EUROPE A N U M BRELLA #1C-E14 FILMART Hong Kong March 13-16, 2017
INDEX
5 Welcome 7 Umbrella participants — profiles
Programme 32 about European Film Promotion — aims and objectives of the European Union Creative Europe 34 European Film Promotion — events and Initiatives Support Programme for Europe’s Cultural and Creative Sectors 2014 – 2020 40 European Film Promotion — the network www.ec.europa.eu/culture/creative-europe
05 EUROPEAN FILM PROMOTION AT FILMART
Since 2011, Hong Kong’s well-established FILMART has been the host for European Film Promotion’s (EFP) European Umbrella – a pan-European booth for Europe’s sales companies and EFP member organisations. The FILMART works as an important hub for sales to Asian countries and is regarded as a bridge between the East and West, focusing on China as a main business partner. It is at the European Umbrella where Asia’s industry has the opportunity to get to know recent developments in feature films, documentaries, animation and children’s films from all over Europe. The European Umbrella offers services to 24 attending European sales agents this year who do business on behalf of European cinema. Thanks to the backing of Creative Europe – MEDIA and the generous financial contribution of German Films, and the additional support by the Danish Film Institute and Istituto Luce Cinecittà, the European Umbrella offers again 72 square meters with a designated area for German sales companies.
CONTACT AT FILMART MARCH 13-16, 2017
Sabine Rolinski Project Director rolinski@efp-online.com Susanne Davis Project Director FSS davis@efp-online.com
Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hall 1 1 Expo Drive Wan Chai, Hong Kong www.hktdc.com/hkfilmart
COMPANIES INDEX 2017 07 Be For Films, Belgium 08 Beta Cinema, Germany 09 Celsius Entertainment, United Kingdom 10 Fandango, Italy 11 Film Factory Entertainment, Spain 12 Filmax International, Spain 13 Films Boutique, Germany 14 Films Distribution, France 15 Global Screen, Germany 16 HanWay Films, United Kingdom 17 HNFF World Sales, Hungary 18 Intramovies, Italy 19 LevelK, Denmark 20 Luxbox, France 21 media luna new films, Germany 22 Picture Tree International, Germany 23 Pluto Film, Germany 24 Polish FIlm Institute, Poland 25 RAI Com, Italy 26 SF Studios, Sweden 27 Slingshot Films, Italy 28 Stray Dogs, France 29 Summerside International, The Netherlands 30 TrustNordisk, Denmark 31 The Yellow Affair, Finland / Sweden
BE FOR FILMS
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BELGIUM
PAMELA LEU
Be for Films is an independent sales company based in Brussels and Paris. We aim to bring on the international market place up to 10 new feature films / documentaries per year and establish strong and long-lasting business relationships with producers and talents. The company was officially launched during Cannes Film Festival 2014. TITLES AT FILMART Animals, 2017 by Greg Glinski
CONTACT AT FILMART
Pamela Leu
CEO, Sales Executive cell +33 6 143 437 55 pamela@beforfilms.com
The Art Of Loving, 2017 by Maria Sadowska Belinda, 2017 by Marie Dumoura Fifty Springtimes, 2017 by Blandine Lenoir King Of The Belgians, 2016 by Peter Brosens & Jessica Woodworth Mister Universo, 2016 by Tizza Covi & Rainer Frimmel
BE FOR FILMS Avenue des Villas, 28 boite 0A BE – 1060 Brussels phone +32 4 898 02 123 www.beforfilms.com
BETA CINEMA
08
GERMANY
TASSILO HALLBAUER
World sales and co-financing company Beta Cinema has established itself as a “boutiqueoperation” for quality feature films that combine commercial viability with artistic integrity. Prime examples are Oscar winners and worldwide B.O. hits like, The Lives Of Others, The Conterfeiters, Il Divo, Mongol and Downfall. CONTACT AT FILMART
Current highlights include Silver Bear Alfred Bauer Prize winner Spoor by Agnieszka Holland, Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution winner Ana, Mon Amour by Calin Peter Netzer and Berlinale competition title Beuys by Andres Veiel.
