EAVE project WHERE THE WIND COMES FROM wins Actress Award in Amman

Awards July-August 2026

KARLOVY VARY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

• A WHOLE PERSON ALMOST, producers: EAVE graduates Veselka Kiryakova, Nina Frese, Anamaria Antoci, won the Best Proxima Director Award
• LOVER, NOT A FIGHTER by Martina Buchelová, producer: EAVE graduate  Julie Marková Žáčková won the Proxima Grand Prix
• ONLY BEAUTIFUL THINGS TO LOOK AT by Ivan Ostrochovský, producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Tomkova, co-producer: EAVE graduate and Hungarian National Coordinator Julia Berkes was awarded the FIPRESCI prize for the best film in the Crystal Globe Competition
• THE LION AT MY BACK by Tonia Mishiali, producers: MW graduates Katarzyna Ozga and Antoine Simkine  won the Grand Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

 

https://www.kviff.com/cs/uvod

 

AMMAN FILM FESTIVAL

• EAVE project WHERE THE WIND COMES FROM by Amel Guellaty, producers: EAVE graduate Asma Chiboub and TTB graduate Karim Aitouna won the Best First-Time Lead Actress Award (Eya Bellagha)
• THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SUN by Tawfik Sabouni, co-producer: EAVE graduate Hanne Phlypo received the Jury Award, the FIPRESCI Award and the Audience Award in the Documentary Section
• LAUNDRY by Zamo Mkhwanazi, producer: EAVE+ graduate Philippe Coeytaux won the Black Iris Award and the Audience Award in the Non-Arab Feature-Length Narrative Film Section

AMMAN INDUSTRY DAYS

• DANCE WITH ME by Leila Basma, producer: PUENTES graduate Natália Pavlove received an in-kind award for one year of development support and consultation, presented by EKLAT

https://aiff.jo/

 

 

GALWAY FILM FLEADH

• THE LOST CHILDREN OF TUAM by  Frank Berry, producers: EAVE graduates Ed Guiney, Martina Niland won the Best Irish Film Award
• TRY by Oisín Mistéil, producer: EAVE graduate Claire McCabe won the Best Irish Feature-Length Documentary

https://www.galwayfilmfleadh.com/

 

 

MUNICH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

• A GIRL UNKNOWN by ZOU Jing, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri won the CineVision Award
• SHAME AND MONEY by Visar Morina, producers: EAVE graduate Fabian Altenried, PUENTES graduate Sophie Ahrens, co-producers: EAVE graduates Besnik Krapi, Marija Dimitrova, EAVE+ graduate Danijel Hocevar won the CineMasters Award
• STRANGE RIVER by Jaume Claret Muxart, producers: EAVE graduate Fabian Altenried, PUENTES graduates Sophie Ahrens and Xavi Font was awarded the CineCoPro Award

www.filmfest-muenchen.de

 

 

NEUCHÂTEL INTERNATIONAL FANTASTIC FILM FESTIVAL

• COSMONAUTS by Leo Cernic, producer: EAVE graduate Katja Lenarcic and EAVE+ graduate Danijel Hocevar, co-producer: EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordinator Jozko Rutar received the Honorary – Audience Award For The Best Short Film
• HOKUM by Damian Mccarthy, producer: EAVE graduate Mairtín De Barra won the Broadcasting – RTS Audience Award

www.nifff.ch

 

 

INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL PALIC

• MILK TEETH by Muhai Mincan, producers: EAVE graduate, National Coordinator Romania Radu Stancu, EAVE graduate Ioana Lascar was awarded Special Mention from the International Jury of the Parallels and Encounters programme
• THE MISERABLE MOTHER by Susanne Heinrich, producer: EAVE participant Katharina Weser awarded Special Mention from the International Jury of the Official Selection
• OH, THIS UNSPEAKABLE VOID by Simon Verhoeven, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach won the Palić Tower for Best Director and the Gorki List Audience Award
• NINO IN PARADISE by Laurent Micheli, producer: EAVE graduate Benoît Roland was awarded the Golden Tower for Best Film of the Official Selection

https://www.palicfilmfestival.com/

 

 

PULA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

• HONEY BUNNY by Igor Jelinović, producer: EAVE MW graduate Rea Rajcic  was awarded the Grand Golden Arena for Best Festival Film, Golden Arena for Best Screenplay and the Golden Arena for Best Actress (Snježana Sinovčić Šiškov)
• THE THING TO BE DONE by Srdan Kovacevic, producer: EAVE graduate Jelena Angelovski won the Golden Arena for Best Director and the Golden Arena for Best Editing (Klara Šovagović)
• GOD WILL NOT HELP by Hana Jušić, producer: EAVE graduate and Group Leader Ankica Jurić Tilić, co-producesr: EAVE graduate Ada Solomon, EAVE graduate and Group Leader Didar Domehri, B’EST graduate Aleš Pavlin was awarded the Golden Arena for Best Cinematography (Jana Plećaš)

https://pulafilmfestival.hr/

 

 

GOLDEN APRICOT YEREVAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

• THE CURRENTS by Milagros Mumenthaler, producer: EAVE graduate Eugenia Mumenthaler won the Golden Apricot
• LONDON by Sebastian Brameshuber, producer: EAVE graduate David Bohun was awarded a Special Mention

https://www.gaiff.am/

 

