EAVE+ 15th Edition: Strategies for Sustainable Film Production Companies

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The 15th edition of EAVE+ takes place from April 25 - 30, 2025 at Hotel Légère Premium in Luxembourg. The workshop will gather 14 experienced producers from 11 countries to discuss the structure of their companies, best management practices and innovative business models, guided by a hand-picked selection of seasoned industry professionals.

We are grateful to our scholarship partners and their support to the selected workshop participants:

Projeto Paradiso: Dora Amorim (Zebra Filmes, Ponte Produtoras, Cinemascópio Produções, Brazil)
SODEC: Julie Groleau (Couronne Nord, Canada)
CineLink: Jelena Angelovski (Digitalkraft, Serbia)

See the complete list of participants below.

In tailor-made sessions according to the participants’ needs and company profiles, EAVE+ will tackle the most pressing issues for producers who want to run a sustainable company: transformational processes in film companies, diversification, new business models and company constellations.

Jonas Dornbach and Janina Schafft will share their insights and experience through a case study of their company Komplizen Film (DE) as well as the collective THE CREATIVES.
Edwin Goldman (Goldman Film, NL) will dive into the anatomy of innovative company models.
Konstantinos Kontovrakis (EL) will focus on the human factor in building and running a company with a business partner.
Céline Dornier (Logical Pictures, FR) will address the topic of working with equity.
Marc Bordure (FR), General and Financial CFO of the French production company AGAT FILMS & Cie / Ex Nihilo, will explore questions related to company finance.
Sophie Erbs (Gaïjin, FR) will analyse together with the participants their company business plans and strategies.
Program Director of Leadership Academy of Poland Olga Brzezińska will offer a half-day module on leadership.
Management coach Michael Comyn (The Time Signal Limited, IE) will work with the participants in individual meetings on their personal leadership and management skills.

EAVE+ Head of Studies Jani Thiltges (Samsa Film, LU), will lead group discussions analysing in depth the individual company cases of the selected participants. Additionally, participants will be able to go into more detail into the topics which are most urgent and most important to them and to their particular companies, during one-to-one meetings with the EAVE+ pedagogical team and with each other.

“The workshop is very attractive for experienced producers coping with strategical questions of how to move forward with your company and productions to make a sustainable business environment.”

Zivile Gallego, Fratila Films (LT) – EAVE+ 2024

“EAVE+ was a great opportunity where I could share my own humble insights and receive tons of smart insights back from my peers.”

Per Janerus. Harmonica Films (SE) – EAVE+ 2024

EAVE+ takes place once a year in Luxembourg with different experts and curates the most urgent, contemporary topics for each session according to industry needs.