ACE Producers’ Films at the Berlinale 2018

Competition

“3 Days in Quiberon” by Emily Atef
Produced by Karsten Stöter (ACE DE)

“Dovlatov” by Alexey German Jr.
Produced by Dariusz Jablonski (ACE PL)
and Miroslav Mogorovic (ACE RS)

“The Heiresses” by Marcelo Marinessi
Co-produced by Claudia Steffen

“In the Aisles” by Thomas Stuber
Produced by Fabian Maubach

“U – July 22” by Erik Poppe
Produced by Finn Gjerdrum

Berlinale Special

“The Bookshop” by Isabel Coixet
Co-produced by Jamila Wenske (ACE DE)

Panorama

“Land” by Babak Jalali
Co-produced by Laurette Schillings (ACE NL)

“Lemonade” by Ioana Uricaru
Produced by Yanick Letourneau (ACE CA)

“The Omission” by Sebastián Schjaer
Co-produced by Denis Vaslin (ACE DE)

“Styx” by Wolfgang Fischer
Produced by Marcos Kantis (ACE DE)
Devleloped during the ACE 23 Workshops

“That Summer” by Göran Hugo Olsson
Produced by Signe Byrge Sørensen

“When the Trees Fall” by Marysia Nikitiuk
Produced by Igor Savychenko (ACE UA)
Co-produced by Darius Jablonski (ACE PL)

Forum

“Facing the Wind” by Meritxell Colell Aparicio
Produced by Nathalie Trafford (ACE FR)

“The Bed” by Mónica Lairana
Co-produced by Laurette Schillings (ACE NL)

Generation 14+

“Cobain” by Nanouk Leopold
Co-produced by Dries Phlypo (ACE BE),
Herbert Schwering (ACE DE) and Christine Kiauk (ACE

“Neputovanja” by Ana Nedelijkovic and Nikola Majdak Jr.
Produced by Jelena Mitrovic (ACE RS)

Generation K+

“My Giraffe” by Barbara Bredero
Produced by Leontine Petit (ACE NL)
Co-produced by Dries Phlypo (ACE BE) and Dorothe Beinemeier (ACE DE)

Perpektive Deutsches Kino

“Outside” by Johanna Sunder-Plassmann and Tama Tobnias-Macht
Produced by Titus Kreyenberg (ACE DE)

Oscar Nominations 2018

Best Foreign Film

“A Fantastic Woman” by Sebastián Leilo
Co-produced by Fernanda del Nido (ACE ES),
Janine Jackowski (ACE DE) and Jonas Dornbach (ACE DE)

“The Square” by Ruben Östlund
Produced by Erik Hemmendorff (ACE SE)
Co-produced by Katja Adomeit (ACE DK)

Best Documentary

“Strong Island” by Yance Ford
Co-produced by Signe Byrge Sørensen (ACE DK)

Best Animated Short

“Revolting Rhymes”
Produced by Martin Pope (ACE UK)

ACE Producers’ Films in Göteborg 2018

Nordic Competition

“And Breathe Normally” by Ísold Uggadóttir
Produced by Skúli Malmquist (ACE IS)
Co-produced by Diana Elbaum (ACE BE)

“The Return” by Malene Choi Jensen
Produced by Katja Adomeit (ACE DK)

International Competition

“Disobedience” by Sebastián Leilo
Produced by Ed Guiney (ACE IE)

“Good Favour” by Rebecca Daly
Produced by Conor Barry (ACE IE)
Co-produced Marleen Slot (ACE NL) and Signe Byrge Sørensen (ACE DK)

“Nico, 1988” by Susanna Nicchiarelli
Co-produced by Valérie Bournonville (ACE BE)

“Western” by Valeska Grisebach
produced by Jonas Dornbach (ACE DE), Janine Jackowski (ACE DE)
Co-produced by Borislav Chouchkov (ACE BU)

Nordic Documentary Competition

“That Summer” by Göran Hugo Olsson
Produced by Signe Byrge Sørensen (ACE DK)

Nationalism

“Lida” by Anna Eborn
Produced by Katja Adomeit (ACE DK)

Nordic Light

“Land of the Free” by Camilla Magid
Produced by Signe Byrge Sørensen

“Dreams by the Sea” by Sakaris Stórá
Produced by Katja Adomeit

Visionaries

“November” by Rainer Sarnet
Produced by Katrin Kissa (ACE EE)
Co-produced by Ellen Havenith (ACE NL)

