PUENTES project EL PARAISO travels to Santa Barbara

Festivals February 2024

Shortfilmwire Clermont-Ferrand (January 27 – February 4)

L’ENVOÛTEMENT by Nicolas Giuliani, producer: EAVE graduate Michel Klein
PAVANE by Pauline Gay, producer: EAVE graduate Anne-Laure Guegan, PUENTES graduate Geraldine Sprimont
SUPERNOVA by Leslie Lagier, producers: PUENTES graduate Delphine Schmit
WANDER TO WONDER by Nina Gantz, producer: EAVE graduate Stienette Bosklopper

www.shortfilmwire.com

Santa Barbara International Film Festival (February 8 – 17)

BLAGA’S LESSONS by EAVE graduate Stephan Komandarev, producers: EAVE graduates Stephan Komandarev, Katya Trichkova
COLD by Erlingur Thoroddsen, producer: EAVE graduate Elisa Heene
ESTONIA by Måns Månsson, Juuso Syrjä, producer: EAVE graduate Matti Halonen
EXCURSION by Una Gunjak, producer: EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Bosnia Herzegovina Amra Baksic Camo, EAVE graduate Adis Djapo
LE VOURDALAK by Adrien Beau, producer: EAVE graduate Judith Lou Lévy
MEDIUM by Christina Ioakeimidi, co-producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Veselka Kiryakova
PHOTOPHOBIA by Ivan Ostrochovský, Pavol Pekarčík, producers: EAVE graduates Katarina Tomkova, Tomas Michalek
POOR THINGS by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
PUENTES project EL PARAISO by Enrico Maria Artale, producer: PUENTES graduate Carla Altieri
EAVE project THE REEDS by Cemil Agacikoglu, , producer: EAVE graduate Sezgi Üstün San, co-producer: EAVE graduate Veselka Kiryakova

https://sbiff.org

Berlin International Film Festival (February 16 – 26)

Competition

ARCHITECTON by Victor Kossakovsky, producers: EAVE graduate Heino Deckert, co-producers: EAVE graduates Clara Vuillermoz, Estelle Robin You
BLACK TEA by Abderrahmane Sissako, co-producer: EAVE graduate Vincent Quénault, TTB graduate Tsai Hsin-Hung
DAHOMEY by Mati Diop, producer: Interchange graduate Judith Lou Lévy
GLORIA! By Margherita Vicario, producer: EAVE+ graduate Carlo Cresto-Dina
MY FAVOURITE CAKE by Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha, producer: EAVE graduate Christopher Zitterbart, PUENTES graduate Nima Yousefi
SHAMBHALA by Min Bahadur Bham, co-producer: EAVE graduate Verona Meier, executive producer: Ruben Thorkildsen, associate producer: TTB graduate Jeremy Chua
THE DEVIL’S BATH by Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala, co-producer: EAVE graduate Bettina Brokemper
THE EMPIRE by Bruno Dumont, co-producer: EAVE graduate Dorothe Beinemeier
WHERE DO I BELONG TO by Meryam Joobeur, producer: EAVE graduate Sarra Ben Hassen, co-producers: EAVE graduates Dyveke Graver and Andrea Berentsen Ottmar

Encounters

ARCADIA by Yorgos Zois, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Maria Drandaki, co-producer: EAVE graduate Veselka Kiryakova
CIDADE; CAMPO by Juliana Rojas, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ingmar Trost, co-producer: EAVE graduate Simone Oliveira
DEMBA by Mamadou Dia, producer: EAVE graduate Nicole Gerhards
DIRECT ACTION by Guillaume Cailleau and Ben Russell, co-producer: EAVE graduate Michel Balagué
SOME RAIN MUST FALL by Qiu Yang, producer: TTB graduate Jeremy Chua, EAVE participant Alex Lo
THROUGH THE GRAVES THE WIND IS BLOWING by Travis Wilkerson, co-written and co-produced by EAVE graduate Ivan Peric

