sonja Henrici, co-producer: EAVE and EAVE+ graduate Estelle Robin You
  • ENOUGH IS ENOUGH by Elisé Sawasawa, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Dumoulin
  • IVÁN & HADOUM by Ian de la Rosa, producers: EAVE+ graduates José Alba and Odile Antonio-Baez, PUENTES graduate Flavia Biurrun, and EAVE graduate Hubert Toint
  • JARIPEO by Efraín Mojica, Rebecca Zweig, co-producer: EAVE graduate Carine Chichkowsky
  • LADY by Olive Nwosu, associate producer: EAVE graduate Victoria Thomas
  • LONDON by Sebastian Brameshuber, producer: EAVE graduate David Bohun 
  • NUMB by Takuya Uchiyama, producer: TTB graduate Naomi Satoh
  • PARADISE by Jérémy Comte, producer: EAVE graduate Fabian Westerhoff, associate producer: EAVE graduate Julie Viez
  • PROSECUTION by Faraz Shariat , producer: EAVE graduate Jorgo Narjes
  • PUENTES project NARCISO by Marcelo Martinessi, producer: PUENTES graduate Sebastián Peña Escobar, co-producers: EAVE, EAVE+ and PUENTES graduate Agustina Chiarino, EAVE+ graduate Fernando Epstein
  • RAGING by Ryan Machado, producer: EAVE graduate Alemberg Ang
  • SIRI HUSTVEDT – DANCE AROUND THE SELF by Sabine Lidl, producer: EAVE graduate Karin Koch 
  • THE EDUCATION OF JANE CUMMING by Sophie Heldman, producer: EAVE+ graduate Bettine Brokemper, EAVE graduate Karin Koch, EAVE participant Nadira Murray
  • THE GARDEN WE DREAMED by Joaquín del Paso, producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolás Celís
  • THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SUN by Tawfik Sabouni, co-producer: EAVE graduate Hanne Phlypo
  • TRACES by Aisa Kovalenko and Marysia Nikitiuk, producer: EAVE graduate Izabela Wojcik, EAVE+ graduate Violetta Kaminska
  • TRISTAN FOREVER by Tobias Nölle, Loran Bonnardot, producer: EAVE+ graduate Christof Neracher, associate producers: EAVE and PUENTES graduate Jean des Forêts, EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler 
  • TWO MOUNTAINS WEIGHING DOWN MY CHEST by Viv Li, producer: EAVE graduate Olivia Sophie Van Leeuwen

PUENTES project NARCISO © Luis Arteaga

 

Forum

  • EL LEON directed and produced by PUENTES graduate Diana Bustamante
  • LUST by Ralitza Petrova, co-producers: TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin, EAVE graduates Katrin Pors, Anna Byvald
  • NARRATIVE by Anocha Suwichakornpong, producer: TTB graduate Mai Meksawan
  • ON OUR OWN by Tudor Cristian Jurgiu, producers: EAVE graduates Tudor Giurgiu, Bogdan Crăciun
  • RIVER DREAMS by Kristina Mikhailova, co-producer: EAVE participant Nadira Murray
  • SCENARIO by Marie Wilke, producer: EAVE graduate Heino Deckert
  • UCHRONIA by Fil Ieropoulos, co-producer: EAVE graduate Steven Rubinstein Malamud
  • WOMEN AS LOVERS by Koxi, producers: EAVE+ graduates Herbert Schwering, Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu

 

Berlinale Special

Berlinale Special Gala

  • HEYSEL 85  by Teodora Ana Mihai, producer: EAVE graduate Hans Everaert
  • NO GOOD MEN by Shahrbanoo Sadat, co-producers: EAVE graduates Maxi Haslberger, Katja Adomeit
  • THE BLOOD COUNTESS by Ulrike Ottinger, producer: EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu
  • THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE by Mona Fastvold, producer: EAVE graduate Viktoria Petrányi
  • THE WEIGHT by Padraic McKinley producer: EAVE+ and MW graduate Jonas Katzenstein

Berlinale Special Midnight

  • MONSTER PABRIK RAMBUT (SLEEP NO MORE) by Edwin, co-producer: EAVE graduate Roshanak Behesht Nedjad

Berlinale Special Series

  • MINT by Charlotte Regan, producer: EAVE graduate Angus Lamont

 

Generation

Generation Kplus

  • ATLAS OF THE UNIVERSE by Paul Negoescu, producers: EAVE graduates Radu Stancu, Ioana Lascăr
  • BATS & BUGS by Lena von Döhren , producer: MW and EAVE graduate Sarah Born, EAVE and EAVE+ graduate Dario Schoch
  • GHOST SCHOOL by Seemab Guu, co-producers: EAVE graduate Dorothe Beinemeier, EAVE+ graduate Steffen Gerdes
  • GUGU’S WORLD by Allan Deberton, producer: EAVE+ graduate Karen Castanho, executive producer: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle
  • IMAGINARY NUMBERS by Jelica Jerinić, producer: EAVE and EAVE+ graduate Snezana Van Houwelingen, co-producer: EAVE graduate Tina Tisljar
  • NOT A HERO by Rima Das, co-producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Fran Borgia
  • PAPAYA by Priscilla Kellen, producer: EAVE and MW graduate Letícia Friedrich

Generation 14plus

  • BLACK BURNS FAST by Sanduela Asanda, producers: EAVE graduates Cait Pansegrouw, Elias Ribeiro
  • QUATRO MENINAS by Karen Suzane, producer: Ellen Havenith
  • SAD GIRLZ by Fernanda Tovar, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Carlo D’Ursi
  • THE LIGHTS, THEY FALL by Saša Vajda, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Sophie Ahrens, EAVE graduate Fabian Altenried, executive producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler

 

Berlinale Shorts

  • SHOT REVERSE SHOT by Radu Jude, Adrian Cioflâncă, producer: EAVE graduate Alex Teodorescu
  • SOULS OF FOUTA by Alpha Diallo, co-producer: Creative Producer Indaba graduate Souleymane Kébé

 

EFM Animation Days

  • EAVE project RED ZONE by Iryna Tsilyk, producer: EAVE graduate Darya Bassel, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marion Guth
  • GOYA, CAVE OF DREAMS by DK and Hugh Welchman, producers: EAVE graduates Alba Sotorra, Belen Sanchez, Hugh Welchman
  • SAIMA: SCENES FROM A MIDLIFE CRISIS by Chintis Lundgren, Draško Ivezić, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Ostrat
  • THE TWILIGHT WORLD produced by EAVE graduate Kristine Knudsen

EAVE project RED ZONE © Flora Anna Buda

 

Berlinale Co-Production Market

Official Feature Project Selection 2026

  • ALL IN MY FAMILY by Hao Wu, producer: TTB graduate Julia Xu
  • BLACK AS SNOW by Farhad Delaram, producer: EAVE graduate Caroline Nataf
  • FERAL by Nihaarika Negi, producer: EAVE participant Naren Chandavarkar
  • KARMIC KNOT by Signe Baumane, producers: EAVE FFF graduate Robert Vinovskis, PUENTES graduate Dominiks Jarmakovics
  • LOTUS FEET by Amanda Nell Eu, producer: TTB graduate Foo Fei Ling
  • MERCURY CHILD by Leonie Krippendorff, producer: EAVE graduate Verona Meier
  • NATIVITY by Francisca Alegría, producer: PUENTES, TTB, MW and EAVE+ graduate Giancarlo Nasi
  • PEOPLE STILL DIE OF LOVE by Fernando Guzzoni, producer: PUENTES graduate Florencia Rodriguez
  • RIOT/GIRL by Arman T. Riahi, producers: EAVE graduates Arash T. Riahi, Peter Drössler
  • SYLVIA by Aida Begic, producer: EAVE graduate Snezana van Houwelingen
  • THE BLACK GOAT by Eduardo Casanova, producer: EAVE graduate and Spanish National Coordinator Merry Colomer

"Berlinale Directors" projects

  • THE LAST FRONTIER by Rodrigo Moreno, producers: PUENTES graduate Ezequiel Borovinsky, EAVE graduate Gilles Chanial
  • THE VACATION by Dénes Nagy, producers: EAVE graduates Sára László, Marcell Gerő, Jean-Laurent Csinidis

World Cinema Market Project

  • BLUE CARD by Mohammed Alomda, producer: Creative Producer Indaba graduate Mohamed Alomda

Rotterdam-Berlinale Express 

  • BEIRUT BABY by Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige, producer: EAVE graduate Myriam Sassine

Talent Project Market

  • ACTS OF KINDNESS by Ellen Ugelstad, producer: EAVE graduate and Norwegian National Coordinator Gary Cranner
  • APNEA by Lô Politi, producer: EAVE graduate Leonardo Mecchi
  • EAVE project THE MOST ROMANTIC MAN IN THE WORLD by Simon Jaquemet, producer: EAVE participant Olga Lamontanara
  • EAVE project CLAUDE by Narcisse Wandji, producer: EAVE graduate Evodie Ngueyeli 
  • MISS PANDORA by Jan Forsström, producer: EAVE graduate Marja Pihlaja
  • PORTO ALEGRE by Alvaro Gago, producer: EAVE graduate Mireia Graell
  • WATCH IT BURN by Makbul Mubarak, producer: EAVE graduate Yulia Evina Bhara

Company Matching Programme

  • 2Brave Productions, Ukraine - CHANGE participant Kateryna Yahodka
  • Bubbles Project, Brazil - PUENTES graduate and National Coordinator Latin America Tatiana Leite
  • Elastica, Spain - EAVE graduate Maria Zamora
  • Kino Produzioni, Italy - EAVE graduates Giovanni Pompili, Lara Costa-Calzado
  • X Filme Creative Pool, Germany - EAVE graduate Jorgo Narjes

Copro Series Projects

  • GOLD, produced by EAVE graduate Ivan Madeo, Creative Producer Indaba graduate Stefan Eichenberger
  • THE GRANDDAUGHTER, produced by EAVE+ graduate David Armati Lechner
  • JAMANDA!, produced by EAVE graduate Leontine Petit
  • ANGELMAKER, produced by EAVE graduates Anamaria Antoci, Anda Ionescu

Berlinale Talents

  • Creative Producer Indaba graduate Sawsan Yusuf
  • PUENTES graduate Carlos Hernandez Vazquez
  • TTB, MW graduate and EAVE participant Matija Drnikovic
  • EAVE graduate Evodie Ngueyeli 
  • TTB graduate Loy Te
  • PUENTES graduate Irene Cadavid
  • EAVE participant Estephania Bonnett
  • EAVE MW graduate Brigita Beniušytė
  • EAVE MW graduate Ajandok Gyenis
  • EAVE graduate Leonardo Mecchi
  • EAVE graduate Ram Krishna Pokharel
  • EAVE graduate Maria Ibrahimova
  • EAVE graduate and Norwegian National Coordinator Gary Cranner
  • EAVE graduate Yulia Evina Bhara
  • EAVE participant Olga Lamontanara
  • EAVE graduate Mireia Graell
  • EAVE graduate Marja Pihjala

 

EFM SCREENINGS

  • 18 HOLES TO PARADISE by João Nuno Pinto, producer: EAVE graduate Andreia Nunes, co-producers: MW and EAVE graduate Roberto Cavallinni, EAVE graduate Debora Nischler
  • 500 MILES by Morgan Matthews, producer: EAVE graduate Martina Niland
  • 9 MOONS by Patricia Ortega, producer: EAVE graduate Olmo Figueredo González-Quevedo
  • A BRIGHT FUTURE by Lucía Garibaldi, producer: PUENTES graduate Pancho Magnou, co-producer: Jamila Wenske
  • A BURNING MAN by Eyal Halfon, producer: EAVE graduate Michael Rozenbaum
  • AISHA CAN’T FLY AWAY by Morad Mostafa, producer: EAVE graduate Ahmed Amer, co-producers: EAVE graduate May Odeh and Creative Producer Indaba graduate Sawsan Yusuf
  • AKASHI by Mayumi Yoshida, producer: ACCESS graduate Nach Dudsdeemaytha
  • ALL MY SISTERS by Massoud Bakhshi, producer: EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu
  • ALL NIGHT WRONG by Jason James, producer: EAVE graduate Amber Ripley
  • AMSTERDAMNED II by Dick Maas, producer: MW, FFF, EAVE+ and EAVE graduate Peter De Maegd
  • ANOTHER MAN by David Moragas, producer: PUENTES graduate Alba Bosch-Duran
  • A PRAYER FOR THE DYING by Dara van Dusen, producers: EAVE graduate Dyveke Bjørkly Graver, FFF graduate Ondrej Zima, co-producers: EAVE+ graduate Fenia Cossovitsa, EAVE graduate Vicky Miha
  • ÁRRU by Elle Sofe Sara, producer: EAVE and PUENTES graduate Elisa Fernanda Pirir
  • A RUSSIAN WINTER, by Patric Chiha, producers: Interchange and B’EST graduate Charlotte Vincent and EAVE graduate Katia Khazak
  • ATHLETE by Semih Gülen, co-producers: EAVE and EAVE+ graduate Anamaria Antoci, EAVE+, TTB and EAVE graduate Anda Ionescu
  • ATLAS OF THE UNIVERSE by Paul Negoescu, producers: MW and EAVE graduate Ioana Lascar, MW, TTB, EAVE and PUENTES graduate Radu Stancu
  • AT THE SEA by Kornél Mundruczó, producer: EAVE graduate Viktoria Petrány
  • A USEFUL GHOST by Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke, producer: TTB graduate Karim Aitouna, co-producer: EAVE graduate May Odeh
  • BATS & BUGS by Lena von Döhren , producer: MW and EAVE graduate Sarah Born, EAVE and EAVE+ graduate Dario Schoch
  • CALLE MALAGA by Maryam Touzani, producer: EAVE graduate Fred Burle
  • CLOSURE by Michał Marczak, producer: EAVE graduate Monika Braid
  • CONRAD & CRAB - IDIOTIC GEMS by Claude Schmitz, producer: EAVE graduates Benoît Roland and Jéremy Forni
  • COSMONAUTS by Leo Cernic, producer: EAVE graduate Katja Lenarcic and EAVE+ graduate Danijel Hocevar, co-producer: EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar
  • DEAD LANGUAGE by Oded Binnun and Mihal Brezis, producer: MW graduate Gal Greenspan
  • DOUGLAS GORDON BY DOUGLAS GORDON by Finlay Pretsell, producer: EAVE+ graduate Sonja Henrici, co-producer: EAVE and EAVE+ graduate Estelle Robin You
  • DO YOU LOVE ME by Lana Daher, producer: FFF and EAVE graduate Jean-Laurent Csinidis
  • DUST by Anke Blondé, co-producers: EAVE graduate Krystyna Kantor, EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas, EAVE graduate and group leader Joanna Szymanska, associate producer: EAVE graduate Stephen Vandingenen
  • EAVE project NINA ROZA by Geneviève Dulude-de Celles, producer: EAVE graduate Fanny Drew
  • EAVE project SKIFF by Cecilia Verheyden, producer: EAVE graduate Elisa Heene, co-producer: EAVE graduate Eliza Jones
  • EAVE project TO HOLD A MOUNTAIN by Biljana Tutorov, Petar Glomazic, producers: EAVE graduates Biljana Tutorov, Anton Iffland Stettner, Eva Kuperman
  • ELISA by Leonardo Di Constanzo, producers: EAVE+ graduates Carlo Cesto-Dina, Michela Pini and Amel Soudain
  • ENJOY YOUR STAY by Dominik Locher and Honeylyn Joy Alipio, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Dumoulin, Europe graduate Jacques Bidou
  • EVERYBODY TO KENMURE STREET by Felipe Bustos Sierra, producer: EAVE graduate Ciara Barry 
  • EXTRAORDINARY by Vanda Raymanová  andMarina Andree Skop, producer: EAVE graduate Tibor Keser, co-producer: MW and EAVE graduate Ida Weiss
  • FATHER by Tereza Nvotová, producer: EAVE graduate Marta Gmosińska, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marius Wlodarski
  • FILIPIÑANA by Rafael Manuel, producer: producers: TTB graduates Bradley Liew and Jeremy Chua, TTB group leader Bianca Balbuena
  • FLOPHOUSE AMERICA by Monica Strømdahl, producer: EAVE graduate Beathe Hofseth
  • FORASTERA by Lucía Aleñar Iglesias, producers: TTB graduate Marta Cruañas, EAVE graduate Ariadna Dot, EAVE graduate and Italian National Coordinator Giovanni Pompili
  • FOREST HIGH by Manon Coubia, co-producer: B'EST graduate Charlotte Vincent, EAVE graduate Katia Khazak
  • FRONTIER by Judith Colell, producer: EAVE graduate Katleen Goossens
  • GUGU’S WORLD by Allan Deberton, producer: EAVE+ graduate Karen Castanho
  • HEYSEL 85 by Teodora Ana Mihai, producer: EAVE graduate Hans Everaert
  • HOLD ON TO ME by Myrsini Aristidou, co-producers: EAVE graduate Konstantina Stavrianou
  • HOME STORIES by Eva Trobisch, producer: EAVE+ graduate David Armati Lechner, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
  • HONESTLY, I’M FINE by Anne de Clercq, producer: EAVE+ graduate Hanneke Niens
  • 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
  • ICE GRAVE by Robin Hunzinger, producer: EAVE graduate Cédric Bonin
  • IMAGINARY NUMBERS by Jelica Jerinic, producer: Snezana van Houwelingen, co-producer: EAVE graduate Tina Tisljar
  • IN A WHISPER by Leyla Bouzid, producer: MW and EAVE graduate Caroline Nataf
  • IVÁN & HADOUM by Ian de la Rosa, producers: EAVE+ graduates José Alba and Odile Antonio-Baez, PUENTES graduate Flavia Biurrun, and EAVE graduate Hubert Toint
  • KALEVALA: THE STORY OF KULLERVO by Antti J. Jokinen, producer: EAVE+ graduate Marko Röhr
  • KARLA by Christina Tournatzés, producer: PUENTES graduate Jamila Wenske
  • KOMAR by Timur Makarevic, producers: EAVE and EAVE+ graduates Amra Bakšić Čamo and Adis Djapo
  • KRISTALLNACHT by Stefan Ruzowitzky, producers: EAVE graduate Danny Krausz and MW graduate Florian Krügel
  • LAST CALL by Sherif Francis, associate producer: EAVE, EAVE+ and Greek National Coordinator Konstantinos Kontovrakis
  • LAUNDRY by Zamo Mkhwanazi, producer: EAVE+ graduate Philippe Coeytaux
  • LIFE IS LIFE by Riccardo Milani, producer: FFF graduate Lorenzo Gangarossa
  • LOCAL SHADOW by Eimi Imanishi, producers: EAVE graduate Belén Sánchez Silvero, PUENTES graduate Queralt Pons Serra
  • LONDON by Sebastian Brameshuber, producer: EAVE graduate David Bohun
  • MAIGRET AND THE DEAD LOVER, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart
  • MAILIN by María Silvestre Esteve, producer: EAVE and PUENTES graduate Radu Stancu
  • MELT by Nikolaus Geyrhalter, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Michael Kitzberger
  • MONKAM by Narcisse Wandji, producer: EAVE graduate Evodie Ngueyeli
  • MONSTER PABRIK RAMBUT (SLEEP NO MORE) by Edwin, co-producer: EAVE graduate Roshanak Behesht Nedjad
  • MOSQUITOES by Nicole Bertani and Valentina Bertani, producers: EAVE graduate Olga Lamontanara and EAVE+ graduate Michela Pini
  • NAK MUAY by Tinge, producer: TTB graduate Lee Thomas
  • NO GOOD MEN by   Shahrbanoo Sadat, producer: EAVE graduate Maximilian Haslberger
  • NOT A HERO by Rima Das, co-producer: FFF, TTB and EAVE graduate Fran Borgia
  • NOTHING BETWEEN US by Juan Taratuto, producer: EAVE and PUENTES graduate Sandino Saravia Vinay
  • OH, THIS UNSPEAKABLE VOID by Simon Verhoeven, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
  • ON OUR OWN by Tudor Cristian Jurgiu, producers: EAVE graduate Tudor Giurgiu and Bogdan Crăciun
  • PAPAYA by Priscilla Kellen, producer: EAVE and MW graduate Letícia Friedrich
  • PARADISE by Jérémy Comte, producer: EAVE graduate Fabian Westerhoff, associate producer: EAVE graduate Julie Viez
  • PET PEEVES by Javier Polo Gandía, producer: EAVE graduate Gerard Rodríguez
  • PROYECTO GLOBAL by Ivo Ferreira, co-producer: EAVE graduate Donato Rotunno
  • PROSECUTION by Faraz Shariat , producer: EAVE graduate Jorgo Narjes
  • PUENTES project NARCISO by Marcelo Martinessi, producer: PUENTES graduate Sebastián Peña Escobar
  • PUENTES project THE ANATOMY OF THE HORSES by Daniel Vidal Toche, producer: PUENTES graduate Ignacio Vuelta
  • RIVER DREAMS by Kristina Mikhailova, co-producer: EAVE participant Nadira Murray
  • ROSE by Markus Schleinzer, producers: EAVE graduate Johannes Schubert, Karsten Stöter
  • SAD GIRLZ by Fernanda Tovar, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Carlo D’Ursi
  • SALVATION by Emin Alper, co-producers: EAVE graduate Stienette Bosklopper, EAVE+ graduate Maarten Swart
  • SHAME AND MONEY by Visar Morina, producers: EAVE graduate Fabian Altenried, PUENTES graduate Sophie Ahrens, co-producers: EAVE graduates Besnik Krapi, Marija Dimitrova, EAVE+ graduate Danijel Hocevar 
  • SHOT REVERSE SHOT by Radu Jude, Adrian Cioflâncă, producer: EAVE graduate Alex Teodorescu
  • SICKO by Aitore Zholdaskali, producer: EAVE graduate Anna Katchko
  • SILENT REBELLION by Marie-Elsa Sgualdo, producer: EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes
  • SORELLA DI CLAUSURA by Ivana Mladenovic, producer: EAVE graduate Ada Solomon
  • SOULS OF FOUTA by Alpha Diallo, co-producer: Creative Producer Indaba graduate Souleymane Kébé
  • STEAL AWAY by Clement Virgo, producer: FFF, MW EAVE and EAVE+ graduate Peter De Maegd
  • STRANGE RIVER by Jaume Claret Muxart, producers: EAVE graduates Xavi Font, Fabian Altenried, PUENTES graduate Sophie Ahrens 
  • STRAWBERRIES by Laïla Marrakchi, co-producers: EAVE graduate Elisa Heene, EAVE graduate Adrià Monés,
  • TELL ME EVERYTHING by Moshe Rosenthal, producer: MW graduate Gal Greenspan
  • THE BLOOD COUNTESS by Ulrike Ottinger, producer: EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu
  • THE EDUCATION OF JANE CUMMING by Sophia Heldman, producers: EAVE+ graduate Bettina Brokemper, EAVE graduate Karen Koch, co-producer: EAVE graduate Nadira Murray
  • THE ETERNITY MAN by Ivan NIkolaichuk, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Ikka Matila
  • THE EYES OF OTHERS by Andrea Se Sica, producer: Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli
  • THE FALL OF SIR DOUGLAS WEATHERFORD by Sean Robert Dunn, associate producer: EAVE participant Nadira Murray
  • THE FROG AND THE WATER by Thomas Stuber, co-producer: EAVE graduate Magdalena Welter
  • THE LAST RESORT by Maria Sødahl, co-producers: EAVE graduate Dyveke Bjørkly Graver, EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar
  • THE LIGHTS, THEY FALL by Saša Vajda, producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Sophie Ahrens, EAVE graduate Fabian Altenried
  • THE MYSTERIOUS GAZE OF THE FLAMINGO by Diego Cespedes, producer: PUENTES and TTB graduate Giancarlo Nasi
  • THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SUN by Tawfik Sabouni, co-producer: EAVE graduate Hanne Phlypo
  • THE PALM LINE by Fulvio Bernasconi, producer: EAVE+ graduate Christof Neracher
  • THE PHYSICIAN II by Philipp Stölzl, producer: EAVE graduate Petra Ivanyi
  • THE SQUIRREL by Markus Lehmusruusu, producers: EAVE graduate Misha Jaari and TTB and EAVE graduate Mark Lwoff, co-producers: EAVE graduates Lizette Jonjic, Fleur Knopperts, Denis Vaslin
  • TRISTAN FOREVER by Tobias Nölle, Loran Bonnardot, producer: EAVE+ graduate Christof Neracher, associate producers: EAVE and PUENTES graduate Jean des Forêts, EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler
  • TRULY NAKED by Muriel d’Ansembourg, producers: TTB graduates Isabella Depeweg and Els Vandevorst, co-producers: EAVE+ graduate and TTB Head of Studies Christophe Bruncher, EAVE+ graduate Tom Dercourt, EAVE graduate Antonino Lombardo
  • UN ANNO DI SCUOLA by Laura Samani, producers: EAVE graduate Nadia Trevisan, EAVE graduate Thomas Lambert
  • UNSTOPPABLE by Martin Lund, producer: EAVE graduate Ruben Thorkildsen
  • VÄRN  by John Skoog, producer: EAVE graduate Caroline Drab, co-producer: EAVE graduates Per Damgaard Hansen, Misha Jaari, EAVE and TTB graduate Mark Lwoff, EAVE and EAVE+ graduate Leontine Petit
  • VEINS by Raymond St-Jean, producer: EAVE+ graduate Nicolas Comeau
  • VERSALLES by Andres Clariond, producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolás Celis
  • WELDED TOGETHER by Anastasija Mirošničenko, producer: EAVE graduate Valérie Montmartin, co-producers: EAVE graduates Anton Iffland Stettner and Eva Kuperman
  • WE’LL FIND HAPPINESS by Léa Pool, producer: EAVE graduate Katarzyna Ozga
  • WHAT IS LOVE by Fabien Gorgeart, producers: EAVE and PUENTES graduates Jean des Forêts and Marie Dubas, MW graduate Amélie Jacquis
  • WHITE SNAIL by Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter, producers: EAVE graduate David Bohun and Heino Deckert
  • YELLOW LETTERS by lker Çatak, co-producer: EAVE graduate Enis Köstepen
  • YON LÄPSI by Hanna Bergholm, co-producer: TTB graduate Christopher Granier Deferre
  • ZEJTUNE by Alex Camilleri, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle

 

SAVE THE DATE!

EFM Far East in Progress

on Thursday, February 12th, 18:00–19:30 at Gropius Bau Cinema, access with Market & Festival Badge

Discover a new Works in Progress initiative jointly organised by EAVE Ties That Bind – Asia Europe Co_Production Workshop and the European Film Market (EFM).
The session will take place during Berlinale 2026 and will spotlight five Asian feature films currently in post-production, all produced by alumni of the Ties That Bind programme.

  • ONE MORE GOOD DAY by Natasha K. Sung, producer: TTB graduate Nobu Tsai Hsin Hung
  • RIA by Arvin Belarmino, produced by TTB and EAVE graduate Alemberg Ang
  • THE SEA SPEAKS HIS NAME by Yosep Anggi Noen, producer: TTB graduate Gita Fara
  • TTB project PICTUREHOUSE by Minh-Nghiem Nguyen-Vo, producer: TTB graduate Johann Chapelan
  • TTB project WILL YOU STILL BE MY FRIEND by Po-Shun Lu, producer: TTB graduate Yu-Hao Su

The session will be moderated by TTB Head of Studies and EAVE+ graduate Christophe Bruncher (Ici et Là Productions, France).

 

Morning Kick-Off: Producers' Breakfast Club

on Saturday, February 14th, 09:00 – 10:00, Innovation & Producers Café at Gropius Bau, access with Market Badge

The EFM, ACE Producers and EAVE invite you to kickstart your day at the Producers and Innovation Café, a refreshing and energising space where industry professionals come together to share insights, spark creativity, and build meaningful connections. Dive into an informal “meet & mingle” where producers and innovators from diverse backgrounds come together to exchange ideas, share experiences, and explore new opportunities for collaboration. With a coffee in hand and a pastry to enjoy, you’ll have the chance to network in a relaxed and open environment, perfect for forging new relationships and re-energising existing ones. Join us to fuel your creativity, connect with industry leaders, and start your day on a high note!

 

EAVE session: Does AI need you more than you need it? Five questions to find out.

on Saturday, February 14th, at 10:00, Gropius Bau, second floor, access with Market Badge

Speaker: EAVE expert Nicolò Gallio, Marketing Strategist & Audience Designer

Artificial intelligence promises efficiency and productivity, but what does that really mean for film professionals? In this interactive talk, EAVE expert Nicolò Gallio will walk through five questions to test where AI genuinely adds value, where it still falls short, and why human judgement remains essential when working with machines. More information here.

 

MEET EAVE IN BERLIN

You can find EAVE at the table #224 of the Innovation Hub (second floor of Gropius Bau) and at the C2 Creative Europe MEDIA stand at Gropius Bau.

To arrange a meeting, please contact satu@eave.org!

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7 awards for EAVE producers at Sundance

We are pleased to announce seven awards for EAVE producers at the Sundance Film Festival, including the World Cinema Documentary Grand Jury Prize for EAVE project TO HOLD A MOUNTAIN!

Congratulations to the producers, filmmakers, and film crews behind these outstanding achievements! Remarkably, EAVE producers took home an incredible 70% of all World Cinema awards.

 

World Cinema Documentary Grand Jury Prize

EAVE project TO HOLD A MOUNTAIN by Biljana Tutorov, Petar Glomazic, producers: EAVE graduates Biljana Tutorov, Anton Iffland Stettner, Eva Kuperman, executive producer: EAVE graduate Lucila Moctezuma

The Jury's Statement: "This visually and emotionally stunning film transported us to a remote mountain top and into the most intimate moments of a family fighting to protect not only their land, but their way of life. The truest example of the power of cinema to make the personal political."

Grand Jury Prize in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition

SHAME AND MONEY by Visar Morina, producers: EAVE graduate Fabian Altenried, PUENTES graduate Sophie Ahrens, co-producers: EAVE graduates Besnik Krapi, Marija Dimitrova, EAVE+ graduate Danijel Hocevar 

World Cinema Dramatic Audience Award

HOLD ON TO ME by Myrsini Aristidou, co-producers: EAVE graduate Konstantina Stavrianou

World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Creative Vision

FILIPIÑANA by Rafael Manuel, producer: producers: TTB graduates Bradley Liew and Jeremy Chua TTB group leader Bianca Balbuena

World Cinema Dramatic Directing Award

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

World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Journalistic Impact

BIRDS OF WAR by Janay Boulos & Abd Alkader Habak, producer: EAVE+ graduate Sonja Henrici

World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Civil Resistance

EVERYBODY TO KENMURE STREET by Felipe Bustos Sierra, producer: EAVE graduate Ciara Barry 

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EAVE project FIUME O MORTE! wins European Documentary

European Film Awards

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

https://www.europeanfilmawards.eu/

 

 

Golden Globes

3 Golden Globes for EAVE graduates:

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

https://goldenglobes.com/

 

 

French Lumière Awards

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

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

 

 

Swedish Guldbagge Awards

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

https://www.guldbaggen.se/

 

 

Finnish Golden Venla Awards

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

https://www.kultainenvenla.fi/

 

 

International Film Festival Tarragona

REC LAB

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

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

 

 

Red Sea Film Festival

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

https://redseafilmfest.com/

Cinemamed Festival

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

https://cinemamed.be/

 

 

Around the World in 14 Films Festival

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

https://www.14films.de/

 

 

Les Arcs European Film Festival

  • BEYOND SILENCE by Marnie Blok, producer: EAVE graduate Ellen Havenith won Best Short Film Award
  • FATHER by Tereza Nvotova, producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski won the Award for Best Interpretation (Milan Ondrík)
  • LITTLE TROUBLE GIRLS by Urska Djukic, producer: EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marina Gumzi, Miha Cernec, Katarina Prpic won the Grand Jury Award
  • MR NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN by David Borenstein, Pavel Ilyich Talankin, Co-director Pavel Talankin, co-producer: EAVE graduate Radovan Sibrt won the Crystal Arrow Award and Best Original Soundtrack (Michal Rataj & Jonas Struck)

https://lesarcs-filmfest.com/fr

 

 

Trieste Film Festival

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

www.triestefilmfestival.it  

 

 

When East Meets West

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

https://www.wemw.it/

 

 

Max Ophüls Festival Saarbrücken

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

https://ffmop.de/en

 

 

Tromsø International Film Festival

  • BROKEN VOICES by Ondřej Provazník, producer: EAVE graduate Jirí Konecny won the FIPRESCI Award
  • LITTLE TROUBLE GIRLS by Urska Djukic, producer: EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marina Gumzi, Miha Cernec, Katarina Prpic won the Faith in Film Award

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

 

 

Premier Plans Film Festival Angers

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

https://www.premiersplans.org/

 

 

Palm Springs International Film Festival

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

https://www.psfilmfest.org/

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21 Oscar nominations for EAVE producers

American Academy Awards – The Oscars

21 nominations for EAVE producers at the 2026 Oscars:

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

https://www.oscars.org/

 

 

Producer Guild of America

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

https://producersguild.org/

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EAVE project TO HOLD A MOUNTAIN premieres at Sundance

Palm Springs International Film Festival (January 2 - 12)

  • A POET by Simón Mesa Soto, co-producers: EAVE graduate Katharina Bergfeld, Heino Deckert, David Herdies and Michael Krotkewski
  • A USEFUL GHOST by Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke, co-producers: EAVE graduate May Odeh and TTB graduate Karim Aitouna
  • ALL THAT’S LEFT OF YOU by Cherien Dabis, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marios Piperides
  • EAGLES OF THE REPUBLIC by Tarik Saleh, producer: EAVE graduates Linda Mutawi, co-producers: EAVE graduate Monica Hellström
  • FATHER by Tereza Nvotova, producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski
  • FRANZ by Agnieszka Holland, co-producer: EAVE graduates David Grumbach, Jorgo Narjes and Marcin Wierzchoslawski 
  • LEFT-HANDED GIRL by Shih-Ching Tsou, associate producer: EAVE graduate Alex C. Lo
  • LITTLE TROUBLE GIRLS by Urska Djukic, producer: EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marina Gumzi, Miha Cernec, Katarina Prpic
  • MAGELLAN by Lav Diaz, co-producer: EAVE SLATE graduate Stefano Centini
  • MR NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN by David Borenstein, Pavel Ilyich Talankin, Co-director Pavel Talankin, co-producer: EAVE graduate Radovan
  • NO OTHER CHOICE by Park Chan-wook, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandre Gavras
  • PALESTINE 36 by Annemarie Jacir, producer: EAVE graduate Ossama Bawardi, co-producers: EAVE and TTB graduate Katrin Pors, EAVE graduate Elisa Fernanda Pirir
  • REEDLAND by Sven Bresser, producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot
  • SIRAT by Oliver Laxe, producer: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font
  • THE LOVE THAT REMAINS  by Hlynur Pálmason, producers: EAVE and PUENTES graduate Katrin Pors, EAVE and EAVE+ graduate Anton Máni Svansson, co-producers: EAVE graduate and Group Leader Didar Domehri, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin and PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi
  • THE MYSTERIOUS GAZE OF THE FLAMINGO by Diego Cespedes, producer: PUENTES and TTB graduate Giancarlo Nasi
  • THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonça Filho, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, EAVE and EAVE+ graduate Léontine Petit
  • THE THINGS YOU KILL by Alireza Khatami, producers: PUENTES graduate Elisa Sepulveda and EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marta Gmosińska
  • THE TOWER OF STRENGTH by Nikola Vukčević, co-producer: EAVE graduate Nevena Savic
  • UNDER THE FLAGS, THE SUN by by Juanjo Pereira, producers: PUENTES graduates Leandro Listorti, Gabriela Sabaté
  • A LAND WITHIN by Michael Kofler, producer: EAVE graduate Barbara Pichler, Gabriele Kranzelbinder
  • ISLANDS by Jan-Ole Gerster, producer: EAVE + graduate Jonas Katzenstein
  • THE CAPTIVE by Alejandro Amenábar, producer: EAVE graduate Simón de Santiago, associate producer: EAVE graduate Fabien Westerhoff
  • THE LAST VIKING by Anders Thomas Jensen, producer: EAVE graduate Lizette Jonjic
  • TWO PROSECUTORS by Sergei Loznitsa, co-producer: B’EST graduate Alise Gelze
  • YES by Nadav Lapid, producer: Interchange graduate Judith Lou Lévy, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marios Piperides, Jonas Dornbach
  • BROKEN VOICES by Ondrej Provaznik, producer: EAVE graduate Jiri Konecny
  • GOD WILL NOT HELP by Hana Jusic, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Ankica Juric Tilic, co-producers; EAVE graduate Ada Solomon, EAVE group leader Didar Domehri
  • SILENT REBELLION by Marie-Elsa Sgualdo, producer: EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes
  • THE NATURE OF INVISIBLE THINGS by Rafaela Camelo, co-producer: EAVE MW graduate Rebeca Gutiérrez Campos, executive producer: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle
  • JIMPA by Sophie Hyde, producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot
  • THE LITTLE SISTER by Hafsia Herzi (Nadia Melliti), producer: PUENTES graduate Naomi Denamur
  • BEGINNINGS by Jeanette Nordahl, producers: EAVE graduate Katrin Pors, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi, EAVE graduate Leontine Petit
  • FRONTIER by Judith Colell, producer: EAVE graduate Katleen Goossens
  • MADE IN EU by EAVE graduate Stephan Komandarev, producer: EAVE graduate Katya Trichkova
  • MR. BURTON by Marc Evans, producer: Taste of EAVE graduate Ed Talfan
  • PROMISED SKY by Erige Sehiri, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri
  • RENOIR by Chie Hayakawa, producers: EAVE and TTB graduates Fran Borgia, Eiko Mizuno Gray, TTB Head of Studies and EAVE+ graduate Christophe Bruncher
  • SAIPAN (REPEAT) by Glenn Leyburn, Lisa Barros D'Sa, producer: EAVE graduate Macdara Kelleher
  • THE BLUE TRAIL by Gabriel Mascaro, producers: EAVE graduates Rachel Daisy Ellis, Sandino Saravia Vinay, co-producers: EAVE graduates Giancarlo Nasi, Marleen Slot
  • THE RICHEST WOMAN IN THE WORLD by Thierry Klifa, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart
  • TO THE VICTORY! by Valentyn Vasyanovych, producer: EAVE graduate Volodymyr Yatsenko

https://www.psfilmfest.org/

 

 

Trieste Film Festival (January 16 - 24)

Feature Film Competition

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

Out of Competition

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

Wild Roses - Focus on Slovenia

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

Short Film Competition

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

Queer Visions

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

www.triestefilmfestival.it  

 

When East Meets West

Co-production Forum

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

Works in Progress

LAST STOP TRIESTE

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

THIS IS IT

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

FIRST CUT +

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

 

EAVE SLATE

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

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

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

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

The selected companies for the EAVE SLATE are the following:

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

 

EAVE IMPACT THINK TANK

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

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

 

EAVE SESSION (January 19)

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

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

Panalists:

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

Moderator: EAVE graduate Tamara Dawit

https://www.wemw.it/

 

 

Sundance (January 22 - February 1)

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

World Cinema Documentary Competition

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

Next

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

Premieres

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

Episodic

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

www.sundance.org

 

 

International Film Festival Rotterdam (January 29 - February 8)

TIGER COMPETITION

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

BIG SCREEN COMPETITION

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

TIGER SHORT COMPETITION

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

HARBOUR

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

LIMELIGHT

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

BRIGHT FUTURE

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

 

CineMart

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

CineMart x HBF selection

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

 

ROTTERDAM LAB

EAVE graduates participating at the Rotterdam Lab:

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

 

EAVE @ IFFR

Building Bridges: Empowering Independent Producers Through Global Networks

Wednesday 4 February, 11.00 – 12.30, van Weelde

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

With EAVE Project Manager Sarah van den Hoogen

www.iffr.com  

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FIRES is in post-production

In production

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

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

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

 

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

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

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

 

In post-production

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

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

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

 

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MEET EAVE IN FEBRUARY

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

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

 

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

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

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Deadline Extension: EAVE+ 2026

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

Extended deadline for application: February 5th, 2026

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

Sessions will focus on:

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

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

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

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

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

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

James Heath, Randan Film and Television Productions, UK

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

Julie Groleau, Couronne Nord, Canada

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

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE TO START YOUR APPLICATION!

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

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21 Oscar nominations for EAVE producers in 2026

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

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

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

Best Picture

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

Best Actress in a Leading Role

  • Renate Reinsve for SENTIMENTAL VALUE
  • Emma Stone for BUGONIA

Best Actor in a Leading Role

  • Wagner Moura for THE SECRET AGENT

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

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

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

  • Stellan Skarsgård for SENTIMENTAL VALUE

Best Director

  • Joachim Trier for SENTIMENTAL VALUE

Best Original Screenplay

  • Joachim Trier and Eskil Vogt for SENTIMENTAL VALUE

Best Adapted Screenplay

  • Will Tracy for BUGONIA

Best Documentary Feature Film

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

Best International Feature Film

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

Best Editing

  • SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier

Best Make-up and Hairstyling

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

Best Music (Original Score)

  • BUGONIA by Yorgos Lanthimos

Best Sound

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

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14 European Film Awards for EAVE producers

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

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

European Film

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

European Documentary

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

European Director

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

European Actress

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

European Actor

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

European Screenwriter

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

European Casting Director

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

European Cinematographer

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

European Composer (Original Score)

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

European Editor

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

European Make-up and Hair Artist

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

European Production Designer

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

European Sound Designer

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

Eurimages Co-Production Award

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

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EAVE @ WHEN EAST MEETS WEST 2026

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

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

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

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

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

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

Panalists:

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

Moderator: EAVE graduate Tamara Dawit

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

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

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

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

The selected companies for the EAVE SLATE are the following:

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

Co-Production Forum

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

The following projects are being produced by EAVE graduates:

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

Works in Progress

LAST STOP TRIESTE

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

THIS IS IT

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

FIRST CUT +

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

INSPIRATIONAL LABS

AMAZING INTELLIGENCE | AI Inspirational Lab

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

ANIMA SPIRIT | Animation Inspirational Lab

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

COLD OPEN | Drama Series Inspirational Lab

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

DOCS MEET SERIES | Docuseries Inspirational Lab

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

GENRE RULES | Fantastic Film Inspirational Lab

  • TTB graduate Daniel Tenné | 70 STEPS | Germany

IMPACT ZONE | Outreach & Impact Inspirational Lab

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

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

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

UNLOCKING CAPITAL | Private Investment Inspirational Lab

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

MIDPOINT SHORTS

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

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

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

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EAVE 2025 HIGHLIGHTS

39 EAVE WORKSHOPS MODULES DELIVERED IN 2025

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

EAVE SPECIAL EVENTS IN 2025

AWARDS FOR EAVE PRODUCERS IN 2025

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

OUR PARTNERS IN 2025

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

We wish you a HAPPY AND HEALTHY NEW YEAR!

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

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Open Call: EAVE+ 2026

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

Application deadline: January 29th, 2026

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

Sessions will focus on:

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

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

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

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

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

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

James Heath, Randan Film and Television Productions, UK

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

Julie Groleau, Couronne Nord, Canada

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

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE TO START YOUR APPLICATION!

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

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Green Film Lab Torino

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

GREEN FILM LAB TARGETS:

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

DEADLINE TO APPLY: FEBRUARY 20, 2026

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

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

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

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Eurimages International Co-Production Award for Komplizen Film

Eurimages Co-Production Award

  • The Eurimages Co-Production Award goes to EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach, Maren Ade and Janine Jackowski. TheTrio of producers Maren Ade, EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach and Janine Jackowski, of German company Komplizen Film, will be honoured at the 38th European Film Awards with the 2026 Eurimages International Co-Production Award presented by Eurimages and the European Film Academy. The award acknowledges the decisive role of co-productions in fostering international exchange. No fewer than 20 films produced or co-produced by Komplizen Film have been supported by Eurimages, among which The Story of My Wife by Ildikó Enyedi, About Dry Grasses by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Corsage by Marie Kreutzer, and more recently, Sentimental Value by Joachim Trier and Yes by Nadav Lapid. The Berlin-based firm is also a co-founding member of The Creatives, a federation of ten international independent production companies. Maren Ade co-founded Komplizen Film with Janine Jackowski in 1999, with whom she co-produced her graduation film, The Forest for the Trees, in 2003. Her third feature, Toni Erdmann, also supported by Eurimages, became an audience favourite after competing at Cannes, and went on to win awards worldwide, among them four European Film Awards. Maren Ade not only produces her own films, but also serves as a producer on movies by other directors. Janine Jackowski has produced over 60 films and series, many of which have been selected for and awarded at international festivals. Jonas Dornbach began his career by establishing and running his production company Kinoherz from 2002-2009. Since joining Komplizen Film in 2010, Jonas has produced numerous internationally acclaimed works.

www.komplizenfilm.de

 

 

Louis Delluc Prize

  • THE LITTLE SISTER by Hafsia Herzi, producer: PUENTES graduate Naomi Denamur won the highly prestigious 2025 Louis Delluc Prize, recognising the best French film of the year.

https://junefilms.fr/

 

 

Industry Village Les Arcs

4 awards for EAVE graduates in the Co-Production Village and Work in Progress competition of Les Arcs Film Festival’s Industry Village:

  • ONE HAND JESUS by Bogdan Miric, producers: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Radu Stancu and EAVE graduate Ioanna Lascar won the Eurimages Co-Production Development Prize
  • MAN VS FLOCK by Tamara Kotevska, producers: EAVE graduates Sinisa Juricic, Vicky Miha won the TitraFilm Prize
  • A DAY IN THE LIFE OF JO:  CHAPTER PHAEDRA by Jacqueline Lentzou, producer: EAVE graduate Ioanna Bolomyti received a Special Mention
  • WEIRD ELLIOT by Johannes Nyholm, producer: EAVE graduate and Dutch National Coordinator Frank Hoeve, PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi received a Special Mention

https://lesarcs-filmfest.com/

 

 

Mediterranean Film Festival, Brussels

3 awards for EAVE graduates at the Cinémamed – Brussels’ Mediterranean Film Festival

  • DUSE by Pietro Marcello, associate producer: EAVE MW graduate Stefano Mutolo won the Special Jury Prize
  • DJ AHMET by Georgi M. Unkovski, producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Prpic won the RêVolution Prize
  • PROMISED SKY by Erige Sehiri, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri won the Critics’ Prize

www.cinemamed.be

 

 

Marrakech International Film Festival

  • PROMISED SKY by Erige Sehiri, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri won the Étoile d’Or, the festival’s top prize, Marrakech International Film Festival, and Best Performance by an Actress (Debora Lobe Naney)
  • MY FATHER'S SHADOW by Akinola Davies, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney won Best Performance by an Actor (Sope Dirisu)

https://marrakech-festival.com/en/home

 

 

British Independent Film Awards

6 awards for EAVE graduates at the Best British Independent Film Awards, BIFA 2025:

  • PILLION by Harry Lighton, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney scooped Best British Independent Film, Best Debut Screenwriter, Best Costume Design and Best Make-Up & Hair Design
  • MY FATHER'S SHADOW by Akinola Davies, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney won Best Director 
  • SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic won Best International Independent Film

www.bifa.film

 

 

Author's Film Festival, Belgrade

  • SORELLA DI CLAUSURA by Ivana Mladenovic, producer: EAVE graduate Ada Solomon won the Grand Prix at the Author's Film Festival, Belgrade.
  • WIND, TALK TO ME by Stefan Djordjevic, producer: EAVE graduate Dragana Jovovic, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jozko Rutar won Best Director
  • A POET by Simon Mesa Soto, co-producer: EAVE graduate David Herdies best screenplay
  • MOTHER by Teona Strugar Mitevska, producer: EAVE graduate Sebastien Delloye, co-producers: EAVE graduates Amra Baksic Camo, Adis Djapo, Labina Mitevska best cinematography
  • MALDOROR by Fabrice du Welz, producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin Audience Award

www.faf.rs

 

 

Red Sea International Film Festival

  • ALL THAT’S LEFT OF YOU by Cherien Dabis, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marios Piperides was awarded the Silver Yusr Feature Film and the Best Director award at the Red Sea International Film Festival
  • YUNAN by Ameer Fakher Eldin, producers: EAVE graduates Dorothe Beinemeier, Marco Valerio Fusco, Tony Copti, EAVE participant Jiries Copti won the Yusr Jury Prize and the Best Actor award

https://redseafilmfest.com/en

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20 nominations for EAVE graduates at the Golden Globes

American Academy Awards – the Oscars

Shortlisted for the 98th Oscars are the following films produced by EAVE graduates. Nominations will be announced on Thursday, January 22, 2026.

International Feature Film

  • THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonca Filho, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, EAVE graduate Leontine Petit
  • SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic
  • PALESTINE 36 by Annemarie Jacir, producer: EAVE graduate Ossama Bawardi, co-producers: EAVE and TTB graduate Katrin Pors, EAVE graduate Elisa Fernanda Pirir
  • ALL THAT’S LEFT OF YOU by Cherien Dabis, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marios Piperides
  • NO OTHER CHOICE by Park Chan-wook, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandre Gavras
  • SIRAT by Oliver Laxe, producer: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font
  • LEFT-HANDED GIRL by Shih-Ching Tsou, associate producer: EAVE graduate Alex C. Lo

Documentary Feature Film

  • COEXISTENCE, MY ASS! by Amber Fares, producer: EAVE graduate Valérie Montmartin
  • MR NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN by David Borenstein, Pavel Ilyich Talankin, Co-director Pavel Talankin, co-producer: EAVE graduate Radovan Sibrt

Animated Short Film

  • HURIKAN by Jan Saska, producer: EAVE MW graduate Kamila Dohnalova, co-producer: EAVE graduate Juraj Krasnohorsky
  • I DIED IN IRPIN by Anastasiia Falileieva, producer: EAVE graduate Juraj Krasnohorsky

Casting

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

Cinematography

  • BUGONIA by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
  • SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic
  • SIRAT by Oliver Laxe, producer: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font

Music (Original Score)

  • BUGONIA by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
  • SIRAT by Oliver Laxe, producer: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font

Sound

  • SIRAT by Oliver Laxe, producer: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font

Live Action Short Film

  • BEYOND SILENCE by Marnie Blok, producer: EAVE graduate Ellen Havenith

https://press.oscars.org/

 

 

European Film Academy Board

EAVE graduate and longtime EAVE Romanian Coordinator Ada Solomon is the new chair of the Board of the European Film Academy. Her new deputy chairs are Dutch EAVE graduate Leontine Petit and French Matthieu Darras. Their two-year mandate will start on 1 January 2026.

"Being part of the European Film Academy board for a decade now, I took the responsibility to promote excellence in filmmaking in all the diversity of the European cinematic voices, but also to put the spotlight on the less visible ones: the smaller territories, the underrepresented forms of cinema, the crews behind the camera. It is a time of change, and I am ready to take the challenge knowing that I am backed up by the great executive team of the Academy and the amazing people in the board of the European Film Academy, and especially the newly elected deputy chairs: Leontine Petit and Matthieu Darras," said Ada Solomon in a statement.

In 2026, the board of EFA also includes EAVE+ graduate Danijel Hocevar (Slovenia), who was re-elected for Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia; EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas (Greece), who was re-elected for Armenia, Cyprus, Georgia, Greece, and Israel and EAVE and TTB graduate Marija Razgute (Lithuania), who was re-elected for Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, among others. EAVE graduate Vanessa Henneman was elected for Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands.

www.europeanfilmacademy.org

 

 

Golden Globes

20 nominations for EAVE graduates:

Best Picture – Drama

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

Best Picture – Musical or Comedy

  • BUGONIA by Yorgos Lanthimos, produced by EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
  • NO OTHER CHOICE by Park Chan-wook, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandre Gavras

Best Picture – Non-English Language

  • NO OTHER CHOICE by Park Chan-wook, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandre Gavras
  • THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonça Filho, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, EAVE graduate Leontine Petit
  • SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, produced by EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic
  • SIRAT by Olivier Laxe, produced by PUENTES graduate Xavi Font

Best Director

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

Best Screenplay

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

Best performance by a Female Actor in a motion picture – Drama

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

Best performance by a Male Actor in a motion picture – Drama

  • Wagner Moura for THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonça Filho, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, EAVE graduate Leontine Petit

Best performance by a Female Actor in a motion picture – Musical or Comedy

  • Amanda Seyfried for THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE by Mona Fastvold, producer: EAVE graduate Viktória Petrányi 
  • Emma Stone for BUGONIA by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney 

Best performance by a Male Actor in a motion picture – Musical or Comedy

  • Jesse Plemons for BUGONIA by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney 
  • Lee Byung-hun for NO OTHER CHOICE by Park Chan-wook, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandre Gavras

Best Supporting Actress

  • Elle Fanning for SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic
  • Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas for SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic

Best Supporting Actor

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

Best original score

  • Kangding Ray for SIRAT by Olivier Laxe, producer: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font

www.goldenglobes.com

 

 

European Shooting Stars

The European Shooting Stars have been announced. EFP (European Film Promotion) has selected the up-and-coming acting talent to be introduced during the 76th Berlin International Film Festival. 3 are known from films produced by EAVE graduates:

  • Cleo Diára in: I ONLY REST IN THE STORM by Pedro Pinho, producer: EAVE graduate Filipa Reis 
  • Sofia Tjelta Sydness in: THE ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM IS DOWN by Ruben Ostlund, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jon Nohrstedt, Dan Wechsler, Viktoria Petranyi
  • Joes Brauers in: YOURI by Sander Burger, producers: EAVE graduates Fleur Knopperts, Denis Vaslin

www.efp-online.com

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FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER in Italian and Spanish cinemas

In French cinemas

  • MOTHER by Teona Strugar Mitevska, producers: EAVE graduates Labina Mitevska, Sebastien Delloye, co-producers: EAVE graduates Amra Baksic Camo, Adis Djapo. December 3. 
  • HER WILL BE DONE by Julia Kowalski, producer: EAVE graduate Estelle Robin You. December 3.
  • REEDLAND by Sven Bresser, producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot. December 3.
  • THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonca Filho, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, EAVE graduate Leontine Petit. December 17.

 

 

In Belgian cinemas

  • LEFT-HANDED GIRL by Shih-Ching Tsou, associate producer: EAVE graduate Alex C. Lo. December 3.  
  • LES BARONNES by Nabil Ben Yadir and Mokhtaria Badaoui, producer: EAVE graduate Benoît Roland. December 3.   
  • SIX DAYS IN SPRING by Joachim Lafosse, producers: EAVE graduates Anton Iffland Stettner, Eva Kuperman, Hans Everaert, EAVE+ Head of Studies Jani Thiltges. December 10.   
  • THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonca Filho, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, EAVE graduate Leontine Petit. December 17.

 

 

In Dutch cinemas

  • SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic. December 11. 
  • THE LOVE THAT REMAINS by Hlynur Palmason, producers: EAVE and TTB graduate Katrin Pors, EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson, co-producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin. December 18.   
  • LEFT-HANDED GIRL by Shih-Ching Tsou, associate producer: EAVE graduate Alex C. Lo. December 18.  

 

 

In Swiss cinemas

  • REEDLAND by Sven Bresser, producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot. December 4. 
  • SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic. December 11.

 

 

In Austrian cinemas

  • SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic. December 5. 
  • MELT by Nikolaus Geyrhalter, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Michael Kitzberger. December 5.  
  • OUR TIME WILL COME by Ivette Löcker, producers: EAVE graduates Barbara Pichler, Gabriele Kranzelbinder. December 5.    

 

 

In German cinemas

  • SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic. December 3. 
  • THE MYSTERIOUS GAZE OF THE FLAMINGO by Diego Cespedes, producer: PUENTES and TTB graduate Giancarlo Nasi. December 3.  
  • MOTHER by Teona Strugar Mitevska, producers: EAVE graduates Labina Mitevska, Sebastien Delloye, co-producers: EAVE graduates Amra Baksic Camo, Adis Djapo. December 3. 
  • THE LITTLE SISTER (LA PETITE DERNIÈRE) by Hafsia Herzi, producer: PUENTES graduate Naomi Denamur. December 24.

 

 

In Irish cinemas

  • SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic. December 26.

 

 

In Italian cinemas

  • MOTHER by Teona Strugar Mitevska, producers: EAVE graduates Labina Mitevska, Sebastien Delloye, co-producers: EAVE graduates Amra Baksic Camo, Adis Djapo. December 11. 
  • FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER by Jim Jarmusch, co-producer: EAVE graduate Conor Barry, executive producer: EAVE graduate Alex C. Lo. December 18.

 

 

In Croatian cinemas

  • ISLANDS by Jan-Ole Gerster, producer: EAVE + graduate Jonas Katzenstein. December 11.

 

 

In Polish cinemas

  • TO A LAND UNKNOWN by Mahdi Fleifel, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki. December 19.  

 

 

In Spanish cinemas

  • FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER by Jim Jarmusch, co-producer: EAVE graduate Conor Barry, executive producer: EAVE graduate Alex C. Lo. December 24.

