films. talent. spirit.

Sept 6 – 16 2018 °efp at the Toronto International Film Festival 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 °efp european film promotion Sept 6 – 16 2018 at the Toronto International Film Festival europe! films. talent. spirit.

5 welcome 6 efp members at the europe! umbrella 21 further efp members at the tiff Industry Centre 28 partner and sales companies at the europe! umbrella 33 about efp – initiatives in support of the european film industry 40 efp – the network 42 partners and imprint Welcome 05

EFP (European Film Promotion) is delighted to welcome you to our EUROPE! UMBRELLA at the Toronto International Film Festival 2018.

EFP is a network of 38 European member organisations representing their national films EFP President and talent on an international level. Under the Martin Schweighofer EFP flag, they come together to promote the diversity and the spirit of European cinema. 14 EFP member organisations are participating at our third Umbrella at TIFF representing the films from their countries that have been selected by the festival. Another eleven EFP member organisations are present with their EFP Managing Director own stands at the Industry Centre in the Hyatt Sonja Heinen Hotel. EFP Team in Toronto The EFP EUROPE! UMBRELLA is a central Sonja Heinen meeting point for all things European. Join us for Managing Director meetings and information on the films from the [email protected] represented countries. Sabine Rolinski [email protected] Thanks to the backing of the Creative Europe – MEDIA Programme of the EU and additional EFP cell support by Eurimages, the EFP Umbrella offers +49 160 440 9595 space for networking and business. visit EFP at the Hyatt Hotel Martin Schweighofer & Sonja Heinen Industry Centre > 24 September 2018 °efp members at the europe! umbrella

7 AFC – Austrian Films 8 Croatian Audiovisual Centre 9 Czech Film Center 10 Eye International, The Netherlands 11 Film Center Serbia 12 Film Fund Luxembourg 13 Flanders Image, Belgium 14 Greek Film Centre 15 Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual I. P./ ICA, Portugal 16 Lithuanian Film Centre 17 Polish Film Institute 18 Screen Ireland 19 Slovenian Film Center 20 Wallonie Bruxelles Images, Belgium AFC – Austria 07 Austrian Films

Films at TIFF

Platform – in Competition Angelo directed by Markus Schlenzer Austria, Luxembourg world sales: Playtime www.playtime.group

Contemporary World Cinema Styx contact at TIFF directed by Wolfgang Fischer Martin Schweighofer Germany, Austria Managing Director world sales: Beta Cinema www.betacinema.com AFC – Austrian Films Stiftsgasse 6 A – 1070 Vienna phone +43 1 526 33 23 [email protected] www.austrianfilms.com Croatian Croatia Audiovisual Centre

Film at TIFF

Discovery The Load (Teret) directed by Ognjen Glavonić Serbia, France, Croatia, Iran, Qatar world sales: New Europe Film Sales www.neweuropefilmsales.com

contact at TIFF Irena Jelić Head of Promotion and Placement Department cell +385 91 521 3573 [email protected]

Croatian Audiovisual Centre Hrvatski audiovizualni centar Nova Ves 18 HR – 10 000 Zagreb phone +385 1 604 1088 [email protected] www.havc.hr Czech 09 Czech Republic Film Center

Films at TIFF

Contemporary World Cinema Winter Flies (Všechno bude) directed by Olmo Omerzu Czech Republic, Slovenia, Poland, Slovak Republic world sales: Cercamon http://cercamon.jimdo.com/ contact at TIFF "I Do Not Care If We Go Down In Markéta Šantrochová History As Barbarians" Head of Czech Film Center ("Je mi jedno, že se zapíšeme cell +420 724 329 948 do dějin jako barbaři") [email protected] directed by Radu Jude Romania, Czech Republic, Czech Film Center France, Bulgaria, Germany Národní třída 28 world sales: Beta Cinema CZ – 110 00 Prague 1 www.betacinema.com phone +420 221 105 398 [email protected] Discovery www.filmcenter.cz Touch Me Not (Ne dotýkej se mě) directed by Adina Pintilie Romania, Germany, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, France world sales: Doc&Film International www.docandfilm.com

