P R O D U CERS ON T H E MOVE
at the Cannes International Film Festival 2017
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
PARTNERS
EFP’s activities are financially supported by the Creative Europe – MEDIA Programme of the EU and the EFP member organisations. In addition, PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE is supported by Eurimages. With the support of
Project partner
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5 Welcome 6 About PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE — the project PRODUCERS’ PROFILES 8 Zoran Galić — Vizart Film, Bosnia and Herzegovina 9 Mila Voinikova — Miramar Film, Bulgaria 10 Pavla Janoušková Kubečková — Nutprodukce, Czech Republic 11 Ditte Milsted — Profile Pictures, Denmark 12 Didar Domehri — Maneki Films, France 13 Lasha Khalvashi — Artizm, Georgia 14 Verena Gräfe-Höft — Junafilm, Germany 15 Anton Máni Svansson — Join Motion Pictures, Iceland 16 Alan Maher — Marcie Films, Ireland 17 Tommaso Bertani — Ring Film, Italy 18 Gints Grūbe — Mistrus Media, Latvia 19 Julius Ponten — New Amsterdam Film Company, The Netherlands 20 Maria Blicharska — Donten & Lacroix Films, Poland 21 Iuliana Tarnovetchi — Alien Film, Romania 22 Jovana Nikolić — Prababa Production, Serbia 23 Katarína Krnáčová — Silverart, Slovak Republic 24 Petra Vidmar — Gustav Film, Slovenia 25 Carlo D’Ursi — Potenza Producciones, Spain 26 Ivan Madeo — Contrast Film, Switzerland 27 Chris Martin — Indie Movie Company, United Kingdom 28 About European Film Promotion — the network EFP
ALWAYS ON THE MOVE E
FP’s PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE is celebrating its 18th edition in Cannes this year. As in previous years, it is still very exciting to present a group of 20 dynamic, ambitious, up-and-coming European producers. Many of them already have quite a notable track record of films – and are now ready to meet their peers and industry experts to team up for exciting new films. The impressive number of 381 producers from 36 different European countries have participated in this unique networking event since 2000. Year after year, we see more co-productions coming out of PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE. Many of the former participants are returning to the festival with a film in the official selection of 2017. And we are convinced that this year’s participants will soon be back with co-productions. European Film Promotion invites the producers to take part in project pitching, one-to-one meetings, case studies and several social events as part of the initiative. In addition, the producers benefit from extensive promotion in several of the major international trade papers. All of this will help them as they gear up to becoming global players in the future. We would like to acknowledge the contribution and ongoing support from the Creative Europe – MEDIA Programme of the European Union as well as from Eurimages, which allows us to bring this initiative to Cannes each year. We are thrilled to be able to present such a talented group of European producers to the international industry, and we wish them all the best on this exciting leg of their creative journey. Martin Schweighofer EFP President, May 2017
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
FRIDAY, MAY 19 TH
20 : 00 – 22 : 00 Welcome Dinner for this years’ PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE SATURDAY, MAY 20 TH
10 : 00 – 13 : 00 Introductory Roundtable Meeting The PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE introduce their current project(s) to their peers 14 : 00 – 17 : 00 1 : 1 Speed Dating between the participating producers SUNDAY, MAY 21 TH
10 : 00 – 12 : 30 17 : 00 – 18 : 00
Case Study in co-operation with Eurimages Virtual Reality: discovery of latest VR films
MONDAY, MAY 22 TH
10 : 0 0 – 12 : 30 ...in conversation with... 18 : 00 – 20 : 00 PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE Cocktail Cocktail for current and former participants TUESDAY, MAY 23 TH
13 : 30 – 15 : 00 Intimate Lunch for this years’ PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE
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SUCCESS STORY
LOVE & FRIENDSHIP PRODUCTION BY KATIE HOLLY
AND LAURANNE BOURRACHOT
The film had its World Premiere at Sundance 2016, was screened at 26 festivals world wide and released in more than 25 countries. In 2010, Katie Holly and Lauranne Bourrachot took part in EFP’s PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE.
