Marketing Workshop project THE GREAT FREEDOM now in post-production
In post-production May 2020
COMPARTMENT NUMBER 6 by Juho Kuosmanen, producers: EAVE graduates Jussi Rantamäki, Jamila Wenske, Natalia Drozd, EAVE graduate and Estonian National Coordinator Riina Sildos is in post-production. The Finnish helmer managed to wrap filming in March, despite the impending COVID-19 outbreak. The project, shot in Saint Petersburg, Murmansk and other Russian cities, was penned by Estonian writers Livia Ulman and Andris Feldmanis. The story is set in 1996 and revolves around Laura, a Finnish student who leaves Moscow with loss in her heart and a mess in her head. She decides to take a train to Murmansk to see some 10,000-year-old rock paintings. During her journey, she is forced to share her train with Vadim, a Russian miner. The vulgar company of the man and the desolate reality of the Russian towns she passes through start to dissolve Laura’s romanticised ideas about her trip. Later on, Laura arrives in Murmansk only to realise that she is not allowed to see the rock paintings, and so she seeks help from Vadim.
SKIING IN SCARVES by Haidy Kancler, co-producer: EAVE graduate Sabine Gruber is in post-production. The film follows a group of local girls who challenge cultural stereotypes in the mountains of central Afghanistan. Under the guidance of Slovenian instructor Ana Tasic, they aim for a breakthrough between professionals.The film is produced by Boštjan Virc through Studio Virc in coproduction with Austrian Flair Film and Finnish Kinocompany. The project is supported by the Slovenian Film Center and has received the support for development from Creative Europe MEDIA. The shooting was successfully completed on locations in Afghanistan, India, Austria, Finland and Slovenia in 2019.
EAVE Marketing Workshop project THE GREAT FREEDOM by Wendla Nölle, producer: EAVE MW graduate Mathieu Dolenc, EAVE graduate Andrea Schütte is in post-production. A love story of a couple in its sixties that has to cope with disappointed expectations and postponed hopes that are linked the illnes of the wife. In January was one of four projects to participate in the First Cut Lab in Trieste, where they received 2 days of exclusive editing advice.
Page published 29 May 2020. Updated 8 July 2020.
