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Call for Applications – ACE Training Days France 2026

ACE Producers is pleased to announce the Call for Applications for the Training Days France 2026 which has been set up thanks to the support by the Contrat Triennal Strasbourg Capitale Européenne 2024-2026.

The ACE Training Days France is a tailor-made 3-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.

For this workshop, a total of 12 producers will be selected to join the workshop taking place in Strasbourg, France.

The Training Days France will be themed around “The Fundamentals of European Co-production in Feature Fiction”. This interactive workshop will include plenary sessions, case studies, networking opportunities 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.

As part of the Training Days programme, the selected producers are also invited to attend one Financing Plan Session (on either 19 or 20 November) as an observer. These Finance Plan Sessions are part of the ACE 36 Financing Strategies Workshop (16 – 21 November, Strasbourg), which is a workshop within the ACE Annual Programme organised for the selected 18 experienced producers from Europe and beyond.

WORKSHOP DATES
17 – 19 November 2026
Please note that additionally the Finance Plan Sessions are taking place 19 & 20 November. Spots will be assigned in advance to avoid scheduling conflicts.

LOCATION
Strasbourg, France

ELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS

Emerging producers from the Grand Est region, with an interest in the international market and co-production (line production is not the focus of this programme).
Applicants should have at least one producer credit (short film, feature film, documentary, series, etc.) or be able to justify significant production experience in another production company.
Producers are encouraged to bring a feature-length project currently in development to best benefit from the workshop.
Producers would need to be committed to attend the entire workshop (including the Finance Plan Sessions).
As the workshop will be in English, a good working level of English is required.

FEES

Participation is free of charge, but we do ask full commitment.
ACE Producers covers the lunches and dinner mentioned in the programme.
All travel & accommodation expenses that arise will NOT be covered by the organisation.

APPLICATION DEADLINE
1 September 2026 at 23:59 CEST

HOW TO APPLY
Please submit your application here
In the applications, you need to provide the following things in English:

Motivation letter (max 3.000 characters).
Company profile.
Producer’s biography & filmography (max 1.500 characters).
List of current projects in development (max 1.500 characters).

FOR MORE INFORMATION
Thijs van der Laak thijsvanderlaak@ace-producers.com

VACATURE: MEDEWERKER FINANCE & OPERATIONS

24 uur per week | Amsterdam / hybride

Wil jij werken in een internationale omgeving waar film, ondernemerschap en Europese samenwerking samenkomen? Ben je nauwkeurig, georganiseerd, en voel je je thuis in een rol waarin je zowel financiële als operationele processen ondersteunt?

ACE Producers zoekt een Medewerker Finance & Operations die ervoor zorgt dat onze organisatie achter de schermen soepel draait. In deze veelzijdige functie ben je een belangrijke spil binnen ons team en draag je bij aan de succesvolle uitvoering van onze internationale trainingsprogramma’s en evenementen voor filmproducenten uit heel Europa.

Over ACE Producers

ACE Producers is een toonaangevend Europees netwerk voor onafhankelijke filmproducenten. Via onze trainingsprogramma’s, workshops en evenementen brengen wij producenten uit heel Europa en daarbuiten samen. Veel ACE-alumni behoren tot de meest succesvolle onafhankelijke producenten van Europa en zijn betrokken bij internationaal bekroonde films die wereldwijd publiek bereiken.

De functie

Als Medewerker Finance & Operations ondersteun je bij subsidieaanvragen en rapportages, zorg je ervoor dat onze financiële en contractuele administratie in orde zijn, en dat organisatorische processen soepel verlopen. Je bent een belangrijke schakel tussen deelnemers, partners, leveranciers en externe dienstverleners. Je werkt nauw samen met de directeur en externe partijen.

Wat ga je doen?

Finance

Opstellen, controle, versturen en verwerking van facturen;
Beheren van debiteuren- en crediteurenadministratie;
Voorbereiden van betalingen;
Ondersteunen bij financiële rapportages, budgetbewaking en jaarafsluitingen;
Ondersteunen bij subsidieadministratie en financiële verantwoordingen;
Contact onderhouden met externe boekhoudkundige en financiële adviseurs.

