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Awards October 2023

San Sebastian Film Festival

EAVE graduates scoop six awards at the San Sebastian Film Festival:

  • THE RYE HORN by Jaione Camborda, producer: EAVE graduate and Spanish National Coordinator Maria Zamora, EAVE graduate Katleen Goossens won the Golden Shell for best film.
  • PUAN by Maria Alché, Benjamin Naishtat, producer: EAVE graduates Bárbara Sarasola-Day, Giovanni Pompili, PUENTES graduate Tatiana Leite was awarded the Silver Shells for Best Screenplay and for the Best Leading Performance (ex aequo Marcelo Subiotto and Tatsuya Fuji)
  • KALAK by Isabella Eklöf, producer: EAVE graduates David Herdies, Leontine Petit won Best Cinematography Award and the Special Jury Prize
  • THE CASTLE by Martin Benchimol, producer: EAVE graduate Gema Juárez Allen received the Horizontes Latinos Award
  • THE HUMAN SURGE 3 by Eduardo Williams, co-producers: EAVE graduates Raymond van der Kaaij, Germen Boelens, Julia Alves, Stefano Centini won the Zabaltegi-Tabakalera Award

www.sansebastianfestival.com

 

Zurich Film Festival

  • HESITATION WOUND by Selman Nacar, producers: EAVE graduates Guillaume de Seille, Oana Giurgiu scooped the Golden Eye for Best Feature Film at the Zurich Film Festival.

zff.com/en

 

Werner Herzog Film Award

  • PATIENT #1 by Rezo Gigineishvili, producer: EAVE graduate Archil Gelovani won the Werner Hezog Film Award 2023.

Once a year the Werner Herzog Foundation offers the Werner Herzog Film Award in cooperation with the Film Archive Munich. The award is meant for innovative works by filmmakers all around the world and is endowed with €5,000

“Patient #1” will have its world premiere at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival on November 9.

variety.com/t/werner-herzog/

 

CinÉast Luxembourg

  • EAVE project CITIZEN SAINT by Tinatin Kajrishvili, producer: EAVE graduate Lasha Khalvashi, co-producers: Borislav Chouchkov, Carine Chichkowsky, Denis Vaslinwas awarded the Grand Prix at CinÉast – Luxembourg’s Central and Eastern European Film Festival.
  • BLAGA’S LESSONS by EAVE graduate Stephan Komandarev, producer: EAVE graduate Katya Trichkova won the Special Jury Prize and the Ciritcs' Prize
  • SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD by Anna Hints, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Ostrat received a Special Mention by the Press Jury.

www.cineast.lu

 

Filmfest Hamburg

Three awards for EAVE graduates at the Filmfest Hamburg:

  • DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon, co-producers: EAVE graduate Paul Thiltges, Adrien Chef, EAVE group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic, executive producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler won the Critics' Choice Award
  • HOW TO HAVE SEX by Molla Manning Walker, producer: EAVE graduate and Greek National Coordinator  Konstantinos Kontovrakis, executive producer: EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas received the Arthouse Cinema Award
  • EAVE Marketing Workshop project TOTEM by Sander Burger, producers: EAVE graduates Fleur Knopperts, Denis Vaslin, co-producer: EAVE graduate Donato Rotunno won the MAJA: the Michel Award for Best Children's and Youth Film

www.filmfesthamburg.de

 

Warsaw International Film Festival

  • DIAGNOSIS: DISSENT by Denis Tarasov, producer: EAVE graduate Artem Koliubaiev won a Special Mention in the 1-2 Competition
  • EAVE Marketing Workshop project THE SETTLERS by Felipe Galvez, producer: TTB, PUENTES, MW and EAVE+ graduate Giancarlo Nasi, PUENTES and EAVE+ graduate Benjamín Domenech and Santiago Gallelli, TTB graduate Stefano Centini, co-producers: EAVE and PUENTES graduate Katrin Pors, EAVE graduate Ingmar Trost, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin won the Crème de la Crème Award at the Warsaw International Film Festival
  • EAVE project NOT A WORD by Hanna Slak, producer: EAVE graduate Michel Balagué, co-producers: TTB Head of Studies Christophe Bruncher, EAVE graduate Miha Cernec, EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar won the Ecumenical Jury Award 
  • I DON'T LOVE YOU ANYMORE by Zdeněk Jiráský, co-producer: EAVE graduate Anamaria Antoci won the Special Jury Award
  • PHOTOPHOBIA by Ivan Ostrochovský, Pavol Pekarčík, producers: EAVE graduates Katarina Tomkova, Tomáš Michálek won Best Film in the Documentary Competition

wff.pl

 

