Once again, we are happy to present a huge delegation of around 60 Catalan companies attending EFM. But also, this year we are proud to announce 5 films competing in different sections of Berlinale and one project selected at the coproduction market, without forgetting the films in market screenings. It is an amazing beginning of the year with Catalan films selected everywhere! We hope you will have a chance to watch the films and meet the delegation. This booklet, published by the Government of Catalonia, through the Catalan Institute for Cultural Companies and its internationalisation programme Catalan Films & TV, gathers information on the companies, festivals, associations and institutions attending EFM and the complete screening schedule so you don’t miss a think. Should you be interested in finding out more information about Catalonia, don’t hesitate in visiting us at stand #24 MGB.
February 2018 | Cover image: Sunday’s Illness
Welcome to Catalonia, a country for film!
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Catalan Films selected at Berlinale Special Gala 04
The Bookshop Panorama
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Sunday’s Illness
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Thirty Souls Forum
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Facing the Wind
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Theatre of War Co-production market
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Three
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Special Gala
The Bookshop
Screenings
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Fri 16
21:00
Friedrichstadt-Palast (Premiere)
Sat 17
09:30
Zoo Palast 1
Sat 17
15:30
Haus der Berliner Festspiele
Sun 25
18:15
Berlinale Palast
by Isabel Coixet Produced by A Contracorriente Films, Diagonal Televisiรณ, Green Films AIE, Northern Ireland Screen, One Two Films, Zephyr Films
England 1959. In a small East Anglian town, Florence Green decides, against polite but ruthless local opposition, to open a bookshop.
Sales agent Celsius Entertainment Thierry Wase-Bailey twb@celsiusentertainment.com
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Panorama Special
Sunday’s Illness
Screenings Tue 20
18:30
Zoo Palast 1 (Premiere)
Wed 21
11:00
CinemaxX 7
Thu 22
17:00
Cubix 9
Fri 23 17:00 International Sat 24
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21:30
Zoo Palast 1
by Ramon Salazar Produced by Zeta Cinema Anabel abandoned her daughter Chiara when she was barely eight years old. Thirty-five years later Chiara returns with a strange request for her mother; she asks her to spend ten days with her. Anabel sees in that trip the chance to get her daughter back, but she does not know that Chiara has a hidden agenda and that she will have to face the most important decision of her life.
Contact Zeta audiovisual Francisco Ramos framos@zetaaudiovisual.es
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Panorama
Thirty Souls
Screenings
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Sun 18
19:00
Zoo Palast 2
Mon 19
20:15
CineStar 3
Tue 20
14:00
International
Thu
22:30
CinemaxX 7
by Diana Toucedo Produced by Diana Toucedo Films, Lasoga Films Alba is twelve years old and wants to discover the mysterious, fascinating and unknown reality of death. With her best friend Samuel, she enters abandoned houses, travels through forgotten villages and explores remote mountains that hide another parallel world. Hers is a journey to reveal the unexplainable conflict between the living and the dead.
Sales agent Open Reel Cosimo Santoro cs@theopenreel.com
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Forum
Facing the Wind
Screenings
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Sat 17
19:30
CinemaxX 4
Sun 18
16:30
CineStar 8
Mon 19
20:00
Cubix 9
Sat 24
21:00
Akademie der Künste
by Meritxell Colell Produced by Polar Star Films, Habitación 1520, Paraiso Production Mónica, a 47-year old dancer, receives a call from Spain: her father is terminally ill. After 20 years, Mónica must return to the remote village where she was born. When she arrives, her father has already passed away and her mother decides to sell the family home asking Mónica to stay to help her. Winter comes. The perpetual silence, the extreme cold and the difficulty of living with her mother are proving tough for Mónica, who takes refuge in what she knows best: dance.
Contact Polar Star Films Belén Sanchez belen@polarstarfilms.com
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Forum
Theatre of War
Screenings
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Fri 16
19:15
CineStar 8
Sat 17
20:00
Colosseum 1
Mon 19
12:30
Arsenal 1
Thu 22
22:00
Cubix 9
by Lola Arias Produced by Gema Films, BWP, Sutor Kolonko, Sake Argentina, SWR/ARTE Theatre of War is an essay on how to represent war, performed by former enemies. British and Argentinian veterans of the Falklands/ Malvinas war come together to discuss, rehearse and re-enact their memories 35 years after the conflict.
