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Savoia Excelsior Palace WHEN EAST MEETS WEST Film Centre of FCL partner January 21/23, 2018 Film Center Polish Film Institute Finnish Film Foundation organized by Greek Film Centre In collaboration with Icelandic Film Centre Fondo Audiovisivo Friuli Venezia Giulia Confartigianato Udine Kosovo Cinematography Center Trieste Film Festival/Alpe Adria Cinema Estonian Film Institute Macedonian Film Agency EWA European Women’s Audiovisual Nordic Film & TV Fund with the support of Network Norwegian Film Institute Creative Europe - MEDIA Programme Festival Scope Slovenian Film Centre MiBACT - Direzione Generale per il Flow Postproduction Swedish Film Institute Cinema Heretic Asterisk Creative Europe Desk CEI (Central European Initiative) Hot Docs Creative Europe Desk Regione Autonoma del Friuli Venezia Laser Film Creative Europe Desk Giulia Lithuanian Film Centre Creative Europe Desk MIA Creative Europe Desk Italia under the patronage of National Film Centre of Latvia Creative Europe Desk OLFFI Eurimages Creative Europe Desk Serbia Producers Network - Marché du Film Creative Europe Desk in partnership with Creative Europe Desk database EAVE Maia workshops LST partners Eventival Midpoint BDC Discoveries by Balkan with the technical support of Documentary Center 2018 partners Baltic Sea Docs Starhotels Savoia Excelsior Palace Albanian National Center of Docu Rough Cut Boutique at Sarajevo Urban Hotel Design Cinematography Film Festival NH Trieste Association of Filmmakers of BiH & Ex Oriente Film – Institute of Grand Hotel Duchi d’Aosta Sarajevo Film Fund LOFT Bulgarian National Film Center HBO Europe DRAW Croatian Audiovisual Centre ZagrebDox PRO Danish Film Institute 2 CONTENTS 4 foreword 6 WEMW projects 86 WEMW GUEST PROJECTS 96 LAST STOP TRIESTE 114 FIRST CUT LAB 124 This is IT 140 indEX PARTICIPANTS 264 wemw partners 270 team 272 OLFFI 3 4 F O R E W RD Eight years ago, when we began to think of maintained and strengthened, such as with a name for an event dedicated to promoting Last Stop Trieste and First Cut Lab - the two co-production opportunities, we all agreed parallel sections dedicated to projects in that it should explain the reason why we their editing phase and intended to facilitate had decided to set it up in the first place. their launch on the international market. And that reason was precisely to create We are also adding a new section - This a platform where East and West could is IT - dedicated exclusively to feature film meet, to facilitate cooperation between film projects in post-production and produced industry and professionals from Eastern or co-produced by Italian companies. and Western Europe. I have written several times about the huge Having reached our eighth edition - and number of applications and participants, despite some criticism for the tongue- and the ever-growing interest in WEMW. twisting nature of the name we chose - we Therefore, I shall not repeat myself (even are proud that When East Meets West has though it is true), and I shall just wish all participants, new and old, a pleasant stay become an event of choice for directors in Trieste. I would, however, like to reiterate and producers from all over Europe looking a concept which truly embodies WEMW's to present and pitch new projects. founding idea, and one that unfortunately In fact, it is a name that nowadays has is being continually questioned: “Culture is perhaps become a little too narrow, an economic factor of prime importance; it considering that for some years WEMW has is above all what links people together; it been connecting North and South, as well is a catalyst which will manage to destroy as East and West. But no need to worry: the last few existing barriers. As Europeans we shall not change it to “When East Meets we must believe that the cultural diversity West and South Meets North”... of the Continent is a source of richness to This edition will repeat last year's formula, exploit − not a limitation but a resource to and will therefore contain a double focus: be harnessed, to encourage growth for all”. on Northern countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden), on the one hand, and on South , on the other. The usual ingredients which have PAOLO VIDALI been successful in past editions are being FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA AUDIOVISUAL FUND

5 6 W EM PR O J ECTS The WEMW international committee Pictures - Serbia) will deliver the EAVE led by Danijel Hocevar (Vertigo) and European Producers Workshop scholarship, Leena Pasanen (Dok Leipzig), and the Cannes Producers Network Prize, composed by Manuela Buono (Slingshot the Hot Docs Industry Pass, the Flow Films), Didar Domehri (Maneki Films), Postproduction Award, the Asterisk Visual Alessandro Gropplero (WEMW), Katrin Marketing Award and the Film Center Pors (Snowglobe) and Jozko Rutar (SPOK), Serbia Development Award. Last but not has selected 21 projects in development least, the European Women’s Audiovisual from 16 different countries. The 2018 final Network will deliver the EWA Network Best line-up includes 11 fiction feature films and Woman Director Award whereas the three 10 documentaries selected amongst 287 Baltic Film Institutes will give away the applications from 43 territories. brand new Baltic Award.

The WEMW 2018 jury, including Benjamn In addition to the 21 projects selected for Illos (Quinzaine des Réalisateurs - ), the pitching forum, WEMW invited two Petri Kemppinen (Nordisk Film & TV guest projects previously presented at two Fond - Norway), Riina Sildos (Amrion WEMW partner platforms: DOCSP and - Estonia) and Mila Turajlic (Dribbling DOK Preview Training - DOK Leipzig.

7 10 A BAG OF HAIR 14 About Love and Men 18 Caravan 22 Dark Mother Earth 26 Darkling 30 Freedom Landscapes 32 Hide and Seek 34 I'll Stand By You 36 Inventory 40 Lamb 44 MOTHER LODE 8 48 PLAGUE 52 PRISON BEAUTY CONTEST 56 Restless 60 RESTLESS GUARDIANS 64 Skiing in Scarves 68 Small Body 72 Syden 74 The Quest for Tonewood 78 The Storm Before the Calm 82 TREES FLOATING

9 Genre Fiction r is discriminated and bullied by local kids, Director / Writer LOGLINE Maria Douza Valmira wins the attentions of macho and Financial upheaval forces a teenage deaf xenophobic Fanis. Valmira begins dating Producers girl, Valmira 15, to leave her progressive Fanis not noticing how he tries to hide her Maria Kontogianni, Michael Athens school and return to her father's Sarantinos, Thierry Lenouvel from his friends (because she is deaf). In struggling island where she is confronted vain Aris tries to protect her from a real- Budget by the danger of prejudice and intolerance, € 875.940 (€ 183.940 in place) ity she does not fully comprehend. When f Hai most shockingly -- her own. Companies things with Fanis and his friends take a nasty turn, it is too late for her to admit Steficon, Cine Sud Promotion Looking for SYNOPSIS to her miscomprehensions. In her misery, Co-producers, Financing, Set on a remote and backward island in the she finds solace in sheltering a refugee girl Sales Agents, Festivals Aegean, ‘A Bag of Hair’ tells the story of two and -in a reversal of roles – she schemes adolescent kids who try to become part of the girl’s escape. But things go tragically o ag a community they did not choose to live in. wrong, and Valmira unable to face her own One is Valmira (15) a deaf girl. The other bad choices, turns her own fear and preju- is Aris (17) the son of an illegal immigrant dice onto her only true ally, Aris. Accusing woman. Valmira who lost her mother when him of behavior that isn't his own Valmira

A B she was six comes to the island when her creates in him a sense of loss and betrayal father, Stamos, can no longer pay the fees with unforeseen consequences. Aris turns Maria Douza for the School of the Deaf, in which she has his back to her and abandons her, but in virtually grown up. Her arrival signifies her doing so – at long last – he opens her eyes. coming out in the real and alien world of Humbled Valmira reaches now out for Aris the hearing, where she has to struggle to finding in him not just a step brother but a survive and integrate. Aris is the son of Sta- priceless unselfish friend. mos’ partner and illegal immigrant, Tania.

Michael Sarantinos Fixated by the idea of becoming Greek, DIRECTOR statement Aris wants Valmira to recognize him as her A Bag of Hair is an existential tale on al- stepbrother. Valmira’s strategy to integra- ienation, the fear of being different and the Contact details tion though clashes with Aris’ strategy as need to belong. Having a deaf protagonist is Steficon she desperately tries to become part of an a dramatic as much as an aesthetic choice. N.Psychiko, Greece environment that excludes him. While Aris Valmira represents isolation and exclusion T: +30 6979444353 [email protected] 10 – the desire to be accepted as equal. It is be soft with low contrast shadows to serve feature film, by Angelos Fratzis through her eyes and her soundless per- the wintery feel of the film and the sense of Greece/ France /Latvia ception that we will experience the film, loneliness and melancholia. Editing will be by use of primarily cinematic means that fast and dynamic to convey intensity and “STASIS” - in post-production, feature film will put emphasis on the image, the gaze, urgency. (Ref film: Breaking the Waves, by Mantas Kvendaravicius. Lithuania / the mood, the movement – not the words , 1996). France / Ukraine – and with deliberate reference to silent cinema. This does not mean that there will Contrary to the visual style, acting will be “THE SON OF ” – feature film, be no synch sound, but rather that this will naturalistic in order to fully express pas- 115min., by Elina Psikou. Greece / France be elliptical or distorted and integrated in sion, fear, joy. This means long preparation / Bulgaria, 2016 a more complex sound score comprising periods, familiarizing the actors with their Festivals (selection): music (minimal contemporary electronic parts and the location. My dream cast for Tribeca IFF, 2017 – Best Int/nal Narrative and classical), sound effects and of course the protagonist from France, Garance Ma- Award silences. Sign Language, whenever used, rillier (Raw, 2016). will be subtitled. “AENIGMA” - 3D animation, 10 min., An- COMPANY PROFILE tonis Doussias & Aris Fatouros. Greece, In terms of photography and design, we In 2012 STEFICON established a Film Pro- 2016 will try to “construct” a believable yet ellip- duction Department, the purpose of which Festivals (selection): tical universe where only what is essential is the production of independent art-house International Animation Festival of Annecy, will be seen. We will refrain from journal- films, the participation in international co- 2017 – in competition istic and naturalistic depiction of reality, productions, the creation of interactive Greek Film – Iris 2017 - using anamorphic lenses to produce cin- for web usage and the development of pro- Best Animation Film emascope wide angle shots – reducing jects by new talents and creative filmmakers. International Short Film Festival of Drama, whenever required the depth of field in or- Furthermore, STEFICON offers a complete 2016 – Best Animation Film der to focus on the characters, their faces, service of film promotion on the web, in- but also create a sense of isolation (Ref cluding digital strategy, website creation, “MYTHICAL CINEMAS - Cine Thissio”, film: Let the Right One In, Tomas Alfred- search engine marketing and optimization, documentary, 52 min, by Maria Douza. son, 2008). Camera will be mostly moving, creation of targeted digital trailers and so- Greece / France, 2016 hand held or on steadicam to record unin- cial media marketing Festivals (selection): terrupted acting and get close to the hearts RECENT FILMOGRAPHY: Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, 2017 – and minds of the characters. Lighting will “VIRUS” – in post production Cinema section

11 “THE TREE AND THE SWING” feature a Master’s Degree in Audiovisual Manage- ated from there as in 1994, film, 108 min., by Maria Douza. Greece / ment (Media Business School 2011). with a record of seven short and medium Serbia, 2014 FILMOGRAPHY (selection) length films (the awarded The Bridge 30’ Festivals (selection): VIRUS - in post-production, feature film by and The Island 50’ among them). In 1998, San Fransisco Greek Film Festival 2014 Angelos Fratzis. Greece / France / Latvia she returned to Greece and worked as Com- - Astron Best Feature Film Award mercials and Social Awareness Spots direc- Cyprus Int/nal Film Festival 2014 STASIS - in post-production, feature film by tor, while bringing up her two children. At - 7 awards, incl. the Golden Aphrodite Mantas Kvendaravicius. Lithuania / France the same time, she directed documentaries Best Feature Film and Best Screenplay / Ukraine including The Making of Free Diving, Family Award Feast, The Agas Trial and others. In 2010, Toronto Film Festival 2014 SON OF SOFIA – feature film by Elina she designed and founded www.european- - Best of European Union Film Festival Psikou, 115min., 2016. Greece / Bulgaria scripts.net, an internet platform for presenta- Award / France. Tribeca IFF, 2017 – Best Interna- tion and promotion of screenplays in Europe. tional Narrative Award. PRODUCER'S PROFILE Director filmography WEDNESDAY 04:45 - feature film by Alex- Maria was born in Greece and calls the city Maria Douza for many years directed Com- is Alexiou, 110 min., 2015. / of creative chaos, Athens, her home. In mercials, Social Awareness Spots and Greece / . It received 9 Hellenic Acad- 2004 she entered the professional mara- Documentaries before making her first emy Awards incl. Best Film, Best Director. thon by coordinating major productions for feature The Tree and The Swing (aka. A Tribeca IFF, 2015. Karlovy Vary IFF, 2015. TV Commercials & Corporate Event and Place Called Home) in 2013, with Mirjanna was associated as Production Manager Karanovic and Myrto Alikaki in the leading SEPTEMBER - feature film by Penny Pa- with the 1st Int/nal Film Festival of Patmos roles. The film premiered in Montreal and nayotopoulou, 99 min., 2013. Germany / (IFFP 2010), after which she moved to was subsequently shown to lots of festi- Greece. Karlovy Vary IFF, 2013. Toronto Berlin to supervise the film production, de- vals around the world winning numerous IFF, 2013, IKSV 2013. velopment and distribution of more than 17 awards (international representative: East- international art-house co-productions on West Filmdistribution Gmbh). Last year, the side of Vision and Pal- Director biography Maria directed the Thission Cinema of las Film. As of 2015 she joined forces with After studying Byzantine History and Medi- Athens - a 52’.00’’ docu-drama, for French Steficon S.A. as Film Producer to set a solid eval Greek Literature in Greece, Maria Douza Cine+ series ‘Mythical Cinemas’. Maria is base for international, multi-disciplinary went to the National Film and Television currently preparing her second feature A film projects in the digital era. She holds School of to study film. She gradu- Bag of Hair.

12 13 Genre Documentary and loving again. The stories are edited Director / Writer LOGLINE associatively combining the women’s sto- en Tatjana Bozic In an attempt to understand her own messed ries with found footage and private home Producers up love life, director Tatjana Bozic speaks Fleur Knopperts, Denis Vaslin that connect to the women’s inner with tens of women about their deepest love feelings, comments on them, or adds hu- Budget experiences with men. This film will show you € 523.740 (€ 44.740 in place) mour. My voice-over frames the film. The all you never wanted to know about women in narration shifts from blaming men to gain- d Company love and didn’t even plan to ask! Volya Films ing a deeper understanding of our inner drives. The film is deeply personal, but by Looking for Co-producers, Financing, SYNOPSIS no means an ego documentary. Sales Agents, Festivals Men fascinated and troubled me all my life. Some women tell a long story, from begin- I read books, had many relationships, took ning till the end of the relationship or how my partners to therapy, even made a film they rebuild their lives after. With them we about it. But the question remains: why is it engage as viewers. All women, even the so difficult to have relationships with men? ones who only share an anecdote, will be Was it me: a slightly dramatic, romantic Slav great storytellers. The film is like a sym- with childhood traumas? But when I talked phony with building blocks of women, ar- to my girlfriends around Europe, they too chive, voice-over. The underlying structure

Tatjana Bozic Tatjana had relationship pains and not many clues is the life cycle of a relationship. As the why love can’t be nice and easy. In ABOUT film progresses, women move from shar- LOVE AND MEN, I dive into the emotional ing to a self-observing mode often with a and mental state of women in love placing self-ironical twist. Here, some wiser women the intimate life of the average European will be more present. They‘re (like) experts woman center stage. (but not presented as such) and help us to In disarming stories, women share the make sense of our love relationships. What Fleur Knopperts is our own role, and is there a way to heal beauty and struggle of their love relations. an L ove bout relationships between men and women? They talk about the traps they walked in

A and the ones they created themselves; Contact details DIRECTOR statement Volya Films about ‘that time I peed on his clothes’, the Rotterdam, first sex, the sexless coexisting, cheating, Many women, all over Europe shared their T: +31 652 45 19 87 (dis)illusions, sharing, fighting, divorcing stories with me, inspired by watching my [email protected] 14 film Happily Ever After in which I shared etic moments to be cut by blunt reality. The THE FREE MARKET by Marleine van der my desperate love life. They would come approach of women looking straight in the Werf (WP Debut Competition Netherlands to me and say: you know, the same thing camera underlines that they talk with me FF 2016), 80% Disabled by Mari Sanders happened to me… directly, which supports the storyline of the (WP Netherlands FF 2016), PROBLEMSKI I spent many nights laughing, crying and director on quest, but also works on the HOTEL by Manu Riche (WP Gent FF), BIG drinking with women who wanted to tell feeling of intimacy shared with the audi- FATHER, SMALL FATHER & OTHER STO- how it was for them. I thought – wow, these ence directly. RIES by Di Phan Dang (WP Berlinale Official women have my story. Not my particular I want the to walk out of the cin- Competition 2015), NAZIHA’S SPRING by story but the story of women who want to ema with this feeling of melancholic and Gulsah Dogan (IDFA 2014 – Winner Audi- live out a certain ideal of their own inner pensive satisfaction, of understanding ence Award), KURAI, KURAI – Tales on the selves and are searching for ways to do it in something on level that you find somewhat Wind by Marjoleine Boonstra (winner of the the times of change of relationships. Some difficult to explain; of feeling some unity Guimet Prize at the 21st Vesoul Asian IFF) women had more remains of patriarchate and connection. I want this film to make a and MEN WHO SAVE THE WORLD by Seng kind of stories, others more super individu- small, but ambitious contribution in under- Tat Liew (WP Locarno Film Festival 2014). alistic society kind of stories, but between standing and showing the inner world of a them there was definitely a connection. modern woman. PRODUCER'S PROFILE I am deeply moved by the book Time - sec- Fleur Knopperts is producer at Volya Films ondhand (2015) by Svetlana Alekseevich. COMPANY PROFILE since 2009. Previously, she was Director of The book is a collection of talks she had VOLYA FILMS is run by producers Denis the FORUM for international co-financing over 20 years with people all around the Vaslin and Fleur Knopperts. We produce of documentaries at IDFA in Amsterdam Soviet Union, about the life they lived dur- author fiction films and creative documen- – the largest and most prestigious inter- ing communism. Alekseevich beautifully taries, mainly as international co-produc- national documentary market in the world. portrays this tragic ‘homo soveticus’. While tions. Recent films are I KNOW YOU ARE She started her career at IDFA where she reading the book I was engaged in every THERE by Thom Vander Beeken (WP Vi- co-organised the year-long documentary story, dosed just to the right amount, but sions du Réel 2017 – Special Mention First script workshop. From 1998 - 2000, she when I had to cry while reading, it was al- Film); CENTAUR by Aktan Arum Kubat was coordinator of the Jan Vrijman Fund ways a tear for the fate of the people. My (WP Berlinale 2017 panorama – winner CI- (now IDFA Bertha Fund), which gives fi- dream is for Men to have this cumulative CAE award); WAITING FOR GIRAFFES by nancial support to documentary filmmak- effect of telling the story of many. Marco de Stefanis (WP Dutch Competition ers from developing countries. As Industry This film should be an emotional roller IDFA 2016), THE GROWN UPS by Maite & Marketplace Director, she set up the coaster. I want tears mixed with laugh, po- Alberdi (WP Intnl Competition IDFA 2016), MeetMarket - the international documen-

15 tary marketplace of Doc/Fest in Sheffield in film of ZagrebDox and was released in the Distorted Reflections (2001, 30’, Fade In) 2007. She is a graduate of Eurodoc and the cinemas in the Benelux, Croatia, Slovenia, - Which opens an issue on the stereotypes Binger Film Lab Script Editing Workshop. France and Switzerland. on women in society and media

Director biography Director filmography Dear Suzy (2002, 40’, Fade In), What is a I was born in a country that does not exist Fraus (1995, 16mm, 8’) - A passionate and woman? A documentary about me and my anymore: Yugoslavia, and had this happy associative story of a woman falling in love. friend Suzy’s becoming a woman. Tito’s pioneer youth, until in 1986 I moved (International Festival de Films de Femmes with my family to the USSR, a country in Creteil, France in 1996.) Travelogue series My sister Eastern Europe which started to collapse soon after (not (2003-2005, 12x22’, SniMi Film/Adria stu- that it was my fault). My first ‘five year plan’ Provincial Girl (1996, 35mm, 30’, co-direct- dio). Intimate portraits of my scattered (fe- ended successfully with a magna cum ed with Frank Muller, Studio Risk) - Is an male) friends, and my experiences in their laude at Lomonosov University, faculty of intimate portrait of young provincial women, countries. Shown in prime time on the first TV-Journalism (1988-1993), which I chose coming to Moscow to find their happiness. programme of Croatian National TV (HTV). wanting to be a part of the crazy changes. I (Winner of ‘Grand Prix’ for the best Russian then attended Moscow Film school, docu- documentary of 1996 at the Russian Docu- Director on several pieces for a documenta- mentary film department (1993-1996), mentary Film Festival in Ekaterinburg) ry TV series Surprising Europe (2010-2011 where I sat in the smoky little cinema where 9x25’, JvdW Film for AlJazeera English and Tarkovski once showed the forbidden clas- In 1998, Sundance Documentary Fund Human), a look at life of (non-document- sics. I dreamed to become a filmmaker funded the development for my film project ed) African immigrants in Europe. like my teacher Artavazd Peleshian, mas- ‘My Home Town’, and I moved to Croatia. I ter of associative storytelling. In 2014, my directed more than 20 short documentary In 2014 my feature length documentary feature length documentary Happily Ever films, mainly shown (and sometimes for- Happily Ever After (2014, 83’ JvdW Film/ After (2014, 83’ JvdW Film/IKON/Factum/ bidden) on national television. IKON/Factum/Zelovic productions) had Zelovic productions) had its world premiere World premiere and was nominated for and was nominated for the Hivos Tiger Just About Oasis (1999, 16mm, 20’, Fac- Hivos Tiger Awards Competition at Interna- Awards Competition at IFFR Rotterdam. tum) - A warm story of people of different tional Film Festival Rotterdam. The film is an intimate inner journey into nationalities living in one house on Istrian The film is an intimate inner journey into my (past and present) love life, filled with coast (Mad Cat Women Int'l FF, Trieste In- my (past and present) love life, filled with humorous encounters with my ex men, ternational Film Festival - Alpe Adria Cin- humorous encounters with my ex men, scattered around Europe. It was opening ema 2000) scattered around Europe.

16 Happily Ever After was an opening film of On Liburnia Film Festival it was awarded ZagrebDox International Film Festival. the best editing and best directing. The film In April 2014 it was released in Dutch cin- was nominated for the Estonian Peoples emas, distributed in Benelux by CineArt, in Award during Estonian national television December 2014 it was released in cinemas festival in Parnu in 2015. On Fes- in Croatia by Restart, in September 2015 tival of Documentary and Short films the it had cinema release in Slovenia, and in film won a Golden Medal of Belgrade for February 2016 it started it’s cinema release the best scenario. I was nominated by my in France and Switzerland, distributed by Dutch colleagues in DDG as best director Aloest. The French cinema life of the film of the year. The film was shown on more is ongoing till now; namely, the distributer than 30 festivals around the world. organizes, together with cinema ‘Studio Galande’ in Paris a monthly viewings of the film, followed by discussions with promi- nent people of French cultural milieu. Being a part of KineDok project, through which 12 best documenteray films of year are shown in alternative places, Happily Ever After was shown in cinemas in Hun- gary, , and Roma- nia, (and once again Croatia). The film was shown on Dutch, Croatian, Serbian, Italian, Estonian and New Zealand television.

The film was nominated for Gouden Kalf, for the best long documentary on Neth- erlands Film Festival in Utrecht and won Gouden Kalf for the best editing. The film was awarded a Special Jury mention on Sa- rajevo Film Festival, the Let’s CEE film festi- val in Vienna 2014, and DocuDays in Kiev.

17 Genre Fiction Director LOGLINE DIRECTOR statement Zuzana Kirchnerova Spidlova The debut feature film of Cinéfondation My son was born with Down Syndrome, and Writers winner Zuzana Kirchnerová Špidlová. A gradually autism was added to his prob- Zuzana Kirchnerova Spidlova, roadmovie about an uncoventional mother lems. The topic of the film Caravan is thus Kristina Majova a largely personal one for me. Not exactly in avan and her mentally disabled son on a road Producer trip through looking for freedom, love terms of the story specifically, but the yearn- Pavla Janouskova Kubeckova

r and life. ing for escape, to rebel against the lot of a Budget mother of a handicapped son – this is per- € 1.500.000 (€ 80.000 in place) a SYNOPSIS sonal to me. The theme of revolt thus finds Company its way into the choice of genre as well. For

C Nutprodukce Ester is turning 40 next year, and she has me, the road movie best expresses Ester’s Looking for nothing going on in her life. That is, nothing almost aggressive yearning to live. Co-producers, Financing more than caring for David (12), her severe- Ester could easily be a character in a heavy ly mentally handicapped son. David doesn’t social drama. However, that is another speak, and has to be watched constantly – categorization I wanted to resist. I want to otherwise he runs away and destroys things. make a film that is hopeful in spite of the Ester loves David tremendously, but she’s heavy subject matter, a film full of lightness worn out from it all – the isolation, the rou- and humor – though bittersweet. Ester and tine, having to do everything herself. She her son are seeking the sea, sunshine, an feels like her life is a prison. A friend who

Pavla Janouskova Kubeckova open space, and free horizons, and the moved to Italy invites Ester over for a visit. visual concept for the film will correspond It’s her first chance ever to take a holiday, to that. The film will play out for the most two weeks to escape it all for a little while. part in exteriors, with the transformations Just before she’s about to leave, though, it of landscape and weather reflecting the in- turns out there’s no one to watch over her ternal state of the protagonists. son. If Ester wants to go, she’ll have to take I consider one of the main things to be Zuzana Kirchnerova Spidlova him with her. Ester decides to travel to the the approach in to the character of handi- south, to the sea. On a road trip through capped David. The main thing in this for me Contact details Italy, they find out that as long as they are on is to achieve maximum authenticity - David Nutprodukce the road, they’re still alive. must certainly be portrayed by a mentally , Czech Republic handicapped non-actor. People with handi- T: +420 6052656190 [email protected] 18 caps are often depicted as being cute, kind- the internet and younger audiences. This co-produce ’s new film hearted, and a bit ridiculous. In my experi- diversification in general has helped us cre- Spoor. Connecting more regions in Central ence this point of view is very limiting. David ate a steady flow of top quality projects. Europe and building long-lasting relation- is fragile and vulnerable, but at the same We live in an era of Quality TV, and the ships with the talent across the CE region is time can be extremely aggressive and car- company is well-established in the Quality our vision for a long-term growth. ing for him is, simply, very exhausting. So TV domain. We have a long-lasting bond Crucial to our future growth is expanding much so that he can even arouse strongly with HBO Europe that has been essential our focus to include web series as well, and negative emotions in his mother: anger, ir- to bringing in high-budget projects in our gaining experience in new media distribu- ritation, rage, sometimes even resistance. region: Burning Bush, 2013, a miniseries tion. Therefore, our plan is to continue pro- Emotions that we are usually embarrassed directed by Agnieszka Holland (three-time ducing web series such as Live from the by and that, particularly in reference to chil- Oscar nominee), sold to over 60 countries, Moss (2016), which is a 6-part animated dren, few are willing to admit. The rawness winner of 11 , nomi- kids’ miniseries for the leading Czech and veracity of this film resides for me in the nated as the Czech Oscar candidate and streaming website Stream.cz. depiction of these negative emotions as well. for the European Film Award; Wasteland, Ester is a loving and self-sacrificing mother. an 8-part miniseries produced for HBO in PRODUCER'S PROFILE But the person who she loves the most is 2016 which premiered at the Toronto Film Pavla Janoušková Kubecková (*1985) stud- also her greatest enemy. Festival and coined the “first Quality TV ied journalism and media studies at Charles series in the Czech Republic” by critics. University as well as Film Production at COMPANY PROFILE Wasteland was successful worldwide, be- FAMU in Prague. In 2009 Pavla co-founded Nutprodukce is one of the leading pro- ing selected as one of only five series in the the production company nutprodukce and duction companies on the Czech market, Toronto International Festival’s Primetime started working as an independent produc- with 9 feature films, 14 Czech Lions, and section and later broadcasted in 19 coun- er. Her first film Graffitiger was nominated 6 Czech Critics' Awards. Nutprodukce’s tries across Europe. In close collaboration for the Student Oscar. She was one of the films have been in competition at Cannes, with HBO, we have made our work travel producers of the highly successful HBO the Berlinale, and Annecy, and have been beyond Czech borders, creating an inter- miniseries Burning Bush, directed by Acad- screened at Toronto, Telluride, Rotterdam, nationally recognized brand. With HBO, we emy Award Nominee Agnieszka Holland. In and received a Student Oscar nomination. have also produced 3 documentaries. 2013 she produced two feature documen- Our work portfolio is diversified into three More than two years ago, a sister company, taries: Show!, which won the Czech Critics' major areas: 1) Feature fiction for cinemas nutprodukcia, was founded in Slovakia, Award for Best Czech Documentary and the 2) Quality TV produced mostly for HBO becoming a stable partner for internation- Audience Award at the Jihlava IDFF, and Europe 3) new media projects aimed for al projects. Both companies have helped the Great Night, which was awarded Best

19 Czech Documentary at the Jihlava IDFF the Cinéfondation Selection at the 62nd and premiered in the main competition at Cannes Film Festival. The movie was also CPH:DOX. In 2014, she completed two oth- showcased at a number of international film er feature documentaries (Long Live Hunt- festivals, and received many more awards ing! and My Home), both of which screened such as the Prix Europeén at the at more than 10 international festivals. Last 24th Brest European Short Film Festival. year Pavla produced a new documentary, In recent years she has directed primarily FC Roma, which premiered in competition documentary films, such as the observa- at Karlovy Vary IFF and was awarded Best tional documentary TV series about men- Czech Documentary at the Jihlava IDFF. She tally ill adults The Magnificent Five, which was also one of the initial and leading pro- was shot over the course of four years. ducers of Wasteland, an original TV series for HBO Europe. Its international premiere Director filmography was at the Toronto Film Festival as a part Bába / Grandma / 2008 - short film of the Primetime selection. Pavla was also a co-producer of Agnieszka Holland’s latest Ctyri v tom / The Four In It / 2013 - docu- feature film, Spoor, which took the Alfred mentary TV series Bauer Silver Bear Prize at the 2017 Berlina- Velvyslanci hudebniho baroka/ Collegium le and is now on the EFA 2017 shortlist. As 1704 2015 documentary part of her education, Pavla attended many Pet statecných/The Magnificent Five 2017 European film workshops, e.g. Emerging documentary TV series Producers, DOK.Incubator, Midpoint, Ex Oriente, and Eurodoc, and she was selected Pet statecných / The Magnificent Five / as one of this year's Producers on the Move 2017 - documentary TV series at the Cannes IFF.

