Foreign Language Oscar win for IDA
Awards February 2015
Berlin International Film Festival
- AFERIM! by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate & Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon, EAVE graduate Jiri Konecny Silver Bear for Best Director
- UNDER ELECTRIC CLOUDS by Alexey German, co-producer EAVE+ graduates Artem Vasiliev, Violetta Kaminska and EAVE graduate Izabela Wojcik won the Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Performance
- Generation Generation Kplus Crystal Bear by the Children’s Jury for Best Film went to EAVE project MY SKINNY SISTER by Sanna Lenken, producer EAVE graduate Annika Rogell
- SPECIAL MENTION from the International Jury Generation Kpluswent also to EAVE project MY SKINNY SISTER, produced by EAVE graduate Annika Rogel
- Generation 14Plus Crystal Bear by the Youth Jury for Best Film went to FLOCKING by Beata Gardeler, producers: EAVE graduate Annika Hellström and Agneta Fagerström Olsson
- SPECIAL MENTION from the International Jury Generation 14plus went to NENA, produced by EAVE+ graduate Hanneke Niens
- EAVE project BIENCUIDAO by Abner Benaim, producer: EAVE graduate Gema Juarez Allen won the Berlinale Highlight Pitch Award
- EAVE graduate Emilija Chochkova with EAVE project THE SECRET INGREDIENT and Ties That Bind graduate Guillaume de la Boulaye with the project ONE THOUSAND received cash prizes for their nomination for the VFF Talent Highlight Pitch Award.
- Arte International Prize went to PUENTES project LOS PERROS, producers EAVE graduates Tom Dercourt and Sophie Erbs
- Eurimages Co-production Development Award went to 3 DAYS IN QUIBERON by Emily Atef, producer: EAVE graduate Karsten Stöter
- THE MIRACLE OF THE SARGASSO SEA produced by EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki received a Honorable Mention
- CICAE Art Cinema Award went to ZURICH by Sacha Polak, producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot, co-producer: EAVE graduate Karsten Stöter, line producer: EAVE graduate Oliver Röpke
- Peace Film Prize went to THE LOOK OF SILENCE by Joshua Oppenheimer, producer: EAVE graduate Signe Byrge Sørensen
- IDA by Pawel Pawlikowski, co-producer: EAVE graduate Christian Falkenberg Husum has won the Oscar for Best Foreign-language Film. The black and white drama is the first Polish feature to win the prize. The film also won the Independent Spirit Award for Best International Film.
- IDA also won Best Film not in English language at the British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA)
http://awards.bafta.org/award/2015/film
EAVE producers scooped numerous awards at the Magritte du cinema 2014:
- TWO DAYS, ONE NIGHT by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, producer: EAVE graduate Peter Bouckaert won Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor
- NOT MY TYPE (PAS SON GENRE) by Lucas Belvaux, producer: EAVE group leader Patrick Sobelman also won three awards: Best Screenplay, Best Sound and Best Actress
- EAVE project MARINA by Stijn Coninx, producer: EAVE graduate Peter Bouckaert was equally successful: the film was awarded Best Flemish Film, Best Production Design and Best Costumes
- LA MARCHE by Nabil Ben Yadir, co-producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum received the awards for Best Editing and Best Supporting Actress
- BABY BALLOON by Stefan Liberski, producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart won Best Actress
- THEY HAVE ESCAPED by JP Valkeapää, producer: EAVE graduate Aleksi Bardy is the great winner at the Jussi Awards, the Finnish national film prize. The project won Best Finnish Film, Best Director, Best Sound Design and Best Editing.
- PARIS OF THE NORTH by Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson, co-producer: EAVE graduate Guillaume de Seille won two awards at the Eddas – Iceland’s national film prize: Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress.
- THE SALT OF THE EARTH by Wim Wenders and Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, producer: EAVE graduate Gian-Piero Ringel won the César for Best Documentary at the French ceremony.
- TWO DAYS, ONE NIGHT by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, producer: EAVE graduate Peter Bouckaert won the Lumières Awards, given out by the foreign press working in Paris as Best French-language Film.
- THEY HAVE ESCAPED by JP Valkeapää, producer: EAVE graduate Aleksi Bardy, EAVE graduate Raymond van der Kaaij, EAVE graduate Annika Sucksdorff won the Sven Nykvist Cinematography Award for best cinematography at the Dragon Award Competition at Gothenburg Film Festival.
- THE LESSON by Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov, producer: EAVE graduate Magdelena Ilieva and EAVE graduate Konstantina Stavrianou received the Ingmar Bergman International Debut Award at the festival.
- The audience favourite was EAVE project MY SKINNY SISTER by Sanna Lenken, producer: EAVE graduate Annika Rogell
- TURIST by Ruben Östlund, producer: EAVE graduate Marie Kjelsson won the City of Gothenburg Award
- THE PROJECT OF THE CENTURY by Carlos M Quintela, producer: EAVE graduate Andres Pfaeffli has won the Hivos Tiger Award at the International Film Festival Rotterdam.
- THE SUMMER OF SANGAILE by Alanté Kavaité, producers: EAVE graduates Zivile Gallego, Marleen Slot and EAVE+ graduate Antoine Simkine wins Best Director at the Sundance Film Festival.
- The World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Acting went to GLASSLAND by Gerard Barrett, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
- TURIST by Ruben Östlund, producer: EAVE graduate Marie Kjelsson was awarded with a Robert, the Danish film prize for Best Non-US Feature by the Danish Film Academy.
- THE LOOK OF SILENCE by Joshua Oppenheimer, producer: EAVE graduate Signe Byrge Sørensen was awarded Best Long Documentary.
Page published 26 February 2015.
