4 Oscars for POOR THINGS!
Awards March 2024
American Academy Awards – The Oscars
- POOR THINGS by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney scooped four Oscars at the American Academy Film Awards. The film won Best Actress (Emma Stone), Best Production Design, Best Make-up & Hairstyling and Best Costume Design.
Finnish Jussi Awards
- FAMILY TIME by Tia Kouvo, producer: EAVE graduate Jussi Rantamäki wins big at the Finnish Jussi Awards. The film won Best Film, Best Director, Best Script.
- FOUR LITTLE ADULTS by Selma, producers: EAVE graduates Venla Hellstedt, Elli Toivoniemi won Best Leading Role (Alma Pöysti)
- JE’VIDA by Katja Gauriloff, producer: EAVE graduate Joonas Berghäll won Best Music, Best Sound Design and Best Costume Design
- HOW TO PLEASE by Elina Talvensaari, producer: EAVE graduate Jussi Rantamäki was awarded Best Short Film
Polish Film Awards
- GREEN BORDER by Agnieszka Holland, producers: EAVE graduate Maria Blicharska, EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum won the Polish Eagle for Best Film at the Polish Film Awards
- ANXIETY by Sławomir Fabicki, producer: EAVE graduate Izabela Wójcik, co-producers: EAVE graduate Heino Deckert, EAVE+ participant Michela Pini won Best Actress (Magdalena Cielecka)
- PIANOFORTE by Jakub Piątek, producer: EAVE graduate Maciej Kubicki won Best Documentary
- TRIANGLE OF SADNESS by Ruben Östlund, co-producers: EAVE graduate and Greek National Coordinator Konstantinos Kontovrakis, EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas, EAVE graduate Per Damgaard Hansen, Danae Spathara, executive producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler won Best European Film
Belgian Magritte Awards
- EAVE project LOVE ACCORDING TO DALVA by Emmanuelle Nicot, producers: EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes, PUENTES graduate Delphine Schmit won seven awards: Best Film, Best First Film, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress (Sandrine Blancke)(ex aequo), Best Female Newcomer (Zelda Samson), Best Original or Adapted Screenplay and Best Sound.
- OMEN by Baloji, producers: EAVE graduates Benoit Roland, Ellen de Waele won Best Supporting Actress (Yves-Marina Gnahoua)(ex aequo) Best Photography, Best Set Design, Best Costumes, Best Original Music
- LE SYNDROME DES AMOURS PASSÉES by Ann Sirot and Raphaël Balboni, producer: EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes won Best Male Newcomer (Lazare Gousseau) and Best Editing
- THE BLUE CAFTAN by Maryam Touzani, producers: EAVE graduate Kartin Pors, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin won Best Actress (Lubna Azaba)
- WHEN IT MELTS by Veerle Baetens, producers: EAVE graduates Jacques-Henri Bronckart, Ellen Havenith won Best Flemish Film
- VINCENT MUST DIE by Stéphan Castang, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin won Best Foreign Film in Co-Production
Swiss Film Prize
- BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY by Elene Naveriani, producers: EAVE+ and PUENTES graduate Britta Rindelaub, EAVE participant Thomas Reichlin, EAVE+ graduate Bettina Brokemper, EAVE FFF graduate Ketie Danelia scooped three awards at the Swiss Film Prize 2024. The film won Best Film, Best Script and Best Editing.
- THE LAND WITHIN by Fisnik Maxville, producers: EAVE graduate Britta Rindelaub, EAVE participant Thomas Reichlin, EAVE graduate Valon Bajgora won Best Film Score
- BISONS by Pierre Monnard, producer: EAVE graduate Patrice Nezan won Best Actor (Karim Barras), Best Film Score and Best Cinematography
- LA CHIMERA by Alice Rohrwacher, producer: EAVE + graduate Carlo Cresto-Dina won Best Sound
Czech Film and Television Academy Awards
- RESTORE POINT by Robert Hloz, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marko Paljic won Best Conematography, Best Editing, Best Sound, Best Set Design and the Film Fans’ Award at the Czech Lions, the Czech Film and Television Academy Awards.