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EAVE Marketing Workshop project ETERNITY PACKAGE selected for Cinedays

International Film Festival Tarragona (December 3 – 8)

  • A USEFUL GHOST by Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke, co-producers: TTB graduate Karim Aitouna, EAVE graduate May Odeh
  • FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER by Jim Jarmusch, co-producer: EAVE graduate Conor Barry, executive producer: EAVE graduate Alex C. Lo
  • FRONTIER by Judith Colell, producer: EAVE graduate Katleen Goossens
  • NO OTHER CHOICE by Park Chan-wook, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandre Gavras
  • PILLION by Harry Lighton, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
  • STRANGE RIVER by Jaume Claret Muxart, producers: EAVE graduates Xavi Font, Fabian Altenried, PUENTES graduate Sophie Ahrens 
  • THE BARONESSES by Nabil Ben Yadir, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland, co-producer: EAVE graduate and Luxembourgish National Coordinator Bernard Michaux
  • VERSAILLES by Andrés Clariond, producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis

www.festivalrec.com

 

 

Cinedays Festival of European Film (December 3 – 10)

  • EAVE Marketing Workshop project ETERNITY PACKAGE by EAVE graduate Magdelena Ilieva, producer: EAVE graduate Magdelena Ilieva
  • FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER by Jim Jarmusch, co-producer: EAVE graduate Conor Barry, executive producer: EAVE graduate Alex C. Lo
  • LITTLE TROUBLE GIRLS by Urska Djukic, producer: EAVE graduate Jozko Rutar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marina Gumzi, Miha Cernec, Katarina Prpic  
  • NO OTHER CHOICE by Park Chan-wook, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandre Gavras
  • OUR FATHER by Goran Stankovic, producer: EAVE graduate Snezana van Houwelingen
  • SANDBAG DAM by Cejen Cernic Canak, producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Ankica Juric Tilic, EAVE graduate Ieva Norviliene
  • THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonca Filho, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, EAVE graduate Leontine Petit
  • U ARE THE UNIVERSE by Pavlo Ostrikov, producer: EAVE graduate Volodymir Yatsenko
  • WHITES WASH AT NINETY by Marko Nabersnik, co-producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Ankica Juric Tilic
  • YUGO FLORIDA by Roman Bondarchuk, producer: EAVE graduate Marija Stojanovic

https://cinedays.mk/en

 

 

Red Sea Film Festival, (December 5 – 14)

  • ALL THAT’S LEFT OF YOU by Cherien Dabis, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marios Piperides
  • PALESTINE 36 by Annemarie Jacir, producer: EAVE graduate Ossama Bawardi, co-producers: EAVE and TTB graduate Katrin Pors, EAVE graduate Elisa Fernanda Pirir
  • SIRAT by Oliver Laxe, producer: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font
  • THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonca Filho, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, EAVE graduate Leontine Petit
  • YUNAN by Ameer Fakher Eldin, producers: EAVE graduates Dorothe Beinemeier, Marco Valerio Fusco, Tony Copti, EAVE participant Jiries Copti

Red Sea Souk

  • HOLIDAY by Wissam Charaf, producer: EAVE graduate Charlotte Vincent
  • A GIRL UNKOWN by Jing Zou, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri

https://redseafilmfest.com

 

 

BIAFF Batumi Film Festival (December 13 – 17)

  • EAGLES OF THE REPUBLIC by Tarik Saleh, co-producer: EAVE graduate Monica Hellstrøm
  • KÖLN 75 by Ido Fluk, producer: EAVE graduate Fred Burle.
  • NANDAURI by Eti Tsicko, producer: EAVE graduate Vladimer Katchavara
  • SIRAT by Oliver Laxe, producer: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font

https://www.biaff.org

 

 

Cinemamed Festival (November 27 – December 5)

  • ALL THAT’S LEFT OF YOU by Cherien Dabis, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marios Piperides
  • CALLE MALAGA by Maryam Touzani, producer: EAVE graduate Fred Burle
  • DJ AHMET by Georgi M. Unkovski, producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Prpic
  • DUSE by Pietro Marcello, associate producer: EAVE MW graduate Stefano Mutolo
  • PALESTINE 36 by Annemarie Jacir, producer: EAVE graduate Ossama Bawardi, co-producers: EAVE graduate Katrin Pors, EAVE graduate Elisa Fernanda Pirir
  • PROMISED SKY by Erige Sehiri, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri
  • ROMERIA by Carla Simon, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Zamora
  • THE BARONESSES by Nabil Ben Yadir, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland, co-producer: EAVE graduate and Luxembourgish National Coordinator Bernard Michaux
  • YUGO FLORIDA by Roman Bondarchuk, producer: EAVE graduate and Serbian National Coordinator Marija Stojanovic

www.cinemamed.be

 

 

Around the World in 14 Films Festival (November 28 – December 6)

  • AISHA CAN’T FLY AWAY by Morad Mostafa, producer: EAVE graduate Ahmed Amer
  • A POET by Simon Mesa Soto, co-producer: EAVE graduate David Herdies
  • A USEFUL GHOST by Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke, co-producers: TTB graduate Karim Aitouna, EAVE graduate May Odeh
  • CALLE MALAGA by Maryam Touzani, producer: EAVE graduate Fred Burle
  • 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
  • I ONLY REST IN THE STORM by Pedro Pinho, producer: EAVE graduate Filipa Reis 
  • NO OTHER CHOICE by Park Chan-wook, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandre Gavras
  • ROMERIA by Carla Simon, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Zamora
  • SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic
  • THE LITTLE SISTER (LA PETITE DERNIÈRE) by Hafsia Herzi, producer: PUENTES graduate Naomi Denamur
  • THE MYSTERIOUS GAZE OF THE FLAMINGO by Diego Cespedes, producer: PUENTES and TTB graduate Giancarlo Nasi

https://14films.de

 

 

Les Arcs European Film Festival (December 16 – 23) 

Competition

  • FATHER by Tereza Nvotova, producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski
  • LITTLE TROUBLE GIRLS by Urska Djukic, producer: EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marina Gumzi, Miha Cernec, Katarina Prpic

Short Films Competition

  • BEYOND SILENCE by Marnie Blok, producer: EAVE graduate Ellen Havenith
  • ALISVERIS by Vasile Todinca, producer: EAVE graduate Ada Solomon

Greek Focus

  • KYUKA: BEFORE SUMMER’S END by Kostis Charamountanis, producers: EAVE graduates Danae Spathara, Greek National Coordinator Konstantinos Kontovrakis, EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas
  • PITY by Babis Makridis, producer: EAVE graduate Beata Rzezniczek
  • SIRÈNES by Lida Vartzioti, Dimitirs Tsakaleas, producer: EAVE graduate Ioanna Bolomyti
  • SON OF SOFIA by Elina Psykou, producers: EAVE graduate and Greek National Coordinator Konstantinos Kontovrakis, EAVE graduate Borislav Chouchkov

Playtime

  • PARADIJS by Bobbie Koek, producer: EAVE graduate Janneke Doolaard
  • CALLE MALAGA by Maryam Touzani, producer: EAVE graduate Fred Burle

Hauteur

  • A LIGHT THAT NEVER GOES OUT by Lauri-Matti Parppei, producer: EAVE graduate Ilona Tolmunen
  • STRANGE RIVER by Jaume Claret Muxart, producers: EAVE graduates Xavi Font, Fabian Altenried, PUENTES graduate Sophie Ahrens 
  • THE WHITE SNAIL by Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter, producer: EAVE graduate David Bohun, co-producer: EAVE graduate Heino Deckert

Jeunesse

  • A YEAR OF SCHOOL by Laura Samani, producer: EAVE graduate Nadia Trevisan
  • DJ AHMET by Georgi M. Unkovski, producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Prpic

Séance speciale

  • EAGLES OF THE REPUBLIC by Tarik Saleh, co-producer: EAVE graduate Monica Hellstrøm
  • MELT by Nikolaus Geyrhalter, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Michael Kitzberger
  • TO THE VICTORY! by Valentyn Vasyanovych, producer: EAVE graduate Volodymyr Yatsenko

Industry Village

  • DISQUALIFIÉ by Dimitris Zouras, producer: EAVE graduate Amanda Livanou
  • ELSEWHERE by Adelina Borets, producer: EAVE graduate Dmytr Sukhanov 
  • FRIENDS, BIRTHDAYS, MURDER, ETC by Lida Vartzioti and Dimitris Tsakaleas, producer: EAVE graduate Ioanna Bolomyti 
  • LOVE IN THE TIME OF COMMUNISM by Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantina Stavrianou
  • ONE HAND JESUS by Bogdan Miric, producer: EAVE, TTB and PUENTES graduate, Romanian National Coordinator Radu Stancu
  • PANTANO DE AVES by Karen Vazquez Guadarrama, producer: EAVE graduate Elisa Heene
  • RIOT/GIRL by Arman T. Riahi, producers: EAVE graduates Arash T. Riahi, Patrice Nezan
  • SINCE YOU’VE BEEN GONE by Maria Herrera Lopez, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Zamora
  • THE HERMIT by Nicolas Kolovos, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki

Work in Progress

  • A DAY IN THE LIFE OF JO:  CHAPTER PHAEDRA by Jacqueline Lentzou, producer: EAVE graduate Ioanna Bolomyti
  • EAVE project THE DIFFICULT BRIDE by Rubaiyat Hossain, producers: EAVE graduate Aadnan Imtiaz Ahmed, EAVE graduate Ingrid Lill Høgtun
  • MAN VS FLOCK by Tamara Kotevska, producers: EAVE graduates Sinisa Juricic, Vicky Miha
  • UNTIL THE DAY ENDS by Jelena Maksimovic, producer: EAVE graduate Miha Cernec
  • WEIRD ELLIOT by Johannes Nyholm, producer: EAVE graduate and Dutch National Coordinator Frank Hoeve

EAVE x Les Arcs

"Inclusive Production Practices" workshop by EAVE expert Jennifer Sabbah

During this workshop, Jennifer guided participants through practical strategies for a more transparent, equitable and culturally collaborative co-production model. Producers had the chance to challenge current practices, explore actionable tools, and reflect on how to bring more balance into their real production workflows.

https://lesarcs-filmfest.com

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THE POSSIBLE LIVES OF MY MOTHER by Jorge Dorado is in production

In development

Screen Flanders

Screen Flanders, the Flemish regional audiovisual investment fund, has selected 15 projects, both films and series, for its latest support session. Among them:

  • HUNTERS by Mathieu Mortelmans, producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart
  • LOOK WHO’S VISITING TUMMY TOM! by Joost van den Bosch, producer: EAVE graduate Peter Bouckaert
  • RED LIGHT EMPIRE, co-producer: EAVE graduate Léontine Petit

https://screenflanders.be/en

 

FFA

The German-French Co-production Committee supports 3 films by EAVE graduates.

  • DIE STADT by Helena Wittmann, producer: EAVE graduate Julia Cöllen
  • HISTOIRE D’AMOUR EN 10 CHANSONS, 3 MARIAGES ET 1 BAISER by Faouzi Bensaïdi, producer: EAVE graduate Nicole Gerhards
  • PRAJD, by Elvire Muñoz, producer: EAVE graduate Jamila Wanske

www.ffa.de

 

 

In production

  • THE POSSIBLE LIVES OF MY MOTHER by Jorge Dorado, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandra Hoesdorff is in production. The film is the rediscovery of a woman and, through her, the rediscovery of a whole century’s worth of emotions, silence and memories. In 2011, my mother took the wrong lane when taking a detour on a dual carriageway, and she drove the wrong way for several miles. I got scared, so I took her to various doctors, and they all agreed on the diagnosis: Alzheimer’s, an illness that she had gone to great lengths to hide from me and my siblings. As she couldn’t live alone any more, we had to clear out her house. Among the documents that ended up in my possession were photo albums and a floppy disk with a handwritten label that said: ‘Biography’. “At that moment,” the director said, “I found out that she had led an intense life, full of crossroads, brave decisions and contradictions. At the age of 22, she became a single mother in Paris after fleeing her parents’ house while pregnant, as she led a stifling existence there. During the 1960s and 1970s, she lived through impossible love affairs, political struggles, social changes and a constant yearning for freedom. In Paris and Madrid, she met artists, actors, soldiers and intellectuals who strove to change the world… I never imagined that she could have borne witness to the history of Spain by – sometimes unintentionally – forming part of some of the most important events of that era.” THE POSSIBLE LIVES OF MY MOTHER is a production by Adrià Monés for Fasten Films and Borja Pena for Vaca Films, together with Alexandra Hoesdorff and Desirée Nosbusch for Deal Productions (Luxembourg). It boasts funding from the ICAA, ICEC, Creative Europe – MEDIA and Film Fund Luxembourg, as well as the involvement of RTVE, Movistar Plus+ and Netflix.

dealproductions.com

  • GOOD MOTHERS by Amalie Næsby Fick, co-producer: EAVE graduate Lizette Jonjic is in production. Set in a quiet, suburban community, the 90-minute drama follows successful real-estate agent Anne Sofie, whose world is upended after the alleged sexual assault of a teenage boy by two peers. When she discovers that her own son may be more deeply involved than she imagined, Anne Sofie becomes determined to protect him and safeguard the family’s reputation. As accusations spread across the town, she finds herself at odds with the other boys’ mothers, Sarah and Ulrikke. Under mounting pressure, she shifts the blame onto one of the other boys – a decision that fractures her relationships and sends her into a moral spiral, ultimately forcing her to make a life-altering choice. GOOD MOTHERS is being produced by Louise Vesth for Zentropa Entertainments ApS in co-production with Zentropa Sweden, and Film i Väst. The film is backed by the Danish Film Institute Market Scheme and the Netherlands Film Fund, and made in co-operation with DR – Danish Broadcasting Corporation, SVT, September Film and Nordisk Film Distribution A/S. The project is also co-funded by the European Union.

www.migmafilm.se

 

 

In post-production

  • EACH OF US by Neus Ballus, Anne Zohra Berrached, Anna Jadowska, Stina Werenfels, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Blicharska is in post-production. Filming on Each of Us wrapped at the end of October after four weeks of shooting in Navarre, where the interior sequences were captured, following exterior work in Poland and Germany. This European film project – which is currently in post-production – gives a voice to the forgotten women of the Ravensbrück concentration camp, the only one in Nazi Germany designed exclusively for women. Co-directed by Spain’s Neus Ballús, Germany’s Anne Zohra Berrached, Poland’s Anna Jadowska and Switzerland’s Stina Werenfels the film interweaves four stories of women who, in the midst of horror, find empathy and solidarity to be their form of resistance. Each filmmaker has directed one actress, bringing cultural, linguistic and emotional authenticity to the narrative: said thesps are Diane Kruger (Germany), Carla Juri (Switzerland), Aida Folch (Spain) and Ninel Geiger (Germany). The film, penned by Eva Pauné and Mirjam Ziegler, draws on real testimonies and documented facts to recount a story of empathy as a form of heroism, shining a light on humanity in times of barbarity and female solidarity as resistance. Neus Ballus said: “Beyond the horror, this is a story about humanity, about how a gesture of solidarity can change a life.” For her part, Stina Werenfels affirms: “We wanted to show how women, even those surrounded by sheer hell, were able to care for one another.” In Anna Jadowska’s view, “This film springs from the real testimonies from Ravensbrück. They were the true heroines.” And for Anne Zohra Berrached, “Empathy is our form of heroism.” EACH OF US is being produced by Norbert Llaràs for Spanish outfit Alhena Production, in co-production with Planeta Espectáculo 2025 AIE, Maria Blicharska for Poland’s Blick Productions International, Amir Hamz and Christian Springer for Germany’s Bon Voyage Films, and Anita Wasser and Michael Steiger for Switzerland’s Turnus Film. It boasts the participation of RTVE, 3Cat and ARTE, and is backed by the ICAA, ICEC, Creative Europe - MEDIA, Eurimages, Claims Conference, the Polish Film Institute, the Swiss Federal Office of Culture (BAK) and Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg.

www.blickproductions.fr

  • REVIVAL by Jivan Avetisyan, producer: EAVE graduate Kestutis Drazdauskas is in post-production. Murat Arakelian (27), a brilliant engineering student at the Polytechnic Institute of Marseilles, is developing OR.CH.I.D. (ORganizer of CHaotic Input Data), an innovative AI project, under the supervision of Professor Jean Perbost (65). Poised to compete in a prestigious palliative AI care exhibition organised by the university, the project is on the verge of securing a major investment from Rossun Corporation. But Jean’s hopes are derailed when Murat abandons the project to investigate a haunting mystery surrounding his father’s death. His search takes him to Armenia during a war outbreak, against the backdrop of a global pandemic, prompting OR.CH.I.D.’s evolution into a self-aware AI. OR.CH.I.D. forces Jean to confront a dark truth: Rossun’s entanglement in war crimes. Jean stands at a crossroads:  safeguard his university’s legacy or expose the devastating truth uncovered by OR.CH.I.D. “As the Cypriot producer of this project, I am proud to support a film that carries deep emotional resonance and highlights the global significance of the Artsakh tragedy. Growing up alongside the Armenian community in Cyprus, one of the island’s oldest minorities, showed me how closely our histories and experiences are connected. The film explores universal themes of resilience, loss, and hope, echoing Cyprus’s own collective memory after 1974. By bringing this story on screen, we help preserve voices that might otherwise be forgotten and foster a deeper sense of empathy and understanding. For Cyprus, this collaboration is both a creative partnership and a moral commitment to shared remembrance. The film stands as a powerful testament to how cinema can unite nations with parallel histories”, Cypriot producer Constantinos Nikiforou told FNE. This project has been in the making for the past seven years, and it is produced by LifeTree Pictures LLC (Armenia), Fish eye Art Cultural Foundation (Armenia), Caretta Films (Cyprus), ARTBOX (Lithuania), and Aikštės filmai (Lithuania) with the support of the Deputy Ministry of Culture – Department of Contemporary Culture – Republic of Cyprus, the Cinema Foundation of Armenia, as well as Armenia’s Ministry of Culture, and in association with ARTsakh Arts and Cultural Foundation (USA), and Background Production (Armenia). The production partner is also Assante & Bimonte Productions (USA). The film was also financed by private investors. A crowdfunding campaign was launched on Kickstarter as well as Indiegogo InDemand. NFTs were also sold as part of the fundraising effort. Additionally, private screenings of the director’s films were held within Diasporan communities worldwide to help raise further funds. The production used the Lithuanian tax incentive.

http://www.artbox.lt

  • THE WOLF WILL TEAR YOUR IMMACULATE HANDS by Nathalie Alvarez Mesen, co-producers: EAVE graduate Anne-Laure Guegan, PUENTES graduate Géraldine Sprimont is in post-production. Set in the 1880s Pacific Northwest, the plot of the gothic-horror feature centres on a British widower (played by Skarsgård) who hires a Native American governess, raised in a Christian mission school, to educate his two daughters. As she prepares the eldest for an arranged marriage, something within the young woman begins to awaken, calling into question everything she has been taught. The director described the core themes of the film as deeply connected to questions of liberation, heritage and embodiment: “The story discusses how to break free from patriarchal structures and whether you can decolonise your own body – if not for yourself, for the sake of future generations.” THE WOLF WILL TEAR YOUR IMMACULATE HANDS is being produced by Hobab, and is co-produced by Resolve Media (USA), Quiddity Films (UK), Need Productions (Belgium) and Still Vivid (Iceland). The film draws on an extensive patchwork of European and international funding sources, including Film i Väst, SVT, VOO, Be TV, Proximus, Shelter Prod, Northern Ireland Screen, the BFI’s UK Global Screen Fund, Eurimages, Creative Europe, the Swedish Film Institute, the Wallonia-Brussels Federation, screen.brussels, the Icelandic Film Centre, the Icelandic Tax Credit and the Nordisk Film & TV Fond.

www.needproductions.com

 

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MEET EAVE IN JANUARY

@ CHANGE Workshop 2, January 14 - 18, Chisinau (MD)

EAVE Deputy CEO Satu Elo

 

@ When East Meets West, January 17 - 21, Trieste (IT)

EAVE CEO Kristina Trapp, EAVE project managers Tanika Sajatovic, Lilla Kadar

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Time to celebrate: Introducing the 2026 EAVE Producers Workshop Participants!

As we bid farewell to an incredible year, it is with great joy that we introduce next year’s cohort for the EAVE Producers Workshop!

We welcome the 56 producers and professionals from 35 countries (see complete list below) that have been selected out of 307 applications from 64 countries to EAVE!

“We are excited to present the 2026 cohort - a diverse group of talented international producers to watch, with a rich range of backgrounds, business models, formats that will surely shape our industry of today and tomorrow” - says EAVE CEO Kristina Trapp.

We are particularly grateful for the generous support of our 2026 scholarship partners:

  • The French CNC supports the participation of 4 international producers at the EAVE Producers Workshop, namely Jiries Copti (Palestine), Norah Elkhateeb (Egypt), May Jabareen (Palestine) and Gaby Zarazir (Lebanon).
  • Thanks to German regional fund MDM, Ukrainian producers Elena Saulich and Anna Yatsenko will develop their skills at the EAVE 2026 course.
  • PACT is offering a scholarship to one UK producer (Hollie Bryan) in the name and memory of EAVE expert Dorothy Viljoen.
  • Our long-standing partnerships with Telefilm Canada and SODEC as well as our new collaboration with Indigenous Screen Office (ISO) made it possible for four producers from Canada to attend the programme: Todd Brown and Rebecca Steele are supported by Telefilm Canada, Geneviève Gosselin-Giguère by SODEC and Chaz Beaudette by ISO.
  • The support of Projeto Paradiso was granted to Thiago Macêdo Correia from Brazil.
  • Thanks to our collaboration with IDM Film & Music Commission Südtirol, Debora Nischler will participate in the programme.
  • The Italian regional fund Fondo Audiovisivo Friuli Venezia Giulia supports the participation of Jelena Radenkovic from Serbia.

In addition to those, a number of scholarships have been allocated by EAVE, including an EAVE diversity scholarship for European participants who identify as black, indigenous or people of colour. Additional EAVE scholarships were given in priority to participants from European low production capacity countries.

We would like to thank our partners, consultants, pedagogical team, and all the members of the EAVE family for their precious support and wish you all a peaceful holiday season and a good start into the New Year!

Happy Holidays!

 

The EAVE office is closed from December 24, 2025 – January 1, 2026. 

Your EAVE team will be back on January 2, 2026.

The selected participants for the EAVE Producers Workshop 2026 are:

 

BELGIUM

Silvia Rexha, Ginger Pictures

Sebastian Schelenz, Velvet Films

 

BRAZIL

Thiago Macêdo Correia, Filmes de Plástico

 

BULGARIA

Victoria Mitreva, Garti Films, Portokal

 

CANADA

Chaz Beaudette, Nikan Productions

Todd Brown

Geneviève Gosselin-Giguère, Le Foyer Films

Rebecca Steele, Kind Stranger Productions

 

CHILE

Rebeca Gutierrez-Campos, Pinda Producciones

 

CROATIA

Matija Drniković, Wolfgang&Dolly

 

CZECH REPUBLIC

Ondřej Lukeš, Beginner’s Mind

 

DENMARK

Patricia Drati, Good Company Pictures

Maria Møller Kjeldgaard, Manna Film

Giulia Triolo, Snowglobe

 

EGYPT

Norah Elkhateeb, Cats Films

 

FAROE ISLANDS

Torfinnur Jákupsson, GRÓ Studios

 

FINLAND

Melli Maikkula, TACK Films

Pauliina Piipponen, Making Movies

 

FRANCE

Claire Chassagne, Dolce Vita Films

Leslie Jacob, Adastra Films

Martin Jérôme, Condor Films

 

GERMANY

Laura Klippel, Bandenfilm

Virginia Martin, Contando Films

Katharina Weser, Reynard Films

 

GERMANY / UK

Franziska Bioh

 

GREECE

Antigoni Elissavet Rota, Foss Productions

 

HUNGARY

Ádám Felszeghy, ULab

 

INDIA

Dimpy Agrawal, Gubbara Entertainment

Naren Chandavarkar, Moonweave Films

 

IRELAND

Cúán Mac Conghail, Macalla

 

ITALY

Gaetano Maiorino, Tramp Limited

Debora Nischler, Albolina Film

 

ITALY / SWITZERLAND

Olga Lamontanara, 8horses

 

LATVIA

Uģis Riekstiņš, Picture House

 

LEBANON

Gaby Zarazir, madame le tapis

 

LITHUANIA

Rūta Petronytė, Smart Casual

 

LUXEMBOURG

Hélène Walland, Poulpe Bleu Production

 

NETHERLANDS

Maaike Neve, BIND

Chris Stenger, Family Affair Films

 

NORWAY

Sara Beate Eira, Screaming Fox Productions

Bente Maalen, Blaane Film

 

PALESTINE

Jiries Copti, Fresco Films

May Jabareen, Philistine Films

 

POLAND

Patryk Sielecki, Lumisenta Film Foundation

 

PORTUGAL

Margarida Adónis, Ready to Shoot

 

SERBIA

Jelena Radenkovic, Big time production

 

SOUTH AFRICA

Antoinette Engel, Far Horizon Films

 

SPAIN

Estephania Bonnett Alonso, Playlab Films

Marc Guanyabens, Fasten Films

 

SWEDEN

Melissa Lindgren, Story

Frida Mårtensson, Verket Produktion

 

UK

Hollie Bryan, Cosmosquare Films

Nadira Murray, Sylph Productions

 

UKRAINE

Elena Saulich, Pronto Films

Anna Yatsenko, Forefilms

 

US

Zoe Sua Cho, Avonhead Films

 

The 3 sessions of the EAVE 2026 Producers Workshop will take place in Luxembourg (March 6-13), Bolzano, Italy (June 14-21) and Newport, Wales, UK (October 26 – November 2).

Best regards, The EAVE team

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“Disrupt the Default” - EAVE Interview with Tamara Dawit on Inclusive Production Practices

Tamara Dawit is a producer, EAVE graduate and consultant, and former funding executive with over 20 years of experience designing programmes and developing policies to stabilize and grow the creative sector. Through her company Gobez Media, she produces East African projects that advance narrative sovereignty, ethical collaboration, and diasporic exchange. Her films have screened at Cannes, TIFF, Tribeca, and Hot Docs, and broadcast globally on CBC, MTV, PBS, Al Jazeera, NHK, and ARTE.

EAVE sat down with Tamara to learn about Inclusive Production Practices, a brand-new EAVE training programme to embed equity, inclusion, and ethical practice across the full production lifecycle.

 

EAVE is launching a new on-demand training programme, Inclusive Production Practices, which you co-developed and co-curated with EAVE CEO Kristina Trapp. The workshop builds on the outcomes of the EAVE Impact Think Tanks on equity and inclusion in the production process. How did you conceive this EAVE on Demand?

Tamara Dawit: I’m really excited about this programme! It’s a great opportunity to step back from the traditional way we teach producing, and to look at the production process through a different lens, one that’s grounded in kindness – something that we talked about a lot in the EAVE Think Tanks. The industry is tough, producers often operate in survival mode, focused on keeping their companies afloat. This workshop encourages a shift: thinking not just about your own stability, growth and monetised success, but also that of your co-producers, your writers, and your directors. Are they going to become more stabilised, are they going to become stronger partners for you to work on your next piece of content?

It’s about pausing to reflect on what kind of journey we want toward the end result, whether that’s a film premiere at a festival or a series launch on a streamer or broadcaster. Can we make that journey more considerate, more collaborative? Ultimately, it’s about creating processes where everyone reaches the finish line stronger and more stable than when they started.

For me, those are the background ideas about why we created this programme: to really think with an eye of making everyone successful!

You mentioned stability across the team. How does that connect to inclusivity and long-term collaboration?

Stability across the team is key, in my opinion. Too often, collaborations between producers from high- and low-capacity countries are seen through a charity lens, as if one partner brings money and access, while the other only brings the story, and it is somehow undervalued. But if they work as genuine, equal and long-term partners, the lower-capacity producer gains experience, visibility, credit, and thus stronger access to money for future projects - and that will benefit the high-capacity producer as well. It’s about long-term thinking that benefits everyone.

As regards production practices, last year’s Think Tank report highlighted two crucial areas: development and financing. How will the training reflect these two areas?

In development, it’s about safeguarding stories, ensuring you’re not producing extractive content and that you collaborate respectfully with the communities involved. In financing, it’s about recognising and monetising the value of story and IP development, even when that work wasn’t financed externally. The training will explore these two areas, and it will guide producers through rethinking their projects from development to financing plans and budgets, using a mix of plenary sessions, group discussions, and case studies, much like other EAVE programmes.

What other key principles from the Think Tank inspired this training?

One major idea was to “disrupt the default.” Just because something has always been done a certain way doesn’t mean it should continue. EAVE has always helped producers build capacities and advocate for themselves and their peers in front of guilds, unions, funders or policy makers. This training extends that: encouraging producers from high-capacity countries to advocate for their lower-capacity partners when needed, if they really want to build content in an inclusive way. I think when we do that extra work, we end up with content where everyone, the whole team is equally valued and equally benefitting, and they leave with a good experience.

Sometimes inclusivity means small but impactful actions. For example, if a director from the Global South is editing in Canada or in Europe, do we budget for a translator or someone from that ethno-cultural community to help bridge differences, to help them communicate effectively with the colourist, the sound editor or the composer? How are we making sure of getting the best content, if we don’t do that? So that’s a very small thing, but it can become a really big thing, if there is a communication breakdown. These details ensure that everyone can contribute fully, leading to better results and healthier collaborations.

What long-term impact do you envision?

I hope it will normalise equitable co-productions, stabilising all partners. When everyone benefits, the global production ecosystem grows more balanced and sustainable. We need to move away from the idea that collaborating with the rest of the world is an act of favour, and having this hierarchy of who is more able to produce or more important on the spectrum. Every partner brings unique value, whether that’s access to a great story, a great location, an authentic community, whatever it is.

Who is the training for, and when should producers apply it in their project timeline?

Important to mention that this isn’t a programme for low-capacity or marginalised producers — it’s for everyone in the industry. It’s about learning how to “play nicer in the sandbox together.” If we want inclusion at the end, we have to plan for it from the very start, and that means valuing access, creativity, and community the same way as valuing money.

It’s primarily for producers, like most EAVE programmes. My recommendation is that this type of workshop works best in development. It’s the ideal time to join because that’s when key decisions about partnerships, financing, and budgeting are still being made. If you are doing this sort of design thinking exercise with your project, then in its initiation and growth phase you will be able to include all of those things, down the road. Participants will apply the learning directly to their projects, using the workshop to address real challenges.

The training can also be valuable for institutions and funders, or it could be part of market offerings. For example, understanding what inclusive production entails, such as why a “cultural authenticity steward” might be a necessary budget line, can help a funder to support projects to be more equitable.

Would European-only producers also benefit from inclusivity training?

Absolutely. These principles apply everywhere. For example, within Europe there can be imbalances between experienced producers and first-time directors, or established and emerging co-producers. Often, we see things that come up with crediting, like someone will bring me on as an emerging producer and they will credit me as associate producer, but that credit will not enable me to access the funding on my own next time. The workshop encourages producers to design collaborations that build everyone’s career stability.

We often worry about the idea of scarcity, such as limited funding, limited sales companies, limited slots at A-list festivals, but I think that as producers grow and companies stabilise, this also develops more distribution companies, and more markets in other parts of the world, as well as new sources of revenues. As public funding declines, we need to have new ways to collaborate, to think differently on how to approach and monetise things, because it may enable us to have a wider reach and better outcome.

Find out more about the EAVE Inclusive Production Practices – available to book from 2026!

https://eave.org/programmes/inclusive-production-practices

Download the information package here.

For more information, please contact EAVE Project Manager Théo Koutsaftis theo@eave.org.

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15 Filmmakers Gather at Creative Producer Indaba to explore African Film Content Creation

Fifteen filmmakers from around the globe, who have a focus on African film and television content have gathered for the fifth edition of Creative Producer Indaba, the prestigious audiovisual producers’ professional development programme that strengthens the entrepreneurial and leadership skills of a new cohort of media leaders and builders.

This acclaimed programme is created and designed by Cape Town-based media house, Realness Institute, in partnership with EAVE, the Indian Ocean International Film Festival (FIFOI) and Maison du Cinéma et des Jeux Vidéo, with the financial support of Region Réunion. The programme is also supported by the Brazilian Foundation Projeto Paradiso, Canada Media Fund, Telefilm Canada, the Swiss Foundation for professional training in cinema and audiovisual media (FOCAL), the Austrian Film Institute, the French National Centre of Cinema (CNC), and Institut français Creation Africa.

It kicked off with an online Opening Assembly (12 November) with Guest Speaker Ivana Kirkbride, Media and Tech Executive and current NorthStar Media Group Co-Founder, who led a discussion on "Leadership".

The cohort includes:

African/Indian Ocean Producers with a project:

  • Ique Langa (Mozambique)
  • Lova Nantenaina (Réunion/Madagascar)
  • Wame Merafhe (Botswana)
  • Yasmin Hassan (Kenya)
  • Shveta Naidoo (South Africa)

African/Indian Ocean Producers interested in professional development:

  • Xolani Nhlapho (South Africa)
  • David Franciscus (South Africa)
  • Mahelet Gezachew (Ethiopia/USA)
  • Iman Djionne (Senegal)
  • Linda Qibaa (Morocco/France)

International Producers collaborating with African/Indian Ocean Producers:

  • Mo Harawe (Austria/Somalia)
  • Stefan Eichenberger (Switzerland)
  • Soko Negash (Canada)
  • Aswathi Naduthodi (India)
  • Talita Arruda (Brazil)

The current online sessions for the programme includes a Story Masterclass with Story Expert Tracey-Lee Rainers, award winning entrepreneur and international story practitioner, with Story Oasis (Johannesburg); an International Sales Masterclass with Julien Razafindranaly, film sales executive and Head of Sales at Films Boutique, as well as Alicia Petrusa, Media and Entertainment Senior Relationship Manager at Royal Bank of Canada, to discuss corporate strategy, cash flow, and private equity financing.

This introductory session is followed by an in-person workshop in February next year in Johannesburg, where participants will have sessions on financing, PR and marketing, and project development. The cohort will then move to Saint-Paul, Réunion, during the International Indian Ocean Film Festival (FIFOI), in April 2026, where the workshops will focus on legal, organisational development, network management and leadership.

The programme blends seminars, workshops, and mentorship to support creative projects within a business framework. Participants gain practical insights across project planning, financing, legal, marketing, advocacy, organisational growth, and leadership.

Mehret Mandefro, Interim Managing Director of Realness Institute and Creative Producer Indaba Group Leader, comments: “Global media systems are going through an unprecedented set of disruptions and in year 5 of Creative Producer Indaba, we are focused on equipping producers with future-facing skills that can help them weather the storm and come out stronger.”

Diana Elbaum, award-winning producer and Creative Producer Indaba Group Leader, says, "CPI celebrates producers as bold leaders, changemakers, and vital forces in the vibrant African and Indian Ocean creative landscape. By connecting producers, talents, and ideas, CPI provides the tools and experience to amplify extraordinary voices whose narratives are reshaping global majority storytelling."

For more information, go to: https://www.realness.institute/creative-producer-indaba

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A new EAVE on Demand in Kurdistan is kicking off tomorrow!

EAVE is organising in partnership with Kurdistan Film Commission Slemani an EAVE on Demand workshop for producers from Kurdistan.

Date and location: December 5-9, 2025 Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan

The objective is to provide insights into the existing funding landscape, funding applications, budgeting and finance plans as well as marketing strategies.

The workshop will consist of Group Work with Claire Gadéa (METONYMIE, France) as well as plenary sessions and individual meetings with Claire Gadéa, Vicky Miha (asterisk*, GR) and Mathias Noschis (Alphapanda, DE).

The topics addressed will include project development, budgeting and finance plans, an overview of international financing sources, introduction to international co-productions, how to prepare successful funding applications and pitch decks, as well as international marketing.

Experts

Claire Gadéa began her career as a producer 13 years ago with Philippe Lacôte's first Franco-Ivorian feature film Run (Un Certain Regard Cannes 2014). She then joined MPM Film and, together with Marie-Pierre Macia, produced and coproduced independent arthouse films from around the world, including Zama by Argentine director Lucrecia Martel (Venice 2017), Rafiki by Kenyan director Wanuri Kahiu (Un Certain Regard Cannes 2018), Ghosts by Turkish director Azra Deniz Okyay (Venice 2020 – Critics' Week Best Award), Mariner of Mountains by Brazilian director Karim Aïnouz (Cannes 2021), Alam by Palestinian director Firas Khoury (Toronto 2022 - Cairo 2022 Golden Pyramid and Best Actor Award) and Nuestra Tierra by Lucrecia Martel (Venice 2025).

In 2020, she also ventured into series with the production of season 2 of an 8*22-minute Ivorian fiction series in co-production with Boris Van Gils (Formosa Productions) for the MTV Staying Alive Foundation: Shuga Babi.

Claire Gadéa completed the ACE Producers Network program in 2016.

Claire Gadéa also set up an international sales company in 2018 with Marie-Pierre Macia and Jean-Charles Mille: MPM Premium.

In March 2025, she founded with Naomie Lagadec, Métonymie, a French film production company based in Brittany, where she develops French and international arthouse film projects (fictions and documentaries).

Vicky Miha has been working as a producer in Greece, Cyprus and Sweden, under various labels, for the past fifteen years. In 2017, she launched asterisk*, as a production company and one-stop consulting company for international producers. Since then, asterisk* has collaborated on 500+ projects with over 130 companies from 31 countries. In 2021, she co-founded asterisk*post, a post-production facility in central Athens. 

Vicky Miha is a Board Member of the Hellenic Film Academy and the ACE Producers Network and member of EFA, EAVE and Eurodoc. She represented Greece in Cannes Producers on the Move in 2023. 

Her filmography, as producer, co-producer and assistant producer, includes (among many others currently in production): BLUE BLOOD by Juris Kursietis (Tallinn Black Nights 2024); A QUIET LIFE by Alexandros Avranas (Venice 2024); ANIMAL by Sofia Exarchou (Locarno 2023); DOGWATCH by Gregoris Rentis (Visions du Reel 2022); THE MAN WITH THE ANSWERS by Stelios Kammitsis (Santa Barbara, Guadalajara, Beijing 2022); OSCURO ANIMAL by Felipe Guerrero (Rotterdam Tiger Competition 2016 | Premio Cooperacion Espanola San Sebastian 2016); MODRIS by Juris Kursietis (Special Mention New Directors San Sebastian | Contemporary World Cinema Toronto 2014) and DOGTOOTH by Yorgos Lanthimos (Oscar Nominated for Best Foreign Film 2011 | Un Certain Regard Award 2009).

Mathias Noschis is a film marketing strategist specialised in social media. He is the founder of Alphapanda, a film marketing agency with team members in Berlin, Warsaw and Milan. Alphapanda’s client list includes The Match Factory, Bankside Pictures, Warner Bros, the European Film Market and several independent producers, distributors and sales agents. Alphapanda’s recent projects span from fiction films “Father Mother Sister Brother” (Venice ’25 Golden Lion), “The Substance” (Cannes ‘24), "The Quiet Girl” (Berlinale ’21), “Touch Me Not” (Berlinale ‘18 Golden Bear), “God’s Own Country” (Sundance ’17) to documentaries “Smoke Sauna Sisterhood” (Sundance ’23), “The New Gospel” (Venice ’20), “If it Were Love” (Berlinale ’20) and Hollywood titles “Tenet”, “Joker” (Venice ‘19) and "Bohemian Rhapsody". Mathias is also an expert for Creative Europe MEDIA and CNC Aide aux Cinémas du Monde as well as a speaker and tutor for organisations such as ACE Producers, EAVE and Locarno Industry Academy.

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SPECIAL OFFER:  CLAUDIA BY UNDER THE MILKY WAY INTERNATIONAL

Dear EAVE Producers,

EAVE and Under the Milky Way International are proud to extend the special offer for independent producers who are interested in the digital distribution of their feature films and documentaries on major VOD platforms with global reach.

Are you ready to think digital? 

Meet CLAUDIA, a new service launched in 2024 to empower producers in handling the digital distribution of their films.

By signing up for CLAUDIA, you will:

  • Distribute your feature film or documentary on leading VoD platforms 
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  • Receive personalized support and advice from a dedicated Under The Milky Way professional 
  • Track your revenues through detailed financial reports
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  • Benefit from one simple digital agreement, one-time payment and full access.

Download the CLAUDIA information package here. 

>>> Special Offer: EAVE producers who sign up for the CLAUDIA distribution package until February 22, 2026, will get an exclusive 20% discount on the CLAUDIA fee*:  2,240 EUR/film instead of 2,800 EUR. Mark ‘EAVE2025’ during the signup process.

*The fee covers encoding costs, full Quality Control, delivery in two language versions on three global platforms (Apple TV, Google/Youtube and Amazon), 24 months storage, project management, quarterly revenue reports and full oversight by Under the Milky Way. Additionally, UMW retains a 25% commission fee on royalties paid by the platforms.

Pro tip from UMW: Plan ahead! It typically takes about three months from asset delivery to digital release — so the earlier you sign up, the smoother your launch. Once your film is delivered to the platforms, we’ll make the release happen at the moment you choose! 

For more information, please contact UMW International Distribution Manager and CLAUDIA Coordinator Veronica Miani.

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About Under the Milky Way International

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UMW’s “Library Intelligence” is a fully integrated in-house set of IT solutions customised to the global digital distribution value chain. Headquartered in Paris, Los Angeles, Montreal, and London, the multicultural UMW team combines industry veterans and digital-native cinephiles with deep expertise in digital distribution.

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Jury Special Prize for ELECTING MS SANTA and 10 more awards for EAVE graduates in Tallinn

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival

  • THE GOOD DAUGHTER by Julia de Paz Solvas, producer: EAVE graduate Sergio Grobas, co-producer: EAVE graduate Maarten D’Hollander won the Grand Prix for Best Film, the Audience Award and Best Actress 
  • THE FROG AND THE WATER by Thomas Stuber, co-producer: EAVE graduate Christof Neracher won Best Actor 
  • THE VISITOR by Vytautas Katkus, producers: EAVE graduates Marija Razgute, co-producers: EAVE graduates Elisa Fernanda Pirir, Anna-Maria Kantarius won Best Baltic Film
  • TTB project CHINA SEA by Jurgis Matulevicius, producer: TTB graduate Ieva Cern, co-producers: EAVE graduates Mariusz Wlodarski, Jakub Kostal, Marta Gmosinska won Best Film in the Critics’ Picks competition
  • THE BARONESSES by Nabil Ben Yadir, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland, co-producer: EAVE graduate and Luxembourgish National Coordinator Bernard Michaux won Best Film in the Rebels with a Cause competition
  • HOLY DESTRUCTORS by Aistė Žegulytė-Zapolska, co-producers: FFF graduate Roberts Vinovskis, PUENTES graduate Dominiks Jarmakovics, EAVE+ graduate Christophe Audeguis won Best Film in the Doc@PÖFF Baltic competition
  • BLINDSIGHT by Adrian Sitaru, producer: EAVE graduate Anamaria Antoci won Best Director in the Rebels with a Cause competition
  • ELECTING MS SANTA by Raisa Răzmeriță, producer: EAVE graduate Ion Gnatiuc, co-producers: EAVE graduates Anamaria Antoci, Anda Ionescu won the Jury Special Prize in the DOC@PÖFF INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
  • BECOMING by Zannat Alshanova, producers: EAVE graduates Jean-Laurent Csinidis, Denis Vaslin, Marija Razgute won Best Baltic Producer for a Co-production

https://poff.ee/en

 

Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event

  • EAVE Marketing Workshop project WOOL, created and produced by EAVE graduate Milena Dzambasovic received the Council of Europe Series Co-Production Development Award valued at €50,000 at the TV Beats Co-Financing Market
  • THERAPIES by Birutė Kapustinskaitė, producer: EAVE graduate Dagne Vildziunaite won Best Project and the Public Favourite Award at the Serial Bridges Baltics
  • WE ARE STILL HERE by Aleksandra Hulboj, producer: EAVE graduate Jitka Kotrlova won the Public Favourite Award at the MIDPOINT Series Launch
  • THE WELL by Siiri Halko, producer: EAVE graduate Jenni Jauri won the Eurimages Co-Production Development Award of €20 000 at the Baltic Event Co-production Market
  • PRINCE by Federico Borgia, producer: PUENTES graduate Pancho Magnou won Best International Project in Works-in-Progress
  • LEX JULIA by Laura Hyppönen, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Ostrat won the Baltic Event Works in Progress Public Favourite Award

https://industry.poff.ee

 

 

International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 

  • CHANGE project THE KARTLI KINGDOM by Qartlis Tskhovreba, producer: CHANGE graduate Ketevan Kipiani won the IDFA Award for Best Directing – International Competition and the IDFA Award for Best First Feature Special Mention
  • CHANGE project SILENT FLOOD by Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk, producer: CHANGE graduate Karina Kostyna, co-producer: EAVE graduate Tanja Georgieva-Waldhauer won the IDFA Award for Best Cinematography – International Competition
  • HOLY DESTRUCTORS by Aistė Žegulytė-Zapolska, co-producers: FFF graduate Roberts Vinovskis, PUENTES graduate Dominiks Jarmakovics, EAVE+ graduate Christophe Audeguis won IDFA Award for Best Directing - Envision Competition
  • AMILCAR by Miguel Eek, producer: EAVE graduate Mario Adamson won the IDFA Award for Outstanding Artistic Contribution - Envision Competition
  • AN OPEN FIELD by Teboho Edkins, co-producer: EAVE graduate Carine Chichkowsky won the IDFA Award for Best Short Documentary
  • PAIKAR by Dawood Hilmandi, producer: EAVE graduate and Dutch National Coordinator Frank Hoeve won the IDFA Award for Best First Feature, the IDFA Award for Best Dutch Film Special Mention and the FIPRESCI Award

 

IDFA Forum

  • THE CORD by nolwenn hervé, producer: EAVE graduate Estelle Robin You won the IDFA Forum Award for Best Rough Cut
  • DREAMS OF THE WILD OAKS by Marjan Khosravi, producer: EAVE graduate Milad Khosravi received a Special Mention

www.idfa.nl

 

 

Arras Film Festival

  • MATURITY by Jean-Benoît Ugeux, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland received a Special Mention
  • MADE IN EU by EAVE graduate Stephan Komandarev, producer: EAVE graduate Katya Trichkova won the LE PRIX SFCC DE LA PRESSE at the Arras Film Festival.

https://www.arrasfilmfestival.com

 

 

Stockholm International Film Festival

  • FATHER by Tereza Nvotova, producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski won Best Film, Best Screenplay
  • THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonca Filho, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, EAVE graduate Leontine Petit won Best Cinematography
  • PILLION by Harry Lighton, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney won Best Actor
  • NO OTHER CHOICE by Park Chan-wook, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandre Gavras won the FIPRESCI award

www.stockholmfilmfestival.se

 

 

Seville European Film Festival

  • DJ AHMET by Georgi M. Unkovski, producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Prpic won the Grand Jury Prize and Best Actor
  • ALL THAT’S LEFT OF YOU by Cherien Dabis, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marios Piperides won Best Director
  • MY FATHER’S SHADOW by Akinola Davies, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney won Best Film Award in the Rampa section 
  • PUENTES project THE ANATOMY OF THE HORSES by Daniel Vidal Toche, producer: PUENTES graduate Ignacio Vuelta won Best Cinematography
  • SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic won the Puerta América Award

https://festivalcinesevilla.eu/en

 

 

Thessaloniki International Film Festival

  • COTTON QUEEN by Suzannah Mirghani, producers: EAVE graduates Caroline Daube, Ossama Bawardi, EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri scooped the Best Feature Film Award, the “Theo Angelopoulos” Golden Alexander
  • BEACHCOMBER by Aristotelis Maragkos, producer: EAVE MW graduate Konstantinos Koukoulis, co-producer: EAVE graduate Vicky Miha won the Silver Alexander and Best Direction of Photography Award
  • PILLION by Harry Lighton, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney won Best Actor (Harry Melling)
  • EAVE project MAYSOON by Nancy Biniadaki, producer: EAVE graduate Christopher Zitterbart won Best Actress (Sabrina Amali)
  • KARLA by Christina Tournatzès, producer: EAVE graduate Jamila Wenske won Best Screenplay, the FIPRESCI Award in the International competition, and the Fischer Audience Award - International Competition
  • THE LAST ONE FOR THE ROAD by Francesco Sossai, producer: Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli won the MEET THE NEIGHBORS+ Best Feature Film award and Best Actor
  • GOD WILL NOT HELP by Hana Jusic, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Ankica Juric Tilic, co-producers; EAVE graduate Ada Solomon, EAVE group leader Didar Domehri won the MEET THE NEIGHBORS+ Best Actor award and Best Artistic Achievement
  • PATTY IS SUCH A GIRLY NAME by Giorgos Georgopoulos, producer: EAVE graduate Fenia Cossovitsa won Best Music, the J.F. Costopoulos Foundation Award, the Finos Film Award and the PEKK Award, and the Best Film Award of the Youth Jury
  • MILK TEETH by Muhai Mincan, producers: EAVE, TTB and PUENTES graduate, National Coordinator Romania Radu Stancu, EAVE graduate Ioana Lascar won the “Human Values” award
  • ALL THAT’S LEFT OF YOU by Cherien Dabis, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marios Piperides won the Fischer Audience Award - Official Selection

 

Agora

  • Gabi Suciu (Atelier de Film) won the EAVE Thessaloniki Award – Marketing Workshop Scholarship
  • THE LEAVES HANG TREMBLING by Stefan Djordjevic, producer: EAVE graduate Dragana Jovovic won the 2|35 Post-production Award at Thessaloniki’s Agora
  • THE TIDE HEARS THEM BUT THEY NO LONGR HAVE A VOICE by Yiannis Veslemes, producer: EAVE+ graduate Nicholas Alavanos won the Onassis Film Award
  • A GIRL NAMED ZEUS by Nikos Dayandas, producer: EAVE MW graduate Konstantinos Koukoulis won the Greener Screen Award
  • EAVE project COLD SUN by Gentian Koçi, producer: EAVE graduate Blerina Hankollari won the SEE Cinema Network Award
  • ROBBING BEIRUT by Katia Jarjoura, co-producer: EAVE graduate Elisa Pirir won the Sofia Meetings Award

www.filmfestival.gr

 

 

Torino Film Festival

  • PUENTES project THE ANATOMY OF THE HORSES by Daniel Vidal Toche, producer: PUENTES graduate Ignacio Vuelta won the FIPRESCI award.

https://www.torinofilmfest.org/

 

 

Torino TFL Meeting Event 

  • LUCKY GIRL by Linda Lô, Didar Domehri, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri won the TFL Production Award at the Torino TFL Meeting Event.

https://www.torinofilmlab.it/events/tfl-meeting-event-2025

 

 

FilmFestival Cottbus

  • OUR FATHER by Goran Stankovic, producer: EAVE graduate Snezana van Houwelingen won the Special Award for Best Director
  • HOW COME IT'S ALL GREEN OUT HERE? by Nikola Lezaic, producer: EAVE graduate Sinisa Juricic won the Dialog Award
  • PROMISE, I’ll BE FINE by Katarína Gramatová, producer: EAVE graduate Julie Zackova won Best Youth Film and the Prize for Best Debut
  • IDA WHO SANG SO BADLY EVEN THE DEAD ROSE UP AND JOINED HER IN SONG by Ester Ivakic, producers: EAVE graduate Jerca Jeric, EAVE MW graduate Andraz Jeric received a Honourable mention

 

connecting cottbus

  • ATTENTION WHORES by Alica Bednarikova, producer: EAVE graduate Jakub Viktorin won the Producers Network Award and the MIDPOINT Consulting Award at connecting cottbus
  • EXACTLY WHAT IT SEEMS by Darya Zhuk, producers: EAVE graduates Izabela Wójcik, Max de Wolf won the Phont Dynamic Subtitling Award
  • IS THE SKY BLUE? By Nikola Ljuca, producer: B’EST graduate Ales Pavlin won the D-Facto Motion WIP Award
  • THE LION AT MY BACK by Tonia Mishiali, producer: EAVE MW graduate Katarzyna Ozga won the Studio Beep Sound Post-Production Award

www.connecting-cottbus.de

                   

 

Nordic Film Days, Lübeck

  • KEVLAR SOUL by Maria Eriksson-Hecht, producer: EAVE graduate Lizette Jonjic won the Youth Jury Award at the Nordic Film Days, Lübeck.

www.nordische-filmtage.de

 

 

European Film Forum Scanorama

  • KYUKA: BEFORE SUMMER’S END by Kostis Charamountanis, producers: EAVE graduates Danae Spathara, Konstantinos Kontovrakis, EAVE + graduate Giorgos Karnavas won Best Feature Film at the European Film Forum Scanorama, Lithuania.

www.scanorama.lt/en

 

 

Cairo International Film Festival

  • ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA by Arab and Tarzan Nasser, co-producers: EAVE graduates Edyta Janczak-Hiriart, Rashid Abdelhamid won the Silver Pyramid Award for Best Director and the Best Actor Award
  • THE THINGS YOU KILL by Alireza Khatami, producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski was awarded the Naguib Mahfouz Award For Best Screenplay

https://www.ciff.org.eg

 

 

Lecce European Film Festival

  • THE WHITE SNAIL by Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter, producer: EAVE graduate David Bohun, co-producer: EAVE graduate Heino Deckert scooped Best Film
  • THE PUPIL by Karin Junger, producers: EAVE graduates Maarten D’Hollander, Xavier Rombaut won the Special Jury Prize
  • THE LOVE THAT REMAINS by Hlynur Palmason, co-producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri, EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson, EAVE and TTB graduate Katrin Pors won Best Cinematography, the FIPRESCI Award and the Cineuropa Prize

www.festivaldelcinemaeuropeo.com/en

 

 

Zagreb Film Festival

  • WIND, TALK TO ME by Stefan Djordjevic, producer: EAVE graduate Dragana Jovovic, co-producer: EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar was awarded the Golden Pram for Best Feature Film at the Zagreb Film Festival.
  • SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic won the Golden Bicycle for Best Film in the Together Again Competition
  • WILD FOXES by Valéry Carnoy, producer: EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes won the PLUS Award for Best Film by Young Jury

https://zff.hr/

 

 

Ljubljana International Film Festival

  • SANDBAG DAM by Cejen Cernic Canak, producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Ankica Juric Tilic, EAVE graduate Ieva Norviliene won the KINOTRIP YOUNG JURY PRIZE at the Ljubljana International Film Festival.

https://www.liffe.si/en

 

 

Geneva International Film Festival

  • A POET by Simon Mesa Soto, co-producer: EAVE graduate David Herdies won the Reflet d’Or for Best Feature at the Geneva International Film Festival (GIFF).

https://2025.giff.ch/en

 

 

Gijón International Film Festival

  • KONTINENTAL '25 by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandru Teodorescu won the AISGE Award for Best Actress
  • PETER HUJAR’S DAY by Ira Sachs, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle won the AISGE Award for Best Actor
  • EAVE project SKIFF by Cecilia Verheyden, producer: EAVE graduate Elisa Heene, co-producer: EAVE graduate Leontine Petit won the FIPRESCI Award for Best Feature
  • NOTHING PERSONAL by Javier Marco, producers: EAVE+ graduates José Alba, Odile Antonio-Baez, co-producer: EAVE graduate Katleen Goossens won Best Spanish Feature and the “RC Service” Award for the Director of the Best Spanish Film
  • AMILCAR by Miguel Eek, producer: EAVE graduate Mario Adamson won the Amae Award for Best Editing of a Spanish Film
  • LOVE ME TENDER by Anna Cazenave Cambet, associate producer: EAVE graduate and Luxembourgish National Coordinator Bernard Michaux won the CIMA Award for Best Feature Directed by a Woman
  • SORELLA DI CLAUSURA by Ivana Mladenović, producer: EAVE graduate Ada Solomon received a Special Mention
  • THE DASHED LINES by Anxos Fazans, producer: EAVE MW graduate Nuria Landete won the Rambal Award (XEGA)
  • MADE IN EU by EAVE graduate Stephan Komandarev, producer: EAVE graduate Katya Trichkova won the Grand Audience Award

https://ficx.tv/en/

 

 

Luxembourgish Film Awards - Lëtzebuerger Filmpräis

  • BREATHING UNDERWATER by Eric Lamhène, associate producers: EAVE graduate and Luxembourgish National Coordinator Bernard Michaux, EAVE+ Head of Studies Jani Thiltges won Best Luxembourgish Feature Film, Best Screenplay,
  • 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 won Best Feature-length Fiction or Documentary Co-production
  • THE LAST ASHES by Loïc Tanson, associate producers: EAVE graduate and Luxembourgish National Coordinator Bernard Michaux, EAVE+ Head of Studies Jani Thiltges won Best Actress and Best Actor, Best Creative Contribution in a Work of Fiction or Documentary and a Special Press Prize
  • MARGINAL by Loïc Tanson and Frédéric Zeimet, associate producers: EAVE graduate and Luxembourgish National Coordinator Bernard Michaux, EAVE+ Head of Studies Jani Thiltges won Best Fiction or Documentary Series or Transmedia Production
  • THIS IS MY HEART by EAVE graduate Stéphane Hueber-Blies & Nicolas Blies, producers: EAVE graduates Marion Guth, François Le Gall won Best Immersive Work
  • LINDA, LINDA! By Kiyan Agadjani won Best Fiction, Animation or Documentary Short Film

https://filmakademie.lu/

 

 

Emile Awards

  • EAVE Marketing Workshop project FLOW by Gints Zilbalodis, producer: EAVE MW graduate Matiss Kaza won Best Sound Design and Music, Best Character Design and Backgrounds, Best of the Best - Feature Films
  • WANDER TO WONDER by Nina Gantz, producer: EAVE graduate Stienette Bosklopper, EAVE+ graduate Maarten Swart won Best Animation – Short Films
  • I DIED IN IRPIN by Anastasiia Falileieva, producer: EAVE graduate Juraj Krasnohorsky won Best of the Best – Short Films

https://animationawards.eu/

 

 

Cork International Film Festival

  • SOLOMAMMA by Janicke Askevold, producer: EAVE graduate and Norwegian National Coordinator Gary Cranner, co-producer: EAVE graduate Inese Boka-Grube won the Audentia Award
  • FLOPHOUSE AMERICA by Monica Strømdahl, producer: EAVE graduate Beathe Hofseth won Best Documentary
  • COEXISTENCE, MY ASS! by Amber Fares, producer: EAVE graduate Valérie Montmartin received a Honourable Mention
  • HOW TO BE NORMAL AND THE ODDNESS OF THE OTHER WORLD by Florian Pochlatko, producers: EAVE graduates Arash T. Riahi, Sabine Gruber received a Honourable Mention

https://corkfilmfest.org

 

 

Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2025

  • RENOIR by Chie Hayakawa, producers: EAVE and TTB graduates Fran Borgia, Eiko Mizuno Gray, TTB Head of Studies and EAVE+ graduate Christophe Bruncher won Best New Performer and Best Screenplay
  • AMOEBA by Tan Siyou, producer: EAVE graduate Fran Borgia won Best Youth Film

www.asiapacificscreenawards.com/awards

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36 nominations at the 2026 European Film Awards for EAVE graduates

36 Nominations for 10 films by EAVE producers – including European Film and European Documentary for EAVE project FIUME O MORTE! - and 2 LUX Award nominations at the 38th European Film Awards! EAVE producers have earned an impressive 46% of the overall nominations for the 2026 European Film Awards.

The European Film Awards, presented jointly by the European Film Academy and European Film Academy Productions, honour the greatest achievements in European cinema.

The nominations were announced in front of an audience at the iconic Real Alcázar of Sevilla, following the 22nd Seville European Film Festival. The nominations are based on the votes of 5.400 members of the European Film Academy who have been watching the films included in the Annual Selection. Now the Academy members will vote for the winners!

The European Film Awards ceremony will take place on 17 January 2026 in Berlin, Germany.

