EAVE @ the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival

press release

EAVE is proud to announce a very strong presence of EAVE projects & producers at this year's Berlin International Film Festival: 7 films in COMPETITION, 2 films in the ENCOUNTERS section, 5 in BERLINALE SPECIAL, 7 projects in PANORAMA, 5 at the FORUM, 5 at the GENERATION sections, 1 at the SHORT and 7 at the SERIES sections, 15 at the BERLINALE CO-PRODUCTION MARKET and its sidebar sections, 2 at the TALENT PROJECT MARKET, 3 at the TALENT SCRIPT STATION and 61 films by EAVE producers at the EUROPEAN FILM MARKET!

Competition

AEIOU – A QUICK ALPHABET OF LOVE by Nicolette Krebitz, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach, sales: Match Factory
ALCARRAS by Carla Simon, producers: EAVE graduate Giovanni Pompili, EAVE graduate and Spanish National Coordinator Maria Zamora, sales: mk2 Films
A PIECE OF SKY by Michael Koch, producer: EAVE+ graduate Christof Neracher, sales: EAVE graduate and Polish National Coordinator Jan Naszewszki, New Europe Film Sales
BEFORE, NOW & THEN by Kamila Andini, producer: TTB graduate Gita Fara, sales: Wild Bunch
RABIYE KURNAZ VS. GEORGE W. BUSH by Andreas Dresen, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Tom Dercourt, sales: Match Factory
RIMINI by Ulrich Seidl, producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler, sales: Coproduction Office
ROBE OF GEMS by Natalia López Gallardo, producers: PUENTES and EAVE+ graduates Benjamin Domenech, Santiago Gallelli, sales: Visit Films

Encounters

JOURNAL D’AMÉRIQUE by Arnaud des Pallières, producer: EAVE graduate Michel Klein, sales: Les Films d’Atalante
THE CITY AND THE CITY by Christos Passalis, Syllas Tzoumerkas, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki

Berlinale Special

ABOUT JOAN by Laurent Larivière, producer: EAVE graduate and Irish National Coordinator Katie Holly, sales: Playtime
DER PASSFÄLSCHER by Maggie Peren, producer: EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, sales: Beta Cinema
INCREDIBLE BUT TRUE by Quentin Dupieux, producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart, sales: WTFilms
NEST by Hlynur Palmason, producer: EAVE graduates Anton Máni Svansson, Katrin Pors, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin, sales: EAVE graduate and Polish National Coordinator Jan Naszewszki, New Europe Film Sales
TERMINAL NORTE by Lucrecia Martel, producers: PUENTES and EAVE+ graduates Benjamin Domenech, Santiago Gallelli

Panorama

BEAUTIFUL BEINGS by Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson, producer: EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson, co-producer: EAVE graduate Nima Yousefi, sales: EAVE graduate and Polish National Coordinator Jan Naszewszki, New Europe Film Sales
BETTINA by Lutz Pehnert, producer: EAVE graduate Susann Schimk
CONVENIENCE STORE by Michael Borodin, producer: EAVE graduate Artem Vasilyev
DREAMING WALLS by Amélie van Elmbt, Maya Duverdier, producer: EAVE graduate Hanne Phlypo, co-producers: EAVE graduates David Herdies, Simone van den Broek, sales: Dogwoof
HAPPINESS by Askar Uzabayev, co-producer: EAVE graduate and Russian National Coordinator Anna Katchko
SWING RIDE by Chiara Bellosi, producer: EAVE+ graduate Carlo Cresta-Dino, sales: Vision Distribution
WE, STUDENTS! by Rafiki Fariala, co-producer: EAVE graduate Caroline Nataf, sales: The Party Film Sales

Forum

AFTERWATER by Dane Komljen, producer: EAVE graduate Natasa Damnjanovic
EUROPE by Philip Scheffner, co-producer: TTB graduate Karim Aitouna
MEMORYLAND by by Kim Quy Bui, producer: TTB participant Mai Nguyen, sales: Diversion
SUPER NATURAL by Jorge Jácome, producer: EAVE+ graduate Pandora Da Cunha Telles, sales: Portugal Film
WE HAVEN’T LOST OUR WAY by Anka Sasnal, Wilhelm Sasnal, producer: EAVE graduate Magdalena Kaminska

