ACE Producers’ Films at Locarno 2024

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)

Titles by ACE members at Karlovy Vary 2024

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)

Films by ACE producers awarded in Cannes

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

Best Director
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)

Best Performance by an Actor
Jesse Plemons for KINDS OF KINDNESS by Yorgos Lanthimos
Produced by Ed Guiney (ACE Ireland)

Un Certain Regard – Best Director
ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL by Rungano Nyoni
Produced by Ed Guiney (ACE Ireland)

Un Certain Regard – Best Actress
Anasuya Sengupta for THE SHAMELESS by Konstantin Bojanov
Co-produced by Vincent Wang (ACE France)

Un Certain Regard – Special Mention
NORAH by Tawfik Alzaidi
Produced by Paul Miller (ACE Greece)

Caméra d’Or Prize
ARMAND by Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel
Co-produced by Koji Nelissen & Derk Jan Warrink (ACE The Netherlands)
Executive Produced by Dyveke Graver (ACE Norway)

Quinzaine – Audience Award
UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE by Matthew Rankin
Produced by Sylvain Corbeil (ACE Canada)

L’Oeil D’or
THE BRINK OF DREAMS by Nada Riyadh & Ayman El Amir
Co-produced by Marc Irmer (ACE France)

ACE Producers’ Films at Cannes 2024

COMPETITION

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

THE APPRENTICE by Ali Abbasi
Produced by Daniel Bekerman (ACE Canada)

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

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)

LIMONOV: THE BALLAD OF EDDIE by Kirill Serebrennikov
Produced by Mario Gianani (ACE Italy)

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

MARCELLO MIO by Christophe Honoré
Produced by Philippe Martin & David Thion (ACE France)

MOTEL DESTINO by Karim Ainouz
Co-produced by Viola Fügen (ACE Germany)

CANNES PREMIERES

EVERYBODY LOVES TOUDA by Nabil Ayouch
Co-produced by Marleen Slot (ACE The Netherlands)

UN CERTAIN REGARD

ARMAND by Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel
Co-produced by Koji Nelissen & Derk Jan Warrink (ACE The Netherlands)
Executive Produced by Dyveke Graver (ACE Norway)

NORAH by Tawfik Alzaidi
Produced by Paul Miller (ACE Greece)

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

SEPTEMBER SAYS by Ariane Labed
Produced by Ed Guiney (ACE Ireland)

THE SHAMELESS by Konstantin Bojanov
Co-produced by Vincent Wang (ACE France)

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

SEMAINE DE LA CRITIQUE

BABY by Marcelo Caetano
Co-produced by Stienette Bosklopper (ACE The Netherlands)

THE BRINK OF DREAMS by Nada Riyadh & Ayman El Amir
Produced by Marc Irmer (ACE France)

GHOST TRAIL by Jonathan Millet
Co-produced by Nicole Gerhards (ACE Germany)

SEMAINE DE LA CRITIQUE – SHORTS

SAUNA DAY by Anna Hints & Tushar Prakash
Produced by Evelin Penttilä (ACE Estonia)

DIRECTORS’ FORTNIGHT

TO A LAND UNKNOWN by Mahdi Fleifel
Co-produced by Maria Drandaki (ACE Greece)

UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE by Matthew Rankin
Produced by Sylvain Corbeil (ACE Canada)

ACID

KYUKA – BEFORE SUMMER’S END by Kostis Charamountanis
Produced by Giorgos Karnavas (ACE Greece)
Co-produced by Marija Dimitrova (ACE North Macedonia)
Opening Film ACID

MI BESTIA by Camila Beltrán
Produced by Lionel Massol (ACE France)

MOST PEOPLE DIE ON SUNDAYS by Iair Said
Co-produced by Alessandro Amato (ACE Italy)

Berlinale 2024 winners

Silver Bear Jury Prize
THE EMPIRE by Bruno Dumont
Produced by Andrea Paris (ACE Italy)
Co-produced by Dorothe Beinemeier (ACE Germany), Olivier Dubois (ACE Belgium), Bertrand Faivre (ACE France), Fabrizio Mosca (ACE Italy)

Silver Bear for Best Screenplay
DYING by Matthias Glasner
Produced by Jan Krüger (ACE Germany)