Director biography Zuzana Kirchnerová Špidlová holds a de- gree in feature film direction from the FAMU Film Academy in Prague. Her gradu- ation film Bába was awarded first prize in

20 21 Genre Fiction h Director LOGLINE DIRECTOR statement

t Rok Bicek A boy is blamed for 8 suicides in his village. This story is an intimate portrait of a nation Writers Years later he finds out he was only respon- unwilling to look in the mirror. The events r Rok Bicek, Kristian Novak sible for one. in this rural village through which the story Producer is told, are not frightening per se. They be- a Danijel Pek SYNOPSIS come terrifying in the imaginary world in Budget which the children take refuge when they In a small village in Croatia, during 2 € 1.500.000 (€ 27.497 in place) can no longer cope with cruel reality. The months in 1991, there were 8 unexplained Company impending war in the Balkans runs like a

r E suicides. A small boy was somehow con- Antitalent current through this story in which polar nected to all of them. Twenty years later, Looking for opposites meet: friendship and betrayal, e Matija has reinvented his past and created Co-producers, Financing, belonging and isolation, grief and comfort, Sales Agents, Festivals false memories. When he loses everything,

h making us understand that ending vicious he embarks on a quest to recreate his circles is all about taking responsibility on childhood. At 6 years old, Matija struggled an individual and collective level. Without to understand the sudden death of his fa- facing our demons, the circle will never ot ther. His mother and sister were not able be broken. Failed relationships will haunt to explain death to him, so he escaped us. Suicides will haunt us. Wars will come into a world of fantasy. At first, people from back. This story gives me an opportunity to the village supported Matija and his fam- Rok Bicek plunge once again into the themes I have ily. But when the boy began to act strange, been dealing with in my movies and revisit rumours spread connecting him to the sui- those feelings. The sense of closure and cides. The family became isolated. The only relief achieved by dealing with suppressed rk M friend Matija had was Franjo, an abused emotions, connects me to the experience child from a family of alcoholics. But it was the author had of writing the novel. One of not enough. Both boys desperately wanted the most important themes, is the fact all of Danijel Pek to belong to the community. The difference

Da us were either betrayed or betrayers in our between them was that Franjo would never formative years. Those of us who grew up Contact details have sacrificed their friendship for the ap- in ex-Yugoslavia, were usually both. Antitalent proval of their fellow villagers. , Croatia T: +385 911250205 [email protected] 22 COMPANY PROFILE Producer Danijel Pek is EAVE Producers documentary series, 2 seasons (24 epi- workshop 2015 graduate. sodes) Antitalent is Croatian production company 2015, EYE FOR AN EYE, short, focused on film, TV and online content. We Antitalent also has track record in produc- director:Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic are telling stories in a unique way and de- tion service and camera rental as owner of 2013, VIS-A-VIS, feature fiction, director: veloping creative relationship with writers company CineCro.. Nevio Marasovic and directors. Recent production is Goran, drama/ Projects in the slate: by director Nevio Marasovic premiered at PRODUCER'S PROFILE I MISS YOU, feature fiction, director: Hr- Fantasia Montreal and awarded with Best Danijel Pek is Croatian TV and film pro- voje Hribar, EAVE 2015 actor prize. ducer. Studied political science and film THE OLD MAN AND THE STORK, feature Old man and the Stork, documentary by production in Zagreb. He has professional documentary, director: Tomislav Jelincic, Tomislav Jelincic is supported by Re-Act experience as journalist in various radio EX Oriente Film 2015, Re-Act co-develop- co-development fund in 2015 and ME- and tv newsrooms in Croatia. In 2004 he ment fund 2015 DIA Single project development in 2016. participated in launch of RTL Television in BLOK 62, feature fiction, director: Vanja Project is now Croatian-Slovenian-Italian Croatia as a producer of news and sports Vascarac, Ekran+ 2016, FilmGarage 2016 co-production. The Last Well, short film by program. DARK MOTHER EARTH, feature fiction, Filip Filkovic premiered on Fes- In 2007 he founded production company writers: Kristian Novak & Rok Bicek, direc- tival in November 2017. Antitalent (www.antitalent.hr) focused on tor Rok Bicek, development film, TV and online content. In 2013 Anti- Projects in development: talent released first feature film, independ- Luka, drama/crime, director Nevio Mara- ent production Vis-à-Vis by director Nevio Director biography sovic Marasovic. Rok Bicek is a director from Slovenia. His Blok 62, thriller/horror, director Vanja Vas- short Duck Hunting (2010) was acquired carac, (Ekran+ 2016, Film Garage 2016 ) Filmography: by . Class Enemy (2013), his feature The old man and the Stork, documentary, 2017, THE LAST WELL, short film,director: debut, was premiered and awarded at the director Tomislav Jelincic, (ExOriente Film) Filip Filkovic Venice Critics’ Week and distributed in 5 I miss you, feature film, director: Hrvoje 2016, GORAN, feature fiction,countries. His feature documentary The Hribar director:Nevio Marasovic Family (2017) premiered and awarded in 2015/2016/2017, SWEET CHEF, TV factual Locarno Critics’ Week. His works reveal a Producer Maja Pek graduated from Serial series, 2 seasons (34 episodes) rare self-confidence, backed up by a clear Eyes program at DFFB. 2015/2016/2017, HERBS HUNTER, TV aesthetic favouring one shot sequences,

23 specific colour schemes and dramatic sub- Link: https://vimeo.com/67998849 jects narrated in a low-key, off-hand, but PW: dayinvenice always controlled style. Lov na race (AGRFT, 2010) Director filmography Link: https://vimeo.com/67998850 PW: duckhunting Rok Bicek (1985) is a Slovenian film direc- tor and editor, known for his debut Class Enemy (2013)

28th Venice Critics' Week - Fedeora Award 2014 nomination Festival of Slovenian Film 2013, 7 Vesna awards: Best Film, Best Lead Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Audience award, Critics' award International Film Festival of 2013, Grand Prix, Audience Award, Award for Best Actor, FIPRESCI Prize FIPRESCI Prize - Panorama of European Cinema - Athens 2013

Link: https://vimeo.com/105431482 PW: enemy

Družina (AGRFT, 2008) - short documen- tary Link: https://vimeo.com/67998851 PW: thefamily

Dan v Benetkah (AGRFT, 2009)

24 25 Genre Fiction upcoming weekend means the absence of Director / Writer LOGLINE Dusan Milic KFOR and the Serbs being left without pro- A family living in post-war Kosovo, pro- tection until the new school week starts. The Producer tected by KFOR during daytime, suffers a Snezana Penev worst night to date ends with their only cow ling torment every time night falls. They fight to disappearing from the stable. This fuels the Budget stay alive, keep sanity and prove their fears € 905.500 (€ 485.500 in place) conflict among the family members about are real. whether to abandon their home. Seething Company with rage, Milutin arms himself with a rifle rk Film Deluxe International, This and That Productions, SYNOPSIS that he hides in the cellar, determined to RFF International, PTD In the mountainous outback of Kosovo, in fight the invisible evil lurking in the dark- Looking for a homestead surrounded by a dense for- ness. His weapon at the ready, he steps

Da Co-producers, Financing, est, lives MILICA with her mother Vukica bravely into the forest… never to return. Sales Agents, Festivals and grandfather Milutin. When night falls, Milica and her mother are left alone in the the family barricades itself inside its house, house as night draws in, forced to defend petrified of the psychological terror coming themselves against the impending storm. from the woods. Is that fear of their house The sky darkens. Lightning strikes. The being under siege an echo of the recent war stable catches fire! Then the roof of the or is it just their imaginations as Italian KFOR house bursts into flames! The blaze brings officials would have them believe? KFOR the ceiling crashing down and mother and daughter take refuge in the cellar to sur-

Dusan Milic soldiers transport children in an armoured vehicle to a school located in an Orthodox vive. In total darkness, they huddle togeth- monastery, where a priest encourages peo- er to fight their fears. ple to stay in Kosovo, even though every morning they tell stories of the cattle they DIRECTOR statement have lost during the night – the only physi- After the 'War in Kosovo', many families of cal evidence that something untoward is both nationalities, Serbian and Albanian, Snezana Penev happening. When the Italians finally launch were torn apart, frightened, and devastated an official investigation, they get redeployed, both physically and mentally. They didn’t Contact details prompting the majority of the Serbian fami- need the war. They knew they’d have to stay Film Deluxe International lies to opt for permanent exile. there in the future, living next to each other, Belgrade, Serbia Milica's family is the last to remain. The even when everything had been forgotten. T: +381 641612313 [email protected] 26 After the war ended, a strong mistrust COMPANY PROFILE (by Dusan Milic) as a co-production with fuelled revenge. People started to swap ter- Parthenon Films from USA and Eye to EYE FILM DELUXE INTERNATIONAL produc- ritory in order to avoid new conflicts. This is doo from Serbia. The film was released as tion company is founded in 2005. by di- a story about the evil that cannot be sepa- bilingual, Serbian/English project, and had rector Dusan Milic. His first film JAGODA rated from our being, the primeval fear of a world premiere in Competiton section of IN THE SUPERMARKET was produced darkness and what exists in it. What we ac- the Montreal Film festival in 2014. where by in 2003. The film was tually see is maybe not what reality is. also won Innovation Award. Travelator was screened at Berlin Film Festival in Pano- The protagonists live in fear, the primeval recognized as 'new approach to the visual rama. Media Luna, German based sales fear of darkness, of what will come when form and specific film language'. PTD Dis- agent holds the rights for the film. night falls and you have to go to sleep. It tribution from Luxembourg holds World The first international project of Film De- is a metaphor for darkness and what it in- luxe International was “GUCHA - Distant Sales rights. Travelator also won award for duces in people’s minds. Trumpet” (director and scriptwriter Dusan the Best Director at 43rd FEST film festival To support this idea, the visual style has to Milic), that has gathered a group of very in Belgrade in 2015. and for Best Script at be unsettling as well. Deep shadows and experienced film producers as are: late, re- Vrnjacka Banja film festival the same year. impenetrable darkness block the view. nown Karl Baumgartner, producer of films Working with all those respected partners, Every sound becomes something other by Jim Jarmush, Aki Kaurismaki, Kim Ki the team of Film Deluxe gathered lot of than what it is. The whistling of the wind Duk to name a few; Emir Kusturica two time experience in developing and preparing signals danger rather than a phenomenon Golden Palm winner; Josef Aichholzer, Os- projects for presentations at the world film of nature; the creaking of a wooden floor- car winning Austrian film producer; Stefan markets and co-production forums, to fur- board suggests somebody’s in the house; Kitanov, Bulgarian film producer and Sofia ther production at later stages. As well Film a rattling from the ceiling fuels the fear that Film festival director; Thanassis Karathanos Deluxe works with the most talented film an intruder is trying to break in... well established German producer. EURIM- producers from Serbia, such is Snezana Unexpected cuts quickly change the pro- AGES supported GUCHA with the funding in Penev, young but already highly estab- tagonists’ point of view, holding them in 2005. and the film was screened as a world lished film and TV producer who produced constant fear... My main visual references premiere at Berlin Film Festival in Panora- and co-produced The Good wife (Mirjana are 'Assault on Precinct 13' and 'Straw ma section in 2007. The Match Factory, one Karanovic) Monument to Michael Jack- Dogs', but here the enemy is never visible, of the biggest and busiest World Sales agent son (Darko Lungulov) to name a few and as in fact it doesn't exist. represents the film and sold it to numerous worked as a executive producer in a major- This film supports the moral standpoint that countries around the globe. ity of recent Serbian and regional produc- there are no differences among people. There Based on that experience Film Deluxe In- tions, such are: Ustanicka street, Travelator, is just a different interpretation of reality. ternational produced film TRAVELATOR Withering... Snezana was selected by EFP

27 (European Film Promotion) to participate in Director biography Festivals: the Cannes Film Festival "Producers on the World premiere: Berlin Film Festival (Pano- Dušan Milic, born in Belgrade, Serbia. move" and in 2015 became a voting mem- rama Program) Graduated at University of Dramatic Arts, ber of the European Film Academy. Go East Film Festival department of Film and TV Directing. His At the moment Film Deluxe is in the pro- Sofia Film Festival previous two films Jagoda in the Super- duction of 86 episode TV series for the Ser- Film Festival market (produced by Emir Kusturica) and bian National Television, which was aired Palm Springs Film Festival Gucha! (produced by Karl Baumgartner...) in October 2016. Besides Film Deluxe is in Lecce Film Festival were screened in official program of Pano- the development stage for two feature films Moscow Film Festival rama Program at Berlin Film Festival. Both of different genres. Vancouver Film Festival films were sold in more than 25 countries Athens Film Festival PRODUCER'S PROFILE around the world. Jagoda in the Supermar- ket won the first prize at Athens Film Festi- Awards: Snežana Penev graduated Film Production val and Cinequest Film Festival, California. • Athens Film Festival (first prize) at the Academy of Arts in Belgrade. She Gucha! won audience award at Sofia Film • Cinequest Film Festival, California (first became a graduate of the EAVE Producers Festival and was nominated for the Euro- prize) program in 2011. Snežana has produced pean Film Award in category best original many internationally acclaimed fiction music in 2007. He wrote and directed two World Sales: MEDIA LUNA films and documentaries. “MONUMENT seasons (21 episodes) of the most popular TO MICHAEL JACKSON” was supported TV series in Serbia - FOLK (2012-2014). Distribution territories: Sweden, Russia, by Eurimages and Media as well as “BAT- The world premiere of his third feature film Italy, Greece, , Germany, , TERY MAN”, a feature documentary sold to TRAVELATOR, was at Montreal Film Festi- Arte (broadcasted), Macedonia, Bosnia over 10 worldwide broadcasters. Snežana val in the competition program where it won recently produced “IN THE DARK”, a and Herzegovina, Montenegro… the Innovation award. He currently works on feature documentary which premiered at a TV series (88 episodes) entitled SUSPI- the IDFA 2014 film festival and “A GOOD 2007. GUCHA! – Distant Trumpet, (pro- CIOUS MINDS for Serbian National TV. WIFE” a debut film by Mirjana Karanovic duced by Karl Baumgartner, producer of (SUNDANCE 2016).She was selected by films by Jim Jarmush, Aki Kaurismaki, Kim EFP (European Film Promotion) to partici- Director filmography Ki Duk to name a few; Emir Kusturica two pate in the Cannes Film Festival "Producers 2003. Jagoda in the Supermarket, (pro- time Golden Palm winner; Josef Aichholzer, on the move" and in 2015 became a voting duced by Emir Kusturica, two time Golden Oscar winning Austrian film producer; Ste- member of the European Film Academy. Palm winner) fan Kitanov, Bulgarian film producer and

28 Sofia Film festival director; Thanassis Kar- 2014. TRAVELATOR athanos well established German producer Festivals: Festivals: World Premiere: Montreal Film Festival World premiere: Berlin Film Festival (Pano- (Competition Program) rama Program) Sofia Film Festival Sofia Film Festival Antalya Film Festival Prague Film festival Monterey Film Festival Oldenburg Film Festival Warsaw Film Festival Awards: Awards: Montreal Film Festival (Innovation award) • Sofia Film Festival (audience award) 43rd FEST film festival (Best Director) • European Film Award (nominated in cat- Best Script (Vrnjacka Banja Film Festival) egory best original music) World Sales: PTD Distribution (Luxem- World Sales: Match Factory bourg) Distribution territories: Serbia, Bulgaria, Distribution territories: Sweden, Russia, Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Italy, , Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Herzegovina… Lanka, Pakistan, , New Zealand, Greece, Poland, Switzerland, Germany, 2016.-2017. SUSPICIOUS MINDS TV se- , ZDF/Arte (broadcasted), Macedo- ries (86 episodes) broadcasted at Serbian National TV. nia, , Montenegro, Bulgaria, Hungary, …

2012. – 2014. FOLK two seasons (21 episodes) of the most pop- ular TV series in Serbia

29 Genre Documentary the Resistance may I remind ourselves that Director LOGLINE

es if one could practice resistance even in Aus- Marta Popivoda The last voyage through the landscapes of chwitz, one can certainly do it today, when Writers vanishing memory of Sonia, a gentle elderly we have more freedom and tools to put up Marta Popivoda, Ana Vujanovic lady who was a fighter, first Partisan woman resistance to the rising tide of fascism in Producers in Serbia and a member of the resistance our own time. Besides, this story is also im- Marta Popivoda, Dragana Jovovic movement at Auschwitz. Where did her re- portant to me because it was never told in Budget sistance come from? € 81.600 (€ 53.000 in place) entirety. After World War II, in Yugoslavia

p sca those who came back from the camps were Company SYNOPSIS Theory at Work treated with distrust. The question floating

d Freedom Landscapes is a film about Sofi- Looking for in the air was: “What did she actually have Co-producers, Financing, ja Vujanovic, the first Partisan women in to do to survive a death camp?” Many he- Sales Agents, Festivals Serbia. She was also one of the leaders roes from the WW2 got public monuments. of the Resistance at Auschwitz-Birkenau. Some of them are women. But none of an The film deals precisely with that story, them is an Auschwitz survivor. The film bespeaking that it is possible to think and is meant to become a kind of alternative practice resistance even in such a totalitar- monument to Sonia. However, for us she ian situation as Nazi concentration camps. is not a monolithic, genderless heroine and While traveling through the landscapes of thus Sonia’s cinematic monument should Sonia’s memory, we enter an archive of a be affective and humanistic, bearing “the Dragana Jovovic world that is vanishing inevitably with its womanly face of war”. L om last actors, a story that must be told now or One of the most engaging documents will disappear forever. d I found in Sonia’s private archive is her scrapbook from Auschwitz, filled with draw- DIRECTOR statement ings and messages of her fellow inmates. Sonia’s entire life story is valuable and ‘The last view of freedom’ reads the caption Marta Popivoda fascinating, because it bears witness to a beneath a drawing of a fence and guard

r ee moment when certain people were ready tower by an architect who never made to sacrifice all, even their lives, seeking to home. It inspired me to compose this film F Contact details Theory at Work change the world. I want to focus Sonia’s by employing the concept of landscape. Berlin, Germany time at Auschwitz and her involvement in Thus I deal with temporality as a visual cat- T: +49 1744094317 [email protected] 30 egory, where a travel through the time of management and cultural policy. From Antwerp etc. Recently, she received the Sonia’s story is depicted by the images that 2008 she has been working as a producer Berlin Art Prize for the visual arts by Aka- populate that time, but not necessarily in and organizer on numerous projects such demie der Künste and Edith-Russ-Haus chronological order. as art performances, theatre plays, exhibi- Award for Emerging Media Artist. tions, debates, lectures, videos and films COMPANY PROFILE during her work at the Walking Theory plat- Director filmography form from Belgrade. She also collaborated The production company Theory at Work Yugoslavia, How Ideology Moved Our Col- as a production assistant with Bitef Theat- was founded by film director Marta Pop- lective Body, 62', 2013, TkH (Walking er, Bitef Festival, Sarajevo Film Festival, Theory) ivoda, dramaturge Ana Vujanovic, and Pancevo Film Festival and she is executive producer Dragana Jovovic. For a number director of REZ - festival of contemporary of years, they had collaborated in various experimental film in Belgrade. She was a cinema and multimedia projects, mostly participant of the Sarajevo Talent Campus under the auspices of Walking Theory, a 2011 and she was part of Sarajevo City of theoretical-artistic platform. Theory at Work Film 2012 Producer’s Workshop. She is is intended to pursue contemporary prac- the producer of the documentary films Yu- tices in creative documentary, experimen- goslavia, How Ideology Moved Our Collec- tal and artistic film. Our idea is to create tive Body (dir. Marta Popivoda, 2013) and an artistic platform for producing innovative Depth Two (dir. Ognjen Glavonic, 2016), and radical experiments in cinema. Free- both premiered at the Berlinale Forum. dom Landscapes is the first feature docu- mentary of Theory at Work, whose team Director biography already successfully collaborated on Yugo- slavia, How Ideology Moved Our Collective Marta Popivoda is filmmaker and video Body by Marta Popivoda, which premiered artist. Her first feature documentary Yu- goslavia, How Ideology Moved Our Collec- at the 63rd Berlinale. tive Body premiered at the 63rd Berlinale and was later screened at great number of PRODUCER'S PROFILE film festivals worldwide (Festival dei Popoli, Dragana Jovovic graduated French lan- DOK Leipzig, Sarajevo Film Festival). Her guage and literature from the University work has been presented as well in Tate of Belgrade. She holds an MA in Cultural Modern , MoMA New York, M HKA

31 Genre Documentary k is facing a very serious threat; a new law Director / Writer LOGLINE Victoria Fiore passed in Italy that vows to take away all HIDE AND SEEK is a surreal journey into children from families of organised crime. Producers ee the visions, dreams and nightmares of 12 His days of freedom are numbered. Aleksandra Bilic, Jen Corcoran, year old Entoni, a wayward Neapolitan Jamie Clark As a response to a recent critical rise in street kid, and his grandmother Dora, a youth violence, the recent law passed in It- Budget recently repented ex-Camorra boss, as he € 300.000 (€ 10.000 in place) aly and an increased appetite of the media lives his final days of freedom before the

d S to glamourise Neapolitan organised crime, Company state intervenes to take him away from his My Accomplice Nascondino is a hybrid documentary about family. Looking for the coming-of-age of young street kid En- Co-producers, Financing, toni as he grows up and tries to understand Sales Agents, Festivals SYNOPSIS the world around him, and comes to terms As a law is passed that is set to rehouse all with the threat of being taken away. This world, of the inner city Naples neigh-

e an children from families in organised crime, Entoni’s days in the Spanish Quarters seem bourhood of the Spanish Quarters, is very

d numbered. Entoni, 12, is the grandson of much an invisible universe that cannot be Dora, 55, who founded the clan of ‘The filmed due to the business that is carried Wife’ that brought the drug trade to cen- out here and in order to protect the minors Hi tral Naples. Entoni’s father has been in jail and families that appear. However, thanks Aleksandra Bilic for most of his life, and for loyalty Entoni’s to unparalleled access and acceptance of mother is confined to the four walls of their the families of the area, we shall recreate house, leaving Entoni and his brothers this world using the very people who live it free to roam the streets where they have and have contributed their stories. adventures and learn the difficulties of life This style of filmmaking allows us to explore early on. However, while his disturbing and the subconscious and mythological mind of Naples.

Victoria Fiore distracted behaviour has raised concerns from the local families, one thing keeps him focused - acting, and the hope that one DIRECTOR statement Contact details day, like other kids of his neighbourhood, It feels like not so long ago that I was a teen- My Accomplice this might prove to be a way out. However, ager in Naples, setting fire with my friends London, while he lets his imagination run wild and to two metre high walls of overfilled rubbish T: +44 7800866229 acts out scenes from his favourite films, he bags lining the central streets of the city. [email protected] 32 We were angry and protesting against the Santis' book "Gotham City", or being a stale alumni of the Berlinale Talents program Camorra's control over the waste industry yet dense journalistic exposé of criminal and the Sheffield Future Producer scheme. (and many others) that had left our city in lives that feels stale, we use expressionism, She has produced films and content for We a shambles. theatre, musicality, to bring out the soul of the Economy, Channel 4, the Tate, the BFI Yet, a decade later, instead of fighting a boy, a family, and a city in crisis. HIDE & and many more. against crime, crime has become ‘fash- SEEK is a cry for help, an oneiric explora- ionable’ amongst younger generations, tion as well as a celebration of a city; both Director biography inspired by the stereotypes proliferated by the dark and bright side. Victoria Fiore is a documentary director the book and series of Gomorrah. People and editor based in London working with have become numb and got used to the COMPANY PROFILE the New York Times Op-Docs, i-D Maga- Camorra’s presence, and terrifying news My Accomplice is a boutique production zine, VICE News, Monocle, The Guardian, day in day out will no longer have an effect, company working with a roster of talented the BBC and more. so numb we have become to its existence. filmmakers on music videos, commercials, With a background in music, languages HIDE & SEEK is born with this aim that uses brand films and features. Their dedicated and political sciences, she spent years hybrid documentary techniques, reenact- film production department focuses on abroad in , , Russia and Mali ments and observations of a generational producing culture led and creative docu- before working in documentary. Her films family story to tap into the intricacies and lay- mentaries for theatrical release. focus on issues of home and belonging ers that have led to this. Discovering youth The team is currently in production with their around the world, from youth gangs in Italy culture from the viewpoint of Entony, a young first feature, The Quiet One, a profile docu- to closed Russian Arctic mining cities and ‘streetkid’ at a crossroads, to the ‘babygangs’ mentary of Bill Wyman of the Rolling Stones slave communities in the Sahara, blending he hands out with, to the intimate family re- through Sundance Selects / IFC Films. reality with elements of fiction and perfor- lations surrounding him, and the mysticism mance. She has been awarded two docu- that tries to keep everything together. mentary residencies at the British Film In- This film does not aim to be a more gen- PRODUCER'S PROFILE stitute and is part of IDFA Academy 2016 uine representation, but we do tap into a Aleksandra Bilic is a creative documentary and Berlinale Talents 2017. She is currently side of their culture - its musicality, its the- producer. She worked with Roast Beef Pro- in production with her first feature film. atricality, its beauty- to bring out something ductions, one of the leading independent more than a tired story of a criminal gang. film companies in the United Kingdom, for Instead of coldly interviewing the ‘babykill- three years, on films such as PUSSY RIOT- Director filmography ers’, like in Santoro's "Robinú", or encour- A PUNK PRAYER, SMASH AND GRAB- 2017 Fire Games of Napoli aging the kids' delusional visions of them- THE STORY OF THE PINK PANTHERS and 2016 My Deadly Beautiful City selves as bloodthirsty criminals, like De Oscar nominated THE SQUARE. She is an 2013 Gadjo 33 Genre Documentary psychological help for the stigma it carries. Directors / Writer LOGLINE Virginija Vareikyte, Maximilien Dejoie It’s then that Valija and Gintare have to of- Two women, a psychologist and a police of- ten come up with practical and sometimes Producers ficer criss-cross the rural areas of their home- Maximilien Dejoie, Lukas Trimonis unorthodox solutions to help these elderly town in Lithuania to reach lonely elderly peo- people: from gathering wood for the winter Budget ple dealing with suicidal thoughts. Together € 180.000 (€ 20.000 in place) to making one villager sign a contract that they attempt to save their country from an he wouldn’t attempt suicide if he had his Companies epidemic of suicide never seen before. M&N, InScript basic needs covered. Valija and Gintare are not immune to sad- Looking for Financing, Sales Agents, Festivals SYNOPSIS ness themselves. The daily exposure to these people’s experiences affects them

d By You d By It was one suicide too many for Valija, who along with Gintare, started a prevention deeply. The only way they manage to main- program in Kupiskis, a small provincial tain the balance of their emotional state is town, situated in the northern part of Lithu- by supporting each other with hugs, laugh- ania. Valija, the psychologist and Gintare, ter and unconditional support. By now they the police officer, travel daily across a vast have succeeded to reduce the suicide rate tan rural area considered the epicenter of sui- in Kupiskis. However both of them are cides to meet with people at risk. afraid of what might happen if they slow Maximilien Dejoie They provide emotional support, resources down or make a bad decision and people and a sense of community to hopefully lift start falling back into suicide as the only these elderly people from the grips sadness way out of their problems.

S ll and isolation. The success of their actions DIRECTOR statement

I' strongly depends on Valija’s and Gintare’s own friendship to each other. Yet no mat- The documentary “I’ll Stand by You” is aim-

Virginija Vareikyte ter how strong and resilient they become by ing to create sensitive and profound por- their mutual support, the threat of losing an- traits of courageous and determined female other villager lurks at the dawn of each day. personalities that are dedicating their lives Both, Valija and Gintare, visit people liv- to tackle a problem in Lithuania that no one Contact details ing alone in private homesteads to make had the courage and stamina to overcome M&N sure no one is forgotten or left without at- before. Through the dynamic routine of their Moncalieri, Italy tention. The elderly confess they feel sui- lives, unfolding in the visually capturing sur- T: +39 3398607014 cidal themselves, but are reluctant to get roundings of the Lithuanian province, this [email protected] 34 film wants to tell the story about the strong PRODUCER'S PROFILE tional film festivals. Since 2007 he works as and comforting bond between the charac- cameraman, editor and director of TV docu- ters and the special capacity to transmit the Since 2007 Lukas Trimonis worked in mentaries and reportages. His feature debut, life-saving energy to people around them. audio-visual industries and built a career the mockumentary The Gerber Syndrome Despite the topic that might seem discour- to become an independent film and TV (2011), was selected in international film fes- aging, the creators of this film strongly be- producer. Besides graduating from the Na- tivals such as Sci Fi London and Vilnius Film lieve, that a positive message carried by tional Film and Television School in UK he Festival, and was later distributed in home these two women can build a more hopeful completed a range of specialized courses video and digital platforms in 47 countries. attitude towards the perspective of fighting related to project development and film suicides all over the world. production. Since 2013 he’s an MD at the Director filmography production company In Script. Virginija Vareikyte COMPANY PROFILE 2011 - The Face Behind (feature Director biography M&N was born in 1997 and in it’s twenty doc) years of activity has produced over 250 com- Virginija Vareikyte - Born in Lithuania in 2016 - When We Talk About KGB (feature mercial productions such as TV documenta- 1986, Virginija Vareikyte pursued her de- doc) ries and reportages, which were broadcasted gree in audiovisual direction from the Lithu- on major TV channels all over Europe. In anian Theatre and Music Academy. After- Maximilien Dejoie 2011 M&N co-produced the feature film wards she started working as director of 2011 - The Gerber Syndrome (mockumen- "The Gerber Syndrome" and in 2016 partici- cultural and historical TV documentaries, tary) pated to the production of the feature docu- some of which were successfully presented 2016 - When We Talk About KGB (feature mentary "When We Talk About KGB". “I’ll in international film festivals. Her first fea- doc) Stand By You” is M&N's first international co- ture length documentary The Face behind production on a creative documentary. the Voice (2012), a biographical journey in the life of a Soviet opera singer, was theatri- In Script is a Lithuanian production compa- cally released in Lithuania and shown on ny that created several noteworthy projects Lithuanian national television. such as "Waiting for Invasion" a documen- tary film by Neringa Medutyte, produced by Maximilien Dejoie - Born in Turin, Italy in Rogan Productions in partnership with Al 1987, he studied photography at the Euro- Jazeera Network, and a feature film "Mira- pean Institute of Design (IED). Already as cle" written and directed by Egle Vertelyte, a teenager, he began writing and directing which premiered at Toronto Film Festival. short films that have been shown in interna- 35 Genre Fiction fering from doubting everyone around him. Director / Writer LOGLINE And while things are getting worse and ry Darko Sinko After surviving a shooting attack, a man is worse for Boris, police comes out with the Producers surprised to discover that more people hate Vlado Bulajic, Lija Pogacnik big news – they got the suspect who has him than he could have imagined and that also admitted the crime. The news comes Budget the perception of his life is only an illusion. € 894.500 (€ 313.000 in place) as a great relief for Boris, everything that he was so afraid of is gone, like it never Company December SYNOPSIS happened. He returns to his normal life again. But dur- Looking for Boris Zupancic is a middle-aged man. Co-producers, Financing, One night at his home, after a nice pleas- ing a family picnic, detective Andrej turns Sales Agents, Festivals ant dinner, he is being shot at through the up and informs Boris that the suspect window. Luckily, he wasn’t hit. The police didn’t do it. Boris is in shock. He is watch- arrive; with detective Andrej as the chief ing his family from the distance; they are all I nvento of investigation. There are no suspects, no suspicious to him again. enemies, no motives – Boris seems to be a completely uninteresting man to kill. DIRECTOR statement Boris goes back to his everyday life and re- Loneliness, search for love, fear, paranoia, ally tries to keep his spirit high. But since doubts in the relationships, captivity of one

Vlado Bulajic there are no leads and no clues, Andrej sole point of view – these are the topics informs him one day, that the police is clos- that form a thematic core of the film. But ing the investigation. through the tone of the film, I am trying to Boris wants to live as before, but now, he deal with them in a funny, ironical manner. can’t. He starts to investigate on his own. I find the situation of our main character To his surprise, he discovers that peo- Boris both funny and tragic. If you can- ple around him might hate him. His wife, not trust anyone anymore, if everybody is Darko Sinko friends, son, and work colleagues - they all potentially hostile, how can you live? And have reasons to get rid of him. His close- if you’ve misjudged the people you know ones seem more and more strange to him; for so long, maybe you cannot even rely on Contact details he cannot trust anybody any more. He is yourself? So if everything you believed in is December slowly losing his common sense, he gets questionable, what can you hold to, what Ljubljana, Slovenia more and more unpredictable, he is suf- is left? I find these questions very intriguing T: +386 40454681 [email protected] 36 and touching. But at the same time, these young directors. In this short period of time of Culture on Faculty of Fine Arts, Univer- doubts can be seen as very funny too, it December has managed to raise funds for sity of Ljubljana. He's been present in a film makes sense to me to laugh at them as well. quite a few projects which are now in differ- and commercial production in Slovenia for This approach to the feelings of loneliness ent stages of production. over a decade, working as a producer, unit and fear might be a bit provocative. But it production manager, AD... means a great and crucial inspiration to Filmography: He is EAVE Producers Workshop 2012 me, and I feel that it can give the project “City Lights“ - short, 2015, Director Klemen graduate. In 2013 he established produc- something very interesting and special. Dvornik tion company called December. Film is set in modern central-European “Young Lions: the fullness of time“ - docu- middle-class surroundings in Slovenia. Sty- mentary, 2016, Director Dejan Batocanin, • 2005 attended film workshop on Mokra listically, we will search for a style reminis- co-produced with Kreker Gora lectured by Emir Kusturica cent of the classical thrillers from the 50’s “Moderne Kunst“ - short, 2017, Director • 2010 attended Sarajevo Talent Campus - and 60’s. We’ll try to be quite “classical” Marko Šantic production (Sarajevo Film Festival) or invisible with the usage of composition, “It takes so little“ - short, 2017, Director • 2011 attended Sarajevo City of Film as a camera movement, editing etc. – meaning Slobodan Maksimovic producer (Sarajevo Film Festival) we’ll try to be pretty subtle regarding these “Aktion D.B.“ - fiction/documentary, in pro- • 2012 graduate at EAVE Producer's work- means of film language. Our aim is to set fo- duction, Director Dana Budisavljevic (co- shop cus on the actors and the story and in a way production with Hulahop (Croatia) and This to “hide” the directing. Nevertheless, we And That (Serbia) SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY: will build a specific visual style, with big flat “The Cowboy from the Drina“ - documen- area of colours in scenography and contrast tary, in development, Director Tadej Cater • »Heaven (part of omnibus Some other lightning, with a reference in the paintings “Taximeter“ - script development, Writer stories)«, 2009, Director Hanna Slak, as of American painter Edward Hopper. Goran Vojnovic UPM ”Jerk” - pilot for TV series for POP TV, Di- • »Father´s wish«, short, 2010, Director COMPANY PROFILE rector Nejc Gazvoda Marko Šantic, as UPM “Inventory“ - feature, in development/fi- Production house December was estab- • »Tango Abrazos«, 2012, Director Metod nancing , director Darko Sinko lished in December 2013 by Vlado Bulajic Pevec, as UPM and Lija Pogacnik, both with years of expe- • »Let us go our own way 2«, 2013, Direc- rience in film industry and both born in De- PRODUCER'S PROFILE tor Miha Hocevar, as UPM cember 1977. The main goal is to produce Vlado Bulajic, was born in 1977 in Ljublja- • »Girls don’t cry«, 2015, Director Matevž fictions or documentaries with promising na, Slovenia. Studied History and Sociology Luzar, as 1st AD

37 • »Nika«, 2016, Director Slobodan Maksi- Director biography International Festival of Documentary film, movic, as 1st AD DOKUDOC 2015, Maribor, Slovenia Darko Sinko (1979) is film director from • »Night life«, 2016, Director Damjan Ko- DOK Leipzig, Germany, 2015 Ljubljana, Slovenia. He graduated from zole, as UPM Cycle of Slovenian Film, Rijeka Croatia, the Faculty for social sciences (FDV) and 2015 at Film academy (AGRFT) in Ljubljana. He as a producer Days of Slovenian Film, Zagreb, Croatia has directed and produced several docu- 2016 mentaries, e.g. Critical generation and Lit- • »Posthumous«, short, 2011, Director tle houses. His short film Schoolmates re- Cenk Erturk, Sarajevo City of Film 2011 2013 Revolt, documentary. Co-screenwrit- ceived Vesna award for the best screenplay • »Scenes with Women«, short, 2011, Direc- er, co-director, producer. at the Slovenian Film Festival 2015. tor Nikola Ljuca, Sarajevo City of Film 2011 • »Edina«, short, 2011, Director Nora La- 2011 This is Where I live, documentary. kos, Sarajevo City of Film 2011 Director filmography Co-screenwriter, co-director. • »Bodily function«, short, 2011, Director 2015 Schoolmates, short fiction. Screen- Dane Komljen, Sarajevo City of Film 2011 writer, director, editing. 2010 / Slovenians in Italy are celebrating • »Man with Raven«, documentary, 2012, May 1, documentary short. Co-director, Director Sonja Prosenc Festival of Slovenian Film 2015, Competi- producer. • »Morning«, short, 2012 , Director Sonja tion Programme: Vesna award for the best Prosenc screenplay 2009 Critical generation, documentary. Co- • »City Lights«, short, 2015, Director Kle- Kraken Film Festival, Ljubljana, 2015 screenwriter, co-director, producer. men Dvornik International Short Film Week Regensburg, • »Moderne Kunst«, short, 2017, Director Germany, 2016, International Competition 2008 Grandpa Frost, short fiction. Screen- Marko Šantic Programme writer, director. • »It takes so little«, short, 2017, Director Kino Otok – Isola Cinema, Isola, Slovenia, Slobodan Maksimovic 2016 Mestre Film Fest, 2008 - Premio Migliore • »Diana' List«, in production, Director Cortometraggio - The best Short Film in the Dana Budisavljevic (as co-producer) 2014 Little Houses, documentary. Co- International Competition Award • »The Cowboy from the Drina«, in devel- screenwriter, co-director, producer. Open St. Petersburg Student Film Festival, opment, Director Tadej Cater Festival of Slovenian Film 2015, Competi- Russia • »Inventory«, in development, Director tion Programme 20. Festival International du Court-Metrage Darko Sinko Film Festival Cottbus, Germany, 2015 des Ecoles de Cinema in Beirut, Lebanon

38 17. Festival Sequence Court-Metrage Tou- 1stAD, camera, producer. louse, France Tirana International Film Festival, Albania 2014 International horizonts – tv show. Di- Fribourg Film Festival, Switzerland, Brad- rector. ford Film Festival, UK… 2013 Weekend – short fiction. Co-director. 2005 Angoraangora, short fiction. Director. 2012 Karpotrotter – documentary. Super- Nevidanoe Film Festival 2006, Talin, Es- 8mm camera, sound, 1stAD. tonia - The Best film of the Author till 28 Years Award 2010 Black Brothers – feature film. 1stAD.

