eQuinoxe Europe e.V.

The Aim of eQuinoxe Europe is to support the development and production potential of strong, culturally and linguistically diverse screenplays for an international audience.

The course's three components are:

1. A workshop consisting of one-on-one meetings between trainers and participating writers; last day includes final session with writers/advisors and the. respective project producer(s)/co-writer;
2. Master Classes giving participants a 're-entry' phase from a small to a larger group, providing a strong foundation for all their work; and
3. follow-up consultation with an advisor on the rewrite when it is submitted.

The focus of the eQuinoxe Europe International Screenwriters´ Workshops is on both the writers and the producers of the selected projects. The workshops, which offer both script and project development, are distinguished by the creative, collegiate environment and the rigorous discussion between the writers and the advisors. Collectively and individually the focus is on finding ways to make the screenplays more competitive and compelling in order to expedite the pathway to production. Participants have the rare opportunity to discuss their work with experienced filmmakers from different cultural and professional backgrounds, leading to creative breakthroughs and the potential for co-financing.

...fueled by inspiration

The success of eQuinoxe Europe is due to the generosity and professional expertise of numerous internationally recognised screenwriters, directors and producers, who continually offer their services to eQuinoxe Europe for the Intl. Screenwriters' Workshops as advisors:

• Simon Aeby (CH - Three Below Zero,...)
• Angela Allen (UK - Misfits, Wise Blood,… )
• Simon Beaufoy (GB - Slumdog Millionaire,...)
• Dev Benegal (IND - English, August)
• Marcos Bernstein (BRA - Central Station)
• Andrew Bovell (AUS - Lantana, A Most Wanted Man,...)
• Ulf Breistrand (N - You haven´t got a Chance, Take it!,…)
• Kit Carson ♱ (USA - Paris, Texas,...)
• Pauline Chan (AUS - 33 Postcards…)
• Jim Charne (USA - Media Lawyer)
• Shane Connaughton (IRE - My Left Foot,...)
• Laurence Coriat (F - Wonderland)
• Luke Davies (AUS - LION-The Long Way Home)
• Claire Dobbin AM (AUS - Script Editor)
• Bille Eltringham (GB - Kid in the corner,… )
• Delia Ephron (USA - You’ve Got Mail,...)
• Mary Agnes Donoghue (USA - Beaches, White Oleander,...)
• Jacques Fieschi (F - Un Coeur en Hiver,...)
• Florian Flicker ♱ (A - The Hold-Up,...)
• Stephen Frears (GB - The Queen,...)
• Lisa Fruchtman (USA - Apocalypse Now, The Right Stuff..)
• Akiva Goldsman (USA - The Client, A Beautiful Mind,...)
• Carl Gottlieb (USA - Jaws I-III,...)
• Paul Haggis (CAN - L.A. Crash,…)
• Randa Haines (USA - Children Of A Lesser God,…)
• James V. Hart (USA - Contact, Bram Stoker’s Dracula,...)
• Axel Hellstenius (N - Elling,...)
• Hannah Hollinger (GER - Liebe Amelie,...)
• Coleman Hough (USA - Full Frontal,...)
• Neil Hunter (UK - Lawless, Boyfriends,...)
• Laurie Hutzler (USA - Creative Consultant)
• Annemarie Jacir (PL - When I Saw You)
• David Keating (IRE - Last of the High Kings)
• Danny Krausz (A - The Inheritors,...)
• Susan B. Landau ♱ (USA - An Ideal Husband,...)
• Don MacPherson (GB - The Big Man,...)
• David Magee (USA- Finding Neverland, The Life of Pi,...)
• Anthony McCarten (NZ - The Theory of Everything,...)
• Bikas Mishra (IND - Bayaan)
• Jocelyn Moorhouse (AUS - The Dressmaker, Thousand Acres,...)
• Ewan Morrison (UK - Nina X)
• Shandi Mitchell (CAN - The Disappeared)
• Marcia Nasatir ♱ (USA - Amadeus, Ironweed,… )
• Sandra Nettelbeck (GER - Helen, Mr. Morgan’s Last Love,…)
• Mark O’Halloran (IRE - Viva, Adam & Paul,...)
• Frank Pierson (USA - Presumed Innocent, Dog Day Afternoon, ...)
• Eric Pleskow ♱ (USA/A - Raging Bull, Amadeus,...)
• Angela Pope (GB - Hollow Reed,...)
• Charles Randolph (USA - The Life of David Gale,...)
• Richard Reitinger (GER - Wings of Desire,..)
• Neus Rodrigues (ES - Script Editor)
• Stefan Rüll (GER - Media Lawyer)
• Juliet Sales (F - Belle & Sébastien)
• Ana Sanz Magallon (E - Bajo les Estrelas,...)
• Stephen Schiff (USA - Lolita,…)
• Susanne Schneider (GER - The Day Comes,...)
• Susan Schulte (GER - The Deathmaker, The Wall,...)
• Lorenzo Semple Jr. ♱ (USA - Three Days of The Condor, Papillon,…)
• John Sheedy (AUS - H is for Happiness)
• Martin Sherman (UK - Bent, Mrs.Henderson Presents,...)
• Iain Softley (GB - K-Pax,...)
• Tiago R. Santos (PT - Revolta)
• Tim Squyres (USA - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Ice Storm,...)
• Michael Steinberg (USA - There's Something about Mary,...)
• Robin Swicord (USA - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,...)
• Thomas Valentin (A - Media Lawyer)
• Chris Vogler (USA - The Writer's Journey)
• Michael West (IRE - Freefall,…)
• Gregory Widen (USA - Highlander, Backdraft,…)
• and more...

• 2026, German writer/director Sophie Heldman premiered "The Education of Jane Cumming", in the Berlinale 26 Panorama. Currently 10 projects supported by eQuinoxe Europe's Intl. Screenwriter Workshops are in various stages of production. Also from Germany: "Die Stille Liebt es und die Nacht" - writer Sylke Renée Meyer, "Paraphrase on the Finding of a Glove"- writer/director Mareike Wegener, "Hotline" - writer/director Dren Zherkaand writer/director Maria Solrun with "Der Mann in der Kammer"; from Bosnia and Herzegovina: "Quo Vadis, Aida?: The Missing Part" - writer/director Jasmila Zbanic; from Austria "Mila/Marija" - writer/director Andrina Mracnikar, from Kosovo "Jerem" - writer/director Ismet Sijarina; from Belgium "Jonah Was Here" - writer/director Nathalie Tierlinck and "A Man of the World" - writer/director Anne Paulicevich; and from Portugal "Last Night" - writer/director Tiago R. Santos.
• 2024, 6 projects from the countries Albania, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Croatia and Germany were in various phases of production.
• In 2023, "Adiós Buenos Aires" was awarded three Audience Awards - Film Festival Schwerin - Audience Prize for Best Film, the Music and Film Festival Oberaudorf - Arri Audience Award, and the Warsaw Latin Film Festival - Audience Prize Best Film. The film "Touched" celebrated its world premiere in Locarno and received the Golden Leopard for the Actors Isold Hallddórudóttir and Stavros Zafeiris, among others.
• In 2022, "Clara Sola" was nominated for 9 Swedish Film Awards and received 5, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actress and Best Editing. "Moneyboys" was awarded Best Film and Best Screenplay at the Max Ophuls Film Festival in Saarbrucken, Germany and nominated for 5 Austrian Film Awards.
• In 2021, "Quo Vadis, Aida?" was nominated for an Academy Award, two BAFTA awards and 5 European FIlm Awards, receiving the European Film Award for Best Film, Best Director and Best Actress.  "Clara Sola" and "Moneyboys", both feature film debuts, premiered in the Cannes Film Festival in the sections Directors' Fortnight and Un Certain Regard, respectively.
• In 2020, during the pandemic and highly competitive film submissions for festivals held "live", had four projects which premiered in three A festivals - Berlin, Venice and Tallinn.
• In 2019, six films were nominated for 25 national awards in four EU countries - Austria, Finland, Germany and Latvia, and received 11 national film prizes including Best Film and Best Script.
• In 2018, three films premiered at the Berlinale: "Styx" opened the Panorama Section, "The Silent Revolution" was a Berlinale Special Gala personally selected by the festival director, and "3 Days in Quiberon" was in the Competition.