EXCLUSIVE: EAVE, the European producer training, project development and networking organisation, has named Tamara Dawit and Jennifer Sabbah-Imm
EXCLUSIVE: EAVE, the European producer training, project development and networking organisation, has named Tamara Dawit and Jennifer Sabbah-Immagine as the modern co-heads of studies of its acclaimed EAVE Producers Workshop, starting from the 2027 cycle.
They take over from Oscar-nominated producer Lise Lense‑Møller, who has spent nearly three decades as group leader and eight years as head of studies at EAVE, helping shape the programme into one of Europe’s leading training initiatives for producers and industry professionals.
Dawit is an Ethiopian, Eritrean, Ukrainian, and Canadian producer, inventive sector policy advisor, and founder of Gobez Media. An EAVE alumna, she has previously worked as head of studies for EAVE’s Access Bipoc programme in Canada, the Sámi Producers Lab, Inclusive Production Practices On Demand, and EAVE’s Impact Think Tank. Outside of producing, she has held leadership roles at Factor and the Canada Media Fund.
Sabbah-Immagine is the founder of The Copro Agency, a consultancy specialising in structuring international co-productions. She has worked as a line producer, head of development & international, business affairs and producer at Big Sister.
An EAVE alumna, she has been a finance expert for the Producers Workshop, a group leader for EAVE’s Change programme and the Arab Producers Lab and is one of the mentors of Inclusive Production Practices On Demand. Sabbah-Immagine is also a consultant and advisor for co-production markets, institutions and production companies.
The EAVE Producers Workshop is a year-long, residential training programme that brings together over 50 producers from Europe and beyond for three intensive one-week workshops each year.
There are now more than 3,000 EAVE graduates. At this year’s Cannes, 40 films by EAVE producers were selected, and 15 awards went to the EAVE alumni, including the Palme d’Or for Fjord (producers Dyveke Bjørkly Graver, Andrea Berentsen Ottmar; co-producers Katrin Pors, Jussi Rantamäki), best director for Fatherland (producer Lorenzo Gangarossa), the jury prize for The Dreamed Adventure (producer Jonas Dornbach) and the Caméra d’Or for Ben’imana (producer Samantha Biffot, co-producer Ingrid Lill Høgtun).
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