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)

NORDIC FOCUS TRAINING DAYS 2019

Taking place from the 5th to the 7th of October in Helsinki and Espoo ACE Producers has selected 19 upcoming producers at relatively early stages in their careers from the Finland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland and Estonia to take part in the ACE Nordic Focus Training Days 2019. Two production students from Aalto University will also attend.

Scheduled over two-and-a-half days, the workshop is provided with the help of ACE producers and consultants who have notably strong track-records in international project financing and distribution, and who will share their knowledge and international expertise with the participants.

“The Essentials of Agreement Management, Rights Management and Waterfalls” will include plenary sessions, group meetings, case-studies and interactive workshops. These will offer guidance through the main international agreements and explore topics such as rights clearance, budgeting and recoupment schedules.

The Nordic Focus Training Days are supported by Aalto University, Audiovisual Producers Finland and the Nordisk Film and TV Fond.

 

Training Days in Helsinki and Espoo 2019 Participants

 

Eleonore Anselme – Hummelfilm – Norway

Tiina Butter – Butterworks – Finland

Marte Hansen – mahafilm – Norway

Eliza Jones – Grand Slam Film – Sweden

Elin Kamlert – Kamlert Film – Sweden

Andreas Kask – NAFTA – Estonia

Oda Kruse – Kruse Film – Norway

Paria Eskandari – AAMU Film Company – Finland

Ann Lundberg – Anagram Sweden – Sweden

Mette Matthiessen – Freelance – Denmark

Heather Millard – Compass Films – Iceland

Julie Carla Mortensen – Freelance – Denmark

Veronica Natvig – Storm Films – Norway

Marianne Ostrat – Alexandra Film – Estonia

Nicholas Sando – Filmbin – Norway

Malin Söderlund – Unlimited Stories – Sweden

Giulia Triolo – Snowglobe – Denmark

Frida Wallman – Unlimited Stories – Sweden

Markus Waltå – Grand Slam Film – Sweden

ACE Producers’ Films at TIFF 2019

Contemporary World Cinema

“The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open” by Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Kathleen Hepburn
Produced by Alan R. Milligan (ACE NO)
Co-produced by Dyveke Graver (ACE NO)

Special Presentations

“Frankie” by Ira Sachs
Co-produced by Diana Elbaum (ACE BE)

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

Gala Presentations

“Radioactive” by Marjane Satrapi
Co-produced by Ildiko Kemeny (ACE HU)

“The Song of Names” by François Girard
Co-produced by Viktória Petrányi (ACE HU)

Discovery

“Love Me Tender” by Klaudia Reynicke
Produced by Tiziana Soudani (ACE CH)

“My Life As A Comedian by Rojda Sekersöz
Produced by Martin Persson (ACE SE)

“Pompei” by Anna Falguères, John Shank
Produced by Valérie Bournonville (ACE BE)

“Sea Fever” by Neasa Hardiman
Produced by Brendan McCarthy (ACE IE) and John McDonnell (ACE IE)

TIFF Docs

“Cunningham” by Alla Kovgan
Produced by Helge Albers (ACE DE)

ACE Producers’ Films in Venice 2019

Competition

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

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

“Scales” by Shahad Ameen
Produced by Paul Miller (ACE NL)

Out of Competition

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

“The King” by David Michod
Co-produced by Ildiko Kemeny (ACE HU)

“Electric Swan” by Konstantina Kotzamani
Produced by Maria Drandaki (ACE GR)

Orrizonti

“Rialto” by Peter Mackie Burns
Produced by Alan Maher (ACE IE) and John Wallace (ACE IE)

“The Son” by Mehdi Barsaoui
Produced by Marc Irmer (ACE FR)

Venice Days Competition

“Only The Animals” by Dominik Moll
Produced by Carole Scotta (ACE FR)
Co-produced by Roman Paul (ACE DE)

“Arab Blues” by Manele Labidi
Produced by Jean-Christophe Reymond (ACE FR)

“A Bigger World” by Fabienne Berthaud
Produced by Carole Scotta (ACE FR)

“Beware Of Children” by Dag Johan Haugerud
Co-produced by Erik Hemmendorff (ACE SE)

ACE Producers’ Films in Locarno 2019

Piazza Grande

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

“The Girl with a Bracelet” by Stéphane Demoustier
Produced by Jean des Forêts (ACE FR)
Co-produced by Jean-Yves Roubin (ACE BE)

Concorso Cineasti del presente

“Ivana the Terrible” by Ivana Mladenović
Produced by Ada Solomon (ACE RO)

“Love Me Tender” by Klaudia Reynicke
Produced by Tiziana Soudani (ACE CH)

Pardi di domani: Concorso nazionale

“Aline” by Simon Guélat
Produced by Elena Tatti (ACE CH)

Fuori concorso

“Baghdad in my Shadow” by Samir
Co produced by Christine Kiauk (ACE DE), Herbert Schwering (ACE DE) and Christine Alderson (ACE UK)

“Giraffe” by Anna Sofie Hartmann
Produced by Jonas Dornbach (ACE DE) and Janine Jackowski (ACE DE)

Fuori concorso: Shorts

“Sapphire Crystal” by Virgil Vernier
Produced by Jean des Forêts (ACE FR)

Histoire(s) du cinéma: Premio Raimondo Rezzonico Komplizen Film

“The Forest for the Trees” by Maren Ade
Produced by Janine Jackowski (ACE DE)

