PIANOFORTE wins Arts Programming award at the International Emmy Awards
Awards November 2024
European Film Awards 2024
The European Film Academy has revealed the winners in the first categories of the 37th European Film Awards, which will take place on 7 December in Lucerne.
- Juliette Welfling for EMILIA PEREZ by Jacques Audiard, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis won European Editing
- Jagna Dobesz for THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE by Magnus von Horn, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marius Wlodarski won European Production Design
- Tanja Hausner for THE DEVIL’S BATH by Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala, producer: EAVE+ graduate Bettina Brokemper won European Costume Design
- Evalotte Oosterop for WHEN THE LIGHT BREAKS by Runar Runarsson, co-producer: EAVE graduate Raymond van der Kaaij won European Make-Up & Hair
- Frederikke Hoffmeier for THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE by Magnus von Horn, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marius Wlodarski won European Original Score
EAVE graduate Labina Mitevska, Macedonian producer and actress will be awarded with this year’s Eurimages International Co-Production Award by Eurimages and the European Film Academy.
Labina Mitevska is one of the founders of the family-run production company Sisters and Brother Mitevski Production based in Skopje, North Macedonia. Labina Mitevska will be an honorary guest of the gala for the 37th European Film Awards on 7 December in Lucerne to receive her award in person. The jury says: “This prize is awarded to Labina Mitevska as a tribute to the talent of a family business passionately dedicated to European cinema. It rewards the craftmanship of high-quality independent cinema achieved through numerous outstanding international co-productions that are the pride of the Eurimages Fund.” The siblings Labina, Teona and Vuk successfully launched their company in 2001. Labina is a highly acclaimed actress from the Balkan region, starting her career in Milco Mancevski’s BEFORE THE RAIN, awarded with the Golden Lion in Venice and nominated for an Academy Award. At Sisters and Brother Mitevski Labina is managing director and producer, her sister Teona is director and her brother Vuk, a painter and sculptor, is working as set designer and animator. Labina Mitevska has co-produced her sister's films like GOD EXISTS, HER NAME IS PETRUNIA and THE HAPPIEST MAN IN THE WORLD, as minority co-producer she was involved in SIERANEVADA by Cristi Puiu and THE WILD PEAR TREE by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, among others. Labina Mitevska is currently working on Dina Duna's SKATEBOARDING IS NOT FOR GIRLS, developed at Cannes' Cinéfondation, and MOTHER, her sister’s new film, starring Noomi Rapace. Labina is the Macedonian National Coordinator for EAVE.
International Emmy Awards
- PIANOFORTE by Jakub Piątek, producer: EAVE graduate Maciej Kubick won the Arts Programming award at the 52nd International Emmy© Awards. PIANOFORTE is the first Polish documentary to take home this prestigious award.
Cinekid
- EAVE project PUCK by Anna-Karin Garhamn, written and produced by EAVE graduate Caroline Drab won The Council of Europe Series Co-production Development Award
- MILLIE AND THE SECRET OF THE CROCODILE by Esben Toft Jacobsen, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot won the Eurimages Co-Production Development Award
- KITTENS by Nova van Dijk, producer: EAVE graduate Maarten van der Ven won the Filmmore Post-Production Award
- MOUSTACHE by Idriss Nsangou Nabil, producer: EAVE graduate Max de Wolf won the Amarte Best Dutch Short Film Award 9+
Tokyo International Film Festival
- DAHOMEY by Mati Diop, producer: Interchange graduate Judith Lou Lévy won the TIFF Ethical Film Award
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
- BESTIARIES, HERBARIA, LAPIDARIES by Massimo D’Anolfi, Martina Parenti, co-producer: EAVE graduate Louis Mataré won the IDFA Award for Best Directing in the Envision Competition
- THE PROPAGANDIST by Luuk Bouwman, producer: EAVE graduate Ilja Roomans won the IDFA Award for Best Dutch Film
- EIGHT POSTCARDS FROM UTOPIA by Radu Jude, Christian Ferencz-Flatz, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandru Teodorescu received a Special Mention
IDFA Forum
- DO YOU LOVE ME by Lana Y. Daher, producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Laurent Csinidis won the IDFA Forum Award for Best Rough Cut
- LOOKING FOR THE MERMAID by Yara Costa, co-producer: EAVE graduate Tiny Mungwe won the IDFA Forum Producers Connection Award
DOC NYC
- EAVE project YALLA PARKOUR by Areeb Zuaiter, producer: EAVE graduate Basel Mawlawi won the Grand Jury Prize.
