EAVE project WHERE THE WIND COMES FROM selected for Sundance and IFFR

Festivals January 2025

Palm Springs International Film Festival (January 2 –13)

• ARCADIA by Yorgos Zois, producers: EAVE graduates Veselka Kiryakova, Maria Drandaki
• ARMAND by Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Fred Burle, Derk-Jan Warrink
• CONCLAVE by Edward Berger, executive producer: EAVE FFF graduate Lorenzo Gangarossa
• DAHOMEY by Mati Diop, producer: Interchange graduate Judith Lou Lévy
• DROWNING DRY by Laurynas Bareisa, co-producer: EAVE graduate Matiss Kaza
• EMILIA PEREZ by Jacques Audiard, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis
• EVERYBODY LOVES TOUDA Nabil Ayouch, producers: EAVE graduates Katrin Pors, Elisa Fernanda Pirir, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
• EAVE Marketing Workshop project FLOW by Gints Zilbalodis, producer: EAVE MW graduate Matiss Kaza
• THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE by Magnus von Horn, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marius Wlodarski
• GRAND TOUR by Miguel Gomes, producers: EAVE graduate Filipa Reis, Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Tom Dercourt
• HANAMI by Denise Fernandes, producer: EAVE graduate Eugenia Mumenthaler
• HAPPY HOLIDAYS by Scandar Copti, producer: EAVE graduate Dorothe Beinemeier
• JULIE KEEPS QUIET by Leonardo van Dijl, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi, EAVE graduate Jan Naszewski
• KILL THE JOCKEY by Luis Ortega, producer: EAVE and PUENTES graduate Benjamin Domenech
• MALDOROR by Fabrice du Welz, producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
• MY FAVOURITE CAKE by Maryam Moghaddam & Behtash Sanaeeha, producers: EAVE graduate Christopher Zitterbart, PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi
• NASTY, produced and directed by EAVE graduate Tudor Giurgiu
• THE NEW YEAR THAT NEVER CAME by Bogdan Muresanu, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ada Solomon
• ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL by Rungano Nyoni, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
• SHAMBHALA by Min Bahadur Bham, co-producer: EAVE graduate Verona Meier
• THE SHAMELESS by Konstantin Bojanov, executive producers: EAVE graduate Palmye Badinier, EAVE+ graduate Philippe Coeytaux
• TO A LAND UNKNOWN by Mahdi Fleifel, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki
• VERMIGLIO by Maura Delpero, co-producers: EAVE graduates Yohann Comte, Jacques-Henri Bronckart

www.psfilmfest.org

 

 

Ramdam Festival Tournai (January 17 – 27)

• AÏCHA by Mehdi Barsaoui, producer: EAVE graduate Sophie Erbs, EAVE+ graduate Tom Dercourt
• BXL by Ish and Monir Ait-Hamou, producer: EAVE graduate Peter De Maegd
• DIAMANT BRUT by Agathe Riedinger, producer: TTB graduate Judith Nora
• DWELLING AMONG THE GODS by Vuk Ršumović, producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Ankica Juric Tilic, EAVE graduate Miroslav Mogorovic
• EAVE Marketing Workshop project LIVING LARGE by Kristina Dufkova, co-producer: EAVE MW graduate Agata Novinski
• EMILIA PEREZ by Jacques Audiard, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis
• JULIE KEEPS QUIET by Leonardo van Dijl, producer: PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi, EAVE graduate Jan Naszewski
• LARS IS LOL by Eirik Sæter Stordahl, producer: EAVE MW graduate Caroline Hitland
• MALDOROR by Fabrice du Welz, producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
• MY FAVOURITE CAKE by Maryam Moghaddam & Behtash Sanaeeha, producers: EAVE graduate Christopher Zitterbart, PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi
• ON FALLING by Laura Carreira, executive producer: EAVE graduate Luis Campos
• PLANET B by Aude Léa Rapi, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland
• QUEENS OF DRAMA by Alexis Langlois, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland
• RABIA by Mareike Engelhardt, producer: EAVE graduate Annabella Nezri  
• REAS by Lola Arias, producers: EAVE graduate Gema Juarez Allen, EAVE graduate Ingmar Trost
• THE ASSESSMENT by Fleur Fortuné, producer: EAVE+ graduates Jonas Katzenstein
• THE OUTRUN by Nora Fingscheidt, co-producer: EAVE graduate and TTB group leader Jonas Weydemann
• TO A LAND UNKNOWN by Mahdi Fleifel, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki
• SEPTEMBER SAYS by Ariane Labed, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
• UNE PART MANQUANTE by Guillaume Senez, producer: EAVE graduate Jacques Henri Bronckart
• WILD DIAMOND by Agathe Riedinger, producer: TTB graduate Judith Nora 
• YOUNG HEARTS by Anthony Schatteman, producer: EAVE graduate Xavier Rombaut, co-producers: EAVE graduates Floor Onrust, Annabella Nezri

www.ramdamfestival.be

 

