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INDEX
06 Welcome 08 About Producers Lab Toronto 10 Producer Profiles 36 About European Film Promotion 40 About Toronto International Film Festival 42 About Ontario Media Development Corporation 44 About Screen Australia 45 About New Zealand Film Commission
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WELCOME
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roducers Lab Toronto is an initiative created by European Film  Promotion ( EFP ), in collaboration with the Ontario Media Development Corporation ( OMDC ) and the Toronto International Film Festival* ( TIFF ). Producers Lab Toronto aims to facilitate and increase international co-productions between European and Canadian producers and strengthens the networking between the participating professionals from both continents. For its sixth year, Producers Lab Toronto 2015 will welcome back Australia and New Zealand as guest countries.
Modelled on EFP ’s annual Producers On The Move project, Producers Lab Toronto brings together twenty experienced feature film producers from across Europe and Canada and a total of four producers from Australia and New Zealand for a three-day programme at the start of the Toronto International Film Festival. The participants have the chance to exchange ideas and knowledge and build a foundation to pursue concrete co-production opportunities. They also benefit from the significant presence of the international film industry in Toronto, which offers them an unparalleled platform to pitch their projects. Financial support for Producers Lab Toronto is provided by Creative Europe, the participating EFP members, the OMDC , and TIFF with support from Eurimages and Telefilm Canada. We welcome back the New Zealand Film Commission and Screen Australia as our continuing partners.
Renate Rose EFP, Managing Director
Karen Thorne-Stone OMDC , President and CEO
Kathleen Drumm TIFF 速, Director, Industry Office
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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 TH
09 : 00 – 13 : 00 Introductory Roundtable Meeting of the 24 producers and Pitching Session 14 : 00 – 17 : 00 1 : 1 Speed Dating between the participating producers FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 TH
09 : 00 – 13 : 00 Funding Sessions Canadian, European, Australian and New Zealand Financing for international co-productions 14 : 00 – 16 : 00 Financing Sessions Illustration of funding sources through analyses of finance plans – a facilitated discussion and dissection of potential co-production projects between the three continents SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 TH
10 : 00 – 12 : 30 Toronto Film Locations Tour 13 : 30 – 16 : 00
Producing with the US. Co-Producing with the US – Case Study US Casting for International Indies
ABOUT THE LAB
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roducers Lab Toronto is designed for independent producers with a track record of successful project development and production. Apart from demonstrating a strong motivation in co-producing, the participants all have experience in international co-production and have at least one project ready to pitch. The 24 participants come together for a three-day programme of meetings, pitching sessions, case studies and panel discussions to encourage the financing, production and distribution of co-productions between Canada, Europe, New Zealand and Australia.
Unless by Alan Gilsenan
SUCCESS STORY
„Several years ago we had the pleasure of meeting Irish producer, Tristan Orpen Lynch of Subotica, during Producers Lab Toronto. Conversations began and a relationship developed. His PLT project was a natural Ireland-Canada co-production based on the novel Unless by Canadian author Carol Shields, and set in Toronto. We went on to co-develop, co-finance and co-produce the film with Subotica, and worked closely with Irish writer/director Alan Gilsenan. Starring Catherine Keener, Unless is currently in post-production and we look forward to its launch later this year. Producers Lab Toronto was instrumental in the genesis of this film.“ — Julia Sereny, Sienna Films, Toronto, participant 2013
The event is organized by: European Film Promotion (EFP) Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC) Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)
CONTACT DURING THE FESTIVAL
Jo Mühlberger EFP Project Director C +49 160 440 9595
PRODUCERS INDEX 2015
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EUROPEAN PARTICIPANTS 12 Adis Ðapo — SCCA , Bosnia and Herzegovina 13 Ivo Felt — Allfilm, Estonia 14 Eva Jakobsen — Snowglobe, Denmark 15 Hlín Jóhannesdóttir — Vintage Pictures, Iceland 16 Hanan Kattan — Enlightenment Productions, UK 17 Nathalie Lichtenthaeler — Wide Eye Films, Ireland 18 Floor Onrust — Family Affair Films, The Netherlands 19 Silvia Panáková — Arina Film Production, Slovak Republic 20 Edmon Roch — Ikiru Films, Spain 21 Peter Rommel — Rommel Film, Germany CANADIAN PARTICIPANTS 22 Bob Crowe — Angel Entertainment Corp. 23 Chantelle Kadyschuk — No Trace Camping Productions 24 Kaleena Kiff — Radius Squared Media Group 25 Jane Loughman — Monkeys & Parrots 26 Marie-Claude Poulin — Item 7 27 Julia Rosenberg — January Films 28 Andrew Nicholas McCann Smith — First Love Films 29 Simone Urdl — The Film Farm 30 Barbara Willis Sweete — Willis Sweete Productions 31 Arnie Zipursky — CCI Entertainment PARTICIPANTS FROM AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND 32 Raquelle David — Damsel Pictures, Australia 33 Rebecca Summerton — Closer Productions, Australia 34 Alex Behse — Monsoon Pictures Intern., New Zealand 35 Leanne Saunders — Piki Films, New Zealand
ADIS ÐAPO
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BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
SARAJEVO CENTER OF CONTEMPORARY ART (SCCA)
Starting as a junior producer and production manager at Sarajevo-based SCCA /Pro.ba, Adis Ðapo served as executive producer on Danis Tanović’s Berlinale competition film An Episode In The Life Of An Iron Picker and Faruk Lončarević’s With Mom, which were both selected by Bosnia and Herzegovina as its Oscar entry in 2013 and 2014. Adis is now developing Igor Drljača’s Tabija which won the Eurimages Co-production Development Award at CineMart in Rotterdam and the CineLink Excellence Award in Sarajevo in 2014. PROJECT IN PRODUCERS LAB TORONTO
Tabija director: Igor Drljača As a result of a dare and rebellion, two teenagers meet in present-day Sarajevo. Faruk is an orphaned dropout and Mona a privileged but unloved teen. Their ensuing sexual encounter is a cry for help in a country where the future is uncertain.
