ACE Producers’ Films in Cannes 2020

CANNES OFFICIAL SELECTION 2020

“Another Round” by Thomas Vinterberg
Co-produced by Laurette Schillings (ACE NL) and Frans van Gestel (ACE NL)

“Falling” by Viggo Mortensen
Produced by Daniel Bekerman (ACE CA) and Chris Curling (ACE UK)

“Flee” by Jonas Poher Rasmussen
Produced by Signe Byrge Sørensen (ACE DK)

“Nadia, Butterfly” by Pascal Plante
Executive producer: Sylvain Corbeil (ACE CA)

“Passion Simple” by Danielle Arbid
Produced by David Thion (ACE FR)

“Sweat” by Magnus von Horn
Produced by Mariusz Włodarski (ACE PL)
Developed during the ACE 27 Workshops

“Pleasure” by Ninja Thyberg
Produced by Erik Hemmendorff (ACE SE)
Co-produced by Leontine Petit (ACE NL)

ACE SERIES SPECIAL 2

The call for applications for the ACE Series Special 2 workshop is open.

The ACE Series Special is aimed at experienced producers who want to integrate a series division into their companies and/or deepen their knowledge of developing and producing TV drama series for an international audience. With more and more demand for content, with a market that is changing daily and as producers look for new ways of working and diversifying their output, the ACE Series Special is more essential than ever.

In collaboration with VAF (Flanders Audiovisual Fund) and CFAP, the 6-day workshop will be held at the end of October 2020 in Brussels, Belgium*. 16 producers will be selected for the 6-day workshop, each with a series in development. Focusing primarily on the creative and financial aspects of TV series production, the ACE Series Special will also offer sessions on marketing, audiences, international approaches and business strategies, with a course in the use of story development tools for TV drama. The workshop will give producers a chance to work on their projects through one to one meetings with experts and group sessions with their peers.

*ACE will be paying close attention to the ever-changing international situation and will make any adaptations to the workshop necessary to ensure the safety of participants and guests.

WORKSHOP DATES
26th – 31st of October 2020

LOCATION
Brussels, Belgium

ELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS
• To be an owner, partner or associate of an independent film/TV
production company;
• To be an ACE member or producer with a similar level of experience;
• To have a TV drama series in development that is at a relevant stage and suitable for co-production.

APPLICATION DEADLINE
1st June 2020
16 places available

HOW TO APPLY
Visit www.ace-producers.com/series-special

FOR MORE INFORMATION
For more information please contact Specials manager Al Williams at series@ace-producers.com

ACE Producers’ Films in Berlin

IN COMPETITION

“All the Dead Ones” by Caetano Gotardo and Marco Dutra
Produced by Clément Duboin (ACE FR)

“Berlin Alexanderplatz” by Burhan Qurbani
Produced by Fabien Maubach (ACE DE)
Co-produced by Leontine Petit (ACE NL)

“DAU. Natasha” by Ilya Khrzhanovskiy and Jekaterina Oertel
Co-produced by Erik Hemmendorff (ACE SE)

“The Roads Not Taken” by Sally Potter
Co-produced by Kurban Kassam (ACE UK)

SPECIAL GALA

“My Salinger Year” by Philippe Falardeau
Produced by Luc Déry (ACE CA)
Opening Film

PANORAMA

“Days of Cannibalism” by Teboho Edkins
Co-produced by Koji Nellissen (ACE NL)

“Exil” by Visar Morina
Produced by Jonas Dornbach (ACE DE)
and Janine Jackowski (ACE DE)
Co-produced by Jean-Yves Roubin (ACE BE)

“Father” by Srdan Golubović
Produced by Jelena Mitrovic (ACE RS)
Co-produced by Amra Baksic Camo (ACE BH) and Cedomir Kolar (ACE FR)

“If It Were Love” by Patric Chiha
Produced by Charlotte Vincent (ACE FR)

