RENOIR in Competition in Cannes

Festivals May 2025

Hot Docs Festival (April 24 – May 4)

• AI WEIWEI'S TURANDOT by Maxim Derevianko, producer: EAVE MW graduate Marta Zaccaron
• CIRCUSBOY by Anna Koch, Julia Lemke, producer: EAVE participant Katharina Bergfeld
• COEXISTENCE, MY ASS! By Amber Fares, producer: EAVE graduate Valérie Montmartin
• EAVE CHANGE project 9-MONTH CONTRACT by Ketevan Vashagashvili, producer: EAVE CHANGE graduate Anna Khazaradze
• EAVE project YALLA PARKOUR by Areeb Zuaiter, producer: EAVE graduate Basel Mawlawi, executive producer: EAVE graduate Lisa Nyed
• HIGHER THAN ACIDIC CLOUDS by Ali Asgan, producer: EAVE participant Milad Khosravi
• KING MATT THE FIRST by Jasmina Wojcik, producer: EAVE MW graduate Agnieszka Rostropowicz
• MR NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN by David Borenstein, co-producer: EAVE graduate Radovan Sibrt
• MY BOYFRIEND THE FASCIST by Matthias Lintner, producer: EAVE graduate Martin Rattini
• NESHOMA by Sandra Beerends, producer: EAVE graduate Floor Onrust
• THE LAST AMBASSADOR by Natalia Halla, producers: EAVE graduates Peter Drössler, Arash T.Riahi, Sabine Gruber
• ULTRAS by Ragnhild Ekner, co- producer: EAVE graduate Monica Hellström
• WALLS – AKINNI INUK by Nina Paninnguaq Skydsbjerg, producer: EAVE graduate and Danish National Coordinator Emile Hertling Péronard
• WRITING HAWA by Najiba Noori, producer: EAVE graduate Renko Douze

https://hotdocs.ca/

 

OFF Camera Festival of independent Film, Krakow (April 25 – May 4)

• LE DERNIER SOUFFLE by Costa-Gavras, producer: EAVE graduate Alexandre Gavras
• GLIMMERS by Pilar Palomero, producer: EAVE+ graduate Valérie Delpierre
• MAMIFERA by Liliana Torres, producer: EAVE graduate Carla Sospedra
• PIERCE by Nelicia Low, producer: TTB graduate Jeremy Chua, EAVE graduate Izabela Igel
• RABIA by Mareike Engelhardt, producer: EAVE graduate Annabella Nezri
• RED PATH by Lotfi Achour, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart
• SANDBAG DAM by Cejen Cernic Canak, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Ankica Juric Tilic, co-producers: EAVE graduates Ieva Norviliene, Marija Stojanovic
• THE SAFE HOUSE (LA CACHE) by Lionel Baier, co-producer: EAVE graduate Vincent Quénault
• THE SHAMELESS by Konstantin Bojanov, executive producers: EAVE graduate Palmyre Badinier, EAVE+ graduate Philippe Coeytaux
• THREE DAYS OF FISH by Peter Hoogendoorn, producer: EAVE graduate Stienette Bosklopper
• WET MONDAY by Justyna Mytnik, producer: EAVE graduate Marta Gmosinska, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marianne Ostrat, Jakub Kostal

https://offcamera.pl/en

 

 

Southeast European Film Festival Los Angeles (April 30 – May 7)

• BEYOND THE FACE Anja Resman Jozko Rutar, Miha Cernec, Katarina Prpic
• DJ AHMET by Georgi M. Unkovski, producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Prpic
• MOTHER MARA by Mirjana Karanovic, producer: EAVE graduate Snezana van Houwelingen, co-producers: EAVE graduates Paul Thiltges, Adrien Chef
• NASTY, MORE THAN JUST TENNIS by Tudor Giurgiu, Tudor D. Popescu, Cristian Pascariu, producer: EAVE graduate Tudor Giurgiu
• ONE METER IS SIX CENTIMETERS by Jus Jeraj, Atila Urbancic, producer: EAVE graduate Marina Gumzi
• THE MAN WHO COULD NOT REMAIN SILENT by Nebojsa Slijepcevic, producers: EAVE graduates Katarina Prpic, Danijel Pek, co-producers: EAVE graduates Katya Trichkova, Bostjan Virc
• THE NEW YEAR THAT NEVER CAME by Bogdan Muresanu, producer: EAVE graduate Ada Solomon
• THE SKY ABOVE ZENICA by Nanna Frank Møller & Zlatko Pranjic, producer: EAVE Head of Studies Lise Lense-Møller

www.seefilmla.org

 

