Advanced Development Workshop for ACE Producers in Helsinki

The ACE 28 Producers group in Helsinki, October 2018

October 19, 2018: Another year, another reinvigorating experience at the latest ACE Producers Content Development Workshop in Helsinki!

I delivered my 3-day Advanced Development Workshop to a lively group of 18 experienced feature film producers from 13 different Creative Europe supported countries, as well as one Australian and two Canadian colleagues.

ACE 28 Selection

Marco Alessi - Dugong - Italy
“Li muerti” by Massimiliano Verdesca

Francesca Andreoli - tempesta - Italy
“Valley of Thieves” by Caterina Carone

Christophe Audeguis - a cup of tea - France
“Ducks” by Neary Adeline Hay

Daniel Bekerman - Scythia Films - Canada
“The Eden Project” Director TBD

Maria Blicharska – Donten & Lacroix Films – Poland/France
“Comrades” by Olivier Patte and Rafael Lewandowski

Katja Draaijer - Baldr Film - The Netherlands
“Alpha (a.k.a. The Mountain)” by Jan-Willem van Ewijk

Sophie Erbs - Cinema Defacto - France
“The Hunt of the Puma” by Marcela Said

Alise Ģelze - Tasse Film - Latvia
“Lovable” by Stanislavs Tokalovs

Dyveke Graver - Oslo Pictures - Norway
“A Prayer for the Dying” by Dara Van Dusen

Milos Lochman - moloko film - Czech Republic
“Nightsiren” by Tereza Nvotová

Mike MacMillan - Lithium Studios Productions - Canada
“I Will Not Go Quietly” Director TBD.

Jan Macola - Mimesis Film - Czech Republic
“Resurrections” by Petr Vaclav

Alan Maher - Marcie Films - Ireland
“Chronicle in Time” by Andrew Legge

Emily Morgan - Quiddity Films - UK
“White” by Emily Young

Elli Toivoniemi - Tuffi Films - Finland
“Love of Wolves” by Zaida Bergroth

Izabella Tzenkova - Kotva Films - Bulgaria/USA
“Serenity” by Aslihan Unaldi

Alexander Wadouh - Chromosom Films - Germany
“Mission” Director TBD

Michael Wrenn - Invisible Republic - Australia
“These Kingdoms” by Shane Danielsen

Advanced Development Workshop with the ACE 28 Producers

We were then joined by other ACE consultants to discuss the producers' projects, both on the creative and financial sides.

Many thanks to Jacobine van der Vloed (ACE Director & Head of Studies) and Antoine Simkine (ACE President) for their kind invitation and to everyone involved for making this experience another memorable one!

For more information on the ACE 28 producers, please click on either of the group pictures above. For more information on the ACE Producers network, based in Amsterdam, please click on the logo below:

Note: if you've attended this 3-day Advanced Development Workshop in Helsinki, make sure you register before the end of October 2018 to access the online documentation. Detailed instructions are available here.