Nominations and Awards May 2012
6 awards for EAVE graduates in Cannes
Nominations
- BLUE BIRD by Gust Van den Berghe, producer: EAVE 2006 graduate Tomas Leyers is nominated for the new Young Audience Award of the European Film Academy
- THE HOUR OF LIVING, written produced and directed by Sebastian Michael, co-producer: EAVE 1993 graduate Pascal Verdosci is nominated for best picture at Zoom, the Bale film prize, and premieres on June 6.
- UTOPIE NAOSHIMA by EAVE 2010 graduate Else Tamisier, producer: EAVE 2010 graduate Jean-Laurent Csinidis was presented at the Fondation Sasakawa in Paris on May 3. The film has been invited to the co-production documentary screen market in Tel Aviv.
Among the 211 transmedia projects from 26 countries, 29 are selected for the Marché of the Cross Video Days in Paris. Projects produced by EAVE graduates are:
- EUROPE FOR SALE , producer: EAVE 2011 graduate Enrica Capra
- EAVE project LOUD by Anete Lesnikovska, producer: EAVE 2011 graduate Floor Onrust, co-producer: EAVE 2008 graduate Dirk Decker
- AFGHAN LIVES by Nagieb Khaja, producer: EAVE group leader Lise-Lense Moller;
EAVE 2005 graduate Raymond Van Der Kaaij is taking part in the Cross Video Days conference.
Awards
Cannes Film Festival
- Á PERDRE LA RAISON by Joachim Lafosse, producers: EAVE 2000 graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart & EAVE 1992 graduate and Head of Studies Jani Thiltges was given the Un Certain Regard Award for Best Actress for Emilie Dequenne
- IN THE FOG by Sergei Loznitsa, producer: EAVE 1995 graduate Heino Deckert received the FIPRESCI Prize at the Cannes Film Festival
- IN YOUR NAME by Marco Van Geffen, producers: EAVE 1995 graduate Léontine Petit and EAVE 2010 graduate Janja Kralj was awarded the ARTE prize from L'Atelier de la Cinéfondation
- THE CURSE by Fyzal Boulifa, producer EAVE 2010 graduate Gavin Humphries has won the Illyrien Best Short Film Prize of the Quinzaine in Cannes
- EL TAAIB (LE REPENTI) by Merzak Allouache, co-producer: EAVE 1999 graduate Marianne Dumoulin was awarded the Label Europa Cinemas
- SOFIAS LAST AMBULANCE by Ilian Metev, producer: EAVE 2007 graduate SiniĊĦa Juricic, won the Prix Révélation France 4 of the Semaine de la Critique
- IN DARKNESS by Agnieszka Holland, co-producer: EAVE 2002 graduate Leander Carell won the major prizes at the 37 Gdynia Polish Film Festival. The film was awarded the Golden Lion for Best Film as well the awards for best director, best cinematography, best actor and best actress for Agnieszka Grochowska and Robert Wieckiewicz.
- EAVE 2010 project CRULIC – THE PATH TO BEYOND, directed and produced by EAVE 2010 graduate Anca Damian was awarded the Don Quixote Award of the Polish Federation of Film Discussion Clubs at the festival.
- THURSDAY TILL SUNDAY by Dominga Sotomayor, producer: PUENTES 2011 graduate Benjamin Domenech received a Special Mention at the Buenos Aires International Film Festival.
- BIG BOYS GONE BANANAS!* by Fredrik Gertten, producer EAVE 2005 graduate Margarete Jangård won the Documentary Feature Award at the Sarasota Film Festival.
- OSLO, AUGUST 31 by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE 1995 graduate Sigve Endresen was awarded the Golden Olive Tree for best European film at the European Cinema Festival Lecce.
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- THE INVISIBLE MEN by EAVE 2010 graduate Yariv Mozer, producer: Yariv Mozer, co-producer EAVE 2010 graduate Sander Verdonk won the Special Jury Award at the Tel Aviv International Documentary Film Festival – Doc Aviv.
- STOPPED ON TRACK by Andreas Dresen: producer: EAVE 1994 graduate and group leader Peter Rommel scooped four Lolas at the German Film Awards. Peter Rommel won the best film award, Andreas Dresen best director, Milan Peschel best actor and Otto Melies best supporting actor
Page published 29 May 2012. Updated 30 May 2012.