“Pari” by Siamak Etemadi
Produced by Giorgos Karnavas (ACE GR)
Co-produced by Borislav Chouchkov (ACE BU),
Laurette Schillings (ACE NL) and Frans van Gestel (ACE NL)

“Shine Your Eyes” by Matias Mariani
Produced by Claire Gadea (ACE FR) and Junyoung Jang (ACE UK)

“Wildland” by Jeanette Nordahl
Produced by Eva Jakobsen (ACE DK)

FORUM 2020

“The Exit of the Trains” by Radu Jude and Adrian Cioflâncă
Produced by Ada Solomon (ACE RO)

“Uppercase Print” by Radu Jude
Produced by Ada Solomon (ACE RO)

“Window Boy Would Also Like to Have a Submarine” by Alex Piperno
Produced by Frank Hoeve (ACE NL)

GENERATION 14PLUS

“Jumbo” by Zoé Wittock
Co-produced by Gilles Chanial (ACE LU)

“Paradise Drifters” by Mees Pijnenburg
Produced by Iris Otten (ACE NL)

“Pompei” by Anna Falguères and John Shank
Produced by Valérie Bournonville (ACE BE) and Clément Duboin (ACE FR)

“Yalda, A Night For Forgiveness” by Massoud Bakhshi
Co-produced by Nicole Gerhards (ACE DE)

Encounters

“Servants” by Ivan Ostrochovský
Co-produced by Pavel Strnad (ACE CZ)

ACE Producers’ Films at Rotterdam

BRIGHT FUTURE – Tiger Competition

“La fortaleza” by Jorge Thielen Armand
Co-produced by Marleen Slot (ACE NL)

“Kala azar” by Janis Rafa
Co-produced by Giorgos Karnavas (ACE GR)
Tiger Competition Nominee

BRIGHT FUTURE – MAIN PROGRAMME

“Make Up” by Claire Oakley
Produced by Emily Morgan (ACE UK)

VOICES – MAIN PROGRAMME

“They Moneychanger” by Federico Veiroj
Co-produced by Hernán Musaluppi (ACE AR)

“The Orphanage” by Shahrbanoo Sadat
Produced by Katja Adomeit (ACE DK)
Developed during the ACE 24 Workshops

VOICES – LIMELIGHT

“Adoration” by Fabrice Du Welz
Co-produced by Bart Van Langendonck (ACE BE)

“Atlantique” by Mati Diop
Co-produced by Jean-Yves Roubin (ACE BE)

“The Barefoot Emperor” by Peter Brosens, Jessica Woodworth
Co-produced by Laurette Schillings (ACE NL)

“Filles du joie” by Frédéric Fonteyne, Anne Paulicevich
Produced by Jacques-Henri Bronckart (ACE BE) and Yael Fogiel (ACE FR)

“Fire Will Come” by Oliver Laxe
Produced by Mani Mortazavi (ACE FR)

“Goud” by Rogier Hesp
Produced by Katja Draaijer (ACE NL) and Frank Hoeve (ACE NL)

“Muidhond” by Patrice Toye
Co-produced by Jacques-Henri Bronckart (ACE BE)

“Paradise Drifters” by Mees Peijnenburg
Produced by Iris Otten (ACE NL)

“The Perfect Candidate” by Haiff Al Mansour
Produced by Roman Paul (ACE DE)

“Sibyl” by Justine Triet
Produced by Philippe Martin (ACE FR) and David Thion (ACE FR)

“A Son” by Mehdi M. Barsaoui
Produced by Marc Irmer (ACE FR)

“The Whistlers” by Corneliu Pormboiu
Co-produced by Jonas Dornbach (ACE DE) and Janine Jackowski (ACE DE)

“The Wild Goose Lake” by Dioa Yi’nan
Produced by Shen Yang (ACE CN)

VOICES – ROTTERDÄMMERUNG

“Savage State” by David Perrault
Produced by Sylvain Corbeil (ACE CA)