 

European Film Awards

European Film

  • EAVE project FIUME O MORTE! by Igor Bezinovic, producers: EAVE graduates Tibor Keser, Marina Gumzi, Vanja Jambrovic
  • SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic
  • SIRAT by Oliver Laxe, producer: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font
  • SONGS OF SLOW BURNING EARTH by Olha Zhurba, producers: EAVE graduate Darya Bassel, Anne Köhncke
  • TALES FROM THE MAGIC GARDEN by David Súkup, Patrik Pašš, Leon Vidmar, Jean-Claude Rozec, producer: EAVE graduate Juraj Krasnohorsky

European Animated Feature Film

  • TALES FROM THE MAGIC GARDEN by David Súkup, Patrik Pašš, Leon Vidmar, Jean-Claude Rozec, producer: EAVE graduate Juraj Krasnohorsky

European Documentary

  • EAVE project FIUME O MORTE! by Igor Bezinovic, producers: EAVE graduates Tibor Keser, Marina Gumzi, Vanja Jambrovic
  • SONGS OF SLOW BURNING EARTH by Olha Zhurba, producers: EAVE graduate Darya Bassel, Anne Köhncke

European Director

  • BUGONIA by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
  • SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic
  • SIRAT by Oliver Laxe, producer: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font

European Actress

  • LOVE ME TENDER by Anna Cazenave Cambet, associate producer: EAVE graduate and Luxembourgish National Coordinator Bernard Michaux  (Vicky Krieps)
  • SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic (Renate Reinsve)

European Actor

  • FRANZ by Agnieszka Holland, producer: EAVE graduate David Grumbach (Idan Weiss)
  • SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic (Stellan Skarsgard)
  • SIRAT by Oliver Laxe, producer: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font (Sergi López)

European Screenwriter

  • SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic (Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier)
  • SIRAT by Oliver Laxe, producer: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font (Santiago Fillol, Oliver Laxe)

European Casting Director

  • SIRAT by Oliver Laxe, producer: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font (Nadia Acimi, Luís Bértolo & María Rodrigo)
  • SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic (Yngvill Kolset Haga & Avy Kaufman)

European Cinematographer

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

European Composer (Original Score)

  • BUGONIA by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney (Jerskin Fendrix)
  • SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic (Hania Rani)

European Costume Designer

  • FRANZ by Agnieszka Holland, producer: EAVE graduate Jorgo Narjes, co-producer: EAVE graduate David Grumbach (Michaela Horáčková Hořejší)

European Editor

  • SIRAT by Oliver Laxe, producer: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font (Cristóbal Fernández)
  • BUGONIA by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney (Yorgos Mavropsaridis)

European Make-up and Hair Artist

  • FRANZ by Agnieszka Holland, producer: EAVE graduate Jorgo Narjes, co-producer: EAVE graduate David Grumbach (Gabriela Poláková)
  • BUGONIA by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney (Torsten Witte)

European Production Designer

  • SIRAT by Oliver Laxe, producer: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font (Laia Ateca)
  • BUGONIA by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney (James Price)
  • SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic (Jørgen Stangebye Larsen)

European Sound Designer

  • SIRAT by Oliver Laxe, producer: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font (Johnnie Burn)
  • BUGONIA by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney (Laia Casanovas)

European Young Audience Award

  • I ACCIDENTALLY WROTE A BOOK by Nora Lakos, producer: EAVE graduate Claudia Sümeghy, co-producer: EAVE graduate Joram Willink

European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI

  • LITTLE TROUBLE GIRLS by Urska Djukic, producer: EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marina Gumzi, Miha Cernec, Katarina Prpic

Special Awards

Lux Audience Award

  • LOVE ME TENDER by Anna Cazenave Cambet, associate producer: EAVE graduate and Luxembourgish National Coordinator Bernard Michaux 
  • SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic

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EAVE project QUIET LIFE in Swedish cinemas

In French cinemas

  • KIKA by Alexe Poukine, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland. November 12.  
  • SIX DAYS IN SPRING by Joachim Lafosse, producers: EAVE graduates Anton Iffland Stettner, Eva Kuperman, Hans Everaert, EAVE + Head of Studies Jani Thiltges. November 12.    
  • FRANZ by Agnieszka Holland, producer: EAVE graduate David Grumbach. November 19.   
  • HER WILL BE DONE by Julia Kowalski, producer: EAVE graduate Estelle Robin You. November 19.    
  • BUGONIA by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney. November 26.

 

In Belgian cinemas

  • MOTHER by Teona Strugar Mitevska, producer: EAVE graduate Sebastien Delloye, co-producers: EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Bosnia Herzegovina Amra Baksic Camo, EAVE graduate Adis Djapo, National Coordinator Macedonia Labina Mitevska. November 5.
  • EAGLES OF THE REPUBLIC by Tarik Saleh, producer: EAVE graduate Linda Mutawi, co-producer: EAVE graduate Monica Hellstrøm. November 12. 
  • KÖLN 75 by Ido Fluk, producer: EAVE graduate Fred Burle. November 12.
  • FLOPHOUSE AMERICA by Monica Strømdahl, producer: EAVE graduate Beathe Hofseth. November 26.
  • THE BLUE TRAIL by Gabriel Mascaro, producers: EAVE graduates Rachel Daisy Ellis, Sandino Saravia Vinay, co-producers: EAVE graduates Giancarlo Nasi, Marleen Slot. November 26.

 

In UK cinemas

  • ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT by Payal Kapadia, producers: EAVE graduate and Dutch National Coordinator Frank Hoeve, CPI graduate Thomas Hakim, co-producer: EAVE graduate Gilles Chanial. November 25.

 

In Dutch cinemas

  • REFLECTION IN A DEAD DIAMOND by Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani, producer: EAVE graduate Gilles Chanial. November 13.  
  • KÖLN 75 by Ido Fluk, producer: EAVE graduate Fred Burle. November 13.
  • DJ AHMET by Georgi M. Unkovski, producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Prpic. November 6.

 

In Swiss cinemas

  • FRANZ by Agnieszka Holland, producer: EAVE graduate David Grumbach. November 6.   
  • THE LITTLE SISTER by Hafsia Herzi, producer: PUENTES graduate Naomi Denamur. November 6.
  • THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonca Filho, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, EAVE graduate Leontine Petit. November 13.
  • KONTINENTAL '25 by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandru Teodorescu. November 20.
  • BUGONIA by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney. November 26.

 

In Austrian cinemas

  • BUGONIA by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney. November 6.
  • FRANZ by Agnieszka Holland, producer: EAVE graduate David Grumbach. November 6.   
  • KONTINENTAL '25 by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandru Teodorescu. November 13.

 

In German cinemas

  • PETER HUJAR’S DAY by Ira Sachs, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle. November 5.  
  • THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonca Filho, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, EAVE graduate Leontine Petit. November 5.
  • YUNAN by Ameer Fakher Eldin, producers: EAVE graduates Dorothe Beinemeier, Marco Valerio Fusco, Tony Copti, EAVE participant Jiries Copti. November 12.
  • YES by Nadav Lapid, producer: Interchange graduate Judith Lou Lévy, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marios Piperides, Jonas Dornbach. November 12.
  • UNE PART MANQUANTE by Guillaume Senez, producer: EAVE graduate Jacques Henri Bronckart. November 12.
  • READING LOLITA IN TEHRAN by Eran Riklis, producer: EAVE graduate Marica Stocchi. November 20.  

 

In Greek cinemas

  • NO OTHER CHOICE by Park Chan-wook, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandre Gavras. November 12.   

 

In Irish cinemas

  • ALPHA by Julia Ducournau, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin. November 21.

 

In Croatian cinemas

  • DJ AHMET by Georgi M. Unkovski, producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Prpic. November 27.
  • GOD WILL NOT HELP by Hana Jusic, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Ankica Juric Tilic, co-producers; EAVE graduate Ada Solomon, EAVE group leader Didar Domehri. November 27.

 

In Norwegian cinemas

  • SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic. November 21.

 

In Lithuanian cinemas

  • KILL THE JOCKEY by Luis Ortega, producer: EAVE and PUENTES graduate Benjamin Domenech. November 26.

 

In Polish cinemas

  • PETER HUJAR’S DAY by Ira Sachs, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle. November 21.  

 

In Slovenian cinemas

  • BUGONIA by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney. November 27.

 

In Serbian cinemas

  • BUGONIA by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney. November 27.

 

In Swedish cinemas

  • VERMIGLIO by Maura Delpero, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart. November 21.
  • EAVE project QUIET LIFE by Alexandros Avranas, producers: EAVE graduates Alejandro Arenas, group leader Riina Sildos, Vicky Miha, Kaarle Aho. November 21.  

 

In Spanish cinemas

  • ALPHA by Julia Ducournau, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin. November 21.

 

In Ukrainian cinemas

  • U ARE THE UNIVERSE by Pavlo Ostrikov, producer: EAVE graduate Vladimir Yatsenko. November 20.

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EAVE projects LO-FI, TERRA VIL and TTB project CHINA SEA premiering at Black Nights Tallinn

Geneva International Film Festival (October 31 – November 9)

  • A POET by Simon Mesa Soto, co-producer: EAVE graduate David Herdies
  • FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER by Jim Jarmusch, co-producer: EAVE graduate Conor Barry
  • MOTHER by Teona Strugar Mitevska, producer: EAVE graduate Sebastien Delloye, co-producers: EAVE graduates Amra Baksic Camo, Adis Djapo, National Coordinator Macedonia Labina Mitevska
  • REDOUBT by John Skoog, producer: EAVE graduate Caroline Drab, co-producers: EAVE graduates Kaarle Aho, Leontine Petit, Dan Wechsler
  • REEDLAND by Sven Bresser, producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot
  • THE CURRENTS by Milagros Mumenthaler, producer: EAVE graduate Eugenia Mumenthaler
  • THE THINGS YOU KILL by Alireza Khatami, producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski

https://2025.giff.ch/en/program

 

 

Nordic Film Days Lübeck (November 5 – 9)

  • A LIGHT THAT NEVER GOES OUT by Lauri-Matti Parppei, producer: EAVE graduate Ilona Tolmunen
  • FATHERHOOD by Even G. Benestad, August B. Hanssen, producer: EAVE graduate Carsten Aanonsen
  • HONEY by Natasha Arthy, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Stevnbak Westergren
  • KEVLAR SOUL by Maria Eriksson-Hecht, producer: EAVE graduate Lizette Jonjic
  • MIRA by Marie Limkilde, producer: EAVE graduate Signe Leick Jensen
  • NEVER ALONE by Klaus Härö, producers: EAVE + graduates Ilkka Matila, Kristian Taska
  • REDOUBT by John Skoog, producer: EAVE graduate Caroline Drab, co-producers: EAVE graduates Kaarle Aho, Leontine Petit, Dan Wechsler
  • THE LOVE THAT REMAINS by Hlynur Palmason, producers: EAVE and TTB graduate Katrin Pors, EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson, co-producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
  • THE GROUND BENEATH OUR FEET by Yrsa Roca Fannberg, producer: EAVE graduate Malgorzata Staron
  • THE SUMMER BOOK by Charlie McDowell, producer: EAVE graduate Aleksi Bardy
  • THE VISITOR by Vytautas Katkus, producers: EAVE graduates Marija Razgute, Elisa Fernanda Pirir, Anna-Maria Kantarius

https://nordische-filmtage.de

 

 

Stockholm Film Festival (November 5 – 16)

  • EAGLES OF THE REPUBLIC by Tarik Saleh, producer: EAVE graduate Linda Mutawi, co-producer: EAVE graduate Monica Hellström
  • FATHER by Tereza Nvotova, producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski
  • DJ AHMET by Georgi M. Unkovski, producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Prpic
  • LITTLE TROUBLE GIRLS by Urska Djukic, producer: EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marina Gumzi, Miha Cernec, Katarina Prpic
  • NO OTHER CHOICE by Park Chan-wook, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandre Gavras
  • PERLA by Alexandra Makarová, producers: EAVE graduates Sabine Gruber, Arash T. Riahi
  • PETER HUJAR’S DAY by Ira Sachs, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle
  • PILLION by Harry Lighton, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
  • REEDLAND by Sven Bresser, producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot
  • THE BLUE TRAIL by Gabriel Mascaro, producers: EAVE graduates Rachel Daisy Ellis, Sandino Saravia Vinay, co-producers: EAVE graduates Giancarlo Nasi, Marleen Slot
  • THE LITTLE SISTER by Hafsia Herzi, producer: PUENTES graduate Naomi Denamur
  • THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonca Filho, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, EAVE graduate Leontine Petit
  • THE THINGS YOU KILL by Alireza Khatami, producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski

www.stockholmfilmfestival.se

 

 

St Louis International Film Festival  (November 6 – 16)

  • LESSON LEARNED by Balint Szimler, co-producers: EAVE graduate and Hungarian National Coordinator Julia Berkes, EAVE graduate Viktoria Petranyi
  • MOTHER MARA by Mirjana Karanovic, producer: EAVE graduate Snezana van Houwelingen, co-producer: EAVE graduate Paul Thiltges
  • NO OTHER CHOICE by Park Chan-wook, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandre Gavras
  • SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic

www.cinemastlouis.org

 

 

Cork International Film Festival (November 6 – 16)

  • A YEAR OF SCHOOL by Laura Samani, producers: EAVE graduate Nadia Trevisan, EAVE graduate Thomas Lambert 
  • A USEFUL GHOST by Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke, co-producers: TTB graduate Karim Aitouna, EAVE graduate May Odeh
  • BETTER GO MAD IN THE WILD by Miro Remo, Pavla Janouskova Kubeckova
  • COEXISTENCE, MY ASS! by Amber Fares, producer: EAVE graduate Valérie Montmartin
  • DJ AHMET by Georgi M. Unkovski, producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Prpic
  • FLOPHOUSE AMERICA by Monica Strømdahl, producer: EAVE graduate Beathe Hofseth
  • GOD WILL NOT HELP by Hana Jusic, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Ankica Juric Tilic, co-producers; EAVE graduate Ada Solomon, EAVE group leader Didar Domehri
  • HOW TO BE NORMAL AND THE ODDNESS OF THE OTHER WORLD by Florian Pochlatko, producers: EAVE graduates Arash T. Riahi, Sabine Gruber
  • MY FATHER’S SHADOW by Akinola Davies Junior, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
  • PILLION by Harry Lighton, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
  • SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic
  • SIRAT by Oliver Laxe, producer: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font
  • REEDLAND by Sven Bresser, producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot
  • ROMERIA by Carla Simon, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Zamora
  • STRANGE RIVER by Jaume Claret Muxart, producers: EAVE graduates Xavi Font, Fabian Altenried, PUENTES graduate Sophie Ahrens 
  • SAIPAN (REPEAT) by Glenn Leyburn, Lisa Barros D'Sa, producer: EAVE graduate Macdara Kelleher
  • SOLOMAMMA by Janicke Askevold, producer: EAVE graduate and Norwegian National Coordinator Gary Cranner, co-producer: EAVE graduate Inese Boka-Grube
  • THE CURRENTS by Milagros Mumenthaler, producer: EAVE graduate Eugenia Mumenthaler
  • THE ICE TOWER by Lucile Hadzihalilovic, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ingmar Trost
  • THE LITTLE SISTER by Hafsia Herzi, producer: PUENTES graduate Naomi Denamur
  • THE LOVE THAT REMAINS by Hlynur Palmason, producers: EAVE and TTB graduate Katrin Pors, EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson, co-producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
  • THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonca Filho, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, EAVE graduate Leontine Petit

https://corkfilmfest.org

 

 

International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg (November 6 – 16)

  • CUERPO CELESTE by Nayra Ilic García, producer: EAVE graduate Alessandro Amato
  • I ONLY REST IN THE STORM by Pedro Pinho, producer: EAVE graduate Filipa Reis 
  • KIKA by Alexe Poukine, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland
  • MILK TEETH by Muhai Mincan, producers: EAVE, TTB and PUENTES graduate, National Coordinator Romania Radu Stancu, EAVE graduate Ioana Lascar
  • MOTHER by Teona Strugar Mitevska, producer: EAVE graduate Sebastien Delloye, co-producers: EAVE graduates Amra Baksic Camo, Adis Djapo, National Coordinator Macedonia Labina Mitevska
  • ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA by Arab and Tarzan Nasser, co-producers: EAVE graduates Edyta Janczak-Hiriart, Rashid Abdelhamid 
  • OUR FATHER by Goran Stankovic, producer: EAVE graduate Snezana van Houwelingen
  • PETER HUJAR’S DAY by Ira Sachs, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle
  • REEDLAND by Sven Bresser, producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot
  • RAIN FELL ON THE NOTHING NEW by Steffen Goldkamp, producers: EAVE graduates Dirk Decker, Andrea Schütte
  • RENOIR by Chie Hayakawa, producers: EAVE and TTB graduates Fran Borgia, Eiko Mizuno Gray, TTB Head of Studies and EAVE+ graduate Christophe Bruncher
  • THE LITTLE SISTER by Hafsia Herzi, producer: PUENTES graduate Naomi Denamur
  • THE THINGS YOU KILL by Alireza Khatami, producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski
  • WILD FOXES by Valéry Carnoy, producer: EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes

www.iffmh.de

 

 

European Film Festival Scanorama, Lithuania (November 6 – 23)

  • A LIGHT THAT NEVER GOES OUT by Lauri-Matti Parppei, producer: EAVE graduate Ilona Tolmunen
  • BETTER GO MAD IN THE WILD by Miro Remo, Pavla Janouskova Kubeckova
  • BUGONIA by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
  • HOW TO BE NORMAL AND THE ODDNESS OF THE OTHER WORLD by Florian Pochlatko, producers: EAVE graduates Arash T. Riahi, Sabine Gruber
  • I ONLY REST IN THE STORM by Pedro Pinho, producer: EAVE graduate Filipa Reis 
  • ISLANDS by Jan-Ole Gerster, producer: EAVE+ graduate Jonas Katzenstein
  • KIKA by Alexe Poukine, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland
  • KÖLN 75 by Ido Fluk, producer: EAVE graduate Fred Burle
  • KONTINENTAL '25 by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandru Teodorescu
  • LESSON LEARNED by Balint Szimler, co-producers: EAVE graduate and Hungarian National Coordinator Julia Berkes, EAVE graduate Viktoria Petranyi
  • PILLION by Harry Lighton, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
  • THE ICE TOWER by Lucile Hadzihalilovic, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ingmar Trost
  • THE LOVE THAT REMAINS by Hlynur Palmason, producers: EAVE and TTB graduate Katrin Pors, EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson, co-producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin  
  • THE MYSTERIOUS GAZE OF THE FLAMINGO by Diego Cespedes, producer: PUENTES and TTB graduate Giancarlo Nasi
  • TIMESTAMP by Kateryna Gornostai, producer: EAVE graduate Reinier Selen, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marion Guth, François Le Gall
  • WILD FOXES by Valéry Carnoy, producer: EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes
  • WIND, TALK TO ME by Stefan Djordjevic, producer: EAVE graduate Dragana Jovovic, co-producer: EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar

www.scanorama.lt/en

 

 

Seville European Film Festival  (November 7 – 15)

  • A YEAR OF SCHOOL by Laura Samani, producers: EAVE graduate Nadia Trevisan, EAVE graduate Thomas Lambert 
  • ALL THAT’S LEFT OF YOU by Cherien Dabis, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marios Piperides
  • A POET by Simon Mesa Soto, co-producer: EAVE graduate David Herdies
  • COMEBACK by Jan Roosens, Raf Roosens, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jacques-Henri Bronckart, Ellen Havenith
  • DJ AHMET by Georgi M. Unkovski, producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Prpic
  • EAGLES OF THE REPUBLIC by Tarik Saleh, producer: EAVE graduate Linda Mutawi, co-producer: EAVE graduate Monica Hellstrøm
  • FRANZ by Agnieszka Holland, producer: EAVE graduate David Grumbach
  • GOD WILL NOT HELP by Hana Jusic, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Ankica Juric Tilic, co-producers; EAVE graduate Ada Solomon, EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri
  • IMAGO by Deni Oumar Pitsaev, producer: EAVE graduate Anne-Laure Guégan, PUENTES graduate Géraldine Sprimont
  • JULIAN by Cato Kusters, co-producers: EAVE graduates Laurette Schillings, Frans van Gestel
  • LITTLE TROUBLE GIRLS by Urska Djukic, producer: EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marina Gumzi, Miha Cernec, Katarina Prpic  
  • MOTHER by Teona Strugar Mitevska, producer: EAVE graduate Sebastien Delloye, co-producers: EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Bosnia Herzegovina Amra Baksic Camo, EAVE graduate Adis Djapo, EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Macedonia Labina Mitevska
  • PERLA by Alexandra Makarová, producers: EAVE graduates Sabine Gruber, Arash T. Riahi
  • PUENTES project THE ANATOMY OF THE HORSES by Daniel Vidal Toche, producer: PUENTES graduate Ignacio Vuelta
  • SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic
  • SHORT SUMMER by Nastia Korkia, producer: EAVE graduate Dirk Decker, Andrea Schütte
  • SILENT REBELLION by Marie-Elsa Sgualdo, producer: EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes
  • SIRAT by Oliver Laxe, producer: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font
  • THE LITTLE SISTER by Hafsia Herzi, producer: PUENTES graduate Naomi Denamur
  • THE LOVE THAT REMAINS by Hlynur Palmason, producers: EAVE and TTB graduate Katrin Pors, EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson, co-producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin  

https://festivalcinesevilla.eu

 

 

Arras International Film Festival  (November 7 – 16)

  • A YEAR OF SCHOOL by Laura Samani, producers: EAVE graduate Nadia Trevisan, EAVE graduate Thomas Lambert 
  • BROKEN VOICES by Ondrej Provaznik, producer: EAVE graduate Jiri Konecny
  • CALLE MALAGA by Maryam Touzani, producer: EAVE graduate Fred Burle
  • DJ AHMET by Georgi M. Unkovski, producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Prpic
  • GRAND CIEL by Akihiro Hata, co-producer: EAVE graduate Gilles Chanial
  • L’ÂGE MUR by Jean-Benoît Ugeux, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland
  • LES FILLES DU CIEL by Bérangère McNeese, co-producer: EAVE graduate Annabella Nezri
  • LITTLE TROUBLE GIRLS by Urska Djukic, producer: EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marina Gumzi, Miha Cernec, Katarina Prpic  
  • MADE IN EU by EAVE graduate Stephan Komandarev, producer: EAVE graduate Katya Trichkova
  • MOTHER by Teona Strugar Mitevska, producer: EAVE graduate Sebastien Delloye, co-producers: EAVE graduates Amra Baksic Camo, Adis Djapo, National Coordinator Macedonia Labina Mitevska
  • SAUVONS LES MEUBLES by Catherine Cosme, producer: EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes
  • THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonca Filho, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, EAVE graduate Leontine Petit

www.arrasfilmfestival.com

 

 

Filmfestival Cottbus (Nov 7 – 12)

  • A LIGHT THAT NEVER GOES OUT by Lauri-Matti Parppei, producer: EAVE graduate Ilona Tolmunen
  • BROKEN VOICES y Ondrej Provaznik, producer: EAVE graduate Jiri Konecny
  • BROTHER by Maciej Sobieszczanski, producers: EAVE graduates Violetta Kaminska, Izabela Wojcik
  • CARAVAN by Zuzana Kirchnerova, producers: EAVE graduate Jakub Viktorin, EAVE+ graduate Carlo Cresto-Dina
  • HOW COME IT'S ALL GREEN OUT HERE? by Nikola Lezaic, producer: EAVE graduate Sinisa Juricic
  • IDA WHO SANG SO BADLY EVEN THE DEAD ROSE UP AND JOINED HER IN SONG by Ester Ivakic, producers: EAVE graduate Jerca Jeric, EAVE MW graduate Andraz Jeric
  • MADE IN EU by EAVE graduate Stephan Komandarev, producer: EAVE graduate Katya Trichkova 
  • OUR FATHER by Goran Stankovic, producer: EAVE graduate Snezana van Houwelingen
  • PATTY IS SUCH A GIRLY NAME by Giorgos Georgopoulos, producer: EAVE+ graduate Fenia Cossovitsa
  • THE DIVIDED CITY OF MITROVICA by Marko Grba Singh, producer: EAVE graduate Jelena Angelovski
  • THE SPRUCE FOREST by Tudor Giurgiu, producer: EAVE graduate Tudor Giurgiu
  • THE VISITOR by Vytautas Katkus, producer: EAVE graduate Marija Razgute
  • TO THE VICTORY! by Valentyn Vasyanovych, producer: EAVE graduate Volodymyr Yatsenko
  • TRIUMPH by Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantina Stavrianou
  • WHITES WASH AT NINETY by Marko Nabersnik, co-producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Ankica Juric Tilic

www.filmfestivalcottbus.de

 

connecting cottbus

cocoPITCH projects 2025

  • ATTENTION WHORES by Alica Bednarikova, producer: EAVE graduate Jakub Viktorin
  • EXACTLY WHAT IT SEEMS by Darya Zhuk, producer: EAVE graduate Izabela Wojcik

https://www.connecting-cottbus.de/selected-projects

 

 

 

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival  (November 7 – 23)

Official competition

  • 18 HOLES TO PARADISE by João Nuno Pinto, producer: EAVE graduate Andreia Nunes, co-producer: EAVE graduate Roberto Cavallini
  • THE DASHED LINES by Anxos Fazans, producer: EAVE MW graduate Nuria Landete
  • THE FROG AND THE WATER by Thomas Stuber, co-producer: EAVE graduate Christof Neracher
  • THE GOOD DAUGHTER by Julia de Paz Solvas, producer: EAVE graduate Sergio Grobas, co-producer: EAVE graduate Maarten D’Hollander
  • THE STORIES by Abu Bakr Shawky, producer: EAVE graduate Julie Viez, co-producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland
  • VEINS by Raymond St-Jean, producer: EAVE+ graduate Nicolas Comeau
  • VERSALLES by Andrés Clariond, producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis

In Focus: Catalonia

  • FORASTERA by Lucía Aleñar Iglesias, producer: EAVE graduate Ariadna Dot, EAVE graduate and Italian National Coordinator Giovanni Pompili, TTB graduate Marta Cruanas 
  • FRONTIER by Judith Colell, producer: EAVE graduate Katleen Goossens
  • LEO & LOU by Carlos Solano, producer: EAVE graduate Luisa Romeo
  • NOMAD SHADOW by Eimi Imanishi, producer: EAVE graduate Belén Sánchez Silvero, PUENTES graduate Queralt Pons Serra
  • NOTHING PERSONAL by Javier Marco, producers: EAVE+ graduates José Alba, Odile Antonio-Baez, co-producer: EAVE graduate Katleen Goossens
  • ROMERIA by Carla Simon, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Zamora
  • SIRAT by Oliver Laxe, producer: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font
  • STRANGE RIVER by Jaume Claret Muxart, producer: EAVE graduate Xavi Font, co-producers: EAVE graduate Fabian Altenried, PUENTES graduate Sophie Ahrens 
  • THE GOOD DAUGHTER by Julia de Paz Solvas, producer: EAVE graduate Sergio Grobas, co-producer: EAVE graduate Maarten D’Hollander
  • THE TREASURE OF BARRACUDA by Adria Garcia, producer: EAVE+ graduate Valerie Delpierre
  • THEY WILL BE DUST by Carlos Marques-Marcet, producers: EAVE graduates Giovanni Pompili, Eugenia Mummenthaler

Rebels With a Cause Competition

  • BLINDSIGHT by Adrian Sitaru, producer: EAVE graduate Anamaria Antoci
  • EAVE project LO-FI by Alcan Durbas, producer: EAVE graduate Ipek Erden
  • THE BARONESSES by Nabil Ben Yadir, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland, co-producer: EAVE graduate and Luxembourgish National Coordinator Bernard Michaux
  • THE MEGALOMANIACS by Spiros Stathoulopoulos, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantinos Vassilaros

First Feature Competition

  • ADMISSION by Quentin Hsu, producer: TTB graduate Chi-an Lin, co-producer, TTB and MW graduate Nancy Schoesetters
  • A SAFE PLACE by Cecilia Stefanescu, producers: EAVE graduates Tudor Giurgiu, Oana Giurgiu, Bogdan Craciun
  • MY FIRST LOVE by Mari Storstein, co-producer: EAVE graduate Nicholas Sando
  • SUNDAY NINTH by Kat Steppe, producer: TTB graduate Els Vandevorst

Baltic Film Competition

  • BECOMING by Zannat Alshanova, producers: EAVE graduates Jean-Laurent Csinidis, Denis Vaslin, Marija Razgute
  • BORDERLINE by Ignas Jonynas, producer: EAVE graduate Rūta Jekentaitė
  • FLESH, BLOOD, EVEN A HEART by Alise Zarina, producer: EAVE FFF graduate Roberts Vinovskis
  • HUNGER STRIKE BREAKFAST by Karolis Kaupinis, producer: EAVE graduate Marija Razgute, Brigita Beniusyte, co-producers: EAVE graduate Mikulas Novotny, EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Latvia Aija Berzina
  • THE VISITOR by Vytautas Katkus, producers: EAVE graduates Marija Razgute, Elisa Fernanda Pirir, Brigita Beniusyte, Anna-Maria Kantarius
  • THERAPY by Paavo Westerberg, co-producer: EAVE graduate Evelin Penttilä

Critics' Picks

  • TTB project CHINA SEA by Jurgis Matulevicius, producer: TTB graduate Ieva Cern, co-producers: EAVE graduates Mariusz Wlodarski, Jakub Kostal, Marta Gmosinska 
  • NINO IN PARADISE by Laurent Micheli, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland

Screen International Critics' Choice

  • DIVINE COMEDY by Ali Asgari, producer: EAVE graduate Milad Khosravi, co-producers: EAVE graduates Lorenzo Cioffi, Avantika Singh Desbouvries
  • NO OTHER CHOICE by Park Chan-wook, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandre Gavras
  • THE BLUE TRAIL by Gabriel Mascaro, producers: EAVE graduates Rachel Daisy Ellis, Sandino Saravia Vinay, co-producers: EAVE graduates Giancarlo Nasi, Marleen Slot
  • THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonca Filho, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, EAVE graduate Leontine Petit

Special Screenings

  • CLUB ZERO by Jessica Hausner, producer: EAVE graduate Johannes Schubert
  • SAND IN YOUR HAIR by Mantas Verbiejus, producer: EAVE graduate Zivile Gallego
  • THE FAMILY APPROACH by Daniel Abma, producer: EAVE MW graduate Britta Strampe

Doc@PÖFF Baltic and International Competition

  • A GOODNIGHT KISS by Giedre Zickyte, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Pille Rünk
  • ELECTING MS SANTA by Raisa Răzmeriță, producer: EAVE graduate Ion Gnatiuc, co-producers: EAVE graduates Anamaria Antoci, Anda Ionescu
  • HOLY DESTRUCTORS by Aistė Žegulytė-Zapolska, co-producers: FFF graduate Roberts Vinovskis, PUENTES graduate Dominiks Jarmakovics, EAVE+ graduate Christophe Audeguis
  • IT’S WINTER by Sajad Imani, producer: EAVE graduate Milad Khosravi, co-producer: EAVE graduate Sahar Yousefi
  • LAGUNA by Sharunas Bartas, producer: EAVE graduate Janja Kralj, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Clémentine Mourão-Ferreira
  • THE LAST WILL by Janis Abele, producer: EAVE graduate Guntis Trekteris

Best of Docs

  • CUBA & ALASKA by Yegor Troyanovsky, producer: EAVE graduate Hanne Phlypo
  • EAVE project FIUME O MORTE! by Igor Bezinovic, producers: EAVE graduates Tibor Keser, Marina Gumzi, Vanja Jambrovic
  • KABUL BETWEEN PRAYERS by Aboozar Amini, co-producer: EAVE graduate Hanne Phlypo
  • MEMORY by Vladlena Sandu, co-producer: EAVE graduate Raymond van der Kaaij
  • MR NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN by David Borenstein, Pavel Ilyich Talankin, Co-director Pavel Talankin, co-producer: EAVE graduate Radovan Sibrt
  • NORTH SOUTH MAN WOMAN by Sun Kim, Morten Traavik, producer: EAVE graduate Verona Meier
  • SILVER by Natalia Koniarz, producer: EAVE graduate Maciej Kubicki
  • THE LAST AMBASSADOR by Natalie Halla, producers: EAVE+ graduate Peter Drössler, EAVE graduates Arash T. Riahi, Sabine Gruber
  • TIMESTAMP by Kateryna Gornostai, producer: EAVE graduate Reinier Selen, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marion Guth, François Le Gall

Environmental Film Programme

  • MELT by Nikolaus Geyrhalter, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Michael Kitzberger

International Youth Competition Programme

  • DON’T WORRY by Solange Cicurel, producer: EAVE graduate Diana Elbaum
  • EAVE project TERRA VIL by Luis Campos, producers: EAVE graduates Luis Campos, Luigi Chimienti, PUENTES graduate Alessandro Amato
  • PATTY IS SUCH A GIRLY NAME by Giorgos Georgopoulos, producer: EAVE+ graduate Fenia Cossovitsa
  • THELMA’S PERFECT BIRTHDAY by Reinis Kalnaellis, producer: EAVE graduate Paul Thiltges
  • THE PUPIL by Karin Junger, producers: EAVE graduates Maarten D’Hollander, Xavier Rombaut

Youth Programme

  • EAVE project SKIFF by Cecilia Verheyden, producer: EAVE graduate Elisa Heene, co-producer: EAVE graduate Leontine Petit
  • DJ AHMET by Georgi M. Unkovski, producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Prpic
  • KEVLAR SOUL by Maria Eriksson-Hecht, producer: EAVE graduate Lizette Jonjic
  • WILD FOXES by Valéry Carnoy, producer: EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes

Children's Programme

  • ELLA & FRIENDS – OPERATION OTTER by Elin Grönblom, producer: EAVE graduate Aleksi Hyvärinen
  • FLOPHOUSE AMERICA by Monica Strømdahl, producer: EAVE graduate Beathe Hofseth
  • HONEY by Natasha Arthy, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Stevnbak Westergren
  • IF I DIE TODAY by Camilla Arlien, producer: EAVE graduate Marie Schmidt Olesen
  • LEO & LOU by Carlos Solano, producer: EAVE graduate Luisa Romeo
  • SMALL DOGS BARK LOUD by Nora Nivedita Tvedt, producer: EAVE MW graduate Lillian Løvseth
  • THE BUGABOO by Kateřina Karhánková, Tomáš Pavlíček, producer: EAVE graduate Tomas Michalek, co-producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Tomkova
  • THE PUPIL by Karin Junger, producers: EAVE graduates Maarten D’Hollander, Xavier Rombaut
  • THE SECRET FLOOR by Norbert Lechner, producer: EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, EAVE graduate André Fetzer
  • THE TREASURE OF BARRACUDA by Adria Garcia, producer: EAVE+ graduate Valerie Delpierre

 

Baltic Event Co-Production Market 2025

  • CLIMACTERIC by Liliana Torres Expósito, producer: EAVE graduate Carla Sospedra Salvadó
  • EAVE project COLD SUN by Gentian Koçi, producer: EAVE graduate Blerina Hankollari
  • HEART BEATS by Johanna Lieth, producer: EAVE FFF graduate Karin Berghammer 
  • LITTLE MARY, ALWAYS A VIRGIN by Anna Jadowska, producer: EAVE graduate Magdalena Sztorc
  • QUEEN OF ENGLAND STOLE MY PARENTS by Ernestas Jankauskas, producer: EAVE+ graduate Gabija Siurbytė
  • THE KING OF THE AIR by Laura Ferres, producers: EAVE graduates Nadine Rothschild, Inés Massa
  • THE WELL by Siiri Halko, producer: EAVE graduate Jenni Jauri 
  • THE VANISHING POINT by Tudor Giurgiu, producer: EAVE graduate Janja Kralj
  • WE’RE LEAVING by Kamil Krawczycki, producers: EAVE graduates Agnieszka Wasiak, Mariusz Włodarski 

Baltic Event Works in Progress 

  • LEX JULIA by Laura Hyppönen, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Ostrat
  • MO HUNT by Eeva Mägi, producer: EAVE graduate Sten-Johan Lill
  • SOMETHING REAL by Evar Anvelt, producers: EAVE graduates Andreas Kask, Esko Rips 
  • THE WEDDING Day by Marta Elina Martinsone, producer: EAVE graduate Guntis Trekteris

International Works in Progress

  • PRINCE by Federico Borgia, producer: PUENTES graduate Pancho Magnou
  • SALEN LAS LOBAS by Claudia Estrada Tarasco, producer: EAVE graduate Alba Sotorra

Just Film Works in Progress

  • MORTEN by Ivan Pavljutshkov, producer: EAVE on Demand graduate Anneli Ahven

European Genre Forum

  • BLOOD – THE DEVIL IN HELSINKI by Viivi Huuska, producer: EAVE graduate Aleksi Hyvärinen

https://poff.ee/en

 

 

Lisbon & Estoril Film Festival  (November 8 – 17)

  • CALLE MALAGA by Maryam Touzani, producer: EAVE graduate Fred Burle
  • DJ AHMET by Georgi M. Unkovski, producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Prpic
  • FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER by Jim Jarmusch, co-producer: EAVE graduate Conor Barry
  • GLIMMERS by Pilar Palomero, producer: EAVE+ graduate Valérie Delpierre
  • KONTINENTAL '25 by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandru Teodorescu
  • THE CURRENTS by Milagros Mumenthaler, producer: EAVE graduate Eugenia Mumenthaler
  • THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonca Filho, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, EAVE graduate Leontine Petit
  • YUNAN by Ameer Fakher Eldin, producers: EAVE graduates Dorothe Beinemeier, Marco Valerio Fusco, Tony Copti, EAVE participant Jiries Copti

www.leffest.com

 

 

Ljubljana International Film Festival  (November 8 – 19)

  • A POET by Simon Mesa Soto, co-producer: EAVE graduate David Herdies
  • BUGONIA by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
  • DJ AHMET by Georgi M. Unkovski, producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Prpic
  • FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER by Jim Jarmusch, co-producer: EAVE graduate Conor Barry
  • GOD WILL NOT HELP by Hana Jusic, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Ankica Juric Tilic, co-producers; EAVE graduate Ada Solomon, EAVE group leader Didar Domehri
  • ISLANDS by Jan-Ole Gerster, producer: EAVE+ graduate Jonas Katzenstein
  • KONTINENTAL '25 by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandru Teodorescu
  • MALDOROR by Fabrice du Welz, producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
  • MOTHER by Teona Strugar Mitevska, producer: EAVE graduate Sebastien Delloye, co-producers: EAVE graduates Amra Baksic Camo, Adis Djapo, National Coordinator Macedonia Labina Mitevska
  • NO OTHER CHOICE by Park Chan-wook, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandre Gavras
  • PEACOCK by Bernhard Wenger, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Michael Kitzberger
  • PERLA by Alexandra Makarová, producers: EAVE graduates Sabine Gruber, Arash T. Riahi
  • SANDBAG DAM by Cejen Cernic Canak, producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Ankica Juric Tilic, EAVE graduate Ieva Norviliene
  • SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic
  • SIRAT by Oliver Laxe, producer: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font
  • THE BLUE TRAIL by Gabriel Mascaro, producers: EAVE graduates Rachel Daisy Ellis, Sandino Saravia Vinay, co-producers: EAVE graduates Giancarlo Nasi, Marleen Slot
  • THE LITTLE SISTER by Hafsia Herzi, producer: PUENTES graduate Naomi Denamur
  • THE LOVE THAT REMAINS by Hlynur Palmason, producers: EAVE and TTB graduate Katrin Pors, EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson, co-producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
  • THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonca Filho, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, EAVE graduate Leontine Petit
  • U ARE THE UNIVERSE by Pavlo Ostrikov, producer: EAVE graduate Volodymir Yatsenko
  • UNGRATEFUL BEINGS by Olmo Omerzu, producer: EAVE graduate Jiri Konecny
  • WHITES WASH AT NINETY by Marko Nabersnik, co-producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Ankica Juric Tilic
  • YES by Nadav Lapid, producer: Interchange graduate Judith Lou Lévy, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marios Piperides, Jonas Dornbach
  • YUGO FLORIDA by Roman Bondarchuk, producer: EAVE graduate Marija Stojanovic

www.liffe.si

 

 

AFI Film Fest Santa Monica  (November 10 – 14)

  • ALL THAT’S LEFT OF YOU by Cherien Dabis, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marios Piperides
  • A POET by Simon Mesa Soto, co-producer: EAVE graduate David Herdies
  • A USEFUL GHOST by Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke, co-producer: TTB graduate Karim Aitouna
  • BUGONIA by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
  • EAGLES OF THE REPUBLIC by Tarik Saleh, producer: EAVE graduate Linda Mutawi, co-producer: EAVE graduate Monica Hellström
  • EAVE project FIUME O MORTE! by Igor Bezinovic, producers: EAVE graduates Tibor Keser, Marina Gumzi, Vanja Jambrovic
  • FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER by Jim Jarmusch, co-producer: EAVE graduate Conor Barry
  • KONTINENTAL '25 by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandru Teodorescu
  • PALESTINE 36 by Annemarie Jacir, producer: EAVE graduate Ossama Bawardi, co-producers: EAVE and TTB graduate Katrin Pors, EAVE graduate Elisa Fernanda Pirir
  • PETER HUJAR’S DAY by Ira Sachs, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle
  • PROMISED SKY by Erige Sehiri, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri
  • ROMERIA by Carla Simon, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Zamora
  • THE CURRENTS by Milagros Mumenthaler, producer: EAVE graduate Eugenia Mumenthaler
  • THE LOVE THAT REMAINS by Hlynur Palmason, producers: EAVE and TTB graduate Katrin Pors, EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson, co-producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
  • THE MYSTERIOUS GAZE OF THE FLAMINGO by Diego Cespedes, producer: PUENTES and TTB graduate Giancarlo Nasi
  • THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE by Mona Fastvold, producer: EAVE graduate Viktoria Petranyi
  • YES by Nadav Lapid, producer: EAVE graduate Judith Lou Lévy, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marios Piperides, Jonas Dornbach

https://fest.afi.com

 

 

Braunschweig International Film Festival  (November 10 – 16)

  • A LIGHT THAT NEVER GOES OUT by Lauri-Matti Parppei, producer: EAVE graduate Ilona Tolmunen
  • ALPHA by Julia Ducournau, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
  • BAGGER DRAMA by Piet Baumgartner, producer: EAVE graduate Karin Koch
  • DJ AHMET by Georgi M. Unkovski, producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Prpic
  • DONKEY DAYS by Rosanne Pel, producers: EAVE graduates Floor Onrust, National Coordinator Germany Verena Gräfe-Höft
  • ELLBOGEN by by Asli Özarslan, producers: EAVE graduate Jamila Wenske
  • FLOPHOUSE AMEICA by Monica Strømdahl, producer: EAVE graduate Beathe Hofseth
  • KISMET by Ziga Virc, producer: EAVE graduate Bostjan Virc
  • PERLA by Alexandra Makarová, producers: EAVE graduates Sabine Gruber, Arash T. Riahi
  • PROMISED SKY by Erige Sehiri, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri
  • THE EXALTED by Juris Kursiestis, producers: EAVE graduates Alise Gelze, Vicky Miha, National Coordinator Estonia Evelin Penttilä
  • THE LOVE THAT REMAINS by Hlynur Palmason, producers: EAVE and TTB graduate Katrin Pors, EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson, co-producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
  • THE MAN WHO COULD NOT REMAIN SILENT by Nebojsa Slijepcevic, producers: EAVE graduates Katarina Prpic, Katya Trichkova, Bostjan Virc
  • YES by Nadav Lapid, producer: Interchange graduate Judith Lou Lévy, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marios Piperides, Jonas Dornbach

www.filmfest-braunschweig.de

 

 

Cairo International Film Festival (November 12 – 21)

  • EAVE project FIUME O MORTE! by Igor Bezinovic, producers: EAVE graduates Tibor Keser, Marina Gumzi, Vanja Jambrovic
  • FRANZ by Agnieszka Holland, producer: EAVE graduate David Grumbach
  • KONTINENTAL '25 by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandru Teodorescu
  • ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA by Arab and Tarzan Nasser, co-producers: EAVE graduates Edyta Janczak-Hiriart, Rashid Abdelhamid 
  • REEDLAND by Sven Bresser, producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot
  • THE THINGS YOU KILL by Alireza Khatami, producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski
  • THE BLUE TRAIL by Gabriel Mascaro, producers: EAVE graduates Rachel Daisy Ellis, Sandino Saravia Vinay, co-producers: EAVE graduates Giancarlo Nasi, Marleen Slot

www.ciff.org.eg

 

 

International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam  (November 13 – 23)

  • ALL MY SISTERS by Massoud Bakhshi, producer: EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu
  • AMILCAR by Miguel Eek, producer: EAVE graduate Mario Adamson
  • ANCESTRAL VISIONS OF THE FUTURE by Lemohang Mosese, co-producer: EAVE graduate Laura Kloeckner
  • AS THE CROW FLIES by Clara Lacombe, co-producer: TTB graduate Judith Nora
  • AUTO QUEENS by Sraiyanti, producer: EAVE graduate Mathivanan Rajendran
  • BETTER GO MAD IN THE WILD by Miro Remo, Pavla Janouskova Kubeckova
  • CHANGE project THE KARTLI KINGDOM by Qartlis Tskhovreba, producer: CHANGE graduate Ketevan Kipiani
  • CHANGE project SILENT FLOOD by Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk, producer: CHANGE graduate Karina Kostyna, co-producer: EAVE graduate Tanja Georgieva-Waldhauer
  • COEXISTENCE, MY ASS! by Amber Fares, producer: EAVE graduate Valérie Montmartin
  • DO YOU LOVE ME by Lana Daher, producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Laurent Csinidis
  • GAZA’S TWINS, COME BACK TO ME by Mohammed Sawwaf, producer: EAVE graduate Renko Douze
  • HOLY DESTRUCTORS by Aistė Žegulytė-Zapolska, co-producers: FFF graduate Roberts Vinovskis, PUENTES graduate Dominiks Jarmakovics, EAVE+ graduate Christophe Audeguis
  • HOUSE OF HOPE by Marjolein Busstra, producer: EAVE graduate Olivia Sophie van Leeuwen, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ossama Bawardi
  • IMAGO by Deni Oumar Pitsaev, producer: EAVE graduate Anne-Laure Guégan, PUENTES graduate Géraldine Sprimont
  • KABUL, BETWEEN PRAYERS by Aboozar Amini, co-producer: EAVE graduate Hanne Phlypo
  • LITI LITI by Mamadou Khouma Gueye, producer: EAVE graduate Rosa Spaliviero
  • MAILIN by Maria Silvia Esteve, producer: EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Romania Radu Stancu
  • MELT by Nikolaus Geyrhalter, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Michael Kitzberger
  • MEMORY by Vladlena Sandu, co-producer: EAVE graduate Raymond van der Kaaij
  • THE MEN’S LAND by Mariam Bakacho Khatchvani, co-producers: EAVE graduates Archil Gelovani, Vladimer Katcharava
  • AN OPEN FIELD by Teboho Edkins, co-producer: EAVE graduate Carine Chichkowsky
  • OUTLIVING SHAKESPEARE by Inna Sahakyan, co-producer: EAVE graduate Joram Willink
  • PAIKAR by Dawood Hilmandi, producer: EAVE graduate and Dutch National Coordinator Frank Hoeve
  • PALIMPSEST by Mary Stephen, TTB and EAVE SLATE graduate Stefano Centini
  • PASSION ACCORDING TO AGNIESZKA by Wojciech Staroń, producer: EAVE graduate Malgorzata Staron
  • RASHID, THE BOY FROM SINJAR by Jasna Krajinovič, producer: EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes, , co-producers: EAVE graduates Cécile Lestrade, Hanne Phlypo
  • STORIES OF A LIE by Olia Verriopoulou, producer: EAVE and EAVE SLATE graduate Mina Dreki
  • THE TRIAL by Ulises de la Orden, co-producers: EAVE graduate Dag Hoel, PUENTES graduate Alessandro Borrelli
  • TIMESTAMP by Kateryna Gornostai, producer: EAVE graduate Reinier Selen, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marion Guth, producer: EAVE graduate François Le Gall
  • UNDER THE FLAGS, THE SUN by Juanjo Pereira, producers: PUENTES graduates Leandro Listorti, Gabriela Sabaté
  • THE VANISHING POINT by Tudor Giurgiu, producer: EAVE graduate Janja Kralj
  • WE WERE LEFT ALONE by Adrián Canoura, producer: EAVE graduate Felipe Lage Coro
  • WELDED TOGETHER by Anastasiya Mirashnichenka, producer: EAVE graduate Valérie Montmartin, co-producers: EAVE graduates Anton Iffland Stettner, Eva Kuperman
  • WHILE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS: A DIARY IN SEVEN PARTS by Peter Mettler, producer: EAVE graduate Brigitte Hofer

 

IDFA Forum

  • ARCHITECTURE AS INVENTION by Michael Madsen, producers: EAVE graduates Per Damgaard Hansen, Heino Deckert
  • BUGBOY by Lucas Paleocrassas, producers: EAVE graduates Rea Apostolides, Maria Stevnbak Westergren
  • THE CORD by nolwenn hervé, producer: EAVE graduate Estelle Robin You
  • THE DOCUMENTERS by Loretta van der Horst, producer: EAVE graduate Ilja Roomans
  • DREAMS OF THE WILD OAKS by Marjan Khosravi, producer: EAVE graduate Milad Khosravi
  • ELEVEN EARS by Yashaswini Raghunandan, producer: EAVE graduate Heejung Oh
  • A FILM FOR ONE by Alexandre Donot-Saby, producer: EAVE graduate Valérie Montmartin
  • FLYING LIKE A BIRD by El Mahdi Lyoubi, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marie Dubas
  • GETTING THE MESSAGE by Neasa Ní Chianáin, producers: EAVE graduates Hanne Phlypo, Ilja Roomans
  • KARSAI VS HUNGARY by Marcell Gerö, producers: EAVE graduates Sara Laszlo, Marcell Gerő, Jean Laurent Csinidis
  • SMALL EXPECTATIONS by Alexandru Solomon, producer: EAVE graduate Ada Solomon
  • THE PYLON AND THE LAKE by Sylvain Yonnet, producer: EAVE graduate Cécile Lestrade

www.idfa.nl

 

 

Gijón International Film Festival (November 14 – 22)

  • A LIGHT THAT NEVER GOES OUT by Lauri-Matti Parppei, producer: EAVE graduate Ilona Tolmunen
  • AMILCAR by Miguel Eek, producer: EAVE graduate Mario Adamson
  • A POET by Simon Mesa Soto, co-producer: EAVE graduate David Herdies
  • CIRCUS BOY by Anna Koch, Julia Lemke, producer: EAVE participant Katharina Bergfeld 
  • DRACULA by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandru Teodorescu, co-producers: EAVE graduates Ada Solomon, Bernard Michaux, Paul Thiltges, EAVE+ Head of Study Jani Thiltges
  • EAVE project SKIFF by Cecilia Verheyden, producer: EAVE graduate Elisa Heene, co-producer: EAVE graduate Leontine Petit
  • FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER by Jim Jarmusch, co-producer: EAVE graduate Conor Barry
  • REEDLAND by Sven Bresser, producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot
  • KONTINENTAL '25 by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandru Teodorescu
  • MADE IN EU by EAVE graduate Stephan Komandarev, producer: EAVE graduate Katya Trichkova
  • NOTHING PERSONAL by Javier Marco, producers: EAVE+ graduates José Alba, Odile Antonio-Baez, co-producer: EAVE graduate Katleen Goossens
  • ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA by Arab and Tarzan Nasser, co-producers: EAVE graduates Edyta Janczak-Hiriart, Rashid Abdelhamid 
  • PETER HUJAR’S DAY by Ira Sachs, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle
  • SORELLA DI CLAUSURA by Ivana Mladenović, producer: EAVE graduate Ada Solomon
  • THE DASHED LINES by Anxos Fazans, producer: EAVE MW graduate Nuria Landete
  • THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonca Filho, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, EAVE graduate Leontine Petit
  • THE CURRENTS by Milagros Mumenthaler, producer: EAVE graduate Eugenia Mumenthaler
  • THE WHITE SNAIL by Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter, producer: EAVE graduate David Bohun, co-producer: EAVE graduate Heino Deckert
  • WIND, TALK TO ME by Stefan Djordjevic, producer: EAVE graduate Dragana Jovovic, co-producer: EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar

https://ficx.tv/en/

 

 

Lecce European Film Festival (November 15 – 22)

  • THE LOVE THAT REMAINS by Hlynur Palmason, producers: EAVE and TTB graduate Katrin Pors, EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson, co-producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
  • THE WHITE SNAIL by Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter, producer: EAVE graduate David Bohun, co-producer: EAVE graduate Heino Deckert
  • YUGO FLORIDA by Roman Bondarchuk, producer: EAVE graduate Marija Stojanovic

www.festivaldelcinemaeuropeo.com/en

 

 

Camerimage Torun (November 16 – 23)

  • BUGONIA by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
  • FRANZ by Agnieszka Holland, producer: EAVE graduate David Grumbach  
  • FATHER by Tereza Nvotova, producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski
  • FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER by Jim Jarmusch, co-producer: EAVE graduate Conor Barry
  • MOTHER by Teona Strugar Mitevska, producer: EAVE graduate Sebastien Delloye, co-producers: EAVE graduates Amra Baksic Camo, Adis Djapo, National Coordinator Macedonia Labina Mitevska
  • REEDLAND by Sven Bresser, producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot
  • SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic
  • THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE by Mona Fastvold, producer: EAVE graduate Viktoria Petranyi

https://camerimage.pl

 

 

Doha Film Festival (November 20 – 28)

  • COTTON QUEEN by Suzannah Mirghani, producers: EAVE graduates Caroline Daube, Ossama Bawardi, EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri
  • ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA by Arab and Tarzan Nasser, co-producers: EAVE graduates Edyta Janczak-Hiriart, Rashid Abdelhamid 
  • RENOIR by Chie Hayakawa, producers: EAVE and TTB graduates Fran Borgia, Eiko Mizuno Gray, TTB Head of Studies and EAVE+ graduate Christophe Bruncher

The Film Education Summit in Doha will take place on 26 and 27 November 2025, as part of Doha Film Festival.
EAVE CEO Kristina Trapp was invited to participate in the panel "Learning by Doing – International Vocational Schools, Labs, Residencies & Alternative Pathways", moderated by Jovan Marjanovic.
Focusing on practice-based learning, this panel examines the growing importance of vocational schools, labs, residencies, and grassroots initiatives that open alternative routes into filmmaking. Case studies from leading institutions and innovative programs worldwide will showcase how diverse training models are building resilient, adaptable, and skilled film professionals.

https://www.dohafilm.com/en/watch-discover/dff/films

 

Festival of Auteur Film, Belgrade (November 21 – 28)

  • ALPHA by Julia Ducournau, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
  • A POET by Simon Mesa Soto, co-producer: EAVE graduate David Herdies
  • DJ AHMET by Georgi M. Unkovski, producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Prpic
  • 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
  • GOD WILL NOT HELP by Hana Jusic, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Ankica Juric Tilic, co-producers; EAVE graduate Ada Solomon, EAVE group leader Didar Domehri
  • I ONLY REST IN THE STORM by Pedro Pinho, producer: EAVE graduate Filipa Reis 
  • LITTLE TROUBLE GIRLS by Urska Djukic, producer: EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marina Gumzi, Miha Cernec, Katarina Prpic
  • MALDOROR by Fabrice du Welz, producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
  • MOTHER by Teona Strugar Mitevska, producer: EAVE graduate Sebastien Delloye, co-producers: EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Bosnia and Herzegovina Amra Baksic Camo, EAVE graduates Adis Djapo, National Coordinator Macedonia Labina Mitevska
  • RENOIR by Chie Hayakawa, producers: EAVE and TTB graduates Fran Borgia, Eiko Mizuno Gray, TTB Head of Studies and EAVE+ graduate Christophe Bruncher
  • ROMERIA by Carla Simon, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Zamora
  • SIRAT by Oliver Laxe, producer: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font
  • SORELLA DI CLAUSURA by Ivana Mladenovic, producer: EAVE graduate Ada Solomon
  • STRANGE RIVER by Jaume Claret Muxart, producers: EAVE graduates Xavi Font, Fabian Altenried, PUENTES graduate Sophie Ahrens 
  • THE LOVE THAT REMAINS by Hlynur Palmason, producers: EAVE and TTB graduate Katrin Pors, EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson, co-producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
  • THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonca Filho, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, EAVE graduate Leontine Petit
  • THE VISITOR by Vytautas Katkus, producer: EAVE graduate Marija Razgute
  • WIND, TALK TO ME by Stefan Djordjevic, producer: EAVE graduate Dragana Jovovic, co-producer: EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar
  • YES by Nadav Lapid, producer: Interchange graduate Judith Lou Lévy, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marios Piperides, Jonas Dornbach

https://faf.rs

 

 

Torino Film Festival  (November 21 – 29)

  • HER WILL BE DONE by Julia Kowalski, producer: EAVE graduate Estelle Robin You
  • IDA WHO SANG SO BADLY EVEN THE DEAD ROSE UP AND JOINED HER IN SONG by Ester Ivakic, producers: EAVE graduate Jerca Jeric, EAVE MW graduate Andraz Jeric
  • PILLION by Harry Lighton, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
  • PUENTES project THE ANATOMY OF THE HORSES by Daniel Vidal Toche, producer: PUENTES graduate Ignacio Vuelta
  • THE BIRTHDAY PARTY by Miguel Angel Jimenez, producer: EAVE+ graduate Giorgios Karnavas, co-producer: EAVE graduate Leontine Petit
  • THE GARDEN OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS by Morgan Knibbe, producer: EAVE graduate and Dutch National Coordinator Frank Hoeve

www.torinofilmfest.org/en

 

 

DOC NYC Festival New York (November 23 – 30)

  • FLOPHOUSE AMERICA by Monica Strømdahl, producer: EAVE graduate Beathe Hofseth
  • IMAGO by Deni Oumar Pitsaev, producer: EAVE graduate Anne-Laure Guégan, PUENTES graduate Géraldine Sprimont

www.docnyc.net

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Eurimages supports 16 films by EAVE producers

In development / pre-production

Eurimages

The Executive Committee of the Fund has decided to support the co-production of 33 feature films, including 10 documentaries and 5 animations, for a total amount of €9 696 000. 48% of these films are produced by EAVE graduates.