 

IndieLisboa – International Film Festival (May 1 – 11)

• ARMAND by Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel, producers: EAVE graduates Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, co-producers: EAVE graduates Fred Burle, Derk-Jan Warrink 
• BLUISH by Lilith Kraxner, Milena Czernovsky, producer: EAVE graduate David Bohun   
• DROWNING DRY by Laurynas Bareisa, co-producer: EAVE MW graduate Matiss Kaza
• HANAMI by Denise Fernandes, producer: EAVE graduate Eugenia Mumenthaler 
• ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL by Rungano Nyoni, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
• QUEENS OF DRAMA by Alexis Langlois, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland
• REFLECTION IN A DEAD DIAMOND by Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani, producer: EAVE graduate Gilles Chanial 
• THE BLUE TRAIL by Gabriel Mascaro, producers: EAVE graduates Rachel Daisy Ellis, Sandino Saravia Vinay, co-producers: EAVE graduates Giancarlo Nasi, Marleen Slot
• TIMESTAMP by Kateryna Gornostai, producer: EAVE graduate Reinier Selen, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marion Guth
• YOUTH (HARD TIMES) by Wang Bing, co-producers: EAVE graduates Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts, Gilles Chanial 
• YOUTH (HOMECOMING) by Wang Bing, co-producers: EAVE graduates Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts, Gilles Chanial
• YOUTH (SPRING) by Wang Bing, co-producers: EAVE graduates Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts, Gilles Chanial

https://indielisboa.com/en/

 

 

Docs Barcelona (May 2 – 12)

• EAVE CHANGE project 9-MONTH CONTRACT by Ketevan Vashagashvili, producer: EAVE CHANGE graduate Anna Khazaradze
• DABRUNEBA by Mar Garro Lleonart, producer: EAVE graduate Alba Sotorra
• HEIMAT IS A SPACE IN TIME by Thomas Heise, producer: EAVE graduate Heino Deckert
• ONLY ON EARTH by Robin Petré, producer: EAVE graduate Marieke Van Den Bersselaar 
• TIMESTAMP by Kateryna Gornostai, producer: EAVE graduate Reinier Selen, co-producer: EAVE graduate Marion Guth
• TWO STRANGERS TRYING NOT TO KILL EACH OTHER by Jacob Perlmutter, producer: EAVE graduate Signe Byrge Sørensen

https://docsbarcelona.com

 

 

International Documentary Film Festival Munich (May 7 – 18)

• AFTERWAR by Birgitte Stærmose, producers: EAVE Head of Studies Lise Lense-Møller, EAVE graduates Mark Lwoff, Misha Jaari
• EAVE CHANGE project 9-MONTH CONTRACT by Ketevan Vashagashvili, producer: EAVE CHANGE graduate Anna Khazaradze
• EAVE project FIUME O MORTE! by Igor Bezinovic, producers: EAVE graduates Tibor Keser, Marina Gumzi
• GIRLS & GODS by Arash T. Riahi & Verena Soltiz, producers: EAVE graduates Arash T. Riahi, Sabine Gruber
• ICE GRAVE by Robin Hunzinger, producer: EAVE graduate Cedric Bonin
• ONLY ON EARTH by Robin Petré, producer: EAVE graduate Marieke Van Den Bersselaar
• RASHID, THE BOY FROM SINJAR by Jasna Krajinovic, producer: EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes
• SOLIDARITY by David Bernet, producer: EAVE graduate Arek Gielnik, co-producer: Interchange graduate Samir
• SABAT by Anna Maria Beeck, producer: EAVE graduate Heino Deckert
• SILENT OBSERVERS by Eliza Petkova, producer: EAVE graduate Veselka Kiryakova
• SONGS OF SLOW BURNING EARTH by Olha Zhurba, producer: EAVE graduate Darya Bassel, Anne Köhncke
• TATA by Lina Vdovîi, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Lazurean-Gorgan
• THE GROUND BENEATH OUR FEET by Yrsa Roca Fannberg, producer: EAVE graduate Malgorzata Staron
• WE ALL BLEED RED by Josephine Links, producer: EAVE graduate Jamila Wenske

www.dokfest-muenchen.de

 

 

Millenium Docs Against Gravity Film Festival, Warsaw (May 12 – 21)