Contracten & administratie

Opstellen, verwerken en archiveren van (partnership) voorstellen en contracten;
Bewaken van administratieve verplichtingen en deadlines;
Verzamelen van informatie voor rapportages, evaluaties en subsidieaanvragen;
Bijhouden van de CRM- en relatiedatabases.

Operations

Organiseren van (bestuurs)vergaderingen en interne bijeenkomsten en het (mede) opstellen van bijbehorende documenten en verslagen;
Verzorgen van algemene office management taken;
Beheren van personeelsadministratie en verlofregistratie;
Contact onderhouden met externe dienstverleners.

Wie zoeken wij?

Wij zoeken een proactieve collega die energie krijgt van overzicht aanbrengen in financien, administratie en organisatie, binnen een dynamische internationale werkomgeving. Je werkt graag gestructureerd, houdt overzicht en vindt het leuk om verschillende werkzaamheden te combineren.

Daarnaast breng je mee:

Mbo+ of hbo werk- en denkniveau;
Ervaring met financiële administratie;
Je bent nauwkeurig, zelfstandig en brengt graag structuur aan;
Goede communicatieve vaardigheden;
Uitstekende beheersing van Nederlands en Engels, zowel mondeling als schriftelijk;
Ervaring met subsidieaanvragen en partnerships binnen de culturele, audiovisuele of non-profitsector is een pré.

Wat bieden wij?

Een afwisselende functie binnen een internationaal gerenommeerde organisatie in de filmsector;
Informeel samenwerken binnen een klein, professioneel en betrokken team;
Ruimte voor eigen initiatief en verantwoordelijkheid;
Een hybride werkomgeving en een fijne werkplek in Amsterdam;
Marktconforme arbeidsvoorwaarden passend bij ervaring en achtergrond.

Interesse?

Stuur je motivatie en cv naar jobs@ace-producers.com voor 5 juli. Gesprekken zullen plaatsvinden in de week van 13 juli.

We kijken uit naar je sollicitatie, ongeacht je leeftijd, gender, culturele- en religieuze achtergrond, of van wie je houdt. Heb je redelijke aanpassingen nodig om het sollicitatieproces te doorlopen, voldoe je niet helemaal aan het profiel maar denk je toch een goede match te zijn, of heb je nog vragen over de functie? Neem dan gerust contact op voor meer informatie.

Startdatum: zo snel mogelijk in overleg

Contract: tijdelijk contract voor 1 jaar met mogelijkheid tot verlenging. Parttime (24 uur per week flexibel in te delen) in loondienst.

Salaris: inschaling in schaal 4 of 5, afhankelijk van ervaring, volgens de salaristabel en functiehandboek van de Fair Pay richtlijnen voor Filmfestivals opgezet door Platform Acct. 8% vakantiegeld en een pensioenregeling.

Awards for films by ACE producers at Cannes 2026

PALME D’OR
FJORD by Cristian Mungiu
Produced by Dyveke Bjørkly Graver (ACE Norway), Andrea Berentsen Ottmar (ACE Norway)
Co-produced by Jussi Rantamäki (ACE Finland)

GRAND PRIX
MINOTAUR by Andrey Zvyagintsev
Co-produced by Roman Paul (ACE Germany)

JURY PRIZE
THE DREAMED ADVENTURE by Valeska Grisebach
Produced by Jonas Dornbach (ACE Germany), Janine Jackowski (ACE Germany)

BEST DIRECTOR
FATHERLAND by Pawel Pawlikowski
Produced by Mario Gianani (ACE Italy)

BEST ACTRESS FOR VIRGINIE EFIRA AND TAO OKAMOTO
ALL OF A SUDDEN by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Produced by Bettina Brokemper (ACE Germany)

BEST ACTOR FOR EMMANUEL MACCHIA AND VALENTIN CAMPAGNE
COWARD by Lukas Dhont
Co-produced by Laurette Schillings (ACE The Netherlands), Frans van Gestel (ACE The Netherlands), Jacques-Henri Bronckart (ACE Belgium)

BEST SCREENPLAY FOR EMMANUEL MARRE
A MAN OF HIS TIME by Emmanuel Marre
Co-produced by David Thion (ACE France), Philippe Martin (ACE France)

UN CERTAIN REGARD PRIZE
EVERYTIME by Sandra Wollner
Produced by Lixi Frank (ACE Austria)

