EAVE @ Locarno 2016
Press release
EAVE IS HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE YET ANOTHER YEAR FULL OF SYNERGIES WITH THE LOCARNO FILM FESTIVAL! 23 FILMS PRODUCED AND CO-PRODUCED BY EAVE PRODUCERS SELECTED IN THE OFFICIAL AND SIDEBAR SECTIONS OF THE FESTIVAL PROGRAMME & A STRONG PRESENCE OF EAVE PRODUCERS ATTENDING THE FESTIVAL. PLUS THE EAVE PUENTES WORKSHOP AND THE PRODUCERS’ MEETING.
EAVE @ Locarno 2016
PIAZZA GRANDE
- Ties That Bind project INTERCHANGE by Dain Iskandar Said, producer: Ties That Bind graduate Nandita Solomon
- DANS LA FORÊT by Gilles Marchand, co-producers: EAVE graduates Olle Wirenhed and Oskar Söderlund
- VOR DER MORGENRÖTE by Maria Schrader, producer: EAVE graduate and board member Danny Krausz
- COMBOIO DE SAL E AÇUCAR by Licinio Azevedo, co-producers: EAVE graduates Philippe Avril and Elias Ribeiro
- VINCENT by Christophe Van Rompaey, co-producer: EAVE graduate Aurélie Bordier
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
- BANGKOK NITES by Katsuya Tomita, co-producer: EAVE graduate Philippe Avril
- INIMI CICATRIZATE (SCARRED HEARTS) by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
- LA IDEA DE UN LAGO by Milagros Mumenthaler, producer: EAVE graduate Eugenia Mumenthaler
- MARIJA by Michael Koch, co-producer: EAVE graduate Christof Neracher
- SLAVA (GLORY) by Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov, co-producer: EAVE graduate Konstantina Stavrianou
- GODLESS by Ralitza Petrovam co-producers: EAVE graduates Katrin Pors and Mikkel Jersin
CINEASTI DEL PRESENTE
- AFTERLOV by Stergios Paschos, co-producer: EAVE graduate Phaedra Vokali
- AKHDAR YABES (WITHERED GREEN) by Mohammed Hammad, producer: Interchange graduate Racha Najdi
- IL NIDO by Klaudia Reynicke, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Carlo Cresto-Dina
PARDI DI DOMANI
- VALPARAISO by Carlo Sironi, producer: EAVE graduate Giovanni Pompili
- KOMMITTÉN (THE COMMITTEE) by Gunhild Enger, Jenni Toivoniemi, producer: EAVE graduate Marie Kjellsson
- SETEMBRO by Leonor Noivo, co-producer: EAVE participant Vanya Rainova
SIGNS OF LIFE
- SVI SEVERNI GRADOVI (ALL THE CITIES OF THE NORTH) by Dane Komljen, producers: EAVE graduates Natasa Damnjanovic, Adis Djapo, Bosnian National Coordinator Amra Baksic-Camo, co-producer: EAVE graduate Zoran Galic
FUORI CONCORSO
- UNE JEUNE FILLE DE 90 ANS by Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Yann Coridian, co-producer: EAVE group leader Patrick Sobelman
I FILMI DELLE GIURE
- SOY NERO by Rafi Pitts, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis Lopez
- THE LOBSTER by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney, co-producers: EAVE graduate Léontine Petit and EAVE graduate Derk-Jan Warrink
SEMAINE DE LA CRITIQUE
- COMMUNION by Anna Zamecka, producer: EAVE graduate Anna Wydra
PANORAMA SUISSE
- ALOYS by Tobias Nölle, producers: EAVE+ graduate Christof Neracher and EAVE graduate and French National Coordinator Jean des Forêts
ALLIANCE FOR DEVELOPMENT
- SCELSI, LE PREMIER MOUVEMENT DE L’IMMOBILE by Sebastiano d’Ayala Valva, producer: EAVE graduate Nicolas Lesoult
- ELISABETH by Guido Chiesa, producer: EAVE graduate Marie Gutmann
- COMRADE STALIN SAVED MY LIFE by Kamila Kubiak, Olivier Patté, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Blicharska
- CHILDREN OF TE ICE by Tommaso Arrighi, co-producer: EAVE graduate and German National Coordinator Jonas Weydemann
OPEN DOORS HUB
- CINEMA, CITY AND CATS by Ishtiaque Zico, producers: EAVE graduate Fran Borgia and Ties That Bind graduate Jeremy Chua
- DAY AFTER TOMORROW by Kamar Ahmad Simon, producer: EAVE graduate Sara Afreen
PUENTES seventh edition in Locarno
The seventh edition of PUENTES – EAVE’s Europe/Latin America Co-Production Workshop - comes to its culmination in Locarno. The second PUENTES workshop will take place in Locarno (Switzerland) from August 4 – 8, 2016, in the framework of the Festival del film Locarno.
This year’s edition will feature an open PUENTES session in cooperation with the Industry Days and the Open Doors Initiative of the Festival del film Locarno. Puentes Head of Studies and Group Leader Jean des Forêts (Petit Film, FR) will moderate a session on current and future challenges of European international film financing with prominent guests such as Roberto Olla (Eurimages, EU), Eva Diederix (Elle Driver, FR), Christophe Salvaing (Sofica Cinémage, FR) and Joseph Rouschop (Tarantula, BE), among others.
Another open PUENTES session will be held by Sarah Calderón (The Film Agency, ES) who will elaborate on different ways how to approach digital marketing strategies for film.