FilmFestival Cottbus
- WHEN THE PHONE RANG by Iva Radivojević, producer: EAVE MW graduate Andrijana Sofranić Šućur won the Main prize for Best Film and the FIPRESCI Award
- U ARE THE UNIVERSE by Pavlo Ostrikov, producer: EAVE graduate Vladimir Yatsenko won the Special Award for Best Director and the Audience Award
- RIVIERA by Orfeas Peretzis, producers: EAVE graduates Konstantinos Vassilaros, Alexandre Gavras won the Prize for an outstanding individual performance (Eva Samioti)
- WET MONDAY by Justyna Mytnik, producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlodarski won the Prize for the best youth film
- 78 DAYS by Emilija Gasic, producer: EAVE participant Milos Ivanovic, EAVE MW graduate Andrijana Sofranic Sucur won the Prize for the best debut film
- GOOD CHILDREN by Filip Peruzovic, producer: EAVE graduate Tena Gojic won the Ecumenical Jury Prize
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cocoPITCH Projects:
- SUMMER BLUES by Anna Ansone, producer: B’EST graduate Alise Gelze won the Avanpost Pitch Packaging Award
- BEAR HUG by Alexandros Skouras, producer: EAVE MW graduate Eleni Oulani won the MIDPOINT Consulting Award
cocoWIP Projects:
- GIRL IN THE NIGHT by Luka Marcetic, producers: EAVE MW graduate Andraz Jeric, EAVE graduate Jerca Jeric won the D-Facto Motion WIP Award
- EAVE project EVERYTHING THAT’S WRONG WITH YOU by Ursa Menart, producers: EAVE+ graduate Danijel Hocevar, EAVE graduates Katja Lenarcic, Alexander Wadouh, Roxana Richters won the Studio Beep Sound Post-Production Award
Black Nights Film Festival, Tallinn
- PINK LADY by Nir Bergman, producer: EAVE graduate Marica Stocchi won Best Director
- EMPIRE OF THE RABBITS by Seyfettin Tokmak, producer: EAVE + graduate Sinisa Juricic was awarded Best Script and Best Cinematography
- SOME NIGHTS I FEEL LIKE WALKING by Petersen Vargas, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Alemberg Ang won Best Original Score
- BLACK GOLD by Takashi Sugimoto, producer: EAVE graduate Filipa Reis won Doc@PÖFF’s Special Prize
- MURMURING HEARTS by Vytautas Puidokas, producer: EAVE graduate Ruta Adele Jekentaite won Doc@PÖFF’S Best Cinematography
- THE SOUTHERN CHRONICLES by Ignas Miskinis, producer: B’EST graduate Lukas Trimonis was awarded Best Baltic Film
- DROWNING DRY by Laurynas Bareisa, co-producer: EAVE graduate Matiss Kaza won Best Baltic Director
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Baltic Event Co-production Market
- THE WORKER by Eliza Petkova, producer: EAVE graduate Karsten Stöter won the Eurimages Co-Production Development Award
- THE ELF by Hannes Vartiainen, produced by EAVE graduate Joonas Berghäll won the Best Project Award
Works in Progress
- SAND IN YOUR HAIR by Mantas Verbiejus, producer: EAVE graduate Zivile Gallego won the Public Favourite Award
- THE DARK ARCHITECT by Risto Tuominen, producer: EAVE graduate Ilkka Matila won the European Genre Forum Award
- VRYKOLAX by Achilleas Gatsopoulos, producer: TTB participant Vassilis Economou received a Special Mention
- NEIGHBOUR by Oskar Lehemaa, producer: EAVE graduate Evelin Penttilä scooped the Public Favourite Award
- FABULA RASA by Miriam Suad Bühler, Maurice Sinner, producer: EAVE+ graduate Steffen Gerdes won the Public Favourite Award (Script Pool Tallinn)
Arras Film Festival
- HONEYMOON by Zhanna Ozirna, producer: EAVE graduate Dmytro Sukhanov won the Golden Atlas - Grand Jury Prize at the Arras Film Festival.