2004 We Count, documentary short. 2009 The Chinese are coming – short fic- Screenwriter, director, editing. tion. 1stAD. 2008 Life – feature film. 1stAD. AGRFT (Acamdemy for Theatre, Radio, Film and Televison, Ljubljana) Zlatolaska 2008 Reservoir Dogs – theatre play. AD Award for directing, 2004 and video artist. SELECTED OTHER WORKS: 2004 Snowhite – theatre play. AD and vid- eo artist. 2015/16 Rudar – feature film. 1stAD. 2003 The Birthday Party – theatre play. AD. 2015 and 2016 Slovenian Drama – opening and closing ceremony. Video artist.

2015 Infodrom’s mission – youth tv show. Director.

2015 No dots or commas - documentary.

39 Genre Fiction that one night by killing it without anyone’s Director LOGLINE Valdimar Johannsson knowledge. The morning after the killing Lamb is a feature film that tells the story Ingvar’s brother, Petur, comes to the farm Writer of Maria and Ingvar, a childless couple of seeking shelter. Once again the nice world Sjón Sigurðsson Icelandic sheep farmers in their early for- amb of the little family is put into doubt this time Producers ties, and how an unexpected change in by his presence. His intrusion doesn’t last

L Hron Kristinsdottir, Sara Nassim their circumstances brings them much joy long and he ultimately agrees to leave. As Budget before ultimately destroying them. € 2.1 mill (35% in place) Maria drives Petur to the bus stop, terrible things happen back at the farm. The crea- Company Go to Sheep SYNOPSIS ture that visited and impregnated the ewe on Christmas Eve, returns to claim its lamb- Looking for “Lamb” tells the story of a childless cou- Co-producers, Financing, ple of Icelandic sheep farmers, Maria & child and take it to the inhabited highlands. Sales Agents Ingvar, and how an unexpected change It has no mercy for the people who have in their life brings them much joy before, loved it and cared for it. ultimately destroying them. On Christmas Eve an unseen creature with a threatening DIRECTOR statement presence makes great havoc in the sheep Lamb is a poetic modern folk tale where pen, leaving one of the ewes in a bad state. the nature, the animals and the people are When that ewe gives birth to an offspring all characters. that looks like a hybrid between sheep and We will use as little dialogue as possible Hronn Kristinsdottir human, Maria and Ingvar decide to keep it and we will even try to make it less than in and raise it as their own. We follow the daily the script once we start working with the routine of Maria and Ingvar and we witness actors and the cinematographer. So called how they bond emotionally with the strange “show not tell” approach. but vulnerable creature. We understand We will use long and sometimes compli- that it has brought joy and balance in their cated shots (like in some of Bela Tarr´s and

Sara Nassim lives. The creature from Christmas keeps Andre Tarkowsky´s films). In careful prepa- looming around in the cliffs set around the rations with the cinematographer we might Contact details farm and the ewe who gave birth to the use some of the shooting days with only the Go to Sheep lamb-child keeps returning to the farm to key people needed to design and practice Reykjavik, Iceland claim it. Maria decides to put an end to the shots. T: +354 8992210 [email protected] 40 We will not have a large crew and it is im- honest and interesting film that dances on [email protected] portant for me that all crewmembers are the fine line of fanasy and reality. CEO of the Icelandic film production com- well acquainted with the script and my vi- pany Go to Sheep sion of realising it into a film. COMPANY PROFILE All colours will be subtle and the light will be Selected Filmography Go to Sheep was formed in May 2015 by cold, the opening scene almost black and Sumarbörn (eng, title Summerchildren) Hrönn Kristinsdóttir, one of Iceland´s most white, the spring will have cold colours and family feature film, directed by Gudrun experienced feature film producer and light and in the fall the greens and the black Ragnarsdóttir- Official selection Black Valdimar Jóhannsson director. Sara Nas- of the Icelandic nature will be the theme. Nights Tallinn Nov. 2017 sim joined the company in 2016. The com- The storyline it self is rather simple and clas- pany aims to develop, finance and produce sical. We feel that it should be that way to Björk -Black Lake ( MoMA/One little In- quality feature films and fiction material enable the audience to accept the surreal dian/Colonel Blimp/Truenorth production for television. We are passionated about existance of the lamb/child without being for a retrospective on Björk at the MoMA) artistic, challenging, experimental and im- disturbed by a complicated storyline. It is July 2014 aginative films that appeal to the global film also important not to give away too much - market. We want to focus on working with about the existance of the ram-man crea- Dögun talented people who have a personal artis- ture, so that the end will come as a surprise. (eng. title Dawn). Short film written and di- tic vision and are willing to fight for it with The soundworld of the film is of great im- rected by Valdimar Jóhannsson. as little compromise as possible. portance and a lot of the story happens in National release December 2012. Pro- Benefitting from new technology in shoot- the soundworld outside of the frame. ducer ing and post-production as well as the The develoment and the preparation work extensive government tax rebates (25% will be carried out thoroughly in research Bóbó in 2017) and the high standards of local work with puppeteers and vfx specialists in (eng: A Man Apart). Short film written and professionals will enable us to produce pro- making the lamb/child as credible as possi- directed by Barði Guðmundsson. jects within the budget frame normally at ble and in creative work with the cinematog- National release, December 2012. Pro- hand in small countries with a low audio- rapher, production designer and the actors. ducer visual production capacity. This film might be considered a compli- cated work for a first time feature driector, 7 Years (7 ár) a documentary about chil- but I am very sure that, with my passion, PRODUCER'S PROFILE dren in Iceland. Directed and written by enthusiasm and the talented people that Hronn Kristinsdóttir Áslaug Einarsdóttir and Davíð Alexander will surround me, I can deliver a fantastic, +354 8992210 Corno. Released April 2012. Producer

41 Okkar eigin Osló (eng. title Our own Oslo) A Writer with a Camera a documentary by Ikingut feature family adventure by Gisli feature directed by Reynir Lyngdal. Helga Brekkan released fall 2004. Pro- Snaer Erlingsson Released 2010. Producer ducer. Released December 2000. Producer. Edda Nomination for “Best documentary” Official selection Kinderfilmfest Berlin 2001 Thors Saga documentary directed by Ulla 2006. Boje Rasmussen. Released 2011. Co-Pro- Other: ducer Pjakkur a short film by Valdimar Jóhanns- -Founder and board member of WIFT Ice- son, Released May 2004. Producer. land (Women in Film and Television) December-feature directed by Hilmar Odd- www.wift.is sson. Released 2009. Producer God,Smell and Her feature film by Karin -Voting member at the European Film Westerlund, Co-producer. Produced by Academy Skaftfellingur a feature documentary by Vibeke Windelow and Anita Oxburgh. -Association of Icelandic Filmproducers Helgi Felixsson. ,boardmember from 2007-2012 Released 2009. Producer. Lost my Head a short film by Bjargey Ólafs- -Nordic Film Awards –Jury member 2005- dóttir. Released in 2005. Producer. 2007 Draumalandið (eng. title Dreamland)fea- Edda Nomination for “Best short film” -The Edda National Awards 2001 for the ture documentary by Þorfinnur Guðnason& 2006 production of the feature film Ikingut Andri Snær Magnason. -European Film Promotion “Producers on Released 2008. Co-Producer The Magician a short film by Reynir Lyng- the Move”, at the Cannes Film Festival dal. Released 2005. Producer. 2000 Harmsaga (eng. title Dolor) short film by Edda award “Best short film” -Executive at the markerting and accquisa- Valdimar Jóhannsson. tion department at RUV 1993 (Icelandic Released 2008. Producer Kissing a short film by Reynir Lyngdal National Television) Edda Nomination for “Best shortfilm” 2008 shown at the European Film Academy Awards in Berlin 2003. Producer. Beneath the Stars a feature documentary Sara Nassim by Helgi Felixsson. Regina a feature children musical comedy +354 695 1699 / +1 310 938 0244 Released Fall 2005. Co-Producer. by Maria Sigurdardottir [email protected] Edda Nomination for “Best documentary” Released December 2001. Producer. 2006 Official selection Kinderfilmfest Berlin 2002 Selected filmography

42 HOUSE OF WISDOM, 2020 (In develop- Anderson. Narrative short film. Producer. Film. Producers Bela Tarr & Hrönn Kristin- ment). Production Company: Bridge Int. sdóttir. Entertainment. Director: Jehane Noujaim. ZELOS, 2014. Director: Thoranna Sigurd- Producer. ardottir, AFI Directing Workshop for Wom- Kjallarinn/The Basement, 2013. Narrative en (DWW) Narrative short film. Producer. short film based on a story by Gyrdir Elias- BJÖRK - THE GATE (Music video), 2017. son. Production Company: Strangelove. Direc- HERDÍSARVÍK, 2014. Director: Sigurdur Producers Bela Tarr & Hrönn Kristinsdóttir. tor: Andrew Thomas Huang. Producer. Kjartan, Narrative short film. Producer. Dögun (Dawn), 2012. Narrative short film. INHERITANCE, 2017. Production Compa- Director biography Production company: Ljósband ny: TIJAT. Directors: Laura Davis & Jessica Producers: Hrönn Kristinsdóttir& Anna Ma- Valdimar Jóhannsson, born 1978, has Kaye. ría Karlsdóttir. been active in the Icelandic film industry Line Producer. for two decades, as a leading crew mem- Harmsaga (Dolor), 2008. Narrative short ber both in Icelandic films as well as larger HEARTSTONE, 2016. Production Com- film Production company: TCFilms service productions such as Noah, Star pany: Join Motion Picture / SF Film. Direc- Producer: Hrönn Kristinsdóttir. Wars and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. tor: Guðmundur A. Guðmundsson. Line Valdimar has directed short films, some Producer. Pjakkur (Pjakkur), 2004. of them award winning and widely distrib- Production company: TCFilms uted. From 2013 -2015 he did PhD stud- SPARROWS, 2015. Production Company: Producer: Hrönn Kristinsdóttir. ies at Bela Tarr's Film factory in Sarajevo, Nimbus Film. Director: Rúnar Rúnarsson. Bosnia-Herzegovina. His mentors there Production Manager. Spói (Spói), 2000. Narrative short film. include Tilda Swinton, Guy Madden, Gus Producer Theodór Kristjánsson. Van Sant, Carlos Reygadas, Apichatpong HALA, 2015. Director: Minhal Baig. Narra- Weerasethakulamong and others. Valdimar tive short film. Producer. Dauðabréfið (The Deathletter), 1998. Nar- currently lives in Reykjavík, Iceland with his rative short film. wife and two daughters. ALL THESE VOICES, 2015. Director: David Producer Theodór Kristjánsson. H. Gerson. AFI Thesis Film, Narrative short film. Line Producer. Director filmography Valdimar Jóhannsson Filmography UNREMARKABLE, 2015. Director: Jared Ég og ég/Me and me, 2014. Narrative Short

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E Documentary Through his diary, Jorge guides us into this Director LOGLINE

D Matteo Tortone very mining world, a world he met when he A gold rush with no return. was 13 years old, when he tried to work in Writers Matteo Tortone, Mathieu Granier the Secocha mines for the first time. Eight SYNOPSIS years later, he is still bearing traces of this Producers Alexis Taillant, Jorge, 21 years old, lives in Villa Maria del terrible experience but decides to face Alessandro Abba Legnazzi Triunfo, a working-class neighbourhood of again this dark world, filled with beliefs in-

R LO Budget Lima. He is a motor-taxi driver and dreams herited from the Inca culture and ruled by € 290.640 (€ 88.433 in place) of becoming a mechanic and setting up the Devil figure, to whom they must make E Companies his own garage. Determined to build a - regular offerings. Wendigo Films, Malfe Film ter future, he travels through Peru to take Innocence and hopes gradually fade away H Looking for a chance in a remote mining town, La and leave room for what goes on behind Co-producers, Financing, Rinconada. On his way, he’s told that some the scenes, the dark side of this terrifying Sales Agents, Festivals miners vanish over there. Eldorado. A gold rush with no return. Settled in the Andean Cordillera, 5.300 me- ters above sea level, the town has attracted DIRECTOR statement

MOT thousands of young people such as Jorge, In an era characterized by the collapse of who’ve come to make a fortune thanks to the welfare state model and the spreading this new gold rush. As it is depicted as an of the idea of individual progress, the gold Eldorado, men and women stake their lives miner figure becomes the paradigm of con-

Alexis Taillant on myths of wealth linked to the mines of the temporary man. ‘Bella Durmiente’ glaciers (Sleeping Beauty). This film follows one of many Peruvian Throughout an initiatory journey, Jorge young people who decide to take on the learns about living in La Rinconada and mines of La Rinconada glaciers, looking meets people who run it: miners, prosti- for financial prosperity. When I met Jorge, I tutes, shaman. The difficulties in acclima- recognized a universal parable in his story. tizing soon leave room for the double-edged As any of his peers, he feels a desire for Matteo Tortone routine of high-altitude living: befriending a better life which make him consider the Contact details and flirting as well as exhausting work, al- risks he may face, as young Africans who Wendigo Films cohol drinking and sacrificial rituals to at- are ready to cross the Mediterranean on Paris, France tract gold. precarious boats. I see him as any ordinary T: +33 143150062 [email protected] 44 boy who can be found in any other country COMPANY PROFILE Distributor: Andana Films or continent: a young boy making his own Festivals: ImageSanté, Machetanz Film Wendigo Films was created in 2006. Com- way in a world ruled by the logic of profit. Festival bining talents, the company has two pro- Behind the race for gold comes out the ducers, Nicolas L'heureux and Alexis Tail- idea of sacrifice, closely linked to the devil De que vuelan, vuelan by Ananda Henry- lant, and a production manager, Nadège figure, locally called «pagacho». This series Biabaud & Myriam Bou-Saha Labé. The company gathers a passion for of rituals, performed within the mines, is (doc 54’) 2014 cinema, creative documentaries and writ- supposed to attract luck, involving possible Price: ‘Etoiles de la Scam’ - 2014 (France) ing as well as artistic direction and graphic human sacrifices. I've found out that sacri- Distributor: 10Francs design. Each film is a collective experience fice is a structural element of gold culture, Festivals: Dok Leipzig, Thessaloniki Inter- during which team members bring their national Film Festival, Festival du film this is the reason why I've decided to use it ideas and experience to support the direc- as the core of my film. tor and help him to achieve his vision and artisanal et audacieux (best documentary), The film tells the systems which make his story on many levels: writing, funding Documental (jury price). young people risk their lives, attracted by seeking, artistic direction, logics of broad- the wealth they're lacking, and, behind this casting and communication. For more than White Negro by Cheikh N’diaye (doc 77’) dynamic, it tries to suggest the dark side seven years, we've produced about twenty 2014 of this eldorado exploiting them. They're films, some of which are feature-length Co-production Wendigo Films (France), not fools but end up accepting their fate. documentaries, with continuous passion Malo Pictures (Cameroun) In parallel with this critical and fatalistic and enthusiasm, exploring further and Broadcasters: Public Sénat, CFI dynamic, another point of view comes out, deeper each subject. Festivals: Escales documentaires de Libre- embodied by the bonds and the mutual aid ville (first price), Lumières d’Afrique, between miners. They share a common The third shore by Fabian Remy (doc 58’) Nador IFF... culture that links them and helps them to 2016 have faith in a better life. I want to give an Coproduction Wendigo Films (France) - No Image by Fanny Douarche, Franck account of this reality without looking down Tremchic () Rosier (doc 75’) 2013 on them, I observe the current survival Festivals: 'Dok Leipzig', 'It's all true' (best Festivals: Forum Doc, Les écrans du réel, strategies without judging them. In a world documentary award) Filmer le travail, Sole Luna where gold has more value than human life, unfortunately. Stendhal’s vertigo by alexis taillant (doc In the name of the thread by Lionel Monier 54’) 2015 (doc 90 ‘) 2013 Broadcasters: RTBF, RTS, , RSI Festivals: Les écrans du réel

45 Ladies’ Turn by Helène Harder (doc 65’) cific attention to the question of solidarity White Men / 65’ / doc / Production Olmo 2013 between peoples and highlighting cultural Produzioni, Babydoc Film, officina koiné / Broadcasters: Arte France, TV5 Afrique, differences. Since 2006, he work as an in- 2011 PBS dependent filmmaker and simultaneously Selections: Festival dei Popoli, Bafici, An- Distributor: Windrose trained as a photo director and a documen- kara Film Festival, Festival del cinema afri- Festivals: Vues d’en face (Public price), tary editor. cano, d’asia e america latina, Planet+Doc, London Feminist Film Festival (Best In 2011, he directed the documentary ‘White Dok Leipzig. Price: White Elephant - IX Ka- film & Public price), Festival de l’Ici et men’, followed by 'Swahili tales' (2012) and zan International Film Festival (2013) l’Ailleurs (Plume d’or)... ‘Su campi aversi’ (2015), the three of them shown at international festivals (Festival dei PRODUCER'S PROFILE Popoli, Bafici, Planet+Doc, Dok Leipzig...). His new feature-length documentary pro- In 2006, Alexis Taillant create Wendigo ject, ‘Mother lode’ is produced by Wendigo Films, to develop creative documentaries. Films (France) and Malfé Film (Italy). For ten years, he has produced around fifteen films, such as Hélène Harder’s ‘La- Director filmography dies’ turn’, broadcasted in France on ARTE and in the US on PBS. This movie was Mother Lode / 75’ / doc / wendigo films, acclaimed in festivals, where it won many malfé film / in development awards. Building on this success, he is go- Supports: ACM (Aide aux cinémas du ing into international coproductions with monde), CNC-Innovation (development), Brazil on Fabian Remy’s ‘The third shore’ Procirep/Angoa, Piemonte Film Fund project and now Italy on Matteo Tortone’s ‘Mother lode’. Su campi avversi (on opposing fields) 70’ / doc / Spinosa / 2015

Director biography Swahili tales / 37’ / doc / Production Gi- After training in cinema at university, Mat- uliano Girelli, Olmo Produzioni, Babydoc teo founded in 2004 the cultural association film / 2012 Officina Koine, of which he is the president. Selections: Festival dei Popoli, Festa del This association aims at developing cultural Cinema di Roma projects with a social impact, paying spe-

46 47 Genre Fiction the promise with Josef to never leave each Director LOGLINE Jan Tešitel other alone. The mother is in a sanatorium, the father is When the father finally decides to flee, it is too Writer a despot, and out there is a plague. Rosalie Milada Mašinová Tešitelová late. There is a curfew and city is surrounded (13) want's to avoid the infection at all cost, by high voltage fence. Back at home Rosalie Producers but finds out too late, that most contagious Petra Oplatkova, Artemio Benki is consumed by fear. She betrays the prom- is her own fear. ise, leaves Josef to die alone and reports to LAGUE Budget the Helpline that the plague is in her home. € 1.140.000 (€ 80.000 in place)

P SYNOPSIS While waiting she watches preps of Charlotte Company Sirena Film Imagine a city-state in the heart of Eu- execution for bringing the plague, and her remorse and grief are growing. Looking for rope. There lives 13 y. o. Rosalie, her twin Co-producers, Sales Agents brother Josef, older brother Jan, and des- Jan performs his job of Plague helpline pot father; awaiting their mother to finally expert impassively until he ends up at the return from a sanatorium. The mom is not door of his family apartment and faces the returning, but orphan girl Charlotte joins reality of having to become the executor of twin’s class. Rosalie can’t stand the new his own family. He tries to help his little sis- girl, especially after noticing that Josef is ter to escape, while the bullets are fired. friendly to her; she starts the rumour that Rosalie closes her eyes and runs. She flees, Charlotte spreads dangerous disease. Then manages to sabotage Charlotte's execution

Petra Oplatkova the plague epidemic breaks out and the and together they go to mom's sanatorium. quarantine is declared. There is the mother, with Josef, the father While the father hesitates whether to flee and Jan. Rosalie introduces Charlotte as a with kids the city or to risk infection but new member of the reunited family. make a final push for his inventor career The city is ruined by plague, overflowing peak, Jan plunges into a morbid business with the dead. In a mass grave lies the fa- ther, Jan, Josef and Rosalie.

Jan Tešitel scheme to gain his independence. The twins comply with the quarantine rules and spend days in boarded up apartment with DIRECTOR statement Contact details soothing voice of the radio advertising the PLAGUE is is the story of a disintegrat- Sirena Film Plague Helpline. After Rosalie sets back Jo- ing family in the background of the world Prague, Czech Republic sef's contact with Charlotte, she organises in decay. The values that the characters T: +420 775619541 [email protected] 48 know are loosing their sense, the rules are Despite all the dark shades we are telling at Sofia Meetings 2017, Czech State Film violated, and society is plunged into chaos. the story with humour; very specific, often Fund Development support) based on suc- Those who are in the crumbling contours of morbid one and with a withering sarcasm, cessful comic trilogy written by Milada Ma- the world trying to find still some order, fall traditional for . sinova – Tesitelova and directed by promis- hardest. Conversely, those who participate For me as a director Plague offers several ing director Jan Tesitel. in the crises, sees things clearly and prag- gems: a multi-layered story that is filled Jan Tesitel. matically. They stopped to see a human in with conflicting figures and is read in one all its complexity and humanity is forever breath. Fictional world with enormous visu- PRODUCER'S PROFILE al potential, which we illustrate in the teas- gone; when the still hungry plague catches Artemio Benki is director and producer er, with thematic overlaps into our present. them as well, there is no need to despair, born in Paris, France. Since 1992 he lives as there is no longer nothing what is worth. in Prague. Artemio has been working in film The story world is filled with characters who COMPANY PROFILE production and distribution for more then themselves are variations on the theme, and SIRENA FILM is a major Czech production 30 years, founding and operating different reflects each other. As if each of them had company based in Prague and founded by companies across Europe; he is alumni of even his own antagonist. Rosalie is the main Artemio Benki in 1994. EAVE 2010, FAS Screen Leaders 2011, Eu- character and her line is about, among other During over 20 years of company existence roDoc 205, FOCAL Constellation 2015 and things, how little does it take for a person we participated at numerous film and TV SOURCES 2 in 2016. By focusing on high in the crisis to begin to dismiss the bonds projects like for example quality international co-productions Arte- built in years just to save own skin in order TV series 1864, HEAVY WATER WAR, NO- mio participated and gained experience on to survive. Her story works as a synecdoche BEL; and successful movies like A ROYAL films like an Academy Award nominated A and where Rosalie fails, fails also the society. AFFAIR (Academy Awards Shortlist, Silver ROYAL AFFAIR by N.Arcel, award winning The realisation comes too late for Rosalie, as Berlinale Bear 2012), MARGUERITE by MARGUERITE by X.Giannoli, or Cannes well as for the world around. X. Giannoli (IFF Venice 2015, N.Taddei Best Director Award winner PERSONAL It is impossible not to see the story themes Award, 4 Césars), SHOPPER by O.Assayas. that resonate well with our world. Artists THE DANCER by S.Di Giusto (IFF Cannes were always very sensitive to the processes 2016, Un certain regards) and PERSONAL Petra Oplatkova graduated from the Acade- in the society, which led to its transforma- SHOPPER by (IFF Cannes my of Applied Arts in Prague (Architecture) tion, and although the story Plague takes 2016, Best Director Award). and Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam place in the fictional world, a sort of an- Besides international co-productions we (New Media). Her interest for interdiscipli- other Europe, links to our present are more are also focused on development of local nary approach and experience design led than evident. talents such a project PLAGUE (MFI Award her into collaboration with producer & di-

49 rector Artemio Benki (InVitr0 Project sup- His film People Involved (2010), was nomi- SCENECS International Debut Film Festival ported by EU Media Pilot Projects / Open nated for the Czech Lion award in the short 2016 – international competition Media Production Environment Support film competition. Valencia International Film Festival 2016 – 2011). Since 2012 she works as a head of Jan also participated in the Czech Tel- international competition development and producer at Sirena Film evision series The pockets of Karel Capek Finále Plzen 2016 and Artcam Films. She participated on sev- (2011). FAMU FEST 2015 – Best Film, Best Cin- eral Sirena Film award winning internation- Jan shot several commercials and music ematography, Best Producer Award al co-productions (Marguerite, Personal videos and was nominated for the award for Shopper, La Danseuse). best advertising director The Nutcracker in We are Europans /short/ 2011 Petra's most recent projects are a creative 2012. Festival Azyl 2011, best film award FUGUE directed by Artemio Benki (CZ/ Jan Tesitel debut feature film was DAVID FR/ARG/AT co-production, supported by (2015), which premiered at the Karlovy People Involved / short/ 2010 / CZ - FAMU, MEDIA, Czech State Film Fund, CNC, IN- Vary International Film Festival 2015 Czech Television CAA and BKK Austria, pitched at WEMW in the Forum of Independents, and then Nomination, Magnesia Award, Czech Lion Triste 2016) and a dark PLAGUE was shown in competition of several major 2011 based on successful comic trilogy written international festivals. Nomination Grand Prix, Warsaw Interna- by Milada Masinova – Tesitelova, directed tional Film Festival 2011 by promising director Director filmography FESTIVALS – Warsaw International Film Jan Tesitel and supported by Czech State Festival, Film Fest Munchen, Art Film Fest DAVID / feature length debut/ 2015 / CZ - Film Fund. Trencianské Teplice, Prague FAMU, Sugar Division, Magic Lab Petra is alumni of Berlinale Talents 2014, Shorts Film Festival, Hong Kong Interna- Supported by Czech State fund of Cinema- FOCAL Constellation 2014, Eurodoc 2014, tional Film Festival tography EsoDoc 2015 and SOURCES 2 in 2016. MIDPONT 2013 Central European Script Development Workshop / Best script award Director biography IFF Karlovy Vary 2015 Jan Tešitel studied film science at Charles Festival du Nouveau Cinéma de Montréal University (2002-2007) and film directing 2015 – international competition at FAMU (2007-2014). Warsaw International Film Festival 2015 – During his studies, he made several short Discoveries Section films that were successfully shown at vari- São Paulo International Film Festival 2015 ous international festivals. – international competition

50 51 Genre Documentary cides to bring back self-esteem to female Director / Writer LOGLINE Srdjan Sarenac convicts with organizing a prison beauty Graziella Fernanda Costa, the director of contest. The "Beauty Contest" will give Producer female prison in a small rural city Pirajui in Srdjan Sarenac back the female inmates goals, pride and Brasil, decides to organize a prison beauty steps towards improving their self-esteem. Budget contest in order to restore self-confidence € 210.000 (€ 90.000 in place) Prison beauty contest is a welcome diver- of inmates. For 4 weeks, convicted women sion from the monotony of life inside the Companies get a chance to transform from poor Cin- Novi Film bar. If not for poor-quality tattoos on the an- derella to the beautiful princess. kles of some contestants, and the presence Looking for of uniformed armed guards around the Co-producers, Financing, Sales Agents SYNOPSIS doors, it would seem like a normal beauty CONTEST Building three prisons in a rural town Pira- pageant. For two weeks, convicted women jui, 500 kilometers from Sao Paulo in Bra- get a chance to transform from poor Cin- Y sil, reduced unemployment rate and saved derella to the beautiful princess. Like in a the small city. Suddenly people stopped fairy tale where Cinderella's rags turn into leaving the city, they found jobs in the pris- a beautiful jeweled gown, complete with ons and many families of prisoners moved a delicate pair of glass slippers, the con- to Pirajui to be closer to them. The increase victs also become glamorous. Even if she’s of population generated higher taxes and in prison, she should show her beauty. A building of new roads and infrastructure in woman is everything gently and wonder- the city. Graziella Fernanda Costa, is a di- ful – or should be. Several guards and unit Srdjan Sarenac rector of a female prison in Pirajui who also chiefs serve as judges, crowning the winner lives in the prison. Her mother Vera used in three different categories: "Miss Spring", to be a prison guard for 35 years. Most of “Miss Plus size” and Mister (transgender the female convicts in Pirajui prison are inmates). The movie follows director Grazi- ella Fernanda Costa and 6 prisoners com- because of drug. Some of them did it for peting in three different categories. money but the other did it for love, helping their boyfriends or husbands. All convicted Contact details women as soon as they enter the jail lose DIRECTOR statement ISON BEAUT Novi Film Miroslava Krleže 8/10 their partner who is no longer interested I want to understand how women’s life with- Belgrade, Serbia in being in touch with them. Graziella de- out any man is and what a man means to a www.novi-film.com

PR [email protected] 52 woman. Life behind the bars is bleak when of photography will immerse themselves in of 13th Zagrebdox 2017. The movie was you have to share the place with convicted the lives of prison beauty contestants. shown at 20 film festivals such as Belgrade murderers, thieves and drug dealers. The documentary will have two different Documentary and Short Film Festival, Sa- Glamour is the last thing you would expect visual approaches. The prison will be shot rajevo film, festivals winning 2 awards. The in a place like this. But inmates in Pirajui using a tripod. We will calmly follow our movie was acquired for Balkans, female prison have something to cheer contestant Focusing at close range we will Radio-Television of the Federation of Bos- about. For two weeks, convicted women try to reach their inner state of mind and nia and Herzegovina, Radio Television of get a chance to transform from poor Cin- intimacy, especially in situations when the Serbia, YLE – Finland derella to the beautiful princess. Like in a silence dominates. Long and steady scenes - Producer fairy tale where Cinderella's rags turn into of prison will transmit the ambiance of the a beautiful jeweled gown, complete with a isolated place where nothing happens. “The Road Movie”, Russia/Bosnia and delicate pair of glass slippers, the convicts These scenes will be without music, only Herzegovisa/Serbia/Croatia (67 mins, also become glamorous. A woman should with natural sounds. The Beauty Contest 2016), documentary by Dimitri Kalash- always be beautiful, not just outside the will be shot using hand held camera with nikov, premiered at The First Appearance fence.Even if she’s in prison, she should music and faster pace. competition section of IDFA Amsterdam show her beauty. 2016, shown at 75 film festivals (Hots A woman is everything gently and wonder- COMPANY PROFILE Docs, Sheffield Docs, True / False, Sarajevo ful – or should be. I am very much interest- Novi Film is an independent produc- film festival), distribution cinemas in North ed to show what happens after the beauty tion and distribution company founded in America by Oscilloscope Laboratories in contest ends? Like in a Cinderella fairy tale, 2009 by award winning filmmaker Srdjan January 2018 when the clock strikes midnight Cinderel- Sarenac. We are searching new talents in - Co producer la's beautiful jeweled gown turns into rags. Southern Europe to produce fiction and At that time the dresses from contestants documentary films. Our all movies were “The Awakenings” – feature fiction in post- have to go and it's back to prison routine. regularly supported by national film fund- production by Jure Pavlovic, the winner of How do they go back after the Beauty Con- ing institutions. the European Film Academy Award for the test ends? Best European short film in 2015. Prison Beauty contest is an observational FILMOGRAPHY - Co- producer documentary following 6 female convicts as they prepare for annual prison beauty “Two Schools”, Bosnia/Serbia/Croatia (42 “Beyond the End of the World” – feature contest. In order to be as close as possible mins, 2017), documentary by Srdjan Sarenac documentary in production by Srdjan to our protagonists the director and director - World premiere in a competition section Sarenac and Anne Barliant

53 Supported by: Catapult Film Fund (USA), bia, Croatian Audiovisual Center - Croatia, graduate degree in screenwriting from the Creative Europe (EU) CNC – France, Region Atlantique – Loire Binger film Lab in Amsterdam. In 2004 he - Producer – France, Procirep – France, Telenantes – directed the documentary series HOW WAS France, TV Planete – France, YLE – Fin- MADE TOT LIST OF SURREALISTS (KAKO “The Porcupine”, adaptation of Julian land, ZDF – Germany, TV Ontario – Cana- JE NASTALA TOP LISTA NADREALISTA). Barnes novel, director Srdjan Dragojevic, da, ORF - Austria In 2006 he directed the very popular com- feature fiction in development edy show MILE U BORBI PROTIV TRAN- - Co producer DISTRIBUTION ZICIJE / MILE VS. THE TRANSITION for Krivina (2012), Canada, feature fiction by B92 in Serbia. In 2010 he directed and co- “Oma Export”, Germany – in posptproduc- Igor Drljaca produced, the feature length documentary, tion, feature documentary - Cinema release in Bosnia and Herzego- VILLAGE WITHOUT WOMEN, premiered at - Co producer vina the largest documentary film festival – IDFA Supported by: Creative Europe – EU “Village Without Women ”, France/Croatia/ Amsterdam. The movie was screened at Bosnia/Serbia (83 mins, 2010), feature 80 film festivals winning 14 awards such , 3 commercials - Bosnia and documentary as Ivica Matic Award for Best Bosnian Film Herzegovina, Croatia, 2014 - 15 cinemas in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in 2010 and the SCAM French Filmmak- - Executive producer TV Slovenia, Radio Television Vojvodina ers Association Award. VILLAGE WITHOUT – Serbia, Croatian National TV – Croatia, WOMEN has been selected for INPUT – BHRT – Bosnia and Herzegovina, Al Ja- “Village Without Women ”, France/Croatia/ best 80 movies produced by public televi- zeera Balkans, Spain and Portuga Bosnia/Serbia (83 mins, 2010), feature sions. The movie is available on Itunes and documentary Amazon Prime.He coproduced THE ROAD - Screenwriter, director and producer Producer’s and director’s MOVIE, 67 mins – world premiere in the - Premiered at IDFA, shown at 75 film fes- profile competition section of the biggest film fes- tivals worldwide Srdan Šarenac is an award winning film di- tival for documentary movies IDFA 2016. - Winner of 14 international awards including rector, screenwriter and producer with 17 It was screened on 70 film festivals such Best Documentary at Documenta ; years of experience in Bosnia, Serbia, Cro- as: True /False (USA), Hot Docs (Canada), Association of Filmmakers SCAM Award. atia, France and Germany. He has an MFA Sheffield Doc (UK)…. American distribu- - Represented by Journeyman Pictures; in film directing from the Academy of Dra- tion company Oscilloscope bought the sold in 30 territories matic Arts in Belgrade, Serbia, a Master’s theatrical rights for screening the movie in in Audiovisual Management at Media Busi- USA and Canada. The movie was reviewed Supported by: Film Center Serbia - Ser- ness School in Ronda, Spain and a post- in a Variety, Hollywood reporter, IndieWire.