TIFF Docs Putin's Witnesses directed by Vitaly Mansky Latvia, Switzerland, Czech Republic world sales: Deckert Distribution www.deckert-distribution.com The Eye Netherlands International

Films at TIFF

Contemporary World Cinema Retrospekt directed by Esther Rots The Netherlands, Belgium www.rotsfilmwerk.nl Yvonne Witte Yvonne © Discovery Light As Feathers directed by Rosanne Pel contact at TIFF The Netherlands Marten Rabarts world sales: WIDE Head of Eye International www.widemanagement.com Eye International Wavelengths Eye Film Institute Netherlands The Trial Visit Address directed by Sergei Loznitsa IJpromenade 1 The Netherlands NL – 1031 KT Amsterdam www.facebook.com/atomsvoid Postal Address P.O. Box 37767 Short Cuts NL – 1030 BJ Amsterdam L'été et tout le reste phone +31 20 7582375 directed by Sven Bresser [email protected] The Netherlands international.eyefilm.nl world sales: Some Shorts www.someshorts.com Film Center Serbia 11 Serbia

Film at TIFF

Discovery The Load (Teret) directed by Ognjen Glavonić Serbia, France, Croatia, Iran, Qatar world sales: New Europe Film Sales www.neweuropefilmsales.com

contact at TIFF Miroljub Vučković Head of International Relations & Promotion cell +381 646 107 687 [email protected]

Film Center Serbia Koce Popovica 9/3 SRB – 111000 Belgrade phone +381 11 2625 131 [email protected] www.fcs.rs Film Fund Luxembourg Luxembourg

Films at TIFF

Discovery Tel Aviv On Fire directed by Sameh Zoabi Luxembourg, France, Israel, Belgium world sales: Indie Sales www. indiesales.eu

Platform – in Competition Angelo contact at TIFF directed by Markus Schlenzer Françoise Lentz Austria, Luxembourg Head of Promotion world sales: Playtime cell +352 621 235 302 www.playtime.group francoise.lentz@ filmfund.etat.lu Contemporary World Cinema Black 47 Film Fund Luxembourg directed by Lance Daly 5, rue Large Ireland, Luxembourg L – 1917 Luxembourg world sales: Altitude Film Sales phone +352 2478 2179 www.altitudefilment.com [email protected] www.filmfund.lu Sibel directed by Çagla Zencirci, Guillaume Giovanetti France, Germany, Luxembourg, Turkey world sales: Pyramide International www.pyramidefilms.com Belgium 13 Flanders Flanders Image

Films at TIFF

Contemporary World Cinema Special Presentations Angel Kursk directed by Koen Mortier directed by Lukas Belgium, The Netherlands Moodysson world sales: Czar France, Luxembourg, www.czar.be Belgium world sales: Discovery Europacorp Girl www.europacorp.com contact at TIFF directed by Lukas Dhont Christian De Schutter Belgium, The Netherlands Contemporary World General Manager world sales: The Match Cinema [email protected] Factory Retrospekt www.the-match- directed by Flanders Image factory.com Esther Rots c/o Flanders Film House The Netherlands, Bischoffsheimlaan 38 Short Cuts Belgium BE – 1000 Brussels This Magnificent Cake ! www.rotsfilmwerk.nl phone +32 2 2260 630 directed by Marc James [email protected] Roels, Emma de Swaef TIFF Docs flandersimage.com Belgium, France, When Arabs Danced Luxembourg, The directed by Netherlands Jawad Rhalib world sales: New Belgium Europe Film Sales world sales: GAD www.neweuropefilmsales. Distribution com www.gad- distribution.com Greek Film Greece Centre

