www.efp-online.com
European Film Promotion
European Umbrella Booth Mercado de Cine Iberoamericano en Guadalajara, 21 - 27 March 2014
Creative Europe Programme of the European Union
Creative Europe: Support Programme for Europe’s Cultural and Creative Sectors 2014 - 2020
www.ec.europa.eu/culture/creative-europe
European Film Promotion΄s Umbrella Booth at the Mercado de Cine Iberoamericano en Guadalajara 2014
Umbrella Booth for European sales agents March, 21 - 27, 2014
Contact at Mercado de Cine Iberoamericano en Guadalajara 2014
EFP represents European films at the Mercado of Guadalajara’s International Film Festival by running an umbrella booth for European sales agents and EFP member organisations.
Susanne Davis cell +49 172 904 6420 davis@efp-online.com
The booth offers space for salesrelated meetings with the local industry as well as communication services.
Mareen Gerisch cell +49 175 522 3964 gerisch@efp-online.com Expo Guadalajara Av. Mariano Otero No. 1499 Col. verde Valle CP 44550 Guadalajara, Jalisco, México www.ficg.mx
Creative Europe: Support Programme for Europe’s Cultural and Creative Sectors 2014 - 2020
www.ec.europa.eu/culture/creative-europe
page 04 Fandango, Italy page 05 Film Factory Entertainment, Spain page 07 Imagina International Sales, Spain page 08 Latido Films, Spain page 09 Media Luna New Films, Germany page 10 Slingshot Films, Italy page 11 WestEnd Films, United Kingdom
Participating Companies
page 06 Global Screen, Germany
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Fandango
Italy
Contact at the Mercado Stefano Basso Sales Agent cell +39 34 7440 5313
Company Address Viale Gorizia, 19, 00198 Rome phone +39 06 8521 8155 stefano.basso@fandango.it www.fandango.it
Titles presented at the Mercado
Owned by producer Domenico Procacci, Fandango is a production and distribution company. Recent titles include Matteo Garrone’s REALITY, THE FIFTH WHEEL by Giovanni Veronesi, Nanni Moretti’s HABEMUS PAPAM, which premiered in Competition in Cannes in 2011 and has since sold to over 45 countries. Other titles include Cannes 2008 Grand Prix winner and Golden Globe nominee GOMORRA, directed by Matteo Garrone and Ferzan Ozpetek’s delicious LOOSE CANNONS.
I CAN QUIT WHENEVER I WANT by Sydney Sibilia A WOMAN AS A FRIEND by Giovanni Veronesi TIR by Alberto Fasulo OFF ROAD by Elisa Amoruso THE FIFTH WHEEL by Giovanni Veronesi
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The company’s 2012 slate included Cannes Grand Prix REALITY by Matteo Garrone, Ozpetek’s new film MAGNIFICIENT PRESENCE and Daniele Vicari’s politically explosive DIAZ. In 2014 we will present several titles of international awarded directors among whom A WOMAN AS A FRIEND by Giovanni Veronesi starring Laetitia Casta.
FILM FACTORY ENTERTAINMENT
Spain
Company Address c/Lincoln 11, 3°-3a, 08006 Barcelona phone +34 933 684 608 v.canales@filmfactory.es www.filmfactory.es Film Factory’s objective is the international sale of Spanish Cinema’s most important productions, working with a selective slate, choosing films with the highest international potential and also collaborating with Europe and Latin America’s most prominent production companies. Film Factory wants to establish itself in the market as a sales agent capable of taking on projects at an early stage and ensuring that these projects achieve pre-sales. Film Factory’s line-up is defined on the basis of two main principles: Genre films: to be widely understood as original films with young directors and groundbreaking and novel subject matters. Quality films with great commercial potential: each year’s most important productions from the most important and contrasting directors.