DEEP FOCUS – REGAINED

“An Impossible Project” by Jens Meurer
Produced by Jens Meurer (ACE DE)

“Living the Light – Robby Müller” by Claire Pijman
Co-produced by Alexander Wadouh (ACE DE)

DEEP FOCUS – SIGNATURES

“Little Joe” by Jessica Hausner
Produced by Bertrand Faivre (ACE UK/FR)

PERPECTIVES – SYNERGETIC

“Occupied Cinema” by Senka Domanovic
Co-produced by Sinisa Juricic (ACE HR)

ACE Producers’ Films at Sundance

World Cinema Dramatic Competition

“Exil” by Visar Morina
Produced by Janine Jackowski (ACE DE) and Jonas Dornbach (ACE DE)
Co-produced by Jean-Yves Roubin (ACE BE)

“Jumbo” by Zoé Wittock
Co-produced by Gilles Chanial (ACE LU)

“Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness” by Massoud Bakhshi
Co-produced by Nicole Gerhards (ACE DE)

World Cinema Documentary Competition

“The Mole Agent” by Maite Alberdi
Co-produced by Ingmar Trost (ACE DE) and Denis Vaslin (ACE NL)

“Once Upon a Time in Venezuela” by Anabel Rodríguez Ríos
Co-produced by Arash T. Riahi (ACE AT)

Premieres

“Falling” by Viggo Mortensen
Produced by Daniel Bekerman (ACE CA) and Chris Curling (ACE UK)

“The Father” by Florian Zeller
Produced by Philippe Carcassonne (ACE FR)

“Herself” by Phyllida Lloyd
Produced by Ed Guiney (ACE IE)

Spotlight

“Collective” by Alexander Nanau
Co-produced by Bernard Michaux (ACE LU)

“The Perfect Candidate” by Haifaa Al Mansour
Produced by Roman Paul (ACE DE)

ACE Producers’ Films Nominated for 2019 EFAs

Best European Film

“System Crasher” by Nora Fingscheidt
Produced by Jakob Weydeman (ACE DE)

“The Favourite” by Yorgos Lanthimos
Produced by Ed Guiney (ACE IE)

“The Traitor” by Marco Bellocchio
Produced by Simone Gatoni (ACE IT) and Viola Fügen (ACE DE)

European Comedy

“Tel Aviv on Fire” by Sameh Zoabi
Produced by Bernard Michaux (ACE LU) and Miléna Poylo (ACE FR)

“The Favourite” by Yorgos Lanthimos
Produced by Ed Guiney (ACE IE)

European Discovery – Prix Fipresci

“Atlantics” by Mati Diop
Co-produced by Jean-Yves Roubin (ACE BE)

European Director

“The Favourite” by Yorgos Lanthimos
Produced by Ed Guiney (ACE IE)

“The Traitor” by Marco Bellocchio
Produced by Simone Gatoni (ACE IT) and Viola Fügen (ACE DE)

European Actress

Helena Zengel for
“System Crasher” by Nora Fingscheidt
Produced by Jakob Weydeman (ACE DE)

Olivia Colman for
“The Favourite” by Yorgos Lanthimos
Produced by Ed Guiney (ACE IE)

European Actor

Ingvar E. Sogurdsson for
“A White, White Day” by Hlynur Pálmason
Co-produced by Eva Jakobsen (ACE DK)

Alexander Scheer for
“Gundermann” by Andreas Dresen
Produced by Claudia Steffen (ACE DE)

Pierfrancesco Favino for
“The Traitor” by Marco Bellocchio
Produced by Simone Gatoni (ACE IT) and Viola Fügen (ACE DE)

ACE Producers’ International feature Oscar 2020 contenders

AUSTRIA

“Joy” by Sudabeh Mortezai
Produced by Oliver Neumann (ACE AT)

BRAZIL

“The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão” by Karim Aïnouz
Produced by Viola Fügen (ACE DE)