Films at TIFF

Discovery Her Job directed by Nikos Labot Greece, France, Serbia

Short Cuts Hector Malot – The Last Day Of The Year (Ektoras Malo: I Teleftea Mera Tis Chronias ) contact at TIFF directed by Jacqueline Lentzou Liza Linardou Greece Promotion and Film Festivals Department of Promotion and Distribution – Hellas Film cell +30 69 4563 9907 [email protected]

Greek Film Centre 9 Chatzopoulou Str. GR – 115 42 Athens phone +30 210 367 8500 [email protected] www.gfc.gr Instituto do Portugal 15 Cinema e do Audiovisual / ICA

Films at TIFF

Midnight Madness Diamantino directed by Gabriel Abrantes, Daniel Schmidt Portugal, France, Brazil world sales: Charades www.charades.eu

Contemporary World Cinema contact at TIFF The Black Book Vítor Pinheiro directed by Valeria Sarmiento Cinema department Portugal, France cell +351 965 820 221 world sales: Alfama Films [email protected] www.alfamafilms.com Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual I.P. / ICA Praça Bernardino Machado, 4 P – 1750-042 Lisbon phone +351 21 323 0800 [email protected] www.ica-ip.pt Lithuanian Lithuania Film Centre

Films at TIFF

Discovery Summer Survivors (Išgyventi vasarą) directed by Marija Kavtaradze Lithuania world sales: Heretic Outreach www.heretic.gr

Contemporary World Cinema contact at TIFF Core Of The World Dovilė Butnoriūtė directed by Natalia Meshchaninova Head, Department of Film Russian Federation, Lithuania Promotion, Information world sales: Indie Sales and Heritage www.indiesales.eu cell +370 670 01922 [email protected]

Lithuanian Film Centre Z. Sierakausko st. 15 LT – 03105 Vilnius phone +370 5 213 05 47 [email protected] www.lkc.lt/en Polish Poland 17 Film Institute

Films at TIFF

Special Presentations Contemporary World Cinema Cold War Winter Flies (Zimna Wojna) (Všechno bude) directed by directed by Olmo Omerzu Paweł Pawlikowski Czech Republic, Slovenia, Poland Poland, Slovak Republic world sales: Protagonist world sales: Cercamon Pictures, MK2 Films http://cercamon.jimdo.com/ contact at TIFF Gala Presentation Robert Baliński High Life Head of International directed by Claire Denis Relations Department Germany, France, USA, [email protected] United Kingdom, Poland world sales: Wild Bunch Polish Film Institute www.wildbunch.biz ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 21/23 Platform PL – 00-071 Warsaw The River phone +48 22 4210 497 directed by Emir Baigazin [email protected] Kazakhstan, www.pisf.pl Poland, Norway world sales: Films Boutique www.filmsboutique.com Screen Ireland Ireland

Films at TIFF

Contemporary World Cinema Special Presentations Black 47 Papi Chulo directed by Lance Daly directed by John Butler Ireland, Luxembourg Ireland world sales: Altitude world sales: Bankside Films Film Sales www.bankside-films.com www.altitudefilment.com Vita & Virginia Rosie directed by Chanya Button contact at TIFF directed by Paddy Breathnach United Kingdom, Ireland Teresa McGrane Ireland world sales: Protagonist Deputy Chief Executive world sales: Element Pictures Pictures www.elementpictures.ie www.protagonistpictures. James Hickey com Chief Executive Discovery Float Like A Butterfly Greta Celine Haddad directed by Carmel Winters directed by Neil Jordan Project Manager Ireland Ireland world sales: WestEnd Films world sales: Sierra/Affinity Dearbhla Regan www.westendfilms.com www.sierra-affinity.com Project Manager

Screen Ireland Fís Éireann 23 Dock Road IRL – Galway, H91 CR33 phone +353 91 561 398 [email protected] www.screenireland.ie Slovenian Slovenia 19 Fim Centre

Films at TIFF

Discovery Consequences directed by Darko Štante Slovenia world sales: Wide wwww.widemanagement.com