Masters

“Foxtrot” by Samuel Maoz
produced by Cédomir Kolar (ACE FR)

“Forget About Nick” bu Margarethe von Trotta
Produced by Bettina Brokemper (ACE DE)

“Looking for Oum Kulthum” by Shirin Neshat
Produced by Roman Paul (ACE DE)

“The Wound” by John Tengove
Co-produced by Trent (ACE NL)

“Zama” by Lucrecia Martel
Co-produced by Claire Gadéa (ACE FR) and Leontine Petit (ACE NL)

Five Continents

“The Divine Order” by Petra Volpe
Produced by Reto Schaerli (ACE CH)

“Madame Hyde” by Serge Bozon
Produced by Phillippe Martin (ACE FR) and David Thion (ACE FR)

“Wajib” by Annemarie Jacir
Co-produced by Cristina Gallego (ACE CO), Eva Jakobsen (ACE DK)
and Titus Kreyenberg (ACE DE)

New Voices

“Before Summer Ends” by Maryam Goomaghtigh
Co-produced by Mani Mortazavi (ACE FR)

“Revenge” by Coralie Fargeat
Co-produced by Jean-Yves Roubin (ACE BE)

“Soldiers. Story from Ferentari” by Ivana Mladenovic
Produced by Ada Solomon (ACE RO)
Co-produced by Jelena Mitrovic (ACE SB) and Jean-Yves Roubin (ACE BE)

Lilla Filmfestivalen

“Hayflower, Quilshoe & The Rubens Brothers” by Anna Dahlman
Produced by Jarkko Hentula (ACE FI)

ACE Producers’ Films in Rotterdam 2018

Bright Future

“Gutland” by Govina Van Maele
Produced by Gilled Chanial (ACE LU)
Co-produced by Olivier Dubois (ACE BE) and Felix Blum (ACE DE)
Project developed during the ACE 23 workshops

“Permanent Green Light” by Dennis Cooper & Zac Farley
Produced by Nicolas Brevière (ACE FR)

“Possessed” by Metahaven & Rob Schröder
Produced by Willant Boekelman (ACE NL)
Hivos Tiger Competition

“Rabot” by Christina Vandkerckhove
Produced by Peter Krüger (ACE BE)

“The Reports on Sarah and Saleem” by Muayad Alayan
Co-produced by Hans de Wolf (ACE NL)
Hivos Tiger Competition

“The Return” by Malene Choi Jensen
Produced by Katja Adomeit (ACE DK)

“Soldiers. Story from Ferentari” by Ivana Mladenovic
Produced by Ada Solomon (ACE RO)
Co-produced by Jelena Mitrovic (ACE SB) and Jean-Yves Roubin (ACE BE)

“The Song of Scorpions” by Anup Singh
Produced by Saskia Vischer (ACE CH)

Voices

“An Impossibly Small Object” by David Verbeek
Produced by Sinisa Juricic (ACE HR) and Leontine Petit (ACE NL)
Nominated for the VPRO Big Screen Award.

“Fenix” by Shariff Korver
Produced by Leontine Petit (ACE NL)
Co-produced by Dries Phlypo (ACE BE)

“Latifa, le coeur au combat” by Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani
Produced by  Carole Scotta (ACE FR)

“Madame Hyde” by Serge Bozon
Produced by Phillippe Martin (ACE FR) and David Thion (ACE FR)

“Wajib” by Annemarie Jacir
Co-produced by Cristina Gallego (ACE CO), Eva Jakobsen (ACE DK)
and Titus Kreyenberg (ACE DE)

“Western” by Valeska Grisebach
produced by Jonas Dornbach (ACE DE), Janine Jackowski (ACE DE)
Co-produced by Borislav Chouchkov (ACE BU)

“What Will People Say” by Iram Haq
Co-produced by Madeleine Ekman (ACE SE) and Karsten Stöter (ACE DE)

Voices – Limelight

“Dorst” by Saskia Diesing
Produced by Hans de Wolf (ACE NL)

“Hannah” by Andrea Pallaoro
Produced by John Engel (ACE BE)

“Foxtrot” by Samuel Maoz
Produced by Cedomir Kolar (ACE FR)

“I am not a Witch” by Rungano Nyoni
Produced by Juliette Grandmont (ACE FR)
co-produced by Titus Kreyenberg (ACE DE)