• ABOUT A HERO by Piotr Winiewicz, producer: EAVE graduate Rikke Tambo Andersen
• CAN’T FEEL NOTHING by David Borenstein, producer: EAVE graduate Katrin Pors, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin 
• MY DEAR THÉO by Alisa Kovalenko, producer: EAVE graduate Darya Bassel
• SILENT OBSERVERS by Eliza Petkova, producer: EAVE graduate Veselka Kiryakova
• SONGS OF SLOW BURNING EARTH by Olha Zhurba, producer: EAVE graduate Darya Bassel, Anne Köhncke
• SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D'ETAT by Johan Grimonprez, producer: EAVE graduate and Dutch National Coordinator Frank Hoeve
• SYMPHONY OF THE URSUS FACTORY by Jasmina Wojcik, producer: TTB participant Ioana Tatko
• THE LAST EXPEDITION by Eliza Kubarska, producer: EAVE graduate Monika Braid
• THE PRINCE AND THE DYBBUK by Elwira Niewiera, Piotr Rosolowski, producer: EAVE graduate Ann Carolin Renninger
• THINGS WE SAID TODAY by Andrei Ujica, producer: EAVE graduate Anamaria Antoci, Anda Ionescu
• TO CLOSE YOUR EYES AND SEE FIRE by Nicola von Leffern, Jakob Carl Sauer, producers: EAVE graduates Arash T. Riahi, Sabine Gruber
• TRANS MEMORIA by Victoria Verseau, producer: EAVE graduate Malin Hüber

http://docsag.pl

 

Cannes Film Festival (May 13 - 24)

In Competition 

• ALPHA by Julia Ducournau, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin
• RENOIR by Hayakawa Chie, producers: EAVE and TTB graduates Eiko Mizuno Gray, Fran Borgia, Yulia Evina Bhara, Alemberg Ang, TTB Head of Studies and EAVE+ graduate Christophe Bruncher
• THE HISTORY OF SOUND by Oliver Hermanus, co-producers: EAVE graduate Lara Costa Calzado, EAVE graduate and Italian National Coordinator Giovanni Pompili
• THE LITTLE SISTER by Hafsia Herzi, producer: PUENTES graduate Naomi Denamur
• SIRAT by Oliver Laxe, producer: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font
• TWO PROSECUTORS by Sergei Loznitsa, producer: B’EST graduate Alise Gelze
• FUORI by Mario Martone, executive producer: EAVE graduate Giorgio Magliulo
• THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonca Filho, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, EAVE graduate Leontine Petit
• EAGLES OF THE REPUBLIC by Tarik Saleh, producer: EAVE graduate Linda Mutawi, co-producer: EAVE graduate Monica Hellström
• ROMERIA by Carla Simon, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Zamora
• SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Ottmar Berensen, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic

Un Certain Regard

• THE MYSTERIOUS GAZE OF THE FLAMINGO by Diego Cespedes, producer: PUENTES graduate Giancarlo Nasi
• MY FATHER’S SHADOW by Akinola Davies Jr., executive producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
• THE GREAT ARCH by Stéphane Demoustier, producer: EAVE group leader Patrick Sobelman
• A PALE VIEW OF HILLS by Ishikawa Kei co-producers: EAVE graduates Mariusz Włodarski, Marta Gmosińska
• CARAVAN by Zuzana Kirchnerova, producer: EAVE graduate Dagmar Sedlackova
• PILLION by Harry Lighton, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney
• AISHA CAN’T FLY AWAY by Morad Mostafa, producer: EAVE graduate Ahmed Amer, EAVE graduate May Odeh 
• ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA by Arab et Tarzan Nasser, co-producers: EAVE graduates Edyta Janczak-Hiriart, Rashid Abdelhamid, Ahmed Amer, co-producer: EAVE graduate Dorothe Beinemeier
• PROMISED SKY by Erige Sehiri, producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri 
• THE LAST ONE FOR THE ROAD by Francesco Sossai, producer: Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli
• HEADS OR TAILS? by Matteo Zoppis, Alessio Rigo de Righi, producer: EAVE graduate Alex C. Lo, co-producer: TTB graduate Stefano Centini
• LOVE ME TENDER by Anna Cazenave Cambet, associate producer: EAVE graduate and Luxembourgish National Coordinator Bernard Michaux
• A POET by Simon Mesa Soto, co-producers: EAVE graduates Katharina Bergfeld, David Herdies, Heino Deckert, Michael Krotkiewski
• I ONLY REST IN THE STORM by Pedro Pinho, producer: TTB and EAVE graduate Filipa Reis, EAVE graduate Ioana Lascar

A POET © Ocultimo/Juan Sarmiento G.