Contemporary World Cinema Winter Flies contact at TIFF (Všechno bude) Nerina T. Kocjančič directed by Olmo Omerzu Head of Promotion Czech Republic, Slovenia, and Distribution Poland, Slovak Republic cell +386 41 725 636 world sales: Cercamon [email protected] http://cercamon.jimdo.com/ Slovenian Film Centre Miklošičeva cesta 38 SI – 1000 Ljubljana phone +386 1 2343 200 [email protected] www.film-center.si Belgium Wallonie Wallonia-Brussels Bruxelles Images

Films at TIFF

Special Presentations Duelles (Mothers' Instinct) directed by Olivier Masset-Depasse Belgium, France world sales: Indie Sales www.indiesales.eu

Discovery contact at TIFF The Mercy Of The Jungle Eric Franssen directed by Joël Karekezi Director Belgium, France, Germany cell +32 486090728 world sales: Urban Distribution [email protected] International www.urbandistrib.com Wallonie Bruxelles Images 18 Place Flagey TIFF Docs BE – 1050 Brussels When Arabs Danced phone +32 2 2232304 directed by Jawad Rhalib [email protected] Belgium www.wbimages.be world sales: GAD Distribution www.gad-distribution.com further 21 °efp members at the tiff Industry Centre

22 British Council 22 Danish Film Institute 23 Finnish Film Foundation 23 German Films 24 ICAA, Spain 24 Icelandic Film Centre 25 Istituto Luce-Cinecittà, Italy 25 Norwegian FIlm Institute 26 Swedish Film Institute 26 Swiss Films 27 UniFrance British Danish Council Film Institute

United Kingdom Denmark Hyatt > Festival Room, 9th fl. Industry Centre > 2

contact at TIFF contact at TIFF Briony Hanson Christian Juhl Lemche Director of Film Festival Consultant / [email protected] DFI International [email protected] British Council Film Department Danish Film Institute 10 Spring Gardens Gothersgade 55 UK – London SW1A 2BN DK – 1123 Copenhagen K phone +44 20 7389 3025 phone +45 33 74 3400 [email protected] [email protected] www.britishcouncil.org/film www.dfi.dk Finnish German 23 Film Films Foundation

Finland Germany Industry Centre > 2 Industry Centre > 5

contact at TIFF contact at TIFF Jaana Puskala Mariëtte Rissenbeek Head of International Managing Director Department [email protected] [email protected] Martin Scheuring Jenni Domingo Project Coordinator International Promotion [email protected] Coordinator [email protected] German Films Service + Marketing Finnish Film Foundation Herzog-Wilhelm-Straße 16 Kanavakatu 12 D – 80331 Munich FIN – 00160 Helsinki phone +49 89 599 7870 phone +358 9 6220 300 [email protected] [email protected] www.german-films.de www.ses.fi/en ICAA Icelandic

Film Centre

Spain Iceland Industry Centre > 4 Industry Centre > 2

contact at TIFF contact at TIFF Rafael Cabrera Laufey Gudjonsdottir Marketing Director Director [email protected] [email protected]

Instituto de la Cinematografía y de Christof Wehmeier las Artes Audiovisuales / ICAA Head of Promotion Plaza del Rey, 1 [email protected] E – 28004 Madrid phone +34 91 701 7259 Icelandic Film Centre [email protected] Hverfisgata 54 www.icaa.es IS – 101 Reykjavik phone +354 562 3580 [email protected] www.icelandicfilmcentre.is Istituto Norwegian 25 Luce Film Cinecittà Institute

Italy Norway Industry Centre > 1 Industry Centre > 2

contact at TIFF contact at TIFF Annabella Nucara Stine Oppegaard Festival & Markets Head of International Project Manager relations, Feature Films [email protected] [email protected]

Istituto Luce Cinecittà – FIlmitalia Norwegian Film Institute Via Tuscolana, 1055 Dronningens gate 16 I – 00173 Rome N – 0105 Oslo phone +39 06 72286 330 phone +47 22 4745 00 [email protected] [email protected] www.filmitalia.org www.nfi.no Swedish Swiss Film Films Institute

