EAVE in Cannes 2019

press release

We are happy to announce a strong EAVE presence in Cannes this year:

36 films in the OFFICIAL & SIDEBAR SECTIONS OF THE FESTIVAL, 9 projects at CINÉFONDATION ATELIER, 5 at ACID, 2 at LA FABRIQUE CINÉMA, 2 at the FRONTIÈRES PLATFORM, 11 out of 20 PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE and over 70 EAVE PRODUCERS at the PRODUCERS NETWORK!

Competition

ATLANTIQUE by Mati Diop, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Jean-Yves Roubin, sales: MK2
FRANKIE by Ira Sachs, co-producer: EAVE group leader Diana Elbaum, sales: SBS
IT MUST BE HEAVEN by Elia Suleiman, producers: EAVE graduate Laurine Pelassy, sales: Wild Bunch
THE TRAITOR by Marco Bellocchio, producer: EAVE graduate Anastasia Michelagnoli
THE WHISTLERS (LA GOMERA) by Corneliu Porumboiu, producer: EAVE graduate Marcela Ursu, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach, sales: MK2

Un Certain Regard

HOMEWARD (EVGE) by Nariman Aliev, producer: EAVE graduate Vladimir Yatsenko
THE SWALLOWS OF KABUL by Zabou Breitman, Eléa Gobé Mévellec, co-producer: EAVE graduate Stéphan Roelants, sales: Celluloid Dreams
VIENDRA LE FEU by Oliver Laxe, co-produced by EAVE graduates Donato Rotunno and Elise André, sales: Pyramide International

Cannes Short Film Competition

LA DISTANCE ENTRE LE CIEL ET NOUS by Vasilis Kekatos, producer: EAVE graduate Guillaume Dreyfus and PUENTES graduate Delphine Schmit, sales: Shortcuts

Quinzaine des Réalisateurs

AND THEN WE DANCED by Levan Akin, producer: EAVE Film Finance Forum graduate Ketie Danelia, sales: Totem Films
DOGS DON’T WEAR PANTS by J-P Valkeapää, producers: EAVE graduate Aleksi Bardy, B’EST graduate Helen Vinogradov, co-producers: B’EST graduate Alise Gelze and EAVE graduate and Latvian National Coordinator Aija Berzina, sales: The Yellow Affair
SONG WITHOUT A NAME by Melina León, co-producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler, sales: Luxbox
GHOST TROPIC by Bas Devos, producer: EAVE graduate Tomas Leyers, co-producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland
OLEG by Juris Kursietis, producers: EAVE graduate and Latvian National Coordinator Aija Berzina, EAVE graduates Isabelle Truc and Guillaume de Seille, B’EST graduates Alise Gelze, Lukas Trimonis, sales: Best friend forever
THE ORPHANAGE by Shahrbanoo Sadat, co-producer: EAVE graduate and Head of Studies Jani Thiltges, sales: Luxbox
SEM SEU SANGUE (SICK SICK SICK) by Alice Furtado, co-producer: EAVE graduate Frank Hoeve, sales: Alpha Violet
ZOMBI CHILD by Bertrand Bonello, producer: Interchange graduate Judith Lou Lévy, sales: Playtime

5 short films produced by EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Bosnia and Herzegovina Amra Baksic-Camo are presented in SEE FACTORY 2019:

THE SIGN by Eleonora Veninova & Yona Rozenkier
IN YOUR HANDS by Maša Šarovic & Sharon Engelhart
THE PACKAGE by Dušan Kasalica & Teodora Ana Mihai
THE RIGHT ONE by Urška Djukic & Gabriel Tzafka
SPIT by Neven Samardžic & Carolina Markowicz