SARAJEVO CENTER OF CONTEMPORARY ART (SCCA) Obala Isa-bega Ishakovića 6 BIH-71000 Sarajevo C +387 61 205 019 adis@pro.ba www.scca.ba
IN DEVELOPMENT Tabija director: Igor Drljača SELECTED FILMS With Mom (Sa Mamom), 2013 director: Faruk Lončarević Bosnia and Herzegovina/ Germany/Slovenia An Episode In The Life Of An Iron Picker, 2013 director: Danis Tanović Bosnia and Herzegovina/ France/Slovenia Children Of Sarajevo, 2012 director: Aida Begić Bosnia and Herzegovina/ France/Germany/Turkey associated with: Association of Filmmakers of Bosnia and Herzegovina
IVO FELT
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ESTONIA
ALLFILM
Ivo Felt initially began his career in the film industry as a sound designer for film and TV, but began focusing on production from 2006 at Allfilm, the company he co-founded in 1995. Ivo’s recent productions include Zaza Urushadze’s Tangerines, which was nominated this year for the Academy Award and Golden Globe in the Best Foreign Language Film category, as well as Finnish director Klaus Harö’s award-winning The Fencer and the artist Jaan Toomik’s drama Landscape With Many Moons. PROJECT IN PRODUCERS LAB TORONTO
The Signs You Left Behind director: Tanel Toom To find a way to go on, a grieving woman travels to her dead finacee’s homeland, but once there, she starts to unearth a disturbing truth about his sudden death.
IN PRODUCTION The Poet And The Spy director: Toomas Hussar Estonia/Croatia SELECTED FILMS Fencer, 2015 director: Klaus Härö Finland/Germany/Estonia Landscape With Many Moons (Maastik Mitme Kuuga), 2014 director: Jaan Toomik Estonia/Finland Tangerines (Mandariinid), 2013, director: Zaza Urushadze, Estonia/Georgia
ALLFILM Saue 11 EST-10612 Tallinn P +372 672 9070 C +372 51 76 393 ivo@allfilm.ee www.allfilm.ee
Rat King, 2012 director: Petri Kotwica Finland/Estonia associated with: Estonian Film Institute
EVA JAKOBSEN
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A graduate in Film and Media from the University of Copenhagen, Eva Jakobsen worked at Zentropa from 2004 – 2007. Since 2008 with Nimbus Film, she produced several shorts and was involved in such films as Valhalla Rising and The Ambassador before producing her first feature film Antboy: Revenge Of The Red Fury in 2014. With her own company, Snowglobe, Eva is now developing new projects with such emerging talent as Kasper Skovsbøl (Wasteland) and writer/directors Jonas Arnby and Rasmus Birch (Suicide Tourist). PROJECT IN PRODUCERS LAB TORONTO
Suicide Tourist (Selvmordsturisten) directors: Jonas Alexander Arnby & Rasmus Birch Unravelling a missing persons case, a restrained insurance investigator has to face his own demons, as he ventures on a journey into the sur-real world of a remote suicide hotel.
© Christian Geisnæs
DENMARK
SNOWGLOBE
IN DEVELOPMENT Begging Hand, 2017 director: Katrin Gebbe Germany/Denmark Days With Barbara, 2017 director: Mads Hemmingsen Denmark/Poland Wilderness (Vildnis), 2017 director: Jeanette Nordahl Denmark Wasteland (Brakland), 2016 director: Kasper Skovsbøl Denmark SELECTED FILM
SNOWGLOBE APS Vesterbrogade 117, 2tv DK-1620 Copenhagen C +45 61 308 066 eva@snowglobefilm.com www.snowglobefilm.com
Antboy: Revenge Of The Red Fury (Den Røde Furies Hævn), 2014 director: Ask Hasselbalch Denmark/Germany associated with: Danish Film Institute
HLÍN JÓHANNESDÓTTIR
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ICELNAD
VINTAGE PICTURES
Hlín Jóhannesdóttir worked as a coordinator, production manager, line producer and producer for Zik Zak Filmworks on such films as Noi The Albino and Niceland before setting up her own company Vintage Pictures with colleague Birgitta Bjornsdottir in 2011. She has since (co-) produced films by Robert Douglas, Phie Ambo and Graeme Maley and is preparing writerdirector Asa Helga Hjorleifsdóttir’s feature debut The Swan, to shoot in summer 2016, and her second feature project Only Castles Burning. PROJECT IN PRODUCERS LAB TORONTO
Only Castles Burning director: Asa Helga Hjorleifsdóttir A famous pianist disappears without a trace in the middle of a cold New York winter. His wife Anna is left to solve the mystery, although she herself might be the most mysterious one of all.
IN PRODUCTION Pale Star, 2015 director: Grame Maley Scotland/Iceland Bokeh, 2015 directors: Geoffrey Orthwein, Andrew Sullivan USA/Iceland 16 Years Till Summer, 2015 director: Lou McLoughlan Scotland/Iceland (doc.) SELECTED FILMS Good Things Await, 2014 director: Phie Ambo Denmark/Iceland
VINTAGE PICTURES Raudagerdi 61 IS-108 Reykjavik C +354 695 4230 hlin@vintagepictures.is www.vintagepictures.is
Land Ho!, 2014 directors: Martha Stevens, Aaron Katz United States/Iceland associated with: Icelandic Film Centre
HANAN KATTAN
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UNITED KINGDOM
ENLIGHTENMENT PRODUCTIONS
A lifelong entrepreneur, Hanan Kattan set up the Enlightenment Group of companies based in the UK and Canada with her partner Shamim Sarif to be involved in such areas as film production as well as music and book publishing. She produced two features by Sarif – I Can’t Think Straight and The World Unseen – before co-directing the documentary The House Of Tomorrow in 2011. Hanan has since produced Sarif‘s third feature Despite The Falling Snow, starring Charles Dance and Rebecca Ferguson. PROJECT IN PRODUCERS LAB TORONTO
Hidden Agenda director: Shamim Sarif Saving the World Comes at a Price. A secret organisation of powerful women uses undercover female agents to deal with issues that governments ignore. But who gives them the right to choose what to do and how to do it?
