The EAVE 2021 PRODUCERS WORKSHOP cycle kicks off: adaptability, flexibility & creativity

press release

Bringing together 52 selected producers from 37 countries, the new EAVE Producers Workshop year starts with a new format and a two-fold first workshop, starting with a concentrated week of plenary sessions and various networking activities, and continuing with a week of group work and individual mentoring, during which the participants will develop the 32 selected projects (feature films, feature documentaries and doc and fiction series) and their entrepreneurial and creative skills.

Both the plenary week (March 7-12, online) and the group work week (April 12-19) are organized in partnership with Film Fund Luxembourg.

The EAVE 2021 participants were selected from 220 high profile applicants from 52 countries. The high number of applications not only shows the unwavering relevance of the programme, but also the need for producers in times like these to re-invent their role in the industry, rethink their slate and business model and diversify their companies.

EAVE embraces and promotes diversity and inclusion on all levels. One of the guiding principles of the selection for the Producers Workshop is to achieve a collective pool of people and projects, ideas and experiences, which will in itself enrich the entire workshop experience through added peer to peer learning. The diversity of company types and set-ups, creative approaches, projects, formats, genres, as well as production processes, distribution methods, and business models is crucial so that the producers at EAVE can share ideas and find new inspiration.

EAVE is continuously adapting the content and format of the workshops to the changing reality, with new online and hybrid modules, including new guest experts and topics, tackling the new realities for the producers of tomorrow.

EAVE Head of Studies Lise Lense-Møller states: “We are really excited to kick off the workshop with a super motivated, talented and diverse group of participants.  It is such a long process from application, through selection, to actual workshop, and it is always so gratifying to finally get together and start working.  Every year we watch the miracle of going from a group of strangers from all over the world, each fighting for excellence and survival in a challenged industry, to a tight-knit network of professionals building relationships for the future.”

The participants will start their EAVE journey under the guidance of EAVE Head of Studies Lise Lense-Møller (Magic Hour Films, DK), the four group leaders, Didar Domehri (Maneki Films, FR), Ankica Jurić Tilić (Kinorama, HR), Michael Kitzberger (Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion GmbH, AT) and Jani Thiltges (Samsa Film, LU); the script consultants Jacques Akchoti (FR), Martin Daniel (USA), Clare Downs (UK) and Ossi Nishri (IL), and documentary expert Sylvia Stevens (Faction Films, UK).

They are joined by the EAVE specialized experts - for Pitching: Sibylle Kurz (DE), Finance and Company Planning: Linda Beath (Ideal Filmworks, IT), Marketing: Constanza Arena (CinemaChile, CL) & Raquel Cabrera (The Film Agency, ES) and Legal Issues: Katrine Schlüter Schierbeck (The Law Factory, DK), who share their expertise in plenary and group work sessions as well as individual meetings.

 The plenary sessions are open for interested local professionals. For the detailed programme, please contact EAVE Programme Manager Satu Elo satu@eave.org.

EAVE expresses special gratitude for the support of Workshop 1 to:
Film Fund Luxembourg; CREATIVE EUROPE Desk Luxembourg - MEDIA sub-programme; Légère Premium Hotel Luxembourg.

 

EAVE is supported by the Creative Europe - MEDIA sub-programme of the European Union, Film Fund Luxembourg, Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée, Fondo Audiovisivo Friuli Venezia Giulia, PACT – the Producers Alliance for Cinema and Television, the Polish Film Institute, Doha Film Institute, Telefilm Canada, SODEC, IDM Südtirol Alto Adige, Projeto Paradiso, TRT - Turkish Radio and Television Corporation, Berlinale Co-Production Market and the partners who have hosted the workshops since 1988.

 

Selected participants of EAVE Producers Workshop 2021 are:

AUSTRIA

Lucas Czjzek, Golden Girls Film

 

BELGIUM

Maarten D’Hollander, Krater Films

Eva Kuperman, Stenola Productions

Hanne Phlypo, Clin d’oeil films

 

BRAZIL

Paulo Serpa, Meus Russos

 

CANADA

Andrée-Anne Frenette, Terre Innue

Amber Ripley, Goodbye Productions

 

CROATIA

Magdalena Petrović, LEWA productions

 

CZECH REPUBLIC

Dagmar Sedláčková, MasterFilm

 

DENMARK

Maria Møller Christoffersen, Beofilm Pictures

Emile Hertling Péronard, Ánorâk Film / Polarama Greenland

 

EGYPT

Kesmat Elsayed, See Media Production

 

ETHIOPIA

Mehret Mandefro, A51 Pictures

 

FINLAND

Marja Pihlaja, Tekele Productions

 

FRANCE

Alejandro Arenas, Les films du Worso

Julie Viez, Cinenovo

 

FRANCE / CANADA

Jeanne-Marie Poulain, Art & essai

 

FRANCE / UK

Fabien Westerhoff, Film Constellation

 

GERMANY

Jelena Goldbach, ZAK Film Productions

Regina Jorissen, 2Pilots Filmproduction

Tobias N. Siebert, BASIS BERLIN Filmproduktion

 

GREECE

Fani Skartouli, Faliro House Productions

 

HUNGARY

Petra Iványi, Filmteam

 

IRELAND

Daniel Hegarty, Marmalade Films

 

ITALY

Serena Alfieri

Roberto Cavallini, Albolina Film

 

LATVIA

Gints Grube, Mistrus Media

 

LUXEMBOURG

Vincent Quénault, Red Lion

 

MOLDOVA

Ion Gnatiuc, Niste Filme

 

MONTENEGRO

Bojana Radulovic, CODE BLUE Production

 

NETHERLANDS

Germen Boelens, Revolver Films

 

NORWAY

Ingvild Evjemo, 4 ½

Elisa Fernanda Pirir Ruiz, Mer Film

 

POLAND

Maria Gołoś, Rozbrat Films

Anna Stylińska, Harine Films

 

PORTUGAL / CAPE VERDE

Pedro Soulé, Kriolscope

 

RUSSIA

Katerina Mikhailova, Vega Film

 

SAUDI ARABIA

Abdulrahman Khawj, Cinepoetics Pictures

 

SERBIA

Nevena Savić, Cinnamon films

Biljana Tutorov, Wake Up Films

 

SLOVAKIA

Jakub Viktorin, nutprodukcia

 

SLOVENIA

Nina Robnik, Stara gara

 

SOUTH AFRICA

Nomakhosi Dali, Miss K Productions

 

SPAIN

Mar Medir, Catalan Films & TV

Carles Torras Perez, Zabriskie Films

 

SPAIN / USA

Roy Wol, Autonomous Pictures

 

SUDAN

Alyaa Musa, Black Balance Artistic Production

 

SWEDEN

Helene Adler, Gaea Produktion

Basel Mawlawi, Kinana Films

 

TURKEY

Sezgi Ustun San, Sezzfilm

 

UK

James Heath, Mallinson Television Productions

 

UKRAINE

Artem Koliubaiev, Mainstream Pictures

Page published 2 March 2021. Updated 29 March 2021.