Sales agent Ramonda INK Pascale Ramonda pascale@pascaleramonda.com
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Co-production Market
Three
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by Juanjo GimĂŠnez Produced by Nadir Films, Frida Films An ex-soldier squatting his own past. A sound designer woman capable of desynchronizing the universe. A midfielder playing to lose his last professional match. Three worlds, one movie.
Contact Nadir Films Juanjo GimĂŠnez juanjo@saltodeeje.com
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Market Screenings at European Film Market
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Ana By Day
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Anchor and Hope
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In My Steps
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Killing God
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Muse
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Sara’s Notebook
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Sunday’s Illness
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The Solar System
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Theatre of War
Ana By Day by Andrea Jaurrieta Produced by Nohaybanda No hay banda, Andrea Jaurrieta PC
Screening Sat 17 11:15
What would you do if one day you realise that a double, a doppelganger similar to you, has taken your place in life and nobody even suspects that she is not you? If all your obligations, all your duties, were being performed by that ‘other you’, would you fight to recover your lost identity? Or, on the contrary, would you try to find your own being far from everything that was supposed to be your ‘normal’ life? And, in that case, would this option help you find true happiness? CinemaxX 14 Sales agent Media Luna Floriano Buono | Manola Novelli floriano@medialuna.biz | manola@medialuna. biz
Anchor and Hope by Carlos Marqués-Marcet Produced by Lastor Media, Somos La Panda Productions, Vennerfilm When Roger agrees to be Kat and Eva’s donor, the three friends set out on an unconventional journey to start a family. Sales agent Visit Films
Screenings Sat 17 14:00 Tue 20 09:00
Joseph Yanick jy@visitfilms.com CinemaxX 16 CinemaxX 14
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In My Steps by Claudio Sestieri Produced by Blue Film, Gris Medio A medieval village surrounded by a wild nature. A painter who confuses art and life. A Japanese model used to play with her body, a diver that hasn’t dealt yet with her past. Three lives at stake, a passion transforming in obsession, absurd bursting into reality. Sales agent TVCO Screening Tue 20 09:30
Parliament Studio
geremia@tvco.eu +39 3333305054
Killing God by Caye Casas & Albert PintĂł Produced by Alhena Production Carlos, his wife Ana, his brother and father spend the holidays in a house, when a strange dwarf crashes the party claiming to be God, and announces that all of humanity will perish at dawn with the exception of two survivors. Sales agent Eastwest Filmdistribution Screening Thu 15 19:40
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MGB Cinema
Yannick Rudynski yannick@eastwest-distribution.com
Muse by Jaume Balagueró Produced by Castelao Pictures, Fantastic Films, Frakas Production, The Jokers Films Muse is a mature approach to the supernatural, a sophisticated universe of horrors, where a literature professor has to battle against his greatest love: Poetry. Sales agent Filmax International Screenings Thu 15 18:15 Sat 17 12:25
CinemaxX 12 Parliament Studio
Ivan Diaz filmaxint@filmax.com
Sara’s Notebook by Norberto López Amado Produced by Ikiru Films, Telecinco Cinema Laura decides to travel to the Congoin search of her missing sister. On the perilous journey to the heart of the African jungle, she discovers an area run by warlords. An adventure that will reveal the hidden backstage of Western power and take her into its dirtiest, darkest and most violent corners.
Screening Sat 17 19:55
Sales agent Film Factory Entertainment CineStar 1 Toni Oliete t.oliete@filmfactory.es
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Sunday’s Illness by Ramon Salazar Produced by Zeta Cinema Anabel abandoned her daughter Chiara when she was barely eight years old. Thirtyfive years later Chiara returns with a strange request for her mother; she asks her to spend ten days with her. Anabel sees in that trip the chance to get her daughter back, but she does not know that Chiara has a hidden agenda and that she will have to face the most important decision of her life. Screenings Thu 22 17:15
CinemaxX 10
Contact Zeta audiovisual Francisco Ramos framos@zetaaudiovisual.es
The Solar System by Bacha Caravedo & Daniel Higashionna Produced by Pontas Films, Señor Z Who hasn’t gone from laughter to tears and from love to hate at a family Christmas dinner? Sales agent Filmax International
Screening Sun 18 10:55
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Ivan Diaz filmaxint@filmax.com Parliament Studio
Theatre of War by Lola Arias Produced by Gema Films, BWP, Sutor Kolonko, Sake Argentina, SWR/ARTE Theatre of War is an essay on how to represent war, performed by former enemies. British and Argentinian veterans of the Falklands/Malvinas war come together to discuss, rehearse and re-enact their memories 35 years after the conflict.
