EAVE project QUIET LIFE travels to Barcelona and to Istanbul

Festivals April 2025

D’A Barcelona International Auteur Film Festival (March 27 – April 6)

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S TALE by María Herrera, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Zamora
APRIL by Dea Kulumbegashvili, producer: EAVE graduate Archil Gelovani
BAGGER DRAMA by Piet Baumgartner, producer: EAVE graduate Karin Koch
EIGHT POSTCARDS FROM UTOPIA by Radu Jude, Christian Ferencz-Flatz, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandru Teodorescu
ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL by Rungano Nyoni, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
ORENDA by Pirjo Honkasalo, producers: EAVE graduates Misha Jaari, Mark Lwoff
PEACOCK by Bernhard Wenger, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Michael Kitzberger
EAVE project QUIET LIFE by Alexandros Avranas, producer: EAVE graduate Alejandro Arenas
SEPTEMBER SAYS by Ariane Labed, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
TÊTES BRÛLÉES by Maja Ajmia Yde Zellama, producer: EAVE graduate Benoît Roland
THE EMPIRE by Bruno Dumont, co-producer: EAVE graduate Dorothe Beinemeier
VIET AND NAM by Truong Minh Quy, producers: TTB group leader and National Coordinator Asia Bianca Balbuena, TTB graduates Bradley Liew, Stefano Renting, EAVE graduate Marie Dubas, EAVE+ graduate Joost de Vries
YOUTH (HARD TIMES) by Wang Bing, producers: EAVE graduates Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts
YOUTH (HOMECOMING) by Wang Bing, producers: EAVE graduates Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts

D'A Film Lab Barcelona

DE FANG by Anna Llargués, producer: EAVE graduate and PUENTES group leader Sophie Erbs
THE GANG by Marina and Carol Rodríguez Colás, producer: EAVE graduate Hubert Toint
WHO WE ARE by Salvador Sunyer, producer: EAVE graduate Yolanda Torres

https://dafilmfestival.com/en

Reims Polar (April 1 – 6)

BRIEF HISTORY OF A FAMILY by Lin Jianjie, co-producer: EAVE graduate Rikke Tambo Andersen
CARNIVAL IS OVER by Fernando Coimbra, producer: EAVE graduate Goncalo Galvão Teles
ISLANDS by Jan-Ole Gerster, producer: EAVE+ graduate Jonas Katzenstein
MEXICO 86 by César Diaz, producers: EAVE graduate Anne-Laure Guégan, PUENTES graduate Géraldine Sprimont, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Delphine Schmit
THE THINGS YOU KILL by Alireza Khatami, producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski

https://reimspolar.com

New Directors/New Films, New York (April 2 – 13)

DROWNING DRY by Laurynas Bareisa, co-producer: EAVE MW graduate Matiss Kaza
EAVE project FIUME O MORTE! by Igor Bezinovic, producers: EAVE graduates Tibor Keser, Vanja Jambrovic, Marina Gumzi
KYUKA: BEFORE SUMMER’S END by Kostis Charamountanis, producers: EAVE graduates Danae Spathara, Konstantinos Kontovrakis, EAVE + graduate Giorgos Karnavas
LESSON LEARNED by Balint Szimler, co-producers: EAVE graduate and Hungarian National Coordinator Julia Berkes, EAVE graduate Viktoria Petranyi
THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE by Mo Harawe, producer: EAVE graduate Oliver Neumann, co-producer: EAVE graduate Nicole Gerhards
TIMESTAMP by Kateryna Gornostai, producer: EAVE graduate Reinier Selen, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marion Guth, François Le Gall

https://www.newdirectors.org/

Cleveland International Film Festival (April 3 – 13)

