5 New EAVE Cannes Success Stories featured on Festival Scope Pro

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EAVE has not only become an internationally recognised brand among the existing training initiatives and networks in Europe, but is also playing a major role in fostering co-production and strengthening the European audiovisual sector. 

Many projects developed through EAVE's flagship programme, the EAVE Producers Workshop, as well as our international programmes, TIES THAT BIND, PUENTES, Interchange and B'EST, have been successfully produced, critically acclaimed and distributed internationally. The co-operation with FESTIVAL SCOPE PRO promotes hand-picked, recently finalised films developed through EAVE. The goal is to give more visibility to the finished films developed at various EAVE programmes and enhance their circulation. 

5 new EAVE Cannes success stories are now featured through the EAVE & FESTIVAL SCOPE PRO partnership:

THE HAPPIEST DAY IN THE LIFE OF OLLI MÄKI directed by Juho Kuosmanen, produced by EAVE graduate Jussi Rantamäki, co-produced by EAVE graduate Nicklas Wikström Nicastro, sales agent: Les Films du Losange was awarded the Un Certain Regard Award in Cannes 2016. The Finnish-German-Swedish co-production was developed at the EAVE Producers Workshop 2013.

ONE WEEK AND A DAY directed by Asaph Polonsky, producer: EAVE graduate Saar Yogev, sales agent: New Europe Film Sales received the GAN Foundation Award For Distribution at the Cannes Film Festival 2016. The Israeli Drama was developed at the EAVE Producers Workshop 2013.

MIMOSAS directed by Oliver Laxe, producer: EAVE graduate Felipe Lage Coro, sales agent: Luxbox, was awarded the NESPRESSO Grand Prize of the Semaine de la Critique in Cannes 2016. The Spanish-Moroccan-French-Qatari co-production was developed by the producer-director team at Interchange - Middle East / Europe Co-Production Workshop 2011.

A YELLOW BIRD directed by by K. Rajagopal, producer: Ties That Bind graduate Jeremy Chua, co-producers: EAVE graduates Fran Borgia and Claire Lajoumard, sales agent: Alpha Violet, premiered in the Semaine de la Critique in Cannes 2016. The Singaporean-French co-production was developed at Ties That Bind - Asia / Europe Co-Production Workshop 2013.

HEAVEN SENT directed by Wissam Charaf, producer: Interchange graduate Charlotte Vincent, premiered in the ACID section in Cannes 2016. The French-Lebanese co-production was developed by the producer-director team at Interchange - Middle East / Europe Co-Production Workshop 2010.

Other recent films developed at EAVE and featured through the EAVE & FESTIVAL SCOPE PRO partnership are:

UNITED STATES OF LOVE directed by Tomasz Wasilewski, produced by EAVE graduate Piotr Kobus was awarded the Silver Bear for Best Script in the Berlinale 2016 Competition. The Polish-Swedish co-production was developed at the EAVE Producers Workshop 2014 by producer Piotr Kobus.

MELLOW MUD directed by Renars Vimba, produced by B’EST graduate Alise Gelze and EAVE graduate and Latvian National Coordinator Aija Berzina received the Crystal Bear for the Best Film by the Youth Jury in the Berlinale Generation section. The Latvian project was developed at B’EST 2012 by producer Alise Gelze.

ZUD directed by Marta Minorowicz, producer: EAVE graduates Ann Carolin Renninger and Anna Wydra premiered in the Berlinale Generation section 2016. The German-Polish co-production was developed at the EAVE Producers Workshop 2013 by producer Ann Carolin Renninger.

THE BLACK FROST directed by Maximiliano Schonfeld, produced by PUENTES graduate Barbara Francisco had its world premiere in the Berlinale Panorama section 2016. The Argentinian project was developed at the PUENTES 2013 workshop by producer Barbara Francisco.

DUST CLOTH directed by Ahu Öztürk, produced by EAVE graduate Nesra Gürbüz premiered in the Berlinale Forum 2016 and is nominated for the Audentia Award for Best Female Director, at the Istanbul Film Festival. The Turkish-German co-production was developed at the EAVE Producers Workshop 2013 by producer Nesra Gürbüz.