Co-production Support

  • 100 THOUSAND TURKISH LIRAS by Nazlı Elif Durlu, producer: EAVE graduate Anna Maria Aslanoglu
  • ANOTHER JOURNEY WITHOUT WOEN (FALL OF MAN) by Illum Jacobi, producer: EAVE graduate Jon Hammer
  • CYRANO by Guillaume Gallienne, producer: EAVE graduate Stephane Roelants
  • HOME COURT by Elpida Nikou, Rodrigo Hernandez, producers: EAVE graduates Rea Apostolides, Boris Despodov
  • MARCH 14TH by Alberto Grosso Molo, producers: PUENTES graduate David Aymerich Herreria, EAVE graduate Marija Razgute
  • MILLIE AND THE SECRET OF THE CROCODILE by Esben Toft Jacobsen , co-producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot
  • MY FATHER THE ICEMAN by Łukasz Kowalski, co-producer: EAVE graduate Signe Byrge Sørensen
  • ORSOQ – SEASONS OF SOLITUDE by Inuk Silis Høegh, producer: EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Denmark Emile Hertling Péronard
  • QUO VADIS AIDA? – THE MISSING PART by Jasmila Žbanić, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Michael Kitzberger, Laurette Schillings, Verona Meier
  • SANDA DIA by Miriam Guttmann, producer: EAVE graduate Monique Busman, co-producer: EAVE graduate Hanne Phlypo
  • SAVAGERY by Miguel Gomes, producers: EAVE graduate Filipa Reis, PUENTES graduate and National Coordinator Latin America Tatiana Leite, Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli
  • SOUND OF SILENCE by Joyce Nashawati, producer: EAVE+ graduate Fenia Cossovitsa
  • TABITA by Juris Kursietis, producers: B’EST graduate Alise Gelze, EAVE graduate and Estonian National Coordinator Evelin Penttilä
  • THANK YOU, CHARLOTTE by Berkun Oya, producer: EAVE graduate Amanda Livanou
  • THE CITY THAT ATE SOULS AWAY by Diane Sara Bouzgarrou & Thomas Jenkoe, producers: EAVE graduates Jean-Laurent Csinidis, Geneviève De Bauw
  • THE WHALE MYSTERY by Tonje Hessen Schei, producer: EAVE graduate Bjarte Mørner Tveit

https://www.coe.int/en/web/eurimages

 

Vienna Film Fund

Production support

  • 30 BULLETS by Arash T. Riahi, Arman T. Riahi, producer: EAVE graduate Arash T. Riahi
  • WER HAT ANGST VOR GOTT by Rosa Friedrich, producer: EAVE graduate Oliver Neumann
  • SUPERHUMANS by Inna Shevchenko, producer: EAVE graduate Arash T. Riahi
  • LIEBE FREUNDINNEN by Ivette Löcker, producers: EAVE graduates Barbara Pichler, Gabriele Kranzelbinder
  • BTBI by Juri Rechinsky, producer: EAVE graduate Arash T. Riahi

Development support

  • I AM AFRAID TO TELL WE ARE GOING TO HELL by Rosa Friedrich, producer: EAVE graduate Oliver Neumann
  • I’M NOT HERE TO MAKE FRIENDS, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Michael Kitzberger

www.filmfonds-wien.at

 

Film- und Medienstiftung NRW

  • HALF BLOOD BLUES by Clement Virgo, producer: EAVE+ graduate Jonas Katzensten

www.filmstiftung.de

 

Medienboard Berlin Brandenburg

Supported by the German-Turkish Co-Production Development Fund by Medienboard, MOIN Film Fund Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein und Meetings on the Bridge:

  • KEKLIK by Seda Kacak, producers: EAVE graduates Annamaria Aslanoglu, Julia Cöllen
  • SEASON OF FIRE by Cansu Baydar, producer: EAVE graduate Enis Köstepen,
  • THAT COUNTRY by Yusuf Elbasi, producer: EAVE graduates Dirk Decker, Andrea Schütte

www.medienboard.de

 

 

In production

  • ZERO K by Michael Almereyda, producer: EAVE graduate Giorgos Karnavas is in production. The film follows a young man pulled into the dealings of his tech-billionaire father, who intends to use his wealth and capabilities to find a way to extend and enhance human life. In Don DeLillo’s novel, a New York Times bestseller, his father is specifically drawn towards this in light of his wife’s terminal illness, and he seeks to achieve immortality for the two of them via cryopreservation. Almereyda is a US filmmaker known for the Ethan Hawke-led 2020 Tesla biopic; his 2000 Hamlet adaptation, also starring Hawke; and Experimenter, his 2015 drama about the infamous Milgram experiment. The film will be the fourth collaboration between Anthony Katagas and Rodrigo Teixeira on the production side. Almereyda has previously worked with Sarsgaard for Experimenter and DoP Sean Price Williams for two of his previous films, Marjorie Prime and Tesla. Zero K will be produced by Anthony Katagas for New York-based Keep Your Head, Rodrigo Teixeira for São Paulo-based RT Features, Renée Frigo and Giorgos Karnavas for Athens-based Heretic, and Almereyda. RT Features is a top Brazilian production house known for a wide variety of hits of all genres.

www.heretic.gr

  • MILA/MARIJA by Andrina Mracnikar, producer: EAVE + graduates Danijel Hocevar and Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu is currently shooting. Inspired by her own family history, the film will be the first feature to focus on the resistance of the Carinthian Slovenians against the Nazi dictatorship, and the first to depict Austria’s resistance movement during World War II. It also marks the first live-action co-production between Slovenia and Austria. Set in 1943 in a mountain village in Carinthia, the story follows 19-year-old Mila, who joins the Partisans alongside her brother Hanzi to fight the Nazis from the forests. As she rises to lead a resistance unit, Mila faces life-or-death decisions. When she returns home after the liberation, she must once again confront the crucial question: submission or resistance? Mracnikar, born in Austria and raised in Ljubljana and Carinthia, stated: “With MILA/MARIJA, I wish to make the first feature dedicated to the history of the Slovenian national community and the resistance of the Carinthian Partisans against Nazism. The project is also important to me personally, as the story of the Carinthian Slovenians and the anti-fascist resistance is part of my family history. My goal is to create films with a clear stance that ask crucial questions and are simultaneously emotionally powerful, formally consistent and courageous.” The Slovenian-Austrian-Greek co-production is staged by Danijel Hocevar and Katja Lenarcic for Ljubljana-based Vertigo, and Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu and Bady Minck for Vienna-based Amour Fou, in co-production with Ioanna Davi for Chania-based Indigo View and Austria’s Ruth Beckermann Filmproduktion. It is being made in collaboration with Austrian pubcaster ORF (under the Film/Television Agreement) and RTV Slovenija, and in cooperation with Viba Film Studio. The film is supported by the Austrian Film Institute (ÖFI and ÖFI+), the Slovenian Film Centre, the Hellenic Film & Audiovisual Center, the Slovak Audiovisual Fund – Tax Rebate, the Vienna Film Fund, the Carinthia Film Commission and the Future Fund of the Republic of Austria. The movie is expected to be released in cinemas in both Austria and Slovenia next year.

www.vertigo.si

  • LASTIMA by Mario Piredda, producers: EAVE graduates Anamaria Antoci, Anda Ionescu is in production. According to the synopsis for Làstima (which means “sin” or “shame” in the Sardinian dialect), “Vera, a forty-year-old woman of Romanian origin, suddenly finds herself out of work and having to drive an incredibly young Nigerian girl called Kali across sun-scorched Sardinia: a straightforward ‘task’ turns into a life-long journey”. Piredda describes his film as “a modern-day story where no-one wins or loses: the characters put themselves in each other’s shoes. […] The film unfolds between two cities and their respective peripheries, in the countryside of my homeland, Sardinia, where Sardinians and children of Sardinians have to open themselves up to others. That’s the way we are: we hide our feelings and put on a show of strength because we don’t like letting people in too soon, but then, once we’ve calmed down, we open up our hearts. Vera and Kali represent “the other.” Two women who are poles apart and who meet by chance, by way of one of the many violent and vulgar men they’ve met in their lives. It’s because of or thanks to him that they begin their roaming journey: on trains, in coaches and makeshift cars, and crossing the island on foot, an island which keeps people within its confines, especially those who have only just arrived and who see it as a foreign land”. Ivan Olgiati and Chiara Galloni produced the film on behalf of Articolture as well as Mark Olexa for Swiss firm DOK Mobile, alongside RSI Radiotelevisione Svizzera, in collaboration with Romania’s Tangaj Productions via Anamaria Antoci, Anda Ionescu and Ana Voicu. Support comes from Creative MEDIA Europe, the Italian Ministry of Culture, the Swiss Federal Bureau, the Autonomous Region of Sardinia, the Sardegna Film Commission and Cinéforom.

www.tangajproduction.com

 

 

In post-production

  • ANY OTHER NIGHT by Michiel ten Horn, producer: EAVE graduate Leontine Petit and PUENTES graduate Fred Burle is in post-production. Shot earlier this year in Berlin, the film unfolds over the course of a single night. Maggie, recently abandoned and caught in emotional free fall, while Sam, a former musician is now driving a taxi. What begins as an ordinary late-night ride gradually becomes a prolonged, wayward journey across the city, compelling both characters to confront personal failures and lingering disappointments. Speaking about the project, ten Horn notes that the film examines what follows once youthful aspirations have dimmed: “ANY OTHER NIGHT explores what happens after you’ve chased your big dreams and realised this isn’t ‘it’. Life isn’t a romcom; it’s far more complicated. Yet sometimes, one special encounter can shift your perspective.” The film is being produced by Lithium Studios (Canada), One Two Films (Germany), Lemming Film (Netherlands) and Film Forge (Canada).

www.lemmingfilm.com

  • BLACK WATER by Aga Woszczynska, producers: EAVE graduates Liisa Karpo, Tanja Georgieva-Waldhauer and Elina Litvinova is in post-production. Aga Woszczynska, one of the most interesting voices in Polish arthouse cinema, has wrapped shooting on the Åland archipelago, an autonomous region of Finland. In her second outing, she continues to pursue her artistic interest: the study of a couple facing their inner fears and re-examining their relationship after an unexpected event. In BLACK WATER it will be the mysterious disappearance of two men. Their partners commence an investigation of their own, as the local police are preoccupied with an oil spill from a tanker in the vicinity of the island. “BLACK WATER is a story about balance in a world that is off-balance. The environmental catastrophe mirrors an inner collapse, pushing my characters to abandon the illusion of control and to embrace uncertainty as the only way forward. In its mystery and stillness, I want the film to reflect the fragility and hope of our times,” Woszczynska said. The film is being co-produced by Liisa Karpo, of Finland’s napafilms; Tanja Georgieva-Waldhauer, of Germany’s Elemag Pictures; Elina Litvinova, of Estonia’s Three Brothers; and Eva Jakobsen, of Denmark’s Mater Pictures. The project received support from Creative Europe – MEDIA, the Polish Film Institute, the Finnish Film Foundation, the Estonian Film Institute and the Danish Film Institute, as well as regional funds from the Åland Islands, the MDM (Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung), FilmFyn and the Film Estonia cash-rebate scheme.

www.napafilms.fi

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Kicking off: AI Workshop for Producers in Udine

EAVE is organising, in partnership with the Zeroidee APS, an immersive EAVE on Demand workshop for independent audiovisual producers and professionals wishing to integrate AI as a key tool in their professional practice.

The objective is to understand what AI is (and isn’t); how it fits into modern production workflows; how to use it to build your own storyboard and animatic from your script; how it can reduce time, cost, and risk across the production business.

The topics addressed include an overview of available creative tools, legal and ethical considerations, AI as a tool for film business workflows, as well as hands-on exercises.

The tutors of the workshop include Aleksi Hyvärinen (Don Films, FI) and Anssi Komulainen (Finnish Innovation Fund, FI). Both are part of the Alchemist Collective, a Helsinki-based innovation studio reshaping filmmaking through artificial intelligence. 

 

TUTORS - THE ALCHEMIST COLLECTIVE

ALEKSI HYVÄRINEN 

Aleksi is a Finnish film producer, writer, and co-foun-der of Don Films. With almost 20 years of experience in the film industry, his credits include the internatio-nal horror film THE TWIN (2022), distributed global-ly and released in cinemas in 34 countries, as well as the Finnish box office hit JINGLE BELLS (2022) and the Scandinavian horror standout LAKE BO-DOM (2016). His recent co-productions include THE-RE’S SOMETHING IN THE BARN (2023), which was sold to Sony, PARANOIA (2024) and the Emmy- and BAFTA-nominated Netflix documentary HOLD YOUR BREATH: THE ICE DIVE (2022). His latest project, ELLA AND FRIENDS: OPERATION OTTER (2025), was relea-sed in Finnish cinemas in October 2025. Aleksi is also a founding member of The Alchemist.

ANSSI KOMULAINEN 

Anssi is a media Innovation expert focusing on AI in media. He serves as Director for Data and AI at the Finnish Inno-vation Fund, which is a future fund with assets of 1 billion euros.  Anssi is also a founding member of The Alchemist and a partner in Riviera Cinemas - the coolest cinema star-tup in Europe. Previous to this, he founded and managed Yle Beta, an incubator for future media with The Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle. Deeply embedded in Europe’s startup ecosystem, Anssi is also a trusted advisor to the Fu-ture Media Initiative, where he continues to shape the next wave of media innovation.

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Apply now: EFM Market Badge Inclusion Initiative 2026

Dear EAVE Producers,

As part of the European Film Market’s Diversity & Inclusion initiative towards a more inclusive market and film industry, the EFM is granting 300 free EFM Market Badges to organisations, collectives and institutions that champion and represent equity-seeking and Global South film professionals.

EAVE has been selected as one of those organisations again this year, and we are launching a special call for applications for 4 EAVE graduates who identify as marginalised and/or Global South film professionals to receive free EFM physical Market Badges.*

The EFM Market Badge grants access to EFM venues, Industry Sessions and other events in-person in Berlin. 

If you wish to apply, please send your CV, company profile and short motivation statement to lilla@eave.org by December 3, 2025.

Further details of the benefits provided by EFM physical Market Badges can be found on EFM’s accreditation page.

The Market Badge is recommended for filmmakers, producers, sales agents, buyers, employees of production and distribution companies, curators or managers at film/cultural institutions, museums, cinemas, or film festivals, commissioning editors, cinema programmers/curators, educators, or researchers focused on film, legal professionals and lawyers working in the film industry.

* NB: Badges are intended for in-person attendance, and they are non-transferable and not convertible! Apply only if you intend to use the badge! Priority will be given to professionals attending the EFM for the first time. 

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EAVE MARKETING WORKSHOP kicks off today!

The EAVE MARKETING WORKSHOP 2025 welcomes the 31 selected participants to Luxembourg! The workshop location will be the Légère Hotel Luxembourg from November 11-16. The 5-day programme features morning plenary sessions and afternoon group works, where participants actively work on the eight selected film projects, developing strategies collaboratively.

This hands-on, collaborative approach encourages networking and fosters a sense of community among our participants coming from across the globe, while also providing a comprehensive overview of the latest marketing practices - from targeting and positioning to international sales strategies and national publishing. It covers every stage of the distribution and marketing process, including festival positioning and the current industry trends, such as the use of the newest technology including AI tools.

The group will be guided by our marketing specialists, top-notch active professionals in the industry:

The two heads-of Studies will guide the participants through the week. Sarah Calderón (The Film Agency, ES), who will dive into the digital world to present us with online and alternative Marketing strategies. Alya Belgaroui-Degalet (Pathé, FR), who will give an insight into international marketing for sales premieres.

  • PR experts Florence Alexandre (Anyways, UK/FR) and Liza Foreman (Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Screen International, and The Wrap, FR) will delve into the world of International PR and Press
  • Social Media expert Guillaume Boscher (FR) will share social media marketing tips and how to purposely use different social media platforms
  • Pauline Maghnaoui (StudioCanal, FR) will guide participants through pitch decks and sales booklets, exploring what works, what doesn’t, and how to maximize impact
  • Marketing strategy, audience design and AI expert: Nicolò Gallio (IT) will discuss marketing strategies, audience design, and how AI tools can support the process
  • VOD expert Elena Neira (La Otra Pantalla, ES) will guide participants in analysing data to inform marketing strategies for VOD and streaming platforms
  • Distribution expert Boris Pugnet (Space Odyssey, FR) will speak about national distribution strategies and trailer optimization

As part of the EAVE Marketing Workshop, pre-registered film industry professionals from Luxembourg are invited to a networking cocktail on November 13th, sponsored by the Creative Europe Desk Luxembourg, offering a unique opportunity for local professionals to connect with the international participants and strengthen collaborations within the European film community.

We warmly welcome Letícia Friedrich and Olha Matat, the Marketing Buddies of last year’s EAVE Producers Workshop, who have trained over one year as specialized marketing professionals.

Ionna Bolomyti and Konstantinos Koukoulis are participating with the support of the AGORA-Thessaloniki International Film Festival Scholarship, Mayca Sanz thanks to the LA INCUBADORA scholarship, and Natalya Sarch with support of M:BRANE, while Bawa Kadade Riba participates in the framework of our partnership with the Great Lakes Creative Producers Lab. Clare Diao from Sudu Connection (France) has been granted the EAVE Diversity Scholarship.

Meet all the selected participants – bringing together a diverse mix of producers, distributors, sales agents, funders, and representatives from festivals and markets – along with the eight film projects that will underpin the group sessions:

  • Jessica Adams, JA Production and Fra Diavolo Films, Canada/ UK/ France
    • Project: WORSE TOGETHER (Fiction Feature)
  • Ester Bernal, Piano, Mexico
  • Ioanna Bolomyti, Atalante Productions, Greece
    • Project: FRIENDS, BIRTHDAYS, MURDER, ETC. (Fiction Feature)
  • Agar Burgos Henao, Reel Suspects, France
  • Iris Cadoux, Eurimages, France
  • Sena Cilingiroglu, Charades, France
  • Patricia D'intino, Good Kids, Hungary
  • Claire Diao, Sudu Connection, France / Burkina Faso
  • Ivan Djurovic, ARTIKULACIJA FILM, Montenegro
    • Project: TEACHER'S UPRISING ON A NUDIST BEACH (Fiction Feature)
  • Letícia Friedrich, Vitrine Filmes, Brazil
  • Ellen Havenith, PRPL, The Netherlands
  • Charlotte Hjordt, Zentropa, Denmark
  • Beatriz Hurtado Vaquerizo, The Film Agency, Spain
  • Bawa Kadade Riba, CulturePlus Production, Niger
    • Project: THE MOTORCYCLE SMUGGLER (Fiction Feature)
  • Sergio Karmy, Quijote Films, Chile
  • Marija Kazlauskaitė, Smart Casual, Lithuania
    • Project: HOLD ME CLOSER (Fiction Feature)
  • Margot Hamon, Pathé, France
  • Konstantinos Koukoulis, Plankton Films, Greece
  • Olha Matat, EVOS Film, Ukraine
  • Martina Netíková, Cinémotif Films, Czech Republic
    • Project: MY OTHER PERFECT ME (Hybrid Documentary)
  • Jasper Nijsmans, Flanders Audiovisual Fund – Flanders Image, Belgium
  • Sharon O'hara, Screen Ireland, Ireland
  • Tine Meincke Peerson, Nordisk Film Production, Denmark
  • Marjo Helena Pipinen, Finnish Film Foundation, Finland
  • Ángela Sánchez Orti, MODIband, Spain
  • Mayca Sanz, ALLEGRA FILMS S.L, Spain
    • Project: FACE OF GRACE (CARA DE SANTA) (Fiction Feature)
  • Natalya Sarch, DIFFER MEDIA, Germany/ Norway
  • Eftychia Terzi, Heretic, Greece
    • Project: THE BIRTHDAY PARTY (Fiction Feature)
  • Amy Trefry, Interwoven Films Inc., Canada
  • Emmanuelle Vincent, Doghouse Films, Luxembourg
  • Fraser White, IFFR, The Netherlands

 

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

We thank our partners for this edition: AGORA – Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Great Lakes Creative Producers Lab, ECAM, M:BRANE, Europa International, Erich Pommer Institute, and Europa Distribution.

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TIES THAT BIND unveils the 2025 selection and kicks off in Taipei!

For its 17th edition, EAVE TIES THAT BIND (TTB), the leading workshop programme connecting professionals from Asia and Europe, announces the selection of 25 producers and directors coming from 18 countries. 

TTB takes place over a year through 2 workshops offering comprehensive knowledge of the European and Asian film industries and markets. The participants benefit from high-level development under the guidance of top-notch experts from both continents and have the opportunity to meet with key decision makers during the TCCF – Taiwan Creative Content Fest (Taipei), and FOCUS ASIA, the Industry Section of the Udine Far East Film Festival (Italy).

The first workshop kicks off today, November 3, 2025 and the participants will work together in a group led by Jonas Weydemann (Weydemann Bros., DE) and Bradley Liew (Epicmedia, PH). The two group leaders will guide the participants’ discussion and analysis of each other’s projects from both an Asian and European perspective.

TTB Head of Studies Christophe Bruncher (Ici et Là Productions, FR) has put together a team of leading industry professionals. Script consultant Clare Downs (UK) will introduce the main script development tools to strengthen the participants’ understanding of narrative principles, in order to enable them to navigate their writers through the script development process. 

The producer Marie Dubas (Deuxième Ligne Films, FR) in a joint session with Patrick Mao Huang (Flash Forward Entertainment, TW), will give detailed advice on the projects’ financing plans.

Bradley Liew (Epicmedia, PH), Eiko Mizuno (Loaded Films, JP), Lorna Tee (An Original Picture / Barunson / AFAN, NL, KR), Patrick Mao Huang (Flash Forward Entertainement, TW) and Yulia Evina Bhara (Kawan Kawan Media, ID) will share insights on working with private equity investors and how Asian producers do it.  Géraldine Ohana (Pac Story, FR) will give advises on how to market your project.

Eiko Mizuno (Loaded Films, JP), Christophe Bruncher (Ici et Là Productions, FR) and Yulia Evina Bhara (Kawan Kawan Media, ID) will join the co-production case study of the film RENOIR (JP-FR-SG-PH-ID-QA).

Mai Meksawan (Diversion, TH) will moreover present the sales case study of the film SECOND CHANCE (IN) and share how to work with sales.

Finally, always keeping a close watch on the latest innovative trends of the global market, Chen Zhuo (FizzDragon, SG) will share insight on AI: how far has it already gone in Asia, whereas Jayde Lin (DaMou Entertainment Co., Ltd., TW), Saen Saeyoon Shim (Mr. Romance, KR) and Youngsun Soh (A+E Networks Korea, KR) will elaborate on Business Strategy. Stories in Motion: from IP to investment to global.

In addition to these sessions, all selected participants will have individual meetings with Keiko Funato (Alpha Violet, FR), Vincent Wang (House On Fire, TW/FR), Ming-Jung Kuo (Cannes Directors Fortnight, TW/FR), Mai Meksawan (Diversion, TH).

The following 10 participants focusing on project development with feature films in development and 5 participants focusing on career development wanting to extend their knowledge and network towards Asia have been selected to participate in TTB 2025: 

  • Alexandra Borza, Fugace Films, France

Project: THERE IS ONLY ONE SEASON by Edwin Ho

  • Daniela Cölle, Pluto Film, Germany

  • Isabella Depeweg, Isabella Films, The Netherlands

Project: DE GELUKKIGE DOOD VAN OLEG OBAZEE by Guido Hendrikx

  • Liza Dino, Fire And Ice Media, Philippines

Project: KARAOKE NEWS by John Paul Su

  • Chiara Galloni, Articolture, Italy  

Project: LA SCOMPARSA by Davide Palella

  • Ella Glants, DR Sales, Denmark

  • Marina Gumzi, Nosorogi, Slovenia

Project: THERE ARE A LOT OF GHOSTS AROUND HERE by Gregor Božič

  • Evril Kuo, Yi Tiao Long Hu Bao International Entertainment Co., Taiwan

Project: ONE WAY by Kai-Ro Liao

  • Hugo Rosak, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Czech Republic

  • Naomi Satoh, Ear films, Japan

Project: THE BLUE BREAKS by Takuya Uchiyama 

  • Michal Sikora, Lonely Production, Czech Republic

Project: COLD FEET by Apoorva Satish

  • Loy Te, Kongchak Pictures Ltd., Cambodia

Project: CHERRY BOMB by MILK by Jeremiah Overman 

  • Theo Tsappos, Swedish Film Institute, Sweden 

  • Anna Werner, Seven Elephants, Germany

  • Julia Xu, Q&A Entertainment, China

Project: ALL IN MY FAMILY by Hao Wu

TIES THAT BIND is organised by the Friuli Venezia Giulia Audiovisual Fund, EAVE, Udine Far East Film Festival and Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA) and supported by the Creative Europe - MEDIA sub-programme of the European. TIES THAT BIND is held in conjunction with Taiwan Creative Content Festival - TCCF.

For more information please contact: 

TTB Coordinator, Alessandra Pastore: tiesthatbind@eave.org

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3 Producers Awards handed out at Filmfest Hamburg

 Adriatic Film Awards

  • EAVE project FIUME O MORTE! by Igor Bezinovic, producers: EAVE graduates Tibor Keser, Marina Gumzi, Vanja Jambrovic won Best Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay
  • LITTLE TROUBLE GIRLS by Urska Djukic, producer: EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marina Gumzi, Miha Cernec, Katarina Prpic won Best Actress and Best First Feature Film
  • WORKING CLASS GOES TO HELL by Mladen Djordjevic, producer: EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Serbia Milan Stojanovic, co-producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Ankica Juric Tilic, EAVE graduates Anamaria Antoci, Nevena Savic won Best Actor, and the Rising Star Award
  • OPERATION SABRE by Vladimir Tagić, Goran Stanković, producer: EAVE graduate Snezana van Houwelingen won Best TV Series, Best Actress and Best Actor in a TV Series

https://www.adriaticfilmawards.com/

 

 

 Arab Critics’ Awards

  • YUNAN by Ameer Fakher Eldin, producers: EAVE graduates Dorothe Beinemeier, Marco Valerio Fusco, Tony Copti, EAVE participant Jiries Copti has won the seventh Arab Critics’ Awards for European Films, presented by European Film Promotion (EFP) in collaboration with the Arab Cinema Center (ACC) and hosted by the El Gouna Film Festival.

https://efp-online.com/programs/arab-critics-awards

 

 

 BFI London Film Festival

  • LANDMARKS (NUESTRA TIERRA) by Lucrecia Martel, producers: PUENTES graduates Benjamin Domenech, Santiago Gallelli, EAVE graduates Katrin Pors, Leontine Petit, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin won the Best Film Award at the BFI London Film Festival.
  • COYOTES by Said Zagha, producer: EAVE graduate Myriam Sassine, co-producer: EAVE graduate Rula Nasser won the Short Film Award.

https://whatson.bfi.org.uk

 

 

 Montreal Festival du Nouveau Cinema

  • I ONLY REST IN THE STORM by Pedro Pinho, producer: EAVE graduate Filipa Reis scooped the Louve d’Or 
  • A POET by Simon Mesa Soto, co-producer: EAVE graduate David Herdies won the Acting Award (Ubeimar Rios)
  • A USEFUL GHOST by Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke, co-producers: TTB graduate Karim Aitouna, EAVE graduate May Odeh received the Fierté Montréal Award
  • PUENTES project THE DEVIL SMOKES (AND SAVES THE BURNT MATCHES IN THE SAME BOX) by Ernesto Martínez Bucio, producer: PUENTES graduate Carlos Hernandez Vazquez won the FIPRESCI Award

Nouveau Marché

  • EAVE project SUN IN SATURN by Ary Zara, producer: EAVE graduate Andreia Nunes won the Nouveau Marché Award

https://nouveaucinema.ca

 

 

 Zurich Film Festival

  • FATHER by Tereza Nvotova, producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski won the Golden Eye for Best Feature Film at the Zurich Film Festival

https://zff.com/en

 

 

 Film Festival Cologne

  • THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonca Filho, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, EAVE graduate Leontine Petit won the Hollywood Reporter Award for Best Fiction Work.

https://filmfestival.cologne/

 

 

 One World Slovakia International Documentary Film Festival

  • CHANGE project 9-MONTHS CONTRACT by Ketevan Vashagashvili, producer: CHANGE graduate Anna Khazaradze won the European Glitch Award.

https://www.jedensvet.sk/en/

 

 

 Young Horizons Industry

  • RISE OF THE WATER FOX, producer: EAVE graduate and Estonian National Coordinator Evelin Penttilä won the No Problemo Music Awards
  • HEADRUSH produced by EAVE graduate and UK National Coordinator Reece Cargan and EAVE graduate James Heath won the m:brane Exchange Award

https://industry.younghorizons.pl

 

 

 CinÉast Luxembourg

  • WIND, TALK TO ME by Stefan Djordjevic, producer: EAVE graduate Dragana Jovovic, co-producer: EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar won the Grand Prix
  • GOD WILL NOT HELP by Hana Jusic, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Ankica Juric Tilic, co-producers; EAVE graduate Ada Solomon, EAVE group leader Didar Domehri won the Special Jury Prize
  • EAVE project FIUME O MORTE! by Igor Bezinovic, producers: EAVE graduates Tibor Keser, Marina Gumzi, Vanja Jambrovic scooped the Audience Award
  • LITTLE TROUBLE GIRLS by Urska Djukic, producer: EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marina Gumzi, Miha Cernec, Katarina Prpic receive the Critics’ Prize
  • DJ AHMET by Georgi M. Unkovski, producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Prpic won the Young Talent Award

www.cineast.lu

 

 

 Filmfest Hamburg

  • DO YOU LOVE ME by Lana Daher, producer: EAVE graduate Jean Laurent Csinidis won the Political Film Award
  • SECOND VICTIMS by Zinnini Elkington, producer: EAVE graduate Johannes Rothaus Nørregaard won the Critics' Choice Award
  • TALES FROM THE MAGIC GARDEN by David Súkup, Patrik Pašš, Leon Vidmar, Jean-Claude Rozec, producer: EAVE graduate Juraj Krasnohorsky won the Michel MAJA Award for Best Children's and Youth Film

Hamburg Producers Awards

  • GAVAGAI by Ulrish Köhler, producer: EAVE graduate Ingmar Trost received a Special Mention
  • THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonca Filho, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, EAVE graduate Leontine Petit won the Arthouse Cinema Award
  • Charades (EAVE graduate Yohann Comte) won the Best International Innovation Distribution Award

www.filmfesthamburg.de

 

 

 Rome Film Fest

  • THE THINGS YOU KILL by Alireza Khatami, producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski was awarded Best Screenplay
  • THE EYES OF OTHERS by Andrea de Sica, producer: Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli won Best Actress – “Monica Vitti” Award
  • CUBA & ALASKA by Yegor Troyanovsky, producer: EAVE graduate Hanne Phlypo won Best Documentary

www.romacinemafest.it

 

 

 Riga International Film Festival

  • THE VISITOR by Vytautas Katkus, producers: EAVE graduates Marija Razgute, co-producers: EAVE graduates Elisa Fernanda Pirir, Anna-Maria Kantarius was awarded Best Film at the Riga International Film Festival.

https://rigaiff.lv/en

 

 

 Odesa International Film Festival

  • SIX DAYS IN SPRING by Joachim Lafosse, producers: EAVE graduates Anton Iffland Stettner, Eva Kuperman, Hans Everaert, EAVE+ Head of Studies Jani Thiltges won Best European Feature Film in the European Competition
  • U ARE THE UNIVERSE by Pavlo Ostrikov, producer: EAVE graduate Vladimir Yatsenko won the Special Jury Diploma in the European Competition and the Audience Award
  • DAD’S LULLABY by Lesia Diak, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Lazurean-Gorgan won the Special Jury Diploma in the National Competition

https://new.oiff.com.ua/en

 

 

 Cinemed – Montpellier

  • EAVE project WHERE THE WIND COMES FROM by Amel Guellaty, producers: EAVE graduate Asma Chiboub and TTB graduate Karim Aitouna won the Distributors’ Award and the Prix JAM for Best Music at the Cinemed – Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival
  • CALLE MALAGA by Maryam Touzani, producer: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle won a Special Mention
  • DJ AHMET by Georgi M. Unkovski, producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Prpic won the Student Award for Best Debut Work

https://www.cinemed.tm.fr

 

 

 Astra Film Festival, Sibiu

  • BRIGHT FUTURE by Andra MacMasters, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Lazurean-Gorgan won the Best Directing Award in the Romanian Competition.

www.astrafilm.ro/en

 

 

 Film Fest Gent

  • THE LOVE THAT REMAINS by Hlynur Palmason, producers: EAVE and TTB graduate Katrin Pors, EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson, co-producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin received a Special Mention

www.filmfestival.be

 

 

 Namur Film Festival

  • AISHA CAN’T FLY AWAY by Morad Mostafa, producer: EAVE graduate Ahmed Amer won the Bayard Special du Jury
  • IMAGO by Deni Oumar Pitsaev, producer: EAVE graduate Anne-Laure Guégan, PUENTES graduate Géraldine Sprimont won the the Bayard for Best Photography
  • WILD FOXES by Valéry Carnoy, producer: EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes won the Prix du Jury Junior and received a Special Mention for Best Actor

https://www.fiff.be/palmares

 

 

 Polish Film Festival Gdynia

  • FRANZ by Agnieszka Holland, producer: EAVE graduate David Grumbach scooped 4 awards at the Polish Film Festival Gdynia: the Silver Lion, Best Actor (Idan Weiss), and the awards for Best Cinematography and Best Make Up.

https://festiwalgdynia.pl/en/

 

 

 Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival

  • NO OTHER CHOICE by Park Chan-wook, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandre Gavras at the Sitges Fantastic Film Festival won Best Director
  • A USEFUL GHOST by Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke, co-producer: TTB graduate Karim Aitouna won Best Screenplay and the Citizen Kane Award for Best New Director
  • MR. K by Tallulah Schwab, producer: EAVE graduate Leontine Petit won the Golden Méliès Award for the Best Fantastic Genre Feature Film 

https://sitgesfilmfestival.com

 

 

 Festival of Slovenian Film, Portoroz

16 awards for EAVE graduates at the Festival of Slovenian Film, Portoroz:

  • LITTLE TROUBLE GIRLS by Urska Djukic, producer: EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marina Gumzi, Miha Cernec, Katarina Prpic won the Vesna Awards for Best Feature Film, for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Jara Sofija Ostan), for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Mina Švajger), for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Sasa Tabakovic), for Best Sound and the FIPRESCI Award
  • EAVE project FIUME O MORTE! by Igor Bezinovic, producers: EAVE graduates Tibor Keser, Marina Gumzi, Vanja Jambrovic won the Vesna Award for Best Cinematography and for Best Minority Slovenian Coproduction
  • TALES FROM THE MAGIC GARDEN by David Súkup, Patrik Pašš, Leon Vidmar, Jean-Claude Rozec, producer: EAVE graduate Juraj Krasnohorsky won the Vesna Awards for Best Screenplay and Best Animated Film
  • HIDDEN PEOPLE by Miha Hocevar, producer: EAVE+ graduate Danijel Hocevar won the Vesna Award for Best Actor (Ólafur Darri Ólafsson)
  • FANTASY by Kukla, producers: EAVE graduates Lija Pogacnik, Vlado Bulajic won the Vesna Awards for Best Original Music, Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, Best Make-Up, and a Special Achievement Award

 https://fsf.si/2025/en

 

 

 Viennale

  • PERLA by Alexandra Makarova, producers: EAVE graduates Arash T. Riahi and Sabine Gruber won the Vienna Film Award for Best Austrian Film
  • GIRLS & GODS directed and produced by EAVE graduate Arash T. Riahi, producers: EAVE+ graduates Peter Drössler, Amel Soudani, EAVE graduate Sabine Gruber, TTB graduate Sarah Schiesser won the Special Jury Award
  • WHITE SNAIL by Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter, producer: EAVE graduate David Bohun, co-producer: EAVE graduate Heino Deckert won the Erste Bank MehrWERT Award

www.viennale.at/en

 

 

 Cinekid Festival

  • HONEY by Natasha Arthy, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Stevnbak Westergren won the Cinekid Lion for Best Children's Film 2025

https://cinekid.nl/en/

 

 

 Vancouver International Film Festival

  • THE THINGS YOU KILL by Alireza Khatami, producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski won the SUMMIT Award
  • WIND, TALK TO ME by Stefan Djordjevic, producer: EAVE graduate Dragana Jovovic, co-producer: EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar won the VANGUARD Award
  • ACCESS project AKASHI by Mayumi Yoshida, producer: ACCESS graduate Nach Dudsdeemaytha won the Audience Award of the Northern Light section

https://viff.org/

 

 

 Warsaw Film Festival

  • OUR GIRLS by Mike van Diem, producers: EAVE graduates Koji Nelissen, Derk-Jan Warrink won the Award for Best Director
  • FATHER by Tereza Nvotova, producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski received a Special Mention in the International Competition
  • WILD FOXES by Valéry Carnoy, producer: EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes received a Special Mention in the 1-2 Competition

 

 Tirana Film Festival 

  • EAVE project YALLA PARKOUR by Areeb Zuaiter, producer: EAVE graduate Basel Mawlawi, executive producer: EAVE graduate Lisa Nyedwins Best Documentary.

https://tiranafilmfest.org/

www.wff.pl

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EAVE project FIUME O MORTE! shortlisted for the European Film Awards

 European Film Awards

The shortlist for the 38th European Film Awards has been announced, with 44 feature films and 15 documentaries selected to compete for nominations. Among them:

Feature Films

  • BUGONIA by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
  • FATHER by Tereza Nvotova, producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski
  • FRANZ by Agnieszka Holland, producer: EAVE graduate David Grumbach  
  • I ONLY REST IN THE STORM by Pedro Pinho, producer: EAVE graduate Filipa Reis 
  • LITTLE TROUBLE GIRLS by Urska Djukic, producer: EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marina Gumzi, Miha Cernec, Katarina Prpic
  • MILK TEETH by Muhai Mincan, producers: EAVE, TTB and PUENTES graduate, National Coordinator Romania Radu Stancu, EAVE graduate Ioana Lascar
  • MOTHER by Teona Strugar Mitevska, producer: EAVE graduate Sebastien Delloye, co-producers: EAVE graduates Amra Baksic Camo, Adis Djapo, Labina Mitevska
  • ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA by Arab and Tarzan Nasser, co-producers: EAVE graduates Edyta Janczak-Hiriart, Rashid Abdelhamid 
  • PALESTINE 36 by Annemarie Jacir, producer: EAVE graduate Ossama Bawardi, co-producers: EAVE and TTB graduate Katrin Pors, EAVE graduate Elisa Fernanda Pirir
  • ROMERIA by Carla Simon, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Zamora
  • SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic
  • SIRAT by Oliver Laxe, producer: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font
  • THE LITTLE SISTER (LA PETITE DERNIÈRE) by Hafsia Herzi, producer: PUENTES graduate Naomi Denamur
  • THE LOVE THAT REMAINS by Hlynur Palmason, producers: EAVE and TTB graduate Katrin Pors, EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson, co-producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
  • YES by Nadav Lapid, producer: EAVE graduate Judith Lou Lévy, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marios Piperides, Jonas Dornbach

Documentary Films

  • ANCESTRAL VISIONS OF THE FUTURE by Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese, co-producer: EAVE graduate Laura Kloeckner
  • EAVE project FIUME O MORTE! by Igor Bezinovic, producers: EAVE graduates Tibor Keser, Marina Gumzi, Vanja Jambrovic
  • FLOPHOUSE AMERICA by Monica Strømdahl, producer: EAVE graduate Beathe Hofseth
  • MEMORY by Vladlena Sandu, producer: EAVE graduate Raymond van der Kaaij
  • SONGS OF SLOW BURNING EARTH by Olha Zhurba, producer: EAVE graduate Darya Bassel, Anne Köhncke
  • TWST – THINGS WE SAID TODAY by Andrei Ujica, producer: EAVE graduate Anamaria Antoci

Animation Films

  • BALENTES by Giovanni Columbu, producer: TTB graduate Flavia Oertwig
  • TALES FROM THE MAGIC GARDEN by David Súkup, Patrik Pašš, Leon Vidmar, Jean-Claude Rozec, producer: EAVE graduate Juraj Krasnohorsky

www.europeanfilmacademy.org

 

 

 LUX Audience Award

The race for the 2026 LUX Audience Award is on, among the five films that will be competing in the latest edition of Europe’s biggest audience award, jointly presented since 2020 by the European Parliament and the European Film Academy, in collaboration with the European Commission and Europa Cinemas are two films by EAVE graduates:

  • LOVE ME TENDER by Anna Cazenave Cambet, associate producer: EAVE graduate and Luxembourgish National Coordinator Bernard Michaux 
  • SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic

https://lux-award.europarl.europa.eu/en

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BUGONIA in cinemas around Europe

In French cinemas

  • SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D'ETAT by Johan Grimonprez, producer: EAVE graduate and Dutch National Coordinator Frank Hoeve. October 1.
  • DRACULA by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandru Teodorescu, co-producers: EAVE graduates Ada Solomon, Bernard Michaux, Adrien Chef, Paul Thiltges, EAVE + Head of Study Jani Thiltges. October 15.
  • THE LITTLE SISTER (LA PETITE DERNIÈRE) by Hafsia Herzi, producer: PUENTES graduate Naomi Denamur. October 22. 
  • IMAGO by Deni Oumar Pitsaev, producer: EAVE graduate Anne-Laure Guégan, PUENTES graduate Géraldine Sprimont. October 22.
  • A POET by Simon Mesa Soto, co-producer: EAVE graduate David Herdies. October 29.

 

In Belgian cinemas

  • THE END by Josua Oppenheimer, producers: EAVE graduates Signe Byrge Sørensen, Conor Barry, executive producers: EAVE graduates Macdara Kelleher, Kaarle Aho. October 8. 
  • THE LITTLE SISTER (LA PETITE DERNIÈRE) by Hafsia Herzi, producer: PUENTES graduate Naomi Denamur. October 22.
  • BUGONIA by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney. October 22.

 

In UK cinemas

  • BUGONIA by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney. October 31.
  • PALESTINE 36 by Annemarie Jacir, producer: EAVE graduate Ossama Bawardi, co-producers: EAVE and TTB graduate Katrin Pors, EAVE graduate Elisa Fernanda Pirir. October 31.

 

In Dutch cinemas

  • BUGONIA by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney. October 30.

 

In Swiss cinemas

  • YES by Nadav Lapid, producer: Interchange graduate Judith Lou Lévy, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marios Piperides, Jonas Dornbach. October 16.   
  • BUGONIA by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney. October 30.

 

In Austrian cinemas

  • KONTINENTAL '25 by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandru Teodorescu. October 30. 
  • PROMISED SKY by Erige Sehiri, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri. October 30.

 

In German cinemas

  • IF YOU ARE AFRAID YOU PUT YOUR HEART INTO YOUR MOUTH AND SMILE by Marie Luise Lehner, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Michael Kitzberger. October 1. 
  • KONTINENTAL '25 by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandru Teodorescu. October 8.
  • REFLECTION IN A DEAD DIAMOND by Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Gilles Chanial. October 8. 
  • CIRCUS BOY by Anna Koch, Julia Lemke, producer: EAVE participant Katharina Bergfeld. October 15.   
  • GIRLS & GODS by Arash T. Riahi & Verena Soltiz, producers: EAVE graduates Arash T. Riahi, Sabine Gruber. October 22.
  • FRANZ by Agnieszka Holland, producer: EAVE graduate David Grumbach. October 22.
  • BUGONIA by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney. October 29.
  • MILK by Stefanie Kolk, producer: EAVE graduate Leontine Petit. October 29.

 

In Estonian cinemas

  • BUGONIA by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney. October 29.

 

In Finnish cinemas

  • SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic. October 17. 
  • BUGONIA by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney. October 31.

 

In Irish cinemas

  • BUGONIA by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney. October 31.
  • PALESTINE 36 by Annemarie Jacir, producer: EAVE graduate Ossama Bawardi, co-producers: EAVE and TTB graduate Katrin Pors, EAVE graduate Elisa Fernanda Pirir. October 31.

 

In Italian cinemas

  • DJ AHMET by Georgi M. Unkovski, producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Prpic. October 23.  

www.antitalent.hr

 

In Lithuanian cinemas

  • BUGONIA by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney. October 31.

 

In Norwegian cinemas

  • BUGONIA by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney. October 31.

 

In Polish cinemas

  • FRANZ by Agnieszka Holland, producer: EAVE graduate David Grumbach. October 24.

 

In Portuguese cinemas

  • I ONLY REST IN THE STORM by Pedro Pinho, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Filipa Reis. October 30.  

 

In Romanian cinemas

  • DRACULA by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandru Teodorescu, co-producers: EAVE graduates Ada Solomon, Bernard Michaux, Adrien Chef, Paul Thiltges, EAVE + Head of Study Jani Thiltges. October 31.

 

In Swedish cinemas

  • LIMONOV – THE BALLAD OF EDDIE by Kirill Serebrennikov, producer: EAVE FFF graduate Lorenzo Gangarossa. October 24.

www.indianaproduction.com

 

In Croatian cinemas

  • BUGONIA by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney. October 30.

 

In Serbian cinemas

  • BUGONIA by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney. October 27.

 

In Slovakian cinemas

  • BUGONIA by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney. October 30.
  • DRACULA by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandru Teodorescu, co-producers: EAVE graduates Ada Solomon, Bernard Michaux, Adrien Chef, Paul Thiltges, EAVE + Head of Study Jani Thiltges. October 30.

 

In Spanish cinemas

  • A POET by Simon Mesa Soto, co-producer: EAVE graduate David Herdies. October 31.

 

In Czech cinemas

  • BUGONIA by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney. October 30.

 

In Hungarian cinemas

  • PEACOCK by Bernhard Wenger, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Michael Kitzberger. October 23.

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EAVE project MAYSOON premieres internationally in Thessaloniki

 Vancouver International Film Festival (October 2 – 12)

  • ACCESS project AKASHI by Mayumi Yoshida, producer: ACCESS graduate Nach Dudsdeemaytha
  • A POET by Simon Mesa Soto, co-producer: EAVE graduate David Herdies
  • BROKEN VOICES by Ondrej Provaznik, producer: EAVE graduate Jiri Konecny
  • CALLE MALAGA by Maryam Touzani, producer: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle
  • FANTASY by Kukla, producers: EAVE graduates Lija Pogacnik, Vlado Bulajic
  • FATHER by Tereza Nvotova, producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski
  • FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER by Jim Jarmusch, co-producer: EAVE graduate Conor Barry
  • FRANZ by Agnieszka Holland, producer: EAVE graduate David Grumbach
  • GOD WILL NOT HELP by Hana Jusic, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Ankica Juric Tilic, co-producers; EAVE graduate Ada Solomon, EAVE group leader Didar Domehri
  • KÖLN 75 by Ido Fluk, producer: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle
  • KONTINENTAL '25 by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandru Teodorescu
  • LITTLE TROUBLE GIRLS by Urska Djukic, producer: EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marina Gumzi, Miha Cernec, Katarina Prpic
  • MILE END KICKS by Chandler Levack, producer: EAVE graduate Julie Groleau
  • NO OTHER CHOICE by Park Chan-wook, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandre Gavras
  • PALESTINE 36 by Annemarie Jacir, producer: EAVE graduate Ossama Bawardi, co-producers: EAVE and TTB graduate Katrin Pors, EAVE graduate Elisa Fernanda Pirir
  • RENOIR by Chie Hayakawa, producers: EAVE and TTB graduates Fran Borgia, Eiko Mizuno Gray, TTB Head of Studies and EAVE+ graduate Christophe Bruncher
  • ROMERIA by Carla Simon, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Zamora
  • SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic
  • SIRAT by Oliver Laxe, producer: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font
  • SKIN OF YOUTH by Ash Mayfair, producer: EAVE graduate Fran Borgia
  • STEAL AWAY by Clement Virgo, producer: EAVE graduate Peter De Maegd
  • THE BLUE TRAIL by Gabriel Mascaro, producers: EAVE graduates Rachel Daisy Ellis, Sandino Saravia Vinay, co-producers: EAVE graduates Giancarlo Nasi, Marleen Slot
  • THE ICE TOWER by Lucile Hadzihalilovic, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ingmar Trost
  • THE LAST ONE FOR THE ROAD by Francesco Sossai, producer: Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli
  • THE LITTLE SISTER by Hafsia Herzi, producer: PUENTES graduate Naomi Denamur
  • THE LOVE THAT REMAINS by Hlynur Palmason, producers: EAVE and TTB graduate Katrin Pors, EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson, co-producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin  
  • THE MYSTERIOUS GAZE OF THE FLAMINGO by Diego Cespedes, producer: PUENTES and TTB graduate Giancarlo Nasi
  • THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonca Filho, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, EAVE graduate Leontine Petit
  • THE THINGS YOU KILL by Alireza Khatami, producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski
  • WALLS – AKINNI INUK by Sofie Rørdam & Nina Paninnguaq Skydsbjerg, producer: EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Denmark Emile Hertling Péronard
  • WIND, TALK TO ME by Stefan Djordjevic, producer: EAVE graduate Dragana Jovovic, co-producer: EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar

https://viff.org/

 

 

 MIA Film Co-Production Market, Rome (October 6 – 10)

  • THREE TIMES JENNY by Milena Doenst, producers: EAVE graduates Guillaume Dreyfus, Delphine Schmit, EAVE and TTB graduate and TTB group leader Jonas Weydemann
  • THE COLOUR OF DOUBT by Ivan Gergolet, producer: EAVE graduate Miha Cernec 

https://www.miamarket.it/en/

 

 

 BFI London Film Festival  (October 8 – 19)

Galas

  • BUGONIA by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
  • NO OTHER CHOICE by Park Chan-wook, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandre Gavras
  • SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic

Official Competition

  • LANDMARKS (NUESTRA TIERRA) by Lucrecia Martel, producers: EAVE graduates Benjamin Domenech, Katrin Pors, Leontine Petit, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
  • THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE by Mona Fastvold, producer: EAVE graduate Viktoria Petranyi

First Feature Competition

  • A USEFUL GHOST by Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke, co-producers: TTB graduate Karim Aitouna, EAVE graduate May Odeh

Thematic Strands

  • ALPHA by Julia Ducournau, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
  • CALLE MALAGA by Maryam Touzani, producer: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle
  • FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER by Jim Jarmusch, co-producer: EAVE graduate Conor Barry
  • KONTINENTAL '25 by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandru Teodorescu
  • MOTHER by Teona Strugar Mitevska, producer: EAVE graduate Sebastien Delloye, co-producers: EAVE graduates Amra Baksic Camo, Adis Djapo, Labina Mitevska
  • ROMERIA by Carla Simon, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Zamora
  • SIRAT by Oliver Laxe, producer: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font
  • THE ICE TOWER by Lucile Hadzihalilovic, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ingmar Trost
  • THE LOVE THAT REMAINS by Hlynur Palmason, producers: EAVE and TTB graduate Katrin Pors, EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson, co-producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin  

https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/lff

 

 

 Sitges Film Festival  (October 9 – 19)

  • ALPHA by Julia Ducournau, co-producer: EAVE + graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
  • DRACULA by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandru Teodorescu, co-producers: EAVE graduates Ada Solomon, Bernard Michaux, Paul Thiltges, Adrien Chef, EAVE+ Head of Study Jani Thiltges
  • THE ICE TOWER by Lucile Hadzihalilovic, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ingmar Trost

https://sitgesfilmfestival.com

 

 

 Festival Du Nouveau Cinéma Montreal  (October 9 – 20)

  • A USEFUL GHOST by Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke, co-producer: TTB graduate Karim Aitouna
  • EAVE project FIUME O MORTE! by Igor Bezinovic, producers: EAVE graduates Tibor Keser, Marina Gumzi, Vanja Jambrovic
  • I ONLY REST IN THE STORM by Pedro Pinho, producer: EAVE graduate Filipa Reis 
  • HER WILL BE DONE by Julia Kowalski, producer: EAVE graduate Estelle Robin You
  • A POET by Simon Mesa Soto, co-producer: EAVE graduate David Herdies
  • DESIRE LINES by Dane Komljen, producer: EAVE graduate Natasa Damnjanovi, co-producer: EAVE graduate Miljenka Cogelja
  • HEADS OR TAILS? by Alessio Rigo de Righi, Matteo Zoppis, producer: EAVE graduate Alex C. Lo
  • LITTLE TROUBLE GIRLS by Urska Djukic, producer: EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marina Gumzi, Miha Cernec, Katarina Prpic
  • ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA by Arab and Tarzan Nasser, co-producers: EAVE graduates Edyta Janczak-Hiriart, Rashid Abdelhamid 
  • PROMISED SKY by Erige Sehiri, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri
  • THE THINGS YOU KILL by Alireza Khatami, producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski
  • THE LAST ONE FOR THE ROAD by Francesco Sossai, producer: Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli
  • DRACULA by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandru Teodorescu, co-producers: EAVE graduates Ada Solomon, Bernard Michaux, Adrien Chef, Paul Thiltges, EAVE+ Head of Study Jani Thiltges
  • FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER by Jim Jarmusch, co-producer: EAVE graduate Conor Barry
  • KONTINENTAL '25 by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandru Teodorescu
  • THE ICE TOWER by Lucile Hadzihalilovic, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ingmar Trost
  • ROMERIA by Carla Simon, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Zamora

Nouveau Marché

  • LOST FRAMES by Samir Karahoda, producer: EAVE graduate Thomas Reichlin
  • THE RETURNING by Atsuko Hirayanagi, producer: TTB and EAVE graduate Eiko Mizuno-Gray

www.nouveaucinema.ca

 

 

 Film Fest Gent  (October 9 – 20)

  • A POET by Simon Mesa Soto, co-producer: EAVE graduate David Herdies
  • A USEFUL GHOST by Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke, co-producer: TTB graduate Karim Aitouna
  • DJ AHMET by Georgi M. Unkovski, producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Prpic
  • DRACULA by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandru Teodorescu, co-producers: EAVE graduates Ada Solomon, Bernard Michaux, Adrien Chef, Paul Thiltges, EAVE+ Head of Study Jani Thiltges
  • EAVE project FIUME O MORTE! by Igor Bezinovic, producers: EAVE graduates Tibor Keser, Marina Gumzi, Vanja Jambrovic
  • I ONLY REST IN THE STORM by Pedro Pinho, producer: EAVE graduate Filipa Reis 
  • LITTLE TROUBLE GIRLS by Urska Djukic, producer: EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marina Gumzi, Miha Cernec, Katarina Prpic
  • MADE IN EU by EAVE graduate Stephan Komandarev, producer: EAVE graduate Katya Trichkova
  • REEDLAND by Sven Bresser, producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot
  • ROMERIA by Carla Simon, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Zamora
  • STRANGE RIVER by Jaume Claret Muxart, producers: EAVE graduates Xavi Font, Fabian Altenried, PUENTES graduate Sophie Ahrens 
  • THE LITTLE SISTER (LA PETITE DERNIÈRE) by Hafsia Herzi, producer: PUENTES graduate Naomi Denamur
  • THE LOVE THAT REMAINS by Hlynur Palmason, producers: EAVE and TTB graduate Katrin Pors, EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson, co-producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin  

www.filmfestival.be

 

 

 CinÉast - Central and Eastern European Film Festival, Luxemburg  (October 10 – 26)

  • CARAVAN by Zuzana Kirchnerova, producers: EAVE graduates Jakub Viktorin, Carlo Cresto-Dina
  • FATHER by Tereza Nvotova, producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski
  • LITTLE TROUBLE GIRLS by Urska Djukic, producer: EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marina Gumzi, Miha Cernec, Katarina Prpic
  • MILK TEETH by Muhai Mincan, producers: EAVE, TTB and PUENTES graduate, National Coordinator Romania Radu Stancu, EAVE graduate Ioana Lascar
  • GOD WILL NOT HELP by Hana Jusic, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Ankica Juric Tilic, co-producers; EAVE graduate Ada Solomon, EAVE group leader Didar Domehri
  • WIND, TALK TO ME by Stefan Djordjevic, producer: EAVE graduate Dragana Jovovic, co-producer: EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar
  • DJ AHMET by Georgi M. Unkovski, producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Prpic
  • DON’T LET ME DIE by Andrei Epure, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandru Teodorescu 
  • DRACULA by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandru Teodorescu, co-producers: EAVE graduates Ada Solomon, Bernard Michaux, Adrien Chef, Paul Thiltges, EAVE + Head of Study Jani Thiltges
  • EAVE project FIUME O MORTE! by Igor Bezinovic, producers: EAVE graduates Tibor Keser, Marina Gumzi, Vanja Jambrovic
  • I’M NOT EVERYTHING I WANT TO BE by Klara Tasovska, producer: EAVE graduate Jakub Viktorin
  • MADE IN EU by EAVE graduate Stephan Komandarev, producer: EAVE graduate Katya Trichkova
  • MOTHER by Teona Strugar Mitevska, producer: EAVE graduate Sebastien Delloye, co-producers: EAVE graduates Amra Baksic Camo, Adis Djapo, Labina Mitevska
  • PERLA by Alexandra Makarová, producers: EAVE graduates Sabine Gruber, Arash T. Riahi
  • SANDBAG DAM by Cejen Cernic Canak, producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Ankica Juric Tilic, EAVE graduate Ieva Norviliene
  • WHITES WASH AT NINETY by Marko Nabersnik, co-producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Ankica Juric Tilic
  • YUGO FLORIDA by Roman Bondarchuk, producer: EAVE graduate Marija Stojanovic
  • THE SOUTHERN CHRONICLES by Pietinia Kronikas, producer: EAVE graduate Lukas Trimonis
  • THE WHITE SNAIL by Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter, producer: EAVE graduate David Bohun, co-producer: EAVE graduate Heino Deckert

www.cineast.lu

 

 

 Warsaw Film Festival  (October 10 – 19)

