DISCOVERY

AMBOEBA by Siyou Tan
Produced by Fran Borgia (ACE Singapore)
Co-produced by Luisa Romeo (ACE Spain), Antoine Simkine (ACE France) and Denis Vaslin (ACE The Netherlands)

FORASTERA by Lucía Aleñar Iglesias
Co-produced by Olivier Guerpillon (ACE Sweden) and Giovanni Pompili (ACE Italy)

GHOST SCHOOL by Seemab Gul
Co-produced by Dorothe Beinemeier (ACE Germany)

JULIAN by Cato Kusters
Co-produced by Laurette Schillings (ACE The Netherlands) and Frans van Gestel (ACE The Netherlands)

OUR FATHER by Goran Stankovic
Produced by Snezana van Houwelingen (ACE Serbia)

PLATFORM

AT THE PLACE OF GHOSTS by Bretten Hannam
Produced by Marc Tetreault (ACE Canada) and Diana Elbaum (ACE Belgium)
Developed during the ACE 33 Annual Programme

HEN by György Pálfi
Produced by Thanassis Karathanos (ACE Germany)

TO THE VICTORY! by Valentyn Vasyanovych
Produced by Volodymyr Yatsenko (ACE Ukraine)
Co-produced by Marija Razgute (ACE Lithuania)

GALA PRESENTATIONS

GLENROTHAN by Brian Cox
Executive produced by Sheryl Crown (ACE United Kingdom)

PEAK EVERYTHING by Anne Émond
Produced by Sylvain Corbeil (ACE Canada)

SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS

A PALE VIEW OF HILLS by Kei Ishikawa
Co-produced by Mariusz Włodarski (ACE Poland)

BAD APPLES by Jonatan Etzler
Executive Produced by Judy Counihan (ACE United Kingdom)

IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT by Jafar Panahi
Produced by Philippe Martin (ACE France) and David Thion (ACE France)

LOVELY DAY by Philippe Falardeau
Produced by Luc Déry (ACE Canada)

SACRIFICE by Romain Gavras
Produced by Giorgos Karnavas (ACE Greece)

SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier
Produced by Andrea Berentsen Ottmar (ACE Norway)
Co-produced by Jonas Dornbach (ACE Germany) and Janine Jackowski (ACE Germany)

SIRAT by Olivier Laxe
Produced by Mani Mortazavi (ACE France)

STEAL AWAY by Clement Virgo
Produced by Damon D’Oliveira (ACE Canada)

THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonça Filho
Co-produced by Leontine Petit & Erik Glijnis (ACE The Netherlands)

THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE by Mona Fastvold
Produced by Viktória Petrányi (ACE Hungary)

CENTREPIECE

EAGLES OF THE REPUBLIC by Tarik Saleh
Co-produced by Monica Hellström (ACE Denmark)

FOLLIES by Eric K. Boulianne
Produced Hany Ouichou (ACE Canada)

LA PETITE DERNIÈRE by Hafsia Herzi
Produced by Julie Billy (ACE France)

MILK TEETH by Mihai Mincan
Produced by Radu Stancu (ACE Romania)
Co-produced by Monica Hellström (ACE Denmark) and Cyrial Auriol (ACE France)

MY FATHER’S SHADOW by Akinola Davies Jr.
Executive Produced by Ed Guiney (ACE Ireland)

ORPHAN by Lazlo Nemes
Produced by Ildikó Kemény (ACE Hungary)
Co-produced by Thanassis Karathanos (ACE Germany)

RENOIR by Chie Hayakawa
Produced by Fran Borgia (ACE Singapore)

THE BLUE TRAIL by Gabriel Mascaro
Co-produced by Marleen Slot (ACE The Netherlands)

THE LOVE THAT REMAINS by Hlynur Pálmason
Produced by Anton Máni Svansson (ACE Iceland)
Co-produced by Eva Jakobsen (ACE Denmark)
Developed during the ACE 33 Annual Programme

THE MYSTERIOUS GAZE OF THE FLAMINGO by Diego Céspedes
Co-produced by Jakob D. Weydemann (ACE Germany)

TWO PROSECUTORS by Sergei Loznitsa
Co-produced by Viola Fügen (ACE Germany) and Alise Gelze (ACE Latvia)

WHITETAIL by Nanouk Leopold
Produced by Stienette Bosklopper (ACE The Netherlands)
Co-produced by Bart Van Langendonck (ACE Belgium)

TIFF DOCS

MODERN WHORE by Nicole Bazuin
Produced by Lauren Grant (ACE Canada)

NUESTRA TIERRA by Lucrecia Martel
Co-produced by Claire Gadéa (ACE France), Leontine Petit (ACE The Netherlands) and Erik Glijnis (ACE The Netherlands)

