ACE Project Spotlight: La Bella Estate

LA BELLA ESTATE by Laura Luchetti will premiere at Locarno International Film Festival 2023 at the Piazza Grande. Producer Giovanni Pompili (ACE Italy) participated with the project in the ACE 30 Annual Programme.

1938. Young Ginia has just moved to Turin from the countryside. Looking for adventure she discovers the dazzling artists’ world and begins an affair with a painter. Amelia, the model who leads her into the bohemian quarters, is sensual, free, and different from anyone she has ever met. During her ‘beautiful summer’, Ginia yields to her first great love, celebrating the courage to be truly herself.

How did the ACE Annual Programme benefit you as a producer, and your ACE project?
Participating in the ACE Annual Programme definitely was a turning point for my education and career, as well as strengthening my industry knowledge and my international network. Meeting and sharing with my peers always brings different points of view on common topics and this is absolutely the greatest value the experience can bring. It helped me a lot to be able to look at myself from the right distance to my professional experience and to the company management.
And: The Annual Programme doesn’t finish with the workshop, but the ACE journey starts with it, being part of the association today is extremely important.

Unfortunately, we experienced it in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic and we were still not used to handling this kind of online engagement. I did the first session from a hotel room while we were in Sardinia on the set of a shooting (SILENT LAND, co-produced with Lava Films and I/O Post) with COVID alert and protocol to manage and it was difficult to stay 100% focused. However, the ACE team did a tremendous job of making it as interactive and inspiring as possible. The feedback from my script team was invaluable, it was really the confrontation I needed at that time.

What was the most challenging in getting this film from script to the screen?
Making a film based on a book is always a great challenge. If the book is written by Pavese, a master of Italian literature, the challenge is even greater. With Laura, we talked a lot and the only way to respect such an important author was to make him our own. So, the script itself was the first challenge. In the production build-up, we had another big challenge given the fact that the film was supposed to be a co-production with France but four months before shooting everything fell through.
Thanks to our associate partners Lucky Red, Tapeless and True Colours who are handling international sales, we’ve managed to get to the set without changing or reducing the shooting days.

What’s ahead for you and your company? What are you currently working on?
In San Sebastián we will premiere in competition with PUAN, directed by Maria Alche and Benjamin Naishtat, a film I’m super proud of! It is an Argentinian-Brasilian-Italian-French-German co-production, led by Pasto and Pucara Cine together with Infinity Hill – Pandora Filmproduktion (Germany) – Atelier de Production (France) – Bubbles Project (Brazil)

In post-production, we have currently two films, the second feature by Carlo Sironi starring the French actress Noee Abita and co-produced with Julie Billy at June film in France and a minority co-production with the Netherlands based on the book A Beautiful Imperfection by Arthur Japin. It is produced together with Maarten Swart at Kaap Holland Films and Eye-Works Belgium starring Dar Zuso and Jonah Hauer-King.

In October we will have the principal photography of POLVO SERAN, directed by Carlos Marques-Marcet in co-production with Lastor Media (Spain) and Alina Films (Switzerland).

We are developing more films, both majority and minority co-production, it is in our souls to work on stories regardless of the passport of the authors. But the biggest challenge is to structure the company so that it can be independent of me, that is, to train professionals who can one day carry on what I started ten years ago.

ACE Project Spotlight: Sweet Dreams

SWEET DREAMS by Ena Sendijarević will premiere at Locarno International Film Festival 2023 in Concorso Internazionale. Producer Erik Glijnis (ACE The Netherlands) participated with the project in the ACE 30 Annual Programme.

