Kick-off for the EAVE Producers Workshop‘s 2016 edition!

Press release

After the wonderful success for EAVE’s producers at this year’s Berlinale with 17 main awards we are excited to launch the 2016 edition of the EAVE Producers Workshop in our home-base Luxembourg, in partnership with the Luxembourg Film Fund. 

51 producers from 37 countries have been chosen out of over 150 applications to develop the 31 selected documentary and feature film projects and work on their entrepreneurial skills throughout the year. (Please see the full list of participants at the end of the press release).

Workshop 1 takes place from March 3 – 10 at the Légère Premium Hotel Luxembourg. The participants will start their EAVE journey under the guidance of EAVE Head of Studies Jani Thiltges (Samsa Film, LU), the four group leaders Roshanak Behesht Nedjad (In Good Company, DE), Diana Elbaum (Entre Chien et Loup, BE), Lise Lense-Møller (Magic Hour Films, DK), and Riina Sildos (Amrion, EE); the script consultants Clare Downs (UK), Jacques Akchoti (FR), Martin Daniel (USA), and documentary expert Sylvia Stevens (Faction Films, UK). They are joined by the EAVE specialized experts - for Pitching: Sibylle Kurz (DE), Finance and Company Planning: Linda Beath (Ideal Filmworks, IT), Marketing: Sarah Calderon (The Film Agency, ES) and Legal Issues: Katrine Schlüter Schierbeck (Aumento advokatfirma, DK), who share their expertise in plenary and group work sessions as well as individual meetings. 

Special sessions complement the workshop schedule:

• Sarah Calderon will run a special ‘marketing incubator programme’ in the groups and over the whole year, offering an intense PMD marketing training in cooperation with the EAVE Marketing Workshop.
• Academy Awards nominee “45 Years” by Andrew Haigh will be the focus of EAVE script consultant Clare Downs’ script analysis.
• Guest expert Paul Tyler (Handling Ideas, DK) will show the participants how to transform an idea into a concept using a simple toolbox that allows filmmakers to develop stories and formats.
• Danish producer and EAVE group leader Lise Lense-Møller will devote her plenary session to the specific questions and challenges related to the development of documentaries.

We will also offer the EAVE producers opportunities to network with Luxembourg professionals and to explore co-production opportunities during a visit to the Filmland Studios and the Luxembourg City Film Festival.  All plenary sessions are open for interested local professionals. For the detailed programme, please contact EAVE Workshop Manager Satu Elo satu@eave.org.

EAVE expresses special gratitude for the support of Workshop 1 to:Film Fund Luxembourg; CREATIVE EUROPE Desk Luxembourg - MEDIA sub-programme; Légère Premium Hotel Luxembourg.

EAVE is supported by the Creative Europe - MEDIA sub-programme of the European Union, Film Fund Luxembourg, Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée, Fondo Audiovisivo Friuli Venezia Giulia, PACT – the Producers Alliance for Cinema and Television, Creative Scotland, Cinema do Brasil, Berlinale Co-Production Market and the partners who have hosted the workshops since 1988.

The selected participants for the EAVE Producers Workshop 2016 are:

AUSTRIA

• Loredana Rehekampff, Aichholzer Filmproduktion GmbH

BELGIUM

• Annabella Nezri, Kwassa Films

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

• Alem Babic, DOKUMENT SARAJEVO

• Zoran Galic, Vizart Film Production

BRAZIL

• Maria Carneiro da Cunha, Giros Projetos Audiovisuais S.A.

BULGARIA

• Vanya Rainova, Portokal

CZECH REPUBLIC

• Krystof Safer, Bullfilm

DENMARK

• Nina Bisgaard, Meta Film & SAM Productions
• Julie Linn Milling, FilmFyn

ESTONIA

• Evelin Soosaar-Penttilä, Amrion

FINLAND

• Liisa Juntunen, napafilms
• Karoliina Martikainen, The Yellow Affair

FRANCE

• Laure Caillol, Haut et Court Distribution
• Estelle Robin You, Les films du balibari

GEORGIA

• Lasha Khalvashi, Artizm

GERMANY

• Eva Blondiau, COLOR OF MAY
• Tanja Georgieva, ELEMAG PICTURES

GREECE

• Vasilis Chrysanthopoulos, plays2place productions

HUNGARY

• Julia Berkes, Proton Cinema Kft.
• Dora Nedeczky, Mindwax

ICELAND

• Eva Sigurdardottir, Askja Films

INDIA

• Sanjay Shah, Salaam Cinema

IRELAND

• Rory Dungan, Tilted Pictures Ltd
• Claire McCaughley, Treasure Entertainment

ITALY

• Alessandro Carroli, EiE film

JORDAN

• Rula Al Rawashdeh-Nasser, The Imaginarium Films

LATVIA

• Sergejs Serpuhovs, Baltic Pine Films

LITHUANIA

• Marija Razgute, Ciobreliai

LUXEMBOURG

• Elise Andre, Tarantula

NETHERLANDS

• Joram Willink, BIND

NEW ZEALAND

• Tui Ruwhiu, Tauihu Media Ltd.

NORWAY

• Jarle Bjørknes, Incitus as

PALESTINE

• May Odeh, ODEH FILMS

POLAND

• Jan Kwiecinski, Akson Studio
• Agnieszka Wasiak, Lava Films
• Joanna Ronikier, Studio Miniatur Filmowych

ROMANIA

• Irina Andreea Malcea, Luna Film

SERBIA

• Mirko Bojovic, BaBoon Production

SLOVAKIA

• Katarina Tomkova, kaleidoscope

SLOVENIA

• Rok Se?en, Monoo

SPAIN

• Olmo Figueredo, La Claqueta PC
• Luisa Romeo, Frida Films

SWEDEN

• Julia Gebauer, Way Creative Films
• David Herdies, Momento Film

TURKEY

• Annamaria Aslanoglu, istos film
• Cihan Asli Filiz, Bir Film

UK

• James Levison, Wingbeat Pictures
• Rajita Shah, Miraj Films
• Katherine Speirs, UP HELLY AA

URUGUAY

• Sandino Saravia Vinay, Buenaventura Cine

USA

• Kishori Rajan, Ten on 5 Productions

Page published 25 February 2016. Updated 26 February 2016.