EAVE (European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs)

🇺🇦The Ukrainian Film Academy, Netflix and EAVE are joining forces to support 15 Ukrainian film projects!
Each is receiving $15,000 for script development of original, director-driven fiction features.
Participants will work with EAVE experts, including Jonas Dornbach, Ada Solomon, Anna Ciennik, and Jacques Akchoti.

Read more:
https://eave.org/news/item/the-ukrainian-film-academy-in-partnership-with-netflix-and-eave-announces-the-lineup-of-experts-for-the-2026-grant-program-exclusive-sessions

📣 Українська Кіноакадемія у партнерстві з Netflix та EAVE оголошує склад експертів ексклюзивних сесій для учасників Грантової Програми 2026

Українська Кіноакадемія оголосила перелік з 15 проєктів, що отримають підтримку по 15 000 доларів США для повнометражних ігрових авторських фільмів.
📌 Ознайомитись з повним переліком проєктів можна тут: https://grants.uafilmacademy.org/

Окрім того, проєкти отримають підтримку від провідних експертів EAVE — однієї з найпрестижніших європейських навчальних програм для продюсерів.

На учасників очікують сесії з провідними європейськими продюсерами та консультації з досвідченими скриптоконсультантами. Цьогоріч до складу провідних експертів увійдуть:

🎞️ ЙОНАС ДОРНБАХ (JONAS DORNBACH)
продюсер, генеральний директор і партнер у Komplizen Film та Komplizen Serien (Німеччина)

🎞️ АДА СОЛОМОН (ADA SOLOMON)
продюсерка, Голова правління Європейської кіноакадемії (Румунія)

🎞️ ЖАК АКШОТІ (JACQUES AKCHOTI)
сценарист, сценарний консультант і викладач (Франція)

🎞️ АННА ЦЄННІК (ANNA CIENNIK)
сценарна консультантка та сценаристка (Франція/Польща)

📌 Окрім цих консультацій, для учасників Грантової Програми передбачені творчі зустрічі з продюсеркою Анною Кепінською та сценаристом Каспером Байоном (Висока вода, Гевелій), а також зі сценаристками Кларою Коханьською-Байон і Ніною Левандовською (Матері пінгвінів), а також з шоураннеркою Катаріною Ейссен (Імператриця).

✔️ Також Грантоотримувачі отримають переклад сценарію англійською мовою, щоб мати змогу презентувати його на міжнародних майданчиках.

Applications are open for the new editions of AUDIOVISUAL WOMEN and SERIES' WOMEN by Erich Pommer Institut

Deadline: 4 September 2026

✦ AUDIOVISUAL WOMEN — for mid- and senior-level managers across the audiovisual value chain. New this edition: a workshop at Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event the industry-strand of the PÖFF | Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 🔗 https://www.epi.media/av-women/

✦ SERIES' WOMEN — for producers in the European TV drama sector, now in its sixth edition. Direct access to TV Drama Vision 2027, the industry section of Göteborg Film Festival, and Series Mania Forum 2027. 🔗 https://www.epi.media/series-women/

📅 Want to learn more before applying? Join an online Info Session:
· AUDIOVISUAL WOMEN: 23 June 2026
· SERIES' WOMEN: 25 June 2026

Your next chapter starts here. 🎥
Applications are open for the new editions of AUDIOVISUAL WOMEN and SERIES' WOMEN — the EPI international programmes designed to support women and gender-diverse professionals building their careers in the European audiovisual industry.

Deadline: 4 September 2026

✦ AUDIOVISUAL WOMEN — for mid- and senior-level managers across the audiovisual value chain. New this edition: a workshop at Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event the industry-strand of the PÖFF | Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 🔗 https://www.epi.media/av-women/

✦ SERIES' WOMEN — for producers in the European TV drama sector, now in its sixth edition. Direct access to TV Drama Vision 2027, the industry section of Göteborg Film Festival, and Series Mania Forum 2027. 🔗 https://www.epi.media/series-women/

📅 Want to learn more before applying? Join an online Info Session:
· AUDIOVISUAL WOMEN: 23 June 2026
· SERIES' WOMEN: 25 June 2026
Both sessions are free and non-binding. Registration details on the respective programme pages.

𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝟰 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲.

📣 CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: CIRCLE FICTION ORBIT 2026 IS NOW OPEN!
- a tailor-made programme for women and gender-expansive filmmakers in the fiction film industry.

🎬 What is it? A one-week intensive retreat by the sea in Montenegro for mid-career teams developing second to fourth narrative features — concentrating on development, production strategies, and collaboration within existing film power structures.

📍 When & Where? 25 October – 1 November 2026 | Herceg Novi, Montenegro

📝 Application Deadline: 10 July 2026, 4pm

Info Session: Online, 15 June 2026 at 4:00 PM CEST

www.doccircle.me/fiction-orbit
Circle - Women Doc Accelerator

📣 CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: CIRCLE FICTION ORBIT 2026 IS NOW OPEN!