1900. A secluded island full of flora and fauna. Amidst another sugar crisis, Jan — patriarch and head of a sugar factory — dies, leaving his two women to their own devices: Agathe, his wife, and housemaid Siti, the mother to his bastard son. A family reunion follows. When the illegitimate son turns out to be the only heir, it’s every man, woman, child, plant, and animal for themselves…

How did the ACE Annual Programme benefit you as a producer, and your ACE project?
ACE 30 was an extraordinary edition as we started during the COVID-19 pandemic. We had the pleasure of participating in the ACE Annual Programme for over one and a half years. During that time, I developed SWEET DREAMS together with writer/director Ena Sendijarević from the first draft until a shooting script and from the start, it was clear that it was an ambitious project.
My fellow producers within the group helped shape both the content and financial set-up of the film. At the end of my ACE journey, we moved forward to a shooting period in the Summer of 2021. The shoot was bound to take place in Indonesia, however, the Delta COVID variant really hit hard that summer. During our pre-production, we had to stop due to safety reasons. Later, we tried to re-set it up in Indonesia, but also started researching alternatives, and came across the island of La Reunion and eventually moved the production there. We finally shot the film a year later in the summer of 2022. It was an extremely tough period. I’ve learned a lot from this process, from my fellow participants’ input and from being involved in helping them with their projects.

What was the most challenging in getting this film from script to the screen?
On a productional level, it was what I mentioned above, creating a period piece with a small budget amidst COVID-19. The co-production structure was Dutch, Swedish, Indonesian, and French, getting our different cultures and way of working in line and being the first ever international co-production to shoot in La Reunion meant we had to work very structured. I should not forget to thank my dear colleague Leontine Petit (ACE NL) and my producing partners: Erik Hemmendorff (ACE SE), Judy Tossell (ACE DE), Kristina Borjeson (FilmiVast), Mandy Marahimin (Tala Media, Indonesia) and Laurent Medea from (TikTak production, La Réunion). We had just completed the co-production PLEASURE, where Plattform was the majority producer, and it was great to continue our relationship and collaborate on SWEET DREAMS.

What’s ahead for you and your company? What are you currently working on?
We’re happy our different outfits (Lemming Film Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany) have a lot going on in terms of production. In the meantime, we’re working on our development slate and strengthening the organisation and our team. We’re also spending quite some time on the creative alliance we’re part of called The Creatives to further intensify our collaboration.

Regarding the projects: We’re in post-production with Tallulah Schwab’s MR. K, Lucrecia Martel’s CHOCOBAR, Stefanie Kolk’s MELK, Wang Xiaoshuai’s ABOVE THE DUST, Justin Andersons SWIMMING HOME and Isabella Eklöf’s KALAK.

This fall, I’m finally shooting David Verbeek’s feature film THE WOLF, THE FOX & THE LEOPARD, a co-production between The Netherlands, Luxemburg, Croatia, Ireland, and Taiwan. We’re involved as a minority co-producer in VÄRN, directed by John Skoog, and produced by Erik Hemmendorff and Caroline Drab (Plattform), with Denis Lavant as the lead. We’re also working on SKIFF, a feature film by Cecilia Verheyden, produced by Elisa Heene (Mirage Films). In the Spring of 2024, I’m shooting Michiel ten Horn’s ANY OTHER NIGHT with our German (One Two Films) and Canadian (Lithium Studios) partners. We also have two series and a high school comedy going into production in the first half of 2023, so it’s pretty packed until next summer with a wide variety of great projects.

ACE Producers’ Films Awarded at Cannes 2023

Palme d’or
ANATOMY OF A FALL by Justine TRIET
Produced by David Thion (ACE France)

Best Performance by an Actress
MERVE DIZDAR for
ABOUT DRY GRASSES by Nuri Bilge CEYLAN
Co-produced by Jonas Dornbach (ACE Germany),
Janine Jackowski (ACE Germany) and Nadir Öperli (ACE Turkey)

Jury Prize
FALLEN LEAVES by Aki KAURISMAKI
Produced by Misha Jaari (ACE Finland)

Un Certain Regard Award
HOW TO HAVE SEX by Molly MANNING WALKER
Executive producer: Giorgos Karnavas (ACE Greece)

Un Certain Regard – Jury Prize
LES MEUTES by Kamal LAZRAQ
Co-produced by Diana Elbaum (ACE Belgium)

