Nominations and Awards February 2013
Golden Bear and three Silver Bears and other Berlinale awards for EAVE producers
Nominations
- ROSIE by Marcel Gisler, producer: EAVE 2002 graduate Susann Rüdlinger is nominated in six categories for the Swiss Film Awards: best feature film, best screenplay, best actor and actress as well as best supporting actor and actress.
- OPÉRATION LIBERTAD by Nicolas Wadimoff, co-producer: INTERCHANGE 2011 graduate Samir is nominated for best feature film, best screenplay and best supporting actor in Switzerland.
- NACH DEM BRAND by Malou Berlin, producer: EAVE 2007 graduate Susann Schimk andUNTER KONTROLLE by Volker Sattel, producer: EAVE 2007 graduate Susann Schimk have been nominated for the Grimme-Preis 2013 in the category Information & Kultur.
Berlinale Awards and Special Mentions
Competition
- Golden Bear: CHILD’S POSE by Calin Peter Netzer, producers: EAVE 2007 graduate & Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon and EAVE 2011 graduate Oana Giurgiu
- Silver Bear - The Jury Grand Prize and Silver Bear - Best Actor: AN EPISODE IN THE LIFE OF AN IRON PICKER by Danis Tanovic, producers: EAVE 2008 graduate and EAVE National Coordinator Bosnia and Herzegovina Amra Baksic-Camo and EAVE group leader Danijel Hocevar
- Silver Bear - Best Actress: PUENTES 2011 project GLORIA by Sebastián Lelio, co-producer EAVE PUENTES 2011 graduate Josefina Undurraga
- Silver Bear - Artistic Contribution: Aziz Zahmbakyjev, cinematographer of HARMONY LESSONS by Emir Baigazin, producer: EAVE 2008 graduate and Russian National Coordinator Anna Katchko, co-producers: EAVE 2006 graduate Karsten Stöter and EAVE 1998 graduate Guillaume de Seille
Generation
- The Grand Prix of the Generation 14plus International Jury for Best Short Film: FÖRSTA GÅNGEN by Anders Hazelius, producer: EAVE 2009 graduate Lizette Jonjic
Prizes of the Independent Juries
Ecumenical Jury
- Competition: PUENTES 2011 project GLORIA by Sebastián Lelio, co-producer EAVE PUENTES 2011 graduate Josefina Undurraga
- Special Mention: AN EPISODE IN THE LIFE OF AN IRON PICKER by Danis Tanovic, producers: EAVE 2008 graduate and EAVE National Coordinator Bosnia and Herzegovina Amra Baksic-Camo and EAVE group leader Danijel Hocevar
- Panorama: EAVE 2010 project THE ACT OF KILLING by Joshua Oppenheimer, Christine Cynn, producer: EAVE 2010 graduate Signe Byrge Sørensen and EAVE 2011 graduate Anne Köhncke
- Forum: CIRCLES by Srdan Golubovic, co-producer: EAVE group leader Danijel Hocevar
FIPRESCI Award
- CHILD’S POSE by Calin Peter Netzer, producers: EAVE 2007 graduate & Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon and EAVE 2011 graduate Oana Giurgiu
Prize of the Guild of German Art House Cinemas
- PUENTES 2011 project GLORIA by Sebastián Lelio, co-producer EAVE PUENTES 2011 graduate Josefina Undurraga
C.I.C.A.E. Prize
- IN BLOOM by Aana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Groß, co-producer: EAVE 1998 graduate Guillaume de Seille
Label Europa Cinemas
- THE BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN by Felix van Groeningen, co-producer: EAVE 2008 graduate Celine Baggen
Panorama Audience Award
- THE BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN by Felix van Groeningen, co-producer: EAVE 2008 graduate Celine Baggen
- EAVE 2010 project THE ACT OF KILLING by Joshua Oppenheimer, Christine Cynn, producer: EAVE 2010 graduate Signe Byrge Sørensen and EAVE 2011 graduate Anne Köhncke
Berliner Morgenpost Reader’s Jury
- HARMONY LESSONS by Emir Baigazin, producer: EAVE 2008 graduate and Russian National Coordinator Anna Katchko, co-producers: EAVE 2006 graduate Karsten Stöter and EAVE 1998 graduate Guillaume de Seille
Awards
EAVE producers have been very successful at the Magritte du cinema 2013:
- A PERDRE LA RAISON by Joachim Lafosse, producers: EAVE 2000 graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart & EAVE 1992 graduate and EAVE Head of Studies Jani Thiltges scooped four awards: best film, best director, best actress (Emilie Dequenne) and best editing (Sophie Vercruysse)
- 38 WITNESSES (38 TEMOINS) by Lucas Belvaux, producer: EAVE group leader Patrick Sobelman won the award for best screenplay
- TIME OF MY LIFE by Nic Balthazar, producer: EAVE 2009 graduate Peter Bouckaert, co-producer: EAVE 1994 graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum was awarded best Flemish co-production
- RUST & BONE by Jacques Audiard, line producer: EAVE 2006 graduate Antonin Dedet won best supporting actor (Bouli Lanners)
- MOBILE HOME by François Pirot, producer: EAVE 1999 graduate Donato Rotunno received the prizes for best supporting actress (Anne-Pascale Clairembourg) and best score
- LE THÉ OU L’ÉLECTRICITÉ by Jérôme Le Maire, producer: EAVE 2007 graduate Isabelle Truc was awarded best feature documentary
- CONGO 1961 by Irina Maldea, producer: EAVE 2009 graduate Brendan Culleton has won the Irish Film and Televsion Award for best documentary. The film has its US premiere at the Chicago Irish Film Festival on March 3.
- RUST & BONE by Jacques Audiard, line producer: EAVE 2006 graduate Antonin Dedet won four prizes in the 14th edition of the Golden Stars awarded by French cinema journalists and movie critics: Best Film, Best Actress (Marion Cotillard), Best Screenplay (Jacques Audiard and Thomas Bidegain) and Best Male Newcomer (Matthias Schoenaerts).
- THE LOBSTER by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE 1991 graduate Ed Guiney won the ARTE International Prize for Best CineMart Project at the Rotterdam Film Festival.
- COMING OF AGE (ANFANG 80 ) by Sabine Hiebler and Gerhard Ertl, producer: EAVE 2006 graduate Michael Kitzberger was awarded Best International Film at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
- PARADISE: LOVE by Ulrich Seidl, producer: EAVE 2003 graduate Gabriele Kranzelbinder scooped the Austrian Film Award in three categories: best feature film, best director and best actress (Margarethe Tiesel). Karl Merkatz was awarded best actor for his role in COMING OF AGE (ANFANG 80 ) by Sabine Hiebler and Gerhard Ertl, producer: EAVE 2006 graduate Michael Kitzberger
- A PERDRE LA RAISON by Joachim Lafosse, producers: EAVE 2000 graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart & EAVE 1992 graduate and EAVE Head of Studies Jani Thiltges received the FIPRESCI Prize for Best Actress of the Year in a Foreign Language Film (Emilie Dequenne) at the Palm Springs International Film Festival.
- WADJDA by Haifaa Al Mansour, co-producer: EAVE 2009 graduate Verona Meier won the Audience Award: Best Feature Film at the Gothenburg International Film Festival.
- THE NEW CZAR by Alejandro Álvarez and Ulrik Wivel, executive producer: EAVE PCP 2008 graduate and EAVE 2013 participant Talal Al-Muhanna (Linked Productions/Kuwait) has been awarded a production grant by the Tribeca Documentary Fund of the Tribeca Film Institute in New York.
Page published 25 February 2013.
