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EAVE producers win big at the 80th Venice Film Festival!

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EAVE producers triumphed at the Venice Film Festival in 2023 by claiming a total of 7 main awards, including the Golden Lion for Best Film and the award for Best Film in the Orizzonti section.

What's more, an additional 18 collateral awards have been handed out, independently presented by associations of film critics, clubs and cultural associations, and cinema professionals.

A special mention deserves EL PARAISO by Enrico Maria Artale, a film developed in 2018 as part of EAVE's Latin American-European co-production workshop PUENTES. The film received the award for Best Actress and Best Screenplay in the Orizzonti section, and also won the ARCA CinemaGiovani Award.

This remarkable achievement reflects the dedication and creative excellence that defines the EAVE network. Congratulations!

Competition

  • POOR THINGS by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney received the Golden Lion for Best Film
  • GREEN BORDER by Agnieszka Holland, producers: EAVE graduate Maria Blicharska, EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum received the Special Jury Prize

Orizzonti

  • EXPLANATION FOR EVERYTHING by Gabor Reisz, producers: EAVE graduate Julia Berkes, EAVE graduate and Hungarian National Coordinator Viktoria Petranyi wins Best Film in the Orizzonti section
  • PARADISE IS BURNING by Mika Gustafson, producers: EAVE graduates Venla Hellstedt, Jenni Jauri, Marco Valerio Fusco, Maria Stevnbak Westergren, PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi wins Best Director
  • PUENTES project EL PARAISO by Enrico Maria Artale, producer: PUENTES graduate Carla Altieri wins Best Actress (Margarita Rosa De Francisco) and Best Screenplay
  • CITY OF WIND by Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir, producers: Interchange graduate Charlotte Vincent, EAVE graduates Rachel Daisy Ellis, Filipa Reis, Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts, Oliver Damian wins Best Actor (Tergel Bold-Erdene)

Collateral awards

  • THE VOURDALAK by Adrien Beau, producer: Interchange graduate Judith Lou Levy received a Special mention for the Actress (Ariane Labed) at the International Critics’ Week
  • WE SHOULD ALL BE FUTURISTS by Angela Norelli, producer: Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli received Best Technical Contribution at the International Critics’ Week and a Special Mention by FEDIC for Best Short Film
  • HUMANIST VAMPIRE SEEKING CONSENTING SUICIDAL PERSON by Ariane Louis-Seize, producer: EAVE and EAVE+ graduate Jeanne-Marie Poulain won the Giornate degli Autori Director’s Award, a Special Mention by Authors Under 40 Award – In Memory of Valentina Pedicini and the Nave d’Argento for Best OTP Fanheart3 Award
  • THROUGH THE NIGHT by Delphine Girard, producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart received the People Choice’s Award at Giornate degli Autori
  • PHOTOPHOBIA by Ivan Ostrochovský, Pavol Pekarčík, producers: EAVE graduates Katarina Tomkova, Tomas Michalek won the Europa Cinemas Label at Giornate degli Autori
  • HOUSEKEEPING FOR BEGINNERS by Goran Stolevski, producers: EAVE graduates Marija Dimitrova, National Coordinator Croatia Ankica Juric Tilic, National Coordinator Serbia Milan Stojanovic, Beata Rzezniczek, Jan Naszewski, PUENTES graduate Marcin Luczaj won the Queer Lion Award and a Special Mention by Premio Fondazione Fai
  • PARADISE IS BURNING by Mika Gustafson, producers: EAVE graduates Venla Hellstedt, Jenni Jauri, Marco Valerio Fusco, Maria Stevnbak Westergren, PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi won Best Directing Award by Authors Under 40 Award – In Memory of Valentina Pedicini
  • POOR THINGS by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney won the UNIMED Award
  • GREEN BORDER by Agnieszka Holland, producers: EAVE graduate Maria Blicharska, EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum won the ARCA CinemaGiovani Award (Best Film of Venezia), the Premio CinemaSarà and the Leoncino d'Oro Award (Cinema for UNICEF)
  • PUENTES project EL PARAISO by Enrico Maria Artale, producer: PUENTES graduate Carla Altieri won the ARCA CinemaGiovani Award (Best Italian Film in Venice)
  • THE RED SUITCASE by Fidel Devkota, producer: EAVE graduate Ram Krishna Pokharel won the Premio Bisato d’Oro for Best Feature Film handed over by the Jury of independent critics and a Special Mention from the Premio Fondazione Fai

Venice Final Cut

  • HAPPY HOLIDAYS by Scandar Copti, producers: EAVE graduates Tony Copti, Dorothe Beinemeier, co-producer: Marco Valerio Fusco won the Laser Film award and the Studio A Fabrica award

Page published 12 September 2023.

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