After two successful editions, CIRCLE is thrilled to launch its third CIRCLE Fiction Orbit — a tailor-made programme for women and gender-expansive filmmakers in the fiction film industry.

🎬 What is it? A one-week intensive retreat by the sea in Montenegro for mid-career teams developing second to fourth narrative features — concentrating on development, production strategies, and collaboration within existing film power structures. Grounded in solidarity, knowledge exchange, and a hands-on approach, it brings together a carefully selected group of filmmakers to work closely with leading industry experts.

📍 When & Where? 25 October – 1 November 2026 | Herceg Novi, Montenegro

📝 Application Deadline: 10 July 2026, 4pm

👥 Who can apply? Women and gender-expansive directors, writers, and producers with at least one released feature film and a project in development. Directors may apply solo or with their producer or screenwriter — a producer must be attached.

🎓 Head of Studies: Bianca Oana

🔗 Full details & application in the link in bio!

“Making a second, third, or fourth film can, for various reasons, be even more challenging than making a debut. Through its initial editions, a space was established together with participants, who brought their experience and sensibility to the cohort — addressing the needs and blind spots of each project, while also mapping the next stage of each participant’s career trajectory and engaging with the latest technological tools that can support their work.” — Biljana Tutorov, Founder & CIRCLE Programme Director.

🎬 The Inclusive Production Practices on demand workshop for 12 producers from Ireland kicks off this morning!

Three days of honest, practical conversations about what it really means to produce with equity at the centre.

Thank you to our valued partner National Talent Academies Ireland, for making this training course available for free for the selected participants!

The National Talent Academy for Film & TV Drama is an initiative of Screen Ireland, managed by Ardan.

https://eave.org/programmes/inclusive-production-practices-for-producers-in-ireland

Locarno Open Doors (August 5 - 10. 2026), Locarno Film Festival’s co-production platform and talent development programme for filmmakers from equity-seeking communities and regions where artistic expression is at risk, announces its selection for 2026!

Now in its second year of a four-edition cycle dedicated to 42 countries in Africa, Open Doors presents its Projects, Producers, and Directors programmes, bringing together a generation of filmmakers whose work spans fiction, documentary, and animation across more than ten countries.

💥New this year, EAVE and Film Fund Luxembourg will offer a scholarship for the EAVE Marketing Workshop, worth EUR 4,000!

https://eave.org/news/item/locarno-open-doors-reveals-2026-selection-and-new-scholarship-by-eave-and-ffl

Locarno Open Doors Reveals 2026 Selection and New Scholarship by EAVE and FFL press release

🟪The EAVE Marketing Workshop 2026 is open for applications!

⏱️Extended deadline: June 8th!
Hurry up, don't miss your chance!

“An inspiring programme that offered fresh perspectives on marketing and AI, with great people and practical insights I can take straight into my work!”
💬Sena Cilingiroglu, Charades, France

Read more and apply:
https://eave.org/news/item/extended-deadline-eave-marketing-workshop-2026

💫MAY at EAVE
Check out the highlights of the month:

🌿15 Awards scooped by EAVE graduates at the 79th edition of Festival de Cannes

🌿4 awards at the Marché du Film - Festival de Cannes

🌿CHANGE project SILENT FLOOD travels to HotDocs and to DOK.fest München

🌿CHANGE project 9-MONTH CONTRACT Best Documentary at Southeast European Film Festival Los Angeles SEEfest

🫶"EAVE CHANGE came at a pivotal moment for our project. Through the programme and our first pitch at CPH:DOX, we were able to secure a co-producer and several important partners who joined the film's journey. Beyond the practical outcomes, the experience gave us visibility, and a strong sense that the project could find its place internationally, which it eventually did. It was a wonderful and encouraging beginning."

💭Anna Khazaradze
1991 Productions, Georgia
EAVE CHANGE 2021

Find here all the news of May and sign up for the EAVE newsletter:

https://mailchi.mp/3357ded68da8/eave-news-may-2026?e=73423ab659

🤩EAVE ACCESS project THE GYMNASTS OF FISHERMAN COLONY, produced by ACCESS graduate Amar Lohana (Akelo Media, Canada), is heading to its premiere at Tribeca on June 8th!

🎥 Directed by 3x Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Habiba Nosheen, THE GYMNASTS OF FISHERMAN COLONY is a coming-of-age documentary from Pakistan where joy, ambition, and quiet rebellion take root as three teenage girls carve out space for themselves, one somersault at a time.

ACCESS is a programme for BIPOC producers from Canada presented by EAVE and the National Screen Institute - Canada (NSI) in partnership with Canada Media Fund.

https://variety.com/2026/film/news/malala-mariska-hargitay-tribeca-gymnasts-fisherman-colony-1236752774/

Malala Joins Mariska Hargitay to Executive Produce the Tribeca-Bound Doc ‘The Gymnasts of Fisherman Colony’ (EXCLUSIVE) Malala Yousafzai joins the Tribeca-bound documentary "The Gymnasts of Fisherman Colony" as an executive producer alongside Mariska Hargitay.