°efp guide european world sales companies presented by °efp european film promotion film sales support 21/22 ° efp european film promotion updated guide presents 2021 / 22 european world sales companies europe! welcome 5 films. Dear producers, filmmakers, programmers and industry professionals,

we are delighted to present to you the 2021 / 22 talent. online guide of Europe’s most prolific world sales companies. This compendium gives you °efp president up-to-date profiles of each company, useful Markéta Šantrochová for your work at international film festivals and markets where the sales agents represent spirit. Europe’s rich diversity of films.

Promoting European films and talent to the world is what drives all of EFP’s activities. As gender balance, diversity & inclusion and °efp managing director sustainability are important to us, we want Sonja Heinen Europe’s diverse films to travel in the most environmentally respectful manner to the farthest corners of the world. With our Film Sales Support (FSS) initiative – backed by Creative Europe – MEDIA of the European Union – which complements EFP’s manifold international promotion programmes, FSS incentivises sales agents to invest in primarily innovative digital promotion campaigns as 5 welcome they reach out to audiences beyond Europe. 6 about film sales support 8 european world sales companies Let’s keep up the good work on promoting Europe’s rich cinema! 100 about °efp – what we do 102 °efp – the network Markéta Šantrochová & Sonja Heinen 104 partners and imprint September 2021 °efp – film 7 sales support

EFP (European Film Promotion) is the international network of national FSS is backed by the Creative Europe – MEDIA film promotion institutes from 37 countries from throughout Europe, Programme of the EU, our longstanding partner, each representing their national films and talent abroad. Under the EFP the Nordisk Film & TV Fond, and, in 2021, by flag, these organisations team up to jointly promote the diversity and the member institutes German Films and the spirit of European cinema and talent at key film festivals and markets, in Instituto de la Cinematografíay de las Artes particular outside of Europe. Audiovisuales (Spain). Head of Film Sales Support Susanne Davis [email protected] The Film Sales Support (FSS) scheme addresses European world Please consult with the FSS team, Susanne sales companies and their (digital) marketing and sales campaigns of Davis and Cornelia Klimkeit, who are happy to European films to countries outside of Europe. The sales companies advise. have to be based in the European Union and in countries participating in Creative Europe – MEDIA which are registered with and validated by the Participant Register of the European Commission and by the respective national film promotion institutes. Project Management www.efp-online.com Film Sales Support Cornelia Klimkeit FSS is also available for the promotion of films from Switzerland thanks [email protected] to the international measures by the Federal Office of Culture, the Media Desk Suisse and SWISS FILMS. °efp – film 9 sales support 31 Copenhagen Bombay H (Denmark) 51 Heretic (Greece) 32 Coproduction Office (France) I 52 Indie Sales (France) D 53 Intramovies (Italy) 33 Deckert Distribution (Germany) K 34 DFW International 54 Kinology (France) (The Netherlands) european 35 Dutch Features L Global Entertainment 55 Latido Films (Spain) (The Netherlands) 56 Le Pacte (France) world sales companies 57 Les Films du Losange E (France) in alphabetical order 36 EastWest Filmdistribution 58 LevelK (Denmark) (Austria) 59 Loco Films (France) 37 Elle Driver (France) 60 Luxbox (France) 38 Endorphin (Greece) 39 Eyewell AB (Sweden) M Page Name 61 Magnetfilm F (Germany) 40 Fandango (Italy) 62 m-appeal world sales A 41 Feel Content (Spain) (Germany) 14 102 Distribution (Italy) 21 Begin Again Films (Spain) 42 Feelsales (Spain) 63 Media Luna New Films 15 Alfama Films Production 22 Bendita Film Sales (Spain) 43 Film Factory Entertainment (Germany) (France) 23 Best Friend Forever (Spain) 64 Media Move (Poland / Germany) 16 Alpha Violet (France) (Belgium) 44 Film Seekers France (France) 65 Memento Films 17 atlas international film 24 Beta Cinema (Germany) 45 Filmax (Spain) International (France) (Germany) 46 Filmdelights (Austria) 66 Minerva Pictures Group (Italy) 18 Autlook Filmsales (Austria) C 47 Filmotor (Czech Republic) 67 mk2 films (France) 25 Capricci Films (France) 48 Films Boutique 68 Moonrise (Spain) B 26 CAT&Docs (France) (Germany / France) 69 MPM Premium (France) 19 Bac Films Distribution 27 Celluloid Dreams (France) 49 First Hand Films (France) 28 Charades (France) (Germany / Switzerland) N 20 Be for Films 29 Cité Films (France) 50 Fizz-e-Motion (Austria) 70 New Europe Film Sales (Belgium / France) 30 Coccinelle film sales (Italy) (Poland) P T 11 71 Pathé Films (France) 86 The Bureau Sales (France) european 72 Picture Tree International 87 The Match Factory (Germany) (Germany) 73 Playtime (France) 88 The Open Reel (Italy) world sales 74 Pluto Film (Germany) 89 The Party Film Sales (France) 75 Pulsar Content (France) 90 The Playmaker Munich companies 76 Pyramide International (Germany) (France) 91 The Yellow Affair (Finland) per country 92 Totem Films (France) R 93 True Colours (Italy) 77 Reel Suspects (France) 94 TrustNordisk (Denmark) 78 REinvent (Denmark) 95 TVCO (Italy) 79 Reservoir Docs (France) Page Name 80 Rise and Shine World Sales U (Germany) 96 Urban Distribution 81 Rushlake Media (Germany) International (France) Austria France 18 Autlook 15 Alfama Films Production S W Filmsales 16 Alpha Violet 82 Shellac (France) 97 Wide (France) 36 EastWest 19 Bac Films Distribution 83 Slingshot Films (Italy) 98 Wild Bunch (France) Filmdistribution 25 Capricci Films 84 Sola Media (Germany) 99 WTFilms (France) 46 Filmdelights 26 CAT&Docs 85 Summerside Media (Italy) 50 Fizz-e-Motion 27 Celluloid Dreams 28 Charades Belgium 29 Cité Films 20 Be for Films 32 Coproduction Office 23 Best Friend Forever 37 Elle Driver 44 Film Seekers France Czech Republic 52 Indie Sales 47 Filmotor 54 Kinology 56 Le Pacte Denmark 57 Les Films du Losange 31 Copenhagen Bombay 59 Loco Films 58 LevelK 60 Luxbox 78 REinvent 65 Memento Films 94 TrustNordisk International (MFI) 67 mk2 films Finland 69 MPM Premium 91 The Yellow Affair 71 Pathé Films 73 Playtime 75 Pulsar Content 76 Pyramide International 88 The Open Reel 13 77 Reel Suspects 93 True Colours °efp unites 79 Reservoir Docs 95 TVCO 82 Shellac 86 The Bureau Sales Poland 85 european 89 The Party Film Sales 64 Media Move 92 Totem Films 70 New Europe Film Sales world sales 96 Urban Distribution International 97 Wide Spain companies 98 Wild Bunch 21 Begin Again Films 99 WTFilms 22 Bendita Film Sales through 41 Feel Content Germany 42 Feelsales 17 atlas international Film 43 Film Factory Entertainment film sales 24 Beta Cinema 45 Filmax 33 Deckert Distribution 55 Latido Films support 48 Films Boutique 68 Moonrise 49 First Hand Films 61 Magnetfilm Sweden 62 m-appeal world sales 39 Eyewell AB 63 Media Luna New Films 72 Picture Tree International The Netherlands 74 Pluto Film 34 DFW International 80 Rise and Shine World Sales 35 Dutch Features 81 Rushlake Media Global Entertainment 84 Sola Media 87 The Match Factory 90 The Playmaker Munich

Greece 38 Endorphin 51 Heretic

Italy 14 102 Distribution 30 Coccinelle film sales 40 Fandango 53 Intramovies 66 Minerva Pictures Group www.efp- 83 Slingshot Films 85 Summerside Media online.com 102 Italy Alfama Films France 15 Distribution Production

102 Distribution is a film Production, Created by Paulo Branco in 2006, Alfama Distribution and World Sales Company Films Production is an independent based in Rome, whose main activities production company whose catalogue are buying and producing Italian and already contains films by talented and International films, exploiting rights on all varied directors, such as David Cronenberg, Distribution channels, and also handling the Managing Director & Raùl Ruiz, Jacques Doillon, Christophe Managing Director marketing and promotion for each release Head of Distribution Honoré, Mathieu Amalric, Wim Wenders, Paulo Branco Tommaso Cerqueglini as well as all activities regarding territories. [email protected] Benoit Jacquot, Andrzej Zulawski … Head of Sales & International Festival At the beginning the Company focused Alfama Films has its own international sales Jason Bressand on the acquisition of rights for only Italian and distribution services. [email protected] territory, however, in recent years 102 Distribution has broadened its Distribution activities acquiring multi-territorial rights of films and in some cases all world rights, managing International sales and also releasing directly in countries such as USA, Canada, UK, Asia and many others.

102 Distribution’s objective is to focus on high quality Italian and International products which have a strong authorial contact contact and commercial potentials. Via Flaminia 441 78 rue de Turbigo I - 00196 ROME F - 75003 Paris phone + 39 06 62205901 phone +33 1 4201 0705 www.102distribution.com [email protected] www.alfamafilms.com Alpha France atlas Germany 17 Violet international film Wonderworld Entertainment

Alpha Violet is an independent sales atlas international film was founded in company based in Paris, founded by February of 1967 by Dieter Menz and with a Virginie Devesa and Keiko Funato in 2011. corporate history of more than 50 years, We are seeking edgy author-driven films it is one of the oldest film sales companies that grab our hearts. Our efforts are to in the world. Through worldwide contacts offer transparency to our filmmakers and CEO, Sales & Acquisitions atlas today sells features, TV-movies Managing Director producers, as we help them launch their Virginie Devesa animation, documentaries and series in all Michel J. Vandewalle careers worldwide. [email protected] media. atlas arranges production financing and structures co-productions for theatrical We adapt our sales strategies to the and television product. specificities of the films so that we can meet the expectations of the production atlas international represents more than companies we work with. 100 individual producers from all over the CEO, Sales & Acquisitions world. In the years since it was founded, Our line-up includes many first films such Keiko Funato atlas has made more than 12,000 license as Identifying Features by Fernanda [email protected] agreements with clients from all over Valadez (Sundance 2020, Gotham Award the world. From sales and marketing to for Best International film), Apples by servicing and deliveries, all aspects of Christos Nikou (Venice Opening film international program sales are handled Orizzonti 2020, Greek Oscar Entry), The by specialists. This has given atlas the Cemil Show by Baris Sarhan (Rotterdam flexibility and fast response demanded 2021). contact by today’s competitive market. contact 47, Avenue de la République Kolpingring 16 D Upcoming films are Utama by Alejandro F - 75011 Paris D - 82041 Oberhaching phone +33 1 47 97 39 84 phone +49 89 2007 1909 Loayza Grisi, Small Body by Laura Samani [email protected] [email protected] and Fishbone by Dragomir Sholev. www.alphaviolet.com www.atlasfilm.com Autlook Austria Bac Films France 19 Filmsales Distribution