Sweden Switzerland Industry Centre > 2 Industry Centre > 5

contact at TIFF contact at TIFF Steffen Andersen-Møller Catherine Ann Berger Head of International Department Managing Director cell +46 76 051 36 97 [email protected] [email protected] SWISS FILMS Petter Mattsson Neugasse 6 , Postfach Festival Manager, Feature Films CH – 8005 Zurich cell +46 70 607 11 34 phone +41 43 211 4050 [email protected] [email protected] www.swissfilms.ch Theo Tsappos Festival Manager, Feature Films cell +46 76 779 11 33 [email protected]

Swedish Film Institute PO Box 27126 S – 102 52 Stockholm phone +46 8 665 1100 [email protected] www.sfi.se UniFrance 27

France Industry Centre > 13

contact at TIFF Quentin Deleau-Latournerie Head of Digital Distribution [email protected]

Gilles Renouard Deputy Director [email protected]

UniFrance 13 rue Henner F – 75009 Paris phone +33 1 4753 2701 [email protected] www.unifrance.org partner and sales companies at the europe! umbrella

29 Eurimages 30 Autlook Filmsales 31 Fortissimo Films 32 New Europe Film Sales Eurimages France 29

Active since 1989, Eurimages was established as a cultural support fund of the Council of Europe.

Eurimages promotes independent filmmaking by providing financial support to feature-length fiction, animation and documentary films. In contact at TIFF doing so, it encourages co-operation between Roberto Olla professionals established in different countries. Executive Director [email protected] Eurimages has a total annual budget of €26 million. This financial envelope derives essentially from the contributions of the member states as well as returns on the loans it grants.

Eurimages has four support schemes: • feature film co-production • the promotion of co-production Iris Cadoux Project Manager • theatrical distribution [email protected] • exhibition

Eurimages promotes independent filmmaking Eurimages Conseil de l'Europe through a number of collaboration agreements Avenue de l'Europe with various festivals and film markets and has FR – 67075 Strasbourg Cedex also adopted a strategy to promote gender phone +33 3 88412640 equality in the film industry. [email protected] www.coe.int/Eurimages

Since its creation, Eurimages has supported 1962 co-productions for a total amount of approximately €574 million. Autlook Austria Filmsales

Based in Vienna and New York, Autlook Filmsales is one of the leading sales agents for feature documentaries and doc series. Founded 2006 we have established and constantly nourishing a broad network of digital platforms, theatrical distributors, broadcasters and festivals. Autlook is offering the contact at TIFF full spectrum of distribution inhouse, customized Salma Abdalla sales and festival strategies that help maximize CEO cell +43 676 900 3771 revenues, audience reach that fosters filmmakers [email protected] career and an endless passion for the art of documentaries.

We are attending all major festivals and markets, currently representing films as: Of Fathers And Sons by Talal Derki, Time Trial by Finlay Pretsell, by Marta Prus, Over The Limit Ania Trzebiatowska The Art Of Museums series and help raising Sales and Acquisition finances forDean Martin: King Of Cool by Tom Executive North America Donahue (Creative Chaos vmg), Senseless by [email protected] Guy Davidi (Danish Documentary Production, Medalia Productions), Mercedes Principle by Alina Autlook Filmsales gmbh Rudnitskaya (Danish Documentary Production). Spittelberggasse 3/14 A – 1070 Vienna Film at TIFF phone +43 720 34 69 34 [email protected] TIFF Docs www.autlookfilms.com Heartbound directed by Janus Metz Denmark, The Netherlands, Sweden 2018 The 31 Fortissimo Netherlands Films

