The great finale of the EAVE 2011 European Producers Workshop in Lugano

Press release

The EAVE 2011 European Producers Workshop comes to a close with its third and last workshop in Lugano, Switzerland (October 24-31), organized in partnership with Conservatorio Internazionale Scienze Audiovisive (CISA) and supported by FOCAL.

During this final workshop, the 51 participants from 31 countries will have the opportunity to meet 56 high-profile European film industry professionals in pre-scheduled one-to-one meetings in order to pitch the 36 projects that have been developed during this year's EAVE training cycle. 

In addition to the 36 projects developed during the year at EAVE, 6 projects from Switzerland will be presented in Lugano to the EAVE decision makers in one-to-one meetings and in a public pitch. These were selected by EAVE and FOCAL after an open call for submissions.

This year, 43 key industry professionals have confirmed their attendance as decision makers: Philippe Bober / Coproduction Office (FR), Gunnar Carlsson / Sveriges Television (SE), Ralph Christians / Molten Rock Media (DE), Chris Collins / British Film Institute (UK), Frédéric Corvez / Urban Distribution International (FR), Daniel Dale / Independent Film Company (UK), Diana Elbaum / Entre Chien et Loup (BE), Elin Erichsen / Norwegian Film Institute (NO), Andrea Ernst / WDR (DE), Hermann Florin / Florin Film- und Fernsehproduktion (DE), Giulia Fretta / RSI Radiotelevisione Svizzera (CH), Ilze Gailite Holmberg / National Film Centre of Latvia (LV), Tarquin Glass / HanWay Films (UK), Gabor Greiner / Films Boutique (DE), Alessandro Gropplero / Friuli Venezia Giulia Audiovisual Fund (IT), Alice Hamlett / TVF International (UK), Sonja Heinen / World Cinema Fund (DE), Teun Hilte / Content Republic (UK), Petri Kemppinen / Finnish Film Foundation (FI), Danny Krausz / DOR FILM (AT), Pierre-Alexandre Labelle / Under The Milky Way (FR), Brigitta Manthey / Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg (DE), Karen Michael / ARTE - Society and Culture Department (FR), Marianne Moritzen / Danish Film Institute (DK), Anthony Muir / Film i Väst (SE), Deirbhile Ní Churraighín / TG4 (IE), Simon Ofenloch / ZDF/ARTE (DE), Agneta Perman / Sveriges Television (SE), Andres Pfaeffli / ventura film (CH), Keith Potter / Film Agency for Wales (UK), Ewa Puszczynska / Opus Film (PL), Piotr Reisch /SPI International Polska (PL), Philippe Reynaert / Wallimage (BE), Peter Rommel / Rommel Film (DE), Gabriele Röthemeyer / MFG Medien-und Filmgesellschaft Baden-Württemberg (DE), Jožko Rutar / Slovenian Film Centre (SI), Lucas Schmidt / ZDF – Das kleine Fernsehspiel (DE), Dirk Schürhoff / Beta Cinema (DE), Patrick Sobelman / Agat Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo (FR), Georg Steinert / ARTE (FR), Sasha Wieser / EastWest Filmdistribution (AT), Gamila Ylstra / Binger Filmlab (NL) and Peter Zawrel / Vienna Film Fund (AT).

We will also present some of EAVE's partners from the leading co-production markets: Special guests Julie Bergeron / Cannes Producers Network / Francophone Coproduction Meetings (FR), Gaïa Bidat / At 1950 Coproduction Village (FR), Nadia Dresti / Open Doors (CH), Tine Fischer / CPH:DOX (DK), Alessandro Gropplero / When East Meets West (IT), Sonja Heinen / Berlinale Co-Production Market (DE), Anna Katchko / Moscow Business Square / Spotlight: New Kazakh Cinema (RU/KZ), Jovan Marjanovic / CineLink Sarajevo Film Festival (BA), Annette Maye / Galway Film Fair (IE), Fabienne Moris / FIDlab (FR), Riina Sildos / Baltic Event (EE), Mira Staleva / Sofia Meetings (BG),Gülin Ustun / Meetings on the Bridge (TR), Jacobine van der Vloed / CineMart (NL) and Signe Zeilich-Jensen / Holland Film Meeting (NL) will present themselves and their events to the participants and be available for one-to-one meetings.

In addition, the schedule offers plenary sessions, group work and individual meetings with EAVE experts and guest experts: Linda Beath (IT) - Strategic Planning for Production Companies, Alan Fountain (UK) - Career Development, Laurence Kaye (UK) - Music Rights, Sibylle Kurz (DE) - Pitching, Nikolaj Nikitin (DE) – Festival strategies and Roberto Olla (FR) - Legal Aspects of Distribution.

In a special transmedia workshop, Aneta Lesnikovska (NL), Sarah Calderon (ES) and Vanesa Abajo Perez (NL) will give an introduction to transmedia & producing transmedia & finding your audiences in three consecutive interactive sessions. This brief hands-on workshop will take the shape of general brainstorming and set out a case study about a real project in development.

EAVE is delighted to give local film-professionals an opportunity to get a taste of EAVE. They are welcome to attend the plenary sessions. 

A special "Mini-EAVE" will be organized, with sessions tailored to the requirements of the local industry. EAVE Head of Studies Alan Fountain, CEO Kristina Trapp and Group Leaders Danijel Hocevar (Emotionfilm, Slovenia), Lise Lense-Møller (Magic Hour Film, Denmark), Roshanak Behesht Nedjad (Flying Moon Filmproduktion, Germany) and Jani Thiltges (Samsa Film, Luxembourg/Liaison Cinématographique, France) will engage in a brainstorming workshop with local industry representatives.

If you are a local film-professional and interested in attending, please contact Tiziana Conte: eave.lugano@gmail.com

EAVE is grateful for the support for the Workshop 3 2011 from:  Conservatorio Internazionale Scienze Audiovisive (CISA), Repubblica e Cantone Ticino, Dipartimento delle Finanze e dell’Economia, Office Fédéral de la Culture – OFC, FOCAL, Città di Lugano, Festival del film Locarno, Ticino Turismo, Ente turistico Lago Maggiore and Ente Regionale per lo Sviluppo del Locarnese e Vallemaggia (ERS-LVM).

The first two workshops of 2011 took place in Luxembourg (March 14-21) and Fiskebäckskil in Sweden (June 15-22).

For more information, please contact satu@eave.org

Best wishes, 

the EAVE team

Page published 13 October 2011. Updated 17 October 2011.