PIAZZA GRANDE

THE FLOOD by Gianluca Jodice
Produced by Andrea Paris (ACE Italy)
Opening Film Locarno 2024

ELECTRIC CHILD by Simon Jaquemet
Co-produced by Titus Kreyenberg (ACE Germany)

SAUVAGES by Claude Barras
Co-produced by Carole Scotta (ACE France)

CONCORSO INTERNAZIONALE

CENT MILLE MILLIARDS by Virgil Vernier
Produced by Jean des Forêts (ACE France)

GREEN LINE by Sylvie Ballyot
Co-produced by Jean-Laurent Csinidis (ACE France)

DEATH WILL COME by Christoph Hochhäusler
Produced by Bettina Brokemper (ACE Germany)

YOUTH (HARD TIMES) by Wang Bing
Produced by Vincent Wang (ACE France)
Co-produced by Denis Vaslin (ACE The Netherlands)
and Gilles Chanial (ACE Luxemburg)

WEIGHTLESS by Sara Fgaier
Co-produced by Marco Alessi (ACE Italy)

TRANSAMAZONIA by Pia Marais
Produced by Sophie Erbs (ACE France), Tom Dercourt (ACE France)
and Claudia Steffen (ACE Germany)

CONCORSO CINEASTI DEL PRESENTE

LESSON LEARNED by Bálint Szimler
Co-produced by Viktória Petrányi (ACE Hungary)
and Ferenc Pusztai (ACE Hungary)

RED PATH by Lotfi Achour
Co-produced by Jacques-Henri Bronckart (ACE Belgium)
and Joanna Szymańska (ACE Poland)

PANORAMA SUISSE

THE FORTUNATE ONES by Jeanne Waltz
Produced by Elena Tatti (ACE Switzerland)

THE LANDSCAPE AND THE FURY by Nicole Vögele
Produced by Aline Schmid (ACE Switzerland)

PARDI DI DOMANI: CONCORSO INTERNAZIONALE

ON THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF AN HOMAGE by Xandra Popescu
Produced by Ada Solomon (ACE Romania)
Co-produced by Jonas Dornbach (ACE Germany)

FUORI CONCORSO

THE PASSION ACCORDING TO BÉATRICE by Fabrice Du Welz
Co-produced by Jean-Yves Roubin (ACE Belgium)

THE LIFE APART by Marco Tullio Giordana
Produced by Simone Gattoni (ACE Italy)
and Bruno Bettati (ACE Chile)

LOCARNO KIDS

BLOCK 5 by Klemen Dvornik
Co-produced by Peter Badač (ACE Slovakia)

ACE Producers and Independent  Film Foundation are pleased to announce the Call for Applications for the Training Days Poland 2024 which has been set up thanks to the support of the Polish Film Institute.

The ACE Training Days Poland is a tailor-made 2-day programme designed for emerging producers at relatively early stages in their careers, who are looking to expand their network and learn more about the international context of the audiovisual industry. The hands-on workshop welcomes producers working in fiction, animation, and documentary, and strives to make the industry more inclusive, diverse, and collaborative.

A total of 12 producers (6 Polish and 6 total from neighbouring countries) will be selected to join the workshop in Warsaw. As ACE aims to encourage international collaboration, the call is open to emerging producers from Poland, as well as Albania, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldavia, Montenegro, North-Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Ukraine.

The Training Days Poland will be themed around “The Essentials of Co-Producing: What’s the Deal with Negotiating”. The interactive workshop will include plenary sessions, case studies and group meetings provided with the help of ACE consultants and producers who have notably strong track-records in international financing, co-production, negotiation, sales, and distribution, and who will share their knowledge and international expertise.

The ACE Training Days Poland is connected to the ACE 34 Financing Strategies Workshop (18  – 23 November, Warsaw), a workshop within the ACE Annual Programme organised for the selected 18 experienced producers from Europe and beyond.

WORKSHOP DATES
20 & 21 November 2024 (the workshop starts at 09:30 in the morning, therefore international participants should arrive on the 19^th and depart the 21^st after 18:00).

LOCATION
Warsaw, Poland

ELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS

• Emerging producers with an interest in the international market and co-production (this workshop will not focus on line production).
• Producers should have at least one credit on a short film.
• Producers will best benefit from the workshop when already working on a  feature-length project in development.
• Producers would need to be committed to attend the entire workshop.
• Producers who were selected for previous editions of the Training Days are eligible to re-apply.