Titles presented completed in post-production Wrath Of Silence The Pencil directed by XIN Yukun directed by Natalya China, 2017 Nazarova Russian Federation, contact at TIFF Schneider vs Bax United Kingdom Clément Magar directed by Alex General Manager Beijing van Warmerdam Up The Mountain clement@ The Netherlands, directed by Zhang Yang fortissimofilms.com Belgium, 2015 China

Sergio Herman, Mao Mao Cool Fucking Perfect directed by Zhang Yang directed by Willemiek China Kluijfhout The Netherlands, 2015 Voice Of Dali directed by Zhang Yang China Charlotte Henskens Director of Sales cell +31 6 2872 0230 charlotte@ fortissimofilms.com

Fortissimo Films Van Diemenstraat 134 NL – 1013 CN Amsterdam phone +31 20 2159310 [email protected] www.fortissimofilms.com New Europe Poland Film Sales

New Europe Film Sales is a boutique world sales company based in Warsaw, Poland. The company works with international content and sells it to all rights, theatrical, TV and VOD buyers across the world. We are proud of our small, carefully-selected catalogue of feature films and shorts. Each one of them is very precious to us. Our films regularly open at key festivals, such as contact at TIFF Cannes, Berlinale, Venice, Toronto, Sundance, Katarzyna Siniarska Rotterdam, Karlovy Vary and Tribeca and get Sales Executive cell +48 698 900 936 worldwide distribution. kat@neweurope- Our team regularly attends leading co- filmsales.com production meetings and film and TV markets. CEO Jan Naszewski cell +48 600 173 205 Films at TIFF jan@neweurope- filmsales.com Discovery Short Cuts The Load This Magnificent Cake ! (Teret) (Ce magnifique gâteau !) New Europe Film Sales directed by Ognjen directed by Marc James Czerniakowska 73/79 Glavonić Roels, Emma de Swaef PL – 00-718 Warsaw Serbia, France, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, [email protected] Croatia, Iran, Qatar The Netherlands www.neweuropefilmsales.com 2018 , 98 minutes 2018, 44 minutes

To Plant A Flag directed by Bobbie Peers Norway, Iceland 2018, 15 minutes world premiere °efp – european 33 film promotion

37 countries 1 network

EFP (European Film Promotion) is a unique network of 38 European member organisations who represent films and talent from their respective territories. Under the EFP flag, the members team up on initiatives to jointly promote the diversity and the spirit of European cinema and talent at key international film festivals and markets.

EFP is financially supported by the Creative Europe – MEDIA Programme of the European Union and by its member organisations. The Hamburg-based office is backed by the German Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, the Film Fund Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein and the Ministry of Culture of the City of Hamburg.

EFP President Contact Martin Schweighofer European Film Promotion e.V. AFC – Austrian Films Friedensallee 14–16 22765 Hamburg, Germany EFP Managing Director phone +49 40 398 40 30 Sonja Heinen [email protected] www.efp-online.com °efp – initiatives promoting european films and talent worldwide

2018 / 2019

promotion of films and talent 35 shooting stars 35 the changing face of europe: new documentaries 36 producers on the move 36 europe! voices of women in film 37 future frames: 10 new filmmakers to follow 37 europe! goes busan 37 screenings of Oscar® entries from europe access to international markets 38 europe! umbrellas 39 film sales support (fss) outside of europe promotion of 35 films and talent

the changing face of europe: new european documentaries at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival/Toronto Canada, April / May

©Vittorio Zunino Celotto/getty images EFP partners with Hot Docs in presen­ting outstanding European documentary filmmakers and their work. Workshops and meetings are arranged between filmmakers and international shooting stars buyers to encourage film sales and international circulation. Since 2017, EFP has also offered FILM at the Berlin International Film SALES SUPPORT for world sales companies Festival/ Germany, February with European films at this top festival. EFP presents 10 of the most talented young actors from throughout Europe at the Berlin International Film Festival. The initiative provides them with multiple networking opportunities with casting directors, talent agents, producers and directors, all aimed at strengthening their industry alliances. It offers support and publicity to young European actors on the verge of an international career. europe! voices of women in film