Autlook Filmsales is one of the leading For over 30 years, Bac Films has been sales outfits for feature documentaries and amongst France top independent series. We are offering filmmakers the full distributors and has distributed over 500 spectrum of distribution in-house plus films (9 of which have won the “Palme d’Or” customised sales and festival strategies that in Cannes). Launched in 2002, the inter- help maximise revenues, reach audiences CEO, Acquisitions & national sales department is focusing on CEO as well as impact and foster the career of Theatrical Sales new auteurs coming from all over the world. David Grumbach the film’s director and producer. Salma Abdalla [email protected] [email protected] We dedicate ourselves to finding those films which bring a new and different vision Head of International Sales & We are currently representing: Try Harder! Head of Sales to the motion pictures landscape. International Acquisitions by Debbie Lum (Sundance premiered), Andrea Hock Marine Goulois Belushi by R. J. Cutler, Writing with Fire by [email protected] [email protected] Rintu Thomas & Sushmit Ghosh (Sundance Head of International Sales 2021 awarded), All Light, Everywhere by Andréa Dos Santos Theo Anthony (Sundance 2021 awarded), [email protected] The Painter and the Thief by Benjamin Ree Head of Acquisitions (93rd OSCARS® shortlist), For Sama by Waad Alexis Hofmann Al Kateab & Edward Watts, (Golden Eyes [email protected] Best documentary Cannes 2019 + 47 awards, Emmy® Awarded, 92nd OSCARS® nominee), The Box Office hit Caught in the Net by Vít Klusák, Barbora Chalupová, Acasa, My contact contact Home by Radu Ciorniciuc (Sundance 2020 Spittelberggasse 3 / 14 9 rue Pierre Dupont awarded) Of Fathers and Sons by Talal Derki A - 1070 Vienna F - 75010 Paris phone +43 670 208 7881 phone +33 1 8049 1000 (91st OSCARS® nominee). [email protected] [email protected] www.autlookfilms.com www.bacfilms.com Belgium / Spain 21 Be for France Begin Again Films Films

Be For Films is an independent film sales Begin Again Films is a Spanish distribution company based in Brussels and Paris. and sales company based in Madrid and We are primarily focused on independent Almería, Spain, made up of professionals with films, whether fiction or documentaries, extensive experience in film production, comedies or dramas, dealing with societal distribution, sales and promotion. and strong women issues. We cure to Managing Director Partner / Manager Director international festivals, distributors and Pamela Leu We are focused on high quality independent Head of Sales [email protected] films, fiction and documentaries. Our team are Gloria Bretones broadcasters a dozen new features [email protected] annually from Belgian and international Sales Assistant always looking for new talents. We want to directors. Alix de Montblanc show the best cinema made in Spain: exciting [email protected] and risky stories for new audiences.

Our films have been selected in Rotterdam, Berlinale, San Sebastian, Mar de Plata, Jenjou, HotDocs, Sevilla, Thessaloniki, Partner / Productions & Cinema du Reel, New York, Bafici, IDFA…, Acquisitions Belén Bernuy winning prestigious awards. [email protected]

contact Begin Again Films is a young company, contact 23 Rue Fourcroy but we are working hard every day to get the Plaza Parque del F - 75017 Paris Generalife, 2 6ºC trust of cinemas, festivals programmers, ES - 04006 Almería Avenue des Villas, 28 boite 0A domestic distributors, international VOD B - 1060 Brussels platforms and TV channels around the world. Paseo Santa María de There are no limits for good cinema. la Cabeza, 42Bis phone +33 6 1434 3755 E - 28045 Madrid [email protected] www.beforfilms.com phone +34 9 1522 1343 [email protected] www.beginagainfilms.es Bendita Spain Best Friend Belgium 23 Film Sales Forever

Bendita Film Sales is an independent Best Friend Forever is a Brussels-based international sales agency and production film sales and management company company based in Spain. focused on bringing carefully selected arthouse features to the international Our selective catalogue of feature films is market. BFF supports brilliant producers full of unique stories and talents that Managing Director and directors, emerging or confirmed, Partner challenge the conventional. Luis Renart bringing their projects to life through Martin Gondre [email protected] international sales, development financing, [email protected] as well as offering legal and financial consulting.

BFF’s mission is to create a unique home base to support and foster the best creative talent of today and tomorrow, offering Partner innovative distribution and marketing Charles Bin solutions. As BFF, we value friendship, [email protected] transparency and long-term relationships with our partners.

The company was created in May 2019 as part of the Indie Sales Group. Our slate contact includes titles such as Souad by Ayten Amin contact Bethencourt Alfonso, 23 8º (Cannes 2020 + Berlinale & Tribeca 2021), Varkensmarkt, 23 E - 38002 Santa Cruz Valentyn Vasyanovych’s Atlantis, (Best Film B - 1000 Brussels de Tenerife [email protected] phone +34 922 926 541 Award in Venice Orizzonti 2019), Los www.bestfriendforever.be [email protected] Conductos by Camilo Restrepo (Best First www.benditafilms.com Feature in Berlinale 2020) or Oleg by Juris Kursietis (Cannes Directors’ Fortnight 2019). Beta Germany Capricci France 25 Cinema Films

BETA CINEMA, a subsidiary of Jan Mojto’s Capricci is a French distribution and sales European media group Beta Film, is a company of award-winning arthouse world sales and co-financing company for films from all over the world. We collaborate quality feature films that combine great with high-profile filmmakers such as Albert stories, commercial viability and artistic Serra, Jean-Luc Godard, Hong Sangsoo, integrity. CEO Abel Ferrara, Wang Bing, Philippe Garrel etc. Managing Director Dirk Schuerhoff Thierry Lounas BETA CINEMA’s footprint ranges from Executive Vice President Capricci Editions, founded in 2007, is one of Head of Sales & Aquisitions Oscar® winners to worldwide B.O. and Acquisitions, Sales & Marketing the most important cinema book publisher Jim Martín streaming hits, such as The Lives of Others, Thorsten Ritter in France, including essays, interviews with [email protected] Il Divo, Downfall and two time Oscar®- thorsten.ritter@ directors or unpublished screenplays. nominee Never Look Away, to Netflix hit betacinema.com Calibre and multiple award-winning B.O. Head of Sales & Acquisitions Three main titles: 9 Fingers by FJ Ossang, successes like Woman at War and System Tassilo Hallbauer Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company Crasher. tassilo.hallbauer@ by Jean-Luc Godard, Atlal by Djamel Kerkar. betacinema.com Current highlights include Berlin 2021 Competition entries I’m Your Man by Maria Schrader (winner Silver Bear) and Next Door by Daniel Brühl, Venice entry Nowhere Special and the psychological thriller Kindred starring Fiona Shaw contact contact and Jack Lowden. Grünwalder Weg 28d 103 rue Sainte Catherine D - 82041 Oberhaching F - 33000 Bordeaux phone +49 89 6734 698 28 phone +33 5 3554 5192 [email protected] [email protected] www.betacinema.com www.capricci- international.com CAT&Docs France Celluloid France 27 Dreams

CAT&Docs is a Paris-based sales company Celluloid Dreams has been at the forefront specialised in promoting and distributing of international sales, production, and documentaries from all over the world, financing of quality independent films for worldwide. CAT&Docs is looking for original more than 30 years. Its ‘Directors Label’ documentaries, investigative documentaries, stands for the discovery and subsequent always associated with a high standard President promotion of a large number of the most President of content and form. Pertinent and Catherine Le Clef important, awarded and respected film Hengameh Panahi impertinent films on topical questions and [email protected] directors of our times, the “future classics”. Vice President timeless subjects; documentaries that Sales Charlotte Mickie rigorously explore the subject matter, that Aleksandra Derewienko Celluloid Dreams’ 2021 line-up includes charlotte@celluloid- are audacious, open to the diversity of [email protected] Hit the Road by Panah Panahi (Directors’ dreams.com the world and that have their place in the Fortnight 2021), Death of a Ladies’ Man Sales & Marketing international scene; documentaries that by Matthew Bissonnette, I Am Chance by Adam Ibourk question the world and propose new ways Marc-Henri Wajnberg, Memory House [email protected] of looking at documentaries that keep by João Paulo Miranda Maria (Cannes, TIFF us from closing our eyes. and San Sebastian Official Selection 2020), Sun Children by Majid Majidi (Venice CAT&Docs’2021 line-up includes : The Earth Official Competition 2020), Miss Marx by is Blue as an Orange, Wake Up On Mars, Susanna Nicchiarelli (Venice Official All-In, Life of Ivanna, Fly so Far, Belly of the Competition 2020) and The Book of Vision Beast, Raise the Bar, The New Gospel, by Carlo Hintermann (executive producer A Life Parked, Citizenfour, Cameraperson, contact Terrence Malick). contact just to name a few. 23–25 Rue Jean Jacques 2 rue Turgot Rousseau F - 75009 Paris F - 75001 Paris phone +33 1 4970 0370 phone +33 1 4461 7748 www.celluloid-dreams.com [email protected] [email protected] www.catndocs.com Charades France Cité 29 Films

Carole Baraton, Yohann Comte and Pierre Co-Founder CITE FILMS is a production and sales Mazars founded Charades in January 2017, Carole Baraton company founded in 1997, wholly-owned following successful tenures as head and and managed by Raphaël Berdugo, who VPs of International Sales at Wild Bunch, has more than 30 year experience in the Gaumont and StudioCanal. Constantin movie business, especially in production Briest, founder of Asuna, is the financial and international sales. He has coproduced President, Producer & partner. A dynamic sales and co-production around 30 movies through various Head of Sales company based in Paris but with a global production companies, mostly arthouse Raphaël Berdugo Co-Founder [email protected] reach, Charades offers a fresh perspective Yohann Comte films that have been selected by and wealth of experience in international prestigious festivals such as Cannes, sales. Berlin, Venice and Toronto, winning numerous awards. Charades’s slate includes Kirill Serebrennikov’s Leto (World Premiere in He was previously manager / owner Cannes Official Selection 2018), Mamoru of ROISSY FILMS for more than 15 years, Hosoda’s Mirai (Directors’ Fortnight 2018 / Co-Founder a well-known French independent Pierre Mazars Academy Award and Golden Globe production and sales company, which nomination), I Lost my Body by Jérémy Acquisitions Manager and Sales he sold to EUROPACORP (Luc Besson) Clapin (Cannes International Critics’ Lucie Desquiens in 2008. He was also President of the Week Grand Prix 2019 / Academy Award [email protected] France’s Association of Film Exporters nomination), On a Magical Night by contact (ADEF) for six years. Cité Films activities Christophe Honoré (Un Certain Regard 17 Boulevard Jules Ferry include production and international contact 2019) and Horror film phenomenon F - 75011 Paris sales of new movies and also management 56 rue Perronet Host by Rob Savage. Currently on their phone +33 1 4970 0370 of library titles from world acclaimed F - 92200 Neuilly sur Seine [email protected] phone +33 1 8264 5298 line-up are the new Kirill Serebrannikov’s www.charades.eu directors including ARGOS FILMS’ classics [email protected] Petrov’s Flu and Mamoru Hosoda’s unique catalogue. www.citefilms.com latest animation Belle. Coccinelle Italy Copenhagen Denmark 31 film sales Bombay

Coccinelle film sales is an international Copenhagen Bombay is an international distributor that launched a REVOLUTIONARY media house working with a broad range of BUSINESS MODEL on the “producer’s side”. projects cross platforms. The business In fact, Coccinelle offers independent foundation is strong storytelling for children, producers and filmmakers a new concept of youth and families. personalized distribution without binding CEO CEO & Owner their film to distribution contracts for years Francesca Breccia The Copenhagen Bombay Group represents Sarita Christensen and without deducting expenses from the [email protected] three business areas: Head of Sales producer’s revenue share. • IP production Alexandra Cruz • Distribution and world sales incl. Alexandra.cruz@ Our films travel to worldwide A-festivals and the agency “Holy Cow” copenhagenbombay.com are theatrically released in several territories. • Learning products

