EAVE project MENOCCHIO tops @Annecy FF
Awards October 2018
San Sebastian Intenational Film Festival
- BETWEEN TWO WATERS by Isaki Lacuesta, associate producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler won the Golden Shell for Best Film.
- EAVE project ROJO by Benjamín Naishtat, producer: EAVE graduate Barbara Sarasola-Day, Ingmar Trost, co-producers: EAVE participant Rachel Daisy Ellis, EAVE graduate Marleen Slot was awarded the Silver Shell for Best director, the Silver Shells for Best actress (Pia Tjelta) and Best Actor (Dario Grandinetti), and the Jury Prize for Best Cinematography (Pedro Sotero).
- YULI by Iciar Bollain, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Celderwood, associate producer: EAVE participant Merry Colomer was awarded Best Screenplay.
Zurich Film Festival
- GIRL by Lukas Dhont, producers: EAVE graduates Arnold Heslenfeld, Laurette Schillings and Frans van Gestel was awarded the Golden Eye for Best Film at the Zurich Film Festival.
- L’ANIMALE by Katharina Mückstein, producer: EAVE graduate Michael Kitzberger won the Golden Eye for Best Film in the Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria section.
- HEARTBOUND by Janus Metz, Sine Plambech, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Lise Lense-Møller, EAVE producer Frank Hoeve won the Golden Eye for Best Documentary.
Filmfest Hamburg
- OUR STRUGGLES by Guillaume Senez, producer: EAVE graduate Isabelle Truc won the Critics’ Award of the Filmfest Hamburg.
- THE MOST BEAUTIFUL COUPLE by Sven Taddicken, producer: EAVE graduate Jamila Wenske won the Producers Award
Central and Eastern European Film Festival
- WINTER FLIES by Olmo Omerzu, producer: EAVE graduate Jiri Konecny was awarded the Special Jury Prize at CinÉast – Luxembourg’s Central and Eastern European Film Festival.
- ÁGA by Milko Lazarov, producer: EAVE graduate Guillaume de Seille received a Special Mention and won the Critics' Prize.
- THE OTHER SIDE OF EVERYTHING by Mila Turajlic, producer: EAVE graduate Carine Chichkowsky won the Audience Award.
Sitges Fantastic Film Festival
- Three awards for LAZZARO FELICE by Alice Rohrwacher, producer: EAVE graduate Carlo Cresta-Dino at the Sitges Fantastic Film Festival: the film won the Special Jury Award, the Critics’ Award and the Carnet Jove Jury Award.
BFI London Film Festival
- JOY by Sudabeh Mortezai, producer: EAVE graduate EAVE graduate Oliver Neumann won the Best Film Award at the BFI London Film Festival.
- GIRL by Lukas Dhont, producers: EAVE graduates Arnold Heslenfeld, Laurette Schillings & Frans van Gestel won the Sutherland Award for Best First Feature Film
- EAVE project BIRDS OF PASSAGE by Ciro Guerra, Cristina Gallego, producer: PUENTES graduate Katrin Pors, co-producers: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin received a Special Commendation in the Official Competition.
Warsaw Kids Film Forum
- TRIPLE TROUBLE by Agnieszka Rostropowicz-Rutkowska has been awarded with the EAVE Marketing Workshop scholarship at Warsaw Kids Film Forum.
Athens International Film Festival
- PUENTES project THE HEIRESSES by Marcelo Martinessi, producer at development stage: PUENTES graduate Karen Fraenkel, co-producer: PUENTES group leader Fernando Epstein won the Golden Athena award for Best Film at the Athens International Film Festival.
- IN DEN GÄNGEN (IN THE AISLES) by Thomas Stuber, co-producer: EAVE graduate Undine Filter received the Best Screenplay Award and the Greek Film Critics Association Award
- AND BREATHE NORMALLY by Isold Uggadottir, producers: EAVE graduates Diana Elbaum, Annika Hellström, Eva Sigurdardottir won the Audience Award
Warsaw Film Festival
- MOON HOTEL KABUL, produced and directed by EAVE graduate Anca Damian, co-producers: EAVE graduate Sophie Erbs and EAVE+ graduate Tom Dercourt won the Best Director Award at the Warsaw Film Festival.