COLOMBIA

“Monos” by Alejandro Landes
Co-produced by Leontine Petit (ACE NL)

CZECH REPUBLIC

“The Painted Bird” by Václav Marhoul
Co-produced by Igor Savychenko (ACE UA)

FINLAND

“Stupid Young Heart” by Selima Vihunen
Produced by Elli Toivoniemi (ACE FI)

GERMANY

“System Crasher” by Nora Fingscheidt
Produced by Jonas Weydemann (ACE DE)

ICELAND

“A White White Day” by Hlynur Palmason
Co-produced by Eva Jakobsen (ACE DK)

ITALY

“The Traitor” by Marco Bellocchio
Produced by Simone Gattoni (ACE IT) and Viola Fügen (ACE DE)

LUXEMBOURG

“Tel Aviv on Fire” by Sameh Zoabi
Produced by Bernard Michaux (ACE LU) and Miléna Poylo (ACE FR)

THE NETHERLANDS

“Instinct” by Halina Reijn
Produced by Laurette Schillings (ACE NL)

PALESTINE

“It Must Be Heaven” by Elia Suleiman
Produced by Thanassis Karathanos (ACE DE) and Serge Noël (ACE CA)

ROMANIA

“The Whistlers” by Corneliu Porumboiu
Co-produced by Jonas Dornbach (ACE DE) and Janine Jackowski (ACE DE)

SAUDI ARABIA

“The Perfect Candidate” by Haifaa Al Mansour
Produced by Roman Paul (ACE DE)

SENEGAL

“Atlantics” by Mati Diop
Co-produced by Jean-Yves Roubin (ACE BE)

URUGUAY

“The Moneychanger” by Federico Veiroj
Co-produced by Hernán Musaluppi (ACE AR) and Claudia Steffen (ACE DE)

SELECTED PRODUCERS ANNOUNCED FOR 1ST SERIES SPECIAL

ACE Producers is pleased to announce the sixteen producers who have been selected to attend the 1st edition of the ACE Series Special later this year.

All selected participants are experienced producers who want to integrate a series division into their companies and/or deepen their knowledge of developing and producing TV drama series for an international audience.  They were each selected with a series project in the early stages of development. Eleven different countries are represented in the selection: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, France, Germany, Hungary, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway and Switzerland.

Regarding the selection, ACE director and head of studies, Jacobine van der Vloed said, “We are thrilled to have such a prestigious group of international producers, with exciting series projects, selected for the first edition of the ACE Series Special – and it’s great to have producers from both inside and outside of the ACE network. It promises to be a fruitful week at our hosts’, the VAF (the Flanders Audiovisual Fund) in Brussels this November”.

In collaboration with VAF (the Flanders Audiovisual Fund) and supported by Flow Postproduction, Casa Kafka Pictures and Creative Europe MEDIA Desk Flanders, the 6-day workshop will be held from the 4th to the 9th of November 2019 in Brussels.

Focusing primarily on the creative and financial aspects of TV series production, the ACE Series Special will also offer sessions on distribution, audiences, international approaches and business strategies, with a two-day course in the use of story development tools for TV drama. The workshop will give the producers a chance to network with their peers, discuss their projects during one-to-one meetings with experts and during the interactive group session dive deeper into the different aspects of series production.

ACE SERIES SPECIAL 1 – PRODUCERS & PROJECTS

Emilie Blézat – France – Sciapode
“Paradise Institute” written by David Dusa, Mike Sens and Emilie Blezat

Stienette Bosklopper – The Netherlands – Circe Films
“Life Science” written by Stienette Bosklopper

Martichka Bozhilova – Bulgaria – Agitprop
“Babyland” written by Simona Nobile, Dianne Jones and Martichka Bozhilova

Fiona Copland – New Zealand – Field Theory Media
“Authenticity” written by Caroline Grose and Sean Williams