TIFF PRIMETIME

PORTOBELLO by Marco Bellocchio
Produced by Mario Gianani (ACE Italy) and Simone Gattoni (ACE Italy)

COMPETITION

DJ AHMET by Georgi M. Unkovski
Co-produced by by Jelena Mitrovic (ACE Serbia)

GOD WILL NOT HELP by Hana Jušić
Produced by Ankica Jurić Tilić (ACE Croatia)
Co-produced by Ada Solomon (ACE Romania) and Yorgos Tsourgiannis (ACE Greece)

SORELLA DI CLAUSURA by Ivana Mladenović
Produced by Ada Solomon (ACE Romania)

WIND, TALK TO ME by Stefan Djordjevic
Produced by Dragana Jovovic (ACE Serbia)
Co-produced by Miha Cernec (ACE Slovenia)

YUGO FLORIDA by Vladimir Tagić
Co-produced by Katya Trichkova (ACE Bulgaria)

SHORT FILM COMPETITION

ERASERHEAD IN A KNITTED SHOPPING BAG by Lili Kiss
Produced by Vanya Rainova (ACE Bulgaria)

COMPETITION

BUGONIA by Yorgos Lanthimos
Produced by Ed Guiney (ACE Ireland)

ELISA by Leonardo Di Costanzo
Produced by Carlo Cresto-Dina (ACE Italy)

FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER by Jim Jarmusch
Co-produced by Conor Barry (ACE Ireland)
Winner – Golden Lion

ORPHAN by Laszlo Nemes
Produced by Ildikó Kemény (ACE Hungary)
Co-produced by Thanassis Karathanos (ACE Germany)

THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB by  Kaouther Ben Hania
Produced by Nadim Cheikhrouha (ACE France)
Winner – Silver Lion

THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE by Mona Fastvold
Produced by Viktória Petrányi (ACE Hungary)

UN FILM FATTO PER BENE by Franco Maresco
Produced by Marco Alessi (ACE Italy)

OUT OF COMPETITION – NON-FICTION

NUESTRA TIERRA by Lucrecia Martel
Co-produced by Claire Gadéa (ACE France), Leontine Petit (ACE The Netherlands) and Erik Glijnis (ACE The Netherlands)

OUT OF COMPETITION – SERIES

ETTY by Hagai Levi
Produced by Frans van Gestel (ACE The Netherlands), Jonas Dornbach (ACE Germany) and Yaël Fogiel (ACE France)

PORTOBELLO by Marco Bellocchio
Produced by Mario Gianani (ACE Italy) and Simone Gattoni (ACE Italy)

HORIZONS

FATHER by Tereza Nvotova
Co-produced by Milos Lochman (ACE Czech Republic) and Mariusz Wlodarski (ACE Poland)

GRAND CIEL by Akihiro Hata
Produced by Clément Duboin (ACE France)
Co-produced by Gilles Chanial (ACE Luxembourg)
Developed during the ACE 29 Annual Programme

MILK TEETH by Mihai Mincan
Produced by Radu Stancu (ACE Romania)
Co-produced by Monica Hellström (ACE Denmark) and Cyrial Auriol (ACE France)

MOTHER by Teona Strugar Mitevska
Co-produced by Amra Bakšić Čamo (ACE Bosnia and Herzegovina) and Adis Đapo (ACE Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Opening Film Horizons

THE SOUFFLEUR by Gaston Solnicki
Produced by Gabriele Kranzelbinder (ACE Austria)

VENICE CRITICS WEEK

STEREO GIRLS by Caroline Deruas Peano
Co-produced by Serge Noel (ACE Canada) and Jean-Laurent Csinidis (ACE France)

VENICE SPOTLIGHT

A BRAS-LE-CORPS by Marie-Elsa Sgualdo
Produced by Elena Tatti (ACE Switzerland)

MADE IN EU by Stephan Komandarev
Produced by Katya Trichkova (ACE Bulgaria)
Co-produced by Pavel Strnad (ACE Czech Republic)

GIORNATE DEGLI AUTORI – COMPETITION

SHORT SUMMER by Nastia Korkia
Co-produced by Miroslav Mogorovic (ACE Serbia)
Winner – Luigi De Laurentis Award for Debut Film

GIORNATE DEGLI AUTORI – SPECIAL EVENTS

DO YOU LOVE ME by Lana Daher
Produced by Jean-Laurent Csinidis (ACE France)

ACE Producers and Independent  Film Foundation are pleased to announce the Call for Applications for the Training Days Poland 2025 which has been set up thanks to the support of the Polish Film Institute.

