ACE Producers’ Films in Toronto 2021

Contemporary World Cinema

COMPARTMENT NO.6 by Juho Kuosmanen
Produced by Jussi Rantamäki (ACE Finland)
Co-produced by Jamila Wenske (ACE Germany)

COSTA BRAVA by Mounia Akl
Co-produced by Sophie Erbs (ACE France)

THE DAUGHTER by Manuel Martín Cuenca
Produced by Manuel Martin Cuenca (ACE Spain)

MURINA by Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović
Produced by Zdenka Gold (ACE Croatia)
Co-produced by Miha Cernec (ACE Slovenia)

NOBODY HAS TO KNOW by Bouli Lanners
Produced by Jacques-Henri Bronckart (ACE Belgium)

VENGEANCE IS MINE, ALL OTHERS PAY CASH by Edwin
Co-produced by Viola Fügen (ACE Germany)

WHETHER THE WEATHER IS FINE by Carlo Francisco Manatad
Produced by Vincent Wang (ACE France)

Discovery

ANATOLIAN LEOPARD by Emre Kayış
Co-produced by Maria Blicharska (ACE France/Poland)

WILDHOOD by Bretten Hannam
Executive Producer – Damon D’Oliveira (ACE Canada)

Gala Presentations

THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD by Joachim Trier
Co-produced by Eva Jakobsen (ACE Denmark)
Executive producer Dyveke Graver (ACE Norway)

THE SURVIVOR by Barry Levinson
Co-produced by Ildiko Kemeny (ACE Hungary)

BERGMAN ISLAND by Mia Hansen-Løve
Produced by Erik Hemmendorff (ACE Sweden)

Platform

DRUNKEN BIRDS by Ivan Grbovic
Produced by Luc Déry (ACE Canada)

EARWIG by Lucile Hadžihalilović
Produced by Jean de Fôret (ACE France)
Co-produced by Jean-Yves Roubin (ACE Belgium)

SILENT LAND by Aga Woszczyńska
Co-produced by Giovanni Pompili (ACE Italy)

Midnight Madness

TITANE by Julia Ducournau
Produced by Jean-Christophe Reymond (ACE France)
Co-produced by Jean-Yves Roubin (ACE Belgium)

Special Presentations

AHED’S KNEE by Nadav Lapid
Co-produced by Jonas Dornbach (ACE Germany) and Janine Jackowski (ACE Germany)

LINGUI, THE SACRED BONDS by Mahamat-Saleh
Produced by Diana Elbaum (ACE Belgium)

WOLF by Nathalie Biancheri
Produced by Jessie Fisk (ACE Ireland)

CHARLOTTE by Eric Warin and Tahir Rana
Produced by Jérôme Dopffer (ACE France)

FRANCE by Bruno Dumont
Produced by Dorothe Beinemeier (ACE Germany)
Co-produced by Fabrizio Mosca (ACE Italy) and Andrea Paris (ACE Italy)

INEXORABLE by Fabrice du Welz
Produced by Jean-Yves Roubin (ACE Belgium)

THE STORY OF MY WIFE by Ildikó Enyedi
Produced by Jonas Dornbach (ACE Germany) and Janine Jackowski (ACE Germany)

Special Events

SPENCER by Pablo Larraín
Produced by Jonas Dornbach & Janine Jackowski (ACE Germany)

MEMORIA by Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Co-produced by Viola Fügen (ACE Germany)

TIFF Docs

FLEE by Jonas Poher Rasmussen
Produced by Signe Byrge Sørensen

ACE Producers’ Films in Venice 2021

Competition

REFLECTION by Valentyn Vasyanovych
Produced by Vladimir Yatsenko (ACE Ukraine)

CAPTAIN VOLKONOGOV ESCAPED by Natasha Merkulova, Aleksey Chupov
Co-produced by Katrin Kissa (ACE Estonia)

LEAVE NO TRACES by Jan P. Matuszynski
Produced by Patrice Nezan (ACE France)

FREAKS OUT by Gabriele Mainetti
Co-produced by Jean-Yves Roubin (ACE Belgium)
Executive Produced by Tommaso Arrighi (ACE Italy)

SPENCER by Pablo Larraín
Produced by Jonas Dornbach & Janine Jackowski (ACE Germany)

Out of Competition

ARIAFERMA by Leonardo Di Constanzo
Produced by Carlo Cresto-Dina (ACE Italy)

Horizons

ATLANTIDE by Yuri Ancarani
Produced by Marco Alessi (ACE Italy)

IL PARADISO DEL PAVONE by Laura Bispuri
Co-produced by Viola Fügen (ACE Germany)

