Bright Future

“Introduzione all’oscuro” by Gastón Sonicki
Produced by Gabriele Kranzelbinder (ACE AT)

“The Load” by Ognjen Glavonic
Produced by Sophie Erbs (ACE FR)
Co-produced by Tom Dercourt (ACE FR) and Ankica Juric Tilic (ACE HR)

“The Man who Surprised Everyone” by Natasha Merkulova and Aleksey Chupov
Produced by Katia Filipova (ACE RU)
Co-produced by Katrin Kissa (ACE EE)

“Nocturne” by Viktor van der Valk
Co-produced by Dries Phlypo (ACE BE)

“Sophia Anipolis” by Virgil Vernier
Produced by Jean-Christophe Reymond (ACE FR)

“Take Me Somewhere Nice” by Ena Sendijarević
Produced by Amra Baksic Camo (ACE BH) and
Iris Otten (ACE NL)
Tiger Competition

Voices

“A Land Imagined” by Yeo Siew Hua
Co-produced by Denis Vaslin (ACE NL)

“The Beast in the Jungle” by Clara van Gool
Produced by Hans de Wolf (ACE NL)

“The Best of Dorien B.” by Anke Blondé
Produced by Dries Phlypo (ACE BE) and Jean-Claude Van Rijckeghem (ACE BE)
Co-produced by Marleen Slot (ACE NL)
Big Screen Competition

“Birds of Passage” by Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra
Produced by Cristina Gallego (ACE CO)
Co-produced by Nicolás Celis (ACE MX) and Eva Jakobsen (ACE DK)

“Coureur” by Kenneth Mercken
Produced by Eurydice Gysel (ACE BE)

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

“Entre Dos Aguas” by Isaki Lacuesta
Produced by Paco Poch (ACE ES)

“Genèse” by Philippe Lesage
Produced by Galilé Marion-Gauvin (ACE CA)

“Happy as Lazzaro” by Alice Rohrwacher
Produced by Carlo Cresto-Dina (ACE IT), Francesca Andreoli (ACE IT)
and Tiziana Soudani (ACE CH)

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

“Our Wonderful Lives” by Fabienne Godet
Produced by Bertrand Faivre (ACE FR)

“Rafiki” by Wanuri Kahiu
Co-produced by Claire Gadéa (ACE FR)
and Roman Paul (ACE DE)

“Souvenir” by Miriam Gossing and Lina Sieckmann
Produced by Herbert Schwering (ACE DE)

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

“Transinistra” by Anna Eborn
Co-produced by Katja Adomeit
Big Screen Competition

Signatures

“God Only Knows” by Mijke de Jong
Produced by Laurette Schillings (ACE NL)

“Gold is All there Is” by Andrea Caccia
Produced by Marco Alessi (ACE IT)

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

“Our Time” by Carlos Reygadas
Co-produced by Eva Jakobsen (ACE DK)

WORLD CINEMA DRAMATIC COMPETITION

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

European Co-Production Award – Prix Eurimages

Giorgos Karnavas (ACE GR) and Konstantinos Kontovrakis

European Discovery

“Girl” by Lukas Dhont
Co-produced by Jean-Yves Roubin (ACE BE)
and Laurette Schillings (ACE NL)

European Short Film

“The Years” by Sara Fgaier
Produced by Marco Alessi (ACE IT)

European Film

“Girl” by Lukas Dhont
Co-produced by Jean-Yves Roubin (ACE BE)
and Laurette Schillings (ACE NL)

“Happy as Lazzaro” by Alice Rohrwacher
Produced by Carlo Cresto-Dina (ACE IT), Francesca Andreoli (ACE IT) and Tiziana Soudani (ACE CH)

European Discovery

“Girl” by Lukas Dhont
Co-produced by Jean-Yves Roubin (ACE BE)
and Laurette Schillings (ACE NL)

European Director

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

“Happy as Lazzaro” by Alice Rohrwacher
Produced by Carlo Cresto-Dina (ACE IT), Francesca Andreoli (ACE IT) and Tiziana Soudani (ACE CH)

European Actress

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

Barbara Lennie for “Petra” by Jaime Rosales
Produced by Jérôme Dopffer (ACE FR)
Co-produced by Eva Jakobsen (ACE DK)

Alba Rorhwacher for “Happy as Lazzaro” by Alice Rohrwacher
Produced by Carlo Cresto-Dina (ACE IT), Francesca Andreoli (ACE IT) and Tiziana Soudani (ACE CH)

European Actor

Victor Polster  for “Girl” by Lukas Dhont
Co-produced by Jean-Yves Roubin (ACE BE)
and Laurette Schillings (ACE NL)

European Screenwriter

Alice Rorhwacher for “Happy as Lazzaro” by Alice Rohrwacher
Produced by Carlo Cresto-Dina (ACE IT), Francesca Andreoli (ACE IT) and Tiziana Soudani (ACE CH)

ACE Producers is pleased to announce the eighteen producers selected to participate in the 28th ACE Session (2018/2019) with their projects in development.