Chicago International Film Festival

  • EXPLANATION FOR EVERYTHING by Gabor Reisz, producers: EAVE graduate Julia Berkes, EAVE graduate and Hungarian National Coordinator Viktoria Petranyi won the Gold Hugo for Best Film and the Silver Hugo for Best Screenplay.
  • THE DELINQUENTS by Rodrigo Moreno, producer: EAVE graduate Ezequiel Borovinsky, EAVE and TTB graduate Gilles Chanial, co-producer: EAVE graduate Julia Alves won the Silver Hugo: Jury Prize
  • DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon, co-producers: EAVE graduate Paul Thiltges, Adrien Chef, EAVE group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic, executive producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler won the Silver Hugo for Best Performance
  • ABOUT DRY GRASSES by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach won the Silver Hugo for Best Supporting Performance
  • LA CHIMERA by Alice Rohrwacher, producer: EAVE + graduate Carlo Cresto-Dina won the Silver Hugo: Best Ensemble Cast Performance and Best Cinematography.
  • SWEET DREAMS by Ena Sendijarevic, producer: EAVE graduate Leontine Petit won the Silver Hugo in the New Directors Competition
  • THE ECHO by Tatiana Huezo, producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis won the Gold Hugo in the International Documentary Competition
  • EAVE Marketing Workshop project 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 Silver Q-Hugo
  • GREEN BORDER by Agnieszka Holland, producers: EAVE graduate Maria Blicharska, EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum won the Audience Choice Award for Best International Feature

www.chicagofilmfestival.com

 

Sitges Fantastic Film Festival

  • CLUB ZERO by Jessica Hausner, producer: EAVE graduate Johannes Schubert, co-producers: EAVE graduates Per Damgaard Hansen, Clemens Köstlin won Best Music at Sitges Fantastic Film Festival
  • HUMANIST VAMPIRE SEEKING CONSENTING SUICIDAL PERSON by Ariane Louis-Seize, producer: EAVE and EAVE+ graduate Jeanne-Marie Poulain won the Best Motion Picture New Visions Award Special Mention
  • OMEN by Baloji, producers: EAVE graduates Benoit Roland, Ellen de Waele wins Best Direction
  • ROBOT DREAMS by Pablo Berger, producer: EAVE graduate Alejandro Arenas won the Grand People's Choice Award for best feature film
  • THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING by Timm Kröger, producers: EAVE graduates Heino Deckert, David Bohun, Dario Schoch won the José Luis Guarner Critics' Award for best film
  • TONY, SHELLEY AND THE MAGIC LIGHT by Filip Posivac, producer: EAVE graduate Pavla Janouskova Kubeckova won Best animated feature film in the Anima't section 
  • TTB project TIGER STRIPES by Amanda Nell, co-producers: TTB graduate Foo Fei Ling, EAVE and TTB graduates Fran Borgia and Yulia Evina Bhara, EAVE graduate, TTB group leader and German National Coordinator Jonas Weydemann, EAVE graduate Ellen Havenith wins Best Actress (Zafreen Zairizai)
  • VINCENT MUST DIE by Stéphan Castang, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Jean-Yves Roubin won Best actor and the Citizen Kane Award for best new director 

sitgesfilmfestival.com

 

Reykjavik International Film Festival

  • BAAN by Leonor Teles, producer: EAVE graduate Filipa Reis wins the main award: the New Visions Golden Puffin at the Reykjavik International Film Festival.
  • FAMILY TIME by Tia Kouvo, producer: EAVE graduate Jussi Rantamäki won the Special Jury Award won the New Visions Special Mention

riff.is

 

MajorDocs Mallorca

  • APOLONIA, APOLONIA by Lea Glob, co-producer: EAVE graduate Malgorzata Staron won the Audience Award at MajorDocs, the Mallorca Documentary Film Festival.

majordocs.org

 

Golden Rose Varna

  • BLAGA’S LESSONS by Stephan Komandarev, producer: EAVE graduate Katya Trichkova was awarded Best Film at the Golden Rose National Film Festival in Varna
  • THE GOOD DRIVER by Tonislav Hristov, producer: EAVE graduate Kaarle Aho won Best Debut Feature

https://zlatnaroza.bg

 