UN CERTAIN REGARD JURY PRIZE
ELEPHANTS IN THE FOG by Abinash Bikram Shah
Co-produced by Paul Zischler (ACE Germany)

QUEER PALM
TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA by Jane Schoenbrun
Produced by Daniel Bekerman (ACE Canada)

FIPRESCI PRIZE
FJORD by Cristian Mungiu
Produced by Dyveke Bjørkly Graver (ACE Norway), Andrea Berentsen Ottmar (ACE Norway)
Co-produced by Jussi Rantamäki (ACE Finland)

Cinema Needs Europe, Europe Needs Cinema

The petition is still open. Add your name here.

“No art form, like cinema, traverses our diurnal consciousness so directly as to touch our feelings, deep within the twilight chamber of our soul.”

For more than 130 years, this twilight chamber, as Ingmar Bergman called it, was brought to life by the lives of others, by their thoughts, their struggles, their words and their gazes.

Cinema begins with the desire to create. It becomes a film through a succession of encounters: screenwriters, directors and producers develop it, cinematographers, actors, and technical crews contribute, film funds support it, sales agents and distributors bring it to cinemas and festivals – and later broadcasters and streamers, critics debate, and audiences embrace it.

Filmmaking is a collaborative art. It becomes an industry through job creation and technological innovation. Yet every film remains a prototype, impossible to mass-produce on an assembly line. There are no economies of scale in storytelling. This dual nature calls for deliberate political choices engaging public and private operators.

Europe itself, as a collective endeavour, was imagined in stories before it was built, it is Stefan Zweig’s continent of ideas, not armies. Cinema brought this imagined Europe to life: LA DOLCE VITA, WINGS OF DESIRE or AMÉLIE turned Rome, Berlin and Paris into shared cultural references. ANATOMY OF A FALL, SIRAT, or THE NEW YEARS, global successes emerging from European talents, continue to build bridges across languages and borders.

In Europe, the political choice for cinema, be it Czech, Italian, Swedish, Slovenian, Portuguese or Belgian, is the MEDIA programme. Just as the idea of Europe itself is a unique project, the idea of the MEDIA programme is to sustain diverse European voices in a common house.

For over 35 years, it has been supporting the creation of European stories from script development to production by independent production companies, the releases in theatres and online, festivals, professionals’ training and upskilling. It has given a chance to all kinds of European projects, including the most unexpected ones, from East to West and from North to South. Building on the Union and Member Statesʼ regulations, it has also reinforced our industries against global giants, allowing film professionals to face sector upheavals and resist standardization, and fostered a dynamic and job-creating ecosystem.

MEDIA is a drop in the ocean of European funding: it represents 0,2% of the Union’s budget, while, as a comparison, the common agricultural policy alone accounts for 32% of this budget.

Yet, it has been a European success story with an invaluable impact.

Thanks to MEDIA, works that nurtured the growth of Ruben Östlund or Justine Triet travelled the world.

Thanks to MEDIA, Europe wins an Oscar almost every year: after FLOW, Gints Zilbalodis’s animated film, Joachim Trierʼs SENTIMENTAL VALUE and the documentary MR NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN by David Borenstein and Pavel Talankin took the spotlight in 2026.

Thanks to MEDIA, the voices of exiled and oppressed authors, such as Jafar Panahi or Mohammad Rasoulof, have the freedom to reach audiences worldwide.

Thanks to MEDIA, our cherished neighbourhood cinemas can remain open to the world through diverse programming, and do not have to close their doors.

Without MEDIA, we would all be a little less European.

Greek filmmaker Costa-Gavras once said, “you cannot change people’s political vision with a film, but you can, at the very least, kindle a political discussion”. In times marked by war, geopolitical tensions, and pressure on democracy – our foremost common good – this function is essential. We strive to give our societies, our children and future adults a taste for collective experience, empathy, and resistance.

Yet Europe’s ability to tell its own stories is under strain. Most audiovisual productions viewed in Europe originate outside the continent. Global platforms increasingly shape visibility, access and stories. At the same time, the sector faces structural transformations: shifting audience habits, including declining cinema attendance, the rise of artificial intelligence, and growing geopolitical competition.