 

LOCARNO FILM FESTIVAL

• EAVE project EGO REACH WILL ALL by Amartei Armar, producer: Ike Yemoh, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Sébastien Hussenot won the Pardo for Best Performance (Idrissu Tontie) and the Pardo for Change Award
• KETTICÈ by Giovanni Tortorici, producer: PUENTES graduate Agustina Costa Varsi won the Best Performance Award (Monica Bellucci)
• PUENTES project THE DAYS OFF by Lucila Mariani, producer: PUENTES graduate Paula Zyngierman, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Tathiani received Special Mention in the Concorso Cineasti del Presente Section
• AND IF THY DIDN’T EXIST by Carlo Francisco Manatad, co-producer: EAVE graduate Yulia Evina Bhara received the Special Mention in the Pardi di Domani: Shorts Section
• PRIVATE PROPERTY by Deepak Rauniyar, co-producer: EAVE graduate Avantika Singh Desbouvries received Special Mention for the Pardo for Change

LOCARNO PRO

• THE SURUBÍ by Lorenzo Tocco, producer: PUENTES graduate Pancho Magnou won La Mayor Cine Award, the Music Library & SFX/Acorde Award, and the Jannuzzi Smith Award
• YAZZ by Florian Hoffmann, producer: EAVE graduate Nicole Gerhards won the NEBEL Studios Award and the Studio13/Valais Film Commission Award
• CUORE MATTO by Tamer Ruggli, producer: EAVE graduate Francine Lusser won the Masé Studios Post-Production Award
• Mamounata Nikiema (Pilumpiku Production, Burkina Faso) was awarded the EAVE - FFL scholarship to participate in the EAVE Marketing Workshop

https://www.locarnofestival.ch/home.html

 

 

SARAJEVO FILM FESTIVAL

• EVERYTIME by Sandra Wollner, producers: EAVE and EAVE SLATE graduate David Bohun, MW graduate Camille Chanel won the Heart of Sarajevo for Best Narrative Feature Film Award
• 17 by Kosara Mitic, co-producers: EAVE and EAVE SLATE graduate Vlado Bulajić, EAVE graduates Miroslav Mogorovic and Lija Pogačnik won the Heart of Sarajevo for Best Actress (Eva Kostić) and the Special Award For Promoting Gender Equality
• EAVE project TO HOLD A MOUNTAIN by Biljana Tutorov, Petar Glomazic, producers: EAVE graduates Biljana Tutorov, Belgian National Coordinator Anton Iffland Stettner received the Heart of Sarajevo for Best Documentary Feature Film
• NOBODY SAID ANYTHING by Tamara Todorović, producer: EAVE graduate Čarna Vučinić, co-producers: EAVE graduates Tena Gojić, Miljenka Čogelja and Katja Lenarčič was awarded the Heart of Sarajevo for Best Narrative Short Film
• DON’T ASK ME IF I KILLED by Helena Maksyom, producer: EAVE graduate Renko Douze received a Special Mention
• SKATEBOARDING IS NOT FOR GIRLS by Dina Duma, producers: EAVE+ graduate Danijel Hočevar, EAVE graduate and Macedonian National Coordinator Labina Mitevska won the Special Youth Perspectives Award

CINELINK CO-PRODUCTION MARKET

• Katya Trichkova (Contrast films, Bulgaria) was awarded a scholarship to participate in the 2027 edition of EAVE+ workshop in Luxembourg.
• WOLF DAYS by Emilija Gašić, producer: EAVE graduate Dragana Jovović won the Eurimages Co-Production Development Award
• HOW TO DISAPPEAR IN THE LAKE by Selcen Ergun, producer: EAVE+ graduate Diloy Gulun won the Film Center Montenegro Cinelink Award
• ORA ET LABORA by Dzhovani Gospodinov, producer: EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu was awarded the Docu Talent Award
• LITTLE YUGOSLAVIA by Teona Strugar Mitevska & Sonja Prosenc, producer: EAVE graduate and Macedonian National Coordinator Labina Mitevska won the Female Voices Cinelink Award
• YOU CAN ALWAYS COME BACK by Tena Gojić, producer: EAVE graduate Tena Gojić was awarded the Croatian Audiovisual Center Drama Award
• STRINGERS by Nikola Kuprešanin, producer: EAVE graduate Siniša Juričić won the TV Drama Vision Pitch Award
• THE FIRST WEEK OF AUGUST by Filip Mojzeš, producers: EAVE graduate and Croatian National Coordinator Tamara Babun Zovko and EAVE graduate Matija Drniković won the HBO Award
• THE WHITE WEEK by Bojan Vuletić, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Danijel Hočevar received the Post Republic Award

https://www.sff.ba/en

 

 

AMANDA AWARDS - NORWAY

• SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic was awarded Best Screenplay (Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier), Best Performance in a Supporting Role (Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas), Best Director, Best Production Design (Jørgen Stangebye), Best Makeup Design (Trine Morland), Best Editing (Olivier Bugge Coutté), Best Cinematopgraphy (Kasper Tuxen Andersen), and won Best Norwegian Film
• FLOPHOUSE AMERICA by Monica Strømdahl, producer: EAVE graduate Beathe Hofseth won Best Documentary

https://www.filmfestivalen.no/article/her-er-amanda-vinnerne-2026

Page published 27 August 2026.