LA RAGAZZA HA VOLATO by Wilma Labate
Co-produced by Miha Černec (ACE Slovenia)

RHINO by Oleg Sentsov
Co-produced by Dariusz Jablonski (ACE Poland)

Horizons extra

MA NUIT by Antoinette Boulat
Produced by Alain Benguigui (ACE France)

COSTA BRAVA by Mounia Akl
Produced by Sophie Erbs (ACE France)

ARTEF

Key European Film Organisations Join Forces
in New Anti-Racism Task Force

 

In the Summer of 2020, a group of European film industry professionals gathered to form ARTEF, the Anti-Racism Taskforce for European Film. Engaging over thirty organisations, our first step was an awareness training programme lead by Dr Emilia Roig, trainer, author, and founder of the Centre for Intersectional Justice in Berlin. The workshop encounters lasted between November 2020 and May 2021 online with an average of forty participants from all over Europe in each session.

With a broad and intersectional approach, ARTEF’s main aim is to dismantle racist structures and combat all forms of racism in the European film industry. Our goal is to become a task force for change: by raising awareness, by offering education and insights, by suggesting revisions to regulations and practices, as well as to weather opposition from the industry — especially from those who habitually benefit from institutionalised racism.

After its initial year, ARTEF will continue organising training programmes for European film professionals
who are keen on tackling institutionalised racism and willing to do the personal work needed to help dismantling existing structures, and help building new, inclusive ones in the decades to come. Anyone who has been or is affected by racism in the European film industry is invited to come forward and engage with ARTEF to help us build a meaningful task force together.|

Thus far, we have been laying the ground for future actions and we will be reaching out to all European
film institutions, including film festivals, film commissioning, organisations and filmmaking collectives,
asking them to join ARTEF, and commit to training, ring fencing of resources, and to turn their awareness into actions.

We invite filmmakers in every European country to write to their institutions, collectives, unions, and organisations to request they join and support ARTEF’s work, and to engage with us with ideas, suggestions and/or requests.

We are opening a line of communication via artef@artef.org.

LIST OF MEMBERS
Initiated by Matthijs Wouter Knol, the newly appointed Director of the European Film Academy,
ARTEF was also co-founded by its current Board of Directors: Helene Granqvist (producer Nordic
Film Factory and president WIFTI), Paula Alvarez Vaccaro (producer Pinball London and European
Producers Club vice president), and Marion Schmidt (co-director Documentary Association of
Europe).

Steering committee
Paula Alvarez Vaccaro
Véronique N. Doumbé
Helene Granqvist
Laurence Lascary
Regina Mosch
Marion Schmidt
Matthijs Wouter Knol

Funding partners
Bertha Foundation, British Film Institute, FOCAL, HessenFilm, MOIN Film Fund Hamburg Schleswig-
Holstein, International Sámi Film Institute, Film Fund Luxemburg, Netherlands Film Fund, Norwegian
Film Institute, Swedish Film Institute and contributions from the participating organisations
ACE, EAVE, EWA, and WIFTI as well as production companies Magic Hour Films and Pinball London
and further donors.

The awareness trainings were attended by top-level representatives of the following organisations
ACE Producers
British Film Institute
Cinéastes non alignées
Collectif 50/50
Creative Diversity Network
DAE — Documentary Association of Europe
Doc Society
EAVE
European Film Academy
EFM — European Film Market
EFP — European Film Promotion
EWA — European Women’s Audiovisual Network
EPC — European Producers Club
FOCAL
International Sámi Film Institute
Magic Hour Films
MOIN Film Fund Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein
Netherlands Film Fund
Norwegian Film Institute
Pinball London
Power to Transform
Programmers of Colour Collective (POC2)
ProQuote Film
Swedish Film Institute
Queer Media Society
WIFTI — Women in Film and Television International

as well as by key representatives of the supporting funds and companies

Press contact: Pascal Edelmann, European Film Academy
p.edelmann@europeanfilmacademy.org
ARTEF contact: artef@artef.org

ACE Producers’ Films in Cannes 2021

COMPETITION

AHED’S KNEE by Nadav Lapid
Co-produced by Jonas Dornbach (ACE Germany) and Janine Jackowski (ACE Germany)

ANNETTE by Leos Carax
Co-produced by Fabian Gasmia (ACE Germany)

BENEDETTA by Paul Verhoeven
Co-produced by Laurette Schillings (ACE Netherlands) and Frans Van Gestel (ACE Netherlands)

BERGMAN ISLAND by Mia Hansen-Love
Produced by Erik Hemmendorff (ACE Sweden)