- THE NEW YEAR THAT NEVER CAME by Bogdan Muresanu, producer: EAVE graduate Dan Burlac won the Silver Atlas for Best Director and the Youth Jury Prize - Hauts-de-France Region
- DWELLING AMONG THE GODS by Vuk Rsumovic, producers: EAVE graduate, group leader and National Coordinator Croatia Ankica Juric Tilic, EAVE graduate Miroslav Mogorovic received a Special Mention
- WAVES by Jiri Madl, co-producer: EAVE graduate Wanda Adamik Hrycova won the Audience Award
https://www.arrasfilmfestival.com
Stockholm International Film Festival
- PEACOCK by Bernhard Wenger, producer: EAVE graduate Michael Kitzberger scooped Best First Feature
- THE DEVIL’S BATH by Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala, producer: EAVE+ graduate Bettina Brokemper was awarded Best Cinematography
- WILD DIAMOND by Agathe Riedinger, producer: TTB graduate Judith Nora won Best Actress (Malou Khebizi)
- EMILIA PEREZ by Jacques Audiard, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis won the FIPRESCI award
Seville European Film Festival
- FLOW by Gints Zilbalodis, producer: EAVE graduate Matiss Kaza won the Grand Jury Prize, Best Staging and the Puerta América Award
- THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE by Magnus von Horn, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marius Wlodarski won Best Director Award, Best Actress Award (Trine Dyrholm), Best photography (Michal Dymek) and Best Art Director
- THE FLAME OF A CANDLE by André Gil Mata, producer: PUENTES graduate Clementine Mourao-Ferreira won Best Film in the New Waves section
- DROWNING DRY by Laurynas Bareisa, co-producer: EAVE graduate Matiss Kaza won Best Film in the Rampa section
- SOMEWHERE IN LOVE by Morgan Simon, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin received a Special Mention in the Rampa section
- THE FORTUNATE ONES by Jeanne Waltz, producer: EAVE graduate Isabel Machado received a Special Mention in the Alumbramiento section
- YOUNG HEARTS by Anthony Schatteman, producer: EAVE graduate Xavier Rombaut, co-producers: EAVE graduates Floor Onrust, Annabella Nezri won the Future Film Lovers’ Award
https://festivalcinesevilla.eu/en
Thessaloniki International Film Festival
- HAPPY HOLIDAYS by Scandar Copti, producer: EAVE graduate Dorothe Beinemeier scooped the Best Feature Film Award the “Theo Angelopoulos” Golden Alexander
- JULIE KEEPS QUIET by Leonardo van Dijl, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi, in association with EAVE graduate Jan Naszewski & PUENTES graduate Marcin Łuczaj
- won the Best Director Award and the Human Values Award of the Hellenic Parliament
- TO A LAND UNKNOWN by Mahdi Fleifel, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki won the Best Actor Award (Mahmood Bakri)
- ON FALLING by Laura Carreira, executive producer: EAVE graduate Luis Campos won Best Actress (Joana Santos)
- THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US by Laila Abbas, producer: EAVE graduate Roshanak Behesht Nedjad won the Best Direction Award - Silver Alexander in the Meet the Neighbours+ competition
- U ARE THE UNIVERSE by Pavlo Ostrikov, producer: EAVE graduate Vladimir Yatsenko won the Best Actor Award (Volodymyr Kravchuk)
- PUENTES project THE EXILES by Belen Funes, producers: PUENTES graduate Alba Bosch-Duran, EAVE graduate Olmo Figueredo González-Quevedo, co-producer: PUENTES, MW and TTB graduate Giancarlo Nasi won the Best Actress Award and received a Special Mention
- XOFTEX by Noaz Deshe, executive producer: EAVE graduate Maria Drandaki won the Silver Alexander in the >>Film Forward competition
- MALDIVES by Daniel Bolda, producer: EAVE+ graduate Nicholas Alavanos received a Special Mention and won the ERT Original Music Award
- ARCADIA by Yorgos Zois, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Maria Drandaki, co-producer: EAVE graduate Veselka Kiryakova won the FIPRESCI Award for Best Film in the International Competition and the JF Costopoulos Foundation Award
- RIVIERA by Orfeas Peretzis, producers: EAVE and TTB graduate Konstantinos Vassilaros, EAVE graduate Alexandre Gavras won the FIPRESCI Award for Best Greek Film Premiered at Thessaloniki, the FOS Actress Award (ex aequo) and the Hellenic Film Commission Best Location Award
- KYUKA – BEFORE SUMMER'S END by Kostis Charamountanis, producers: EAVE graduate Danae Spathara, EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas, EAVE graduate and Greek National Coordinator Konstantinos Kontovrakis, EAVE graduate Marija Dimitrova won the Hellenic Film and Audiovisual Center – Creative Greece Award, the Finos Film Award and received the Best Feature Film Award from the Youth Jury
Agora Crossroads Co-production Forum and Works in Progress
- Konstantinos Koukoulis of Plankton won the Thessaloniki EAVE Marketing Workshop Scholarship.