Tassilo Hallbauer Sales & Acquisitions cell +49 176 1031 2646 tassilo.hallbauer@ betacinema.com
TITLES AT FILMART Blessed Benefit, 2016 by Mahmoud al Massad Clair Obscur, 2016 by Yeşim Ustaoğlu Scarred Hearts, 2016 by Radu Jude Vincent And The End Of The World, 2016 by Christophe Van Rompaey Layla M., 2016 by Mijke de Jong
BETA CINEMA Grünwalder Weg 28d DE – 82041 Oberhaching phone +49 89 6734 69 828 www.betacinema.com
CELSIUS ENTERTAINMENT
09
UNITED KINGDOM
THIERRY WASE-BAILEY
Founded in 2004, Celsius is a dynamic, forward thinking international film sales, distribution & finance company based in central London. The company works with world class filmmakers on high quality, cutting edge, commercial cinema with a clearly defined audience across a wide range of budgets and genres. Celsius offers a 360 degree financing, marketing, sales and social media solution. The company is also known for the high quality of its marketing materials and utilises the services of best in class trailer and poster houses to ensure its films cut through in a crowded market. Celsius is helmed by 25 year veteran Thierry Wase-Bailey who co-founded and co-owned Hanway Films and was priorly Head of Sales, Acquisitions & Marketing at Majestic & Head of Sales at Goldcrest. TITLES AT FILMART The Bookshop, 2017 by Isabel Coixet Bling, 2016 by Kyung Ho Lee & Wonjae Lee Into The Forest, 2015 by Patricia Rozema
Festival Express, 2003 [re-issue] by Bob Smeaton Documentary with Janis Joplin Oldboy, 2003 [re-issue] Old Days, 2017 documentary, remastered with 4K coming soon
CONTACT AT FILMART Thierry Wase-Bailey Managing Director cell +44 7710 119 163 twb@celsius entertainment.com
CELSIUS ENTERTAINMENT LTD 18 Spring St., 2nd Fl. UK – London W2 3RA phone +44 20 7193 1801 in@celsius entertainment.com www.celsius entertainment.com
FANDANGO
10
ITALY
GIANLUCA PIGNATARO
Fandango is a film production and international sales company which has unveiled many great Italian talents over the last decade. Some of these talents include Gabriele Muccino, Emanuele Crialese, and Matteo Garrone whose last two films, Gomorrah and Reality, won the Grand Prix at Cannes, along with many other awards. Fandango produced The Consequences Of Love by Paolo Sorrentino as well as some of the most important Italian successes throughout the last several years: Loose Cannons by Ferzan Ozpetek, Habemus Papam and Mia Madre by Nanni Moretti, and Diaz - Don’t Clean Up This Blood by Daniele Vicari which premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival. Currently in our line up: I Can Quit Whenever I Want Masterclass and Ad Honorem, It’s Not The Time Of My Life, Alanis, Stories Of Love That Cannot Belong To This World, Jenish, Back Home, Twin Flower, Wherever You Are, Sun Heart Love, The Space Between, The Animal’s Wife, Era O Hotel Cambridge, See You In Texas. TITLES AT FILMART I Can Quit Whenever I Want Masterclass, 2017 by Sydney Sibilia It’s Not The Time Of My Life, 2016 by Szabolcs Hajdu
CONTACT AT FILMART Gianluca Pignataro Head of Marketing and Distribution cell +39 335 125 4255 gianluca.pignataro@ fandango.it
FANDANGO Viale Gorizia, 19 IT – 00198 Rome phone +39 068 521 8114 www.fandango.it
FILM FACTORY ENTERTAINMENT
SPAIN
ANTONIO OLIETE
Film Factory Entertainment is an independent Spanish international sales agency based in Barcelona. 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’s and Latin America’s most prominent production companies. Film Factory has established 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. TITLES AT FILMART The Summit, 2017 by Santiago Mitre Veronica, 2017 by Paco Plaza The Bar, 2017 by Álex de la Iglesia Maus, 2017 by Yayo Herrero
CONTACT AT FILMART Antonio Oliete Sales & Marketing Excecutive cell +34 634 700 493 t.oliete@filmfactory.es
FILM FACTORY ENTERTAINMENT C/ Lincoln 11, 2º4ª ES – 08006 Barcelona phone +34 933 684 608 www.filmfactoryentertainment.es
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FILMAX INTERNATIONAL
12
SPAIN
CRISTINA CARRO
Filmax International is a renowned sales agency, strongly positioned within the international film industry. It handles international sales for all films produced by the Filmax Group (smash hits such as Darkness, The Machinist and the [REC] saga and, more recently, the inspirational true story 100 Meters, and Muse, the new psychological thriller by Jaume Balagueró, as well as a wide range of high quality titles from other production companies (award-winning films such as Truman and No Rest For The Wicked, new projects from cult directors such as The Motive, gripping European thrillers shot in English such as Calls and successful Spanish titles like The Tunnel Gang). In recent years, Filmax International has also branched out into the TV market, with acclaimed series such as international smash hit The Red Band Society and ambitious new crime drama I Know Who You Are. TITLES AT FILMART Muse, 2017 by Jaume Balagueró The Tunnel Gang, 2017 by Pepón Montero The Motive, 2017 by Manuel Martín-Cuenca I Know Who You Are, 2016 by Pau Freixas (TV Series)
CONTACT AT FILMART Cristina Carro Sales executive cell +34 649 30 20 70 c.carro@filmax.com
FILMAX INTERNATIONAL Miguel Hernández 81-87 Hospitalet de Llobregat 08908, Spain phone +34 933 368 555 filmaxint@filmax.com www.filmaxinternational.com
FILMS BOUTIQUE
13
GERMANY
LOUIS BALSAN
Films Boutique is a Berlin-based international sales company with a heart and a limited and focused catalogue of high profile feature art house films searching for long-lasting relationships with directors and producers. Our line-up in 2017 includes the Berlinale entries On Body And Soul by Ildiko Enyedi, Colo by Teresa Villaverde, Joaquim by Marcelo Gomes, Vazante by Daniela Thomas and Devil’s Freedom by Everardo Gonzalez.
