Category: ACE Network

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,”

ACE Producers’ Films in Karlovy Vary 2017

Official Selection – In Competition

“Corporate” by Nicolas Silhol
produced by Jean-Christophe Reymond (ACE FR)

“Little Crusader” by Václav Kadrnka
produced by Marko Škop (ACE SK)
co-produced by Carlo Cresto-Dina (ACE IT)

Documentary Films – In Competition

“Before Summer Ends” by Mayam Goormaghtigh
produced by Mani Mortazavi (ACE FR)

“Tarzan’s Testicles” by Alexandru Solomon
produced by Ada Solomon (ACE RO)

East of West – Competition

“Mariţa” by Cristi Iftime
produced by Ada Solomon (ACE RO)

THE SQUARE WINS PALME D’OR

Produced by Swedish ACE producer Erik Hemmendorff and co-produced by Danish ACE producer Katja Adomeit, “The Square” took the top prize at the closing ceremony of the 70th Cannes Film Festival. The jury, headed by this year’s president Pedro Almodóvar, awarded director Ruben Östlund the Palme d’Or for his art-world satire, which the jury commended for its blackly comedic take on political correctness.

Producer Erik Hemmendorff came through the ACE 21 workshops with Östlund’s last film “Force Majeure” which won the Jury Prize at Un Certain Regard in Cannes in 2014. Katja Adomeit, who co-produced “Force Majeure” as well as the “The Square”, attended the ACE 24 workshops in 2014.

ACE Films in Cannes 2017

Official Selection – In Competition

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

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

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

Official Selection – Special Screenings

“Carré 35” by Eric Caravaca
co-produced by Nicole Gerhards (ACE DE)

“Demons in Paradise” by Jude Ratnam
produced by Julie Paratian (ACE FR)

Un Certain Regard

“After the War” by Annarita Zambrano
produced by Tom Dercourt (ACE FR), Emanuele Nespeca (ACE IT) & Mario Mazzarotto (ACE IT)
executive producer Simone Bachini (ACE IT)

“Out” by Gyorgy Kristof
produced by Ferenc Pusztai (ACE HU)

“The Nature of Time” by Karim Moussaoui
produced by David Thion (ACE FR)
co-produced by Nicole Gerhards (ACE DE)

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

La Quinzaine des Réalisateurs

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

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

“Ôtez-moi d’un doute” by Carine Tardieu
produced by Antoine Rein (ACE FR)

La Quinzaine des Réalisateurs – Shorts

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

La Semaine de la Critique

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

ACID

“Avant La Fin De L’été” by Mayam Goormaghtigh
produced by Mani Mortazavi (ACE FR)

“Belinda” by Marie Dumora
produced by Laurent Lavolé (ACE FR)

“Sans Adieu” by Christophe Agou
produced by Aurélie Bordier (ACE FR)

ACE PRODUCERS’ FILMS AWARDED AT TRIBECA

Best International Narrative
“Son of Sofia” by Elina Psykou
Produced by Giorgos Karnavas (ACE GR) and co-produced by Borislav Chouchkov (ACE BU)
Best International Screenplay
“Ice Mother” by Bohdan Sláma
Produced by Pavel Strnad (ACE CZ)

ACE ANNUAL REUNION IN TRENTO

The ACE Annual Reunion in Trento was held during the first weekend of April 2017 with thanks to the Trentino Film Commission.

Held in Trento and the surrounding countryside, the weekend gathered together over 40 members of the ACE network from all over Europe and Canada and brought the ACE 26 programme to an end.