Un Certain Regard – Freedom Prize
GOODBYE JULIA by Mohamed KORDOFANI
Co-produced by Marc Irmer (ACE France)

Un Certain Regard – New Voice Prize
OMEN by Baloji
Co-produced by Sébastien Onomo (ACE France)

Semaine de la Critique – Cannes – Grand Prize
TIGER STRIPES by Amanda NELL EU
Co-produced by Fran Borgia (ACE Singapore),
Ellen Havenith (ACE The Netherlands) and Jakob Weydemann (ACE Germany

Fipresci Prize – Un Certain Regard
THE SETTLERS by Felipe GÁLVEZ
Co-produced by Eva Jakobsen (ACE Denmark), Emily Morgan (ACE UK) and Ingmar Trost (ACE Germany)

Fipresci Prize – First Feature in Parallel Sections
LEVANTE by Lillah HALLA
Co-produced by Claire Charles-Gervais (ACE France)

ACE Producers’ Films at Cannes 2023

OFFICIAL SELECTION – COMPETITION

ABOUT DRY GRASSES by Nuri Bilge CEYLAN
Co-produced by Jonas Dornbach (ACE Germany),
Janine Jackowski (ACE Germany) and Nadir Öperli (ACE Turkey)

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

CLUB ZERO by Jessica HAUSNER
Co-produced by Per Damgaard Hansen (ACE Denmark)

FALLEN LEAVES by Aki KAURISMAKI
Produced by Misha Jaari (ACE Finland)

FOUR DAUGHTERS by Kaouther BEN HANIA
Produced by Nadim Cheikhrouha (ACE France)
Co-produced by Thanassis Kharathanos (ACE Germany)

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

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

KIDNAPPED by Marco BELLOCCHIO
Produced by Simone Gattoni (ACE Italy),
co-produced by Viola Fügen (ACE Germany)

OFFICIAL SELECTION – SPECIAL SCREENINGS

LE THÉORÈME DE MARGUERITE by Anna NOVION
Co-produced by Milena Poylo (ACE France)

LITTLE GIRL BLUE by Mona ACHACHE
Produced by Yaël Fogiel (ACE France)

OCCUPIED CITY by Steve MCQUEEN
Produced by Floor Onrust (ACE The Netherlands)

OFFICIAL SELECTION – CANNES PREMIÈRE

LE TEMPS D’AIMER by Katell QUILLÉVÉRÉ
Produced by David Thion (ACE France) and Philippe Martin (ACE France)
Co-produced by Jean-Yves Roubin (ACE Belgium)

LOST IN THE NIGHT by Amat ESCALANTE
Produced by Nicolás Celis (ACE Mexico)
Co-produced by Viola Fügen (ACE Germany), Eva Jakobsen (ACE Denmark),
Leontine Petit (ACE Netherlands), Erik Glijnis (ACE Netherlands)

EUREKA by Lisandro ALONSO
Co-produced by Jonas Dornbach (ACE Germany) and Janine Jackowski (ACE Germany)

OFFICIAL SELECTION – UN CERTAIN REGARD

GOODBYE JULIA by Mohamed KORDOFANI
Co-produced by Marc Irmer (ACE France)

HOW TO HAVE SEX by Molly MANNING WALKER
Executive producer: Giorgos Karnavas (ACE Greece)

LES MEUTES by Kamal LAZRAQ
Co-produced by Diana Elbaum (ACE Belgium)

LOS DELINCUENTES by Rodrigo MORENO
Co-produced by Bruno Bettati (ACE Chile),
Gilles Chanial (ACE Luxemburg), Hernan Musaluppi (ACE Argentina)

OMEN by Baloji
Co-produced by Sébastien Onomo (ACE France)

THE SETTLERS by Felipe GÁLVEZ
Co-produced by Eva Jakobsen (ACE Denmark), Emily Morgan (ACE UK) and Ingmar Trost (ACE Germany)

SIMPLE COMME SYLVAIN by Monia CHOKRI
Produced by Sylvain Corbeil (ACE Canada)