CONTACT AT FILMART Louis Balsan Head of Sales cell +49 152 54525769 louis@filmsboutique.com
As big admirers of certain directors we are working on the catalogues of Béla Tarr, Alexander Sokurov, Philippe Grandrieux and Denis Côté. TITLES AT FILMART On Body And Soul, 2017 by Ildiko Enyedi Colo, 2017 by Teresa Villaverde FILMS BOUTIQUE Köpenicker Strasse 184 DE – 10997 Berlin phone +49 30 695 378 50 www.filmsboutique.com
FILMS DISTRIBUTION
14
FRANCE
NICOLAS BRIGAUD-ROBERT
Films Distribution is a Paris-based international sales agency active since 1997. For the past 20 years, the company has made a name for itself in the marketplace as a high end sales outfit selling feature films to international distributors and broadcasters. Each year, we launch approximately 25 new titles in the most prestigious festivals. FD is known for the quality of its artistic choices and worldwide successes such as Merry Christmas, Live & Become, C.R.A.Z.Y., Coco Before Chanel, Cell 211, Monsieur Lazhar, The Missing Picture, Son Of Saul, Frantz. We are dedicated to awardwinning and innovative art house films from all over the world. We pride ourselves in discovering exciting new filmmakers and introducing them to audiences around the world. Films Distribution handles a library of approximately 900 features, 400 of which are available worldwide. In addition to its Paris office, Films Distribution has set up Films Boutique in 2008, a Berlin based subsidiary, Brussels-based Be For Films in 2014, and Film Constellation in London in 2016. TITLES AT HKIFF
TITLES AT FILMART
Heal The Living, 2016 by Katell Quillévéré
Handle With Care, 2017 by Arild Andresen
Frantz, 2016 by François Ozon
The Young Karl Marx, 2017 by Raoul Peck
CONTACT AT FILMART Nicolas Brigaud-Robert International Sales cell +33 6 15 39 13 07 tax@filmsdistribution.com
FILMS DISTRIBUTION 5 rue Nicolas Flamel FR – 75004 Paris phone +33 1 53 10 33 99 www.filmsdistribution.com
GLOBAL SCREEN
15
GERMANY
ALICE BUQUOY
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. Among Global Screen’s current theatrical films are 3D animated family entertainment movie Richard the Stork, Australian love story The Death and Life of Otto Bloom starring Xavier Samuel (Twilight, Love & Friendship) as well as the apocalyptic Sci-Fi Thriller S.U.M.1 starring Iwan Rheon. Global Screen also sold German action blockbuster Nick – Off Duty, Sundance-Award-winner Between Sea and Land, A Thousand Times Goodnight starring Juliette Binoche and Dominik Graf’s Beloved Sisters, which represented Germany at the Academy Awards. The high-profile 3D animation films Niko & The Way To The Stars and Ooops! Noah is Gone… were sold all over the world and established the company as one of the leaders in family entertainment distribution. TITLES AT FILMART The Death And Life of Otto Bloom, 2016 by Chris Jones My Brother Simple, 2017 by Markus Goller Man Divided, 2017 by Max Kestner
My Fairy Troublemaker & Me, 2020, by Florian Westermann Luis and the Aliens, 2018 by Wolfgang and Christoph Lauenstein Marnie’s World, 2017 by Wolfgang and Christoph Lauenstein Capt’n Sharky, 2017 by Hubert Weiland
CONTACT AT FILMART Alice Buquoy Senior Acquisition & Sales Manager cell +49 173 9319804 alice.buquoy@ globalscreen.de
GLOBAL SCREEN Sonnenstr. 21 DE – 80331 Munich phone +49 89 244 1295 500 www.globalscreen.de
HANWAY FILMS
16
UNITED KINGDOM
ANNA CHETTLE
Since its founding by Jeremy Thomas in 1999, HanWay Films has established itself as a leading international sales and marketing company specialising in high-profile quality films from worldwide talent. HanWay arranges financing, sales and distribution for all films from Recorded Picture Company, along with projects from third party producers. HanWay’s upcoming slate includes Lone Scherfig’s Their Finest, Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Killing Of A Sacred Deer and Matteo Garrone’s Pinocchio.
CONTACT AT FILMART Anna Chettle Senior Sales Manager cell +44 7809 342 155 ac@hanwayfilms.com
TITLES AT FILMART The White Crow, 2018 by Ralph Fiennes Sweetness In The Belly, 2018 by Zeresenay Berhane Mehari HANWAY FILMS 24 Hanway Street UK – London W1T 1UH phone +44 20 7290 0750 www.hanwayfilms.com
HNFF WORLD SALES
17
HUNGARY
KLAUDIA ANDROSOVITS
Based in Budapest, HNFF World Sales is an international sales agent operating under the international division of the Hungarian National Film Fund. HNFF has funded many successful Hungarian box office hits including the internationally acclaimed, Academy Awardwinner Son Of Saul. HNFF represent the newest theatrical arthouse and commercial Hungarian films for international distribution. Our back catalogue also contains library films, animations and short films. Our line-up includes multi-award winner Kills On Wheels (action/comedy), Soul Exodus: The Klezmer Story (feature documentary, English lang.) or Loop (suspense/thriller).
CONTACT AT FILMART Klaudia Androsovits International Sales Manager cell +36 30 936 3389 klaudia.androsovits@ filmalap.hu
TITLES AT FILMART 1945, 2017 drama, 91 min The Citizen, 2017 drama, 110 min Coyote, 2017 drama, 127 min Strangled, 2016 psycho-thriller, 120 min
HNFF WORLD SALES Róna utca 174 HU – 1145 Budapest phone +36 1 461 1353 www.hnffworldsales.com
INTRAMOVIES
18
ITALY
MARCO VALERIO FUSCO
Intramovies is an independent sales company established over 40 years ago with the intent of being the helping arm for creative producers and new directors. During all this time, it has remained mainly and foremost an international distributor of quality movies from all over the world, particularly focused on first and second features directed by talent directors. Every year the company’s line-up is chosen among movies of high standard production value that get their highlights at major international festivals. Intramovies also boasts a wide catalogue that includes some of the most prestigious Italian classics directed by acclaimed authors like Fellini, Antonioni, Visconti, Argento, Pasolini, De Sica and many others.