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“Producer On The Move is how I met `Lady Katie´. I couldn’t believe my luck when she approached me with the project of a Jane Austen adaptation by Whit Stillman! The title Love & Friendship says all about how the copro went. We are now financing another film to be directed by Kieron J. Walsh and I hope there are more to come. Working with Katie and shooting in Ireland convinced me of the emergency of a bilateral treaty to be signed between France and Ireland. Vive les coproductions européennes.“
Lauranne Bourrachot Chic Films, France
“Producers On The Move was my first introduction to Lauranne, I approached her with Whit Stillman’s Love & Friendship and we had a terrific collaboration, her financing was instrumental in getting the film made and it was a true partnership – we’re now embarked on our second feature together, The Domestique, which we plan to shoot in Spring 2018.“
Katie Holly Bl!nder Films, Ireland
The team at the Paris premiere of Love & Friendship (from left) Whit Stillman, Lauranne Bourrachot, Tom Bennett (actor), Katie Holly, Lochlainn O‘Mearain (actor).
ZORAN GALIĆ
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BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
VIZART FILM
A graduate of Film and TV Directing at the Academy of Arts in Banja Luka, Zoran Galić also received an MA in Film and TV Production in Belgrade. After initially producing music and corporate videos, he changed the focus to films for cinema when founding Vizart Film in 2003. Zoran produced Dane Komjlen’s shorts and his feature debut All The Cities Of The North, which premiered in Locarno in 2016, and is now working with directors Marko Sipka and Sinisa Grabez. SELECTED FILMS Ark, in development, 2018 by Sinisa Grabez Bosnia and Herzegovina
Zoran Galić cell +387 65 261 527 selected by Association of Filmmakers in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Land, in production, 2017 by Marko Sipka Bosnia and Herzegovina All The Cities Of The North, 2016 by Dane Komljen Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro Our Body, 2015 by Dane Komljen Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Germany Wind Surplus, 2014 by Dane Komljen Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, France 32nd December, 2009 by Sasa Hajdukovic Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia
VIZART FILM DOO Mladena Stojanovica 4 BIH – 78 000 Banja Luka vizart@vizartfilms.com www.vizartfilms.com
MILA VOINIKOVA
09
BULGARIA
MIRAMAR FILM
Mila Voinikova has spent the last eight years as a producer at Miramar Film after studying and working in the USA. In 2017, her first feature film as a lead producer, Konstantin Bojanov’s Light Thereafter, premiered in competition in Rotterdam. Mila is currently developing Pernik Tragedy, the third film by Ilian Djevlekov with whom she has had a long standing collaboration following his 2011 boxoffice hit LOVE.NET and the drama Omnipresent (currently in post-production). SELECTED FILMS Pernik Tragedy, in development, 2019 by Ilian Djevelekov Bulgaria
Mila Voinikova cell +359 884 223099 mila@miramarfilm.com selected by Bulgarian National Film Centre
Omnipresent, in post-production, 2018 by Ilian Djevelekov Bulgaria Light Thereafter, 2017 by Konstantin Bojanov Bulgaria, Belgium Karbala, 2015 by Krzysztof Lukaszewicz Poland, Bulgaria LOVE.NET, 2011 by Ilian Djevelekov Bulgaria
MIRAMAR FILM 38 Madrid Blvd BG – 1505 Sofia phone +359 2 943 4904 office@miramarfilm.com www.miramarfilm.com
PAVLA JANOUŠKOVÁ KUBEČKOVÁ
CZECH REPUBLIC
NUTPRODUKCE
A graduate of Prague’s FAMU, Pavla Janoušková Kubečková co-founded the production company nutprodukce in 2009 and was nominated for the Student Oscar with her first film Graffitiger. She was one of the producers of Agnieszka Holland’s miniseries Burning Bush and also co-produced the veteran director’s latest film Spoor. Pavla’s credits include such award-winning documentaries as Show!, The Great Night and FC Roma as well as the TV series Wasteland. SELECTED FILMS Spoor, 2017 by Agnieszka Holland Czech Rep., Poland, Germany, Sweden, Slovak Rep.
