EAVE European Producers Workshop 2013 takes off in Luxembourg
Press release
EAVE European Producers Workshop 2013 takes off in Luxembourg
As every year, the annual launch of the EAVE European Producers Workshop takes place in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in partnership with the Film Fund Luxembourg. For this year's workshop 1 during March 11 – 18 at the Légère Premium Hotel Luxembourg, we are delighted to welcome 51 producers from 32 countries bringing 33 documentary and feature projects to work on throughout the year.
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, FR); the script consultants Clare Downs (Forever Films, 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) and Legal Issues: Katrine Schlüter Schierbeck (Johan Schlüter law firm, DK), who share their expertise in plenary and group work sessions and individual meetings with the EAVE participants.
Individual meetings with the script analysts as well as special sessions dedicated to strategic development of a production company and documentary film development will complement the schedule.
Finnish producer, EAVE graduate and national coordinator Aleksi Bardy (Helsinki -filmi) will give a presentation about strategic development of a production company.
Danish producer and EAVE group leader Lise Lense-Møller (Magic Hour Films) will present the specific questions related to the development of documentaries.
The participants of the EAVE European Producers Workshop will meet representatives of the local film industry during a visit to the brand new Filmland Studios in Luxembourg.
Danish lawyer and EAVE expert Katrine Schlüter Schierbeck (Johan Schlüter law firm) will also give an extra presentation tailor made for local professionals’ needs at the Centre national de l’audiovisuel in Luxembourg.
All plenary sessions are open for interested local professionals. For the detailed programme, please contact Workshop Manager Satu Elo satu@eave.org.
EAVE expresses special gratitude for the support of Workshop 1 to: Film Fund Luxembourg, MEDIA Desk Luxembourg, Equinox Productions, Légère Premium Hotel Luxembourg, Luxembourg City Tourist Office.
Page published 4 March 2013. Updated 5 March 2013.