Coccinelle film is member of the European All productions are based on the Film Academy (EFA), of Europa International Copenhagen Bombay values: Quality content, (EI) and Unefa and often joins several original design, high ethical standard and industry events, such as EAVE workshops humor as the foundational ingredients. and Cannes Producers on the Move Copenhagen Bombay’s vision is to stimulate meetings as a decision maker. the inquisitive child to remain curious. This generates innovation and entrepreneurship.

contact Today the Copenhagen Bombay Group contact Via della cisterna, 1 represents seven companies located in Refshalevej 147, 1st floor I - 00153 Rome Denmark, Sweden, and China. Ownership of DK - 1432 Copenhagen K phone +39 3388 1588 62 phone +45 72 420 800 [email protected] 30 original IP productions inclusive own [email protected] www.coccinellefilm.com animation studio and bureau specialized in www.copenhagenbombay.com brand strategy and digital content. Bombay’s projects have won numerous awards and recognition in Denmark and internationally, and sold to more than 98 countries. Coproduction France Deckert Germany 33 Office Distribution Societe Parisienne de Production

Based in Paris and Berlin, Coproduction Deckert Distribution is a world sales Office is an international distributor and company for documentaries and stands for producer of bold, award-winning films. excellent, director-led, award-winning films, such as the 2020 OSCAR nominated Coproduction Office’s CEO and founder Honeyland by Ljubomir Stefanov and Philippe Bober has worked with prominent Managing Director & Tamara Kotevska, EMMY Award winners Managing Director ground-breaking directors from early on in Acquisitions Miners Shot Down by Rehad Desai and Heino Deckert Philippe Bober No Burqas Behind Bars by Nima Sarvestani, their careers and has produced thirty-two Sales & Acquisitions films to date. The majority of these films Head of Sales and Acquisitions the 2010 OSCAR nominated Rabbit à Executive were selected for the main competitions in Sophie Cabon la Berlin by Bartek Konopka and Piotr Vaidute Fischer Cannes, Venice and Berlin, where they [email protected] Rosolowski, German Documentary Award vaida@deckert- have received over 30 prizes, most notably winner Heimat is a Space in Time by Thomas distribution.com Head of Sales the Venice Golden Lion in 2014 for Roy Nadine Rothschild Heise, ¡Vivan las Antipodas! by Victor Sales & Acquisitions Andersson’s A Pigeon Sat On a Branch [email protected] Kossakovsky, as well as Under the Sun, Liselot Verbrugge Reflecting on Existence, and the Palme d’Or Putin’s Witnesses and Gorbachev. Heaven liselot@deckert- distribution.com in 2017 for The Square by Ruben Östlund. by Vitaly Mansky.

Coproduction Office’s international sales Throughout the year, we present our slate division distributes a catalogue composed at international markets like MIPDOC / of films produced by Philippe Bober as MIPTV / MIPCOM in Cannes, and at festivals well as acquired titles and restored classics, with attached markets, such as IDFA, DOK including Roberto Rossellini’s key films. contact Leipzig, or Sheffield Doc / Fest. You can contact The catalogue is unique for its artistic 24, rue Lamartine find us at major festivals like Cannes, Berlin, Gottschedstr. 18 strength, with films that have an individual F - 75009 Paris Venice, Toronto or Rotterdam. D - 04109 Leipzig phone +33 1 5602 6000 phone +49 341 2156 638 and distinctive cinematic language, and [email protected] info@deckert- often daring content. www.coproductionoffice.eu Deckert Distribution GmbH was established distribution.com by managing director Heino Deckert in www.deckert- 2003 in Leipzig, Germany. distribution.com The The 35 DFW Netherlands Dutch Netherlands International Features Global Entertainment

Established in 2019, DFW International Dutch Features Global Entertainment is is the international sales division of Dutch a specialized world sales and distribution FilmWorks. company with offices in Amsterdam and Los Angeles. Renowned for its expertise, DFW International focuses on the boutique style and award-winning portfolio, worldwide sales of its own (co)productions. CEO the company markets and sells thrillers, CEO With a broad catalogue of series, features, Willem Pruijssers high concept television drama, and Pim van Collem documentaries and kids content, DFW VP International Sales & acclaimed television series and family films International Sales International aims to bring the best of Distribution through ‘Prime’ and ‘Family’ labels. Francoise Nieto-Fong the Benelux to the world. Angela Pruijssers [email protected] Recent global successes include series Dutch Features represents the Emmy and and International Sales Award-winning film , in addition to Acquisition & Marketing Undercover Women of the Night Charlotte Henskens Rhubarb Executive features Black Widow, Men at Work – [email protected] the Emmy Award-winning TV series Floor Fulko Kuindersma Miami and Pirates Down the Street. Rules! and Casper and the Christmas [email protected] Upcoming titles include documentary Angels. Upcoming family films include Sihja series The Art Dispute and Belgian the Rebel Fairy and The Ghastly Brothers. drama Rookie. Dutch Oscar entry Tonio, revenge thriller The Columnist, Syrian war drama Brothers and cyber-thriller Silk Road are some of the highlights of the company’s film portfolio.

contact The company is actively co-developing contact Burgemeester Verderlaan 15 new content such as: #annaismissing, the Hogeweg 56D NL - 3544 AD Utrecht hugely anticipated sequel to their Emmy NL - 2042 GJ Zandvoort phone +31 88 1202017 phone +31 23 8880 168 [email protected] Award-winning drama #martyisdead and jacqueline@ www.dfw-international.com Ava, a half hour family series from the dutchfeatures.com producers of Floor Rules! www.dutchfeatures.com EastWest Austria Elle France 37 Filmdistribution Driver

Founded in 2004, EastWest Filmdistribution Elle Driver is a sales and acquisitions is an international film distributor promoting company based in Paris committed to and selling quality films from Europe represent the world’s most creative rising and around the world. We seek films that and well-established talents. Across a astonish, fascinate and keep audiences broad spectrum of budgets and content, the engaged long after the lights go back on – Managing Director & slate emphasizes a diversity of films each Director & Co-Founder films with high production value and Acquisitions with a unique universe and sensibility. Rising Adeline Fontan Tessaur worldwide appeal. And we represent our Sasha Wieser [email protected] sasha@eastwest- to every challenge, the line up knows no films with dedication to ensure they distribution.com limits of ambition or genre. Sales & Acquisitions reach their markets. We focus on thriller / Alexis Reybet-Degat horror, drama, family / comedy, TV or Created in 2008, Elle Driver is considered [email protected] projects that are simply exceptional. Based one of the leading sales outfits worldwide Sales & Acquisitions in Vienna, we operate with a strong with a catalogue of over 130 titles including: Renan Artukmac international network of experienced film Love Affair(s) by Emmanuel Mouret (Official [email protected] professionals. Quality and passion: Selection – Cannes ‘20), The Vigil by Keith where East meets West. Thomas (TIFF Midnight 2019), Adults in the Room by Costa-Gavras (Official Selection – Venice ‘19 & Donostia Award – San Sebastian ‘19), Piranhas by Claudio Giovannesi (Best Screenplay – Berlin ‘19), Girls of the Sun by Eva Husson (Competition – Cannes ‘18), contact Vision by Naomi Kawase (San Sebastian & contact Lerchengasse 24 / 25 TIFF ‘18), The Miseducation of Cameron Post 44 rue Blanche A - 1080 Vienna by Desiree Akhavan (Grand Jury Prize – F - 75009 Paris phone +43 1 890 8376 phone +33 1 5643 4870 office@eastwest- Sundance ‘18), Standing Tall by Emmanuelle [email protected] distribution.com Bercot (Opening Film – Cannes ‘15), 20 Feet www.elledriver.fr www.eastwest-distribution.com From Stardom (Best Documentary – Oscars ‘14), and Dead Snow I & II cult genre films by Tommy Wirkola. Endorphin Greece Eyewell AB Sweden 39

Endorphin is an independent boutique film Eyewell is a world sales company of sales company based in Athens, founded scripted commercial films and tv-series. in 2020 by Viki Antonopoulou and Christina We focus on content for an international Pelekani. Both are very experienced film audience with marketable elements industry professionals, having worked and clear target groups. for studios and indies (Paramount, Studio Partner CEO & Managing Director Canal, Warner Bros, Village Roadshow Viki Antonopoulou We selectively acquire 3–5 projects a year, Michael Werner [email protected] & Feelgood). Viki has a strong financial that benefits our producers by allowing us background and an expertise in the to give undivided attention to our partners. international film industry. Christina’s expertise is in marketing and acquisitions Besides licensing readymade content, and she is also a regular speaker we also offer remake rights to most of our at industry events, film festivals and titles. Moreover, using our vast network, development workshops. Partner we track and enter into developing new Christina Pelekani features and tv-series with the same [email protected] Our films are carefully selected and our selection criteria as above. pivotal goal is to work closely with the filmmakers to develop tailor-made festival, marketing and distribution strategies. Our catalogue includes films such as Bebia à mon seul désir, a debut feature by Juja Dobrachkous (IFFR, Seattle, best director & contact contact FIPRESCI best fiction award at the GoEast GR - Athens Upplandsgatan 69 www.endorphinfilmsales.com S - 113 28 Stockholm Festival, ND / NF, etc). phone +46 70 733 28 55 One of our upcoming titles is Kick & [email protected] Scream, a debut feature from Croatia www.eyewell.se by actress Nina Violic. Fandango Italy Feel Content Spain 41

Domenico Procacci’s Fandango was FEEL CONTENT, S.L is an international CEO & Founder & Sales founded in 1989. Since then Fandango sales company founded in 2020 by Geraldine Gonard produced more than 100 films, Italian audiovisual professionals with over 25 years geraldine.gonard@ feelcontentintsales.com and International, participating in all of experience: it has been created backed international film fes­­tivals and winning by Géraldine Gonard (CEO of INSIDE numerous awards amongst two Grand Prix Managing Director CONTENT) & Luis Collar (CEO of the in Cannes with Gomorra and Reality, which Domenico Procacci CIRCULAR GROUP) and aims to explote new distribution and acquistion were both directed by Matteo Garrone. Head of International Sales Raffaella Di Giulio opportunities of Spanish-language and Nanni Moretti, Paolo Sorrentino, [email protected] European films. CEO & Founder & Acquisitions Michelangelo Antonioni, Emir Kusturica, Luis Collar We are passionate about cinema and our luis.collar@ Rolf De Heer, Milcho Mancevski, feelcontentintsales.com Emanuele Crialese, Richard Lowenstein, main objective is to connect with both Gabriele Muccino, Daniele Vicari, Luciano European and Latin American emerging Acquisitions Ligabue, Ferzan Ozpetek are only some talents and renowned film directors, to Yvettes de los Santos of the directors Fandango has worked with. ensure that their films gain international yvette.delossantos@ feelcontentintsales.com visibility. Along with Eric Abraham (Portobello Acquisitions & Festivals Pictures UK) Procacci has owned Fandango We put everything we’ve got into stories Manuela Díaz Portobello Sales an International Film that the public is looking to find. manuela.diaz@ feelcontentintsales.com Sales Company from 2007 to 2013. Since contact then he owns Fandango Sales, his own Viale Gorizia, 19 contact International Sales Company. I - 00198 Rome Av. Concha Espina, 65, 2° phone +39 06 8521 8155 E - 28016 Madrid [email protected] phone +34 6 34 71 63 49 [email protected] [email protected] www.fandango.it feelcontentintsales.com Feelsales Spain Film Factory Spain 43 Entertainment