Panorama

AFTERWAR by Birgitte Stærmose, producers: EAVE Head of Studies Lise Lense-Møller, EAVE graduates Mark Lwoff, Misha Jaari, Fredrik Lange
ANDREA GETS A DIVORCE by Josef Hader, producers: EAVE graduates Arash T. Riahi, Sabine Gruber
BALDIGA – ENTSICHERTES HERZ by Markus Stein, producer: EAVE graduate Olaf Jacobs
BRIEF HISTORY OF A FAMILY by Jianjie Lin, co-producer: EAVE graduate Rikke Tambo Andersen
CHANGE project A BIT OF A STRANGER by Svitlana Lishchynska, producer: CHANGE graduate Anna Kapustina
CROSSING by Levan Akin, co-producer: CHANGE graduate Anna Khazaradze
CU LI NEVER CRIES by Pham Ngoc Lan, co-producers: TTB graduate and group leader Bianca Balbuena, TTB graduate Bradley Liew, EAVE graduates Verona Meier, Claire Lajoumard
DIARIES FROM LEBANON by Myriam El Hajj, producers: EAVE graduates Myriam Sassine, Carine Ruszniewski
I’M NOT EVERYTHING I WANT TO BE by Klara Tasovska, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jakub Viktorin
I SAW THREE BLACK LIGHTS by Santiago Lozano Álvarez, co-producer: EAVE MW graduate Gudula Meinzolt
THE OUTRUN by Nora Fingscheidt, co-producer: EAVE graduate, TTB group leader and German National Coordinator Jonas Weydemann

Forum

EAVE project MARIA’S SILENCE by Davis Simanis, producer: EAVE graduates Gints Grube, Inese Boka-Grube, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Kęstutis Drazdauskas
HOLY WEEK by Andrei Cohn, co-producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler
INTERCEPTED by Oksana Karpovych, co-producer: EAVE graduate Darya Bassel
OASIS OF NOW by Chee Sum Chia, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Fran Borgia
SLEEPING WITH A TIGER by Anja Salomonowitz, producer: EAVE graduate Antonin Svoboda
REAS by Lola Arias, producer: EAVE + graduate Gema Juarez Allen, EAVE graduate Ingmar Trost
REPRODUCTION by Katharina Pethke, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Julia Cöllen
SKIN IN SPRING by Yennifer Uribe, producer: EAVE MW graduate Rebeca Gutiérrez Campos
THE EDITORIAL OFFICE by Roman Bondarchuk, producer: Darya Bassel, co-producers: EAVE graduates Dagmar Sedláčková, Tanja Georgieva-Waldhauer, EAVE graduate and Slovak National Coordinator Katarina Krnacova
THE NIGHTS STILL SMELL OF GUNPOWDER by Inadelso Cossa, producer: CPI graduate Thomas Kaske, co-producer: EAVE graduate and Dutch National Coordinator Frank Hoeve, EAVE graduate Elisa Pirir
TRACES OF MOVEMENT BEFORE THE ICE by René Frölke, producer: EAVE graduate Ann Carolin Renninger

Forum Special

THOSE DAYS IN TEREZIN by Sibylle Schönemann, producer: EAVE graduate Heino Deckert

Generation

ABOVE THE DUST by Wang Xiaoshuai, producer: EAVE graduate Leontine Petit
DISCO AFRIKA: A MALAGASY STORY by Luck Razanajaona, producer: EAVE graduate Nicole Gerhards
ELBOW by Asli Özarslan, producer: PUENTES graduate Jamila Wenske, co-producers: EAVE graduates Guillaume Dreyfus, Delphine Schmit
MY SUMMER WITH IRENE by Carlo Sironi, producer: EAVE graduate Giovanni Pompili
PUENTES project REINAS by Klaudia Reynicke, producers: PUENTES and EAVE+ graduate Britta Rindelaub, EAVE participant Thomas Reichlin, EAVE+ graduate Valérie Delpierre
YOUNG HEARTS by Anthony Schatteman, producer: EAVE graduate Xavier Rombaut, co-producers: EAVE graduates Floor Onrust, Annabella Nezri

Berlinale Special

CUCKOO by Tilman Singer, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Tsigka
THE STRANGER’S CASE by Brandt Andersen, producer: EAVE graduate Ossama Bawardi