- TONY, SHELLY AND THE MAGIC LIGHT by Filip Posivac, producers: EAVE graduates Jakub Viktorin, Pavla Janouskova Kubeckova was awarded Best Animated Film
- GREEN BORDER by Agnieszka Holland, producers: EAVE graduate Maria Blicharska, EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum won Extraordinary Audiovisual Achievement
- ELECTRA by Daria Kashcheeva, co-producer: EAVE graduate Juraj Krasnohorsky won Magnesia Award for Best Student Film
CPH:DOX
- THE FLATS by Alessandra Celesia, produced by EAVE graduates Genevièvre De Bauw, Jean-Laurent Csinidis won the main prize DOX:AWARD
- TWO STRANGERS TRYING NOT TO KILL EACH OTHER by Jacob Perlmutter, producer: EAVE graduate Signe Byrge Sørensen received a Special Mention
CPH:FORUM
- TIMESTAMP by Kateryna Gornostai, co-producer: EAVE graduate Reinier Selen won the Eurimages New Lab Outreach Award
Series Mania
Series Mania Festival has unveiled its winners:
- REMATCH directed Yan England, producer: EAVE graduate and Hungarian National Coordinator Viktoria Petranyi won the Grand Prize in the International Competition.
- DATES IN REAL LIFE by Jakob Rørvik, producer: EAVE graduate Kristin Ulseth won Best Series in the International Panorama
- SOVIET JEANS by Stanislavs Tokalovs, Juris Kursietis, producer: EAVE graduate and Latvian National Coordinator Aija Berzina won Best Actor (Karlis Arnolds Avots) in the International Panorama and the Audience Award
Series Mania Forum
- OUR PEOPLE by Tereza Nvotova, producer: EAVE graduate Jakub Viktorin won the Co-Pro Pitching Sessions Award
Sofia International Film Festival
- SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D'ÉTAT by Johan Grimonprez, producer: EAVE graduate and Dutch National Coordinator Frank Hoeve won Best Documentary Film.
- ALL ABOUT THE LEVKOVICHES by Adam Breier, co-producer: EAVE graduate and Hungarian National Coordinator Viktoria Petranyi won the FIPRESCI Award
- MEDIUM by Christina Ioakeimidi, producer: EAVE graduate Veselka Kiryakova won the Best Balkan Film Award
- BLAGA’S LESSONS by EAVE graduate Stephan Komandarev, producers: EAVE graduates Stephan Komandarev, Katya Trichkova won Best Bulgarian Feature Film and received the Award of the Bulgarian Guild of Film Critics
- GIRLS WILL BE GIRLS by Shuchi Talati, producer: TTB graduate Claire Chassagne won Best DirectorM by Vardan Tozija, producers: EAVE graduates Darko Popov, Patrice Nezan, Adolf El Assal, Valon Bajgora was given a Special Mention
- DYAD by Yaan Titova, producer: EAVE graduate Vanya Rainova received the Youth Audience Award
Sofia Meetings
- EAVE project SYDNEY SMILE FUTURE PERFECT by Gregoris Rentis, producer: EAVE graduate Mando Stathi won the Chaos VFX Award
- BALLERINA SHOES by Teodor Kuhn, producer: EAVE graduate Jakub Viktorin won the Producers Network (Cannes Market) Award
- IN THE MEANTIME by Gordon Matic, producer: B’EST graduate Ales Pavlin won the Go-Residences Award
Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival
8 awards for EAVE graduates at the Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival:
- FIGHTING DEMONS WITH DRAGONS by Camilla Magid, producer: EAVE graduate Signe Byrge Sørensen won the Silver Alexander in the Newcomers International Competition.
