EAVE project FIUME O MORTE! wins European Documentary
Awards January 2026
European Film Awards
- BUGONIA by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney won European Make-up and Hair Stylist (Torsten Witte)
- EAVE project FIUME O MORTE! by Igor Bezinovic, producers: EAVE graduates Tibor Keser, Marina Gumzi, Vanja Jambrovic won European Documentary
- SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic won European Film, European Director, European Actress, European Actor, European Screenwriter and Original Score
- SIRAT by Oliver Laxe, producer: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font won European Casting Director (Nadia Acimi, Luís Bértolo & María Rodrigo), European Cinematographer (Mauro Herce), European Editor (Cristóbal Fernández), European Production Designer ((Laia Ateca) and European Sound Designer (Johnnie Burn)
- EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach won the Eurimages Co-Production Award
https://www.europeanfilmawards.eu/
Golden Globes
3 Golden Globes for EAVE graduates:
- SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic won Best supporting actor (Stellan Skarsgård)
- THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonça Filho, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, EAVE graduate Léontine Petit won Best performance by an actor in a motion picture - drama (Wagner Moura) and Best Picture - non-English Language
French Lumière Awards
- THE LITTLE SISTER by Hafsia Herzi, producer: PUENTES graduate Naomi Denamur won Female Revelation Award (Nadia Melliti)
- THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonça Filho, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, EAVE graduate Léontine Petit won Best International Co-production
https://www.festival-lumiere.org/
Swedish Guldbagge Awards
- 7 STEPS by Andreas Öhman, producer: EAVE graduate Eliza Jones won Best Cinematography
- EAGLES OF THE REPUBLIC by Tarik Saleh, producer: EAVE graduates Linda Mutawi, co-producers: EAVE graduate Monica Hellström won Best Film, Best Actor in a leading role (Fares Fares), Best Screenplay (Tarik Saleh), Best Costumes (Virginie Montel), Best Make-up (Saara Räisänen) and Best Visual Effects (Peter Hjorth, Anders Nyman, Per Nyman, Mikael Windelin)
- KEVLAR SOUL by Maria Eriksson-Hecht, producer: EAVE graduate Lizette Jonjic won Best Director, Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Torkel Petersson), and the Guldipga Award for Emerging Talent (Rio Svensson)
- EAVE Marketing Workshop project THE HOME by Mattias Johansson Skoglund, producer: EAVE and MW graduate Siri Hjorton Wagner, co-producer: EAVE graduate Elina Litvinova won Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Anki Lidén)
- TRANS MEMORIA by Victoria Verseau, producer: EAVE and EAVE SLATE graduate Malin Hüber won Best Documentary Film
Finnish Golden Venla Awards
- QUEEN OF FUCKING EVERYTHING by Tiina Lymim, producer: EAVE graduate Tiina-Mari Pitkanen won five Golden Venla Awards in Finland yesterday — including Best Drama Series. The four other awards went to Tiina Lymi for screenwriting and directing, Laura Malmivaara for Best Leading Actress, and Kristo Salminen for Best Supporting Actor.
https://www.kultainenvenla.fi/
International Film Festival Tarragona
REC LAB
- WOLF GRRRLS by Claudia Estrada Taracó, producer: EAVE graduate Alba Sotorra won the International Deluxe Award
- LÓNGQUÁN: THE DRAGON SPRING by Adrià Guxens, producer: MW graduate Anna Moragriega won the Málaga Work in Progress award
https://www.festivalrec.com/en/
Red Sea Film Festival
- ALL THAT’S LEFT OF YOU by Cherien Dabis, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marios Piperides won the Silver Yusr for Feature Film
- YUNAN by Ameer Fakher Eldin, producers: EAVE graduates Dorothe Beinemeier, Marco Valerio Fusco, Tony Copti, EAVE participant Jiries Copti won Best Actor
Cinemamed Festival
- DJ AHMET by Georgi M. Unkovski, producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Prpic won the RêVolution Price
- PROMISED SKY by Erige Sehiri, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri won the Critic’s Price
Around the World in 14 Films Festival
- I ONLY REST IN THE STORM by Pedro Pinho, producer: EAVE graduate Filipa Reis, co-produced by PUENTES graduate Tatiana Leite, won Best Director
Les Arcs European Film Festival
- BEYOND SILENCE by Marnie Blok, producer: EAVE graduate Ellen Havenith won Best Short Film Award
- FATHER by Tereza Nvotova, producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski won the Award for Best Interpretation (Milan Ondrík)
- LITTLE TROUBLE GIRLS by Urska Djukic, producer: EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marina Gumzi, Miha Cernec, Katarina Prpic won the Grand Jury Award
- MR NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN by David Borenstein, Pavel Ilyich Talankin, Co-director Pavel Talankin, co-producer: EAVE graduate Radovan Sibrt won the Crystal Arrow Award and Best Original Soundtrack (Michal Rataj & Jonas Struck)
https://lesarcs-filmfest.com/fr
Trieste Film Festival
