Eight major awards for EAVE graduates in Cannes
Awards May 2014
EAVE graduates have been very successful in Cannes. The following films have been awarded in the official and sidebar sections of the festival:
Competition: Grand Prix
- LE MERAVIGLIE (THE WONDERS) by Alice Rohrwacher, EAVE+ 2013 graduate Carlo Cresto-Dina and EAVE+ Consultant Michael Weber
Prize of Un Certain Regard
- FEHÉR ISTEN (WHITE GOD) by Kornél Mundruczó, producers: EAVE 2004 graduate Viktoria Petranyi and EAVE 2013 graduate Eszter Gyarfas, EAVE+ Consultant Michael Weber, script development consultant EAVE script consultant Martin Daniel
Jury Prize - Un Certain Regard
- TURIST by Ruben Östlund, producer: EAVE 2012 graduate Marie Kjelsson
Un Certain Regard Special Prize
- THE SALT OF THE EARTH by Wim Wenders and Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, producer: EAVE 2010 graduate Gian-Piero Ringel
2nd Prize Cinéfondation
- OH LUCY! by Atsuko Hirayanagi, producer: Ties That Bind 2014 participant Masumi Soga
ARTE Award of Atelier du Festival
- TERRITORIA by Nora Martirosyan, producer: EAVE 2006 graduate Dan Burlac
FIPRESCI Award for best film in Un Certain Regard
- JAUJA by Lisandro Alonso, producer: EAVE 2008 graduate Helle Ulsteen
EU Prix MEDIA
- WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT? by Danis Tanovic, producer: EAVE 2008 graduate and EAVE Bosnian National Coordinator Amra Baksic-Camo
- 'MERICAN CHICK by Viktor Tauš, poducer: EAVE 2012 graduate Michal Kollar, script written by Evita Naušová, received the Krysztof Kieslowki Award valued at 10,000 EUR at this year's 8th annual ScripTeast in Cannes.
The Lolas 2014, Awards for German Cinema went to:
- TWO LIVES by Georg Maas, producer: EAVE 1991 graduate Rudi Teichmann received the Lola for Best Editing
- OSTWIND by Katja von Garnier, produced by EAVE 2007 graduate Susann Schimk was awarded as Best Children’s Film
- WADJDA by Haifaa Al Mansour, producer: EAVE 2009 graduate Verona Meier received the Bernd Eichinger Award
- NO LULLABY by Helen Simon, producer: TIES THAT BIND 2011 graduate David Lindner received the Best German Documentary Film Award at the DOK.fest in Munich.
- EAVE 2009 project THE UNSAVED by Igor Cobileanski, producer: EAVE 2009 graduate Alexandru Teodorescu received the Best First Feature Award at the South East European Film Festival in Los Angeles.
- LA PIROGUE by Moussa Touré, producer: EAVE 2009 graduate Caroline Daube won the Audience Award at the Ökofilmtour 2014 in Potsdam.
- The Golden Olive Tree for Best Film at the European Cinema Festival Lecce went to BLIND DATES by Levan Koguashvili, co-producer: EAVE 2010 graduate Olena Yershova
- MACONDO by Sudabeh Mortezai, producer: EAVE 2008 graduate Oliver Neumann received the Best Screenplay Award and the Cineuropa Award
- The Special Jury Prize and SNCGI Award for Best Actress went to Defne Halman in LIFELONG by Asli Özge, co-producer: EAVE 2011 graduate Enis Köstepen
- EAVE 2008 project ZORAN, MY NEPHEW THE IDIOT by Matteo Oleotto, producer: EAVE 2008 graduate Jozko Rutar has been awarded the Mario Verdone Award.
- The Officine Lab Award for the Best Supporting Actor went to CONCRETE NIGHT by Pirjo Honkasalo, producers: EAVE 2012 graduate Mark Lwoff & EAVE 2009 graduate Misha Jaari, EAVE group leader Lise Lense-Møller & EAVE 2009 graduate Cecilia Valsted
www.festivaldelcinemaeuropeo.com
- TO KILL A MAN by Alejandro Fernández Almendras, producer: EAVE 1998 graduate Guillaume de Seille has won the official competition at the 11th edition of IndieLisboa.
- LOVE ME by Maryna Er Gorbach and Mehmet Bahadir Er, producer: EAVE 2010 graduate won The Golden Goddess Special Jury Prize of the Prifilmfest
http://www.prifilmfest.org/english/
- WE COME AS FRIENDS by Hubert Sauper, producer: EAVE 2003 graduate Gabriele Kranzelbinder won the Millenium Award at the 11th PLANETE+ DOC FILM FESTIVAL.
- VELVET TERRORISTS by Ivan Ostrochovský, Pavol Pekarcík, Peter Kerekes, producer: EAVE 2007 graduate Siniša Juricic received a Honourable Mention
- Faction Films’ Interactive Web Documentary INVISIBLE PICTURE SHOW executive produced by EAVE`s Documentary Consultant Sylvia Stevens won the Google Digital Media Award at the 2014 One World Media Awards at a ceremony in London.
http://www.factionfilms.co.uk/films-for-sale/invisible-picture-show/
Romanian National Film Awards:
- CHILD’S POSE by Calin Peter Netzer, producers: EAVE 2007 graduate & Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon and EAVE 2011 graduate Oana Giurgiu was awarded Best Film of 2013 by the Romanian Filmmakers Union (UCIN) and the Romanian Film Critics Association. The Romanian Film Critics Association gave three of its prizes to CHILD’S POSE: Best Film, Best Director and Best Actress (Luminita Gheorghiu).
- Victor Rebengiuc was awarded Best Actor for THE JAPANESE DOG by Tudor Cristian Jurgiu, producer: EAVE 2008 graudate Tudor Giurgiu.
- UCIN chose Adrian Sitaru and Anca Damian Best Director ex-aequo for DOMESTIC by Adrian Sitaru, producer: EAVE 2011 graduate Monica Lazurean-Gorgan and EAVE+ graduate Titus Kreyenberg, and A VERY UNSETTLED SUMMER, written, directed and produced by EAVE 2010 graduate Anca Damian. Her film was also awarded Best Editing and Best Soundtrack. DOMESTIC also went away with Best Script, Best Cinematography, and Best Art Direction.
- Best Supporting Actress went to ROXANNE by Valentin Hotea, producer: EAVE 2007 graduate & Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon.
- THE TANASE BUSINESS by Ionut Teianu, producer: EAVE 2011 graduate Oana Giurgiu received the award for best documentary.
- MAMA ILLEGAL by Ed Moschitz, producer: EAVE 2009 graduate Arash T. Riahi won the European Civis Film Prize
http://www.civismedia.eu/index.php?id=8
- MALA SEMILLA by Daniel Martín-Novel, producer: PUENTES 2012 graduate Ana Fernandez Saiz was awarded Best Short Film at 17 Malaga International Film Festival 2014
Page published 27 May 2014.