COMPARTMENT NO.6 by Juho Kuosmanen
Produced by Jussi Rantamäki (ACE Finland)
Co-produced by Jamila Wenske (ACE Germany)

FRANCE by Bruno Dumont
Produced by Dorothe Beinemeier (ACE Germany)
Co-produced by Fabrizio Mosca (ACE Italy) and Andrea Paris (ACE Italy)

LINGUI, THE SACRED BONDS by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Produced by Diana Elbaum (ACE Belgium)

MEMORIA by Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Co-produced by Viola Fügen (ACE Germany)

PETROV’S FLU by Kirill Serebrennikov
Co-produced by Roman Paul (ACE Germany)

THE STORY OF MY WIFE by Ildikó Enyedi
Produced by Jonas Dornbach (ACE Germany) and Janine Jackowski (ACE Germany)

TITANE by Julia Ducournau
Produced by Jean-Christophe Reymond (ACE France)
Co-produced by Jean-Yves Roubin (ACE Belgium)

THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD by Joachim Trier
Co-produced by Eva Jakobsen (ACE Denmark)
Executive producer Dyveke Graver (ACE Norway)

Cannes Premiere

HOLD ME TIGHT by Mathieu Amalric
Produced by Yael Fogiel (ACE France)

EVOLUTION by Kornél Mundruczó
Produced by Viola Fügen (ACE Germany) and Viktoria Petranyi (ACE Hungary)

UN CERTAIN REGARD

GREAT FREEDOM by Sebastian Meise
Produced by Oliver Neumann (ACE Austria)

MONEYBOYS by C.B.Yi
Produced by Gabriele Kranzelbinder (ACE Austria)

NOCHE DE FUEGO by Tatiana Huezo
Produced by Nicolas Célis (ACE Mexico)
Co-produced by Viola Fügen (ACE Germany)

THE INNOCENTS by Eskil Vogt
Produced by Misha Jaari (ACE Finland)
Co-produced by Eva Jakobsen (ACE Denmark)

DIRECTORS’ FORTNIGHT 2021 SELECTION

A CHIARA by Jonas Carpignano
Produced by Carole Scotta (ACE France)

LES MAGNÉTIQUES by Vincent Maël Cardona
Co-produced by Jan Krüger (ACE Germany)

MURINA by Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović
Produced by Zdenka Gold (ACE Croatia)
Co-produced by Miha Cernec (ACE Slovenia)

THE SOUVENIR PART II by Joanna Hogg
Produced by Ed Guiney (ACE Ireland)

THE PARENTS’ ROOM by Diego Marcon
Produced by Jacqui Davies (ACE United Kingdom)

THE CANNES CRITICS’ WEEK 2021 SELECTION

Special Screenings

ANAÏS IN LOVE by Charline-Bourgeois-Tacquet
Produced by David Thion (ACE France) and Philippe Martin (ACE France)

SOFTIE by Samuel Theis
Produced by Caroline Bonmarchand (ACE France)

A TALE OF LOVE AND DESIRE by Leyla Bouzid
Produced by Bertrand Gore (ACE France)

In competition

FEATHERS by Omar El Zohairy
Produced by Koji Nelissen (ACE Netherlands)

THE GRAVEDIGGER’S WIFE by Khadar Ayderus Ahmed
Produced by Misha Jaari (ACE Finland) and Thanassis Karathanos (ACE Germany)

OLGA by Elie Grappe
Co-produced by Tom Dercourt (ACE France)

SHORT FILM COMPETITION

BRUTALIA, DAYS OF LABOUR by Manolis Mavris
Produced by Valérie Bournonville (ACE France)

HONORARY PALM D’OR

MARX CAN WAIT by Marco Bellocchio
Produced by Simone Gattoni (ACE Italy)

CANNES CLASSICS: DOCUMENTARIES

THE STORMS OF JEREMY THOMAS by Mark Cousins
Produced by David P. Kelly (ACE United Kingdom)

ET J’AIME A LA FLEUR by André Bonzel
Produced by Yael Fogiel (ACE France)

ACE SERIES SPECIAL 3

ACE is pleased to open the call for applications for the 3rd ACE Series Special!

Thanks to VAF and CFAP for their valuable support, to our media partner Variety and Variety Intelligence Platform and also to the international series festival, Series Mania for the fruitful partnership!

With more and more demand for content, with a market that is changing daily and as producers look for new ways of working and diversifying their output, the ACE Series Special is more essential than ever.

The ACE Series Special is aimed at experienced producers who want to integrate a series division into their companies and/or deepen their knowledge of developing and producing TV drama series for an international audience.