Contact at the Mercado Vincente Canales Managing Director cell +34 629 185 688 Titles presented at the Mercado CANNIBAL by Manuel Martín Cuenca ISMAEL by Marcel Piñeyro 7th FLOOR by Patxi Amezcua FAMILY UNITED by Daniel Sánchez Arévalo ZIP & ZAP AND THE MARBLE GANG by Oskar Santos THREE MANY WEDDINGS by Javier Ruiz Caldera WITCHING & BITCHING by Alex de la Iglesia
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Global Screen
Germany
Contact at the Mercado Klaus Rasmussen Sales Manager cell +49 172 3164 256
Company Address Sonnenstraße 21, 80331 Munich phone +49 89 244 1295 500 klaus.rasmussen@globalscreen.de www.globalscreen.de
Titles presented at the Mercado
Global Screen GmbH is a leading German sales & distribution company for theatrical and TV films outside of German-speaking territories. Our company is one of the largest world-sales outfits in Europe and has a catalogue containing more than 15,000 titles. The theatrical distribution handles a varied portfolio of German- and foreign-speaking feature films focusing on commercial arthouse films, family entertainment, and high-profile documentary features. Among Global Screen’s current theatrical films are Dominik Graf’s Berlinale entry BELOVED SISTERS and Nadav Schirman’s THE GREEN PRINCE, who won the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival 2014. The animated Christmas classic NIKO & THE WAY TO THE STARS (2008) was sold all over the world and established the company as one of the leaders in family entertainment distribution.
RICHARD THE STORK by Toby Genkel THE 7TH DWARF by Harald Siepermann & Boris Aljinovic OOOPS! NOAH IS GONE... by Toby Genkel BELOVED SISTERS by Dominik Graf THE GREEN PRINCE by Nadav Schirman MR. MORGAN’S LAST LOVE by Sandra Nettelbeck A THOUSAND TIMES GOOD NIGHT by Erik Poppe FIVE YEARS by Stefan Schaller BELTRACCHI - THE ART OF FORGERY by Arne Birkenstock THE BLACK BROTHERS by Xavier Koller BANKLADY by Christian Alvart PINOCCHIO by Anna Justice GAMING INSTINCT by Gregor Schnitzler FINSTERWORLD by Frauke Finsterwalder READY, STEADY, OMMM! by Oliver Rihs GEORG BASELITZ by Evelyn Schels THE PURSUIT OF UNHAPPINESS by Sherry Hormann 06
iMAGINA INTERNATIONAL SALES
Spain
Company Address Crta. Fuencarral-Alcobendas, no. 24 28049 Madrid
phone +34 91 7285 738 bsusterova@imagina.tv www.imaginasales.tv
Contact at the Mercado Barbora Susterova Sales Manager cell +34 6 8695 9522 Titles presented at the Mercado
Imagina International Sales is an international television and film rights distribution platform that belongs to Grupo Imagina, a media holding company that integrates two of the key content producers for the Spanish market: Grupo Globomedia and Mediapro. The company distributes audiovisual rights and products on the international market and in all formats - film, television, video, new media-, including works produced by Grupo Imagina companies as well as works by other affiliated production companies. The company attends most international media markets and it has signed some very important agreements, including such noteworthy deals as it’s the international sales contract for Woody Allen’s films.
A NIGHT IN OLD MEXICO by Emilio Aragón WOUNDED by Fernando Franco BRAZILIAN WESTERN by René Sampaio WHO KILLED BAMBI? by Santi Amodeo LOVE’S NOT WHAT IT USED TO BE by Gabriel Ochoa THE COSMONAUT by Nicolás Alcalá I’M DATING YOU NOT by Guillermo F. Groizard
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Latido Films
Spain
Contact at the Mercado Miren Zamora International Sales cell +34 655 887 927
Company Address C/ Veneras 9-6°r, 28013 Madrid phone +34 91 5488 877 miren@latidofilms.com www.latidofilms.com
Titles presented at the Mercado
Latido Films is an international sales agency created to respond to the distribution demand of foreign cinema with special focus in Spain and Latin-America.
BETIBÚ by Miguel Cohan INSIDE LOVE by Santiago Tabernero CLOWNWISE by Viktor Taus AWAY FROM THE WORLD by Gerardo Herrero GRAZING THE SKY by Horacio Alcalá HONEYMOON by Jan Hrebejk THE HAPPETS IN THE RAINBOW FOREST by Álex Colls IGNASIA M. by Ventura Pons PUPPY LOVE by Delphine Lehericey 15 YEARS + 1 DAY by Gracia Querejeta SERRAT & SABINA: TWO FOR THE ROAD by Francesc Relea MARSEILLE by Belén Macías THE IGNORANCE OF BLOOD by Manuel Gómez Pereira
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THE SECRET IN THEIR EYES, Oscar Award for Best Foreign Film, or VIOLETA WENT TO HEAVEN, Sundance 2012 Award for Best Picture Grand Jury Prize are a sample of our quality films among others like: MARTIN H, THE METHOD, MACHUCA, FADOS or CHINESE TAKE-AWAY. Latido is a consortium formed by TORNASOL FILMS, ZEBRA PRODUCCIONES and CONTINENTAL PRODUCCIONES.
