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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)

ACE Producers’ Films at DONOSTIA 2022

COMPETITION
IL BOEMO by Petr Václav
Produced by Jan Macola (ACE Czech Republic)
Co-Produced by Marco Alessi (ACE Italy)

WINTER BOY by Christophe Honoré
Produced by Philippe Martin and David Thion (ACE France)
Silver Shell for best leading performance (ex-aequo)

THE KINGS OF THE WORLD by Laura Moro
Produced by Cristina Gallego (ACE Spain)
Golden Shell for best film

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

NEW DIRECTORS
CARBIDE by Josip Žuvan
Co-Produced by Nikolina Vučetić Zečević (ACE Serbia)

HORIZONTES LATINOS
UN VARON by Fabian Hernández
Produced by Claire Charles-Gervais (ACE France)

OCTOPUS SKIN by Ana Cristina Barragan
Produced by Titus Kreyenberg (ACE Germany)

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

TORI & LOKITA by Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
Co-produced by Bart Van Langendonck (ACE Belgium)
Agenda 2030 Euskadi Basque Country Award

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)

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

GODLAND by Hlynur Palmason

Produced by Eva Jakobsen (ACE Denmark)

Zabaltegi-Tabakalera Award

ACE Producers’ Films in Venice 2022

Competition

EISMAYER by David Wagner
Produced by Arash T. Riahi (ACE Austria)

IL SIGNORE DELLE FORMICHE by Gianni Amelio
Produced by Simone Gattoni (ACE Italy)

THE ETERNAL DAUGHTER by Joanna Hogg
Produced by Ed Guiney (ACE Ireland)

Out of Competition

WHEN THE WAVES ARE GONE by Lav Diaz
Produced by Eva Jakobsen (ACE Denmark)

Horizons

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

THE SITTING DUCK by Jean-Paul Salome
Produced by Bettina Brokemper (ACE Germany) and Bertrand Faivre (ACE France)

THE HAPPIEST MAN IN THE WORLD by Teona Strugar Mitevska 
Produced by Amra Baksic Camo (ACE Bosnia and Herzegovina)

TO THE NORTH by Mihai Mincan
Produced by Cyriac Auriol (ACE France)

Special events – Closing Film

QUEENS by Jasmine Benkiran
Produced by Jean des Forets (ACE France)

GIORNATE DEGLI AUTORI
DIRTY, DIFFICOULT, DANGEROUS by Wissam Charaf
Produced by Charlotte Vincent (ACE France)

ACE Producers’ Films in Locarno 2022

PIAZZA GRANDE
ANNIE COLERE by Blandine Lenoir
Produced by Nicolas Brevière and Charlotte Vincent (ACE France)

DELTA by Michele Vannucci
Produced by Giovanni Pompili (ACE Italy)

CONCORSO CINEASTI DEL PRESENTE
ARNOLD IS A MODEL STUDENT by Sorayos Prapapan
Co-produced by Denis Vaslin (ACE the Netherlands)

NIGHTSIREN by Tereza Nvotová
Produced by Miloš Lochman (ACE Czech Republic)
Developed during the ACE 28 Annual Programme
Winner of Cineasti del Presente Competition

PARDI DI DOMANI: CONCORSO INTERNAZIONALE
MONEY AND HAPPINESS by Ana Nedeljkovic, Nikola Majdak Jr.
Produced by Jelena Mitrovic (ACE Serbia)
Co-produced by Peter Badac (ACE Czech Republic)

PANORAMA SUISSE
A PIECE OF SKY by Michael Koch
Produced by Christof Neracher (ACE Switzerland)
Co-produced by Claudia Steffen (ACE Germany)

OLGA by Elie Grappe
Co-produced by Tom Dercourt (ACE France)

LOCARNO KIDS: SCREENINGS
HOW I LEARNED TO FLY by Radivoje Andrić
Co-produced by Ankica Jurić Tilić (ACE Croatia)