54 Director filmography TWO SCHOOLS, 52', 2017 13th Zagrebdox, Croatia – world premiere – competition section 64th edition of March festival – Belgrade Documentary and Short Film Festival, Ser- bia – competition section City without cinema, Makarska, Croatia 8th Trsat Film festival, Croatia – competi- tion section – Award for the Best Script Mediterranean Film Festival Split, Croatia – competition section, Croatia Sarajevo film festival, section of BiH films, 11 – 18 August 2017 Mediteran Film Festival Široki Brijeg, Bos- nia and Herzegovina – competition section 23 – 26 August 2017 Viva film festival Sarajevo, Bosnia and Her- zegovina – competition section – 13 – 17 September 2017 Festival International du Filme de Nancy, France VILLAGE WITHOUT WOMEN, 83', 2010 Premiere at IDFA, 75 film festivals, winner of 14 awards such as Documenta Madrid, Sarajevo film Festival, SCAM award... SELMA, 25', 2006

55 Genre Fiction Visually, the world is cast in a dark and omi- Director / Writer LOGLINE Elmar Imanov nous shadow. Encounters become absurd. RASTLOS is a father-and-son-drama with Bernard is trying to spend as much time Producer surreal elements. The young man Bernard Eva Blondiau with his father as possible. While facing is losing control of his life facing the death death, they suddenly have the need to talk Budget of his beloved father. His reality starts to € 1.800.000 (€ 300.000 in place) and share, something they never did before. shift and becomes more and more absurd. Although the film deals with loss, the narra- Companies Although the film deals with loss, the narra- tive is also amusing and often colorful. Color of May tive is also amusing and often colorful. Looking for Co-producers, Financing, DIRECTOR statement SYNOPSIS Sales Agents, Festivals I was born in the summer of 1985 in Baku,

Restless Bernard is 29 years old and restless. He the capital city of , as the son needs diversity in his life: he has different of an architect and an artist. During my jobs that change as the mood strikes him. childhood, the country was facing one of Still, he is able to pay his rent. He spends the most difficult periods of its history. The his nights with his friend Frank partying Nagorno-Karabakh war reached its climax, and looking for thrills. His girlfriend Agata, police demanded protection money, crimi- tries to find her role in his unbalanced life. nality flourished, and my father worked day

Eva Blondiau With his father Carlos, Bernard has the only and night to support his family. As a result, daily routine: they always eat lunch togeth- I ended up spending a lot of time with my er. Bernard lives in a surreal world, where grandparents and on the streets. he has encounters with a grasshopper and I can still remember one particular time my a man with disembodied head, this is the father picked me up from school. It was common reality of the world. around two o’clock in the afternoon of one Then Carlos is assaulted and beaten down summer day of the year 1993. I was glad to Elmar Imanov in the street. In the hospital, they discover a see him. He took my hand and we left the large tumor in his head. Carlos refuses any school building. He then told me that we kind of treatment. Bernard has to face the have to stop by the bread factory nearby Contact details reality: he is going to lose his father. He does to buy some bread. It was already dark Color of May not understand why Carlos is giving up. outside when we got home. We spent the Köln, Germany The feeling of fear and helplessness shake rest of the day waiting for our turn in a very T: +49 1783195751 Bernard’s world and his reality starts to shift. long line outside the bread factory, worrying [email protected] 56 we won’t make it home in time, before the twelve months. A feeling of unfairness and car® and 40 other awards. In 2013, Eva evening curfew. While waiting, we used the helplessness invaded our house. I intui- and Elmar founded their own production opportunity to just talk. tively knew that nobody could fully under- company, COLOR OF MAY, and produced As an architect, my father sharpened my stand my father now and that he would be the short film „TORN“, which had its world awareness for the space around me. Even alone until his very end. The world made premiere at the „Directors` Fortnight“ in as a child, I was very much aware that the no sense for me anymore. My desperation Cannes. The next short films were “Three space around us is preconceived. He also embodied various forms, sometimes that of Steps” by Ioseb “Soso” Bliadze, premiered showed me how one can reshape reality by tears and sometimes that of a hyperactive in 2017 at the IFF Rotterdam and won al- shifting and repositioning walls or rearrang- party animal. I plunged deeply into my suf- ready 7 awards, and the short film “Walya” ing trees and other surrounding elements. fering and became more like a ghost. by Alexandra Brodski, screened in 2017 at We immigrated to Germany in 1998. From When my father died ten months later, I the best German Festival for upcoming tal- my family’s perspective, this was a much began to slowly make my way back into ents, Max Ophüls Preis. COLOR OF MAY is more peaceful and beautiful time in our life. I woke up from my numbness one year also the co-producer of the feature film “Ar- lives. We travelled a lot as a family and after my father died and immediately start- rhythmia” by Russian director Boris Khleb- spent joyful years in our apartment in Köln ed writing this script. Today, when I look nikov that premiered in the competition of – Ehrenfeld, where I also grew up. I gradu- back at this life experience, I realize that it the Kalovy Vary Film Festival and won the ated from high school, where I had to fight changed me as a human being. award for the “Best Actor” and the Grand against bullying and mobbing in a German Prix at the Kinotavr Festival in Sotchi, Rus- school. We celebrated together my admis- COMPANY PROFILE sia. The film is shown also in Toronto Film sion at the film school and later my Student Color of May produces and co-produces both Festival (TIFF). on the Hamburg Film Fes- Oscar and Cannes attendance. I travelled a nationally and internationally implemented tival Eva Blondiau won the Co-Producers- lot with my films and saw the world. In-be- documentaries and feature films. We are in- Award for „Arrhythmia“. The documentary tween flights, I often didn’t make it home. terested in life stories with a particular point “Long Echo” by Veronika Glasunowa and My father would then come to the train sta- of view, able to enlighten strangeness and Lukasz Lakomy was shot in Ukraine and tion and bring me a clean white shirt he seize familiarity in a new light. premiered in the official selection of the Vi- previously ironed himself. We would drink sion du Réel Festival in Nyon. The German a coffee and smoke a cigarette together be- Elmar Imanov and Eva Blondiau graduated premieres of "Arrhythmia" and "Long Echo" fore my next flight. from ifs internationale filmschule köln with took place at the Hamburg Film Festival. In 2014 came the heartbreaking news that their much acclaimed short film "The Swing At the moment the company is in devel- changed everything: SCLC – lungs carci- of the Coffin Maker", which was screened opment, financing and post-production of noma. Lungs cancer in the final stages. at more than 100 international film festivals 4 feature films in Germany, and We all knew he was going to die in about around the world, winning the Student Os- Azerbaijan. COLOR OF MAY also received 57 a scholarship for upcoming companies His next short film TORN (2014) had its German Film Critics Association worthy of support in the region of Nordr- world premiere at the Directors’ Fortnight 2012 Golden Award hein- Westfalen. in Cannes. Both films were produced by Beijing Film Festival, Eva Blondiau with whom he founded the 2012 Best Cinematography PRODUCER'S PROFILE production company COLOR OF MAY. El- Rhode Island Film Festival, USA 2012 Best Film Eva Blondiau was nominated as “Best Pro- mar Imanov wrote the scripts of three short Sehsüchte/inter. Student Film Festival in ducer” for the renowned award of upcom- films (Walya, Three Steps and Tradition) Potsdam, Germany ing talents in Germany. She was listed in and one feature film (OTAR`S DEATH). All 2012 Best Director the Cannes magazine by Screen Interna- three short films were realised, the develop- Nominee and spezial mention – Studio tional as “Future Leader” – one of the top ment of OTAR`S DEATH was funded as well Hamburg Young Talent Award 40 young producers worldwide. She took as the production from the German side. 2013 Grand Prix part in the Berlinale Talents, the “Emerg- Three Steps, Tradition and OTAR`S DEATH Brest ISFF, France ing Producers” in Jihlava, the Rotterdam are co-productions between Germany and 2013 Best Actors Lab, the B`EST EAVE program and passed Georgia. Walya was shot is Russia. Tashkent, Uzbekistan the “International Producing” course at the 2011: Behind Closed Eyes international filmschule köln. and was an Director filmography Fiction / 12 min. / 16mm / GER EAVE participant in 2016 with the project FILMOGRAPHY (Writer/Director/Producer) 2010: Wherever We Are “RASTLOS” by Elmar Imanov, the project A Selection Dokumentary / 5 min. / HD / Albania/GER is also selected for EKRAN+. 2010: Fired! 2014: TORN Social spot / 2 min. / HD / Azerbaijan Director biography Fiction / 22 min. / HD / Azerbaijan/GER 2010: I Am Actor Elmar Imanov was born in 1985 in Baku, 2014 Quinzaine des Réalisateurs / Dokufiction / 18 min. / HD / GER Azerbaijan. Since 1998 he is living in Co- Directors’ Fortnight Cannes, France 2013 Best Film at Tresen Film Festival in logne, Germany. After several practical 2012: The Swing of the Coffin Maker Dortmund, Germany trainings in Germany and Azerbaijan he Fiction / 29 min. / HD / Azerbaijan/GER 2010 Special prize of the young jury at studied "directing" at the ifs internationale FIDEC/International student film festival in filmschule köln. AWARDS (Selection of 40): Huy, His graduation film The Swing of the Coffin 2008: Shamil Maker (2012) was presented on over 100 film 2012 Student Academy Award / Fiction / 15 min. / 16mm / GER festivals and won 40 awards worldwide includ- Student Oscar® 2008: AIDS SPOT ing the Student Academy Award / Student Os- Best foreign film, USA Social spot / 30 sec. / HD / GER car® in the category “Best Foreign Film”. 2012 Best Film of 2012 2006: I Am Here 58 Documentary / 7 min. / miniDV / GER Best Film at Amirani International Student Nominee Best Short Film Under 30 Min- Film Festival in Tbilisi, Georgia utes at German Short Film Awards in Mu- AWARDS & NOMINATIONS Best International Film at “Silence, en nich, Germany court!” International Film Festival in Paris, Nominee Best Film at First Steps Awards of Student Academy Award / Student OSCAR® France German Film Academy in Berlin, Germany “Best Foreign Film” in Los Angeles, USA Best International Film at FFRESH Film Nominee Best Producer at First Steps Directors’ Fortnight / Quinzaine des Réali- Festival in Wales, UK Awards of German Film Academy in Berlin, sateurs in Cannes, France Best Middle-Length Film at FILMZ Film Germany Best Short Film 2012 – German Film Critics Festival of German Cinema in Mainz, Ger- Seal of approval: “Highly Recommended” Association Awards, Germany many by German Film and Media Review, FBW, Grand Prix of the Festival at Brest Euro- Best Fiction Film at Skena Up International Germany pean Short Film Festival in Brest, France Film and Theatre Festival in Pristina, Kosovo Best Film at Tresen Film Festival in Dort- Best Short Film at Leiden International Film Best Graduation Film at River Film Festival mund, Germany Festival in Leiden, Netherlands in Padua, Italy Special prize of the young jury at FIDEC/ Golden Award at the International Student Best Cinematography at Rhode Island Inter- International student film festival in Huy, Film Festival of Beijing Film Academy in national Film Festival in Rhode Island, USA Belgium. Beijing, China Award for Best Acting and Emotional Ex- Best Short Film at Sehsüchte International pression of the Theme of Humanism at the Student Film Festival in Potsdam, Germany Tashkent International Film Forum "Golden Best Short Film at Vukovar Film Film Festi- Guepard" in Tashkent, Uzbekistan val in Vukovar, Croatia Gold Medal at Fish Film Festival in Ros- Best Film at Gulf Film Festival in Dubai, tock, Germany UAE Sputnik Award for the most original film at Grand Prix of the Festival at Etiuda and Fish Film Festival in Rostock, Germany Anima Int’l Film Festival in Krakow, Poland 2. Prize at CILECT, The International Asso- Special Award of the FICC Jury at Etiuda and ciation of Film and Television Schools Anima Int’l Film Festival in Krakow, Poland Special Jury Prize at Golden Apricot Inter- Best Narrative Short Film at Richmond In- national Film Festival in , ternational Film Festival in Richmond, USA Special Mention at Golden Knight Film Fes- Best Film at the NEXT International Film tival, Malta Festival in , Romania Special Mention and Nominee Best Direc- Audience Award at the Next International tor at Studio Hamburg Young Talent Awards Film Festival in Bucharest, Romania in Hamburg, Germany 59 Genre Documentary search for a house that belonged to my Director / Writer LOGLINE Micol Roubini grandfather inseparably connected to the Restless Guardians is the search of my obstinate attempts to elude the guards. Producers grandfather's house portrayed in a pho- Fabrizio Polpettini, Marco Alessi The inhabitants of the village called to ques- tograph dating back to 1919. A choral tion the events of their recent history and the IANS Budget mystery set today around the center of a € 276.500 (€ 45.000 in place) fate of that building that had been forgotten, remote village in Western Ukraine where will be entangled in the voids of a collective Companies an inaccessible area is kept under surveil- La Bête, Dugong Production memory partial and inexact. And the more RD lance by soldiers and armed guards. Ap- the inquiry will proceed, the more people Looking for parently, without reasons. Co-producers, Financing, will be involved. The help of two of them will Sales Agents, Festivals be crucial: Petro, the oldest partisan of the SYNOPSIS area, and Yura, the taxidriver. The confes- Milano. A silent and just restored apart- sions will shed light on the fortunes of the ment. Four men are packing up and car- house, just before the whole village will be rying out some furniture. A long list of ob- buried, again, in its silent secrets. jects, like the one that my family carried out of the Soviet Union in 1957, as means of DIRECTOR statement livelihood while emigrating to Italy. Among The film develops in the tension towards those, the photo of a house, portrayed in a Fabrizio Polpettini a place that is both real and imaginary: a photograph dating back to 1919. small area within a village in the Ukrain- In Jamna, in Western Ukraine, a low ce- ian Carpathians, Jamna, where once stood ment wall defines the perimeter of the area the house built by my great-grandfather where no one is allowed to enter, except for in 1919. A remote territory on the border, the armed guardians patrolling the territory. deeply marked by the many political and Beyond the fence, the abandoned build- cultural changes of the last century. Micol Roubini ings of a sanatorium and an old wooden The project was born following the recent house, that looks exactly like the one por- and casual finding of a photography none

ESTLESS GUA R ESTLESS trayed in the photo from 1919. Through- of my family knew about: it depicts the Contact details out the whole film, my desire to narrate the house in Jamna, abandoned few years La Bête present of a long-imagined territory, while later, after the extermination of my grandfa- Paris, France probing the memory of its inhabitants. The ther’s family, during the Second World War. T: + 33 686442748 [email protected] 60 Through the implications of an individual IDFA Amsterdam; Masters Sarajevo Film (Visions du Réel Nyon - Competition In- event, the film poses as an open question Festival; Documentary Competition Jihla- ternationale; Riviera Maya Film Festival on the present of those places. What is left va International Documentary Festival; in - Mexican Platform; Costa Rica Film Fes- today? What questions raise the fragmen- competition El Gouna Film Festival - Docu- tival - Competition Documentaire; Auratic tary traces, often minimal, and the gaps that mentary Competition) and other phenomena - Galerie 5020 Salz- collective memory and territory tell about? 2016 burg; Viseur Paris - Rétrospective Pedro Like a “noir” the film will search the territo- - The Challenge, by Yuri Ancarani, feature Gonzalez-Rubio; VISOR - Ciné documental ry almost in an antrophological way, trough doc (USA theatrical release: September francès en Mexico; BOZAR Bruxelles - Lu- places, people, objects, sounds. A voice- 8th, 2017 ciano Barisone Carte Blanche Rencontres over written in first person, will accompany Distributed by Kino Lorber; International Cinématographiques de Cerbère et Port- the succession of events related to the Sales Slingshot Films; Locarno Film Festi- bou; Jihlava Documentary Film Festival research of the house, revealing progres- val – Special Jury Prize Ciné+; IDFA Am- - Special Screenings; FICUNAM - Mexico sively the relationship between the present sterdam - Paradocs; Torino Film Festival Now; AYA - World Ayahuasca Conference) time, the past, the legends that inhabit that - Onde/Artrum; Dubai International Film - Agosto, by Adriano Valerio and Eva remote area. Festival - Arabian Nights; VIENNALE Doc- Jospin, short-fiction (Milano Film Festi- umentaries; Mar del Plata Film Festival – val 2015 – Short Film Competition; Corto COMPANY PROFILE Panorama; South by South-West; Moma – Dorico – Short Film Competition; Cineteca di Bologna Visioni Italiane – Best Cinema- La Bête is a Paris-based production com- New Directors / New Films; Hot Docs; tography; Landshuter Film Festival – Short pany created by Fabrizio Polpettini and True / False; more than twenty other inter- Film Competition; Frankfurt Lichter Inter- Pierre Malachin in April 2014, with the national festivals) national Film Festival; I LOVE GAI Venezia ambition of experimenting innovative forms - Spira Mirabilis, by Massimo d'Anolfi e 2016 – Special Mention; Pluk de Nacht in the field of documentary filmmaking Martina Parenti, feature doc (Mostra del Film Festival; Alexandria Film Festival). through the production of films that blur Cinema di Venezia - Green Drop Award; the boundaries between cinema, televi- Busan International Film Festival - Wide sion, new media and contemporary art. Angle) PRODUCER'S PROFILE - L'ami Poulos, by Jean-Paul Fargier, fea- Fabrizio Polpettini studied documentary Filmography: ture doc (FID Marseille - Histoires de por- filmmaking at the Ateliers Varan in Corsica 2017 traits; Genève Tous Ecrans; Torino Film and holds an MA in film production from - In Praise of Nothing, by Boris Mitic, fea- Festival) the French National Audiovisual Institute ture doc (Locarno Film Festival – Signs of 2015 (INA). He is active as a producer, filmmak- Life; - Icaros, by Pedro-Gonzalez Rubio, doc er and programmer. He is a cofounder and

61 artistic director of Filmcaravan, an itinerant 2017 film festival which has received the patron- Outer Dark # 430.670 MHz, Milan, 7’, age of the Unesco Italian commission. He 2015 is a member of the programming team of Arrange your rocks naturally, Aberdeen, the Geneva Biennale for Moving Image and Scotland, 14’, 2013 he is part of the Jihlava Berlin 2018 Emerg- Woodland Atlas, Valle Camonica, Italy, 16’, ing Producers programme. 2012 Ignition, Cork, Irland, 8’23”, 2010 Director biography Safely Unknown, Milan, 4’, 2009 Micol Roubini (Milan 1982) graduated in Painting at the Fine arts Academy in Milan and in Audio Technology at Irmus, Scuola Civica, Milan. Since 2006 she works as art- ist, mainly with video, sound and multime- dia installations that have been shown in solo and collective exhibitions in Italy and abroad. Among her films, Ignition was se- lected at Rô Theatre/International Film Fes- tival Rotterdam; Woodland Atlas was pro- jected at Filmmaker festival, Mart, Longlake film festival. In 2017 she has founded l’Altauro, for the production of indipendent cinematographic works. Restless Guardians is her first fea- ture documentary film.

Director filmography Restless Guardians (in production), Ukraine/Italy/France Watna!, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 23’,

62 63 Genre Documentary individual freedom, the girls are still influ- Director / Writer LOGLINE Haidy Kancler enced and limited by conservative Afghan In the mountains of central , society and its harsh treatment of women. Producers a group of Afghani teenage girls are chal- ves Their values and views may be different Bostjan Virc, Ari Matikainen, lenging cultural stereotypes – by learning Sabine Gruber from European ones. This film will explore r to ski and bringing it to a professional level their emotional and cultural world during Budget through extensive training in Europe. € 350.000 (€ 75.000 in place) their encounter with European culture and Companies its people. This will bring a new perspec- SYNOPSIS tive and understanding of Afghani people,

ca Studio Virc, Kinocompany, FlairFilm Men fascinated and troubled me all my In including the ones already living in Europe. Looking for the Afghan mountain province of Bamyan,

S Financing, Sales Agents, female Slovenian ski instructor Ana is pro- DIRECTOR statement Festivals viding a chance for girls to try serious ski I did not fully understand how big a step training. Women in sports are confronted skiing is for a group of teenage Afghan girls, with many genderrelated obstacles and

in until I traveled to Afghanistan myself. The prejudices, even outright opposition. Za- very first time I went out onto the ski slopes kia, Masoma and Fatima are Ana‘s best with them, we were confronted by a group students - ambitious and determined to ad- of angry men who forced us to leave. It was vance in their ski activities and even join the a sharp reminder of how courageous these

Haidy Kancler World Cup in the future. Aware of the lim- girls are, and how many obstacles they face. iing ited possibilities in Afghanistan, Ana is pre- “Skiing in Scarves” is a film that instead paring them for an extensive training course of taking a direct and invasive approach, in the Alps. Their journey to Europe is the it repackages the problems women face as central part of the film, where girls will be Sk the subtle personal story of girls in their late confronted with the harsh reality and tough teens. My real interest is in using skiing as competition of the Western professional a metaphor for challenge and the chance Bostjan Virc world of sports. Their dreams are universal to raise one’s self-esteem. The main dram- and easy to identify with, while their culture aturgy of the film is to build on the interper- Contact details is much more complex and sometimes sonal relationships between Ana, and three Studio Virc hard to understand from a European per- Afghan girls who have the best chance of Novo mesto, Slovenia spective. Although already exercising their becoming ski instructors or even enter the T: +386 41689463 [email protected] 64 World Cup later. Right now, skiing for these tions since 2010. We are a family-run busi- Mesto, Slovenia. He has an MA in media girls is more like a hobby: to qualify as a ski ness with a permanent staff of 8 people, studies and communication and a BA in instructor takes a lot more time, effort and and managing creative, production and economics. He works closely with his crea- commitment, not to mention traveling with business processes under one roof. We tive and business partner, film director Žiga Ana to Europe, to take the ski instructors’ are located in Slovenia, right in the heart Virc. In 1992 he established the family-run exam. The film will explore social tensions, of Europe on the crossroads between East company Studio Virc. During that stage he prohibitions and unavoidable cultural and West – we are exposed to a rich mix has produced over 700 commercial corpo- clashes as they arise especially during the of Slavic, German and Italian political and rate and TV projects and later started pro- European trip. cultural influences and have an excellent ducing documentary and fiction films. In terms of storytelling, style and film lan- understanding of both Western and East- Boštjan made his personal and profession- guage, “Skiing in Scarves” is a classical ern culture. Our feature film “Houston, We al breakthrough in 2016 with films A New three-act narrative, using an observational Have a Problem!” was the Slovenian sub- Home and Houston, We Have a Problem! method of storytelling. mission for Best Foreign Language Film Boštjan is a regular participant at film mar- The film’s approach will be observational and Oscar 2017 and won Best Slovenian Fea- kets and pitching sessions across Europe, with a small female crew. In order to get really ture Film Award 2016. Our projects were Middle East and North America. He lectures close to the girls and spend so much time supported or acquired by HBO, Netflix, Al on film production at various international in Afghanistan, I’ve already started learning Jazeera, various national funds, MEDIA, workshops and in January 2017 he was a Dari, the language spoken in Bamyan. Eurimages, Doha Film Institute, RAI (Ita- guest speaker at the Universities of Colum- While the film confronts the challenge of ly), WDR (Germany), YLE (Finland), RTV bia, Michigan and . Boštjan bringing something new, positive and into Slovenija and were accepted by festivals is alumni of EAVE, Documentary Campus Afghan society in an uninvasive and cultur- like Karlovy Vary, Toronto, Warsaw, Tribeca Masterschool and Pixel Lab workshops and ally sensitive way, it also serves as a window New York, IDFA Amsterdam, BFI London also a member of the management board offering a more positive view of the girls’ and many others. for the Society of Slovenian Producers. culture and life – a perspective that moves Important films: beyond the familiar images of war, segrega- - Houston, We Have a Problem! (2016) Director biography tion, discrimination and violence. - A New Home (2016) - a series of documentary film for RTV Haidy Kancler (a.k.a. Maja Senekovic) is a Slovenija since 2011 freelance film director from Slovenia. She COMPANY PROFILE graduated from the University of Media Studio Virc is a film & TV production house, and Communication Arts in Maribor with a first established in 1992 and making bold PRODUCER'S PROFILE degree in documentary film. Already as a step into arena of international co-produc- Boštjan Virc was born in 1972 in Novo student she started directing for Slovenian

65 national television, went to work for Aus- 2015 - Jury Award), producer: STUDIO tria‘s ORF television and had some student VIRC for RTV SLOVENIA summer jobs in the film industry in Berlin. Most of her documentary films were made - CHEESE WITH 7 RINDS, producer: Stu- for National Television of Slovenia and gath- dio Virc for RTV SLOVENIA ered several international awards. Among her latest projects are her first feature - SILENT VICTORY, 2014, producer: RTV documentary about a Slovenian free-diver SLOVENIA ‘’The deepest man in swimsuit’’ (she did everything by herself) and documentary - JURE DAIC - VWT 106m, 2014, (SILENT- film “Good night, Irene” that was a part of LY 2015 - ARRI award), producer: HAIDY Balkan Documentary Center (BDC discov- KANCLER eries) workshop 2016. She creates a wide range of film and video - WETLANDS BEAUTIES, 2013, ( XIX Inter- content, but documentary remains her fa- national Environmental TV Festival vorite genre: ,,It is passionate journey since "To Save and Preserve", Slovenian Festival life itself moves me more than anything of Science), producer: RTV Slovenia else.’’ - THE SLOVENIAN WAY, 2010, (4TH Euro- Director filmography pean Film Festival 2013, Docudoc 2011, Eurochannel), producer: RTV SLOVENIA - THE DEEPEST MAN IN A SWIMSUIT, 2016, (Wolves Independent International - HIGH ON LIFE!, 2009, Dokma, Isolacin- FF 2017, Vasteras International FF 2017, ema, Asterfest 2010, East Silver Market 2017, Switzerland In- 2010, Festival Slovenskega Filma 2010, ternational FF 2017, LIDF 2017, Dokudoc producer: HAIDY KANCLER 2016) , producer: HAIDY KANCLER, co- producers: INVIDA, 100 doo

- 400 YEARS OF SEARCHING, 2014, (SPFF 2015 - Special Mention, Lisboa FF 2015- Best Film -Audience award, B3F

66 67 Genre Fiction group of women bandits who kidnap them, Director LOGLINE and they are forced to go through a tunnel dy Laura Samani I see things others can't see so for you I will in a mine populated by unsettling blind al- Writers not grieve. Time of one breath is all I need

o binos. Just before getting to the sanctuary, Marco Borromei, Elisa Dondi, to speak your name and find my peace. Laura Samani Agata's faith collides with reality: a group of Producer elderly women says that there is no mira- B Nadia Trevisan SYNOPSIS cle waiting for her. A young boy with goat Budget Early 20th Century. Famine spreads in the hooves makes her open the box and look € 1.000.000 (€ 68.000 in place) lagoon in North-East Italy. Agata is 17 and for the first time to her daughter. Agata re- Company gives birth to her first child, but the baby is alizes it's just a corpse. But even knowing Nefertiti Film born dead. that, even when Vida leaves her, horrified Looking for Stillborn babies can't be baptised. Their souls because she had discovered the truth, Ag- Co-producers, Financing, will be stuck forever in Limbo. Agata should ata doesn't give up. She tries to reach the

mall Sales Agents, Festivals pray and forget. She will give birth to other sanctuary and Vida is with her again: she children and her life will go on, but she can't has been learning how bonding with some- S forget her daughter and wants to name her. one makes your life worth to be lived. Agata A rumor about a miracle reaches her ears: manages to enter to the Limbo and has the in a sanctuary on the mountains stillborn chance to hold her daughter for the first babies come back to life, just enough time time, before dying. Everything seems lost. for one breath. But Vida does something that she would have not done before meeting Agata. She Laura Samani She embarks on a dangerous journey to the sanctuary with her daughter's body in grabs Agata's little box and reach the sanc- a box. She is in strange territory and needs tuary, trying to fulfill her friend's desire and the support of someone who is familiar with to find her own miracle. it. She meets Vida, a wild girl dressed as a boy. She can help, but she wants some- DIRECTOR statement thing in return and asks Agata for her box. This movie is a rough fairytale, because it Nadia Trevisan Agata accepts the trade, but Vida can only has in itself two very different, and also very Contact details have it when they reach the sanctuary. connected, aspects: ferocious realism and Nefertiti Film The two of them face many obstacles and magic. The realistic world is the one Agata San Vito al Tagliamento, Italy put their own lives in danger. They meet a lives, a countryside where life is hard. The t: +39 3389429241 [email protected] 68 story is set at the beginning of the last cen- The movie soundtrack is mainly made of national film festivals, being often praised tury, in the northest part of Friuli, where steps, water noises, scream, barkings, and awarded. famine and starvation are all around. The shootings, . The lan- Track record: magic lives through Agata's visions, which guage will have an important role. Friulian In Production: represent her sense of transcendence, her dialect will be used as a tool, inflecting it - Menocchio by Alberto Fasulo, produced tension to something that it's not only the through its main influences, such as the by Nefertiti Film, in co production with Rai finiteness around her. Slovenian and the German. It will be done Cinema (ITA) and Hai-Hui Entertainment The intention is to treat in a neo-realism way through a juxtaposition between classic di- (RO). a gothic fairytale, taking away the epicness alogical scenes and the silence when hell, - History of Love by Sonja Prosenc, pro- the magic can have. All the departments beuaty and magic will be faced. duced by Monoo (SLO), in co production will do everything to make tactile this story, Casting will include both professional and with Nefertiti Film (ITA) and Incitus Films creating a world sharpened by pain, cold, non-professional actors. (NO). hunger and dirt, in which, sometimes, you In Development: can catch a glimpse of light and beauty. COMPANY PROFILE - Small Body by Laura Samani, produced by Nefertiti Film, selected at TFL Torino The camera will embark the journey along Nefertiti Film is an independent produc- Film Lab – Script Lab Original; with Agata and Vida. Handheld is the first tion company, located in the north-east of PORTFOLIO choice, at the same height of the charac- Italy, which operates at both national and - Genitori (Parents) by A.Fasulo, produced ters, next to them. A simple tryptich: nape, international level. It creates research pro- by Nefertiti Film, in co production with Rai face, everything the two girls see. A light jects with a strong authorial orientation for Cinema. (DOC, 83’ -COL -ITA 2015 and handy camera, like the mini Alexa, and film, but not only, all based on an ‘artisan’ - TIR by A. Fasulo produced by Nefertiti visual solutions will be explored in order to philosophy. It is a small but dynamic com- Film (IT), in collaboration with Rai Cinema have a more palpable texture in the image, pany, with a modular structure, that adapts (IT), in co-production with Focus Media using lens such as the Cooke Panchro. The itself to the work in progress. Nefertiti Film (HR). (86’ COL ITA/HR 2013). format is 16:9, indicated to tell both the believes that cinema can be a means of so- character and the landscape. cial development. Its projects stimulate the We will see Agata, who's unscrutable, audience to active participation: the film PRODUCER'S PROFILE through Vida's gaze. The direction will tell becomes the starting point for personal re- Nadia Trevisan is producer and CEO of the events through long takes, preferring flection that is an integral element of view- Nefertiti Film. She lives and works in the the main characters, rather than the oth- ing the film but also continues outside the North East of Italy. In 2013 she established, ers. Natural light and realistic climatic con- cinematographic scope. Nefertiti Film have together with Alberto Fasulo, Nefertiti Film an ditions would be the first choice. already participated in a number of inter- independent production company with an

69 international approach. Her films have been screened at many international film festivals. Nadia has took part at Cannes’ Producer Network and she is a member of the EAVE network.

Director biography Born in 1989 in Trieste, a melancholic multi-ethnic city on the north eastern bor- der of Italy. After graduating in Philosophy and Literature at the University of Pisa, she studied at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia di Roma, directing class. Her graduation short movie, The Sleeping Saint, was premiered in Cannes Cinéfon- dation in 2016. Since then, it has gained international acclaim and awards in several international festivals. She writes stories made of magic realism to defy the limits of the known world. At the moment she is attending Torino Film Lab – Script Lab Original with her first long lenght film, Small Body. This project has already received the support of MiBACT and of Fondo per l'Audiovisivo del Friuli Venezia Giulia.

Director filmography The Sleeping Saint is Laura Samani's de- gree short film at Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia di Roma.

70 71 Genre Fiction sick as a result of her promiscuous lifestyle. Director LOGLINE As the fear of being exposed and losing eve- en Thea Hvistendahl How far are you willing to go to feel loved? rything increases, Astrid pushes her mother Writer Sofia Lersol Lund further away, diving deeper and deeper SYNOPSIS into a dangerous adult world threatening to Producer Andrea Ottmar 'Syden' is a coming of age drama about swallow her whole. Astrid (14), an insecure teenager, obsessed Syd Budget € 1.400.000 (€ 22.000 in place) by being perfect; eating healthy, exercising DIRECTOR statement Company and looking flawless. This summer she's got Betrayal is a feeling I know very well. When Frokost Film an unusual invitation to spend the holidays I was nine my dad told me he had found Looking for in Spain with her estranged, 'white trash' another woman and moved out of our fam- Co-producers, Financing, mother, Arlene, for the first time in many ily home. I was left with so many questions, Sales Agents years. Arlene lives of social security, drinks but it quickly became apparent to me that the too much and doesn't have a clue how to new family was more important than me. This take care of herself, let alone a teenage experience made me angry, strong and inde- daughter. Astrid seeks away to the beach pendent, but at the same time it gave me an where her attention is soon caught by a urge to punish, both my mom and my dad. group of local rich kids led by the beautiful, Although I still carry the feeling of being left, confident Issi (17), who represents every- I have a much deeper understanding of my thing Astrid longs to be. Obsessed with get- dad’s actions today. Accept and forgive- Thea Hvistendahl ting Issi's approval, Astrid creates a new, ness, and the nuances between them, are tougher, older, richer and more outspoken important emotional forces in the relation- identity, one that Issi and her friends can- ship between Astrid and her mother Arlene not reject. They introduce her to a world that I want to explore. When we meet Astrid of partying, freedom and not giving a fuck, her relationship to her mother is dominated where Astrid feels more alive than ever. In by the same feeling of betrayal and anger.