I’M NOT EVERYTHING I WANT TO BE by Klara Tasovska, producer: EAVE graduate Jakub Viktorin
CROCODILE TEARS by Tumpal Tampubolon, producers: EAVE graduates Claire Lajoumard, Harry Flöter
EAVE project TARIKA by Milko Lazarov, producer: EAVE graduate Veselka Kiryakova, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Alexandru Dumreicher-Ivanceanu
EAVE project YALLA PARKOUR by Areeb Zuaiter, producer: EAVE graduate Basel Mawlawi, executive producer: EAVE graduate Lisa Nyed
GHOST TRAIL by Jonathan Millet, producers: EAVE graduates Nicole Gerhards, Julie Esparbes
HONEYMOON by Zhanna Ozirna, producer: EAVE graduate Dmytro Shukanov
MADE IN ETHIOPIA by Xinyan Yu, Max Duncan, producer: EAVE graduate Tamara Dawit
NEVER ALONE by Klaus Härö, producer: EAVE + graduates Ilkka Matila, Kristian Taska
PUENTES project THE EXILES by Belen Funes, producers: PUENTES graduate Alba Bosch-Duran, EAVE graduate Olmo Figueredo González-Quevedo, co-producer: PUENTES, MW and TTB graduate Giancarlo Nasi
REAS by Lola Arias, producer: EAVE graduate Gema Juarez Allen, EAVE graduate Ingmar Trost
THE SWEDISH TORPEDO by Frida Kempff, producers: EAVE graduates David Herdies, Michael Krotkiewski, Elina Litvinova, EAVE graduate and group leader Riina Sildos
THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE by Mo Harawe, producer: EAVE graduate Oliver Neumann, co-producer: EAVE graduate Nicole Gerhards
TO A LAND UNKNOWN by Mahdi Fleifel, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki
TWO STRANGERS TRYING NOT TO KILL EACH OTHER by Jacob Perlmutter, producer: EAVE graduate Signe Byrge Sørensen
WAVES by Jiri Madl, co-producer: EAVE graduate Wanda Adamik Hrycova

www.clevelandfilm.org

Cyprus Film Days (April 4 – 12)

ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT by Payal Kapadia, producers: EAVE graduate and Dutch National Coordinator Frank Hoeve, CPI graduate Thomas Hakim, co-producer: EAVE graduate Gilles Chanial
APRIL by Dea Kulumbegashvili, producer: EAVE graduate Archil Gelovani
GHOST TRAIL by Jonathan Millet, producers: EAVE graduates Nicole Gerhards, Julie Esparbes
LARS IS LOL by Eirik Sæter Stordahl, producer: EAVE MW graduate Caroline Hitland
EAVE Marketing Workshop project LIVING LARGE by Kristina Dufkova, co-producer: EAVE MW graduate Agata Novinski

Dot.on.the.Map Industry Days

HOLIDAY by Wissam Charaf, producer: Interchange graduate Charlotte Vincent, EAVE graduate Katia Khazak, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marco Valerio Fusco
LAST TRIP by Ziad Kalthoum, producer: EAVE graduate May Odeh, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Laure Dahout
MY NAME IS LILY by Yianna Americanou, producer: EAVE graduate Stelana Kliris, co-producers: EAVE graduates Ioanna Bolomyti, Julie Esparbes
THE COLOR GREEN by Paloma Zapata, co-producer: EAVE graduate Sinisa Juricic

www.cyprusfilmdays.com

Visions du Réel, Nyon (April 4 – 13)

IRON WINTER by Kasimir Burgess, producer: EAVE graduate Samm Haillay
KEVINE ET FORTUNE by Sarah Imsand, producer: EAVE graduate Palmyre Badinier
MOUNTAIN OF GOLD by Roland Edzard, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland
NEW BEGINNINGS by Isabelle Ingold & Vivianne Perelmuter, producer: EAVE graduate Hanne Phlypo
OBSCURE NIGHT – "AIN’T I A CHILD?" by Sylvain George, producer: EAVE graduate Eugenia Mumenthaler
THE MULTIPLE LIVES OF ANDRES by Baptiste Janon & Rémi Pons, producer: PUENTES graduate Anthony Rey
THE OTHER WORLD by Callisto Mc Nulty, producers: EAVE + graduate Britta Rindelaub, EAVE graduate Thomas Reichlin
THE VANISHING POINT by Bani Khoshnoudi, producer: EAVE graduate Janja Kralj

www.visionsdureel.ch

Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (April 8 – 20)