Feelsales is an international sales agency Film Factory Entertainment is an devoted to documentary films and independent international sales agency short films. It is part of The Circular Group, based in Barcelona, Spain. Film Factory’s toghether with the Freak Independent objective is the international sale of Spanish Film Agency, an agency specialised in Cinema’s most important productions, international film festival distribution and Managing Director working with a selective slate, choosing Managing Director Feelmakers.com, a VOD platform dedicated Luis Collar films with the highest international potential Vicente Canales and also collaborating with Europe and to documentaries, animation and short Sales & Acquisitions films. Pablo Briseño Galván Latin America’s most prominent production pablobriseno@ companies. The three companies together offer a feelsales.com Film Factory has established itself complete comercialising service for films: Acquisitions film festival distribution, international sales Yvette de los Santos in the market as a sales agent capable of and VOD worldwide, creating together a yvettedelossantos@ taking on projects at an early stage and unique strategy to achieve the best results feelsales.com ensuring that they achieve pre-sales. Film for the films. Factory’s line-up is based on two main principles: the first focuses on original films from up-and-coming directors with groundbreaking and novel subject matters, while the second emphasizes quality films with broad commercial potential and the contact most important productions of the year, contact Av. Concha Espina, 65, 2° from the most important and elite directors. Calle Lincoln 11, 2°–4a E - 28016 Madrid E - 08006 Barcelona phone +34 91 590 3920 phone +34 933 684 608 [email protected] [email protected] www.feelsales.com www.filmfactory.es Film Seekers France Filmax Spain 45 France Castelao Pictures

Film Seekers France, the newly launched Based in Barcelona, Filmax is one of branch of international sales agency Film the most important audiovisual companies Seekers, focuses on commercially driven in Spain. The company, which provides European feature films. Working with new development, production, distribution, and established filmmakers alike, assisting exhibition and international sales, responds from script development to distribution, Managing Director fully to the business opportunities within CEO the company has established itself as a Caroline Couret-Delègue the European and international Carlos Fernández Rodríguez specialist in uplifting feel-good dramas [email protected] entertainment sectors. Head of Sales and elevated genre films, currently Ivan Diaz representing four to six films a year. In its role as an International Sales [email protected] Agency, Filmax is strongly positioned within Recent Film Seekers successes include the film industry, handling the international Head of Acquisitions Carlos Rojano Edie, released theatrically from 2018 distribution and sales of all movies produced [email protected] and named “One of the year’s biggest by the Filmax group. Its International independent theatrical success stories’ Catalogue also includes a wide range of by UK Trade Magazine, The Witch in high quality products from other production the Window which sold on multi-territory companies. deals worldwide and had a fantastic international festival run, and most Furthermore, in recent years Filmax has recently UK / German co-production also successfully branched out into the TV Love Sarah, which was released in more contact market. contact than 50 countries worldwide. phone +33 6 8228 1430 Calle Metalurgia 38, 4ª planta [email protected] E - 08038 Barcelona www.film-seekers.com phone +34 93 3368 555 [email protected] www.filmax internationalsales.com Austria Czech 47 Filmdelights Filmotor Republic

Filmdelights is an innovative world sales Founded in October, 2017 by Michaela and distribution company for classical Cajkova in Prague. Filmotor is a world sales (theatrical, TV, Pay TV, DVD, educational company dedicated to the international distr.) and digital film distribution. With a distribution of creative and independent passion for different and well-narrated feature documentaries. stories, sensibility and humour, we believe Managing Director; Managing Director in films that increase awareness in various Head of Sales & The catalogue of the films consists of the Michaela Cajkova ways. Customised cross-marketing and Acquisitions strong festival titles that enjoy international [email protected] Christa Auderlitzky distribution strategies support our goal to success at A-festivals such as Venice, exploit the optimal commercial potential Locarno, Berlinale, Toronto, IDFA, Hot of each individual film. Docs, CPH:DOX, Visions du Reel… Some of the recent titles are Victoria, Holgut and Aside from world wide distribution As I Want. We are searching for films with (filmdelights sales) and national distribution powerful stories and innovative aesthetic in Austria (filmdelights verleih) we offer elements. consulting for filmmakers and producers in finding the optimal marketing and For our filmmakers, we offer the festival distribution strategy for their film. and sales representation with the goal to make the films visible internationally. We We support them to reach their target deliberate the dynamic changes in the audience and establish a fan community at market and make our films available in the a very early state of production, using all contact digital and educational platforms. Our contact the possibilities of Social Media and Web Lerchenfelderstr. 88–90 / 22a services include sales to TV broadcasters, Kaprova 42 / 14 X.0. to find a global audience. A - 1080 Vienna theatrical distributors and all rights regional CZ - 110 00 Prague phone +43 670 559 03 24 phone +420 721 006 421 [email protected] distributors. [email protected] The company was founded in Vienna in www.filmdelights.com www.filmotor.com February 2010 by film professional Christa Auderlitzky. Germany / Germany / 49 Films France First Hand Switzerland Boutique Films Weltvertrieb GmbH

Films Boutique is an independent inter- International sales, theatrical distribution national sales company specialized in and a producer, based in Zürich. distribution of innovative feature films by filmmakers from all over the world. Run by Esther van Messel since 1998, has sold thousands of licenses worldwide, Only 10 to 15 new titles are added to our CEO turned over more than twenty million Euro CEO line-up per year as we are going back Jean-Christophe Simon and its films have won many awards Esther van Messel to basics: treat films as works of art and including Emmies, Golden Roses and Oscar esther.van.messel@ Head of Acquisitions firsthandfilms.com concentrate ourselves on a limited Gabor Greiner Nominations. number of high profile titles. [email protected] Since 2013 releases films theatrically in We are proud to serve our producers and Head of Sales Switzerland, international fiction and Julien Razafindranaly distributors, who trust us in building up long [email protected] non-fiction. lasting relationships and a reputation for new and confirmed talents. For selected projects FHF acts as Executive Producer.

contact Köpenicker Str. 184 D - 10997 Berlin contact Prinzessinnenstrasse 29 5 rue Nicolas Flamel D - 10969 Berlin F - 75004 Paris phone +49 30 2852 9088 [email protected] phone +49 30 69 53 78 50 www.firsthandfilms.com [email protected] www.filmsboutique.com Fizz-e-Motion Austria Heretic Greece 51

Fizz-e-Motion is an international Heretic supports and encourages films and sales company which specializes in thrillers, filmmakers to reach broad global audiences rom-com and great drama, mostly from by becoming a key creative partner with the Europe. The company was founded in 2018 film team in utilizing strategies for festival in Cannes but has been recently relocated play, sales, and alternative distribution to Vienna, Austria. The general manager Managing Director models. CEO is Yannick Rudynski. Sales & Acquisitions Giorgos Karnavas Yannick Rudynski In 2021, Heretic landed its first Golden [email protected] [email protected] Year after year Fizz-e-Motion is growing, Bear Award with Radu Jude’s political satire following its strategy of acquiring good Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn. In 2019, and popular European films, with the aim Heretic handled world sales for Retablo, of showing them to the World. Peru’s official submission to The Academy Awards for Oscar® consideration. Retablo Businesswise our main focus is to sell our was also nominated for BAFTA’s Outstanding CEO films to distributors but we also understand Debut Award, and Best International Film Konstantinos Kontovrakis [email protected] how important festivals are and we put a for the Film Independent Spirit Award. lot of effort into this matter. Head of Sales & Other titles on Heretic’s varied sales slate Acquisitions includes, Ralitza Petrova’s Golden Leopard- Ioanna Stais winning debut, Godless; Keltek’s critical [email protected] darling, Meteors; Isabella Eklof’s Sundance contact competition title, Holiday; Mahmut Fazil contact 38 Obkirchergasse Coskun’s Venice Orizzonti Special Jury 36, Alkmanos street A - 1190 Vienna Prize-winning film, The Announcement; GR - 11528 Athens phone +43 66 4510 4166 phone +30 210 6005260 [email protected] Ena Sendijarevic’s festival hit Take Me [email protected] www.fizz-e-motion.com Somewhere Nice; and Muayad Alayan’s, www.heretic.gr IFFR Hivos Tiger award-winning film, The Reports On Sarah And Saleem, among others. Indie France Intramovies Italy 53 Sales

Indie Sales has established itself as a major Intramovies is an independent international player in independent international sales distributor, with particular focus on high with a high quality catalogue of more than quality first – and second – feature films by 70 films from the widest range possible. The talented directors. complementary professional backgrounds of both co-founders Nicolas Eschbach and Co-Founder & Head of Sales Established almost fifty years ago, it has CEO Eric Névé has brought a solid and unique Nicolas Eschbach constantly been the helping arm for creative Paola Corvino structure to the international film [email protected] producers and new directors. Head of Acquisitions & distribution business. Acquisition Manager Production Simon Gabriele The yearly lineup is composed by feature Marco Valerio Fusco Indie Sales is proudly representing [email protected] films of high artistic value that go on to [email protected] world-renowned directors such as Jasmila participate at major international festivals. Sales Manager Žbanić, Bruno Dumont, Lav Diaz, Geremia Biagiotti Ziad Doueiri, Stefano Sollima or Gabriele Intramovies also boasts a wide catalogue [email protected] Muccino, and to be accompanying that includes some of the most prestigious up-and-coming talented filmmakers: Justine Italian classics directed by acclaimed Sales Manager Manuela Tambascia Triet, Clément Cogitore, Alice Winocour, authors such as Fellini, Antonioni, Visconti, [email protected] Claire Burger. We also have a special focus Argento, Pasolini, De Sica and many others. for high profile animation titles (The Crossing, Calamity, My Life as a Zucchini, Moomins on the Riviera). Our films have been awarded in the most prestigious contact contact festivals (Cannes, Berlin, Venice…) and 32 rue Washington Via E. Manfredi 15 nominated for top international awards F - 75008 Paris I - 00197 Rome phone +33 1 4483 0227 phone +39 06 45 777 931 such as the Oscars or the Golden Globes [email protected] [email protected] (Quo Vadis, Aida?, The Insult, My Life www.indiesales.eu www.intramovies.com as a Zucchini). Kinology France Latido Spain 55 Films

A Paris-based world sales and Latido is a sales agency founded to (co)-production entity representing some commercialise all-film rights of titles from of the most ambitious and innovative all over the world with a focus on Spain European feature films starring and Latin-America and lately Eastern international talent such as Deniz Gamze Europe, handling a lineup of a maximum Ergüven’s Mustang, Harmony Korine’s President of 15 titles per year. In 2018, Latido Managing Director & Spring Breakers, David Cronenberg’s Grégoire Melin was awarded Animation Distributor of Head of Acquisitions Cosmopolis, Michel Gondry’s The the year in Cartoon Movie. Antonio Saura Sales & Development [email protected] We And The I, Ana Lily Amirpour’s Assistant A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night, Hugo Revello We collaborate with prestigious filmmakers Head of International Sales and Rodrigo Cortés’ Buried. [email protected] such as Juan José Campanella (The Secret Juan Torres in Their Eyes – Oscar for Best Foreign [email protected] Also recently, they fully produced the Language Film), Carlos Saura, Arturo US$25M heist action lingo Overdrive in Ripstein and Krzysztof Zanussi, established 2016 / 2017, Terry Gilliam’s long-awaited directors such as Javier Fesser, Mariano The Man Who Killed Don Quixote in 2018, Cohn & Gastón Duprat, José Luis Cuerda, and the Sony-distributed romance fantasy Álvaro Brechner, Carlos Moreno and A Mermaid in Paris in 2020, aside from also award-winning new talent such as coproducing or executively producing Marysia Nikitiuk, Laura Mora and Rodrigo many other films. Sorogoyen.