STRIKE A POSE directed by Ester Gould, Reijer Zwaan is co-produced by EAVE graduates Rosan Boersma, Sander Verdonk and Ellen de Waele ran on the 2nd place for the Panorama Audience Award - Panorama Dokumente 2016. The Dutch-Belgian co-production was developed at the EAVE Producers Workshop 2014 by producer Rosan Boersma.

Interchange project 3000 NIGHTS directed by Mai Masri, producer: EAVE graduate Tunje Berns received the Young Jury Prize (Peace Brigades International) at the International Film Festival and Forum On Human Rights Geneva.

B’EST project BROTHER DEJAN directed by Bakur Bakuradze, producer: EAVE graduate and Serbian National Coordinator Miroslav Mogorovic premiered at the Locarno Film Festival and was awarded the Grand Prix at the Batumi Film Festival.

EAVE project THE PARADISE SUITE directed by Joost van Ginkel, produced by EAVE graduate Ellen Havenith was the Dutch submission for the Academy Awards. The Dutch-Swedish-Bulgarian co-production won the Jury Prize for Best Actor & Ecumenical Jury Award at the Tallinn Black Nights FF; the Award as Best Actress at the Subtitle European FF; the Special Mention for Best Actress at the Sofia IFF.

EAVE project BROTHERS directed by Wojciech Staron and produced by EAVE graduate Malgorzata Staron, is the next film by Wojciech Staron that gained wide recognition after SIBERIAN LESSON and ARGENTINIAN LESSON. The Polish documentary was awarded at numerous festivals around the world (Grand Prix Locarno Semaine de la Critique, Grand Prix Golden Dove - Leipzig IFF, Camerimage IFF – Special Mention, Grand Prix Listapad – IFF). 

Interchange project GO HOME directed by graduate Jihane Chouaib and produced by graduate Nathalie Trafford premiered at the Busan FF. The French-Swiss-Belgian-Lebanese co-production tells tells the story of NADA who returns to Lebanon, and realizes she’s a foreigner in her own country.

Ties That Bind project MR. ZHANG BELIEVES directed by Jiongjiong Qiu and produced by EAVE graduate Lihong Kong, premiered at the Locarno Film Festival and was screened at various festivals around the world. The experimental drama recounts 30 years of China’s 20th-century history through the story of Mr. Zhang Xianchi and the interacting forms of theatrical fiction and autobiography.

PUENTES project LUCIFER by Gust Van den Berghe and produced by EAVE graduate Tomas Leyers, is the third instalment in Gust Van den Berghe’s triptych about the emergence of human consciousness after LITTLE BABY JESUS OF FLANDR and BLUE BIRD. The film has been selected in over 25 festivals around the world and won numerous awards (Grand Prix -T-Mobile New Horizons FF and Tallinn Black Nights FF, Best Feature Film Mexico - Guanajuato IFF etc.).

EAVE project MONSTERMAN by Antti Haase, produced by Venla Hellstedt and Jouko Aaltonen, tells the moving story of the heavy metal monster band Lordi, that unexpectedly won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2006, and its front man Tomi Putaansuu aka Mr. Lordi. 

Ties That Bind project BIG FATHER, SMALL FATHER AND OTHER STORIES is the second feature of director Di Phan Dang after Phan’s Cannes-premiered debut, “Bi, Don’t Be Afraid!”. It is co-produced by EAVE graduates Claire Lajoumard and Denis Vaslin and has premiered in Berlinale Competition.

EAVE project MY SKINNY SISTER by Sanna Lenken, producer: EAVE graduate Annika Rogel received the Crystal Bear for Best Film, International Jury Generation Kplus Special Mention in Berlin and the Audience Award at the Gothenburg Film Festival.

EAVE project WHY ME?, EAVE graduate Tudor Giurgiu’s legal thriller based on a real-life case of political corruption, produced by EAVE graduate Oana Giurgiu, co-producer EAVE graduate Emoke Vagasi premiered in the Panorama section of the Berlinale.

Jorge Forero’s stunning debut VIOLENCIA (developed at EAVE PUENTES), producer: PUENTES graduate Diana Bustamante, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Katrin Pors was selected for this year’s Berlinale Forum.

Find out more about the films in promotion: https://pro.festivalscope.com/label/eave-1

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Page published 1 June 2016. Updated 15 June 2016.