EWIP was able to secure three versatile film industry experts for its jury: Rémi Bigot, Head of the film department for Semaine de la Critique of Cannes Film Festival, Maren Schmitt, producer of this year’s winner of the Jury Prize in Cannes, SOUND OF FALLING, and Simon Ofenloch, editor of ARTE responsible for the TV channel’s film production department. Furthermore EWIP’s jury will also be completed by three film distribution professionals: Beatrice Gulino, head of sales and Acquisitions for the Italian distribution company Teodora; Yuan Sui, founder of Berlin based world sales and production company Picture Tree International and Ethiopian film distributor Aaron Kassaye.

EWIP will take place in Hamburg for the first time. In cooperation with FILMFEST HAMBURG and MOIN Film Fund Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, EWIP will present outstanding European film projects and bring filmmakers into contact with important industry partners as part of FILMFEST HAMBURG INDUSTRY DAYS from September 29 to October 1, 2025. Thanks to this new
cooperation EWIP grows and further expands its standing as a trailblazing event. European Work in Progress (EWIP) will give out awards this year totaling a prize sum of 140.000 Euro. That
translates to an increase of 75.000 Euro compared to last year

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