Berlinale Co-Production Market

ANTONIVKA by Kateryna Gornostai, producers: EAVE graduates Darya Bassel, Dagne Vildziunaite
A WOMAN BUILDS by Huang Ji, Ryuji Otsuka, producer: EAVE graduate and TTB group leader Fran Borgia
DIVORCE DURING THE WAR by Andrius Blazevicius, producer: EAVE and TTB graduate Marija Razgute
FOLK PLAY by Mirjana Karanovic, producer: EAVE graduate Snezana van Houwelingen, co-producer: EAVE participant Ulysse Payet
FRAGMENTS OF THIS BEAUTY by Burak Cevik, producer: EAVE graduate Ipek Erden
THE GIRL WITH THE LEICA by Alina Marazzi, producer: Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli
IDDA’S BREATH by Irene Dionisio, producer: EAVE graduate Giovanni Pompili
ICH BIN MARIKA by Hajni Kis, producer: EAVE graduate and Hungarian National Coordinator Viktoria Petranyi
LAST TRIP by Ziad Kalthoum, producer: EAVE graduate May Odeh
MARRIAGE By ABDUCTION by Sophia Mocorrea, producer: EAVE graduate Nicole Gerhards
REMAINS OF LIFE by Sevda Shishmanova, producer: EAVE graduate Veselka Kiryakova
SCREAMING GIRL by Antonio Lukich, producer: EAVE graduate Volodymyr Yatsenko
THE SIDE EFFECTS OF TRUSTING LIFE by Ahmad Ghossein, producer: EAVE graduate Myriam Sassine
TO DIE ON YOUR FEET by Maria Paz Gonzalez, producer: EAVE +, TTB and PUENTES graduate Giancarlo Nasi

Series Market Selects

SOVIET JEANS by Stanislavs Tokalovs, Juris Kursietis, producer: EAVE graduate and Latvian National Coordinator Aija Berzina
ZORRAS (TRAMPS) by Aritz Moreno, Ana Vázquez, produced in collaboration with EAVE graduate Merry Colomer

Co-Pro Series

DEATH TO LOVE by Carlota Pereda, producer: EAVE graduate Merry Colomer
MIRRORS by AIDA BEGIC, producer: EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Bosnia Herzegovina Amra Baksic Camo
THE CORONER’S ASSISTANT by Elina Psykou, producer: EAVE+ graduate Fenia Cossovitsa
THE PALM LINE by Fulvio Bernasconi, producer: EAVE + graduate Christof Neracher
THE WEREWOLF & RENÉE by Katrin Gebbe, producer: EAVE graduate Verena Gräfe-Höft
WOLVES by Sina Ataeian Dena, producer: EAVE graduate Heino Deckert

Rotterdam-Berlinale Express

HOLD TIME FOR ME by Fradique, producer: EAVE participant Laura Kloeckner
LES DIPLOMATES by Andreas Fontana, producer: EAVE graduate Eugenia Mumenthaler

Talent Project Market

ASTANA INTERNET STARS by Assel Aushakimova, producer: EAVE + and MW graduate Antoine Simkine
POGANA by David Kapac, producer: EAVE MW graduate Rea Rajcic
EAVE project BAD GAYS by Loïc Hobi, producer: EAVE graduate Michael Graf
UPTIGHT ASS by Matija Gluscevic, producer: TTB graduate and EAVE participant Carna Vucinic

Company Matching Programme

Hobab, Sweden (Nima Yousefi)
Special Touch Studios, France
Ukbar Filmes, Portugal (Pandora Da Cunha Telles)

Berlinale Talents

TTB graduate Taro Imai
EAVE graduate Michael Graf
EAVE graduate Fani Skartouli
EAVE MW graduate Tetiana Mala
EAVE MW graduate Kamila Dohnalova
EAVE MW graduate Rea Rajcic
EAVE graduate Clemens Köstlin
TTB graduate Huang Junxiang
TTB graduate and EAVE participant Čarna Vučinić
EAVE graduate Laurine Pelassy

Script Station

AWAITING BIRDS by Sofia Quiros, producer: PUENTES graduate Mariana Murillo
MARCH 14TH by Alberto Gross Molo, producer: EAVE MW graduate David Aymerich

SESSIONS IN COLLABORATION WITH EAVE

ACE Round Table Consultancy Sessions

EAVE CEO Kristina Trapp presented EAVE and its various programmes at the round table “Strategies on how to develop your project at International Training Platforms” in cooperation with ACE Producers.

ONLY WRITERS IN THE BUILDING

Only Writers In The Building is an international showcase of eleven talented writers committed to working professionally in the TV series industry, who have trained their drama writing skills within TorinoFilmLab and MIDPOINT Institute series-oriented intensive programmes. In collaboration with EAVE.

EFM Roundtable: #DocSafe Initiative

Presentation of #DocSafe, an initiative towards a Global Code of Conduct to make our documentary industry a safer space for all.