CONTACT AT FILMART Marco Valerio Fusco International Sales Manager cell +39 335 7052 982 marco.fusco@ intramovies.com
TITLES AT FILMART The Furlough, 2017 by Claudio Amendola Between Worlds, 2016 by Miya Hatav Worldly Girl, 2016 by Marco Danieli 2Night, 2016 by Ivan Silvestrini
INTRAMOVIES Via E. Manfredi 15 IT – 00197 Rome phone +39 06 8076 157 www.intramovies.com
LEVEL K
19
DENMARK
DEREK LUI
LevelK is handling international sales and distribution for Film and TV production companies and acting as a digital partner for distributors in their home country. We are specialised in rights optimization that are reflected through our innovative approach to cross-platform / cross-country distribution combining theatrical and traditional means – alongside digital distribution and marketing. Our goal is to bring our films to the market with an individual strategy so the film finds its own path to its audience. Based in Copenhagen, Hong Kong and Sydney we are a passionate team focusing on long-term relationships and transparent professional cooperation.
CONTACT AT FILMART Derek Lui President of Sales cell +852 6055 7575 derek@levelk.dk
TITLES AT FILMART Cruelty, 2017 by Anton Sigurdsson Oddsockeaters, 2016 by Galina Miklínová Law Of The Land, 2017 by Jussi Hiltunen Oskar’s America, 2017 by Torfinn Iversen The Inland Road, 2017 by Jackie van Beek
LEVEL K Gammel Kongevej 137B 3rd floor DK – 1850 Frederiksberg C www.levelk.dk
LUXBOX
20
FRANCE
HÉDI ZARDI
Luxbox is a Paris-based company, dedicated to international sales and co-production of selected projects. Based on a solid film catalogue and a passionate pool of world cinema directors such as Lisandro Alonso, Bruno Dumont, Amat Escalante, Ole Giæver, Carlos Reygadas or Jonas Carpignano, the company began 2016 by winning Best First Feature Film and Silver Bear for Best Actor at EFM, with the film Inhebbek Hedi (Hedi) by Mohammed Ben Attia. In Cannes 2016, Luxbox presented Apprentice by BOO Junfeng at Un Certain Regard and Mimosas by Oliver Laxe that won the Grand Prize of the Critic’s Week. In Locarno 2016, two titles were in competition, Marija a first German feature film by Michael Koch and Dao Khanong (By the Time It Gets dark) the new film by Anocha Suwichakornpong. In 2017, Luxbox is presenting a musical film, Jeannette by Bruno Dumont, as well as two other films: Frost by Sharunas Bartas starring Vanessa Paradis, and Barrage by Laura Schroeder, with Lolita Chammah and Isabelle Huppert, selected in Forum Berlin. TITLES AT FILMART Barrage, 2017 by Laura Schroeder
Marija, 2016 by Michael Koch
Dao Khanong (By The Time It Gets Dark), 2016 Jeannette, The Childhood by Anocha Suwichakornpong Of Joan Of Arc Apprentice, 2016 delivery 2017 by BOO Junfeng by Bruno Dumont Frost, delivery 2017 by Sharunas Bartas
Mimosas, 2016 by Oliver Laxe
CONTACT AT FILMART Hédi Zardi CEO - Sales & Acquisitions cell +33 6 64 46 10 11 hedi@luxboxfilms.com
LUXBOX 6 rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud FR – 75011 Paris info@luxboxfilms.com www.luxboxfilms.com
MEDIA LUNA NEW FILMS
21
GERMANY
IDA MARTINS
Media Luna is an independent world sales company, which focuses on international arthouse productions by emerging talents whose realizations differentiate themselves through their original approach and unique style. With our line-up, we intend to reflect the many differences and encounters among the world cultures to highlight the world’s fascinating diversity. Media Luna offers a broad spectrum of feature length films and television movies with focus on festival dramas and genre titles. The company’s credo is to build long lasting relationships with producers and directors, to create individual marketing strategies for each film, but also with international distributors, by providing the right content to the right company. Ida Martins, the founder of Media Luna brand name (1991), has been distributing independent films worldwide for over 25 years. Our titles include: The Caged by Jordan Taratoot, Maligno by Paco Bardales & Martin Casapia Casanova, Such Is Life In The Tropics by Sebastián Cordero, Family Weekend by Pieter van Rijn, Malacopa by Armando Casas, Just Charlie by Rebekah Fortune, The Hero by Menno Meyjes, Waldstille by Martijn Maria Smits. TITLES AT FILMART
MARKET WORLD PREMIERE
Room, 213 by Emelie Lindblom
Tuesday, 14th March 2017 10:00 am CEC N111-N112
CONTACT AT FILMART Ida Martins Managing Director cell +49 170 966 7900 idamartins@medialuna.biz
MEDIA LUNA NEW FILMS Kaiser-Wilhelm-Ring 38 / 6th Floor DE – 50672 Cologne phone +49 221 5109 1891 www.medialuna.biz
PICTURE TREE INTERNATIONAL
22
GERMANY
YUANYUAN ROTHBAUER
Picture Tree International is a world sales and production company with headquarters in Berlin. The core business of the company is worldwide licensing of film rights and the coproduction of international feature films in an integrated business model. Picture Tree International was founded in December 2012 and currently represents up to 12 theatrical feature films per year, ranging from mainstream to arthouse cross-over productions.
