EAVE @ the 74th Berlin International Film Festival

press release

EAVE is proud to announce a very strong presence of EAVE projects & producers at this year's Berlin Film Festival: 9 films in COMPETITION, 6 films in the ENCOUNTERS section, 11 films in PANORAMA, 11 at the FORUM, 6 at the GENERATION sections, 2 in BERLINALE SPECIAL, 22 projects at the BERLINALE CO-PRODUCTION MARKET and its sidebar sections, 3 projects at the TALENT PROJECT MARKET

Competition

• ARCHITECTON by Victor Kossakovsky, producers: EAVE graduate Heino Deckert, co-producers: EAVE graduates Clara Vuillermoz, Estelle Robin You, sales: The Match Factory
• BLACK TEA by Abderrahmane Sissako, co-producer: EAVE graduate Vincent Quénault, TTB graduate Tsai Hsin-Hung, sales: Gaumont
• DAHOMEY by Mati Diop, producer: Interchange graduate Judith Lou Lévi, sales: Les Films du Losange
• GLORIA! By Margherita Vicario, producer: EAVE+ graduate Carlo Cresto-Dina, sales: Rai Cinema International
• MY FAVOURITE CAKE by Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha, producer: EAVE graduate Christopher Zitterbart, PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi, sales: Totem Films
• SHAMBHALA by Min Bahadur Bham, co-producer: EAVE graduate Verona Meier, executive producer: Ruben Thorkildsen, associate producer: TTB graduate Jeremy Chua, sales: Totem Films
• THE DEVIL’S BATH by Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala, co-producer: EAVE graduate Bettina Brokemper, sales: Playtime
• THE EMPIRE by Bruno Dumont, co-producer: EAVE graduate Dorothe Beinemeier, sales: Memento International  
• WHERE DO I BELONG TO by Meryam Joobeur, producer: EAVE graduate Sarra Ben Hassen, co-producers: EAVE graduates Dyveke Graver and Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, sales: Luxbox

Encounters

• ARCADIA by Yorgos Zois, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Maria Drandaki, co-producer: EAVE graduate Veselka Kiryakova, sales: Beta Cinema
• CIDADE; CAMPO by Juliana Rojas, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ingmar Trost, co-producer: EAVE graduate Simone Oliveira
• DEMBA by Mamadou Dia, producer: EAVE graduate Nicole Gerhards, sales: The Party Film Sales
• DIRECT ACTION by Guillaume Cailleau and Ben Russell, co-producer: EAVE graduate Michel Balagué, sales: Shellac
• SOME RAIN MUST FALL by Qiu Yang, producer: TTB graduate Jeremy Chua, EAVE participant Alex Lo, sales: Goodfellas
• THROUGH THE GRAVES THE WIND IS BLOWING by Travis Wilkerson, co-written and co-produced by EAVE graduate Ivan Peric

Panorama

• AFTERWAR by Birgitte Stærmose, producers: EAVE Head of Studies Lise Lense-Møller, EAVE graduates Mark Lwoff, Misha Jaari, Fredrik Lange
• ANDREA GETS A DIVORCE by Josef Hader, producers: EAVE graduates Arash T. Riahi, Sabine Gruber, sales: Pluto Film
• BALDIGA – ENTSICHERTES HERZ by Markus Stein, producer: EAVE graduate Olaf Jacobs, sales: Autentic
• BRIEF HISTORY OF A FAMILY by Jianjie Lin, co-producer: EAVE graduate Rikke Tambo Andersen, sales: Films Boutique
• CHANGE project A BIT OF A STRANGER by Svitlana Lishchynska, producer: CHANGE graduate Anna Kapustina
• CROSSING by Levan Akin, co-producer: CHANGE graduate Anna Khazaradze, sales: Totem Films
• CU LI NEVER CRIES by Pham Ngoc Lan, co-producers: TTB graduate and group leader Bianca Balbuena, TTB graduate Bradley Liew, EAVE graduates Verona Meier, Claire Lajoumard, sales: Square Eyes 
• DIARIES FROM LEBANON by Myriam El Hajj, producers: EAVE graduates Myriam Sassine, Carine Ruszniewski, sales: MAD Solutions
• I’M NOT EVERYTHING I WANT TO BE by Klara Tasovska, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jakub Viktorin, sales: Square Eyes 
• I SAW THREE BLACK LIGHTS by Santiago Lozano Álvarez, co-producer: EAVE MW graduate Gudula Meinzolt, sales: ArtHood Entertainment
• THE OUTRUN by Nora Fingscheidt, co-producer: EAVE graduate, TTB group leader and German National Coordinator Jonas Weydemann, sales: Protagonist Pictures

A BIT OF A STRANGER © Albatros Communicos Ukraine, ZDF, Vilda Bomben AB, Film I Vast