Andrea Ottmar the company of her new best friend, Astrid She has to learn how to accept, if not for- is finally able to let go of her insecurities, but give, her mother, at the same time as she Contact details at the same time she's constantly reminded has to learn to accept herself. Frokost Film that it's all built on a lie. It doesn't help that The film takes place in “Syden”, any south- Oslo, Norway rumor around town has it that her mother is ern holiday destination, a sacred place for T: +47 92427426 [email protected] 72 anyone who wants to escape the everyday feature films, both independently and in characteristic visual style and has won sev- life. The prices are lower and the rules are partnership with other companies. "Syden" eral prizes for her short films and music vid- looser. This sense of liberty is the reason will be produced in collaboration with Einar eos. Since 2014 she has been a member of why “Syden” is the only right location for Drama in Norway. the Oslo based film collective Frokost Film this story. When Astrid comes to Syden she for her narrative work, and also represented exploits the lack of expectations – trying to PRODUCER'S PROFILE by Einar Film for commercial. Her first full- escape the Astrid everyone knows her to length film «Adjø Montebello» premiered in Andrea Berentsen Ottmar is CEO and pro- be at home. When she meets Issi nothing theaters in Norway in December 2017, a else matters but to impress her. Issi is con- ducer in Frokost Film, a production com- hybrid between a concert film, music video fident, explorative, fun, sexual and beauti- pany based in Oslo, Norway. The company and fictional narrative starring Norway’s ful. But the friendship is obviously out of was established in 2012 together with di- biggest rap duo Karpe Diem. «Syden» will balance. Astrid only wants recognition, not rector André Chocron. Today the company be her first full-length narrative drama. to be a good friend. produce the narrative work of up-and-com- The tone in the film follows Astrid’s self-de- ing Norwegian directors such as Halfdan Director filmography Ullmann Tøndel, Thea Hvistendahl, Ken- structiveness; dark, hypnotic pictures mixed Adjø Montebello (postprod.) (Full-length, neth Karlstad and Chocron, as well as in- with the colorful, happy Syden and wild par- 2017) dividual projects. Andrea has an academic ties that teases your nerves. Even though Virgins4Lyfe (postprod.) (Short, 2017) background from the University of Oslo, Astrid is full of low self-esteem the lively per- Den Islamske Elefanten (Music video, and started working in production manage- sona she creates helps draw the audience 2016) ment, leading up to producing music videos into an emotional, fascinating and visual Attitudeproblem (Music video, 2016) journey. Her inner struggle will balance with and shorts. Since 2011 she has worked on Vill mark (Short, 2015) the outrageous life she tries to live. I want to several commercials, music videos and tv- Quaaludes (Music video, 2015) create space to see the difference between series as production manager, and has also Faen ta (Music video, 2014) who she is and who she pretends to be. worked as producer in Ape&Bjørn and in You and me, Mommy (Short, 2013) VICE Norway as account director. Today she COMPANY PROFILE is producing and developing shorts, feature films and documentary in Frokost Film. Frokost Film is based in Oslo, Norway, a company highly focused on emerging tal- ent. The company has mainly produced a Director biography number of high quality short films, music Thea Hvistendahl is a Norwegian director videos and documentaries, now developing (b. 1989). She has made her mark with her

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d Documentary Director LOGLINE DIRECTOR statement Hans Lukas Hansen In an attempt to understand her own In a The Quest of Tonewood is movie that will

oo Writer few secluded forests one might find trees appeal to every lover of action, fantasy, Christian Lysvåg worth their weight in gold. This film is the secrets and superstition. But also to those Producers w story about the quest for this magical wood. who would think fondly of the relationship Eirin Høgetveit, Christian Lysvåg between nature and culture. The movie Budget SYNOPSIS has both poetic and narrative potential to € 750.000 (40% in place) reach a big, international audience – far Company In a few secluded forests one might find beyond the segment that focuses on clas- one Norsk Fjernsyn trees worth their weight in gold. This film sical music and string instruments. I will Looking for is the story about the quest for this magi- tell a magnificent story from the reality – a Co-producers, Financing, cal wood. fairy-tale that is true. Sales Agents, Festivals Finding the tonewood trees is an activity My goal is to make a cinematic documen- r T veiled in secrecy and myth. Only a few peo- tary aimed at an international audience.

o ple know where and how to find them. But We have, in the making of this production, in the hands of the master violin makers, shaped and written the movie as a classical this wood is transformed into a miracle of adventure. Both cinematically and contex- music. It is an ancient and enigmatic art. tually it can be compared to both; Lord of The craftsmen of today are searching for the rings – an unusual hero with an impor- the perfection that was once established by

Hans Lukas Hansen tant and crazy mission in a magnificent and a man called Stradivari. dangerous territory. And not mention his This documentary is about the quest for relation to his companions, the fellowship.

f uest this magical wood. And it is a film about And the Da Vinci code – with its secrets, the journey from the living tree in the forest riddles and investigation. to the most valuable musical instruments in Like Antonio Russo, from the Swedish film the world. It is a story that includes treasure institute, said after our pitch at Nordisk e Q Eirin Høegetveit hunting and well-kept secrets, wild nature Panorama in Malmø: - To me this docu- and old traditions, bandits and artists, deep mentary is a completely undiscovered gen- Contact details knowledge and high culture. It is also a sto- re. This is ‘docu-fantasy’. Th Norsk Fjernsyn ry about intelligent use of nature. Yes, I feel like I have been challenged as a Oslo, Norway filmmaker. T: +47 92246536 [email protected] 74 Among the means and methods that come Takin Ova - 2017 (documentary series feature length documentary about North naturally to me, and that I am most com- 4x30´) NRK Korea, a six-part true crime series for Dis- fortable using, are idiom and musicality Verdens Sterkeste Lillebror 2017 (docu- covery. She also has several documentaries important. In this movie, the potential is mentary) NRK and TV series in development. both great and wonderful. I will refer to the Løvetannmillionæren 2017 (documentary) Eirin has an MA degree in Screen Docu- enclosed pilot, which I hope will show the TV2 mentary from Goldsmiths, University of means of directing that I find convey this Nordens Perler 2016 (program series) TV3 London. story the best. Veien ut 2016 (program series) Aftenpos- The story will be conveyed in present tense. ten TV Director biography This will create presence and bring the audi- Varsleren 2016 (documentary) TV2 Hans Lukas Hansen (b. 1975) is a Nor- ence close to the story and the characters. Nettkjendis 2016 (documentary) TV2 wegian director and producer for Norsk We will achieve a sense of participation in the Kvelds 2016 (program series) NRK Fjernsyn AS, a production company he co- actions, not just observation. The scenes in Seiern er vår 2016 (program series) founded in 2013. He also has several years the movie will mostly be driven by situations TVNorge experience as a producer for TV 2 Norway – situations that will play out here and now. Norske fans (program series) 2016 Viasat and Monster Entertainment. Hansen has won three Gullruten-awards (“the Norwe- COMPANY PROFILE PRODUCER'S PROFILE gian Emmy”) for his work. Hansen is edu- Norsk Fjernsyn AS develop and produce Eirin is a producer with a lot of international cated from Volda College In Norway in both documentaries, TV- and documentary-se- experience from British TV- and documen- animation and documentary filmmaking. ries and entertainment for Norwegian and tary production. Over the course of seven He has worked with animation, as a graphic international broadcasters and cinemas. years she made programmes for BBC, ITV, designer and promo-producer for inde- Norsk Fjernsyn AS is part of Monday Me- Discovery International, History channel pendent production companies Mikrofilm, dia, a Scandinavian media company. and Channel 4. Flimmer Film, Monster Entertainment and In production at the moment: War of Art In 2014, she started producing for Me- the broadcaster TV2. In 2013 he co-found- (documentary), The Quest for Tonewood dieoperatørene, a high-end documentary ed Norsk Fjernsyn AS with three other part- (documentary) and Man, Falling (series) production company. She produced and ners, a production company that produce Recent productions (last two years): developed several award-winning docu- documentaries, TV- and documentary-se- Når knoklene blir til gelé - 2017 (documen- mentaries and a six-part TV series for NRK ries and entertainment for norwegian and tary 50´) (Norwegian Public Broadcaster). international audiences. Da vi styrte landet - 2017 (documentary In 2017, she joined Norsk Fjernsyn as a Hansen has directed music videos, shorts, series 6x45´) NRK producer. Currently, Eirin is producing a tv-shows and documentaries and also has

75 a solid track record as a producer.

Director filmography Director documentaries Med flagget på brystet/ 2016 Director TV2 Magnus Carlsen from Norway/2016 Direc- tor TV2. Seiern er vår/Director 2016 TVNorge. Livet er rart/Director 2015 TV2.

Producer Da vi styrte landet/Producer 2017 Takin Ova/Producer 2017 Nordens Perler/Producer 2016 Norske Fans/Producer 2016 Norway´s got Talent - Producer 2011/2012

76 77 Genre Fiction herself inside. From this moment on, she Director / Writer LOGLINE Marcin Bortkiewicz is alone with her thoughts. She is visited There are dozens of films about central in her room by Thomas Mann, Jean-Paul Producer alm characters struggling with adversity... and Sebastian Petryk Satre and a host of other luminaries. Over a with failure. My film tells the story of a per- ‘Nobel Supper’, they debate fiercely; should Budget son who has to face up to success. € 930.000 (€ 445.000 in place) the Poetess take the Nobel? A decision has to be made because the hoard outside isn’t e C Company Ps Film SYNOPSIS going to retreat. However, we do know that

h the woman who came out to meet the jour- Looking for One October morning, in a modest writers’ Co-producers, Financing, retreat in the small community of Stilo on nalists at that evening was somewhat differ- Sales Agents, Festivals the Baltic coast, an elderly lady gets up ent from the one who had taken the phone and, before breakfasting, sets about mak- call that morning. This was a woman who e t ing a postcard for a friend by gluing a col- had stepped out onto an unwished-for road

r lage of clippings from old newspapers onto to fame, a step from which there would thin cardboard. She has breakfast and now be no going back. That day, the poet’s o then goes out for a walk. The Poetess stops life had changed irrevocably. Never would f off for a coffee at a fish-and-chip bar by it be the same again and her leaving her

e the sea and there, the television informs room to meet the journalists marked her bitter acquiescence to that transmutation.

Marcin Bortkiewicz her that she has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. The Poetess slips back "The Storm Before The Calm" tells the story to the writers’ retreat unseen, but television of a symbolic and poetic journey taken by Poetess whilst in some measure secluded

m B Outside Broadcast Vans are already parked outside it, amidst a swirling crowd of eagle- from the world…

r eyed Photo Journalists and Reporters. The media circus has begun. The Manageress DIRECTOR statement Sebastian Petryk of the writers’ retreat smuggles the Poetess A few years ago, I was watching "The Joy to to her room, but the Photo Journalists and of Writing", Antoni Krauze’s documentary Reporters spot them and a blaze of camera about Wisława Szymborska, on Telewizja Contact details flashes accompanies the Poetess as she Polska (Polish Television). In the film, a

e S Ps Film takes refuge from the world. The media friend of the poet, Teresa Walas, remarked Warszawa, Poland lay siege to her room. The Poetess locks in passing that, after Szymborska had re- T: +48 501495685 [email protected] 78 Th ceived the phone call from Sweden while I could neither harm nor misrepresent or He worked with such film studios as TOR, she was staying at the Astoria Writers’ Re- distort through any ‘facts’ I might dream Zebra, Scorpio Studio, Munk Studio, Mon- treat in Zakopane, in the Tatra Mountains, up. I also realised that the story of a fic- olith Films. she had not left her room for several hours, tional central character would be far more Co-produced and was also the execu- dreading the encounter with the veritable interesting because, unlike the true facts, tive producer “Drawn from memory” was onslaught of reporters who had swooped it would provide me with fertile ground for selected to Director’s Fortnight section of down from Poland and all over the world. sowing the events which will drive the cin- Festival de Cannes 2012. In that one moment, I realised that THIS ematic dramaturgy. The debut of a producer – “Left side of the was a theme for a feature film. I realised face” (short documentary) - received the that, with this, I had the opportunity of COMPANY PROFILE award at the 54 Festival dei Popoli - Inter- national Documentary Film Festival in Flor- showing a critical turning-point in the life of PS FILM - produces documentary and fea- ence in 2013. a person whose attitude toward the world ture films. and relationships with it had been ordered His first feature film Walpurgis Night re- “Drawn from memory” was selected to ceived many polish awards including audi- and steady for many years. I realised that I Director’s Fortnight section of Festival de could observe the moment when that per- ence award for the longest-applauded film Cannes 2012. on in 2015. son’s life, which had progressed smoothly “Left side of the face” (short documentary) along a familiar, well-worn and accepted - received the award at the 54 Festival dei groove for several dozen years, was thrust Popoli - International Documentary Film Director biography from that path with no hope of ever return- Festival in Florence in 2013. Marcin's feature debut WALPURGIUS ing to it. The ‘Nobel Honour’ had ‘descend- Feature film "Walpurgis Night" received NIGHT won "The Young and Cinema" award ed’ upon her from the Swedish heavens many polish awards including audience for the Best Script, along with the Best Ac- like a thunderbolt. Yet, by nature, Szym- award for the longest-applauded film on tress Award, the Audience Award, the Jour- borska had never desired such an hon- Gdynia Film Festival in 2015. nalists' Award and the Youth Jury Award at our, had never wanted it and was even set the Koszalin Debut Film Festival in 2015. against it. After the many twists and turns WALPURGIS NIGHT has been also selected taken in my subsequent explorations and PRODUCER'S PROFILE for the Main Competition of the 40th Gdynia documentation of the theme, I concluded Sebastian Petryk – producer, production Film Festival. His movie DRAWN FROM that it would be better to make a film not manager of feature and documentary films. MEMORY was screened at the accompany- about Szymborska, but about a Poetess, a A graduate of the University of Szczecin ing section of the Cannes film festival, Direc- fictional character with whom I could allow and Film and Television Production Man- tors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalisateurs) my imagination full play, a character whom agement at Lodz Film School. in 2012 and has won the Two Riversides

79 short films competition in 2011. Marcin graduated from the University of Gdansk and Wajda School of Film Direct- ing, Poland.

Director filmography • 2015 "Walpurgis Night" (The first full length feature) - Writer and director • 2013 "Left side of the face" (documen- tary) - Writer and director • 2011 "Drawn from memory" (short fic- tion) - Writer and director • 2009 "The Lodger" (short fiction) - Writer and director • 2009 "Early learning" (doc.) - Writer and director • 2004 "The Rules of the Game" (docu- mentary) - Writer and director • 2003 "The Silence - six'th exercise" (doc.) - Writer and director

80 81 Genre Documentary G of this unique process, the film portrays the Director / Writer LOGLINE Salome Jashi needs and values of today’s Georgian soci- n Giant ancient trees are traded for much ety also reflecting upon the topic of forced Producers desired cash and sent to an adventurous migration where “cutting ” isn’t just Salome Jashi, Ümit Uludag, journey through land and sea. Erik Winker an metaphor anymore. It’s a fact. The billionaire who commissions the trans- Budget € 176.357 (€ 34.447 in place) SYNOPSIS plantation is Bidzina Ivanishvili, Georgia’s Companies Through its visual narrative the film is a former prime minister and still an informal Sakdoc Film, Corso Film poem, an ode dedicated to the rivalry be- leader of the county. He is not visible in LOATI Looking for tween men and nature. A powerful man the film, but he is always talked about. He Financing, Festivals buys some 100-year-old trees, as tall as is a god-like, ephemeral figure, who you 15-floor buildings to excavate them along never see but who is there determining the Georgia’s coastline and collect them in his course of events. There are myths and leg- private garden. ends created about him. A tree is surrounded by a group of men The film takes the bunch of trees as a cen- who first excavate soil around its roots. tral character. The plot develops around One by one the men drill pipes under the their forced journeys from identifying a tree roots of the tree each pipe penetrating the to it entering into the void of highly protected EES F R EES soil and being pushed deep into the earth. private garden. The magnificent trees serve Salome Jashi as an introduction to its owners, to the work-

T Dozens of century old, thick and tall trees are dug out from private gardens and pub- ers and to the billionaire thus describing lic spaces. Each is loaded on two joint lor- the social dynamics between rich and poor, ries and is driven to a shore. At the shore powerful and weak, and all in all, a social the trees are put on a ferry. The ferry sails structure existing in the country nowadays. through the Black Sea and to a billionaire’s Ümit Uludag private garden protected by high fence and DIRECTOR statement guarded by security. When I first saw the image of a tree float- Inhabitants of the coastline have now dis- ing in the sea it blew my mind. It caused Contact details covered treasure in their yards – ancient some kind of an error in perception. I saw Sakdoc Film trees – that can be sold and converted into something, which I should have never seen Tbilisi, Georgia cash. While contemplating upon the reasons - a glitch in the reality. It made me think T: +995 557323929 [email protected] 82 there’s nothing impossible in this world. It Soil and Water are two important land- production | directed by Anna Dziapshipa made me rethink of the concept of jour- marks in the film. Digging a tree with drills THE DAZZLING LIGHT OF SUNSET | 2017 ney, longing, separation, home, greed... It and putting it in the water does have an | 74'| Georgian-German co-production. Di- triggered intangible sensations. And that’s erotic connotation and to make a stronger rected by Salomé Jashi. Main Award at Vi- when I thought this is the poetry, which point, it actually has a violent sexual conno- sions du Réel's Regard Neuf competition, should be made into a film. tation, especially considering the fact that ZagrebDox, FICValdivia, Astra IFF, Jihlava But the film project I find not only poetic, the excavation, digging, drilling and trans- IDFF. Broadcast on Arte, MDR, YLE, Al Ja- but also disturbing. To me as well as to portation of a huge erect tree is done by a zeera Balkans, New Zealand public broad- many others a tree is a very strong sym- group of men. caster, Current Time TV Russia. bol of life. Just like others I also have very To summaries, I see the film as an evoca- DOUBLE ALIENS | 2015 | 56'| directed by strong childhood memories connected to tive journey in today’s social, political and Ugis Olte. Latvian-Georgian co-production. old trees especially from my holiday house even gender values. Premiered at IDFA in rural Georgia. Memories of family din- OGASAVARA | 2015 | 8' | fiction. directed ners under a large walnut tree or climbing COMPANY PROFILE by Tato Kotetishvili. Premiered at IFF Rot- up on a strangely grown mulberry tree stir Sakdoc Film is a documentary film produc- terdam. sensations of innocent times. tion company in Georgia. BAKHMARO | 2011 | 60' | directed by Sa- While an image of a floating tree is the Mission: The aim of Sakdoc Film is to de- lomé Jashi. Georgian-German co-produc- starting point of the documentary, I take a pict the transitional period that Georgia is tion. Special mention at DOK Leipzig, Main mythological structure to portray the char- now undergoing from being a Soviet state Award at Jihlava IDFF, nominated for Asia acters and events in the film. The Georgian to becoming a modern country. We believe Pacific Screen Awards. Broadcast on Arte, millionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili is a Zeus-like that there are number of topics, places and MDR, YLE, IKON, TVP Kultura, Estonian figure who one never sees but always hears people that will not exist in Georgia in a few Public Broadcaster and talks about. He determines the course years and which are worth and even es- of events. Through his money, he practices sen- tial to film before the opportunity fades Corso Film power upon the people. Then there are his away. Apart from producing Sakdoc Film is The beginnings of CORSO Film lie in the employees who follow his orders, fulfill his also implementing projects related to docu- year 2008 when Andreas Brauer, Martin caprices. And then there are the common men- tary filmmaking such as organizing Roelly and Erik Winker founded the pro- people, spectators of the events, who have work- shops and screenings. duction company HUPE Film. Since then no courage to express their true opinion the company has been responsible for and who marveled at the magic of gigantic Filmpgraphy: award-winning films such as "Work Hard trees moving in front of their courthouses. STORY FROM THE FAMILY ALBUM | in Play Hard" by Carmen Losmann (FIPRES-

83 CI Prize and Prize of the Ecumenical Jury ate film directing at the Academy of Media Director biography DOK Leipzig), "Dancing With Bellies" by Arts Cologne. Gradua- Carolin Genreith (Official selection Ber- tion with diploma and the long documen- Salomé Jashi was born in Tbilisi, Georgia linale) or „The Hitman's Solitude Before tary "Solo Ultra". 2003 - 2007 permanent in 1981. She first studied journalism and The Shot“ by Florian Mischa Böder (Fes- producer at LICHTBLICK Film Köln and worked as a reporter for several years. In tival del Film Locarno) and international involved in numerous national and inter- 2005 she was awarded a British Council co-productions like „15 Corners of The national co-productions. Teaching assign- scholarship to study documentary filmmak- World“ by Zuzanna Solakiewicz (Award of ments at various universities such as HS ing at Royal Holloway, University of London. the Semaine le la Cri- tique Locarno, Int. Mainz, ifs Köln or MHMK Köln and tutor at Upon her return to Georgia, together with Competition DOK Leip- zig) or "Aida's Se- national and international workshops and close friends Salomé founded production crets“ by Alon Schwarz (Hot Docs Toronto, further education. Regular member of fes- company Sakdoc Film. Alongside film- Audience Award Doc Aviv). Since 2016 the tival and promotion juries and chairman of making, Salomé was part of Caucadoc, a company is running under the new name Filmbüro NW eV. project that supported development of the CORSO Film. documentary scene in the South Cauca- Ümit Uludag was born in 1979 in Bad sus. She additionally tutors at international workshops. PRODUCER'S PROFILE Kreuznach. Graduat- ed in 2003 from the Police College of FHVR Berlin. 2004-2009 Salomé’s The Dazzling Light of Sunset The director Salomé Jashi is the produc- Master's Degree in Film Studies, Journal- (2016) was awarded the Main Prize at Vi- er of the film from the Georgian. She has ism and Theater Studies at the Johannes sions du Réel’s Regard Neuf Competition produced and directed documentary The Gutenberg University in Mainz. 2010 grad- as well as at ZagrebDox, Jihlava IDFF and Dazzling Light of Sunset |2017| made in uation dt-.frz. Postgradu- ate studies in film Valdivia IDFF. Her previous film Bakhmaro coproduction with inselfilm produktion and production in the Atelier Ludwigsburg-Paris (2011), made in co-production with ma.ja. MDR/Arte. She has also been development at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg de. filmproduktion and MDR/Arte, received producer of her documentary Bakhmaro and La fémis with stops in Paris, London an Honorary Mention for a Young Docu- |2011| made in coproduction with ma.ja. and Istanbul. Activi- ties as a freelance mentary Talent at DOK Leipzig, was award- de. filmproduktion and MDR/Arte. recording and produc- tion manager and ed as the Best Central and Eastern Euro- producer of own short films. 2012-2017 pean Documentary at Jihlava IDFF, and Erik Winker was born in 1973 in Stuttgart. permanent employed creative producer at was nominated for the Asia Pacific Screen Studied commu- nication, film and educa- av independents Film in Ludwigsburg and Awards and Silver Eye Awards. tional science and TV production in Mün- involved in numerous productions there. ster, Berlin and Man- chester. Degree as Since autumn 2017, head of the new COR- Master of Arts. Subse- quently postgradu- SO office in Stuttgart.

84 dIRECTOR FILMOGRAPHy THE DAZZLING LIGHT OF SUNSET | 74 min | 2016 | Director, cinematographer, producer | Georgia, Germany BAKHMARO | 58 min | 2011 | Director, cin- ematographer | Georgia, Germany THE LEADER IS ALWAYS RIGHT | 43 min | 2010 | Director, editor | Georgia SPEECH- LESS | 12 min | 2009 | experimen- tal short | Director, editor | Georgia THEIR HELICOPTER | 22 min | 2006 | Di- rector, editor | Georgia, UK

85 86 GUEST W EM PR O J ECTS 88 Merry Christmas, Yiwu 92 THE VOICE OF GOD

87 Genre Documentary u The workers from Yiwu have unusually Director / Writer LOGLINE Mladen Kovacevic large salaries, several times higher than "Merry Christmas, Yiwu” is a melancholic in most of China, or for that matter most Producers portrait of Yiwu, a place with more than 600 of Eastern Europe. They can easily afford Iva Plemic Divjak, Jasmina Sijercic, Christmas factories, where Christmas as we Thierry Detaille biggest newest iPhones. They live in dor- know it is produced for the entire world. mitories for free, air-conditioning and three Budget The absurdity of modern globalized world Yi w € 300.000 (€ 64.000 in place) meals included.

, has rarely been so cinematically explicit Yiwu is the ultimate globalization success sto- Countries as in everyday lives of Chinese workers Serbia, France, Belgium, Sweden ry. A true Christmas fairy-tale for grownups. trapped in the parallel universe of eternal If you happen to believe in fairy-tales. Companies Christmastime. Horopter Film Production, Merry Christmas, Yiwu is a melancholic Bocalupo Films, Visible Film, observational documentary with a geo- Sisyfos Film Production SYNOPSIS political twist, and the alluring visual aes- Looking for There is a city in China called Yiwu, that thetic that enhances the irony of modern Co-producers, Financing has more than 600 Christmas factories, in China – the unexpected place where even which Christmas as we know it is produced Christmas is made. for the entire world. This film is a portrait of

istmas Yiwu and its workers. DIRECTOR statement Yiwu is a wealthy modern city with cosmo- Being born in communist Yugoslavia where politan lifestyle rarely seen in China. It is I wore a red scarf throughout my childhood, inhabited by factory bosses driving Masera- naturally kept China’s ever-changing role in Mladen Kovacevic tis and Rolls Royces, and migrant workers the global geopolitics on top of my personal from all over China, who do not miss their interest for years – I was simply waiting for hometowns, but who miss their factories the right premise that would allow me to when they go home for holidays. explore the complexities of modern China These factories are surrogate households in my own idiosyncratically cinematic and where best friends hang out, where cou- always slightly offbeat style. When I heard

Iva Plemic Divjak ples meet, families form and children grow about the magnitude of Santa’s secret work- Contact details up. They are all trapped in the parallel uni- shop in Yiwu, aware of its peculiar emotional rry Chr rry Horopter Film Production verse of the eternal Christmastime, where relevance to the entire western world, I knew

e Belgrade, Serbia Christmas is celebrated by no-one. I had to go and make a film about it. T: +381 638302301 [email protected]

88 M With the unique access to the Christmas the morality of Christmas tales, as a para- Management in Belgrade and Development factories of Yiwu, we will bring this story to digm for family values, all happening in a of Audiovisual Heritage in Paris. Switched to cinemas for the first time. This exceptional bewildering context of modern China. producing documentaries as one of the pro- opportunity gives our camera a virgin qual- ducers and distributor of the award-winning ity and a chance to approach the subject in COMPANY PROFILE “Cinema Komunisto” and the executive a subtlest naturalistic manner, to offer genu- producer of this year's IDFA winner "The Horopter Film Production was founded by inely deep insight into a yet unexplored world. Other Side of Everything" dir. Mila Turajlic. filmmaker Mladen Kovacevic, and it was Merry Christmas, Yiwu will delicately com- For 10 years, Iva has been producing the mainly focused on production of his films. bine the form of observational direct cine- MAGNIFICENT 7 - European Documentary Horopter produced several commissioned ma where narrative spontaneously unfolds, Film Festival in Belgrade. Since 2016, she documentaries, and Mladen Kovacevic’s with poetic cinema where the atmosphere, is a co-representative of Serbia in the EU- acclaimed films UNPLUGGED and WALL the visual compositions strongly comple- RIMAGES Board of Management. Iva joined OF DEATH, AND ALL THAT which achieved ment the narrative elements in a subtle ro- Horopter Film Production in 2016. great international successes. Last year, Iva mantic manner. The result should be a so (Projects in production: 4 Minutes in Plemic Divjak took over as the principal pro- called healthy realism, or what Bazin called 10 Years (ERD 2017), Beginnings (ERD ducer engaged in production of the feature “documentary reality plus something else”, 2018), Merry Christmas, Yiwu (ERD 2019) documentary MERRY CHRISTMASS, YIWU, which was revived by the Asian directors most ambitious project to date entirely shot like Hou Hsiao-hsien, Jia Zhangke, Tsai Director biography in China, as well as BEGINNINGS, an art Ming-liang, Apichatpong Weerasethakul. house documentary that is shot all around Mladen Kovacevic studied film directing Merry Christmas, Yiwu is not the film that the world, from South Pacific, to Himalayas, in Belgrade, London and Cape Town. His covers the confusing topic of modern Chi- to Mediterranean, and North Europe, pro- films UNPLUGGED and WALL OF DEATH na in broad strokes, but focuses on China duced by seven international co-producers AND ALL THAT were in competitions at Vi- by isolating the most intimate, occasionally (Serbia, France, Croatia, Scotland, Norway, sions du Réel, Hot Docs, CPH:DOX, FID- offbeat or comical undertones. Every shot Marseille, DOK Leipzig; at hundreds of , and Canada). Horopter is also will be overwhelmed with empathy and festivals where they won 14 awards. He is developing a fiction film KORYO that takes add up to organic revelations in each of busy directing BEGINNINGS and MERRY place in North Korea. the subtly thought-provoking components CHRISTMAS, YIWU, both big international of the narrative. The geopolitical subtext of documentaries, while developing a fiction the story, and its universal emotional rel- PRODUCER'S PROFILE feature film KORYO to be shot in North Ko- evance, seamlessly merge into an uncon- Iva is a documentary film and festival pro- rea. His films have been screened at cin- ventional and politically stimulating take on ducer. She studied Production & Cultural emas and televisions worldwide.

89 Director filmography Merry Christmas, Yiwu (in production, ERD 2019) Beginnings (in production, ERD 2018) Wall of Death, and All That (62’, 2016) Unplugged (53’, 2013)

90 91 Genre Documentary D Welcome to the world of evangelical child Director / Writer LOGLINE Miguel Antunes Ramos preachers in Brazil. Watch as the geogra- On the eve of Brazil’s presidential election, phies of socioeconomic realities arise or- Producers Brazil’s youngest evangelists in the coun- Paulo Serpa, Nicholas Bernstein ganically through the story: in Ceilândia, a try’s expanding Pentecostal churches strive satellite town of Brasilia; in Itaim Paulista, Budget to balance the demands of their youth with outside São Paulo; in tiny Planalto Central,

F GO € 250.000 (€ 6.000 in place) those of their faith. Brasilia’s political hub. Country Brazil From established older churches to new SYNOPSIS suburbs, the film uncovers the mecha- Company Corisco Filmes Three Brazilian child preachers, each at nisms that drive an exploding evangelical movement in Brazil, on the eve of the 2018 Looking for a different career stage, under pressure Co-producers, Financing, from parental expectation, dizzy with ris- presidential elections in a story of ambition, Sales Agents ing fame, watch each other closely, as they frustration, desperation, hope and dis- seek the limelight. enchantment that reveals a microcosmic João Victor Ota, 7, struggles to please his world from within. father and to launch his career. Matheus Nonato, 13, uncannily collected and am- DIRECTOR statement bitious, rises to national fame. Daniel Pen- Our impulse to make this film was to look

E VOICE O E VOICE tecostes, 16, approaching “retirement,” at the unseen, hidden evangelical world in decides, against his father’s wishes, to order to understand it and its dynamics. Miguel Antunes Ramos Paulo Serpa H leave preaching. Each character´s journey Naiveté versus expertise, faith versus man- echoes the other, coming to a head at a na- ufactured performance, inspiration versus T tional child preaching event, Gideõezinhos, hard work and how all of that fit into an where major stars pose for selfies, idolized ever-changing Brazil: these are just some by clamoring crowds, and seemingly im- of the tensions and dichotomies that imme- bued with special powers. diately arise. Contrasts and juxtapositions

Nicholas Bernstein An adult operator runs this show, pastor Wal- abound: between characters’ childish real- ter Luz, 45 and he’s a tough negotiator. He ity and stage of development – full of inno- Contact details recruits child preachers from remote, deso- cence, authenticity and spontaneity – and Corisco Filmes late parts of Brazil where desperate parents the slick system in which they participate São Paulo, Brazil beg him to give their children a chance. – ruled by performance demands, efficacy T: +55 11992577067 [email protected] 92 and success. Just like American showbiz, verse of child preachers, but reveals how PRODUCER'S PROFILE the universe we portray subscribes to a phi- the explosive growth of evangelism reflects A graduate in Audiovisual Studies from The losophy of success, with pressure to hit the the country as a whole. School of Communications and Arts at the right notes. It’s a world of winners and los- University of São Paulo, Serpa has worked ers, revealing an ethos of hierarchal status, COMPANY PROFILE on more than 50 short films and since 2010 a ladder to climb, a dream and a goal to Corisco Filmes is the Brazilian Production on a multitude of feature films, including: achieve. The film reveals the scale of this Company behind the film THE VOICE OF To Ryca (2016), dir. Pedro Antônio; Loucas world and its star making system, a subcul- GOD. Started several years ago by pro- pra casar (2015), dir. Roberto Santucci; tural world with its own rites, gestures, style, ducer Nicholas Bernstein with a focus on Copa de elite (2014), dir. Victor Brandt; specialized vocabulary, and aesthetic. improving screenplays through the use and Odeio o dia dos namorados (2013), Cinema verité offers us the chance to of established Hollywood screenwriter dir. Roberto Santucci; all produced by Glaz show this world from within, through its mentors similar to The Sundance Screen- Entertainment. Since 2012 he has taught main players: rather than talking about it writers Lab. Mr. Bernstein added Robert an executive production course at the AIC or passing external judgment from outside. Avila as CFO. Mr. Avila has over 35 years (International Cinema Academy) and has This immersive style will use longitudinal of experience working as a consultant in- executive produced many recent prize- shooting, as we forge a deep relationship winning shorts, including: Torre (2017),; A with characters. The outcome is an artwork cluding many projects in Brazil and South America. Hamilton Fernandes, a respected boneca e o silêncio (2015) dir Carol Rodri- that is saturated in the affect, issues and gues; and Sobre chás e vinhos (2013), dir. meanings of the evangelical world. Brazilian businessman with experience in the Audiovisual sector. Corisco has several Lucas Barão. He is currently Production A small crew, a light maneuverable cam- Coordinator of feature Os Salafrarios dir. projects in development including Mother's era, and becoming embedded in the world Pedro Antonio, and Cine Holliudy 2 dir. Hal- Helper, a comedy starring Sandy Lima of of the characters, allows the team to get der Gomes, as well as Executive Producer Sandy and Junior fame, a film about the close to characters, their parents, and to of the auteur cinema hub of Glaz Enter- renowned doctor from Recife, Vanessa van observe at close hand their relationships. tainment, developing 5 films by emerging der Linden who discovered the connection We’re also able to observe something about directors. With Meus Russos, he is produc- national character and the meaning of be- between Zika and Microcephaly and a fea- ing the documentary Bem Vindos de Novo longing to the country of Brazil. In 2018 a ture on the Brazilian National Ice Hockey dir. Marcos Yoshi and financed through São presidential election will turn out to be a team. Corisco is also developing a football Paulo’s Film Fund. He is also involved in moment when the country will face several show called Fora de Campo. development of feature Susan, Flesh and mirrors looking back to it. THE VOICE OF Bone dir Lia Kulakauskas, considered for GOD captures more than simply the uni- project development lab BRLab (2016) and

93 for the Script Consultancy of the Tribeca the Brasília Film Festival 2017 and which Film Institute (2016) and Flores dir. Lucas will be shown shown in the São Paulo Inter- Barão, selected for the feature film project national Film Festival and in Semana dos development lab Prodav 04 in Brazil. Realizadores, in Rio de Janeiro.