Oliver Damian – Germany – 27 Films Production
“DarkSky” written by Peter Koller

Damon D’Oliveira – Canada – Conquering Lion Pictures
“Four Queens” written by Suzette Couture

Kaleena Kiff – Canada – Curiosity Pictures
“Until I Find You” directed by Adam Kane and written by John Irving

Christian Frederik Martin – Norway – Friland Produksjon
“Bloodlust” Writers: Sara Johnsen and David Dusa

Christof Neracher – Switzerland – Hugofilm
“The Art of Disappearance” directed by Bettina Oberli
and written by David Sandreuter and Thomas Ritter

Helen Perquy – Belgium – Jonnydepony
“Decimation” written by Philippe De Schepper, Bas Adriaensen

Dries Phlypo – Belgium – A Private View
“Ghosts of the Past” directed by Robin Pront, written by Veerle Baetens

Ferenc Pusztai – Hungary – Paprika Studios
“Hard Diplomacy” written by Mikko Pölla and Roope Lethinen

Arash T. Riahi – Austria – Golden Girls
“People of Good Will” directed by Arash & Arman T. Riahi (Riahi Brothers)
and written by Klaus Oppitz

Oda Schaefer – Germany – K5 Film
“MUTi” written by Mukunda Michael Dewil

Frans van Gestel – The Netherlands – Topkapi Films
“The Life” directed by Giancarlo Sanchez and
written by Chris Westendorp and Esther Duysker

Bart Van Langendonck – Belgium – Savage Film
“Sylvia Kristel” directed by Michaël R. Roskam and written by Dimitri Verhulst

ACE Producers’ Films – Sarajevo Film Festival Winners

HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST FEATURE FILM

“Take Me Somewhere Nice” by Ena Sendijarević
Produced by Iris Otten (ACE NL)

HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST DIRECTOR

“A Tale of Three Sisters” by Emin Alper
Co-produced by Nadir Öperli (ACE TR), Jonas Dornbach (ACE DE), Janine Jackowski (ACE DE), Yorgos Tsourgiannis (ACE GR)

ACE Producers’ Films – EFA Feature Film Selection

“I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians” by Radu Jude
Produced by Ada Solomon (ACE RO)
Co-produced by Jonas Dornbach (ACE DE), Janine Jackowski (ACE DE)

“A Tale of Three Sisters” by Emin Alper
Co-produced by Nadir Öperli (ACE TR), Jonas Dornbach (ACE DE), Janine Jackowski (ACE DE), Yorgos Tsourgiannis (ACE GR)

“Dirty God” by Sacha Polak
Produced by Marleen Slot (ACE NL)
Co-produced by Dries Phlypo (ACE BE)

“Fire Will Come” by Oliver Laxe
Produced by Mani Mortazavi (ACE FR)

“Gundermann” by Andreas Dresen
Produced by Claudia Steffen (ACE DE)

“High Life” by Claire Denis
Produced by Claudia Steffen (ACE DE)

“It Must Be Heaven” by Elia Suleiman
Produced by Thanassis Karathanos (ACE GR), Serge Noël (ACE CA)

“Joy” by Sudabeh Mortezai
Produced by Oliver Neuman (ACE AT)

“Little Joe” by Jessica Hausner
Produced by Bertrand Faivre (ACE FR)

“Oleg” by Juris Kursietis
Produced by Alise Gelze (ACE LV)

“System Crasher” by Nora Fingscheidt
Produced by Jakob Weydemann (ACE DE)

“Tel Aviv on Fire” by Sameh Zoabi
Produced by Bernard Michaux (ACE LU), Milena Poylo (ACE FR)

“The Favourite” by Yorgos Lanthimos
Produced by Ed Guiney (ACE IE)

“The Traitor” by Marco Bellocchio
Produced by Simone Gattoni (ACE IT)

“The Whistlers” by Corneliu Porumboiu
Co-produced by Janine Jackowski (ACE DE), Jonas Dornbach (ACE DE)