Generation Kplus

OINK by Mascha Halberstad, producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot
COMEDY QUEEN by Sanna Lenken, producer: EAVE graduate Peter Possne

Generation 14plus

ALIS by Clare Weiskopf and Nicolas van Hemelryck, producer: EAVE and PUENTES graduate Nicolas van Hemelryck, EAVE graduate Radu Stancu, executive producer: EAVE Head of Studies Lise Lense-Møller, sales: Latido Films
GIRL PICTURE by Alli Haapasalo, producers: EAVE graduates Leila Lyytikäinen, Elina Pohjola, sales: LevelK
THE LAND OF SASHA by Julia Trofimova, producer: EAVE graduate Katerina Mikhaylova

ALIS © Casatarantula

Perspektive Deutsches Kino

WE MIGHT AS WELL BE DEAD by Natalia Sinelnikova, producer: EAVE graduate Julia Wagner

Berlinale Shorts

MEMORIES FROM THE EASTERN FRONT by Radu Jude, Adrian Cioflanca, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon

Berlinale Series

LUST by Ella Lemhagen, producers: EAVE graduates Sandra Harms, Karl Fredrik Ulfung
SUSPICION by Michal Blasko, producers: EAVE graduates Jakub Viktorin, Pavla Janouskova Kubeckova
THE SHIFT by Søren Balle, Ole Christian Madsen and Lone Scherfig, producer: EAVE graduate Malene Blenkov

Berlinale Series Market Selects

HARMONICA by Josephine Bornebusch, producer: EAVE graduate Sofie Palage
SPIN CONTROL written by Kaisa Pylkkänen, producer: EAVE graduates Venla Hellstedt, Elli Toivoniemi & EAVE participant Jenni Jauri
STORM LARA by Kadir Ferati Balci, producer: EAVE graduate Hanne Phlypo
TROM by Kasper Barfoed, David Oskar Olafsson, Peter Ahlen, producer: EAVE graduate Jon Hammer

HARMONICA © Warner Bros. ITVP, photo: Ragna Jorming

Berlinale Co-Production Market 2022

Official Project Selection

IN THE SHADOW OF THE HORNS by Ognjen Glavonic, producer: EAVE graduate Dragana Jovovic
LAS CORRIENTES by Milagros Mumenthaler, producer: EAVE graduate Eugenia Mumenthaler
MEHAL SEFARI by Abraham Gezahagne, producer: EAVE graduate Tamara Mariam Dawit
MOTHER by Teona Strugar Mitevska, producer: EAVE graduate Sébastien Delloye
ORTALAN by Nariman Aliev, producer: EAVE graduate Vladimir Yatsenko
SLOW by Marija Kavtaradze, producer: EAVE graduate Marija Razgute
TEXAS SOUL SISTER by Pascale Lamche, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri
THE PARIS PROJECT by Arno Salters, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum
EAVE project THE DIFFICULT BRIDE by Rubaiyat Hossain, producer: EAVE graduate Aadnan Imtiaz Ahmed
THE WOLF WILL TEAR YOUR IMMACUALTE HANDS by Nathalie Alvarez Mesén, producer: PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi
TRULY MADLY DEEPLY by Carlo Sironi, producer: EAVE graduate Giovanni Pompili

Berlinale Directors

HEIA, HEIA, SAFARI by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon

Rotterdam-Berlinale Express

LOVE ON TRIAL by Koji Fukada, producer: EAVE graduate Carine Chichowsky

Co-Pro Series

SPIN CONTROL by Alli Haapasalo, producer: EAVE graduate and Finnish National Coordinator Elli Toivoniemi

Project in co-operation with Series Mania

PICADERO created by Almudena Monzú, producers: PUENTES graduates Andrea Herrera Català and Juan Diego Villegas.

Berlinale Talents

PUENTES graduate Barbara Defanti
EAVE graduate Kobi Mizrahi

Talent Project Market

AVAILABLE NOW by Assaf Machnes, producer: EAVE graduate Kobi Mizrahi
PUENTES project CACHALOTE by Angelo Defanti, producer: PUENTES graduate Barbara Defanti

Berlinale Talents Script Station

A SONG THAT SLAYS by Mo Scarpelli, producers: EAVE graduate Alessandro Amato, EAVE participant Luigi Chiementi
FILIPINANA by Rafael Manuel, producer: TTB graduate Jeremy Chua
SHE by Agnieszka Zwiefka, producer: EAVE graduate Iza Igel