contact Multi-audience animations and contact 30, rue Moret ground-breaking documentaries are Calle San Bernardo 20,2–8 F - 75011 Paris also a must in our catalogue. E - 28015 Madrid phone +33 9 5147 4344 [email protected] [email protected] www.latidofilms.com Le Pacte France Les Films France 57 du Losange

Le Pacte is a distribution, sales agent and Created in 1962 by Barbet Schroeder and coproduction company based in Paris. Eric Rohmer, the company “Les Films du It was founded in December 2007 by Jean Losange” has always been the partner of Labadie, with a team of experienced film directors from all over the world. Since executives whose common goal it is to 1975, Margaret Menegoz has ruled the develop an efficient, talent-friendly tool CEO company. Managing Director dedicated to cinema from all over the Jean Labadie Margaret Menegoz world, in all its styles. The only criteria is With passion and perseverance the Head of Sales Head of Sales & Acquisition enthusiasm, quality and passion. Camille Neel company has expanded and diversified Alice Lesort [email protected] from production to nation wide distribution [email protected] Le Pacte handles international sales for and International Sales. Today we account feature films and documentaries by famous Senior Sales Manager for over 100 films, including Eric Rohmer, Nathalie Jeung directors such as Abderrahmane Sissako, [email protected] Barbet Schroeder, Jacques Rivette, Alain Wim Wenders, Nanni Moretti, Jaco Guiraudie, Mia Hansen-Love, Michael Van Dormael, Joachim Lafosse, Catherine Head of Acquisitions Haneke. Corsini. Thomas Pibarot [email protected]

contact contact 5 Rue Darcet 22, av Pierre 1er de Serbie F - 75017 Paris F - 75116 Paris phone +33 1 4469 5955 phone +33 1 4443 8728 [email protected] [email protected] www.le-pacte.com https://filmsdulosange.com/en/ LevelK Denmark Loco France 59 Films

LevelK is handling international sales and Loco Films is a Paris-based world sales aggregation. and production company created in 2015 by Laurent Danielou – who co-founded and We are specialized in rights optimizations ran Rezo Films International for a decade – that are reflected through our innovative and Enrique Gonzalez Kuhn, director of approach to cross-platform / cross-country CEO Spanish indie distribution company Caramel CEO, Sales & Acquisitions distribution combining theatrical and Tine Klint Films who joined forces in order to find Laurent Daniélou and reveal the finest of independent movies traditional means – alongside digital Head of Sales Partner distribution and marketing. Our goal is to Debra Liang worldwide. Enrique Gonzalez Kuhn bring our films to the market with an [email protected] egonzalez@ individual strategy so the film finds its own Our first film was the WWII epic Battle for caramelfilms.es path to its audience and hereby increase Sales & Acquisitions Manager Sevastopol sold to over 25 Territories. We Lauren Valmadre Head of Sales & royalties. [email protected] handled Berlinale title Don’t Call Me Son, Acquisitions by Anna Muylaert, Berlin’s Crystal Bear and Arnaud Godart We are working with edgy, original films that Grand Prix winner Fortuna, by Germinal [email protected] we can market worldwide and that will Roaux, starring Bruno Ganz and Directors’ resonate with international audiences. Fornight’s The Pluto Moment. Our lineup includes Once in Trubchevsk (Official Our profile includes high quality Selection – Un Certain Regard Cannes productions across all genres, working with 2019), Journey to a Mother’s Room by Celia established and emerging international Rico Clavellino (Jury and Critics awards – talents in both English and foreign language. contact San Sebastian FF 2019), Let There Be Light contact Films must have strong festival potential, Gl. Kongevej 137 B, 3rd Fl. by Marko Skop (Karlovy Vary FF – Official 42 rue Sedaine international marketability and digital phone +45 20 1085 80 selection in Competition 2019) and Pavel F - 75011 Paris DK - 1850 Frederiksberg C phone +33 7 62 99 49 19 possibilities as we work across all areas. [email protected] Lungin’s war / epic Leaving Afghanistan. [email protected] www.levelk.dk www.loco-films.com Luxbox France Magnetfilm Germany 61

Luxbox is a Paris-based company, Magnetfilm is a Berlin-based boutique world dedicated to international sales and sales company and strategic consultant co-production of select projects. Based dedicated to maximising audience and on a solid film catalogue and a passionate exposure for an annual slate of up to pool of world cinema directors, the 15 documentary films and a handful of company began in 2016 by winning Best CEO, Head of Sales & carefully selected short films. Sales and Acquisitions & First Feature Film and Silver Bear for Acquisitions Managing Director Best Actor, with the film Hedi by Fiorella Moretti We handle worldwide licensing across all Georg Gruber [email protected] [email protected] Mohammed Ben Attia. platforms, supporting both established and emerging filmmakers. Our approach is Acquisitions & Festivals Luxbox’ line-up include, Las Herederas hands-on, agile, creative and transparent – Frauke Knappke by Marcello Martinessi (Silver Bear Best focused on nurturing long-term partnerships [email protected] Actress, Alfred Bauer Prize, FIPRESCI and working closely with filmmakers and Prize) Rojo by Benjamin Naishtat (Silver producers to develop tailor-made marketing Shell Best Director and Best Actor, Jury CEO, Head of Sales & and distribution strategies for every title Prize Best Cinematography), Joan of Acquisitions throughout the entire film lifecycle. Hédi Zardi Arc by Bruno Dumont (Un Certain Regard [email protected] Award Special Mention), Sole by Carlo We are looking to acquire films with strong Sironi (Venice IFF Orrizonti Competition: narratives, compelling subjects and a clear Laterna Magica Award), Spring Blossom appeal to a worldwide audience. We have by Suzanne Lindon (Cannes Official eclectic tastes and distribute films we love. Selection), Natural Light by Dénes Nagy contact contact (Silver Bear Best Director), Moon, 66 6 rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud Magnetfilm was founded in 2003 by Georg Ilsensteinweg 35 Questions by Jacqueline Lentzou F - 75011 Paris Gruber and maintains a presence at the D - 14129 Berlin phone +33 1 71 37 9934 phone +49 163 801 0753 (Berlinale Encounters), The Dog Who [email protected] most important international documentary [email protected] Wouldn’t be Quiet by Ana Katz (VPRO Big www.luxboxfilms.com film festivals and content markets. www.magnetfilm.de Screen Award) and Bela Tarr’s catalogue. m-appeal Germany Media Luna Germany 63 world sales New Films

Founded in 2008, m-appeal is a dynamic Media Luna New Films represents directors world sales company well-established on and producers with a handwriting signature the international market. With a carefully on their work. We focus on international curated selection of about 8 films per year, productions by talents, who demand to we focus on original international art emerge through their original approach and house and genre cinema. Managing Director, unique style. With our line-up, we intend CEO, Head of Acquisitions & Acquisitions & Sales to shed light on various pieces of the Earth, Sales We also take a particular interest in queer Maren Kroymann showing fascinating diversities or Ida Martins [email protected] cinema. Hand in hand with our filmmakers, Sales Manager unexpected similarities. we aim to nurture new talent and advance Aleksandra Abykova Sales Manager distinguished artists. We position our films [email protected] Media Luna offers a broad spectrum of Cinthya Calderón giving them visibility through the trades feature length films and television movies, Cinthya @medialuna.biz Acquisitions and a strong festival exposure. In our sales Quentin Bosschaert touching all genres. activity we are persistent and thorough, [email protected] exploring all possibilities to position our The company’s strategy is based on films benefiting of our extensive network of building long lasting relationships with customers around the globe, targeting first producers and directors, to create the theatrical / all rights market, followed individual marketing strategies to each film by home entertainment and television for an effective and sensible placement channels. We work on a highly transparent in the international market. basis and share our income using a particularly producer friendly model, contact Ida Martins, founder of the Media Luna contact aiming to build long-lasting and honest Prinzessinnenstr. 16 brand name (1991), has been distributing Kaiser-Wilhelm-Ring 38 relationships with our directors and D - 10969 Berlin independent films worldwide for over D - 50672 Cologne phone +49 30 6150 7505 phone +49 221 5109 1891 producers. [email protected] 27 years. [email protected] www.m-appeal.com www.medialuna.biz Poland / France 65 Media Germany Memento Move International

Media Move is a sales company with offices Memento International is a select sales in Warsaw and, primarily, Berlin. company designated to track and accompany high-profile, director-driven Our carefully selected films consist independent films. primarily of genre gems with a special focus on elevated horror. Our recent acquisitions Managing Director We choose only 8 to 10 projects a year CEO have made their way to most prestigious Head of Sales & Acquisitions and can offer tailor-made synergies and Emilie Georges genre festivals such as Fantasia, BIFAN, Justyna Koronkiewicz business expertise. We are also active justyna.koronkiewicz@ Head of Sales Fantaspoa, Sites etc. We’re constantly mediamove.pl in production with other companies like Mathieu Delaunay developing our relationship with key players La Cinefacture according to the specific [email protected] in the genre pool; festivals, markets, needs of each project. specialised distributors and producers. VP Sales & Marketing Alexandre Moreau We have recently worked with renowned [email protected] Our focus includes also thrillers, and award-winning filmmakers such as action films, war dramas and on the other Asghar Farhadi, Bruno Dumont, Nuri Bilge hand – with a different but also very Ceylan, Joachim Trier, Gabriel Mascaro, specific audience – family and children Ben & Joshua Safdie, Luca Guadagnino, films, comedies. Wash Westmoreland & Richard Glatzer contact Xavier Giannoli, Cate Shortland, Rodrigo Gieldowa 4C / 54 Plà, Malgorzata Szumowska, Laurent PL - 01211 Warsaw Cantet, John Watts, Jim Mickle, Pawel Uferstrasse 8–11 Pawlikowski, Dominik Moll, Jeremy Saulnier, contact D - 13357 Berlin Kelly Reichardt, Ramin Bahrani, Jia 9, Cité Paradis Zhangke, Ursula Meier. F - 75010 Paris phone +48 535 547 355 phone +33 1 5334 9033 justyna.koronkiewicz@ [email protected] mediamove.pl international.memento-films.com www.mediamove.pl Minerva Italy mk2 films France 67 Pictures Group

Minerva Pictures Group has been Every year, mk2 films coproduces, sells and operating in the entertainment industry distributes a dozen new films by established for more than 60 years, producing, or promising directors such as Portrait of distributing and trading film copyrights. a Lady on Fire, Atlantics, Cold War and Ash is Purest White. During its activity, the company has President / CEO & Chairman of the Board acquired and consolidated a library of Head of Acquisitions mk2 films distributes a unique library of Nathanaël Karmitz approximately 1.200 film titles, from Gianluca Curti 800 films in France and around the world, the 50’s up to nowadays, which makes Head of International Sales including both fictions and documentaries. Minerva one of the leading independent Monica Ciarli A rich collection which includes films from exporters and content providers in [email protected] Charles Chaplin, François Truffaut, Abbas Italy and Europe. Kiarostami, Agnès Varda, Jacques Demy, Sales Coordinator Antonino Salerno Claude Chabrol, Alain Resnais, Krzysztof CEO [email protected] Kieślowski, David Lynch, Michael Haneke, Elisha Karmitz Gus Van Sant, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Olivier International Sales Consultant Assayas – to name but a few... Head of International Sales Clare McArdle Fionnuala Jamison [email protected] [email protected] The whole film collection also counts some of the major films in the history of cinema and a large number of classic films restored in 2K and 4K: from the very pioneers of the contact industry, such as D. W. Griffith and Alice contact Via del Circo Massimo 9 Guy-Blaché, to Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy, 55 rue Traversière I - 00153 Rome Buster Keaton, and up to today’s most F - 75012 Paris phone +39 06 8424 2430 phone +33 1 4467 3000 [email protected] acclaimed directors such as Jia Zhang-Ke, [email protected] www.minervapictures.com Joachim Trier, Céline Sciamma, Xavier https://mk2films.com/ Dolan and Mati Diop. Moonrise Spain MPM France 69 Pictures Premium