SELECTED FILMS Despite The Falling Snow, 2015 director: Shamim Sarif United Kingdom The House Of Tomorrow, 2011 directors: Shamim Sarif, Hanan Kattan United Kingdom (doc.) The World Unseen, 2008 director: Shamim Sarif United Kingdom/South Africa I Cant’t Think Straight, 2008 director: Shamim Sarif United Kingdom
ENLIGHTENMENT PRODUCTIONS Unit 9, Princeton Mews 165-167 London Road Kingston-upon-Thames UK-Surrey KT2 6PT C +44 7802 6150 50 hanan@enlightenment-productions.com www.enlightenment-productions.com
associated with: British Council
NATHALIE LICHTENTHAELER
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IRELAND
WIDE EYE FILMS
For the past 15 years, German-born Nathalie Lichtenthaeler’s Dublin-based Wide Eye Films has been involved in European co-productions, including David Gleeson’s Cowboys & Angels and The Front Line, Hannu Salonen’s Vasha, and Juanita Wilson’s feature debut As If I’m Not There. She is currently developing the new feature Don’t Let Go by David Gleeson as well as Focus Features action adventure Down To A Sunless Sea, from a screenplay by Gleeson, and Fox Searchlight’s historical drama Royal Chef. PROJECT IN PRODUCERS LAB TORONTO
Don’t Let Go director: David Gleeson Devastated by the death of his 2 year old daughter, Ray convinces himself he can bring her back to life if only he holds on to her hand in a recurring dream he has. But is it just a dream?
IN DEVELOPMENT Royal Chef, 2015 writers: Richard Kurti and Bev Doyle Down To A Sunless Sea, 2015 writer: David Gleeson SELECTED FILMS As If I’M Not There, 2010 director: Juanita Wilson Ireland/Sweden/Macedonia Vasha, 2009 director: Hannu Salonen Germany/Ireland/Estonia (co-produced) The Front Line, 2006 director: David Gleeson Ireland/Germany/Sweden
WIDE EYE FILMS LTD 70 Sir John Rogerson’s Quay IRL-Dublin 2 P +353 1 678 7930 C+1 310 889 5869 nathalie@wideeyefilms.com
associated with: Irish Film Board
FLOOR ONRUST
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THE NETHERLANDS
FAMILY AFFAIR FILMS
Floor Onrust founded her Amsterdam-based company Family Affair Films a year after graduating from the Netherlands Film Academy in 2001. She has worked with director Urszula Antoniak on three features – Nothing Personal, Code Blue and Life According To Nino – and produced History’s Future, the feature debut of the artist Fiona Tan. Floor is currently in production on Lonnie van Brummelen and Siebren de Haan’s feature documentary Citizens Of Nature and developing Guido van Driel’s drama Bloody Mary. PROJECT IN PRODUCERS LAB TORONTO
Bloody Mary director: Guido van Driel Cartoonist Mary Wankelmoed doesn’t know how to hold herself together, after the commercial success of her erotic cartoon. Thirsty for alcohol she wanders about, from her home in Amsterdam’s Red Light district, to liquor store or pub. Horrific events on the other side of the wall of her apartment force her to action.
FAMILY AFFAIR FILMS Entrepotdok 77a NL-1018 AD Amsterdam P +31 20 707 1713 C +31 622 661 612 floor@familyaffairfilms.nl www.familyaffairfilms.nl
IN PRODUCTION Citizens Of Nature, 2016 directors: Lonnie van Brummelen and Siebren de Haan (documentary) SELECTED FILMS History’s Future, 2015 director: Fiona Tan The Netherlands/Germany/ Ireland Life According To Nino (Het Leven Volgens Nino), 2014 director: Simone van Dusseldorp The Netherlands/Belgium Code Blue, 2011 director: Urszula Antoniak The Netherlands/Denmark associated with: EYE International
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EDMON ROCH
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Edmon Roch had already built up a prestigious track record in international production when he founded Ikiru Films in 2004, serving as the delegate producer for Tom Tykwer’s Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer and co-producing Alejandro Gonzalez Innárritu’s Biutiful and Sönke Wortmann’s Pope Joan. He produced Andrucha Waddington’s Lope, Enrique Gato’s animation film Tad, The Lost Explorer, and Daniel Monzón’s El Niño, and has also handled production services for several foreign productions shooting in Spain. PROJECT IN PRODUCERS LAB TORONTO
Halley (El Cometa Halley) director: Fernando Trullols There are signs a father can’t see. There are words his son can’t hear. But this year Halley’s Comet is bringing the answers. Are we ready?
