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,”

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)