- PASSPORT by Rakan Mayasi, producer: EAVE graudate May Odeh won the CNC Development Award and the MFI Script 2 Film Workshops Award
- FOG by Denis Spiridonov, producer: EAVE graduate Katia Khazak, co-producer: EAVE graduate Vanya Rainova won the ArteKino International Award
- PATTY IS SUCH A GIRL NAME by Giorgos Georgopoulos, producer: EAVE graduate Fenia Cossovitsa won the ERT Agora Works in Progress Award
- WAKE by Thelyia Petraki, producer: PUENTES graduate Kostas Tagalakis won the Finos Film Award
- BLEACH by Kaltrina Krasniqi, co-producers: EAVE graduates Bojana Radulovic, Ognen Antov won the Cannes Producers Network Award
Nordic Film Days, Lübeck
- EAVE project QUIET LIFE by Alexandros Avranas, producers: EAVE graduate and Estonian National Coordinator Riina Sildos, Vicky Miha, Kaarle Aho was awarded the Audience Award of the Lübecker Nachrichten at the Nordic Film Days, Lübeck.
- WHEN THE LIGHT BREAKS by Runar Runarsson, producer: EAVE graduate Raymond van der Kaaij the INTERFILM Church Prize
- UNMOORED by Caroline Ingvarsson, producer: EAVE graduate Mariusz Wlordarski won Best Feature Film Debut
- LARS IS LOL by Eirik Sæter Stordahl, producer: EAVE MW graduate Caroline Hitland won the Children's and Youth Film Prize of the Gemeinnützige Sparkassenstiftung and the Prize of the children's jury of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck
Cairo International Film Festival
- THE NEW YEAR THAT NEVER CAME by Bogdan Muresanu, producer: EAVE graduate Dan Burlac won the Golden Pyramid Award for Best Film
- WILD DIAMOND by Agathe Riedinger, producer: TTB graduate Judith Nora won the Shadi Abdel Salam Award for Best Film in the International Critics’ Week Competition
- ABO ZAABAL 89 by Bassam Mortada, producer: EAVE graduate Kesmat Elsayed won Best Feature Documentary Award, a Special Jury Prize in the African Film Competition and received a Special Mention
- DAHOMEY by Mati Diop, producer: Interchange graduate Judith Lou Lévy Best African Feature Award
- BRIEF HISTORY OF A FAMILY by Lin Jianjie, co-producer: EAVE graduate Rikke Tambo Andersen won the NETPAC Award for Best Asian Film
Amiens International Film Festival
- MY FAVOURITE CAKE by Maryam Moghaddam & Behtash Sanaeeha, producer: EAVE graduate Christopher Zitterbart won the Audience Prize and received two Special Mentions at the Amiens International Film Festival (FIFAM).
- DIARIES FROM LEBANON by Myriam El Hajj, producer: EAVE graduate Myriam Sassine won the Prix d’Or.
- SKIN IN SPRING by Yennifer Uribe, producer: EAVE MW graduate Rebeca Gutiérrez Campos won the Grand Prix for a Feature Film.