CONTACT AT FILMART Yuanyuan Rothbauer Head of Sales & Operations cell +49 151 5061 7388 yuan@picturetreeinternational.com
TITLES AT FILMART Welcome To Germany, 2016 by Simon Verhoeven Tiger Girl, 2017 by Jakob Lass The Confession, 2017 by Zaza Urushadze Links Of Life, 2017 by Marie-Hélène Roux Monk, 2017 by Ties Scheck Heart Of Stone, 2016 by Johannes Naber Night Of A 1000 Hours, 2016 by Virgil Widrich
PICTURE TREE INTERNATIONAL GMBH Husemannstr.7 DE – 10435 Berlin phone +49 30 420 824 816 www.picturetreeinternational.com
PLUTO FILM
23
GERMANY
PATRICIE POUZAROVA
Pluto Film is a young world sales company based in Berlin. We promote high-quality fiction films from Europe and around the world with focus on arthouse and cross-over films as well as debut features by emerging talents. At least 60% of our films are European titles. Our line-up includes e.g. Koza by Ivan Ostrochovský, In The Crosswind by Martti Helde, Mellow Mud by Renārs Vimba, Walking Distance by Alejandro Guzmán Alvarez, or Sanctuary by Marc Brummund. Pluto Film takes an individual approach to distribution combining new and old windows with an emphasis on film festival exploitation. Our objective is to make our films circulate and to be seen across the world and on as many distribution channels as possible.
CONTACT AT FILMART Patricie Pouzarova Head of Sales cell +49 157 8227 4916 patricie@plutofilm.de
TITLES AT FILMART Disappearance, 2017 by Boudewijn Koole All the Beauty, 2016 by Aasne Vaa Greibrokk The Hannas, 2016 by Julia C. Kaiser The Other End, 2016 by Felipe Sholl Land of the Little People, 2016 by Yaniv Berman Anishoara, 2016 by Ana-Felicia Scutelnicu
PLUTO FILM DISTRIBUTION NETWORK GMBH Bayreuther Str. 9 DE – 10789 Berlin phone + 49 30 2191 8220 www.plutofilm.de
POLISH FILM INSTITUTE
24
POLAND
KATARZYNA MAZURKIEWICZ
The Polish Film Institute is a funding body which supports film industry at all stages of film production with particular attention paid to international co-productions and promotes Polish films to potential audiences in Poland and abroad.
CONTACT AT FILMART Katarzyna Mazurkiewicz Head of International Relations cell +49 661 221 867 katarzyna.mazurkiewicz@pisf.pl
POLISH FILM INSTITUTE Krakowskie Przemiescie 21/23 PL – 00-071 Warsaw phone + 48 22 42 10 130 www.en.pisf.pl
RAI COM
25
ITALY
MATTIA ODDONE, ALESSANDRA SOTTILE, RITA LOMBARDI
RAI Com distributes more than 600 films and 15,000 hours of high quality TV programs worldwide with a focus on top notch author films and recently included English speaking genre movies and classic quality Italian libraries. As exclusive sales company of the RAI Holding, RAI Com (ex Rai Trade) supported – during the years – all the main Italian directors in best placing their titles in the international market and aims to help emerging talent with the same passion and care for the cinema since its start in 1968. TITLES AT FILMART Let Yourself Go! (Lasciati Andare) by Francesco Amato Italy Fiore by Claudio Giovannesi Italy At War For Love (In guerra per amore) by Pierfrancesco Diliberto (PIF) Italy All’Opera, The Best From The Italian Theaters – “La Traviata” by Sofia Coppola Italy
CONTACT AT FILMART Mattia Oddone Head of International Sales mattia.oddone@rai.it Alessandra Sottile International Sales Manager cell +39 33 51332189 alessandra.sottile@rai.it Rita Lombardi International Sales Manager cell +39 3351238435 rita.lombardi@rai.it RAI COM Via Umberto Novaro 18 IT – 00195 Rome phone +39 06 33178473 sales@rai-com.com www.raicom.rai.it
SF STUDIOS
26
SWEDEN
PETER TORKELSSON
SF International is an international sales agent and part of SF Studios, Scandinavia’s largest film company with operating offices in every major Scandinavian territory and market leader for more than 95 years. We represent films and TV series from SF Studios Production as well as third party producers in Scandinavia who share our passion for high quality content. Our focus is commercial films and series with marketable elements and clear target groups that work not only in their countries of origin but more importantly appeal to international viewers.