Director biography Director filmography After graduating in Audiovisual Studies 2012 from The School of Communications and One, Two, Three, Volcano, short film Arts at the University of São Paulo in 2012, 2013 with an award-winning short graduate film E, short documentary One, Two, Three, Volcano, In 2013, he di- 2014 rected a series of videos for the exhibition A Era de Ouro (The Golden Era), short film “Brazil: The Spectacle of Growth”, for the 2015 CCSP’s 10th Biennale of Architecture of O Castelo (The Castle), short documentary São Paulo. His documentary short E won 2016 “Best Short Film” at the 17th Tiradentes Banco Imobiliário. documentary feature Film Festival, the É Tudo Verdade Festival 2017 and the V Cachoeira DOC, and played in Operações de Garantia da Lei e da Ordem, Rotterdam (2015) and Oberhausen (2016). codirected with Julia Murat, documentary In 2014, His short film A Era de Ouro (The feature Golden Era) won Best Editing at the V Jane- la Internacional de Cinema de Recife. His short film O Castelo (The Castle), won the Itamaraty Prize, International Short Film Festival of São Paulo. His first feature doc- umentary Banco Imobiliário premiered at the 19th Tiradentes Film Festival – Mostra Aurora, winning Best Film in Pirenópolis DOC 2016. He co-directed the documen- tary Operações de Garantia da Lei e da Or- dem, with Julia Murat, which premiered in

94 95 96 LAST STOP TRIESTE – edition 4 festival to premiere, the engaging sales the documentary scene and we are very LABOUR OF LOVE agent or broadcaster who will carry the film proud to have a chance to support their first to the widest audience. feature length films. We also celebrate the Here we are - for the 4th time, trying to bring We are proudly presenting our selection for presence of female makers in our selection, to the limelight exceptional documentary this years ’ LAST STOP TRIESTE edition. namely, 80 percent of the selected projects films, topics that matter, authors that In collaboration with our steady partners: are directed or produced by women. We deserve special attention, those makers, BDC Discoveries, Docu Rough Cut can proudly point out that the documentary beginners or experienced ones who Boutique - SFF, Ex Oriente, Baltic Sea practice does not suffer from the gender invested so much time and energy to find Forum, Zagreb Dox Pro and the WEMW inequality problems like the world of fiction a personal cinematic style or the most forum Trieste, we got the biggest number of production. suitable narrative for a story to be told. projects for selection so far. I would say, the Our invitations also went to a carefully And indeed, many films that we'll see in strongest as well. This signals two positive selected group of film professionals, the selection are labours of love involving developments: our Last Stop Trieste gets specially tailored for the needs of these a passionate, long relationship of five or six more known and appreciated but also and particular projects. We welcome you warmly years, during which makers were filming what is even more significant for the world too! Come and join us in strengthening the their characters or just spending time with of documentaries – the film makers are chances of great films to be noticed and them in order to understand them better finding the strength and energy to progress widely seen. Even if some of the films you and go deeper into their story. Several films in their work in spite of many funds might find unfinished and not ready to be in this year's selection show an intriguing closing down and broadcasters offering launched, please be frank and generous in process, especially in the editing stage, less favorable production conditions,. your comments and advise them how to in finding a proper, engaging cinematic Therefore, we decided to give them extra improve their fine cuts and get the best out approach to tell life stories that really support and chose instead of four or five of the possible material they have. matter or slices of reality that have a great projects, seven. Let’s not forget: they are all LABOURS OF significance for both the people involved We welcome all film teams of the selected LOVE! and the recipients around the world who projects, we salute their tremendous talent, are going to watch the films. meticulous work, devotion and enthusiasm We try to be instrumental in finding the best and wish them the best of luck! Rada Sesic platform to promote the film, the suitable Most of the authors are new names on LST artistic director

97 LST TEAM

Rada Sesic Fabrizio Grosoli Alessandro Gropplero Monica Goti Niccolò Coscia

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Esther Van Messel Ryan Harrington Sabine Bubeck-Paaz H Hand Films - Switzerland) will deliver the - Canada) Van (First and Esther Messel Germany), Ryan (Hot Harrington Docs by Sabine Bubeck-Paaz (ZDF/ARTE - The LST international composed jury Cinema Award. PRO editions of Baltic ZagrebDox Docs, Sea Film Festival Docu Rough Cut Boutique at Sarajevo Discoveries by Balkan Documentary Center, Film, BDC Ex-Oriente platforms the partner (fine cut)previously developed at one of documentaries in advanced editing stage LST will seven present creative 2018. summer that will potentially premiere by spring/ projects for documentary section progress Stop TriesteLast (LST) is in awork and the F Award Europe BO and When East Meets West or presented at the presented or previous low D low . igital igital 100 100 TRIPS AROUND THE SUN 102 BALTIC NEW WAVE 104 BEFORE FATHER GETS BACK 106 EXEMPLARY BEHAVIOUR 108 HOME GAMES 110 MY UNKNOWN SOLDIER 112 PAYING A VISIT TO FORTUNA

99 Genre Documentary Director / Writer SYNOPSIS DIRECTOR’S NOTES OF INTENTION Victor Cruz 100 trips around the sun is a documentary 100 trips around the sun is a documentary Producers about people from across the world who full of drama, it has a strong cinemato-

sun Fito Pochat, Giovanni Pompili are 100 or older, and still have an exciting graphic approach where the action moves Budget

e passion for life. the story forward, but the most important € 336.555 In Costa Rica, Panchita have just turned thing: it’s a tender and sensitive film about

h COUNTRIES 109 year old, and hopes to receive the visit feelings, people and family bonds. I’m , Italy of two of her children: 93-year-old Pablo passionate about people and their stories, Company and and 88-year-old Calixto. that is why I understand documentary as 16m films At 93 year old, Sarita don’t hesitate to confess a transforming encounter among the pro- d t his love to Denis a young police officer. Pachi- tagonists, the camera and my humble view to's daughter, fears that something could of the world. happen to her 98-year-old father, so she tries to forbid him to continue horse riding. In Sardinia, Adolfo wishes a gift for his oun 93rd birthday: to fulfil the dream of flying

r a plane.

Victor Cruz In Okinawa, Tomi of 93 can’t get over the death of his first son. Her friend Haru, who a has reached 98, urges her to return to the

s island grandmas pop band. No matter how many trips around the sun

i p they have turn, their dreams are still there, fulfilling their lives and inspiring us to pur- Giovanni Pompili r suit ours.

Contact details 16m films Av. Independencia 3544 depto F 1226, B.A. Argentina

100 t 100 T: +54911 6014 2775 [email protected] www.16mfilms.com 100 101 Genre Creative documentary Directors / Writers SYNOPSIS DIRECTOR’S NOTES OF INTENTION Audrius Stonys, Kristine Briede In the beginning of 60ties behind the Iron We are creating our original episodes Producers Wall a new generation of filmmakers in Lat- based on our interpretation of the "mes- AVE Arunas Matelis, Uldis Cekulis, via, Lithuania and Estonia challenged the sages" the old masters have left for us: Riho Vastrik Soviet dogma of propaganda newsreels Like about balancing between Heaven and Budget and turned documentary filmmaking into Earth and thus searching for a human soul € 336.757 a form of Art. They explored metaphor, through cinema. About pulsation between COUNTRIES promoted associative thinking, balanced a Fact and a Symbol necessary to make a Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia facts and images in an earlier unseen and film alive. About the Map of Ptolomy - Herz Company groundbreaking visual language - all that Frank's metaphorical guide to every docu- Studio Nominum was and is called Poetic cinema. mentary filmmaker who wants to go on dis- covering and creating. Half a century later we try to build bridges This film contains silence, and it is filled of time and detect how the old masters with beauty of the frame, magic and de- were thinking and how they managed - in tails that one must look into, must stay with the midst of that vast Soviet Solaris Ocean - them; the details that create the unity of the to put a Human in the focus and search for film. In this film the frame does not need to the answers to the Eternal questions - the finish in 4 seconds. Those seconds would Kristine Briede Audrius Stonys ones that every generation has to answer contain years. The details, atmosphere, anew... subtle gestures of composition that allow This phenomenon continues to influence the viewer to understand there is a different and inspire generations of filmmakers and world of cinema, not only the TV screen; their audiences in the whole world. The there are different values. W NE BALTIC time is passing but we are still getting only

Arunas Matelis Ten minutes older.

Contact details Studio Nominum Goštauto 2, LT-01104 Vilnius, Lithuania T: +370 (698) 70 337 [email protected] www.arunasmatelis.com 102 103 Genre Feature Documentary, Drama, Coming of age story SYNOPSIS DIRECTOR’S NOTES OF INTENTION Directors / Writers 'Two girls are growing up in a valley where Two Muslim girls and best friends in their

ac k Mari Gulbiani the outside world of radical Islamization teenage years risk being separated. They Producer tries to keep them down when they want to are tightly connected by their longing for Tekla Machavariani

B express themselves and explore the world. their fathers, who have both gone abroad. Budget In a darkened classroom, the white cracked In a region where love for life isn’t acknowl- € 136.403 walls serve as a movie screen. edged, the film will show the different paths COUNTRIES We are in a remote mountain village of chosen by the mail protagonists Iman and Georgia, Netherlands, France, Georgia. The light from the projector breaks Eva, under the control of their fathers’ or- ets Germany the darkness: the kids’ first cinematic expe- ders, as well as what girls try to discover Company rience is about to begin. through films while waiting for their fathers Nushi film Among them are Iman and Eva, two Mus- to return. lim girls for whom the experience becomes The story revolves around two teenage girls, a turning point and inspires them to take the but everyone can relate to it. Everything start- e r G camera and start filming their daily lives. ed when I visited the Georgian region Pankisi The girls are growing up in a valley infested Valley as a cinema teacher in schools. The h by radicalism, where most people are living region was always associated with the news in a constant fear of their relatives sacrific- that is difficult to hear, especially these last ing their lives abroad in the name of God. years after Wahhabism spread more and more and includes many families.

Fat To tell this story, we will be opening the

Tekla Machavariani Tekla doors of her pupils’/characters’ houses little e by little, in which they are constantly wait-

r ing for news about their relatives who have left for Syria. o

Contact details

B e f Nushi film Bagebi Build I. #36 0162 Tbilisi, Georgia T: +995598177600 [email protected] 104 105

Genre Author-driven documentary Directors SYNOPSIS DIRECTOR’S NOTES OF INTENTION Audrius Mickevicius, Nerijus Milerius “Exemplary Behaviour” is a socially respon- A few years ago a man was killed in a small Writers sible film oriented to wide international au- Lithuanian town. One of the murderers es- Audrius Mickevicius, Georgi Tenev dience. It is a feature-length creative docu- caped punishment, while the second, who Producers mentary that seeks to create an emotionally alone took the blame for the crime, after Rasa Miškinyte, Martichka Bozhilova, and visually strong, thought-provoking cin- serving half of the sentence was released Edoardo Fracchia ematographic space that is meant to en- from prison for exemplary behaviour. Direc- Budget R AVIOU courage tolerance. Today many Europeans tor Audrius Mickevicius, a younger brother € 218.919 still tend to lack tolerance towards other of the killed man, went into socio-artistic re- COUNTRIES ethnicities, immigrants, prisoners, unor- search regarding what “exemplary behav- Lithuania, Bulgaria, Italy thodox thinking, etc. In this film, a prisoner iour” means when it applies to a murderer. Company becomes a metaphor for “the other” and During his research in the strictest prison Era film the main goal of the film is to encourage in Lithuania, Mickevicius met the main tolerance of “others”. characters of the documentary – Riman- BE H This documentary focuses on personal tas Alekna and Rolandas Cerapoka, who transformation of its main characters: life were sentenced for life, but were driven by sentenced prisoners Rimantas Alekna and the hope to change. Director Mickevicius

RY Rolandas Cerapokas represents murder- himself experienced his own journey from ers, who still have hope to return to society anger to forgiveness; the journey that has Nerijus Milerius through exemplary behavior. A world-re- been interrupted by his own disease and nowned contemporary French philosopher unexpected death. While taking an obliga- LA and a former prisoner Bernard Stiegler and tion to complete the film, we are eager to

P a Franciscan monk, murderers’ chaplain explore the ideas of personal suffering, for- Arunas Peškaitis represents society. giveness and social justice. These are real and very powerful stories of four people, who have their personal expe- Rasa Miškinyte rience with the prison and imprisonment. Contact details Era film Kazimiero Ladygos 1-119 LT-08235 Vilnius, Lithuania EXEM T: +370 68296128 [email protected] www.erafilm.lt 106 107 Genre Documentary Director / Writer SYNOPSIS DIRECTOR’S NOTES OF INTENTION Alisa Kovalenko «Home Games» is a broken fairytale de- Today, in Ukraine, only 200 girls play pro- Producer picting a crucial season in the life of Alina, a fessionally football in very harsh conditions. Stéphane Siohan 20-year-old million dollars baby from Kiev, I know well this underground subculture Budget whose passion for football has a chance of as my own cousin played in the very last € 90.000 saving her from poverty. Alina is now a pro- USSR women’s national team. I was always COUNTRIES fessional player, but her mum dies, leav- fascinated by those women, strong on the Ukraine, France, Poland ing behind Alina’s beloved siblings, Renat field, especially I found out what they’ve Company and Regina, 6 and 7 years old. The young been through in their lives. I decided to fol- East Roads girl, barely out of adolescence, becomes a low a girl, Alina, one of the best Ukrainian substitute mother. Life is a mess. Money football players, who could have been my lacks. The father of the kids disappears. cousin, 25 years ago… Though, «Home Grandma is turning blind. The dysfunc- Games» is not just a film about football, it’s tional family lives in a cramped one-room a film about offsides, when life starts to play OME GAMES apartment. Soon, Alina returns to football. tricks on you. It’s a story about the identity But will she find the strength to save her construction of a young girl on the edge of H family and find her personal redemption? adulthood, who is about to take her first Alisa Kovalenko Home Games is more than a film about adult decisions. The main conflict line of girls who play football: it’s a film about the my hero, Alina, is universal: remain faithful lost childhood, about dreams and how to to your family or emancipate yourself from make them come true when the odds are an heritage of poverty. stacked against you. Stéphane Siohan

Contact details East Roads Khoriva street 43, Apartment 15 04071 Kiev T: +380 50 832 18 51 [email protected] [email protected] www.east-roads.com 108 109 Genre Documentary Director / Writer SYNOPSIS DIRECTOR’S NOTES OF INTENTION Anna Kryvenko A documentary composed of archival foot- The story of my grand-uncle forms the axis r ie Producers age from the 1968 occupation of Czecho- of My Unknown Soldier – a personal family Michal Krácmer, Sergei Serpuhov,

d slovakia by the Warsaw Pact armies, told story of a man who was ‘an invader’ in 1968, Wanda Adamik Hrycová from the perspective of the occupier – the told with the distance of 50 years. And from Budget titular unknown soldier. this main storyline emerges a complex pic- € 188.487 ture as it will be intertwined with other sto- ol COUNTRIES When I was visiting my family in Ukraine, I ries and perspectives. Through common Czech Republic, Latvia, Slovakia discovered scrapbooks of old photos with a themes and associations, I will tie his story Company S figure cut out of them with scissors. It took to the recollections of other people who Analog Vision some time to uncover at least fragments of were present in the Soviet Union back then

n a story that my family tried to erase – story and their reactions to the events (both posi- of my grand-uncle, who was a Soviet sol- tive and negative) as well as people who dier who invaded Czechoslovakia in 1968. committed suicide. Together it creates one

w He couldn’t bear the guilt and when he polyphonic personal diary, telling the story came back home to Ukraine, he committed of one and telling the story of the many. The suicide. His story could be the one of any never before seen footage from personal young soldier who happened to stand on a archives and amateur photography will be Anna Kryvenko no tank in August 1968 in Czechoslovakia. I combined with period newsreels, contextu- am asking how a person caught in the ma- alising the ‘small’ personal histories within k chinery of war and global powers becomes the perspective of History. an occupier, and what it does to him. n Sergei Serpuhov

Contact details Analog Vision Kaprova 42/14 My U 110 00 Prague, Czech Republic T: (+420) 602838388 [email protected] www.facebook.com/analogvsn 110 111 Genre Documentary Director / Writer SYNOPSIS DIRECTOR’S NOTES OF INTENTION Mátyás Kálmán Anikó and Laci are a middle-aged couple The film covers four years of the family’s Producers living in a small town in Hungary. Before life, the period after winning the lottery. As Ágnes Horváth-Szabó, winning two-million euros in the lottery in the silent and passive husband, Laci, and tuna Mátyás Kálmán 2013, their circumstances were miserable. the loud and busy wife, Anikó, quickly take Budget r Still, they managed stability. different directions after the miracle, we see € 115.000 Once hitting the jackpot, hand in hand, the the couple’s story in two parallel storylines. COUNTRy couple dive into a life of which they feel is Although they rarely meet and spend time Hungary luxury. For the husband Laci this means the together, neither in physical nor in spiritual Company “privilege of not doing”, while for the wife sense, these encounters are sometimes as- Colloc Productions Anikó this means the “power of doing”. tonishingly honest and determining to their On their way to realizing material happi- relationship. ness, their relationship changes. The wife Paying a Visit to Fortuna is a modern para- does not understand her husband’s behav- ble about elementary contradictions in hu- iour, while the husband cannot accept his man nature, where desires are juxtaposed “new” wife. The personal story of the cou- with safety, and fidelity with self-realization. ple's delight and unexpected difficulties The characters must continuously adapt to Fo isit Ágnes Horváth-Szabó are shown in this contemporary fable about to previously unimaginable situations and finding happiness. they are forced to find out what really mat- ters for them. The film’s focus is Anikó’s and Laci’s character development. Mátyás Kálmán a V ing Contact details

y Colloc Productions Teleki László tér 16 1086 , Hungary T: +36 70 773 8873 Pa [email protected] [email protected] www.colloc.info 112 113 114 First Cut Lab (FCL) is a pro- producers, festival programmers, gramme designed for long fea- sales agents, etc). The main goal ture fiction films in editing phase. is to foster the artistic potential of Selected producer/director teams selected rough cuts and, at the will receive tailor-made advice same time, increase the sales, from a consulting editor and ex- festival and circulation potential pert feedback from top interna- of completed films. tional film professionals (creative

115 FCL TEAM

Alex Traila Benjamin Mirguet Alessandro Gropplero Matthieu Darras Maartje Alders

FCL 2018 EXPERTS

Lorenzo Esposito Jules Debrock Natasa Damnjanovic Amra Baksic Camo

Pierre Menahem Marcin Luczaj Alexis Hoffmann

Marie-Pierre Vallé Konstantina Stavrianou Katrin Pors 118 CORE OF THE WORLD 120 SUMMER SURVIVORS 122 THE MUTE

117 Genre Drama d Director / Writer SYNOPSIS DIRECTOR’S NOTES OF INTENTION Natalia Meschaninova Egor is a veterinarian on a rural farm which Core of the World is about a young man editor doubles as a hunting dog training center. named Egor who could never forgive his r l Daria Danilova He is a grown man, but deep inside he is mother, who was unable to grow up and

o Producers a child who has been hurt and abandoned get his act together, who could not cope Natalia Drozd, Sergey Selyanov by everyone, including his own mother. All with his fear, anger and resentment – until Budget he wants is to care for the animals and to he meets a group of people, a family, who € 730.000 feel part of the close-knit family he works for. won’t abandon him. This is a deeply impor- COUNTRies When animal rights activists invade this tant subject for me. A tainted past is not a Russia, Lithuania fragile microcosm, throwing off its delicate verdict, nor is it a diagnosis. It’s just a past, e w Company balance, Egor’s world begins to crumble... and you could try to shape the present CTB Film Company Or so it seems. that would give a person the opportunity to h emerge from their dreadful quicksand. f t Natalia Drozd r e o o Natalia Meschaninova Natalia C

Contact details CTB Film Company Kamonnoostrovsky pr. 10 197101 St. Petersburg, Russia T: +7 812 326 83 30 [email protected] www.ctb.ru 118 119 Genre Dramatic road movie S Director / Writer SYNOPSIS DIRECTOR’S NOTES OF INTENTION

R Marija Kavtaradze “Summer Survivors” is a road movie, where "Summer Survivors" is my debut feature editor a psychologist Indre is ordered to take two film, which tackles mental health problems Domas Petronis young patients - Paulius and Juste - to a in a very delicate way. My characters are Producers psychiatric hospital in a seaside town. In- heroes who are fighting in a war when the Marija Razgute, dre is a psychology post graduate who has battle field is their own mind. The journey Klementina Remeikaite difficulties communicating people herself, of a psychologist and two patients from Budget VIVO Paulius suffers from bipolar disorder and one hospital to another shows how essen- € 325.000 his mood is shifting, Juste is being treated tial it is for one to have a connection with

R COUNTRy after a suicide attempt, but she refuses to other people. A connection that can lead Lithuania admit she needs help. Travelling together you to a long and difficult process of heal- Company makes them closer to each other, but will ing or sometimes even save your life. With M-Films this help them to survive? the great care I tried to portray the shifting moods of the characters all along the film, SU attempted to be honest and true with them while directing, so that the audience could R grasp the way the they feel. With this mov- ie, I want to send my love to all the people, who understand what it's like to fight in this Marija Kavtaradze war – for those who do survive, and those who cannot. Marija Razgute SUMME Contact details M-Films D.Gerbutaviciaus str. 10-91 04317 Vilnius, Lithuania T: +370 601 07802 [email protected] www.m-films.lt 120 121 Genre Drama Director SYNOPSIS DIRECTOR’S NOTES OF INTENTION Bartosz Konopka A tale of two knights – experienced Willi- Today’s Europe partially started with a sin- Writers brord and young, mysterious Unnamed, gle man carrying his cross through the wil- Bartosz Konopka, Przemysław Nowakowski, Anna Wydra who set off to christen a small pagan village derness. Ready to die every day. First mis- editor hidden deep in the mountains. Despite the sionaries brought faith, hope and love to Andrzej Dabrowski differences in their worldviews and per- the pagans, but also brought manipulation, Producer spectives on religion, the two men become violence and authority. Anna Wydra travel companions and create a somewhat Two main protagonists create a perfect E MUTE Budget father-son relationship. At the village, the couple. Eager to fulfil their needs, support € 2.150.000 pagans put the newcomers’ beliefs to a and fight for each other. Why does their H COUNTRies test. Soon, love is confronted with hate, love turn into hate? When does it go out of

T Poland, Belgium dialogue with violence, madness with rules control? Why ideology and power blind us Company and many will have to die. so quickly? Why official laws win over indi- Otter films vidual feelings? Why have we been letting it to happen for so many centuries? Will we ever stop? And last but not least: how would God answer these questions? Why is he mute? Why does everybody read his words and deeds differently? Andrzej Dabrowski Anna Wydra Bartosz Konopka Contact details Otter films Puławska 61/506 02-595 Warsaw, Poland T: 048 609-841-445 [email protected] www.otterfilms.pl 122 www.facebook.com/themutethemovie 123 124 Th is IT WEMW and Trieste Film Festival 40 international sales agents, expand their initiatives target- festival programmers and buyers. ing projects in post-production The international jury including phase and launch a new section Rémi Bonhomme (Semaine de la exclusively dedicated to long fea- Critique - France), Gabor Greiner ture fiction films produced or co- (Films Boutique - Germany) and produced by Italian producers. Iole Maria Giannattasio (DG Cin- 6 Selected teams will have the ema MiBACT - Italy) will deliver chance to present their works to the LASER FILM Award. an exclusive panel of more than

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Fabrizio Grosoli Alessandro Gropplero Monica Goti Niccolò Coscia Thanos Anastopoulos

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Gabor Greiner Iole Maria Rémi Bonhomme Giannattasio 128 CITTÀ GIARDINO 130 DUE PICCOLI ITALIANI 132 MENOCCHIO 134 IL RUMORE DEL SOLE 136 STORIES FROM THE CHESTNUT WOODS 138 THE WORLD IS FLAT

127 Genre Drama Director SYNOPSIS DIRECTOR’S NOTES OF INTENTION Marco Piccarreda Sicilian hinterland, summer. More and more frequently African boys, WriterS The Città Giardino Help Centre for Immi- little more than children, choose to under- Marco Piccarreda, Gaia Formenti grants is a dilapidated building squeezed take the arduous journey that leads them Producers between the mountains and the factories. into Europe. Marco Piccarreda, Gaia Formenti Città Giardino is closing and the only guests Once in Italy they are separated from adults rd ino in collaboration with Elianto Film are six kids between 14 and 18 years old. and collected in CPAs for many months. Budget They come from Africa, they went across There they sleep, eat pre-packaged meals € 85.000 the desert and the sea and now they are and do nothing. COUNTRy waiting for a permit, a visa, a transfer di- How could the mind of a teenager react Italy rective. to all this? He survived war, violence and

G ia Company As a matter of fact, the lack of means and poverty. Elianto Film the slowness of Italian bureaucracy trans- And now he find himself alone, stuck for form this temporary stay in an agony of hal- months in a remote corner of a foreign island. lucinated inactivity. What is left of his thrust toward the future? The days pass the same, through sleep, Of his reckless courage? Of his own identity? meals and endless immersion in their These questions guided us in staging a ittà smartphones. Heat, frustration and bore- gaunt story focused on the description of

Gaia Formenti dom paralyse the boys, under the look of a place and its hypnotic atmosphere. An C an elderly watchman in charge of their su- isolated planet where the mobile phone is pervision. the only way to stay in touch with yourself, Omar trains in his improvised gym, Jallow your dreams, your loved ones, your friends: looks for refuge in his tablet, Jelimakan the animated image of the world outside, prays. ephemeral like a mirage. Only Sahid, a newcomer, seems deter- Marco Piccarreda mined to win the immobility: he is planning Contact details an escape. Elianto Film Via Procaccini 4, c/o Careof Fabbrica del Vapore 20154 Milan T: +39 3479056377 [email protected] [email protected] 128 129 Genre Dramedy Director SYNOPSIS DIRECTOR’S NOTES OF INTENTION Paolo Sassanelli Two naive friends in their forties flee from a This story is about something very close WriterS small town in Southern Italy and find them- to my heart, something that has always Francesco Apice, Chiara Balestrazzi, selves catapulted into Northern Europe. moved me. It talks about people’s fragil- Luca De Bei, Paolo Sassanelli They will, for the first time, understand what ity and how the balance created around Producers feeling alive and happy means. Through a a monotonous life that seemingly satisfies Tommaso Arrighi, Gudrun Edda series of surprising adventures and with the can be broken by a traumatic episode that Thorhannesdottir help of a woman, they will overcome their changes everything. Budget fears and inhibitions, they will discover the There are people that lean over the parapet € 1.000.000 joy of life, affection and even love, becom- of their lives and look down to see those COUNTRIES ing part of a bizarre but also reassuring of others passing by. Certain of the small Italy, Iceland '’ with this woman. things around them, they believe that this Company is life. Resigned to staying glued to rocks Mood film like molluscs, they taste the salty water, the rhythm of the waves and are dependent on the tides. So, without wanting to sound poetic, it can happen that one of these mussels is accidentally separated from its

ICCOLI ITALIANI ICCOLI rock by an unexpected event and the water

Tommaso Arrighi Tommaso currents take it. Maybe it would see more things in those few minutes than the entire population of mussels in the harbour could in a lifetime! UE P UE Paolo Sassanelli D Contact details Mood Film Via A. Bafile 2 00195 Rome T: +39 06 2419073 [email protected] www.moodfilm.com 130 131 Genre Drama

IO Director SYNOPSIS DIRECTOR’S NOTES OF INTENTION Alberto Fasulo Menocchio, a charismatic miller, “guilty” The parable of Menocchio is not that of a WriterS of reading too much and talking openly martyr burnt at the stake for his ideas, or at Alberto Fasulo, Enrico Vecchi about his ideas, decides to stand up for his least not just that. His story is more com- Producers ideas and face his own destiny against the plex and human. A heretic who decides to Nadia Trevisan, Nefertiti Film, Rai Catholic Church during Inquisition period. disown his ideas must deal not only with Cinema, Hai Hui Entertainment Menocchio’s trial shakes the social, politi- his own conscience, but also with the scorn Budget cal and religious equilibrium of a commu- that such an abjuration will generate in his € 1.600.000 nity which has governed itself for centuries community; especially if he has spent years COUNTRIES without external intromissions. Confession, preaching his own view of the world and Italy, Romania once an act of consolation for suffering swearing he would die to defend it. Company souls, becomes a means to inflict penal I believe the direction should focus less on Nefertiti Film power and anyone suspecting anyone else the historical setting than on simple human for heresy, is forced to denounce it. Menoc- action. MENOCC H chio doesn’t give any names away but he None of my “non-actors” will learn any of can’t resist the temptation to measure him the script by heart. I’m working with each self as an equal against the Inquisitor. He and every one of them individually to help expresses his deeply felt and astonishingly them relate strongly to the characters they

Alberto Fasulo modern ideas concerning God, justice and will play. love, risking a death sentence. He is forced I imagine, hear, see a film where the physi- to deny his ideas in front of friends, family, cality of the bodies, set design and cos- and the community full of rancor and dis- tumes are functional rather than sceno- appointment for the consequences of his graphic, and that their purpose is to reveal actions. In the carnival frame, the madness the emotions of the characters. of all explodes with unforeseen and unpre- Nadia Trevisan dictable consequences. Contact details Nefertiti Film Via P. Amalteo, 68/B 33078 San Vito al Tagliamento Pordenone, Italia T: +390434874197 [email protected] www.nefertitifilm.it 132 133 Genre Drama Director SYNOPSIS DIRECTOR’S NOTES OF INTENTION Mirko Locatelli Isabelle is a sixty year old French astro- A road accident and a the getaway car in

ole WriterS physicist, living in Italy. the middle of the night: what happens if the Mirko Locatelli, Giuditta Tarantelli Her son, Jerome, is about to be a father culprits were a woman and her grown son, Producer and lives far from her, he is cellist in the both with a social position and an acknowl- Paolo Cavenaghi Montpellier orchestra, where he lives with edged respectability? Budget his wife Julie. With that first question the co-author and € 1.200.000 For some time, Isabelle goes to the hospital I started to develop the story, so that the

S el COUNTRIES to see an aging colleague, and she meets mise-en-scene of pain, fear and guilt were Italy, France Davide, a twenty something who has to un- confined in fixed frames, like on a stage, Company dergo prolonged in-patient treatment for with nature as a silent witness. Stranifilm injuries suffered in a hit-and-run road ac- Isabelle knows the chemistry of the uni- cident, in which his sister was killed. verse, but she has to fight to preserve the Stars and people look alike: they are com- order and the integrity of her family.

r e d posed of the same elements, at times they Time passing, the stages of life and the hide something, they act abnormally or, ages of the stars, the distance between hu- looking at them up close, reveal unexpect- man and heavenly bodies and between life ed details. and death, are the tracks to find the con-

Paolo Cavenaghi Isabelle and Davide will meet and, just like flicts between Isabelle, her son Jerome and stars and planets, they will influence each Davide, with the desires, responsibilities other, attracting or repelling, each with their and secrets that they strive to hide. own characteristics, to differing degrees. Evoking the ambiances of Frédéric Bazille’s But Isabelle hides an unspeakable secret, paintings, the power of the bodies im- that she shares only with her son Jerome: mersed in the blue of Henry Scott Tuke, they are responsible for the tragedy that punctuating the tale with the solemnity of l Rumo Mirko Locatelli

I involved Davide’s family and, despite liv- Arvo Part’s De Profundis, the conflict be- ing many miles away, Jerome comes to tween the characters brings the game of life Contact details his mother more than once, influencing a and the representation of the selfishness Stranifilm system with an already precarious balance. and hypocrisy of the bourgeois class on the Via Mancini, 1 20129 Milano, Italia Isabelle, Davide and Jerome, bound by fate stage at such a pace as to force them into T: 0039 02 5696469 and consumed with guilt, will look for a way free fall towards their own destinies. [email protected] to save themselves or for redemption. www.stranifilm.it 134 135 Genre S Drama

D Director SYNOPSIS DIRECTOR’S NOTES OF INTENTION Gregor Božic Somewhere in a far-off region, in a for- The main reason to have started working Writers OO ested valley between two countries, lived on this film is the singular world of local, re- Gregor Božic, Marina Gumzi two old people, husband and wife. The old gionally- specific fantasy - a sort of magical Producers woman felled sick and died, and the old perception of the world, which has today Marina Gumzi, Nosorogi man, a stingy coffin maker found himself almost entirely disappeared from most peo- co-Producers all alone in the world. Pondering the life he ple’s mental universes. Specific mental im- Igor Princic, Transmedia, RTV Slovenia had lived, he meets Marta, a local chest- agery and a deep connection with the land Budget nut seller, who desperately wants to leave and nature was for me an inspiring ground € 984.000 the valley. A chance encounter gives rise for visualising our ancestors’ inner lives. COUNTRIES to a dreamy parable on loneliness and the The past, the distance and the respect that Slovenia, Italy power of imagination. I feel towards them offered me the possibil-

ESTNUT W ESTNUT Company ity to direct the film playfully, almost as if it

H Nosorogi would be a fairy-tale. However, by turning the heads and hearts of long forgotten peo- ple around to be felt on film, I hope I will

E C be able to point out the other side of their poverty, grief and pain, and so expose the H human dignity – beauty and hope. Gregor Božic OM T OM Marina Gumzi

Contact details Nosorogi

IES FR R IES Trg prekomorskih brigad 1 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia T: + 386 31 482 637 [email protected]

136 STO www.nosorogi.com 137 Genre Drama Director / Writer SYNOPSIS Matteo Carrega Bertolini Jean is a young and rational businessman, Producers he has a girlfriend who loves him, a new Matteo Carrega Bertolini, apartment, an old but faithful car and some Paola Dall’Olio good friends. Everything to live a happy Company and easy life? Not even close. Jean still has Zid Films a score to settle.