Forum

• EAVE project MARIA’S SILENCE by Davis Simanis, producer: EAVE graduates Gints Grube, Inese Boka-Grube, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Kęstutis Drazdauskas
• HOLY WEEK by Andrei Cohn, co-producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler, sales: Shellac
• INTERCEPTED by Oksana Karpovych, co-producer: EAVE graduate Darya Bassel, sales: Lightdox
• OASIS OF NOW by Chee Sum Chia, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Fran Borgia, sales: Diversion
• REAS by Lola Arias, producer: EAVE + graduate Gema Juarez Allen, EAVE graduate Ingmar Trost, sales: Luxbox
• REPRODUCTION by Katharina Pethke, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Julia Cöllen, sales: Pluto Film
• SKIN IN SPRING by Yennifer Uribe Alzate, co-producer: EAVE MW graduate Rebeca Gutierrez Campos
• SLEEPING WITH A TIGER by Anja Salomonowitz, producer: EAVE graduate Antonin Svoboda
• THE EDITORIAL OFFICE by Roman Bondarchuk, producer: Darya Bassel, co-producers: EAVE graduates Dagmar Sedláčková, Tanja Georgieva-Waldhauer, EAVE graduate and Slovak National Coordinator Katarina Krnacova
• THE NIGHTS STILL SMELL OF GUNPOWDER by Inadelso Cossa, producer: CPI graduate Thomas Kaske, co-producer: EAVE graduate and Dutch National Coordinator Frank Hoeve, EAVE graduate Elisa Pirir, sales: Syndicado Film Sales
• TRACES OF MOVEMENT BEFORE THE ICE by René Frölke, producer: EAVE graduate Ann Carolin Renninger

MARIA'S SILENCE © Mistrus Media, photo: Lauris Aizupietis

Forum Special

• THOSE DAYS IN TEREZIN by Sibylle Schönemann, producer: EAVE graduate Heino Deckert

Generation

• ABOVE THE DUST by Wang Xiaoshuai, producer: EAVE graduate Leontine Petit
• DISCO AFRIKA: A MALAGASY STORY by Luck Razanajaona, producer: EAVE graduate Nicole Gerhards, sales: Sudu Connexion
• ELBOW by Asli Özarslan, producer: PUENTES graduate Jamila Wenske, co-producers: EAVE graduates Guillaume Dreyfus, Delphine Schmit
• MY SUMMER WITH IRENE by Carlo Sironi, producer: EAVE graduate Giovanni Pompili
• PUENTES project REINAS by Klaudia Reynicke, producers: PUENTES and EAVE+ graduate Britta Rindelaub, EAVE participant Thomas Reichlin, EAVE+ graduate Valérie Delpierre, sales: The Yellow Affair
• YOUNG HEARTS by Anthony Schatteman, producer: EAVE graduate Xavier Rombaut, co-producers: EAVE graduates Floor Onrust, Annabella Nezri, sales: Films Boutique

REINAS © Alva Film, Inicia Films, Maretazo Cine, photo: Diego Romero

Berlinale Special

• CUCKOO by Tilman Singer, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Tsigka, sales: Neon
• THE STRANGER’S CASE by Brandt Andersen, producer: EAVE graduate Ossama Bawardi, sales: Mister Smith Entertainment

Berlinale Co-Production Market

• ANTONIVKA by Kateryna Gornostai, producer: EAVE graduate Dagne Vildziunaite
• A WOMAN BUILDS by Huang Ji, Ryuji Otsuka, producer: EAVE graduate and TTB group leader Fran Borgia
• DIVORCE DURING THE WAR by Andrius Blazevicius, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Marija Razgute
• FOLK PLAY by Mirjana Karanovic, producer: EAVE graduate Snezana van Houwelingen, co-producer: EAVE participant Ulysse Payet 
• FRAGMENTS OF THIS BEAUTY by Burak Cevik, producer: EAVE graduate Ipek Erden
• THE GIRL WITH THE LEICA by Alina Marazzi, producer: Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli
• IDDA’S BREATH by Irene Dionisio, producer: EAVE graduate Giovanni Pompili
• ICH BIN MARIKA by Hajni Kis, producer: EAVE graduate and Hungarian National Coordinator Viktoria Petranyi
• LAST TRIP by Ziad Kalthoum, producer: EAVE graduate May Odeh
• MARRIAGE By ABDUCTION by Sophia Mocorrea, producer: EAVE graduate Nicole Gerhards
• REMAINS OF LIFE by Sevda Shishmanova, producer: EAVE graduate Veselka Kiryakova
• SCREAMING GIRL by Antonio Lukich, producer: EAVE graduate Volodymyr Yatsenko
• THE SIDE EFFECTS OF TRUSTING LIFE by Ahmad Ghossein, producer: EAVE graduate Myriam Sassine
• TO DIE ON YOUR FEET by Maria Paz Gonzalez, producer: EAVE +, TTB and PUENTES graduate Giancarlo Nasi