 

Tromsø International Film Festival (January 13 – 19)

• 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 
• ARMAND by Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Fred Burle, Derk-Jan Warrink
• EMILIA PEREZ by Jacques Audiard, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis
• EAVE Marketing Workshop project FLOW by Gints Zilbalodis, producer: EAVE graduate Matiss Kaza
• HAPPY HOLIDAYS by Scandar Copti, producer: EAVE graduate Dorothe Beinemeier
• INTERCEPTED by Oksana Karpovych, co-producer: EAVE graduate Darya Bassel
• KILL THE JOCKEY by Luis Ortega, producer: EAVE and PUENTES graduate Benjamin Domenech
• LITTLE GIRL BLUE by Mona Achache, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland
• OHJUS by Miia Tervo, co-producer: EAVE graduate Evelin Penttilä 
• PANOPTICON by George Sikharulidze, producer: EAVE graduate Vladimer Katcharava, co-producer: EAVE graduate Anamaria Antoci
• THE BRUTALIST by Bradley Corbet, co-producer: EAVE graduate Viktoria Petranyi
• THE SOUTHERN CHRONICLES by Ignas Miskinis, producer: B’EST graduate Lukas Trimonis
• THE END by Josua Oppenheimer, producers: EAVE graduates Signe Byrge Sørensen, Conor Barry, executive producers: EAVE graduates Macdara Kelleher, Kaarle Aho
• THEY WILL BE DUST by Carlos Marqués-Marcet, producers: EAVE graduates Giovanni Pompili, Eugenia Mumenthaler
• TO A LAND UNKNOWN by Mahdi Fleifel, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki
• TRANS MEMORIA by Victoria Verseau, producer: EAVE graduate Malin Hüber
• U ARE THE UNIVERSE by Pavlo Ostrikov, producer: EAVE graduate Volodymir Yatsenko
• VERMIGLIO by Maura Delpero, co-producers: EAVE graduates Yohann Comte, Jacques-Henri Bronckart
• VIET AND NAM by Truong Minh Quy, producers: TTB graduate and group leader Bianca Balbuena, TTB graduates Bradley Liew, Stefano Renting, EAVE graduate Marie Dubas, EAVE+ graduate Joost de Vries

www.tiff.no

 

 

Solothurner Filmtage (January 22 – 29)

• ALPHA. by Jan-Willem van Ewijk, producers: EAVE graduate and Dutch National Coordinator Frank Hoeve, EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar, EAVE graduate Miha Cernec
• BAGGER DRAMA by Piet Baumgartner, producer: EAVE graduate Karin Koch
• BLINDGÄNGER by Kerstin Polte, producers: EAVE graduates Dirk Decker, Dario Schoch
• ELECTRIC CHILD by Simon Jaquemet, producers: EAVE+ graduate Titus Kreyenberg, EAVE graduate Raymond van der Kaaij, TTB graduate and group leader Bianca Balbuena, TTB graduate Bradley Liew
• LANDESVERRÄTER by Michael Krummenacher, producer: EAVE graduate Ivan Madeo
• MILK TEETH by Sophia Bösch, producer: EAVE graduate and TTB group leader Jonas Weydemann, EAVE graduates Karin Koch, Radu Stancu
• PUENTES project REINAS by Klaudia Reynicke, producers: PUENTES and EAVE+ graduate Britta Rindelaub, EAVE graduate Thomas Reichlin   
• TRACES OF RESPONSIBILITY by Jann Anderegg, Anja Reiss, producer: EAVE graduate Karin Koch

www.solothurnerfilmtage.ch

 

 

Sundance Film Festival (January 23 – February 2)

World Cinema Dramatic Competition

• BRIDES by Nadia Fall, producer: EAVE graduate Marica Stocchi
• DJ AHMET by Georgi M. Unkovski, producers: EAVE graduate Katarina Prpic, TTB graduate Veronika Kührova
• EAVE project WHERE THE WIND COMES FROM by Amel Guellaty, producers: EAVE graduate Asma Chiboub, TTB graduate Karim Aitouna
• THE THINGS YOU KILL by Alireza Khatami, producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski 
• SUKKWAN ISLAND by Vladimir de Fontenay, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart

World Cinema Documentary Competition

• COEXISTENCE, MY ASS! By Amber Fares, producer: EAVE graduate Valérie Montmartin
• MR NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN by David Borenstein, co-producer: EAVE graduate Radovan Sibrt

Premieres

• ALL THAT’S LEFT OF YOU by Cherien Dabis, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marios Piperides
• JIMPA by Sophie Hyde, producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot
• PETER HUJAR’S DAY by Ira Sachs, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle

Spotlight

• APRIL by Dea Kulumbegashvili, producer: EAVE graduate Archil Gelovani

Midnight

• THE UGLY STEPSISTER by Emilie Blichfeldt, co-producers: EAVE graduates Mariusz Wlodarski, Lizette Jonjic

Short Film Program

• B(L)IND THE SACRIFICE by Nakhane, producers: EAVE graduates Cait Pansegrouw, Elias Ribeiro
• HURIKÁN by Jan Saska, producer: EAVE MW graduate Kamila Dohnalova, co-producer: EAVE graduate Juraj Krasnohorsky
• VOX HUMANA by Don Josephus, Raphael Eblahan, producer: EAVE graduate Alemberg Ang

www.sundance.org

 

 

Trieste Film Festival (January 16 – 24)

Feature Film Competition

• BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY by Elene Naveriani, producers: FFF graduate Ketie Danelia, EAVE+ and PUENTES graduate Britta Rindelaub, EAVE graduate Thomas Reichlin
• FAMILY THERAPY by Sonja Prosec, producer: EAVE graduate Rok Secen, co-producers: EAVE graduates Tamara Babun, Jarle Bjørknes, EAVE MW graduate Marta Zaccaron
• FREEDOM by EAVE graduate Tudor Giurgiu, producers: EAVE graduates Oana Giurgiu, Tudor Giurgiu
• KYUKA: BEFORE SUMMER’S END by Kostis Charamountanis, producers: EAVE graduates Danae Spathara, Greek National Coordinator Konstantinos Kontovrakis, EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas
• LESSON LEARNED by Balint Szimler, co-producers: EAVE graduate Julia Berkes, Ferenc Pusztai, Viktoria Petranyi, Patricia d’Intino
• LOST COUNTRY by Vladimir Perisic, producers: EAVE graduates Vincent Quenault, Janja Kralj, EAVE graduate and group leader Ankica Juric Tilic
• STEPNE by Maryna Vroda, co-producers: EAVE graduates Anna Katchko, Agnieszka Dziedzic, Jan Naszewski, PUENTES graduate Marcin Łuczaj
• THE SHAMELESS by Konstantin Bojanov, executive producers: EAVE graduate Palmyre Badinier, EAVE+ graduate Philippe Coeytaux

Out of Competition

• BLAGA’S LESSONS by EAVE graduate Stephan Komandarev, producers: EAVE graduates Stephan Komandarev, Katya Trichkova
• EXCURSION by Una Gunjak, producers: EAVE graduate and National Coordinator for Bosnia Herzegovina Amra Baksic Camo, EAVE graduate Adis Djapo, co-producers: EAVE graduates Sinisa Juricic, Jelena Mitrovic, EAVE graduate and Norwegian National Coordinator Gary Cranner
• EXPLANATION FOR EVERYTHING by Gabor Reisz, producers: EAVE graduate Julia Berkes, EAVE graduate Viktoria Petranyi
• MMXX by Cristi Puiu, producer: EAVE graduate Sergiu Cumatrenco
• MY LATE SUMMER by Danis Tanovic, producers: EAVE graduates Miha Cernec, Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar, Annamaria Antoci
• SLOW by Marija Kavtaradze, producer: EAVE and PUENTES graduate Marija Razgute, co-producers: EAVE graduates Luisa Romeo, Anna-Maria Kantarius
• SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD by Anna Hints, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Ostrat
• THE NEW YEAR THAT NEVER CAME by Bogdan Muresanu, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ada Solomon

Short Films

• THE MAN WHO COULD NOT REMAIN SILENT by Nebojsa Slijepcevic, producers: EAVE graduates Katarina Prpic, Danijel Pek, co-producers: EAVE graduates Katya Trichkova, Bostjan Virc

Special Events

• BEAUTIFUL BEINGS by Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson, producers: EAVE graduates Anton Mani Svansson, Peter Possne, PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi
• CROSSING by Levan Akin, co-producer: CHANGE graduate Anna Khazaradze
• DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate Ada Solomon, co-producers: EAVE graduates Paul Thiltges, Adrien Chef, EAVE graduate and group leader Ankica Juric Tilic
• EIGHT POSTCARDS FROM UTOPIA by Radu Jude, Christian Ferencz-Flatz, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandru Teodorescu
• GREEN BORDER by Agnieszka Holland, producers: EAVE graduates Maria Blicharska, Diana Elbaum

