6 Awards for EAVE graduates at WEMW When East meets West
Awards January 2023
Trieste Film Festival
BUTTERFLY VISION by Maksim Nakonechnyi, co-producer: EAVE graduate Dagmar Sedlackova won the Cineuropa Award for best feature film in competition at the Trieste Film Festival.
WEMW
These are the When East Meets West WEMW 2023 award winners:
- The EAVE Producers Workshop 2024 Scholarship went to: Julia Sinkyevich | Ukraine, Poland
- 2M2 by Volkan Üce, producer: EAVE graduate Hans Everaert won the ArteVideo Co-Production Award
- THE GANG by Carol Rodríguez Colás, producer: PUENTES graduate Maria Carla del Rio received the EWA Network’s I HAVE A DREAM Award for Equality & Inclusion
- EAVE project FIUME O MORTE! by Igor Bezinović, produced by EAVE graduate Tibor Keser, Marina Gumzi, Elena Vera Tomasin won the Laser Film Award
- MY MAGICAL WORLD by Elvin Adigozel, producer: EAVE participant Maria Ibrahimova received the TRT Award
- THE CHILD by Linda Olte, producer: EAVE graduate Roberto Cavallini, EAVE MW graduate Matiss Kaza won the Italy-Baltic Development Awards for Co-Production
- WHEN THE KIDS SING THE HITS by Mina Djukic, producer: EAVE graduate and Serbian National Coordinator Milan Stojanovic received the RE-ACT Co-Development Award
Swedish Guldbaggen
EAVE graduates won 8 awards at the Swedish Guldbaggen:
- TRIANGLE OF SADNESS by Ruben Östlund, co-producers: EAVE graduate and Greek National Coordinator Konstantinos Kontovrakis, EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas, EAVE graduates Danae Spathara, Per Damgaard Hansen, executive producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler is dominating the Swedish Guldbaggen winning Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Best Costume Design and Best Makeup
- BOY FROM HEAVEN by Tarik Saleh, producers: EAVE graduates Kristina Aberg, Mark Lwoff, Misha Jaari, Monica Hellström, Linda Mutawi, was awarded Best Screenplay
- BLACK CRAB by Adam Berg, associate line producer: EAVE graduate Linda Mutawi won Best Cinematography, Best Visual Effects, Best production Design
Lumières Awards
EAVE graduates scooped the main prices at the French Lumières Awards:
- THE NIGHT OF THE 12TH by Dominik Moll, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart won Best Film and Best Screenplay
- PACIFICTION by Albert Serra, producer: EAVE graduate Dirk Decker was awarded Best Director and Best Actor (Benoît Magimel)
https://academiedeslumieres.com/discover-2022-winners-list/
Golden Venla Awards
SUMMER OF SORROW by Jani Volanen, producer: EAVE graduate Tiina-Mari Pitkänen won the Golden Venla Award, the Finnish Television Award, for the best drama series. Director and scriptwriter Jani Volanen also won 2 personal prices (Best Script, Best Directing) and actress Laura Birn won the Best Supporting Actor Award.
Max Ophüls Festival Saarbrücken
Seven awards for EAVE graduates at the Max Ophüls Festival Saarbrücken:
- BREAKING THE ICE by Clara Stern, producer: EAVE graduate Michael Kitzberger was awarded Best Script, the Award of the Youth Jury and the Award for the Best Socially Relevant Film.
- EISMAYER by David Wagner, producers: EAVE graduates Arash T. Riahi, Sabine Gruber received the Critics’ Award and the Audience Award
- SPRICH MIT MIR by Janin Halisch, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jamila Wenske won Best Newcomer Actress (Alina Stiegler)
- FRANKY FIVE STAR by Birgit Möller, producer: EAVE graduate Jamila Wenske won the Award of the Ecumenical Jury
Tromsø international Film Festival
- THE BLUE CAFTAN by Maryam Touzani, producers: EAVE graduate Kartin Pors, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin won the Don Quixote Prize at the Tromsø International Film Festival.
- PACIFICTION by Albert Serra, co-producer: EAVE graduate Dirk Decker won the FIPRESCI Prize.
Ramdan Festival Tournai
Two awards for EAVE graduates at the Ramdan Festival Tournai:
- A HOUSE MADE OF SPLINTERS by Simon Lereng Wilmont, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Hellström, co-producer: EAVE participant Darya Bassel won the Critics’ Award
- THE BLUE CAFTAN by Maryam Touzani, producers: EAVE graduate Kartin Pors, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin won Best Fiction Film.
Swiss Solothurn Film Festival
AMINE – HELD AUF BEWÄHRUNG by Dani Heusser, producer: EAVE graduate Dario Schoch won the Audience Award at the Swiss Solothurn Film Festival.
ArteKino online Film Festival
SUMMER SURVIVORS by Marija Kavtaradze, producer: EAVE graduate Marija Razgutė won the Young Audience Award of the ArteKino online film festival.
https://artekinofestival.arte.tv
Gaudí Awards
THE YELLOW CEILING by Isabel Coixet, producer: EAVE graduate Carla Sospedra won the Gaudí Prize for Best Documentary
Page published 31 January 2023. Updated 24 March 2023.