- BRAT by Maciej Sobieszczański, producers: EAVE+ graduate Violetta Kaminska and EAVE graduate Izabela Wójcik won the Audience Award for Best Feature Film
- ELECTING MS SANTA by Raisa Răzmeriță, producer: EAVE graduate Gnautic, co-producers: EAVE and EAVE+ graduate Anamaria Antoci, EAVE graduate Anda Ionescu won the Central European Initiative Award
- FANTASY by Kukla, producers: EAVE and EAVE SLATE graduate Vlado Bulajić and EAVE graduate Lija Pogačnik, co-producer: EOD Macedonia graduate Dejan Krajchevski won Best Feature Film, the Trieste Award and the Cineuropa Price
- CHANGE PROJECT THE KARTLI KINGDOM by Julien Prebel, producer: Ketevan Kipiani won the Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso Transeuropa Prize for best documentary in competition
- THE LAST ONE FOR THE ROAD by Francesco Sossai, producer: Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli won SNCCI Critic’s Choice Award for Best Italian Film
- THE SPECTACLE by Bálint Kenyeres, producer: TTB graduate Jeremy Zelnik won Best Short
- THE VISITOR by Vytautas Katkus, producer: MW graduate Brigita Beniušytė, EAVE and PUENTES graduate Marija Razgute, co-producer: EAVE graduate Anna-Maria Kantarius, PUENTES and EAVE graduate Elisa Fernanda Pirir received a Special Mention for Directing
- WELDED TOGETHER by Anastasija Mirošničenko, producer: EAVE graduate Valérie Montmartin, co-producers: EAVE graduates Anton Iffland Stettner and Eva Kuperman won Best Documentary in Competition
- WHITE LIES by Alba Zari, producer: EOD RE-ACT graduate Manuela Buono won the In Direzione Donna award, Award for best film in the Corso Salani category
When East Meets West
- The EAVE Producers Workshop Scholarship Award went to: Diana Caravia, microFILM, Romania
- BIRDIE by Aneta Ptak, producer: EAVE graduate Malgorzata Staron won the HBO Europe Award
- DEATH HAS NO MASTER by Jorge Thielen Armand, producer: TTB and EAVE SLATE graduate Stefano Centini won the Laser Film Post Production Award
- EVERYTIME by Sandra Wollner, producer: EAVE graduate David Bohun won the M74 Award
- GOING UNDERGROUND by Armands Začs, producer: EAVE graduate Gints Grube received the Film Center Serbia Development Award and the Taskovski #DocsConnect Award
- KORYO by Mladen Kovačević, producers: EAVE graduates Tina Tisljar, Čarna Vučinić won the Marché du Film Producers Network Award
- CHANGE project MY NAME IS ENOUGH by Marina Arzumanova, producer: CHANGE graduate Ani Ordyan won the DAE Talent Development Award
- PATTY by Luise Donschen, producer: EAVE graduate Julia Cöllen won the TRT Prize
- EAVE Marketing Workshop and CHANGE project SACRED SONGS by Nona Giunashvili, Mariam Bitsadze, producer: EAVE MW and CHANGE graduate Mariam Bitsadze won the Film Center Montenegro Award
- THE LAST DOG ON EARTH by Nina Kopko, producer: EAVE graduate Leticia Friedrich wins the Ciclic WEMW Award and the EWA Network’s Award for Equality & Inclusion and the Pop Up Film Residency Award
- WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE ARE YOU by Lina Lužytė, producers: EAVE graduates Dagne Vildziunaite, Estonian National Coordinator Evelin Penttilä won the GoGo2025 Residency Award
Max Ophüls Festival Saarbrücken
- NOAH by Ali Tamim, producers: PUENTES graduate Sophie Ahrens and EAVE graduate Fabian Altenried won Best Social Interest Film and Best Screenplay
- TERESAS KÖRPER by Magdalena Chmielewska, producer: MW graduate Camille Chanel won Best Director
Tromsø International Film Festival
- BROKEN VOICES by Ondřej Provazník, producer: EAVE graduate Jirí Konecny won the FIPRESCI Award
- LITTLE TROUBLE GIRLS by Urska Djukic, producer: EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marina Gumzi, Miha Cernec, Katarina Prpic won the Faith in Film Award
Premier Plans Film Festival Angers
- DON’T WAKE THE SLEEPING CHILD by Kevin Aubert, producer: Creative Producer Indaba graduate Chloé Ortolé won the Grand Jury Price for Best Short
- ERASERHEAD IN A KNITTED SHOPPING BAG by Lili Koss, producer: EAVE graduates Vanya Rainova and Victoria Mitreva won the Grand Jury Price
- THE LAST ONE FOR THE ROAD by Francesco Sossai, producer: Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli received the Jury Special Mention
- WILD FOXES by Samuel Kircher, producer: MW and EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes won the Bouvet Ladubay Best Actor Award
https://www.premiersplans.org/
Palm Springs International Film Festival
- FATHER by Tereza Nvotova, producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski won the FIPRESCI Prize for Best Actor in an International Feature Film (Milan Ondrík)
- LEFT-HANDED GIRL by Shih-Ching Tsou, associate producer: EAVE graduate Alex C. Lo won the FIPRESCI Prize for the Best Actress in an International Feature Film (Nina Ye, Janel Tsai and Shi-yuan Ma)
- SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic won the FIPRESCI Prize for Best International Screenplay
- SIRAT by Oliver Laxe, producer: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font won the FIPRESCI Prize for Best International Feature Film
Page published 29 January 2026. Updated 28 April 2026.
