Nominations and Awards March 2013
EAVE 2010 project THE ACT OF KILLING wins in Denmark and Prague
Nominations
- KREMS by Stephan Richter, producer: EAVE graduate Arash T. Riahi is nominated for the Art Cinema Project Award of the Kino der Kunst Filmfestival in Munich. The project is taking part in this year’s EKRAN TRAINING PROGRAM at Warsaw.
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The German Film Academy has announced the nominees for the Lolas, the German Cinema Prizes 2013, which will be awarded on April 26th. Seven films by EAVE graduates are nominated, among them OH BOY is standing out with eight nominations.
- DAS LEBEN IST NICHTS FÜR FEIGLINGE by André Erkau, producer: EAVE 2008 graduate Dirk Decker is nominated for the Best Actress Award
- EAVE 2006 project LORE by Cate Shortland, producers: EAVE 2006 graduate Karsten Stöter, PUENTES expert Benny Drechsel, EAVE 2006 graduate Paul Welsh is nominated for Best Film, Best Cinematography and Best Soundtrack
- FORGET ME NOT by David Sieveking, producer: EAVE 2012 graduate Martin Heisler for Best Documentary
- OH BOY by Jan Ole Gerster, producer: EAVE 2012 graduate Alexander Wadouh for Best Film, Best Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Best Editing, Best Soundtrack, Best Cinematography
- MERCY (GNADE) von Matthias Glasner, co-producer: EAVE 2012 graduate Kristine Knudsen for Best Actress, Best Sound
- THE WALL by Julian Roman Pölsler, producer: EAVE 2004 graduate Antonin Svoboda for Best Film, Best Actress, Best Sound
- LUDWIG II by Peter Sehr, executive producer: EAVE 1992 graduate and group leader Danny Krausz is nominated for Best Actor
- BOHEMIAN IS ALL GREEK TO ME by Peter Zach, producer: EAVE 2000 graduate Jana Cisar is invited to the documentary film competition of the Czech Film Festival Finale Plzen.
Awards
Ada Solomon and Tudor Giurgiu are the outstanding winners of this years’ Gopo Awards in Romania:
- EVERYBODY IN OUR FAMILY by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE 2007 graduate & Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon, co-producer: EAVE 1994 graduate Stienette Bosklopper won Best Film, Best Director, Best Script, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Supporting Actress.
- SOMEWHERE IN PALILULA by Silviu Purcarete, producer: EAVE 2008 graduate Tudor Giurgiu received awards for cinematography, costumes, art direction, editing, original music, sound, and make-up and hair styling. Adrian Silisteanu, the DoP of the film received the annual prize of Romanian Society of Cinematographers (RSC).
- OF SNAILS AND MEN, directed by EAVE 2008 graduate Tudor Giurgiu, producer: EAVE 2011 graduate Oana Giurgiu won the audience award for the local film with the best results in 2012
- PUENTES 2011 project TANTA AGUA (SO MUCH WATER) by Ana Guevara and Leticia Jorge, producer: PUENTES 2011 graduate Agustina Chiarino, co-producer: PUENTES 2012 graduate Tania Zarak was awarded Best First Film at the International Film Festival Guadalajara.
- 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 won the Special Bodil Award given by the National Association of Film Critics in Denmark.
- MARIE KROYER by Bille August, producer: EAVE 2008 graduate Signe Leick Jensen received the Bodil for Best Supporting Actor.
- 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 also won the Best Film Award at the One World Film Festival in Prague
- ROSIE by Marcel Gisler, producer: EAVE 2002 graduate Susann Rüdlinger won the Swiss Film Award in the category Best Actress.
- OPÉRATION LIBERTAD by Nicolas Wadimoff, co-producer: INTERCHANGE 2011 graduate Samir won the prize for Best Supporting Actor.
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-The Best International Film Award of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival went to COMING OF AGE (ANFANG 80 ) by Sabine Hiebler and Gerhard Ertl, producer: EAVE 2006 graduate Michael Kitzberger
- IRON SKY by Timo Vuorensola, co-producer: EAVE 1998 graduate Oliver Damian won the award for Best Special Effects/Cinematography at the International Film Festival of Porto.
EAVE producers have been very successful at the Sofia International Film Festival:
- OH BOY by Jan Ole Gerster, producer: EAVE 2012 graduate Alexander Wadouh scooped the Grand Prix of the festival.
- BEYOND THE HILL by Emin Alper, producer: EAVE 2011 graduate Enis Köstepen won the Balkan Competition.
- ARAF – SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN by Yesim Ustaoglu, producer: EAVE 2009 graduate Serkan Çakarer received the Award of the Bulgarian Guild of Film Critics.
- The FIPRESCI award went to A MONTH IN THAILAND by Paul Negoescu, producer: EAVE 2007 graduate & Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon.
- CIRCLES by Srdan Golubovic, co-producer: EAVE group leader Danijel Hocevar achieved the Audience Award.
- The Best Project Award in the Second Films section of Sofia Meetings went to: ANOTHER PARADISE by Nana Janelidze, producer: EAVE 2013 participant Ekaterina Jojua
- LIGNITE by Gregory Rentis, producer: EAVE 2010 graduate Maria Tsigka won the Best Pitching Award in the Plus Minus One section for first or third films
- VANISHING WAVES by Kristina Buozyte, producer: EAVE 2007 graduate Ieva Norviliene received the Best Film Award at The Jameson Dublin International Film Festival, Ireland.
EAVE 1992 graduate Stefano Tealdi is presented the EDN Award 2013 for over 15 years of contribution to the outstanding development of the Southern European documentary culture. The contribution has been done by initiating and running Documentary in Europe and DocsBarcelona. The award was presented at an award reception during the international documentary pitching session Docs in Thessaloniki.
- PUENTES 2010 project POLVO (DUST) by Julio Hernández Cordón, producer: EAVE 2008 graduate Fernanda del Nido won the grand Prix du Coeur at Cinélatino Toulouse
- PUENTES 2012 project CLIMAS by Enrica Pérez, co-producer: PUENTES-AUSTRALAB 2012 graduate Diana Bustamante received the Distributeurs et Exploitants Européens Award in Toulouse. The award was given in the framework of Films in Progress. The programme of aid to Latin American cinema called twice yearly, once by the San Sebastian Festival and the other by the Rencontres Cinémas d’Amérique Latine in Toulouse.
Page published 29 March 2013.