Semaine de la Critique

A WHITE, WHITE DAY by Hlynur Palmason, producer: EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson, co-producers: EAVE graduate Katrin Pors, PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin, sales: New Europe
HEROES DON`T DIE by Aude Léa Rapin, producer: EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Bosnia and Herzegovina Amra Baksic-Camo, co-producer: EAVE graduate Adis Djapo
LAND OF ASHES by Sofia Quiros Ubeda, producer: PUENTES graduate Mariana Murillo, sales: TOTEM
PUENTES project OUR MOTHERS by Cesar Diaz, producers: PUENTES graduates Géraldine Sprimont, Delphine Schmit, sales: Pyramide
THE UNKNOWN SAINT by Alaa Eddine Aljem, producer: PUENTES graduate Alexa Rivero, sales: Match Factory
VIVARIUM by Lorcan Finnegan, producer: EAVE graduate Brendan McCarthy, EAVE participant Deirdre Levins, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Jean-Yves Roubin, sales: XYZ Films

Short Films in Semaine de la Critique

LUCIA IN LIMBO by Valentina Maurel, producer: EAVE graduate Benoît Roland
PARTY DAY by Sofia Bost, producer: EAVE graduate Filipa Reis
SATAN by Carlos Tapia González, producer: EAVE participant Yves Bouzaglo
THE LAST TRIP TO THE SEASIDE by Adi Voicu, producer: EAVE graduate Marcian Lazar
THE MANILA LOVER by Johanna Pyykko, co-producer: TTB graduate and group leader Bianca Balbuena-Liew
THE TRAP by Nada Riyadh, producer: EAVE participant Ayman El Amir

Short Films Special Screening

INVISIBLE HERO by Cristèle Alves Meira, producer: PUENTES participant Gaëlle Mareschi
PLEASE SPEAK CONTINUOUSLY AND DESCRIBE YOUR EXPERIENCES AS THEY COME TO YOU by Brandon Cronenberg, produced by EAVE graduate Karen Harnisch

ACID

DES HOMMES by Alice Odiot et Jean-Robert Viallet, producer: EAVE participant Caroline Nataf
L'ANGLE MORT (BLIND SPOT) by Pierre Trividic & Patrick-Mario Bernard, produced by EAVE group leader Patrick Sobelman, sales: Doc & Film
SOLO by Artemio Benki, produced by EAVE graduates Artemio Benki and Petra Oplatkova, co-producer EAVE graduates Arash T. Riahi and Sabine Gruber, sales: slingshot films
TAKE ME SOMEWHERE NICE by Ena Sendijarevic, associate producer: EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Bosnia-Herzegovina Amra Baksic-Camo

ACID TRIP #3

SANGRE BLANCA, written, directed and produced by EAVE graduate Barbara Sarasola-Day

Cinefondation Atelier

BROADWAY by Christos Massalas, producer: EAVE graduate Amanda Livanou
ODE TO JOY by Gabriel Tzafka, producer: EAVE participant Jón Hammer
Interchange project NEZOUH by Soudade Kaadan, producer: Interchange graduate Amira Kaadan
RIFT IN THE ICE by Maja Milos, producer: EAVE graduate Denis Vaslin
THE SETTLERS by Felipe Galvez, producer: EAVE graduate Giancarlo Nasi
THE WOMEN by The Maw Naing, producer: TIES THAT BIND graduate Jeremy Chua
THE WOODCUTTER STORY by Mikko Myllylahti, producers: EAVE graduate Jussi Rantamäki
EAVE project VICTIM by Michal Blasko, producer: EAVE graduates Pavla Janouskova Kubeckova, Saar Yogev. The project has been selected for EAVE Producers Workshop 2020.
WAKHRI by Iram Parveen Bilal, producer: EAVE graduate Denis Vaslin

Cinéfondation Residence

ALCARRAS by Carla Simon, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Zamora
EL AGUA by Elena Lopez Riera, producer: EAVE graduate Eugenia Mumenthaler
WAYS TO RUN by Aboozar Amini, producer: EAVE+ graduate Joost de Vries, co–producer EAVE graduate Eva Blondiau
PANOPTICON by George Sikharulidze, producer: EAVE graduate Vladimer Katcharava
PUENTES project PERROS by Vinko Tomicic, producer PUENTES graduate Alvaro Manzano