Marco Alessi – Dugong – Italy
“Li muerti” by Massimiliano Verdesca

Francesca Andreoli – tempesta – Italy
“Valley of Thieves” by Caterina Carone

Christophe Audeguis – the cup of tea – France
“Ducks” by Neary Adeline Hay

Daniel Bekerman – Scythia Films – Canada
“The Eden Express” Director TBD

Maria Blicharska – Donten & Lacroix Films – Poland/France
“Comrades” by Olivier Patte and Rafael Lewandowski

Katja Draaijer – Baldr Film – The Netherlands
“Alpha” by Jan-Willem van Ewijk

Sophie Erbs – Cinema Defacto – France
“The Hunt of the Puma” by Marcela Said

Alise Ģelze – Tasse Film – Latvia
“Lovable” by Stanislavs Tokalovs

Dyveke Graver – Oslo Pictures – Norway
“A Prayer for the Dying” by Dara Van Dusen

Milos Lochman – moloko film – Czech Republic
“The Nightsiren” by Tereza Nvotová

Mike MacMillan – Lithium Studios Productions – Canada
“I Will Not Go Quietly” Director TBD.

Jan Macola – Mimesis Film – Czech Republic
“Resurrections” by Petr Vaclav

Alan Maher – Marcie Films – Ireland
“Chronicle in Time” by Andrew Legge

Emily Morgan – Quiddity Films – UK
“White” by Emily Young

Elli Toivoniemi – Tuffi Films – Finland
“Love of Wolves” by Zaida Bergroth

Izabella Tzenkova – Kotva Films – Bulgaria/USA
“Serenity” by Aslihan Unaldi

Alexander Wadouh – Chromosom Films – Germany
“Mission” Director TBD

Michael Wrenn – Invisible Republic – Australia
“These Kingdoms” by Shane Danielsen

These eighteen producers have been selected to attend the three residential ACE workshops with a project in development. Fourteen countries are represented in the selection: Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland and the UK.

The selection committee was made up of members of the ACE board, ACE consultants, ACE president Antoine Simkine and director Jacobine van der Vloed. A record number of applications was received this year and the selection was made following interviews in  Amsterdam and Toronto.

The eighteen producers will attend four main events that make up the core of the training. The first is the Content Development Workshop held mid-October in Helsinki, Finland in collaboration with the Finnish Film Foundation and Aalto University. It consists of plenary sessions and individual meetings analysing the concepts, dramaturgy and target audiences of producers’ projects. Other sessions provide insight into early development problems such as preparing intention notes, working with talents and maintaining good relationships with writers and directors.

The second workshop is the Financing Strategies Workshop, held mid-November in Prague, Czech Republic, in collaboration with the Czech Film Fund and APA, the Czech Producers Association. The core of the workshop is made up of interactive sessions exploring international financing opportunities and strategies through detailed analysis of producers’ finance plans, with input provided by over 40 high-grade professionals from across the industry. These financing sessions are unique to ACE, creating an open exchange of experience and ideas which sheds light on the evolution of co-production practices, of public and private funding schemes, and of the global marketplace in the digital age.

The third is the Business Prospects Workshop held in the Netherlands (in partnership with the Netherlands Film Fund) at the beginning of April. This workshop aims to help the producers discover new business models and strategies in order to expand their knowledge and field of competence regarding marketing, (online) distribution, legal aspects, and overall management of their company and team.

Alongside these workshops the producers will also have the chance to have personalised consultations with script, finance and marketing experts throughout the year. After having completed the three workshops the participants are welcomed into the ACE Network by attending the ACE Annual Reunion, which will take place in Copenhagen in April 2019, thanks to the support of the Danish Film Institute.

The ACE Network has around 220 active members from more than 45 countries. Network members gather for further training and professional events at all major festivals and markets during the year, and regularly co-produce with each other.

Official Selection

“Entre Dos Aguas” by Isaki Lacuesta
Produced by Paco Poch (ACE ES)

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

“Rojo” by Benjamin Naishtat
Produced by Marleen Slot (ACE NL)

New Directors

“A Decent Man” by Hadrian Marcu
Produced by Anamaria Antoci (ACE DK)

“Journey to a Mother’s Room” by Celia Rico Clavellino
Co-produced by Jérôme Vidal (ACE FR)

Horizontes Latinos

“Our Time” by Carlos Reygadas
Co-produced by Eva Jakobsen (ACE DK)

“The Snatch Thief” by Agustín Toscano
Produced by Hernán Musaluppi (ACE AR)

Zabaltegi

“Sophia Antipolis” by Virgil Verrnier
Produced by Jean-Christophe Reymond (ACE FR)

Perlak

“Birds of Passage” by Cristina Gallego, Ciro Guerra
Produced by Cristina Gallego (ACE CO)
Co-produced by Nicolás Celis (ACE MX), Eva Jakobsen (ACE DK)

“Girl” by Lukas Dhont
Co-produced by Jean-Yves Roubin (ACE BE) and Laurette Schillings (ACE NL)

“Roma” by Alfonso Cuarón
Produced by  Nicolás Celis (ACE MX)

Made in Spain

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

“Lands of Loneliness” by James Longley
Co-produced by Nathalie Trafford (ACE FR)