 

Out of Competition

• THE RICHEST WOMAN IN THE WORLD by Thierry Klifa, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart

Cannes Premiere

• CONNEMARA by Alex Lutz, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland
• MAGELLAN by Lav Diaz, producer: TTB graduate Stefano Centini
• THE DISAPPEARANCE OF JOSEF MENGELE by Kirill Serebrennikov, co-producer: EAVE graduate Sandino Saravia Vinay
• THE LOVE THAT REMAINS by Hlynur Pálmason, producers: EAVE graduates Anton Máni Svansson Katrin Pors, co-producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri

Short Films Competition

• AASVOËLS (VULTURES) by Dian Weys, producer: EAVE graduate Anaïs Bertrand

Critics’ Week

In the Semaine de la Critique jury: EAVE and TTB graduate Yulia Evina Bhara

Feature Film Competition

• A USEFUL GHOST by Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke, co-producers: TTB graduate Karim Aitouna, EAVE graduate May Odeh
• IMAGO by Déni Oumar Pitsaev: co-producers: PUENTES graduate Géraldine Sprimont, EAVE graduate Anne-Laure Guégan
• KIKA by Alexe Poukine, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland
• LEFT-HANDED GIRL by Shih-Ching Tsou, executive producer: EAVE graduate Alex C. Lo
• REEDLAND by Sven Bresser, producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot

Short Film Competition

• ALISVERIS by Vasile Todinca, producer: EAVE graduate Ada Solomon
• BLEAT! by Ananth Subramaniam, producers: TTB graduates Bradley Liew, Choo Mun Bel

Short Film Special Screenings

• ERASERHEAD IN A KNITTED SHOPPING BAG by Lili Koss, producer: EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Bulgaria Vanya Rainova

Directors’ Fortnight

• WILD FOXES by Valéry Carnoy, producer: EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes
• LOYNES by Dorian Nour Jespers, produced by EAVE graduate Benoît Roland 
• HER WILL BE DONE by Julia Kowalski, producer : EAVE graduate Estelle Robin You
• YES! by Nadav Lapid, producer: EAVE graduate Judith Lou Lévy, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Marios Piperides

ACID

• A LIGHT THAT NEVER GOES OUT by Lauri-Matti Parppei, producer: EAVE graduate Ilona Tolmunen
• ENTRONCAMENTO by Pedro Cabeleira, co-producer: EAVE graduates Edyta Janczak-Hiriart
• OBSCURE NIGHT – "AIN’T I A CHILD?" by Sylvain George, producer: EAVE graduate Eugenia Mumenthaler
• THE BLACK SNAKE by Aurélien Vernhes-Lermusiaux, co-producers: PUENTES graduates Diana Bustamante Escobar, Paola Wink

Immersive Selection

• CECI EST MON CŒUR by Nicolas Blies & Stéphane Hueber-Blies, producer: EAVE graduate Marion Guth
• THE DOLLHOUSE by Charlotte Bruneau and Dominic Desjardins, producer: EAVE MW graduate Helène Walland
• THE EXPLODING GIRL VR by Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel, producer: EAVE graduate Mando Stathi
• BATTLEFIELD by François Vautier, producer: EAVE graduate Annabella Nezri
• FLOATING WITH SPIRITS by Juanita Onzaga, producers: EAVE graduates Emmy Oost, Donato Rotunno, EAVE MW graduate An Oost

Les cinémas du monde | La Fabrique Cinéma de l’Institut Français

• THE FLOWERS OF THE DEAD by Nuno Miranda, co-producer: EAVE graduate Janja Kralj
• THE PASSPORT by Rakan Mayasi, producer: EAVE graduate May Odeh
• TO LEAVE, TO STAY by Danech San, co-producer: TTB and EAVE graduate Yulia Evina Bhara
• WHAT FOLLOWS IS MY DEATH by Laura Baumeister, co-producer: EAVE graduate Barbara Sarasola Day

