EWA members in the Berlinale 2025
Once again, we congratulate the female filmmakers and EWA members in particular on their success at this year's Berlinale.
Marion Guth's co-production, The Stamp, was selected in the official competition, and four projects were selected for the co-production market, with the award going to 30 Days of Summer, produced by Ukrainian producer Sasha Kostina.
OFFICIAL COMPETITION
Strichka chasu ( The Stamp) by Kateryna Gornostai.
Producers: 2Brave productions, a_BAHN, Rinkel Film&Docs
Keeping the schools open in Ukraine is an attempt to salvage at least some of the normal life people had before the war broke out on February 24, 2022 (or in some regions even earlier, in 2014). Without using any interviews, narration or re-enactments, Timestamp provides an insight into how the war is affecting the daily lives of students and teachers. The film employs a mosaic-like structure to explore how a school functions in-person and online in these terrible times, both on and behind the frontline, and how day-to-day life is intertwined with constant danger.
Coproduction Market
IN addition to the abovementioned Sahsa Kostina, there were more projects produced and directed by EWA members in the market.
30 Days of Summer (d: Anastasiia Solonevych), Bosonfilm, Ukraine
The Magic Hour (d: Radu Muntean). Anamaria Antoci, Tangaj Production, Romania
Dreamgirl (d: Kaan Müjdeci), by Olenaq Yershova's Tato Film & Asteros Film, Turkey
Happy Days (directed by Floor van der Meulen), Keplerfilm, Netherlands
One project from CineMart 2025 was selected to the Berlinale, as part of Rotterdam collaboration ensuring they can continue their journey to find international partners.
Meat by Rioghnach Ni Ghrioghair. A post-feminist cannibal folk horror in which Eibh leads women into bloody folkloric revolt during the colonial brutality of Ireland’s Great Famine. Produced by Rotterdam Lab graduate, Deirdre Levins and produced by: Fantastic Films.
Perspectives
Little trouble Girls, a coproduction between Slovenia, Italy, Croatia and Serbia, directed
Drajana Jovovic is one of the coproducers.
Generation 14+
Wish You Were Ear, produced by the Serbian producer Marija Stojanovic, features a story about body parts exchanged after breakups and finding self-acceptance, representing the themes of relationships and identity explored in the festival's youth section.
Berlinale Talents
Congratulations to the lucky producers Georgian Anna Khazaradze, Romanian Carla Fotea and Italian Serena Alfieri selected for this year's talent programme. They all have impressive track records, and Anna Khazaradzewas also one of the participants in our mentoring programme for emerging producers