“Zagros” by Sahim Omar Kalifa
Produced by Dries Phlypo (ACE BE)

Voices – Rotterdämmerung

“La Nuit a dévoré le Monde” by Dominique Roche
Produced by Carole Scotta (ACE FR)

Voices – IFFR Live

“Nico, 1988” by Susanna Nicchiarelli
Co-produced by Valérie Bournonville (ACE BE)

Voices – Shorts

“A Drowing Man” by Mahdi Fleifel
Produced by Signe Byrge Sørensen

Perspectives – A History of Shadows

“Der rote Schatten” by Dominik Graf
Produced by Fabian Maubach (ACE DE)

“Fuck Off 2 – Images from Finland” by Jörn Donner
Produced by Misha Jaari (ACE FI)

“Oblivion Verses” by Alireza Khatami
Produced by Fred Bellaïche (ACE FR)
Co-produced by Leontine Petit (ACE NL), Joost de Vries (ACE NL)
and Fabian Massah (ACE DE)

“Zama” by Lucrecia Martel
Co-produced by Claire Gadéa (ACE FR) and Leontine Petit (ACE NL)

Perspectives – Maximum Overdrive

“Team Hurricane” by Annika Berg
Produced by Katja Adomeit (ACE DK)

ACE Producers’ Films in San Sebastian 2017

Official Selection

“Beyond Words” by Urszula Antoniak
Produced by Floor Onrust (ACE NL)

“The Motive” by Manuel Martín Cuenca
Co-produced by Manuel Martín Cuenca (ACE ES)

“Memoir of Pain” by Emmanuel Finkiel
Produced by Yael Fogiel (ACE FR)

“The Lion Sleeps Tonight” by Nobuhiro Suwa
Produced by Jérôme Dopffer (ACE FR)

“So Help Me God” by Jean Libon & Yves Hinant
Produced by Bertrand Faivre (ACE FR)

“Soldiers. Story from Ferentari” by Ivana Mladenovic
Produced by Ada Solomon (ACE RO)
Co-produced by Jelena Mitrovic (ACE SB) and Jean-Yves Roubin (ACE BE)

“A Sort of Family” by Diego Lerman
Co-produced by Oliver Damian (ACE DE) and Eva Jakobsen (ACE SE)

New Directors

“The Price of Success” by Teddy Lussi-Modeste
Produced by Jean-Christophe Reymond (ACE FR)

“Matar a Jesús” by Laura Mora
Produced by Diego F. Ramirez (ACE CO)

“Princesita” by Marialy Rivas
Co-produced by Fernanda del Nido (ACE ES)

Horizontes Latinos

“Los Perros” by Marcela Said
Produced by Tom Dercourt (ACE FR)

“A Fantastic Woman” by Sebastián Leilo
Co-produced by Fernanda de Nido (ACE ES)
Janine Jackowski (ACE DE) and Jonas Dornbach (ACE DE)

Zabaltegi – Tabakalera

“Saura(s) by Félix Viscarret
Produced by Luis Angel Ramírez (ACE ES)

“The Square” by Ruben Östlund
Produced by Erik Hemmendorff (ACE SE)
Co-produced by Katja Adomeit (ACE DK)

Made in Spain

“Demonios tus ojos” by Pedro Aguilera
Produced by Cristina Gallego (ACE CO)

Films in Progress

“Kairos” by Nicolás Buenaventura
Produced by Jean des Forêts (ACE FR)

ACE Producers’ Films in Toronto 2017

Special Presentations

“A Fantastic Woman” by Sebastián Leilo
Co-produced by Fernanda de Nido (ACE ES), Janine Jackowski (ACE DE)
and Jonas Dornbach (ACE DE)

“Catch with Wind” by Gaël Morel
Produced by Anthony Doncque (ACE FR) and Miléna Poylo (ACE FR)
Project developed during the ACE 23 workshops

“Disobedience” by Sebastián Leilo
Produced by Ed Guiney (ACE IE)

“Foxtrot” by Samuel Maoz
produced by Cédomir Kolar (ACE FR)

“The Killing of a Sacred Deer” by Yorgos Lanthimos
produced by Ed Guiney (ACE IE)

“The Motive” by Manuel Martín Cuenca
Co-produced by Manuel Martín Cuenca (ACE ES)

“The Price of Success” by Teddy Lussi-Modeste
Produced by Jean-Christophe Reymond (ACE FR)

