Collaboration between Polish Film Institute and EAVE yields new scholarships for Polish producers

press release

Polish Film Institute and EAVE (European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs), one of the leading professional training, project development and networking organizations for audiovisual producers, are happy to announce the continuation of their successful partnership that will again and for the third time offer a scholarship for one Polish producer and project for the EAVE 2019 Producers Workshop.

The award of 30.000 PLN, sponsored by the Polish Film Institute, towards the costs of the participation in the EAVE 2019 workshops will be granted to one of the selected projects in development pitched at the Polish Days (July 30 – August 1, 2018), the most important industry event in Poland, held in the framework of the New Horizons International Film Festival (July 26 – August 5, 2018) in Wroclaw.
The award will be presented during the Polish Days awards ceremony on August 1, 2018, by EAVE’s CEO Kristina Trapp.

Past beneficiaries of the PFI/EAVE award have been Magdalena Kaminska (Balapolis), who is pitching her latest project BEFORE THE HORIZON ENDS by Anka Sasnal and Wilhelm Sasnal, as well as Marta Golba (Endorfina Studio), who is presenting her latest production WHITE CUBE by Wojciech Pustola at the Polish Days this year:

Magdalena Kamiska:  “In 2016 I was awarded with the scholarship when pitching feature film WEREWOLF at the Polish Days New Horizons. Now the film is completed. Thanks to the PFI’s scholarship and EAVE  I was part of the 2017 workshop that gave me energy, knowledge, professional contacts and new friendships. All the benefits and experience gained are working out well for me now.“


Marta Golba:  “EAVE challenges, questions and sometimes deconstructs. All that to guide you, give tools and an amazing network of people from all arround the world to create a cinema beyond borders. I feel it is essential at this stage of my career and I would not be able to afford to participate in this adventure without the support of PFI.“


About EAVE:

EAVE is one of the leading training and development providers for producers in Europe, renowned for the EAVE Producers Workshop. The EAVE 2019 Producers Workshop is aimed at producers, both fiction and documentary, who are already working in the film and television industries who wish to begin to operate on a European wide basis by increasing their knowledge of producing and co-producing in Europe and beyond, by building up a pan European professional network. EAVE welcomes applications from associated branches of the industry – e.g. commissioning, funding, legal and finance, festivals & markets, media administration. Each year, 50 participants are selected from most of the EU countries and beyond and partake in three one-week workshops.

Timeline: interviews with a pre-selection of candidates in October 2018; selection is announced in December 2018; in 2019 three workshops take place in March (Luxembourg), June (Novi Sad, Serbia) and October (Leipzig, Germany).

For more information about the programme and application procedure, please visit: www.eave.org

About PISF:

The Polish Film Institute (PISF) is a national film fund established in 2005. Poland has a long tradition of quality filmmaking, marked by names such as Andrzej Wajda, Krzysztof Zanussi and Krzysztof Kieslowski; directors working abroad and contributing to the achievements of the world cinema such as Roman Polanski and Agnieszka Holland; and cinematographers such as Janusz Kaminski and Slawomir Idziak, whose work is recognized and sought after the world over. Their accomplishments set standards of excellence that are being followed by the new generation of Polish filmmakers. The Polish Film Institute exists to help them gain international recognition for their films, and to help Polish cinema restore and maintain its traditional position in the world. The Institute's principal task is to provide the Polish film industry with a modern mechanism of support – from the development of film projects, through production, to promotion, distribution and circulation of Polish and European films. PFI supports films from concept to screening, with particular emphasis on international co-productions. For more information: www.en.pisf.pl

About New Horizons IFF

New Horizons IFF – Poland’s biggest thriving arthouse festival, showcase of bold auteur cinema focused on uncompromising films that explore new horizons in film language, expression and storytelling. With the lively and dedicated attitude towards its audiences, it introduces new directors and new trends in films as well as explores various artistic fields throughout the city of Wroclaw. International industry events such as Polish Days and New Horizons Studio+ are part of the festivals programme.

Polish Days, one of the most important industry events in Poland, are committed to expanding an international presence of Polish cinema and building long-term relationships with the world film industry professionals. During three days industry representatives including programmers, sales agents, producers, film funds and distributors from all over the world meet to watch the latest Polish films at closed screenings. Completed films, works-in-progress and projects in development are shown and pitched to the international audience and followed by one-on-one sessions. 7th edition of Polish Days are held between July 30 - August 1,  2018 in Wroclaw (Poland).

For more information: www.nowehoryzonty.pl

Page published 26 July 2018.