Moonrise is a leading international sales MPM Film and Premium Films have joined and production company founded in Spain forces to create a single sales company in 2013 to deliver high-end entertainment called MPM PREMIUM. Under the “New content of diverse genres with a mandate Visions” banner, MPM PREMIUM welcomes to serve as a top-tier supplier for studios and new directors to work hand in hand for independent distributors worldwide. CEO, President of the successful launch of their films in the Managing Director & Founder With a focus on executive production and International Sales & marketplace and festivals. Marie-Pierre Macia Acquisitions international sales of independent films in Colette Aguilar the US and foreign markets, Moonrise sells [email protected] Past acquisitions include Sundance’s 3–6 new completed films each year. The Pink Cloud, Venice Critics’ Week At the same time the company develops Partner, VP & Marketing Winner Ghosts or Karim Aïnouz’s new projects from the first stages of Raúl Felipe experiential documentary Nardjes A. [email protected] development, working with established Managing Director & Founder filmmakers and emerging talent. Moonrise Jean-Charles Mile provides producers and filmmakers Head of Sales and Acquisitions with first-hand knowledge of trends Quentin Worthington in the market place and brings financing [email protected] through pre-sales and other sources. Films developed by the company include the John Moore action-war movie American Hostage, currently producing alongside Jerry Bruckheimer Films and contact contact Paramount Pictures, the Spanish comedy Santa Engracia 108, 7th Floor 6 rue Desargues starring Blanca E - 28003 Madrid F - 75011 Paris My Bakery in Brooklyn phone + 34 917 607 605 phone +33 9 5437 2198 Suarez and Aitor Luna, and the period [email protected] [email protected] drama Bear Season with Olga Kurylenko www.moonrisepictures.eu www.mpmfilm.com and Luke Evans, producing with J. Todd Harris (The Trial of the Chicago 7). New Europe Poland Pathé France 71 Film Sales Films

New Europe Film Sales is a boutique world Pathé is a European leader in film sales company based in Warsaw, Poland. production, exploitation, and distribution. The company works with international Drawing from its rich history, Pathé content and sells it to all rights, theatrical, operates as a film studio in France, the UK, TV and VOD buyers across the world. We the Netherlands, and Switzerland. It is are proud of our small, carefully-selected CEO, Acquisitions, Sales involved in all aspects of filmmaking, from Managing Director catalogue of feature films and shorts. Each Jan Naszewski development and production through Ardavan Safaee one of them is very precious to us. Our to international sales, distribution and Head of Sales Head of Sales films regularly open at key festivals, such Katarzyna Siniarska exhibition. Marie-Laure Montironi as Cannes, Berlinale, Venice, Toronto, kat@neweurope marielaure.montironi@ Sundance, Rotterdam, Karlovy Vary and filmsales.com In 2019, Pathé operated 130 cinemas pathe.com Tribeca and get worldwide distribution. with a total of 1,312 screens in 5 countries, Acquisitions, Short Film Sales Our team regularly attends leading Marcin Łuczaj offering audiences a unique experience co-production meetings and film and TV marcin@neweurope with an unrivalled network of premium, markets. filmsales.com IMAX® Laser, Dolby Cinema and 4DX theaters.

Pathé produces and distributes a wide range of hit comedies, critical darlings, political dramas and award-winning films. contact Pulawska 152 / 5 In 2019, Pathé produced and distributed PL - 02-670 Warsaw 17 films in France and the United Kingdom, contact phone +48 600 173 205 and employed more than 4,000 employees. 2, rue Lamennais jan@neweurope Pathé’s international sales team handles F - 75008 Paris filmsales.com phone +33 1 7172 3000 www.neweurope the marketing and international sales of [email protected] filmsales.com Pathé’s own productions, and acquires third www.pathefilms.com party films for worldwide representation. Pathé has a major presence at all film markets and international festivals. Picture Tree Germany Playtime France 73 International

Picture Tree International (PTI) is an Playtime is a Paris-based hybrid finance, Partner, Sales & energetic and fast-growing world sales venture investment, and international Acquisitions company with its headquarters in Berlin. sales company active since 1997 and Sébastien Beffa The core business is worldwide licensing committed to amplifying diverse [email protected] across all platforms, with the company voices around the world. maintaining a presence at all the major Founder & film and television markets. Co-Managing Director Playtime is known for the quality of Andreas Rothbauer its artistic choices and dedication to andreas@picturetree- Alongside licensing, PTI is also able to act international.com innovative content. Recent successes as your German co-producer and local include Son of Saul (2016 Oscar Winner), Partner, Sales distributor via a fully integrated business 120 BPM (Grand Prix, Cannes 2018), Nicolas Brigaud-Robert model that offers producers individual sales By the Grace of God (Silver Bear, Berlin [email protected] and financing strategies in a results-driven 2019). and transparent partnership, something essential in today’s ever changing In addition to its Paris office, the Playtime audiovisual-industry landscape. Co-Managing Director Group includes three highly specialized Yuan Rothbauer yuan@picturetree- sales / financing companies: Films Boutique PTI’s line-up of up to 15 films a year is international.com in Berlin, Be For Films in Brussels and Film Partner, Sales designed to ensure the right mix of arthouse Constellation in London / Los Angeles. François Yon and crossover productions to fully maximize contact Playtime Group is also an active producer, [email protected] Husemannstraße 7 the revenue potential of each film D - 10435 Berlin under the Playtime Production banner, phone +49 30 420 824 80 of films such as Goodnight Mommy (2021), contact Picture Tree International was founded in pti@picturetree- Guest of Honour (Atom Egoyan, 2019), 5 rue Nicolas Flamel December 2012 by Andreas Rothbauer international.com Sunset (László Nemes, 2018), and has F - 75004 Paris www.picturetree- phone +33 1 5310 3399 and has been run jointly by his partner and international.com recently set up a television financing arm [email protected] Co-Managing Director Yuan Rothbauer for international series while strengthening www.playtime.group since 2017. its capital relationships with independent producers. Pluto Germany Pulsar France 75 Film Content

Pluto Film is a Berlin-based world sales & Pulsar Content is a Paris-based boutique Founder and President festival agency, which was launched sales company dedicated to the Gilles Sousa during Berlinale 2015. The company was international market. We have a generalist founded by Torsten Frehse (Neue Visionen and selected line-up with projects Filmverleih) and Heino Deckert (Majade dovetailed for the international market such Filmproduktion, Deckert Distribution). Founder & CEO as English speaking thrillers, genre titles, Heino Deckert high-profile dramas with cast, French and We promote high-quality fiction films from foreign-language arthouse films with an Pounder and around the world with a focus on arthouse A-festival potential and a concept to sell Managing Director and cross-over films as well as features abroad. Marie Garrett by emerging talents. Our line-up includes festival successes like In The Crosswind VP of Sales Aleksandr Fomin by Martti Helde (Toronto IFF 2014), Mellow Founder & CEO [email protected] Mud by Renars Vimba (Berlinale 2016), Torsten Frehse Disappearance by Boudewijn Koole International Sales Executive (Toronto IFF 2017), The Return by Malene Sales & Acquisitions Alexia Llobell Manola Novelli [email protected] Choi (Rotterdam IFF 2018), Lemonade by [email protected] Ioana Uricaru (Berlinale 2018), The Witch Head of Acquisition Hunters (Zlin IFF 2018, Sundance 2019), David Maedeb The Man who surprised Everyone (Venice [email protected] Orizzonti 2018), Oray (Berlinale 2019), Las Mil y Una (Berlinale Panorama 2020) contact contact and Stop-Zemlia (Berlinale Generation Schliemannstraße 5 59–61 Passage Choiseul 14plus 2021). D - 10437 Berlin F - 75002 Paris phone +49 30 2191 8220 [email protected] [email protected] www.pulsarcontent.com www.plutofilm.de Pyramide France Reel France 77 International Suspects

Pyramide runs a library of nearly 300 titles Reel Suspects is a multi-faceted boutique for domestic and international distribution. distribution company, specialized in Miscellaneous genres, directors and independent feature films with an attentive producers remain the main asset of the eye on emerging filmmakers. Our editorial company, allowing Pyramide to present line is based on a real passion for audiences and buyers with a wide selection Managing Director & discovering new talents and innovative Managing Director of high quality French and foreign films, Head of Acquisitions ways of promotion, combining new Matteo Lovadina such as Andrey Zvyagintsev (Leviathan, Éric Lagesse strategies with traditional distribution [email protected] Head of Sales Elena), Lucia Puenzo (Wakolda, XXY), methods. Arnaud Chevallier Catherine Corsini (Summertime, Leaving), Head of Sales [email protected] Patricio Guzman (The Pearl Button, Agathe Mauruc Founded in 2011, Reel Suspects’ line-up Nostalgia for the Light, Salvador Allende). [email protected] brings together festival awarded films with Acquisitions & Festival Manager Francisco Zambrano insolent and provocative features, pleasant [email protected] to all type of audiences. Recognized among the European leaders for genre film sales, thanks to films as Why don’t you just die!, Vanishing Waves, Come True and We are the Flesh, Reel Suspects has given birth to a new cinematographic genre that the international press named “Elevated Genre”.

contact Extended from first-time directors to contact 32 rue de l’Echiquier revered cinema masters, the ever-growing 6, avenue Rachel F - 75010 Paris Reel Suspects’ catalogue also presents F - 75018 Paris phone +33 1 4296 0220 phone +33 1 5851 4295 [email protected] a large variety of classic films from better [email protected] www.pyramidefilms.com known directors. www.reelsuspects.com REinvent Denmark Reservoir France 79 Docs

REinvent International Sales functions Renamed in June 2020, Reservoir Docs as a sales agent for high-profile projects out is an independent international sales of Scandinavia. company specialized in cultural, engaged Our focus is Nordic fiction: TV series and and cinematic documentaries. feature films and one of the major companies that we represent is SF Studios. CEO Among Reservoir Docs titles are, Partner & Rikke Ennis Talking about Trees by Subaib Gasmelbari Head of Sales and Acquisitions When it comes to financing projects, (Best Documentary in Berlin 2019), Anaïs Clanet Sales and Marketing Director [email protected] pre-sales are often a necessity. It is key to Helene Aurø Women of Valor by Anna Somershaf right have a sales company attached to a project [email protected] now in post-production and the upcoming in order to optimize the revenue income. Philippe Rousselot through the Lens When selling a project worldwide, we find Senior Sales Manager executively-produced by Keanu Reeves & Sanne Arlø that trust and close collaboration with [email protected] the posthumous Jonathan Demme’s the producer is key. last documentary Right to Return, both Senior Sales Manager and in production. This is what REinvent International Sales Creative Producer Peter Ahlén can offer. Our international sales team has [email protected] Reservoir Docs took over former Anaïs’ represented the best of Nordic content former catalogue including the timeless for the last 20 years. Consequently, we have Sales Manager multi-awarded The Black Power Mixtape. a thorough knowledge on how to boost Sara Champagne [email protected] a project internationally and how to make contact content stand out in a competitive contact 2 rue Charles Renouvier marketplace. Wilders Plads 8a F - 75020 Paris DK - 1403 Copenhagen K phone +33 6 83 22 18 06 [email protected] [email protected] As Scandinavians with an extraordinary www.reinvent.dk www.reservoirdocs.net worldwide outlook, we believe that we can offer unique and valuable help to producers wanting to sell their projects. Rise and Shine Germany Rushlake Germany 81 World Sales Media

Rise and Shine World Sales is one of the Since 2013 Rushlake Media has a focus leading boutique sales agents for on African stories and the African market. documentaries. With an average of 15 new Among other titles, we represent European films per year, the company takes an films telling African stories, which are exquisite catalogue of award-winning films relevant to the world. In addition, we run and directors to all markets and platforms Managing Director our own branded VOD-Channel called Founder / Managing Director including TV, theatrical, non-theatrical, Stefan Kloos TidPix, which generated more then Philipp Hoffmann DVD and VOD. 3.1 million views within its first year after Sales & Acquisitions Diana Karklin launch. Their catalogue includes amongst others: [email protected] Courage, Once Upon A Time In Venezuela, Garage People, Hi AI, The Wall of Shadows, A Symphony of Noise, Waterproof, Genesis 2.0, Pre-Crime, Raving Iran, Letters From Baghdad.