Documentary Competition

• ALICE ON & OFF by Isabela von Tent, producer: EAVE graduate Irina Malcea-Cândea
• A PICTURE TO REMEMBER by Olga Chernykh, producer: TTB graduate Flavia Oertwig
• BETWEEN REVOLUTIONS by Vlad Petri, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Lazurean-Gorgan
• FAIRY GARDEN by Gergő Somogyvari, co-producer: EAVE graduate Sára László
• MOTHERLAND by Hanna Badziaka, Alexander Mihalkovich, producer: EAVE graduate Mario Adamson
• TATA by Lina Vdovii, Radu Ciorniciuc, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Lazurean-Gorgan
• THE SKY ABOVE ZENICA by Nanna Frank Møller & Zlatko Pranjic, producer: EAVE Head of Studies Lise Lense-Møller

WILD ROSES – Focus on Serbia

• 3 DAYS IN QUIBERON by Emily Atef, producer: EAVE graduate Karsten Stöter, co-producer: EAVE graduate Undine Filter
• 78 DAYS by Emilija Gasic, producer: EAVE graduate Milos Ivanovic, EAVE MW graduate Andrijana Sofranic Sucur
• CELTS by Milica Tomovic, producer: EAVE graduate Vladimir Vasiljevic
• INGEBORG BACHMANN by Margarethe von Trotta, producers: EAVE+ graduates Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Bettina Brokemper
• IVANA THE TERRIBLE by Ivana Mladenovic, producer: EAVE graduate Ada Solomon
• LANDSCAPES OF RESISTANCE by Marta Popivoda, producer: EAVE graduate Dragana Jovovic
• SISI & I by Frauke Finsterwalder, producer: EAVE graduate and EAVE President Danny Krausz
• SYSTEM CRASHER by Nora Fingscheidt, producer: EAVE graduate and TTB group leader Jonas Weydemann
• THE OTHER SIDE OF EVERYTHING by Mila Turajlic, producer: EAVE graduate Carine Chichowsky
• WHEN THE PHONE RANG by Iva Radivojevic, producer: EAVE MW graduate Andrijana Sofranic Sucur

Queer Visions

• EAVE Marketing Workshop project HOUSEKEEPING FOR BEGINNERS by Goran Stolevski, producers: EAVE graduates Marija Dimitrova, Beata Rzezniczek, Jan Naszewski, Ankica Juric Tilic, Serbian National Coordinator Milan Stojanovic, PUENTES graduate Marcin Luczaj

www.triestefilmfestival.it

 

When East Meets West Co-Production Forum (January 19 – 22)

• BEATRICE by Vallo Toomla, producers: EAVE graduates Evelin Soosaar-Penttilä, Giovanni Pompili, Lithuanian National Coordinator Dagne Vildziunaite, B'EST graduate Alise Gelze
• BERLINER directed and produced by CHANGE graduate Anna Khazaradze, producers: Heino Deckert, EAVE participant Katharina Bergfeld
• BETTER THAN GOLD by Leen Michiels, producer: EAVE graduate Maarten D'Hollander
• BIG WOMEN by Milica Tomović, producer: EAVE graduate Dragana Jovovic
• GLOWING by Martin Pav, producer: EAVE graduate Jitka Kotrlova
• HELTER SKELTER by Paul Vincent de Lestrade, producers: PUENTES graduate Geraldine Sprimont, EAVE graduate Anne-Laure Guegan
• KLARA IS HERE by David Csicskar, producer: EAVE graduate Balazs Zachar
• LAI HUI (BACK&FORTH) - RECORDING THE FIELD ALONG THE NEW SILK ROAD by Antoine Prum, producers: EAVE graduates Paul Thiltges, Adrien Chef, Tsiako Abesadze, Diana Paroiu, Carla Fotea, EAVE MW graduate Norman Bernien
• NEARBY FARAWAY by Sonia Liza Kenterman, producers: EAVE graduates Mando Stathi, Alexandra Hoesdorff, Tanja Georgieva-Waldhauer
• RUNNING WITH BEASTS by Leila Basma, producer: PUENTES graduate Natalia Pavlove
• SOMA by Miklos Keleti, producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Riina Sildos, EAVE graduates Fleur Knopperts, Denis Vaslin
• TALES OF FRUITS AND MONSTERS by Gregor Božič, producer: EAVE graduate Marina Gumzi
• WAR FEVER by Ineke Smits, producers: EAVE graduates Fleur Knopperts, Denis Vaslin

Last Stop Trieste

• ELECTING MISS SANTA by Raisa Razmerita, producers: EAVE graduates Ion Gnatiuc, Anamaria Antoci, Anda Ionescu