During the second workshop in Locarno a special emphasis will be given to strategic company planning. Linda Beath (Ideal Filmworks Italia, IT) will address the issues of strategic planning in two groups of 7 participants each, and the participants will learn how to think strategically about their companies.
The participants will also learn about revenue forecasting during the group session with Christophe Salvaing (Sofica Cinémage, FR) who will give feedback on the revenue forecasts of their projects.
The PUENTES participants started to develop their projects under the guidance of leading industry experts during the first workshop in Montevideo, Uruguay (Nov 25 – 29, 2015) in partnership with Ventana Sur.
During the second workshop the participants will continue to develop and package their projects exploring sources of finance as well as examining marketing and distribution networks across both Europe and Latin America. Furthermore, the participants will meet the decision makers during both sessions.
In addition to the producers with project and for the second year now, PUENTES welcomes professionals without projects from sales, distribution, festivals and markets in the workshop group, allowing them to build a unique professional network across the both continents.
We are also happy to announce the latest news that PUENTES 2015 project DOLORES by Gonzalo Tobal (Rei Cine, Argentina) won the second prize of $20.000 at the Sam Spiegel International Film Lab in Jerusalem, Israel.
Furthermore, PUENTES project BROKEN YEARS, produced by Ozcar Ramírez González (Arte Mecánica Producciones, Mexico) has been selected for IFP NO BORDERS co-production market in NYC in the framework of a special partnership between IFP and EAVE.
Another recently awarded PUENTES 2015 project AMAZONA by Clare Weiskopf (CasaTarántula, Colombia) won a honourable mention at the Bogota Audiovisual Market (BAM) and Senal Colombia's broadcasting and marketing support.
Full list of Workshop 2 experts:
The PUENTES participants will work in Locarno on the development and financing of the selected projects under the guidance of top industry professionals from both continents, such as:
- Linda Beath, Ideal Filmworks Italia, Italy
- Sarah Calderón, The Film Agency, Spain
- Jean des Forêts, Petit Film, France
- Eva Diederix, Elle Driver, France
- Fernando Epstein, Mutante Cine, Uruguay
- Jorge Goldenberg, Script Consultant, Argentina
- Miguel Machalski, Script Consultant, France
- Roberto Olla, Eurimages, EU
- Joseph Rouschop, Tarantula, Belgium
- Christophe Salvaing, Sofica Cinémage, France
Full list of participants:
The following participants from Europe and Latin America will meet again in Locarno:
- Sebastian Barriuso, Creative Artisans Media, Cuba/Canada. Project: 1989, director: Sebastian & Rodrigo Barriuso
- Lorenzo Benítez, 3boxmedia, Spain
- Agnieszka Dziedzic, Koi Studio, Poland
- Victoria Gutierez, Cinema23 / Premios Fénix, Spain/Mexico
- Aranka Matits, Featurette, Germany
- Carolina Mosquera, Cabecitanegra Producciones, Colombia. Project: Almost Never too Late, director: Alfonso Acosta
- Giancarlo Nasi, Quijote/Rampante, Italy/ChileProject: Blanquita Bueno, director: Fernando Guzzoni
- Ozcar Ramírez González, Arte Mecánica Producciones, Mexico. Project: The Broken Years, director: Gerardo Tort
- Alexa Rivero, Altamar Films, France
- Gabriela Sabaté, Sabate Films, Paraguay. Project: Killing the Dead, director: Hugo Gimenez
- Tathiani Sacilotto, Persona Non Grata Pictures, Brazil. Project: A Bela America, director: Antonio Ferreira
- Joséphine Schroeder, Pequén Producciones, France/Chile
- Géraldine Sprimont, Need Productions, Belgium. Project: Uspantan, director: César Diaz
- Nima Yousefi, Hob, Sweden. Project: Clara Sola, director: Nathalie Álvarez
PUENTES is organised by EAVE in partnership with Mutante Cine, Ventana Sur, the Industry Days and the Open Doors Initiative of the Festival del film Locarno, and with the support of Creative Europe – MEDIA sub-programme of the European Union.
FROM PRODUCERS TO PRODUCERS
The annual invitation by the Swiss producers for a peer to peer exchange with producers from other countries at the Locarno Film Festival
What are the opportunities and risks for smaller European countries to (co)-produce successful films within the international community?
A model without automatic support
How should one reward a box office success and festival success? The Danish Film Institute abolished automatic funding five years ago for another model. That option was initially deplored by the Danish film producers, but is now established as solid market oriented scheme.
Claus Ladegaard, Head of Film Funding at the Danish Film Institute, will explain the currentscheme, and a renowned Danish producer will tell about his experience with it. The debate will focus on the selection and funding criteria and their effect on the box office results of the films. A reconciliation between art and commerce?
Favorable conditions to be attractive for coproductions
In addition, the debate is intended to shed light on how small countries can be attractivefor co-productions. Per Neumann, founder and CEO of European Film Bonds, will present strategic opportunities and relate some successful co-productions and the needed know how to make them successful.
A broad scope of themes to be shared and discussed in a moderated presentation and debate for the first half of the meeting, and in an informal part – a cocktail reception – in the second half.
Registration deadline: 29 July 2016. The event is free of charge but prior registration is compulsory at: www.focal.ch/FPtP_ch
MEET THE EAVE TEAM IN LOCARNO (AUGUST 5 - 8):
EAVE CEO Kristina Trapp
EAVE Workshop Manager Satu Elo
Contact: satu@eave.org
Page published 15 July 2016. Updated 18 July 2016.
