CHANGE projects awarded at the Georgian Eliso Awards
Awards June 2025
Tribeca Film Festival
- A BRIGHT FUTURE by Lucia Garibaldi, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Jamila Wenske won the Viewpoints Award at the Tribeca Film Festival
- CUERPO CELESTE by Nayra Ilic, producer: PUENTES graduate Alessandro Amato received a Special Jury Mention
- LITTLE TROUBLE GIRLS by Urska Djukic, producer: EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar, EAVE graduate Miha Cernec, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marina Gumzi, Dragana Jovovic, Katarina Prpic won Best Cinematography in an International Narrative Feature
- BEYOND SILENCE by Marnie Blok, producer: EAVE and CPI graduate Ellen Havenith won Best Narrative Short
- PETRA AND THE SUN by Malu Furche, Stefania Malacchini, producer: EAVE MW graduate Yennifer Fasciani won a Special Jury Mention in the Shorts Competition.
Annecy International Animation Film Festival
- SAPPHO by Rosana Urbes, producer: EAVE graduate Leticia Friedrich won the Alexeïeff-Parker Prize for Best Short Film
Mifa Pitches
- BEASTIES by Lola Lefevre, producer: TTB graduate Judith Nora won the TitraFilm Prize
- EAVE project RED ZONE by Iryna Tilsik, producer: EAVE graduate Darya Bassel, co-producers: EAVE graduate Marion Guth won the CICLIC prize
- ERASED by Vladimir Mavounia-Kouka, producer: EAVE graduate Juraj Krasnohorsky won the TitraFilm Prize
- SAIMA – SCENES FROM A MIDLIFE CRISIS by Chintis Lundgren, Draško Ivezic, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Ostrat won the CICLIC prize
https://www.annecyfestival.com
Lithuanian National Silver Crane film awards
- THE SOUTHERN CHRONICLES by Ignas Miskinis, producer: B’EST graduate Lukas Trimonis, co-producer: EAVE graduate Esko Rips won 12 awards – Best Feature Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Leading Actor, Best Editor, Best Costumes, Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, Best Make-up
- MURMURING HEARTS by Vytautas Puidokas, producer: EAVE graduate Ruta Adele Jekentaite, co-producer: EAVE graduate Estelle Robin You won Best Long Documentary
- LOTUS by Signe Birkova, producer: EAVE FFF graduate Roberts Vinovskis was awarded Best Minority Coproduction
Krakow Film Festival
- SILVER by Natalia Koniarz, producer: EAVE graduate Maciej Kubicki won the Silver Horn in the Documentary competition, the FIPRESCI Award, the Audience Award, the EFA Recommendation, the Maciej Szumowski Award for remarkable social awareness, The Award for the best short and documentary films producer in Poland and the Award for the best cinematography in the National Competition
- THE GARDENER, THE BUDDHIST & THE SPY by Håvard Bustnes, producer: EAVE graduate Carsten Aanonsen won the Human Rights in Motion Award
- THE PROPAGANDIST by Luuk Bouwman, producer: EAVE graduate Ilja Roomans won the Jury Special Mention
- SILENT TREES by Agnieszka Zwiefka, producer: EAVE graduate Heino Deckert won the Golden Hobby-Horse for a Feature-length Film and a Special Mention in the International Documentary Competition
Austrian Film Awards
- THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE by Mo Harawe, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Oliver Neumann, co-producer: EAVE graduate Nicole Gerhards bagged five prizes: Best Camera for Mostafa El Kashef, Best Casting for Mohamed Mohamud Jama, Best Script for Mo Harawe, Best Director for Mo Harawe, and Best Film (collected by producers Sabine Moser and Oliver Neumann)
- SLEEPING WITH A TIGER by Anja Salomonowitz, producer: EAVE graduate Antonin Svoboda won the composite prize of Best Sound Editing, made up of Best Original Sound for Hjalti Bager-Jonathansson and Johannes Baumann, Best Sound Design for Veronika Hlawatsch, and Best Sound Mixing for Tobias Fleig, Best Score for Bernhard Fleischmann, Best Production Design for Martin Reiter and Andreas Ertl, Best Make-up for Sam Dopona and Verena Pellegrini, and Best Leading Actress for Birgit Minichmayr
- PEACOCK by Bernhard Wenger, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Michael Kitzberger won Best Leading Actor for Albrecht Schuch
- ANDREA GETS A DIVORCE by Josef Hader, producers: EAVE graduates Arash T. Riahi, Sabine Gruber won Best Supporting Actor for Thomas Schubert
https://www.oesterreichische-filmakademie.at
Hellenic Film Academy Awards
- ARCADIA by Yorgos Zois, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Maria Drandaki, co-producer: EAVE graduate Veselka Kiryakova won Best Feature Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay
- EAVE project STRAY BODIES by Elina Psykou, producer: EAVE graduates Ivan Madeo, Veselka Kiryakova, co-producer: EAVE graduate Rea Apostolides won Best Documentary
- SHE LOVED BLOSSOMS MORE by Yannis Veslemes, producer: EAVE+ graduate Fenia Cossovitsa won Best Supporting Actor, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Original Music Score, Best Production Design, Best Sound, Best Makeup, Hair and SFX and Best Special and Visual Effects
- TO A LAND UNKNOWN by Mahdi Fleifel, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki won Best Greek Minority Co-Production
https://hellenicfilmacademy.gr/
Georgian Eliso Awards
- CHANGE project BLUEBERRY DREAMS by Elena Mikaberidze, producers: CHANGE graduate Elen Margvelashvili, EAVE graduate Isabelle Truc received a Special Mention
- CHANGE project EVER SINCE I KNEW MYSELF directed and produced by CHANGE graduate by Maka Gogaladze won Best Director and Best Editing
- CROSSING by Levan Akin, co-producer: CHANGE graduate Anna Khazaradze won Best Acting (Mzia Arabuli)
- PANOPTICON by George Sikharulidze, producer: EAVE graduates Vladimer Katcharava, co-producers: EAVE graduates Archil Gelovani, Anamaria Antoci won Best Acting (Dana Chachua) and Best Production Design
https://natovachnadze.com/en/eliso-awards/
Locarno Film Festival
- EAVE graduate Myriam Sassine from Abbout Productions (Lebanon) receives Locarno Film Festival's producing award, the Raimondo Rezzonico Award.