This is IT

• CUERPO CELESTE by Nayra Ilic, producer: PUENTES and EAVE SLATE graduate Alessandro Amato, EAVE graduate Luigi Chimienti
• HOME by Or Sinai, producer: EAVE graduate Aneta Zagorska
• EAVE project THE LAST SON by Darko Stante, producers: EAVE graduates Miha Cernec, Nina Robnik, Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar, co-producer: EAVE graduate Konstantina Stavrianiu
• ON THEIR OWN by Tudor Jurgiu, producer: EAVE graduate Bogdan Craciun
• THE ART OF BITING YOUR TONGUE by Ieva Norvele, producer: EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Latvia Aija Berzina
• THE WHITE CLUB by Michele Pennetta, producers: EAVE graduate Nadia Trevisan, EAVE+ graduate Danijel Hocevar
• WOLF PARK by Demelza Kooij, producer: EAVE graduate Mario Adamson

First Cut+   

• AMORES by Grace Passo, producer: EAVE graduate Rachel Daisy Ellis
• BORDERLINE by Ignas Jonynas, producer: EAVE graduate Ruta Jekentaite
• DESPITE THE SCARS by Felix Rier, producer: EAVE graduate Martin Rattini
• GIRL IN THE NIGHT by Luka Marcetic, producer: EAVE MW graduate Andraz Jeric
• SUMMER SCHOOL, 2001 by Duzan Duong, producers: EAVE graduates Pavla Janouskova Kubeckova, Jakub Viktorin

EAVE Slate

• Volos Film Italia | producer: TTB graduate Stefano Centini | Italy
• Blade Production | producer: Zoran Dzeverdanovic | Slovenia
• Hotel B Filmes | producer: Juan Camilo Figueroa | Colombia
• Brava Cine | producer: Valeria Forster Cassigoli | Argentina
• Climax Films | producer: Caroline Houben | Belgium
• HER Film | producer: EAVE graduate Malin Hüber | Sweden
• INVICTUS | producer: EAVE graduate Kalin Kalinov | Bulgaria
• Pilgrim Film | producer: Andrea Magnani | Italy
• Rodô Audiovisual | producer: Akira Martins | Brazil
• Monarca Films | producer: Eugenia Olascuaga | Uruguay
• Kijora Film | producer: Marta Szymanowska | Poland
• Plan C Filmproduktion | producer: EAVE graduate Claudia Wohlgenannt | Austria

EAVE events

EAVE Impact Think Tank

The annual EAVE Impact Think Tank took place on January 18 & 19, and we will delve deeper for the second year into Equitable Approaches to Producing.

Over the course of 1.5 days, we explored innovative strategies for integrating inclusive production practices across all stages of content production — from pre-development to release and distribution. Our collective goal was to create a concise, practical guide for producers, providing actionable recommendations on storytelling, community engagement, crew selection, contracts, team building, and more.

Thanks to WEMW and our generous funders, including the Canada Media Fund (CMF), Telefilm Canada and IEFTA, whose contributions have made this gathering possible as well as the Marché du Film where we aim to present this year's results in May.

EAVE panel

"Inclusive Co-Productions: A Roadmap from Development to Release" – January 20, 17:00

The panel in collaboration with the EAVE Impact Think Tank, explored strategies for embedding inclusivity into every stage of the co-production process, from pre-development to release. Drawing on insights from the 2025 EAVE Think Tank, this session provided a practical framework for fostering collaboration and creating ethical co-productions.

Speakers:

• EAVE graduate Gema Juárez Allen, Gema Films, Argentina
• EAVE graduate Jennifer Sabbah, Big Sister Production, France
• EAVE participant Amil Shivji, Kijiweni Productions, Tanzania

Moderator: EAVE graduate Tamara Dawit

GMM Residency

The first Global Media Makers (GMM) Residency to engage Ukrainian filmmakers was held from January 16-22. The residency by Film Independent was presented in collaboration with the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine, the Ukrainian Institute, WEMW, and EAVE.

www.wemw.it

 

 

Black Movie Festival Geneva (January 17 – 26)

• KILL THE JOCKEY by Luis Ortega, producer: EAVE+ and PUENTES graduate Benjamin Domenech
• LESSON LEARNED by Balint Szimler, co-producers: EAVE graduates Julia Berkes, Ferenc Pusztai, Viktoria Petranyi, Patricia d’Intino
• Interchange project MIMOSAS by Oliver Laxe, producer: EAVE graduate Felipe Lage Coro 
• SONGS OF SLOW BURNING EARTH by Olha Zhurba, producer: EAVE graduate Darya Bassel, Anne Köhncke
• TATA by Lina Vdovii, Radu Ciorniciuc, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Lazurean-Gorgan
• THE NEW YEAR THAT NEVER CAME by Bogdan Muresanu, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ada Solomon 
• VIET AND NAM by Truong Minh Quy, producers: TTB graduate Bradley Liew and TTB group leader Bianca Balbuena, TTB graduate Stefano Renting, EAVE graduate Marie Dubas, EAVE+ graduate Joost de Vries
• YOUTH (HARD TIMES) by Wang Bing, co-producers: EAVE graduate Gilles Chanial
• YOUTH (HOMECOMING) by Wang Bing, co-producer: EAVE graduate Gilles Chanial

www.blackmovie.ch

 

