EAVE European Producers Workshop 2013 goes to Turku, Finland
Press release
EAVE European Producers Workshop 2013 goes to Turku, Finland
The EAVE European Producers Workshop 2013 continues with a second workshop week in Turku, Finland, during June 12-19. The workshop is organized in partnership with the West Finland Film Commission. For this workshop at Radisson Blu Marina Palace Hotel, we are delighted to welcome 50 producers from 32 countries who will continue working on 33 documentary and feature projects.
The 2013 EAVE pedagogical team is composed of EAVE Head of Studies Jani Thiltges (Luxembourg), the four group leaders (all active, experienced producers), Roshanak Behesht Nedjad (Flying Moon, DE), Danijel Hocevar (Emotionfilm, SI), Lise Lense-Møller (Magic Hour Films, DK) and Patrick Sobelman (Agat Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo); the script consultants Clare Downs (UK), Jacques Akchoti (FR), Martin Daniel (USA), and documentary expert Sylvia Stevens (Faction Films, UK). They are supported by the specialized experts for Pitching: Sibylle Kurz (DE), Finance: Linda Beath (Ideal Filmworks, IT), Marketing: Sarah Calderon (The Film Agency, ES), Music Rights: Laurence Kaye (UK) and Legal Issues: Roberto Olla (Eurimages, FR), who share their expertise in plenary and group work sessions and individual meetings with the EAVE participants.
Individual meetings with the script consultants and other experts, special sessions dedicated to sales agents & international market, European documentary film industry and financing plans, as well as producing in and with Finland will complement the schedule.
Managing Director and founder of Urban Distribution International, Frédéric Corvez from France will elaborate on sales agents and the international market.
Documentary film maker Boris Mitic (Dribbling Pictures) from Serbia will share his insight into the European documentary film industry.
Other guest experts coming to Turku will include senior producers Danny Krausz (DOR Film, Austria) and Riina Sildos (Amrion, Estonia).
In a session called Producing in and with Finland the participants will be given an overview of the benefits of shooting in Finland and the possibilities of co-production with Finnish companies.
All plenary sessions are open for interested local professionals. For the detailed programme, please contact Workshop Manager Satu Elo satu@eave.org or Nora Kuusisto from the West Finland Film Commission nora.kuusisto@turku.fi.
There will also be a special Mini-EAVE programme for Finnish film professionals, on Friday June 14. As a parallel session to Mini-EAVE, West Finland Film Commission will host a “Film business and turning film into a touristic product” seminar for tourism operators and companies interested in film productization. For more information about this, please see West Finland Film Commission’s webpage www.wffc.fi or contact nora.kuusisto@turku.fi.
EAVE expresses special gratitude for the support of Workshop 2 to:West Finland Film Commission, the Finnish Film Foundation, Angel Films, 3D – TRIX Finland, East Finland Film Commission, Finnish Lapland Film Commission, Finland Film Commission and the Arts Academy at Turku University of Applied Sciences.
Page published 4 June 2013. Updated 1 July 2013.