La Fabrique Cinéma de l’Institut Français

BOOTLEG by Reem Morsi, producer: EAVE graduate Rula Nasser
FOULEDH by Mehdi Hmili, co-producer: EAVE participant Michel Balagué

Frontières Platform in Cannes

MARIONETTE by Elbert van Strien, producer: EAVE graduate Claudia Brandt
INSIDE by Elise Salomon, producers: EAVE graduate Brendan McCarthy, EAVE participant Deirdre Levins

Producers on the Move

11 out of 20 PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE, by European Film Promotion EFP networking platform PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE at the Cannes International Film Festival are EAVE graduates:

EAVE graduate Nina Bisgaard, Meta Film, Denmark
EAVE graduate Eva Blondiau, Color of May, Germany
EAVE graduate Inese Boka-Grube, Mistrus Media, Latvia
EAVE graduate Cormac Fox, Vico Films, Ireland
EAVE graduate Dyveke Graver, Oslo Pictures, Norway
EAVE participant Jon Nohrstedt, SF Studios, Sweden
EAVE Film Finance Forum graduate Lilja Osk Snorradottir, Pegasus Pictures, Iceland
EAVE graduate Malgorzata Staron, Staron-Film, Poland
EAVE graduate Nadia Trevisan, Nefertiti Film, Italy
EAVE graduate Julianna Ugrin, Eclipse Film, Hungary
EAVE graduate Joram Willink, Bindfilm, The Netherlands

MEET THE PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE - on Saturday, 18 May 17:00 - 18:00.
An opportunity to those who would like to meet the group - or one of the participants in Cannes. Interested professionals should contact producers@efp-online.com.

EUROPE! MEETS THE ARAB WORLD – on Monday, 20 May 16:00 - 18:00 at the JW Marriott Hotel.
European Film Promotion (EFP) and Arab Cinema Center (ACC) is hosting a personal round table meeting session between 10 former PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE and the top 10 producers from Arab countries (Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and further Arab countries), followed by networking drinks. Interested professionals should contact producers@efp-online.com.