 

Premiers Plans Festival Angers (January 18 – 26)

• I DIED IN IRPIN by Anastasiia Falileieva, producer: EAVE graduate Juraj Krasnohorsky
• INTERCEPTED by Oksana Karpovych, co-producer: EAVE graduate Darya Bassel
• LE DERNIER SOUFFLE by Costa-Gavras, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandre Gavras
• ON FALLING by Laura Carreira, executive producer: EAVE graduate Luis Campos
• PUENTES project THE EXILES (LOS TORTUGA) by Belen Funes, producers: PUENTES graduate Alba Bosch-Duran, EAVE graduate Olmo Figueredo González-Quevedo, co-producer: PUENTES, MW and TTB graduate Giancarlo Nasi
• SEPTEMBER SAYS by Ariane Labed, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
• THE BRUTALIST by Bradley Corbet, co-producer: EAVE graduate Viktoria Petranyi
• TO A LAND UNKNOWN by Mahdi Fleifel, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki
• TRANS MEMORIA by Victoria Verseau, producer: EAVE graduate Malin Hüber
• U ARE THE UNIVERSE by Pavlo Ostrikov, producer: EAVE graduate Volodymir Yatsenko
• VERMIGLIO by Maura Delpero, co-producers: EAVE graduates Yohann Comte, Jacques-Henri Bronckart

www.premiersplans.org

 

 

Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis Saarbrücken (January 20 – 26)

• BAGGER DRAMA by Piet Baumgartner, producer: EAVE graduate Karin Koch
• LES COURAGEUX by Jasmin Gordon, producer: EAVE graduate Brigitte Hofer
• PEACOCK by Bernhard Wenger, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Michael Kitzberger
• THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE by Mo Harawe, producer: EAVE graduate Oliver Neumann, co-producer: EAVE graduate Nicole Gerhards
• TO CLOSE YOUR EYES AND SEE FIRE by Nicola von Leffern, Jakob Carl Sauer, producers: EAVE graduates Arash T. Riahi, Sabine Gruber

https://ffmop.de

 

 

International Film Festival Rotterdam  (January 25 – February 4)

Opening and Closing Film

• FABULA by Michiel ten Horn, producer: EAVE graduate Sander Verdonk
• THIS CITY IS A BATTLEFIELD by Mouly Surya, producers: EAVE graduates Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts, Ingrid Lill Høgtun, TTB group leader Bianca Balbuena, TTB graduate Bradley Liew

Tiger Competition

• EAVE project FIUME O MORTE! by Igor Bezinovic, producers: EAVE graduates Vanja Jambrovic, Tibor Keser, Marina Gumzi
• FIRST PERSON PLURAL by Sandro Aguilar, producer: PUENTES graduate Alessandro Borrelli
• IM HAUS MEINER ELTERN by Tim Ellrich, producer: EAVE graduate Tanja Georgieva-Waldhauer
• PERLA by Alexandra Makarová, producers: EAVE graduates Sabine Gruber, Arash T. Riahi
• 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
• WONDROUS IS THE SILENCE OF MY MASTER by Ivan Salatic, producer: EAVE graduate Jelena Angelovski

Big Screen Competition

• BACK TO THE FAMILY by Shaunas Bartas, producers: EAVE graduates Janja Kralj, Izabela Wójcik, Gints Grube, EAVE+ graduate Violetta Kaminska
• EAVE project IDYLLIC by Aaron Rookus, producer: EAVE graduate Maarten van der Ven
• ORENDA by Pirjo Honkasalo, producers: EAVE graduates Misha Jaari, Mark Lwoff
• OUR FATHER – THE LAST DAYS OF A DICTATOR by José Filipe Costa, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Filipa Reis
• SOFT LEAVES by Miwako Van Weyenberg, producer: EAVE graduate Antonio Lombardo