AFTER US, THE FLOOD by Arto Halonen, producer: EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Latvia Aija Berzina
DANIELA FOREVER by Nacho Vigalondo, co-producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland
ELSE by Thibault Emin, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland
PLANET B by Aude Léa Rapi, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland
THE ASSESSMENT by Fleur Fortuné, producer: EAVE+ graduate Jonas Katzenstein
THE ICE TOWER by Lucile Hadzihalilovic, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ingmar Trost
U ARE THE UNIVERSE by Pavlo Ostrikov, producer: EAVE graduate Volodymir Yatsenko

www.bifff.net

Bolzano Filmfestival, Bozen (April 12 – 21)

APRIL by Dea Kulumbegashvili, producer: EAVE graduate Archil Gelovani
EAVE project FIUME O MORTE! by Igor Bezinovic, producers: EAVE graduates Tibor Keser, Marina Gumzi, Vanja Jambrovic
HANAMI by Denise Fernandes, producer: EAVE graduate Eugenia Mumenthaler
HEIMAT IST EIN RAUM AUS ZEIT by Thomas Heise, producer: EAVE graduate Heino Deckert
LITTLE TROUBLE GIRLS by Urska Djukic, producer: EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar, EAVE graduate Miha Cernec, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marina Gumzi, Dragana Jovovic, Danijel Pek, Katarina Prpic
MARIANENGRABEN by Eileen Byrne, producer: EAVE graduate and Luxembourgish National Coordinator Bernard Michaux
MY BOYFRIEND EL FASCISTA by Matthias Lintner, producer: EAVE graduate Martin Rattini
NO. 74 NO NAME by Davide Grotta, producer: EAVE graduate Martin Rattini
OUR TIME WILL COME by Ivette Löcker, producers: EAVE graduate and Austrian National Coordinator Barbara Pichler, EAVE graduate Gabriele Kranzelbinder
PEACOCK by Bernhard Wenger, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Michael Kitzberger
PUENTES project REINAS by Klaudia Reynicke, producers: PUENTES and EAVE + graduate Maria Britta Rindelaub, EAVE graduate Thomas Reichlin, Valérie Delpierre
UNSERE ZEIT WIRD KOMMEN by Ivette Löcker, producers: EAVE graduate and Austrian National Coordinator Barbara Pichler, EAVE graduate Gabriele Kranzelbinder
VIET AND NAM by Truong Minh Quy, producers: TTB group leader and EAVE National Coordinator for Asia Bianca Balbuena, TTB graduates Bradley Liew, Stefano Renting, EAVE graduate Marie Dubas, EAVE+ graduate Joost de Vries
YOUNG HEARTS by Anthony Schatteman, producer: EAVE graduate Xavier Rombaut, co-producers: EAVE graduates Floor Onrust, Annabella Nezri
WIND, TALK TO ME by Stefan Djordjevic, producer: EAVE graduate Dragana Jovovic, co-producers: EAVE graduates Vanja Jambrovic, Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar, Miha Černec

http://filmfestival.bz.it

San Francisco International Film Festival (April 17 – 27)

EAVE project WHERE THE WIND COMES FROM by Amel Guellaty, producers: EAVE graduate Asma Chiboub, TTB graduate Karim Aitouna
EAVE project THE BRINK OF DREAMS by Nada Riyadh and EAVE graduate Ayman El Amir, producer: EAVE graduate Ayman El Amir
GHOST TRAIL by Jonathan Millet, producers: EAVE graduates Nicole Gerhards, Julie Esparbes
HONEYMOON by Zhanna Ozirna, producer: EAVE graduate Dmytro Shukanov
INK WASH by Sarra Tsorakidis, producer: EAVE graduate Nikos Moustaka
JULIE KEEPS QUIET by Leonardo van Dijl, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi, in association with EAVE graduate Jan Naszewski & PUENTES graduate Marcin Łuczaj
ONLY ON EARTH by Robin Petré, producer: EAVE graduate Signe Skov Thomsen
PUENTES project HORIZON by César Augusto Acevedo, producer: PUENTES graduate Paola Andrea Perez Nieto, co-producers: EAVE+ graduate Titus Kreyenberg, EAVE graduate Donato Rotunno, PUENTES, MW and TTB graduate Giancarlo Nasi
PUENTES project THE DEVIL SMOKES (AND SAVES THE BURNT MATCHES IN THE SAME BOX) by Ernesto Martínez Bucio, producer: PUENTES graduate Carlos Hernandez Vazquez
THE WOLVES ALWAYS COME AT NIGHT by Gabrielle Brady, executive producer: EAVE graduate Alexander Wadouh
TTB project HAPPYEND by Neo Sora, producers: TTB graduate Masubuchi Aiko, EAVE graduate Alex C. Lo
VIET AND NAM by Truong Minh Quy, producers: TTB group leader and EAVE National Coordinator for Asia Bianca Balbuena, TTB graduates Bradley Liew, Stefano Renting, EAVE graduate Marie Dubas, EAVE+ graduate Joost de Vries
XOFTEX by Noaz Deshe, executive producer: EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki

https://sffilm.org/

Istanbul Film Festival (April 17 – 28)

ALPHA by Jan-Willem van Ewijk, producer: EAVE graduate and Dutch National Coordinator Frank Hoeve
ANIMALE by Emma Benestan, producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
ATHLETE by Semih Gülen, Mustafa Emin Büyükcoskun, co-producers: EAVE graduates Anamaria Antoci, Anda Ionescu
DROWNING DRY by Laurynas Bareisa, co-producer: EAVE MW graduate Matiss Kaza
HAPPY HOLIDAYS by Scandar Copti, producer: EAVE graduate Dorothe Beinemeier
ISLANDS by Jan-Ole Gerster, producer: EAVE+ graduate Jonas Katzenstein
JULIE KEEPS QUIET by Leonardo van Dijl, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi, EAVE graduate Jan Naszewski
KONTINENTAL '25 by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandru Teodorescu
KÖLN 75 by Ido Fluk, producer: EAVE graduate Fred Burle
LESSON LEARNED by Balint Szimler, co-producers: EAVE graduate and Hungarian National Coordinator Julia Berkes, EAVE graduate Viktoria Petranyi
LOS DESTELLOS (GLIMMERS) by Pilar Palomero, producer: EAVE+ graduate Valérie Delpierre
MANAS by Marianna Brennand, producer: EAVE graduate Luis Galvao Teles
MALDOROR by Fabrice du Welz, producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
MOTEL DESTINO by Karim Ainouz, co-producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri
PEACOCK by Bernhard Wenger, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Michael Kitzberger
MR. K by Tallulah Hazekamp Schwab, producer: EAVE graduate Leontine Petit
EAVE project QUIET LIFE by Alexandros Avranas, producer: EAVE graduate Alejandro Arenas
REFLECTION IN A DEAD DIAMOND by Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani, producer: EAVE graduate Gilles Chanial
THE BLUE TRAIL by Gabriel Mascaro, producers: EAVE graduates Rachel Daisy Ellis, Sandino Saravia Vinay, co-producers: EAVE graduates Giancarlo Nasi, Marleen Slot
THE ICE TOWER by Lucile Hadzihalilovic, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ingmar Trost
TO A LAND UNKNOWN by Mahdi Fleifel, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki
WHAT MARY DIDN’T KNOW by Konstantina Kotzamani, co-producer: EAVE graduate Konstantinos Vassilaros
XOFTEX by Noaz Deshe, executive producer: EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki

Meetings on the Bridge

Film Development Platform

RECITAL OF BAYRAM by Bekin Bülbül, producer: EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Turkey Halil Kardas
THE GUARDIANS OF THE OLD LADY by Selda Taskin, producer: EAVE graduate Sezgi Ustun San

Work in Progress

LO-FI by Alican Durbas, producer: EAVE graduate Ipek Erden
VEHA by Elif Sözen, producer: Interchange graduate Charlotte Uzu