Slovenian National Film Festival
- THE FINAL DAY OF RUDOLF NIETSCHE by Blaz Kutin, producer: EAVE graduate Sinisa Juricic won Best Short at the Slovenian National Film Festival, Ljubljana.
Roche-sur-Yon Film Festival
- THE FAVOURITE by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney won the Special Award of the Jury at the Roche-sur-Yon Film Festival.
Golden Rose Film Festival
- ÁGA by Milko Lazarov, producer: EAVE graduate Guillaume de Seille is the big winner of the Golden Rose Film Festival, Varna. The film won the Golden Rose Award for Best Feature Film, the Danny Lerner Award, the Best Director Award, Best Cinematographer (Kaloyan Bozhilov), the Critics Guild Award and Accredited Journalists’ Award.
- B`EST project MIRACLE by Egle Vertelyte, producer: B’EST graduate Lukas Trimonis won the Best Actress Award (Martina Apostolova) and the Filmauthor Award for an inventive approach.
Annecy Italian Film Festival
- EAVE project MENOCCHIO by Alberto Fasulo, producer: EAVE graduates Nadia Trevisan and Bogdan Craciun came out on top at the Annecy Italian Film Festival winning the Premio Annecy Cinéma Italien.
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Five awards for EAVE graduates at the Pingyao Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon International Film Festival:
- THE LOAD by Ognjen Glavonic, producer: PUENTES graduate Sophie Erbs, co-producers: EAVE graduate and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic, EAVE+ graduate Tom Dercourt won Best Director.
- A LAND IMAGINED by Siew Hua Yeo, producer EAVE graduate Fran Borgia, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jean-Laurent Csinidis and Denis Vaslin received the Jury Award.
- THE MAN WHO SURPRISED EVERYONE by Natasha Merkulova, Aleksey Chupov, co-producers: EAVE graduates Katrin Kissa, Guillaume de Seille was named Best Film in the Crouching Tigers Competition
- GIRL by Lukas Dhont, producers: EAVE graduates Arnold Heslenfeld, Laurette Schillings & Frans Gestel was awarded Best Film in Best of Fest
- VOLCANO by Roman Bondarchuk, producer: EAVE graduate Olena Yershova won Best Film in Hidden Dragons.
Film Fest Gent
- MEIN BRUDER HEIßT ROBERT UND IST EIN IDIOT by Philip Gröning, co-producer: EAVE graduate Andres Pfaeffli, production consultant: EAVE graduate Martin Blankemeyer won the Explore Award at the Film Fest Gent.
DocumentaryTank@AFF
- HOME by Radu Ciorniciuc, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Lazurean-Gorgan won the Romanian Docs in Progress Post-Production Award at the DocumentaryTank@AFF, the industry platform of the Astra Film Festival.
Bordeaux International Independent Film Festival
- GAME GIRLS by Alina Skrzeszewska, producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Laurent Csindis was awarded the Grand Jury Prize of the Bordeaux International Independent Film Festival.
- THE MAN WHO SURPRISED EVERYONE by Natasha Merkulova, Aleksey Chupov, co-producers: EAVE graduates Katrin Kissa, Guillaume de Seille won the Erasmus + Jury Prize
- EAVE project ROJO by Benjamín Naishtat, producer: EAVE graduate Barbara Sarasola-Day, Ingmar Trost, co-producers: EAVE participant Rachel Daisy Ellis, EAVE graduate Marleen Slot received an Erasmus + Jury Mention
Film Festival Cologne
The following EAVE graduates were awarded at the European Work in Progress in Cologne, a three-day industry event, which took place during the Film Festival Cologne.
- UNCONDITIONAL by Stéphane Demoustier, producer: EAVE graduate Jean des Fôrets won the EWIP Eclair Award
- TASTE OF PHO by Mariko Saga, producers: EAVE graduates Karsten Stöter and Mariusz Wlodarski won the EWIP MMC-Studio Award
- END OF SEASON by Elmar Imanov, producer: EAVE graduate Eva Blondiau was given the MMC-Studio Award
- NOCTURNE by Viktor van der Valk, producer: EAVE graduate Léontine Petit received a Special Jury Mention
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HAMPTONS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
- FENCE by Lendita Zeqiraj, producer: EAVE participant Bujar Kabasi won the Best Narrative Short Award at the HAMPTONS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL.
Page published 29 October 2018. Updated 30 October 2018.