16-18 producers will be selected for the workshop, each with a series in development. Focusing primarily on the creative and financial aspects of TV series production, the ACE Series Special will also offer sessions on story development, marketing, audiences, international approaches, and business strategies. The workshop will give producers a chance to work on their projects through one-to-one meetings with experts and group sessions with their peers.

During the Series Special an environment is created where, as well as benefiting from consultants’ know-how and expertise, the participants learn from each other – explaining how they work in their own territories; how they set-up their legal and financing structures; how they run their businesses – and advise each other on good practices.

Previous consultants include, Davide Nardini (Amazon Italy), Noemi Ferrer (DR Sales), Ed Guiney (Element Pictures), Liz Kilgariff (Fire Bird Pictures), Tatiana Samopian (Fractal Volcano), Christian Vesper (Fremantle), Caroline Benjo (Haut et Court), Marc Lorber (Lionsgate), Philippe Kreuzer (Maze Pictures), Mario Gianani (Wildside).

WORKSHOP DATES
6th – 11st of December 2021

LOCATION
Brussels, Belgium, with sessions online before and after

ELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS
• To be an owner, partner or associate of an independent film/TV
production company;
• To be an ACE member or producer with a similar level of experience;
• To have a TV drama series in development that is at a relevant stage and suitable for co-production.

FEES
€2.500 (€2.250 for ACE Network Members).
The fee covers full board, accommodation and training during the workshops. Travel costs are not included.

APPLICATION DEADLINE
1st July 2021

HOW TO APPLY
To request an application form please email series@ace-producers.com.
ACE will send the application form only to clearly eligible candidates.

FOR MORE INFORMATION
ace-producers.com/series-special

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EPC CODE OF CONDUCT

ACE is pleased to support the European Producers Club‘s initiative to establish a Code of Fair Practices when working with the streamers for European independent producers.

The EPC has been working on this code for many months to provide this text as an answer from the European independent producers for minimum standards terms when working with the streamers. Their predominance in the European market, increased with the sanitary crisis, and their business model is seen by many as endangering the independent sector as a whole and more widely its cultural diversity.

The value of the role of an independent production company should be recognised in the producers’ relationships with VOD Services, in particular through the contractual terms regarding the funding and exploitation of each project. The Code of Fair Practices aims to establish basic parameters to be applied to VOD Services’ contracts when commissioning feature films, TV series and other audiovisual works (“originals”) from independent production companies. The code focuses on four points:

  1. Fair and proportionate remuneration and economic participation for producers
  2. Producers’ contribution and right to participate in future derivative works
  3. Transparency and Accountability
  4. Public Benefits and Fiscal Incentives

Click here to find more information.

Oscar Nominations 2021

Best Picture

“The Father” by Florian Zeller
Produced by Philippe Carcassonne (ACE France)

Actor in a leading role

Antony Hopkins in “The Father” by Florian Zeller
Produced by Philippe Carcassonne (ACE France)

Actress in a supporting role

Olivia Colman in “The Father” by Florian Zeller
Produced by Philippe Carcassonne (ACE France

Directing

Thomas Vinterberg for “Another Round”
Co-produced by Laurette Schillings (ACE The Netherlands)
and Frans van Gestel (ACE The Netherlands)

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

“The Father” by Florian Zeller
Produced by Philippe Carcassonne (ACE France)

Documentary Feature

“Collective” by Alexander Nanau
Produced by Bernard Michaux (ACE Luxembourg)

“The Mole Agent” by Maite Alberdi
Co-produced by Ingmar Trost (ACE Germany)
and Denis Vaslin (ACE Netherlands)

International Feature Film

“Another Round” by Thomas Vinterberg
Co-produced by Laurette Schillings (ACE The Netherlands)
and Frans van Gestel (ACE The Netherlands)

“Collective” by Alexander Nanau
Produced by Bernard Michaux (ACE Luxembourg)

“The Man Who Sold His Skin” by Kaouther Ben Hania
Produced by Thanassis Karathanos (ACE Germany)

“Quo Vadis, Aida?” by Jasmila Zbanic
Co-Produced by Roman Paul (ACE Germany)

Film Editing

“The Father” by Florian Zeller
Produced by Philippe Carcassonne (ACE France)

Production Design

“The Father” by Florian Zeller
Produced by Philippe Carcassonne (ACE France)

PRODUCERS SELECTED FOR FIRST EDITION OF ACE TRAINING DAYS NL

ACE Producers has selected 14 emerging producers for the first edition of ACE Training Days NL, a workshop aiming at strengthening upcoming producers from the Netherlands and the neighbouring countries Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany. Focusing on “The Essentials of International Co-Production & Finance”, it gives the  participants the opportunity to learn from established producers and film professionals and to further develop their network. The ACE Training Days NL is set up with the  collaborating partners Netherlands Film FundNAPAFilm Forward and Eye Filmmuseum.