CONTACT AT FILMART Peter Torkelsson International Sales Manager cell +46 72 577 37 69 peter.torkelsson@sfstudios.se
TITLES AT FILMART The Man, 2017 by Charlotte Sieling Swinger, 2016 by Mikkel Munch-Flas Kings Bay, 2017 by Stig Svendsen Borg/McEnroe, 2017 by Janus Metz Missing, 2017 by Colin Nutley In The Forest Of Huckybucky, 2016 by Rasmus A. Sivertsen Bamse And The Witch’s Daughter, 2016 by Christian Ryltenius & Maria Blom
SF STUDIOS Sveavägen 56 SE – 111 34 Stockholm phone +46 8 409 188 00 www.sfinternational.se
SLINGSHOT FILMS
27
ITALY
MANUELA BUONO
Launched in 2013, Slingshot Films is a sales agency based in Italy specializing in creative documentaries and art-house fiction films. Slingshot Films line-up includes, among others: Whipping Zombie by Yuri Ancarani (46 International Film Festival Rotterdam), The Challenge by Yuri Ancarani (69th Locarno Film Festival – Winner Jury Special Prize in Filmmakers of the Present, IDFA, True/False, SXSW, ND/NF), Bozzetto Non Troppo, by Marco Bonfanti (Mostra Internazionale del Cinema di Venezia – Venezia Classics). TITLES AT FILMART
PREVIOUS TITLES
The Challenge, 2016 by Yuri Ancarani
Zud, 2016 by Marta Minorowicz (Berlinale)
Bozzetto Non Troppo, 2016 by Marco Bonfanti
CONTACT AT FILMART Manuela Buono Sales Agent cell +39 347 62 73390 manuela@slingshotfilms.it
A Good American, 2016 by Friedrich Moser (CPH:DOX, IFF Rotterdam) Dancing With Maria, 2015 by Ivan Gergolet (Venice IFF Critic‘s Week, EFA Documentary Nomination 2015) Zoran My Nephew The Idiot, 2014 by Matteo Oleotto (Winner of Venice IFF Critic‘s Week 2013)
SLINGSHOT FILMS Salita al Promontorio 11 IT – 34123 Trieste www.slingshotfilms.it
STRAY DOGS
28
FRANCE
NATHAN FISCHER
Launched in 2015, Stray Dogs is dedicated to bringing edgy, international, director-driven films with cult potential to worldwide audiences. We are very committed to the careers of our talent, believe in long-term partnerships and aim to be a modern, integrated multi services agency for filmmakers. We aim to provide our distributors and programmers with fresh, interesting, special content, which appeals to younger audiences and gain value over time.
CONTACT AT FILMART Nathan Fischer Managing Director cell +33 7 7188 3964 nathan@stray-dogs.com
TITLES AT FILMART Sister Of Mine, 2017 by Pedro Aguilera Mansfield 66/67, 2017 by P. David Ebersole & Todd Hughes Gurgaon, 2017 by Shanker Raman If I Think Of Germany At Night, 2017 by Romuald Karmakar Those Who Make Revolution Halfway Only Dig Their Own Graves, 2016 by Mathieu Denis & Simon Lavoie Psycho Raman, 2016 by Anurag Kashyap
STRAY DOGS 15 rue Chevert FR – 75007 Paris phone +33 1 4322 5640 www.stray-dogs.biz
SUMMERSIDE INTERNATIONAL
29
THE NETHERLANDS
FRANCESCA MANNO
Summerside International is a film sales company specialized in production and worldwide distribution of feature films, documentaries, and television programming. It offers a persistently renewed and always pioneering slate of films from all over the world: art-house, director-driven, commercial, genre, features, documentaries, regularly selected at both European and worldwide festivals. Summerside International is the right place where innovative directorial talents and their visions can be discovered and promoted to distributors and broadcasters throughout the world, as the finest authors in international cinema.
CONTACT AT FILMART Francesca Manno CEO, Managing Director f.manno@summersideinternational.com
TITLES AT FILMART April Flowers, 2017 by Chistopher Tedrick USA
Snow, 2015 by Ventsislav Vasilev Bulgaria, Ukraine
Ricky Rapper And The Nighthawk, 2016 by Timo Koivusalo Finland
Anna, 2015 by Charles Olivier Michaud Canada
Mad About Her by Marcus Ligocki Jr. Brazil
SUMMERSIDE INTERNATIONAL Einsteinstraat, 53 NL – 3281 NJ Numansdorp phone +31 0615572984 www.summersideinternational.com
TRUSTNORDISK
30
DENMARK
NICOLAI KORSGAARD
TrustNordisk is one of the largest sales agents in Europe and the leading expert when it comes to Scandinavian feature films and TV-series worldwide. The company represents one of the most extensive catalogues in Europe, with films from both upcoming talent and highly acclaimed directors such as Lars von Trier, Susanne Bier, Thomas Vinterberg and Lukas Moodysson. TrustNordisk’s slate consists of both genre films, festival darlings, big-budgeted features and literary adaptations based on bestsellers from authors such as Jo Nesbø and Jussi Adler Olsen.