Harbour

• BALENTES by Giovanni Columbu, producer: TTB graduate Flavia Oertwig
• EAVE project WHERE THE WIND COMES FROM by Amel Guellaty, producer: EAVE graduate Asma Chiboub, TTB graduate Karim Aitouna
• GHOST TRAIL by Jonathan Millet, producers: EAVE graduates Nicole Gerhards, Julie Esparbes
• GRAND TOUR by Miguel Gomes, producers: EAVE graduate Filipa Reis, Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli, co-producer: EAVE + graduate Tom Dercourt
• HAPPY HOLIDAYS by Scandar Copti, producers: EAVE graduate Dorothe Beinemeier, Tony Copti, Marco Valerio Fusco
• KEY TO HEAVEN by Digna Sinke, producer: EAVE graduate Monique Busman
• SEPTEMBER SAYS by Ariane Labed, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
• STRANDZHA by Pepa Hristova, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Julia Cöllen
• THE MOROMETE FAMILY 3: FATHER AND SON by Stere Gulea, producers: EAVE graduates Oana Giurgiu, Tudor Giurgiu
• THE MOROMETE FAMILY: ON THE EDGE OF TIME by Stere Gulea, producers: EAVE graduates Oana Giurgiu, Tudor Giurgiu
• WISHING ON A STAR by Peter Kerekes, co-producers: EAVE graduates Vanja Jambrovic and Tibor Keser, TTB graduate Stefano Centini
• YOUTH (HARD TIMES) by Wang Bing, co-producers: EAVE graduate Gilles Chanial, Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts
• YOUTH (HOMECOMING) by Wang Bing, co-producers: EAVE graduates Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts
• YOUTH (SPRING) by Wang Bing, co-producers: EAVE graduates Gilles Chanial, Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts

Limelight

• 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 
• ALPHA. by Jan Willem van Ewijk, producer: EAVE graduate and Dutch National Coordinator Frank Hoeve, co-producers: EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar, EAVE graduate Miha Cernec
• ELECTRIC CHILD by Simon Jaquemet, producer: EAVE+ graduate Michjela Pini, EAVE graduate Raymond van der Kaaij, co-producers: EAVE+ graduate Titus Kreyenberg, EAVE graduate Judith Lichtneckert, EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri
• I SHALL SEE by Mercedes Stalenhoef, producer: EAVE graduate Rogier Kramer
• JULIE KEEPS QUIET by Leonardo van Dijl, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi, in association with EAVE graduate Jan Naszewski & PUENTES graduate Marcin Łuczaj
• MALDOROR by Fabrice du Welz, producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
• MARIA by Pablo Larrain, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
• MARIANA’S ROOM by Emmanuel Finkiel, producer: EAVE graduate Viktoria Petranyi
• THE BRUTALIST by Bradley Corbet, co-producer: EAVE graduate Viktoria Petranyi
• THE RETURN by Uberto Pasolini, producer: EAVE graduate and Greek National Coordinator Konstantinos Kontovrakis
• VERMIGLIO by Maura Delpero, co-producers: EAVE graduates Yohann Comte, Jacques-Henri Bronckart

Bright Future

• 1 GIRL INFINITE by Lilly Hu, producer: EAVE MW graduate Matiss Kaza
• RED STARS UPON THE FIELD by Laura Laabs, producer: EAVE graduate Maximilian Haslberger

Tiger Short Competition

• COMMON PEAR by Gregor Bozic, producer: EAVE graduate Marina Gumzi

Shorts & Mid-length

• UPON SUNRISE by Stevan Ivancic, producers: EAVE graduates Dragana Jovovic, Miha Cernec, Danijel Pek, Carna Vucinic
• CAMERAS DO NOT RECORD SUCH THINGS by Alexandru Solomon, producer: EAVE graduate Ada Solomon

CineMart

• 100 THOUSAND TURKISH LIRAS by Nazli Elif Durlu, producer: EAVE graduate Annamaria Aslanoglu
• ENKOP (THE SOIL) by Angela Wanjiku Wamai, producer: EAVE graduate Ellen Havenith
• HOW MELISSA BLEW A FUSE by Una Gunjak, producer: EAVE graduate and National Coordinator for Bosnia Herzegovina Amra Baksic Camo
• INBETWEEN WORLDS by Diana Cam Van Nguyen, producer: EAVE graduate Jakub Viktorin
• THE PRICE OF GOLD by Eugen Jebeleanu, producer: EAVE graduate Ada Solomon

CineMart Immersive Projects

• STRATA by Lilian Hess, producer: EAVE graduate Marion Guth

EAVE events

• Closed-door EAVE IMPACT THINK TANK in partnership with HBF and IMS on Sunday, February 2

Inclusive Coproduction Funding: Practical Steps for Impact

This Think Tank will explore strategies for funders to integrate policies that make inclusive productions more achievable on the projects they finance. Building on the insights shared in the EAVE Impact Think Tank Report on Inclusive Co-Productions, launched at the Marché du Film in May 2024, this session will serve as a focused follow-up for European decision-makers to review and discuss recommendations and align on key actions to undertake collectively. Our collective goal is to determine best practices that funders can implement to make their funding policies and programs more inclusive, particularly for financing co-productions with the Global South and Indigenous or racialized filmmakers in Europe.