Media Luna New Films
Germany
Company Address Aachener Strasse 24, 50674 Cologne phone +49 221 5109 1891 idamartins@medialuna.biz www.medialuna.biz Media Luna New Films represents directors and producers with a handwriting signature on their work. We focus on international arthouse productions by emerging talents, whose realizations differentiate themselves through the original approach and the unique style. Media Luna offers a broad spectrum of feature length films and documentaries as well as television movies and documentaries. With our line-up we intend to reflect the many differences and encounters among the world cultures to highlight the world‘s fascinating diversity. The company’s strategy is based on building long lasting relationships, with producers and directors, in providing individual marketing strategies to each film for an effective and sensible placement at the international market.
Contact at the Mercado Mariel Marcia International Sales cell +1 310 745 3268 Titles presented at the Mercado MY BROTHER’S KEEPER by Maximilian Leo FAREWELL TO THE MOON by Dick Tuinder THE DINNER by Menno Meyjes THE VERDICT by Jan Verheyen MARINA by Stijn Coninx HANNA’S JOURNEY by Julia von Heinz BROKEN GLASS PARK by Bettina Blümner BLUE AND NOT SO PINK by Miguel Ferrari NORDLAND by Ingo J. Biermann UP TO THE WORLD by Alessandro Lunardelli MATTERHORN by Diederik Ebbinge DUAL by Nejc Gazvoda TRAVELLER by Benjamin D Johns THE LAST MATCH by Antonio Hens HOW TO DESCRIBE A CLOUD by David Verbeek JACKIE by Antoinette Beumer 09
Slingshot Films
Italy
Contact at the Mercado Manuela Buono Sales agent cell +39 347 62 73 390
Company Address Via Salita di Gretta 7/1, 34136 Trieste phone +39 3476 2733 90 manuela@slingshotfilms.it www.slingshotfilms.it
Titles presented at the Mercado
Slingshot Films look for new, creative, independent and challenging films, able to communicate to audiences worldwide.
ZORAN, MY NEPHEW THE IDIOT by Matteo Oleotto MAXIMUM PLEASURE by Kasia Trsaska DANCING WITH MARIA by Ivan Gergolet THE LAST SHEPHERD by Marco Bonfanti
Slingshot Films’ strategy is to promote the film through all platforms, in order to maximize exposure and revenue possibilities. Our inputs include: project development, financing strategies, traditional and digital distribution, rights negotiation, promotion, marketing and exploitation, project packaging. Slingshot Films relies on an international network of consolidated partners, and we look forward to meeting new courageous talents.
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wESTEND fILMS
United Kingdom
Company Address 5-7 Hillgate Street, W8 7SP London phone +44 20 74 94 83 00 nadine@westendfilms.com www.westendfilms.com WestEnd Films is a dynamic Londonbased international sales and feature film financing company, co-founded by Eve Schoukroun, Maya Amsellem and renowned producer and Capitol Films founder Sharon Harel-Cohen. WestEnd launched at Cannes 2008 and offers filmmakers finance, production and sales expertise as well as an extensive network of contacts across all sectors of the industry.
Contact at the Mercado Nadine Rothschild Sales agent cell +44 7577 196587 Titles presented at the Mercado INSIDE OUT: THE PEOPLE’S ART PROJECT by Alastair Siddons THE FACE OF AN ANGEL by Michael Winterbottom THE SILENT STORM by Corinna Villari McFarlane THE SONG OF THE SEA by Tomm Moore
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EFP President Christian Juhl Lemche Danish Film Institute EFP Vice President Martin Schweighofer Austrian Film Commission Managing Director Renate Rose
European Film Promotion e.V. Friedensallee 14 -16 22765 Hamburg Germany phone +49 40 390 6252 fax +49 40 390 6249 info@efp-online.com www.efp-online.com www.shooting-stars.eu
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European Film Promotion – Initiatives in support of the European Industry
European Film Promotion (EFP) is the only existing international network of organisations promoting and marketing European cinema worldwide. Founded in 1997, the EFP network now comprises 35 professional organisations from 34 European countries, who are experts in promoting and marketing their own national cinema. Under the EFP umbrella, all of these organisations work together on the promotion of European films and talent around the world. To this end, EFP devises, organises and carries out promotional activities and events on behalf of films, directors, producers, actors and other film professionals. EFP‘s activities have been financially supported by the MEDIA Programme of the European Union (2007 - 2013) and the EFP member organisations. EFP‘s promotion and PR activities are backed by private and public sponsors. The Hamburg-based office is supported by the German Minister of State for Culture and the Media (BKM) the Ministry of Culture of the City of Hamburg and the Film Fund Hamburg Schleswig-
Holstein.
