EAVE Producers Workshop 3, 2009 in Cardiff, Wales

EAVE is proud to announce that Cardiff will be the location of the 3rd EAVE Producers workshop in 2009 held in partnership with the Film Agency for Wales from November 16-23 at the hotel St. David’s Hotel & Spa. This workshop will be the culmination of a year’s work during which 51 participants from 27 European countries have been developing their production skills and projects (32 projects in total). Following the workshops 1 & 2 in Luxembourg (L) and Milan (IT), this workshop in Cardiff focuses on the direct contact with the international marketplace through one-to-one encounters with key decision makers.

In addition to the 32 projects developed during the year at EAVE, 6 projects from Wales and Northern Ireland will be presented in Cardiff. These are the result of a special “Taste of EAVE” programme organized by the Film Agency for Wales Wales, Skillset Cymru and Northern Ireland Screen and EAVE since September together with EAVE group leader Roshanak Behesht Nedjad.

Some 50 high-profile European professionals from the industry will join the workshop as decision makers: Jukka Asikainen/Finnish Film Foundation (FIN), Philippe Bober/The Coproduction Office (F/D/DK), Pauline Burt/Film Agency for Wales (UK), Gunnar Carlsson/Sveriges Television (SE), Peter Carlton/Warp Films (UK), Pepe Coira/Bren Entertainment (E), Frédéric Corvez/UMedia (F), László Demeter/Duna Television (HU), Peter Edwards/Film Agency for Wales (UK), Andrea Ernst/WDR (D), Leslie Finlay/Scottish Screen (UK), Hermann    Florin/Florin Film- und Fernsehproduktion (D), Ilze Gailïte Holmberg/National Film Centre of Latvia (LV), Dariusz Gajewski/Munk Studio (PL), Paul Gratton/Consultant, Canada Media Fund (CAN), Peter Gustafsson/Swedish Film Institute (SE), Sophie Haguet/Région Ile-de-France (F), Michael Haslund-Christensen/Danish Film Institute (DK), Sonja Heinen/Berlinale Co-Production Market, World Cinema Fund (D), Hugo Heppell/Screen Yorkshire (UK), Linda James/Wales Creative IP Fund (UK), Nadja Jumah/m-appeal (D), Eilish Kent/RTÉ (IRL), Jørgen Kristiansen/Scanbox Entertainment (DK), Brigitta Manthey/Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg (D), Stefano Massenzi/Lucky Red (IT), Marianne Moritzen/Danish Film Institute (DK), Amy Nelson/TVF International (UK), Deirbhile Ní Churraighín/TG4 (IRL), Xavier Parache/Institut Català de les Indústries Culturals (ICIC, ES), Simon Perry/Irish Film Board (IRL), Lili Pilt/Baltic Event (EE), Eva Poetsch/DOR FILM Köln (D), Keith Potter/Film Agency for Wales (UK), EwaPuszczynska/Opus Film (PL), Michel Reilhac/ARTE France Cinema (F), Philippe Reynaert/Wallimage (BE), Thorsten Ritter/Bavaria Film International (D), Lucas Schmidt/ZDF - Das kleine Fernsehspiel (D), Manfred Schmidt/Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (D), Patrick Sobelman/Agat Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo (F), Mira Staleva/Sofia International Film Festival (BG), Georg Steinert/ARTE (F), Roland Teichmann/Austrian Film Institute (AT), Jani Thiltges/Samsa Film - Liaison Cinématographique (L/F), Marit van den Elshout    /CineMart (NL), Monika Weibel/Frenetic Films (CH), Sasha Wieser/EastWest Filmdistribution (A), Peter Zawrel/Vienna Film Fund (AT), and Meinolf Zurhorst/ZDF-ARTE (D).

We will also present some of EAVE’s partners from the leading co-production markets in a panel session: Special guests Nadia Dresti (Open Doors), Marit van den Elshout (CineMart), Tine Fischer (DOX:FORUM), Sonja Heinen (Berlinale Co-Production Market), Jovan Marjanovic (CineLink), Lili Pilt (Baltic Event), Alexei Sokhnev (Moscow Co-production Forum), Mira Staleva (Sofia Meetings), and Jérémy Zelnik (Arc 1950 Coproduction Village) will talk about the opportunities these events offer.

In addition, the schedule offers plenary sessions, group work and individual meetings with EAVE experts and several guest experts: Thorsten Ritter (D) - World Sales, Laurence Kaye (UK) – Music Rights, Sibylle Kurz (D) – Pitching, Linda Beath (I) – Strategic Planning for Production Companies, Alan Fountain (UK) – Career Development, and Nikolaj Nikitin (D) - Festivals & Strategies and. EAVE legal expert Roberto Olla will hold a plenary session on the legal aspects of distribution.

Focus on local production: The schedule also includes a panel on Producing in Wales, as well as several screenings of local films such as the documentary MUGABE AND THE WHITE AFRICAN, produced by EAVE 1998 graduate Elizabeth Morgan Hemlock, and A BOY CALLED DAD, produced by EAVE 2004 graduate and Welsh National Coordinator Mark John.

During a special case study, EAVE graduate Tomas Leyers (Minds Meet, Belgium) will give insight into the success story of the project he brought to EAVE in 2006, LOST PERSONS AREA by Caroline Strubbe, which has been awarded the SACD Prize at the Semaine de la Critique in Cannes this year.

A special “Mini-Eave” with sessions, tailored to the requirements of the local professionals, will be organised. EAVE group-leaders Diana Elbaum will talk about how to approach Co-production in Europe and EAVE expert Sibylle Kurz will explore important aspects of Pitching: Lust or Must?. EAVE finance consultant Linda Beath will give an overview of Co-production finance in Europe and Welsh MEDIA Antenna representative Judy Wasdell will hold a plenary on How to access European Funding? Additionally, all the plenary sessions of the workshop are open to local professionals.

EAVE is grateful for sponsorship and support for workshop 3 2009 from: Film Agency for Wales, Welsh Assembly Government, Creative Business Wales, Skillset Cymru, Cardiff City Council and Welsh Producers Alliance (TAC).

The EAVE is supported by the MEDIA Programme of the European Union, Film Fund Luxembourg,  Filmfonds Wien, Mitteldeutsche Medienfoerderung, MFG-Filmfoerderung Baden-Wuerttemberg, Robert Bosch Filmstiftung, Berlinale Co-Production Market, and the partners who have hosted the workshops since 1988.

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