For the second consecutive time, ACE Producers has selected 3 upcoming producers based in the Netherlands to participate in the ACE Mentoring Programme NL 2022. The programme aims to support Dutch emerging producers in reaching the next level of experience and developing their international network.

The selected participants have been matched to a mentor of the ACE Producers Network according to their specific personal needs. The mentorship includes meetings throughout the year at international festivals and events, and online.

The ACE Mentoring Programme has been set up in collaboration with the Netherlands Film Fund, NAPA, Film Forward and Eye Filmmuseum.

SELECTED PRODUCERS FOR ACE MENTORING PROGRAMME:

Adrienne Liron, 3 Minutes West
Mentor: Tom Dercourt (ACE 16), Cinema Defacto – France

Layla Meijman, Studio Ruba
Mentor: Jamila Wenske (ACE 24), Achtung Panda! – Germany

Loes Koomen, Room for Film
Mentor: Marleen Slot (ACE 19), Viking Film – The Netherlands

Together with ACE Training Days, the ACE Mentoring Programme is part of ACE Springboard, a combination of programmes focusing on emerging independent producers to strengthen careers at an early stage. ACE Springboard provides participants with the tools needed to be adaptable and innovative in an ever-changing film industry – for a successful new generation of independent producers!

Please find more information here:
https://ace-producers.com/springboard

For more information please contact:
maegenefabias@ace-producers.com

The ACE Mentoring Programme aims to support upcoming producers in managing their careers and developing their international network, by providing them with the opportunity to learn from established mentors actively working within the European film industry.

The goal is to help these emerging producers reach the next level of experience and help them in the development of their international network.

Each year up to 10 producers, based in the EU or a Creative Europe MEDIA Programme country, will be selected for the Mentoring Programme EU. However, there are also three spaces open for producers from non-EU countries. With this, ACE Producers wants to contribute in creating a film industry that is more inclusive and diverse.

After being selected, each producer will be matched to a mentor according to their specific needs. Throughout the year, the producers will have up to 4 meetings with their mentor, online or if possible in person at international festivals and events.

To best benefit from the programme, we ask producers to have a full-length project in development – fiction, animation or documentary.

PROGRAMME DATES
March – December 2022 with a total of 4 meetings held throughout the year.

ELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS

• Emerging producers with some experience in production, who are looking to expand their knowledge of international co-production, feature film financing, production, sales, and (online) distribution;
• Producers should have at least one credit on a film or TV series, without necessarily having a full production credit;
• Producers need to have a full-length fiction, animation or documentary project in development;

PARTICIPATION

• Participation fee is 300€ for each participant.
• All travel and accommodation expenses that may arise will not be covered by the organisation.

APPLICATION DEADLINE
25 February 2022 (up to 10 places available)

HOW TO APPLY
Send the following documents (in English and combined into one PDF) to
info@ace-producers.com:

• A motivational letter;
• Company profile;
• Producer’s biography & filmography;
• List of current projects in development (with information and status on each project).

FOR MORE INFORMATION
Contact Maegene Fabias at maegenefabias@ace-producers.com

Competition

AEIOU – A QUICK ALPHABET OF LOVE by Nicolette Krebitz
Produced by Janine Jackowski (ACE Germany) and Jonas Dornbach (ACE Germany)
Co-produced by Jean-Christophe Reymond (ACE France)

ALCARRÀS by Carla Simon
Produced by Giovanni Pompili (ACE Italy)

A PIECE OF SKY by Michael Koch
Produced by Christof Neracher (ACE Switzerland)
Co-produced by Claudia Steffen (ACE Germany)

THAT KIND OF SUMMER by Denis Cote
Produced by Sylvain Corbeil (ACE Canada)

LEONORA ADDIO by Paolo Taviani
Produced by Simone Bachini (ACE Italy)

RABIYE KURNAZ VS. GEORGE W. BUSH by Andreas Dresen
Produced by Claudia Steffen (ACE Germany) & co-produced by Tom Dercourt (ACE France)

Berlinale Special

NEST by Hlynur Palmason, short
Produced by Eva Jakobsen (ACE Denmark)

Encounters

THE CITY AND THE CITY by Christos Passalis, Syllas Tzoumerkas
Produced by Maria Drandaki (ACE Greece)

Panorama

BEAUTIFUL BEINGS by Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson
Co-produced by Pavel Strand (ACE Czech Republic)

UNA FEMMINA – THE CODE OF SILENCE by Francesco Costabile
Produced by Pierpaolo Verga (ACE Italy)

SWING RIDE by Chiara Bellosi
Produced by Carlo Cresto-Dina (ACE Italy)

Generation KPLUS

OINK by Masha Halberstad
Produced by Marleen Slot (ACE The Netherlands)
Co-produced by Dries Phlypo (ACE Belgium)

GIRL PICTURE by Alli Haapasalo
Produced by Leila Lyytikäinen (ACE Finland) and Elina Pohjola(ACE Finland)