Marché du Film

A GIRL FROM MOGADISHU by Mary McGuckian, executive producers: EAVE graduates Lesley McKimm, Dan Wechsler, sales: The Exchange
AND THEN WE DANCED by Levan Akin, producer: EAVE Film Finance Forum graduate Ketie Danelia, sales: Totem Films
APPLES by Christos Nikou, producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski
ATLANTIQUE by Mati Diop, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin, sales: MK2
A WHITE, WHITE DAY by Hlynur Palmason, producer: EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson, co-producers: EAVE graduate Katrin Pors, PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin, sales: New Europe
BLOODY MARIE by Guido van Driel, Lennert Hillege, producer: EAVE graduate Floor Onrust
DAFNE by Federico Bondi, producer: Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli, sales: Rai Com
DOGS DON’T WEAR PANTS by J-P Valkeapää, producers: EAVE graduate Aleksi Bardy, B’EST graduate Helen Vinogradov, co-producers: B’EST graduate Alise Gelze and EAVE graduate and Latvian National Coordinator Aija Berzina, sales: The Yellow Affair
DON'T FORGET TO BREATHE by Martin TURK, producers: EAVE graduates Ida Weiss, Darija Kulenovic Gudan
DOUBLE PLUS FIFTEEN by Mikel RUEDA, producer: EAVE + graduate Carlo D’Ursi
EAVE project ROJO by Benjamín Naishtat, producers: EAVE graduate Barbara Sarasola-Day, Ingmar Trost, co-producers: EAVE graduates Rachel Daisy Ellis, Marleen Slot, sales: Luxbox
ESCAPADA by Sarah Hirtt, producer: EAVE graduate and Head of Studies Jani Thiltges, sales: Be for Films
EXTRA ORDINARY by Mike Ahern, Enda Loughman, producer: EAVE graduate Katie Holly, sales: Epic
FRANKIE by Ira Sachs, co-producer: EAVE group leader Diana Elbaum, sales: SBS
HEIMAT IST EIN RAUM AUS ZEIT by Thomas Heise, producer: EAVE graduate Heino Deckert, sales: Deckert Distribution
I NEVER CRY by Piotr Domalewski, producer: EAVE graduate Jan Kwiecinski
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RIVER by Damian John Harper, producer: EAVE graduate and German National Coordinator Jonas Weydemann
IRON SKY: THE COMING RACE by Timo Vuorensola, producers: EAVE graduates Tero Kaukomaa, Oliver Damian, Peter de Maegd
IT MUST BE HEAVEN by Elia Suleiman, producers: EAVE graduates Martin Hampel, Laurine Pelassy, sales: Wild Bunch
L'ANGLE MORT (BLIND SPOT) by Pierre Trividic & Patrick-Mario Bernard, produced by EAVE group leader Patrick Sobelman, sales: Doc & Film
LA FIERA Y LA FIESTA by Laura Amelia Guzmán, Israel Cardenas, producers: EAVE graduate Sandino Saravia Vinay, PUENTES graduate Benjamin Domenech, sales: Latido Films
MERATA: HOW MUM DECOLONIZED THE SCREEN by Hepi Mita, producer: EAVE graduate Chelsea Winstanley, sales: Wide House
MONOS by Alejandro Landes, producer: PUENTES group leader Fernando Epstein, co-producers: EAVE graduates Agustina Chiarino, Leontine Petit, Katrin Pors, Derk-Jan Warrink, sales: Le Pacte
MR. JONES by Agnieszka Holland, co-producer: EAVE graduate Angus Lamont, sales: WestEnd Films
MY EXTRAORDINARY SUMMER WITH TESS by Steven Wouterlood, producer: EAVE graduate Joram Willink, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marcel Lenz, Guido Schwab
MY NAME IS CLITORIS by Daphné Leblond, Lisa Billuart Monet, producer: EAVE graduate Isabelle TRUC, sales: Be for films
O BEAUTIFUL NIGHT by Xaver Böhm, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach, sales: The Match Factory
OF FATHERS AND SONS by Talal Derki, producer: PUENTES graduate Tobias N. Siebert
OLEG by Juris Kursietis, producers: EAVE graduate and Latvian National Coordinator Aija Berzina, EAVE graduates Isabelle Truc and Guillaume de Seille, B’EST graduates Alise Gelze, Lukas Trimonis, sales: Best friend forever
PUENTES project OUR MOTHERS by Cesar Diaz, producers: PUENTES graduates Géraldine Sprimont, Delphine Schmit, sales: Pyramide
SEM SEU SANGUE (SICK SICK SICK) by Alice Furtado, co-producer: EAVE graduate Frank Hoeve, Alpha Violet
SONG WITHOUT A NAME by Melina León, co-producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler, sales: Luxbox
EAVE project SOLE by Carlo Sironi, producers: EAVE graduates Giovanni Pompili and Agnieszka Wasiak, sales: Luxbox
SOLO by Artemio Benki, produced by EAVE graduates Artemio Benki and Petra Oplatkova, co-producer EAVE graduate Arash T. Riahi and Sabine Gruber, sales: slingshot films
SYSTEM CRASHER by Nora Fingscheidt, producer: EAVE graduate and German National Coordinator Jonas Weydemann, sales: Beta Cinema
THE BEAST IN THE JUNGLE by Clara van Gool, producer: EAVE + graduate Hanneke Niens, sales: Picture Tree International
THE BRA, directed and produced by EAVE graduate Veit Helmer
THE MAN WITH THE ANSWERS by Stelios Kemmitsis, producer: EAVE graduate Vicky Miha, co-producers: EAVE graduates Luca Legnani and EAVE+ graduate Fenia Cossovitsa
THE MIRACLE OF THE SARGASSO SEA by Syllas Tzoumerkas, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki, co-producers: EAVE+ graduate and group leader Titus Kreyenberg, EAVE graduates Ellen Havenith and Olle Wirenhed, sales: New Europe Film Sales
THE ORPHANAGE by Shahrbanoo Sadat, co-producer: EAVE graduate and Head of Studies Jani Thiltges, sales: Luxbox
THE SWALLOWS OF KABUL by Zabou Breitman, Eléa Gobé Mévellec, co-producer: EAVE graduate Stéphan Roelants, sales: Celluloid Dreams
THE UNKNOWN SAINT by Alaa Eddine Aljem, producer: PUENTES graduate Alexa Rivero, sales: Match Factory
THE WHISTLERS (LA GOMERA) by Corneliu Porumboiu, producer: EAVE graduate Marcela Ursu, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach, sales: MK2
VIENDRA LE FEU by Oliver Laxe, co-produced by EAVE graduates Donato Rotunno and Elise André, sales: Pyramide International
VIVARIUM by Lorcan Finnegan, producer: EAVE graduate Brendan McCarthy, sales: XYZ Films
ZOMBI CHILD by Bertrand Bonello, producer: Interchange graduate Judith Lou Lévy, sales: Playtime