The 2-day workshop (17 – 19 May 2021) will enable the selected producers to gain more knowledge on the international context of audiovisual production, concentrating mainly on the landscape of co-productions and financing a film internationally, but will also provide additional knowledge on the set-up of international markets and film festivals.

In the past, ACE Producers already organised the ACE Training Days workshops in the Czech Republic for producers from Central Europe and Finland for the Nordic territories.

Jacobine van der Vloed: “We’re excited about the great selection of up-and-coming producers for the first ACE Training Days NL! According to the main goal of ACE Producers, the ACE Training Days workshops create opportunities for international co-production and collaboration. Bringing emerging producers’ careers forward is the foundation for a successful and strong European film industry.’’

 

SELECTED PRODUCERS FOR ACE TRAINING DAYS NL:

Fabian Driehorst, Fabian&Fred, Germany
Roxana Richters, Chromosom Film, Germany
Aydin Dehzad, Freelance, Netherlands
Tom van Blommestein, Lemming Film, Netherlands
Maaike Neve, BIND Film, Netherlands
Max De Wolf, TopKapi Films, Netherlands
Emma Kuijper, DOXY, Netherlands
Chris Elize Stenger, Family Affair Films, Netherlands
Loes Komen, Room for Film, Netherlands
Charlotte Driessen, Harpy Films, Netherlands
Fee Buck, Pandora Film, Germany
Anna Werner, Komplizen Film, Germany
Tim Martens, Krater, Belgium
Neigeme Glasgow-Maeda, Wady Films, Luxembourg

Together with the ACE Mentoring Programme, the ACE Training Days NL 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

ACE Producers’ Films at the Berlinale 2021

Competition

“Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn” by Radu Jude
Produced by Ada Solomon (ACE Romania)

“Memory Box” by Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige
Produced by Carole Scotta (ACE France)
Co-produced by Luc Déry (ACE Canada)

“Natural Light” by Dénes Nagy
Co-produced by Olivier Dubois (ACE Belgium), Viktória Petrányi (ACE Hungary) and Felix Blum (ACE Germany)

Berlinale Special Gala

“Je Suis Karl” by Christian Schwochow
Produced by Claudia Steffen (ACE Germany)
Co-produced by Pavel Strnad (ACE Czech Republic)

Panorama

“Human Factors” by Ronny Trocker
Produced by Paul Zischler (ACE Germany), Co-produced by Eva Jakobsen (ACE Denmark)

“Copilot” by Anne Zohra Berrached
Produced by Roman Paul (ACE Germany), Co-produced by Carole Scotta (ACE France)

Generation

“Any Day Now” by Hamy Ramezan
Produced by Jussi Rantamäki (ACE Finland)

“Mission Ulja Funk” by Barbara Kronenberg
Co-produced by Bernard Michaux (ACE Luxembourg) and Joanna Szymanksa (ACE Poland)

“Tabija” by Igor Drljača
Produced by Amra Baksic Camo (ACE Bosnia & Herzegovina)

DUTCH PRODUCERS SELECTED FOR THE ACE MENTORING PROGRAMME

ACE Producers has selected 3 outstanding up-and coming producers from the Netherlands for the ACE Mentoring Programme 2021. Designed and developed in collaboration with the Netherlands Film Fund, NAPA, Film Forward and Eye Filmmuseum, the ACE Mentoring Programme aims to support Dutch emerging producers in reaching the next level of experience and developing their international network by matching them with a mentor from the ACE Producers Network actively working within the European film industry.

For this first edition, ACE Producers has matched mentors of the ACE Network according to the specific needs of the selected producers. The mentorship includes meetings throughout the year at international festivals and events, and online.

Jacobine van der Vloed: “We selected the 3 producers based on their track-record, motivation statements, and the stage they are currently at within their own careers. ACE Producers wants to assist in the further development of these promising producers’ careers in order to sustain strong independent European cinema. The ACE Producers Network with its established and successful members has all the knowledge and expertise to provide for that.”

 

SELECTED PRODUCERS FOR ACE MENTORING PROGRAMME:

Rogier Kramer, Dutch Mountain Films
Mentor: Alexander Wadouh (ACE 28), Chromosom Film – Germany

Hugo Naber, SNG Films
Mentor: Mariusz Wlodarski (ACE 27), Lava Films – Poland

Steven Rubinstein Malamud, IJswater films
Mentor: Sophie Erbs (ACE 28), Cinema Defacto – France

 

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