The European Union is currently revising the rules that enable European cinema to flourish, to travel, and to carry our common voice. It includes the future of MEDIA in the new AGORA EU programme.

It is now the time to write the next chapter of the European Cinema story, with even greater ambition, commensurate with the challenges we face. We must not fail to see that the destiny of democracy and that of cinema, both born in Europe, are intimately linked. Because every time a cinema opens, democratic life reasserts itself.

We, European cinema professionals and citizens – all cinema lovers – call upon the European Commission, European Parliament and Member States to future-proof the success and integrity of the vital and precious MEDIA programme and reinforce its resources. There are no shared values, no democracy, and no European soft power, without artistic creation.

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS – ACE SERIES SPECIAL 8

ACE Producers is pleased to announce the call for applications for the ACE Series Special 8, with thanks to support from the Netherlands Film Fund, MOIN Filmförderung and Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg.

A hands-on workshop for experienced producers who want to deepen their knowledge of developing and producing TV drama series for an international audience and/or integrate a series division into their companies. The workshop is open to members of the ACE Network or other producers of a similar level.

Up to 18 producers are 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 packaging, working with broadcasters and streamers, marketing, audiences, international approaches and business strategies. The workshop gives producers a chance to work on their projects through interactive sessions and open discussions with experts and their peers.

Topics covered include:

The financing scheme of series in an international context;
Discovering the market potential and finding an (international) audience;
Strategically integrating a series department into an existing (film-)production company;
Understanding the different production structures of series development;
Working with streamers and broadcasters.

Professionals from companies such as Fremantle, BETA, Banijay, Federation and Lionsgate regularly attend as consultants, along with producers and showrunners offering no-holds-barred case studies and discussions.

DEADLINE
15 June 2026

WORKSHOP DATES
2 November – 7 November 2026

LOCATION
Lübeck, Germany

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;
To be fluent in spoken English.

Producers from any country are welcome to apply

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.

HOW TO APPLY
To request an application form please email specials@ace-producers.com

12 LEADING INDEPENDENT PRODUCERS SELECTED FOR ACE LEADERSHIP SPECIAL 2026

ACE Producers has selected 12 acclaimed film and television producers from 9 different territories for this year’s ACE Leadership Special.

Gearing up for its fifth edition, the ACE Leadership Special allows producers to take time out to examine themselves, their companies and their teams. The programme gives them the tools to recognise and harness their capabilities and innate skills, raising their confidence to be able to provide effective leadership for their production companies and to create work environments which are effective, productive and harmonious. The workshop format allows the small group to benefit not only from the knowledge of the workshop consultants, but from each other’s lived experiences.

The programme is supported by the Netherlands Film Fund, FilmCamp Norway and CFAP. It will take place in Vinkeveen (The Netherlands) in June 2026 and at FilmCamp in Øverbygd (Norway) in September 2026 along with online elements over the summer.

The consultants for the programme are Jeroen Achterberg, Jo Bishop (The Coaching Cabin) and Mark van der Grift (For REAL).

SELECTED PRODUCERS:

Nicolás Celis – Pimienta Films – Mexico

Marie Dubas – Deuxième Ligne Films – France

Harry Flöter – 2Pilots Filmproduction – Germany

Alexander Glehr – Film AG Produktions GmbH – Austria

Erik Glijnis – Lemming Film – The Netherlands

Miia Haavisto – Tekele Productions – Finland

Marc Irmer – Dolce Vita Films – France

Milena Klemke – Weydemann Bros. GmbH – Germany

Kuba Kosma – Serce – Poland

Mark Lwoff – Bufo – Finland

Adrià Monés Murlans – Fasten Films – Spain

Giovanni Pompili – Kino Produzioni – Italy

ACE Producers’ Films at Cannes 2026

COMPETITION

ALL OF A SUDDEN by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Produced by Bettina Brokemper (ACE Germany)

COWARD by Lukas Dhont
Co-produced by Laurette Schillings (ACE The Netherlands), Frans van Gestel (ACE The Netherlands), Jacques-Henri Bronckart (ACE Belgium)

THE DREAMED ADVENTURE by Valeska Grisebach
Produced by Jonas Dornbach (ACE Germany), Janine Jackowski (ACE Germany)