European Film Market

107 MOTHERS by Peter Kerekes, producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Tomkova, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jiri Konecny, sales: Films Boutique
70 IS JUST A NUMBER by Johanna Vuoksenmaa, producers: EAVE graduates Riina Hyytiä, Nina Laurio, sales: Picture Tree International
THE 9TH STEP by Irma Puzauskaite, producer: B’EST graduate Lukas Trimonis, sales: Film Republic
ABOUT JOAN by Laurent Larivière, producer: EAVE graduate and Irish National Coordinator Katie Holly, sales: Playtime
A BUTTERFLY’S HEART by Inesa Kurklietyte, producer: EAVE graduate Zivile Gallego
AEIOU – A QUICK ALPHABET OF LOVE by Nicolette Krebitz, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach, sales: Match Factory
A HOUSE MADE OF SPLINTERS by Simon Lereng Wilmont, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Hellström, sales: Cinephil
AFTERWATER by Dane Komljen, producer: EAVE graduate Natasa Damnjanovic, sales: Square Eyes
ALCARRAS by Carla Simon, producers: EAVE graduate Giovanni Pompili, EAVE graduate and Spanish National Coordinator Maria Zamora, sales: mk2 Films
ALIS by Clare Weiskopf and Nicolas van Hemelryck, producer: EAVE and PUENTES graduate Nicolas van Hemelryck, sales: Latido Films
A PIECE OF SKY by Michael Koch, producer: EAVE+ graduate Christof Neracher, sales: EAVE graduate Jan Naszewszki, New Europe Film Sales
BEAUTIFUL BEINGS by Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson, producer: EAVE graduate Anton Mani Svansson, co-producer: EAVE graduate Nima Yousefi, sales: EAVE graduate Jan Naszewszki, New Europe Film Sales
BEAUTIFUL HELEN by George Ovashvili, co-producer: EAVE graduate Guillaume de Seille
B’EST project OTAR’S DEATH by Ioseb Bliadze, producer: EAVE graduate Eva Blondiau, sales: The Yellow Affair
BETTINA by Lutz Pehnert, producer: EAVE graduate Susann Schimk
CHRISTMAS IN THE JUNGLE by Jaak Kilmi, producers: EAVE FFF graduaste Roberts Vinovskis and EAVE graduate Evelin Soosaar-Penttilä
COMEDY QUEEN by Sanna Lenken, producer: EAVE graduate Peter Possnesales: REinvent International Sales
COP SECRET by Hannes Thor Halldorsson, producer: EAVE graduate Lilja Snorradottir
DARKLING (MRAK) by Dusan Milic, producers: EAVE graduates Konstantina Stavrianou and Snezana van Houwelingen, sales: Wide
DER PASSFÄLSCHER by Maggie Peren, producer: EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, sales: Beta Cinema
DETECTIVE BRUNO by by Mariusz Palej and Magdalena Niec, producer: EAVE graduate Joanna Szymanska
DREAMING WALLS by Amélie van Elmbt, Maya Duverdier, producer: EAVE graduate Hanne Phlypo, co-producers: EAVE graduates David Herdies, Simone van den Broek, sales: Dogwoof
EAVE project LOOKING FOR VENERA by Norika Sefa, producer: EAVE graduate Besnik Krapi
EAVE project OTHER PEOPLE by Aleksandra Terpinska, producer: EAVE graduate Beata Rzezniczek, sales: EAVE graduate and Polish National Coordinator Jan Naszewszki, New Europe Film Sales
EAVE project SILENT LAND by Aga Woszczynska, producers: EAVE graduates Agnieszka Wasiak, Giovanni Pompili, sales: EAVE graduate and Polish National Coordinator Jan Naszewszki, New Europe Film Sales
EAVE Marketing Workshop project QUIET FREEDOM by Wendla Nölle, producers: EAVE+ graduates Dirk Decker, Andrea Schütte
EUROPE by Philip Scheffner, co-producer: TTB graduate Karim Aitouna, sales: Square Eyes
FEARS by Lukasz Ronduda & Lukasz Gutt, producer: EAVE graduate Kuba Kosma, sales: Film Republic
FEATHERS by Omar El Zohairy, co-producers: EAVE graduates Derk-Jan Warrink, Verona Meier, EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas, sales: Heretic
