EAVE project ABOUT HORSES WIVES AND WEAPONS receives support

Development & Production News June 2025

In development

Eurimages

The results of the second Eurimages Project Evaluation Session of 2025 have been announced. The co-production of 35 feature films, including 5 documentaries and 2 animations, will be supported. Of the 35 co-production projects supported during the session, 13 are to be directed or co-directed by women. Among them:

ALL OF A SUDDEN by Ryusuke Hamaguchi, producer: EAVE+ graduate Bettina Brokemper
ATLAS OF THE UNIVERSE by Paul Negoescu, producer: EAVE, TTB and PUENTES graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Radu Stancu
AUTUMN OF THE PATRIARCH by Anna Bogoliubova, co-producers: EAVE graduates Valéria Montmartin, Sinisa Juricic
BLUE BABY by Klaus Härö, producer: EAVE graduate Kaarle Aho
COWARD by Lukas Dhont, co-producers: EAVE graduates Laurette Schillings, Arnold Heslenfeld, Frans van Gestel
COWGIRL by Michal Blasko, producer: EAVE graduate Jakub Viktorin
DEATH AND THE MAIDEN by Adina Pintilie, producer: EAVE graduate Sophie Erbs, co-producers: EAVE graduates Barbara Pichler, Gabriele Kranzelbinder
DUA by Blerta Basholli, producer: EAVE graduate Valon Bajgora, co-producers: EAVE+ graduate Britta Rindelaub, EAVE graduate Thomas Reichlin
GRANNY LEE by Gabe Gabriel, Ian Gabriel, executive producer: EAVE graduate Conor Barry
LE FAUX SOIR by Michaël Roskam, producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
PIPALUK by Thierry Machado, producer: EAVE graduate Katrin Pors, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
THE GIRL WITH THE LEICA by Alina Marazzi, producer: Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli
THE GODS MUST BE MISTAKEN by Jakob Krese, producer: EAVE graduate Marina Gumzi
THE INDIES by Pauline Julier, Nicolas Chapoulier, producer: EAVE graduate Eugenia Mumenthaler
THE REVOLUTION ACCORDING TO KAMO by Kornel Mundruczo, co-producers: EAVE graduates Viktoria Petranyi, Jonas Dornbach

Eurimages Series Pilot

AMAZING ADVENTURES OF LOST SOCKS, created by Luis da Matta Almaida and Paweł Wendorff, producer: EAVE graduate Joanna Wendorff-Østergaard
BROTHERS created by Simon Farmakas, producers: EAVE+ graduate Fenia Cossovitsa, EAVE graduate Alexandra Hoesdorff
HENKI created by Jan Trygve Røyneland, producers: EAVE graduates Miha Cernec, Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar
HOW TO WIN A POLITICAL DEBATE created by Mila Turajlic, producer: EAVE graduate Carine Chichkowsky
IMMIGRATION UNION created by Tomas Kaan, producer: EAVE graduate Hanne Phlypo

https://rm.coe.int/06-2025-175th-eurimages-meeting-decisions-en/1680b678ce

Finnish Film Foundation

The Finnish Film Foundation has granted production support to 4 film projects by EAVE graduates.

EAVE project ABOUT HORSES WIVES AND WEAPONS by Volkan Üce, producers: EAVE graduates Magalie Dierick, Emmy Oost, Jenni Jauri, Valérie Montmartin
FLIGHT FROM KABUL by Sahraa Karimi, producers: EAVE graduates Oskari Huttu, Wanda Hryckova
HOMESICK by Tanja Inwol, producer: EAVE graduate Rikke Tambo
KUNNES RUOSTE MEIDÄT EROTTA by Ossi Piispanen, producer: EAVE graduate Oskari Huttu
THE PITCHER by Lotta-Kaisa Riistakoski, producer: EAVE graduate Tiina-Mari Pitkänen

http://ses.fi/en

Croatian Audiovisual Centre

3 projects receives support from the Croatian Audivisual Centre:

TWO LITTLE NIGHTMARES by Nebojša Slijepčević, producers: EAVE graudates Danijel Pek, Katarina Prpic
MEDICAL HISTORY by David Gaso, producer: EAVE participant Tina Tisljar
THE SECRET OF THE FISH EYE by Goran Kulenovic, producer: EAVE graduate and Croatian National Coordinator Tamara Babun

www.havc.hr

Wallonia-Brussels Federation Film Centre

The Wallonia-Brussels Federation Film Centre has announced the results of the third 2024 session of its Film Commission, which supports the production of the following films by EAVE graduates:

AU BORD DU MONDE by Amelia Nanni, producer: EAVE graduate Isabelle Truc
CALLE MALAGA by Maryam Touzani, co-producer: EAVE PUENTES graduate Fred Burle
COWARD by Lukas Dhont, co-producers: EAVE graduates Laurette Schillings, Arnold Heslenfeld, Frans van Gestel
HEYSEL 85 by Teodora Ana Mihai, producer: EAVE graduate Hans Everaert, co-producers: EAVE graduates Laurette Schillings, EAVE+ graduates Arnold Heslenfeld, Frans van Gestel
I MATTER by Alina Serban, producer: EAVE graduate Ada Solomon
IN A MINUTE YOU’LL BE GONE by Hadas Ayalon, producer: EAVE graduate Isabelle Truc
MULÂTRESSE SOLITUDE by Baloji, producer: EAVE graduate Benoît Roland
THE WOLF WILL TEAR YOUR IMMACULATE HANDS by Nathalie Alvarez Mesen, producers: EAVE graduate Anne-Laure Guegan, PUENTES graduate Géraldine Sprimont
UN BON PÈRE by Nabil Ben Yadir and Stephan Streker, producer: EAVE graduate Benoît Roland

In addition, MEKTOUB THERAPIE by Indra Siera, producer: EAVE graduate Sébastien Delloye was supported by the Series Commission.

https://audiovisuel.cfwb.be/en

Sørfond - Norwegian South Film Fund

9 TEMPLES TO HEAVEN, co-producers: EAVE graduates Renee Hansen Mlodyszewski, Thomas Hakim
Confidential Palestinian project, co-producer: EAVE graduate Elisa Fernanda Pirir
FOUR SEASONS IN JAVA by Kamila Andini, co-producer: EAVE graduate Verona Meier
MEHAL SEFARI by Abraham Gezahagne, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ingrid Lill Høgtun
RIA by Arvin Belarmino, co-producer: TTB graduate Fernanda Renno
SOON WE WILL ALL BE HISTORY HERE by Saeed Taji Farouky, producer: EAVE graduate May Odeh

https://www.sorfond.no/

MDM

Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM) supports the following films by EAVE graduates:

DIE STILLE LIEBT ES UND DIE NACHT by Nana Neul, producer: EAVE+ graduate Bettrina Brokemper
MALA by Lou Wildemann, producer: TTB graduate Frauke Kolbmüller
NEARBY FARAWAY by Sonia Liza Kenterman, producers: EAVE graduates Mando Stathi, Alexandra Hoesdorff, Tanja Georgieva-Waldhauer
SHE by Agnieszka Zwiefka, producer: EAVE graduate Heino Deckert
THE GIRL WITH THE LEICA by Alina Marazzi, producer: Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach

www.mdm-online.de

Romanian Film Centre

Productions by EAVE graduates supported by the Romanian Film Centre:

CREDINCIOSII by Radu Potcoava, producer: EAVE graduate Oana Giurgiu
MAMELE GEMENE directed and produced by EAVE graduate Anca Damian,
NADIA by Tudor Giurgiu, Cristian Pascariu, Tudor D. Popescu, producer: EAVE graduate Oana Giurgiu
POLAR by Constantin Popescu, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandru Teodorescu
PRETUL AURULUI by Eugen Jebeleanu, producer: EAVE graduate Ada Solomon
SMECHERIA OU LES CONFIDENCES D’UN TRICHEUR by Antoine Fontaine, producer: EAVE graduate Anca Damian
REVOLUTIA DE LA PALAT by Annabel Verbeke, Olga Lucovnicova, producer: EAVE graduate Ada Solomon

http://cnc.gov.ro

UNIQA SEE FUTURE

The UNIQA SEE FUTURE Foundation, in collaboration with the Sarajevo Film Festival and Slano Film Days, has announced the selection of five projects for the 2025 edition of the Female Filmmakers Support Programme, an initiative launched to promote gender equality in Southeast European cinema.

AIR IN A BOTTLE by Aida Begic, producer: EAVE graduate Sznezana van Houwelingen
CONFESSIONS OF A FEMALE GAMER by Dolya Gavanski, producer: EAVE graduate Ana Alexieva
EAVE project THE LAST NOMADS directed and produced by EAVE graduate Biljana Tutorov
THE POSSESSED by Ena Sendijarevic, producer: EAVE graduate and Bosnian National Coordinator Amra Baksic-Camo, EAVE graduate Maarten van der Ven

https://seefuturefoundation.uniqagroup.com

In production

1970 by Darko Lungulov, producer: EAVE graduate Snezana van Houwelingen, EAVE+ Head of Studies Jani Thiltges is in production. The focal figure of the film’s story is thirteen-year-old Drasko, who, while exploring the world of adults, experiences a friendship and romantic relationship with a free-spirited teenage girl, Erzika, introducing him to the hippie culture, rebellion and music of the seventies. Their relationship, full of tape recorders, secret recordings and Rock'n'Roll, becomes a path to discovering personal freedom and identity. The film is a joint production of Papa Films, and This and That Productions, with Snezana van Houwelingen as producer. The co-producers are Hungary’s Andromeda Films, Croatia’s PomPom Film, and Luxembourg’s Samsa Film. Film Center Serbia, the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Serbia, the Vojvodina Film Fund, Creative Europe MEDIA, the Croatian Audiovisual Center, the National Film Institute – Hungary, and the Luxembourg Film Fund supported the project. No budget details have been revealed so far. In 2020, Film Center Serbia supported the project. The shooting started in the village of Zmajevo and is going to take place over the course of June and July 2025. The premiere is expected in 2026.