DIRECTOR’S NOTES OF INTENTION «The World is Flat» is the story of young Flat d is people trying to fit in a life they have to shape. It is a direct dialogue with my gen- eration, an uncertain youth that is facing r l a drab world and that constantly needs to

Matteo Carrega Bertolini reinvent itself. In a flow of funny and tragic moments of everyday life, the film is a deep dive into a young man’s intimate evolu- tion seen through the glass of a friendship that evolves over time. How the passage of years transforms these characters and re- e Wo defines their dreams while they try to find Paola Dall'Olio their place in the world. Without taking a step back and with no intellectual posture,

Th we felt the necessity to tell a story close to our intimate emotions. A story both person- Contact details Zid Films al and universal regarding what it means 26 rue du Commandant René to be young nowadays, in a world without Mouchotte cardinal directions. 75014 Paris, France T: 0033 6 10 55 82 74 [email protected] [email protected] www.zidfilms.com 138 139 140 ANTS IN D EX A R TICI P P Arben Lami Albanian National Center of Cinematography Albania 154 Ilir Butka ANCC Albania 154 Andamion Murataj Balkan Film Market Albania 154 Dritan Huqi On FIlm Production Albania 154 Dionis Papdhimitri Papadhimitri Film Production Albania 155 Genc Përmeti SkaNdal Productions Albania 155 Florenc Papas Tunnelfilm Albania 155 Victor Cruz 16m Films Argentina 100 Liselot Verbrugge Autlook Filmsales Austria 156 Enrico Jakob Cinestyria Filmcommission & Fonds Austria 156 Sasha Wieser EastWest Filmdistribution GmbH Austria 156 Sabine Gruber FlairFilm Austria 157 Ines Pedoth ORF Austria 157 Soon-Mi Peten Creative Europe MEDIA Belgium 157 Jules Debrock Flow Postproduction Belgium 158 Paolo Finotto Flow Post-Production Belgium 158 Nicolas George Les FIlms du Carré Belgium 158 Thierry Detaille Visible Film Belgium 158 Philippe Van Meerbeeck VRT Belgium 159 Lejla Dedic Al Jazeera Balkans Bosnia and Herzegovina 159 Melina Alagic Association of Filmmakers in BiH Bosnia and Herzegovina 159 Damir Ibrahimovic Deblokada Film Production Bosnia and Herzegovina 160 Alem Babic Dokument Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina 160 Ines Tanovic Dokument Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina 160 Tomislav Topic Mediterranean Film Festival Bosnia and Herzegovina 160 Srdjan Sarenac Novi Film Bosnia and Herzegovina 52 rada sesic Sarajevo Film Festival Bosnia and Herzegovina 161 Elma Tataragic Sarajevo Film Festival Bosnia and Herzegovina 161 Amra Baksic Camo SCCA/pro.ba Bosnia and Herzegovina 161 Zoran Galic Vizart Film Bosnia and Herzegovina 161 Miguel Antunes Ramos Corisco Brazil 92 Nicholas Bernstein Corisco Brazil 92/162 Paulo Serpa Corisco Brazil 92/162 Martichka Bozhilova Agitprop Bulgaria 162

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145 Hronn Kristinsdottir Go to Sheep Iceland 40 Sara Nassim Go to Sheep Iceland 40 Laufey Gudjonsdottir Icelandic Film Centre Iceland 199 Marteinn Thorsson Tender Lee ehf Iceland 200 Giovanni Robbiano 4roomsfilms Italy 200 Debora Desio A_LAB Srls Italy 200 Dorino Minigutti Agherose Italy 201 Enrico Pacciani Alkermes Italy 201 Valeria Cozzarini Altreforme Italy 201 Remigio Guadagnini Altreforme Italy 201 Andrea Trincardi Altreforme Italy 201 Ines Vasiljevic Ascent Film Italy 202 Giordano Bianchi Border Studio Soc. Coop. Italy 202 Martina Marafatto Border Studio Soc. Coop. Italy 202 Paola Sponda Border Studio Soc. Coop. Italy 202 Rosanna D'Aloisio Caucaso Italy 202 Carolina Mancini Cinema&Video International Italy 203 Giovanna Nicolai Cinemaundici srl Italy 203 Francesco Costabile Controra Film Italy 203 Alessandra Grilli Controra Film Italy 203 Silvia Sandrone Creative Europe Desk Italy -Media Italy 204 Sarah Bellinazzi Creative Europe Desk Italy -Media Italy 204 Simona Pelliccioli Dandy Projects SRL Italy 204 Luigi Chimienti dispàrte Italy 204 Alessandra Principini Doclab Italy 205 Marco Alessi Dugong Films Italy 205 Federico Minetti Effendemfilm SRL Italy 205 Marco Piccarreda Elianto Film Italy 128 Pasqualino Suppa Eufrasia Film Italy 206 Iris Martin Peralta Exit Media Italy 206 Federico Sartori Exit Media Italy 206 Sabrina Baracetti Far East Film Italy 206 Andrea Cirla Fil Rouge Media s.a.s. Italy 207 Simone Gandolfo Film Commission Vallée d'Aoste Italy 207

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147 Pepi Romagnoli Michelangelo Film Italy 215 Alice Arecco Milano Film Network Italy 215 Francesca Moino Minerva Pictures Italy 216 Tommaso Arrighi Mood Film Italy 130 Angela Prudenzi Mostra del Cinema di Venezia Italy 216 Roberto Minini Merot Myro Communications Italy 216 Ferdinando Vicentini Orgnani Myro Communications Italy 216 Luigi Viglione Myro Communications Italy 216 Alberto Fasulo Nefertiti Film Italy 132 Claudia Soranzo Nefertiti Film Italy 217 Nadia Trevisan Nefertiti Film Italy 68/217 Lydia Genchi No.Mad Entertainment Italy 217 Andrea Stucovitz Partner Media Investment Italy 217 Leonardo Paulillo Paulillo&Teti Boutique Law Firm Italy 218 Paola Lombardini Pielle MediaMix Italy 218 Marco Zovi Pielle MediaMix Italy 218 Fabiana Balsamo Quasar Multimedia Italy 218 Marta Zaccaron Quasar Multimedia Italy 218 Annamaria Catricalà RAI Italy 219 Fabio Mancini RAI Italy 219 Federico Pedroni Rai Cinema Italy 219 Iseult Mac Call Raicinema – Buyer Acquisitions Italy 219 Marco Fabbro Red On Productions Scarl Italy 219 Thomas Turolo Red On Productions Scarl Italy 219 Nevina Satta Sardegna Film Commission Italy 220 Beatrice Fiorentino Settimana Internazionale della Critica Italy 220 Manuela Buono Slingshot Films Italy 221 Michela Pascolo Slingshot Films Italy 221 Elena Filippini Stefilm Italy 221 Edoardo Fracchia stefilm Italy 221 Stefano Tealdi Stefilm International s.r.l. Italy 221 Mirko Locatelli Stranifilm Italy 134 Valeria Jamonte Tempesta Italy 221 Chiara Arrigoni Tesla Production S.R.L. Italy 222

148 Cristian Natoli Tesla Production S.R.L. Italy 222 Chiara Toffolo Tesla Production S.R.L. Italy 222 Sarah Pennacchi Tico Film Company S.r.l. Italy 222 Matthieu Darras TorinoFilmLab Italy 222 Mercedes Fernandez TorinoFilmLab Italy 222 Savina Neirotti TorinoFilmLab Italy 222 David Cej Transmedia Production Italy 223 Marco Devetak Transmedia Production Italy 223 Ludovica Fales Transmedia Production Italy 223 Beatrice Kildani Transmedia Production Italy 223 Igor Princic Transmedia Production Italy 223 Gaetano Maiorino True Colours Italy 223 Thomas Bertacche Tucker Film Italy 224 Samantha Faccio Tucker Film Italy 224 Francesca Da Ros Videe Italy 224 Alessio Bozzer Videoest Italy 224 Davide Rabacchin Videoest s.r.l. Italy 224 Erica Barbiani Videomante Italy 225 Serena Alfieri Vivo film srl Italy 225 Walter Ronzani Italy 225 Maud Corino ZaLab Italy 226 Thomas Righetti ZeLIG / ESoDoc Italy 226 Matteo Carrega Bertolini Zid Films Italy 138 Paola Dall’Olio Zid Films Italy 138 Andrea Ferrari Zoom Production Italy 226 Gaia Formenti Italy 128 Micol Roubini Italy 60 Laura Samani Italy 68 Matteo Tortone Italy 44 Ujkan Hysaj AJO Pictures Kosovo 227 Fatmir Spahiu Buka Kosovo 227 Besnik Krapi Circle Production Kosovo 227 Shkumbin Istrefi Isstra Creative Factory Kosovo 228 Arben Zharku Kosovo Cinematography Center Kosovo 228

149 Bujar Kabasi N'ART + Woof Films Kosovo 228 Greg Zglinski The Group Kosovo 229 Sergei Serpuhov Baltic Pine Films Latvia 110 Dita Rietuma National film Centre Latvia 229 Kristine Briede Latvia 102 Ruslan Perezhilo Latvia 229 Rasa Miskinyte Era Film Lithuania 106/230 Marija Kavtaradze First Cut Lab Lithuania 120 Dovile Butnoriute Lithuanian Film Centre Lithuania 230 Rolandas Kvietkauskas Lithuanian Film Centre Lithuania 230 Marija Razgute M-Films Lithuania 120/230 Arunas Matelis studio Nominum Lithuania 102/231 Nerijus Milerius Lithuania 106 Audrius Stonys Lithuania 102 Virginija Vareikyte Lithuania 34 Kristina Trapp EAVE Luxembourg 231 Kastriot Abdyli Dardania Film Macedonia 232 Goce Kralevski DNF FIlms Macedonia 232 Anita Stojcheska Macedonian Film Agency Macedonia 232 Borjan Zafirovski NMV Macedonia 233 Kristijan Risteski Vertigo Visual Macedonia 233 Marija Dimitrova List Production Macedonia 233 Ivan Marinovic Adriatic Western Montenegro 234 Ivan Djurovic Artikulacija Film Montenegro 234 Bojana Radulovic Code Blue Production Montenegro 234 Željko Sošic Dogma Montenegro 235 Sehad Cekic Film Centre of Montenegro Montenegro 235 Jelena Miseljic Film Festival Herceg Novi Montenegro 235 Nikola Vukcevic Galileo production Montenegro Montenegro 236 Dyveke Graver Film Farms Norway 236 Andrea Ottmar Frokost Film Norway 72 Jarle Bjørknes Incitus Films Norway 236 Petri Kemppinen Nordisk Film & TV Fond Norway 237 Eirin Høgetveit Norsk Fjernsyn Norway 74/237 Dag Asbjørnsen Norwegian Film Institute Norway 237

150 Nedin Mutic Norwegian Film Institute Norway 237 Mathis Staale Mathisen Rein Film Norway 238 Frode Søbstad Tenk.tv Norway 238 Hans Lukas Hansen Norway 74 Thea Hvistendahl Norway 72 Izabela Igel Harine Films Poland 238 Marcin Łuczaj New Europe Film Sales Poland 239 Weronika Czołnowska New Horizons International Film Festival Poland 239 Ewa Puszczynska Opus Film / Extreme Emotions Poland 239 Katarzyna Kuczynska Otter films Poland 122 Anna Wydra Otter films Poland 122 Robert Balinski Polish Film Institute Poland 240 Sebastian Petryk Ps Film Poland 78 Joanna Rybus RybaMovie Poland 240 Stanislaw Bardadin Stanislaw Bardadin Poland 240 Anna Ferens Poland 241 Marcin Bortkiewicz Poland 78 Andrzej Dabrowski Poland 122 Bartosz Konopka Poland 122 Ada Solomon Hi Film Productions Romania 241 Alex Traila Romanian Film Centre Romania 241 Anamaria Antoci Tangaj Production Romania 242 Cristian Hordila Transilvania Film Festival Romania 242 Natalia Drozd CTB Film Company Russia 118/242 Natalia Meschaninova Russia 118 Tatjana Zezelj Gojkovic Archangel Studios Serbia 243 Miroslav Mogorovic Art & Popcorn Serbia 243 Mirko Bojovic BaBoon Production Serbia 243 Natasa Damnjanovic Dart Film Serbia 244 Mila Turajlic Dribbling Pictures Serbia 244 Boban Jevtic Film Center Serbia Serbia 244 Nevena Negojevic Film Center Serbia Serbia 244 Snezana Penev Film Deluxe International Serbia 26 Jelena Mitrovic Film House Bas Celik Serbia 245 Milena Džambasovic Film Road Production Serbia 245

151 Marko Paljic Gargantua films Serbia 245 Mladen Kovacevic Horopter Film Serbia 88 Iva Plemic Divjak Horopter Film Production Serbia 88/246 Jovana Nikolic Prababa Production Serbia 246 Aleksandar Kovacevic Kuzmanovic Salamander Media Serbia 246 Maja Popovic SENSE Production Serbia 247 Milan Stojanovic SENSE Production Serbia 247 Tijana Visnjic Soul Food Serbia 247 Dragana Jovovic Theory at Work Serbia 30 Marta Popivoda Theory at Work Serbia 30 Dusan Milic Serbia 26 Biljana Tutorov Wake Up Films Serbia 247 Peter Kerekes Peter Kerekes Slovakia 248 Amela Ikovic Arsmedia d.o.o Slovenia 248 Boštjan Ikovic Arsmedia d.o.o Slovenia 248 Ida Weiss Bela film Slovenia 248 Zoraa Dževerdanovic Blade Production Slovenia 249 Rok Bicek Cvinger film Slovenia 22/249 Vlado Bulajic December Slovenia 36 Lija Pogacnik December Slovenia 249 Peter Bratuša Felina Films Slovenia 250 Tilen Ravnikar Felina Films Slovenia 250 Eva Rohrman Forum Ljubljana Slovenia 250 Tanja Hladnik Kino Otok - Isola Cinema International Film Festival Slovenia 250 Tomi Matic Lignit Film Slovenia 251 Rok Secen Mono o Slovenia 251 Sabina Karlic Briški Motovila / Creative Europe Desk Slovenia Slovenia 251 Marina Gunzi Nosorogi Slovenia 136 Miha Knific Nukleus Film Slovenia 252 Nataša Bucar Slovenian Film Center Slovenia 252 Nerina Kocjancic Slovenian Film Center Slovenia 252 Jelka Stergel Slovenian Film Centre Slovenia 252 Jožko Rutar SPOK Films Slovenia 252 Miha Cernec Staragara Slovenia 253 Viva Videnovic Strup Slovenia 253

152 Bostjan Virc Studio Virc d.o.o. Slovenia 64 Ziga Virc Studio Virc d.o.o. Slovenia 253 Jerca Jeric Temporama Film Society Slovenia 254 Danijel Hocevar Vertigo Slovenia 254 Haidy Kancler Slovenia 64 Darko Sinko Slovenia 36 Pablo Briseño Galván Feelsales Spain 254 Anna M. Bofarull KaBoGa Spain 255 Roberto Cueto San Sebastian International Film Festival Spain 255 China Åhlander Chinema Film Sweden Sweden 255 Ulrika Nisell Creative Europe Desk Sweden Sweden 256 Malin Hüber HER Film Sweden 256 Elin Kamlert Kamlert Film Sweden 256 David Herdies Momento Film Sweden 257 Mario Adamson Sisyfos Film Production Sweden 257 Magnus Paulsson Solid Entertainment Sweden 257 Lars Säfström SVT Sweden 258 Jenny Örnborn The Swedish Film Institute Sweden 258 Miira Paasilinna The Yellow Affair Sweden 258 Julia Gebauer Way Creative Films Sweden 259 Sarah Born Catpics Ltd Switzerland 259 Lorenzo Esposito Festival del Film Locarno Switzerland 259 Esther van Messel First Hand Films Switzerland 260 Fleur Knopperts Volya Films The Netherlands 14 Maartje Alders The Netherlands 116 Tatjana Bozic The Netherlands 14 Gulin Ustun Istanbul Film Festivali Meetings on the Bridge 260 Stephane Siohan East Roads Ukraine 108 Yulia Serdyukova Honest Fish Documentary Stories Ukraine 261 Philip Illienko Ukrainian State Film Agency Ukraine 261 Alisa Kovalenko Ukraine 108 William Page Filmdoo United Kingdom 262 Aleksandra Bilic My Accomplice United Kingdom 32 Pinball London Ltd United Kingdom 262 Victoria Fiore United Kingdom 32

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ALBAnIAn nAtIonAL center of BALkAn fILM on fILM

Ilir Butka cIneMAtoGrAphy Andamion Murataj MArket Dritan Huqi prodUctIon albania The ANCC was cre- BFM is an unique event standing on three main Filmography ated in 1997 and it’s pillars: Education, Development and Collabora- • Feature the main governmental tion. An elaborate set of panels targeting youth, MY LAKE movie by Gjergj Xhuvani national institution that gender, technology and coproduction with Eu- “ZANA” movie by Antoneta Kastrati finances, encourages rope, compiled with several networking events “DISTANT ANGELS” movie by Gjergj Xhuvani and promotes Albania’s will open numerous windows of opportunities "Alarm für Cobra 11 - movie by Nico Zavelberg “THE ALBANIAN” movie by Johannes Naber Arben Lami film production. for Balkan filmmakers to get informed, promote • Documentary: The ANCC’s goal is to foster and advance Al- and attract funding for their upcoming project “How do I see my neighbour” banian cinema, encouraging new visions and as well as explore sales and distribution oppor- “Signs” (6 episodes x 45 min) emerging voices. The ANCC actively encour- tunities in a prime regional market. “The Humanist” ages Albanian filmmakers in developing feature “Big Attacks” (6 episodes x 45 min) film projects by financially supporting interna- “Rivers eyes”, (8 episodes x 52 min) tional co-productions as a strategy to enhance “Alone” (8 episodes x 45 min) distribution and reception of these films beyond “Albanian style” (10 episodes x 35 min) our borders. The ANCC represents Albania in a “In Front of.” - (20 episodes x 52 min) number of international motion picture organi- • Short movie: zations such as Eurimages, SEE Cinema Net- “Ardit” “The avenger’s Family” work and the European Film Promotion. “Parallel Life” “The Good, the Bad and the From 2015 Albania is part of Creative Europe / Ugly” “The death of the gradfather Trifon”, Media Programme. Media Desk Albania offic- “The first Day of the Job”, “Beyond the Bor- es are allocated within the premises of ANCC. ders”, “The Guests”, “The Farewell Waltz”, The ANCC is also responsible for organizing “Horoscopes”, “Hospital window”,“Soldiers 4”, “Two Friends”, “Money”, “Albania - Italy”, pavilions and booths which promote Albanian “Family Market” “Heat”, “Lost Days”, “A night cinema in international film festivals, such as of bright weather”, “Children Jobs”, “Bela”, Cannes and Berlin. “Sarina” “24 Hours” “Doors, doors” Contact details: Contact details: [email protected] [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] www.nationalfilmcenter.gov.al www.balkanfilmmarket.com www.onfilmproduction.com

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pApAdhIMItrI fILM skA-ndAL

Dionis Papadhimitri prodUctIon Genc Permeti prodUctIons Florenc Papas tUnneLfILM albania Papadhimitri Production is a crea- tive SKA - NDAL Film Production is a dynamic Tunnelfilm is a new film production company film production company. Located in Albanian feature film production company, founded in 2016 by filmmaker Florenc Papas. Albania,Papadhimitri was founded in year launched at 2006. SKA - NDAL offers film- 2008.But, despite this,the Papadhimitri fam- mak- ers asistance facilitation and expertise ily's story dates back to the year 1930. Back produc- tion in Albania. then it only specialized in photography,but with the years it developed and started a tradi- tion not only in photography but also in film making which made the Papadhimitri brand in to what it is today. We produced features ,shorts,documentaries,Tv Series and also of- fers comprehensive booking of locations,local crews,facilities and equipment.Over the years we have worked with important clients around the world.We have successfully managed production with low budget,and we will find the perfect solution for your shooting plans in Albania.We act either as a co-producer or experienced production service supporting international and local producers with a com- plete set of services.Our team is specialized in international productions and provides excep- tional services at all stage of production.

Contact details: [email protected] www.papadhimitriproduction.com Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected]

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CINESTYRIA Autlook Filmcommission & EastWest

Liselot Verbrugge Filmsales Enrico Jakob Fonds Sasha Wieser Filmdistribution AUST R IA Autlook Filmsales is a worldwide sales agent CINESTYRIA Film Commission and Fonds of- EastWest Filmdistribution GmbH is a feature for powerful and acclaimed feature docs, au- fers a one stop address for all filming and TV film sales company which specialises in the teur-driven, cinematic and or issue driven with projects launched in Styria, with special em- promotion and sale of quality European and strong international appeal. phasis on their possible exploitation interna- Independent feature films. EastWest was tionally and the tourism value of the submitted founded in November 2004 by Sasha Wieser Our recent lineup includes Of Fathers and projects. and Steve Walsh who each have over thirty Sons by Talal Derki, Over the Limit by Marta years experience across all aspects of inter- Prus, Time Trial by Finlay Pretsell and Bobbi national film production and distribution. We Jene by Elvira Lind. start to work on our films from all stages (de- veloping, financing, production or finished film). With a strong global network of experi- enced film professionals EastWest has a pas- sion for world cinema and a firm belief that the films we represent deserve and will find a worldwide audience. Our recently acquired films are eg: KILLING GOD (Horror comedy, Spain, 2017) LARS AND THE BARON (Drama, Sweden, 2016), ON THE TRAIL OF MY FATHER (Drama, Italy, 2016).

Contact details: Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] [email protected] www.autlookfilms.com www.cinestyria.com www.eastwest-distribution.com

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Creative Europe Soon-Mi Peten Sabine Gruber FlairFilm Ines Pedoth ORF MEDIA AUST R IA FlairFilm was founded in March 2017 in Vi- ORF is the Public Broadcaster in Austria with Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive enna with the aim to create, develop and pro- ORF eins and ORF 2 as main channels and Agency managing the implementation of Crea- duce politically, ecologically and socially com- two digital special interest channels: ORFIII tive Europe MEDIA Programme of the Euro- mitted fictional, documentary and animation and ORF Sport+. pean Union. feature films with a certain flair. FlairFilm combines long-term international Programme Profile experience in development, production and ORF 2, Magazine Department. WELTjournal distribution with flair and fairness, which form 30’ and WELTjournal+ 45’ are our weekly the basis for FlairFilm's work and contribute to current affairs programs being aired on ORF the special style of its productions: providing 2. Our shows report on international affairs the mutual respect, attention, time and means and global impact stories with a topical angle to create films that move and matter. (Green, Social, Politics, Human Interest). The belgium programs go out consecutively and are con- nected. Preferred Length 30’ and 45’-50’ Recent Titles Migration in Europe, Ukraine/Russia, Fukush- ima, Meat Consumption and the Planet, Wom- en in India, Youth Unemployment in Europa, Old Age and Work, Roma in Europe Acquisition only. Presales occasionally.

Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] www.flairfilm.at www.orf.at eacea.ec.europa.eu

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Flow Les FIlms

Jules Debrock Postproduction Nicolas George du Carré Thierry Detaille Visible Film belgium Flow postproduction is Les Films du Carré is a production company Visible film gap-finances 6 to 10 projects and your one stop boutique created by Nicolas George in November 2012. releases around 10 new completed films a solution. Our talented Based in Liège, the company mainly focuses year and focuses on one-off, feature length and diverse pool of both on projects of feature films, TV series, docu- with TV reversion, contemporary society, hu- operational and creative mentaries and shorts. Les Films du Carré af- man interest, geopolitics, current affairs, and talent combined with firms the desire to produce film both exigent history mini-series. Co-founder of EduDoc with Paolo Finotto cutting edge technology and mainstream, combining film genre and Docs Online, Visible Film reaches European make for exceptional and standout work that sensibility of auteur films. educational rights users. Though its participa- ignites the imagination. tion to Agent Double prodco, Visible film ena- bles tax shelter funding for post-production. We love telling great stories. Ventes-CBAWIP-Sales, sales unit of Wallonie Let’s put your ideas into motion. Image Production, and Centre de l’Audiovisuel à Bruxelles, two associations dedicated to pro- What we do: colorgrading / visual effects / ani- moting creativity while conveying accessibility mation / motion graphics to TV, providing belgian docs with promotion and distribution.

Contact details: [email protected] [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] www.flow-postproduction.be www.lesfilmsducarre.be www.visiblefilm.com

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Association

of Filmmakers Al Jazeera in Bosnia and

Philippe Van Meerbeeck Philippe Van VRT Lejla Dedic Balkans Melina Alagic Herzegovina belgium VRT (Vlaamse Radio & Televisie Omroep) is Al Jazeera Balkans started broadcasting in The Association of Film- the Flemish speaking public broadcaster in November 2011 and our main studio is in Sa- makers of Bosnia and Belgium. rajevo, located in BBI center, as the team lead Herzegovina is a profes- VRT has two tv channels and 5 radiochannels by General Director Tarik Đodic. sional association which with related web services. Al Jazeera Balkans is offering a new and ex- gathers filmmakers, It serves the general audience and specific citing perspective in the regional media land- who are professionally audiences: kids, youngsters and people with scape. Elma Tataragic engaged in filmmak- an impairment. Program is broadcast in High Definition (HD), ing and was founded VRT/Canvas has several documentary strands in XDCAM HD on 50Mbit/s. Al Jazeera Bal- in 1950. Today the Association is actively in- covering society, history, nature, science and kans is fully integrated in Al Jazeera Network, volved in developing and guiding the BiH film authored documentaries. and that is allowing distribution of materials industry. In the past 20 years, our members VRT produces documentary in-house (25%), and documentary programs within the net- have won the world’s most prestigious film commissions or coproduces (25%) and ac- work. Al Jazeera Balkans will “give voice to awards, while Association has significantly quires (50%). untold stories, promote debate, and challenge broadened its activities. It organizes the fes- VRT Sandbox is a start-up division dedicated established perceptions.” Al Jazeera Balkans tival of BH. Film as a part of Sarajevo Film on innovation thru collaboration with media- & is following Al Jazeera network Ethical code Festival every year since 2003 and issues an- edutech start up companies. and report EVERY ANGLE / EVERY SIDE. nual catalogs of BiH cinema. The Association also issues Location Guide, and edits the only website dedicated to Bosnian cinema bhfilm. ba, promotes our cinema internationally, and since 2004 awards local filmmakers with the Ivica Matic Annual Award. In 2015 the Associ- ation has become a member of European Film Promotion and Film New Europe for Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Contact details: Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] B osnia an d He rz egovina [email protected] www.balkans.aljazeera.net www.bhfilm.ba

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Deblokada Film Dokument Mediterranean Tomislav Topic Tomislav Damir Ibrahimovic Production Alem Babic Sarajevo Film Festival

The Association of Artists “Deblokada” was DOKUMENT is a pro- Mediteran Film Festival is the oldest festival founded in 1997 by film director Jasmila duction company from of documentary film in the region consider- Zbanic and producer Damir Ibrahimovic, with Sarajevo. So far, DOKU- ing that only documentary films compete here the aim to gather artists of various profiles MENT has produced and the largest part of the program is based from around the world and to open space for among other things on documentaries. Festival in Široki Brijeg is joint expression and release of creative poten- omnibus SOME OTHER characteristic for a unique atmosphere – a tials. With more than ten documentaries and Ines Tanovic STORIES, which was mixture of relaxed fun, tourism, rhythm and short feature films shown at the most prestig- produced as co-produc- films. Hence the Festival quickly became the tion between five ex-Yugoslav countries, Irish ious international festivals, five feature films favourite of film workers and audience. film board and Euroimages in 2010. The Film selected in Competition Programme of A-list has been invited in more than 42 world festi- festivals (including the Berlinale’s winner full- vals, short documentary A DAY ON THE DRINA length feature film “Grbavica”), and two films was selected in Competition documentary pro- in their preproduction phases, “Deblokada” is gramme of 17. Sarajevo film festival 2011. and one of the most successful production compa- won BIG STAMP at ZAGREBDOX 2012, also nies of Southeast Europe. In addition to pro- was selected in competition of many festivals. B osnia an d He rz egovina duction of films for cinema, “Deblokada” runs - 2015 long feature film OUR EVERYDAY LIFE, a programme of professional film workshops which was produced as co-production be- such as scriptwriting, acting and filmmaking tween BiH, Croatia and Slovenia (DOKUMENT workshops for children. Sarajevo, STUDIO MAJ, Ljubljana, SPIRITUS MOVENS, Zagreb) and Euroimages. BiH rep- resentative for Oscar Award 2015, 45 festivals, 15 awards. - 2016 received BiH funds for the production of feature film THE SON, Montenegro Film Fund in 2017 and MEDIA Development Fund. In 2017 we finished co-production of the Cro- atian feature film ALL ALONE by Bobo Jelcic. Contact details: [email protected] www.deblokada.ba Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected], www.mff.ba [email protected], www.dokument.ba 160

Sarajevo Film Amra Baksic Camo Zoran Galic Rada Sesic Festival SCCA/pro.ba Vizart Film

The Sarajevo Film Fes- SCCA/pro.ba, established in 1998, is the vid- Vizart Film was founded in 2003 in Bosnia tival is an international eo, film and TV production. After establishing and Herzegovina, a country that had only a film festival focusing on a strong basis in the production of artist videos decade earlier exited a brutal war. The coun- the region of Southeast and installations, pro.ba entered into film pro- try was economically devastated, but left rich Europe. High quality duction with Aida Begic’s short FIRST DEATH in compelling stories just waiting to be told. programming, a strong EXPERIENCE (Cannes Film Festival, Cinefon- It was our belief that, even though it did not Elma Tataragic industry segment, an dation, 2000). In the years to follow pro.ba seem financially prudent, independent film educational and networking platform for young continued with production of short and feature could flourish on such a potent source and it filmmakers, generates presence of the film lenght fiction as well as documentary films. would be a powerful outlet for both artists and industry professionals and media representa- Our films have participated and won awards at audiences. Therefore, we began networking tives alongside an audience of over 100,000 festivals worldwide including Cannes FF, Ber- among the film community, establishing co- people. The main programme of the Sarajevo linale, Venice FF, Rotterdam FF, Locarno FF, productions and most importantly nurturing Film Festival, the Competition Programme, has IDFA, Clermont-Ferrand Short FF, Goteborg young and talented directors. Impoverished become the most important meeting point of FF, Sarajevo FF among others. countries usually do not have large budgets for the East European Film representatives. The culture and BH is not an exception. However,

Sarajevo Film Festival competition highlights rich and diverse cultural heritage along with B osnia an d He rz egovina regional production. Next to the screenings of strong contemporary tendencies always find a creative documentaries, SFF and BDC have way to bring their stories on screen and we opened a new platform for projects in a rough are proud to be part of that process. We have cut stage - Docu Rough Cut Boutique. 5 project produced four feature length films, numerous teams work extensively with 5 + 2 tutors during documentaries and short fiction films which 4 days, focusing on the quality of the material, have won awards at national and international trying to bring the project forward in its finish- festivals. ing creative process. Next edition SFF: 11-18 August 2017. see for more at www.sff.ba

Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] www.sff.ba www.pro.ba Contact details: [email protected]

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Bulgarian National Film b r a z il Martichka Bozhilova Kamen Balkanski Nicholas Bernstein CORISCO FILMES AGITPROP Center

Corisco Filmes is the AGITPROP is probably the most awarded Bul- Bulgarian National Film Brazilian Production garian film production company. AGITPROP Center is the Executive Company behind the has produced a number of films - creative Agency of the Bulgar- film THE VOICE OF documentaries and fiction films with a strong ian Ministry of Culture GOD. Started several author’s style, among which the multi-inter- that administrates the years ago by producer nationally awarded GEORGI AND THE BUT- implementation of the

Paulo Serpa Nicholas Bernstein with TERFLIES (IDFA winner), THE MOSQUITO Jana Karaivanova Film Industry Act (FIA). a focus on improving PROBLEM AND OTHER STORIES (Cannes), The main functions of screenplays through the use of established CORRIDOR #8 (Berlinale), OMELETTE the Agency are to finance film production, film Hollywood screenwriter mentors similar to The (Sundance). AGITPROP produced the first managing, distribution and exhibition of films, Sundance Screenwriters Lab. Mr. Bernstein original Bulgarian content for HBO and Nation- to support the promotion of Bulgarian films in added Robert Avila as CFO. Mr. Avila has over al Geographic Channel. The company’s latest this country and abroad, to keep the register 35 years of experience working as a consult- films include LOVE & ENGINEERING (Tribeca under the FIA, to stimulate the development ant including many projects in Brazil and South NY, Visions de Reel; Karlovy Vary 2014), DAD of the film culture. America. Hamilton Fernandes, a respected MADE DIRTY MOVIES (sold to more than 30 Brazilian businessman with experience in the territories), and THE BOY WHO WAS A KING Audiovisual sector. Corisco has several projects (Toronto IFF). In 2016 AGITPROP was fully in development including Mother's Helper, commissioned with production of a drama a comedy starring Sandy Lima of Sandy and TV series. AGITPROP has co-produced with Junior fame, a film about the renowned doc- Germany, USA, Finland, Sweden, Switzerland, tor from Recife, Vanessa van der Linden who Italy, Greece, Romania, Croatia, UAE. Among

bulga r ia discovered the connection between Zika and AGITPROP’s leading TV partners are: Channel Microcephaly and a feature on the Brazilian 4, Sundance Channel, HBO, ARTE, PBS, YLE. National Ice Hockey team. Corisco is also de- veloping a football show called Fora de Campo.

Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] [email protected] www.agitprop.bg www.nfc.bg

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Stanislav Donchev Rossitsa Valkanova Katya Trichkova Contrast films Dynamic Arts KLAS Film

CONTRAST FILMS is a production company, Dynamic Arts activities encompass a wide KLAS Film is a Bulgarian film production com- B ulga r ia based in Sofia, Bulgaria. It was founded by the range of audio-visual products: films for cin- pany set in 1995 by R. Valkanova, former film producer Katya Trichkova with the main pur- ema and TV distribution, documentaries and director. KLAS has produced 9 fiction films (6 pose to support authors to make their films. television series, music videos, and advertis- in co-production with Netherlands, Hungary, The company is focused on the development ing videos and films. Dynamic Arts has estab- Germany, France, Sweden, Denmark, Roma- and production of fiction and documentary lished itself as a trusted partner nationally and nia); 4 documentaries and 2 shorts, 3 minority films. it is aiming to do so on an international level. co-productions and 6 as line producer. It has long term stable partnerships with both direc- tors and co-producers. The company aims at high quality of production and to sustain the importance of cinema as art. Most of the titles produced have become emblematic for Bul- garian cinema of the past 25 years, awarded at numerous festivals, some of the latest being the 2015 Silver Bear for best director (minor- ity co-production Aferim! by Radu Jude) and 2016 Golden Leopard for Best Film for "God- less" by Ralitza Petrova (in co-production with Denmark and France).

Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] www.contrast-films.net www.dynamicarts-bg.com Contact details: [email protected]

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Toronto Knowledge International

Ryan Harrington Hot Docs Rudy Buttignol Network Andrei Tanasescu Film Festival C ana d a Hot Docs is North America's largest docu- British Columbia's Knowledge Network is Toronto International Film Festival is the lead- mentary film festival, Forum, conference and a commercial-free, multi-platform public ing public film festival in the world, screening market held annually in Toronto, Canada. Hot broadcaster. Through television and the web, more than 300 films from 60+ countries every Docs offers a broad range year-round film Knowledge Network broadcasts a mix of arts September. We’re most famous for our pas- funds, labs and mentorship to filmmakers and culture programs that explore the world sionate and discerning audience who by the around the globe. from local, national and global perspectives. hundreds of thousands fill our cinemas year after year. In 2015, we welcomed 480,000 at- tendees to the Festival. It is immensely suc- cessful both locally and internationally, as it has become a “must-attend” destination. Our programmers have earned a reputation for excellence, and a diverse array of films are shown: Hollywood galas, complete with red carpet glamour; the best in international cinema, the latest homegrown comedies… and everything in between. Our films are di- vided into programmes to help guide audience choices. Love horror flicks? Check out Mid- night Madness! Feeling edgy? Try Vanguard. Are you a TV buff? Get into Primetime. A true cinephile? Discover Platform.

Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] www.hotdocs.ca www.knowledge.ca Contact details: [email protected]

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CED - MEDIA Office Slobodanka Miskovic Martina Petrovic Danijel Pek ANTITALENT ART-KINO Croatia Cr oatia Antitalent is Croatian Art-kino operates as a platform for developing The Creative Europe Desk - Media Office is a production company audio-visual activities in Rijeka and it has un- promotion and information office for the Euro- focused on film, TV dertaken a role of the main promoter of film pean Commission’s sub-programme MEDIA, and online content. We cul­ture. Art-kino is much more than a place within the Creative Europe Programme, which are telling stories in a for screening and watching films – it is a place offers a wide variety of funding for film and unique way and devel- for discussion, education, communication and television, from training through development

Katarina Prpic oping creative relation- research of motion pictures, film reflection and distribution to markets, events and festi- ship with writers and and reflection on film. vals. The Creative Europe Desk - MEDIA Of- directors. fice (ex MEDIA desk Croatia) is hosted by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre since September 2008. It offers advice and answers enquiries from Croatian film and TV professionals, ex- plaining various funding strands and eligibil- ity criteria, organizing various presentations/ workshops, info days and lectures.