Marché du Film Industry Workshops

Les Ambassadeurs Palais des Festivals - Level 4, May 15-16
The following EAVE experts will be giving plenaries on various hot topics:

May 15, 14:30: Roshanak Behest Nedjad - Branding Yourself & Your Projects
May 16, 10:00: Sarah Calderon - 10 Profiles of "Cinema Lovers" Audiences and How to Approach Them
May 16, 15:00: Linda Beath - Mining Europe for Production Finance

EAVE@LA FABRIQUE

Pavillon Cinémas du Monde, Monday, May 20, 10:00-11:30 Training producers in international coproduction

Training producers is a major challenge for emerging countries. Those who have overcome this challenge in recent years will present their programmes. EAVE, ACE Producers, Produire aux Sud and La Fémis will link up with new initiatives in Africa such as Creative Producers Indaba and the Ouaga Film Lab Producers Lab.

EAVE CEO Kristina Trapp and EAVE Head of Studies Lise Lense-Møller will share EAVE’s experience with programmes such as the EAVE Producers Workshop, PUENTES and TIES THAT BIND.

In addition, EAVE producers will be invited to meet the international delegation of project representatives from emerging countries outside Europe in pre-scheduled 1-2-1 meetings.
Closed event on registration only.

PAVILLON AFRIQUES

EAVE graduate Elias Ribeiro’s Urucu Media holds a presentation of the Creative Producer Indaba at the Pavillion Afrique on the 19th of May at 15:00 h.

The speakers will be EAVE graduate Bongiwe Selane (Blingola Media), Anne Lai (Sundance Institute), EAVE graduate Marit van den Elshout (International Film Festival Rotterdam - IFFR) and EAVE graduate Elias Ribeiro (Realness/Urucu Media).

EAVE PARTNERSHIP WITH SHOOT THE BOOK

An EAVE masterclass will be held at the Shoot the book! Day, organized by the Institut Français and the SCELF (Civil Society of French Language Publishers), with the support the Marché du Film and EAVE on Monday May 20th and Tuesday May 21st during the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. The masterclass will be held on May 20 by EAVE finance expert Linda Beath about “Financing adaptations”. It will be followed by panel discussion.

On May 21 pitching sessions and individual meetings between publishers and registered EAVE producers will be organized.
Closed event on registration only.

EAVE @ PRODUCERS NETWORK

EAVE Programme Manager Satu Elo is Producers Network Guest of Honour on Saturday, May 18, 2019.

