ACE Producers’ Films at Locarno 2023

PIAZZA GRANDE
CHICKEN FOR LINDA! by Chiara Malta & Sébastien Laudenbach
Produced by Marc Irmer (ACE France)
Opening Film

ANATOMY OF A FALL by Justine Triet
Produced by David Thion (ACE France)

LA BELLA ESTATE by Laura Luchetti
Produced by Giovanni Pompili (ACE Italy)
Developed during the ACE 30 Annual Programme

CONCORSO INTERNAZIONALE
ANIMAL by Sofia Exarchou
Produced by Maria Drandaki (ACE Greece)
Co-produced by Vicky Miha (ACE Greece)

THE INVISIBLE FIGHT by Rainer Sarnet
Produced by Katrin Kissa (ACE Estonia)
Co-produced by Alise Gelze (ACE Latvia)

DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH OF THE END OF THE WORLD by Radu Jude
Co-produced by Ada Solomon (ACE Romania) & Ankica Jurić Tilić (ACE Croatia)

PATAGONIA by Simone Bozzelli
Produced by Mario Gianani (ACE Italy)

ROSSOSPERANZA by Annarita Zambrano
Co-produced by Milena Poylo (ACE France) & Anthony Doncque (ACE France)

SWEET DREAMS by Ena Sendijarević
Produced by Leontine Petit (ACE The Netherlands) & Erik Glijnis (ACE The Netherlands)
Co-produced by Erik Hemmendorff (ACE Sweden) & Dries Phlypo (ACE Belgium)
Developed during the ACE 30 Annual Programme

CONCORSO CINEASTI DEL PRESENTE
EXCURSION by Una Gunjak
Produced by Amra Bakšić Čamo (ACE Bosnia-Herzegovina)
Co-produced by Siniša Juričić (ACE Croatia), Jelena Mitrović (ACE Serbia), Gary Craner (ACE Norway)
Opening Film

UND DASS MAN OHNE TÄUSCHUNG ZU LEBEN VERMAG by Katharina Lüdin
Co-produced by Stefan Eichenberger (ACE Switzerland)

FUORI CONCORSO
CONANN by Bertrand Mandico
Produced by Gilles Chanial (ACE Luxemburg)
Co-produced by Oliver Dubois (ACE Belgium)

PANORAMA SUISSE
JILL by Steven Michael Hayes
Produced by Daniel Baur (ACE Germany), Christof Neracher (ACE Switzerland) & Oliver Simon (ACE Germany)

THIS KIND OF HOPE by Paweł Siczek
Produced by Valentin Greutert (ACE Switzerland)

ACE Producers’ films at Karlovy Vary 2023

CRYSTAL GLOBE COMPETITION
BLAGA’S LESSON by Stephan Komandarev
Produced by Katya Trichkova (ACE Bulgaria)

CITIZEN SAINT by Tinatin Kajrishvili
Produced by Lasha Khalvashi (ACE Georgia)
Co-produced by Borislav Chouchkov (ACE Bulgaria)
& Denis Vaslin (ACE The Netherlands)

PROXIMA COMPETITION
ARSENIE. AN AMAZING AFTERLIFE by Alexandru Solomon
Produced by Ada Solomon (ACE Romania)

EMBRYO LARVA BUTTERFLY by Kyros Papavassiliou
Produced by Janine Teerling (ACE Cyprus)

IMAGO by Olga Chajdas
Produced by Dariusz Jablonski (ACE Poland)
Co-produced by: Laurette Schillings (ACE The Netherlands),
Frans van Gestel (ACE The Netherlands),
Miloš Lochman (ACE Czech Republic)
& Antoine Simkine (ACE France)

SPECIAL SCREENINGS
SLOW by Marija Kavtaradze
Produced by Marija Razgutė (ACE Lithuania)
Co-produced by Luisa Romeo (ACE Spain) & Anna-Maria Kantarius (ACE Sweden)

SNAKE GAS by David Jařab
Produced by Silvia Panáková (ACE Slovakia)

TEMPORARIES by Pier-Philippe Chevigny
Co-produced by Galilé Marion-Gauvin (ACE Canada) & Milena Poylo (ACE France)

PRODUCERS SELECTED FOR ACE TRAINING DAYS NORWAY 2022

ACE Producers has selected twelve emerging producers for the ACE Training Days Norway. Taking place from October 11 to 13, 2022 in Øverbygd, Norway\

The ACE Training Days Norway is kindly supported by The Norwegian Film Institute.

SELECTED PRODUCERS FOR ACE TRAINING DAYS NORWAY 2022

Julia Andersen, Fjordic Film AS

Iggy Augunset, Mer Film i Vest

Louise Beyer, Storm Films

Jonas Bruun, Storm Films

Ingvild Evjemo, INTHEMOOD FILM

Oda Kruse, Mer Film i Vest

Laurens Pérol, Filmhagen Pérol

Silje Poulsen Viki, Indie Film AS

Elisabeth Rasmussen, Wonderline Productions

Jon Vatne, Syden Pictures AS

 

Together with the ACE Mentoring Programme, the ACE Training Days are 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, for more information please contact us at ace@ace-producers.com.

Isabel Allen

OFFICE MANAGER & TEAM ASSISTANT

After having worked as the Office Manager in a Dutch production company, Isabel joined ACE Producers in June 2024. She has a bachelor’s in Ancient History with Film Studies from the University of Liverpool and a master’s in Cultural Analysis from the University of Amsterdam.