https://www.locarnofestival.ch/it/festival/special-awards/premio-raimondo-rezzonico.html
Mediterrane Film Festival
- EAVE project WHERE THE WIND COMES FROM by Amel Guellaty, producer: TTB graduate Karim Aitouna, EAVE graduate Asma Chiboub won Best Feature Film and Best Performance.
Sheffield Doc/Fest
- WELDED by Anastasya Miroshnichenko, producers: EAVE graduates Valerie Montmartin, Anton Iffland Stettner, Eva Kuperman won the international competition at the Sheffield DocFest
International Filmfest Emden-Norderney
- DANIEL VAN DEN BERG IS DOOD by Ali Baharlou, producer: EAVE graduate Katleen Goossens won the Ostfriesische Kurzfilmpreis at the International Filmfest Emden-Norderney.
Philosophical Film Festival in Skopje
- SHAMBHALA by Min Bahadur Bham, co-producer: EAVE graduate Verona Meier, executive producer: Ruben Thorkildsen, associate producer: TTB graduate Jeremy Chua won the Philosophical Film Festival in Skopje.
https://philosophicalfilmfestival.mk/en/home
Biografilm Bologna
- GIRLS & GODS by EAVe graduate and script consultant Arash T. Riahi & Verena Soltiz, producers: EAVE graduates Arash T. Riahi, Sabine Gruber won Best Film at the Biografilm Festival Bologna.
- THE LAST AMBASSADOR by Natalie Halla, producers: EAVE graduates Arash T. Riahi, Sabine Gruber received a Menzione Speciale
- FLOPHOUSE AMERICA by Monica Strømdahl, producer: EAVE graduate Beathe Hofseth was awarded Premio Hera “Nuovi Talenti”
- BALOMANIA by Sissel Morell Dargis, producer: EAVE graduates Gema Juarez Allen, Schmidt Olesen, Marieke van den Bersselaar received a Menzione Speciale
SEEfest Los Angeles
- DJ AHMET by Georgi M. Unkovski, producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Prpic won the Grand Jury Prize – Best Feature Film, the Feature Film Audience Award and the Bridging the Borders Award
- THE NEW YEAR THAT NEVER CAME by Bogdan Muresanu, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ada Solomon won Best Ensemble
- SUPERMARKET by Nemanja Becanovic, producer: EAVE graduate Jelena Angelovski won Best Cinematography in Feature Film
- NASTY by EAVE graduate Tudor Giurgiu, producers: EAVE graduates Oana Giurgiu, Tudor Giurgiu won the Documentary Audience Award
Transilvania International Film Festival
- TO A LAND UNKNOWN by Mahdi Fleifel, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki won the Transilvana Trophy
- XOFTEX by Noaz Deshe, executive producer: EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki won Best Director
- THE NEW YEAR THAT NEVER CAME by Bogdan Muresanu, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ada Solomon won Best Feature and Vodafone Hearts’ Award
- BRIGHT FUTURE by Andra MacMasters, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Lazurean-Gorgan won the Debut Award
Zlin Film Festival
- HONEY by Natasha Arthy, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Stevnbak Westergren won the Golden Slipper for Best Feature Film in the Children’s Category at the Zlin festival
- KEVLAR SOUL by Maria Eriksson-Hecht, producer: EAVE graduate Lizette Jonjic, co-producers: EAVE graduates Misha Jaari, Mark Lwoff won the Golden Slipper for Best Feature Film in the Youth Category
- DJ AHMET by Georgi M. Unkovski, producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Prpic won the Special Jury Award for a Feature Film in the Youth Category
- I ACCIDENTALLY WROTE A BOOK by Nora Lakos, producers: EAVE graduates Claudia Sümeghy and Joram Willink received a Special Mention
Page published 30 June 2025.