“The Warning” by Daniel Calparsoro
Co-produced by Cristina Zumárraga (ACE ES)

Special Presentations

“Colettes” by Wash Westmoreland
Co-produced by Ildiko Kemeny (ACE HU)

“Duelles (Mother’s Instinct)” by Olivier Masset-Depasse
Produced by Jacques-Henri Bronckart (ACE BE)
Co-produced by Bart van Langendonck (ACE BE)

“Girls of the Sun” by Eva Husson
Co-produced by Jean-Yves Roubin (ACE BE)

“The Grizzlies” by Miranda de Pencier
Produced by Damon D’Oliveira (ACE CA)

“Maya” by Mia Hansen-Løve
Produced by Philippe Martin (ACE FR), David Thion (ACE FR)
Co-Produced by Roman Paul (ACE DE)

“Roma” by Alfonso Cuarón
Produced by Nicolás Celis (ACE MX)

“Sunset” by László Nemes
Produced by Gábor Sipos (ACE HU)

Gala Presentations

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

Masters

“Our Time” by Carlos Reygadas
Co-produced by Eva Jakobsen (ACE DK)

“The Wild Pear Tree” by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Co-produced by Fabian Gasmia (ACE DE)

Contemporary World Cinema

“Angel” by Koen Mortier
Produced by Euridyce Gysel (ACE BE)

“Birds of Passage” by Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra
Produced by Cristina Gallego (ACE CO)
Co-produced by Nicolás Celis (ACE MX) and Eva Jakobsen (ACE DK)

“Black 47” by Lance Daly
Produced by Macdara Kelleher (ACE IT)
Associate producer: Bernard Michaux (ACE LU)

“The Great Darkened Days” by Maxime Giroux
Produced by Sylvain Corbeil (ACE CA)

“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) and Janine Jackowski (ACE DE)

“The Most Beautiful Couple” by Sven Taddicken
Produced by Jamila Wenske (ACE DE)

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

“The Vice of Hope” by Edoardo De Angelis
Produced by Pierpaolo Verga (ACE IT)
Developed during the ACE 27 Workshops

“Working Woman” by Michal Aviad
Produced by Amir Harel (ACE IL)

Discovery

“Girl” by Lukas Dhont
Co-produced by Jean-Yves Roubin (ACE BE) and Laurette Schillings (ACE NL)

“Her Job” by Nikos Labôt
Produced by Maria Drandaki (ACE GR) and Julie Paratian (ACE FR)

“Light as Feathers” by Rosanne Pel
Produced by Floor Onrust (ACE NL)

“The Load” by Ognjen Glavonic
Co-produced by Tom Dercourt (ACE FR) and Ankica Juric Tilic (ACE HR)

“Rafiki” by Wanuri Kahiu
Co-produced by Claire Gadea (ACE FR), Roman Paul (ACE DE)

“Saf” by Ali Vatansever
Co-produced by Anamaria Antoci (ACE RO)

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

TIFF DOCS

“Angels Are Made of Light” by James Longley
Co-produced by Signe Byrge Sørensen (ACE DK)

“Heartbound” by Janus Metz
Co-produced by Frank Hoeve (ACE NL)

Wavelenghts

“Blue” by Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Produced by Philippe Martin (ACE FR)

“In My Room” by Ulrich Köhler
Produced by Claudia Steffen (ACE DE)
Co-produced by  Jonas Dornbach (ACE DE), Janine Jackowski (ACE DE), Katrin Schlösser (ACE DE)

Platform

“Rojo” by Benjamin Naishtat
Produced by Marleen Slot (ACE NL)

Shortcuts

“To Plant a Fig” by Bobbie Peers
Produced by Skúli Malmquist (ACE IS)

Competition

“Close Enemies” by David Oelhoffen
Co-produced by Jacques-Henri Bronckart (ACE BE)

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

“Our Time” by Carlos Reygadas
Co-produced by Eva Jakobsen (ACE DK)

“Roma” by Alfonso Cuarón
Produced by Nicolás Celis (ACE MX)

“Sunset” by László Nemes
Produced by Gábor Sipos (ACE HU)

Out of Competition

“Introduzione all’oscuro” by Gastón Solnicki
Produced by Gabriele Kranzelbinder (ACE AT)

Orizzonti Competition

“The Announcement” by Mahmut Fazil Coskun
Co-produced by Borislav Chouchkov (ACE BU)

“The Man who Surprised Everyone” by Natasha Merkulova and Aleksey Chupov
Produced by Katia Filipova (ACE RU)
Co-produced by Katrin Kissa (ACE EE)

“Sulla mia pelle” by Alessio Cremonini
Delegate producer: Tommaso Arrighi (ACE IT)

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

Sconfini

“Arriverderci Saigon” by Wilma Labate
Produced by Emanuele Nespeca (ACE IT)

“Il Banchiere Anarchico” by Giulio Base
Co-produced by Emanuele Nespeca (ACE IT)

“School’s Out” by Sébastien Marnier
Produced by Caroline Bonmarchand (ACE FR)