  • A USEFUL GHOST by Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke, co-producers: TTB graduate Karim Aitouna, EAVE graduate May Odeh
  • BROKEN VOICES by Ondrej Provaznik, producer: EAVE graduate Jiri Konecny
  • BREADSONG by Katariina Aule, producer: EAVE graduate Andreas Kask
  • BROTHER by Maciej Sobieszczanski, producers: EAVE graduates Violetta Kaminska, Izabela Wojcik
  • CARAVAN by Zuzana Kirchnerova, producers: EAVE graduates Jakub Viktorin, Carlo Cresto-Dina
  • DRACULA by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandru Teodorescu, co-producers: EAVE graduates Ada Solomon, Bernard Michaux, Adrien Chef, Paul Thiltges, EAVE+ Head of Study Jani Thiltges
  • EAGLES OF THE REPUBLIC by Tarik Saleh, co-producer: EAVE graduate Monica Hellstrøm
  • FATHER by Tereza Nvotova, producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski
  • EAVE Marketing Workshop project FLOW by Gints Zilbalodis, producer: EAVE MW graduate Matiss Kaza
  • KIKA by Alexe Poukine, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland
  • ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA by Arab and Tarzan Nasser, co-producers: EAVE graduates Edyta Janczak-Hiriart, Rashid Abdelhamid 
  • THE LITTLE SISTER (LA PETITE DERNIÈRE) by Hafsia Herzi, producer: PUENTES graduate Naomi Denamur
  • THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonca Filho, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, EAVE graduate Leontine Petit

Warsaw Co-Production Forum

  • PASSPORT TO POLAND by Paulinho Caruso, producers: EAVE graduates Violetta Kaminska, Izabela Wojcik
  • FLOOD by Martin Gonda, producer: EAVE graduate Izabela Igel

www.wff.pl

 

 

 Lumière Film Festival (October 11 – 19)

  • EAGLES OF THE REPUBLIC by Tarik Saleh, producer: EAVE graduate Linda Mutawi, co-producer: EAVE graduate Monica Hellström
  • THE LOVE THAT REMAINS by Hlynur Palmason, co-producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri, EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson, EAVE and TTB graduate Katrin Pors

www.festival-lumiere.org

 

 

 Cinekid Festival (October 11 – 26)

  • HONEY by Natasha Arthy, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Stevnbak Westergren
  • I ACCIDENTALLY WROTE A BOOK by Nora Lakos, producers: EAVE graduates Claudia Sümeghy, Joram Willink
  • JAHIA’S SUMMER by Olivier Meys, producer: EAVE graduate Vincent Quénault
  • EAVE Marketing Workshop project LIVING LARGE by Kristina Dufkova, producer: EAVE MW graduate Agata Novinski
  • LIVE FOR ME by Mark de Cloe, producers: EAVE graduates Reiner Selen, Donato Rotunno
  • SMALL DOGS BARK LOUD by Nora Nivedita Tvedt, producer: EAVE MW graduate Lillian Løvseth
  • THE SECRET FLOOR by Norbert Lechner, producers: EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, EAVE graduate André Fetzer

Cinekid Junior Co-Production Market

  • SEASHELLS by Antonio Bigini, producers: EAVE graduates Claudio Giapponesi, Patrice Nezan
  • SPLISH SPLASH FOREVER by Natascha Beller, producer: EAVE graduate Sarah Born

https://cinekid.nl/en/

 

 

 La Roche-sur-Yon International Film Festival (October 13 – 19)

  • BUGONIA by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
  • FRANZ by Agnieszka Holland, producer: EAVE graduate David Grumbach
  • HOW TO BE NORMAL AND THE ODDNESS OF THE OTHER WORLD by Florian Pochlatko, producers: EAVE graduates Arash T. Riahi, Sabine Gruber

www.fif-85.com

 

 

 Rome Film Festival (October 15 – 26)

  • CUBA & ALASKA by Yegor Troyanovsky, producer: EAVE graduate Hanne Phlypo
  • ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA by Arab and Tarzan Nasser, co-producers: EAVE graduates Edyta Janczak-Hiriart, Rashid Abdelhamid 
  • PALESTINE 36 by Annemarie Jacir, producer: EAVE graduate Ossama Bawardi, co-producers: EAVE and TTB graduate Katrin Pors, EAVE graduate Elisa Fernanda Pirir
  • PETER HUJAR’S DAY by Ira Sachs, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle
  • THE EYES OF OTHERS by Andrea de Sica, producer: Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli
  • THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonca Filho, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, EAVE graduate Leontine Petit
  • THE THINGS YOU KILL by Alireza Khatami, producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski  
  • YES by Nadav Lapid, producer: Interchange graduate Judith Lou Lévy, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marios Piperides, Jonas Dornbach

www.romacinemafest.it

 

 

 Chicago International Film Festival (October 16 – 27)

  • A POET by Simon Mesa Soto, co-producer: EAVE graduate David Herdies
  • BUGONIA by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
  • CALLE MALAGA by Maryam Touzani, producer: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle
  • COTTON QUEEN by Suzannah Mirghani, producers: EAVE graduates Caroline Daube, Ossama Bawardi, EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri
  • DRACULA by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandru Teodorescu, co-producers: EAVE graduates Ada Solomon, Bernard Michaux, Adrien Chef, Paul Thiltges, EAVE+ Head of Study Jani Thiltges
  • FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER by Jim Jarmusch, co-producer: EAVE graduate Conor Barry
  • FRANZ by Agnieszka Holland, producer: EAVE graduate David Grumbach
  • KONTINENTAL '25 by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandru Teodorescu
  • NO OTHER CHOICE by Park Chan-wook, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandre Gavras
  • LANDMARKS (NUESTRA TIERRA) by Lucrecia Martel, producers: PUENTES graduates Benjamin Domenech, Santiago Gallelli, EAVE graduates Katrin Pors, Leontine Petit, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
  • PALESTINE 36 by Annemarie Jacir, producer: EAVE graduate Ossama Bawardi, co-producers: EAVE and TTB graduate Katrin Pors, EAVE graduate Elisa Fernanda Pirir 
  • REEDLAND by Sven Bresser, producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot
  • RENOIR by Chie Hayakawa, producers: EAVE and TTB graduates Fran Borgia, Eiko Mizuno Gray, TTB Head of Studies and EAVE+ graduate Christophe Bruncher
  • SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic
  • SIRAT by Oliver Laxe, producer: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font
  • STRANGE RIVER by Jaume Claret Muxart, producers: EAVE graduates Xavi Font, Fabian Altenried, PUENTES graduate Sophie Ahrens 
  • THE CURRENTS by Milagros Mumenthaler, producer: EAVE graduate Eugenia Mumenthaler
  • THE LOVE THAT REMAINS by Hlynur Palmason, producers: EAVE and TTB graduate Katrin Pors, EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson, co-producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
  • THE MYSTERIOUS GAZE OF THE FLAMINGO by Diego Cespedes, producer: PUENTES and TTB graduate Giancarlo Nasi
  • THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonca Filho, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, EAVE graduate Leontine Petit
  • THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE by Mona Fastvold, producer: EAVE graduate Viktoria Petranyi
  • A USEFUL GHOST by Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke, co-producer: TTB graduate Karim Aitouna
  • WIND, TALK TO ME by Stefan Djordjevic, producer: EAVE graduate Dragana Jovovic, co-producer: EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar

www.chicagofilmfestival.com

 

 

 Riga International Film Festival (October 16 – 26)

  • BACK TO THE FAMILY by Sharunas Bartas, producers: EAVE graduates Izabela Wojcik, Violetta Kaminska, Gints Grube
  • BUGONIA by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
  • CIRCUS BOY by Anna Koch, Julia Lemke, producer: EAVE participant Katharina Bergfeld 
  • ISLANDS by Jan-Ole Gerster, producer: EAVE+ graduate Jonas Katzenstein
  • MOTHER’S BABY by Johanna Moder, producer: EAVE graduate Oliver Neumann
  • NO OTHER CHOICE by Park Chan-wook, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandre Gavras
  • PETER HUJAR’S DAY by Ira Sachs, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle
  • THE LOVE THAT REMAINS by Hlynur Palmason, producers: EAVE and TTB graduate Katrin Pors, EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson, co-producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
  • THE MYSTERIOUS GAZE OF THE FLAMINGO by Diego Cespedes, producer: PUENTES and TTB graduate Giancarlo Nasi
  • THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonca Filho, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, EAVE graduate Leontine Petit
  • U ARE THE UNIVERSE by Pavlo Ostrikov, producer: EAVE graduate Vladimir Yatsenko

https://rigaiff.lv/en

 

 

 Viennale (October 16 – 28)

  • ALPHA by Julia Ducournau, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
  • A POET by Simon Mesa Soto, co-producer: EAVE graduate David Herdies
  • A USEFUL GHOST by Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke, co-producer: TTB graduate Karim Aitouna
  • BUGONIA by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
  • DRACULA by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandru Teodorescu, co-producers: EAVE graduates Ada Solomon, Bernard Michaux, Adrien Chef, Paul Thiltges, EAVE + Head of Study Jani Thiltges
  • FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER by Jim Jarmusch, co-producer: EAVE graduate Conor Barry
  • GAVAGAI by Ulrich Köhler, producer: EAVE graduate Ingmar Trost
  • GIRLS & GODS directed and produced by EAVE graduate Arash T. Riahi, producers: EAVE+ graduates Peter Drössler, Amel Soudani, EAVE graduate Sabine Gruber, TTB graduate Sarah Schiesser
  • I ONLY REST IN THE STORM by Pedro Pinho, producer: EAVE graduate Filipa Reis 
  • KONTINENTAL '25 by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandru Teodorescu
  • LITTLE TROUBLE GIRLS by Urska Djukic, producer: EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marina Gumzi, Miha Cernec, Katarina Prpic
  • MEMORY by Vladlena Sandu, co-producer: EAVE graduate Raymond Van Der Kaaij
  • MOTHER’S BABY by Johanna Moder, producer: EAVE graduate Oliver Neumann
  • MELT by Nikolaus Geyrhalter, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Michael Kitzberger
  • NUESTRA TIERRA by Lucrecia Martel, producers: EAVE graduates Benjamin Domenech, Katrin Pors, Leontine Petit, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
  • PERLA by Alexandra Makarova, producers: EAVE graduates Arash T. Riahi and Sabine Gruber
  • PETER HUJAR’S DAY by Ira Sachs, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle
  • PROMISED SKY by Erige Sehiri, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri
  • ROMERIA by Carla Simon, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Zamora
  • STRANGE RIVER by Jaume Claret Muxart, producers: EAVE graduates Xavi Font, Fabian Altenried, PUENTES graduate Sophie Ahrens 
  • THE CURRENTS by Milagros Mumenthaler, producer: EAVE graduate Eugenia Mumenthaler
  • THE LAST ONE FOR THE ROAD by Francesco Sossai, producer: Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli
  • THE LITTLE SISTER (LA PETITE DERNIÈRE) by Hafsia Herzi, producer: PUENTES graduate Naomi Denamur
  • THE LOVE THAT REMAINS by Hlynur Palmason, producers: EAVE and TTB graduate Katrin Pors, EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson, co-producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
  • THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonca Filho, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, EAVE graduate Leontine Petit
  • THE WHITE SNAIL by Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter, producer: EAVE graduate David Bohun, co-producer: EAVE graduate Heino Deckert
  • YES by Nadav Lapid, producer: EAVE graduate Judith Lou Lévy, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marios Piperides, Jonas Dornbach

www.viennale.at/en

 

 

 Cinemed Montpellier (October 17 – 25)

  • AISHA CAN’T FLY AWAY by Morad Mostafa, producer: EAVE graduate Ahmed Amer
  • CALLE MALAGA by Maryam Touzani, producer: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle
  • EXIL by Mehdi Hmili, producers: EAVE graduates Donato Rotunno, Michel Balagué
  • EAVE project FIUME O MORTE! by Igor Bezinovic, producers: EAVE graduates Tibor Keser, Marina Gumzi, Vanja Jambrovic
  • EAVE project WHERE THE WIND COMES FROM by Amel Guellaty, producers: EAVE graduate Asma Chiboub and TTB graduate Karim Aitouna 
  • LITTLE TROUBLE GIRLS by Urska Djukic, producer: EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marina Gumzi, Miha Cernec, Katarina Prpic
  • PALESTINE 36 by Annemarie Jacir, producer: EAVE graduate Ossama Bawardi, co-producers: EAVE and TTB graduate Katrin Pors, EAVE graduate Elisa Fernanda Pirir
  • PROMISED SKY by Erige Sehiri, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri 
  • ROMERIA by Carla Simon, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Zamora

www.cinemed.tm.fr

 

 Astra Film Festival, Sibiu (October 17 – 26)

  • BRIGHT FUTURE by Andra MacMasters, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Lazurean–Gorgan
  • EAVE project FIUME O MORTE! by Igor Bezinovic, producers: EAVE graduates Tibor Keser, Marina Gumzi, Vanja Jambrovic
  • I ACCIDENTALLY WROTE A BOOK by Nora Lakos, producers: EAVE graduates Claudia Sümeghy, Joram Willink

www.astrafilm.ro/en/2025

 

 

 Valladolid International Film Festival (October 20 – 28)

  • ALPHA by Julia Ducournau, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
  • FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER by Jim Jarmusch, co-producer: EAVE graduate Conor Barry
  • GAVAGAI by Ulrich Köhler, producer: EAVE graduate Ingmar Trost
  • I ONLY REST IN THE STORM by Pedro Pinho, producer: EAVE graduate Filipa Reis 
  • KIKA by Alexe Poukine, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland
  • WILD FOXES by Valéry Carnoy, producer: EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes
  • LITTLE TROUBLE GIRLS by Urska Djukic, producer: EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marina Gumzi, Miha Cernec, Katarina Prpic
  • PALESTINE 36 by Annemarie Jacir, producer: EAVE graduate Ossama Bawardi, co-producers: EAVE and TTB graduate Katrin Pors, EAVE graduate Elisa Fernanda Pirir
  • SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic
  • THE BLUE TRAIL by Gabriel Mascaro, producers: EAVE graduates Rachel Daisy Ellis, Sandino Saravia Vinay, co-producers: EAVE graduates Giancarlo Nasi, Marleen Slot
  • THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonca Filho, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, EAVE graduate Leontine Petit
  • THE SOUFFLEUR by Gaston Solnicki, producer: EAVE graduate Gabriele Kranzelbinder
  • THE VISITOR by Vytautas Katkus, producers: EAVE graduates Marija Razgute, co-producers: EAVE graduates Elisa Fernanda Pirir, Anna-Maria Kantarius
  • YES by Nadav Lapid, producer: EAVE graduate Judith Lou Lévy, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marios Piperides, Jonas Dornbach

www.seminci.com

 

 

 Festival of Slovenian Film, Portoroz (October 23 – 26)

  • EAVE project FIUME O MORTE! by Igor Bezinovic, producers: EAVE graduates Tibor Keser, Marina Gumzi, Vanja Jambrovic
  • FANTASY by Kukla, producers: EAVE graduates Lija Pogacnik, Vlado Bulajic
  • HIDDEN PEOPLE by Miha Hocevar, producer: EAVE+ graduate Danijel Hocevar
  • LITTLE TROUBLE GIRLS by Urska Djukic, producer: EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marina Gumzi, Miha Cernec, Katarina Prpic
  • SANDBAG DAM by Cejen Cernic Canak, producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Ankica Juric Tilic, EAVE graduate Ieva Norviliene
  • TALES FROM THE MAGIC GARDEN by David Súkup, Patrik Pašš, Leon Vidmar, Jean-Claude Rozec, producer: EAVE graduate Juraj Krasnohorsky

https://fsf.si/2025/en

 

 

 DOK Leipzig (October 27 – November 2)

  • BALENTES by Giovanni Columbu, producer: TTB graduate Flavia Oertwig
  • BETTER GO MAD IN THE WILD by Miro Remo, Pavla Janouskova Kubeckova
  • EQUAL DUST by Jani Peltonen, producer: EAVE graduate Kaarle Aho
  • FLOPHOUSE AMERICA by Monica Strømdahl, producer: EAVE graduate Beathe Hofseth
  • IMAGO by Déni Oumar Pitsaev, producers: EAVE graduate Anne-Laure Guegan, PUENTES graduate Geraldine Sprimont
  • MELT by Nikolaus Geyrhalter, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Michael Kitzberger
  • THE RED MOON ECLIPSE by Caroline Guimbal, producers: EAVE graduate Anne-Laure Guegan, PUENTES graduate Geraldine Sprimont
  • THE THING TO BE DONE by Srdan Kovacevic, producer: EAVE graduate Jelena Angelovski

Dok Leipzig Co-Pro Market

  • MY AUNTIES by Hazal Hanquet, producer: EAVE graduate Anamaria Antoci
  • NAVA MAMA by Ana Vijdea, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandru Teodorescu
  • RECOVERY by Roman Bondarchuk, Vadym Ilkov, producer: EAVE graduate Darya Bassel

www.dok-leipzig.de

 

 

 Tokyo International Film Festival  (October 27 – November 5)

  • HEADS OR TAILS by Alessio Rigo de Righi, Matteo Zoppis, producer: EAVE graduate Alex C. Lo
  • KIKA by Alexe Poukine, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland
  • MOTHER by Teona Strugar Mitevska, producer: EAVE graduate Sebastien Delloye, co-producers: EAVE graduates Amra Baksic Camo, Adis Djapo, Labina Mitevska
  • PALESTINE 36 by Annemarie Jacir, producer: EAVE graduate Ossama Bawardi, co-producers: EAVE graduates Elisa Fernanda Pirir, Katrin Pors
  • SIRAT by Oliver Laxe, producer: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font
  • THE BLUE TRAIL by Gabriel Mascaro, producers: EAVE graduates Rachel Daisy Ellis, Sandino Saravia Vinay, co-producers: EAVE graduates Giancarlo Nasi, Marleen Slot

www.tiff-jp.net

 

 

 Francophone Co-production Meetings (RCF) (October 28 – 31)

Among the line-up of projects:

  • KIOSK by Tabarak Abbas, producer: EAVE+ graduate Philippe Coyteaux
  • LYRA & ARMIN by Nicolas Blies, Stéphane Hueber-Blies, producer: EAVE graduate Marion Guth
  • LE ROYAUME by Samira Hmouda, producer: EAVE graduate Isabelle Truc
  • FOOD by Mathieu Mégemont, producer: EAVE graduate Anais Bertrand
  • THE REAL LIFE by Marie Monge, producer: EAVE graduate Julie Viez

 

EAVE session

Presentation of the EAVE Think Tank Report and Roundtable on Inclusive Co-productions on Thursday, October 30th

The session started with the presentation of the 2025 EAVE Think Tank Report on Inclusive Co-Production Practices by EAVE graduate Myriam Sassine and EAVE+ graduate Daniela Mujica. Daniela Mujica (Productions Ocho, Canada) then moderated a panel on Inclusive Co-production, joined by:

  • Myriam Sassine, Abbout Productions Lebanon/France
  • Eric Idriss-Kanago, Yzanakio Canada
  • Jean-Laurent Csinidis, Films de Force Majeure France

The session was organised in collaboration with Film Fund Luxembourg and the Creative Europe MEDIA Desks of Luxembourg, France and Wallonie-Bruxelles.

https://filmfund.lu

 

 

 Thessaloniki International Film Festival (October 31 – November 10)

  • A LIGHT THAT NEVER GOES OUT by Lauri-Matti Parppei, producer: EAVE graduate Ilona Tolmunen
  • A POET by Simon Mesa Soto, co-producer: EAVE graduate David Herdies
  • BACK DOOR by Yorgos Tsemberopoulos, producer: EAVE graduate Fenia Cossovitsa
  • BEGINNINGS by Jeanette Nordahl, producers: EAVE graduate Katrin Pors, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi, EAVE graduate Leontine Petit
  • COTTON QUEEN by Suzannah Mirghani, producers: EAVE graduates Caroline Daube, Ossama Bawardi, EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri
  • DONKEY DAYS by Rosanne Pel, producer: EAVE graduate Floor Onrust
  • DON’T LET ME DIE by Andrei Epure, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandru Teodorescu
  • DRACULA by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandru Teodorescu, co-producers: EAVE graduates Ada Solomon, Bernard Michaux, Adrien Chef, Paul Thiltges, EAVE + Head of Study Jani Thiltges
  • DROWNING DRY by Laurynas Bareisa, co-producer: EAVE graduate Matiss Kaza
  • EAGLES OF THE REPUBLIC by Tarik Saleh, co-producer: EAVE graduate Monica Hellstrøm
  • EAVE project MAYSOON by Nancy Biniadaki, producer: EAVE graduate Christopher Zitterbart, co-producers: EAVE + graduate Titus Kreyenberg, EAVE graduate Konstantina Stavrianou
  • EVERYBODY LOVES TOUDA Nabil Ayouch, producers: EAVE graduates Katrin Pors, Elisa Fernanda Pirir, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
  • FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER by Jim Jarmusch, co-producer: EAVE graduate Conor Barry
  • GOD WILL NOT HELP by Hana Jusic, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Ankica Juric Tilic, co-producers; EAVE graduate Ada Solomon, EAVE group leader Didar Domehri
  • HANAMI by Denise Fernandes, producer: EAVE graduate Eugenia Mumenthaler 
  • HOW COME IT’S ALL GREEN OUT HERE? by Nikola Lezaic, co-producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Ankica Juric Tilic
  • KIKA by Alexe Poukine, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland
  • LITTLE TROUBLE GIRLS by Urska Djukic, producer: EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marina Gumzi, Miha Cernec, Katarina Prpic  
  • MADE IN EU by EAVE graduate Stephan Komandarev, producer: EAVE graduate Katya Trichkova
  • MILK TEETH by Muhai Mincan, producers: EAVE, TTB and PUENTES graduate, National Coordinator Romania Radu Stancu, EAVE graduate Ioana Lascar
  • MOTHER by Teona Strugar Mitevska, producer: EAVE graduate Sebastien Delloye, co-producers: EAVE graduates Amra Baksic Camo, Adis Djapo, Labina Mitevska
  • ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA by Arab and Tarzan Nasser, co-producers: EAVE graduates Edyta Janczak-Hiriart, Rashid Abdelhamid 
  • PALESTINE 36 by Annemarie Jacir, producer: EAVE graduate Ossama Bawardi, co-producers: EAVE and TTB graduate Katrin Pors, EAVE graduate Elisa Fernanda Pirir   
  • PETER HUJAR’S DAY by Ira Sachs, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle
  • REFLECTION IN A DEAD DIAMOND by Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani, producer: EAVE graduate Gilles Chanial 
  • RENOIR by Chie Hayakawa, producers: EAVE and TTB graduates Fran Borgia, Eiko Mizuno Gray, TTB Head of Studies and EAVE+ graduate Christophe Bruncher
  • ROMERIA by Carla Simon, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Zamora
  • STRANGE RIVER by Jaume Claret Muxart, producers: EAVE graduates Xavi Font, Fabian Altenried, PUENTES graduate Sophie Ahrens 
  • THE CURRENTS by Milagros Mumenthaler, producer: EAVE graduate Eugenia Mumenthaler
  • THE LOVE THAT REMAINS by Hlynur Palmason, producers: EAVE and TTB graduate Katrin Pors, EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson, co-producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
  • THE BLUE TRAIL by Gabriel Mascaro, producers: EAVE graduates Rachel Daisy Ellis, Sandino Saravia Vinay, co-producers: PUENTES and TTB graduate Giancarlo Nasi, EAVE graduate Marleen Slot
  • THE LAST ONE FOR THE ROAD by Francesco Sossai, producer: Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli
  • THE SECRET FLOOR by Norbert Lechner, producer: EAVE + graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu
  • THE SOUFFLEUR by Gaston Solnicki, producer: EAVE graduate Gabriele Kranzelbinder
  • TO THE VICTORY! by Valentyn Vasyanovych, producer: EAVE graduate Volodymyr Yatsenko
  • WEIGHTLESS by Emilie Thalund, producer: EAVE graduate Katrin Pors, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
  • THE WHITE SNAIL by Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter, producer: EAVE graduate David Bohun, co-producer: EAVE graduate Heino Deckert
  • WHITETAIL by Nanouk Leopold, producer: EAVE graduate Stienette Bosklopper

Agora Crossroads Co-production Forum 

  • A GIRL NAMED ZEUS by Nikos Dayandas, producer: EAVE MW participant Konstantinos Koukoulis
  • QUIET LAKE by Tonislav Hristov, producer: EAVE graduate Kaarle Aho, co-producer: EAVE graduate Annika Hellström, Erika Malmgren
  • ROBBING BEIRUT by Katia Jarjoura, producer: EAVE graduate Elisa Pirir
  • THE LEAVES HANG TREMBLING by Stefan Djordjevic, producer: EAVE graduate Dragana Jovovic
  • THE TIDE HEARS THEM BUT THEY NO LONGER HAVE A VOICE by Yiannis Veslemes, producer: EAVE+ graduate Nicholas Alavanos

Agora Works in Progress

  • BLACK MONEY FOR WHITE NIGHTS by Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantina Stavrianou
  • THE BOY WITH THE LIGHT-BLUE EYES by Thanasis Neofotistos, producer: EAVE graduate Ioanna Bolomyti
  • TONIGHT IS FOREVER by Fernando Souza, producer: TTB graduate Mina Moteki

www.filmfestival.gr/en

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EAVE project SERAFIMA is in production

In development

Finnish Film Foundation

The Board of The Finnish Film Foundation granted production support to 10 new films, including documentaries and short film in October. Among them:

  • A WOMAN’S TRIUMPH by Alexander Zwart, producers: EAVE graduate Joonas Berghäll
  • HAAVEISIIN VAJONUT by Marie-Eve de Grave, producers: Interchange graduate Charlotte Uzu, EAVE graduate Kaarle Aho
  • SILVER BLUES by Rodrigo Areias, producer: EAVE graduates Mark Lwoff and Misha Jaari

https://ses.fi/en

 

Sorfønd

Supported by the Norwegian Sorfønd:

  • SOON WE WILL ALL BE HISTORY HERE by Saeed Taji Farouky, producers: EAVE graduates May Odeh, Estelle Robin You
  • QASHQAI TRIBE: ONCE UPON A TIME IN SHIRAZ by Hamed Zolfaghari, producer: EAVE graduate Verona Meier
  • MEHAL SEFARI by Abraham Gezahagne, producer: EAVE graduate Ingrid Lill Hogtun 

www.sorfond.no/news/nine-projects-selected-for-the-s%C3%B8rfond-grant-in-2025

 

 

In production

  • EAVE project SERAFIMA by Veiko Ounpuu, producers: EAVE graduates Andreas Kask and Esko Rips is in production. The film promises to be “a powerful adaptation of Vahur Afanasjev’s celebrated novel Serafima and Bogdan, a sweeping story of power, love, and betrayal set against the backdrop of turbulent historical change.” Õunpuu described SERAFIMA as “an exploration of how systems of power rewrite our memories, suppress resistance, and traumatise entire nations.” He added: “Serafima is a victim of the system – in a world where those who preserve their humanity are punished, while authority favours and rewards those who have completely lost their moral compass.” Producer Andreas Kask highlighted the film’s transnational spirit: “Serafima is a brilliant example of a unified Estonian-Latvian-Polish film space. The creative team is mainly Estonian, but Latvia provides the environment and technical capacities needed to bring this story to life. The screenplay was penned by Õunpuu himself with Martin Algus. The film is produced by Nafta Films in co-production with Nafta Films Latvia, Poland’s Orka Film and Estonia’s Apollo Film Productions. Producing are Kask and Esko Rips, working alongside co-producers Alicja Gancarz for Orka Film, Gunda Bergmane for Nafta Films Latvia, and Tanel Tatter and Veiko Esken for Apollo Film Productions. The production is backed by the Estonian Film Institute, the Estonian Cultural Endowment, Creative Europe – MEDIA, ERR, the Polish Film Institute, the Investment and Development Agency of Latvia, and the Riga Film Fund.

www.nafta.ee

  • LET LOVE IN by Felix van Groeningen, producers: EAVE graduate Hans Everaert and EAVE FFF graduate Lorenzo Gangarossa is in production. The film tells the story of one couple’s emotional journey as they question everything they once took for granted when a long-kept affair is confessed. But what looks like a tale of a relationship in crisis reveals itself as a story of healing and reconnection. A quest begins for honesty, true intimacy and deep understanding, redefining what it means to be lovers. LET LOVE IN is a Belgian-Italian co-production staged by Hans Everaert for Antwerp-based Menuetto, and van Groeningen and Vandermeersch for their company, Rufus, in co-production with Mario Gianani, Lorenzo Mieli and Lorenzo Gangarossa for Mediawan-owned OUR Films, with Circle One serving as a collaborator. Financing comes from the Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF), Kinepolis Film Distribution (KFD), Proximus, VRT and the Belgian Tax Shelter, in cooperation with BNP Paribas Fortis Film Finance and Casa Kafka Pictures. The shoot, spanning 35 days, is taking place across several Belgian locations and is now entering its final stages.

https://menuettofilm.be

  • EROSION by Michael Koch, producer: EAVE+ graduate Christof Neracher has begun principal photography on his third feature, a drama about personal collapse and spiritual reckoning. The drama follows Christian Andersen, a renowned US neurosurgeon whose life unravels after a tragic incident. Grappling with guilt and denial, he suffers a devastating personal blow when his own daughter goes missing. Determined to find her, he sets out on a journey into a primeval mountain world and into the depths of his own inner self. Peter Sarsgaard plays the lead role, marking a rare Swiss-German co-production with a US star in the central part. As in his A PIECE OF SKY, Koch has also cast local non-professional performers to embody the rural characters inhabiting the Alpine setting. Filming is currently under way in the Swiss canton of Uri. Shooting in Switzerland and Germany will continue until mid-November 2025. EROSION is a Swiss-German co-production, staged by Christof Neracher for Zurich-based Hugofilm Features in co-production with Christoph Friedel and Claudia Steffen for Cologne-based Pandora Filmproduktion, SRF, SRG SSR and ARTE. The film is supported by the Swiss Federal Office of Culture (BAK), the Zurich Film Foundation, the Basel Film Fund, the Central Switzerland Film Fund, Suissimage, the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, the German Federal Film Fund (DFFF) and WDR.

www.hugofilm.ch

  • MILA/MARIJA by Andrina Mracnikar, producers: EAVE+ graduates Danijel Hocevar, Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu and EAVE graduate Katja Lenarcic has started shooting. The Slovenian/Austrian/Greek drama is set in a mountain village in Carinthia, 1943. Nineteen-year-old Mila and her brother Hanzi join the partisan resistance group fighting the Nazi occupation of the land from the relative safety of the forests. Soon she finds herself leading her own unit and having to make decisions about life and death. But when the country has been liberated and she embarks upon a new life, Mila once again, has to confront the crucial question: submission or resistance? “My aim with Mila/Marija is to make the first feature film depicting the history of the Slovenian ethnic group and the resistance of the Carinthian partisans to the Nazi regime. It is also an extremely important project for me personally, because the history of the Carinthian Slovenes and the anti-fascist resistance is part of my own family background,” says director and writer Andrina Mracnikar in a statement. MILA/MARIJA is produced by Danijel Hocevar and Katja Lenarcic through Vertigo and Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu and Bady Minck through Amour Fou (Austria) in co-production with Ioanna Davi through Indigo View (Greece) and Ruth Beckermann Filmproduktion (Austria), in collaboration with Austrian national television’s ORF Film/Television Agreement and RTV Slovenija, and in association with FS Viba Film. The project is supported by the Austrian Film Institute, Slovenian Film Centre, Filmfonds Wien, Hellenic Film & Audiovisual Center, the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, Carinthia Film Commission and Future Fund of the Republic of Austria. The 29-day shooting started on 7 October 2025 and it will end mid-November 2025. The shooting is taking place in Globasnica and the surrounding forests in Carinthia, as well as in other towns, villages and forests in Slovenia, and also in Austria within the Carinthia region.

www.vertigo.si

  • REMAINS OF LIFE by Sevda Shishmanova, producer: EAVE graduate Veselka Kiryakova, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Harry Flöter is shooting. The film is based on the true story of the 2012 Burgas Airport bombing, which killed a Bulgarian bus driver of Muslim origin, five Israeli tourists, and a Lebanese suicide attacker. Set against the aftermath of the attack, the narrative follows a forensic photographer tasked with documenting the scene, while also unfolding through the final days of the victims (including the assassin), weaving together intimate portraits that reveal the human cost of violence. The script penned by Sevda Shishmanova and Milena Petrova is grounded in extensive research, including interviews with the victims’ families, surviving passengers, investigators, as well as witness records, forensic photography, and archival footage. “The question I keep getting asked is how I am going to shoot and screen this film, given the extreme sensitivity in the world that divides people, after the massacre of 7 October 2023 done by Hamas, and the unbearable pain of Gaza after Israel's military response. It is extremely difficult. As a director with a journalistic background, I witness how the politicians have finally lost their greatest ally - the people and the battle for humanism. However, the creators have a mission to see it through to the end - with our last remaining empathy. We have a duty to society, a debt to our viewers, to tell the stories of what is common in pain to all of us: respect for life. The characters in our film also go through this only path that humanity has: to see the pain of others”, Sevda Shishmanova said. “This film offers a deeply personal and humanising perspective on the victims of terrorism, emphasising how individuals are often caught in the crossfire of larger political and geopolitical conflicts. In a polarised and unsettled global landscape, the story aims to foster empathy and understanding by highlighting the personal toll of violence, illustrating that behind every headline are real people whose lives are profoundly affected”, producer Veselka Kiryakova said. Asked about the difficulties of the production, Kiryakova added: “The main challenges in producing this film stem from the current situation in Israel. It significantly affects our ability to secure financing. Additionally, the ongoing conflict creates logistical and safety concerns, complicating shooting schedules and location access. Despite these obstacles, our commitment remains to tell this story with authenticity and compassion, believing that it can contribute meaningfully to the international dialogue.” REMAINS OF LIFE is produced by Veselka Kiryakova of Bulgarian Red Carpet and Georgi Skerlev of Bulgarian Mindstream productions in co-production with Harry Flöter of German 2Pilots Filmproduction GmbH. The filming of this Bulgarian/German joint is taking place in Bulgaria and Israel.

http://www.redcarfilms.com

  • ONE MONTH by Janez Burger, producers: EAVE graduates Miha Cernec, Nina Robnik is in production. The intimate drama follows three characters on the margins of society: an unemployed female intellectual, a pregnant girl from a dysfunctional family, and a gay man who grew up as an orphan. Housing hardship forces them to share a home and to navigate a tense yet caring coexistence that explores what family means in a time of precarious work conditions and social struggles. “In a world where geo-strategic relations and social tensions verge on desperation, this film adopts a lighter tone while exploring whether human coexistence is still possible and how much effort it requires to achieve it,” says Janez Burger, who co-wrote the script together with Croatian screenwriter and director Ognjen Svilicic. ONE MONTH is produced by Nina Robnik and Miha Černec through Staragara, in coproduction with Propeler Film (Croatia) and Staragara I.T. (Italy). The project was supported by the Slovenian Film Centre, RTV Slovenija and FS Viba Film, while Creative Europa - MEDIA gave it support for development. The 33-days shooting of this Slovenian/Croatian/Italian co-production is taking place in Ljubljana, Kamnik, Solkan and at the FS Viba Film studio.

http://www.staragara.com

 

 

In post-production

  • THE HIVE by Martin Rosete, producer: EAVE+ graduate Jonas Katzenstein is in post-production. The plot - penned by Gabriel Dowrick, George Nicholis, Ben Phelps and Gemma Ventura - takes viewers inside the Hive, a high-tech counter-terrorism unit tasked with neutralising threats. With a political summit about to be held in Tenerife, Commander Kate McKenzie (played by Franka Potente), known for her ruthless, no-nonsense methods, needs an insider with knowledge of a dangerous terrorist group posing a constant risk. Undercover agent María Gómez (Sophie Cookson) arrives at the Hive on the eve of the summit, just as a bomb explodes in the city centre, accompanied by a warning: a senior UN executive will be killed in 90 minutes. McKenzie then mobilises her elite team: the hunt has begun, and María may prove pivotal. Shot in July and August, the film is currently in post-production, with its release date to be confirmed. Various Tenerife locations play a key role, including the metropolitan area of Santa Cruz, the Faculty of Fine Arts in La Laguna, the natural landscape of La Esperanza and the former Tabacalera in Santa Cruz, which doubles as the story’s operations centre. After filming on the island, production moved to Cologne (Germany) to wrap the shoot. THE HIVE is being produced by Maximilian Leo, Scott Veltri, Jack Heller, Georgia Poivre and Jonas Katzenstein for Germany’s augenschein Filmproduktion and by Sebastián Álvarez for Volcano Films, in association with Tower Way, Assemble Media and ZDF. The project is supported by Film und Medienstiftung NRW and the German Federal Film Fund (DFFF).  

www.augenschein-filmproduktion.de

  • ATLAS OF THE UNIVERSE (WT) by Paul Negoescu, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Radu Stancu and EAVE graduate Ioana Lascar is in post-production. The screenplay follows Filip, a ten-year-old boy living in a remote village. As the first day of school approaches, Filip has to travel to the nearby town to get the shoes he will wear for the entirety of the next year. Unfortunately, the kid is given the wrong pair, and he will find himself using a plethora of inventive ways to get the right shoes, as without them, the school year would be ruined. The project has recently wrapped production and is now in the editing room. It is being produced by Radu Stancu and Ioana Lascar through deFilm (Romania) and by Poli Angelova through Screening Emotions (Bulgaria). Support came from the Romanian National Film Center Eurimages and the Bulgarian National Film Center. The film was shot over one month in August and September in various towns and on the outskirts of Bucharest. Producer Radu Stancu said that ATLAS OF THE UNIVERSE (WT) was the second feature of his career featuring a child “in almost every frame” and that as many as six child actors made their debut on this occasion. He said the finished movie will cater for young audiences and families. “I think we can positively influence children's perception of the world, stimulating their interest in culture, and whetting their appetite for authentic and contemporary European films with a strong artistic identity and relevant stories.”

http://www.defilm.ro

  • FIVE DAYS AT THE SEA by Ivana Škrabalo, producers: EAVE graduates Miljenka Cogelja and Jelena Angelovski, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jerca Jeric is currently in post-production. The plot: Masa arrives on an island with her boyfriend, where her longtime friend Jagoda has recently moved in with a new partner. Maša is pregnant but keeps this a secret from her boyfriend, confiding only in her friend. What was meant to be a carefree summer getaway turns into a test of a life stage in which each character is pushed out of their own comfort zone. “FIVE DAYS AT THE SEA is a true summer film set on a remote Adriatic island off the Croatian coast. The story follows two couples as they awkwardly navigate the trials of late coming-of-age. Their conversations teeter on the edge of the absurd, much like the situations they stumble into on this seemingly idyllic getaway. What should be a relaxed short holiday slowly turns into a testing ground for relationships and personal uncertainties”, Croatian producer Tena Gojic said. Tena Gojic is producing through Croatia’s Dinaridi Film in collaboration with Miljenka Čogelja Pipser (Croatia), in co-production with Jerca and Andraz Jeric through Slovenia’s Temporama, Ivana Shekutkoska through North Macedonia’s Minimal Collective, and Jelena Angelovski through Serbia’s Obol Film. The Croatian Audiovisual Centre, the Croatian national broadcaster (HRT), the Slovenian Film Centre (SFC), the North Macedonian Film Agency (FASM), and TZ Sali are backing the project. The film was shot from 15 May to 10 June 2025 in Dugi otok, Croatia, and will be completed in the spring of 2026.

https://pipser.hr

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MEET EAVE IN NOVEMBER

@ EAVE Producers Workshop 3, October  27 – November 3, Thessaloniki (GR)

EAVE CEO Kristina Trapp, EAVE Deputy CEO Satu Elo, EAVE Project Managers Sarah van den Hoogen, Ana Ruiz Miralles, Tanika Sajatovic

 

@ Thessaloniki International Film Festival, November 3 - 5, Thessaloniki (GR)

EAVE Project Manager Sarah van den Hoogen

 

@ CHANGE Workshop 1, November 8 - 12, Chisinau (MO)

EAVE Deputy CEO Satu Elo

 

@ EAVE Marketing Workshop, November 11 - 16, Luxembourg (LU)

EAVE CEO Kristina Trapp (November 12 – 14), EAVE Project Manager Ana Ruiz Miralles, EAVE Project Coordinator Julie Dandois

 

@ Doha Education Summit, November 26 - 27, Doha (QA)

EAVE CEO Kristina Trapp

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EAVE Producers Workshop 2025: A Grand Finale in Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki, Greece, will be the location of the EAVE 2025 Producers Workshop’s third and final session, taking place from October 27 – November 3!

After a year of intensive training, development, and collaboration, the newest members of the EAVE network are ready to step onto the international stage. During this final session, they will present themselves, their companies and their projects, and connect with the global industry in a series of EAVE-curated one-to-one meetings.

We will welcome 98 “future partners” – leading international industry professionals - to meet the 53 rising producing talents from 35 countries and discuss the 27 fiction, documentary and series projects developed during this year’s EAVE Producers Workshop under the guidance of EAVE’s top experts.

Highlights of the week

The workshop week will feature a series of thought-provoking sessions by visionary producers, industry innovators and funding representatives, including:

  • Impact Production in Practice: Tools & Case Studies by Coline Aymard (Citizen 7, FR)
  • A Producer’s Guide to Transmedia, Games, and Growth by Alisha Hasan (Helsinki Film Lab, FI)
  • Re-Wilding the Screen and Greening the Production by Bassam Alasad (Creative Media Solutions, JO)
  • Producing in the Wild West of AI by Aleksi Hyvärinen (Don Films, FI)
  • Supranational Support to Film and TV Series: Eurimages and Council of Europe by Anne-Christine Knoth (Eurimages) and Alex Traila (Council of Europe).

Participants will dive into company strategies, sales and distribution models through presentations by EAVE core experts:

  • Company Constellations by Katrine Schlüter Schierbeck and Michael Kitzberger
  • Strategic Recoupment: Choices – Rethinking Profit Preservation by Jennifer Sabbah and Joanna Szymanska
  • Company Planning groups by Sophie Erbs and Jennifer Sabbah
  • All You Need to Know about Sales and Distribution Agreements by Didar Domehri and Pierre-Emmanuel Mouthuy

A special spotlight on “Producing with Greece” will showcase the country’s thriving audiovisual landscape, featuring insights from Athena Kartalou (EKKOMED Hellenic Film & Audiovisual Center), Amanda Livanou (Neda Film) and Neoklis Mantas (EKKOMED Hellenic Film & Audiovisual Center), moderated by EAVE National Coordinator Konstantinos Kontovrakis. The session will be followed by a cocktail hosted by Greek Producers Association SAPOE, with a presentation by the Film Office of Central Macedonia.

True to EAVE’s holistic philosophy, we aim to create a healthy and balanced workshop environment with restorative and relaxing spaces. Participants will benefit from grounding and balancing energy exercises by EAVE Head of Studies and clinical EEM and EFT practitioner Lise Lense-Møller as well as morning yoga sessions by EAVE project manager and certified yoga teacher Tanika Sajatovic.

As we gather one last time in Thessaloniki, we celebrate not only the EAVE journey and the projects that have taken shape, but the friendships, collaborations, and creative sparks that will continue to grow beyond this week. Here’s to an inspiring finale and a bright new chapter for the EAVE 2025 producers!

Many thanks to our valuable partners who make this workshop possible!

The EAVE 2025 Producers Workshop’s third and final session in Thessaloniki is organised in partnership with the Greek Producers Association SAPOE, in collaboration with the Thessaloniki International Film Festival and AGORA, and supported by EKKOMED Hellenic Film & Audiovisual Center, Region of Central Macedonia, Film Office Central Macedonia, ERT, COSMOTE TELEKOM, Cinobo, Oxbelly, the Athens Film Office and Grand Thornton Greece.

The first two sessions of the EAVE 2025 Producers Workshop took place from March 7-14 in Luxembourg and from June 23-30 in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.

EAVE is supported by the Creative Europe - MEDIA sub-programme of the European Union, Film Fund Luxembourg, Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée, Fondo Audiovisivo Friuli Venezia Giulia, PACT – the Producers Alliance for Cinema and Television, Doha Film Institute, Telefilm Canada, SODEC, Projeto Paradiso, Film Centre of Montenegro, PROCIREP and Berlinale Co-Production Market, as well as the partners who have hosted the workshops since 1988.

For more information, please contact satu@eave.org.

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ATF x TTB Animation Lab & Pitch announce participants!

EAVE TIES THAT BIND (TTB), the leading Asia Europe Co-production Hub supported by Creative Europe - MEDIA, has proudly renewed the partnership with Asia TV Forum & Market (ATF) for the third edition of the ATF x TTB Animation Lab & Pitch, a unique initiative targeting producers with (young adult) animated projects from Asia and Europe with the potential and desire to explore new financing and co-production opportunities, new markets, and new audiences in both continents.

Out of the impressive number of submissions received – over 122 from 29 different countries/regions, the Animation Lab selection committee – featuring Juraj Krasnohorsky (Artichoke/CEE Animation, SK), Kanji Kazahaya (Culture Connect Co., JP) and Matija Sturm (CEE Animation Workshop, SI) – have announced the final line-up of 8 projects in development coming from 4 European and 4 Asian countries/regions.

The ATF x TTB Animation Lab & Pitch will take place over 2 separate programmes offering comprehensive knowledge of the European and Asian animation industries and markets. The participants will benefit from high-level development under the guidance of top-notch experts from both continents and have the opportunity to pitch their project in front of key decision makers during the upcoming edition of the Asia TV Forum & Market in Singapore.

The first online programme consists of two modules (November 11–12 & November 18–19, 2025). Over these two intensive two-day labs, the selected participants will take part in a rich and diverse workshop where Juraj Krasnohorsky (Artichoke/CEE Animation, Slovakia) and Ervin Han (Robot Playground Media, Singapore) will provide a general overview of the Asian–European financing landscape, while Debra Liang (New Europe Film Sales, Poland) will explore the Asian–European market landscape. Si En Tan (Momo Film/Singapore) will share practical tips on Asia–Europe co-production, and Tonje Skar Reiersen (Microfilm, Norway) will focus on best practices in co-production. Finally, Juraj Krasnohorsky will offer insights and advice on how to package and pitch a project effectively.

All participants will thereon have individual consultations with experts to get feedback on their project (Kanji Kazahaya), revise their pitch & project packages (Juraj Krasnohorsky) and their financing strategies (Tonje Skar Reiersen and Si En Tan).

The second on-site programme will take place from December 1 - 5, 2025 within the frame of ATF in Singapore, and it will feature experts’ lectures, individual consultancies, a pitching component and a series of prearranged one-to-one meetings between selected teams and decision makers & financiers.

The following 8 projects wanting to extend their knowledge and network towards Asia and Europe have been selected to participate in the ATF x TTB Animation Lab & Pitch:

  • ANITO, producer Louie Mercader, The Puppeteer Animation Studios, Inc., Philippines
  • DESTA, producer Irwan Junaidy, The R&D Studio, Malaysia
  • HELLO, OSCAR!, producer Sabine Andersone, Atom Art, Latvia
  • HOW TO LOITER IN A TURF WAR, producer Esther Leilua, Studio Ki'i'pili, New Zealand
  • THE MOST FANTASTIC TIME OF MY LIFE, producer Jia Lee, Finding Pictures, Singapore
  • THE SUN SCRIPT, producer Andreas Kask, Nafta Films, Estonia
  • THE WAR OF FROGS AND MICE, producer Nicoletta Cataldo, Insolita Film, Italy
  • THE WARDS OF ORIBIS, producer Melissa Ottonello Ferrati, Dúlamán Studios, Ireland

Learn more about the projects here.  

ATF x TTB Animation Lab & Pitch 2025 will take place in the framework of the Asia TV Forum & Market, Asia’s leading content market and conference, and it will be organised by ATF and EAVE TIES THAT BIND with the support of sponsors Film Development Council Philippines (FDCP), National Film Center of Latvia, Animation Ireland, New Zealand Film Commission and in collaboration with CEE Animation Workshop.

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

 

Asia TV Forum & Market (ATF)

Into its 26th edition, Asia TV Forum & Market (ATF) – the region’s co-production & entertainment content market and conference – is the proven industry platform to acquire knowledge, network, buy, sell, finance, distribute and co-produce across all platforms. It is the premier stage in Asia to engage with the entertainment industry’s top players from around the world. It’s where the best minds meet, and the future of Asia’s content is shaped. For more information, please visit www.asiatvforum.com
 

About EAVE 

European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs, EAVE, is a professional training, project, development, and networking organisation for audiovisual producers. Working with a worldwide network of partners we are involved in programmes for producers worldwide.

 

About FVG Audiovisual Fund 

First experience in the Italian panorama, the aim of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Audiovisual Regional Fund is to support the development of local film companies and promote the regional audiovisual works in national and international markets. The Fund operates in three main sectors: training, to encourage the participation of local audiovisual professional in national and international courses for directors, scriptwriters, producers, editors, camera operators, and sound engineers; development, to cover all the activities between the idea and the production phase, from the script writing and the research, to the casting, the fundraising and the presentation of a promo; distribution, along with the promotion of the projects, this last action includes a financial support to cover the production expenses, so as to create more competitive products. Along with the ordinary management of the fund, the FVG AUDIOVISUAL FUND has organized several events aimed at creating platforms for cinema professionals from all around the world and developing the local audiovisual industry.

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CONTACTS

Lab & Pitch Contact (ATF): ATF Lab & Pitch Team | atf.conference@rxglobal.com

Lab & Pitch Contact (EAVE): Alessandra Pastore | tiesthatbind@eave.org

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CHANGE Co-Production Training Programme: Selection Announcement for 2025/2026

CPH:DOX, EAVE and IMS are proud to announce the fifth round of the CHANGE programme, empowering documentary film projects from the Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine. For the 2025/2026 edition, eight teams will join the co-production training workshop series.

CHANGE is a collaboration between CPH:DOX, the world’s leading documentary film festival supporting independent and innovative filmmaking, EAVE, one of Europe’s leading training, development, and networking organisation for producers, and IMS (International Media Support), a non-profit organisation working to promote journalism and documentary film to reduce conflict, strengthen democracy and facilitate dialogue.

The CHANGE programme seeks to increase equality and access in the international film market by fostering inter-regional co-productions. It connects filmmakers, producers, and projects from the Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries with global film professionals at CPH:DOX, creating opportunities for collaboration and elevating diverse voices on the international stage.

The programme aims to improve the participants’ skills in refining their projects’ content, core themes and goals. It also focuses on strengthening their abilities in regional and international collaboration and co-production, and navigating the financing structures and the production environment. By the end of the programme, participants are ready to encounter the international market and present their projects on a global platform during CPH:DOX 2026.

The selected projects in the fifth round explore compelling new stories from the region, ranging from large-scale political narratives to intimate and personal stories. The projects offer nuanced perspectives and diverse artistic approaches, showcasing the talent of this new cohort of filmmakers who are confronting some of the most pressing challenges of our time with creativity and courage. 

CHANGE - Co-production training course will open in Chisinau, Moldova in November 2025 and will combine masterclasses and group work sessions, as well as individual meetings for the eight selected producer-director teams. The same participants will continue to work together in the second workshop in January 2026, again in Chisinau, Moldova. The programme will culminate in Copenhagen, Denmark in March 2026 with a third workshop hosted by the National Film School of Denmark and the presentation of the projects to the international industry during CPH:DOX.

The selected projects are:

  • 3 DAUGHTERS, prod. & dir. Ana Gherciu, Moldova
  • 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT MY COUSIN, prod. Ana Kvichidze, dir. Nino Lekishvili, Georgia
  • IS THERE SEX AFTER THE USSR?, prod. Sona Margaryan, dir. Lilit Movsisyan, Armenia
  • LIFE ON MARS, prod. Karina Simonyan, dir. Mery Aghakhanyan, Armenia
  • MY HOME, prod. Nijat Dadashov, dir. Ulviyya Ahmadova, Azerbaijan
  • MY SCHOOL IS SEIZED, prod. Oleksandr Ivanov, dir. Halyna Lavrinets, Ukraine
  • TOTAL MESS, prod. Kateryna Yahodka, dir. Oleksandra Horiienko, Ukraine
  • SOUNDS OF REVOLUTION, prod. & dir. Nikoloz Bezhanishvili, Georgia

 

THE PARTNERSHIP BEHIND CHANGE

CHANGE is initiated and funded by IMS (International Media Support) through the New Democracy Fund. 

IMS is a non-profit organisation working to promote journalism and documentary film to strengthen the capacity of media to reduce conflict, strengthen democracy and facilitate dialogue. Our work is geared towards helping locally-based public interest media operating in armed conflicts, humanitarian crises and rapid political change, both positive and negative, to provide the public and civic organisations with public interest content they can trust and use. We work in more than 40 countries across four continents with a staff of about 170 people.

EAVE is a professional training, project development and networking organisation for audiovisual producers. Founded in 1988, our objectives are to provide professional training opportunities and to bring producers from different regions of the world together with the aim of facilitating co-production relationships. We believe that the support of independent voices, creative imagination and culturally driven companies within the global media industries is an urgent necessity in the 21st century. Through our work we aim to contribute towards the creation of strong networks of producers and to encourage the exchange of knowledge and skills which will strengthen independent production across the world.

CPH:DOX, Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival, is a world leading documentary film festival supporting independent and innovative filmmaking and presenting the best and brightest in contemporary non-fiction film. The festival is known and widely respected for radically changing the documentary landscape with a focus on challenging the genre with cross over to other art forms, and for advancing art as an active voice in civil society. 

Annually presenting approx. 200 films, the annual festival’s audience has grown to more than 150.000, and our industry platform, championing high-end cinematic and hybrid filmmaking welcomes annually nearly 2,000 industry professionals from a wide variety of sectors across creative documentary, hybrid non-fiction, visual arts, journalism and science. CPH:INDUSTRY includes a pitch platform CPH:FORUM, CPH:MARKET services for finished films, a talent development programme for immersive media CPH:LAB, and a programme for emerging filmmakers INTRO:DOX.

We wish to also thank the National Film School of Denmark and Millennium Docs Against Gravity for their collaboration. 

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The Second Edition of the Online Workshop “EAVE AI Skills Booster” is Starting Soon!

After the great success of last year’s first edition, we are excited to announce the second edition of EAVE’s online workshop “AI Skills Booster”, taking place October 7 – 9, 2025.

This three half-day workshop is designed to give a yearly update for audiovisual producers and film professionals who want to strengthen their understanding and practical skills in artificial intelligence and its use across the audiovisual value chain.

The module, moderated and devised by Petri Kemppinen of Good Hand Production (Finland), together with international speakers, offers participants a hands-on and up-to-date overview of the latest AI tools and applications available for AV producers and professionals.

From script development and production to post-production, marketing, and legal aspects, participants will explore the following topics:

  • AI in Script Development – Try out practical methods to use AI tools in idea generation and screenwriting – by Katri Manninen, Screenwriter, Finland
  • AI for Video Production – See how generative AI can support filmmaking, from prompting and tool selection to new creative workflows – by Simonas Mozūra, Kopa Films, Lithuania
  • AI in Post-Production and Workflow Efficiency – Discover how AI tools can improve visual effects, editing, and sound while saving time and boosting creativity – by Nuno Bernardo, CEO, beActive Entertainment, Portugal
  • Film Marketing and AI – Learn new ways to design marketing campaigns using AI, including how to manage bias, data protection, and ethical concerns – by Nicolò Gallio, Marketing Strategist & Audience Designer, Italy
  • Legal and Regulatory Frameworks – Understand the key international and EU regulations related to AI in film and TV production – by Katrine Schlüter-Schierbeck, The Law Factory, Denmark
  • Ethical and Practical Questions – Discuss what it really means to use AI in everyday work — the challenges, opportunities, and responsibilities that come with it – by Joanna Szymanska, CEO and producer at Shipsboy, Poland

The workshop includes practical exercises, live demonstrations, and interactive discussion, giving participants the chance to explore the presented tools in real time.

It is open to both beginners and professionals already working with AI.

More information: https://eave.org/programmes/eave-ai-skills-booster-2025

For further questions, please contact julie@eave.org.

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Best Actress award for EAVE project MAYSOON at Oldenburg

  Venice International Film Festival

EAVE graduates scoop 13 awards at the Venice International Film Festival!