- REAS by Lola Arias, producer: EAVE + graduate Gema Juarez Allen, EAVE graduate Ingmar Trost won the Golden Alexander in the Film Forward International Competition and the Mermaid Award
- EAVE project STRAY BODIES by Elina Psykou, producers: EAVE graduates Ivan Madeo, Rea Apostolides, Veselka Kiryakova received 2 Special Mentions: a Special Mention in the International Competition and the Amnesty International Special Mention
AGORA Awards
- LAKE by Nikos Ziogas, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantina Stavrianou won the Beldocs Networking Award and the Sunny Side of the Doc Award
- EAVE project WHY THE F*** AM I SO SAD? by Nela Märki, producer: EAVE graduate Martin Rattini won the MFI Doc Lab Script 2 Film Workshop Award
- DON’T WORRY SARI! By Sari Haragonics, producers: EAVE graduates Sara Laszlo, Marcell Gerő, Boris Despodov won the 119 Marvila Studios Award
- DARK WATERS by Marianna Economou, producer: EAVE graduate Rea Apostolides won the Onassis Film Award
- MAILIN by Maria Silvia Esteve, co-producer: EAVE graduate Radu Stancu won the 2|35 Post-production Award
https://www.filmfestival.gr/en/documentary-festival
Tampere Film Festival
- WANDER TO WONDER by Nina Gantz, producer: EAVE graduate Stienette Bosklopper, EAVE+ graduate Maarten Swart won the Grand Prix
- HOW TO PLEASE by Elina Talvensaari, producer: EAVE graduate Jussi Rantamäki received the Risto Jarva Award from the Finnish Film Foundation.
https://tamperefilmfestival.fi/
Dublin International Film Festival
- DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon, co-producers: EAVE graduate Paul Thiltges, Adrien Chef, EAVE group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic, executive producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler won Best Film by the Dublin Film Critics Circle at the Dublin International Film Festival.
- BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY by Elene Naveriani, producer: EAVE+ graduate Bettina Brokemper won Best Actress (Eka Chavleishvili)
- EAVE project MAMI WATA by C.J. “Fiery” Obasi, producer: EAVE graduate Oge Obasi was awarded Best Cinematography
- GREEN BORDER by Agnieszka Holland, producers: EAVE graduate Maria Blicharska, EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum won Best Ensemble Film
- OINK by Mascha Halberstad, producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot won the Special Jury Prize
Luxembourg City Film Festival
- REAS by Lola Arias, producer: EAVE + graduate Gema Juarez Allen, EAVE graduate Ingmar Trost won the Documentary Award of the Luxembourg City Film Festival.
- THE ECHO by Tatiana Huezo, producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis received the Prix 2030 Award
FIFDH International Film Festival On Human Rights Geneva
- EAVE Marketing Workshop project THE SETTLERS by Felipe Galvez, producer: TTB, PUENTES, MW and EAVE+ graduate Giancarlo Nasi, PUENTES and EAVE+ graduate Benjamin Domenech and Santiago Gallelli, TTB graduate Stefano Centini, co-producers: EAVE and PUENTES graduate Katrin Pors, EAVE graduate Ingmar Trost, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin won the Grand Prix Fiction at the International Film Festival and Forum for Human Rights (FIFDH), Geneva.
- GREEN BORDER by Agnieszka Holland, producers: EAVE graduate Maria Blicharska, EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum won the Youth Jury Award
- PHOTOPHOBIA by Ivan Ostrochovský, Pavol Pekarčík, producers: EAVE graduates Katarina Tomkova, Tomas Michalek won the Youth Jury Prize - Documentary
Febiofest Bratislava
- EXPLANATION FOR EVERYTHING by Gabor Reisz, producers: EAVE graduate Julia Berkes, EAVE graduate and Hungarian National Coordinator Viktoria Petranyi won the Main Competition Award at the International Film Festival Febiofest Bratislava.
- GLORIOUS UTOPIA by Marek Moucka, producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Krnacov won the Best Febio Pitch Award and the Pop Up Film Residency Visegrad Award
https://febiofest.sk/en/febiofest-en
Association of French Film Critics
The Association of French Film Critics has crowned the best films of 2023, among which:
- 1976 by Manuela Martelli, producer: EAVE graduate Dominga Sotomayor won Best International Debut
CARTOON MOVIE Bordeaux
- PESTA by Hanne Berkaak, producer: EAVE graduate Lise Fearnley, co-producer: EAVE graduate Kristine Knudsen won the Eurimages Co-Production Development Award (20,000 euros).
Page published 28 March 2024.