at the Sydney Film Festival/ Australia, June Taking a stand for gender diversity in film, EFP launched the programme in cooperation with the festival. It recognises new works by some of Europe's most exciting women directors and presents them in a dedicated section of the festival while, at the same time, connecting the filmmakers with the Australian industry. producers on the move at the Cannes Film Festival/ France, May 20 up and coming producers from through­ out Europe are selected to participate in PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE. The initiative connects the producers with potential international co-production partners, extending their industry network. They take part in a tailor-made networking programme which is underpinned by a press campaign in the international trades. promotion 37 of films and talents

europe! goes busan at the Busan International Film Festival/South Korea, October European directors and actors are wel­comed to South Korea’s major film event to present their films to enthu­siastic Korean audiences and meet with key Asian and international industry players. In alliance with EFP’s FILM future frames – SALES SUPPORT, which is dedicated to the 10 new filmmakers promotion and marketing of European films, the programme has significantly increased to follow the visibility of European films in Asia. at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival/ Czech Republic, July The initiative features the next gene­ration screenings of European cinema and 10 talented young ® directors at its core. The outstanding graduates of Oscar entries from film schools throughout Europe present their latest short and mid-length films within the from europe official programme of the festival and take part Los Angeles/USA, in a three-day industry programme to facilitate November their entree into the international film scene. EFP annually organises a special screening series for European submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The screenings shine a light on these films amidst a field of more than 90 international competitors running for the Oscar. Academy voting members, international buyers, selected press and LA- based industry are invited to the screenings which take place parallel to the American Film Market (AFM) where EFP hosts the EUROPE! UMBRELLA. europe! access to umbrellas international markets

filmart asian film market Hong Kong, at the Busan International Film March F­estival/South Korea, October Since 2011, EFP has been running the much fre­quented EUROPE! UMBRELLA for European Paying heed to the industry aspect of the festival world sales companies and EFP members at and in addition to its support for European films Hong Kong’s renowned FILMART, attracting and directors at the Busan IFF, EFP offers a hub substantial business from the Asian countries. for European world sales companies and EFP member organisations representing their films and operates the large and very busy EUROPE! UMBRELLA at the Asian Film Market in Busan. toronto, industry centre at the Toronto International american film Film Festival/Canada,­ September market Los Angeles/USA, In order to highlight the diversity of European November cinema and enhance its visibility at one of the world’s key festivals, EFP has been orga­nising As one of the earliest initiatives, started in and operating the EUROPE! UMBRELLA since 1998, EFP supports the presence of European 2016, which serves as a central meeting point world sales companies and EFP members at for all of the Europeans during TIFF. the AFM by offering the highly frequented EUROPE! UMBRELLA. It is based at the market headquarters and open for about 20 European companies. film sales 39 support outside of europe

FSS for The Night Of All Nights directed by Yasemin & Nesrin Samdereli ©Magnetfilm for Hotdocs 2018 film sales support

EFP’s support initiative for European sales agents

EFP not only promotes European films and talent Film Market. On average, 45 per cent of the FSS around the world it also backs the promotion supported films are being sold, in particular to and marketing of films by associated world sales North and South America, Asia, Australia, New companies to countries outside of Europe via Zealand and the Middle East. FILM SALES SUPPORT (FSS). FSS contributes towards additional promotional EFP additionally offers FSS for the promotion activities, covering up to 50 per cent of marke- of Swiss films outside of Europe, thanks to new ting costs at the festivals of Sydney, Sundance, international measures by the Swiss Federal and Toronto (TIFF and Hot Docs) as well as at Office of Culture, the Media Desk Suisse and the FILMART, Asian Film Market and American SWISS FILMS. °efp – the network

