The EAVE Producers Workshop’s 2019 edition kicks off in Luxembourg!

press release

In partnership with Film Fund Luxembourg, we are thrilled to welcome the selected 52 producers from 30 countries that have been chosen out of 180 applications to develop the 29 selected documentary, feature film and series projects and their entrepreneurial skills at the EAVE Producers Workshop 2019.

The first of 3 residential workshops takes place from March 8–15 at the Légère Premium Hotel Luxembourg.

Some highlights of the week:

- Building Story Worlds: Using selected EAVE projects as case studies, Juan DiazB (Kosmology World Building Institute, DE) will demonstrate how to build coherent story worlds when developing a film.

- Become a PMD/marketing expert: Sarah Calderon (The Film Agency, ES) will run a special ‘marketing incubator programme’ in the groups and over the whole year, offering an intense PMD marketing training in cooperation with the EAVE Marketing Workshop.

- Developing Documentaries: EAVE Head of Studies Lise Lense-Møller (Magic Hour Films, DK) will devote her plenary session to the specific questions and challenges related to the development of documentaries.

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 - Full House, FR), Ankica Juric Tilic (Kinorama, HR), Titus Kreyenberg (unafilm, DE) and Riina Sildos (Amrion, EE); the script consultants Clare Downs (UK), Jacques Akchoti (FR), Martin Daniel (USA), TV series consultant 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: Sarah Calderon (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.

We will also offer the EAVE producers opportunities to network with Luxembourg professionals as well as members of Europa International during a mingling evening co-hosted by Luxembourg City Film Festival and Creative Europe MEDIA Desk Luxembourg.
 
All 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, Cinema do Brasil, the Polish Film Institute, Doha Film Institute, Telefilm Canada, Berlinale Co-Production Market and the partners who have hosted the workshops since 1988.

Selected participants of EAVE Producers Workshop 2019 are:

ANGOLA
Jorge Cohen, Geração 80 Produções, Lda.

AUSTRIA
David Bohun, PANAMA Film KG

BELGIUM
Julie Esparbes, Hélicotronc

CANADA
Kaleena Kiff, Curiosity Pictures

CROATIA
Tamara Babun, Wolfgang&Dolly LLC
Bojan Kanjera, Sekvenca
Tibor Keser, Restart

CUBA
Claudia Calvino, Producciones de la 5ta Avenida

CZECH REPUBLIC
Marek Novák, Xova Film, s.r.o.

DENMARK
Jón Hammer, Adomeit Film ApS
Marie Schmidt Olesen, Northern Souls/ Autonomi Ltd

EGYPT
Ayman El Amir, Felucca Films

FINLAND
Oskari Huttu, Lucy Loves Drama
Tiina-Mari Pitkänen, Bufo Ltd.

FRANCE
Yohann Comte, CHARADES
Edyta Janczak-Hiriart, Kometa Films
Cécile Lestrade, Alter Ego Production
Caroline Nataf, UNITE DE PRODUCTION

GERMANY
Michel Balagué, Volte Slagen
Daniel Ehrenberg
Julia Wagner, HEARTWAKE films GmbH

INDIA
Mathivanan Rajendran, Stray Factory

IRELAND
Lindsay Campbell, Underground Films Ltd.
Garret Daly, Mixed Bag Media
Deirdre Levins, Fantastic Films

ITALY
Birgit Oberkofler, IDM Südtirol – Alto Adige
Sarah Pennacchi, Tico Fim Company S.r.l.
Marica Stocchi, Rosamont srl

LEBANON
Jessica Khoury, JD Kooks
Myriam Sassine, Abbout Productions

LUXEMBOURG
Adrien Chef, Paul Thiltges Distributions
André Fetzer, AMOUR FOU LUXEMBOURG

NETHERLANDS
Olivia Sophie Van Leeuwen, HALAL docs B.V

NIGERIA
Ogechukwu Obasi, Fiery Film Company

NORWAY
Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, Oslo Pictures

POLAND
Agnieszka Dziedzic, Koi Studio
Beata Rzezniczek, Madants

QATAR
Aisha Al-Jaidah, Blue Penguin Animation

ROMANIA
Aurelian Nica, KINETOSCOP
Diana Paroiu, Hi Film Productions & Micro Film

SERBIA
Dragana Jovovic, Theory at Work / Non-Aligned Films
Marija Stojanovic, SENSE Production
Tijana Visnjic, SOUL FOOD FILMS

SLOVAKIA
Wanda Adamik Hrycova, Wandal Production

SLOVENIA
Bojan Mastilovic, Iridium Film

SPAIN
Gaspar Broullón

SWEDEN
Michael Krotkiewski, Momento Film
Jon Nohrstedt, SF Studios Production
Sofie Palage, Warner Bros. ITVP Sverige AB

SWITZERLAND
Yves Bouzaglo, Lunica Productions Ltd

UK
Geoff Arbourne, Inside Out Films
Elhum Shakerifar, Hakawati

Page published 5 March 2019.