The ACE Training Days Poland is a tailor-made 2-day programme designed for emerging producers at relatively early stages in their careers, who are looking to expand their network and learn more about the international context of the audiovisual industry. The hands-on workshop welcomes producers working in fiction, animation, and documentary, and strives to make the industry more inclusive, diverse, and collaborative.

For this workshop, a total of 12 producers (6 Polish and 6 total from neighbouring countries) will be selected to join the workshop taking place in Warsaw. As ACE aims to encourage international collaboration, the call is open to emerging producers from Poland, as well as Albania, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldavia, Montenegro, North-Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Ukraine.

The Training Days Poland will be themed around “Fundamentals of International Co-productions”. The interactive workshop will include plenary sessions, case studies as well as group meetings provided with the help of ACE consultants and producers who have notably strong track-records in international financing, co-production, negotiation, sales, and distribution, and who will share their knowledge and international expertise.

The ACE Training Days Poland is connected to the ACE 35 Financing Strategies Workshop (24  – 29 November, Warsaw), which is a workshop within the ACE Annual Programme organised for the selected 18 experienced producers from Europe and beyond.

WORKSHOP DATES
26 & 27 November 2025 (the workshop starts at 09:30 in the morning, therefore international participants should arrive on the 25^th and depart the 27^th after 18:00)

LOCATION
Warsaw, Poland

ELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS

• Emerging producers with an interest in the international market and co-production (this workshop will not focus on line production).
• Producers should have at least one credit on a short film.
• Producers will best benefit from the workshop when already working on a  feature-length project in development.
• Producers would need to be committed to attend the entire workshop.
• Producers who were selected for previous editions of the Training Days are eligible to re-apply.

FEES

• Participation is free of charge, but we do ask full commitment.
• ACE Producers will cover the subsistence during the workshop.
• All travel & accommodation expenses that arise will NOT be covered by the organisation. The producers can apply to their local/national fund to support these expenses.

APPLICATION DEADLINE
1 September 2025 at 23:59 CEST (up to 12 places available)

HOW TO APPLY
Please submit your application HERE

In the applications, you need to attach the following documents, in English and all merged into 1 PDF file:

• One-page motivational letter
• Company profile
• Producer’s biography & filmography
• List of current projects in development (with information and status on each project)

You have also to attach the declaration of participating, which you can find HERE

FOR MORE INFORMATION
Violetta Kamińska  violetta@nff.org.pl
Thijs van der Laak  thijsvanderlaak@ace-producers.com

PIAZZA GRANDE

IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT by Jafar Panahi
Produced by Philippe Martin (ACE France) and David Thion (ACE France)

LA PETITE DERNIÈRE by Hafsia Herzi
Produced by Julie Billy (ACE France)

SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier
Produced by Andrea Berentsen Ottmar (ACE Norway)
Co-produced by Jonas Dornbach (ACE Germany) and Janine Jackowski (ACE Germany)

THE BIRTHDAY PARTY  by Miguel Ángel Jiménez
Produced by Giorgos Karnavas (ACE Greece)
Co-produced by Leontine Petit & Erik Glijnis (ACE The Netherlands) and Kurban Kassam (ACE United Kingdom), Executive Produced by Dries Phlypo (ACE Belgium)
Developed during the ACE 21 Annual Programme

THE DEAL by Jean-Stéphane Bron
Produced by Philippe Martin (ACE France)
Co-produced by Jacques-Henri Bronckart (ACE Belgium)

CONCORSO INTERNAZIONALE

DESIRE LINES by Dane Komljen
Produced by Nataša Damnjanović (ACE Serbia)
Co-produced by Miljenka Čogelja (ACE Croatia)

DONKEY DAYS by Rosanne Pel
Produced by Floor Onrust (ACE The Netherlands)
Co-produced by Verena Gräfe-Höft (ACE Germany)

DRACULA by Radu Jude
Co-produced by Ada Solomon (ACE Romania)

GOD WILL NOT HELP by Hana Jušić
Produced by Ankica Jurić Tilić (ACE Croatia)
Co-produced by Ada Solomon (ACE Romania) and Yorgos Tsourgiannis (ACE Greece)

SOLOMAMMA by Janicke Askevold
Produced by Gary Cranner (ACE Norway)
Co-produced by Inese Boka-Grube (ACE Latvia) and Jani Pösö (ACE Finland)

SORELLA DI CLAUSURA by Ivana Mladenović
Produced by Ada Solomon (ACE Romania)

CONCORSO CINEASTI DEL PRESENTE
BECOMING by Zhannat Alshanova
Produced by Jean-Laurent Csinidis (ACE France), Denis Vaslin (ACE The Netherlands) and Marija Razgute (ACE Lithuania)
Co-produced by Marie Kjellson (ACE Sweden)

FOLLIES by Eric K. Boulianne
Produced by Hany Ouichou (ACE Canada)

