Golden Bear for YELLOW LETTERS - 22 awards in total for EAVE Producers at the Berlinale

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EAVE graduates won an impressive number of 22 awards at the 76th Berlin International Film Festival, including the Golden Bear for YELLOW LETTERS which was not only co-produced, but also co-written by EAVE graduate Enis Köstepen! 

Other highlights include the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay for EAVE project NINA ROZA - congratulations to EAVE producer Fanny Drew!

PUENTES project NARCISO produced by PUENTES graduate Sebastián Peña Escobar, and co-produced by EAVE producers Agustina Chiarino and Fernando Epstein won the FIPRESCI prize in Panorama!

Prizes of the International Jury

• YELLOW LETTERS by lker Çatak, co-written and co-produced by EAVE graduate Enis Köstepen won the Golden Bear of the 76th Berlinale
• SALVATION by Emin Alper, co-producers: EAVE graduate Stienette Bosklopper, EAVE+ graduate Maarten Swart won the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize
• ROSE by Markus Schleinzer, producers: EAVE graduate Johannes Schubert, Karsten Stöter won the Silver Bear for Best Lead Performance
• EAVE project NINA ROZA by Geneviève Dulude-de Celles, producer: EAVE graduate Fanny Drew won the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay

Perspectives

• FOREST HIGH by Manon Coubia, co-producer: B'EST graduate Charlotte Vincent, EAVE graduate Katia Khazak received a Special Mention (Coup de Coeur) in Perspectives

Panorama Audience Awards

• PROSECUTION by Faraz Sharia , producer: EAVE graduate Jorgo Narjes won the Audience Award (Fiction) in Panorama
• TRACES by Aisa Kovalenko and Marysia Nikitiuk, producer: EAVE graduate Izabela Wojcik, EAVE+ graduate Violetta Kaminska won the Audience Award (Documentary) in Panorama
• THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SUN by Tawfik Sabouni, co-producer: EAVE graduate Hanne Phlypo won the First Runner-up award in Panorama

Generation Competition

• GUGU’S WORLD by Allan Deberton, producer: EAVE+ graduate Karen Castanho, executive producer: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle won the Grand Prix for the Best Film in Generation Kplus and the Crystal Bear for the Best Film in Generation Kplus
• ATLAS OF THE UNIVERSE by Paul Negoescu, producers: EAVE graduates Radu Stancu, Ioana Lascăr received a Special Mention
• SAD GIRLZ by Fernanda Tovar, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Carlo D’Ursi won the Grand Prix for the Best Film in Generation 14plus and the Crystal Bear for the Best Film in Generation 14plus
• NOT A HERO by Rima Das, co-producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Fran Borgia received a Special Mention

Teddy Awards

• IVÁN & HADOUM by Ian de la Rosa, producers: EAVE+ graduates José Alba and Odile Antonio-Baez, PUENTES graduate Flavia Biurrun, and EAVE graduate Hubert Toint won the Teddy Award for Best Feature Film
• TRIAL OF HEIN by Kai Stänicke, producers: EAVE and EAVE+ graduate Dirk Decker, EAVE+ graduate Andrea Schütte won the Jury Award

FIPRESCI Award

• PUENTES project NARCISO by Marcelo Martinessi, producer: PUENTES graduate Sebastián Peña Escobar, co-producers: EAVE, EAVE+ and PUENTES graduate Agustina Chiarino, EAVE+ graduate Fernando Epstein won the FIPRESCI prize in Panorama

Ecumenical Jury Award

• RIVER DREAMS by Kristina Mikhailova, co-producer: EAVE participant Nadira Murray won the Ecumenical Jury Award in Forum

Other Awards

• YELLOW LETTERS by lker Çatak, co-written and co-produced by EAVE graduate Enis Köstepen won the Prize of the Guild of German Arthouse Cinemas
• PROSECUTION by Faraz Sharia , producer: EAVE graduate Jorgo Narjes won the Heiner Carow Prize and the C.I.C.A.E. Art Cinema Award
• ON OUR OWN by Tudor Cristian Jurgiu, producers: EAVE graduate Tudor Giurgiu and Bogdan Crăciun won the C.I.C.A.E. Art Cinema Award

A great number of 37,3 % of all Berlinale awards were handed out to EAVE producers! Congratulations to everyone involved!

Page published 24 February 2026.