Encounters Best Director
CIDADE; CAMPO by Juliana Rojas
Co-produced by Clement Dubois (ACE France) and Ingmar Trost (ACE Germany)

Grand Prix for Best Film in Generation 14plus
WHO BY FIRE by Philippe Lesage
Produced by Galilé Marion-Gauvin (ACE Canada)

Special Mention – Crystal Bear for Best Film
YOUNG HEARTS by Anthony Schatteman
Co-produced by Annabella Nezri (ACE Belgium) and Floor Onrust (ACE The Netherlands)

Second Prize – Panorama Audience Award
CROSSING by Levan Akin
Co-produced by Katja Adomeit (ACE Denmark)

Forum – Ecumenical Jury Prize
MARIA’S SILENCE by Dāvis Sīmanis
Produced by Inese Boka-Grube (ACE Latvia)

Teddy Jury Award
DYING by Matthias Glasner
Produced by Jan Krüger (ACE Germany)

Guild Film Prize
DYING by Matthias Glasner
Produced by Jan Krüger (ACE Germany)

Special Mention – AG-Kino Gilde Cinema Vision 14Plus
DISCO AFRIKA: A MALAGASY STORY by Luck Razanajaona
Co-produced by Nicole Gerhards (ACE Germany)

Berliner Morgenpost Readers’ Jury Award
DYING by Matthias Glasner
Produced by Jan Krüger (ACE Germany)

Eurimages Co-Production Development Award
SCREAMING GIRL by Antonio Lukich
Produced by Vladimir Yatsenko (ACE Ukraine)
Co-produced by Jessie Fisk (ACE Ireland)

Berlinale 2024 titles by ACE producers

Competition

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

THE EMPIRE by Bruno Dumont
Produced by Andrea Paris (ACE Italy)
Co-produced by Dorothe Beinemeier (ACE Germany), Olivier Dubois (ACE Belgium), Bertrand Faivre (ACE France), Fabrizio Mosca (ACE Italy)

FROM HILDE, WITH LOVE by Andreas Dresen
Produced by Claudia Steffen (ACE Germany)

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

LANGUE ÉTRANGÈRE by Claire Burger
Co-produced by Roman Paul (ACE Germany)

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

Encounters

ARCADIA by Yorgos Zois
Produced by Maria Drandaki (ACE Greece)

CIDADE; CAMPO by Juliana Rojas
Co-produced by Clement Dubois (ACE France) and Ingmar Trost (ACE Germany)

Panorama

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

THE OUTRUN by Nora Fingscheidt
Co-produced by Jakob D. Weydemann (ACE Germany)

Panorama Dokumente

AFTERWAR by Birgitte Stærmose
Produced by Misha Jaari (ACE Finland)

Generation

ABOVE THE DUST by Wang Xiaoshuai
Co-produced by Leontine Petit (ACE The Netherlands) and Erik Glijnis (ACE The Netherlands)

DISCO AFRIKA: A MALAGASY STORY by Luck Razanajaona
Co-produced by Nicole Gerhards (ACE Germany)

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

THE GREAT PHUKET by Liu Yaonan
Produced by Cyriac Auriol (ACE France)

WHO BY FIRE by Philippe Lesage
Produced by Galilé Marion-Gauvin (ACE Canada)

YOUNG HEARTS by Anthony Schatteman
Co-produced by Annabella Nezri (ACE Belgium) and Floor Onrust (ACE The Netherlands)

Forum

IN THE BELLY OF A TIGER by Siddartha Jatla
Produced by Patrice Nezan (ACE France)

MARIA’S SILENCE by Dāvis Sīmanis
Produced by Inese Boka-Grube (ACE Latvia)

THE NIGHTS STILL SMELL OF GUNPOWDER by Inadelso Cossa
Co-produced by Frank Hoeve (ACE The Netherlands)

OASIS OF NOW by Chee Sum Chia
Produced by Fran Borgia (ACE Singapore)

REAS by Lola Arias
Produced by Ingmar Trost (ACE Germany)

Berlinale Specials

AT AVERROES & ROSA PARKS by Nicolas Philibert
Produced by Milena Poylo (ACE France)

CUCKOO by Tilman Singer
Produced by Markus Halberschmidt (ACE Germany)

