EAVE producers scoop main awards in Cannes
Press release
We are proud to announce that EAVE graduates have been extremely successful at the this year`s Cannes Film Festival!
Out of 32 FILMS SELECTED in the official & sidebar sections of the festival programme, EAVE producers have won 12 of the MAIN AWARDS of the festival:
Competition
- Best Director Ex-Aequo Award for PERSONAL SHOPPER, co-producer: EAVE graduate Artemio Benki, sales agent: MK2 Films
- FIPRESCI Award for Best Film went to TONI ERDMANN by Maren Ade, producer EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach, co-producers: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon and EAVE graduate Antonin Svoboda, sales agent: The Match Factory
Un Certain Regard
- Un Certain Regard Award for EAVE project THE HAPPIEST DAY IN THE LIFE OF OLLI MÄKI, producer: EAVE graduate Jussi Rantamäki, co-producer: EAVE graduate Nicklas Wikström Nicastro, sales agent: Les Films du Losange
- Best Screenplay Award - Un Certain Regard for VOIR DU PAYS by Delphine Coulin & Muriel Coulin, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Fenia Cossovitsa, sales agent: Films Distribution
- FIPRESCI Award for Best Film went to DOGS by Bogdan Mirica, producer: EAVE graduate Marcela Ursu, co-producers: EAVE graduates Stephan Komandarev and Katya Trichkova, line producer: EAVE graduate Marcian Lazar, sales agent: Bac Films
Semaine de la Critique
- FIPRESCI Award for Best Film went to GRAVE (RAW) by Julia Ducournau, producer: EAVE graduate and French National Coordinator Jean des Forêts, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubain, sales agent: Wild Bunch
- NESPRESSO Grand Prize for Interchange project MIMOSAS, producer: EAVE graduate Felipe Lage Coro, sales agent: Luxbox
- GAN Foundation Award For Distribution went to ONE WEEK AND A DAY, producer: EAVE graduate Saar Yogev, sales agent: New Europe Film Sales
- SACD Award for DIAMOND ISLAND, producer: EAVE graduate Hanneke van der Tas, sales agent: Les Films du Losange
- FRANCE 4 Visionary Award for ALBÜM by Mehmet Can Mertoglu, producers: EAVE graduate & Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon and EAVE graduate Oana Iancu, sales agent: The Match Factory
Quinzaine Des Réalisateurs
- SACD Award for THE TOGETHER PROJECT (L’EFFET AQUATIQUE) by Solveig Anspach, producer: EAVE group leader Patrick Sobelmann, sales agent: Le Pacte
Cinéfondation Atelier
- ARTE International Award for LA CORDILLERA by Santiago Mitre, producer: EAVE graduate Didar Domehri, sales agent: Film Factory Entertainment
Page published 24 May 2016.