Screenings Wed 21 15:15
Sales agent Ramonda INK CinemaxX 13
Pascale Ramonda pascale@pascaleramonda.com
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Screenings Shedule Festival screening Market screening Premiere
Tue 15
Fri 16
Sat 17
Sun 18
11:15 CinemaxX 14
Ana By Day Anchor and Hope
14:00 CinemaxX 16
Facing the Wind
19:30 CinemaxX 4
16:30 CineStar 8
In My Steps Killing God
19:40 MGB Cinema
Muse
18:15 CinemaxX 12
12:25 Parliament Studio 19:55 CineStar 1
Sara’s Notebook Sunday’s Illness The Bookshop
21:00 Friedrichstadt-Palast
09:30 Zoo Palast 1 15:30 Haus der Berliner Festspiele 10:55 Parliament Studio
The solar System Theatre of War Thirty Souls
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19:15 CineStar 8
20:00 Colosseum 1 19:00 Zoo Palast 2
Mon 19
Tue 20
Wed 21
Thu 22
Fri 23
Sat 24
Sun 25
09:00 CinemaxX 14 20:00 Cubix 9
21:00 Akademie der Künste 09:30 Parliament Studio
18:30 Zoo Palast 1
11:00 CinemaxX 7
17:00 Cubix 9
17:00 International
21:30 Zoo Palast 1 18:15 Berlinale Palast
12:30 Arsenal 1 20:15 CineStar 3
15:15 CinemaxX 13 14:00 International
22:00 Cubix 9 22:30 CinemaxX 7
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Catalan Companies attending European Film Market
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Distribution
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Exhibition
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Festivals
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Production
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Sales agents
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Services
Distribution
A Contracorriente Films
Abordar
Adolfo Blanco
Juan Carlos de la Hoz Garcia
adolfo@acontracorrientefilms.com
jchoz@abordar.eu CEO
Managing Director
Paz Recolons paz@acontracorrientefilms.com Partner
Xavier RubĂ xavier@acontracorrientefilms.com Acquisitions
David Mitjans david@acontracorrientefilms.com Acquisitions Manager
Adso Films
Alfa Pictures Joan Herrero
David Alfaras
joanh@adso.tv Editorial Department
david@alfapictures.com CEO
Sandra Palacino sandra@alfapictures.com Press Manager
Jorge Badosa jorge@alfapictures.com Head of Acquisitions
Rocio Gimenez-Frontin rocio@alfapictures.com Marketing Manager
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Distribution
Art Mood Entertainment
Big Rights
Maria Jose Solera
Raquel Clemente
mjsolera@art-mood.com Partner
raquel@big-rights.com Acquisitions Manager
Yaiza Raez yraez@art-mood.com Acquisitions
Capricci Cine
Corbi Media
Diana Santamaria
Manuel Corbi
diana.santamaria@capriccicine.es Head of Distribution
mcorbi@corbimedia.com President
Roger Corbi corbir@corbimedia.com Partner
Carla Corbi carla@corbimedia.com Digital Media & Acquisitions
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Distribution
Exit Media
Filmin Iris Martin Peralta
Juan Carlos Tous
iris@exitmedia.org Partner
jctous@cameo.es General Manager
Federico Sartori
Jaume Ripoll
federico@exitmedia.org Partner
jaume@filmin.es Head of Content
Hubb Media & Entertainment
Indigenius
Ricardo Torres
Kam Jey
contact@hubbmediaentertainment. com Director
kam@indigenius.es General Director
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Distribution
Inopia Films
La Aventura Audiovisual Luis de Val
Ferran Herranz
luisdeval@inopiafilms.com Acquisitions
ferran@laaventuraaudiovisual.com CEO
José Tito tito@laaventuraaudiovisual.com EVP
Aida Méndez aida@laaventuraaudiovisual.com Acquisitions
La Drecera Produccions Laia Roigé
Francesc Gratacós
laia@utopiaglobal.com Producer
francesc@lukinternacional.com Sales Manager
Movies For Festivals
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Luk Internacional
Noucinemart
Johanna Tonnini
Carlos R. Ríos
info@moviesforfestivals.com Promotion