Frontières Platform

• MOTHERWITCH by Minos Papas, producer: EAVE graduate Darko Popov

Cannes Docs

• LESBIAN LINES by Cara Holmes, producer: EAVE graduate Evan Horan
• WAVE by Mariam Chachia, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Lazurean-Gorgan 
• MAGNETIC LETTERS by Demie Dangla, producer: EAVE graduate Laura Kloeckner
• SOMETHING FAMILIAR by Rachel Close, producer: EAVE graduate Monica Lazurean-Gorgan
• THE PRODUCTION OF THE WORLD by Brett Story, producer: EAVE graduate Elhum Shakerifar
• SARKASH by Sophie Schrago, producer: EAVE graduate Heejung Oh
• TWO MOUNTAINS WEIGHING DOWN MY CHEST by Viv Li, producer: EAVE graduate Olivia Sophie Van Leeuwen
• EVERYBODY TO KENMURE STREET by Felipe Bustos Sierra, producer: EAVE graduate Ciara Barry
• LOVE LETTERS by Daniel Cook, producer: EAVE graduate James Heath
• YOUR HONOUR by Bircan Birol, producer: EAVE graduate Reece Cargan
• BERLINER by CHANGE graduate Anna Khazaradze, producer: EAVE+ graduate Nino Chichua
• DEAR by Ramona Mos, producer: EAVE graduate Julia Cöllen
• HOPE AGAINST HOPE by Omid Alayhe Omid, producer: TTB Head of Studies and EAVE+ graduate Christophe Bruncher, EAVE participant Anita Norfolk

Great 8 Showcase

• LEARNING TO BREATHE UNDER WATER by Rebekah Fortune, executive producer: EAVE graduate Amy Gardner
• MISSION by Paul Wright, co-producer: EAVE graduate Stelana Kiiris

Cinema de demain

Focus COPRO’ 2025

• MY NAME IS NINA SHAKIRA by Samuel Suffren, producer: EAVE graduate Carine Ruszniewski

FOCUS WIP

• GOATS! by Tonci Gacina, producer: EAVE graudate Tibor Keser
• SONG OF SLEEPLESS NIGHTS by Madli Laane, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Ostrat

Collaboration EAVE & Focus COPRO': consultations by EAVE graduate Vicky Miha and EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri for Focus COPRO' participants

Producers on the Move  

15 out of 20 PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE by the European Film Promotion networking platform are EAVE graduates:

• Blerina Hankollari, Atlab, Albania
• Andi G Hess, Schubert Film, Austria
• Géraldine Sprimont, Need Productions, Belgium
• Magdelena Ilieva, Little Wing Productions, France
• Tamara Babun Zovko, Wolfgang & Dolly, Croatia
• Lionel Massol, Films Grand Huit, France
• Fred Burle, One Two Films, Germany
• Claudia Sümeghy, JUNO11 Pictures, Hungary
• Deirdre Levins, Fantastic Films, Ireland
• Vincent Quénault, Red Lion, Luxembourg
• Bojana Radulovic, Code Blue Production, Montenegro
• Agnieszka Wasiak, Lava Films, Poland
• Carla Fotea, microFILM, Romania
• Eliza Jones, Grand Slam Film, Sweden
• Thomas Reichlin, Alva Film, Switzerland

EAVE @ Cannes Producers Network

Network EAVE is proud to be partner of the Cannes Producers Network! 

EAVE Deputy CEO Satu Elo is a Producers Network Guest of Honour on Sunday, May 18, 2025.

EAVE graduate and National Coordinator for Asia Liza Dino will be moderating at the Producers Network.

In the framework of this partnership 5 EAVE graduates have been selected:

• Raphaël Gindre, RG FILMS, France 
• Claire Mc Cabe, Pipedream Productions, Ireland 
• Renko Douze, Een van de jongens, Netherlands 
• Dimitris Logiadis, Filmiki Productions, Greece 
• Ilona Tolmunen, MADE, Finland 

Also participating in the Cannes Producers Network:

Jakub Kostal BIONAUT * Julie Markova Zackova NOCHI FILM * Juliana Vicente PRETA PORTÊ FILMES * Cristina Badea ADENIUM FILM * Joe Balass COMPASS PRODUCTIONS * Ciara Barry BARRY CRERAR LTD * Virginia Bogliolo TARKIOFILM * Enrica Capra GRAFFITI DOC * Patricia Chica FLIRT FILMS * Arthur Cohen ELEMENTARY * Jiries Copti PALESTINE FILM INSTITUTE * Marta Cruanas CANADA * Ingrid Lill Hogtun BARENTSFILM * Zivile Gallego FRALITA FILMS * Yanick Létourneau PERIPHERIA * Mika Ritalahti SILVA MYSTERIUM * Marju Lepp FILMIVABRIK * Britta Rindelaub ALVA FILM * Gints Grube MISTRUS MEDIA * Alexandra Hoesdorff DEAL PRODUCTIONS * Carles Torras ZABRISKIE FILMS * Patrice Nezan LES CONTES MODERNES * Gentzane Martinez de Osaba  * Ryan Singh RYAN SINGH PRODUCTIONS * Luana Lobo MARIA FARINHA FILMES * Estela Valdivieso Chen SERENDIPITY * Patricia D’Intino GOOD KIDS * Alba Sotorra Clua ALBA SOTORRA S.L. * Judith Lichtneckert EMILIA PRODUCTIONS * Marina Oliva MARIA FARINHA FILMES * Heejung Oh SEESAW PICTURES * Milad Koshravibaledi SEVEN SPRINGS PICTURES * Pedro Soulé KRIOLSCOPE * Alex C. Lo CINEMA INUTILE * Anna Kapustina ALBATROS COMMUNICOS * Natalia Pavlove OTHER STORIES * Sebastian Caballero RED COLLISION STUDIOS * Linus Günther KLINKERFILM PRODUCTION * May Odeh MAYANA FILMS * Marta Gmosinska LAVA FILMS * Supatsa Thipsena WHITE LIGHT STUDIO * Sophie Ahrens SCHULDENBERG FILMS * Olha Tuharinova OLHA TUHARINOVA