IKIRU FILMS C/Maignon, 26, 3º E-08024 Barcelona P +34 93 219 2077 C +34 609 731 462 eroch@ikirufilms.com www.ikirufilms.com
© Teresa Isasi
SPAIN
IKIRU FILMS
SELECTED FILMS Capture The Flag (Atrapa La Bandera), 2015 director: Enrique Gato, Spain El Niño, 2014 director: Daniel Monzón Spain/France 7 th Floor (Séptimo), 2013 director: Patxi Amezcua Spain/Argentina Ghost Graduation (Promoción Fantasma), 2012 director: Javier Ruiz Caldera Spain Tad, The Lost Explorer (Las Aventuras De Tadeo Jones), 2012 director: Enrique Gato, Spain (animation) associated with: ICAA/Spain
PETER ROMMEL
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GERMANY
ROMMEL FILM
After initially working in distribution and world sales, Peter Rommel set up his own production company Peter Rommel Productions (now Rommel Film) in 1993. Regular collaborations followed with Fridrik Thor Fridriksson and Andreas Dresen, and Peter has produced films by such directors as Erwin Wagenhofer, Dito Tsintsadze, Valeska Grisebach, David Wnendt and Stéphane Robelin. He also teaches Production at the German Film & Television Academy (DFFB ) and runs a restaurant in Berlin’s Kreuzberg. PROJECT IN PRODUCERS LAB TORONTO
Wanda Is In Love (Wanda liebt) working title writer: Annette Lober Those who don’t believe in love cannot expect to experience it.
SELECTED FILMS Wetlands (Feuchtgebiete), 2013, director: David Wnendt Germany Alphabet, 2013 director: Erwin Wagenhofer Germany/Austria And If We All Lived Together (Et si on vivait tous ensemble), 2011 director: Stéphane Robelin France/Germany Cloud 9 (Wolke 9), 2008 director: Andreas Dresen Germany Angels Of The Universe, 2000, director: Fridrik Thor Fridriksson, Iceland/Norway/ Germany/Sweden/Denmark
ROMMEL FILM Fidicinistr. 40 D-10965 Berlin P +49 30 693 7078 info@rommelfilm.com
associated with: German Films
BOB CROWE
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CANADA
ANGEL ENTERTAINMENT CORP.
Bob has been a creative producer since 2001, writing and producing dramatic series (Rabbit Fall), and creating feature films (Big Muddy) as well as factual programming (The Other Side). He is focused on acquiring or creating the best narrative properties possible through his film and T V house, Angel Entertainment. He has served as a Jury Chair (Drama) for the Gemini Awards, on steering committees of the CMF and currently is a board member of the CMPA. PROJECT IN PRODUCERS LAB TORONTO
Blackfarm director: Paul Lynch A young woman living uneasily in a lesbian relationship must make a life-altering decision when a soldier returning from The Great War arrives at their secluded farm in the 1919 English countryside.
IN DEVELOPMENT Waiting For Columbus, 2017 director: tba Canada/United Kingdom Blackfarm, 2016 director: Paul Lynch Canada/United Kingdom The Other Side, 2015 director: Rob King Canada (Season 3 Greenlit) SELECTED FILM Big Muddy, 2014 director: Jefferson Moneo Canada
ANGEL ENTERTAINMENT CORP 639 Main Street CA-Saskatoon, SK, S7H 0J8 P +1 306 244 8691 C +1 306 222 3398 bob@angelentertainment.ca www.angelentertainment.ca
CHANTELLE KADYSCHUK
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CANADA
NO TRACE CAMPING PRODUCTIONS
Chantelle joined No Trace Camping in 2014 as Director of Business Affairs and Supervising Producer on the feature film adaptation of New York Times Best Seller Room. Most recently, No Trace Camping completed filming of Goon: Last Of The Enforcers, a follow up to sports comedy Goon, starring Seann William Scott and Liev Schreiber. Prior to joining No Trace, Chantelle worked in business affairs for Canadian hit series Flashpoint. She lives in Toronto. PROJECT IN PRODUCERS LAB TORONTO
Museum of Broken Relationships director: tbc After being publically dumped by her boss, Lucy (28), a junior curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC, starts a blog about her collection of “break up items” that goes viral.
IN DEVELOPMENT Museum of Broken Relationships, 2016 director: tbc Canada/tbc IN PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHY Goon: Last of the Enforcers, 2015 director: Jay Baruchel Canada SELECTED FILM Room, 2015 director: Lenny Abrahamson Canada/Ireland
NO TRACE CAMPING PRODUCTIONS INC. 777 Kipling Ave Unit 200 CA-Toronto, Ontario, M8Z 5Z4 P +1 416 929 3020 C +1 905 5100 680 chantelle@notracecamping.com
KALEENA KIFF
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CANADA
RADIUS SQUARED MEDIA GROUP
Producer Kaleena Kiff will premiere the comedy feature No Men Beyond This Point at the Toronto International Film Festival 2015. Also developed and produced by Kiff, The Legend of Barney Thomson opened the 2015 Edinburgh International Film Festival. The dark comedy stars Robert Carlyle, Emma Thompson, and Ray Winstone. The film is currently playing in theatres in the UK. Kiff’s company Radius Squared Media is developing a slate of bold feature films and TV projects. PROJECT IN PRODUCERS LAB TORONTO
Sam & The Angel director: Michael Clifford Leaving Scotland under the care of a shady psychic, ten-year-old Sam journeys south hoping to talk to his recently dead mum via a ‘celestial transmitter’: The Angel Of The North statue in Newcastle.
RADIUS SQUARED MEDIA GROUP 4011 Hastings Street CA-Burnaby, BC, V5C 2J1 C +1 604 618 4469 kaleena@radius-squared.com www. radius-squared.com
IN FINANCING The Hollow Season, 2016 director: Kody Zimmerman Canada/Ireland IN DEVELOPMENT More Than Rice, 2016 director: Aaron Au Canada/tbd SELECTED FILMS No Men Beyond This Point, 2015 director: Mark Sawers Canada The Legend Of Barney Thomson, 2015 director: Robert Carlyle United Kingdom/Canada
JANE LOUGHMAN
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CANADA
MONKEYS & PARROTS
Jane’s first feature, the comedy A Dog ’s Breakfast, was released globally by MGM/20C Fox. She then produced the acclaimed short The Trial Of Ben Barry starring Richard Roundtree. Her latest film is the Sci-Fi/Horror Debug, with Jason Momoa, currently in release worldwide. Jane is also an accomplished entertainment TV producer, and her company, Monkeys & Parrots, is now developing a slate of scripted and documentary features, TV and digital content. PROJECT IN PRODUCERS LAB TORONTO
Upgrade Required (documentary) director: David Hewlett An incredible young man with a devastating neuromuscular disease begins a quest to become a cyborg: forging a future where disabilities such as his could be rendered obsolete by technology.