carlos@noucinemart.com Manager
Distribution
Rakuten Tv
Pack Màgic Alfred Sesma
Jacinto Roca
packmagic@dracmagic.cat Sales & Acquisitions
CEO
Adrián Peña adrian.pena@rakuten.com Country Content Manager
Fabiana Cumia Communication & PR Director
Selecta Vision
Twelve Oaks Pictures
Teresa Zaffino
Ignasi Lamarca
tzaffino@selecta-vision.com Head of Acquisitons
ilamarca@twelveoakspictures.com General Manager
Miquel Royo
Fernando Rodriguez
mroyo@selecta-vision.com TV Sales Manager
frodriguez@twelveoakspictures.com TV Manager
Mar Abadin mar.abadin@twelveoakspictures.com Head of Acquisitions
Vercine Ignasio Puebla ipuebla@vercine.org CEO
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Exhibition
Cines MaldĂ Javier EscrivĂ maldacinema@gmail.com Manager
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Festivals
D’A Film Festival Barcelona Carlos R. Ríos carlos@noucinemart.com Director - Manager
Drac Màgic - International Women’s Film Festival
Docs Barcelona Int’l Documentary Film Festival Joan González ncamprecios@docsbarcelona.com Director
In-Edit International Music Documentary And Film Festival
Marta Nieto
Johannes Klein
martan@dracmagic.cat Programmer
jklein@in-edit.org Head of Programming
Lychee Film Festival Adrian Devant adrian@lycheefilm.com Coordinator
Moritz Feed Dog Fashion Documentary Film Festival Johannes Klein jklein@in-edit.org Head of Programming
Lin Yu linyu@lycheefilm.com Director
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Festivals
REC Festival Internacional de Cinema de Tarragona
SitgesFestival Internacional de Cinema de Catalunya
Xavier Garcia Puerto
Angel Sala
javiergp@rec.com Director
angel.sala@sitgesfilm.com Director
Mònica Garcia monica.garcia@sitgesfilm.com Foundation Deputy General Manager
Mike Hostench mike.hostench@sitgesfilm.com Deputy Director
Diego Lopez brigadoon@sitgesfilm.com Member of the Film Selection Comitee
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Production
A Contracorriente Films
Alba Sotorra
Manuel Monzón
Alba Sotorra
manuel@acontracorrientefilms.com Executive Producer
albasotorra@gmail.com Producer
Fernando Riera fernando@acontracorrientefilms. com Head of Spanish and International Productions
Alhena Productions
Andergraun Films
Norbert Llaràs
Montse Triola
nllaras@alhena.cat CEO - Executive Producer
triola@andergraun.com Executive Producer
Eva Pauné epaune@alhena.cat Development Executive
Arcadia Motion Pictures
Bastian Films
Ignasi Estapé
Arturo Mendiz
General Manager
bastian@bastianfilms.com Executive Producer
Coming Soon Films
Compacto
Marta Ramirez
Aritz Cirbian
mramirez@comingsoonfilms.com Executive Producer
aritz@compacto.coop President - CEO
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Production
Diagonal TV
Distinto Films Jaume Banacolocha
Miriam Porté
info@diagonaltv.es CEO
distinto@distintofilms.com Executive Producer
Albert Sagalés
Gerard Marginedas
albert.sagales@diagonaltv.es Executive Producer
gerard.marginedas@distintofilms. com Head of development
Inicia Films
Japonica Films Valérie Delpierre
Frank Lucas Sánchez
valerie@iniciafilms.com Executive Producer
frank@japonicafilms.com Director
Gerard Rodriguez gerard@japonicafilms.com Executive Producer
Marta de Sousa marta@japonicafilms.com Producer
Kaboga
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Life & Pictures Anna M. Bofarull
Sebastian Mery
abofarull@kaboga.eu Producer
smery@lifeandpictures.com
CEO - Producer
Production
Loto Films
Magrana Carles Pastor
Xavier Granada
cpastor.lotofilms@gmail.com
xavier@magrana.com
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Marta Libertad martalibertad@magrana.com
Head of Development
Miss Wasabi
Nadir Films
Isabel Coixet
Juanjo GimĂŠnez
misswasabi@misswasabi.com
juanjo@saltodeeje.com
Director
CEO - Producer