Pavla Janoušková Kubečková cell +420 605 256 190 pavla@nutprodukce.cz selected by Czech Film Center
Wasteland (TV series), 2016 by Stepan Hulik Czech Republic Burning Bush (TV miniseries), 2013 by Stepan Hulik and Agnieszka Holland Czech Republic FC Roma (documentary), 2016 by Rozalie Kouhoutova and Tomas Bojar Czech Republic Fortress (documentary), 2012 by Lukas Kokes and Klara Tasovska Czech Republic Graffitiger (short animation), 2010 by Libor Pixa Czech Republic
NUTPRODUKCE, S.R.O. Bubenská 1 CZ – 170 00 Prague info@nutprodukce.cz www.nutprodukce.cz
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DITTE MILSTED
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DENMARK
PROFILE PICTURES
Ditte Milsted graduated from the producer’s programme at The National Film School of Denmark and co-founded the Copenhagenbased production company Profile Pictures in 2011. She produced Jonas Arnby’s debut feature When Animals Dream, which premiered in Cannes in 2014, and served as co-producer on the Icelandic films Paris Of The North, Rams, and Under The Tree. Ditte is currently working on financing Arnby’s next feature We Watched The Sun Disappear. SELECTED FILMS We Watched The Sun Disappear, in financing by Jonas Alexander Arnby Denmark, plus 2-3 co-production countries
Ditte Milsted cell +45 2873 2680 ditte@profilepictures.dk selected by Danish Film Institute
Under The Tree, in post-production, 2017 by Haffstein Gunnar Sigurdsson Iceland, Denmark, Poland Darkland, 2017 by Fenar Ahmad Denmark (executive produced) In The Blood, 2016 by Rasmus Heisterberg Denmark (executive produced) Rams, 2015 by Grímur Hákonarson Iceland, Denmark When Animals Dream, 2014 by Jonas Alexander Arnby Denmark, France
PROFILE PICTURES Krystalgade 7, 1st floor DK – 1172 Copenhagen K phone +45 60 210 399 mail@profilepictures.dk www.profilepictures.dk
DIDAR DOMEHRI
12
FRANCE
MANEKI FILMS
Didar Domehri was the Head of International Sales at Films Distribution for eight years before establishing her company Maneki Films and co-founding the Full House label with Borsalino Productions in 2009. Since then, she has produced or co-produced ten films by such directors as Laurent Cantet, Pablo Trapero and Eva Husson, who’s new feature Girls Of The Sun Didar is currently preparing. At this years’ Cannes Un Certain Regard section, Didar is present with Santiago Mitre’s The Summit. In addition, she is in postproduction on a new film by Peter Webber.
Didar Domehri didar@maneki-films.com selected by uniFrance
SELECTED FILMS Girls Of the Sun, in financing by Eva Husson, France Pickpockets, in post-production by Peter Weber France, Colombia The Summit, 2017 by Santiago Mitre Argentina, Spain, France Bang Gang (A Modern Love Story), 2015 by Eva Husson, France Paulina, 2015 by Santiago Mitre Argentina, Brazil, France Return To Ithaca, 2014 by Laurent Cantet France, Belgium
MANEKI FILMS 42 rue René Boulanger FR – 75010 Paris phone +33 1 43 55 07 94 info@maneki-films.com www.manekifilms.com
LASHA KHALVASHI
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GEORGIA
ARTIZM
After graduating in Law and Economics, Lasha Khalvashi worked in various fields of the creative industries, including serving as the CEO of Millimeter Film before he founded his own company, Studio Artizm, in 2014. He co-produced Tinatin Kajrishvili’s Brides and Vano Burduli’s The Summer Of Frozen Fountains and is now in post-production on new features by Ana Urushadze and Gigisha Abashidze as well as raising the finance for Kajrishvili’s new project Citizen Saint. SELECTED FILMS Citizen Saint, in financing by Tinatin Kajrishvili Georgia, France, Poland
Lasha Khalvashi cell +995 595 926 206 studioartizm@gmail.com selected by Georgian National Film Center
Neighbors, in post-production by Gigisha Abashidze Georgia, Macedonia Scary Mother, in post-production by Ana Urushadze Georgia I Swam Enguri, 2016 by Anuna Bukia Georgia The Summer Of Frozen Fountains, 2015 by Vano Burduli Georgia, Russian Federation Brides, 2014 by Tinatin Kajrishvili Georgia, France
ARTIZM #33 Lado Asatiani str. GE – 0105 Tbilisi mail@profilepictures.dk www.artizm.studio
VERENA GRÄFE-HÖFT
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GERMANY
JUNAFILM