“Western” by Valeska Grisebach
Produced by Jonas Dornbach (ACE DE) and Janine Jackowski (ACE DE)

Retrospettiva: Black Light

“Rude” by Clement Virgo
Produced by Damon D’Oliveira (ACE CA)

ACE Producers’ Films in Sarajevo 2019

Competition Programme Feature Film

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

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

Kinoscope

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

“Synonyms” by Nadav Lapid
Co-produced by Jonas Dornbach (ACE DE) and Janine Jackowski (ACE DE)

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

In Focus

“God Exists, Her Name is Petrunija” by Teona Strugar Mitevska
Produced by Zdenka Gold (ACE HR)

“Half Sister” by Damjan Kozole
Produced by Jelena Mitrovic (ACE RS)

“Ivana the Terrible” by Ivana Mladenović
Produced by Ada Solomon (ACE RO)

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

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

TeenArena

“Stupid Young Heart” by Selma Vilhunen
Produced by Elli Toivoniemi (ACE FI)

Dealing with the Past

Born in Evin by Maryam Zaree
Co-produced by Arash T. Riahi (ACE AT)

BH Film – Feature Films

“Heroes Don’t Die” by Aude Léa Rapin
Co-produced by Amra Baksic Camo (ACE BA)

“I act, I am” by Miroslav Mandic
Co-produced by Amra Baksic Camo(ACE BA)

“Stiches” by Miroslav Terzic
Co-produced by Amra Baksic Camo (ACE BA) and Zdenka Gold (ACE HR)

Open Air

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

ACE Producers’ Films at Karlovy Vary 2019

Official Selection – Competition

“Half-Sister” by Damjan Kozole
Produced by Jelena Mitrović (ACE RS)

“Patrick” by Tim Mielants
Produced by Bart Van Langendonck (ACE BE)
Co-produced by Jacques-Henri Bronckart (ACE BE)
and Laurette Schillings (ACE NL)

“Lara” by Jan-Ole Gerster
Produced by Marcos Kantis (ACE DE)

“Let There Be Light” by Marko Škop
Produced by Marko Škop (ACE SK) and Pavel Strnad (ACE CZ)

East of the West – Competition

“A Certain Kind of Silence” by Michal Hogenauer
Co-produced by Alise Gelze (ACE LV)

Horizons

“Rojo” by Benjamín Naishtat
Co-produced by Marleen Slot (ACE NL)

“Ghost Town Anthology” by Denis Côté
Produced by Ziad Touma (ACE CA)

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

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

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

“Wherever You Are” by Bonifacio Angius
Produced by Andrea Paris (ACE IT)

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

Another View

“Sick, Sick, Sick” by Alice Furtado
Co-produced by Frank Hoeve (ACE NL)

“Dogs Don’t Wear Pants” by Jukka-Pekka Valkeapää
Produced by Aleksi Bardy (ACE FI)
Co-produced by Alise Gelze (ACE LV)

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

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

“The Miracle of the Sargasso Sea” by Syllas Tzoumerkas
Produced by Maria Drandaki (ACE GR)
Co-produced by Ellen Havenith (ACE NL) and Titus Kreyenberg (ACE DE)
Developed during the ACE 24 Workshops

“Monos” by Alejandro Landes
Co-produced by Leontine Petit (ACE NL and Claudia Steffen (ACE DE)

“Tommaso” by Abel Ferrara
Produced by Simone Gattoni (ACE IT)

Czech Films 2018–2019

“On the Roof” by Jiří Mádl
Produced by Monika Kristl (ACE CZ)

CENTRAL EUROPE FOCUS TRAINING DAYS 2019

Taking place from the 28th to the 30th of June at FAMU – Film and TV School of Academy of Performing Arts in Prague – ACE Producers has selected 19 upcoming producers at relatively early stages in their careers from the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland to take part in the first ACE Training Days.

Scheduled over two-and-a-half days, the workshop is provided with the help of ACE producers and consultants who have notably strong track-records in international project financing and distribution, and who will share their knowledge and international expertise with the participants.

“The Essentials of Reaching an Audience – From the Development Process to the Release of a Film” will include plenary sessions, group meetings, a case study and an interactive workshop. These will explore packaging projects for funds and partners, VOD business models, rights and windows and finding the right communication strategy.

The Prague Training Days are supported by the Czech Film Fund and the Audiovisual Producers Association (APA).

 

Training Days in Prague 2019 Participants

 

Radka Babincová – Bright Sight Pictures – Slovakia

Martin Barták – GoodieBaddie – Czech Republic

Lukasz Bluszcz – Vision House – Poland

Kateřina Buzková – Darq Studio – Czech Republic

Anna Fam – Freelance – Poland

Marta Gmosińska – Lava Films – Poland

Jan Hubáček – Gnomon – Czech Republic

Ludka Kierczak – Kosmonaut – Czech Republic/Poland

Jakub Košťá – Bionaut – Czech Republic

Petr Kratochvíl – Bedna Films – Czech Republic

Steve Reverand – The Lab Studios – Czech Republic

Anna Rózalska – Match&Spark – Poland

Krystof Safer – Bull Film – Czech Republic

Andrea Shaffer –  Mindset Pictures – Czech Republic

Hana Šilarová – Frame Films – Czech Republic

Barbora Šonková – Dawson Productions – Czech Republic

Marian Varga – Protos Productions – Slovakia

Aneta Zagórska – Krakow Film Klaster – Poland

Klára Zaloudkovà – Background Films – Czech Republic