FATHERLAND by Pawel Pawlikowski
Produced by Mario Gianani (ACE Italy)

FJORD by Cristian Mungiu
Produced by Dyveke Bjørkly Graver (ACE Norway), Andrea Berentsen Ottmar (ACE Norway)
Co-produced by Jussi Rantamäki (ACE Finland)

GENTLE MONSTER by Marie Kreutzer
Co-produced by Jonas Dornbach (ACE Germany), Janine Jackowski (ACE Germany), Jean-Christophe Reymond (ACE France), Marie Kjellson (ACE Sweden)

LIFE OF A WOMAN by Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet
Produced by David Thion (ACE France)
Co-produced by Jacques-Henri Bronckart (ACE Belgium)

A MAN OF HIS TIME by Emmanuel Marre
Co-produced by David Thion (ACE France), Philippe Martin (ACE France)

MINOTAUR by Andrey Zvyagintsev
Co-produced by Roman Paul (ACE Germany)

NAGI NOTES by Koji Fukada
Co-produced by Si En Tan (ACE Singapore)

THE UNKNOWN by Arthur Harari
Co-produced by Andrea Paris (ACE Italy)

UN CERTAIN REGARD

ELEPHANTS IN THE FOG by Abinash Bikram Shah
Co-produced by Paul Zischler (ACE Germany)

EVERYTIME by Sandra Wollner
Produced by Lixi Frank (ACE Austria)

STRAWBERRIES by Laïla Marrakchi
Co-produced by Elise Heene (ACE Belgium)

TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA by Jane Schoenbrun
Produced by Daniel Bekerman (ACE Canada)

TITANIC OCEAN by Konstanina Kotzamani
Produced by Maria Drandaki (ACE Greece)
Co-produced by Nina Frese (ACE Germany), Radu Stancu (ACE Romania), Luisa Romeo (ACE Spain)
Executive produced by Emily Morgan (ACE United Kingdom)

CANNES PREMIÈRES

THE END OF IT by Maria Martinez Bayona
Produced by Kamilla Hodøl (ACE United Kingdom)
Co-produced by Dyveke Bjørkly Graver (ACE Norway), Andrea Berentsen Ottmar (ACE Norway)

MARIAGE AU GOÛT D’ORANGE by Christophe Honoré
Produced by David Thion (ACE France), Philippe Martin (ACE France)

OUT OF COMPETITION

THE ELECTRIC KISS by Pierre Salvadori
Produced by Philippe Martin (ACE France)
Co-produced by Jacques-Henri Bronckart (ACE Belgium)
Opening Film Cannes 2026

L’OBJET DU DELIT by Agnes Jaoui
Co-produced by Jacques-Henri Bronckart (ACE Belgium)

SPECIAL SCREENINGS

LES MATINS MERVEILLEUX by Avril Besson
Produced by Christophe Audeguis (ACE France)

MIDNIGHT SCREENINGS

ROMA ELASTICA by Bertrand Mandico
Produced by Marco Alessi (ACE Italy)

SEMAINE DE LA CRITIQUE – COMPETITION

THE STATION by Sara Ishaq
Co-produced by Koji Nelissen (ACE The Netherlands) and Derk-Jan Warrink (ACE The Netherlands)

SEMAINE DE LA CRITIQUE – SPECIAL SCREENINGS

TIN CASTLE by Alexander Murphy
Produced by David Collins (ACE Ireland)

QUINZAINE – FEATURE FILMS

DEATH HAS NO MASTER by Jorge Thielen Armand
Co-produced by Alexandra Hoesdorff (ACE Luxembourg)

DOUBLE FREEDOM by Lisandro Alonso
Co-produced by Viola Fügen (ACE Germany) and Gilles Chanial (ACE Luxembourg)

QUINZAINE – SHORT FILMS

FREE ELIZA (NOTES ON AN ANATOMICAL IMPERFECTION) by Alexandra Matheou
Co-produced by Maria Drandaki (ACE Greece)

PRODUCERS SELECTED FOR ACE MENTORING PROGRAMME EU 2026

Gearing up for its fifth edition, ACE Producers has selected ten emerging producers for the ACE Mentoring Programme EU 2026 from Europe and beyond.

The aim of the programme is 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 within ACE Producers Network actively working within the international film industry.