Albania Republic of Cyprus Germany Majlinda Tafa Diomides Nikita Mariëtte Rissenbeek Albanian National Center Ministry of Education German Films of Cinematography and Culture www.german-films.de www.nationalfilmcenter. www.moec.gov.cy gov.al Greece Czech Republic Stavroula Geronimaki Austria Markéta Šantrochová Greek Film Centre Martin Schweighofer Czech Film Center www.gfc.gr AFC – Austrian Films www.filmcenter.cz www.austrianfilms.com Hungary Denmark Katalin Vajda Belgium/Flanders Christian Juhl Lemche Hungarian National Christian De Schutter The Danish Film Institute Film Fund Flanders Image www.dfi.dk www.filmunio.hu www.flandersimage.com Estonia Iceland Belgium/Wallonia-Brussels Edith Sepp Laufey Gudjónsdóttir Eric Franssen Estonian Film Institute Icelandic Film Centre Wallonie Bruxelles Images www.filmi.ee www.icelandicfilmcentre.is www.wbimages.be Finland Ireland Bosnia and Herzegovina Jaana Puskala Louise Ryan Elma Tataragić The Finnish Film Screen Ireland Association of filmmakers Foundation www.screenireland.ie of Bosnia and Herzegovina www.ses.fi www.bhfilm.ba Italy France Annabella Nucara Bulgaria Frédéric Béreyziat Istituto Luce Cinecittà Irina Kanousheva UniFrance www.filmitalia.org Bulgarian National Film www.unifrance.org Center Kosovo* www.nfc.bg Georgia Arben Zharku Tamara Tatishvili Kosova Cinematography Croatia Georgian National Film Center Irena Jelić Center www.qkk-rks.com Croatian Audiovisual www.gnfc.ge Centre www.havc.hr the network 41

Latvia Poland Sweden Dita Rietuma Robert Baliński Steffen Andersen-Møller National Film Centre Latvia Polish Film Institute Swedish Film Institute www.nfc.lv www.pisf.pl www.sfi.se

Lithuania Portugal Switzerland Dovilė Butnoriūtė Vítor Pinheiro Catherine Ann Berger Lithuanian Film Centre Instituto do Cinema e do Swiss Films www.lkc.lt Audiovisual, I. P./ ICA www.swissfilms.ch www.ica-ip.pt Luxembourg United Kingdom Françoise Lentz Romania Briony Hanson Film Fund Luxembourg Cristian Hordilă British Council www.filmfund.lu Romanian Film Promotion www.britishcouncil.org www.romfilmpromotion.ro Former Yugoslav *This designation is without pre- Republic of Macedonia Serbia judice to positions on status, and Anita Stojcheska Miroljub Vučković is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 Macedonian Film Agency Film Center Serbia and the lCJ Opinion on the Kosovo www.filmagency.gov.mk www.fcs.rs Declaration of Independence.

Montenegro Slovak Republic Sehad Čekić Rastislav Steranka Film Centre of Montenegro Slovak Film Institute www.fccg.me www.sfu.sk

The Netherlands Slovenia Marten Rabarts Nerina T. Kocjančič Eye International Slovenian Film Centre international.eyefilm.nl www.film-center.si

Norway Spain Stine Oppegaard Rafael Cabrera Norwegian Film Institute Instituto de la Cinematografía www.nfi.no/english/ y de las Artes Audiovisuales/ norwegianfilms ICAA www.icaa.es partners and imprint

EFP's activities are financially supported by with the support of the Creative Europe – Media Programme of the European Union and the EFP member organisations. 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.

In addition, EFP's activities in Toronto are supported by Eurimages.

Publisher °efp in Toronto is supported by European Film Promotion e.V. Friedensallee 14–16 22765 Hamburg, Germany phone +49 40 398 40 3-0 [email protected] www.efp-online.com Editor Sonja Heinen Coordination Sabine Rolinski Layout Panatom Corporate Communication Print Merkur Druck Norderstedt, Hamburg Credits page 35: Vittorio Zunino Celotto/getty images, Thomas Kim/HotDocs, page 37: Mindy Sisco, KVIFF, page 39: Magnetfilm

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