Series Market Selects

• SOVIET JEANS by Stanislavs Tokalovs, Juris Kursietis, producer: EAVE graduate and Latvian National Coordinator Aija Berzina
• ZORRAS (TRAMPS) by Aritz Moreno, Ana Vázquez, produced in collaboration with EAVE graduate Merry Colomer

Co-Pro Series

• DEATH TO LOVE by Carlota Pereda, producer: EAVE graduate Merry Colomer
• MIRRORS by AIDA BEGIC, producer: EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Bosnia Herzegovina Amra Baksic Camo
• THE CORONER’S ASSISTANT by Elina Psykou, producer: EAVE+ graduate Fenia Cossovitsa
• THE PALM LINE by Fulvio Bernasconi, producer: EAVE + graduate Christof Neracher
• THE WEREWOLF & RENÉE by Katrin Gebbe, producer: EAVE graduate Verena Gräfe-Höft
• WOLVES by Sina Ataeian Dena, producer: EAVE graduate Heino Deckert

Rotterdam-Berlinale Express

• THE DIPLOMATS by Andreas Fontana, producer: EAVE graduate Eugenia Mumenthaler
• HOLD TIME FOR ME by Fradique, producer: EAVE participant Laura Kloeckner

Talent Project Market

• ASTANA INTERNET STARS by Assel Aushakimova, producer:EAVE+ and MW graduate Antoine Simkine
• POGANA by David Kapac, producer: EAVE MW graduate Rea Rajcic
• EAVE project BAD GAYS by Loïc Hobi, producer: EAVE graduate Michael Graf
• UPTIGHT ASS by Matija Gluscevic, producer: TTB graduate and EAVE participant Čarna Vučinić

Company Matching Programme

• Hobab, Sweden (Nima Yousefi)
• Ukbar Filmes, Portugal (Pandora Da Cunha Telles)

Berlinale Talents

• TTB graduate Taro Imai
• EAVE graduate Michael Graf
• EAVE graduate Fani Skartouli
• EAVE MW graduate Tetiana Mala
• EAVE MW graduate Kamila Dohnalova
• EAVE MW graduate Rea Rajcic
• EAVE graduate Clemens Köstlin
• TTB graduate Huang Junxiang
• TTB graduate and EAVE participant Čarna Vučinić
• EAVE graduate Laurine Pelassy

Script Station

• AWAIITING BIRDS by Sofia Quiros, producer: PUENTES graduate Mariana Murillo
• MARCH 14TH by Alberto Gross Molo, producer: EAVE MW graduate David Aymerich

Jury Members

Part of the GWFF Best First Feature Award Jury: EAVE graduate Katrin Pors

SESSIONS IN COLLABORATION WITH EAVE

ACE Round Table Consultancy Sessions

EAVE CEO Kristina Trapp will present EAVE and its various programmes at the round table “Strategies on how to develop your project at International Training Platforms” in cooperation with ACE Producers.

Saturday, February 17th, 11:00 - 12:00

 

ONLY WRITERS IN THE BUILDING

Only Writers In The Building is an international showcase of eleven talented writers committed to working professionally in the TV series industry, who have trained their drama writing skills within TorinoFilmLab and MIDPOINT Institute series-oriented intensive programmes. In collaboration with EAVE.

Monday, February 19th, 16:00 – 18:00

 

EFM Roundtable: #DocSafe Initiative

Presentation of #DocSafe, an initiative towards a Global Code of Conduct to make our documentary industry a safer space for all.

Speakers: Magdalene Reddy (DFMI), Nivedita Das (BGDM), EAVE CEO Kristina Trapp and Jane Mote (The Whickers) will share their experience and perspective with the group. 

Sunday February 19th, 16:30-18:00 (fully booked)

 

European Equity & Inclusion Pathways Seminar

EAVE is an ambassador of the EFM’s Equity and Inclusion Pathways seminar, funded by Creative Europe MEDIA and taking place yearly at the European Film Market 2023, 2024 and 2025. The Equity & Inclusion Pathways Seminar is an industry-wide consultation forum that brings together European decision-makers, advocacy groups, stakeholders and change-makers with the aim of shifting the needle regarding equity, inclusion and accessibility in terms of policymaking, strategy, measures and actions.

The change and advances that this Seminar aims to bring about for the European film industry are resolutely structural and involves not only integrating marginalised groups into a European film sector that is free of biases, barriers and exclusions but also valuing the hitherto unrealised potential of the contributions of marginalised film professionals to the industry as well as redistributing resources and decision-making power more equitably.

Tuesday, February 20th, 9.00-13:45 (closed and by invitation only)

MEET EAVE IN BERLIN

EAVE at the Creative Europe MEDIA stand (Central Hall, Stand number: 24) of the EFM: February 15 - 21

Kristina Trapp, CEO:  February 16 - 21

Satu Elo, Deputy CEO:  February 15 - 21, +352 661 44 52 10

Page published 6 February 2024. Updated 19 February 2024.