Juries and Awards for the Baltic Event

Best Project

Eurimages Co-Production Development Award

20 000 Euros

The Eurimages Co-Production Development Award goes to the Best Project of the Baltic Event Co-Production Market, based on its artistic quality and potential for theatrical release. The project must be a European co-production between at least two member states of the Eurimages Fund from the outset, while the co-operation between partners must not be exclusively financial. The award, which takes the form of a non-reimbursable subsidy, must be used exclusively to cover project development costs.

EURIMAGES is a support fund for the co-production, distribution and exhibition of European cinematographic works, established by the Council of Europe in 1988. Since it was set up in 1988, EURIMAGES has supported 1654 European co-productions for a total amount of approximately 500 million euros.

Baltic Event Eurimages jury for 2016 is:

Uldis Dimiševskis

Head of Production and Development, National Film Centre of Latvia, Latvia

Uldis Dimiševskis has been an integral part of the activities of the National Film Centre of Latvia (NFC) since 2006, helping to foster and support film culture and its professionals in Latvia for over a decade. In his capacity as the NFC’s Head of Production and Development he is also Latvia’s long-serving national representative at the European Cinema Support Fund Eurimages.

The National Film Centre of Latvia, as a direct funding mechanism for audiovisual production, grants public support to Latvian films, including co-productions, preserves the national audiovisual heritage, promotes Latvian films abroad, and is keen on attracting international film and TV production to Latvia, stimulating inward investment and creating employment opportunities for the local industry.

Suzanne Glansborg

Executive Producer, TV4/Bonnier Broadcasting, Sweden

After 6,5 years as a Film Commissioner at the Swedish Film Institute, Suzanne Glansborg recently joined TV4/Bonnier Broadcasting as Executive Producer, handling feature films and international co-productions. She is the Swedish Eurimages representative 2010-2016, and has formerly worked as buyer/programmer at Canal+ and Svensk Filmindustri (SF Studios).

Titus Kreyenberg

CEO / Producer, unafilm, Germany

Titus Kreyenberg was an executive producer for film and television for years before founding his own production company unafilm in 2004. Since then he has produced over 30 films, many of them international co-productions, competing in internationally festivals around the world – Berlinale, Cannes, Toronto, San Sebastian, and Karlovy Vary among them.

The German-Swiss co-production Colours in the Dark with Bruno Ganz was a major success in German cinemas, Our Grand Despair by Seyfi Teoman premiered in competition at Berlinale 2011. Heli by Amat Escalante was selected to the official competition in Cannes 2013 to win the award for Best Director. In 2014, unafilm was present in Cannes’ Official Selection with its co-production The Bridges of Sarajevo. This year, unafilm was in Toronto with Jesusby Fernando Guzzoni and Clair Obscur by Yesim Ustaoglu.

Best Pitch

Coverage throughout the film’s life-cycle awarded by Screen International

Screen International is a multimedia film magazine covering the international film business. It is published by EMAP, a British b2b media company.

The magazine is primarily aimed at those involved in the global movie business. The weekly magazine in its current form was founded in 1975 with its website, Screendaily.com, added in 2001.

Screen International also produces daily publications at film festivals and markets in Berlin, Germany; Cannes, France; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; the American Film Market in Santa Monica, California; and Hong Kong.

Promising Young Producers

Two free passes to Producers’ Network 2016 awarded by Cannes Marchè du Film

The Marché du Film is the business counterpart of the Cannes Film Festival and one of the largest film markets in the world. Established in 1959, it is held annually in conjunction with the Festival de Cannes.

The 2016 edition of the Marché du Film will be held on May 11-20.

The Producers’ Network hosts 550 producers from around the world in a series of meetings and events. Created to stimulate international co-production and project financing, this event is specially designed for producers. Events include Breakfast Meetings, gathering some 200 industry professionals and producers for roundtable discussions