Awards Box Office On Screen Successes

EAVE graduates have won numerous top national and international prizes for their films in addition to a flow of cinema releases and television broadcasts. For further information see the EAVE newsletters

Oscars® 2007: The Last King of Scotland by Kevin Macdonald, produced by EAVE 1991 graduate Andrea Calderwood (Slate Films, UK) in the category Best Actor and The Danish Poet by Torill Kove, produced by EAVE 2003 graduate Lise Fearnley (Mikrofilm AS, NO) in the category Best Animated Short Film

Gijon 2006: Fipresci Prize for Ultranova by Bouli Lanners, produced by EAVE 2000 graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart

Venice 2006: Special Jury Prize for Daratt by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, co-produced by EAVE 1994 graduate & group leader Diana Elbaum (Entre Chien et Loup, B)

IDFA 2006: Silver Cup for My Eyes by Erlend E. Mo, produced by EAVE group leader Lise Lense-Møller (Magic Hour Films, DK) and Special Prize of the Joris Ivens Jury Tenders Heart, Wild Beach by A. Rastorguev, V. Mansky and S. Baranzhieva produced by EAVE 1995 graduate Heino Deckert (MA.JA.DE, D)

San Sebastian 2006 Altadis New Directors Award for Fair Play by Lionel Bailliu, co-produced by EAVE 1994 graduate & group leader Diana Elbaum (Entre Chien et Loup, B)

Prix Arte 2006 For Best Documentary for Into Great Silence by Philip Gröning, co-produced by EAVE 1991 graduate Andres Pfaeffli (Ventura Film, CH)

Sarajevo 2006 Heart of Sarajevo Award for Das Fräulein by Andrea Staka, co-produced by EAVE 2003 graduate Susann Rüdlinger (Dschoint Ventschr, CH

Locarno 2006 Golden Leopard for Das Fräulein by Andrea Staka, co-produced by EAVE 2003 graduate Susann Rüdlinger (Dschoint Ventschr, CH)

Locarno 2006 The Golden Leopard in the section Film Makers of the Present for Hounded by Angelina Maccarone, produced by EAVE 2001 graduate Ulrike Zimmerman (MMM Film Zimmermann & Co, D)

Cannes 2006 Golden Palm for The Wind that Shakes the Barley by Ken Loach, co-produced by EAVE 1991 graduate Ed Guiney (Element Films, IRL)

Cannes 2006 Camera D'Or for 12:08 East of Bucharest by Cornel Porumbiu, co-produced by EAVE 2006 graduate Daniel Burlac (42km films, F/RO)

Berlinale 2006: Golden Bear for Grbavica by Bosnian director Jasmila Zbanic, produced by EAVE 2004 graduate Boris Michalski (Noirfilm, D)

Rotterdam 2006: Lions Award and Tiscali Audience Award for Eden by Michael Hofmann, produced by EAVE 2001 graduate Michael Jungfleisch (Gambit Film- und Fernsehproduktion, D)

An outstanding success in 2006 was Comme t'y Es Belle by Lisa Azuelos, produced by EAVE 1992 graduate and president Jani Thiltges (Liaison Cinématographique, F) and Wild Bunch in co-production with Future Film (UK), Samsa Film (L) and EAVE 1994 graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum (Entre Chien et Loup, B) with more than 1 million spectators in France, Belgium and Luxembourg! The film thus figures among the most successful French Films in 2006.

Another French box office in 2006: Days of Glory by Rachid Bouchareb, co-produced by EAVE 2000 graduate Jacques-Henri Bronckart (Versus Productions, B) has reached an incredible total of 3,088,967 admissions.

Paul Verhoeven's The Black Book, co-produced by EAVE 1995 graduate Jens Meurer scores the best local opening of the year 2006 in the Netherlands with 682,624 euros. It will go on to become the 3rd highest grossing film of the year in the Netherlands with 6.8 mio euros.

Cannes Golden Palm-winner The Wind that Shakes the Barley by Ken Loach, co-produced by EAVE 1991 graduate Ed Guiney (Element Films, IRL) was the third most popular film at the Irish box office in 2006 with over 3.7 mio. euros.

Two Estonian local box office hits produced by EAVE graduates: The children's' animated film Lotte From Gadgetville with more than 53,000 admissions. The film was directed by Janno Põldma & Heiki Ernits and produced by EAVE 2004 graduate Riina Sildos (Eesti Joonisfilm, EE) and EAVE 1994 graduate Katrin Laur's children's film Ruudi produced by EAVE 2002 graduate Leander Carrell (Schmidtz Katze Filmkollektiv, D) which has reached 39,299 admissions.

Miss Montigny by Miel Van Hoogenbemt, producer: EAVE 2003 graduate Sébastien Delloye, co-producers: EAVE 1999 graduate Olivier Charvet, EAVE 1992 graduate Jani Thiltges, EAVE 1998 graduate Christine Alderson.

Pavee Lackeen by Perry Odgen, producer: EAVE 2001 graduate Martina Niland

Grbavica by Jasmila Zbanic, co-producer: EAVE 2004 graduate Boris Michalski

Anche Libero va Bene by Kim Rossi Stuart, producer: EAVE 1990 graduate Giorgio Magliulio

Taxidermia by György Pálfihas, co-producer: EAVE 2003 graduate Gabriele Kranzelbinder

Summer in Berlin by Andreas Dresen, producer: EAVE 1994 graduate and group leader Peter Rommel

Offset by Didi Danquart, producer: EAVE 2004 graduate Boris Michalski