Competition

  • FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER by Jim Jarmusch, co-producer: EAVE graduate Conor Barry, executive producer: EAVE graduate Alex C. Lo won the Golden Lion for Best Film

Orizzonti

  • A YEAR OF SCHOOL by Laura Samani, producers: EAVE graduate Nadia Trevisan, EAVE graduate Thomas Lambert won Best Actor in the Orizzonti Section
  • WITHOUT KELLY by Lovisa Sirén, producer: EAVE graduate Siri Hjorton Wagner won Best Short Film in the Orizzonti Section
  • CALLE MALAGA by Maryam Touzani, producer: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle won the Audience Award

Venice Immersive

  • A LONG GOODBYE by Kate Voet, Victor Maes, producer: EAVE graduate Emmy Oost, co-producer: EAVE graduate Donato Rotunno won the Achievement Prize in the Venice Immersive Section

Settimana Internazionale della Critica

  • WAKING HOURS by Federico Cammarata and Filippo Foscarini, producers: TTB graduate Stefano Centini, EAVE graduate Serena Alfieri won the Mario Serandrei – Hotel Saturnia Prize for Best Technical Contribution

Giornate degli Autori

  • MEMORY by Vladlena Sandu, co-producer: EAVE graduate Raymond Van Der Kaaij won the People’s Award 
  • IT’S A SAD AND BEAUTIFUL WORLD by Cyril Aris, co-producers: EAVE graduates Julie Viez won the People’s Award
  • SHORT SUMMER by Nastia Korkia, producers: EAVE graduates Natalia Drozd, Dirk Decker, EAVE+ graduate Andrea Schütte, co-producer: EAVE graduate Miroslav Mogorovic won the Lion of the Future - "Luigi de Laurentiis" Award for a Debut Film

Parallel Awards

  • A YEAR OF SCHOOL by Laura Samani, producers: EAVE graduate Nadia Trevisan, EAVE graduate Thomas Lambert won the Authors Under 40 Award – Best Directing
  • BUGONIA by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney won the Green Drop Award
  • DUSE by Pietro Marcello, associate producer: EAVE MW graduate Stefano Mutolo won the Francesco Pasinetti Award – Best Actress and the Soundtrack Stars Award
  • ELISA by Leonardo di Costanzo, producer: EAVE graduate Carlo Cresto-Dina won the SIGNIS Prize and the Sorriso Diverso Venezia Award – Best Italian Film

www.labiennale.org/en/cinema

 

 

 Toronto International Film Festival

EAVE graduates won 3 awards at the Toronto International Film Festival:

  • NO OTHER CHOICE by Park Chan-wook, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandre Gavras won the International People’s Choice Award
  • TO THE VICTORY! by Valentyn Vasyanovych, producer: EAVE graduate Volodymyr Yatsenko, won the 2025 Platform Award
  • FORASTERA by Lucía Aleñar Iglesias, producers: EAVE graduate Ariadna Dot, EAVE graduate and Italian National Coordinator Giovanni Pompili, TTB graduate Marta Cruañas Compés won the FIPRESCI Prize

www.tiff.net

 

 

 San Sebastian Film Festival

  • SIX DAYS IN SPRING by Joachim Lafosse, producers: EAVE graduates Anton Iffland Stettner, Eva Kuperman, Hans Everaert, EAVE+ Head of Studies Jani Thiltges won the Silver Shell for Best Director and the Jury Prize for Best Screenplay
  • WEIGHTLESS by Emilie Thalund, producer: EAVE graduate Katrin Pors, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin won the Kutxabank New Directors Award 
  • A POET by Simon Mesa Soto, co-producer: EAVE graduate David Herdies won the Horizontes Make & Mark Award
  • THE ICE TOWER by Lucile Hadzihalilovic, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ingmar Trost won the Zabaltegi-Tabakalera Award
  • THE MYSTERIOUS GAZE OF THE FLAMINGO by Diego Cespedes, producer: PUENTES and TTB graduate Giancarlo Nasi won the Dama Youth Award

 

Industry Awards

  • WHAT FOLLOWS IS MY DEATH by Laura Baumeister, producer: EAVE graduate Barbara Sarasola Day won the DALE! (Latin America-Europe Development) Award and the QCinema Award
  • LA PIEL DEL LEON by Alvaro Brechner, producer: EAVE graduate Leticia Friedrich won the Artekino International Prize 
  • WE WERE NO LONGER FIVE by Esteban Hoyos, Juan Miguel Gelacio, producer: PUENTES graduate Miranda Torres won the EGEDA Platino Industria Award for Best WIP Latam
  • MARIANA x BHP by Renan Flumian, producer: PUENTES and TTB graduate Giancarlo Nasi won the Music Library Award

 

 

 Nordisk Panorama Festival

  • ONLY ON EARTH by Robin Petré, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marieke van den Bersselaar won Best Nordic Documentary at the Nordisk Panorama festival in Malmö, Sweden

https://nordiskpanorama.com/en/festival

 

 

 Oldenburg Film Festival

  • BROKEN VOICES by Ondrej Provaznik, producer: EAVE graduate Jiri Konecny won the German Independence Award – Best Film at the Oldenburg Filmfestival. 
  • EAVE project MAYSOON by Nancy Biniadaki, producer: EAVE graduate Christopher Zitterbart, co-producers: EAVE + graduate Titus Kreyenberg, EAVE graduate Konstantina Stavrianou won the Seymour Cassel Award – Best Actress (Sabrina Amali).

www.filmfest-oldenburg.de

 

 

 Golden Rose Film Festival

10 awards for EAVE graduates at the Golden Rose Film Festival, Varna:

  • MADE IN EU by EAVE graduate Stephan Komandarev, producer: EAVE graduate Katya Trichkova Golden Rose Trophy for Best Feature Film, the Best Actress Award (Gergana Pletnyova) and the Youth Jury Award
  • EAVE project TARIKA by Milko Lazarov, producer: EAVE graduate Veselka Kiryakowa, co-producer: EAVE graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu won the Special Jury Award, Best Cinematographer, Best Music and the Bulgarian Film Critics’ Guild Award for Best Feature Film
  • EAVE Marketing Workshop project ETERNITY PACKAGE by EAVE graduate Magdelena Ilieva, producer: EAVE graduate Magdelena Ilieva won Best First Feature and Best Actor (Stoyan Doichev)
  • THE SHAMELESS by Konstantin Bojanov, executive producers: EAVE graduate Palmyre Badinier, EAVE + graduate Philippe Coeytaux won Best Director

https://zlatnaroza.bg/en

 

 

 Montenegro Film Festival

5 awards for EAVE graduates at the Montenegro Film Festival:

  • DJ AHMET by Georgi M. Unkovski, producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Prpic scooped the Grand Prix Festival Award – Big Golden Mimosa
  • HOW COME IT’S ALL GREEN OUT HERE? by Nikola Lezaic, producers: EAVE graduate Sinisa Juricic, EAVE participant Marija Lero won the Golden Mimosa for Best Director
  • YUGO FLORIDA by Vladimir Tagic, producer: EAVE graduate Marija Stojanovic won the Golden Mimosa for Best Leading Actor (Andrija Kuzmanovic)
  • OTTER by Srdjan Vuletic, producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Prpic won the Golden Mimosa for Best Screenplay
  • WHITES WASH AT NINETY by Marko Nabersnik, co-producer: EAVE graduate, group leader Ankica Juric Tilic was awarded the Golden Mimosa for Best Leading Actress (Anica Dobra and Lea Cok) 

https://filmfestival.me

 

 

 Busan International Film Festival

  • HANA KOREA by Frederik Sølberg, producer: EAVE graduate Heejung Oh won the Flash Forward Audience Award.
  • MALIKA by Natalia Uvarova, co-producer: EAVE + graduate Artem Vasilyev won the NETPAC Award
  • TIGER by Anshul Chauhan, producer: TTB graduate Mina Moteki won the Hylife Vision Award
  • KURAK by Erke Dzhumakmatova and Emil Atageldiev, co-producer: EAVE graduate Alexandra Hoesdorff won the Vision of Jiseok Award.

https://www.biff.kr

 

 

 Religion Today Film Festival

  • EAVE project YALLA PARKOUR by Areeb Zuaiter, producer: EAVE graduate Basel Mawlawi, executive producer: EAVE graduate Lisa Nyed wins Best Documentary.

https://rtff.it/

 

 

 AGAPI (Galician Association of Independent Producers)

  • EAVE graduate and PUENTES Head of Studies Fernanda del Nido (Setembro Cine, Spain) received The Dolores Ben Honorary Award from AGAPI. The award ceremony will take place on October 8 at Cinemar Films, the film sound studio founded by Dolores Ben in 2006, near Santiago de Compostela.

https://www.agapi.gal/fernanda-del-nido-distinguida-co-iv-premio-de-honra-dolores-ben/

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EAVE projects FIUME O MORTE! and TARIKA in race for the Oscars

 American Academy Awards – the Oscars

These films by EAVE graduates are nominated to represent their country in the International Feature Film category at the Oscars:

  • ALL THAT’S LEFT OF YOU by Cherien Dabis, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marios Piperides – Jordan
  • A POET by Simon Mesa Soto, co-producer: EAVE graduate David Herdies – Colombia
  • A USEFUL GHOST by Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke, co-producer: TTB graduate Karim Aitouna – Thailand
  • BANZO by Margarida Cardoso, producer: EAVE graduate Filipa Reis, co-producer: EAVE graduate and Dutch National Coordinator Frank Hoeve – Portugal
  • CALLE MALAGA by Maryam Touzani, producer: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle - Morocco
  • EAGLES OF THE REPUBLIC by Tarik Saleh, producer: EAVE graduate Linda Mutawi, co-producer: EAVE graduate Monica Hellstrøm – Sweden
  • EAVE project FIUME O MORTE! by Igor Bezinovic, producers: EAVE graduates Tibor Keser, Vanja Jambrovic, Marina Gumzi - Croatia
  • EAVE project TARIKA by Milko Lazarov, producer: EAVE graduate Veselka Kiryakowa, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu – Bulgaria
  • FATHER by Tereza Nvotova, producers: EAVE graduates Marta Gmosinska, Mariusz Wlodarski – Slovakia
  • FRANZ by Agnieszka Holland, producer: EAVE graduate David Grumbach, co-producers: EAVE participant Jorgo Narjes, EAVE graduate Marcin Wierzchoslawski - Poland
  • I’M NOT EVERYTHING I WANT TO BE by Klara Tasovska, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jakub Viktorin – Czech Republic
  • LEFT-HANDED GIRL by Shih-Ching Tsou, associate producer: EAVE graduate Alex C. Lo – Taiwan
  • LITTLE TROUBLE GIRLS by Urska Djukic, producer: EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marina Gumzi, Miha Cernec, Katarina Prpic - Slovenia
  • MR. NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN by David Borenstein, co-producer: EAVE graduate Radovan Sibrt - Denmark
  • NO OTHER CHOICE by Park Chan-Wook, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandre Gavras – South Korea
  • PALESTINE 36 by Annemarie Jacir, producer: EAVE graduate Ossama Bawardi, co-producers: EAVE graduates Elisa Fernanda Pirir, Katrin Pors – Palestine
  • PANOPTICON by George Sikharulidze, producer: EAVE graduate Vladimer Katcharava – Georgia
  • PEACOCK by Bernhard Wenger, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Michael Kitzberger – Austria
  • REEDLAND by Sven Bresser, producer: EAVE graduate Nevena Savic - Netherlands
  • SANATORIUM by Gar O'Rourke, producer: EAVE graduate Andrew Freedman - Ireland
  • SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic – Norway
  • SIRAT by Oliver Laxe, producer: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font – Spain
  • STRANGER EYES by Yeo Siew Hua, producers: EAVE graduates Fran Borgia, Jean Laurent Csinidis, Alex C. Lo – Singapore
  • THE LOVE THAT REMAINS by Hlynur Pálmason, co-producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri, EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson, EAVE and TTB graduate Katrin Pors – Iceland
  • THE MYSTERIOUS GAZE OF THE FLAMINGO by Diego Cepedes, co-producer: PUENTES and TTB graduate Giancarlo Nasi – Chile
  • THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonca Filho, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, EAVE graduate Leontine Petit – Brazil
  • THE SOUTHERN CHRONICLES by Pietinia Kronikas, producer: EAVE graduate Lukas Trimonis – Lithuania 
  • THE THINGS YOU KILL by Alireza Khatami, producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marta Gmosinska – Canada
  • THE WOLVES ALWAYS COME AT NIGHT by Gabrielle Brady, executive producer: EAVE graduate Alexander Wadouh – Australia
  • TOWER OF STRENGTH by Nikola Vukcevic, co-producer: EAVE graduate Nevena Savic – Montenegro
  • UNDER THE FLAGS, THE SUN by Juanjo Pereira, producers: PUENTES graduates Gabriela Sabaté, Paula Zyngierman, Leandro Listorti - Paraguay
  • WALLS – AKINNI INUK by Nina Paninnguaq Skydsbjerg, producer: EAVE graduate and Danish National Coordinator Emile Hertling Péronard - Greenland

www.oscars.go.com

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U ARE THE UNIVERSE in German cinemas

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EAVE Marketing Workshop project ETERNITY PACKAGE selected for Golden Rose Film Festival

 Toronto International Film Festival (September 5 – 15)

Centrepiece

  • A USEFUL GHOST by Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke, co-producers: TTB graduate Karim Aitouna, EAVE graduate May Odeh
  • EAGLES OF THE REPUBLIC by Tarik Saleh, co-producer: EAVE graduate Monica Hellstrøm
  • LITTLE SISTER (LA PETITE DERNIÈRE) by Hafsia Herzi, producer: PUENTES graduate Naomi Denamur
  • MILK TEETH by Mihai Mincan, producers: EAVE graduates Radu Stancu Monica Hellström Konstantinos Vassilaros
  • MY FATHER’S SHADOW by Akinola Davies Jr., producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
  • RENOIR by Chie Hayakawa, producers: EAVE and TTB graduates Fran Borgia, Eiko Mizuno Gray, TTB Head of Studies and EAVE+ graduate Christophe Bruncher
  • THE BLUE TRAIL by Gabriel Mascaro, producers: EAVE graduates Rachel Daisy Ellis, Sandino Saravia Vinay, co-producers: PUENTES and TTB graduate Giancarlo Nasi, EAVE graduate Marleen Slot
  • THE FOX KING by Woo Ming Jin, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Yulia Evina Bhara
  • THE LAST ONE FOR THE ROAD by Francesco Sossai, producer: Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli
  • THE LOVE THAT REMAINS by Hlynur Palmason, producers: EAVE and TTB graduate Katrin Pors, EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson, co-producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin  
  • THE MYSTERIOUS GAZE OF THE FLAMINGO by Diego Cespedes, producer: PUENTES and TTB graduate Giancarlo Nasi
  • UNINDENTIFIED, produced and directed by Interchange graduate Haifaa Al Mansour
  • WHITETAIL by Nanouk Leopold, producer: EAVE graduate Stienette Bosklopper

Discovery

  • AMOEBA by Siyou Tan, producers: EAVE graduate an TTB group leader Fran Borgia, EAVE graduates Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts, EAVE MW graduate Antoine Simkine
  • FORASTERA by Lucía Aleñar Iglesias, producers: EAVE graduate Ariadna Dot, EAVE graduate and Italian National Coordinator Giovanni Pompili, TTB graduate Marta Cruañas Compés 
  • GHOST SCHOOL by Seemab Gul, producer: EAVE graduate Dorothe Beinemeier
  • LAUNDRY by Zamo Mkhwanazi, producer: EAVE + graduate Philippe Coeytaux
  • NOVIEMBRE by Tomas Corredor, producer: EAVE graduate Diana Bustamante
  • OCA by Karla Badillo, producer: PUENTES graduate Federico Eibuszyc
  • OUR FATHER by Goran Stankovic, producer: EAVE graduate Snezana van Houwelingen

Gala Presentations

  • PALESTINE 36 by Annemarie Jacir, producer: EAVE graduate Ossama Bawardi, co-producers: EAVE graduates Elisa Fernanda Pirir, Katrin Pors

Luminaries

  • FRANZ by Agnieszka Holland, producer: EAVE graduate David Grumbach, co-producers: EAVE participant Jorgo Narjes, EAVE graduate Marcin Wierzchoslawski

Platform

  • THE CURRENTS by Milagros Mumenthaler, producer: EAVE graduate Eugenia Mumenthaler
  • TO THE VICTORY! by Valentyn Vasyanovych, producer: EAVE graduate Volodymyr Yatsenko

Special Presentations

  • A POET by Simon Mesa Soto, co-producer: EAVE graduate David Herdies
  • CALLE MALAGA by Maryam Touzani, producer: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle
  • FRANZ by Agnieszka Holland, producer: EAVE graduate David Grumbach, co-producers: EAVE participant Jorgo Narjes, EAVE graduate Marcin Wierzchoslawski
  • SACRIFICE by Romain Gavras, producer: EAVE+ graduate Giorgios Karnavas
  • SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic
  • SIRAT by Oliver Laxe, producer: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font
  • THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonca Filho, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, EAVE graduate Leontine Petit
  • THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE by Mona Fastvold, co-producer: EAVE graduate Viktoria Petranyi

Tiff Docs

  • NUESTRA TIERRA by Lucrecia Martel, producers: EAVE+ and PUENTES graduate Benjamin Domenech, EAVE graduates Katrin Pors, Leontine Petit, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin

www.tiff.net

 

 

 Oldenburg International Filmfestival (September 10 – 14)

  • BROKEN VOICES by Ondrej Provaznik, producer: EAVE graduate Jiri Konecny
  • EAVE project MAYSOON by Nancy Biniadaki, producer: EAVE graduate Christopher Zitterbart, co-producers: EAVE + graduate Titus Kreyenberg, EAVE graduate Konstantina Stavrianou

https://www.filmfest-oldenburg.de/de/programm/filme

 

 

 Cinematik International Film Festival (September 10 – 15)

  • A POET by Simon Mesa Soto, co-producer: EAVE graduate David Herdies
  • DJ AHMET by Georgi M. Unkovski, producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Prpic
  • FATHER by Tereza Nvotova, producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski
  • KONTINENTAL '25 by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandru Teodorescu
  • LESSON LEARNED by Balint Szimler, co-producers: EAVE graduate and Hungarian National Coordinator Julia Berkes, EAVE graduate Viktoria Petranyi
  • LITTLE TROUBLE GIRLS by Urska Djukic, producer: EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marina Gumzi, Miha Cernec, Katarina Prpic
  • MALDOROR by Fabrice du Welz, producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
  • PERLA by Alexandra Makarová, producers: EAVE graduate Sabine Gruber, EAVE graduate and script consultant Arash T. Riahi
  • SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic
  • SIRAT by Oliver Laxe, producer: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font
  • THE FLATS by Alessandra Celesia, producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Laurent Csinidis
  • THE ICE TOWER by Lucile Hadzihalilovic, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ingmar Trost
  • THE LOVE THAT REMAINS by Hlynur Palmason, co-producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri, EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson, EAVE and TTB graduate Katrin Pors
  • THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonca Filho, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, EAVE graduate Leontine Petit
  • THREE DAYS OF FISH by Peter Hoogendoorn, producer: EAVE graduate Stienette Bosklopper
  • TO A LAND UNKNOWN by Mahdi Fleifel, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki
  • VERMIGLIO by Maura Delpero, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart
  • WILD DIAMOND by Agathe Riedinger, producer: TTB graduate Judith Nora

www.cinematik.sk

 

 

 

 Golden Rose National Film Festival, Varna (September 16 – 23)

  • EAVE Marketing Workshop project ETERNITY PACKAGE by EAVE graduate Magdelena Ilieva, producer: EAVE graduate Magdelena Ilieva
  • MADE IN EU by EAVE graduate Stephan Komandarev, producer: EAVE graduate Katya Trichkova
  • EAVE project TARIKA by Milko Lazarov, producer: EAVE graduate Veselka Kiryakowa, co-producer: EAVE graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu
  • THE SHAMELESS by Konstantin Bojanov, executive producers: EAVE graduate Palmyre Badinier, EAVE+ graduate Philippe Coeytaux

www.zlatnaroza.bg

 

 

 Busan International Film Festival (September 17 – 26)

Competition

  • LEFT-HANDED GIRL by Shih-Ching Tsou, associate producer: EAVE graduate Alex C. Lo
  • NO OTHER CHOICE by Park Chan-wook, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandre Gavras

Icons

  • ALPHA by Julia Ducournau, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin 
  • BUGONIA by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
  • DRACULA by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandru Teodorescu, co-producers: EAVE graduates Ada Solomon, National Coordinator Luxembourg Bernard Michaux, Paul Thiltges, EAVE+ Head of Study Jani Thiltges
  • DUSE by Pietro Marcello, associate producer: EAVE MW graduate Stefano Mutolo
  • EAGLES OF THE REPUBLIC by Tarik Saleh, co-producer: EAVE graduate Monica Hellstrøm
  • FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER by Jim Jarmusch, co-producer: EAVE graduate Conor Barry, executive producer: EAVE graduate Alex C. Lo
  • FRANZ by Agnieszka Holland, producer: EAVE graduate David Grumbach, co-producers: EAVE participant Jorgo Narjes, EAVE graduate Marcin Wierzchoslawski
  • ROMERIA by Carla Simon, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Zamora
  • SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic
  • SIRAT by Oliver Laxe, producer: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font
  • THE LOVE THAT REMAINS by Hlynur Palmason, co-producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri, EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson, EAVE and TTB graduate Katrin Pors
  • THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonca Filho, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, EAVE graduate Leontine Petit

Vision

  • KURAK by Erke Dzhumakmatova and Emil Atageldiev, co-producer: EAVE graduate Alexandra Hoesdorff
  • MALIKA by Natalia Uvarova, co-producer: EAVE + graduate Artem Vasilyev
  • TIGER by Anshul Chauhan, producer: TTB graduate Mina Moteki

A Window on Asian Cinema

  • AMOEBA by Siyou Tan, producers: EAVE graduate an TTB group leader Fran Borgia, EAVE graduates Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts, Antoine Simkine
  • A USEFUL GHOST by Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke, co-producers: TTB graduate Karim Aitouna, EAVE graduate May Odeh
  • BECOMING by Zhannat Alshanova, producers: EAVE graduates Jean-Laurent Csinidis, Denis Vaslin, Marija Razgute, co-producer: Marie Kjellson
  • RENOIR by Chie Hayakawa, producers: EAVE and TTB graduates Fran Borgia, Eiko Mizuno Gray, TTB Head of Studies and EAVE+ graduate Christophe Bruncher
  • THE FOX KING by Woo Ming Jin, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Yulia Evina Bhara

World Cinema

  • GOD WILL NOT HELP by Hana Jusic, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Ankica Juric Tilic, co-producers; EAVE graduate Ada Solomon, EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri
  • ISLANDS by Jan-Ole Gerster, producer: EAVE+ graduate Jonas Katzenstein
  • THE BLUE TRAIL by Gabriel Mascaro, producers: EAVE graduates Rachel Daisy Ellis, Sandino Saravia Vinay, co-producers: PUENTES and TTB graduate Giancarlo Nasi, EAVE graduate Marleen Slot
  • THE CURRENTS by Milagros Mumenthaler, producer: EAVE graduate Eugenia Mumenthaler
  • LITTLE SISTER (LA PETITE DERNIÈRE) by Hafsia Herzi, producer: PUENTES graduate Naomi Denamur

Flash Forward

  • A YEAR OF SCHOOL by Laura Samani, producer: EAVE graduate Nadia Trevisan
  • HANA KOREA by Frederik Sølberg, producer: EAVE graduate Heejung Oh
  • HER WILL BE DONE by Julia Kowalski, producer: EAVE graduate Estelle Robin You
  • I ONLY REST IN THE STORM by Pedro Pinho, producer: EAVE graduate Filipa Reis 
  • WILD FOXES by Valéry Carnoy, producer: EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes
  • REEDLAND by Sven Bresser, producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot
  • STRANGE RIVER by Jaume Claret Muxart, producers: EAVE graduates Xavi Font, Fabian Altenried, PUENTES graduate Sophie Ahrens 
  • THE LAST ONE FOR THE ROAD by Francesco Sossai, producer: Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli
  • THE MYSTERIOUS GAZE OF THE FLAMINGO by Diego Cespedes, producer: PUENTES and TTB graduate Giancarlo Nasi

Wide Angle

  • IMAGO by Deni Oumar Pitsaev, producer: EAVE graduate Anne-Laure Guégan, PUENTES graduate Géraldine Sprimont

https://www.biff.kr

 

 

 Helsinki International Film Festival (September 18 – 28)

  • A USEFUL GHOST by Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke, co-producer: TTB graduate Karim Aitouna
  • ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT by Payal Kapadia, producers: EAVE graduate and Dutch National Coordinator Frank Hoeve, CPI graduate Thomas Hakim, co-producer: EAVE graduate Gilles Chanial 
  • ARCHITECTON by Victor Kossakovsky, producers: EAVE graduates Heino Deckert, Estelle Robin You
  • AURORA by Andres Maimik, Rain Tolk, producer: EAVE graduate Madis Tüür
  • BOY FROM HEAVEN by Tarik Saleh, producer: EAVE graduate Kristina Aberg 
  • DJ AHMET by Georgi M. Unkovski, producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Prpic
  • EAGLES OF THE REPUBLIC by Tarik Saleh, co-producer: EAVE graduate Monica Hellstrøm
  • EAVE project FIUME O MORTE! by Igor Bezinovic, producers: EAVE graduates Tibor Keser, Marina Gumzi, Vanja Jambrovic
  • EAVE project QUIET LIFE by Alexandros Avranas, producers: EAVE graduates Alejandro Arenas, Vicky Miha, Kaarle Aho, EAVE graduate and group leader Riina Sildos
  • HANAMI by Denise Fernandes, producer: EAVE graduate Eugenia Mumenthaler 
  • HER WILL BE DONE by Julia Kowalski, producer: EAVE graduate Estelle Robin You
  • INSHALLAH A BOY by Amjad Al Rasheed, producer: EAVE graduate Rula Nasser
  • KILL THE JOCKEY by Luis Ortega, producer: EAVE+ and PUENTES graduate Benjamin Domenech
  • LITTLE TROUBLE GIRLS by Urska Djukic, producer: EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marina Gumzi, Miha Cernec, Katarina Prpic
  • MANAS by Marianna Brennand, producer: EAVE graduate Luís Galvão Teles
  • MR. K by Tallulah Schwab, producer: EAVE graduate Leontine Petit
  • ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA by Arab and Tarzan Nasser, co-producers: EAVE graduates Edyta Janczak-Hiriart, Rashid Abdelhamid 
  • PETER HUJAR’S DAY by Ira Sachs, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle
  • PROMISED SKY by Erige Sehiri, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri
  • SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic
  • SIRAT by Oliver Laxe, producer: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font
  • THE BLUE TRAIL by Gabriel Mascaro, producers: EAVE graduates Rachel Daisy Ellis, Sandino Saravia Vinay, co-producers: PUENTES and TTB graduate Giancarlo Nasi, EAVE graduate Marleen Slot
  • LITTLE SISTER (LA PETITE DERNIÈRE) by Hafsia Herzi, producer: PUENTES graduate Naomi Denamur
  • THE MYSTERIOUS GAZE OF THE FLAMINGO by Diego Cespedes, producer: PUENTES and TTB graduate Giancarlo Nasi
  • TIMESTAMP by Kateryna Gornostai, producer: EAVE graduate Reinier Selen, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marion Guth, François Le Gall
  • WHEN THE LIGHT BREAKS by Runar Runarsson, co-producer: EAVE graduate Raymond van der Kaaij

www.hiff.fi

 

 

 Filmkunstmesse Leipzig (September 22 – 26)

  • A USEFUL GHOST by Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke, co-producers: TTB graduate Karim Aitouna, EAVE graduate May Odeh
  • AISHA CAN’T FLY AWAY by Morad Mostafa, producer: EAVE graduate Ahmed Amer
  • ALPHA by Julia Ducournau, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
  • BUGONIA by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
  • CIRCUS BOY by Anna Koch, Julia Lemke, producer: EAVE participant Katharina Bergfeld 
  • LITTLE SISTER (LA PETITE DERNIÈRE) by Hafsia Herzi, producer: PUENTES graduate Naomi Denamur
  • FRANZ by Agnieszka Holland, producer: EAVE graduate David Grumbach, co-producers: EAVE participant Jorgo Narjes, EAVE graduate Marcin Wierzchoslawski
  • GIRLS & GODS by Arash T. Riahi & Verena Soltiz, producers: EAVE graduate and script consultant Arash T. Riahi, EAVE graduate Sabine Gruber
  • KIKA by Alexe Poukine, producer: EAVE graduate Benoiî Roland
  • READING LOLITA IN TEHRAN by Eran Riklis, producer: EAVE graduate Marica Stocchi
  • ROMERIA by Carla Simon, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Zamora
  • SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar
  • THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonca Filho, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, EAVE graduate Leontine Petit
  • YES by Nadav Lapid, producer: EAVE graduate Judith Lou Lévy, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marios Piperides, Jonas Dornbach
  • YUNAN by Ameer Fakher Eldin, producers: EAVE graduates Dorothe Beinemeier, Marco Valerio Fusco, Tony Copti, EAVE participant Jiries Copti

https://filmkunstmesse.de

 

 

 Finnish Film Affair (September 24 – 26)

Fiction in Development

  • THUNDERING SMOKE by Khadar Ahmed, producer: EAVE graduate Adrien Chef
  • ALONE WITH THE MOON by Lauri-Matti Parppei, producer: EAVE graduate Ilona Tolmunen
  • ABYSS by Aino Suni, producer: EAVE graduate Jussi Rantamäki
  • WHEN JOHAN JOHANAS DISAPPEARED TO THE MOUNTAINS Suvi West, Anssi Kömi, producer: EAVE graduate Julia Elomäki

Fiction in Progress

  • SON OF REVENGE by Antti J Jokinen, producer: EAVE + graduate Marko Röhr

Focus on Finland

  • OCTOPUS, producer: EAVE graduate Ilona Tolmunen

https://hiffindustry.fi

 

 

 San Sebastian Film Festival (September 19 – 27)

Competition

  • FRANZ by Agnieszka Holland, producer: EAVE graduate David Grumbach, co-producers: EAVE participant Jorgo Narjes, EAVE graduate Marcin Wierzchoslawski
  • SIX DAYS IN SPRING by Joachim Lafosse, producers: EAVE graduates Anton Iffland Stettner, Eva Kuperman, Hans Everaert, EAVE+ Head of Studies Jani Thiltges
  • THE CURRENTS by Milagros Mumenthaler, producer: EAVE graduate Eugenia Mumenthaler
  • UNGRATEFUL BEINGS by Olmo Omerzu, producers: EAVE graduate Jiri Konecny and EAVE group leader Ankica Juric Tilic

New Directors

  • REDOUBT by John Skoog, producer: EAVE participant Caroline Drab, co-producers: EAVE graduates Kaarle Aho, Leontine Petit, Dan Wechsler, Mark Lwoff, Misha Jaari, Per Damgard Hansen
  • WEIGHTLESS by Emilie Thalund, producer: EAVE graduate Katrin Pors, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin

Horizontes Latinos

  • A POET by Simon Mesa Soto, co-producer: EAVE graduate David Herdies
  • CUERPO CELESTE by Nayra Ilic Garcia, producer: EAVE graduate Alessandro Amato
  • LIMPIA by Dominga Sotomayor, producer: PUENTES graduate Rocio Jadue
  • NUESTRA TIERRA by Lucrecia Martel, producers: EAVE+ graduate Benjamin Domenech, EAVE graduates Katrin Pors, Leontine Petit, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
  • THE MYSTERIOUS GAZE OF THE FLAMINGO by Diego Cespedes, producer: PUENTES and TTB graduate Giancarlo Nasi

Zabaltegi-Tabakalera

  • EAVE project FIUME O MORTE! by Igor Bezinovic, producers: EAVE graduates Tibor Keser, Marina Gumzi, Vanja Jambrovic
  • JOAN OF ARC by Hlynur Palmason, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri
  • LE FELICIDAD (HAPPINESS) by Paz Encina, producer: PUENTES graduate Gabriela Sabaté
  • STRANGE RIVER by Jaume Claret Muxart, producers: EAVE graduates Xavi Font, Fabian Altenried, PUENTES graduate Sophie Ahrens 
  • THE ICE TOWER by Lucile Hadzihalilovic, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ingmar Trost
  • UNDER THE FLAGS, THE SUN by Juanjo Pereira, producers: PUENTES graduates Gabriela Sabaté, Paula Zyngierman, Leandro Listorti

Perlak

  • BUGONIA by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
  • SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic
  • THE LOVE THAT REMAINS by Hlynur Palmason, co-producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri, EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson, EAVE and TTB graduate Katrin Pors
  • THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonca Filho, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, EAVE graduate Leontine Petit

 

Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum

  • EL ATLETOSMO Y EL AMOR by Alejandra Moffat, producer: PUENTES graduate Mirlanda Torres
  • WHAT FOLLOWS IS MY DEATH by Laura Baumeister, producer: EAVE graduate Barbara Sarasola Day
  • LA PIEL DEL LEON by Alvaro Brechner, producer: EAVE graduate Leticia Friedrich

WIP Europe

  • SOMEWHERE BETWEEN SLEEP by Jonas Bak, producer: EAVE graduate Charlotte Lelong

WIP Latam

  • THE NEVERENDING PLAGUE by Joaquin Cocina, Cristobal Leon, producer: PUENTES graduate Catalina Vergara, EAVE graduate Marleen Slot, EAVE MW graduate Gudula Meinzolt
  • WE WERE NO LONGER FIVE by Esteban Hoyos, Juan Miguel Gelacio, producer: PUENTES graduate Miranda Torres

www.sansebastianfestival.com

 

 

 Bucharest International Film Festival (September 19 – 28)

  • A LIGHT THAT NEVER GOES OUT by Lauri-Matti Parppei, producer: EAVE graduate Ilona Tolmunen
  • GOD WILL NOT HELP by Hana Jusic, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Ankica Juric Tilic, co-producers; EAVE graduate Ada Solomon, EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri
  • MILK TEETH by Muhai Mincan, producers: EAVE, TTB and PUENTES graduate, National Coordinator Romania Radu Stancu, EAVE graduate Ioana Lascar 
  • ROMERIA by Carla Simon, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Zamora
  • THE LAST ONE FOR THE ROAD by Francesco Sossai, producer: Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli
  • THE MYSTERIOUS GAZE OF THE FLAMINGO by Diego Cespedes, producer: PUENTES and TTB graduate Giancarlo Nasi
  • YES by Nadav Lapid, producer: EAVE graduate Judith Lou Lévy, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marios Piperides, Jonas Dornbach

www.biff.com.ro

 

 

 Manaki Brothers International Cinematographers’ Film Festival (September 20 – 26)

  • DJ AHMET by Georgi M. Unkovski, producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Prpic
  • EAVE project QUIET LIFE by Alexandros Avranas, producers: EAVE graduates Alejandro Arenas, EAVE group leader Riina Sildos, Vicky Miha, Kaarle Aho
  • MALDOROR by Fabrice du Welz, producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
  • MOTHER by Teona Strugar Mitevska, producer: EAVE graduate Sebastien Delloye, co-producers: EAVE graduates Amra Baksic Camo, Adis Djapo, National Coordinator Macedonia Labina Mitevska
  • PERLA by Alexandra Makarova, producers: EAVE graduates Sabine Gruber, Arash T. Riahi
  • SIRAT by Oliver Laxe, producer: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font
  • THE VISITOR by Vytautas Katkus, producers: EAVE graduates Marija Razgute, co-producers: EAVE graduates Elisa Fernanda Pirir, Anna-Maria Kantarius

www.manaki.com.mk

 

 Gdynia Film Festival (September 22 – 27)

  • 13 DAYS TILL SUMMER by Bartosz M. Kowalski, producer: EAVE graduate Jan Kwiecinski
  • BEAUTIFUL! by Katia Priwieziencew, producer: EAVE graduate Kuba Kosma
  • BROTHER by Maciej Sobieszczanski, producers: EAVE graduates Violetta Kaminska, Izabela Wojcik
  • FRANZ by Agnieszka Holland, producer: EAVE graduate David Grumbach, co-producers: EAVE participant Jorgo Narjes, EAVE graduate Marcin Wierzchoslawski
  • HER WILL BE DONE by Julia Kowalski, producer: EAVE graduate Estelle Robin You
  • SILVER by Natalia Koniarz, producer: EAVE graduate Maciej Kubicki

https://festiwalgdynia.pl/en

 

 

 Zurich Film Festival (September 25 – October 5)

  • ALL THAT’S LEFT OF YOU by Cherien Dabis, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marios Piperides
  • BUGONIA by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
  • CALLE MALAGA by Maryam Touzani, producer: EAVE graduate Fred Burle
  • CIRCUS BOY by Anna Koch, Julia Lemke, producer: EAVE participant Katharina Bergfeld 
  • CUERPO CELESTE by Nayra Ilic García, producer: EAVE graduate Alessandro Amato
  • EAGLES OF THE REPUBLIC by Tarik Saleh, producer: EAVE graduate Linda Mutawi, co-producer: EAVE graduate Monica Hellström
  • FATHER by Tereza Nvotova, producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski
  • FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER by Jim Jarmusch, co-producer: EAVE graduate Conor Barry, executive producer: EAVE graduate Alex C. Lo
  • GAVAGAI by Ulrich Köhler, producer: EAVE graduate Ingmar Trost
  • KONTINENTAL '25 by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandru Teodorescu
  • LEFT-HANDED GIRL by Shih-Ching Tsou, associate producer: EAVE graduate Alex C. Lo
  • NO OTHER CHOICE by Park Chan-wook, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandre Gavras
  • PROMISED SKY by Erige Sehiri, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri
  • THE BLUE TRAIL by Gabriel Mascaro, producers: EAVE graduates Rachel Daisy Ellis, Sandino Saravia Vinay, co-producers: EAVE graduates Giancarlo Nasi, Marleen Slot
  • THE LOVE THAT REMAINS by Hlynur Palmason, producers: EAVE and TTB graduate Katrin Pors, EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson, co-producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
  • THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonca Filho, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, EAVE graduate Leontine Petit
  • THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE by Mona Fastvold, producer: EAVE graduate Viktoria Petranyi

https://zff.com/en

 

 

 Filmfest Hamburg (September 25 – October 4)

  • A USEFUL GHOST by Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke, co-producer: TTB graduate Karim Aitouna
  • AISHA CAN’T FLY AWAY by Morad Mostafa, producer: EAVE graduate Ahmed Amer
  • ALPHA by Julia Ducournau, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
  • BUGONIA by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
  • CIRCUS BOY by Anna Koch, Julia Lemke, producer: EAVE participant Katharina Bergfeld 
  • COTTON QUEEN by Suzannah Mirghani, producers: EAVE graduates Caroline Daube, Ossama Bawardi, EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri
  • DONKEY DAYS by Rosanne Pel, producer: EAVE graduate Floor Onrust
  • DUSE by Pietro Marcello, associate producer: EAVE MW graduate Stefano Mutolo
  • EAGLES OF THE REPUBLIC by Tarik Saleh, producer: EAVE graduate Linda Mutawi, co-producer: EAVE graduate Monica Hellström
  • GAVAGAI by Ulrich Köhler, producer: EAVE graduate Ingmar Trost
  • HEADS OR TAILS? by Alessio Rigo de Righi, Matteo Zoppis, producer: EAVE graduate Alex C. Lo
  • HONEY by Natasha Arthy, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Stevnbak Westergren
  • WILD FOXES by Valéry Carnoy, producer: EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes
  • MADE IN EU by EAVE graduate Stephan Komandarev, producer: EAVE graduate Katya Trichkova
  • ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA by Arab and Tarzan Nasser, co-producers: EAVE graduates Edyta Janczak-Hiriart, Rashid Abdelhamid 
  • RAIN FELL ON THE NOTHING NEW by Steffen Goldkamp, producers: EAVE graduates Dirk Decker, Andrea Schütte
  • ROMERIA by Carla Simon, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Zamora
  • THE CURRENTS by Milagros Mumenthaler, producer: EAVE graduate Eugenia Mumenthaler
  • LITTLE SISTER (LA PETITE DERNIÈRE) by Hafsia Herzi, producer: PUENTES graduate Naomi Denamur
  • THE MYSTERIOUS GAZE OF THE FLAMINGO by Diego Cespedes, producer: PUENTES and TTB graduate Giancarlo Nasi
  • THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonca Filho, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, EAVE graduate Leontine Petit
  • YUNAN by Ameer Fakher Eldin, producers: EAVE graduates Dorothe Beinemeier, Marco Valerio Fusco, Tony Copti, EAVE participant Jiries Copti

 

 EXPLORER KONFERENZ

October 2, 2025

EAVE session Equitable Co-production with EAVE graduate Yanis Gaye and Ivy Muiruri
The speakers will address the challenges and opportunities of building fair creative partnerships by acknowledging the asymmetries in resources, infrastructures, and market access, often framed as “high” and “low” capacity contexts.

www.filmfesthamburg.de

 

 

 Netherlands Film Festival Utrecht (September 26 – October 3)

  • FABULA by Michiel ten Horn, producer: EAVE graduate Sander Verdonk
  • MR. K by Tallulah Schwab, producer: EAVE graduate Leontine Petit
  • THREE DAYS OF FISH by Peter Hoogendoorn, producer: EAVE graduate Stienette Bosklopper
  • OUR GIRLS by Mike van Diem, producer: EAVE graduate Derk-Jan Warrink

https://iffr.com

 

 

 Ourense Film Festival (September 26 – October 5)

  • BYE BYE TIBERIAS by Lina Soualem, producer: EAVE graduate Ossama Bawardi
  • CUERPO CELESTE by Nayra Ilic García, producer: PUENTES graduate Alessandro Amato
  • SANDBAG DAM by Cejen Cernic Canak, producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Ankica Juric Tilic, EAVE graduate Ieva Norviliene
  • TO A LAND UNKNOWN by Mahdi Fleifel, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki

https://ouffestival.gal/es

 

 

 Finale Pilzen (September 26 – October 10)

  • DJ AHMET by Georgi M. Unkovski, producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Prpic
  • FATHER by Tereza Nvotova, producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski
  • FRANZ by Agnieszka Holland, producer: EAVE graduate David Grumbach, co-producers: EAVE participant Jorgo Narjes, EAVE graduate Marcin Wierzchoslawski
  • THREE DAYS OF FISH by Peter Hoogendoorn, producer: EAVE graduate Stienette Bosklopper

https://film.festivalfinale.cz

 

 

 New York Film Festival (September 28 – October 12)

  • DRACULA by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandru Teodorescu, co-producers: EAVE graduates Ada Solomon, National Coordinator Luxembourg Bernard Michaux, Paul Thiltges, EAVE + Head of Study Jani Thiltges
  • DUSE by Pietro Marcello, associate producer: EAVE MW graduate Stefano Mutolo
  • FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER by Jim Jarmusch, co-producer: EAVE graduate Conor Barry, executive producer: EAVE graduate Alex C. Lo
  • GAVAGAI by Ulrich Köhler, producer: EAVE graduate Ingmar Trost
  • I ONLY REST IN THE STORM by Pedro Pinho, producer: EAVE graduate Filipa Reis 
  • KONTINENTAL '25 by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandru Teodorescu
  • NO OTHER CHOICE by Park Chan-wook, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandre Gavras
  • NUESTRA TIERRA by Lucrecia Martel, producers: EAVE+ and PUENTES graduate Benjamin Domenech, EAVE graduates Katrin Pors, Leontine Petit, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
  • PETER HUJAR’S DAY by Ira Sachs, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle
  • ROMERIA by Carla Simon, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Zamora
  • SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic
  • SIRAT by Oliver Laxe, producer: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font
  • THE CURRENTS by Milagros Mumenthaler, producer: EAVE graduate Eugenia Mumenthaler
  • THE LAST ONE FOR THE ROAD by Francesco Sossai, producer: Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli
  • THE LOVE THAT REMAINS by Hlynur Palmason, producers: EAVE and TTB graduate Katrin Pors, EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson, co-producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
  • THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonca Filho, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, EAVE graduate Leontine Petit

www.filmlinc.org

 

 

 The Gotham Project Market, New York (September 29 – October 3)

  • COLD ASHES CAN CAUSE FOREST FIRES by Ashmita Guha Neogi, producer: TTB graduate and EAVE participant Avantika Singh Desbouvries
  • INBETWEEN WORLDS by Diana Cam Van Nguyen, producer: EAVE graduate Jakub Viktorin

https://thegotham.org/gotham-week/project-market/  

 

 

 Young Horizons Industry (September 29 – October 1)

  • ANN WAS HERE, produced by EAVE graduate Pille Rünk
  • DIRT IN YOUR FACE, producer: EAVE+ graduate Kristian Taska
  • RISE OF THE WATER FOX, producer: EAVE graduate and Estonian National Coordinator Evelin Penttilä

https://industry.younghorizons.pl

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EAVE project PETTY THIEVES is in post-production

In development / pre-production

Wallonia-Brussels Federation Film and Audiovisual Centre supports 5 feature films, 19 documentaries, 11 short films et 4 Lab films in its first session of 2025.

  • A JAMAIS TON ANIMAL MATERNEL by Valentina Maurel, producer: EAVE graduate Benoît Roland
  • AU NOM DU PÈRE by Nade Dieu, producer: PUENTES graduate Anthony Rey
  • CAOUTCHOUC by Fabrice Du Welz, producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
  • DISUNITED NATIONS by Christophe Cotteret, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland
  • DISSONANCE by Aline Magrez, producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
  • JOHANNE PLONGE by Noémie Nicolas, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit
  • LA MISSION by Patrice Toye, producers: EAVE graduate and Belgian National Coordinator Anton Iffland Stettner, EAVE graduate Eva Kuperman
  • LE FAUX SOIR by Michaël R. Roskam, producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
  • LES PORCS DU CAIRE by Rani Massalah, producer: EAVE graduate Anne-Laure Guegan, PUENTES graduate Geraldine Sprimont
  • LES SILENCIEUX by Basile Vuillemin, producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart
  • MARIE-MADELEINE by Géssica Généus, producers: EAVE graduate and Belgian National Coordinator Anton Iffland Stettner, EAVE graduate Eva Kuperman
  • NICE WHITE LADY by Melissa Seker, producer: EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes
  • TRAIN DE NUIT by Delphine Girard, producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart

https://audiovisuel.cfwb.be

 

 

In production

  • LE FAUX SOIR by Michael R Roskam, producer: EAVE+ graduate Jean-Yves Roubin is in production. The film looks back on one of the most audacious acts of resistance in Belgium during the Second World War: the publication of a fake edition of the newspaper Le Soir, a satirical pastiche which openly ridiculed the Nazi occupiers. It’s a historical subject, but it’s more topical than ever given that freedom of expression, the independence of the press and the flood of fake news are currently on many people’s minds. "During the Nazi invasion of Belgium, on 10 May 1940 the press was shut down and placed under occupier control. In Brussels, this impacted the most-read paper in the country, Le Soir. Its young owner, Marie-Thérèse Rossel, refused to work under German censorship and went into exile with her family in France. Hijacked by the Nazis, Le Soir became a propaganda tool for Hitler and the Gestapo. The film follows in the footsteps of a group of resistance fighters who risked their lives to carry out one of the most courageous acts in the history of the underground press," explained the director. Shooting kicked off on 23 September and will continue until 10 December, primarily in Brussels but also in Ghent and Mons, with some shooting taking place in France. LE FAUX SOIR is being produced by Cassandre Warnauts and Jean-Yves Roubin on behalf of Frakas Productions (Belgium), in co-production with Rectangle Productions/Goodfellas (Alice Girard and Vincent Maraval) and Harbor Men Pictures (belonging to Michaël R Roskam), in association with Anonymous Federation and Rossel (Bernard Marchant). The feature is co-produced by RTL, Proximus, BeTV and Orange. It enjoys support from the Wallonia Brussels Federation Film and Audiovisual Centre, the Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds, Eurimages, the Brussels-Capitale region, Wallimage, Screen Flanders, and Tax Shelter.

www.frakas.be

  • COWGIRL by Michal Blasko, producer: EAVE graduate Jakub Viktorin has almost completed the shooting. The film tells the story of 14-year-old Barbora, a teenager devoted to horseback riding, who is raised by her widowed father, a respected local police officer. Barbora is immersed in the world of so-called horse cutting, a sport inspired by the Western tradition, and shares a deep bond with her horse, Indy. This sport is not just a leisure activity but a way of life shaped by discipline, care, and emotional connection. “The production started on 24 July 2025 and it’s almost completed. Two extra days of shooting are planned in September, but we already started the editing in Budapest. We would like to add that the story itself unfolds against the backdrop of the beautiful Liptov nature, which in the film almost appears as another character,” producer Jakub Viktorín said. Viktorín is producing through Slovakia’s nutprodukcia in co-production with Tomas Hruby through nutprodukce (Czech Republic) and Gabor Osvath through Hungary’s Filmfabriq. The movie is backed by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, Creative Europe - MEDIA, the Czech Film Fund, and the National Film Institute – Hungary.

http://www.nutprodukcia.sk

 

 

In post-production

  • UNTIL THE DAY ENDS by Jelena Maksimovi, producers: EAVE graduates Jelena Angelovski, Miha Cernec and EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar is in post-production. The story unfolds over the course of a single summer night. Lena, a 20-year-old escaping an oppressive family environment, encounters Stefan, two years her senior, who shares her desire for acceptance and freedom. Drawn into the pulse of the city, they navigate waves of unrest. As protests erupt, they join demonstrations fuelled by the unstoppable dissatisfaction of the people. One night. Two lost souls. A city on fire. The Serbian-Bulgarian-Montenegrin-Slovenian co-production is staged by Jelena Angelovski, of Belgrade-based Taurunum Film, in co-production with Nikolay Mutafchiev for PREMIERstudio, Dusan Kasalica and Ivan Salatić for Meander Film, and Miha Černec and Jozko Rutar for Staragara. The film is supported by Film Center Serbia, the Bulgarian National Film Center, the Slovenian Film Centre and Creative Europe – MEDIA.

www.staragara.com

  • WHO ARE WE by Miroslav Terzic, producer: EAVE graduate Snezana van Houwelingen, co-producers: EAVE graduates Ankica Juric Tilic and Paul Thiltges is in post-production. The film explores the world of teenagers and the dynamics of peer violence. During a school trip, second-year high school students, collectively responsible for the bullying of their classmate Andrija, who committed suicide, must face the consequences of their actions. “In one way or another, all of us have encountered this topic during our childhood, whether directly or indirectly. For me, it became clear that it was time to make a film about it. Still, the story goes beyond the boundaries of a classroom or the frame of peer violence. As we all witness daily, we live in a profoundly violent society. What happens to our children is not an isolated phenomenon, it is a reflection of the reality we all share”, Miroslav Terzic said. The film is produced by Snežana van Houwelingen and Branislav Trifunovic of Serbia’s This and That Productions in co-production with Luxembourg’s Paul Thiltges Distribution, Italy’s Nightswim, Bulgaria’s Invictus, and Croatia’s Kinorama. Film Center Serbia, the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Serbia, the Luxembourg Film Fund, MIC Italian Ministry of Culture, the Bulgarian National Film Center, the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, and Creative Europe –MEDIA are backing the project.

https://www.thisandthat.rs/

  • EAVE project PETTY THIEVES by Mate Ugrin, co-producers: EAVE graduates Julia Cöllen, Jelena Angelovski is currently in post-production. Rio, a quiet young man from a village in central Istria in Croatia, makes a living as a kitchen helper in a hotel resort on the Adriatic coast, committing occasional petty thefts from tourists. He takes care of his elderly grandparents and clashes with his grandmother on how to best take care of his grandfather, who suffers from dementia. After long shifts at work, he visits cruising hotspots but is cautious and reserved. One evening, Andrea, a seasonal beauty salon worker in the same resort, notices Rio stealing at the beach. She suggests joining forces and stealing from her wealthy customers in the hotel, sharing the profits. As the two spend time breaking into hotel rooms and villas looking for jewellery and money, they form an emotional bond and Rio begins to open up. But it isn’t long before Andrea is caught and gets fired from the resort, deciding to leave for Germany. The film is produced by Croatia’s Kadromat and co-produced by In the Cut (France), Fünferfilm (Germany) and Nanslafu films (Serbia), with the support of the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, CNC - Aide aux cinémas du monde, Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine, ARTE/Cofinova, MOIN Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, and Creative Europe- MEDIA. The producers are Daria Blazevic and Mate Ugrin from Croatia. Tiphaine Robion from France, Julia Cöllen, Karsten Krause and Frank Scheuffele from Germany and Jelena Angelovski from Serbia are the co-producers.

www.fuenferfilm.de

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MEET EAVE IN OCTOBER

@ PUENTES Workshop 2, September 27 – October 3, Policoro (IT)

EAVE CEO Kristina Trapp (September 27 - 30), EAVE Project Manager Ana Ruiz Miralles

 

@ Explorer Konferenz, October 2- 3, Hamburg (DE)

EAVE CEO Kristina Trapp 

 

@ Frankfurt Book Fair, October 16 - 18, Frankfurt (DE)

EAVE Deputy CEO Satu Elo

 

@ EAVE Producers Workshop 3, October  27 – November 3, Thessaloniki (GR)

EAVE CEO Kristina Trapp, EAVE Deputy CEO Satu Elo, EAVE Project Managers Sarah van den Hoogen, Ana Ruiz Miralles, Tanika Sajatovic

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Arab Producers Lab second edition kicking off in Jordan!

EAVE has organised in partnership with the Royal Film Commission - Jordan an immersive EAVE on Demand workshop for Arab producers and directors working on their first or second narrative feature films: the Arab Producers Lab (APL) from September 25 to 30, in Amman, Jordan.

The objective is to improve the participants’ skills in international co-production film finance and management, project and script development as well as sales and distribution, and to confront them with the reality of the international market, also taking in account the local current reality and providing them with the necessary skills in order to succeed on a highly competitive international market.
 
The Lab focuses on strengthening the skills of producers by enabling them to understand and contribute to the entire creative production process. During the lab’s five intensive days, the producers and directors will experience training sessions through the film they are working on. The sessions will include one-on-one and group sessions with internationally acclaimed experts focusing on packaging, financing, co-production, script development, legal issues as well as international markets and sales.

The tutors of the workshop include Rula Nasser (The Imaginarium Films, JO), Jennifer Sabbah-Immagine (Scale & Scope, FR), Nayeem Mahbub (Kahini, SE/BD) and Hédi Zardi (FR).

The six selected projects are the following:

  • I AM AFRAID TO MEET YOU SOMEDAY by Khaled Mansour, producer: Rasha Hosny (Egypt)
  • CLOSE ROSE CLOSE by Rulan Hasan, producer: Fahad Samman (Saudi Arabia/Jordan)
  • THE SUNFLOWERS OF THE MOON by Ismaël, producer: Sarra Maali (Tunisia)
  • THE BLUE LINE by Atia Al Daradji, producer: Ali Jbara (Iraq)
  • SUFFOCATION by Hamza Al Khatib, producer: Dima Sharif (Palestine/Jordan)
  • AYIN HARA (EVIL EYE) by Yasir Kareem, producer: Aws Allami, co-producer: Mays Alreem (Iraq/Jordan)

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PUENTES 2025 culminates in Basilicata, Italy!

The second and final session of PUENTES, EAVE’s European-Latin American co-production workshop, will kick off tomorrow, September 27 in Policoro, in the region of Basilicata (IT), and will run until October 3.

Reunited, the selected Latin American and European participants will continue to develop projects, grow their careers and companies, think on a global scale, and forge meaningful professional ties across the Atlantic — all with the support of PUENTES’ experienced experts from both continents.

Experts and programme

The core tutors include Head of Studies and recent recipient of the Dolores Ben Honorary Award Fernanda del Nido (Setembro Cine, AR/ES), Script Consultant Jacques Akchoti (FR), and Group Leader Sophie Erbs (Gaijin, FR).

Guest experts include:

  • Felicitas Raffo (CEPA CINE/Lorolo, ES, AR)
  • Alessandro Amato (dispàrte, IT)
  • Aleksi Hyvärinen (Don Films, FI)
  • Giancarlo Nasi (Quijote Cine, CL)

In addition to plenaries with a focus on topics such as AI, the relationship between producer and writer, as well as case studies of co-productions between Latin America and Europe, group work sessions, and individual meetings with the experts, the second week of PUENTES will feature a special module on company planning, titled 'Building a Sustainable Business', led by Group Leader Sophie Erbs.

PUENTES ITALIA for local professionals

As every year, a special local workshop for 10 Italian producers will take place alongside the international PUENTES program from September 28 to October 1. Check out the selected participants for PUENTES ITALIA here. Local participants and the international group will share plenary sessions and networking events.

PUENTES ITALIA Basilicata Open Day

On September 29, the PUENTES ITALIA participants will be joined by a group of producers from our host region Basilicata to enhance the region’s visibility internationally and offer networking possibilities for all attending producers.

Many thanks to our partners!

The PUENTES programme is made possible with the support of the Creative Europe - MEDIA Programme of the European Union and IBERMEDIA.

EAVE would like to express its gratitude to the partners of PUENTES 2025 second workshop: Fondo Audiovisivo FVG, Kido Music, MiC Ministero della Cultura, CNA – Cinema e Audiovisivo, Lucana Film Commission and GAL.

A vote of gratitude goes to our permanent partners from Bocacha and in particular to Agustina Chiarino, and the partner of the first workshop: Agencia del Cine y el Audiovisual del Uruguay – ACAU.

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OPEN CALL: EAVE SLATE 2026

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

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

The EAVE Slate will take place in Trieste (Italy), during WEMW from 16th to 19th January 2026. All participants selected will be granted physical access to the market venue.

The call for applications for EAVE Slate 2026 is now open!

  • Deadline: 5 November, 2025 23.59 CET
  • Fee: EUR 450

>>> Check further details on eligibility, submission criteria, fee waivers and scholarships on the application page.

Please contact inspiration@wemw.it for further info.

 

EAVE SLATE INFO SESSION

If you wish to get more info about the Inspirational Labs and the EAVE Slate, please join the INFO SESSION on October 1 from 15.00 to 16.00 (CET timezone).
To confirm your attendance please fill in this registration form no later than September 26.

 

EAVE SLATE is organised in partnership with When East Meets West, the co-production platform of Trieste Film Festival.

EAVE SLATE is one of the “EAVE Boosters”: short concise & intensive workshops to boost your skills and companies, developing new innovative business models (EAVE SLATE) and new digital skills following the latest tech advancements (EAVE AI SKILLS BOOSTER). Both non project-based workshops respond to the needs of a changing industry that requires new skills and business models.

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EAVE Project Manager Vacancy

EAVE (European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs) is a professional training, project development and networking organisation funded by the Creative Europe - MEDIA sub-programme of the European Union and the Film Fund Luxembourg. We run training programmes for audiovisual producers mainly in Europe, but also in other parts of the world.

EAVE is looking for a Project Manager for our team in Luxembourg.

The primary tasks and responsibilities will include:

  • Managing the logistics of EAVE PUENTES (2 five-day workshops in Europe and Latin America)
  • Together with another colleague, taking care of the organisation of the EAVE Marketing Workshop (4.5-day event in Luxembourg)
  • Contributing with the rest of the EAVE team to the organisation, mainly of the EAVE Producers Workshop and EAVE Plus, as well as other EAVE events and workshops. This includes:
    • Travel & hotel organisation for team, experts and decision makers
    • General workshop logistics & technics
    • Workshop catalogues & infobooks
    • Follow-up of participants, experts and other film industry representatives
  • Contributing to the organisation of EAVE pedagogical and team meetings, festival accreditations and smaller EAVE workshops (EAVE ON DEMAND)
  • Assisting the EAVE team members with funding applications and reports and other tasks (EAVE PR, social media appearance)

The Project Manager will work closely with the EAVE CEO and EAVE Deputy CEO, as well as supporting other members of the EAVE team as required.

The Project Manager’s tasks will require occasional travelling and presence at EAVE PUENTES and EAVE Marketing Workshop, and possibly other EAVE events.

Preferable skills required:

  • Knowledge of the European film and television industry, and working experience in markets, festivals, production, distribution, sales, training or comparable areas / culture
  • Motivation to work with partners and participants from all over Europe and beyond
  • Very good communication, social and organisational skills
  • Flexibility, dynamism, motivation and service-mindedness
  • Capacity to work in a team
  • Ability to take responsibility and to carry out tasks independently, thoroughly, systematically and respecting deadlines
  • Good time management skills
  • Capacity to take initiative
  • Fluent English and Spanish, ideally notions of French and preferably one or more other European languages
  • Computer skills (MS-Office, Filemaker, etc) and social media skills

Working conditions:

The Job is based in Luxembourg in full-time (40 working hours / week).

Fixed term contract/CDD (1 year with the possibility of extension) according to Luxembourg work law (trial period: 3 months).

Working language: English

Priority will be given to Luxembourg-based candidates if requirements are similarly met as those of candidates from outside Luxembourg.

Timeline:

Please send your application (CV, motivation letter) in English and by email only to satu@eave.org.

Deadline for application: October 7, 2025.

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WEMW 2026 opens all calls for entries and announces new East & West Focus!