Verena Gräfe-Höft graduated in Creative Producing from the Hamburg Media School in 2008 after previously working for various broadcasters as a freelance journalist. In 2009, she set up her own company, Junafilm, and has been producing feature films by such emerging talents as Katrin Gebbe (Nothing Bad Can Happen), Ask Hasselbalch (Antboy 2 & 3) and Àsa Hjörleifsdottír (The Swan). Verena is currently developing new feature films with Michael Venus and Katrin Gebbe. SELECTED FILMS Pelican Blood, in development/financing by Katrin Gebbe Germany
Verena Gräfe-Höft cell +49 171 140 60 11 verena@junafilm.de selected by German Films
Sleep (WT) in development/financing by Michael Venus Germany The Swan, 2016/17 by Ása Hjörleifsdottír Iceland, Germany, Estonia Outside My Head (in post-production) by Eibe Krebs Germany Antboy 2 & 3, 2014-15 by Ask Hasselbalch Denmark, Germany Nothing Bad Can Happen, 2013 by Katrin Gebbe Germany
JUNAFILM Behringstraße 16B DE – 22765 Hamburg phone +49 40 3990 6567 email@junafilm.de www.junafilm.de
ANTON MÁNI SVANSSON
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ICELAND
JOIN MOTION PICTURES
Anton Máni Svansson founded Join Motion Pictures in 2007 with the goal of forging close working relationships with talented young writer-directors and produced award-winning shorts by Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson (Whale Valley, Artun) and Hlynur Pálmason (Seven Boats). 2016 saw him releasing Guðmundsson‘s feature debut, the coming-ofage drama Heartstone, and co-producing Pálmason’s debut Winter Brothers. Anton is now developing second features with both directors. SELECTED FILMS A White, White Day, in development/financing by Hlynur Pálmason Iceland, Denmark
Anton Máni Svansson cell +354 6150005 anton@joinmotionpictures.com selected by Icelandic Film Centre
Chicken Boy, in development by Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson Denmark, Iceland Winter Brothers, 2017 by Hlynur Pálmason Denmark, Iceland Heartstone, 2016 by Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson Iceland, Denmark Seven Boats, 2014 by Hlynur Pálmason Denmark, Iceland Whale Valley, 2013 by Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson Iceland, Denmark
JOIN MOTION PICTURES Ingólfsstræti 5 IS – 101 Reykjavík info@joinmotionpictures.com www.joinmotionpictures.com
ALAN MAHER
16
IRELAND
MARCIE FILMS
Alan Maher was a Senior Production Executive at the Irish Film Board until 2012, overseeing around half of the funded feature films and all of the documentary output. He set up Marcie Films (formerly Roads Entertainment) in 2013, produced the documentary Being A.P. and served as the Irish partner for Maya Zinshtein’s Forever Pure. Alan saw Pat Collins’ biopic Song Of Granite premiere at SXSW this March, and is now raising the finance for Hong Khaou’s drama Trade. SELECTED FILMS
Alan Maher cell +353 868 554 393 alan@marciefilms.com selected by the Irish Film Board
Trade, in financing by Hong Khaou Ireland, United Kingdom Song Of Granite, 2017 by Pat Collins Ireland, Canada Forever Pure, 2016 by Maya Zinshtein Israel, United Kingdom, Ireland, Norway Being AP, 2015 by Anthony Wonke United Kingdom, Ireland
MARCIE FILMS c/o filmbase Curved Street, Temple Bar IRL – Dublin 2 www.marciefilms.com (under construction)
TOMMASO BERTANI
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ITALY
RING FILM
Tommaso Bertani set up his company Ring Film in Rome and Turin in 2010 with the goal of producing films by directors with an independent and contemporary vision. He was one of the producers for Carlo Lavagna’s Venice winner, the coming-of-age drama Arianna, and has since produced feature documentaries by Alessio Rigo de Righi and Matteo Zoppis (Il Solengo) the visual artist Yuri Ancarani (The Challenge) and Carlo Gabriele Tribbiòli and Federico Lodoli (Fragment 53). SELECTED FILMS A.L.B.E. A Life Beyond Earth, in production by Elisa Fuksas Italy
Tommaso Bertani tommaso@ringfilm.it selected by Istituto Luce CinecittàFilmitalia
King Crab, in development by Alessio Rigo de Righi & Matteo Zoppis Italy, Argentina, Chile, France The Challenge, 2016 by Yuri Ancarani France, Italy Il Solengo, 2015 by Alessio Rigo de Righi & Matteo Zoppis Italy, Argentina Fragment 53, 2015 by Carlo Gabriele Tribbiòli & Federico Lodoli Italy, Switzerland, Liberia Arianna, 2015 by Carlo Lavagna Italy
RING FILM Via Ruggero Bonghi 38b IT – 00184 Rome phone +39 34 8800 6005 ring@ringfilm.it www.ringfilm.it
GINTS GRŪBE
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LATVIA