Marché du Film

• AKIKO, THE FLYING MONKEY by EAVE graduate Veit Helmer, sales: Loco Films
• A LIGHT THAT NEVER GOES OUT by Lauri-Matti Parppei, producer: EAVE graduate Ilona Tolmunen, sales: Patra Spanou Film
• AISHA CAN’T FLY AWAY by Morad Mostafa, producers: EAVE graduates Ahmed Amer,  May Odeh, sales: Mad Solutions
• ALPHA by Julia Ducournau, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubin, sales: Filmnation
• CARAVAN by Zuzana Kirchnerova, producer: EAVE graduate Dagmar Sedlackova, sales: Alpha Violet
• CICADAS by Ina Weisse, co-producer: EAVE graduate Sebastien Haguenauer, sales: Beta Cinema
• CIRCUSBOY by Anna Koch, Julia Lemke, producer: EAVE participant Katharina Bergfeld
• CUERPO CELESTE by Nayra Ilic, producer: PUENTES graduate Alessandro Amato, sales: Intramovies 
• CONNEMARA by Alex Lutz, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland, sales: Studiocanal
• DJ AHMET by Georgi M. Unkovski, producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Prpic, sales: Films Boutique
• EAGLES OF THE REPUBLIC by Tarik Saleh, producer: EAVE graduate Linda Mutawi, co-producer: EAVE graduate Monica Hellström, sales: Playtime
• FUORI by Mario Martone, executive producer: EAVE graduate Giorgio Magliulo, sales: Goodfellas
• HEADS OR TAILS? by Matteo Zoppis, Alessio Rigo de Righi, producer: EAVE graduate Alex C. Lo
• HER WILL BE DONE by Julia Kowalski, producer : EAVE graduate Estelle Robin You, sales: WTFILMS
• I ONLY REST IN THE STORM by Pedro Pinho, producer: TTB and EAVE graduate Filipa Reis, EAVE graduate Ioana Lascar, sales: Terratreme Filmes
• KIKA by Alexe Poukine, producer: EAVE graduate Benoit Roland, sales: Totem Films
• LA FURIA by Gemma Blasco, producer: PUENTES graduate Mireia Graell, sales: Filmax
• LA PETITE DERNIÈRE by Hafsia Herzi, producer: PUENTES graduate Naomi Denamur, sales: MK2 Films
• LOVE ME TENDER by Anna Cazenave Cambet, associate producer: EAVE graduate Bernard Michaux, sales: Be for Films
• LOYNES by Dorian Nour Jespers, produced by EAVE graduate Benoît Roland, sales: Flanders Image 
• MAMA by Or Sinai, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marco Valerio Fusco, Aneta Zagorska, sales: Intramovies
• MANAS by Marianna Brennand, producer: EAVE graduate Luis Galvão Teles, sales: Bendita Film Sales
• MY UNCLE JENS by Brwa Vahabpour, co-producer: EAVE graduate Anda Ionescu, sales: Intramovies
• OBSCURE NIGHT – "AIN’T I A CHILD?" by Sylvain George, producer: EAVE graduate Eugenia Mumenthaler
• ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA by Arab et Tarzan Nasser, co-producers: EAVE graduates Edyta Janczak-Hiriart, Rashid Abdelhamid, sales: The Party
• PANOPTICON by George Sikharulidze, producer: EAVE graduate Vladimer Katcharava, co-producer: EAVE graduate Anamaria Antoci, sales: MMM Film Sales
• REEDLAND by Sven Bresser, producer: EAVE graduate Marleen Slot, sales: The Party
• RENOIR by Hayakawa Chie, producers: EAVE and TTB graduates Eiko Mizuno Gray, Fran Borgia, Yulia Evina Bhara, Alemberg Ang, TTB Head of Studies and EAVE+ graduate Christophe Bruncher, sales: Goodfellas
• ROMERIA by Carla Simon, producer: EAVE graduate and Spanish National Coordinator Maria Zamora, sales: MK2 Films
• SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier, producer: EAVE graduate Andrea Ottmar Berensen, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Lizette Jonjic, sales: MK2 Films
• SIRAT by Oliver Laxe, producer: PUENTES graduate Xavi Font, sales: The Match Factory
• THE BLACK HOLE by Moonika Siimets, producer: EAVE graduate and Estonian National Coordinator Riina Sildos, EAVE graduate Jussi Rantamäki, sales: Reel Suspects
• THE BLACK SNAKE by Aurélien Vernhes-Lermusiaux, co-producers: PUENTES graduates Diana Bustamante Escobar, Paola Wink, sales: MPM Premium
• THE COURAGEOUS by Jasmin Gordon, producer: EAVE graduate Brigitte Hofer
• THE DISAPPEARANCE OF JOSEF MENGELE by Kirill Serebrennikov, co-producer: EAVE graduate Sandino Saravia Vinay, sales: Kinology
• THE FOXES ROUND by Valéry Carnoy, producer: EAVE graduate Julie Esparbes, sales: The Party
• THE GREAT ARCH by Stéphane Demoustier, producer: EAVE group leader Patrice Sobelman, sales: Le Pacte
• THE ICE TOWER by Lucile Hadzihalilovic, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ingmar Trost, sales: Goodfellas
• THE LAST AMBASSADOR by Natalie Halla, producers: EAVE graduates Arash T.Riahi & Sabine Gruber, sales: The Party
• THE LAST ONE FOR THE ROAD by Francesco Sossai, producer: Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli, sales: Lucky Number
• THE LOVE THAT REMAINS by Hlynur Pálmason, producers: EAVE graduates Anton Máni Svansson, Katrin Pors, co-producer: EAVE graduate and group leader Didar Domehri, sales: New Europe Film Sales
• THE MYSTERIOUS GAZE OF THE FLAMINGO by Diego Cespedes, producer: PUENTES graduate Giancarlo Nasi, sales: Charades
• THE RICHEST WOMAN IN THE WORLD by Thierry Klifa, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart, sales: Playtime
• THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonca Filho, co-producers: PUENTES graduate Fred Burle, EAVE graduate Leontine Petit, sales: MK2 Films
• THE SHADOW by Yaak Kilmi, producer: EAVE+ graduate Kristian Taska
• THE WOLF, THE FOX & THE LEOPARD by David Verbeek, producer: EAVE graduate Leontine Petit, co-producers: EAVE graduates Alexandra Hoesdorff, Sinisa Juricic, sales: Level K
• TWO PROSECUTORS by Sergei Loznitsa, producer: B’EST graduate Alise Gelze, sales: Coproduction Office
• A POET by Simon Mesa Soto, co-producers: EAVE graduates Katharina Bergfeld, David Herdies, Heino Deckert, Michael Krotkiewski, sales: Luxbox
• YES! by Nadav Lapid, producer: EAVE graduate Judith Lou Lévy, co-producers: EAVE graduates Jonas Dornbach, Marios Piperides, sales: Les Films du Losange
• YUNAN by Ameer Fakher Eldin, producers: EAVE graduates Dorothe Beinemeier, Marco Valerio Fusco, Tony Copti, EAVE participant Jiries Copti, sales: Intramovies

May 17

10:00–11:00 
EAVE IMPACT THINK TANK: Inclusive Co-Productions – Building New Frameworks