The company was founded in 2007 by Anja Dziersk and award-winning producer Stefan Kloos, a member of the European and German Film Academy. Sales, acquisition and festival distribution activities have been managed by both together contact contact with Diana Karklin as a team for more than Schlesische Str. 29 / 30 Breite Straße 48–50 10 years. D - 10997 Berlin D - 50667 Cologne phone +49 30 4737 2980 phone +49 221 5883 2180 [email protected] [email protected] www.riseandshine-berlin.de www.rushlake-media.com Shellac France Slingshot Italy 83 Films

Shellac is a France-based label of Launched in 2013, Slingshot Films is a sales independent film production, French and production company based in Trieste, distribution, video edition, and exhibition. Italy, specialised in creative documentaries and art-house fiction films. With a bold and high-quality catalogue of over 100 films and almost 20 years of CEO & Founder Our input includes: project development, Managing Director, experience in the industry, Shellac is known Thomas Ordonneau financing strategies, traditional and digital Sales & Acquisitions distribution, rights negotiation, promotion Manuela Buono for its work in accompanying emerging Sales Manager [email protected] talents (Damien Manivel, Virgil Vernier, Joao Egle Cepaite marketing and exploitation, project Nicolau, etc) as well as confirmed directors [email protected] packaging. (Chantal Akerman, Cristi Puiu, Miguel Gomes, Pietro Marcello, etc). Slingshot Films line-up includes: Dirthy Feathers by Carols Alfonso Corral Building on its well-established activities (Berlinale – Panorama), Once more unto in France, the company launched an the Breach by Federico Ferrone and international sales branch in 2017, with a Michele Manzolini (Mostra Internazionale primary focus on auteur-driven films del Cinema di Venezia, Winner Best Editing by the next generation of talent. at EFA 2021), Oroslan by Matjaž Ivanišin (Locarno Film Festival 2019), The Young Observant by Davide Maldi (Locarno Film Festival 2019), Non E’Sogno by Giovanni contact Cioni (Locarno Film Festival 2019), Solo by contact Friche la Belle de Artemio Benki (ACID Cannes Film Festival, Via Roma 17 Mai, 41 rue Jobin 2019), Normal by Adele Tulli (Berlinale 2019) I - 34132Trieste F - 13003 Marseille phone +39 3476 2733 90 phone +33 4 95 04 95 92 and many others. [email protected] [email protected] www.slingshotfilms.it https://shellacfilms.com/ international-sales Sola Germany Summerside Italy 85 Media Media

One of the leading companies in its field, Summerside Media is a film sales company Sola Media has been operating in the specialised in worldwide distribution of international arena since its foundation in feature films, documentaries and television 2004 by Solveig Langeland, bringing programs. The company promotes and some of the most beloved children and markets content to leading distributors, family films to a global marketplace, Managing Director aggregators, over-the-top (OTT) channels Managing Director and specializing in high-quality animated Solveig Langeland across multiple platforms and devices, Francesca Manno features for the big screen. showcasing the most recent acquisitions as f.manno@summerside- international.com well as library contents at the top markets Additionally acting as an Executive and festivals all over the world, such as EFM Head of Acquisitions Producer on titles like Dreambuilders and in Berlin, FILMART in Hong Kong, MIPTV, Nicola Tassoni The Elfkins and as an Associate Producer Marché du Film in Cannes, NATPE, Venice n.tassoni@summerside- international.com on titles like Manou the Swift and Latte and Managing Director International Film Festival, MIPCOM, the Magic Waterstone, Sola Media prides Moritz Peters American Film Market, Busan. itself to provide a 360° service for its collaborators as a Boutique Agency with a Sales & Acquisitions The mission of Summerside Media is Johannes Busse strong setup in film and script development, [email protected] to create a place where innovative advice on character design and visuals, directorial talents and their visions can be financing, matchmaking, marketing and Sales & Acquisitions discovered and promoted to distributors after sales services. Barbie Heusinger and broadcasters throughout the world, as [email protected] the finest authors in international cinema. In 2020, Sola Media was acquired by contact contact Koch Media, an Embracer Group company, Rotebühlplatz 29 Via Ferdinando Palasciano, 19 with strategic business areas in film, D - 70178 Stuttgart I - 00151 Rome phone +49 711 96 89 44 40 phone +39 08 3266 5031 interactive and online entertainment. Sola [email protected] summersideinternational Media remains independent, headed www.sola-media.com @gmail.com by industry veterans Solveig Langeland & www.summerside-media.com Moritz Peters as Managing Directors. The Bureau France The Match Germany 87 Sales Factory

The Bureau is a BAFTA winning, César World Sales company The Match Factory is and Academy nominated production and dedicated to bringing the finest in art-house sales company. Producing from London and cinema to the international market. Since Paris, The Bureau has produced over 40 our founding in 2006, our passion has been feature films. Committed to working with to work with films of signature and vision the best filmmakers from around the world, President & Founder from around the globe. The Match Factory Managing Director our philosophy remains to discover, and Bertrand Faivre has built strong relationships with Michael Weber acclaimed directors and producers, while guide talent towards the global recognition Head of Sales Head of Sales it deserves. The Bureau has worked with Clémentine Hugot working simultaneously to discover Thania Dimitrakopoulou directors such as Asif Kapadia, Andrew [email protected] promising new filmmakers with a powerful thania.dimitrakopoulou@ Haigh, Rachid Bouchareb, Erick Zonca, and [email protected] original style. matchfactory.de Roger Michell. Head of Acquisitions Tobias Pausinger Recent productions include Jessica tobias.pausinger@ Hausner’s first English language film Little matchfactory.de Joe selected to compete for the Palme d’Or at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, starring Emily Beecham who received the Best Actress award at Cannes and Ben Whishaw, Peter Mackie Burns’ second feature Rialto, selected in Venice 2019 official selection, starring Tom Vaughan- contact contact Lawlor and Tom Glynn-Carney, Eva Riley’s 3 Passage Gustave Lepeu Domstraße 60 debut , produced as part of F - 75011 Paris D - 50668 Köln Perfect 10 phone +33 1 4033 3380 phone +49 221 539 7090 the iFeatures programme and selected at [email protected] [email protected] BFI London film festival or Supernova by www.lebureaufilms.com www.the-match-factory.com Harry Mac Queen, starring Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci, sold worldwide. The Open Italy The Party France 89 Reel Film Sales

Founded in 2012, The Open Reel is an The Party Film Sales is the union of CEO international sales company, which aims to Jour2Fête and Doc & Film International’s Sarah Chazelle support and develop independent cinema sales departments teaming up to distribute on an international level. their respective catalogues and common new acquisitions. The structure handles The Open Reel wants to enlarge the CEO both fiction films and documentaries as well visibility of those independent productions Cosimo Santoro as TV content. Past best-sellers include which are not supported by a staff devoted [email protected] films by Frederick Wiseman, Gianfranco CEO to developing their circulation and their Rosi, and Chantal Akerman as well as Etienne Ollagnier positioning to festivals, events and sales. Papicha by Mounia Meddour, Félicité by Alain Gomis, Two of Us by Filippo Meneghetti Co-Head of International The Open Reel is also active on a Sales & Acquisitions and Golden Bear winner Touch me not by Clémence Lavigne production level, supporting projects still Adina Pintilie. Upcoming titles include clemence.lavigne@ in post-production. Home Front by Lucas Belvaux and Slalom thepartysales.com by Charlène Favier. The Open Reel is also focused on Co-Head of International Sales Samuel Blanc distributing independent and art-house samuel.blanc@ productions in Italy. thepartysales.com

contact contact Piazza Vittorio Emanuele 3 9 Rue Ambroise Thomas I - 74016 Massafra, Taranto F - 75009 Paris [email protected] phone +33 1 4022 9215 www.theopenreel.com [email protected] www.thepartysales.com The Germany The Yellow Finland 91 Playmaker Affair Munich

The Playmaker Munich, a brand of Media The Yellow Affair is a World Sales Agent Services GmbH, is a highly enthusiastic, open and Executive Producer for films & TV and determined world sales and co-production series from around the world. After 12 years, company based in the heart of Munich, the in today’s complicated and volatile film capital of the federal German state of Bavaria. and TV market, The Yellow Affair boasts a As you can see from our catalogue, our main Managing Director proven track record and has a growing CEO focus is on FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT (live Josef Reidinger reputation in areas of development, Karoliina Dwyer action & full animation), DRAMA (prestigious financing, marketing and selling films and [email protected] Head of International Sales & festival contenders) and GENRE (horror, Productions TV series of all types and genres. The Yellow Head of Sales & thriller, action & sci-fi). Antonio Exacoustos Affair is one of the most prominent film Business Development To this end we are present at all the major [email protected] and TV sales companies based in Helsinki, Steven Bestwick markets and festivals, such as the European London and New York, with a catalogue [email protected] Deputy Head of Sales & Film Market at the Berlin International Film Acquisitions of over 100 films and TV series. Festival, the Marché du Film at the Festival de Moritz Hemminger Cannes and the American Film Market in [email protected] The Yellow Affair is developing new Santa Monica, to name but three of many. relationships with various financial entities We treat every film as unique, developing and and building new strategies that will enable continually overviewing its international sales the company to contribute significantly to and festival strategy, managing its licensing and getting films and TV series into production. distribution rights so as to maximise its In addition to this, the company brings exposure to its target audiences and produce its vast experience in areas of development, the best returns for its makers. contact festival and world marketing strategies, contact We are always on the lookout to add quality Türkenstraße 89 distribution and world sales to the table. Korkeavuorenkatu 25 A 1 feature films to our lineup, those needing and D - 80799 München FIN - 00130 Helsinki phone +49 89 3809 1288 phone +358 50 360 0350 deserving of ‘that’ professional and loving [email protected] [email protected] touch, as well as talented filmmakers dedicated www.playmaker.de www.yellowaffair.com to turning their stories into motion pictures, experience having taught us that the key to success is forming a longterm collaboration based on mutual trust and respect. Totem France True Italy 93 Films Colours

Totem Films is a Paris-based international In its five years of activity, True Colours sales company. We seek out talents that has built up a catalogue of 100 question our world through sensorial contemporary films and a library of over emotion. We nurture stories that inspire and 300 titles. The company handles thrill audiences across multiple platforms. international sales of some of the most We want films to travel and people to travel Partner successful recent Italian titles: commercial Managing Director & in film. Agathe Valentin box office hit like Perfect Strangers by Head of Acquisitions Paolo Genovese, author driven titles like Gaetano Maiorino [email protected] Totem Films acquires feature films, Euforia and Fortunata, arthouse gems animated features and documentaries to like Indivisible by Edoardo De Angelis, The Head of Sales sell worldwide. Goddess of Fortune by Ferzan Ozpetek, Giulia Casavecchia cherry picked documentaries like Libera [email protected] Totem Films has a co-development Partner Nos by Federica di Giacomo (Venice Sales & Acquisitions Manager structure, TOTEM ATELIER, which finances Bérénice Vincent Orizzonti Winner) and Puntasacra by Francesca Tiberi early-stage formats (fiction, mini or web Francesca Mazzoleni (Vision Du Reel [email protected] series…) exploring issues of gender and Winner) and innovative genre movies like identity. The Nest by Roberto De Feo (Locarno Film Festival; Sitges FF Competition).