Neo Art Producciones
No Hay Banda
Antonia Nava
Martin Samper
antonia@neoartprod.com
martinsamper@nohaybanda.es
Executive Producer
Writer - Director - Producer
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Production
Nostromo Pictures
Playtime Movies
Adrián Guerra
Alberto Aranda
info@nostromopictures.com
albertoarandavelasco@gmail.com
CEO-Producer
Producer
Núria Valls info@nostromopictures.com
Executive Producer
Polar Star Films
Segarra Films
Carles Brugueras
Ramon Termens
carles@polarstarfilms.com
ramontermens@yahoo.es
CEO - Executive Producer
Producer
Marieke van den Bersselaar marieke@polarstarfilms.com
Head of Documentary Department / Producer Belén Sanchez belen@polarstarfilms.com
Producer
Sin Parpadear
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Soul Pictures
Beatrice Heredia
Nicos Beatty
beatriceprod@sinparpadear.com
nicos@soulpictures.es
Producer
Producer
Production
Sound And Fury
Toned Media
Adrià Monés
Toni Espinosa
adriamones@gmail.com
toni@tonedmedia.com
Executive Producer
Producer
WKND
Zentropa Spain Roger Torras
David Matamoros
roger@wknd.tv
david@zentropaspain.com
Executive Producer
Producer
Ángeles Hernandez angeles@zentropaspain.com
Producer
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Sales agents
Deaplaneta
Film Factory Entertainment Yolanda de Val
Vicente Canales
ydelval@deaplaneta.com Head of Theatrical & Acquistions
info@filmfactory.es Managing Director
Cristian Luciano Caggiano
Toni Oliete
ccaggiano@deaplaneta.com Sales & Distribution TV Content
t.oliete@filmfactory.es Head of Sales
Matias Boero
Laura Fornelio
mboero@deaplaneta.com Technical Manager
laura@filmfactory.es Marketing & Sales Executive
Elena Bort ebort@deaplaneta.com TV Sales Director
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Sales agents
Filmax International Carlos Fernandez filmaxint@filmax.com CEO
Carlos Rojano c.rojano@filmax.com Acquisitions & Business Managing Director
Ivan Diaz i.diaz@filmax.com Head of Int’l Division
Laura Fernandez l.fernandez@filmax.com Producer
Cristina Carro c.carro@filmax.com Sales Executive
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Services
Agència Literaria Carmen Balcells
Audioprojects
Carles Masdeu
Stella Kohen
c.masdeu@agenciabalcells.com Foreign Rights Department
german@audioprojects.com German Project Manager
Laura Palomares Güells l.palomares@agenciabalcells.com International and Foreign Reights Department
Barcelona Film Comission Montserrat Guiu
Andrew Galletly
filmcommission3@bcn.cat Coordinator
andrew@figtreestudios.tv Director
Filmarket Hub
Trafalgar 13 Studio
Andrea Giannone
Patrick Hoogvliet
andrea@filmarkethub.com Co-Founder & CEO
patrick@trafalgar13.com Director
Bernardo Gómez berni@filmarkethub.com Co-Founder & CEO
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Figtree Studios
Institutions
Catalan Films & TV- ICEC (Catalan Institute for Cultural Companies) ICEC is a public institution that looks after the development and consolidation of the Catalan creative sectors as an uplift for its professionalisation. In the frame of the Govenment of Catalonia’s MInistry of Culture, ICEC advises and assists Catalan companies in their development process focusing on: performing arts, visual arts, audiovisual, books, music and digital culture.
Contacts at Berlinale Department for the Audiovisual
Catalunya Film Comission
Francisco Vargas
Carlota Guerrero
Director
cguerrerob@gencat.cat Manager
Catalan Films & TV Mar Medir mmedir@gencat.cat Coordinator
Europa Creativa Desk - Media Catalunya Àlex Navarro alexnavarro@gencat.cat Coordinator
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Notes
Catalan Films & TV Catalan Institute for Cultural Companies (ICEC) +34 93 552 49 40 | www.catalanfilms.cat | catalanfilms@gencat.cat