“The Square” by Ruben Östlund
Produced by Erik Hemmendorff (ACE SE)
Co-produced by Katja Adomeit (ACE DK)

“Thelma” by Joachim Trier
Co-produced by Eva Jakobsen (ACE DK)

“Racer and the Jailbird” by Michaël R. Roskam
produced by Bart van Langendonck (ACE BE)

“You Dissapear” by Peter Schønau Fog
Co-produced by Madeleine Eckman (ACE SE)

Masters

“The Other Side of Hope” by Aki Kaurismäki
Co-produced by Misha Jaari (ACE FI)

“Zama” by Lucrecia Martel
co-produced by Claire Gadea (ACE FR)

Contemporary World Cinema

“A Ciambra” by Jonas Carpignano
Co-produced by Carol Scotta (ACE FR)

“A Sort of Family” by Diego Lerman
Co-produced by Oliver Damian (ACE DE) and Eva Jakobsen (ACE DK)

“Beyond Words” by Urszula Antoniak
Produced by Floor Onrust (ACE NL)

“Good Favour” by Rebecca Daly
Produced by Conor Barry (ACE IE)
Co-produced Marleen Slot (ACE NL)

“Hannah” by Andrea Pallaoro
Co-produced by John Engel (ACE BE)

“Looking for Oum Kulthum” by Shirin Neshat
Produced by Roman Paul (ACE DE)

“Under the Tree” by Hasteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson
Co-produced by Jamila Wenske (ACE DE)

“Wajib” by Annemarie Jacir
Co-produced by Cristina Gallego (ACE CO), Eva Jakobsen (ACE DK)
and Titus Kreyenberg (ACE DE)

“Western” by Valeska Grisebach
produced by Jonas Dornbach (ACE DE), Janine Jackowski (ACE DE)
co-produced by Borislav Chouchkov (ACE BU)

Discovery

“A Worthy Companion” by Carlos Sanchez
Produced by Luc Déry (ACE CA)

“Gutland” by Govinda Van Maele
Produced by Gilles Chanial (ACE LU)
Co-produced by Felix Blum (ACE DE) and Olivier Dubois (ACE BE)
Project developed during the ACE 23 workshops

“I Am Not A Witch” by Rungano Nyoni
produced by Juliette Grandmont (ACE FR)
co-produced by Titus Kreyenberg (ACE DE)

“Oblivion Verses” by Alireza Khatami
Produced by Fred Bellaïche
Co-produced by Leontine Petit (ACE NL), Joost de Vries (ACE NL)
and Fabian Massah (ACE DE)

“Soldiers. Story from Ferentari” by Ivana Mladenovic
Produced by Ada Solomon (ACE RO)
Co-produced by Jelena Mitrovic (ACE SB) and Jean-Yves Roubin (ACE BE)

“Valley of Shadows” by Jonas Matzow Gulbrandsen
Produced by Alan R. Milligan (ACE NO)

ACE Producers’ Films in Venice 2017

In Competition

“Foxtrot” by Samuel Maoz
produced by Cédomir Kolar (ACE FR)

“Hannah” by Andrea Pallaoro
Produced by John Engel (ACE BE)

Orizzonti

“Brutti e Cattivi” by Cosimo Gomez
produced by Fabrizio Mosca (ACE IT),
Co-produced by Farès Ladjimi (ACE FR)
Project developed in the ACE 23 Workshops

“Ha Edut” (The Testament) by Amichai Greenberg
co-produced by Oliver Neumann (ACE AT)

“Undir Trénu” (Under the Tree) by Haffsteinn Gunnar Sigurdsson
co-produced by Jamila Wenske (ACE DE)

“Los Versos del Olvido” by Alireza Khatami
co-produced by Fabian Massah (ACE DE), Leontine Petit (ACE NL) and Joost de Vries (ACE NL)

Out of Competition

“Zama” by Lucrecia Martel
co-produced by Claire Gadea (ACE FR)

“Le Fidèle”” by Michaël R. Roskam
produced by Bart van Langendonck (ACE BE)

Venice Days

“Candelaria” by Jhonny Hendrix Hinestroza
produced by Roman Paul (ACE DE)

“Looking for Oum Kulthum” by Shirin Neshat
produced by Roman Paul (ACE DE)