True Colours’ international profile is Partner Laure Parleani continuously growing also thanks to the work on non-Italian films such as 200 contact Meters by Ameen Nayfeh (Venice Days contact 8, Impasse Druinot Audience Award Winner), Jordan entry Largo Italo Gemini 1, F - 75012 Paris I - 00161 Rome [email protected] as Best Intl. Film at the 93rd Oscar and phone +39 06 37 35 2334 www.totem-films.com Zanka Contact by Ismael el Iraki (Venice [email protected] Orizzonti Winner – Best Actress Award). http://truecolours.it Trust Denmark TVCO Italy 95 Nordisk

TrustNordisk is one of the leading sales TVCO is an international sales and agents in Europe with a diverse catalogue production boutique company. With and decades of experience and close market-premiere titles and directors’ driven familiarity with the film business. movies and first works, our growing library Representing established and world-known includes feature films and documentaries, filmmakers mainly from Scandinavia as Managing Director a wide collection of social and faith-based President well as new talent. This includes some of the Susan Wendt content and a selection of library titles. Vincenzo Mosca most seminal Scandinavian auteurs and We specialize in distribution and sales, Executive Sales Manager Head of Sales film makers, such as Lars von Trier, Thomas Nicolai Korsgaard marketing, festivals and markets. Simonetta Polese Vinterberg (Another Round), Anders [email protected] [email protected] Thomas Jensen (Riders of Justice), and We are dedicated to selecting and bringing Hans Petter Moland, as well as upcoming Project & Sales Manager to the international market the finest most Silje Glimsdal Directors such as May El-Toukhy (Queen [email protected] interesting independent films. of Hearts), Gustav Möller (The Guilty) and Yngvild Sve Flikke (Ninjababy)

Furthermore, the team comprehensive knowledge of the profiles and specific preferences of A-list festivals, and is present at all important festivals all year round. contact contact Besides sales, TrustNordisk’s expertise Filmbyen 22 Piazza Vittoria 6 includes project development, in depth DK - 2650 Hvidovre I - 80121 Naples phone +45 29 74 62 06 phone +39 335 27 3554 knowledge of the demand in territories [email protected] [email protected] worldwide, targeted positioning and www.trustnordisk.com www.tvco.eu tailored marketing plans, press relations and more. Urban France Wide France 97 Distribution International

Based in Paris, Urban Distribution Founded by Loïc Magneron, Wide International presents international is a leading independent sales company art-house films by promising young currently representing more than 20 filmmakers and renowned directors whose new feature films a year and a library films distinguish themselves through of more than 500 fiction titles and 300 innovation and originality. President documentaries represented by Wide Managing Director Frédéric Corvez House, a Wide label. Loïc Magneron The group has three different activities: Head of International Sales International Sales & world sales, distribution and production. Louise Ronzet In 2011, Eye On Films (EOF) was created, EOF Project Coordinator [email protected] which is a label focused on promoting first Marco Urizzi feature films and highlighting emerging [email protected] International Sales & Marketing authors through its unique global network Jennyfer Gautier Business Affairs, [email protected] of film professionals. Acquisitions & VR Maxime Montagne Acquisitions Our catalogue contains a variety of movies [email protected] Agathe Corbin from internationally acclaimed directors [email protected] (restored classics by Max Ophuls Lola Montes, J-L Godard Vivre sa Vie amongst others) but also a selection of genre / horror and edgy dramas from around the world.

contact contact 2 rue Charles Renouvier 17, rue Cadet F - 75020 Paris F - 75009 Paris phone +331 4870 4656 phone +33 1 5395 0464 [email protected] [email protected] www.urbangroup.biz www.widemanagement.com Wild Bunch France WTFilms France 99 International

Wild Bunch has established a reputation Managing Director WTFilms (« What the Films ») is a sales and for both professionalism and provocation Brahim Chioua production company launched in 2012 by with distributors worldwide. Characterised Gregory Chambet and Dimitri Stephanides, by its diverse editorial policy, the company Head of Sales Eva Diederix who early in their careers repped such offers a constantly renewed and always [email protected] films as the Academy Award winner La Vie innovative slate of films from all over the en Rose or Brandon Cronenberg’s debut Founding Partner world: director-driven, art-house, genre or Head of Acquisitions Antiviral. Dimitri Stephanides commercial; features, documentaries, Marie-Pierre Vallé [email protected] regularly honored at both European and With a strong taste for genre, WTFilms international festivals. Wild Bunch is also handles a diversified lineup that includes renowned for discovering and developing cult favorites Mandibles and Deerskin from ongoing relationships with new and director Quentin Dupieux, the Sundance innovative directorial talent. sensation Jumbo, and the upcoming The Founding Partner Gateway, co-starring Frank Grillo, Olivia Gregory Chambet Wild Bunch International sales activities Munn and Bruce Dern. is part of Wild Bunch AG, a leading independent European film distribution WTFilms is also developing and producing company, listed on the German stock its own slate of projects, including Jennifer market, that manages a library of more than Reeder’s upcoming Perpetrator. 2,200 titles. The company is active in the acqu­isition, co-production, direct distribution and international sales of films contact contact and TV series and developed a pan 65 rue du Dunkerque 20, rue Bachaumont European direct distribution network in F - 75009 Paris F - 75002 Paris phone +33 1 4313 2115 phone +33 1 4261 0983 France, Italy, Germany and Spain. [email protected] [email protected] www.wildbunch.biz www.wtfilms.fr °efp – european 101 film promotion

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EFP (European Film Promotion) is the international > promote films and talent > develop a Business- network of national film promotion institutes from 37 from Europe worldwide to-Business approach countries from throughout Europe, each representing cooperating with world their national films and talent abroad. > enhance the circulation sales companies, and distribution of distributors, film festivals Under the EFP flag, these organisations team up European films globally, and markets to jointly promote the diversity and spirit of European focusing on countries cinema and talent at key film festivals and markets, outside of Europe > connect the industry in particular outside of Europe. inside and outside > ensure access to and of Europe visibility for European professionals at > facilitate communication, international film networking and best festivals and markets practice exchange on film promotion internationally > explore new distribution °efp president contact opportunities and Markéta Šantrochová European Film Promotion e.V. Czech Film Center Friedensallee 14–16 territories for European 22765 Hamburg, Germany cinema °efp managing director phone +49 40 398 40 30 Sonja Heinen [email protected] www.efp-online.com °efp – the network 103 the network

Albania Republic of Cyprus Germany Latvia Poland Sweden Eduart Makri Diomides Nikita Simone Baumann Dita Rietuma Maria Gradowska-Tomow Petter Mattsson Albanian National Center Ministry of Education German Films National Film Centre Latvia Polish Film Institute Swedish Film Institute of Cinematography and Culture www.german-films.de www.nfc.lv www.pisf.pl www.sfi.se www.nationalfilmcenter. www.moec.gov.cy gov.al Greece Lithuania Portugal Switzerland Czech Republic Athena Kalkopoulou Irma Šimanskytė Vítor Pinheiro Nicola Ruffo Austria Markéta Šantrochová Greek Film Centre Lithuanian Film Centre Instituto do Cinema e do Swiss Films Anne Laurent-Delage Czech Film Center www.gfc.gr www.lkc.lt Audiovisual, I. P. / ICA www.swissfilms.ch AFC – Austrian Films www.filmcenter.cz www.ica-ip.pt www.austrianfilms.com Hungary Luxembourg United Kingdom Denmark Katalin Vajda Françoise Lentz Romania Briony Hanson Belgium / Flanders Lizette Gram Mygind National Film Institute Film Fund Luxembourg Romanian Film British Council Christian De Schutter The Danish Film Institute Hungary www.filmfund.lu Development www.britishcouncil.org Flanders Image www.dfi.dk www.nfi.hu Laura Mușat www.flandersimage.com Republic of www.romfilm *This designation is without Estonia Iceland North Macedonia development.org prejudice to positions on status, Belgium / Wallonia Brussels Eda Koppel Laufey Gudjónsdóttir Anita Stojcheska and is in line with UNSCR Hervé Le Phuez Estonian Film Institute Icelandic Film Centre North Macedonia Serbia 1244 / 1999 and the lCJ Opinion Wallonie Bruxelles Images www.filmi.ee www.icelandicfilmcentre.is Film Agency Miroljub Vučković on the Kosovo Declaration of www.wbimages.be www.filmagency.gov.mk Film Center Serbia Independence. Finland Ireland www.fcs.rs Bosnia and Herzegovina Jaana Puskala Louise Ryan Montenegro Elma Tataragić The Finnish Film Screen Ireland Marija Nikčević Slovak Republic Association of filmmakers Foundation www.screenireland.ie Film Centre of Rastislav Steranka of Bosnia and Herzegovina www.ses.fi Montenegro Slovak Film Institute www.bhfilm.ba Italy www.fccg.me www.sfu.sk France Annabella Nucara Bulgaria Daniela Elstner Cinecittà The Netherlands Slovenia Irina Kanousheva UniFrance www.filmitalia.org Ido Abram Nerina T. Kocjančič Bulgarian National Film www.unifrance.org SEE NL Slovenian Film Centre Center Kosovo* international.eyefilm.nl www.film-center.si www.nfc.bg Georgia Arben Zharku Nino Kirtadzé Kosova Cinematography Norway Spain Croatia Georgian National Film Center Stine Oppegaard Tito Rodriguez Irena Jelić Center www.qkk-rks.com Norwegian Film Institute Instituto de la Cinematografía Croatian Audiovisual www.gnfc.ge www.nfi.no/english/ y de las Artes Centre norwegianfilms Audiovisuales / ICAA www.havc.hr www.icaa.es °efp – 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 MOIN Film Fund Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein and the Ministry of Culture of the City of Hamburg. FSS is additionally supported by the Nordisk Film & TV Fond, German Films and ICAA – Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales ICAA (Spain).

EFP also offers FSS for the promotion of films from Switzerland to countries outside of Europe thanks to the international measures by the FSS is supported by Federal Office of Culture, Media Desk Suisse and SWISS FILMS.

Publisher European Film Promotion e.V. Friedensallee 14–16 22765 Hamburg, Germany phone +49 40 398 40 3-0 [email protected] www.efp-online.com films from Switzerland are supported by Editors Susanne Davis, Cornelia Klimkeit Coordination Cornelia Klimkeit Layout Panatom Corporate Communication

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