Lecce European Film Festival
- THREE DAYS OF FISH by Peter Hoogendoorn, producer: EAVE graduate Stienette Bosklopper scooped Best Film and won the FIPRESCI prize
- BREATHING UNDER WATER by Eric Lamhène, associate producers: EAVE graduate and Luxembourgish National Coordinator Bernard Michaux, EAVE+ Head of Studies Jani Thiltges won the Special Jury Prize and the Cineuropa Prize
- WISHBONE by Penny Panagiotopoulou, co-producer: EAVE graduate Vicky Miha won Best Cinematography
- DROWNING DRY by Laurynas Bareisa, co-producer: EAVE graduate Matiss Kaza was awarded Best Screenplay and the SNGCI Award for Best European Actor
- GLORIA! by Margherita Vicario, producer: EAVE+ graduate Carlo Cresto-Dina won the Mario Verdone Prize
www.festivaldelcinemaeuropeo.com/en
Zagreb Film Festival
- BLOCK 5 by Klemen Dvornik, co-producers: EAVE graduates Katarina Prpic, Danijel Pek, Vlado Bulajic, Lija Pogacnik, MW graduate Peter Badac won the KinoKino Award for Best Film by the Children’s Jury at the Zagreb Film Festival.
- JULIE KEEPS QUIET by Leonardo van Dijl, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi, in association with EAVE graduate Jan Naszewski & PUENTES graduate Marcin Łuczaj was awarded the Golden Pram for Best Feature Film
- THE IDES OF AN ISLAND by Carmen Pedrero, producer: EAVE MW graduate Eva Bodas is the European Short Film Candidate for Prix Vimeo European Film Awards 2026
Cork International Film Festival
- ARCADIA by Yorgos Zois, producers: EAVE graduates Veselka Kiryakova, Maria Drandaki won Spirit of the Festival – Best Screenplay at the Cork International Film Festival
- THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE by Mo Harawe, producer: EAVE graduate Oliver Neumann, co-producer: EAVE graduate Nicole Gerhards won Spirit of the Festival – Best Film
Lisbon & Estoril Film Festival
- MEETING WITH POL POT by Rithy Panh, producer: FFF graduate Jovan Marjanovic won the Grand Jury Award João Bénard da Costa
- VERMIGLIO by Maura Delpero, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart won the Jury Special Award for Best Female Performance for the Actress Ensemble
Belfast Film Festival
- WINDLESS by Pavel G. Vesnakov, producers: EAVE graduates Veselka Kiryakova, Luigi Chimienti and PUENTES graduate Alessandro Amato won Best Cinematography at the Belfast Film Festival.
https://belfastfilmfestival.org
Ljubljana International Film Festival
- LESSON LEARNED by Balint Szimler, co-producers: EAVE graduate Julia Berkes, EAVE graduate and Hungarian National Coordinator Viktoria Petranyi won the Kingfisher Award for Best Film in the Perspectives Competition at the Ljubljana International Film Festival.
- APRIL by Dea Kulumbegashvili, producer: EAVE graduate Archil Gelovani won the FIPRESCI Award
- THE OTHER WAY AROUND by Jonas Trueba, co-producer: EAVE graduate Alejandro Arenas won the KMS - Slovenian Art Cinema Association Award
- FLOW by Gints Zilbalodis, producer: EAVE graduate Matiss Kaza won Best Film of the Adriatic Festival Network
Geneva International Film Festival
- EAVE project QUIET LIFE by Alexandros Avranas, producers: EAVE graduate and Estonian National Coordinator Riina SildosVicky Miha, Kaarle Aho won the Future Is Sensible Award at the Geneva International Film Festival (GIFF).
Camerimage Torun
- THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE by Magnus von Horn, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marius Wlodarski won the Golden Frog of the Main Competition at Camerimage Torun.
- THE BRUTALIST by Bradley Corbet, co-producer: EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Hungary Viktoria Petranyi won the Silver Frog
- EMILIA PEREZ by Jacques Audiard, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis won the Bronze Frog
- THE DEVIL’S BATH by Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala, producer: EAVE + graduate Martina Brokemper won the FIPRESCI Award
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