>> East & West meet again in Trieste: a new focus on the GAS region, the return of the Baltic countries, uncovering the best stories and a deep dive into film & game intersections

Set to happen once again in Trieste on January 18-20, 2026, the upcoming edition of WEMW will dedicate an exciting East & West Focus to the Baltic Countries & GAS region, bringing together projects, professionals and talents from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Germany, Austria and Switzerland, with the main goal to facilitate new creative and business exchanges with the spotlight territories.

This upcoming East & West Focus is made possible thanks to the support of FFA - German Federal Film Board, German Films, Austrian Films, Swiss Films, Estonian Film Institute, Lithuanian Film Center, National Film Centre of Latvia in cooperation with Cine Tirol Film Commission, Cinéforom, Hessenfi lm&Medien, kreativland.tirol, MEDIA Desk Suisse, Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM), Switzerland Film Commission and Zurich Film Fund.

Alongside this expanded geographical focus, WEMW will also introduce the brand-new Films x Games Connection Hub, an innovative programme aimed at bringing together, for the first time, film producers and game studios to explore their possible present and future connections.

Balancing tradition with innovation, WEMW is therefore happy to open the calls for its 5 different sections, ranging from the established Co-Production Forum and Work in Progress sessions to the cutting-edge Inspirational Labs, EAVE Slate and the Films X Games Connection Hub, all designed to foster collaboration, inspire creativity, and drive the industry forward.

 

CO-PRODUCTION FORUM

  • early bird deadline: October 10, 2025
  • last minute deadline: October 20, 2025

WEMW 2026 will select 20 projects in development (live-action features, creative documentaries and short animated projects) from all over Europe and beyond, with special attention to the 2026 East & West spotlight countries: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Germany, Austria and Switzerland. All selected projects will be pitched in front of more than 500 decision makers and professionals from over 60 countries, and will compete for two main cash prizes: the Film Center Serbia Development Award and the CICLIC WEMW Award (granted by the French Centre-Val de Loire Region). Thanks to the WEMW network of partners, the Co-Production Forum will also feature a series of other major awards, including EAVE Producers Workshop Scholarship, the Pop Up Film Residency Award, the Marché du Film Producers Network Badges, the DAE Talent Development Prize, GoGo2025 Residency Award and the CEE Animation Award.

SUBMISSION FEES
Early bird fee: from 16 September until 10 October, 23:59 CET € 0 (no fee)
Last minute fee: from 11 until 20 October, 23:59 CET € 20

With the recent steady growth of submissions, this contribution allows us to maintain the usual standards, timing and dedication of our reviewing and selection process.

FIND OUT MORE

 

WORKS IN PROGRESS

  • deadline: November 5, 2025

Starting from today, it is also possible to submit a project to the two WIP sections organised by WEMW and Trieste Film Festival.

Last Stop Trieste will select documentary projects in a stage of fine-cut, previously developed or presented in one of our partners platform: Ex-Oriente Film Workshop, BDC Discoveries, Docu Rough Cut Boutique, Baltic Sea Docs, ZagrebDox PRO and WEMW Co-Production Forum. All selected docs will be in the running for the HBO Europe Award and the Film Center Montenegro Award.

This is IT, works in progress section run in partnership with L’Atelier - Milano Film Network, will focus on feature films and hybrid works with a strong visual and artistic approach produced or co-produced by Italian producers, or coming from any of the East & West 2026 spotlight territories: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Germany, Austria and Switzerland. All selected films will compete for the Laser Film Award.

FIND OUT MORE

 

EAVE SLATE

  • deadline: November 5, 2025

EAVE Slate will select up to 8 European companies that are developing a slate of A/V works and will combine the EAVE group work method with a series of plenary sessions and individual consultancies focusing on strategic company planning, potential risk evaluation and company diversification.

FIND OUT MORE

 

INSPIRATIONAL LABS

  • deadline: November 5, 2025

European, Latin American and Canadian producers will also be able to apply to our Inspirational Labs, a series of initiatives meant to stimulate selected participants to develop new content and explore new business models. Run in collaboration with leading training programmes and international partners, the 8 Labs will offer a deeper insight on AI, animation production, drama series content, docu-series, genre film production, impact & outreach strategy, private equity funding and sustainable leadership for women producers.

FIND OUT MORE

 

FILMS X GAMES CONNECTION HUB

  • deadline: November 5, 2025

After two successful editions of the Video Games Production Inspirational Lab, WEMW and SpielFabrique join forces again to expand the programme and launch the FILMS x GAMES Connection Hub, a brand-new initiative designed to enhance the connections between the film and game sectors. The programme is targeting up to 10 A/V producers with a game project in development who are keen to learn how the game sector works and better understand how to position, fi nance and distribute a game. Besides group work and individual consultations with international experts, the programme will include a matchmaking session with a group of dynamic game developers & studios from different European countries, aimed at exploring new opportunities of collaboration at project development level.

FIND OUT MORE

 

>> WEMW 2026 is organised by the FVG Audiovisual Fund, in collaboration with the Trieste Film Festival and EAVE, and thanks to the precious and constant support of Creative Europe MEDIA, MIC - Direzione Generale per il Cinema, CEI – Central European Initiative, Catalan Films, Film Center Serbia, CICLIC - Centre-Val de Loire Region and the Autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia.

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EAVE and the CMF launch report on inclusive production practices

EAVE and the Canada Media Fund (CMF) today announced the Canadian launch of the 2025 EAVE IMPACT Think Tank Report on Inclusive Co-Production, a bold new framework to transform international co-production models through equity, transparency, and narrative sovereignty. 

The Canadian launch coincides with the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), where the report will be at the centre of a special panel on September 6 from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. at Glenn Gould Studio B. The panel, titled Perspectives: Building Inclusive and Collaborative Productions, will feature Canadian and international experts discussing insights gleaned from the report and how they can be applied across the audiovisual sector. Moderated by Tamara Dawit of Gobez Media, the panel is comprised of Ama Ampadu (British Film Institute), Jennifer Podemski (Redcloud Studios Inc./Shine Network Institute), and Karen Harnisch (Film Forge). 

READ THE 2025 EAVE THINK TANK REPORT 

Developed through a global, multi-partner think tank facilitated by EAVE in partnership with When East Meets West, and supported by the CMF, Telefilm Canada, and the International Emerging Film Talent Association, the report responds to an urgent need to address systemic barriers in the co-production ecosystem. 

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

“Building a truly inclusive global screen industry demands more than goodwill—it requires frameworks for action,” said Joy Loewen, VP of Growth and Inclusion at the CMF. “This report is a powerful step forward, offering guiding principles and tangible tools that can reshape how we collaborate across borders, cultures, and communities to bring stories to life. The CMF is honoured to support this important work, and we are grateful for the strong partnerships that made it possible.” 

Practical tools and strategies highlighted in the report include: 

  • Story development: Engaging local communities in early narrative design and embedding cultural consultants to ensure authenticity in cross-border stories. 
  • Financing and contracts: Introducing shared risk/reward models, transparent budgeting practices, and contract templates that protect the rights of underrepresented producers. 
  • Production practices: Setting up inclusive crew recruitment guidelines, mandatory codes of conduct on set, and wellbeing measures such as capped working hours and access to support services. 
  • Post-production: Establishing cultural review checkpoints during editing and creating processes to safeguard narrative sovereignty for Indigenous, Black, and racialized creators.  
  • Distribution and exhibition: Coordinating festival premieres and release windows to give equal visibility to all producing partners, while developing equitable revenue-sharing across territories.  

READ THE 2025 EAVE THINK TANK REPORT 

About EAVE 

EAVE is Europe’s leading training, development and networking organization for producers. In addition to their flagship program, the renowned EAVE Producers Workshop, they are involved in a variety of programs in Europe, Asia, Latin America, North America, Africa and the Middle East. Founded in 1988, EAVE’s objectives are to provide professional training opportunities and to bring producers from different regions of the world together with the aim of facilitating co-production relationships. EAVE’s unique international network comprises over 2,900 producers and key decision-makers. 

About the Canada Media Fund 

The Canada Media Fund (CMF) fosters, develops, finances, and promotes the production of Canadian and Indigenous content and applications for all audiovisual media platforms. The CMF guides Canadian content towards a competitive global environment by fostering industry innovation, rewarding success, enabling a diversity of voices, and promoting access to content through public and private sector partnerships. The CMF receives financial contributions from the Government of Canada and Canada’s cable, satellite, and IPTV distributors.  

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International Competition titles WHITE SNAIL and GOD WILL NOT HELP win in Locarno

 Locarno Film Festival

5 awards for EAVE graduates at the Locarno Film Festival:

  • WHITE SNAIL by Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter, producer: EAVE graduate David Bohun, co-producer: EAVE graduate Heino Deckert wins the Special Jury Prize and the Leopard for Best Performance (Marya Imbro and Mikhail Senkov)   
  • GOD WILL NOT HELP by Hana Jusic, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Ankica Juric Tilic, co-producers: EAVE graduate Ada Solomon, EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri, B’EST graduate Ales Pavlin wins the Leopard for Best Performance (Manuela Martelli and Ana Marija Veselcic)
  • HAIR, PAPER, WATER… by Nicolas Graux, Trương Minh Quý, producers: CPI graduate Thomas Hakim, EAVE+ graduate Julien Graff won the Golden Leopard in the Cineasti del Presente competition and a Special Mention
  • DON’T LET THE SUN by Jacqueline Zünd, producer: EAVE graduate Louis Mataré won the Leopard for Best Performance in the Cineasti del Presente competition
  • SOLOMAMMA by Janicke Askevold, producer: EAVE graduate and Norwegian National Coordinator Gary Cranner, co-producers: EAVE graduates Gints Grube, Inese Boka-Grube, EAVE+ graduate Gabija Siurbyte won the Ecumenical Award

 Locarno PRO Awards

  • NINA ROZA by Geneviève Dulude-De Celles, producer: EAVE graduate Fanny Drew won the Urban Post First Look Award and the Jannuzzi Smith Award
  • IN THE HIDDEN by Goran Rebic, producer: EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu won the Masé Studio Post-Production Award
  • NAJMA AND SALOMÉ by Anne Zinn-Justin, produced by PUENTES graduate Clémentine Mourão-Ferreira won the Script Consultancy Residency at DreamAgo offered by the Valais Film Commission

www.locarnofestival.ch

 

 

 Melbourne International Film Festival

  • A POET by Simon Mesa Soto, co-producer: EAVE graduate David Herdies won the Bright Horizons Award of the Melbourne International Film Festival.

https://miff.com.au/miff-awards

 

 

 Sarajevo Film Festival

9 awards for EAVE graduates at the Sarajevo Film Festival:

  • WIND, TALK TO ME by Stefan Djordjevic, producer: EAVE graduate Dragana Jovovic, co-producer: EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar won the Heart of Sarajevo for Best Feature Film
  • SORELLA DI CLAUSURA by Ivana Mladenovic, producer: EAVE graduate Ada Solomon won the Heart of Sarajevo for Best Director
  • YUGO FLORIDA by Vladimir Tagic, producer: EAVE graduate Marija Stojanovic won the Heart of Sarajevo for Best Actor
  • FANTASY by Kukla, producers: EAVE graduates Lija Pogacnik and Vlado Bulajic won the Heart of Sarajevo for Best Actress
  • OUR TIME WILL COME by Ivette Löcker, producers: EAVE graduate and Austrian National Coordinator Barbara Pichler, EAVE graduate Gabriele Kranzelbinder won the Heart of Sarajevo for Best Documentary Film
  • GOD WILL NOT HELP by Hana Jusic, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Ankica Juric Tilic, co-producers: EAVE graduate Ada Solomon, EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri won the Special Award for Promoting Gender Equality 
  • DJ AHMET by Georgi M. Unkovski, producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Prpic won the Special Youth Perspectives Award and the Cineuropa Award
  • THE WHITE SNAIL by Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter, producer: EAVE graduate David Bohun, co-producer: EAVE graduate Heino Deckert won the CICAE Award

www.sff.ba

 

 CineLink Co-Production Market winners:

  • The EAVE+ Award went to EAVE graduate Marija Stojanovic
  • POGANA by David Kapac, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Danijel Hocevar won the Film Center Serbia CineLink Award
  • TWO LITTLE NIGHTMARES by Nebojsa Slijepcevic, producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Prpic won the ARTEKino International Prize  
  • WONDERFUL by Katarina Mitrovic, Isidora Veselinovic, Vladimir Tagic, producer: EAVE graduate Marija Stojanovic won the Croatian Audiovisual Centre Drama Award
  • 17 by Kosara Mitic, producer: EAVE graduate Miroslav Mogorovic won the Avanpost Media Award
  • WHO ARE WE by Miroslav Terzic, producer: EAVE graduate Snezana van Houwelingen won the HBO Award

https://www.cinelinkindustrydays.com

 

 

 Norwegian Amanda Awards

7 awards for EAVE graduates at the Amanda Awards, Norway's national film awards ceremony

  • ARMAND by Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel, producers: EAVE graduates Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Fred Burle, Derk-Jan Warrink won the Amanda for Best Supporting Actor (Ellen Dorrit Petersen), Best Cinematography (Pål Ulvik Rokseth), and Best Sound Design
  • THE BRUTALIST by Bradley Corbet, co-producer: EAVE graduate Viktoria Petranyi won Best Foreign-language Film
  • SAFE HOUSE by Eirik Svensson, co-producer: EAVE graduate Erika Malgrem won Best Production Design
  • NO. 24 by John Andreas Andersen, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Kęstutis Drazdauskas won Best Visual Effects and The People’s Amanda Audience Award.

https://www.filmfestivalen.no/

 

 

 Norwegian International Film Festival Haugesund

  • SILVERWHITE by Martti Helde, producer: EAVE graduate Elina Litvinova received a Honorable Mention.

www.filmfestivalen.no

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NUESTRA TIERRA selected for Golden Globes Impact Prize for Documentary

 American Academy Awards – the Oscars

First EAVE titles submitted for the Oscars’ race running for the Best International Feature Film Award:

  • ALL THAT’S LEFT OF YOU by Cherien Dabis, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marios Piperides – Jordan
  • A USEFUL GHOST by Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke, co-producer: TTB graduate Karim Aitouna - Thailand
  • EAGLES OF THE REPUBLIC by Tarik Saleh, producer: EAVE graduate Linda Mutawi, co-producer: EAVE graduate Monica Hellstrøm - Sweden
  • EAVE project TARIKA by Milko Lazarov, producer: EAVE graduate Veselka Kiryakova, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu – Bulgaria
  • I’M NOT EVERYTHING I WANT TO BE by Klara Tasovska, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jakub Viktorin – Czech Republic
  • PALESTINE 36 by Annemarie Jacir, producer: EAVE graduate Ossama Bawardi, co-producers: EAVE graduates Elisa Fernanda Pirir, Katrin Pors – Palestine
  • PEACOCK by Bernhard Wenger, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Michael Kitzberger – Austria
  • SANATORIUM by Gar O'Rourke, producer: EAVE graduate Andrew Freedman - Ireland
  • SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic – Norway
  • THE LOVE THAT REMAINS by Hlynur Pálmason, co-producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri, EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson, EAVE and TTB graduate Katrin Pors – Iceland
  • THE THINGS YOU KILL by Alireza Khatami, producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marta Gmosinska – Canada

www.cineuropa.org

 

 

 European Film Awards

The European Film Academy Board chose the first Short Film candidates to be part of the Academy’s Film Selection 2025. Among them:

  • COMMON PEAR by Gregor Bozic, producer: EAVE graduate Marina Gumzi
  • LEFT-HANDED PEN by Adas Burksaitis, producer: EAVE MW graduate Greta Akcijonaite

www.europeanfilmawards.eu

 

 

 Golden Globes

The jury for the Golden Globes Impact Prize for Documentary selected:

  • NUESTRA TIERRA by Lucrecia Martel, producers: EAVE graduates Benjamin Domenech, Katrin Pors, Leontine Petit, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin

for a brand-new award presented by the Artemis Rising Foundation, and supported by Think-Film Impact Production, that honours a documentary feature in the Biennale’s official selection – in or out of competition – that tackles a key social issue.

https://tfip.org

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SENTIMENTAL VALUE in cinemas around Europe

 In French cinemas

  • SLOW by Marija Kavtaradze, producer: EAVE graduate Marija Razgute, co-producers: EAVE graduates Luisa Romeo, Anna-Maria Kantarius. August 6.
  • BRIEF HISTORY OF A FAMILY by Lin Jianjie, co-producer: EAVE graduate Rikke Tambo Andersen. August 13.
  • ALPHA by Julia Ducournau, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin. August 20.
  • SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic. August 20. 
  • SALVE MARIA by Mar Coll, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Zamora. August 20.

 

 

 In Belgian cinemas

  • BRIEF HISTORY OF A FAMILY by Lin Jianjie, co-producer: EAVE graduate Rikke Tambo Andersen. August 13. 
  • THE SWEDISH TORPEDO by Frida Kempff, producers: EAVE graduates David Herdies, Michael Krotkiewski, Elina Litvinova, EAVE graduate and group leader Riina Sildos. August 13.  
  • SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic. August 20.
  • SHAMBHALA by Min Bahadur Bham, co-producer: EAVE graduate Verona Meier, executive producer: Ruben Thorkildsen, associate producer: TTB graduate Jeremy Chua. August 20.  

 

 

 In UK cinemas

  • PARADISE IS BURNING by Mika Gustafson, producers: EAVE graduates Venla Hellstedt, Jenni Jauri, Marco Valerio Fusco, Maria Stevnbak Westergren and PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi). August 30.

 

 

 In Dutch cinemas

  • MANAS by Marianna Brennand, producer: EAVE graduate Luis Galvão Teles. August 20.  
  • SHAMBHALA by Min Bahadur Bham, co-producer: EAVE graduate Verona Meier, executive producer: Ruben Thorkildsen, associate producer: TTB graduate Jeremy Chua. August 20.   
  • BRIEF HISTORY OF A FAMILY by Lin Jianjie, co-producer: EAVE graduate Rikke Tambo Andersen. August 20.

 

 

 In Swiss cinemas

  • SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic. August 20. 
  • UNE PART MANQUANTE by Guillaume Senez, producer: EAVE graduate Jacques Henri Bronckart. August 20.

 

 

 In Austrian cinemas

  • SIRAT by Oliver Laxe, producer: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font. August 14.

 

 

 In German cinemas

  • SIRAT by Oliver Laxe, producer: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font. August 13. 
  • SHAHED (THE WITNESS) by Nader Saeivar, producers: EAVE graduates Arash T. Riahi, Sabine Gruber. August 21.  

 

 

 In Danish cinemas

  • KÖLN 75 by Ido Fluk, producer: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle. August 21.   
  • ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT by Payal Kapadia, producers: EAVE graduate and Dutch National Coordinator Frank Hoeve, CPI graduate Thomas Hakim, co-producer: EAVE graduate Gilles Chanial. August 28.   

 

 

 In Hungarian cinemas

  • DJ AHMET by Georgi M. Unkovski, producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Prpic. August 28.

 

 

 In Norwegian cinemas

  • WILD DIAMOND by Agathe Riedinger, producer: TTB graduate Judith Nora. August 22. 
  • BEING MARIA by Jessica Palud, producer: EAVE graduate Alex C. Lo. August 22.

 

 

 In Polish cinemas

  • PEACOCK by Bernhard Wenger, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Michael Kitzberger. August 22. 

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EAVE project SERAFIMA selected for the Venice Gap-Financing Market

 Dokufest Prizren (August 2 – 10)

  • EAVE project FIUME O MORTE! by Igor Bezinovic, producers: EAVE graduates Tibor Keser, Vanja Jambrovic, Marina Gumzi
  • THE LAST AMBASSADOR by Natalie Halla, producers: EAVE graduates Arash T. Riahi, Sabine Gruber
  • TO A LAND UNKNOWN by Mahdi Fleifel, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki
  • TWST – THINGS WE SAID TODAY by Andrei Ujica, producer: EAVE graduate Anamaria Antoci

https://dokufest.com

 

 

 Locarno Film Festival (August 7 – 17)

Piazza Grande

  • IRKALLA – GILGAMESH’S DREAM by Mohamed Jabarah Al-Daradji, producer: EAVE FFF graduate Isabelle Stead
  • LITTLE SISTER by Hafsia Herzi, producer: PUENTES graduate Naomi Denamur
  • SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Ottmar Berensen, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic
  • THE BIRTHDAY PARTY by Miguel Ángel Jiménez, producer: EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas, co-producers: EAVE graduates Adria Mones, Leontine Petit
  • THE DEAD OF WINTER by Brian Kirk, producer: EAVE+ and MW graduate Jonas Katzenstein
  • THE DEAL by Jean-Stéphane Bron, producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart
  • TESTA O CROCE? By Alessio Rigo de Righi, Matteo Zoppis, producer: EAVE graduate Alex C. Lo, co-producer: EAVE SLATE and TTB graduate Stefano Centini

International Competition

  • GOD WILL NOT HELP by Hana Jusic, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Ankica Juric Tilic, co-producers: EAVE graduate Ada Solomon, EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri, B’EST graduate Ales Pavlin
  • DONKEY DAYS by Rosanne Pel, producer: EAVE graduate Floor Onrust, co-producer: EAVE graduate and German National Coordinator Verena Gräfe-Höft
  • DRACULA by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandru Teodorescu, co-producers: EAVE graduates Adrien Chef, Paul Thiltges, Bernard Michaux, Ada Solomon, EAVE+ Head of Studies Jani Thiltges
  • MOSQUITOES by Valentina Bertani, Nicole Bertani, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Michela Pini
  • DESIRE LINES by Dane Komljen, producer: EAVE graduate Natasa Damnjanovic, co-producer: EAVE and EAVE SLATE graduate Miljenka Čogelja
  • SOLOMAMMA by Janicke Askevold, producer: EAVE graduate and Norwegian National Coordinator Gary Cranner, co-producers: EAVE graduates Gints Grube, Inese Boka-Grube, EAVE+ graduate Gabija Siurbyte
  • SORELLA DI CLAUSURA by Ivana Mladenović, producer: EAVE graduate Ada Solomon
  • WHITE SNAIL by Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter, producer: EAVE graduate David Bohun, co-producer: EAVE graduate Heino Deckert

Out of Competition

  • EXILE by Mehdi Hmili, producers: EAVE graduates Donato Rotunno, Michel Balagué
  • THE DEAL by Jean-Stéphane Bron, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart

Cineasti del presente

  • BECOMING by Zhannat Alshanova, producers: EAVE graduates Jean-Laurent Csinidis, Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts, Marija Razgutė, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marie Kjellson
  • DON’T LET THE SUN by Jacqueline Zünd, producer: EAVE graduate Louis Mataré
  • FANTASY by Kukla, producers: EAVE graduates Lija Pogačnik, Vlado Bulajić
  • DON’T LET ME DIE by Andrei Epure, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandru Teodorescu, co-producer: EAVE graduate Thomas Lambert
  • THE FIN by Syeyoung Park, producer: EAVE graduate Heejung Oh
  • HAIR, PAPER, WATER… by Nicolas Graux, Trương Minh Quý, producers: CPI graduate Thomas Hakim, EAVE+ graduate Julien Graff

Pardi di Domani: International Competition

  • INDEX by Radu Muntean, producers: EAVE graduates Anamaria Antoci, Anda Ionescu 
  • SLET 1988 by Mart Popivoda, producer: EAVE graduate Jelena Angelovski
  • SOUTH-FACING WINDOW by Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir, producer: Interchange graduate Charlotte Vincent
  • HONEY, MY LOVE, SO SWEET by JT Trinidad, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Alemberg Ang
  • GOATS! By Tonći Gaćina, producer: EAVE graduate Tibor Keser
  • PLANCTON by Irene Moray, producers: EAVE graduates Inés Massa, Nadine Rothschild, TTB graduate Marta Cruañas
  • PENINSULA by David Gaso, co-producer: EAVE and EAVE+ graduate Danijel Pek

Open Doors: Screenings

  • ANCESTRAL VISIONS OF THE FUTURE by Lemohang Mosese, co-producer: EAVE graduate Laura Kloeckner
  • NOME by Sana Na N’Hada, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jorge Cohen
  • THE NEW MAN by Carlos Yuri Ceuninck, co-producers: EAVE graduate Aurélien Bodinaux, EAVE MW graduate Gudula Meinzolt, EAVE graduate Alyaa Musa
  • SO LONG A LETTER directed and produced by EAVE graduate Angèle Diabang
  • TUG OF WAR directed and produced by EAVE participant Amil Shivji, co-producers: EAVE graduates Tamsin Ranger, Nicole Gerhards

Locarno Kids Screenings

  • FANTASTIQUE by Marjolijn Prins, producer: EAVE graduate Ellen De Waele, co-producers: EAVE graduates Anton Iffland Stettner, Eva Kuperman

Panorama Suisse

  • BAGGER DRAMA by Piet Baumgartner, producer: EAVE graduate Karin Koch
  • IMMORTALS by Maja Tschumi, producer: EAVE graduate Nadine Lüchinger
  • THE SAFE HOUSE by Lionel Baier, producer: EAVE graduate Vincent Quénault
  • THE COURAGEOUS by Jasmin Gordon, producer: EAVE graduate Brigitte Hofer

 

 Locarno Pro

First Look Projects

  • NINA ROZA by Geneviève Dulude-De Celles, producer: EAVE graduate Fanny Drew
  • VEINS by Raymond St-Jean, producer: EAVE+ graduate Nicolas Comeau
  • WE WILL NOT BE SILENCED by Catherine Hébert and Elric Robichon, producer: EAVE MW graduate Christine Falco

Open Doors Producers

  • EAVE graduate Moustapha Sawadogo
  • CPI graduate Kamy Lara
  • CPI graduate Kudi Maradzika

Selected for Alliance 4 Development

  • 3RD EYE OF SHIVA by Maria Kaur Bedi and Satindar Singh Bedi, producer: EAVE graduate Esther van Messel
  • IN THE HIDDEN by Goran Rebic, producer: EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu
  • LOVE AND REBELLION by Sarah Miro Fischer, producer: EAVE + graduate Titus Kreyenberg
  • NAJMA AND SALOMÉ by Anne Zinn-Justin, produced by PUENTES graduate Clémentine Mourão-Ferreira

www.locarnofestival.ch

 

 

 Melbourne International Film Festival (August 7 – 24)

  • 400 CASSETTES by Thelyia Petraki, co-producer: EAVE graduate Christopher Zitterbart
  • BLEAT! by Ananth Subramaniam, producer: TTB graduate Bradley Liew
  • DJ AHMET by Georgi M. Unkovski, producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Prpic
  • EAGLES OF THE REPUBLIC by Tarik Saleh, producer: EAVE graduate Linda Mutawi, co-producer: EAVE graduate Monica Hellströ 
  • EAVE project FIUME O MORTE! by Igor Bezinovic, producers: EAVE graduates Tibor Keser, Vanja Jambrovic, Marina Gumzi
  • HANAMI by Denise Fernandes, producer: EAVE graduate Eugenia Mumenthaler 
  • HAPPY HOLIDAYS by Scandar Copti, producer: EAVE graduate Dorothe Beinemeier
  • I ONLY REST IN THE STORM by Pedro Pinho, producer: EAVE graduate Filipa Reis 
  • KONTINENTAL '25 by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandru Teodorescu
  • KYUKA: BEFORE SUMMER’S END by Kostis Charamountanis, producers: EAVE graduates Danae Spathara, Konstantinos Kontovrakis, EAVE + graduate Giorgos Karnavas
  • LITTLE SISTER by Hafsia Herzi, producer: PUENTES graduate Naomi Denamur
  • LITTLE TROUBLE GIRLS by Urska Djukic, producer: EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marina Gumzi, Miha Cernec, Katarina Prpic
  • ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA by Arab and Tarzan Nasser, co-producers: EAVE graduates Edyta Janczak-Hiriart, Rashid Abdelhamid 
  • PETER HUJAR’S DAY by Ira Sachs, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle
  • PROMISED SKY by Erige Sehiri, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri
  • REFLECTION IN A DEAD DIAMOND by Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani, producer: EAVE graduate Gilles Chanial 
  • ROMERIA by Carla Simon, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Zamora
  • SIRAT by Oliver Laxe, producer: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font
  • THE BLUE TRAIL by Gabriel Mascaro, producers: EAVE graduates Rachel Daisy Ellis, Sandino Saravia Vinay, co-producers: EAVE graduates Giancarlo Nasi, Marleen Slot 
  • THE END by Josua Oppenheimer, producers: EAVE graduates Signe Byrge Sørensen, Conor Barry, executive producers: EAVE graduates Macdara Kelleher, Kaarle Aho
  • THE ICE TOWER by Lucile Hadzihalilovic, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ingmar Trost
  • THE LOVE THAT REMAINS by Hlynur Palmason, co-producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri, EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson, EAVE and TTB graduate Katrin Pors
  • THE MYSTERIOUS GAZE OF THE FLAMINGO by Diego Cespedes, producer: PUENTES and TTB graduate Giancarlo Nasi
  • THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonca Filho, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, EAVE graduate Leontine Petit
  • TÊTES BRÛLÉES by Maja Ajmia Yde Zellama, producer: EAVE graduate Benoît Roland
  • TWST – THINGS WE SAID TODAY by Andrei Ujica, producer: EAVE graduate Anamaria Antoci
  • A POET by Simon Mesa Soto, co-producer: EAVE graduate David Herdies
  • YOUTH (HARD TIMES) by Wang Bing, co-producers: EAVE graduates Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts
  • YOUTH (HOMECOMING) by Wang Bing, co-producers: EAVE graduates Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts

https://miff.com.au

 

 

 Sarajevo Film Festival (August 15 – 22)

Feature Film Competition

  • DJ AHMET by Georgi M. Unkovski, producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Prpic
  • FANTASY by Kukla Kesherovic, producer:  EAVE graduate Vlado Bulajic
  • GOD WILL NOT HELP by Hana Jusic, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Ankica Juric Tilic, co-producers; EAVE graduate Ada Solomon, EAVE group leader Didar Domehri
  • OTTER by Srdjan Vuletic, producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Prpic
  • SORELLA DI CLAUSURA by Ivana Mladenovic, producer: EAVE graduate Ada Solomon
  • THE WHITE SNAIL by Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter, producer: EAVE graduate David Bohun, co-producer: EAVE graduate Heino Deckert
  • WIND, TALK TO ME by Stefan Djordjevic, producer: EAVE graduate Dragana Jovovic, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jozko Rutar
  • YUGO FLORIDA by Vladimir Tagic, producer: EAVE graduate Marija Stojanovic

Documentary Film Competition

  • CUBA & ALASKA by Iegor Troianovskyi, producer: EAVE graduate Hanne Phlypo
  • OHO by Damjan Kozole, producer: EAVE graduate Danijel Hocevar
  • ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA by Arab et Tarzan Nasser, co-producers: EAVE graduates Edyta Janczak-Hiriart, Rashid Abdelhamid
  • OUR TIME WILL COME by Ivette Löcker, producers: Barbara Pichler, Gabriele Kranzelbinder
  • TATA by Lina Vdovii, Radu Ciorniciuc, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Lazurean-Gorgan

Kinoscope

  • I ONLY REST IN THE STORM by Pedro Pinho, producer: EAVE graduate Filipa Reis 
  • KIKA by Alexe Poukine, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland
  • REEDLAND by Sven Bresser, producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot
  • REFLECTION IN A DEAD DIAMOND by Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani, producer: EAVE graduate Gilles Chanial
  • ROMERIA by Carla Simon, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Zamora
  • SIRAT by Oliver Laxe, producer: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font
  • THE ICE TOWER by Lucile Hadzihalilovic, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ingmar Trost
  • THE LOVE THAT REMAINS by Hlynur Palmason, co-producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri, EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson, EAVE and TTB graduate Katrin Pors
  • YES by Nadav Lapid, producer: EAVE graduate Judith Lou Lévy, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marios Piperides, Jonas Dornbach

Dealing with the past

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

In Focus

  • DESIRE LINES by Dane Komljen, producer: EAVE graduate Natasa Damnjanovi, co-producer: EAVE graduate Miljenka Cogelja
  • HOW COME IT’S ALL GREEN OUT HERE? by Nikola Lezaic, co-producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Ankica Juric Tilic
  • LITTLE TROUBLE GIRLS by Urska Djukic, producer: EAVE graduate Jozko Rutar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marina Gumzi, Miha Cernec, Katarina Prpic
  • KONTINENTAL '25 by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandru Teodorescu

Open Air

  • EAVE project THE LOST DREAM TEAM by Jure Pavlovic, co-producers: EAVE graduates Miha Cernec, Miloš Ivanović, Chiara Galloni, Biljana Tutorov, associate producer: EAVE graduate Bojan Kanjera
  • SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic
  • WHITES WASH AT NINETY by Marko Nabersnik, co-producer: EAVE graduate, group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic

Summer Screen

  • THE BLUE TRAIL by Gabriel Mascaro, producers: EAVE graduates Rachel Daisy Ellis, Sandino Saravia Vinay, co-producers: PUENTES and TTB graduate Giancarlo Nasi, EAVE graduate Marleen Slot
  • A POET by Simón Mesa Soto, co-producers: EAVE graduates David Herdies, Heino Deckert

Adriatic Audience Award

  • MALDOROR by Fabrice du Welz, producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
  • PERLA by Alexandra Makarová, producers: EAVE graduates Sabine Gruber, Arash T. Riahi

Teenarena

  • AKIKO, THE FLYING MONKEY by EAVE graduate Veit Helmer
  • BRIDES by Nadia Fall, producer: EAVE graduate Marica Stocchi 
  • PATERNAL LEAVE by Alissa Jung, producer: FFF graduate Lorenzo Gangarossa

https://www.sff.ba/en

 

 CineLink Co-production Market (August 16 – 21)

  • ASSUMPTION by Tarik Ötgen, producer: EAVE graduate Ipek Erden
  • AGATHA CANDY by Andrei Tanase, producers: EAVE graduate Anamaria Antoci, TTB graduate Anda Ionescu
  • POGANA by David Kapac, co-producer: EAVE + graduate Danijel Hocevar  
  • THE CITY by Stanislav Bytiutskyi, co-producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Prpic
  • TWO LITTLE NIGHTMARES by Nebojsa Slijepcevic, producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Prpic

Cinelink Drama

  • SOUTH STREAM by Marko Popovic, co-producer: EAVE graduate ad National Coordinator Serbia Milan Stojanovic
  • WONDERFUL by Katarina Mitrovic, Isidora Veselinovic, Vladimir Tagic, producer: EAVE graduate Marija Stojanovic

CineLink Work in Progress

  • 17 by Kosara Mitic, producer: EAVE graduate Miroslav Mogorovic
  • EAVE project EVERYTHING THAT’S WRONG WITH YOU by Ursa Menart, producers: EAVE graduate Katja Lenarcic, EAVE+ graduate Danijel Hocevar 
  • MONUMENT by Bojan Bodruzic, producer: EAVE graduate Adis Dapo, National Coordinator Bosnia Herzegovina Amra Baksic-Camo
  • THE FORBIDDEN AUNT by Bojana Novakovic, producer: EAVE graduate ad National Coordinator Serbia Milan Stojanovic
  • WHO ARE WE by Miroslav Terzic, producer: EAVE graduate Snezana van Houwelingen

www.sff.ba/en

 

 

 Haugesund - The Norwegian International Film Festival (August 16 – 22)

  • ALPHA by Julia Ducournau, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
  • ARMAND by Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel, producers: EAVE graduates Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Fred Burle, Derk-Jan Warrink
  • BEGINNINGS by Jeanette Nordahl, producers: EAVE graduate Katrin Pors, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi, EAVE graduate Leontine Petit
  • DJ AHMET by Georgi M. Unkovski, producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Prpic
  • KEVLAR SOUL by Maria Eriksson-Hecht, producer: EAVE graduate Lizette Jonjic, co-producers: EAVE graduates Misha Jaari, Mark Lwoff
  • KÖLN 75 by Ido Fluk, producer: EAVE graduate Fred Burle
  • REEDLAND by Sven Bresser, producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot

www.filmfestivalen.no

 

 New Nordic Films

Market Screenings

  • LIVE A LITTLE by Fanny Ovesen, producer: EAVE graduate Marie Kjellson
  • THE LOVE THAT REMAINS by Hlynur Palmason, co-producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri, EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson, EAVE and TTB graduate Katrin Pors
  • EAVE project SUMMER IS CRAZY by Ulla Heikkilä, producer: EAVE graduate Marja Pihlaja

Nordic Co-Production Market

  • ABYSS by Aino Suni, producer: EAVE graduate Jussi Rantamäki
  • BEATRICE by Vallo Toomla, producer: EAVE graduate and Estonian National Coordinator Evelin Penttilä, co-producers: EAVE graduate and Italian National Coordinator Giovanni Pompili, EAVE graduates Dagne Vildziunaite, Aleksi Bardy 
  • BLOOD – THE DEVIL IN HELSINKI by Viivi Huuska, producer: EAVE graduate Aleksi Hyvärinen
  • FLOOD by Jorune Greiciute, co-producer: Peter Krupenin
  • I’M GOING TO CHANGE THE WORLD by Inesa Kurklietyte, producer: EAVE graduate Zivile Gallego
  • LEGATO by Ilze Burkovska-Jacobsen, producer: EAVE graduate Matiss Kaza 
  • QUIET LAKE by Tonislav Hristov, producer: Kaarle Aho, co-producers: EAVE graduates Erika Malmgren, Annika Hellström
  • SILVERWHITE by Martti Helde, producer: EAVE graduate Elina Litvinova
  • SORCERER’S EYE by Aik Karapetian, producers: EAVE graduates Inese Boka-Grube, Gints Grube
  • THE CANNIBAL by Måns Månsson, producer: EAVE graduate Martin Persson

Works in Progress

  • ARRU by Elle Sofe Sara, producer: EAVE graduate Elisa Fernanda Pirir
  • SON OF REVENGE by Antti J Jokinen, producer: EAVE + graduate Marko Röhr
  • THE KIDNAPPING OF A PRESIDENT by Samuli Valkama, co-producer: EAVE graduate Madis Tüür

 

 EAVE presentation: ‘Creating a Producer's Network and Sharing Knowledge’

August 21, in the Haugesund Public Library

  • Presentation of EAVE and ACE Producers as examples of European programmes for networking and professional training for producers, by EAVE Deputy CEO Satu Elo and EAVE graduate producer Gary Cranner (NO).

www.newnordicfilms.no

 

 

 SANFIC Chile (August 17 – 24)

  • A POET by Simon Mesa Soto, co-producer: EAVE graduate David Herdies
  • CUERPO CELESTE by Nayra Ilic García, producer: EAVE graduate Alessandro Amato
  • THEY WILL BE DUST by Carlos Marqués-Marcet, producers: EAVE graduate and Italian National Coordinator Giovanni Pompili, EAVE graduate Eugenia Mumenthaler
  • THE FLATS by Alessandra Celesia, producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Laurent Csinidis

https://sanfic.com

 

 

 MakeDox Creative Documentary Film Festival (August 21 – 28)

  • EAVE project FIUME O MORTE! by Igor Bezinovic, producers: EAVE graduates Tibor Keser, Vanja Jambrovic, Marina Gumzi 
  • MATTER OUT OF PLACE by Nikolaus Geyrhalter, producer: EAVE graduate Michael Kitzberger
  • ONLY ON EARTH by Robin Petré, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marieke van den Bersselaar 
  • SILENT OBSERVERS by Eliza Petkova, producer: EAVE graduate Veselka Kiryakova
  • SOIL AND WINGS by Stefan Malesevic, producer: EAVE graduate Jelena Angelovski
  • SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D'ETAT by Johan Grimonprez, producer: EAVE graduate and Dutch National Coordinator Frank Hoeve
  • TATA by Lina Vdovii, Radu Ciorniciuc, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Lazurean-Gorgan
  • WISHING ON A STAR by Péter Kerekes, producer: EAVE graduate Tibor Keser

http://makedox.mk

 

 

 Film Francophone d’Angoulême (August 25 – 30)

  • LA DANSE DES RENARDS by Valéry Carnoy, producer: EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes
  • LA FEMME LA PLUS RICHE DU MONDE by Thierry Klifa, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart
  • KIKA by Alexe Poukine, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland
  • MALDOROR by Fabrice du Welz, producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
  • PROMISED SKY by Erige Sehiri, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri

www.filmfrancophone.fr

 

 

 Venice International Film Festival (August 27 – September 6)

Competition

  • BUGONIA by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
  • DUSE by Pietro Marcello, associate producer: EAVE MW graduate Stefano Mutolo
  • ELISA by Leonardo di Costanzo, producer: EAVE graduate Carlo Cresto-Dina
  • FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER by Jim Jarmusch, co-producer: EAVE graduate Conor Barry, executive producer: EAVE graduate Alex C. Lo
  • NO OTHER CHOICE by Park Chan-wook, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandre Gavras
  • THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE by Mona Fastvold, producer: EAVE graduate Viktoria Petranyi

Out of Competition

  • KABUL BETWEEN PRAYERS by Aboozar Amini, co-producer: EAVE graduate Hanne Phlypo
  • LA VALLE DEI SORRISI by Paolo Strippoli, co-producer: EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Slovenia Jozko Rutar, EAVE graduate Miha Cernec
  • NUESTRA TIERRA by Lucrecia Martel, producers: EAVE graduates Benjamin Domenech, Katrin Pors, Leontine Petit, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
  • THE LAST VIKING by Anders Thomas Jensen, producer: EAVE graduate Lizette Jonjic

Orizzonti

  • FATHER by Tereza Nvotova, producer: EAVE graduate Marta Gmosinska, co-producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski
  • GRAND CIEL by Akihiro Hata, producer: EAVE graduate Gilles Chanial, Clément Duboin
  • KOMEDIE ELAHI by Ali Asgari, producer: EAVE participant Milad Khosravi, co-producers: EAVE participants Lorenzo Cioffi, Avantika Singh Desbouvries
  • MILK TEETH by Muhai Mincan, producers: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Radu Stancu, EAVE graduate Ioana Lascar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Monica Hellström, Konstantinos Vassilaros
  • MOTHER by Teona Strugar Mitevska, producer: EAVE graduate Sebastien Delloye, co-producers: EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Bosnia Herzegovina Amra Baksic Camo, EAVE graduate Maria Møller Christoffersen, Adis Djapo, National Coordinator Macedonia Labina Mitevska
  • STRANGE RIVER by Jaume Claret Muxart, producer: EAVE graduate Fabian Altenried, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font, PUENTES participant Sophie Ahrens
  • THE SOUFFLEUR by Gaston Solnicki, producer: EAVE graduate Gabriele Kranzelbinder
  • UN ANNO DI SCUOLA by Laura Samani, producers: EAVE graduate Nadia Trevisan, EAVE graduate Thomas Lambert

Orizzonti Short Films

  • COYOTES by Said Zagha, producer: EAVE graduate Myriam Sassine, co-producer: EAVE graduate Rula Nasser
  • WITHOUT KELLY by Lovisa Sirén, producer: EAVE graduate Siri Hjorton Wagner

Venezia Spotlight

  • CALLE MALAGA by Maryam Touzani, producer: EAVE graduate Fred Burle
  • MADE IN EU directed and produced by EAVE graduate Stephan Komandarev, producer: EAVE graduate Katya Trichkova
  • SILENT REBELLION by Marie-Elsa Sgualdo, producer: EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes

Venice Immersive:

  • A LONG GOODBYE by Kate Voet, Victor Maes, producer: EAVE graduate Emmy Oost, co-producer: EAVE graduate Donato Rotunno
  • THE GREAT ESCAPE by Joren Vandenbroucke, producer: EAVE graduate Marion Guth

www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/2025/lineup

 

 Settimana Internazionale della Critica

  • COTTON QUEEN by Suzannah Mighani, producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri, EAVE graduates Caroline Daube, Ossama Bawardi, Jessica Khoury
  • GORGONA by Evi Kalogiropoulu, producers: EAVE graduate Amanda Livanou, EAVE+ graduate Fenia Cossovitsa
  • STEREO GIRLS by Caroline Deruas Peano, producers: EAVE graduates Laurine Pelassy, Jean-Laurent Csinidis
  • WAKING HOURS by Federico Cammarata and Filippo Foscarini, producers: TTB graduate Stefano Centini, EAVE graduate Serena Alfieri

https://www.sicvenezia.it/

 

 Giornate degli Autori

Competition

  • IT’S A SAD AND BEAUTIFUL WORLD by Cyril Aris, co-producers: EAVE graduates Julie Viez, Katharina Weser
  • MEMORY by Vladlena Sandu, co-producer: EAVE graduate Raymond Van Der Kaaij
  • SHORT SUMMER by Nastia Korkia, producers: EAVE graduates Natalia Drozd, Dirk Decker, EAVE+ graduate Andrea Schütte, co-producer: EAVE graduate Miroslav Mogorovic

Special Events

  • DO YOU LOVE ME by Lana Daher, producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Laurent Csinidis
  • LAGUNA by Sharunas Bartas, producer: EAVE graduate Janja Kralj
  • WHO IS STILL ALIVE by Nicolas Wadimoff, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ossama Bawardi

www.giornatedegliautori.com

 

Final Cut in Venice

  • THE STATION by Sara Ishaq, producer: EAVE graduate Fred Burle

 Venice Gap-Financing Market

  • 93 ECHO FROM A COLLAPSE by Andrias Høgenni, producer: EAVE graduate Rikke Tambo
  • ARRU by Elle Sofe Sara, producer: EAVE graduate Elisa Fernanda Pirir
  • A SIMPLE VISTA by Rhayuela, producer: EAVE graduate Linus Günther
  • CALL ME QUEEN by Emily Atef, producer: EAVE graduate Gian-Piero Ringel
  • CARO NANNI by Pablo Maqueda, producer: EAVE MW graduate Haizea G Viana
  • CULEBRA CUT by Ana Elena Tejera, producer: PUENTES participant Elisa Matilde Sepulveda
  • DOG LEGS by Matías Rojas Valencia, producer: EAVE graduate Linus Günther
  • ECHO FROM A COLLAPSE by Andrias Høgenni, producer: EAVE graduate Rikke Tambo
  • FOROUGH: LET US BELIEVE IN THE BEGINNING OF THE COLD SEASON by Tina Gharavi, producer: EAVE graduate James Baillie
  • ORSO Q: SEASONS OF SOLITUDE by Inuk Silis Høegh, producer: EAVE graduate and Danish National Coordinator Emile Hertling Péronard
  • PEOPLE STILL DIE OF LOVE by Fernando Guzzoni, producer: PUENTES participant Florencia Rodriguez
  • EAVE project SERAFIMA by Veiko Õunpuu, producer: EAVE participant Andreas Kask, EAVE graduate Esko Rips, EAVE+ graduate Diana Mikita 
  • TO DIE ON YOUR FEET by María Paz González, producer: EAVE+, PUENTES, TTB and MW graduate Giancarlo Nasi
  • WILD HORSE IN THE ROTTEN WEST directed and produced by EAVE and TTB graduate Vesela Kazakova

 

 Distributors-Producers Working Session at Venice Production Bridge - in collaboration with EAVE

On Sunday, August 31st, 16:00 - 18:30, at Hotel Excelsior – Spazio Incontri

EAVE, ACE Producers and EPC are collaborating with Europa Distribution to organise a working session dedicated to producers and distributors, in the scope of the Venice Production Bridge.

Thirty distributors, members of Europa Distribution, alongside thirty producers, members of EAVE, EPC and ACE Producers, will take part in the brainstorming session to discuss shared interests and challenges spanning the entire lifecycle of a film and foster collaboration. The exchange will provide both groups with a chance to better understand the needs and limitations of the other, creating a better understanding of the work done by each. The working session will be followed by a networking drink.

http://veniceproductionbridge.org

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CHANGE project BOXES FROM GEORGIA is in post-production

In development 

Film Fund Luxembourg

Film Fund Luxembourg has announced the recipients of its latest round of funding following the selection committee’s third session of the year, which took place from 21-25 July. 14 projects received funding commitments for writing and/or development and production. The projects include four live-action feature films, two animated features, three live-action series, one animated series, one live-action short film, two animated short films and one XR project. Among them:

  • CAPITANI 3 by Christophe Wagner, associate producers: EAVE graduate and Luxembourgish National Coordinator Bernard Michaux, EAVE+ Head of Studies Jani Thiltges
  • DONJONS & CHATONS by Clément De Ruyter and Jérémy Guiter, producer: EAVE graduate Stephan Roelants
  • LES GENS DE LA PLUIE by Nicolas Blies and Stéphane Hueber-Blies, producer: EAVE graduate Marion Guth
  • MARGINAL 2 by Loïc Tanson, producer: associate producers: EAVE graduate and Luxembourgish National Coordinator Bernard Michaux, EAVE+ Head of Studies Jani Thiltges
  • POMERHIN by Julie Schroell, producer: EAVE graduate Gilles Chanial
  • STUFFED COMPANION by Ken Barthelmey, producer: EAVE graduate Bernard Michaux
  • SUZANNE by Anaïs Caura and Joëlle Oosterlinck, producer: EAVE graduate Marion Guth
  • THE MAN IN THE STOREROOM by Maria Solrun, co-producer: EAVE graduate Vincent Quénault
  • THE WILD INSIDE by Patrick Imbert, producer: EAVE graduate Stephan Roelants

https://filmfund.lu

 

 

In production

  • 1949 by Pawel Pawlikowski, producer: EAVE FFF graduate Lorenzo Gangarossa is in production. Set against the backdrop of a devastated Europe at the dawn of the Cold War, 1949 follows renowned German novelist and Nobel Prize winner Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika. A journalist, actress and rally driver, Erika accompanies her father on a road trip in a black Buick cruiser, travelling from US-dominated Frankfurt to Soviet-controlled Weimar. Their journey through the ruins of Germany becomes a reflection on family bonds, identity and guilt, while capturing the moral uncertainty of a continent divided by new ideological frontiers. 1949 is based on the 2021 novel The Magician by Irish novelist Colm Toibin, and the script is co-written by Pawlikowski and German writer-director Henk Handloegten. The film continues Pawlikowski’s thematic exploration of identity, guilt, family and love amid the moral confusion of post-war Europe. Shooting is currently taking place in Poland, Germany and Italy. The German-Italian-Polish-French co-production is being staged by Lorenzo Gangarossa for Circle One, Mario Gianani and Lorenzo Mieli for Rome-based OUR Films, ; for Lodz-based Extreme Emotions; Jeanne Tremsal and Edward Berger for Nine Hours; and Dimitri Rassam for Chapter2.

https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/482382

  • LA CHALEUR by Stéphane Demoustier, producer: EAVE graduate Jean des Forêts is in production. Adapted by the director from Victor Jestin’s novel of the same name, the film’s plot goes as follows: it’s unusually hot on the beaches of Landes, and on his last day on the camping site, 17-year-old Marouane is plagued by dread: will the body that he buried on the beach the night before be discovered in broad daylight?. Produced by Jean des Forêts for Petit Film LA CHALEUR is being co-produced by Italy’s Wildside, plus Belgium’s Panache Productions and La Compagnie Cinématographique, in conjunction with Switzerland’s The Dreaming Sheep Company. Having been pre-purchased by Canal+ and Ciné+/OCS, the feature has also secured support via the CNC’s advance on receipts, the Aquitaine region and Procirep/Angoa. The shoot will continue until 24 September in Contis-plage, with David Chambille serving as DoP.

https://eave.org/network/desforets

  • TARTUFFERIES by Igor Sterk, producer: EAVE graduate Bostjan Virc, co-producer: EAVE graduate Sinisa Juricic is in production. The story: Truffles, the riches of the underworld, have clouded the minds of the villagers of an Istrian village. When a master truffle hunter catches the biggest specimen in the world, the frenzy of greed bursts. A story of obsession, and two young people who love each other, and of everyone else who doesn’t. “The story is set in Istria, but I understand it as an allegory. Truffles can be anything: power, money, influence. Through the prism of comedy, we explore what happens when an individual achieves something extraordinary, and how the community reacts to it,” says director and co-writer Igor Šterk. The film is produced by Bostjan Virc and Natasa Vugrinec through Studio Virc in co-production with RTV Slovenija, Nukleus Film (Croatia) and Levante Produzioni (Italy). Studio Viba Film is providing technical support. The Slovenian Film Centre, the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, Fondo Audiovisivo FVG, and Creative Europe– MEDIA are backing the project. The first part of the 33-days shooting is taking place in Ljubljana, while the second part is set for the Istrian region, Croatia and Italy, in October 2025.

www.studio-virc.si

  • LEAVING COPACABANA by Milcho Manchevski, co-producer: EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Serbia Milan Stojanovic is in production. The social thriller-comedy tells the story of Malina and Viktor, a brother and sister who steal busts for living. One day, the heavy bronze head-and-shoulders of a national hero slips out of Viktor’s hands and crushes his foot. When the doctor arrives to treat his injury, he demands sexual favors as payment. That’s when Viktor picks up a heavy manhole cover that was lying around the house. “This is a film about sibling love and self-sacrifice, about the rich and the poor, the good and the bad, the blind and the seeing. It’s a film about how we live, how we laugh, and how we die,” Manchevski said. Jane Ķortosev is producing through Banana Film (North Macedonia) in co-production with Gala Film (Bulgaria), Sense Production (Serbia), Tirana Film Institute (Albania), Coast to Coast (Italy), and Berkeley Media Group (UK). The film is supported by the North Macedonia Film Agency, the Bulgarian National Film Centre, Film Center Serbia, the Albanian National Center of Cinematography, and also by funding from Italy and UK, as well as private investors. The shooting started on 15 July and is currently taking place at various locations around the Macedonian capital.

www.senseproduction.rs

 

 

In post-production

  • WORTHY by Christos Georgiou, line producer: EAVE graduate Marios Piperides is in post-production. The story begins when Elias, a cemetery caretaker, stumbles upon what he believes to be a weeping icon of Saint Anastasia while disposing of rubbish at a nearby dump. Moved by the discovery, he puts the icon on display at the cemetery. Soon, the site draws a diverse group of visitors, each bringing their own hopes, desires and frustrations, convinced that the icon may help them realise their wishes. At the same time, Elias struggles with the burden of being “worthy”, testing his faith, his self-belief and his ability to live up to the role he feels has been assigned to him as the icon’s chosen one. According to Georgiou, who also wrote the script, WORTHY uses a portmanteau structure to interweave the humorous and the poignant, offering a playful reflection on people’s universal need to wish for something and the often-complicated path towards making those wishes come true. Local production was overseen by EAVE graduate Marios Piperides (AMP Filmworks). WORTHY is a Cypriot-Greek co-production, staged by Christos Georgiou for Cyprus-based Lychnari Productions and Giorgos Kyriakos, Costas Lambropoulos and Sotiria Marini for Lesbos-based KPG Entertainment. The film is backed by the Cyprus Deputy Ministry of Culture, Greece’s public broadcaster ERT SA and Creative Europe – MEDIA. Worthy is expected to be completed in early 2026.

www.filmworks.com.cy

  • EAVE CHANGE project BOXES FROM GEORGIA by Gvantsa Meparishvili, co-producer: Natalie Humphreys is in post-production. The observational documentary captures the emotional dynamics and political fault lines inside a small humanitarian aid centre in Tbilisi, Georgia, where Georgian, Ukrainian and Russian volunteers try to cooperate amid the ongoing war in Ukraine. The film centres on Lasha, a 47-year-old Georgian former lawyer who, after years of unemployment, becomes an active volunteer at the centre. Located on Paliashvili Street, the space becomes an unexpected meeting point for those fleeing violence or political repression, Ukrainians seeking refuge and Russians escaping Putin’s regime. Initially a haven of tolerance, the aid hub slowly unravels as internal tensions, power struggles and suspicions take hold. As the conflict outside creeps into this fragile space of solidarity, trust begins to collapse. Shot entirely in Tbilisi and edited in Glasgow, the film offers a rare, close-up view of a grassroots effort to maintain unity in a region long marred by historical trauma and political instability. Through the perspective of Lasha and his interactions with fellow volunteers, including Russian street artists, Ukrainian refugees and mixed-heritage individuals, the documentary investigates how personal relationships are strained and reshaped under pressure. Speaking to Cineuropa, Meparishvili explains: “What I discovered was a group of people from vastly different backgrounds, all united by one simple, honest purpose: to help. The centre felt like a microcosm of something greater, a symbolic space where the idea of peaceful coexistence was put to the test. But when the money disappeared and the founder vanished, the tension became unbearable. Suddenly, friends turned into strangers overnight.” Echoing her approach in her well-travelled short Number 26, Meparishvili maintains a stylistically intimate, observational tone throughout the film. “The camera stays close to the action. I wanted viewers to feel like they were present in the room, caught in the emotional currents, the mistrust and the fleeting beauty of genuine human connection,” she says. Drawing a subtle parallel between the protagonist and his country, Meparishvili describes Lasha as “a hopeful but destabilised figure – much like Georgia itself, caught between aspirations for independence and the constant pull of external forces”. The documentary touches on themes of identity, trust, post-Soviet fragmentation and the emotional toll of displacement, while carefully avoiding didacticism or political grandstanding. BOXES FROM GEORGIA is a Georgian-UK co-production between Meparishvili’s ZuchiFilms and Natalie Humphreys, of Glasgow’s Storyboard Studios. The project was developed through the EAVE CHANGE programme (2022-2023) and was pitched at CPH:DOX in 2023. It is supported by Screen Scotland and Glasgow-based post-production company Blazing Griffin.

https://eave.org/programmes/change-co-production-training-course-2022-2023

  • OBJET by Ann Oren, producers: PUENTES graduate Sophie Ahrens, EAVE graduates Fabian Altenried, Donato Rotunno, Vicky Miha is in post-production. The project participated in Locarno’s Alliance 4 Development lab and FIDMarseille’s FIDLab in 2023, and a synopsis shared from around that time reads as follows: Ingeborg and Adam live and work together as hand surgeons. Ingeborg is a kleptomaniac. During a fit, she hurts her ankle and gets a walking aid. As she becomes attached to her new, sensitive body part, the envious Adam finds his own object of desire. While they explore their objectophilias, the mysterious Gaia begins working for them. She has unusually wild armpit hair, and she uses dried mushrooms to soak up her sweat. Gradually, she lures the couple into a surreal dialogue with nature. The title refers to Jacques Lacan’s psychoanalytic theory of an unattainable object of desire, specifically a projection or reflection of the “ego”. “Objet a is a tale about control and the hidden power in letting go of it,” said Oren in a statement. “It’s structured like a triangle of desire but with a twist. Objectophilia and fetishism in OBJET a are a commentary on our modern, desensitised body. We touch flat screens more than our lovers’ skins, and so we miss out on touching and being touched.” The film’s producers expanded to say that it “explores themes of desire, control and bodily autonomy in a modern world that seems to have lost touch with its own senses”. The picture is being produced by Kristof Gerega, Sophie Ahrens and Fabian Altenried, of Germany’s Schuldenberg Films, Donato Rotunno, of Luxembourg’s Tarantula; and Vicky Miha, of Greece’s Asterisk*. Further backing comes from Creative Europe – MEDIA, Deutscher Filmforderfonds, Der Beauftragte der Bundesregierung fur Kultur und Medien, Hessen Film & Medien, Filmforderungsanstalt and Film Fund Luxembourg.

www.schuldenbergfilms.com

  • ESPIONAGE FOR BEGINNERS by Viktor Oszkar Nagy, co-producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland is in post-production. Written by Norbert Csala, the story revolves around 28-year-old György who’s a receptionist in a hotel in Hungary nestled on the shores of Lake Balaton. Feeling trapped in a life which isn’t going anyway, he’s convinced he’s made for greater things. During the summer of 1976, he meets a young Belgian woman called Mathilde with whom he falls hopelessly in love. But their romance doesn’t go unnoticed. The Hungarian minister for the interior takes an interest, because Mathilde’s father is the chief deputy of Ouest Machine, a Belgian firm specialising in military technology. Hoping to obtain crucial information through György, the ministry employees try to force his hand by blackmailing him into cooperating. But, to their great surprise, György offers to help them voluntarily – it turns out he’s keen to take part in an international operation in Belgium. Believing that he’s finally found an opportunity to realise his spy potential, György dives in headfirst, but finds himself stumbling from one disaster to another....  Produced by Istvan Major for Hungarian outfit Filmsquad, in co-production with Belgium’s Wrong Men and Spain’s Javier Toledo, ESPIONAGE FOR BEGINNERS enjoys support from the National Film Institute Hungary (NFI). Having kicked off on 27 May, shooting unfolded in Hungary (in Budapest and at Lake Balaton) and Belgium.

www.wrongmen.be

  • IVAN & HADOUM by Ian de la Rosa, producer: EAVE graduate Hubert Toint is in post-production. The film explores themes of identity, family legacy and reclaiming one's body through love, told through the relationship between its protagonists: a trans man and a Hispanic-Moroccan woman. “If our bodies are not represented as desired and loved, we will not live a full life. One way to make this happen is to share and show love for them and their stories, as we do with Ivan and Hadoum. This film was born out of that impulse," said the director and screenwriter. The story follows Ivan, a forklift driver in a greenhouse warehouse in southern Spain. Against all odds, he falls in love with Hadoum, a colleague from the packaging line. Their relationship unfolds in defiance of both of their families’ disapproval. IVAN & HADOUM is produced by Stefan Schmitz and Emilia Fort for Avalon along with José Alba and Odile Antonio-Baez for Pecado Films, Carlotta Schiavon for Vayolet Films and Ivan & Hadoum AIE, in co-production with Roshanak Khodabakhsh and Jan Krüger for the German company Port au Prince, and Flavia Biurrun and Hubert Toint for the Belgian company Saga Film. It is also supported by RTVE, Canal Sur, Movistar Plus+, ICAA, Regional Government of Andalusia, ICEC, Europa Creativa - MEDIA, Eurimages and ARTE/ZDF.  

www.sagafilm.be

  • THE ASSISTANCE by Jutta Brückner, producer: EAVE graduate Herbert Schwering is in post-production. The main protagonist is Ursula, an archaeologist whose mother mysteriously dies after she uncovers a perfectly preserved bog body. Circumstances become more complex when Ursula hires an assistant named Mel to help her, as referred to by the German title, but this mysterious young woman seems to know much more about the researcher’s past than she should. Brückner returns to create feature films 20 years after her last effort, the 2005 flick The Hitler Cantate, in total having made nine features between 1975 and 2005. She is a Düsseldorf-born director for film, theatre and radio who began creating movies in the 1970s; her work includes both fiction and documentary. Her autobiographical 1980 film The Hunger Years (Hungerjahre) won the FIPRESCI Prize at the Berlinale, and she served as the head of the Berlinale jury in 1981. Brückner has also won the German Film Critics' Award three times for her work. The film is being produced by Christine Kiauk and Herbert Schwering for Coin Film. Additional funding was provided by Hessen Film, Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, the German Federal Film Board (FFA)/German Federal Film Fund (DFFF) and Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg (MBB).  

http://www.coin-film.de

  • DIRT IN YOUR FACE by Jaak Kilmi, producer: EAVE+ graduate Kristian Taska is in post-production. Inspired by the autobiographical novel of Mihkel Raud, the film tells the story of a teenage metal band, Golem, as they take a wild ride from Tallinn to Võru to play the legendary rock festival in the last days of Soviet rule. Described by Kilmi as "a punk movie, a road movie, and a memory movie," the film is weighed down with youthful rebellion against period absurdity. The book itself has a pivotal share in Estonian culture. Martin Algus penned the script. „Mihkel Raud’s Dirt in Your Face is the most-read book in the Estonian literature of the last 20 years, and it is fair to call it a modern classic. Its film adaptation visualises the youthful adventures in the story, and shows how rock and punk music were the catalyst that helped fight the stupid Soviet repression", said producer Kristian Taska. EAVE+ graduate Kristian Taska is producing through Estonia's Taska Film in co-production with Tanel Tatter and Veiko Esken through Estonia’s Apollo Film Production, Janis Kalejs through Latvia’s Film Angels Studio, and Rain Rannu and Tõnu Hiielaid through Estonia’s Tallifornia. The project is supported by the Estonian Film Institute, the Estonian Cultural Endowment, the Viru Film Fund, the Tartu Film Fund, the National Film Centre of Latvia, and the Latvian State Guarantee Fund.

https://taska.ee

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MEET EAVE IN SEPTEMBER

@ Venice International Film Festival, August 29 - September 2, Venice (IT)

EAVE Project Manager Ana Ruiz Miralles

 

@ San Sebastian Film Festival, September 21 - 23, San Sebastian (ES)

EAVE Project Manager Ana Ruiz Miralles

 

@ Arab Producers Lab, September 26 - 30, Amman (JO) 

EAVE Deputy CEO Satu Elo

 

@ PUENTES Workshop 2, September 27 – October 3, Policoro (IT)

EAVE CEO Kristina Trapp (September 27 - October 1), EAVE Project Manager Ana Ruiz Miralles

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Upcoming TIFF panel: Perspectives: Building Inclusive and Collaborative Productions

You are invited to a special panel at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) to mark the North American launch of the 2025 EAVE IMPACT Think Tank Report on Inclusive Co-Production.