The aims and objectives of these activities are ›› to increase the competitive opportunities for European films in the international market place ›› to improve access for European film professionals to the international market place ›› to support the development of new up-andcoming talent ›› to contribute, where possible, to the opening of new markets for European film ›› to enhance the distribution and visibility of European film worldwide ›› to further share the accumulated knowledge and experience of the association via its European-wide network
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the efp Network
Albania
Czech Republic
Georgia
Artan Minarolli
Markéta Šantrochova
Tamara Tatishvili
Albanian National Center of
Czech Film Center
Georgian National Film Center
Cinematography/AN CC
www.filmcenter.cz
www.gnfc.ge
www.nationalfilmcenter.gov.al
Denmark
Germany
Austria
Christian Juhl Lemche
Mariette Rissenbeek
Martin Schweighofer
The Danish Film Institute
German Films
Austrian Film Commission
www.dfi.dk
www.german-films.de
www.austrianfilm.com
Estonia
Greece
Belgium
Edith Sepp
Stavroula Geronimaki
Christian De Schutter
Estonian Film Institute
Greek Film Centre
Flanders Image
www.efsa.ee
www.gfc.gr
www.flandersimage.com
Finland
Hungary
Belgium
Jaana Puskala
Katalin Vajda
Eric Franssen
The Finnish Film Foundation
Magyar Filmunió/
Wallonie Bruxelles Images
www.ses.fi
International Division Hungarian National Film Fund
www.wbimages.be
www.filmunio.hu
Bulgaria
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYRoM)
Irina Kanousheva
Darko Basheski
Iceland
Bulgarian National Film Center
Macedonian Film Fund
Laufey Gudjónsdóttir
www.nfc.bg
www.filmfund.gov.mk
Icelandic Film Centre
Croatia
France
Ivana Ivišić
Anne de la Hamelinaye
Ireland
Croatian AudiovisualCentre
Unifrance films
Teresa McGrane
www.havc.hr
www.unifrance.org
Irish Film Board
www.icelandicfilmcentre.is
www.irishfilmboard.ie
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Italy
Poland
Slovenia
Annabella Nucara
Izabela Kiszka-Hoflik
Nerina T. Kocjančič
Istituto Luce Cinecittà
Polish Film Institute (PISF)
Slovenian Film Centre
www.filmitalia.org
www.pisf.pl
www.film-sklad.si
Lithuania
Portugal
Spain
Liana Ruokytė-Jonsson
Vítor Pinheiro
Rafael Cabrera
Lithuanian Film Centre
Instituto do Cinema e do
Instituto de la Cinematografía y
www.lkc.lt/en
Audiovisual, I.P./ ICA
de las Artes Audiovisuales/ICAA
www.ica-ip.pt
www.mcu.es/cine/index
Françoise Lentz
Republic of Kosovo*
Sweden
Film Fund Luxembourg
Arben Zharku
Pia Lundberg
www.filmfund.lu
Kosova Cinematography Center
Swedish Film Institute
www.qkk-rks.com
www.sfi.se
Ilija Subotić
Romania
Switzerland
Ministry of Culture
Cristian Hordilă
Catherine Ann Berger
www.mku.gov.me
Romanian Film Promotion
Swiss Films
www.romfilmpromotion.ro
www.swissfilms.ch
Luxembourg
Montenegro
The Netherlands Claudia Landsberger
Serbia
United Kingdom
EYE International
Miroljub Vučković
Briony Hansony
www.international.eyefilm.nl
Film Center Serbia
British Council
www.fcs.rs
www.britfilms.com
Stine Oppegaard
Slovak Republic
Norwegian Film Institute
Alexandra Strelková
www.nfi.no/english/
Slovak Film Institute
norwegianfilms
www.sfu.sk
* This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence
Norway
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