“Western” by Valeska Grisebach
produced by Jonas Dornbach (ACE DE), Janine Jackowski (ACE DE)
co-produced by Borislav Chouchkov (ACE BU)

Critics’ Week

“Team Hurricane” by Annika Berg
produced by Katja Adomeit (ACE DK)

“Körfez” (The Gulf) by Emre Yeksan
co-produced by Maria Drandaki (ACE GR)

ACE Producers’ Films in Sarajevo 2017

Competition Programme – Feature Films

“Grain” by Semih Kaplanoğlu
Produced by Nadir Operli (ACE TR)

“Son of Sofia” by Elina Psykou
Produced by Giorgos Karnavas (ACE GR)
Co-produced by Borislav Chouchkov (ACE BU)

Competition Programme – Documentary Films

“Mr. Gay Syria” by Ayse Toprak
Produced by Antoine Simkine (ACE FR)
Co-produced by Christine Kiauk (ACE DE)

Competition Programme – Shorts

“Copa-Loca” by Christos Massalas
Co-produced by Giorgos Karnavas (ACE GR)

“Unbuilt Light” by Efthimis Kosemund Sanidis
Produced by Yorgos Tsougiannis (ACE GR)

Shorts

“After Dawn” by Nicolas Graux
Produced by Valérie Bournonville (ACE BE)

“Game” by Senad Alihodžić
Produced by Amra Bakšić Čamo (BA)

“Limbo” by Konstantina Kotzamani
Produced by Maria Drandaki (ACE GR)

Open Air

“The Other Side of Hope” by Aki Kaurismäki
Co-produced by Misha Jaari (ACE FI)

In Focus

“Jupiter’s Moon” by Kornél Mundruczó
Produced by Viktória Petrányi (ACE HU)

“Quit Staring at My Plate” by Hana Jušić
Produced by Ankica Jurić Tilić (ACE HR)

SFF Partners Presents

“Until the Birds Return” by Karim Moussaoui
Produced by David Thion (ACE FR) and Philippe Martin (ACE FR)

Kinoscope

“Raw” by Julia Ducournau
Produced by Jean de Fôret (ACE FR)
Co-produced by Jean-Yves Roubin (ACE BE)

“The Square” by Ruben Östlund
Produced by Erik Hemmendorff (ACE SE)
Co-produced by Katja Adomeit (ACE DK)

“Western” by Valeska Grisebach
produced by Jonas Dornbach (ACE DE), Janine Jackowski (ACE DE)
co-produced by Borislav Chouchkov (ACE BU)

ACE Producers’ Films in Locarno 2017

In Competition

“Madame Hyde” by Serge Bozon
Produced by David Thion (ACE FR)
Co-produced by Jean-Yves Roubin (ACE BE)

“Wajib” by Annemarie Jacir
Co-produced by Cristina Gallego (ACE CO), Eva Jakobsen (SE) and Titus Kreyenberg (ACE DE)

“Freedom” by Jan Speckenbach
Produced by Jamila Wenske (ACE DE)

“Goliath” by Dominik Locher
Produced by Rajko Jazbec (ACE CH)

Piazza Grande

“Lola Pater” by Nadir Moknèche
Produced by Bertrand Gore (ACE FR)

“Iceman” by Feliz Radau
Produced by Jan Krüger (ACE DE)

“The Song of Scorpions” by Anup Singh
Produced by Saskia Vischer (ACE CH)

Out of Competition

“A Manifesto for the Un-communal” by Syllas Tzoumerkas (short)
Produced by Jamila Wenske (ACE DE)

“Anatomia del Miracolo” by Alessandra Celesia
Co-produced by Alessandro Borrelli (ACE IT)

“Nothingwood” by Sonia Kronlund
Produced by Laurent Lavolé (ACE FR)

Virtual Reality

“Iceman VR” by Jan Krüger & Eric Benz
Produced by Jan Krüger (ACE DE)

LITTLE CRUSADER wins best film at KVIFF

Co-produced by the Slovakian ACE producer Marko Skop and the Italian ACE producer Carlo-Cresto Dina, “Little Crusader” by Václav Kadrnka took home the main prize at the 52nd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.

A psychological drama based in medieval times the film was co-produced by producers from the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Italy. It is the first time that a local director has won the Crystal Globe in fifteen years.

The director  said: “I’m overjoyed. There was a lot of uncertainty in the film from the beginning; it was a long journey. I’m glad that our film has created emotions,”