MISTRUS MEDIA
Gints Grūbe worked extensively in the field of media before setting up his own company Mistrus Media in 2000. His productions have included Escaping Riga and the omnibus film Over The Roads, Over The River as well as the war drama The Chronicles Of Melanie which was the most successful local film in Latvia in 2016. He is currently developing Dāvis Sīmanis’ historical drama The Boy With The Dog and the feature documentary To Be Continued by Ivars Seleckis. SELECTED FILMS The Boy With The Dog, in financing by Dāvis Sīmanis Latvia, Luxembourg (tbc), Germany (tbc)
Gints Grūbe cell +371 6731 3314 gints.grube@mistrusmedia.lv selected by National Film Centre Latvia
To Be Continued, in financing by Ivars Seleckis Latvia The Chronicles Of Melanie, 2016 by Viesturs Kairišs Latvia, Finland, Czech Republic Escaping Riga, 2014 by Dāvis Sīmanis Latvia Over The Roads, Over The River, 2014 by Sergei Loznitsa, Jon Carlssen, Audrius Stonis, Ivars Seleckis, Jaak Kilmi, Rainer Komers & Bettina Henkel Latvia, Austria, Germany, The Netherlands, Estonia, Lithuania
MISTRUS MEDIA Blaumana 11/13-13 LV – 1011 Riga phone +371 29 455 252 www.mistrusmedia.lv
JULIUS PONTEN
19
THE NETHERLANDS
NEW AMSTERDAM FILM COMPANY
In 2016, Julius Ponten became one of the founders of New Amsterdam Film Company which resulted from a merger between B&I, Habbekrats and producer Sander Verdonk. He had previously produced Jim Taihuttu and Victor Ponten’s award-winning Rabat and Taihuttu’s second feature Wolf and served as co-producer for Francisco Varone’s road movie Road To La Paz and Mahmoud Al Massad’s comedy Blessed Benefit. Julius is currently raising the finance for Taihuttu’s war epic The East. SELECTED FILMS The East, in financing by Jim Taihuttu The Netherlands, Indonesia
Julius Ponten cell +31 6 2452 8127 julius@newams.com selected by EYE International / The Netherlands
We, in post-production by Rene Eller The Netherlands, Belgium Blessed Benefit, 2016 by Mahmoud Al Massad Germany, The Netherlands, Jordania Road To La Paz, 2015 by Francisco Varone Argentinia, The Netherlands, Germany Wolf, 2013 by Jim Taihuttu The Netherlands Rabat, 2011 by Jim Taihuttu & Victor Ponten The Netherlands
NEW AMSTERDAM FILM COMPANY Raamgracht 6 NL – 1011 KK Amsterdam phone +31 20 820 23 08 info@newams.com www.newams.com
MARIA BLICHARSKA
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POLAND
DONTEN & LACROIX FILMS
Maria Blicharska had been working since 2002 as a line producer for independent European and American companies when she joined forces with Monika SajkoGradowska to create Donten & Lacroix Films in 2006 with offices in Warsaw and Paris. She followed this in 2016 by launching BLICK Productions. Maria is the co-producer of Sharunas Bartas’ Frost which premieres in this years Director’s Fortnight. She continues working as line producer for US companies shooting in Europe and developing/coproducting European feature films as both Polish and French producer.
Maria Blicharska cell +33 6 99 30 85 17 maria.blicharska@gmail.com selected by Polish Film Institute
SELECTED FILMS Comrades, in development by Olivier Patté France, Poland, Germany The Language Of Birds, in development by Xawery Zulawski, Piotr Kielar, Jacek Borcuch, Jan Komasa Poland, France Frost, 2017 by Sharunas Bartas Lithuania, France, Poland, Ukraine Raging Rose, 2016 by Julia Kowalski France, Poland
DONTEN & LACROIX FILMS Pietraszewicza-1m3 Lota PL – 02-790 Warsaw phone +48 516 516 606 biuro@dontenlacroix.eu www.dontenlacroix.eu
IULIANA TARNOVEȚCHI
21
ROMANIA
ALIEN FILM
Iuliana Tarnovețchi entered the film business whilst still a student and worked for almost 20 years on such international productions as Merry Christmas and Amen. In 2012, she founded her own company, Alien Film, which has produced Igor Cobileanski’s Eastern Business and co-produced Lina Luzyte’s Together For Ever. Iuliana is now at the financing stage on Ruxandra Ghitescu’s feature debut Otto The Barbarian and developing Radu Barbulescu’s debut Bicycles. SELECTED FILMS
Iuliana Tarnovețchi cell +40 744 659 714 iuliana@alienfilm.ro selected by Romanian Film Promotion
Simin Dona, in development director TBD Romania, tba Bicycles, in development by Radu Barbulescu Romania, tba Otto The Barbarian, in financing by Ruxandra Ghitescu Romania, tba Eastern Business, 2016 by Igor Cobileanski Romania, Lithuania, Republic of Moldova
