EAVE producers shooting in Belgium, Canada, France, Costa Rica and Poland
In production June 2014
- JE SUIS MORT MAIS J’AI DES AMIS by Stéphane and Guillaume Malandrin, producer: EAVE 2000 graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart is in production. The film follows the steps of four rockers as they reach 50 and bury their best friend and lead singer of their group. For friendship, they decide to carry his ashes on a tour of the United States. The night before they depart, a man from the military turns up at their door and reveals he was their friend’s lover. The film is produced by Versus, who will guide the film in co-production with TS Productions in France. JE SUIS MORT MAIS J’AI DES AMIS received the support of CCA, VAF, MEDIA and the francophone fund for cinema development. Filming, which started on May 26 in Belgium, will come to an end on July 10 in Canada.
- KEEPER by Guillaume Senez, producer: EAVE 2007 graduate Isabelle Truc is in production. Maxime and Mélanie, both 14 years old and barely out of childhood, are in love. One day, Mélanie finds out she's pregnant. Maxime wants to keep the baby no matter what. The film is supported by: FWB, CNC, VAF, Alsace (French region). Shooting in Belgium and France started in April.
- A DIFFERENT LIFE by Shahaf Peled, producer: EAVE 2008 graduate Saskia Vischer is in production. PachaMama is a spiritual and ecological community in the jungle of Costa Rica, founded in 2000. The international village is a fusion of rituals and traditions from the Far East to Indigenous America, blending ancient and modern ways of life. From an intimate perspective, A DIFFERENT LIFE opens a door into a different lifestyle through the personal experience of four leading characters.
- PASSING BELLS by Dariusz Jablonski, producers: EAVE 2011 graduate Izabela Wojcik and EAVE+ 2014 graduate Violetta Kaminska is in production. The epic TV series marks the centenary of World War One with Polish artists on set and behind camera. This is the second time the BBC Worldwide and Polish Television (TVP) are collaborating after their successful co-production of the series Spies of Warsaw. Apple Film is the Polish co-producer on the series for TVP. BBC Worldwide is the global distributor for the series. PASSING BELLS tells the story through the eyes of two ordinary and very young men who enlist in a war they expect will be over within months. As the conflict unfolds, so do the boys stories as they grow up amid the horror of war, lose their friends and find love.
Page published 22 June 2014.
