The EAVE 2015 Producers Workshop ends in Strasbourg with a bang!
Press release
35 fresh projects, top notch decision makers, a live stream TV drama module accessible for all, a transmedia session, and a special VoD panel make the programme of this EAVE trans-border workshop with events in France and Germany.
The EAVE 2015 Producers Workshop comes to a close with its third and last workshop in Strasbourg, France (October 19–26), organized in partnership with MFG Medien- und Filmgesellschaft Baden-Württemberg, Strasbourg Eurométropole and Région Alsace.
57 high-profile decision makers have confirmed their attendance to discover the 35 projects developed during the workshop year and the 50 participants from 30 countries:
Salma Abdalla /AUTLOOK Filmsales (T), Jean-Baptiste Babin / Backup Media Group (FR), Robert Balinski /Polish Film Institute (PL), Stefano Basso / Fandango (IT), Delphyne Besse / Urban Distribution International (FR), Iwana Chronis / Hubert Bals Fund (NL), Marie-Soleil Courcy / Attraction Distribution (CA), Peggy Driessen / Netherlands Film Fund (NL), Elin Erichsen / Norwegian Film Institute (NO), Noemi Ferrer Schwenk / Danish Film Institute (DK), Nathan Fischer / Stray Dogs (FR), Adrienne Frejacques / ARTE France (FR), Marco Valerio Fusco / Intramovies (IT), Eve Gabereau / Soda Pictures (UK), Anna Glogowski / France 3 (FR), Alessandro Gropplero / Friuli Venezia Giulia Audiovisual Fund (IT), Alexis Hofmann / BAC Films (FR), Kasja Karwan / Premium Films (FR), Danny Krausz / DOR FILM (AT), Pierre-Alexandre Labelle / Under the Milky Way (FR), Ross McKenzie / Creative Scotland (UK), Tanja Meissner / Memento Films International (FR), Anthony Muir / Film Väst (SE), Jan Naszewski / New Europe Film Sales (PL), Simon Ofenloch / ZDF/ARTE (DE), Rickard Olsson / Picture Tree International (DE), Hanne Palmquist / Danish Film Institute (DK), Agneta Perman / SVT International (SE), Dorothee Pfistner / Neue Visionen (DE), Thomas Pibarot / Le Pacte (FR), Jan Roekens / Screen Flanders (BE), Peter Rommel / Rommel Film (DE), Manfred Schmidt / Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (DE), Katriel Schory / Israel Film Fund (IL), Georg Steinert / ARTE (FR), Hannah Thomas / Ffilm Cymru Wales (UK), Claudia Tronnier / ZDF – Das kleine Fernsehspiel (DE), Agathe Valentin / Pyramide (FR), Marie-Pierre Vallé / Wild Bunch (FR), Esther van Messel / First Hand Films (CH), Ana Vicente / Dogwoof (UK), Monika Weibel / Frenetic Films (CH), Christiana Wertz / BLS Südtirol - Alto Adige (IT), Jana Wolff / Pluto Film (DE) and Oliver Zeller / Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg (DE).
Various special guests from Europe’s leading co-production markets EAVE has partnerships with will be available for one-to-one meetings: Julie Bergeron / Producers Network / Rencontres de Coproduction Francophone / Frontières (FR), Martina Bleis / Berlinale Co-production Market (DE), Annette Brejner / The Financing Forum for Kids Content (SE), Iwana Chronis / CineMart (NL), Matthieu Darras / TorinoFilmLab (IT), Corina Dästner / Holland Film Meeting (NL), Alessandro Gropplero / When East Meets West (IT), Alice Guilbaud / Paris Coproduction Village / Arc 1950 Coproduction Village (FR), Mille Haynes / CPH:DOX (DK), Marge Liiske / Baltic Event (EE), Lindsay Peters / Frontières (CA), Ananda Scepka / Open Doors (CH), Mira Staleva / Sofia Meetings (BG) and Gülin Üstün / Meetings on the Bridge (TR).
In addition, the schedule offers plenary sessions, group work and individual meetings with EAVE experts and guests: Linda Beath (IT) - Strategic Planning for Production Companies, Sibylle Kurz (DE) - Pitching, Roberto Olla (EU) – Legal Aspects of Distribution and Sales, Nikolaj Nikitin (DE) - Festival strategies and Jani Thiltges (LU) - Career Development. Management coach Michael Comyn (The Fearless Organisation, IE) will give an introduction to the art of negotiation and train the participants in group sessions. Director of Crossover Labs Mark Atkin (UK) will give a transmedia session about the current stage of digital technologies. A panel session with Linda Beath and Amy Basil (MUBI, UK) will address the question of the financial impact of digital distribution of European films.
New live stream session - special feature about TV drama series: A special half-day module about TV drama production will be live streamed on the EAVE website (www.eave.org) on Wednesday, October 21 from 9:00-12:30. The TV Drama day will feature Marianne Gray from Yellow Bird (SE), Camilla Hammerich from DR (DK), Sandra Harms from Miso Film Sverige (SE) and Kristian Hoberstorfer from SVT (SE). The event will be moderated by Andrea Reuter (SE).
During the session “Producing with the Region”, Robert Lanig from MFG will present the existing opportunities for producers to co-produce with Baden-Württemberg, and Franck Vialle (Strasbourg Eurometropole) and Murielle Famy (Région Alsace) will give an overview of the same topic in Alsace.
Eurimages will be presented to the EAVE participants in a special panel session by Sergio Garcia and Susan Newman.
EAVE is delighted to give local film-professionals an opportunity to discover EAVE. They are welcome to attend the plenary sessions and the special "EAVE@Mannheim" workshop with tailor-made sessions for local professionals from both Baden-Württemberg and Alsace, taking place across the German border in the city of Mannheim. EAVE CEO Trapp will open the programme, after which welcome word and an introduction to production support in the region will be given by Dr. Carl Bergengruen (MFG), Franck Vialle (Strasbourg Eurométropole) and Murielle Famy (Région Alsace). EAVE Finance Expert Linda Beath (IT) will share her insight into Financing Strategies in Europe. Independent producer, and EAVE graduate Arek Gielnik (Indi Film, DE) will give a co-production case study on “Nelly’s Adventure”. Mark Atkin (UK) will give an overview of the state of the art in transmedia and digital technologies. EAVE Group Leader Lise Lense-Møller (Magic Hour Film, DK) will share her experience about co-producing and managing documentaries, and EAVE Group Leader Roshanak Behesht Nedjad (In Good Company, DE) will tackle the topic of Creative Producing in Co-productions. In addition, round tables will be organized to enhance networking between the French and German participants.
EAVE is grateful for the support for the Workshop 3 2015 from: MFG Medien- und Filmgesellschaft Baden-Württemberg, Strasbourg Eurometropole and Région Alsace. Other workshop partners include APAGE and ARTE GEIE.
The first two workshops of 2015 took place in Luxembourg (March 9-16) and Skopje, Macedonia (June 24 – July 1).
For more information, please contact satu@eave.org.
Page published 15 October 2015.