MONKEYS PARROTS &
MONKEYS & PARROTS 94 Dearbourne Avenue CA-Toronto, Ontario, M4K 1M7 C +1 416 909 4905 jane@filmtvinternet.com www.filmtvinternet.com
IN DEVELOPMENT Upgrade Required, 2016 director: David Hewlett Canada/United Kingdom SELECTED FILMS Debug, 2015 director: David Hewlett Canada A Breakfast, 2007 director: David Hewlett Canada/ USA
MARIE-CLAUDE POULIN
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CANADA
ITEM 7
Marie-Claude Poulin has worked in the film industry for over 20 years. She has worked in domestic distribution, foreign sales and film production, and financing for companies such as Norstar, Malofilm and Lionsgate. In 2009, she founded ITEM 7 with Pierre Even, a company dedicated to the production of theatrical feature films with a unique directors’ vision. SELECTED FILMS PROJECT IN PRODUCERS LAB TORONTO
Birthmarked director: Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais Two scientists raise 3 children contrarily to their genetic tendencies to prove the ultimate power of nurture over nature.
Brooklyn, 2015 director: John Crowley United Kingdom/Canada/ Ireland Miraculum, 2014 director: Daniel Grou Canada The Masters Of Suspense (Les Maîtres du Suspense), 2014 director: Stéphane Lapointe Canada War Witch (Rebelle), 2012 director: Kim Nguyen Canada
ITEM 7 5413 boul. St Laurent, Suite 301 CA-Montréal, Québec H2T 1S5 P +1 514 526 2772 C +1 514 823 7901 mcpoulin@item7.ca www.item7.ca
Café de Flore, 2011 director: Jean-Marc Vallée Canada
JULIA ROSENBERG
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CANADA
JANUARY FILMS
Julia Rosenberg launched the boutique production company January Films in 2005, after working in independent and feature film pro-duction in Montréal and Toronto for over two decades. Her producer credits include the documentary The Bodybuilder and I, Jeremy Podeswa’s Fugitive Pieces, and Real Time, starring Randy Quaid and Jay Baruchel. Julia’s latest production is David Bezmozgis’ Natasha, which will make its festival debut in 2015. PROJECT IN PRODUCERS LAB TORONTO
Liminal director: tbd A privileged and adventurous Canadian filmmaker tests the limits of her desire to conquer new territory while becoming embroiled in an oppressive ménage-a-trois in Israel.
IN FINANCING Mexican’t, 2015 director: Pavan Moondi Canada/Colombia IN PACKAGING Charlotte director: tbd Canada/tbd Liminal director: tbd Canada/tbd/Israel Inconceivable director: Benjamin Weinstein Canada SELECTED FILMS
JANUARY FILMS LTD 47 Ulster Street CA-Toronto, ON M5S 1E4 C +1 416 878 8702 julia@januaryfilms.ca www.januaryfilms.ca
Natasha, 2015 director: David Bezmozgis Canada 15 Reasons To Live, 2013 director: Alan Zweig, Canada
ANDREW NICHOLAS MCCANN SMITH
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CANADA
FIRST LOVE FILMS
Andrew Nicholas McCann Smith is a Torontobased producer. His work has shown with distinction and awards at TIFF, Sundance, and Locarno. He has received multiple awards, including a Canadian Screen Award. He is an alumnus of TIFF Studio, Berlinale Talents, The Pixel Lab and Trans Atlantic Partners. PROJECT IN PRODUCERS LAB TORONTO
Claire, From The Bus director: Jordan Canning Claire and Ralph are bus friends. Their relationship off the bus is much, much more complicated. This is the story of Ralph’s 31 st birthday and the ambiguously young woman who turns it into an evening of confusion, clarity and sexual blackmail.
IN DEVELOPMENT/ FINANCING Riftworld, 2016/17 director: Jonathan Williams Canada IN PRODUCTION Friends With Mike, 2016 director: Dylan Reibling Canada SELECTED FILMS Riftworld Chronicles, 2015 director: Jonathan Williams Canada
FIRST LOVE FILMS 1-134 Marion St CA-Toronto, Ontario M6R 1E7 C +1 416 333 6446 andrew@firstlovefilms.com www.firstlovefilms.com
Don’t Get Killed In Alaska, 2014 director: Bill Taylor Canada Hole, 2014 director: Martin Edralin Canada
SIMONE URDL
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CANADA
THE FILM FARM
Simone Urdl has been producing feature films for over 15 years. She is a founding partner of the Toronto-based production company The Film Farm, with partner Jennifer Weiss. The Film Farm has built a reputation for creating provocative director-driven films with integrity and vision including such acclaimed films as the Academy Award© nominated Away From Her (Sarah Polley); Brian De Palma’s Redacted, winner of the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival; and Atom Egoyan’s Adoration and The Captive, both premiered in Official Competition at the Cannes Film Festival.