SIHJA, THE REBEL FAIRY by Marja Pyykkö
Produced by Elli Toivoniemi (ACE Finland)

FUORI CONCORSO
WHERE IS THIS STREET? OR WITH NO BEFORE OR AFTER
by João Pedro Rodrigues, João Rui Guerra da Mata
Co-produced by Vincent Wang (ACE France)

ACE Producers’ Films at Karlovy Vary 2022

ACE Producers’ films at Karlovy Vary FF

CRYSTAL GLOBE COMPETITION
FUCKING BORNHOLM by Anna Kazejak
Produced by Marta Lewandowska (ACE Poland)
Winner of Europa Cinema Label

PROXIMA COMPETITION
FOOLS by Tomasz Wasilewski
Co-produced by Ada Solomon (ACE Romania) & Jamila Wenske (ACE Germany)

SPECIAL SCREENINGS
KILLING OF A JOURNALIST by Matt Sarnecki
Produced by Signe Byrge Sørensen (ACE Denmark)

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

HARKA by Lotfy Nathan
Produced by Fabian Gasmia (ACE Germany)

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

LE OTTO MONTAGNE by Charlotte Vandermeersch and Felix Van Groeningen
Produced by Mario Gianani (ACE Italy)

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

THE DAM by Ali Cherri
Co-produced by Thanassis Karathanos (ACE Germany)

THE WOODCUTTER’S STORY by Mikko Myllylahti
Produced by Jussi Rantamäki (ACE Finland)
Co-produced by Koji Nelissen (ACE The Netherlands)
Developed during the ACE 27 Annual Programme

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

THAT KIND OF SUMMER by Dennis Cote
Produced by Sylvain Corbeil (ACE Canada)

ACE Producers’ Films at Annecy 2022

OFFICIAL FEATURE FILMS
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)
Jury Distinction

THE ISLAND by Anca Damian
Co-produced by Sébastien Onomo (ACE France)

SCREENING EVENTS
MY FATHER’S SECRETS by Véra Belmont
Produced by John Engel (ACE Belgium)

ACE Producers at Mifa Annecy

Thanks to its new partnership with Mifa Annecy, ACE Producers will co-host the Networking Tables Session & Cocktail Reception during 2022 Annecy Film Festival.

Tom Dercourt (ACE France) will open the session with a short case study of his film “Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman”, a retelling of several of Murakami’s short stories premiering at the festival, followed by Networking tables which will encourage discussions between the producers and key industry players. Network members and guests are invited to join the Cocktail Reception afterwards.

ACE x Mifa Networking Tables & Cocktail Reception

Date: Tuesday 14th of June
Location: Salon Imperial, 3rd floor of Imperial Palace
17:00 – 18:30 Networking Tables
18:30 – 20:00 Cocktail Reception

Session for Dutch Producers during ACE Leadership Special

Thanks to support from the Netherlands Film Fund, ACE Producers is pleased to invite 8-10 Dutch producers to participate in the session Managing Your Energy, which will happen under the umbrella of the ACE Leadership Special.

The aim of the ACE Leadership Special is to encourage and nurture successful, business acumen within the film industry, and equip participants with competence and confidence to provide effective leadership for their production companies and teams, and to become leaders through change.

The session Managing Your Energy is designed for company-owning producers with the aim to help you be at your best, more of the time. It will give you time and space together to explore ways to manage your energy, and therefore your resilience.

This very practical and interactive session is designed to give you the opportunity to:

– Embody differing energetic ‘states’

– Notice the impact of working extended hours

– Create a plan to manage your energy

The session will be facilitated by Jo Bishop. Jo is a professional Learning and Development Consultant, Facilitator, Executive and Career Coach, with over twenty years’ experience working with global corporate clients from a wide range of sectors. Jo ensures her participants leave with practical tools and techniques that can make an immediate positive impact. Her work is, grounded in positive psychology, and she’s passionate about helping leaders create an environment of psychological safety and inclusion to unlock the potential of those around them. She enjoys working with senior leaders to make a difference in their organisation, and often coaches senior teams to lead their people with purpose.

