ACE INTERVIEW WITH JANINE JACKOWSKI (KOMPLIZEN FILM)
In this year’s edition of the ACE Interview series, Simon Perry, senior consultant at ACE Producers, engages in conversation with leading European producer Janine Jackowski. Jackowski studied production at the University of Television and Film (HFF) Munich from 1998 to 2002. During her studies, she co-founded Komplizen Film with Maren Ade in 1999. With Komplizen Film, Jackowski has produced award-winning and internationally successful films, among them Ade’s third feature film TONI ERDMANN (2016), which premiered in the Official Competition at the Festival de Cannes, won European and German Film Awards and was nominated for a Golden Globe, a César, a BAFTA, and the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. She also produced Valeska Grisebach’s WESTERN (2017), which premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes, and the co-production of A FANTASTIC WOMAN (2017) by Sebastián Lelio, which won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 2018. Recently, production of Pablo Larraín’s latest film MARIA (post-production) with Angelina Jolie was completed. Jackowski is a member of the ACE Network, the German, British, and European Film Academies, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
SPEAKERS
JANINE JACKOWSKI
Producer, Komplizen Film / DE
MODERATED BY
SIMON PERRY
Senior Consultant, ACE Producers / UK
TIME
Thursday, August 22, 2024
09:30 – 10:45 (CET)
LOCATION
Swissotel Sarajevo / CineLink Talks Conference Room
Janine Jackowski
Janine Jackowski studied production at the HFF Munich from 1998 to 2002. During her studies, she co-founded Komplizen Film with Maren Ade in 1999. With Komplizen Film Janine has produced award-winning and internationally successful movies. Among them is Maren Ade's third feature film "Toni Erdmann," which premiered in the Cannes Competition 2016 and won the European and German Film Awards and was nominated for a Golden Globe, César, BAFTA and Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. She also produced Valeska Grisebach's "Western", which premiered in the section Un Certain Regard in Cannes in 2017 and the co- production "A Fantastic Woman" by Sebastián Lelio, that won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 2018. Recently the production for Pablo Larraíns latest film „Maria“ with Angelina Jolie was finished and I currently in post production. Janine Jackowski is a member of the ACE Network, the German, British and European Film Academies, as well as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Simon Perry
After 10 years as an independent film producer (Michael Radford’s ANOTHER TIME, ANOTHER PLACE, NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR and WHITE MISCHIEF, etc), Simon Perry headed the UK’s national film agency British Screen 1991-2000 (Neil Jordan’s THE CRYING GAME, Sally Potter's ORLANDO, Mike Leigh's NAKED, Ken Loach’s LAND AND FREEDOM, Peter Howitt’s SLIDING DOORS, Gurinder Chadha’s BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM, etc).
He headed the Irish Film Board 2006-2010 (John Carney’s ONCE, Lenny Abrahamson’s GARAGE, Lance Daly’s KISSES, John Michael McDonagh’s THE GUARD, etc); and then international production funding at Film i Väst in Sweden 2015-2016 (Tomasz Wasilewski’s UNITED STATES OF LOVE, Juho Kuosmanen’s THE HAPPIEST DAY IN THE LIFE OF OLLI MÄKI, etc).
Until 2018 he was president of ACE Producers, European provider of advanced producer training, and remains as director of an ACE initiative called Best Practice Exchange, a forum for leaders of film funding agencies worldwide.