IN FINANCING The Last Letter From Your Lover, 2016 director: Don McKellar Canada/United Kingdom Octavio Is Dead!, 2016 director: Sook-Yin Lee Canada SELECTED FILMS The Captive, 2014 director: Atom Egoyan Canada Foxfire, 2014 director: Laurent Cantet France/Canada
THE FILM FARM 21 Manning Ave CA-Toronto, Ontario M6J 2K3 P +1 416 703 7317 C +1 416 886 4660 simone@thefilmfarm.ca www.thefilmfarm.ca
Redacted, 2008 director: Brian De Palma United Stated/Canada Away From Her, 2006 director: Sarah Polley Canada
BARBARA WILLIS SWEETE
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CANADA
WILLIS SWEETE PRODUCTIONS
A founding partner of Rhombus Media, Barbara now heads Willis Sweete Productions, a boutique company specializing in cultural docs, arthouse films and cross-media projects. Having produced and directed more than 50 films, including many in Europe and Asia, Barbara’s experience, combined with the youth and vitality of her new team, creates a strong base for high quality production. She has also directed 30 live-to-cinema operas from the Met in New York. PROJECT IN PRODUCERS LAB TORONTO
Shoes (documentary) director: Barbara Willis Sweete Step into someone else’s shoes and see the world in a new way. Shoes travels across the globe and through history to prove there’s a mystique to footwear that transcends fashion and function.
SELECTED FILMS Songs Of Freedom, 2015 dir.: Barbara Willis Sweete Canada Sketches Of Dvorak, 2014 dir.: Barbara Willis Sweete Czech Republic Billy Bishop Goes To War, 2011 dir.: Barbara Willis Sweete Canada The Young Romantic, 2008 dir.: Barbara Willis Sweete Canada Elizabeth Rex, 2005 dir.: Barbara Willis Sweete Canada
WILLIS SWEETE PRODUCTIONS INC 9 Millington St CA-Toronto, Ontario M4X1A3 C +1 416 898 0494 barbara@willis-sweete.ca www.willis-sweete.ca
Perfect Pie, 2002 dir.: Barbara Willis Sweete Canada
ARNIE ZIPURSKY
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CANADA
CCI ENTERTAINMENT
Arnie Zipursky serves as Co-Founder and Executive Producer at CCI Entertainment, which he founded in 1982. Arnie is a leading entrepreneur in both the Canadian and international independent feature film and television production industry. He has created, developed, produced, and executive-produced a variety of feature length films and television series that have received high acclaim around the world. PROJECT IN PRODUCERS LAB TORONTO
57 Hours director: Clark Johnson Based on the harrowing true story of Canadian Vesselin Nedkov’s 57 hours spent as a hostage of Chechen suicide bombers in a downtown Moscow theatre in 2002, which resulted in the death of 130 hostages.
IN DEVELOPMENT 57 Hours, 2016 director: Clark Johnson Canada Taking Care Of Business, 2016 director: Sean Garrity Canada Someone Else’s Wedding, 2016 director: Pat Kiely Canada IN PRE-PRODUCTION From Here To Infirmity, 2015 director: Erik Canuel Canada
CCI ENTERTAINMENT 18 Dupont Street CA-Toronto, Ontario M5R 1V2 P +1 416 583 2904 C +1 416 473 8126 azipursky@ccientertainment.com www.ccientertainment.com
SELECTED FILM Iron Road, 2009 director: David Wu Canada (mini-series)
RAQUELLE DAVID
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AUSTRALIA
DAMSEL PICTURES
Raquelle is an independent producer and sole director of Damsel Pictures, an international production company based in Sydney, Australia. Her short film credits include Shane Danielsen’s thriller The Guests, which premiered in Official Selection at Cannes Film Festival this year and science fiction drama Reg Makes Contact which is nominated for Best Short Fiction at the Australian Academy Cinema Television Arts (AACTA ) Awards. She is currently developing six feature films, including two co-productions with Canada. PROJECT IN PRODUCERS LAB TORONTO
Lucid director: Brandon Cronenberg When an introverted dream programmer finds himself trapped in a client’s dream, he must master lucid dreaming to find a way out and save the woman he secretly loves.
DAMSEL PICTURES AUS-Sydney P +61 401 954 705 raquelle@damselpictures.com.au www.damselpictures.com.au
IN POST-PRODUCTION A Guide To Dating At The End Of The World director: Samuel Gay Australia SELECTED FILMS The Guests, 2015 director: Shane Danielsen Australia (short) Reg Makes Contact, 2015 director: Corrie Chen Australia (short)
REBECCA SUMMERTON
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AUSTRALIA
CLOSER PRODUCTIONS
Rebecca Summerton is a producer and coowner of Closer Productions. Her credits include feature documentary Sam Klemke’s Time Machine, which premiered at Sundance 2015, and 52 Tuesdays, which won the Directing Award, World Dramatic at Sundance 2014 and the Crystal Bear at Berlinale 2014. Bec has also produced TV documentaries, most recently the award-winning I Want To Dance Better At Parties (2013) and arts series Hannah Gadsby’s Oz (2014).
Modern Romance director: Sophie Hyde
PROJECT IN PRODUCERS LAB TORONTO
Grace In Five Parts director: Sophie Hyde
Modern Romance director: Sophie Hyde Two distinct films examine the complexity of commitment through the stories of burgeoning scientist Marie Curie in Poland, 1894, and the woman chosen to play her on film in 2015.
IN DEVELOPMENT
SELECTED FILMS Sam Klemke’s Time Machine, 2015 director: Matthew Bate Australia 52 Tuesdays, 2013 director: Sophie Hyde Australia
CLOSER PRODUCTIONS 226 Fullarton Road AUS-Glenside SA 5065 P +61 8 8394 2535 C +61 402 010 095 becsummerton@ closerproductions.com.au www.closerproductions.com.au
ALEXANDER BEHSE
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NEW ZEALAND
MONSOON PICTURES INTERNATIONAL
Based in Auckland, German born Alexander Behse is an award-winning creative producer whose eclectic body of work has resonated across the wider Pacific. Behse’s drive for risktaking treatments, engaging subjects and his eye for talent have made him one of the most innovative and prolific young producers of indigenous stories in the Australia/New Zealand today – with one feature in release, and two in post. Behse is seeking foreign projects to collaborate on – both narrative and feature documentary.
