B’EST EAVE – Baltic Bridge East by West Producers’ Workshop 2015 took place on September 6-11, 2015, in St. Petersburg, Russia, and on November 15-18, 2015, within the framework of Baltic Event and Black Nights Film Festival, in Tallinn, Estonia.Eight feature film projects in development stage were selected – four from the European Union: • Don’t Forget to Breathe, producer Helen Vinogradov, Vincent Films, Estonia, director Helen Takkin• The Great Bear, producer Maria Forsström, Tast Films Oy, Finland, director Jan Forsström• Otar’s Death, producer Eva Blondiau, Color of May, Germany, director Ioseb “Soso” Bliadze• Sunburned, producer Johanna Aust, Flickfilm, Germany, director Carolina Hellsgårdand four from the CIS countries:• Basket, producer Andra Popescu, Conset/Free Art, Azerbaijan/Romania, director Imamaddin Hasanov• The Longest Birthday, producer-director Maxim Dashkin, Victoria Films, Russia• My Grandma’s Locks, producer Raffi Niziblian, Parallels Film, Armenia, director Marine Zakaryan• Senafon, producer Anna Shalashina, 2D Celluloid, Russia, director Konstantin CharmadovFour producers participated without a project:• Gabija Budreckyte, Kinomind Films, Lithuania• Michael Geidel, MiriquidiFilm, Germany• Marek Novák, Xova Film, Czech Republic• Alina Rizvanova, Tabula Rasa, RussiaThe training programme consisted of four sessions with an online session taking place between the two residential workshops and after the second workshop. Scripts and financing plans as well as general packaging were developed and pitches compiled and practiced. Individual sessions were arranged with script, pitch, production, legal, marketing, sales and festival experts.The following plenaries were held during the first workshop:- The Script Development Process (Clare Downs) - Pitching Your Project (Sibylle Kurz) - Screening for Film Analysis: Ida by Pawel Pawlikowski- Film Analysis: Ida by Pawel Pawlikowski (Clare Downs) - Marketing (Alvaro Vega)- The Legal Aspects of Co-Production (Natalia Drozd)- How to Shoot in CIS countries – Possibilities and Opportunities (Natalia Smirnova)- Film Distribution and Sales in CIS countries (Daniel Goroshko) The following plenaries were held during the second workshop:- World Sales – Dos and Don'ts (Jan Naszewski)- The Three Acts of Company Development (Aleksi Bardy) - Bye Bye Confusion: Demystifying Music Rights & How to See Music as an Opportunity Rather Than a Problem (Laurence Kaye) - Case study on how to co-produce with Europe and Eurimages on board- Best Practices to Address Digital Distribution (Pierre Alexandre Labelle) (organised by Baltic Event)- Case study: Ida Production and Financing (Ewa Puszczyńska)- There is Always a Right Festival for Your Films – International Festival & Market Strategy (Nikolaj Nikitin)- Legal Aspects of Distribution and Sales. What’s New in Eurimages in 2016? (Roberto Olla)A public pitch of projects was held at Baltic Event with an opportunity to hold one-on-one meetings with film industry professionals.