EXERGUE – ON DOCUMENTA 14 by Dimitris Athiridis
Co-produced by Yorgos Tsourgiannis (ACE Greece)

TREASURE by Julia von Heinz
Produced by Fabian Gasmia (ACE Germany)

ACE Producers’ Films at IFFR 2024

TIGER COMPETITION

PRAIA FORMOSA by Julia De Simone
Produced by Filipa Reis (ACE Portugal)

SWIMMING HOME by Justin Anderson
Produced by Emily Morgan (ACE United Kingdomm) and Giorgos Karnavas (ACE Greece)
Co-produced by Leontine Petit and Erik Glijnis (ACE The Netherlands)

 BIG SCREEN COMPETITION

PORTRAIT OF A CERTAIN ORIENT by Marcelo Gomes
Co-produced by Eliane Ferreira (ACE Brazil) and Simone Gattoni (ACE Italy)

 LIMELIGHT

LA CHIMERA by Alice Rohrwacher
Produced by Carlo Cresto-Dina (ACE Italy)

LOS DELINCUENTES by Rodrigo Moreno
Co-produced by Bruno Bettati (ACE Chile), Gilles Chanial (ACE Luxemburg) and Hernán Musaluppi (ACE Argentina)

FOUR DAUGHTERS by Kaouther Ben Hania
Produced by Nadim Cheikhrouha (ACE France)
Co-produced by Thanassis Karathanos (ACE Germany)

THE GREEN BORDER by Agnieszka Holland
Co-produced by Diana Elbaum (ACE Belgium)
and Maria Blicharska (ACE France)

HOLLY by Fien Troch
Co-produced by Frans van Gestel (ACE The Netherlands)
and Laurette Schillings (ACE The Netherlands)

HOW TO HAVE SEX by Molly Manning Walker
Executive producer: Giorgos Karnavas (ACE Greece)

LOST IN THE NIGHT by Amat Escalante
Produced by Nicolás Celis (ACE Mexico)
Co-produced by Leontine Petit and Erik Glijnis (ACE The Netherlands), Eva Jakobsen (ACE Denmark)

MADAME LUNA by Daniel Espinosa
Co-produced by Katja Adomeit (ACE Denmark), Marco Alessi (ACE Italy)

 HARBOUR

8 VIEWS OF LAKE BIWA by Marko Raat
Co-produced by Misha Jaari (ACE Finland)

BISONS by Pierre Monnard
Produced by Patrice Nezan

LEVANTE by Lillah HALLA
Co-produced by Claire Charles-Gervais (ACE France)

MELK by Stefanie Kolk
Produced by Leontine Petit and Erik Glijnis (ACE The Netherlands)

TWITTERING SOUL by Deimantas Narkevičius
Produced by Dagne Vildziunaite (ACE Lithuania)

Academy Awards 2024

Winners indicated in bold

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

POOR THINGS by Yorgos Lanthimos
Produced by Ed Guiney (ACE Ireland)
Co-produced by Ildiko Kemeny (ACE Hungary)

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

POOR THINGS by Yorgos Lanthimos
Produced by Ed Guiney (ACE Ireland)
Co-produced by Ildiko Kemeny (ACE Hungary)

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Sandra Hüller for ANATOMY OF A FALL by Justine Triet
Produced by David Thion (ACE France)

Emma Stone for POOR THINGS by Yorgos Lanthimos
Produced by Ed Guiney (ACE Ireland)
Co-produced by Ildiko Kemeny (ACE Hungary)

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Mark Ruffalo for POOR THINGS by Yorgos Lanthimos
Produced by Ed Guiney (ACE Ireland)
Co-produced by Ildiko Kemeny (ACE Hungary)

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
FOUR DAUGHTERS by Kaouther Ben Hania
Produced by Nadim Cheikhrouha (ACE France)
Co-produced by Thanassis Karathanos (ACE Germany)

ANIMATED FEATURE
ROBOT DREAMS by Pablo Berger
Produced by Jérôme Videl (ACE France)

LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
THE AFTER by Misan Harriman
Produced by Nicky Bentham (ACE United Kingdom)

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Justine Triet and Arthur Harari for
ANATOMY OF A FALL by Justine Triet
Produced by David Thion (ACE France)