Unstoppable, 2017 director: Gaylene Preston New Zealand (doc.)
PROJECT IN PRODUCERS LAB TORONTO
IN POST-PRODUCTION
Unstoppable (documentary) director: Gaylene Preston Will a woman lead the UN. And will that make a difference? Helen Clark, no 23 on the Forbes Magazine’s most powerful women in the world list is tipped to become the next Director General. Can she succeed?
Caught In The Web, 2016 director: Annie Goldson New Zealand (doc.)
IN DEVELOPMENT
Poi-E, 2016 director: Tearepa Kahi New Zealand (music feature doc.) SELECTED FILMS
MONSOON PICTURES INTERNATIONAL LTD 115a Beatrice Ave, Hillcrest 0627 NZ-Auckland 1010 C +64 21 980 496 alex@monsoon-pictures.com www.monsoon-pictures.com
Ever The Land, 2015 director: Sarah Grohnert New Zealand (doc.) The Road To The Globe: Troilus & Cressida, 2013 director: Mike Jonathan New Zealand/United Kingdom (doc.)
LEANNE SAUNDERS
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PIKI FILMS
Company director at Piki Films and producer of upcoming film Hunt For The Wilderpeople written and directed by Academy Award® nominated filmmaker, Taika Waititi. The Piki team have expertise in development, financing, producing and distribution across traditional and new media platforms. We are picky about the talent we work with and are hot on collaboration. Story is everything. Producer on hip-hop film Born To Dance starring Kherington Payne (Fame) and Parris Goebel (Step Up: All In) to premiere at Toronto 2015. PROJECT IN PRODUCERS LAB TORONTO
Achtung Bro writer: Oscar Kightley German Samoan soldiers keen to fight in W W2 sign up for the German forces only to discover they would not fit into Hitler’s vision for the world.
IN DEVELPOMENT Pasha Patel: A Journey To Me Writers: Madeleine Sami, Thomas Sainsbury, and Carthew Neal IN PRODUCTION Hunt For The Wilderpeople, 2016 director: Taika Waititi New Zealand SELECTED FILMS Born To Dance, 2015 director: Tammy Davis New Zealand
PIKI FILMS PO Box 78029, Grey Lynn NZ-Auckland 1245 P +64 21 764 198 leanne@severe.co.nz www.pikifilms.com
The Weight Of Elephants, 2013 director: Daniel Joseph Borgman New Zealand/Denmark Blue, 2011 director: Stephan Kang New Zealand (short)
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. F ounded in 1997, the EFP network now comprises professional organisations from 36 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 State Minister for Culture and the Media (BKM ) the Ministry of Culture of the City of Hamburg and the Film Fund Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein.
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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-and-coming talent • to contribute, where possible, to the opening of new markets for European films • to enhance the distribution and visibility of European films worldwide • to further share the accumulated knowledge and experience of the association via its European-wide network
TEAM PRODUCERS LAB TORONTO
Jo Mühlberger Project Director Sabine Rolinski Project Coordination contact in Toronto +49 160 440 9595 EFP President Martin Schweighofer AFC Austrian Films EFP Vice President Pia Lundberg Swedish Film Institute EFP Managing Director Renate Rose
CONTACT
European Film Promotion e.V. Friedensallee 14 – 16 22765 Hamburg, Germany P +49 40 390 6252 F +49 40 390 6249 info@efp-online.com www.efp-online.com www.shooting-stars.eu
THE EFP NETWORK
ALBANIA Majlinda Tafa Albanian National Center of Cinematography/ANCC www.nationalfilmcenter. gov.al AUSTRIA Martin Schweighofer Austrian Films AFC www.austrianfilms.com BELGIUM Christian De Schutter Flanders Image www.flandersimage.com BELGIUM 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 CZECH REPUBLIC Markéta Šantrochová Czech Film Center www.filmcenter.cz DENMARK Christian Juhl Lemche The Danish Film Institute www.dfi.dk
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FRANCE Yoann Ubermuhlin uniFrance films www.unifrance.org GEORGIA Tamara Tatishvili Georgian National Film Center www.gnfc.ge GERMANY Mariette Rissenbeek German Films www.german-films.de
ESTONIA Edith Sepp Estonian Film Institute www.efsa.ee
GREECE Stavroula Geronimaki Greek Film Centre www.gfc.gr
FINLAND Jaana Puskala The Finnish Film Foundation www.ses.fi
HUNGARY Katalin Vajda Magyar Filmunió/ International Division Hungarian National Film Fund www.filmunio.hu
FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA Darko Basheski Macedonian Film Agency www.filmfund.gov.mk
ICELAND Laufey Gudjónsdóttir Icelandic Film Centre www.icelandicfilmcentre.is
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IRELAND Teresa McGrane Irish Film Board www.irishfilmboard.ie ITALY Annabella Nucara Istituto Luce Cinecittà www.filmitalia.org LATVIA Dita Rietuma National Film Centre Latvia www.nfc.lv LITHUANIA Liana Ruokyté-Jonsson Lithuanian Film Centre www.lkc.lt LUXEMBOURG Françoise Lentz Film Fund Luxembourg www.filmfund.lu MONTENEGRO Ilija Subotić Ministry of Culture www.mku.gov.me THE NETHERLANDS Marten Rabarts EYE International www.international.eyefilm.nl
NORWAY Stine Oppegaard Norwegian Film Institute www.nfi.no/english/ norwegianfilms POLAND Izabela Kiszka-Hoflik Polish Film Institute (PISF) www.pisf.pl PORTUGAL Vítor Pinheiro Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual, I. P./ ICA www.ica-ip.pt REPUBLIC OF KOSOVO Arben Zharku Kosova Cinematography Center www.qkk-rks.com
SLOVAK REPUBLIC Alexandra Strelková Slovak Film Institute www.sfu.sk SLOVENIA Nerina T. Kocjančič Slovenian Film Centre www.film-sklad.si SPAIN Rafael Cabrera Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales/ICA A www.mcu.es/cine/index SWEDEN Pia Lundberg Swedish Film Institute www.sfi.se
ROMANIA Cristian Hordilă Romanian Film Promotion www.romfilmpromotion.ro
SWITZERLAND Catherine Anne Berger Swiss Films www.swissfilms.ch
SERBIA Miroljub Vučković Film Center Serbia www.fcs.rs
UNITED KINGDOM Briony Hansony British Council www.britfilms.com
TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
TIFF is a charitable cultural organization whose mission is to transform the way people see the world through film. An international leader in film culture, TIFF projects include the annual Toronto International Film Festival in September; TIFF Bell Lightbox, which features five cinemas, major exhibitions, and learning and entertainment facilities; and innovative national distribution program Film Circuit. The organization generates an annual economic impact of $189 million CAD . TIFF Bell Lightbox is generously supported by contributors including Founding Sponsor Bell, the Province of Ontario, the Government of Canada, the City of Toronto, the Reitman family (Ivan Reitman, Agi Mandel and Susan Michaels), The Daniels Corporation and RBC .