Date & Time: Saturday, September 6, 2025 – 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.
Location: Glenn Gould Studio B, Toronto

The panel, “Perspectives: Building Inclusive and Collaborative Productions”, will explore the findings of the EAVE 2025 Report and open a conversation on rethinking production models for greater equity, transparency, and inclusivity in collaboration.

Speakers include:

  • Ama Ampadu – British Film Institute
  • Jennifer Podemski – Redcloud Studios Inc. / Shine Network Institute
  • Karen Harnisch – Film Forge
  • Moderated by: Tamara Dawit – Gobez Media

The discussion will highlight practical strategies and tools across:

  • Story development – Engaging communities early and embedding cultural consultants
  • Financing & contracts – Shared risk/reward models and transparent budgeting
  • Production practices – Inclusive crew recruitment and codes of conduct
  • Post-production – Cultural review checkpoints and safeguarding creators’ voices
  • Distribution & exhibition – Equal visibility and fair revenue-sharing across territories
     

Read the 2025 EAVE Think Tank Report: https://eave.org/impact/eave-impact-think-tank-2025 

Presented by EAVE and the Canada Media Fund, with support from Telefilm Canada, When East Meets West, and the International Emerging Film Talent Association.

We look forward to welcoming you to this timely and vital conversation at TIFF.

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DEADLINE EXTENSION: EAVE Producers Workshop 2026

EAVE, European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs, is one of the leading training and development providers for producers in Europe, renowned for its EAVE Producers Workshop.

Don't miss your chance: the deadline to apply is now extended until August 25!

 

Who is it for?

EAVE is aimed at producers (fiction, documentary and TV series), who are already working in the film and television industries, and who wish to expand their operation internationally by increasing their knowledge of producing and co-producing in Europe and by building up a pan-European professional network. We also welcome applications from associated branches of the industry – e.g. commissioning, funding, legal and finance, festivals & markets, media administration. Each year 56 participants are selected from most of the EU countries and beyond and take part in three one-week long workshops.

Please check the section “Applicant Profile” for more detailed information.

“It has truly been one of the greatest experiences of my professional life. The level of expertise is extremely high, and your network expands significantly, both of which help strengthen the very people who are not just the future of our industry, but are the industry itself.” 

Edwin Goldman, Goldman Films, Netherlands, EAVE Producers Workshop 2024

How does it work?

Half the participants attend the course with projects, and it is an excellent means of development through intense focus on the project with colleagues and experts throughout the year. The other half come to EAVE in order to focus on developing their companies or careers. Most participants attending with a project also bring their writer for the first two weeks, which enables producer and writer teams to benefit together from one-to-one sessions with script experts.

During the first two workshops, participants work within groups led by experienced producers and with several experts on script analysis, development and production financing, legal aspects of co-production, marketing, pitching, packaging and more. In the third workshop, some 50 Future Partners (commissioning editors, national and regional media funds, financiers, sales agents, etc.) join the participants to discuss the projects, companies and careers of the participants, a process which offers unusual access to Europe's Key Industry Players. 

EAVE graduates join a unique network of active European and international producers, which forms one of the backbones of the industry. Furthermore, EAVE participants and members benefit from our partnerships with the leading European film festivals and markets, where EAVE facilitates graduate participation. 

“EAVE is an opportunity for professional and personal transformation. A space for intercontinental exchanges, from new businesses to new partners.”

Leticia Friedrich, Vitrine Filmes, Brazil, EAVE Producers Workshop 2024

 

Timeline

The interviews with a pre-selection of candidates will take place in autumn 2025 and the selection will be announced in December 2025. The 3 workshops take place from March 6 - 13, 2026 in Luxembourg (LU), in June 2026 (exact dates TBC) in Bolzano (IT), and in October/November 2026 (location and exact dates TBC).

 

EAVE Marketing Buddies Programme

The EAVE Marketing Workshop participants are joined every year by selected graduates of the renowned EAVE Producers Workshop, who have trained over one year as specialised marketing professionals.

EAVE is a residential workshop programme with a strong focus on network building.

EXTENDED DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: August 25, 2025

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

Start your application here: eave.org/apply/epw-2026

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BETTER GO MAD IN THE WILD wins main prize at Karlovy Vary

 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

  • BETTER GO MAD IN THE WILD by Miro Remo, co-producer: EAVE graduate Pavla Janouskova Kubeckova won the top prize, the Crystal Globe
  • THE VISITOR by Vytautas Katkus, producers: EAVE graduate Marija Razgute, EAVE MW graduate Brigita Beniusyte, co-producers: EAVE graduates Elisa Fernanda Pirir, Anna-Maria Kantarius won the Best Director Award
  • BROKEN VOICES by Ondrej Provaznik, producer: EAVE graduate Jiri Konecny received a Special Jury Mention for Best Debut Actress (Katerina Falbrova) and the Europa Cinemas Label Award

KVIFF Eastern Promises

  • ANGELMAKER by Cristina Grosan, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Anda Ionescu;
  • THREE BURIALS OF IRMA by Elina Psykou, producer: EAVE graduate Fenia Cossovitsa;
  • THERAPIES by Birute Kapustinskaite, producer: EAVE graduate Dagne Vildziunaite were part of the PopUp Series Incubator
  • RADIOAMATEUR by Tomasz Habowski, producer: EAVE graduate Marta Szarzynska, won the Connecting Cottbus Award
  • NAMELESS by Daria Kashcheeva, producer: EAVE graduate Jakub Viktorin;
  • SPIRIT MOOSE by Tomáš Klein, producer: EAVE graduate Tomáš Michálek, and
  • BURNOUT by Greta Stocklassa, producer: EAVE graduate Marek Novak, receive funding and mentorship from the KVIFF Talents Feature Pool

www.kviff.com

 

 New Horizons International Film Festival

  • HER WILL BE DONE by Julia Kowalski, producer: EAVE graduate Estelle Robin You received a Special Mention at the New Horizons International Film Festival in Wroclaw.
  • PUENTES project THE DEVIL SMOKES (AND SAVES THE BURNT MATCHES IN THE SAME BOX) by Ernesto Martínez Bucio, producer: PUENTES graduate Carlos Hernandez Vazquez won the Audience Award

Polish Days

4 awards for EAVE graduates at the Polish Days and the New Horizons Studio+:

  • THE WORST DAYS OF MY LIFE by Natasza Parzymies, producer: EAVE graduate Agnieszka Dziedzic won the PFX Postproduction Award and the No Problemo Music Award
  • EXOTIC by Sonja Orlewicz-Zakrzewska, producer: EAVE graduate Magdalena Sztorc won the No Problemo Music Award
  • WITCH by Piotr Domalewski, producer: EAVE+ graduate Violetta Kaminska won the ORKA Postproduction Award

www.nowehoryzonty.pl

 

 

 Munich International Film Festival

  • UN POETA by Simón Mesa Soto, co-producers: EAVE graduates David Herdies, Heino Deckert won the CineCoPro Award
  • KIKA by Alexe Poukine, producer: EAVE graduate Benoît Roland won the CineMasters Award
  • KARLA by Christina Tournatzés, producer: PUENTES graduate Jamila Wenske won Best Director and the German Cinema New Talent Award and Best Screenplay
  • SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar won the Audience Award in the International Category

www.filmfest-muenchen.de

 

 

Transilvania International Film  Festival

  • TO A LAND UNKNOWN by Mahdi Fleifel, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki, won the Special Jury Award
  • XOFTEX by Noaz Deshe, executive producer: EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki, won Best Performance
  • THE NEW YEAR THAT NEVER CAME by Bogdan Muresanu, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ada Solomon, won Best Feature Film in the Romanian Days section
  • BRIGHT FUTURE by Andra MacMasters, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Lazurean-Gorgan won the Romanian Days Award for Best Debut

https://tiff.ro/en/

 

 

 Brussels International Film Festival

  • THE MYSTERIOUS GAZE OF THE FLAMINGO by Diego Cespedes, producer: PUENTES and TTB graduate Giancarlo Nasi won the Grand Prix in the International competition of the festival and the FIPRESCI Award
  • SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar won the Prix du Jury in the International competition
  • CUBA & ALASKA by Yegor Troyanovsky, producer: EAVE graduate Hanne Phlypo won the Prix du Jury and the Prix du Public in the Director’s Week of the festival

www.briff.be

 

 Pula International Film Festival

  • EAVE project FIUME O MORTE! by Igor Bezinovic, producers: EAVE graduates Tibor Keser, Marina Gumzi, Vanja Jambrovic, won the Golden Arenas for Best Directing, Best Producing, Best Make-Up, Best Costume Design, Best Production Design and Best Casting
  • GOOD CHILDREN by Filip Peruzović, producer: EAVE graduate Tena Gojic, won the Golden Arenas for Best Screenplay, Best Actress in a Leading Role, Best Actor in a Leading Role and Best Cinematography
  • SANDBAG DAM by Cejen Cernic Canak, producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Ankica Juric Tilic, EAVE graduate Ieva Norviliene won the Golden Arena for Best Supporting Actor, Best Set Design and Best Sound Design
  • WORKING CLASS GOES TO HELL by Mladen Djordjevic, producers: EAVE graduate and Serbian National Coordinator Milan Stojanovic, EAVE graduate and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic, EAVE graduates Maria Drandaki, Anamaria Antoci, won the Breza Award for Best Debutant
  • HOW COME IT IS SO GREEN OUT HERE? Nikola Lezaic, producers: EAVE graduate Sinisa Juricic, EAVE participant Marija Lerro won the Golden Arenas for Best Croatian Minority Coproduction, Best Leading Actor in a Croatian Minority Coproduction and Best Cinematography in a Croatian Minority Coproduction
  • DWELLING AMONG THE GODS by Vuk Rsumovic, co-producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Ankica Juric Tilic, won the Golden Arena for Best Leading Actress and Best Supporting Actor in a Croatian Minority Coproduction
  • LITTLE TROUBLE GIRLS by Urska Djukic, producer: EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar, EAVE graduate Miha Cernec, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marina Gumzi, Dragana Jovovic, Katarina Prpic, won the Golden Arena for Best Editing in a Croatian Minority Coproduction
  • SIRAT by Oliver Laxe, producer: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font, won the Greater Adria Programme award
  • 78 DAYS by Emilija Gašić, producers: EAVE graduate Milos Ivanovic, EAVE MW graduate Andrijana Sofranić Šucur, won the Golden Arena in the Regional Competiiton 

www.pulafilmfestival.hr

 

 

 European Film Festival Palic

  • TWO PROSECUTORS by Sergei Loznitsa, co-producer: B’EST graduate Alise Gelze, won the Golden Tower for Best Film
  • DREAMING OF LIONS directed and produced by PUENTES participant Paolo Marinou-Blanco, won the Palić Tower for Best Director
  • HONEYMOON by Zhanna Ozirna, producer: EAVE graduate Dmytro Sukhanov, won Best Film in the Parallels and Encounters competition program
  • THE BLACK HOLE by Moonika Siimets, producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Riina Sildos, EAVE graduate Jussi Rantamäki, received a Special Mention
  • EAVE project QUIET LIFE by Alexandros Avranas, producer: EAVE graduate Alejandro Arenas, co-producers: EAVE graduates Riina Sildos, Elina Litvinova, Vicky Miha, Kaarle Aho, won the FIPRESCI award

www.palicfilmfestival.c 

 

 New Directors New Films Festival, Espinho

  • LESSON LEARNED by Balint Szimler, co-producers: EAVE graduate and Hungarian National Coordinator Julia Berkes, EAVE graduate Viktoria Petranyi, won the Golden Lynx – Fiction at the New Directors New Films Festival, Espinho
  • SONGS OF SLOW BURNING EARTH by Olha Zhurba, producers: EAVE graduates Darya Bassel, Anne Köhncke, won the Golden Lynx – Documentary 
  • MANAS by Marianna Brennand, producer: EAVE graduate Luis Galvão Teles, won the Audience Award – Best Feature Film

https://site.fest.pt/en/program/awarded-films-2025

 

 

 Art Film Fest Kosice

  • DJ AHMET by Georgi M. Unkovski, producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Prpic, won big at the Art Film Fest Kosice. The film was awarded Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor (Arif Jakup)
  • PERLA by Alexandra Makarová, producers: EAVE graduates Sabine Gruber, Arash T. Riahi, received a Special Mention and won the FIPRESCI Award

https://artfilmfest.sk/en

 

 

 Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival

  • EAVE project FIUME O MORTE! by Igor Bezinovic, producers: EAVE graduates Tibor Keser, Marina Gumzi, Vanja Jambrovic, won the Golden Apricot Award
  • SONGS OF SLOW BURNING EARTH by Olha Zhurba, producers: EAVE graduates Darya Bassel, Anne Köhncke, received the Jury Special Mention
  • EAVE project THE LIONS BY THE RIVER TIGRIS by Zaradasht Ahmed, producer: EAVE graduate Thorvald Nielsen, received a Jury Special Mention in the Regional Panorama
  • AISHA CAN’T FLY AWAY by Morad Mostafa, producer: EAVE graduate Ahmed Amer won the FIPRESCI Award

www.gaiff.am

 

 

 Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival

  • THE ICE TOWER by Lucile Hadzihalilovic, co-producer: EAVE graduates Ingmar Trost, Roberto Cavallini, won the HR Giger Narcisse Award for Best Film and the Imaging the Future Prize for Best Production Design
  • HER WILL BE DONE by Julia Kowalski, producer: EAVE graduate Estelle Robin You received a Special Mention
  • U ARE THE UNIVERSE by Pavlo Ostrikov, producer: EAVE graduate Volodymir Yatsenko, won the Denis-De-Rougemont Youth Prize and the RTS Audience Award

www.nifff.ch

 

 

 Galway Film Fleadh

  • THE WOLF, THE FOX & THE LEOPARD by David Verbeek, producer: EAVE graduate Leontine Petit, co-producers: EAVE graduates Alexandra Hoesdorff, Sinisa Juricic, won the Bingham Ray New Talent Award
  • EAVE project WHERE THE WIND COMES FROM by Amel Guellaty, producer: TTB graduate Karim Aitouna, EAVE graduate Asma Chiboub, won the Generation Jury Award

www.galwayfilmfleadh.com

 

 

 Honorary Jean Vigo Prize

  • YOUTH (HOMECOMING) by Wang Bing, co-producers: EAVE graduates Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts, won the Honorary Jean Vigo Prize. The Prix Jean Vigo is an award in the Cinema of France given annually since 1951 to a French film director in homage to Jean Vigo.

www.volyafilms.com

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ISLANDS in French cinemas

 In French cinemas

  • ISLANDS by Jan-Ole Gerster, producer: EAVE+ graduate Jonas Katzenstein. July 2. 
  • YOUTH (HOMECOMING) by Wang Bing, co-producers: EAVE graduates Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts. July 9.
  • PERLA by Alexandra Makarová, producers: EAVE graduates Sabine Gruber, Arash T. Riahi. July 30. 
  • TRANSAMAZONIA by Pia Marais, producer: EAVE graduate Sophie Erbs. July 30.  

 

 In Belgian cinemas 

  • PEACOCK by Bernhard Wenger, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Michael Kitzberger. July 2. 
  • YOUTH (HOMECOMING) by Wang Bing, co-producers: EAVE graduates Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts. July 9.

 

 In Dutch cinemas

  • AICHA by Mehdi Barsaoui, , producers: EAVE graduate Sophie Erbs, EAVE+ graduate Tom Dercourt. July 31.  

 

 In Swiss cinemas

  • WILD DIAMOND by Agathe Riedinger, producer: TTB graduate Judith Nora. July 10. 
  • VERMIGLIO by Maura Delpero, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart. July 24.

 

 In Austrian cinemas

  • BLACK TEA by Abderrahmane Sissako, co-producer: EAVE graduate Vincent Quénault, TTB graduate Tsai Hsin-Hung. July 18. 
  • WILD DIAMOND by Agathe Riedinger, producer: TTB graduate Judith Nora. July 18.

 

 In German Cinemas

  • FRISCH by Damian John Harper, producer: EAVE graduate and TTB group leader Jonas Weydemann. July 3 
  • Der Fleck by Willy Hans, producer: EAVE graduate Julia Cöllen. July 10.
  • VERMIGLIO by Maura Delpero, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart. July 23. 
  • WILMA WILL MEHR by Maren-Kea Freese, producer: EAVE graduate Heino Deckert. June 31.

 

 In Greek cinemas

  • BEING MARIA by Jessica Palud, executive producer: EAVE graduate Alex C. Lo. July 17.

 

 In Italian cinemas

  • KILL THE JOCKEY by Luis Ortega, producer: EAVE and PUENTES graduate Benjamin Domenech. July 17.

 

 In Norwegian cinemas

  • WILD DIAMOND by Agathe Riedinger, producer: TTB graduate Judith Nora. July 18.

 

 In Portuguese cinemas

  • SIRAT by Oliver Laxe, producer: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font. July 31.

 

 In Hungarian cinemas

  • TO A LAND UNKNOWN by Mahdi Fleifel, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki. July 17.  

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EAVE project WHERE THE WIND COMES FROM selected for Galway Film Fleadh

 Revelations Perth Film Festival (July 2 – 13)

  • EIGHT POSTCARDS FROM UTOPIA by Radu Jude, Christian Ferencz-Flatz, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandru Teodorescu
  • SEPTEMBER SAYS by Ariane Labed, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
  • THE END by Josua Oppenheimer, producers: EAVE graduates Signe Byrge Sørensen, Conor Barry
  • TWST – THINGS WE SAID TODAY by Andrei Ujica, producers: EAVE graduates Anamaria Antoci, Anda Ionescu 
  • U ARE THE UNIVERSE by Pavlo Ostrikov, producer: EAVE graduate Vladimir Yatsenko

www.revelationfilmfest.org

 

 

 Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival (July 4 – 12)

  • ALPHA by Julia Ducournau, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
  • BRING THEM DOWN by Christopher Andrews, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jean-Yves Roubin, Ruth Treacy
  • ELECTRIC CHILD by Simon Jaquemet, producers: EAVE + graduate Titus Kreyenberg, EAVE graduate Raymond van der Kaaij, TTB group leaders Bianca Balbuena, Bradley ,Liew
  • HER WILL BE DONE by Julia Kowalski, producer: EAVE graduate Estelle Robin You
  • MOTHER’S BABY by Johanna Moder, producer: EAVE graduate Oliver Neumann
  • REFLECTION IN A DEAD DIAMOND by Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani, producer: EAVE graduate Gilles Chanial
  • SIRAT by Oliver Laxe, producer: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font
  • THE ICE TOWER by Lucile Hadzihalilovic, co-producers: EAVE graduates Ingmar Trost, Roberto Cavallini
  • U ARE THE UNIVERSE by Pavlo Ostrikov, producer: EAVE graduate Volodimir Yatsenko

www.nifff.ch

 

 

 Galway Film Fleadh (July 9 – 14)

  • EAVE project WHERE THE WIND COMES FROM by Amel Guellaty, producer: TTB graduate Karim Aitouna, EAVE graduate Asma Chiboub
  • GIRLS & GODS by Arash T. Riahi, Verena Soltiz, producer: EAVE graduate Arash T. Riahi
  • HER WILL BE DONE by Julia Kowalski, producer: EAVE graduate Estelle Robin You
  • MOTHER’S BABY by Johanna Moder, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Oliver Neumann
  • MY UNCLE JENS by Brwa Vahabpour, co-producer: EAVE graduate Anda Ionescu
  • THE BLUE TRAIL by Gabriel Mascaro, producers: EAVE graduates Rachel Daisy Ellis, Sandino Saravia Vinay, co-producers: PUENTES and TTB graduate Giancarlo Nasi, EAVE graduate Marleen Slot
  • THE WOLF, THE FOX & THE LEOPARD by David Verbeek, producer: EAVE graduate Leontine Petit, co-producers: EAVE graduates Alexandra Hoesdorff, Sinisa Juricic
  • WIND, TALK TO ME by Stefan Djordjevic, producer: EAVE graduate Dragana Jovovic, co-producer: EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar

www.galwayfilmfleadh.com

 

 

 Pula International Film Festival (July 10 – 17)

  • DWELLING AMONG THE GODS by Vuk Rsumovic, co-producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Ankica Juric Tilic
  • EAVE project FIUME O MORTE! by Igor Bezinovic, producers: EAVE graduates Tibor Keser, Marina Gumzi
  • EAVE project THE LOST DREAM TEAM by Jure Pavlovic, co-producers: EAVE graduates Miha Cernec, Miloš Ivanović, Chiara Galloni, Biljana Tutorov, associate producer: EAVE graduate Bojan Kanjera
  • HAPPY HOLIDAYS by Scandar Copti, producer: EAVE graduate Dorothe Beinemeier
  • HOW COME IT IS SO GREEN OUT HERE? Nikola Lezaic, producer: EAVE  graduate Sinisa Juricic
  • LITTLE TROUBLE GIRLS by Urska Djukic, producer: EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar, EAVE graduate Miha Cernec, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marina Gumzi, Dragana Jovovic, Katarina Prpic
  • MY LATE SUMMER by Danis Tanovic, producers: EAVE graduates Miha Cernec, Jozko Rutar, Annamaria Antoci
  • SANDBAG DAM by Cejen Cernic Canak, producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Ankica Juric Tilic, EAVE graduate Ieva Norviliene
  • SIRAT by Oliver Laxe, producer: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font
  • WONDROUS IS THE SILENCE OF MY MASTER by Ivan Salatic, producer: EAVE graduate Jelena Angelovski

www.pulafilmfestival.hr

 

 

 Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival (July 13 – 20)

  • AISHA CAN’T FLY AWAY by Morad Mostafa, producer: EAVE graduate Ahmed Amer
  • EAVE project FIUME O MORTE! by Igor Bezinovic, producers: EAVE graduates Tibor Keser, Marina Gumzi
  • EAVE project THE LIONS BY THE RIVER TIGRIS by Zaradasht Ahmed, producer: EAVE graduate Thorvald Nielsen
  • IMAGO by Deni Oumar Pitsaev, producer: EAVE graduate Anne-Laure Guégan, PUENTES graduate Géraldine Sprimont
  • ON THE EDGE by Guérin van de Vorst, Sophie Muselle, producer: EAVE graduate Benoît Roland
  • SONGS OF SLOW BURNING EARTH by Olha Zhurba, producers: EAVE graduates Darya Bassel, Anne Köhncke
  • THE WOLVES ALWAYS COME AT NIGHT by Gabrielle Brady, executive producer: EAVE graduate Alexander Wadouh

www.gaiff.am

 

 

 Durban International Film Festival (July 17 – 27)

  • AICHA by Mehdi Barsaoui, producers: EAVE graduate Sophie Erbs, EAVE+ graduate Tom Dercourt
  • BLACK BURNS FAST by Sandulela Asanda, producers: EAVE graduates Cait Pansegrouw, Elias Ribeiro
  • B(L)IND THE SACRIFICE by Nakhane, producers: EAVE graduates Cait Pansegrouw, Elias Ribeiro
  • EAVE project MARCHING IN THE DARK by Kinshuk Surjan, producer: EAVE graduate Hanne Phlypo
  • PEACOCK by Bernhard Wenger, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Michael Kitzberger
  • SAMIA by Yasemin Samdereli, producer: EAVE graduate David Herdies
  • SALVE MARIA by Mar Coll, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Zamora

http://ccadiff.ukzn.ac.za

 

 

 New Horizons International Film Festival, Wroclaw (July 17 – 27)

Opening film

  • THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonca Filho, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, EAVE graduate Leontine Petit

International Competition

  • HER WILL BE DONE by Julia Kowalski, producer: EAVE graduate Estelle Robin You

Gala Screenings

  • ROMERIA by Carla Simon, producer: EAVE graduate and Spanish National Coordinator Maria Zamora
  • SIRAT by Oliver Laxe, producer: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font
  • THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonca Filho, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, EAVE graduate Leontine Petit

Masters

  • ALPHA by Jan-Willem van Ewijk, producer: EAVE graduate and Dutch National Coordinator Frank Hoeve
  • KONTINENTAL '25 by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandru Teodorescu
  • THE BLUE TRAIL by Gabriel Mascaro, producers: EAVE graduates Rachel Daisy Ellis, Sandino Saravia Vinay, co-producers: PUENTES and TTB graduate Giancarlo Nasi, EAVE graduate Marleen Slot
  • BACK TO THE FAMILY by Sarunas Bartas, producers: EAVE graduates Izabela Wojcik, Violetta Kaminska, Gints Grube
  • THE ICE TOWER by Lucile Hadzihalilovic, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ingmar Trost
  • THE LOVE THAT REMAINS by Hlynur Palmason, co-producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri, EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson, EAVE and TTB graduate Katrin Pors
  • YES by Nadav Lapid, producer: EAVE graduate Judith Lou Lévy, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marios Piperides, Jonas Dornbach

Waves

  • I ONLY REST IN THE STORM by Pedro Pinho, producer: EAVE graduate Filipa Reis 
  • VERMIGLIO by Maura Delpero, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart

Discoveries

  • UN POETA by Simon Mesa Soto, co-producers: EAVE graduates David Herdies, Heino Deckert HAPPY HOLIDAYS by Scandar Copti, producer: EAVE graduate Dorothe Beinemeier
  • LITTLE TROUBLE GIRLS by Urska Djukic, producer: EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar, EAVE graduate Miha Cernec, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marina Gumzi, Dragana Jovovic, Katarina Prpic
  • MY FATHER’S SHADOW by Akinola Davies, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
  • PEACOCK by Bernhard Wenger, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Michael Kitzberger
  • THE SWAN SONG OF FEDOR OZEROV by Yuri Semashko, producer: EAVE + graduate Kestutis Drazdauskas
  • WIND, TALK TO ME by Stefan Djordjevic, producer: EAVE graduate Dragana Jovovic, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jozko Rutar
  • YUNAN by Ameer Fakher Eldin, producers: EAVE graduates Dorothe Beinemeier, Marco Valerio Fusco, Tony Copti, EAVE participant Jiries Copti

SMART 7

  • DROWNING DRY by Laurynas Bareisa, co-producer: EAVE MW graduate Matiss Kaza
  • HANAMI by Denise Fernandes, producer: EAVE graduate Eugenia Mumenthaler 

Special Screenings

  • TIMESTAMP by Kateryna Gornostai, producer: EAVE graduate Reinier Selen, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marion Guth, François Le Gall

Visual Front

  • HOW TO BE NORMAL AND THE ODDNESS OF THE OTHER WORLD by Florian Pochlatko, producers: EAVE graduates Arash T. Riahi, Sabine Gruber
  • PETER HUJAR’S DAY by Ira Sachs, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle

Third Eye

  • IF YOU ARE AFRAID YOU PUT YOUR HEART INTO YOUR MOUTH AND SMILE by Marie Luise Lehner, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Michael Kitzberger
  • MOTHER’S BABY by Johanna Moder, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Oliver Neumann
  • THE MYSTERIOUS GAZE OF THE FLAMINGO by Diego Cespedes, producer: TTB and PUENTES graduate Giancarlo Nasi

Midnight Madness

  • EIGHT POSTCARDS FROM UTOPIA by Radu Jude, Christian Ferencz-Flatz, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandru Teodorescu
  • KILL THE JOCKEY by Luis Ortega, producer: EAVE and PUENTES graduate Benjamin Domenech
  • REFLECTION IN A DEAD DIAMOND by Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani, producer: EAVE graduate Gilles Chanial

In Theatres

  • DAHOMEY by Mati Diop, producer: Interchange graduate Judith Lou Lévy
  • EMILIA PEREZ by Jacques Audiard, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis
  • GRAND TOUR by Miguel Gomes, producers: EAVE graduate Filipa Reis, Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Tom Dercourt
  • JULIE KEEPS QUIET by Leonardo van Dijl, producers: PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi, EAVE graduate Jan Naszewski
  • ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL by Rungano Nyoni, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
  • WILD DIAMOND by Agathe Riedinger, producer: TTB graduate Judith Nora

www.nowehoryzonty.pl

 

Polish Days

  • FATHER by Tereza Nvotova, producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski  
  • BROTHER by Maciej Sobieszczanski, producers: EAVE graduate Izabela Wojcik, EAVE+ graduate Violetta Kaminska

Works in progress

  • THE TIME THAT NEVER CAME by Julia Rogowska, producer: EAVE graduate Krystyna Kantor
  • THE WORST DAYS OF MY LIFE by Natasza Parzymies, producer: EAVE graduate Agnieszka Dziedzic

Pitching of projects in development

  • GOD’S GRACE by Elzbieta Benkowska, producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Joanna Szymanska, EAVE graduate Krystyna Kantor  
  • WITCH by Piotr Domalewski, producer: EAVE+ graduate Violetta Kaminska  
  • WE’RE LEAVING by Kamil Krawczycki, producer: EAVE graduate Agnieszka Wasiak  
  • VORACIOUS by Jagoda Szel, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Joanna Szymanska, EAVE graduate Krystyna Kantor
  • WILD GOOSEBERRY by Agnieszka Zwiefka, producer: EAVE graduate Izabela Igel

New Horizons Studio+ 

  • BACKSTAGE by Can Merdan Dogan, producer: PUENTES graduate Jamila Wenske

www.nowehoryzonty.pl

 

 

 International Film Festival Palic (July 19 – 23)

  • BROKEN VOICES by Ondrej Provaznik, producer: EAVE graduate Jiri Konecny
  • EIGHTY PLUS by Zelimir Zilnik, producer: EAVE graduate Miha Cernec
  • EMILIA PEREZ by Jacques Audiard, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis
  • FAMILY TIME by Tia Kouvo, producer: EAVE graduate Jussi Rantamäki
  • I ACCIDENTALLY WROTE A BOOK by Nora Lakos, producer: EAVE graduate Joram Willink
  • LITTLE TROUBLE GIRLS by Urska Djukic, producer: EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar, EAVE graduate Miha Cernec, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marina Gumzi, Dragana Jovovic, Katarina Prpic
  • LOTUS by Signe Birkova, producer: EAVE FFF graduate Roberts Vinovskis
  • MARIA by Pablo Larrain, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach 
  • MOTHER MARA by Mirjana Karanovic, producers: EAVE graduates Snezana van Houwelingen, co-producer: EAVE graduate Paul Thiltges, Adrien Chef, Vlado Bulajic, Lija Pogacnik
  • EAVE project QUIET LIFE by Alexandros Avranas, producer: EAVE graduate Alejandro Arenas, co-producers: EAVE graduates Riina Sildos, Elina Litvinova, Vicky Miha, Kaarle Aho
  • REFLECTION IN A DEAD DIAMOND by Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani, producer: EAVE graduate Gilles Chanial
  • SANDBAG DAM by Cejen Cernic Canak, producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Ankica Juric Tilic, EAVE graduate Ieva Norviliene
  • THE BLACK HOLE by Moonika Siimets, producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Riina Sildos, EAVE graduate Jussi Rantamäki
  • THE GARDENER, THE BUDDHIST & THE SPY by Håvard Bustnes, producer: EAVE graduate Carsten Aanonsen

www.palicfilmfestival.com

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EAVE project ME, YOU AND GODS receives funding

In development

Netherlands Film Fund

Netherlands Film Fund announced the recipients of funding in the second round of its 2025 Film Production Incentive. 13 fiction features, 3 documentaries, 1 animated feature and 4 drama series receive support. The following projects are produced by EAVE graduates:

  • DARK BLUE RIVER by Sergej Kreso, producer: EAVE graduate Janneke Doolaard
  • DOWNTOWN by Michiel van Erp, co-producer: EAVE graduate Peter Bouckaert  
  • PA! by Sander Burger, producer: EAVE graduate Janneke Doolaard
  • PRETEND I’M NOT HERE by Simon Bird, producers: EAVE graduates Leontine Petit
  • QUO VADIS, AIDA – THE MISSING PART by Jasmila Zbanic, co-producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Michael Kitzberger, EAVE graduates Laurette Schillings, Arnold Heslenfeld, Frans van Gestel, EAVE graduate Beata Rzezniczek
  • RED LIGHT EMPIRE by Tim Oliehoek, producers: EAVE graduates Leontine Petit, Sinisa Juricic   
  • OMA by Armin Septiexan, co-producer: EAVE graduate and Dutch National Coordinator Frank Hoeve has been selected for the Netherlands Film Fund + IDFA Bertha Fund Co-Production Scheme.

Four international co-productions with a Dutch share have been selected for a grant by the Netherlands Film Fund:

  • JENJIRA’S MAGNIFICENT DREAM by Apichatpong Weerasethakul, co-producer: EAVE graduate and Dutch National Coordinator Frank Hoeve
  • MILLIE AND THE SEVRET OF THE CROCODILE by Esben Toft Jacobsen, producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot 
  • QUO VADIS, AIDA – THE MISSING PART by Jasmila Zbanic, co-producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Michael Kitzberger, EAVE graduates Laurette Schillings, Arnold Heslenfeld, Frans van Gestel, EAVE graduate Beata Rzezniczek

In the third round of 2025, five minority co-productions with a Dutch share have been selected for a grant by the Netherlands Film Fund:

  • PRETEND I’M NOT HERE by Simon Bird, producers: EAVE graduates Leontine Petit
  • 100 TOUSAND TURKISH LIRAS by Nazli Elif Durlu, producer: PUENTES graduate Jamila Wenske 
  • PARADISE LOST by Yolanda Markopoulou, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantina Stavrianou

www.filmfonds.nl

 

screen.brussels

Following its 27th session, screen.brussels will be supporting 10 new projects: 3 feature films, 2 animated projects, 2 series and 1 documentary. Among them the following projects by EAVE producers:

  • LE FAUX SOIR by Michaël Roskam, producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
  • MELVILE by Fabrice Nzinzi, producers: EAVE graduate Anne-Laure Guégan, PUENTES graduate Géraldine Sprimont, EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart
  • FAUSSAIRES by Eva Husson, producers: EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes 
  • HUNTERS by Mathieu Mortelmans, producers: EAVE graduates Jacques-Henri Bronckart, Leontine Petit

https://screen.brussels/en/news/session-27

 

Wallimage

  • COWARD by Lukas Dhont, co-producers: EAVE graduates Laurette Schillings, Arnold Heslenfeld, Frans van Gestel, Jacques-Henri Bronckart
  • HAPPY DAYS by Susanna Nicchiarelli, producer: Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli

www.wallimage.be

 

Moin Film Fund

The Moin Film Fund Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein supports 6 projects by EAVE graduates:

  • BLINDGÄNGER by Kerston Polte, producers: EAVE graduate Dirk Decker, EAVE+ graduate Andrea Schütte
  • GHOST SCHOOL by Seemab Gul, producer: EAVE graduate Dorothe Beinemeier
  • GRAMMATIK by Pop Fan, producer: EAVE graduate Julia Cöllen
  • LEONORA IM MORGENLICHT by EAVE graduate Lena Vurma, producer: EAVE graduate Lena Vurma
  • LIMBS OF ONE BODY by Kaspar Panizza, producers: EAVE graduate Dirk Decker, EAVE + graduate Andrea Schütte
  • MALA by Lou Wildemann, producer: TTB graduate Frauke Kolbmüller

www.ffhsh.de

 

FFA

The German FFA commission supports the documentary DIESSEITS DER VERNUNFT by Stefan Kolbe and Chris Wright, producer: EAVE graduate Heino Deckert

The German-French film funding commission and the German FFA commission put their weight behind 2 film projects by EAVE graduates:

  • OPFER by Maryam Zaree, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
  • TAKE ME TOO by Lena May Graf, producer: EAVE graduate and TTB group leader Jonas Weydemann

www.ffa.de

 

Film- und Medienstiftung NRW

Germany’s Film- und Medienstiftung NRW supports 34 projects in the field of feature film production, series production, script development, pre-production support, sales and cinema/exhibitor support. Among them:

  • 30 BULLETS by Arman T. Riahi and EAVE graduate Arash T. Riahi, producer: EAVE graduate Arash T. Riahi
  • FLESH OF THE GODS by Panos Cosmatos, producer: EAVE+ graduate Jonas Katzenstein
  • OH! YOU PRETTY THINGS by Nicola Fegg, producer: EAVE graduate Heino Deckert
  • ON LAND AND SEA by Hlynur Palmason, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri, EAVE and TTB graduate Katrin Pors, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
  • THE ASSIGNMENT by Patrice Toye, producers: EAVE graduates Hans Everaert, Anton Iffland Stettner, Eva Kuperman

www.filmstiftung.de

 

Vienna Film Fund

Production support

  • HEART BEATS by Johanna Lietha, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Michael Kitzberger, EAVE FFF graduate Karin Berghammer
  • SENTIMENTAL FAIL CLUB by Jasmin Baumgartner, producers: EAVE graduates Gabriele Kranzelbinder, Austrian National Coordinator Barbara Pichler
  • SOWIESO UND ÜBERHAUPT – DIE WELT DER CHRISTINE NÖSTLINGER by Alexandra Schneider, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Michael Kitzberger

Project development

  • DAS ENDE DER UNGLEICHHEIT by Theresa Distelberger, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Michael Kitzberger
  • EMPIRE OF SENTIMENT by Sebastian Meise, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Oliver Neumann
  • SUPERHUMANS by Inna Shevchenko, producer: EAVE graduate Arash T. Riahi 

www.filmfonds-wien.at

 

IDM Film Fund

  • EAVE project ME, YOU AND GODS by Francesca Scalisi, co-written by EAVE graduate Enea Gramo, producer: EAVE graduate Chiara Galloni receives support from IDM Film Fund

https://www.film.idm-suedtirol.com/en/

 

 

 

In production

  • LEAVING COPACABANA by Milcho Manchevski, producer: EAVE graduate Marija Stojanovic, is in production. The film is a social thriller-comedy about siblings Malina and Viktor, who steal bronze busts for a living. One day, the heavy bronze head-and-shoulders of a national hero slips out of Viktor’s hands and crushes his foot. When the doctor arrives to treat his injury, he demands sexual favours as payment. That’s when Viktor picks up a heavy manhole cover that was lying around the house. As with all of Manchevski’s films, this one also explores socially relevant issues alongside emotional and artistic themes, such as sibling love. The film tackles loneliness, poverty, corruption, mental illness and a society driven by the privileges of the wealthy. While set in contemporary North Macedonia, it also offers a universal commentary on how people live and connect in today’s world. “This is a film about sibling love and self-sacrifice, about the rich and the poor, the good and the bad, the blind and the seeing. It’s a film about how we live, how we laugh and how we die,” says Manchevski. The feature is a co-production between Banana Film (North Macedonia), Gala Film (Bulgaria), Sense Production (Serbia), the Tirana Film Institute (Albania), Coast to Coast (Italy) and Berkeley Media Group (UK). It was supported by national film funds and private investors from all six territories.

www.senseproduction.rs

  • THE KIDNAPPING OF A PRESIDENT by Samuli Valkama, producers: EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Finland John Lundsten, EAVE graduates Jakub Kostal and Madis Tüür is in production. The dark comedy is based on an extraordinary true event from Finnish history. The film dramatises a little-known episode from 1930, when a group of far-right military officers plotted to kidnap Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, Finland’s first president, who had retired several years earlier, along with his wife Ester. The film tells the absurdly comedic true story of this failed coup attempt in October 1930, led by Lieutenant Colonel Eero Kuussaari. Following a drunken night fuelled by nationalistic resentment against the democratic establishment, a group of poorly prepared officers from the upper echelons of the Finnish army decide to abduct Ståhlberg, who has already retired by that point. The country, still deeply divided after the civil war, is engulfed in political tension and unrest. The plan quickly unravels owing to the conspirators’ incompetence and some unexpected resistance, especially from the president’s stubborn wife, Ester Ståhlberg. The kidnappers inadvertently set off a series of incredible events, an episode whose full, definitive truth remains unknown to this day. The screenplay, co-written by Valkama and producer John Lundsten, who have already collaborated on several other projects, has been in development for over six years. In a joint statement, they said: “When we first looked into the background of President Ståhlberg’s abduction, our initial reaction was astonishment: Finnish officers leaning towards the far right had launched a coup while drunk and forgot about it the next day. The story felt incredibly timely, and the screenplay has been developed carefully and thoroughly. The result will be a black comedy based on historical facts that will surely resonate with our times.” Filming is taking place entirely in the Czech Republic, with Prague standing in for Helsinki’s historical locations. THE KIDNAPPING OF A PRESIDENT is a Finnish-Czech-Dutch-Estonian co-production, staged by John Lundsten and Melli Maikkula, of Finland’s TACK Films, in co-production with Jakub Kostal and Vratislav Šlajer for the Czech Republic’s Bionaut, Rogier Kramer and Laura Bouwmeester for the Netherlands’ Labyrint Film, and Madis Tüür for Estonia’s Münchhausen Films. Financial backing includes support from the Finnish Film Foundation, the Czech Film Fund, the Netherlands Film Fund, the Estonian Film Institute and the Nordisk Film & TV Fond.

www.tackfilms.fi

  • CONFIRMATION by Darko Sinko, producers: EAVE graduates Vlado Bulajic and Lija Pogacnik is in production. Everybody in a small Slovenian village is getting ready for the annual ritual of confirmation. Among them, there are also three teenage best friends, Mate, Peter and Gaber. When a landslide damages the road leading to the church where the confirmation usually takes place, the locals decide to try to repair it on their own. The preparations for the ceremony also reveal a carefully hidden secret: a package of marijuana under the church organ usually played by cool city girl Veronika. The finding points to the three friends, and once the police get involved, their friendship must overcome a considerable challenge. “We have all experienced disappointment in our friendships, and maybe even caused it for others“, Sinko stated. “Why is that so? Betrayal always comes as a surprise that hurts a great deal, but it can also hide something beautiful and dear – obviously, we lose something that we held as very important.” According to Sinko CONFIRMATION is envisioned as a visually rich movie, with a lot of characters and thick plotting that may head in the direction of irony, the grotesque and even a hint of surrealism. CONFIRMATION is being produced by December, RTV Slovenia serves as the co-production company. The film was financially supported by the Slovenian Film Centre and Creative Europe - MEDIA. Viba Film Studio provides technical support.

www.december.si

  • LA VÉNUS ÉLECTRIQUE by Pierre Salvadori, producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart is in production. Written by the director in league with Benoît Graffin and Benjamin Charbit the story takes us to Paris in the early 20th century. Convinced that he’s responsible for his wife’s death, in-vogue painter Antoine Balestro just can’t get back to work, to the despair of gallery owner Armand. One drunken evening, seeking forgiveness, Antoine tries to make contact with Irène by way of a medium. But he unwittingly finds himself dealing with a humble street entertainer called Suzanne who doesn’t know anything about the afterlife, having only snuck into the clairvoyant’s caravan to steal some food…. LA VÉNUS ÉLECTRIQUE is being produced by Philippe Martin and David Thion on behalf of Les Films Pelléas in co-production with France 2 Cinéma and Belgium’s Versus Production. Pre-purchased by Canal+, Ciné+/OCS and France Télévisions, the feature film also enjoys support in the form of an advance on receipts from the CNC, as well as from the Ile-de-France region, Wallimage, Pio & Co, and the SOFICA companies Cinéaxe, Cinécap, Indéfilms and Palatine. The movie’s ten-week film shoot will continue in Belgium (in Liège and the surrounding area), Paris and the Paris region.

www.versusproduction.be

  • MY NOTES ON MARS by Lili Horvat, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu is in production. Horvat’s first international film is being produced by Poste Restante and the executive producers are Dóra Csernátony and Lili Horvát. Co-production partners include Archer Gray (USA), Amour Fou (Austria), Paradise City (France), and Obala Art Center (Bosnia and Herzegovina). The story follows Margot, who disappears inexplicably while hiking with her husband and a group of friends. A few weeks later, Margot miraculously reappears, but she is clearly not the same as before the accident. The Hungarian/Austrian/French/Bosnian coproduction was supported by the National Film Institute - Hungary (NFI).

http://www.amourfoufilm.com

  • YOUNG STALIN by Géla Babluani, producer: EAVE graduate Vladimer Katcharava is in production. The script penned by Géla Babluani and the British historian Simon Sebag Montefiore (the author of the eponym bestseller) follows the little-known, stranger-than-fiction early life of Joseph Stalin - street fighter, bank robber and revolutionary - before he became the architect of Soviet tyranny. “YOUNG STALIN is an ambitious film, both in scale and in topic. Once again, 20 Steps, Independent Film Project and Film and Music Entertainment demonstrate that if we unite, we are strong enough to create the best stories in international cinema today”, said Georgian producer Archil Gelovani of Independent Film Project. The film is produced by UK’s Film and Music Entertainment Ltd (F & ME) and Georgia‘s Independent Film Project and 20 Steps, and it is serviced in Romania by Alien Films Entertainment. The producers are Sam Taylor, Archil Gelovani, Vladimer Katcharava, Len Blavatnik, the executive producers are Danny Cohen and Vince Holden, David Zerat and Ilan Amouyal, local producers in Romania are Iuliana Tarnovețchi and Oana Prata, and other producers include Rupert Lloyd. “This is the Stalin you’ve never seen before, not a dry and dusty biopic but the story of the young revolutionary, lover and ruthless outlaw who later became the tyrant. It’s a timeless story about how monsters are made, and why some people follow them”, producer Sam Taylor said. YOUNG STALIN will premiere in the summer of 2026.

www.20steps.ge

 

 

 

In post-production

  • AU TEMPS POUR NOUS by Agnès Jaoui, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart is in post-production. Written by Agnès Jaoui in collaboration with Emmanuel Salinger, Laurent Jaoui, Noé Debré and Florence Seyvos, the story takes us behind the scenes of an ambitious staging of the opera The Marriage of Figaro where tensions mount following an accusation of sexual assault, jeopardising the entire production and forcing everyone to take a stand. Conflicts of opinion and generational divides ensue…. AU TEMPS POUR NOUS is being produced by François Kraus and Denis Pineau-Valencienne on behalf of Les Films du Kiosque, in co-production with StudioCanal (who are also steering distribution in France and world sales), France 2 Cinéma and Belgian firm Versus Production. Pre-purchased by Canal+, Ciné+ OCS and France Télévisions, the feature film also enjoys support from the Sud region, the department of Vaucluse, Procirep and Angoa, Inver Tax Shelter, O'Brother Distribution and from the SOFICA companies Indéfilms, Cofimage, La Banque Postale Image and SofitvCiné. Filming took place in Luberon and Paris.

www.versusproduction.be

  • ESPIONAGE FOR BEGINNERS by Viktor Oszkar, co-producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland is in post-production. Inspired by a true story from the mid-1970s, the film follows W. György, a Hungarian hotel receptionist caught up in an unexpected adventure mixing espionage, love, and self-discovery. Istvan Major of Filmsquad (Hungary) is producing in co-production with Benoit Roland of Wrong Men (Belgium) and Javier Toledo (Spain). Guillaume Benski from Superbe Films (France) is the executive producer, while Gül Togay (Hungary) is creative producer. The production of the film was supported by National Film Institute – Hungary, while the development was backed by Creative Europe MEDIA’s mini-slate scheme. The shooting started at the end of May 2025 in Hungary and Belgium.

www.wrongmen.be

  • MAN VS FLOCK by Tamara Kotevska, co-producer: EAVE graduates Sinisa Juricic, Vicky Miha is in post-production. The Macedonian/Greek/Croatian//Turkish/Serbian/Montenegrin co-production is a tragicomedy set against the backdrop of rural North Macedonia. The construction of a new highway disrupts the peace of a small village and brings tradition into conflict with modernisation. The story centres on an elderly farmer, who finds himself fighting for his land against a Chinese construction company, with the conflict soon extending to his own family. An unexpected twist comes when a social media influencer crash-lands on his property and becomes his unlikely ally. “MAN VS FLOCK explores the clash between tradition and modernisation, resistance and acceptance of change, and the question of what it truly means to preserve one’s identity in a world increasingly driven by profit“, said Tamara Kotevska in a statement. The shooting started in May and ended in July 2025. The film is produced by Jordanco Petkovski through Video Studio Petkovski in co-production with Siniša Juricic through Nukleus film (Croatia), Vicky Miha through Asterisk (Greece), Zeynep Atakan through Zeyno Film (Turkey), Igor Vranjković through Cine Planet (Montenegro), and Jordancho Petkovski through Filmoskopija (Serbia). MAN VS FLOCK was financially supported by the North Macedonia Film Agency, the Greek Film Centre, the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, Film Center Serbia, the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Turkish Radio and Television (TRT), the Film Centre of Montenegro, as well as Eurimages.

www.nukleus-film.hr

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DEADLINE EXTENSION: TIES THAT BIND 2025-2026

We are very proud to renew the partnership with TAICCA - Taiwan Creative Content Agency and to unveil the new dates and location of the 2025 edition of EAVE Ties That Bind!!

The deadline to apply is extended until August 7!

What is TTB?

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

Target Group

TTB is targeted at European & Asian producers focusing on project development. We will select 5 European and 5 Asian producers. We are open to feature fiction films in development. We encourage you to bring your directors to the workshop.

We also welcome applications from European professionals interested in working with Asia such as sales agents, financiers, distributors, festival programmers, co-production market representatives, or European producers who wish to focus on their career development. We will select 5 career participants to be an active part of the group. In order to benefit from all aspects of the programme, they will be able to partner with project participants and attend the meetings with the experts and decision makers together.

2 Workshops

  • Workshop 1 will take place November 3 - 8, 2024, in Taipei, Taiwan, within the framework of the TCCF - Taiwan Creative Content Fest.
  • Workshop 2 will take place April 26 - 30, 2026, in Udine, Italy, within the framework of the Udine Far East Film Festival & FOCUS ASIA.

Participation fees & conditions

  • Participants focusing on project development: 600 Euro*
  • Participants focusing on career development: 400 Euro

The fee includes the tuition costs, accommodation and subsistence costs during the workshop stay.

*Participants focusing on project development will have the possibility to attend the workshop with the project director. In this case, the participation fee for directors is 200 Euro and includes tuition and subsistence costs during the workshop stay.

To name just some of the success stories from the last few years, HAPPYEND by Neo Sora (Venice Horizons 2024 & Young Cinema Award at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2024), TIGER STRIPES by Amanda Nell Eu (Cannes Critics’ Week Grand Prix 2023), MAMMALIA by Sebastian Mihailescu (Berlinale Forum 2023), LEONOR WILL NEVER DIE by Martika Escobar (World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award: Innovative Spirit at Sundance 2022), AUTOBIOGRAPHY by Makbul Mubarak (FIPRESCI Award for Best Film at Venice Horizons 2022), TO THE NORTH by Mihai Mincan (Venice Horizons 2022), ARNOLD IS A MODEL STUDENT by Sorayos Prapapan (Filmmakers of the Present Locarno 2022), MONEYBOYS by C.B. Yi (Un Certain Regard in Cannes 2021), HOLY EMY by Araceli Lemos (Special Mention Award in Locarno 2021), WHETHER THE WEATHER IS FINE by Carlo Francisco Manatad (Youth Jury Award in Locarno 2021), THE SEEN AND UNSEEN by Kamila Andini (Grand Prize of the Generation 14plus International Jury at Berlinale 2018), A YELLOW BIRD by K. Rajagopal (Cannes Critics’ Week 2016).

“TIES THAT BIND has been a unique experience that, besides learning about how the Asian and European markets can collaborate, creates an environment that nurtures bonds between producers and allows forming relationships that will be the foundation of future co-productions. It is indescribable what impact this workshop has on all levels.”

Daniel Tenné, 70 Steps, Germany - TTB participant 2024/2025

“TIES THAT BIND is a life-changing experience! I highly recommend every producer to participate in this thoughtfully and incredibly curated international workshop. It forms relationships and friendships for a lifetime.”

Amanda Manyin Tseng, Enla Media, Taiwan - TTB participant 2024/2025

Find out all about the application criteria and regulations and apply by filling in the form here.

EXTENDED DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: August 7, 2025

The selection will be made by a selection committee and will be announced by late September 2025.

TIES THAT BIND is organised by the Friuli Venezia Giulia Audiovisual Fund, EAVE, Udine Far East Film Festival and TAICCA, and supported by the Creative Europe - MEDIA sub-programme of the European Union. A special thanks goes to SAAVA and ATF Asia TV Forum & Market for hosting the workshop since 2015 in Singapore and for continuing offering special support for the future plans of Ties That Bind.

For more information please contact: TTB Coordinator – Alessandra Pastore: tiesthatbind@eave.org

www.eave.org, www.tiesthatbind.eu

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