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Tony McNamara for POOR THINGS by Yorgos Lanthimos
Produced by Ed Guiney (ACE Ireland)
Co-produced by Ildiko Kemeny (ACE Hungary)

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Robbie Ryan for POOR THINGS by Yorgos Lanthimos
Produced by Ed Guiney (ACE Ireland)
Co-produced by Ildiko Kemeny (ACE Hungary)

FILM EDITING
Laurent Sénéchal for ANATOMY OF A FALL by Justine Triet
Produced by David Thion (ACE France)

Yorgos Mavropsaridis for POOR THINGS by Yorgos Lanthimos
Produced by Ed Guiney (ACE Ireland)
Co-produced by Ildiko Kemeny (ACE Hungary)

PRODUCTION DESIGN
James Price and Shona Heath for POOR THINGS by Yorgos Lanthimos
Produced by Ed Guiney (ACE Ireland)
Co-produced by Ildiko Kemeny (ACE Hungary)

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
Jerskin Fendrix for POOR THINGS by Yorgos Lanthimos
Produced by Ed Guiney (ACE Ireland)
Co-produced by Ildiko Kemeny (ACE Hungary)

COSTUME DESIGN
Holly Waddington for POOR THINGS by Yorgos Lanthimos
Produced by Ed Guiney (ACE Ireland)
Co-produced by Ildiko Kemeny (ACE Hungary)

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier and Josh Weston for
POOR THINGS by Yorgos Lanthimos
Produced by Ed Guiney (ACE Ireland)
Co-produced by Ildiko Kemeny (ACE Hungary)

ACE Producers’ Films in Sundance 2024

PREMIERES

THE OUTRUN by Nora Fingscheidt
Co-produced by Jakob D. Weydemann (ACE Germany)

WINNER by Susanna Fogel
Executive produced by Daniel Bekerman (ACE Canada)

World Cinema Dramatic Competition

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

SEBASTIAN by Mikko Makela
Co-produced by Aleksi Bardy (ACE Finland), Leontine Petit (ACE The Netherlands), Erik Glijnis (ACE The Netherlands), Dries Phlypo (ACE Belgium)

World Cinema Documentary Competition

SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D’ETAT by Johan Grimonprez
Co-produced by Frank Hoeve (ACE The Netherlands)

Spotlight

HOW TO HAVE SEX by Molly Manning Walker
Executive Produced by Giorgos Karnavas (ACE Greece)

ACE Producers’ films awarded during 2023 European Film Awards

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

EUROPEAN DISCOVERY – PRIX FIPRESCI
HOW TO HAVE SEX by Molly Manning Walker
Executive Produced by Giorgos Karnavas (ACE Greece)

EUROPEAN ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
ROBOT DREAMS by Pablo Berger
Produced by Jérôme Videl (ACE France)

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

EUROPEAN ACTRESS
Sandra Hüller in ANATOMY OF A FALL by Justine Triet
Produced by David Thion (ACE France)

EUROPEAN ACTOR
Mads Mikkelsen in THE PROMISED LAND by Nikolaj Arcel
Co-produced by Fabian Gasmia (ACE Germany)

EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER
Justine Triet & Arthur Harari for
ANATOMY OF A FALL by Justine Triet
Produced by David Thion (ACE France)

EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHY
Rasmus Videbæk for THE PROMISED LAND by Nikolaj Arcel
Co-produced by Fabian Gasmia (ACE Germany)

EUROPEAN EDITING
Laurent Sénéchal for ANATOMY OF A FALL by Justine Triet
Produced by David Thion (ACE France)

EUROPEAN PRODUCTION DESIGN
Emita Frigato for LA CHIMERA by Alice Rohrwacher
Produced by Carlo Cresto-Dina (ACE Italy)

EUROPEAN COSTUME DESIGN
Kicki Ilander for THE PROMISED LAND by Nikolaj Arcel
Co-produced by Fabian Gasmia (ACE Germany)

EUROPEAN ORIGINAL SCORE
Markus Binder for CLUB ZERO by Jessica HAUSNER
Produced by Johannes Schubert (ACE Austria)
Co-produced by Per Damgaard Hansen (ACE Denmark)