- in partnership with Marché du Film

This panel offers a first look at key recommendations from EAVE’s 2025 Report on Inclusive Co-Productions, shifting the focus from challenges to solutions. Producers will share practical strategies for financing, fair deals, community-minded distribution, and equitable collaboration. Through real-world case studies, the discussion explores how to build trust in cross-border partnerships and cultivate harmony in multinational teams, equipping producers with actionable tools for ethical co-productions

Moderator: Tamara Dawit (Gobez Media, Canada, Ethiopia)

Speakers: Emile Hertling Péronard (Ánorâk Film, Denmark & Greenland), Jennifer Sabbah-Immagine (BIG SISTER & JSI Consultant, FR), Myriam Sassine (La Niña Cinema, France & Lebanon), Daniela Mujica (Productions Ocho, Canada)

@ Palais Stage, Level -1, Palais des Festivals

 

15.30-16.30

EAVE ImpAct session: Audiences: Profile your business targets and final viewers

- in partnership with Marché du Film

Alya Belgaroui-Degalet, Marketing Director at Pathé International (with former experience at mk2 and Goodfellas), and Sarah Calderón, CEO of The Film Agency, will present a comprehensive overview of their targeting and audience profiling techniques. Both promotion professionals co-direct the EAVE Marketing Workshop, where they emphasize the importance of a concrete targeting strategy before undertaking any promotion steps in the audiovisual industry. Alya will detail B2B targeting tools such as benchmarking, sales agent and distribution mapping, and a concrete list of marketing materials to prepare at the sales stage. Sarah, on her end, will present behavior-driven audience studies from various countries and offer tips and techniques to establish concrete and coherent B2C audience plans throughout the development, production, and launch processes.

@ Producers Club (Lérins), Palais des Festivals

 

May 18 

10.00-11.00 

La Fabrique des Cinémas du Monde: EAVE presentation

- in partnership with La Fabrique

EAVE CEO Kristina Trapp will give insight into EAVE’s activities and workshop programmes.

@ Adosom, 16 Avenue Windsor

 

11:00 – 12:30

SPOTLIGHT ASIA: Roadmap to Co-Production with Asia Funding Landscape

- in partnership with Marché du Film

A dedicated platform for connecting over 20 fund representatives from diverse continents to showcase their unique funding opportunities for development, production, post-production, and connect with producers who are interested in international co-production with Asia.

Moderators: TTB Head of Studies Christophe Bruncher ( Ici et Là Productions, France), Lorna Tee (Asian Film Alliance Network)

@ Producers Club (Lérins), Palais des Festivals

 

17.30-19.00

SPOTLIGHT ASIA: TTB/EAVE case study of RENOIR

- in partnership with Marché du Film

After « Plan 75 » received the Camera d'Or Special Mention in Cannes, Chie Hayakawa returns with her second feature « Renoir ». This case study features the journey of its international co-producers, reflecting on the creative and logistical challenges of bringing the project to life. The session offers a candid look into the realities of co-producing across borders, exploring both the successes and the struggles behind the scenes. 

Moderator: TTB Head of Studies Christophe Bruncher ( Ici et Là Productions, France)

Speakers: EAVE and TTB graduate Eiko Mizuno-Gray and Jason Gray (Loaded Pictures, Japan)

@ Producers Club (Lérins), Palais des Festivals

 

 

Zlin Film Festival (May 29 – June 6)

• BRIDES by Nadia Fall, producer: EAVE graduate Marica Stocchi
• CIRCUSBOY by Anna Koch, Julia Lemke, producer: EAVE participant Katharina Bergfeld 
• DJ AHMET by Georgi M. Unkovski, producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Prpic
• HONEY by Natasha Arthy, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Stevnbak Westergren
• I ACCIDENTALLY WROTE A BOOK by Nora Lakos, producer: EAVE graduate Joram Willink
• KEVLAR SOUL by Maria Eriksson-Hecht, producer: EAVE graduate Lizette Jonjic, co-producers: EAVE graduates Misha Jaari, Mark Lwoff
• SMALL DOGS BARK LOUD by Nora Nivedita Tvedt, producer: EAVE graduate Lillian Løvseth 
• THE SECRET FLOOR by Norbert Lechner, producer: EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher- Ivanceanu
• WET MONDAY by Justyna Mytnik, producer: EAVE graduate Marta Gmosinska, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marianne Ostrat, Jakub Kostal

https://program.zlinfest.cz/en

 

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