• EAVE open panel in partnership with HBF & IMS on Monday, February 3, 16:00-17:30

Rethinking co-productions: strategies for a more inclusive industry

This panel aims to equip producers with the tools and strategies to thrive in the world of international co-productions. Leading funding bodies will share practical solutions to open doors to fair funding opportunities, adapt to today’s challenges, and forge partnerships that fuel creative and commercial success. Attendees will gain real, practical insights with clear steps to create more compelling, impact films, and new connections to expand their networks and resources.

Speakers:

• EAVE graduate Helge Albers - MOIN Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein
• TTB graduate Iwana Chronis - Netherlands Film Fund
• Nedin Mutic - SØRFOND

Moderators: EAVE graduates Tamara Dawit & Anton Calleja

https://iffr.com

 

 

Göteborg International Film Festival (January 24 – February 2)

Nordic Competition

• KEVLAR SOUL by Maria Eriksson-Hecht, producer: EAVE graduate Lizette Jonjic
• LIVE A LITTLE by Fanny Ovesen, producer: EAVE graduate Marie Kjellson
• ORENDA by Pirjo Honkasalo, producers: EAVE graduates Misha Jaari and Mark Lwoff 
• WHEN THE LIGHT BREAKS by Rúnar Rúnarsson, co-producer: EAVE, TTB and PUENTES graduate Raymond van der Kaaij
• THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE by Magnus von Horn, producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski

International Competition

• 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
• HONEYMOON by Zhanna Ozirna, producer: EAVE graduate Dmytro Sukhanov
• SEPTEMBER SAYS by Ariane Labed, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
• 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
• VERMIGLIO by Maura Delpero, co-producers: EAVE graduates Yohann Comte, Jacques-Henri Bronckart

Ingmar Bergman Competition

• HANAMI by Denise Fernandes, producer: EAVE graduate Eugenia Mumenthaler 

Nordic Documentary Competition

• ABOUT A HERO by Piotr Winiewicz, producer: EAVE graduate Rikke Tambo Andersen
• TRANS MEMORIA by Victoria Verseau, producer: EAVE graduate Malin Hüber

Focus: Disobedience

• EVERYBODY LOVES TOUDA by Nabil Ayouch, producers: EAVE graduates Katrin Pors, Elisa Fernanda Pirir, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin
• ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL by Rungano Nyoni, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
• THE FLATS by Alessandra Celesia, producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Laurent Csinidis

Gala

• THE BRUTALIST by Bradley Corbet, co-producer: EAVE graduate Viktoria Petranyi
• THE END by Josua Oppenheimer, producers: EAVE graduates Signe Byrge Sørensen, Conor Barry, executive producers: EAVE graduates Macdara Kelleher, Kaarle Aho
• THE OUTRUN by Nora Fingscheidt, co-producer: EAVE graduate, TTB group leader Jonas Weydemann

Voyage

• AÏCHA by Mehdi Barsaoui, producer: EAVE graduate Sophie Erbs, EAVE+ graduate Tom Dercourt
• HAPPY HOLIDAYS by Scandar Copti, producer: EAVE graduate Dorothe Beinemeier
• JULIE KEEPS QUIET by Leonardo van Dijl, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi, EAVE graduate Jan Naszewski
• SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D'ETAT by Johan Grimonprez, producer: EAVE graduate and Dutch National Coordinator Frank Hoeve
• VIET AND NAM by Truong Minh Quy, producers: TTB group leader Bianca Balbuena, TTB graduates Bradley Liew, Stefano Renting, EAVE graduate Marie Dubas, EAVE+ graduate Joost de Vries

Nordic Film Market

Works in progress

• A LIGHT THAT NEVER GOES OUT by Lauri-Matti Parppei, producer: EAVE graduate Ilona Tolmunen
• A SWEETNESS FROM NOWHERE by Ester Martin Bergsmark, producer: EAVE graduate Anna-Maria Kantarius
• ARRU by Elle Sofe Sara, producer: EAVE graduate Elisa Fernanda Pirir 
• THE LOVE THAT REMAINS by Hlynur Palmason, producers: EAVE graduates Anton Mani Svansson and Katrin Pors
• THE SQUIRREL by Markus Lehmusruusu, producers: EAVE graduates Mark Lwoff and Misha Jaari

Discovery

• ELION by Nagieb Khaja, producer: EAVE graduate Signe Leick Jensen
• LIKE THERE IS NO TOMORROW by Tess Quatri, producer: EAVE graduate Elisa Pirir
• WHEN JOHAN JOHANAS DISAPPEARED TO THE MOUNTAINS by Suvi West, producer: EAVE participant Julia Elomäki

Nordic Gateway 

• GRAMMATIK by Popo Fan, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Julia Cöllen
• TORPOR by Meltse Van Coillie, producer: EAVE graduate Hans Everaert

https://goteborgfilmfestival.se/en/

Page published 29 January 2025. Updated 24 February 2025.