CONTACT AT FILMART Nicolai Korsgaard Sales Manager cell +45 24 21 4133 nicolai@trustnordisk.com
Welcome to our world of films! TITLES AT FILMART Drib, 2017 by Kristoffer Borgli Darkland, 2017 by Fenar Ahmad The Ash Lad, 2017 by Mikkel Brænne Sandemose The Eternal Road, 2017 by Aj Annila You Disappear, 2017 by Peter Schønau Fog
TRUSTNORDISK Filmbyen 30 DK – 2650 Hvidovre phone +45 36 86 87 88 www.trustnordisk.com
THE YELLOW AFFAIR
31
SWEDEN / FINLAND
CHRIS HOWARD
The Yellow Affair is a World Sales Agent and Executive Producer for films and TV series from around the world based in Scandinavia. The Yellow Affair boasts a proven track record and has a growing reputation in areas of development, financing, marketing and selling films of all types and genres with a catalogue of over 70 films and TV series. The Yellow Affair is developing new relationships with various financial entities and building new strategies that will enable the company to contribute significantly to getting films into production. In addition to this, the company brings its vast experience in areas of development, festival and world marketing strategies, distribution and world sales to the table. TITLES AT FILMART Garden Lane by Olof Spaak Genre: Drama 5 Women by Olaf Kraemer Genre: Thriller Strawberry Days by Wictor Ericsson Genre: Drama
Snip Snap Snut by Mia Hulterstam, Cecilia Actis Genre: Animation (40 min) TV-series (4 x 10min) The Carer by Janos Edelenyi Genre: Drama
CONTACT AT FILMART Chris Howard Partner / Sales Director cell +46 76 166 6034 chris@yellowaffair.com
THE YELLOW AFFAIR official address Lehtotie 5 FIN – 00630 Helsinki phone +358 9 7740 300 postal address Post Box 44007 SE – 10073 Stockholm phone +46 8 645 1212 www.yellowaffair.com
EUROPEAN FILM PROMOTION 37 COUNTRIES - 1 NETWORK
European Film Promotion ( EFP ) is the only existing international network of organisations promoting and marketing European cinema worldwide. F ounded in 1997, the EFP network now comprises professional organisations from 37 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. EFP devises, organises and carries out promotional activities and events on behalf of films, directors, producers, actors and sales agents. EFP ’s activities are financially supported by the Creative Europe – MEDIA Programme of the European Union 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 Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM ), the Film Fund Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein and the Ministry of Culture of the City of Hamburg.
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EFP President Martin Schweighofer AFC – Austrian Films EFP Vice President Pia Lundberg Swedish Film Institute EFP Managing Directors Renate Rose, Sonja Heinen
CONTACT
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
EFP'S EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES
FILMS AND TALENT
EUROPEAN SHOOTING STARS AT THE BERLIN IFF (FEBRUARY) Ten up-and-coming actors from ten different European countries connect and network with the international industry (Casting Directors, Talent Agents, Directors and Producers) with the aim of broadening and strengthening industry alliances. The initiative emphasises the crucial role new talent can play in marketing European films and offers as well support and publicity to young European actors and actresses as they begin to cross-over from national prominence to an international career. www.shooting-stars.eu
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WESTWIND EUROPEAN FILM SHOWCASE
IN ST. PETERSBURG (APRIL)
EFP organises a European Showcase with five to six films in St. Petersburg and arranges afterwards an attractive European online film festival on a leading Russian VoD platform. This new two-track approach of both an online European film week and the theatrical presentation of European films to the audience in St. Petersburg makes WestWind into a special endeavour.
MAKING WAVES DOWNUNDER AT THE SYDNEY IFF (JUNE) In partnership with the Sydney Film Festival, EFP highlights new works by some of Europe’s most exciting women directors. European Cinema: 10 Women Filmmakers to Watch features ten films by ten accomplished women storytellers during the Sydney Film Festivals. Recognizing the expansive wealth of new cinema by women directors, the programme showcases a rich and diverse range of films for the festival’s enthusiastic audience and the attending film industry.
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FUTURE FRAMES — TEN NEW FILMMAKERS TO FOLLOW AT THE KARLOVY VARY IFF (JULY) The initiative highlights the films of ten talented film students and graduates from film schools throughout Europe. EFP and the festival introduce the young directors and their films to the public, film industry and press during two days of events and screenings. The main goal of the initiative is to promote the films and their directors prior to and during the festival, and to help them begin to build up an industry network.
OPENING DOORS AT THE BUSAN IFF, SOUTH KOREA (OCTOBER) The aim of this initiative is to highlight the European films screening at this important cultural and business event in Asia, raise their visibility to the press, public and industry and support the sales of these films with a strong presence at the Asian Film Market. EFP activities are aimed at increasing the profile of the European films at the festival, assisting the European industry, particularly sales agents by running an umbrella booth at the Asian Film Market, and, in general, supporting the artistic delegation of directors in attendance at the event.
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NET WORKING PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE AT THE CANNES IFF (MAY) EFP offers support and guidance to upand-coming European producers during the Cannes Film Festival. In a highly selective process, the producers are chosen to take part in this initiative. EFP creates a tightly focused working environment involving project pitchings, 1 : 1 meetings and discussions. The aim of this initiative is to assist the producers in finding co-production partners for their upcoming projects, to strengthen industry networking opportunities and to offer a platform where their potential can be recognised.
ACCESS TO MARKETS
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FILM SALES SUPPORT (FSS) EFP’S SUPPORT INITIATIVE FOR EUROPEAN
SALES AGENTS
SCREENINGS OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE OSCAR® SUBMITTED FILMS LOS ANGELES (OCT/NOV) The screenings take place annually prior and during the American Film Market. Films screening under this umbrella have been selected as the national submissions for the Academy Award® for Best Foreign Language Film. The screenings are open to voting Academy members, international buyers attending the AFM , selected press and LA-based industry and take place for dual purposes: to find distribution, and to provide an opportunity for Academy members voting for Best Foreign Language Films.
