WOMAN UNKNOWN wins Golden Lion for Best Film

Awards September 2026

VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

• WOMAN UNKNOWN by May el-Toukhy, co-producer: EAVE graduate Esko Rips won Golden Lion for Best Film and Coppa Volpi for Best Actress (Mathilde Arcel)
• FALLING HOUSE by Mohsen Gharaie, producer: EAVE graduate Milad Khosravi, co-producer: EAVE graduate Solmaz Azizi received the Orizzonti Award for Best Actress (Laleh Marzban)
• I MATTER by Alina Serban, producers: EAVE graduates Carla Fotea, Ada Solomon received The Armani Beauty Audience Award

https://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/2026

TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

• MAMMALIA by Elia Kalogianni, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ioanna Bolomyti won Best International Short Film

https://www.tiff.net/

CINEMATIK INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

• FATHERLAND by Pawel Pawlikowski, producer: FFF graduate Lorenzo Gangarossa won the Meeting Point Europe Award
• IGOR AND AFTER by Ivan Ostrochovský, producers: EAVE graduates Tomáš Michálek and Katarína Tomková, MW graduate Martina Netíková received the Cinematik.doc Literary Fund Award
• WE HAVE TO SURVIVE by Tomáš Krupa, co-producers: EAVE+ and MW graduates Peter Drössler and EAVE graduate Arash T. Riahi won the Mayor's Award of the Town of Piešťany

https://cinematik.sk/

FILMKUNSTMESSE LEIPZIG

• FATHERLAND by Pawel Pawlikowski, producer: FFF graduate Lorenzo Gangarossa won Best Film
• BIERMANN by Jens Meurer, producer: EAVE graduate Jens Meurer won Best Documentary Film

https://filmkunstmesse.de/ 

SERIESLY BERLIN

• THE MAN BEHIND A MASK, created by Anna Kalnina, producer: EAVE and MW graduate Sergei Serpuhov won the Seriesly Berlin co-pro pitches 2026

https://www.serieslyberlin.com/

Page published 30 September 2026.