FEES

• Participation is free of charge, but we do ask full commitment.
• ACE Producers will cover the subsistence during the workshop.
• All travel & accommodation expenses that arise will NOT be covered by the organisation. The producers can apply to their local/national fund to support these expenses.

APPLICATION DEADLINE
11 September 2024 at 23:39 CEST
Up to 12 places available

HOW TO APPLY

Please submit your application HERE
In the applications, you need to attach the following documents, in English and all merged into 1 PDF file:

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

You have also to attach the declaration of participating, which you can find HERE

FOR MORE INFORMATION
Violetta Kamińska: violetta@nff.org.pl
Thijs van der Laak: thijsvanderlaak@ace-producers.com

ACE Producers is pleased to announce the call for applications for the Training Days NL 2024, taking place from 8 to 10 October in Leiden and Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

The ACE Training Days NL is a tailor-made programme designed for emerging producers at relatively early stages in their careers, who are looking to expand their network and learn more about the international context of the audiovisual industry. The workshop welcomes producers working in fiction, animation and documentary, and strives to make the industry more inclusive and diverse.

For this workshop, a total of 12 producers (6 Dutch and 6 from neighbouring countries) will be selected to join the workshop. As ACE aims to encourage international collaboration, the call is open to emerging producers from The Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint Eustatius and Sint Maarten.

Scheduled over three days, the Training Days NL will be themed around “The Essentials of International Co-Production”. This interactive workshop will include plenary sessions and case studies, as well as group meetings provided with the help of ACE consultants and producers who have notably strong track-records in marketing and promotion of international co-production projects, and who will share their knowledge and international expertise.

The ACE Training Days NL has been set up in collaboration with the
Netherlands Film Fund.

WORKSHOP DATES
8 – 10 October 2024

LOCATION
Leiden, the Netherlands

ELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS

• Emerging producers at a relatively early stage in their careers, with an interest in international co-production (this workshop will not focus on line-production);
• Producers should have at least one credit on a short film;
• Producers will best benefit from the workshop when already working on a feature-length project in development;
• Producers would need to be committed to attend the entire workshop.

FEES

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

CRYSTAL GLOBE COMPETITION

BANZO by Margarida Cardoso
Produced by Filipa Reis (ACE Portugal)
Co-produced by Frank Hoeve (ACE The Netherlands), Katja Draaijer (ACE The Netherlands)

THE HUNGARIAN DRESSMAKER by Iveta Grófová
Co-produced by Sára László (ACE Hungary)

PANOPTICON by George Sikharulidze
Co-produced by Anamaria Antoci (ACE Romania)

THREE DAYS OF FISH by Peter Hoogendoorn
Produced by Stienette Bosklopper (ACE The Netherlands)
Co-produced by Dries Phlypo (ACE Belgium)

XOFTEX by Noaz Deshe
Co-produced by Christophe Audeguis (ACE France)
Executive Produced by Eve Gabereau (ACE United Kingdom), Maria Drandaki (ACE Greece)

PROXIMA COMPETITION

STRANGER by Zhengfan Yang
Co-produced by Frank Hoeve (ACE The Netherlands)

WINDLESS by Pavel G. Vesnakov
Co-produced by Alessandro Amato (ACE Italy)

HORIZONS

ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT by Payal Kapadia
Co-produced by Frank Hoeve (ACE The Netherlands)
and Gilles Chanial (ACE Luxemburg)

CROSSING by Levan Akin
Co-produced by Katja Adomeit (ACE Denmark)

DYING by Matthias Glasner
Produced by Jan Krüger (ACE Germany)

THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE by Magnus von Horn
Produced by Mariusz Włodarski (ACE Poland)
Co-produced by Madeleine Ekman (ACE Sweden)

GLORIA! by Margherita Vicario
Produced by Carlo Cresto-Dina (ACE Italy)

GRAND TOUR by Miguel Gomes
Produced by Filipa Reis (ACE Portugal)
Co-produced by Tom Dercourt (ACE France)
Associate produced by Viola Fügen (ACE Germany)

HOUSEKEEPING FOR BEGINNERS by Goran Stolevski
Produced by Marija Dimitrova (ACE North Macedonia), Ankica Jurić Tilić (ACE Croatia)
and Milan Stojanovic (ACE Serbia)

KINDS OF KINDNESS by Yorgos Lanthimos
Produced by Ed Guiney (ACE Ireland)

MY SUMMER WITH IRENE by Carlo Sironi
Produced by Giovanni Pompili (ACE Italy)

ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL by Rungano Nyoni
Produced by Ed Guiney (ACE Ireland)

SILENT TRILOGY by Juho Kuosmanen
Produced by Jussi Rantamäki (ACE Finland) and Emilia Haukka (ACE Finland)

THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE by Mo Harawe
Produced by Oliver Neumann (ACE Austria)

WHO DO I BELONG TO by Meryam Joobeur
Produced by Nadim Cheikhrouha (ACE France)

SPECIAL SCREENINGS

IN THE LAND OF BROTHERS by Raha Amirfazli & Alireza Ghasemi
Co-produced by Frank Hoeve (ACE The Netherlands)

ACE Producers has selected 12 acclaimed film and television producers from 10 different territories for the third edition of the ACE Leadership Special.

