Awards and Nominations June 2011
Five EAVE producers selected for Power to the Pixel
Awards
- ESSENTIAL KILLING by Jerzy Skolimowski, producers: EAVE 2002 graduate Jozsef Berger, EAVE 1991 graduate Ed Guiney, and EAVE 2009 graduate Ingrid Lill Hogtun triumphed the 36. Polish Film Festival, taking home a total of six awards. The film won the Grand Award for best film as well as prizes including best director, best cinematography, best score and best editing. The main prize also rewarded the producers Jerzy Skolimowski and Ewa Piaskowska. www.fpff.pl
- ADRIENN PAL, producer: EAVE 2009 graduate Ferenc Pusztai, co-producer: EAVE 2008 graduate Oliver Neumann won four awards at the Hungarian Film Week. Best film, best producer, best sound design and the audience award.- KMH film’s feature film project AFTERLIFE by writer/director Virág Zomborácz has received the MEDIA European Talent Prize on the 64th Cannes Film Festival. www.kmhfilm.com
- FRAUENZIMMER by Saara Aila Waasner, producer: EAVE 2009 graduate Caroline Daube won the prize for best cinematography (Eva Maschke) at the International Women's Film Festival (IFFF) in Dortmund. www.royalponyfilm.com
- NOMADS HOME by EAVE PCP graduate Iman Kamel, co-producer: EAVE PCP graduate Talal Al-Muhanna was awarded best cinematography (Ute Freund) and best director (Iman Kamel) at the 11th Independent Film Festival in Cairo. www.nomadshome.net
- RATS ISLAND by Mike Hannon produced by Sinead Ni Bhroin of EAVE 2008 graduate Nicky Gogan’s Still Films won best documentary and best in cork awards at the Fastnet Film Festival at Schull, Co. Cork. www.stillfilms.org
- Two awards for EAVE producers at the Transylvania International Film Festival (TIFF) in Cluj: the best director award went to VOLCANO by Rúnar Rúnarsson, executive producer EAVE 1993 graduate Thomas Gammeltoft. SHE MONKEYS by Lisa Aschan, producer: EAVE 2007 graduate Helene Lindholm, executive producer: EAVE 2007 graduate Kristina Åberg received the best cinematography award. www.tiff.ro
Nominations
- Power to the Pixel has selected 32 participants from 14 European countries, including award-winning producers, writers, funders and filmmakers, for its unique cross-media course, The Pixel Lab, running from June 26 to July 2 in Potsdam, Germany. Five EAVE producers have been selected:
- EAVE 2009 graduate Arash T. Riahi, Golden Girls Filmproduktion with EVERYDAY REBELLION (A)
- EAVE 2010 graduate Sander Verdonk, Lev Pictures with MAYBE THEY KNEW EVERYTHING (NL)
- EAVE TIES THAT BIND 2009 participant Massimo Garlatti-Costa (I)
- EAVE 2005 graduate Patrice Nezan, Producer & Founder of les films du présent (F)
- EAVE 2003 graduate Alexander von Lukowitz, Producer (D)
- EAVE PCP graduates Iman Kamel and Talal Al-Muhanna are invited to present their collaborative docu-fiction project-in-development JEANNE D’ARC MASRIYA at the Africa Produce co-production platform OF THE Tarifa Film Festival in Spain. One of ten projects selected.
Page published 20 June 2011. Updated 21 June 2011.
