Multiple Awards for EAVE 2010 project THE ACT OF KILLING and PUENTES 2010 project TANTA AGUA
Awards June 2013
- Denmark’s experienced producer and EAVE 1993 graduate Thomas Gammeltoft, creative director at Eyeworks Fine and Mellow, will put aside his production cap to take the helm of the new Copenhagen Film Fund. The announcement was made on Tuesday
- THE LUNCHBOX by Ritesh Batra, co-producer: EAVE 2006 graduate Karsten Stöter won the Grand Rail D'Or of the Semaine de la Critique in Cannes.
- Five awards in one week for EAVE 2010 project THE ACT OF KILLING by Joshua Oppenheimer and Christine Cynn, producers: EAVE 2010 graduate Signe Byrge Sørensen and EAVE 2011 graduate Anne Köhncke. The film won the Special Jury Award (Grand Prize) & Audience Award at the Sheffield Doc/Fest, the Golden Chair for Best Documentary at the Grimstad International Short & Documentary Film Festival, Norway, the Basil Wright Award at the Royal Anthropological Institute Film Festival, Edinburgh, and the Grand Prize of the Biografilm Festival, Bologna, Italy.
EAVE 2007 graduate & Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon received all three awards of the Romanian Days at the Transilvania Film Festival in Romania:
- HERE ... I MEAN THERE by Laura Capatana Juller won best feature award
- A MONTH IN THAILAND by Paul Negoescu was given the best first feature award
- A SHADOW OF A CLOUD by Radu Rude was awarded the prize for best short film
- PUENTES 2011 project TANTA AGUA (SO MUCH WATER) by Ana Guevara and Leticia Jorge, producer: PUENTES 2011 graduate Agustina Chiarino received the Special Jury Award of the Transilvania Film Festival in Romania.
- WADJDA by Haifaa Al Mansour, co-producer: EAVE 2009 graduate Verona Meier won the Audience Award
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Success for EAVE producers at the Festroia Film Festival in Portugal:
- THE BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN by Felix van Groeningen, co-producer: EAVE 2008 graduate Celine Baggen scooped three awards. The film won the Gold Dolphin for the best film, the FIPRESCI Prize and the Signis Prize
- THE PASSION OF MICHELANGELO by Esteban Larrain, co-producer: EAVE 2007 graduate Oliver Roepke received the Silver Dolphin for best script and the Special Jury Prize
- CIRCLES by Srdan Golubovic, co-producer: EAVE group leader Danijel Hocevar won the Silver Dolphins for best director and best cinematography
- KINSHASA KIDS by Marc-Henri Wajnberg, producer: EAVE 2007 Serge Guez received a Special Mention
- GRAND CENTRAL by Rebecca Zlotowski, producer: EAVE 2003 graduate Gabriele Kranzelbinder was awarded the Grand Prix of the Film Festival Cabourg.
- MY SWEET PEPPER LAND by Hiner Saleem, producer: EAVE 2006 graduate Karsten Stöter won the Prix de la jeunesse.
- Dschoint-Ventschr-project CHRIS THE SWISS by Anja Kofmel, co-producer: EAVE 2007 graduate Sinisa Juricic won the price for best pitching at the Animafest in Zagreb.
- THE CURSE by Fyzal Boulifa, producer: EAVE 2010 graduate Gavin Humphries won the Vienna Short Film Award for the best fiction or documentary film. The prize is given by the City of Vienna.
- PUENTES 2010 project TANTA AGUA (SO MUCH WATER) by Ana Guevara and Leticia Jorge, producer: PUENTES 2011 graduate Agustina Chiarino received the Golfen Slipper for the best feature film at the International Film Festival for Children and Youth in Zlin.
- ARAF – SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN by Yesim Ustaoglu, producer: EAVE 2009 graduate Serkan Çakarer wins at the Festival of Mediterranean Film in Split
- I’M GOING TO CHANGE MY NAME by Maria Saakyan, producer: EAVE 2012 graduate Victoria Lupikhas just received Best film and Best cinematographer Awards at HAYAK 2013, the National Armenian Film Awards.
- FATHER by Marat Sargsyan, producer: EAVE 2012 graduate Dagne Vildziunaite won the Silver Horn for the Best Medium-Length Documentary and the award of the Polish Society of Cinematographers.
- SNAILS IN THE RAIN, directed and produced by EAVE 2010 graduate Yariv Mozer won the Special award for an actor at the TLV Film Festival
Page published 28 June 2013. Updated 2 July 2013.
