EAVE, European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs invites producers, both fiction and documentary, who are already working in the film and television industries who wish to begin to operate on a European wide basis. Applications from associated branches of the industry, commissioning, funding, legal and finance, festivals & markets, media administration are also welcomed. Each year 50 participants are selected from most of the EU countries and beyond and take part in three one-week long workshops.

During the first two workshops, participants work within groups led by experienced producers and with several experts on script analysis, development and production financing, legal aspects of coproduction, marketing, pitching, packaging and more. In the third workshop 50-60 decision makers (commissioning editors, national and regional media funds, sales agents, etc.) join the participants to discuss the projects, companies and careers of the participants.