ALIEN FILM 20, Arhiereul Calist RO – 21514 Bucharest phone +40 21 327 63 04 office@alienfilm.ro www.alienfilm.ro
JOVANA NIKOLIĆ
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SERBIA
PRABABA PRODUCTION
Jovana Nikolić launched Prababa Production in 2007 to specialise on creative documentaries. She collaborated with international partners for the production of three award-winning documentaries – The Undertaker, The Caviar Connection and National Park – by her partner Dragan Nikolić and is now in production on his latest project Super Bishop. Jovana is currently serving as the President of the Board of DokSerbia, the Association of Documentary Filmmakers of Serbia. SELECTED FILMS
Jovana Nikolić cell +381 60 0250009 jovana@prababa.rs selected by Film Center Serbia
The Black Wedding, in development by Dragan Nikolić Serbia, TBC Super Bishop, in production by Dragan Nikolić Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia The Undertaker, 2013 by Dragan Nikolić Serbia, Germany The Caviar Connection, 2008 by Dragan Nikolić Serbia, USA
PRABABA PRODUCTION 153 Boul. Zoran Djindjic, ap. 25 SRB – 11070 New Belgrade www.prababa.rs
KATARÍNA KRNÁČOVÁ
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SLOVAK REPUBLIC
SILVERART
Katarína Krnáčová had worked on such films as Mátyás Prikler’s short Thanks, Fine and feature debut Fine, Thanks as well as Mira Fornay’s award-winning My Dog Killer and the omnibus film Slovakia 2.0 before setting up her own company Silverart in 2014. She was the delegate producer for Iveta Grófová’s Crystal Bear-winning Little Harbour, and is now developing Martina Sakova’s children’s comedy Summer With Bernard, Juraj Bohuš’s road movie Stand Up, and a TV drama series. SELECTED FILMS Summer With Bernard, in financing by Martina Sakova Slovak Republic, Germany, Czech Republic
Katarína Krnáčová cell +421 905 384615 katarina.krnacova@gmail.com selected by Slovak Film Institute
Little Harbour, 2017 by Iveta Grófová Slovak Republic, Czech Republic Slovakia 2.0, 2014 by 10 different directors Slovak Republic My Dog Killer, 2014 by Mira Fornay Slovak Republic, Czech Republic
SILVERART Tichá 4 SK – 811 02 Bratislava katarina@silverartfilm.sk www.silverartfilm.sk
PETRA VIDMAR
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SLOVENIA
GUSTAV FILM
Petra Vidmar had worked from 2000 as a line producer for Gustav Film on such films as Teah, 9:06 and Adria Blues before serving as a minority co-producer on Dalibor Matanić’s The High Sun which won Un Certain Regard’s Jury Prize in 2015. She has since produced Vlado Škafar’s Mother, the final part of his ”family trilogy“, and Igor Šterk’s awardwinning children’s thriller Come Along. Petra is now developing a new feature project with writer-director Matevž Luzar. SELECTED FILMS Orchestra, in development by Matevž Luzar Slovenia, TBD
Petra Vidmar cell +386 41 992 076 petra@gustavfilm.si selected by Slovenian Film Center
Come Along, 2016 by Igor Šterk Slovenia, Croatia Mother, 2016 by Vlado Škafar Slovenia, Italy The High Sun, 2015 by Dalibor Matanić Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia 9:06, 2009 by Igor Šterk Slovenia, Germany
GUSTAV FILM Stegne 7 SI – 1000 Ljubljana phone +386 590 31 995 info@gustavfilm.si www.gustavfilm.si
CARLO D’U R S I
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SPAIN
POTENZA PRODUCCIONES
Carlo D’Ursi had previously worked at El Deseo and Alta Films before setting up his own company, Potenza Producciones, in 2004 to focus on international coproductions. His first feature, Joao Ribeiro’s The Last Flight Of The Flamingo, was followed by such award-winning films as Miguel Alcantud’s Black Diamonds and Matías Bize’s The Memory Of The Water. Carlo has also built up a reputation as a consultant for business plans, funding applications and export strategies. SELECTED FILMS
Carlo D’Ursi cell +34 60 675 1210 cdursi@potenzaproducciones.com selected by ICAA / Spain
Like Foam, 2016 by Roberto Perez Toledo Spain, USA Ice, 2015 by Luis & Gonçalo Galvao Teles Portugal, Spain The Memory Of The Water, 2015 by Matías Bize Chile, Spain, Argentina Black Diamonds, 2013 by Miguel Alcantud Spain, Portugal The Last Flight Of The Flamingo, 2009 by Joao Ribeiro Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Brazil
POTENZA PRODUCCIONES Plaza de las Cortes 5, 2º ES – 28014 Madrid phone +34 911 28 00 06 info@potenzaproducciones.com www.potenzaproducciones.com
