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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)

ACE Producers in Galway 2017

New Irish Cinema

“Penance: Aithrí” by Tom Collins
Produced by Edwina Forkin

“Pilgrimage” by Brendan Muldowney
Produced by Conor Barry
Project developed during the ACE 21 workshops

World Cinema

“Nocturne” by Konstantinos Frangopoulos
Produced by Margery Bone

“Life Thereafter” by Konstantin Bojanov
Produced by John Engel

Fleadh Forum – Thursday 13th July

14:00–14.45: ‘Pilgrimage’ – A Film Finance Case Study

A case study of the film finance structure of Brendan Muldowney’s epic—Pilgrimage, developed by its producer Conor Barry during the ACE 21 workshops. Handled by XYZ Films, this Irish Belgian co-production, which shot on location in Ireland, featured a strong line-up of Irish creative talent and was financed by the IFB, BAI, Wallimage and XYZ Films.

Panelists: Conor Barry & John Keville (Savage Productions), Benoit Roland (Wrongmen Films), Todd Brown (XYZ Films) and will be chaired by Lesley McKimm (IFB). In association with EAVE and Screen Leaders.

16:40-17.25: Breaking Windows – What Digital is Doing to Producers’ Rights

The disruption of orderly sequences of film distribution is one of the most significant phenomena of the digital age. Day-and-date releasing theatrically and online, video-on-demand going head-to-head with pay-TV, pre-releasing online for free – what does all the experimentation add up to? The new majors are online platform giants, yet for the majority of films the value of digital rights is far from compensating for the decline in revenues from traditional home entertainment. What practical steps can producers take to understand and manage the new rights in their work, and derive value from them?

Eamonn Bowles (Magnolia Pictures, US), Andy Mayson (Altitude, UK), Karen O’Malley (Element Pictures, IE); chaired by Simon Perry (ACE Producers, NL)

The forum is supported by the Galway Film Fleadh, Screen Training Ireland and Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board (IFB).

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,”

CENTRAL EUROPE FOCUS TRAINING DAYS 2017

Taking place from the 30th of June to the 2nd of July 2017 at FAMU – Film and TV School of Academy of Performing Arts in Prague – ACE Producers has selected 13 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 Prague Training Days are supported by the Czech Film Fund and the Audiovisual Producers Association (APA).

Training Days in Prague 2017 Participants

Peter Badač – BFILM

Jan Hubáček – GNOMON

Vit Janeček – D1 Film

Barbara Janišová Feglová – Hitchhiker Cinema

Michael Kaboš – KABOS Film & Media

Jitka Kotrlová – Frame Films

Kristýna Květová – Cinemotif Films

Tomás Michálek – Masterfilm

Jakub Pinkava – Pink Productions

Alice Tabery – Cinepoint

Anna Tydlitátová – Freelance

Tomás Vach – Slothmachine

Julie Žáčková – Unit + Sofa

MIA 2017 – CO-PRODUCTION MARKET & PITCHING FORUM

ACE Producers partner, the MIA Co-production Market & Pitching Forum 2017 takes place in Rome from October 19 to 23, 2017.

MIA is widely recognised as an effective market platform where the international industry finds real opportunities for partnering and financing projects in development.

The MIA Co-production Market & Pitching Forum 2017 consists of:

1) Dedicated Pitching sessions designed to find the right financial partners through co-production deals or presale agreements.

2) Pre-scheduled meetings with industry professionals set for the Co-Production Market participants, according to interest and upon request.

The projects for each specific session are chosen by selected Key Industry Professionals with the goal to find the next big content in Cinema, Drama Series and Doc&Factual. The Key Industry Members entitled to define the selection will be announced by July for each of the three segments. Projects’ selection is announced by September 2017.

During MIA, the selected projects are presented by their Producers to an audience of potential financial partners, including broadcasters, producers, distributors, private and public funds, in the specific Pitching sessions and one-to-one pre-scheduled meetings with industry professionals, according to each section’s specific needs and format.

MIA CINEMA : Devoted to about 15 international long feature film (fiction or documentary) co-production projects in development stage. Eligible projects will be competing for the Eurimages Co-Production Development Award of 20.000 euros.

You can download the rules and regulations here.

For further information you can contact coproduction@miamarket.it or visit the website www.miamarket.it

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)

Cinekid Junior Co-Production Market Open for Submissions

The Junior Co-production Market is a single, integrated co-production market during the Cinekid festival that enables financiers, broadcasters and professionals to assess new and innovative children’s film and television projects.

The Call for Entry for this year’s Junior Co-production Market is now open. To find out more please click here to go the to their website.

The submission deadline is 15 June 2017.

Every year over 200 industry professionals visit the Junior Co-production Market. 50% of the professionals in attendance are producers, the other 50% are financiers looking to find new productions they’re keen to participate in. Aside from the one-to-one meetings there are many industry drinks, lunch and dinner opportunities to network and meet the financiers that you are looking for. The market is part of Cinekid for Professionals, a four day industry event for children’s media professionals and a partner of ACE Producers.

The Junior Co-production Market will take place on 26 & 27 October 2017.

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)