Following two successful editions, the workshop aims to help producers sustain solid business foundations, improve performance and prospects for their teams and their companies and further develop their personal leadership and entrepreneurial skills to flourish when faced with change. The workshop format will allow the small group to benefit not only from the knowledge of the workshop consultants but also from each other’s lived experiences.

ACE director Jacobine van der Vloed said of the selection “The quality of applications that we received this year goes to show how in demand this type of training is for producers. We look forward to once again creating a safe space for the participants where they can grow and thrive”.

The programme is supported by Creative Europe MEDIA, the Netherlands Film Fund, and the Mallorca Film Commission. It will take place in Bergen (The Netherlands) in June and in Mallorca (Spain) in September 2024 along with online elements over the summer.

Among the Consultants are Jeroen Achterberg, Jo Bishop (The Coaching Cabin) and Mark van der Grift (True Brands).

SELECTED PRODUCERS

Amra Baksic Camo – Bosnia & Herzegovina – SCAA/pro.ba

Pavel Berčík – Czech Republic – Evolution Films

Agustina Chiarino – Uruguay – Bocacha Films

Sylvain Corbeil – Canada – Metafilms

Benjamin Domenech – Argentina – Rei Pictures

Galilé Marion-Gauvin – Canada – Productions l’unité centrale

Hanneke Niens – The Netherlands – KeyFilm

Floor Onrust – The Netherlands – Family Affair Films

Evelin Penttilä – Estonia – Stellar Film

Katrin Pors – Denmark – Snowglobe

Jussi Rantamäki – Finland – Aamu Film Company

Nima Yousefi – Sweden – HOBAB

Please find more information here.

For further details please contact:
alwilliams@ace-producers.com

For the third consecutive year, ACE Producers has selected 10 talented up-and-coming producers for the ACE Mentoring Programme EU 2024 from Europe and beyond.

The programme aims to support emerging producers in reaching the next level of their careers and extending their international network by offering them the opportunity to learn from established mentors from the ACE Network actively working within the international film industry.

Each selected producer has been carefully matched to a mentor according to their specific needs. The programme includes (online) meetings throughout the year, intending to share the ACE Network’s collective knowledge with a new generation of producers.

The ACE Mentoring Programme is supported by the Creative Europe MEDIA Programme and the Netherlands Film Fund.

SELECTED PRODUCERS FOR ACE MENTORING PROGRAMME EU 2024:

Arthur Cohen, Elementary – France
Mentor: Richard Johns (ACE 7), Argo Films – United Kingdom

Joana Domingues, Caracol Protagonista – Portugal
Mentor: Eve Gabereau (ACE 33), Modern Films – United Kingdom

Antra Gaile, Air Productions – Latvia
Mentor: Yorgos Tsourgiannis (ACE 20), Horsefly Productions – Greece

Andrea Gori, Lumen Films – Italy
Mentor: Alise Gelze (ACE 28), White Picture – Latvia

Geneviève Gosselin-G., Le Foyer Films – Canada
Mentor: Annabella Nezri (ACE 31), Kwassa Films – Belgium

Jenni Jauri, Silmu Films – Finland
Mentor: Judy Tossell (ACE 9), Egoli Tossell Film – Germany

Paulina Lorenz, JÜNGLINGE FILM – Germany
Mentor: Stienette Bosklopper (ACE Series 1), Circe Films – The Netherlands

Wangechi Ngugi, Monsoons Creative Studio LTD – Kenya
Mentor: Christine Kiauk (ACE 23), Coin Film – Germany

Louise Riousse, Laterna Films – Mexico
Mentor: Alessandro Amato (ACE 32), dispàrte – Italy

Romas Zabarauskas, Naratyvas – Lithuania
Mentor: Radu Stancu (ACE 33), deFilm – Romania

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 their 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!

More information on the ACE Springboard Programmes can be found here.
For questions, contact us at ace@ace-producers.com.