EAVE graduates participating in the Cannes Producers Network

Network EAVE is proud to be partner of the Cannes Producers Network! In the framework of this partnership, 9 EAVE graduates have been selected for the Cannes Producers Network:

Lize Lefaible, Potemkino, Belgium
Luca Legnani, 9.99 Films, Italy
Vladimir Yatsenko, Limelite, Ukraine
Filipa Reis, Uma Pedra no Sapato, Portugal
Marko Pajlic, Gargantua Films, Serbia
Merry Colomer, Morena Films, Spain
Bongiwe Selane, Blingola Media, South Africa
Radu Stancu, deFilm, Romania
Rikke Tambo-Andersen, Bullitt Film ApS & Tambo Film IVS, Denmark

Also participating in the Cannes Producers Network:

Ingrid Lill Høgtun BARENTSFILM * Egil Ødegard EVIL DOGHOUSE STUDIOS & EUROPAFILM * Amra Baksic-Camo SARAJEVO FILM FESTIVAL * Izabela Wojcik APPLE FILM PRODUCTION * Ferenc Pusztai KMH FILM * Jovan Marjanovic SARAJEVO FILM FESTIVAL * Oana Giurgiu LIBRA FILM * Mika Ritalahti SILVA MYSTERIUM * Serkan Cakarer +90 FILM PRODUCTION * Floor Onrust FAMILY AFFAIR FILMS * Gülin Üstün ISTANBUL FILM FESTIVAL * Sabine Sidawi ORJOUANE PRODUCTIONS * Katleen Goossens BULLETPROOF CUPID * Myriam Sassine ABBOUT PRODUCTIONS * Joëlle Levie ONLINE FILM FINANCING – OLFFI * Fleur Knopperts VOLYA FILMS * Rula Nasser THE IMAGINARIUM FILMS * Benjamin Domenech REI CINE * Inese Boka-Grube MISTRUS MEDIA * Esko Rips NAFTA * Luisa Romeo FRIDA FILMS * Ursula Wolschlager WITCRAFT FILMPRODUKTION * Constanza Arena CINEMACHILE * Annemiek van der Hell WINDMILL FILM * Alexandra Hoesdorff DEAL PRODUCTIONS * Liisa Juntunen NAPAFILMS OY * Agustina Costa Varsi VOLPE FILMS * Patrice Nezan LES CONTES MODERNES * Marianne Ostrat ALEXANDRA FILM * Marta Habior NO SUGAR FILMS * Maria Drandaki HOMEMADE FILMS * Florencia Larrea FORASTERO * Jeremy Zelnik LES ARCS FILM FESTIVAL * Janneke Doolaard DOXY * Anton Iffland Stettner STENOLA PRODUCTIONS * Félize Frappier MAX FILMS MEDIA INC. * Inke van Loocke INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ROTTERDAM (IFFR) * Mariana Murillo SPUTNIK FILMS * Alessandro Amato DISPARTE * Anna von Dziembowska VICTORIA FILMS * Giancarlo Nasi DON QUIJOTE FILMS * Monster Jimenez ARKEOFILMS * Barbara Pichler KGP FILMPRODUKTION * Amanda Livanou NEDA FILM * Fay Breeman INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ROTTERDAM (IFFR) * Martina Bleis BERLINALE - BERLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL * Derk-Jan Warrink KEPLERFILM * Garret Daly MIXED BAG MEDIA * Koji Nelissen KEPLERFILM * Rashid Abdelhamid PALESTINE FILM INSTITUTE * Leila Lyytikainen POHJOLA-FILMI * Bujar Kabashi N'ART FILMS * Darko Popov FOCUS POCUS FILMS * Diana Paroiu MICRO FILM * Julia Wagner HEARTWAKE FILMS * Michael Geidel ACTRIO STUDIO * Willy Perelsztejn NOWHERE LAND PRODUCTIONS * Jon Hammer ADOMEIT FILM * Andrea Herrera Catalá AMOR Y LUJO * Pamela Reyes CREATE CINEMA * Andreas Habermeyer IDENTICAL PICTURES * Gian-Piero Ringel RINGEL FILM * Elli Toivoniemi TUFFI FILMS

EAVE TEAM AT THE EUROPEAN PAVILION

(No 119 International Village) during May 17-22: