EVA was filmed on-off from 2001 to 2004, in a tiny apartment in Hollywood, California. Postproduction started in Los Angles and finished in Hamburg, Germany in late 2005. The budget was smaller than the smallest prop used in the film.

For frame-by-frame filming, a Bolex H 16 Reflex camera was used, zoom lens and camera converted to Super 16mm.

Film equipment consisted of camera, lens and tripod. The filming itself took place without video assist or frame storage. No professional lighting equipment was used, apart from gels and reflectors. Illumination was provided instead by one antique photo floodlight and General Electric’s wonderful range of household light bulbs.

Characters, sets and props were one hundred percent homemade. If they were not made for the film, the real thing was used: real, live grass, real 9V batteries, real bark and leaves covering the tree in Eva’s garden - and real, smocked mackerel.