EAVE graduates win big in Cannes!
Awards May 2025
Cannes Film Festival
Big success for EAVE graduates at the Cannes Film Festival: Grand Prix, Best Director and 25 more awards!
Competition
- SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Ottmar Berensen, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic wins the Grand Prix of the 78th Cannes Film Festival.
- THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonca Filho, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, EAVE graduate Leontine Petit, executive producer: EAVE+ graduate Dora Amorim wins Best Director (Kleber Mendonça Filho) and Best Actor (Wagner Moura)
- SIRAT by Oliver Laxe, producer: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font wins the Jury Prize ex aequo
- THE LITTLE SISTER by Hafsia Herzi, producer: PUENTES graduate Naomi Denamur wins Best Actress (Nadia Melliti)
Un Certain Regard
- THE MYSTERIOUS GAZE OF THE FLAMINGO by Diego Cespedes, producer: PUENTES graduate Giancarlo Nasi wins the Un Certain Regard Prize
- A POET by Simon Mesa Soto, co-producers: EAVE graduates Katharina Bergfeld, David Herdies, Heino Deckert, Michael Krotkiewski wins the Jury Prize
- ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA by Arab et Tarzan Nasser, co-producers: EAVE graduates Edyta Janczak-Hiriart, Rashid Abdelhamid, Ahmed Amer, co-producer: EAVE graduate Dorothe Beinemeier wins Best Director
- I ONLY REST IN THE STORM by Pedro Pinho, producer: TTB and EAVE graduate Filipa Reis, co-producers: EAVE graduate Ioana Lascar, EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Radu Stancu, PUENTES graudate and National Coordinator Latin America Tatiana Leite wins Best Actress (Cleo Diára)
- PILLION by Harry Lighton, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney wins Best Screenplay
Critics' Week
- A USEFUL GHOST by Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke, co-producers: TTB graduate Karim Aitouna, EAVE graduate May Odeh wins the Grand Prix
- IMAGO by Déni Oumar Pitsaev: co-producers: PUENTES graduate Géraldine Sprimont, EAVE graduate Anne-Laure Guégan wins the French Touch Jury Prize
- EAVE project THE LAST TEARS OF THE DECEASED by Beza Hailu Lemma, producer: EAVE graduate Tamara Dawit wins the Next Step Prize
Directors’ Fortnight
- WILD FOXES by Valéry Carnoy, producer: EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes wins the Europa Cinemas Label and the SACD Award
- LEFT-HANDED GIRL by Shih-Ching Tsou, executive producer: EAVE graduate Alex C. Lo wins the Gan Foundation Award for Distribution
Other Awards
- IMAGO by Déni Oumar Pitsaev: co-producers: PUENTES graduate Géraldine Sprimont, EAVE graduate Anne-Laure Guégan wins the Golden Eye for Best Documentary
- THE LITTLE SISTER by Hafsia Herzi, producer: PUENTES graduate Naomi Denamur wins the Queer Palm
- THE LOVE THAT REMAINS by Hlynur Pálmason, producers: EAVE graduates Anton Máni Svansson Katrin Pors, co-producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri wins the Palme Dog
- THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonca Filho, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, EAVE graduate Leontine Petit, executive producer: EAVE+ graduate Dora Amorim wins the FRIPRESCI Award (Competition)
- ALPHA by Julia Ducournau, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin wins the CST Award for Best Artist-Technician
- CONNEMARA by Alex Lutz, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland wins the CST Award for Best Young Female Film Technician
Docs-in-Progress Awards
- EVERYBODY TO KENMURE STREET by Felipe Bustos Sierra, producer: EAVE graduate Ciara Barry wins the Al Jazeera Documentary Award
- SOMETHING FAMILIAR by Rachel Close, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Lazurean-Gorgan wins the Chicken & Egg Vision Award
- THE PRODUCTION OF THE WORLD by Brett Story, producer: EAVE graduate Elhum Shakerifar wins the Post-Production Award (TransPerfect Media)
- TWO MOUNTAINS WEIGHING DOWN MY CHEST by Viv Li, producer: EAVE graduate Olivia Sophie Van Leeuwen wins the Alphapanda Award
EAVE graduate Ukrainian producer Volodymyr Yatsenko receives France’s Order of Arts and Letters medal at Cannes. The French Ministry of Culture established the order in 1957 to honor individuals who have made significant contributions to the arts, literature, or the promotion of these fields both within France and internationally.