German-Turkish Co-Production Development Fund

100 THOUSAND TURKISH LIRAS by Nazli Elif Durlu, producer: EAVE graduate Annamaria Askanoglu
BALLAD OF THE SKELETON by Murat Ugurlu, producer: EAVE graduate Linus Günther
DIVINE POISON by Nehir Tuna, producer: EAVE graduate Dorothe Beinemeier

http://film.iksv.org

goEast – Festival of Central and Eastern European Film, Wiesbaden (April 24 – 30)

CHANGE project BLUEBERRY DREAMS by Elene Mikaberidze, producer: CHANGE graduate Elene Margvelashvili, co-producer: EAVE graduate Isabelle Truc
EIGHT POSTCARDS FROM UTOPIA by Radu Jude, Christian Ferencz-Flatz, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandru Teodorescu
EIGHTY PLUS by Zelimir Zilnik, producer: EAVE graduate Miha Cernec
MY MAGICAL WORLD by Elvin Adigozel, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Ibrahimova, co-producer: EAVE graduate Olha Matat
THE BLACK HOLE by Moonika Siimets, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Riina Sildos, EAVE graduate Jussi Rantamäki
TIMESTAMP by Kateryna Gornostai, producer: EAVE graduate Reinier Selen, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marion Guth
WINDLESS by Pavel G. Vesnakov, producer: EAVE graduate Veselka Kiryakova, co-producers: EAVE graduate Luigi Chimienti, PUENTES graduate Alessandro Amato
U ARE THE UNIVERSE by Pavlo Ostrikov, producer: EAVE graduate Volodymir Yatsenko

www.filmfestival-goeast.de

Las Palmas International Film Festival (April 25 – May 4)

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S TALE by María Herrera, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Zamora
CIDADE; CAMPO by Juliana Rojas, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ingmar Trost
LESSON LEARNED by Balint Szimler, co-producers: EAVE graduate and Hungarian National Coordinator Julia Berkes, EAVE graduate Viktoria Petranyi
YUNAN by Ameer Fakher Eldin, producers: EAVE graduates Dorothe Beinemeier, Marco Valerio Fusco, Tony Copti, EAVE participant Jiries Copti

www.lpafilmfestival.com

Crossing Europe, Linz (April 29 – May 4)

EAVE project FIUME O MORTE! by Igor Bezinovic, producers: EAVE graduates Tibor Keser, Marina Gumzi, Vanja Jambrovic
EIGHTY PLUS by Zelimir Zilnik, producer: EAVE graduate Miha Cernec
KYUKA: BEFORE SUMMER’S END by Kostis Charamountanis, producers: EAVE graduates Danae Spathara, Greek National Coordinator Konstantinos Kontovrakis, EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas
MY DEAR THEO by Alisa Kovalenko, producer: EAVE graduate Darya Bassel
ONLY ON EARTH by Robin Petré, producer: EAVE graduate Marieke Van Den Bersselaar
REFLECTION IN A DEAD DIAMOND by Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani, producer: EAVE graduate Gilles Chanial
THEY WILL BE DUST by Carlos Marqués-Marcet, producers: EAVE graduate and Italian National Coordinator Giovanni Pompili, EAVE graduate Eugenia Mumenthaler
SANDBAG DAM by Cejen Cernic Canak, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Ankica Juric-Tilic, EAVE graduate Ieva Norviliene
EAVE project TARIKA by Milko Lazarov, producer: EAVE graduate Veselka Kiryakova
THE FLATS by Alessandra Celesia, producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Laurent Csinidis
THE ICE TOWER by Lucile Hadzihalilovic, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ingmar Trost
THE NEW YEAR THAT NEVER CAME by Bogdan Muresanu, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ada Solomon
THREE DAYS OF FISH by Peter Hoogendoorn, producer: EAVE graduate Stienette Bosklopper
WHEN THE LIGHT BREAKS by Runar Runarsson, co-producer: EAVE, TTB and PUENTES graduate Raymond van der Kaaij
WINDLESS by Pavel G. Vesnakov, producer: EAVE graduate Veselka Kiryakova, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Alessandro Amato
YEAR OF THE WIDOW by Veronika Liskova, producer: EAVE graduate Miljenka Cogelja
YOUR LIFE WITHOUT ME by Anna Rubi, producer: EAVE graduate Annika Hellström