https://www.thisandthat.rs

In post-production

HOLD ON TO ME by Myrsini Aristidou, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantina Stavrianou is in post-production. The coming-of-age drama explores the emotional turbulence of a girl’s longing to reunite with her absent father. Set in Cyprus, the story follows 11-year-old Iris, whose carefree days spent with her older friend Danae are interrupted by the unexpected return of her estranged father, Aris, for his own father’s funeral. Resolving to finally meet the man who’s long been absent from her life, Iris tracks him down to a forgotten shipyard. What begins as a stubborn quest for recognition evolves into a subtle, uneasy bond marked by conflict, tentative gestures and emotional fragility. HOLD ON TO ME is a Cypriot-Danish-Greek-US co-production by Monica Nicolaidou for Filmblades and Aristidou’s One Six One Films, in co-production with Anders N U Berg for Denmark’s Fredo Pictures, and Konstantina Stavrianou and Rena Vougioukalou for Athens-based Graal SA, while Mark Hollinger and Thomas J Mangan IV serve as executive producers for Pleasant Bay Pictures (USA) and Mango Productions (USA). The film is supported by the Cyprus Deputy Ministry of Culture, ERT SA, the Danish Film Institute, the Hellenic Film & Audiovisual Center, the Black Family Film Foundation (NYU Tisch), Pleasant Bay Pictures and the Sam Spiegel International Film Lab, which awarded the project its Emerging Filmmaker Prize.

https://graal.gr

ULYA by Viesturs Kairis, producers: EAVE graduates Guntis Trekteris, Pille Rünk, Malgorzata Staron and Ieva Norviliene is in post-production. The biographical drama about the world-famous basketball player Ulyana Semyonova follows her path from an old-believers community on the South Eastern border of Latvia to international fame, portraying both her personal journey and her symbolic role as a Cold War-era sports icon. ULYA is a Latvian/Estonian/Polish/Lithuanian co-production, produced by Guntis Trekteris through Ego Media (Latvia), Pille Rünk through Allfilm (Estonia), Malgorzata Staron through Staron Film (Poland), and Ieva Norviliene through Tremora (Lithuania). The film was shot in Latgale (Eastern Latvia) and Riga in 30 days across three sessions: the winter of 2024, the autumn of 2024 and the spring of 2025. “With the 1960s and 70s rarely depicted on screen, capturing the essence of that Soviet-era period demanded extraordinary effort and creativity from both the production and costume design teams,” said Latvian producer Guntis Trekteris. The film’s financing is coming from the National Film Centre of Latvia, the Estonian Film Institute, the Cultural Endowment of Estonia (kulka.ee), the Polish Film Institute (pisf.pl), the Lithuanian Film Centre, and the Riga City Council. An international premiere is planned for early 2026.

https://allfilm.ee

SOLOMAMMA by Janicke Askevold, producers: EAVE graduates Gints Grube and Inese Boka-Grube is in post-production. Edith (40) is a curiosity-driven journalist, who decides to embark on single motherhood by sperm donor. However, the challenges of solo parenting prove to be more daunting than anticipated, and she fears that she is not enough for her son. When the identity of the donor unexpectedly surfaces, Edith decides to seek him out under the false pretense of doing an interview with him on his tech company, thereby shaking up not only her own life and emotions but also those of everyone around her. SOLOMAMMA is produced by Rebekka Rognøy, Magnus Albertsen and Gary Cranner through Norwegian Bacon Pictures Oslo and Danish Bacon Pictures Copenhagen, Gints Grube and Inese Boka-Grube through Latvian Mistrus Media, Gabilja Siurbyte and Viktorija Rimkute through Lithuanian Dansu, and Jani Pösö through Finish company It’s Alive Films. The project was supported by the Lithuanian Film Centre, the National Film Centre of Latvia, med støtte fra, Norsk Filminstitutt, Norsk Filminstitutt and YLE, in partnership with Post Control Helsinki and Norsk Filminstitutt. The principal photography took place in Oslo (Norway) from 6 September to 10 October 2024.

http://www.mistrusmedia.lv

Page published 30 June 2025.