SESSION

10:30 – 14:00, 21 June 2022 (including a Networking lunch with members of the ACE Leadership Special), at The Unbound, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

INFORMATION

– We welcome producers working in fiction, drama series, animation and documentary. We strive to make the industry inclusive and diverse
– Participation is free of charge
– There are only 8 to 10 places available, producers need to be committed to attend the entire session
– Travel expenses that may arise will not be covered by the organization
– The session will be in English

APPLICATION DEADLINE
Deadline: 3 June 2022

HOW TO APPLY
Please send us a short motivation and company profile (in English and combined into one PDF) to info@ace-producers.com

FOR MORE INFORMATION
Contact Al Williams alwilliams@ace-producers.com

ACE Producers’ Films – Cannes Winners

ACE Producers’ Films took top prizes at the closing cerimony at the 75th Cannes Film Festival.

COMPETITION
Palme d’Or
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)

Grand Prix — TIE
CLOSE by Lukas Dhont
Co-produced by Laurette Schillings (ACE the Netherlands), Frans van Gestel (ACE The Netherlands) and Jacques Henri Bronckart (ACE Belgium)

Jury Prize — TIE
LE OTTO MONTAGNE by Charlotte Vandermeersch and Felix Van Groeningen
Produced by Mario Gianani (ACE Italy)

Special prize for Cannes’ 75th anniversary
TORI & LOKITA by Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
Co-produced by Bart Van Langendonck (ACE Belgium)

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

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

CRITICS’ WEEK
THE WOODCUTTER’S STORY, Gan Foundation Award for Distribution
Produced by Jussi Rantamäki (ACE Finland)
Co-produced by Koji Nelissen (ACE The Netherlands) and Jamila Wenske (ACE Germany)

DIRECTORS’ FORTNIGHT
ONE FINE MORNING, Best European Film Prize
Produced by Philipp Martin (ACE France) and David Thion (ACE France)
Co-produced by Roman Paul (ACE Germany).

SELECTED PRODUCERS FOR THE FIRST ACE LEADERSHIP SPECIAL 2022

ACE Producers has selected 11 producers from the European Union and the UK for the first edition of the ACE Leadership Special. The workshop is aimed at experienced producers looking to establish sound business foundations for their companies and develop their personal leadership and entrepreneurial skills.

The world of audiovisual production is changing rapidly. In order to survive and thrive in this dynamic environment, solid leadership is more important than ever. This asks for a strong vision, and the ability to operate with ever greater flexibility and agility. The ACE Leadership Special will help company-owning producers discover their own personal vision and gain the tools needed to adapt and flourish when faced with change.

The programme is supported by the Creative Europe MEDIA Programme and the Netherlands Film Fund.

SELECTED PRODUCERS FOR ACE LEADERSHIP SPECIAL 2022:

Martichka Bozhilova, Agitprop, Bulgaria

Eve Gabereau, Modern Films, UK

Alicja Grawon-Jaksik, Rabbit Hole Productions, Poland

Koji Nelissen, Keplerfilm, The Netherlands

Roman Paul, Razor Film Produktion, Germany

Martin Persson, Anagram Sverige, Sweden

Dries Phlypo, A Private View, Belgium

Marija Razgute, M-Films, Lithuania

Arash T. Riahi, Golden Girls Film, Austria

Laurette Schillings, Topkapi Films, The Netherlands

Ada Solomon, microFILM, Romania

Together with ACE Animation and ACE Series, the ACE Leadership Programme is part of ACE Specials. This combination of programmes allow experienced producers to expanding their knowledge of different forms of production and improve their skills and understanding of areas and types of production to which they might be new.

Please find more information on the programme:
https://ace-producers.com/specials/leadership-special/

Screen Daily press release here.

For further information please contact
Al Williams: alwilliams@ace-producers.com

A previous version of this post also included Michael Weber (Germany – The Match Factory) as a participant. Unfortunately, he had to withdraw from the workshop.