GIRL PICTURE by Alli Haapasalo, producers: EAVE graduates Leila Lyytikäinen, Elina Pohjola, sales: LevelK
JOURNAL D’AMÉRIQUE by Arnaud des Pallières, producer: EAVE graduate Michel Klein, sales: Les Films d’Atalante
MEDITERRANEO by Marcel Barrena, producers: EAVE graduate Konstantinos Kontovrakis, EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas, EAVE graduate Adria Mones
MELCHIOR THE APOTHECARY by Elmo Nüganen, producers: EAVE graduate Esko Rips, EAVE+ graduate Kristian Taska
MEMORIES FROM THE EASTERN FRONT by Radu Jude, Adrian Cioflanca, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon
MEMORYLAND by by Kim Quy Bui, producer: TTB participant Mai Nguyen, sales: Diversion
MONTE VERITA by Stefan Jäger, co-producers: EAVE graduates Barbara Pichler, Gabriele Kranzelbinder
OINK by Mascha Halberstad, producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot, sales: LevelK
OMERTA 6/12 by Aku Louhimies, producer: EAVE graduate Mikko Tenhunen, sales: REinvent International Sales
PUENTES project CLARA SOLA by Nathalie Alvarez Mesén, producer: EAVE graduates Nima Yousefi, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Géraldine Sprimont, EAVE graduate Anne-Laure Guégan, sales: Luxbox
PUENTES project JESUS LOPEZ by Maximiliano Schonfeld, producer: PUENTES graduate Georgina Baisch, sales: Pluto Film
RABIYE KURNAZ VS. GEORGE W. BUSH by Andreas Dresen, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Tom Dercourt, sales: Match Factory
RIMINI by Ulrich Seidl, producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler, sales: Coproduction Office
ROBE OF GEMS by Natalia Lopez Gallardo, producers: PUENTES and EAVE+ graduates Benjamin Domenech, Santiago Gallelli, sales: Visit Films
SMALL BODY by Laura Samani, producers: EAVE graduates Nadia Trevisan, co-producer: EAVE group leader Danijel Hocevar, sales: Alpha Violet
SO DAMN EASY GOING by Christoffer Sandler, producer: EAVE graduate Annika Hellström
SUSPICION by Michal Blasko, producers: EAVE graduates Jakub Viktorin, Pavla Janouskova Kubeckova
SWING RIDE by Chiara Bellosi, producer: EAVE+ graduate Carlo Cresta-Dino, sales: Vision Distribution
TERMINAL NORTE by Lucrecia Martel, producers: PUENTES and EAVE+ graduates Benjamin Domenech, Santiago Gallelli
THE ALBANIAN VIRGIN by Bujar Alimani, co-producers: EAVE graduates Peter de Maegd, Besnik Krapi, sales: The Playmaker Munich
THE CITY AND THE CITY by Christos Passalis, Syllas Tzoumerkas, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki, sales: Homemade Films
THE COW WHO SANG A SONG INTO THE FUTURE by Francisca Alegría, producer: EAVE+ graduate Tom Dercourt
THE EMPLOYER AND THE EMPLOYEE by Manuel Nieto Zas, co-producers: PUENTES graduates Georgina Baisch, Barbara Francisco, sales: Latido Films
THE FUNERAL by Orçun Behram, producer: EAVE graduate Müge Özen, sales: Reel Suspects
THE GHASTLY BROTHERS by Michael Van Ostade, producer: EAVE graduate Tomas Leyers
THE GRAVEDIGGER’S WIFE by Khadar Ayderus Ahmed, producers: EAVE graduates Misha Jaari, Mark Lwoff, Martin Hampel
THE ISLAND, directed and produced by EAVE graduate Anca Damian
THE LAND OF SASHA by Julia Trofimova, producer: EAVE graduate Katerina Mikhaylova
THE LAST TEMPTATION OF THE BELGIANS by Jan Bucquoy, producer: EAVE graduates Anton Iffland Stettner, Eva Kuperman, sales: Be For Films
TTB project LEONOR WILL NEVER DIE by Martika Ramirez Escobar, producer: TTB graduate Monster Jimenez
WE MIGHT AS WELL BE DEAD by Natalia Sinelnikova, producer: EAVE graduate Julia Wagner
WE, STUDENTS! by Rafiki Fariala, co-producer: EAVE graduate Caroline Nataf, sales: The Party Film Sales