Speakers: Magdalene Reddy (DFMI), Nivedita Das (BGDM), EAVE CEO Kristina Trapp and Jane Mote (The Whickers) will share their experience and perspective with the group.

European Equity & Inclusion Pathways Seminar

EAVE is an ambassador of the EFM’s Equity and Inclusion Pathways seminar, funded by Creative Europe MEDIA and taking place yearly at the European Film Market 2023, 2024 and 2025. The Equity & Inclusion Pathways Seminar is an industry-wide consultation forum that brings together European decision-makers, advocacy groups, stakeholders and change-makers with the aim of shifting the needle regarding equity, inclusion and accessibility in terms of policymaking, strategy, measures and actions.

www.berlinale.de

Ibizacinefest – Ibiza International Independent Film Festival (February 17 – 26)

EL AGUA by Elena Lopez Riera, Producer: EAVE graduate Eugenia Mumenthaler, co-producer: EAVE graduate Alejandro Arenas

https://ibizacinefest.com

Dublin International Film Festival (February 22 – March 2)

ABOUT DRY GRASSES by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY by Elene Naveriani, producer: EAVE+ graduate Bettina Brokemper
DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon, co-producers: EAVE graduates Paul Thiltges, Adrien Chef, EAVE group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic, executive producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler
EAT / SLEEP / CHEER / REPEAT by Tanya Doyle, producer: EAVE graduate Daniel Hegarty
EAVE project MAMI WATA by C.J. “Fiery” Obasi, producer: EAVE graduate Oge Obasi
FOUR LITTLE ADULTS by Selma Vilhunen, producers: EAVE graduates Venla Hellstedt, Elli Toivoniemi
GREEN BORDER by Agnieszka Holland, producers: EAVE graduate Maria Blicharska, EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum
EAVE Marketing Workshop project HOUSEKEEPING FOR BEGINNERS by Goran Stolevski, producers: EAVE graduates Marija Dimitrova, Beata Rzezniczek, Jan Naszewski, National Coordinator Croatia Ankica Juric Tilic, National Coordinator Serbia Milan Stojanovic, PUENTES graduate Marcin Luczaj
LA CHIMERA by Alice Rohrwacher, producer: EAVE + graduate Carlo Cresto-Dina
OINK by Mascha Halberstad, producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot
OMEN by Baloji, producers: EAVE graduates Benoit Roland, Ellen de Waele
REAWAKENING written, directed and produced by EAVE graduate Virgina Gilbert
THE DELINQUENTS by Rodrigo Moreno, producer: EAVE graduate Ezequiel Borovinsky, EAVE and TTB graduate Gilles Chanial, co-producer: EAVE graduate Julia Alves
THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING by Timm Kröger, producers: EAVE graduates David Bohun, Sarah Born, Heino Deckert, Dario Schoch

https://diff.ie

Glasgow Film Festival (February 28 – March 10)

ABOUT DRY GRASSES by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach
DISCO BOY by Giacomo Abbruzzese, co-producer: EAVE graduate Maria Blicharska
DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon, co-producers: EAVE graduates Paul Thiltges, Adrien Chef, EAVE group leader and Croatian National Coordinator Ankica Juric Tilic, executive producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler
FALLING INTO PLACE by Aylin Tezel, producer: EAVE graduate, TTB group leader and German National Coordinator Jonas Weydemann
FOUR LITTLE ADULTS by Selma Vilhunen, producers: EAVE graduates Venla Hellstedt, Elli Toivoniemi
GREEN BORDER by Agnieszka Holland, producers: EAVE graduate Maria Blicharska, EAVE graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum
HESITATION WOUND by Selman Nacar, producers: EAVE graduates Guillaume de Seille, Oana Giurgiu
LA CHIMERA by Alice Rohrwacher, producer: EAVE+ graduate Carlo Cresto-Dina
MILK TEETH by Sophia Bösch, producers: TTB and EAVE graduate and German National Coordinator Jonas Weydemann
THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING by Timm Kröger, producers: EAVE graduates David Bohun, Sarah Born, Heino Deckert, Dario Schoch
THE INVISIBLE FIGHT by Rainer Sarnet, producer: EAVE graduate Katrin Kissa, co-producers: EAVE graduate Amanda Livanou, B’EST graduates Alise Gelze, Helen Vinogradov
THE VOURDALAK by Adrien Beau, producer: Interchange graduate Judith Lou Lévy