HIJO MAYOR by Cecilia Kang
Co-produced by Claire Charles-Gervais (ACE France)

PANORAMA SUISSE

LATE SHIFT by Petra Volpe
Produced by Reto Schärli (ACE Switzerland)

THE SAFE HOUSE by Lionel Baier
Produced by Yaël Fogiel (ACE France)

OPEN DOOR SCREENINGS

TUG OF WAR by Amil Shivji
Co-produced by Nicole Gerhards (ACE Germany)

LOCARNO KIDS

FOREVER WITH YOU by Fabrizio Cattani
Produced by Emanuele Nespeca (ACE Italy)

SECRET DELIVERY by Ján Sebechlebský
Produced by Silvia Panáková (ACE Slovakia)

ACE Producers is pleased to announce the call for applications for the ACE Training Days NL 2025, taking place on 14 & 15 October in Leiden and Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

The ACE Training Days NL is a tailor-made programme designed for emerging producers at relatively early stages in their careers, who are looking to expand their network and learn more about the international context of the audiovisual industry. The workshop welcomes producers working in fiction, animation and documentary, and strives to make the industry more inclusive and diverse.

For this workshop, a total of 12 producers (6 Dutch and 6 from neighbouring countries) will be selected to join the workshop. As ACE aims to encourage international collaboration, the call is open to emerging producers from The Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, and the Dutch Overseas Countries and Territories which include Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint Eustatius and Sint Maarten.

Scheduled over 2 consecutive days, the ACE Training Days NL 2025 will be themed around “How to Build a Sustainable Economic Foundation for Your Business”.

The ACE Training Days NL has been set up in collaboration with the Netherlands Film Fund.

Make sure to apply before the extended deadline of 8 September 2025, noon CEST. More information and how to register can be found here.

FOR MORE INFORMATION
Contact us at ace@ace-producers.com.

Crystal Globe Competition

BETTER GO MAD IN THE WILD by Miro Remo
Co-produced by Tomáš Hrubý (ACE Czech Republic)

DON’T CALL ME MAMA by Nina Knag
Executive produced by Janne Hjeltnes (ACE Norway)

THE VISITOR by Vytautas Katkus
Produced by Marija Razgute (ACE Lithuania)
Co-produced by Anna-Maria Kantarius (ACE Sweden)

Proxima Competition

HOW COME IT’S ALL GREEN OUT HERE? by Nikola Ležaić
Co-produced by Siniša Juričić (ACE Croatia) and Nikolay Mutafchiev (ACE Bulgaria)

THEY COME OUT OF MARGO by Alexandros Voulgaris
Produced by Nicholas Alavanos (ACE Greece)

Special Screenings

ALL THAT’S LEFT OF YOU by Cherien Dabis
Produced by Thanassis Karathanos (ACE Germany)
Co-produced by Janine Teerling (ACE Cyprus)

CARAVAN by Zuzana Kirchnerová
Co-produced by Carlo Cresto-Dina (ACE Italy)

THE CZECH FILM PROJECT by Marek Novák and Mikuláš Novotný
Produced by Marek Novák (ACE Czech Republic)

ACE Producers has selected 12 acclaimed film and television producers from 10 different territories for this year’s ACE Leadership Special.

Now in its fourth edition, the ACE Leadership Special allows producers to take time out to examine themselves, their companies and their teams. The programme gives them the tools to recognise and harness their capabilities and innate skills, raising their confidence to be able to provide effective leadership for their production companies and to create work environments which are effective, productive and harmonious. The workshop format allows the small group to benefit not only from the knowledge of the workshop consultants, but from each other’s lived experiences.

The programme is supported by Creative Europe MEDIA, the Netherlands Film Fund, FOCAL, Trentino Film Commission and Film Commission Lucerne and Central Switzerland. It will take place in Vitznau (Switzerland) in June and in Trentino (Italy) in September 2025 along with online elements over the summer.

The consultants for the programme are Jeroen Achterberg, Jo Bishop (The Coaching Cabin) and Mark van der Grift (True Brands).

SELECTED PRODUCERS

David Bohun –  Austria –  Panama Film GmbH & Co KG

Sarah Born –  Switzerland –  Catpics

Miha Černec –  Slovenia –  STARAGARA

Sophie Erbs – France – GAÏJIN

Alise Gelze – Latvia – White Picture

Verena Gräfe-Höft – Germany – Junafilm GmbH

Gints Grube – Latvia – Mistrus Media

Marie Kjellson –  Sweden – Kjellson & Wik

Amanda Livanou – Greece – Neda Film

Vicky Miha – Greece – asterisk*

Silvia Panáková – Slovakia – ARINAFILM

Denis Vaslin – The Netherlands – Volya Films