A great finale for the EAVE 2013 European Producers Workshop in Vienna
Press release
A great finale for the EAVE 2013 European Producers Workshop in Vienna
The EAVE 2013 European Producers Workshop came to a close with its third and last workshop in Vienna, Austria (October 21-28), organized in partnership with Vienna Film Fund.
During this final workshop, the 51 participants from 32 countries have met 61 high-profile European film industry professionals in pre-scheduled one-to-one meetings and pitched the 31 projects that have been developed throughout the workshop year.
This year, 61 key industry professionals have confirmed their attendance as decision makers: Salma Abdalla / Autlook Filmsales (AT), Scilla Andreen / Indieflix (US), Robert Balinski /Polish Film Insitute (PL), Kazz Basma / Sideways Film (UK), Klaus Bassiner / Servus TV (AT), Philippe Bober / Coproduction Office (FR), Doreen Boonekamp / Netherlands Film Fund (NL), David Cabannes / Under the Milky Way (FR), Laure Caillol / Haut et Court (FR), Carl Clifton / K5 International (UK), Ellis Driessen / Fortissimo (NL), Elin Erichsen / Norwegian Film Institute (NO), Andrea Ernst / WDR (DE), Leslie Finlay / Creative Scotland (UK), Adrienne Frejacques / ARTE France (FR), Keiko Funato / Alpha Violet (FR), Marco Valerio Fusco / Intramovies (IT), Gabor Greiner / Films Boutique (DE), Alessandro Gropplero / Friuli Venezia Giulia Audiovisual Fund (IT), Helle Hansen / Danish Film Institute (DK), Teresa Hoefert de Turégano / Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg (DE), Stephanie Hugé / Wallimage (BE), Peter Jäger / Autlook Filmsales (AT), Tine Klint / LevelK (DK), Marion Klotz / Memento Films International (FR), Danny Krausz / DOR FILM (AT), Catherine Le Clef / CAT&Docs (FR), Giacomo Lopez / RAI 5 (IT), Luca Macciocca / RAI 2 (IT), Karoliina Martikainen / Yellow Affair (SE), Anthony Muir / Film i Väst (SE), Beatrice Neumann / The Works International (UK), Kirsten Niehuus / Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg (DE), Simon Ofenloch / ZDF/ARTE (DE), Keith Potter / Film Agency for Wales (UK), Piotr Reisch /SPI International Polska (PL), Andreas Rothbauer / Picture Tree International (DE), Gabriele Röthemeyer / MFG Medien-und Filmgesellschaft Baden-Württemberg (DE), Lucas Schmidt / ZDF - Das kleine Fernsehspiel (DE), Manfred Schmidt / Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (DE), Dirk Schürhoff / Beta Cinema (DE), Gerlinde Seitner / Vienna Film Fund (AT), Georg Steinert / ARTE (FR), Roland Teichmann / Austrian Film Institute (AT), Agathe Valentin / Les Films du Losange (FR), Leslie Vuchot / The Festival Agency (FR), Daniel Waser / Zürcher Filmstiftung (CH), Monika Weibel / Frenetic Films (CH) and Sasha Wieser / EastWest Filmdistribution (AT).Among them, various special guests from leading European co-production markets EAVE has partnerships with will present themselves and their events to the participants and be available for one-to-one meetings: Amra Baksic-Camo / CineLink (BA), Julie Bergeron / Producers Network & Rencontres de Coproduction Francophone (FR), Bernd Buder / connecting cottbus (DE), Matthieu Darras / TorinoFilmLab (IT), Alessandro Gropplero / When East Meets West (IT), Vanja Kaludjercic / Paris Project & Arc 1950 Coproduction Village (FR), Fabienne Morris / FIDlab (FR), Nienke Poelsma / CineMart (NL), Riina Sildos / Baltic Event (EE), Ananda Sepka / Open Doors (CH), Gülin Üstün / Meetings on the Bridge (TK) and Signe Zeilich-Jensen / Holland Film Meeting (NL).
Among them, various special guests from leading European co-production markets EAVE has partnerships with have presented themselves and their events to the participants and were available for one-to-one meetings: Amra Baksic-Camo / CineLink (BA), Julie Bergeron / Producers Network & Rencontres de Coproduction Francophone (FR), Bernd Buder / connecting cottbus (DE), Matthieu Darras / TorinoFilmLab (IT), Alessandro Gropplero / When East Meets West (IT), Vanja Kaludjercic / Paris Project & Arc 1950 Coproduction Village (FR), Fabienne Morris / FIDlab (FR), Nienke Poelsma / CineMart (NL), Riina Sildos / Baltic Event (EE), Ananda Sepka / Open Doors (CH), Gülin Üstün / Meetings on the Bridge (TK) and Signe Zeilich-Jensen / Holland Film Meeting (NL).
In addition, the schedule offered plenary sessions, group work and individual meetings with EAVE experts and guests: Linda Beath (IT) - Strategic Planning for Production Companies, Roberto Olla (EU) – Legal Aspects of Distribution and Sales, Laurence Kaye (UK) - Music Rights, Sibylle Kurz (DE) - Pitching, Nikolaj Nikitin (DE) - Festival strategies and Jani Thiltges (LU) - Career Development. Independent producer Peter de Maegd / Potemkino (BE) has given a case study illustrating the new opportunities offered by converging media. A panel session animated by Linda Beath on “VoD and the opportunities and threats for the indies” has gathered Peter Gerard / Distrify (UK), Pierre-Alexandre Labelle / Under The Milky Way (US) and Karin Haager / Flimmit (AT) who have share their vision and experience. Danish documentary producer and EAVE graduate Signe Byrge Sørensen (Final Cut for Real) has presented a case study of her multi-awarded EAVE project “The Act of Killing”.
EAVE was delighted to give local film-professionals an opportunity to get a taste of EAVE. Plenary sessions and the special "EAVE@Vienna" workshop with tailor-made sessions for local professionals were held.
EAVE is grateful for the support for the Workshop 3 2013 from: Vienna Film Fund, Film and Music Austria, Vienna Film Commission, Austrian Film Insitute, MEDIA Desk Austria, Hoanzl VertriebsgmbH and FISA.
The first two workshops of 2013 took place in Luxembourg (March 11-18) and Turku, Finland (June 12-19).
For more information, please contact satu@eave.org.
Page published 30 October 2013.