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Director and CEO , TIFF Piers Handling Artistic Director, TIFF Cameron Bailey Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer, TIFF Michèle Maheux Director, Industry Office, TIFF Kathleen Drumm Senior Manager, Industry Office, TIFF Geoff Macnaughton Manager, Industry Programming, TIFF Savine Wong
For further information, visit tiff.net
42 ONTARIO MEDIA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC) is an agency of the Ontario Government that plays a leading role in supporting the province’s creative economy. OMDC ’s programs are helping to create a thriving, multibillion-dollar industry and a wealth of opportunity. Ontario’s creative industries produce film, television, books, magazines, interactive digital media and music that the whole world enjoys. OMDC provides support to the film industry through a variety of programs, funds, services and tax credits. Ontario’s film and television industry recorded its best year ever in 2014, contributing almost $ 1.3 billion to the provincial economy.
Ontario is home to more than half of Canada’s cultural media products. OMDC continually seeks out new ways to facilitate and foster the industries’ own entrepreneurial spirit, providing the research, resources and contacts to stimulate the creation of new products, new projects and new companies. Be part of it.
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FOR ONTARIO MEDIA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
Karen Thorne-Stone President & Chief Executive Officer Kristine Murphy Director, Industry Development James Weyman Manager, Industry Initiatives Regine Schmid International Consultant, Producers Lab Toronto Karam Masri Project Assistant, Industry Initiatives CONTACT
Ontario Media Development Corporation 175 Bloor Street East South Tower, Suite 501 Toronto, ON M4W 3R8 P +1 416 314 6858 F +1 416 314 6876 reception@omdc.on.ca www.omdc.on.ca For further information, please: Visit our website: www.omdc.on.ca Join us on Facebook: OMDConline Follow us on twitter: @OMDCtweets #ONcreates Watch us on YouTube: OMDConline
SCREEN AUSTRALIA Screen Australia is the Australian Government’s major screen agency. We finance innovative and high-quality film and TV projects, and develop content, enterprises and talent. We conduct research, undertake audience development, support distribution of Australian releases, and market Australian talent and screen content domestically and internationally. Screen Australia also administers the Producer Offset incentive and Australia’s official Co-production Program. Screen Australia’s brief covers films for the big screen, as well as documentary, drama and children’s drama produced for television and small-screen platforms. Our goals are: • engaged audiences • compelling storytelling • successful Australian screen businesses • highly skilled, creative and innovative industry practitioners • the commercial sustainability of production in Australia via the Government’s Producer Offset and International Co-production Program.
www.australiaonscreen.com/tiff2015
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CONTACTS AT TIFF Graeme Mason CEO Sally Caplan Head of Production Richard Harris Head of Business and Audience Penny Smallacombe Head of Indigenous Justin Donoghue Development Executive VISIT SCREEN AUSTRALIA TIFF Industry Centre, Hyatt Mezzanine Level, Stand #13
45 NEW ZEALAND FILM COMMISSION New Zealand (NZ) has three screen production incentive schemes. All offer cash grants to productions which achieve a certain level of qualifying NZ production expenditure. The New Zealand Screen Production Grant (NZSPG) – NZ & Official Co-Productions incentivises medium to large productions with significant NZ content. Eligible projects can access a cash grant up to 40 % of Qualifying NZ Production Expenditure (QNZPE ) provided their QNZPE is at least NZ$ 2.5 m (feature film) or the relevant minimum threshold for the format (TV projects). Grants are capped at NZ$ 6 m per production, unless the production qualifies for an Additional Grant (capped at a further NZ$ 14 m). Only NZ resident companies can apply. The NZSPG – International encourages large budget productions to film in NZ. Eligible formats can access a cash grant equivalent to 20 % of QNZPE . To be eligible QNZPE must be at least NZ$ 15 m (feature film) or NZ$ 4 m (TV projects). Only NZ resident companies can apply. The Post, Digital and Visual Effects (PDV ) grant provides a 20 % cash grant to productions which have incurred NZ$ 500,000 or more QNZPE on PDV work in NZ .
CONTACTS AT TIFF Dave Gibson CEO dave@nzfilm.co.nz Jasmin McSweeney Head of Marketing jasmin@nzfilm.co.nz More info can be found on our website: www.nzfilm.co.nz/ funding/new-zealandscreen-production-grant
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
WWW. EFP- ONLINE .COM WWW. OMDC.ON.CA WWW. TIFF.NET
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