Athens International Film Festival

  • HOW TO HAVE SEX by Molla Manning Walker, producer: EAVE graduate and Greek National Coordinator Konstantinos Kontovrakis, executive producer: EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas won the Golden Athena Award for Best Film at the Athens International Film Festival.
  • 20,000 SPECIES OF BEES by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren, producer: EAVE+ graduate Valérie Delpierre won the City of Athens Best Director Award
  • THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING by Timm Kröger, producers: EAVE graduates Heino Deckert, David Bohun, Dario Schoch, Sarah  Born receives a Special Mention

http://en.aiff.gr

 

Irish Film and Television Academy Awards

  • NOTHING COMPARES by Kathryn Ferguson, executive producer: EAVE graduate Lesley McKimm won the George Morrison Feature Documentary Award at the Irish Film and Television Academy IFTA awards of 2023.  

www.ifta.ie

 

Film Fest Gent

  • THE DELINQUENTS by Rodrigo Moreno, producer: EAVE graduate Ezequiel Borovinsky, EAVE and TTB graduate Gilles Chanial, co-producer: EAVE graduate Julia Alves won the Grand Prix for Best Film at the Film Fest Gent
  • POOR THINGS by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney won the Georges Delerue Award for Best Original Music
  • SLOW by Marija Kavtaradze, producer: EAVE graduate Marija Razgute, co-producers: EAVE graduates Luisa Romeo, Anna-Maria Kantarius received the Explore Award from the Explore Zone Jury

www.needproductions.com

 

Riga International Film Festival

  • FAMILY TIME by Tia Kouvo, producer: EAVE graduate Jussi Rantamäki won the Riga IFF’s main award, the Golden Rooster.
  • SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD by Anna Hints, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Ostrat received a Special Mention

www.rigaiff.lv

 

Festival of Slovenian Film, Portorose

  • OBSERVING by Janez Burger, produced by EAVE graduate Miha Cernec and EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Jozko Rutar won the Vesna Awards for Best Female Lead Role, Best Production Design and Best Sound.
  • PERO by Damjan Kozole, producer: EAVE+ graduate Danijel Hocevar received a Special Mention won the Vesna Award for special artistic achievement
  • SAFE PLACE by Juraj Lerotic, producer: EAVE graduate Miljenka Cogelja won Best Cinematography and Best Minority Co-production at the Festival of Slovenian Film, Portorose
  • SOIL by Alex Cvetkov, producer: EAVE graduate Miha Cernec won a Vesna Award for Special Achievement
  • THE MAN WITHOUT GUILT by Ivan Gergolet, producers: EAVE graduate Miha Cernec and EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Jozko Rutar won Best Director, the Art Kino Network of Slovenia (AKMS) Award and the Iridium Award for Best Feature Debut
  • WAKE ME by Marko Santic, producer: EAVE+ graduate Danijel Hocevar received the Vesna awards for Best Fiction Feature Film, Best Script, Best Male Lead Role and Best Male Supporting Role and Best Make-up.

https://fsf.si

 

Festival du Nouveau Film Montréal 

  • CHIEN DE LA CASSE by Jean-Baptiste Durand, producer: EAVE graduate Anaïs Bertrand won Best feature film of the International panorama section
  • EAVE Marketing Workshop project THE SETTLERS by Felipe Galvez, producer: TTB, PUENTES, MW and EAVE+ graduate Giancarlo Nasi, PUENTES and EAVE+ graduate Benjamín Domenech and Santiago Gallelli, TTB graduate Stefano Centini, co-producers: EAVE and PUENTES graduate Katrin Pors won Best feature film in the International competition at the Festival du Nouveau Film Montréal 
  • HOW TO HAVE SEX by Molla Manning Walker, producer: EAVE graduate and Greek National Coordinator Konstantinos Kontovrakis, executive producer: EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas receives the FIPRESCI Award
  • HUMANIST VAMPIRE SEEKING CONSENTING SUICIDAL PERSON by Ariane Louis-Seize, producer: EAVE and EAVE+ graduate Jeanne-Marie Poulain won Best feature film in the National competition

https://nouveaucinema.ca/fr

Page published 30 October 2023. Updated 12 February 2024.


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