UNE NUIT by Alex LUTZ
Co-produced by Jacques-Henri Bronckart (ACE Belgium)

QUINZAINE DES CINÉASTES

SHE IS CONANN by Bertrand MANDICO
Produced by Gilles Chanial (ACE Luxembourg)
Co-produced by Olivier Dubois (ACE Belgium)

SEMAINE DE LA CRITIQUE

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

LOST COUNTRY by Vladimir PERISIC
Co-produced by Ankica Juric Tilic (ACE Croatia)

TIGER STRIPES by Amanda NELL EU
Co-produced by Fran Borgia (ACE Singapore),
Ellen Havenith (ACE The Netherlands) and Jakob Weydemann (ACE Germany)

VINCENT MUST DIE by Stéphan CASTANG
Co-produced by Jean-Yves Roubin (ACE Belgium)

ACID

CAITI BLUES by Justine HARBONNIER
Produced by Julie Paratian (ACE France)

CHICKEN FOR LINDA! by Chiara MATLA and Sébastien LAUDENBACH
Produced by Marc Irmer (ACE France)

Oscar Nominations 2023

BEST PICTURE
TRIANGLE OF SADNESS by Ruben Östlund
Produced by Erik Hemmendorff (ACE Sweden)
Co-produced by Giorgos Karnavas (ACE Greece) and Per Damgaard Hansen (ACE Denmark)

BEST DIRECTING
Ruben Östlund for TRIANGLE OF SADNESS by Ruben Östlund
Produced by Erik Hemmendorff (ACE Sweden)
Co-produced by Giorgos Karnavas (ACE Greece) and Per Damgaard Hansen (ACE Denmark)

INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
CLOSE by Lukas Dhont
Co-produced by Laurette Schillings (ACE the Netherlands), Frans van Gestel (ACE The Netherlands) and Jacques-Henri Bronckart (ACE Belgium)

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Ruben Östlund for TRIANGLE OF SADNESS by Ruben Östlund
Produced by Erik Hemmendorff (ACE Sweden)
Co-produced by Giorgos Karnavas (ACE Greece) and Per Damgaard Hansen (ACE Denmark)

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
A HOUSE MADE OF SPLINTERS by Simon Lereng Wilmont
Executive producer Signe Byrge Sørensen (ACE Denmark)

LIVE-ACTION SHORT FILM
LE PUPILLE by Alice Rohrwacher
Produced by Carlo Cresto Dina (ACE Italy)

ACE Producers’ Films at IFFR 2023

TIGER COMPETITION

NUMMER ACHTTIEN by Guido van der Werve
Produced by Danielle Guirguis (ACE the Netherlands)

BIG SCREEN COMPETITION

BEFORE WE COLLAPSE by Alice Zeniter and Benoît Volnais
Produced by Marie Masmonteil (ACE France)

COPENHAGEN DOES NOT EXIST by Martin Skovbjerg
Produced by Eva Jakobsen (ACE Denmark)

FOUR LITTLE ADULTS by Selma Vilhunen
Produced by Elli Toivoniemi (ACE Finland)

LUKA by Jessica Woodworth
Produced by Denis Vaslin (ACE the Netherlands)

LIMELIGHT

BLIND WILLOW, SLEEPING WOMAN by Pierre Foldes
Produced by Tom Dercourt (ACE France)
Co-produced by Galilé Marion-Gauvin (ACE Canada) and Joost De Vries (ACE the Netherlands)

THE BLUE CAFTAN by Maryam Touzani
Co-produced by Eva Jakobsen (ACE Denmark)

GODLAND by Hlynur Palmason
Produced by Eva Jakobsen (ACE Denmark)

GOODBYE STRANGER by Aaron Rookus
Produced by Laurette Schillings (ACE the Netherlands)

MEDITERRANEAN FEVER by Maha Haj
Produced by Thanassis Karathanos (ACE Germany) and Janine Teerling (ACE Cyprus)

