Prix EURIMAGES goes to EAVE graduate Ada Solomon
Awards November 2013
- This year’s European Co-production Award – Prix EURIMAGES goes to EAVE 2007 graduate & Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon, to be given at the upcoming European Film Awards 2013. The prize acknowledges every year the decisive role of co-productions in the European film industry. Solomon’s work includes feature films like Radu Jude’s THE HAPPIEST GIRL IN THE WORLD and EVERYBODY IN OUR FAMILY (Heart of Sarajevo 2012), Adrian Sitaru’s BEST INTENTIONS Paul Negoescu’s A MONTH IN THAILAND or Berlin's last Golden Bear, Calin Peter Netzer's CHILD’S POSE. She also produced documentaries i.e. Alexandru Solomon’s KAPITALISM – OUR IMPROVED FORMULA and short films. She is currently developing Solomon’s TARZAN’S TESTICLES and Jude’s AFERIM! Besides being a producer, Solomon is also head of distribution at Parada Film and executive director of the NexT IFF Bucharest, as well as a teacher at the National Film School and manages together with Tudor Giurgiu three film theatres in Romania.
- DRIFT by Benny Vandendriessche, producer: EAVE 2005 graduate Raymond van der Kaaij received the FIPRESCI-AWARD at the International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg.
- HELI by Amat Escalante, co-produced by EAVE 1995 graduate Léontine Petit and EAVE+ 2013 graduate Titus Kreyenberg won the award for Best cinematography (Lorenzo Hagerman) at the Stockholm International Film Festival.
- CHILD’S POSE by Calin Peter Netzer, producers: EAVE 2007 graduate & Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon and EAVE 2011 graduate Oana Giurgiu received the Telia Film Award of the festival.
www.stockholmfilmfestival.se/en
- IN BLOOM by Aana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Groß, co-producer: EAVE 1998 graduate Guillaume de Seille was given the New Auteurs Special Award for Personal Storytelling at the AFI Film Fest Santa Monica.
- L'INCONNU DU LAC by Alain Guiraudie, co-producer: EAVE Film Finance Forum 2010 graduate Jean-Laurent Csinidis was awarded the Gold Giraldillo at the Seville European Film Festival. This film also won the Best Photography award for Clair Mathon.
- The award for Best Actress went to Alexandra Finder for her role in DIE FRAU DES POLIZISTEN by Philip Gröning, line-producer: EAVE 2010 graduate Martin Blankemeyer.
- The Audience Grand Prix received BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN by Felix Van Groeningen, co-producer: EAVE 2008 graduate Celine Baggen. The film is also Belgium’s representative for the Oscar.
http://festivalcinesevilla.eu/en
- HARMONY LESSONS by Emir Baigazin, producer: EAVE 2008 graduate and Russian National Coordinator Anna Katchko, co-producers: EAVE 2006 graduate Karsten Stöter won the Special Jury Award João Bénard da Costa at the Lisbon & Estoril Film Festival.
- A STRANGER by Bobo Jelcic, producer: EAVE 2013 graduate Zdenka Gold was given the Best Director Award at the International Film Festival Bratislava.
- CIRCLES by Srdan Golubovic, co-producer: EAVE group leader Danijel Hocevar was awarded the Grand Prix at Luxembourg’s Central and Eastern European Film Festival CinÉast. The festival is the most recent event to honour the film, which has already taken prizes at Sundance, Berlin, Sarajevo and Sofia.
- TIR by Alberto Fasulo, co-producer: EAVE 2008 graduate Irena Markovic won the Golden Marc’Aurelio Award for Best Film at the Rome Film Festival
www.romacinemafest.it/ecm/web/fcr/en/home
- WITHERING by Miloš Pušic, executive producer: EAVE 2011 graduate Snezana Penev was awarded the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the Film Festival Cottbus.
- The Audience Award went to RUN BOY, RUN produced and directed by EAVE 1994 graduate Pepe Danquart, co-producer: EAVE 2009 graduate Hanneke van der Tas.
- The Special Jury Award at the Denver Film Festival went to THE FIFTH SEASON by EAVE 1995 graduate Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth, co-producers: EAVE 1994 graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum, EAVE 1992 graduate Philippe Avril.
- LOVE IS BLIND by Ilmar Raag, producer: EAVE 2007 graduate and EAVE Board Member Riina Sildos won the Prix du public at the Festival International du Film d'Arras
- CHASING THE WIND by Rune Denstad Langlo, producers: EAVE 1995 graduate Sigve Endresen, EAVE 2012 graduate Brede Hovland and EAVE 1995 graduate Heino Deckert received the Prix de la critique.
- HARMONY LESSONS by Emir Baigazin, producer: EAVE 2008 graduate and Russian National Coordinator Anna Katchko, co-producers: EAVE 2006 graduate Karsten Stöter won the Grand Prix at the Amiens International Film Festival.
- HARMONY LESSONS by Emir Baigazin, producer: EAVE 2008 graduate and Russian National Coordinator Anna Katchko, co-producers: EAVE 2006 graduate Karsten Stöter was awarded Best first feature and received a Jury mention for Best cinematography at the Philadelphia Film Festival.
- THE LUNCHBOX by Ritesh Batra, co-producer: EAVE 2006 graduate Karsten Stöter won the Voo na Floresta for Best film and Best actress at the Brazil Amazonas Film Festival.
www.amazonasfilmfestival.com.br
- THE LUNCHBOX by Ritesh Batra, co-producer: EAVE 2006 graduate Karsten Stöter won the Golden Pram for best feature film at Zagreb Film Festival.
Two Awards for EAVE 2003 graduate Gabriele Kranzelbinder at the Viennale 2013:
- GRAND CENTRAL by Rebecca Zlotowski was awarded the FIPRESCI AWARD.
- PARADISE: LOVE by Ulrich Seidl, won the Wiener Filmpreis in the category feature film.
www.viennale.at/en/blog/viennale-2013-retrospect
- EVERYDAY REBELLION by The Riahi Brothers, producer: EAVE 2009 graduate Arash T. Riahi won the award for Best Transmedia Storytelling at B3-Biennale at Frankfurt /Main.
- Arman and Arash T. Riahi also took gold at CPH:DOX when EVERYDAY REBELLION won the Politiken Audience Award after the film’s world premiere.
- ZERU by Dan Wechsler & Ulrich Fischer of Bord Cadre Films, attended The Pixel Market and was awarded the inaugural ITVS Impact Pixel Market Prize for the Best Social Impact Project this year.
- CALL GIRL by Mikael Marcimain, executive producer: EAVE 2002 graduate and Swedish National coordinator Helena Danielsson received the Dragon Audience Award at the Ljubljana International Film Festival.
Page published 27 November 2013.