The support scheme for the promotion and marketing of European films outside of Europe is available for eligible European sales companies. It is backed by the Creative Europe – MEDIA Programme of the European Union as of 2004. FSS covers 50 % of a sales company’s film-related marketing budget for the attendance at selected international film festivals and markets. On average, 45 % of the FSS supported films are being sold for distribution, in particular to North and South America, Asia, Australia, New Zealand and the Middle East. The scheme complements EFP ’s existing promotional activities which strive to increase the visibility of European film and talent and advance cultural diversity around the world.
EUROPEAN UMBRELLA AT
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FILMART HONG KONG, CHINA (MARCH) EFP provides support services under a European umbrella at the FILMART in Hong Kong. European sales agents have the opportunity to use the booth as a base for their meetings at this important film market. TORONTO INDUSTRY CENTRE TORONTO, CANADA (SEPTEMBER) The Umbrella at the Toronto International Film Festival hosts EFP members and sales agents from Europe's smaller countries to improve the communication with the international industry at one of the world's key festival and industry events. ASIAN FILM MARKET BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA (OCTOBER) In addition to its support for European films and directors at the Busan IFF, EFP operates an umbrella for European sales agents and EFP members at the Asian Film Market. The stand houses a growing number of top European sales agents who are looking to extend their network and create financial opportunities for co-productions as well as for sales and distribution within Asia. AMERICAN FILM MARKET LOS ANGELES, USA (NOVEMBER) EFP supports the presence of European sales agents and producers at the AFM . The European Umbrella is based at the market headquarters, open for 20 to 25 European companies.
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THE EFP NETWORK
ALBANIA Majlinda Tafa Albanian National Center of Cinematography/ANCC www.nationalfilmcenter. gov.al AUSTRIA Martin Schweighofer AFC Austrian Films www.austrianfilms.com BELGIUM/FLANDERS Christian De Schutter Flanders Image www.flandersimage.com BELGIUM/WALLONIA Eric Franssen Wallonie Bruxelles Images www.wbimages.be BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA Elma Tataragić Association of Filmmakers www.bhfilm.ba BULGARIA Irina Kanousheva Bulgarian National Film Center www.nfc.bg
CROATIA Mario Kozina Croatian Audiovisual Centre www.havc.hr REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS Diomidis Nikita Ministry of Education and Culture www.moec.gov.cy
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GEORGIA Tamara Tatishvili Georgian National Film Center www.gnfc.ge GERMANY Mariëtte Rissenbeek German Films www.german-films.de
CZECH REPUBLIC Markéta Šantrochová Czech Film Center www.filmcenter.cz
GREECE Stavroula Geronimaki Greek Film Centre www.gfc.gr
DENMARK Christian Juhl Lemche The Danish Film Institute www.dfi.dk
HUNGARY Katalin Vajda Magyar Filmunió/ International Division Hungarian National Film Fund www.filmunio.hu
ESTONIA Edith Sepp Estonian Film Institute www.filmi.ee FINLAND Jaana Puskala The Finnish Film Foundation www.ses.fi FRANCE Yoann Ubermuhlin UniFrance www.unifrance.org
ICELAND Laufey Gudjónsdóttir Icelandic Film Centre www.icelandicfilmcentre.is IRELAND Teresa McGrane Irish Film Board www.irishfilmboard.ie
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ITALY Annabella Nucara Istituto Luce Cinecittà www.filmitalia.org
MONTENEGRO Ilija Subotić Ministry of Culture www.mku.gov.me
SLOVAK REPUBLIC Rastislav Steranka Slovak Film Institute www.sfu.sk
REPUBLIC OF KOSOVO Arben Zharku Kosova Cinematography Center www.qkk-rks.com
THE NETHERLANDS Marten Rabarts EYE International international.eyefilm.nl
SLOVENIA Nerina T. Kocjančič Slovenian Film Centre www.film-center.si
NORWAY Stine Oppegaard Norwegian Film Institute www.nfi.no/english/ norwegianfilms
SPAIN Rafael Cabrera Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales/ICA A www.mcu.es/cine/index
LATVIA Dita Rietuma National Film Centre of Latvia www.nfc.lv LITHUANIA Lithuanian Film Centre www.lkc.lt LUXEMBOURG Françoise Lentz Film Fund Luxembourg www.filmfund.lu FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA Mimi Gjorgoska Ilievska Macedonian Film Agency www.filmfund.gov.mk
POLAND Katarzyna Mazurkiewicz Polish Film Institute (PISF) www.pisf.pl PORTUGAL Vítor Pinheiro Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual, I. P./ ICA www.ica-ip.pt ROMANIA Cristian Hordilă Romanian Film Promotion www.romfilmpromotion.ro SERBIA Miroljub Vučković Film Center Serbia www.fcs.rs
SWEDEN Pia Lundberg Swedish Film Institute www.sfi.se SWITZERLAND Catherine Ann Berger Swiss Films www.swissfilms.ch UNITED KINGDOM Briony Hanson British Council www.britishcouncil.org
PARTNERS EFP is supported by
European Umbrella is financially supported by
Partner Film Sales Support
IMPRINT publisher European Film Promotion e.V. editors Sabine Rolinski Claudia Wondratschke design concept Carolin Rauen Š European Film Promotion 2017
European Film Promotion e.V. Friedensallee 14-16, 22765 Hamburg / Germany phone +49 40 3906252, info@efp-online.com