MOTHER AND SON by Léonor Serraille
Produced by Bertrand Gore (ACE France)

CINEMA REGAINED
JEUNE CINEMA by Yves-Marie Mahe
Produced by Nicolas Brevière (ACE France)

HARBOUR
LOLA by Andrew Legge
Produced by Alan Maher (ACE Ireland), Cowtown Pictures
Developed during ACE 28

MASCOTTE by Remy van Heugten
Produced by Joram Willink (ACE the Netherlands)

LUISE by Matthias Luthardt
Produced by Oliver Damian (ACE Germany)

ACE Producers’ Films at the Berlinale 2023

Competition

DISCO BOY by Giacomo Abbruzzese
Produced by Marco Alessi (ACE Italy)
Co-produced by Maria Blicharska (ACE Poland)

INGEBORG BACHMANN – JOURNEY INTO THE DESERT
by Margarethe von Trotta
Produced by Bettina Brokemper (ACE Germany)

ONE DAY WE’LL TEACH EACH OTHER EVERYTHING by Emily Atef
Produced by Karten Stoter (ACE Germany)

TILL THE END OF THE NIGHT by Christoph Hochhäusler
Produced by Bettina Brokemper (ACE Germany)

TÓTEM by Lila Avilés
Co-produced by Per Damgaard Hansen (ACE Denmark)

Encounters

FAMILY TIME by Tia Kuovo
Produced by Jussi Rantamäki (ACE Finland)

ORLANDO: MY POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY by Paul B. Preciado
Produced by Yael Fogiel (ACE France)

THE ECHO by Tatiana Huezo
Produced by Nicolas Celis (ACE Mundus)

Panorama

INSIDE by Vasilis Katsoupis
Produced by Giorgios Karnavas (ACE Greece), Dries Phlypo (ACE Belgium) and Marcos Kantis (ACE Germany)

SILVER HAZE by Sacha Polak
Produced by Marleen Slot (ACE the Netherlands)

THE BEAST IN THE JUNGLE by Patric Chiha
Produced by Charlotte Vincent (ACE France), Jean-Yves Roubin (ACE Belgium) and Ebba Sinzinger (ACE Austria)

THE SIREN by Sepideh Farsi
Produced by Sébastien Onomo (ACE France)

Generation KPLUS

SEA SPARKLE by Domien Huyghe
Produced by Dries Phlypo (ACE Belgium)
Co-produced by Marleen Slot (ACE the Netherlands)

TOMORROW IS A LONG TIME by Jow Zhi Wei
Produced by Fran Borgia (ACE Singapore)

Forum

MAMMALIA by Sebastian Mihăilescu
Produced by Ada Solomon (ACE Romania)
Co-produced by Nina Frese (ACE Germany)
Associate producer Antoine Simkine (ACE France)

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ACE Producers’ Films in Sundance 2023

PREMIERES

DRIFT by Anthony Chen
Co-produced by Giorgos Karnavas (ACE Greece)

WORLD CINEMA DRAMATIC COMPETITION

SLOW by Marija Kavtaradze
Produced by Marija Razgute (ACE Lithuania)
Co-produced by Luisa Romeo (ACE Spain) and Anna-Maria Kantarius (ACE Sweden)
Directing Award for Marija Kavtaradze

SORCERY by Christopher Murray
Produced by Nicolás Celis (ACE Mundus)
Co-produced by Viola Fügen (ACE Germany)

WHEN IT MELTS by Veerle Baetens
Produced by Bart Van Langendonck (ACE Belgium)
Co-produced by Jacques-Henri Bronckart (ACE Belgium) and Ellen Havenith (ACE the Netherlands)
Associate producer Sarah Marks (ACE Belgium)
Special Jury Award for Best Performance for Rosa Marchant

WORLD CINEMA DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION

AND THE KING SAID, WHAT A FANTASTIC MACHINE by Axel Danielson and Maximilien Van Aertryck
Executive producer Erik Hemmendorff (ACE Sweden)
Special Jury Award for Creative Vision

IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE? by Ella Glendining
Produced by Janine Marmot (ACE UK)
Executive producer Lisa Marie Russo (ACE UK)

SPOTLIGHT

L’IMMENSITA’ by Emanuele Crialese
Produced by Mario Gianani (ACE Italy)

THE EIGHT MOUNTAINS by Charlotte Vandermeersch and Felix Van Groeningen
Produced by Mario Gianani (ACE Italy)

ACE Producers’ Films Nominated for 2022 EFAs

EUROPEAN FILM

ALCARRÀS by Carla Simon
Co-produced by Giovanni Pompili (ACE Italy)

CLOSE by Lukas Dhont
Co-produced by Laurette Schillings (ACE the Netherlands) and Frans van Gestel (ACE The Netherlands)

CORSAGE by Marie Kreutzer
Co-produced by Jonas Dornbach (ACE Germany), Janine Jackowski (ACE Germany), Bernard Michaux (ACE Luxembourg), Jean-Christophe Reymond (ACE France)

TRIANGLE OF SADNESS by Ruben Östlund
Produced by Erik Hemmendorff (ACE Sweden)
Co-produced by Giorgos Karnavas (ACE Greece) and Per Damgaard Hansen (ACE Denmark)
Winner

EUROPEAN DOCUMENTARY

MARIUPOLIS 2 by Mantas Kvedaravicius and Hanna Bilobrova
Co-produced by Thanassis Karathanos (ACE Germany)
Winner

EUROPEAN ANIMATED FEATURE

OINK by Mascha Halberstad
Produced by Marleen Slot (ACE the Netherlands) and co-produced by Dries Phylo (ACE Belgium)

EUROPEAN DIRECTOR

CLOSE by Lukas Dhont
Co-produced by Laurette Schillings (ACE the Netherlands) and Frans van Gestel (ACE The Netherlands)

CORSAGE by Marie Kreutzer
Co-produced by Jonas Dornbach (ACE Germany), Janine Jackowski (ACE Germany), Bernard Michaux (ACE Luxembourg), Jean-Christophe Reymond (ACE France)

TRIANGLE OF SADNESS by Ruben Östlund
Produced by Erik Hemmendorff (ACE Sweden)
Co-produced by Giorgos Karnavas (ACE Greece) and Per Damgaard Hansen (ACE Denmark)
Winner

EUROPEAN ACTRESS

Vicky Krieps for
CORSAGE by Marie Kreutzer
Co-produced by Jonas Dornbach (ACE Germany), Janine Jackowski (ACE Germany), Bernard Michaux (ACE Luxembourg), Jean-Christophe Reymond (ACE France)
Winner

Léa Seydoux for
UN BEAU MATIN by Mia Hansen-Løve
Produced by Philipp Martin (ACE France) and David Thion (ACE France)
Co-produced by Roman Paul (ACE Germany)

Meltem Kaptan for
RABIYE KURNAZ VS. GEORGE W. BUSH by Andreas Dresen
Produced by Claudia Steffen (ACE Germany) & co-produced by Tom Dercourt (ACE France)

EUROPEAN ACTOR

Eden Dambrine for
CLOSE by Lukas Dhont
Co-produced by Laurette Schillings (ACE the Netherlands) and Frans van Gestel (ACE The Netherlands)

Elliott Crosset Hove for
GODLAND by Hlynur Palmason
Produced by Eva Jakobsen (ACE Denmark)

Zlatko Buric for
TRIANGLE OF SADNESS by Ruben Östlund
Produced by Erik Hemmendorff (ACE Sweden)
Co-produced by Giorgos Karnavas (ACE Greece) and Per Damgaard Hansen (ACE Denmark)
Winner

EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER

Arnau Vilaró and Carla Simón for
ALCARRÀS by Carla Simon
Co-produced by Giovanni Pompili (ACE Italy)

Lukas Dhont and Angelo Tijssens for
CLOSE by Lukas Dhont
Co-produced by Laurette Schillings (ACE the Netherlands) and Frans van Gestel (ACE The Netherlands)

