ENGAGE Prize Fund

Each year, the ENGAGE journey culminates in a pitching session during which all participants present their projects to a panel of film and television commissioners, financiers and producers. 

In 2011, thanks to the support of the national screen agencies of the ENGAGE partner nations, prizes totalling €5,000 were awarded to three projects. The inaugural Jyri Sillart prize was also awarded to the project with best visuals.

2011 Winners

1st prize:

Letters to Lost Lovers - writer/ director: Anna Ruohonen (Finland) ; producer Dora Nedeczky (Hungary)

2nd prize:

Death Rattle - writer/ director: Rioghnach Ní Ghrioghair (Ireland) ; producer Joseph Atkinson (Scotland)

3rd prize:

Frost Island - screenwriter: Mia Ylonen (Scotland/ Finland)

Jyri Sillart prize:

Pizzeria Finlandia - writer/ director: Heli Sorjonen (Finland)


More information on these winning projects and all projects developed through ENGAGE 2011 will be available on the website soon.

ENGAGE 2010 Prize fund winners

Joint 1st prizes:

Duet for Cello – writer / director: Wafa’a Halawi; producer: Paul Ryan (France/Lebanon/Scotland/Ireland)

Nature of Things – screenwriter: Paula Mononen; co-producer: Jana Bebrová (Finland/Czech Republic)

Runner-up:

From Dublin with Love – writer/director: Joasia Goldyn; producer: Lotta-Kaisa Riistakoski (Poland/Ireland/Finland).

Find out more about these winning projects and all projects developed on ENGAGE 2010:

ENGAGE 2009 Prize fund winners

1st prize:

Down the Hatch – screenwriter: Jenny Dahlström; producer: David Lester Mooney (Finland / Ireland / Estonia)

Runners-up:

The Ropes – writer/director: David Tynan (Ireland)

Babel’s Market – writer/director: Tomás Sheridan (Scotland)

Find out more about how the prize fund benefited these projects on page 52 of the ENGAGE 2010 brochure

Please note: the prize fund has been awarded at the discretion of the screen agencies and there is no guarantee that it will be available again in 2012.