The ACE 33 selection is below. The workshops will take place in Norway in October, on content development; in Warsaw, Poland in November, on financing strategies; and finally in France, looking at business strategies.
London-based Gabereau is founder and CEO of distributor Modern Films, and is participating with a project called
Cold Enough For Snow
to be directed by Jemima James.
Hellstrom, who produced three-time Oscar-nominated
Flee through her Strom Pictures, has applied with Bethlehem
, to be directed by Larissa Sansour and Soren Lind.Further producers include Bosnia’s Adis Djapo, whose credits include Teona Strugar Mitevska’s The Happiest Man In The World; and Agnieszka Wasiak of Poland’s Lava Films.The producers “each bring their own expertise and perspective; they will make a fantastic addition to the ACE Network” said Jacobine van der Vloed, ACE director and head of studies, who sat on the selection committee alongside ACE president Antoine Simkine, members of the ACE Network and independent consultants
ACE 33 selectionLamia Chraibi, Moon a Deal Films (Fr-Mor) with The Shelter
, dir. Talal Selhami
Marija Dimitrova, List Production (N Mac) with
Parno, dir. Igor IvanovAdis Djapo, SCCA/pro.ba (Bos Her) with
Supermarket, dir. Nermin HamzagicEve Gabrieleau, Modern Films, UK, with
Cold enough for Snow (dir. Jemima JamesEmilia Haukka, Aamu Film Company (Fin) with
Abyss, dir. Aino SuniMonica Hellstrom, Strom Pictures (Den) with
Bethlehem, dirs. Larissa Sansour and Soren LindDragana Jovic, Non-Aligned Films, Ser, with
In The Shadow Ognjen GlavonicAnton Mani Svansson, Join Motion Pictures (Ice) with The Love That Remains
, dir. Hlynur PalmasonLionel Massol, Films Grand Huit (Fr) with Deepfake
, dir. Ismael Joffroy ChandoutisFilipa Reis, Uma Pedra no Sapato (Por) with Cantiga
, dir. Miguel GomesEsko Rip, Nafta Films, Est, with Serafima and Bogdan
(dir Veiko OunpuuAline Schmid, Beauvoir Films Switzerland, with A year without summer
(dir.). Flurin GigerJohannes Schubert, Schubert (Austria) with Keep Her Quiet
, dir. Franz BohmRadu Stancu, deFilm, Rom, with Magnum opus
(dir. Bogdan MiricaMarc Ttreault, Shut Up & Colour Pictures, Canada, with Place of Ghosts
(dir Bretten HannamSnezana von Houwelingen, This and That Productions (Ser) with Folk Play
, dir. Mirjana KaranovicDagne Vildziunaite, Just a moment (Lith) with Kopeck
, dir. Lina LuzyteAgnieszka Wasiak, Lava Films (Pol) with Black Water
, dir. Aga WoszczynskaRobin Campillo’s San Sebastian competition title Red Island
scores UK-Ireland deal (exclusive)