Ruben Östlund for
TRIANGLE OF SADNESS by Ruben Östlund
Produced by Erik Hemmendorff (ACE Sweden)
Co-produced by Giorgos Karnavas (ACE Greece) and Per Damgaard Hansen (ACE Denmark)
Winner

EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY FILM AWARD

ALCARRÀS by Carla Simon
Co-produced by Giovanni Pompili (ACE Italy)

CLOSE by Lukas Dhont
Co-produced by Laurette Schillings (ACE the Netherlands) and Frans van Gestel (ACE The Netherlands)

ACE Producers’ Films at TIFF 2022

CONTEMPORARY WORLD CINEMA
AMANDA by Carolina Cavalli
Produced by Mario Gianani (ACE Italy)

ASHKAL by Youssef Chebbi
Produced by Farès Ladjimi (ACE France)

BLIND WILLOW, SLEEPING WOMAN by Pierre Foldes
Produced by Tom Dercourt (ACE France)
Co-produced by Galilé Marion-Gauvin (ACE Canada), Luc Déry (ACE Canada) and Joost De Vries (ACE The Netherlands)

FALCON LAKE by Charlotte Le Bon
Produced by Sylvain Corbeil (ACE Canada)
Co-produced by Jean-Luc Ormieres (ACE France)

GODLAND by Hlynur Palmason
Produced by Eva Jakobsen (ACE Denmark)

LUXEMBOURG, LUXEMBOURG by Antonio Lukich
Produced by Vladimir Yatsenko (ACE Ukraine)

THE ORIGIN OF EVIL by Sébastien Marnier
Produced by Caroline Bonmarchand (ACE France)
Co-produced by Luc Déry (ACE Canada)

VALERIA IS GETTING MARRIED by Valeria Mithatenet
Co-produced by Vladimir Yatsenko (ACE Ukraine)

WINTER BOY by Christophe Honoré
Produced by Philippe Martin and David Thion (ACE France)

WAR SAILOR by Gunnar Vikene
Co-produced by Karsten Stöter (ACE Germany)

 

DISCOVERY
RETURN TO SEOUL by Davy Chou
Produced by Charlotte Vincent (ACE France)
Co-Produced by Jean-Yves Roubin (ACE Belgium)

THE TASTE OF APPLE IS RED by Ehab Tarabieh
Co-produced by Viola Fügen (ACE Germany)

 

GALA PRESENTATIONS
DALILAND by Mary Harron
Co-produced by Chris Curling (ACE United Kingdom)

 

PLATFORM
VIKING by Stéphane Lafleur
Produced by Luc Déry (ACE Canada)

 

SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
BROTHER by Clement Virgo
Produced by Damon D’Oliveira (ACE Canada)

CORSAGE by Marie Kreutzer
Co-produced by Jonas Dornbach (ACE Germany), Janine Jackowski (ACE Germany), Bernard Michaux (ACE Luxembourg), Jean-Christophe Reymond (ACE France)

ONE FINE MORNING by Mia Hansen Love
Produced by Philipp Martin (ACE France) and David Thion (ACE France)
Co-produced by Roman Paul (ACE Germany)

THE BLUE CAFTAN by Maryam Touzani
Co-produced by Eva Jakobsen (ACE Denmark)

THE WONDER by Sebastián Lelio
Produced by Ed Guiney (ACE Ireland)

TRIANGLE OF SADNESS by Ruben Östlund
Produced by Erik Hemmendorff (ACE Sweden)
Co-produced by Giorgos Karnavas (ACE Greece) and Per Damgaard Hansen (ACE Denmark)

TIFF DOCS
MARIUPOLIS 2 by Mantas Kvedaravičius
Co-produced by Thanassis Karathanos (ACE Germany)

 

WAVELENGHTS
WILL-O’-THE-WISP by João Pedro Rodrigues
Co-produced by Vincent Wang (ACE France)

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