German Lola Awards
- AKIKO, THE FLYING MONKEY by EAVE graduate Veit Helmer won Best Children’s Movie at the German Lola Awards
- ISLANDS by Jan-Ole Gerster, producer: EAVE+ graduate Jonas Katzenstein was awarded Best Music
goEast – Festival of Central and Eastern European Film
- THE BLACK HOLE by Moonika Siimets, producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Riina Sildos, EAVE graduate Jussi Rantamäki won the Award of the City of Wiesbaden for Best Director at goEast – Festival of Central and Eastern European Film in Wiesbaden
- EIGHTY PLUS by Zelimir Zilnik, producer: EAVE graduate Miha Cernec won the FIPRESCI Award
https://www.filmfestival-goeast.de/en
Romanian Gopo Awards
- THE NEW YEAR THAT NEVER CAME by Bogdan Muresanu, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ada Solomon scooped 10 awards, including Best Long Film, Best Director and Best Debut Film, at the Gopo Awards in Bucharest. The film also won in the Script, Actor in a Leading Role, Actress in a Leading Role, Editing, Production Design, Sound, and Make-up & Hair Styling categories at the Gopos, the Romanian Film Awards
- HOLY WEEK by Andrei Cohn, co-producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler won Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Best Cinematographer and Best Costumes
Crossing Europe Linz
- THE NEW YEAR THAT NEVER CAME by Bogdan Muresanu, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ada Solomon won the CROSSING EUROPE Award - Best Fiction Film
- THREE DAYS OF FISH by Peter Hoogendoorn, producer: EAVE graduate Stienette Bosklopper received a Special Mention
- THE FLATS by Alessandra Celesia, producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Laurent Csinidis won the CROSSING EUROPE Social Awareness Award - Best Documentary Film
- WENN DU ANGST HAST, NIMMST DU DEIN HERZ IN DEN MUND UND LÄCHELST by Marie Luise Lehner, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Michael Kitzberger won the CROSSING EUROPE Award Local Artist - Young Talent
Critics Awards for Arab Films
- EVERYBODY LOVES TOUDA Nabil Ayouch, producers: EAVE graduates Katrin Pors, Elisa Fernanda Pirir, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin won Best Screenplay and Best Actress
- XOFTEX by Noaz Deshe, executive producer: EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki won Best Editing
- THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE by Mo Harawe, producer: EAVE graduate Oliver Neumann, co-producer: EAVE graduate Nicole Gerhards won Best Cinematography
http://acc.film/critics-about.php
DOK.fest München
- SILENT OBSERVERS by Eliza Petkova, producer: EAVE graduate Veselka Kiryakova won the VIKTORIA DOK.international Main Competition at the International Documentary Film Festival Munich
- RASHID, THE BOY FROM SINJAR by Jasna Krajinovic, producer: EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes won the VIKTORIA DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency and the DOK.fest Preis der SOS-Kinderdörfer
Hot Docs
- WRITING HAWA by Najiba Noori, producer: EAVE graduate Renko Douze won the Hot Docs Docs for Schools Student Choice Award and the Best Social Impact Documentary Special mention.
Mastercard OFF CAMERA International Festival of Independent Cinema
- PIERCE by Nelicia Low, producer: TTB graduate Jeremy Chua, EAVE graduate Izabela Igel won the Andrzej Wajda Award at the Mastercard OFF CAMERA International Festival of Independent Cinema, Cracow
National Film Festival Vasil Gendov
EAVE graduates won 10 awards at the National Film Festival Vasil Gendov – Union of Bulgarian Filmmakers Awards.
- WINDLESS by Pavel G. Vesnakov, producer: EAVE graduat Veselka Kiryakova, co-producers: EAVE graduate Luigi Chimienti, PUENTES graduate Alessandro Amato was awarded Best Feature Film, Best Cinematography, Best Screenplay, Best Actor in a Leading Role
- TRIUMPH by Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantina Stavrianou won Best Director, Best Leading Actress, Best Production Design
- SILENT OBSERVERS by Eliza Petkova, producer: EAVE graduate Veselka Kiryakova won Best Documentary, Best Director and Best Original Music
Bolzano Film Festival
- VIET AND NAM by Truong Minh Quy, producers: TTB group leader and National Coordinator Asia Bianca Balbuena, TTB graduates Bradley Liew, Stefano Renting, EAVE graduate Marie Dubas, EAVE+ graduate Joost de Vries won the Special Jury Award of the Bolzano Film Festival
Istanbul Film Festival
- LESSON LEARNED by Balint Szimler, co-producers: EAVE graduate Julia Berkes, EAVE graduate and Hungarian Nationel Coordinator Viktoria Petranyi won the Golden Tulip for Best Film and the FIPRESCI Award at the Istanbul Film Festival
Beldocs Industry Days
- CHANGE project MY NAME IS ENOUGH by Marina Arzumanova, Ani Grigoryan, and CHANGE graduate Ani Ordyan, producer: CHANGE graduate Ani Ordyan wins the Film Center of Montenegro's Award for Best Project in Development
Page published 27 May 2025. Updated 28 May 2025.