IVAN MADEO
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SWITZERLAND
CONTRAST FILM
Ivan Madeo worked for leading advertising agencies before entering the film industry as a producer and screenwriter. He co-founded Contrast Film and has produced Student Oscarwinning shorts and award-winning feature films such as Stefan Haupt’s The Circle and the omnibus Wonderland, among others. He is now in post-production on Hannes Baumgartner’s Midnight Runner and financing new fiction films with Mauro Mueller and Oliver Rihs. SELECTED FILMS Fingerplay, in financing by Mauro Mueller Switzerland
Ivan Madeo cell +41 76 316 7676 ivan.madeo@contrastfilm.ch selected by Swiss Films
Storm, in financing by Oliver Rihs Switzerland, Germany Midnight Runner, in post-production by Hannes Baumgartner Switzerland Wonderland, 2015 by ten directors: Michael Krummenacher, Jan Gassmann, Lisa Blatter, Gregor Frei, Benny Jaberg, et al Switzerland, Germany The Circle, 2014 by Stefan Haupt Switzerland A World For Raúl, (short), 2013 by Mauro Mueller Switzerland, USA
CONTRAST FILM Schöneggplatz 10 CH – 8004 Zurich phone +41 43- 535 7925 info@contrastfilm.ch www.contrastfilm.ch
CHRIS MARTIN
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UNITED KINGDOM
INDIE MOVIE COMPANY
Chris Martin produced the independent drama Peacefire before launching his Belfastbased production outfit Indie Movie Company in 2009. Since then, he has produced the award-winning feature Good Vibrations and the acclaimed documentaries A City Dreaming by Mark McCauley and I Am Belfast by Mark Cousins. He served as executive producer on a series of low budget feature productions backed by Northern Ireland Screen and is now expanding into TV drama. SELECTED FILMS I Am Belfast, (documentary), 2015 by Mark Cousins United Kingdom
Chris Martin cell +44 7759 663 999 chris@indiemoviecompany.com selected by British Council
A City Dreaming, (documentary), 2014 by Mark McCauley United Kingdom Good Vibrations, 2013 by Glenn Leyburn & Lisa Barros D’Sa United Kingdom, Ireland
INDIE MOVIE COMPANY 520 Antrim Rd UK – Belfast BT15 5GG info@indiemoviecompany.com www.indiemoviecompany.com
EUROPEAN FILM PROMOTION INITIATIVES IN SUPPORT OF THE EUROPEAN INDUSTRY
E
uropean 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 38 member organisations from different countries all over Europe who are experts in promoting and marketing their own national cinema. Under the EFP flag, all of these organisations work together on the promotion of European films and talent around the world. EFP creates and organises 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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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 ON THE MOVE
EFP President Martin Schweighofer AFC Austrian Films
Jo Mühlberger Project Director Sabine Rolinski Project Management Felix van Kann Project Assistant contact in Cannes +49 160 440 9595 CONTACT
EFP Vice President Pia Lundberg Swedish Film Institute EFP Managing Director Sonja Heinen
European Film Promotion e.V. Friedensallee 14 – 16 22765 Hamburg, Germany P +49 40 390 6252 info@efp-online.com www.efp-online.com
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E F P’S EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES
32 Films, Talent & Networking European Shooting Stars WestWind Produces On The Move True Stories: New Non-Fiction from Europe Europe! Voices of Women in Film Future Frames: Ten New Filmmakers to Follow Opening Doors 36 Access To Markets Screenings of Foreign Language Oscar® submitted films Film Sales Support European Umbrellas
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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.
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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.
TRUE STORIES: NEW NON-FICTION FROM EUROPE DOCUMENTARIES IN NEW YORK (MAY) In May 2017, EFP partners with Metrograph cinema in NYC to present a showcase of new boundary-pushing achievements in the documentary genre. True Stories: New Non-Fiction from Europe will bridge European filmmaking talent with New York press and industry, and new audiences in the vibrant young community of the Lower East Side. EFP is cooperating with Kanopy, an online streaming platform, on the non-theatrical distribution of the films.
PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE AT THE CANNES IFF (MAY) EFP offers support and guidance to up-andcoming 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.
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EUROPE! VOICES OF WOMEN IN FILM AT THE SYDNEY IFF (JUNE) In partnership with the Sydney Film Festival and Variety, EFP highlights new works by some of Europe’s most exciting women directors. Europe! Voices of Women in Film features ten films by ten accomplished women storytellers during the Sydney Film Festivals. Recognising 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.
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.
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OPENING DOORS / EUROPEAN UMBRELLA 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 European Umbrella at the Asian Film Market, and, in general, supporting the artistic delegation of directors in attendance at the event.
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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 (NOVEMBER) The screenings take place annually prior and during the American Film Market. Films screening under this flag 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.
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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.
THE EFP NETWORK ALBANIA Majlinda Tafa Albanian National Center of Cinematography/ANCC www.nationalfilmcenter. gov.al
CROATIA Mario Kozina Croatian Audiovisual Centre www.havc.hr
GEORGIA Tamara Tatishvili Georgian National Film Center www.gnfc.ge
AUSTRIA Martin Schweighofer AFC Austrian Films www.austrianfilms.com
REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS Diomidis Nikita Ministry of Education and Culture www.moec.gov.cy
GERMANY Mariëtte Rissenbeek German Films www.german-films.de
BELGIUM/FLANDERS Christian De Schutter Flanders Image www.flandersimage.com
CZECH REPUBLIC Markéta Šantrochová Czech Film Center www.filmcenter.cz
BELGIUM/WALLONIA Eric Franssen Wallonie Bruxelles Images www.wbimages.be
DENMARK Christian Juhl Lemche The Danish Film Institute www.dfi.dk
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA Elma Tataragić Association of Filmmakers in Bosnia and Herzegovina www.bhfilm.ba
ESTONIA Edith Sepp Estonian Film Institute www.filmi.ee
BULGARIA Irina Kanousheva Bulgarian National Film Center www.nfc.bg
FINLAND Jaana Puskala The Finnish Film Foundation www.ses.fi FRANCE Yoann Ubermuhlin uniFrance www.unifrance.org
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GREECE Stavroula Geronimaki Greek Film Centre www.gfc.gr HUNGARY Katalin Vajda Magyar Filmunió/ International Division Hungarian National Film Fund www.filmunio.hu 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
THE NETHERLANDS Marten Rabarts EYE International www.international.eyefilm.nl
SLOVENIA Nerina T. Kocjančič Slovenian Film Centre www.film-center.si
KOSOVO* Arben Zharku Kosova Cinematography Center www.qkk-rks.com
NORWAY Stine Oppegaard Norwegian Film Institute www.nfi.no/english/ norwegianfilms
LATVIA Dita Rietuma National Film Centre Latvia www.nfc.lv
POLAND Katarzyna Mazurkiewicz Polish Film Institute (PISF) www.pisf.pl
SPAIN Rafael Cabrera Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales/ICA A www.mcu.es/cine/index
LITHUANIA Dovilė Butnoriūtė Lithuanian Film Centre www.lkc.lt
PORTUGAL Vítor Pinheiro Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual, I. P./ ICA www.ica-ip.pt
LUXEMBOURG Françoise Lentz Film Fund Luxembourg www.filmfund.lu
ROMANIA Cristian Hordilă Romanian Film Promotion www.romfilmpromotion.ro
FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA Mimi Gjorgoska Ilievska Macedonian Film Agency www.filmagency.gov.mk
SERBIA Miroljub Vučković Film Center Serbia www.fcs.rs
MONTENEGRO Ilija Subotić Ministry of Culture www.mku.gov.me
SLOVAK REPUBLIC Rastislav Steranka Slovak Film Institute www.sfu.sk
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 * “This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.”
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publisher European Film Promotion e.V. editors Martin Blaney, Sabine Rolinski coordination Jo MĂźhlberger, Sabine Rolinski, Felix van Kann design concept Carolin Rauen layout Sabine Rolinski, Claudia Wondratschke print Merkur Druck Norderstedt, Hamburg credits cover: Andreas Struck, page 7: Vali Valenti, page 30: Isa Foltin/ Getty Images for European Shooting Stars, Ralf Uhler, page 35: Mindy Scisco, page 34: The Match Factory
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