Each selected producer has been carefully matched to a mentor according to their specific needs. This tailor-made programme includes (online) meetings throughout the year, with the intent to share collective knowledge with a new generation of producers.

SELECTED PRODUCERS FOR ACE MENTORING PROGRAMME EU 2026:

Anne-Flore Aussant – Studio Marguya – Ireland
Mentor: Amanda Livanou – Neda Film – Greece

Flavia Biurrun – Saga Film – Belgium
Mentor: Snezana van Houwelingen – This and That Productions – Serbia

Maximiliano Bolados Jara – Bússola Film – France
Mentor: Titus Kreyenberg – unafilm – Germany

Melissa Byrne – Nordpolaris – Germany
Mentor: Laurence Lascary – De l’autre côté du périph (DACP) – France

Fahriye Ismayilova – Parda Film Production – Türkiye
Mentor: Carla Fotea – microfilm – Romania

Sarah Kang – Seesaw Pictures – South Korea
Mentor: Denis Vaslin – Volya Films – The Netherlands

Matěj Paclík – Breathless Films – Czech Republic
Mentor: Bernard Michaux – Samsa Film– Luxembourg

Bahnam Roshan – Prespective – Iran
Mentor: Kurban Kassam – Raucous Pictures – United Kingdom

Betty Sulty-Johnson – Habebo Studios – France
Mentor: Joram Willink – Bind Film – The Netherlands

Marta Szarzyńska – Watchout Studio – Poland
Mentor: Filipa Reis – Uma Pedra No Sapato – Portugal

Together with the ACE Training Days, the ACE Mentoring Programmes are 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.

Six producers selected for ACE Training Days Slovakia 2026

ACE Producers is excited to announce the 6 emerging producers from Slovakia, selected to participate in the upcoming ACE Training Days SK. Taking place on 14 and 15 April 2026 in Modra, the workshop will focus on “How to Build a Sustainable Economic Foundation for Your Business”.

The ACE Training Days SK is a tailor-made programme designed for producers from Slovakia who are looking to expand their networks and learn more about how to build a sustainable economic foundation for their businesses. The workshop welcomes producers working in fiction, animation and documentary.

This interactive workshop will include different sessions by trusted ACE consultants, and networking opportunities with the producers of the ACE 35 Annual Programme, who will be in Modra for the third session of their programme Business Prospects Workshop (BPW) and in Bratislava for the ACE Annual Reunion.

The ACE Training Days SK, ACE 35 Business Prospects Workshop and the Annual Reunion are supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, SAPA and Košice Region Film Office

PRODUCERS SELECTED FOR THE ACE TRAINING DAYS SK 2026:

Nataša Findrová – Murmur Films

Michaela Kaliská – NINJA film

Andrej Kolencik – Admiral Films

Radka Machalová – Bright Sight Pictures

Roman Pivovarník – HITCHHIKER Cinema

Marianna Vadovičová – Silverart

Together with the ACE Mentoring Programme, the ACE Training Days are part of ACE Springboard, a combination of programmes strengthening emerging independent producers. 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.

SELECTION ANNOUNCED FOR ACE MENTORING PROGRAMME NL 2026

Going into its sixth edition, ACE Producers has selected three upcoming producers from the Netherlands to participate in the ACE Mentoring Programme NL 2026.

The programme aims to support emerging producers from the Netherlands and Dutch Overseas Territories in reaching the next level of their careers and developing their international network. The selected participants have been matched to an ACE producer as mentor according to their specific needs. The mentorship includes meetings throughout the year at international festivals and events, and online.

The ACE Mentoring Programme NL has been set up in collaboration with the
Netherlands Film Fund.

SELECTED PRODUCERS FOR ACE MENTORING PROGRAMME NL 2026:

Rosa Duvekot, mint2 – The Netherlands
Mentor: Vanya Rainova, Portokal – Bulgaria

Thomas Mataheru, DotInk Cinema – The Netherlands
Mentor: Marcos Kantis, Schiwago Film GmbH – Germany

Hannah Padding, Bandit Amsterdam – The Netherlands
Mentor: Flaminio Zadra, Dorje Film – Italy

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 on the ACE Springboard Programmes here, for more information please contact us: ace@ace-producers.com