Contact details: Contact details: [email protected] [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] www.antitalent.hr www.art-kino.org www.mediadesk.hr

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Croatian Audiovisual Tena Gojic Tena Zvonimir Munivrana Corvus film Jadranka Hrga Centre DINARIDI FILM Cr oatia Corvus film has been established in 2004. The Croatian Audiovisu- Tena Gojic graduated in production at the with a single mission - creating film and televi- al Centre is the Govern- Academy of Dramatic Art and comparative sion content of high artistic merit. ment-backed strategic literature and philosophy from the Faculty of After producing numerous industry and com- agency for the audio- Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb. mercial films, in 2008 Corvus film went on to visual sector in Croatia. So far, she has produced short feature films create and produce a TV series entitled ‘U It aims to stimulate a and worked as a production manager on fea-

stanici’ – seven-episode sitcom that aired on Daniel Rafaelic successful, vibrant au- ture films and documentary TV series. She local TV . Upon airing, it was picked up by diovisual industry as has participated in numerous workshops for a national broadcast Nova TV, as a thirteen- well as to promote the the development and placement of audio- episode sitcom. widest possible enjoy- visual projects (EKRAN+, Midpoint, Breaking In 2011, Corvus started production of the ment and understand- Ground, CineVision). She is a member of the feature film ‘Children of the Fall’, directed ing of audiovisual works Croatian Association of Film Workers and Cro- by Goran Rukavina, starring Leon Lucev and throughout Croatia. atian Producers Association. Judita Frankovic. (featured at Warsaw film It was founded in 2008

festival, Braunschweig film festival and Red Tisljar Tina as a result of the new Square screenings in Moscow) Law on Audiovisual Ac- Currently, Corvus film is developing two fea- tivities unanimously passed by the Croatian ture films – migrant inspired ‘Heron Flies Parliament in July 2007. It is funded by the North’ (selected to Sources2 workshop) and grant-in-aid from the Government and through coming of age drama ‘Planted’, and a short contributions of all those using audiovisual film ‘Finders (not) keepers’. Also, we are co- works, such as broadcasters, digital, cable producing Albanian feature film 'Man of the and satellite operators, Internet providers, tel- House' by Andamion Murataj. ecoms, etc.

Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] [email protected] www.corvusfilm.hr www.havc.hr Contact details: [email protected]

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Miljenka Cogelja Ankica Juric Tilic Hulahop Maja Vukic Interfilm Kinorama Cr oatia Hulahop Film and Art production is an in- We are Interfilm, a creative production com- Kinorama is a production company special- dependent film production company based pany from Zagreb, Croatia. We started in the ized for production of feature films, founded in in Zagreb, Croatia. Hulahop focuses on pro- early 1990s, producing TV ads, music videos Zagreb in 2003. Our permanent staff consists duction of creative documentaries, shorts, and short videos. Soon afterwards, our first big of six people, four of them producers. Kino- documentary TV seres, and also organizes the project came – the independent production of rama has produced 21 feature-length films, world festival of animated films – Animafest a feature-length movie. Since then, we have some of which co-productions, number of Zagreb, the second oldest film festival in the produced more than 30 feature-length films. shorts and three TV series. Kinorama's artis- world that is completely dedicated to anima- We have also produced many documentaries, tic team is composed of established authors tion. In film production Hulahop works with series and various television projects.We are and debutants alike. Special attention is given innovative authors who are passionate about proud recipients of numerous festival awards, to the project development and projects are exploring their genre and theme and who love both from Croatia and abroad. But our activi- regularly presented at numerous international their characters. ties are not limited to production alone. We production markets and developed at film In production and development: The DB independently develop screenplays for fea- workshops. Campaign (a hybrid feature length docufiction ture films, documentaries and TV movies, Kinorama's latest titles are "Quit Staring at My film about the biggest humanitarian action of and other television formats.We are open for Plate" by Hana Jusic (Venice Days 2016, 32 Wolrd War II, helped by the Croatian Audio- collaboration and looking for new ideas and film awards, Croatian candidate for Academy visual Centre, EURIMAGES and MEDIA pro- challenges. Contact us at interfilm@interfilm. Awards) and "The High Sun" by Dalibor Ma- gram, Slovenian Film Fund, EAVE and the City hr and send us your screenplays, stories or tanic (Cannes FF 2015 - Jury Prize winner; of Zagreb, 2017.) and Slumbering concrete treatments. Please remember to enclose your nomination LUX Prize, Croatian candidate for – Unfinished Modernisations (second season CV, synopsis and contact info (phone, address Academy Awards, 30 international and na- of the TV documentary series on modernist and e-mail address). If you send us physical tional awards). architecture). Documentaries in development: copies of your screenplays, we reserve the Bogomolje, Lessons from my Father, The Wolf right to keep them. of The European Union.

Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] www.hulahop.hr www.interfilm.hr www.kinorama.hr

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MP Film Igor A. Nol Production Sinisa Juricic Nukleus film Keser Tibor Restart Cr oatia MP Film Production is In the past 15 years, Nukleus became a re- Restart is a multifaceted organization focusing a production company gional production company whose films on production, education, distribution and ex- providing service re- crossed borders and were shown at impor- hibition of creative documentary films. Restart sources for companies tant festivals such as Cannes, Berlin and acts as a regional hub for discovering new tal- who wish to shoot Film, Sundance. In 2012 together with director ent. The company was founded in 2007 and is TV and Commercials in Miha Knific we established Nukleus film Slo- run by a younger generation of film and media

Vanja Sremac Vanja Croatia, Slovenia, Bos- venia as our new outpost. In 2013 we also es- experts. Our films were a part of most of the nia and Herzegovina, tablished Jaako dobra produkcija (JDP), as a biggest festival venues in the world winning Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia. Working company specialized for co-productions and many awards. with major international productions from all production service. The intent was to have a over Europe, USA, UK and Asia, we offer full co-production/production service house to ful- bidding and production coordination, as well ly use cash rebate in Croatia for international as full production services. Our dedication to projects. We get continuous support from Cro- make efficient shoot days resulted in working atian Audiovisual Centre (HAVC) and Slove- with companies such as MJZ, Radical Media, nian Film Centre (FCS). We regularly take part Rattling Stick, Knucklehead, Stink, Smuggler, in co-production forums and successfully ar- BBC, Nimbus Film, Eccose, Fidelite, HBO and range co-productions. Nukleus is a member/ many others. participant of the European Film Academy, Our latest titles include McMafia by James ACE, EAVE, as well as a regular attendant of Watkins, The Greatest Man by Mikkel Serup, the coproduction and pitching forums. We at- Dede by Mariam Khatchvani, Sparrows by Ru- tended training programs such as EAVE, Pro- nar Runarsson. ducers on the Move, ACE Producers Network, Producers Lab Toronto and Torino FilmLab.

Contact details: [email protected] [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] www.mp-films.com Contact details: [email protected] www.restarted.hr

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Barbara Jukopila Bojan Kanjera Sekvenca Darija Kulenovic Gudan STUDIO DIM U SVOM FILMU Cr oatia SEKVENCA is an award-winning produc- 2018 Aleksi, director & script: Barbara Veka- Production company U SVOM FILMU is tion company based in Zagreb, Croatia. The ric, feature film POSTPRODUCTION based in Zagreb, Croatia. It was founded by focus of the company is to produce projects 2018 My Grandpa is an Alien, d: Dražen producer Barbara Jukopila with the aim to en- by upcoming authors with distinctive vision. Žarkovic, Marina Andree Škop, feature film able emerging Croatian filmmakers to launch SEKVENCA is best known for its successful (transmedia project) for children - POSTPRO- their first cinematic vision. In 2015 producer short films: Picnic (2015), directed by Jure DUCTION Đina Jakir joins the company. The company’s Pavlovic made an impressive festival run 2016 Housing Problem, doc TV series 8x45’, primary goal is to establish a recognizable director Silvana Mendušic, for Croatian Radio- (100+ festivals) after its premiere at Berli- platform for developing and producing highly television nale – Berlin International Film Festival. It is personalized and high-quality films, from 2016 A Well Spent Afternoon, short fiction, di- the first Croatian majority produced film that rector Martin Turk, Bela Film in coproduction documentaries to fiction shorts and feature won the European Film Award (EFA, best with Studio Dim films and expose them beyond the national European short film 2015). The company 2015 Let's Play a Story: The Ant and the borders. Highly attention is paid to discovering has developed sustainable co-operation with Grasshopper, short animated film 7', director: and supporting emerging authors as well as national and local film funds (Croatian Audio- Marina Andree Skop to creating grounds for international collabora- visual Center, Zagreb Cultural Office), national 2014 RECi. interactive TV Show for the teen- tions and co-productions. public broadcaster (HRT), regional funds (SEE agers 20x25', screened at Croatian Cinema Network) and distributors. In addition, Radiotelevision, Sekvenca has established contacts with key 2014 SpaceLab, TV series for children 30x7’ co-producing partners (Staragara Slovenia, 2nd season, screened at Croatian Radiotelevi- Wakeup films, Bas Celik Serbia, Monokel Ger- sion, many) with a view to foster international co- 2014 The Cover Story, documentary 60', di- productions for upcoming projects. rector Silvana Mendjusic 2013 In treatment , TV series 45x30’, screened at Croatian Radiotelevision,

Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] www.sekvenca.hr www.dim.hr Contact details: [email protected]

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Zagreb Film Nenad Puhovski Boris T. Matic Boris T. Festival Zagrebdox Petra Oplatkova ARTCAM Cr oatia Zagreb Film Festival has ZagrebDox is an international documentary Film Distribution ARTCAM was founded by Ar- from the very beginning film festival taking place in Zagreb every year, temio Benki in 2000 with intention to bring a been focused on pro- in late February / early March. Launched in quality European art house cinema to Czech motion and presenta- 2005, the festival is intended to provide au- audiences. Since then ARTCAM distributed tion of film debuts and diences and experts insight into the recent over 150 films: The White Ribbon, Persepo- emerging filmmakers. documentary films, stimulate national docu- lis, Post tenebras lux among many others. In

Lana Ujdur The main (competition) mentary production and boost international 2012 ARTCAM entered in production, devel- section has thus far and regional cooperation in co-productions. oping author driven projects of local directors. seen former first-time directors, like Steve Mc- ZagrebDox is a specialized festival that pre- Since its foundation 20 years ago, Sirena Film Queen, Cristi Puiu, Radu Jude, Xavier Dolan, sents the best creative documentary films with produced over 25 films and TV productions Andrei Zviagintsev, Taika Waititi, Jeff Nichols an imaginary form and choice of topics that and 800 commercial spots and music videos. etc., while the national Checkers competition make it unique in Croatia and Europe. Within the last 3 years, we have co-produced programme gathers and presents new up- several major films including “A Royal Affair” and-comers on the Croatian film scene. (Academy Awards Shortlist, Silver Berlinale The Industry section, dedicated to educa- Bear), the largest Danish TV project ever - a tional and practical content, will host a series television series “1864” of workshops, talks, panels and other events (Miso Film), and a period drama “Marguerite” intended for film professionals, emerging film- by Xavier Giannoli (Fidelite). makers and all those with an interest in dif- ferent aspects of film production. Industry will also include the 7th edition of My First Script workshop, intended for filmmakers preparing a screenplay for their first feature.

Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected], www.zagrebfilmfestival.com Contact details: [email protected] [email protected] www.propelerfilm.com www.zagrebdox.net www.artcam.cz, www.sirenafilm.com Cz ec h Re p ublic

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Hanka Kastelicova Rebecca De Pas Markéta Štinglová Czech Television EX Oriente Film HBO Europe

Czech Television is a public service broadcast- Ex Oriente Film is an international training HBO Europe currently provides basic and pre- er in the Czech Republic. Currently the Czech programme for documentary professionals mium channels to fifteen countries: Hungary, Television has been broadcasting 6 programs supporting the development and funding of the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Ro- on 5 Channels. CT 1 is a broadly targeted, creative documentary films from Central and mania, Bulgaria, , Slovenia, Croatia, family-oriented channel with drama, enter- Eastern Europe. The core of the Ex Oriente Serbia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Macedonia and tainment, news, current affairs and lifestyle Film workshop is based on three week-long Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Netherlands. programming. CT 2 is a channel, with factual, residential workshops held over 9 months. HBO Europe offers five high quality movie documentaries, as well as acquisition drama. Cz ec h Re p ublic Each year we select up to 12 projects that channels (HBO, HBO2, HBO Comedy, Cin- CT :D is a children´s channel, without adver- receive assistance from a wide range of film emax and Cinemax2); HBO Europe also offers tising. CT art is focusing on culture, music, theatre, art films and docs about art. CT 24 is experts, with each workshop focusing on a the latest on demand services with HBO On a 24-hour news channel CT sport broadcasts different segment of development. Our partici- Demand, the subscription video-on-demand world, European and Czech sports events. pants are given a tailored guidance in develop- service, and HBO GO, the broadband sub- ing the subject, narrative and the visual style scription service that gives the subscriber un- of their projects, making drafts of a financing paralleled flexibility and program choice. and distribution strategy, and finding interna- tional partners. The course culminates in the pitching ses- sions of projects at the East Doc Forum co- production meeting, featuring the final pitch- ing in front of Europe's and North America's leading commissioning editors and independ- ent producers, distributors, buyers and film fund representatives.

Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] www.ceskatelevize.cz/english www.dokweb.net Contact details: [email protected], www.hbo.hu

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Ji.hlava International Karlovy Vary Documentary Film International Martin Horyna Barbora Struss Jarmila Outratová Festival Film Festival Midpoint

The Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Hosting its 53rd edition MIDPOINT is an international training and net- Festival is the largest festival of creative docu- in 2018 and selling working platform for script and project develop- mentary films in Central and Eastern Europe. 140,000 tickets every ment for emerging film professionals – aimed at It draws attention to documentaries notable year, the Karlovy Vary creative teams of writers, directors and produc- for their innovative visual style and a deeper International Film Fes- ers from Central and Eastern Europe. social reflection and confrontation. tival is the largest and MIDPOINT focuses on narrative film and TV

Hugo Rosak projects and operates as a year-long center or- Cz ec h Re p ublic Ji.hlava IDFF has also a rich Industry section, most prestigious film which includes the successful Emerging Pro- event in Central and ganizing a string of workshop programs. ducers programme focusing on the upcoming Eastern Europe. Established in 1946, KVIFF generation of talented European documentary is one of the oldest A-list film festivals (i.e., film producers. non-specialized festivals with a competition The festival is famous for its informal atmos- for feature-length films), a category it shares phere, discussion character and full screening with the festivals in Cannes, Berlin, Venice, or venues – over 40,000 viewers visited the fes- San Sebastian. The Festival annually presents tival last year’s film screenings. The 22nd edi- around 200 films in three competitions and tion of Ji.hlava IDFF will take place on October numerous informative sidebars. With an ex- 25-30, 2018, in the Czech Republic. Jarmila tensive industry programme, it is considered Outratová is the Head of Industry Office at the most important event in the whole region Ji.hlava IDFF. by both filmmakers and distributors, sales agents, and journalists.

Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] www.ji-hlava.com [email protected], www.kviff.com www.midpoint-center.eu

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Julie Zackova Francesco Montagner Nutprodukce Unit and Sofa Ove Rishøj Jensen EDN

Nutprodukce is one of the leading Czech pro- Unit+Sofa Local is the Unit+Sofa department EDN provides documentary consulting and duction companies. Its position is based on a catering for original projects and representing informs about possibilities for funding, financ- wealth of experience raging from documenta- selected directors for the Czech market. ing, development, co-production, distribution ries, high end tv series to animated works, and The aim of this project is to transfer the in- and collaboration across borders. This is done an artistically diverse selection of the best art ternational experience and high-end work via individual consultancy to members on doc- house Czech cinema. Nutprodukce’s reputa- Unit+Sofa has been providing since 2009 into umentary projects, activities like workshops, tion stands for both professionalism and non- the local market. We have been a co-produc- seminars and conferences as well as through Cz ec h Re p ublic conformity, best exhibited in its works such as tion partner to a number of projects, most re- the two indispensable resources The EDN Fi- the miniseries Burning Bush (11 Czech lions, cently Alma Har'el's ""LoveTrue"", which pre- nancing Guide and The EDN Co-Production Czech Oscar candidate), Graffitiger (Student miered at Tribeca and was awarded the Best Guide. Oscar nominee) or animated short Pandas Documentary Award at 2016 Karlovy Vary film (Cinfondation 3rd Prize, Cannes 2013). festival. We are now in development process Characterized by its distinct artistic policy, the of a feature film ""Mountains in the Mist"" with company constantly seeks original and inno- writer Milada Masinova and director Agniesz- vative slate of audiovisual works from the cen- ka Smoczynska. tral Europe. Nutprodukce has also become known for discovering and developing a long- term relationships with new directorial and screenwriting talent, having produced more than 6 first time features. Denma rk

Contact details: Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] [email protected] www.unitsofa.cz www.edn.network

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Masterplan

Per Damgaard Hansen Pictures Eva Juel Hammerich Nepenthe Film Katrin Pors Snowglobe

Denma rk Masterplan Pictures aim to produce high qual- Nepenthe Film, founded by producers Nina Snowglobe is a film production company es- ity films with a strong artistic vision. The Co- Lyng and Eva Juel Hammerich in 2005, is a tablished in by producers Mikkel penhagen based company premiered its first creative Danish production company. Nepen- Jersin, Katrin Pors & Eva Jakobsen. short film Seven Boats at Toronto International the Film mainly focuses on feature films, but With its strong international roots, and par- Film Festival 2014 followed up by two other also develops and produces short films, TV ticularly strong affiliation with Latin America, short films by new talented filmmakers. Mas- and drama series, we have a particular focus Snowglobe is a dynamic production company terplan Pictures premiered its first feature film on adaptations, content for younger audiences working with feature films across borders. Winter Brothers in main competition at Locar- and female driven projects. At Nepenthe Film The producers’ current slate include films by no Festival 2017 winning four awards before we have production experience locally as well directors such as Amat Escalante, Ask Has- going to a number of internationally acclaimed as internationally. selbalch, Carlos Reygadas, Ciro Guerra, Jaime film festivals. Our main focus is on the individual talent. We Rosales, Jeanette Nordahl, Joachim Trier, Jo- develop and produce projects in close collabo- nas Arnby, Josefine Kirkeskov, Kasper Gaard- ration and as an integrated part of the creative søe, Martin Skovbjerg, Omar Shargawi & Ral- team. We work with established names, but itza Petrova. we also emphasize the development of new Snowglobe won the Silver Lion in the official and interesting talent. It is our responsibility to competition in Venice for THE UNTAMED (LA inspire the new generation as well as the es- REGIóN SALVAJE) by Amat Escalante and the tablished talents in our field and business. We Golden Leopard in the official competition in want to work in an innovative environment that Locarno for GODLESS. will nourish and challenge our intellect. We do not aspire to be traditional or conventional.

Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] www.masterplanpictures.com Contact details: [email protected] www.snowglobefilm.com

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Space Rocket Lene Borglum Riina Sildos Nation Silje Nikoline Glimsdal TrustNordisk Amrion OÜ

Space Rocket is a Denmark-based independ- TrustNordisk is one of AMRION was established in 2003 by Riina Denma rk ent production company dedicated to produc- the largest sales agents Sildos to produce high quality feature films ing highly artistic, edgy, and counter-cultural in Europe and the and documentaries for local and international feature films for an international audience. The leading expert when it cinema and TV markets. Since then Amrion company was founded in 2008 by producer comes to Scandinavian has produced five documentary films and ten Lene Børglum and director Nicolas Winding feature films and TV- feature films. The box office hits „Mat the Cat”

Refn and has between other things produced Nicolai Korsgaard series worldwide. (2005), „The Class” (2007) and „I Was Here“ Refn’s feature films ONLY GOD FORGIVES We represent one of the most extensive cata- (Estonia-Finland, 2008). The “Class" is one of (Cannes Competition 2013) and THE NEON logues in Europe, with films from both upcom- the most successful films ever to come out of DEMON (Cannes Competition 2016). ing talent and highly acclaimed directors such Estonia, winning 25 awards from more than as Lars von Trier, , Thomas Vinter- 70 festivals, having been sold to more than 90 berg, Nicolaj Arcel, Harald Zwart, Hans Petter countries and evolving into award-winning TV Moland, Roar Uthaug and Lukas Moodysson. series. These films were followed by “The Poll We put great pride in representing both fes- Diaries” (2010, Germany-Austria-Estonia), tival darlings and big-budgeted films based “Hella W” (2011, Finland-Estonia) and “Une on bestsellers from authors such as Jo Nesbø Estonienne a Paris” (2012, Estonia-France- and Jussi Adler Olsen. Belgium). The latest productions include We collaborate with both large production “Kertu. Love is Blind“ (2013, Estonia), “I companies as well as independent producers Won’t Come Back“ (2014, Russia-Belorussia- Estonia-Finland-Kazakstan), “Seneca’s Day”

within all of Europe, functioning not only as a estonia sales agent, but also as co-producers, creative (2016, Lithuania-Latvia-Estonia) and psycho- partners and contribute with our know-how logical drama “Pretenders” (2016, Estonia- through business consulting on a large variety Lithuania-Latvia). of high profile projects. Welcome to our world of films!

Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] www.spacerocketnation.com [email protected] www.trustnordisk.com Contact details: [email protected], www.amrion.ee

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Tallinn Black

Estonian Film Nights Film Marge Liiske Giampietro Balia Baltic Event Eda Koppel Institute Festival ESTONIA Baltic Event is the largest international co- Estonian Film Institute Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival is a unique production market in North-Eastern Europe (EFI) is a national foun- event recognized by FIAPF combining a fea- taking place within the Industry@Tallinn dation, financed mainly ture film festival with the sub-festivals of ani- events during the Black Nights Film Festival in by the Ministry of Cul- mated films, student films and children/youth November. A total of 180 projects have been ture. EFI supports de- films. The festival aims to present Estonian presented since its launch and over the years, velopment, production audiences a comprehensive selection of world

they have enjoyed notable success at interna- Edith Sepp and distribution of films, cinema in all its diversity with the emphasis tional film festivals and the box office. It also promotes Estonian on European films, providing a friendly atmos- comprises a training program for screptwrit- films, film industry and film heritage, and es- phere for interaction between the audience, ers, works in progress session, plus lectures tablishes and develops international contacts. Estonian filmmakers and their colleagues from and open discussion on hot topics in the au- abroad. diovisual film industry.

Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected], [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] be.poff.ee www.filmi.ee www.poff.ee

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Finnish Film Mark Lwoff Bufo Lasse Saarinen Foundation Ari Matikainen Kinocompany Finlan d Producers Misha Jaari (b. 1972) and Mark Finnish Film Foundation is in charge of the Kinocompany Ltd, established 2006 by Ari Lwoff (b. 1976) have both studied in Aalto Uni- public funding and promotion of the Finnish Matikainen, is a production company located versity's Film Department in Finland. They audiovisual production. Our annual budget is in , Finland. We feel passionate about have both participated in EAVE Producers around 25 million euros and we also support quality content and compelling, character Workshops and Producers on The Move. Mi- co-productions. driven stories that have impact on us all. Our sha has participated also in the ACE Network international co-productions consist of crea- and Training Programme. Films produced by tive documentaries, TV-series and fictional Misha and Mark have received international features encompassing all aspects of human recognition and 34 Jussi Award nominations life. (Finnish equivalent to Oscars). Founded in 2007 and led by producers Mark Lwoff and Misha Jaari, Helsinki based Bufo has produced a number of feature films such as Academy Award Winner Jörn Donner’s films Armi Alive! (2015), Pirjo Honkasalo’s Concrete Night (Finland’s official entry for the Academy Awards and Golden Globes in 2014) and Zaida Bergroth's The Good Son (2011). Bufo's first TV series Northern Mishaps pre- miered in 2015. Furthermore, Bufo has been involved in a number of international co-pro- ductions. The latest co-production The Other Side of Hope by Aki Kaurismäki had its inter- national premiere.

Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected], www.bufo.fi www.ses.fi www.kinocompany.fi

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Yle - The Finnish Broadcasting

Liisa Karpo napafilms Elli Toivoniemi Tuffi Films Oy Erkko Lyytinen Company F INLAN D Napafilms produces fiction and documenta- Films that dare to make that crazy jump Yle - Finnish Broadcasting Company, service ries in all possible forms: short, feature, web- Tuffi Films is an award-winning film produc- on tree national channels, looking for crea- series and interactive. The focus is on films tion company based in Helsinki, Finland, tive documentary films for prime time slot on that help to understand the different kind of founded in 2010. The company is formed of channel TV1. phenomena and people in this world – and three producers (Elli Toivoniemi, Venla Hell- thus ourselves. We are experienced in inter- stedt and Sanna Kultanen) and three writer/ national co-productions and actively looking directors (Kirsikka Saari, Jenni Toivoniemi for new collaborations. The company was and Selma Vilhunen). The films of the com- established in 2009 by producer Liisa Karpo. pany have enjoyed international success at Some of our latest films are: Boys Who Like the Academy Awards, and at festivals such as Girls (2018) Grey Violet –Odd One Out (2017), Sundance, Berlinale, Locarno, Visions du Réel Cheer Up (2015). and Clermont-Ferrand. Tuffi Films develops feature films with a wide range of genres from contemporary drama to comedy, as well as versatile creative docu- mentaries and cross media series for televi- sion. The company produces quality films and series on contemporary topics with a human touch, made to stand the test of time. Con- tent with an international appeal that dares to make that crazy jump.

Contact details: [email protected] www.napafilms.fi Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected]

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Annecy Cinéma Murielle Thierrin Francesco Giai Via Francesca Feder Aeternam Films

Aldabra Films Italien FR ANCE

French film production company based in Aldabra Films provides solutions to videos and Annecy Cinéma Italien is the renowned festi- Paris, France. It was founded in 2002 by films productions at competitive prices for both val devoted to Italian cinema that takes place Francesca Feder. Arnaud Louvet joined in shootings and photographic projects in French every year at the end of September in the ho- 2007. Guiana, Brazil, Surinam and French Caribbe- monymous town in the south of France. Since an.Based in Paris and Cayenne, Aldabra Films 2017 the artistic director is italian film critic offers a variety of locations from cityscapes to and programmer Francesco Giai Via. landscapes such as jungle and beach… Our network and partners enable us to operate in Brazil, Columbia, Surinam and French Carib- bean.Our experience allows us to anticipate problems and find effectives solutions. Aldabra Films assists you in each step of your video, film, or photographic production for scouting the locations, casting and at every step of pro- duction. Our goal is to provide you with quality choices while giving you cost-effective solutions that will meet your specific needs.

Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] www.aldabrafilms.com www.annecycinemaitalien.com

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Arizona ARTE FRANCE

Guillaume De Seille Claire Launay Cedomir Kolar ASAP Films

FR ANCE Productions CINEMA

Paris-based Arizona Productions is led by Since its founding, Arte France Cinema has Independent production company interested Guillaume de Seille to produce and copro- been involved in more than 600 films and primarily in feature films of authors from all duce art-house feature films mainly directed has worked together with over 300 different over the world. by non-French emerging talents; Bénédicte directors representing more than 50 different Thomas is handling domestic theatrical distri- nationalities. The subsidiary policy focuses on bution for most of the films. talent renewal, efforts to boost European and world cinema, and steps to revitalize French cinema. Roughly speaking, co-production may be broken down into three categories: one-third first features, one-third French films, and one-third international joint ventures.

Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] www.arizonafilms.net www.arte.tv Contact details: [email protected]

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Alexis Hofmann Jasmina Sijercic BAC FILMS Bocalupo Films Catherine Le Clef

CAT&Docs FR ANCE

For over 30 years, BAC FILMS has been Bocalupo Films is a production company CAT&Docs is a Paris based sales agent com- amongst France top independent distributors based in Paris. Our aim is to explore the di- pany set up by Catherine Le Clef. CAT&Docs and has distributed over 500 films (9 of which versity of the audiovisual field, producing ei- is looking for pertinent and impertinent docs have won the "Palme d'Or" in Cannes) BAC ther fiction or documentaries, but also video at any stage on topical questions and timeless FILMS is active in : theatrical distribution, vid- installations. Producer Jasmina Sijercic has subjects; docs that are carefully researched; eo publishing, VOD and TV sales, international a particular interest in developing projects as docs that rigorously explore the subject mat- co-production, international sales. international co-productions. ter, that are audacious, open to the diversity of the world and that have their place on the international scene; docs that question the world and propose new ways of looking at it. Docs that keep us from closing our eyes. Award winning documentaries such as: The Poetess, Cameraperson, Citizenfour, The Good Postman, Stranger in Paradise, Communion, La Chana, Let There Be Light, to name a few.

Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] www.bocalupofilms.com www.catndocs.com

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Joséphine Vinet Anton Calleja Maria Bonsanti

FR ANCE CNC Eurimages Eurodoc

The Centre national du cinéma et de l'image Eurimages is the co-production fund of the EURODOC is a training program designed animée (CNC) is a public administrative or- Council of Europe. Set up in 1989 as a Partial for documentary film producers who want to ganization. Agreement it currently has 38 Member States. enhance the development stage of their pro- jects on the international level, as well as for commissioning editors from the documentary departments of television stations and funding institutions. EURODOC fosters the development of docu- mentary film projects in a highly demanding and creative way.

Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] www.coe.int/en/web/eurimages/home www.eurodoc-net.com

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Christian Riffard Cecilia Johnson-Ferguson Marco Urizzi Eye on Films FROZEN FROGS

EWA Network FR ANCE

EWA Network supports Developed in January 2011 by Wide with the Webseries, documentaries and Movie feature women through net- support of the European Commission (Crea- producer, based in Paris and Germany working opportunities, tive Europe MEDIA Program), Eye on Films is training, research pro- a label and a support platform dedicated to grammes and member the promotion and circulation of first and sec- benefits that encourage ond European films.

Simona Nobile the professional devel- Thanks to the support from the European Com- opment of women in the mission and with our network of more than 153 audiovisual sector and film professionals (including 53 film festivals, enables online and of- 78 distributors and numerous exhibitors based fline knowledge sharing. in more than 50 countries), EoF guarantees the promotion, exhibition and commercialization of independent films worldwide. Alessia Sonaglioni

Contact details: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: www.ewawomen.com www.eyeonfilms.org [email protected]

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Les Arcs European Film Nathalie Jeung Anna Ciennik Matthieu Taponier

FR ANCE Independent LE PACTE Festival

Born in 1982, Matthieu Taponier is a Franco- Le Pacte is a Distribution, International sales European Film festival based in les Arcs, American script consultant, screenwriter and and Co-production Company based in Paris. It Bourg Saint Maurice, France. film editor. After studying Modern Literature in has been founded in December 2007 by Jean Paris, he completed a MFA in filmmaking at Labadie, with a team of young experienced New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. executives whose common goal is to develop He was trained as a story editor by the Torino- an efficient, talent friendly tool dedicated to FilmLab Script&Pitch program in 2013 and cinema from all over the world, in all its styles. has been tutoring since in workshops such The only criteria will be Enthusiasm, Quality as Next Step, Biennale College - Cinema, and and Passion. Le Groupe Ouest’s Cross-Chanel Film Lab. He Alongside cult hits by directors such as Nanni collaborated both as a script consultant and Moretti, Mathieu Kassovitz or Tran Anh Hung, film editor on by László Nemes Le Pacte also handles sales for more recent (Cannes Film Festival 2015 Grand Prix, 2016 titles by famed French directors such as Alain Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film). Resnais (LIFE OF RILEY), Joachim Lafosse (AFTER LOVE), (THE NUN, THE KIDNAPPING OF MICHEL HOUELLE- BECQ, VALLEY OF LOVE), as well as other in- ternational festival hits such as Abderrahmane Sissako’s TIMBUKTU, and & Juliano Salgado’s THE SALT OF THE EARTH.

Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] www.le-pacte.com Contact details: [email protected]

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Lucas Le Postec Laura Briand LES FILMS D'ICI Laurent Danielou LOCO FILMS Luxbox FR ANCE

Les Films d'Ici has expanded over the last LOCO is a Paris-based world sales and pro- A Paris-based company, Luxbox is dedicated thirty years and continue to realize its dreams duction company created in 2015 by Laurent to international sales and co-production of for drama, documentaries, animation and Danielou and Enrique Gonzalez Kuhn, cinema selected projects.With a complementary in- now interactive projects across all production lovers and veterans in the European film indus- dustry knowledge built on experience in pro- and distribution formats. We share a desire to try who are joining forces in order to find and duction, distribution, acquisitions, sales and create and shape an additional tool that puts reveal the finest of independent filmmaking festivals programming, Fiorella Moretti and artistic work at the heart of decisions and the Hedi Zardi started with a solid film catalogue film-making process. and a passionate pool of world cinema direc- Working alongside, Laura Briand, Frédéric tors such as Lisandro Alonso, Bruno Dumont, Chéret, Richard Copans, Serge Lalou, Sébast- Amat Escalante, Ole Giæver, Carlos Reygadas ien Onomo and Charlotte Uzu will strive to or Jonas Carpignano. perpetuate, develop and pass on our approach by making several generations of producers partners in an adventure initiated by Richard Copans almost 30 years ago. Selective filmography: Bon appetit: Gérard Depardieu's Europe by Stéphane Berghouni- oux - Fuocoammare"" by Gianfranco Rosi - Le Gang des Antillais by Jean-Claude Barny - Mi- chael KohlhKohlhaas by Arnaud des Pallières - Orpheline by Arnaud des Pallières - Rainbow by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani - Ricordi? by Vale- rio Mieli - The Obama Years by Norma Percy"

Contact details: Contact details: [email protected] [email protected] www.lesfilmsdici.fr www.loco-films.com Contact details: [email protected]

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Marché du Film - Julie Bergeron Benjamin Mirguet Ilann Girard

FR ANCE Festival de Cannes Mômerade Olffi

The Marché du Film is the most important Mômerade is a Paris-based film company Olffi.com is the largest database about public event in the industry and the leading meeting founded by Lucie Kalmar, producer and con- funding, covering over 85 countries and 80 place for 10 000 film professionals, including sultant, in 2005. financing scheme for development, produc- 3 200 producers, 2 300 theatrical distributors, We care for cinematic works, long and short, tion and postproduction for film and television. 1 500 sales agents and 790 festival program- meant for festivals and theatres, galleries or Olffi .com which is free. Registered users have mers. the world wide web. We dedicate ourselves to access to several useful tools to better search the films we love and help them be financed, the database and compare funds. Olffi is sup- shot, edited, heard, sold, shown and seen (not ported by Creative Europe/Media program as necessarily in this order). well as several film funds. It is run by Ilann Girard and Joelle Levie. Olffi aims at becoming a fully integrated portal for film financing.

Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected], www.olffi.com

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Quinzaine des Semaine de la Rémi Bonhomme Christine Raeisen pariscience Benjamn Illos Réalisateurs Critique FR ANCE

Christine, former senior commissionner at Born in the aftermath of the 1968 events the Sidebar section of the Cannes Film Festival, ARTE France, is currently the curator of the in- Directors’ Fortnight will celebrate it's 50th edi- la Semaine de la Critique has steadfastly re- ternational science film festival PARISCIENCE tion in 2018. mained true to its tradition of discovering new and working as an independant consultant for Striving to be eclectic and receptive to all talents. Ever since it was conceived by the international producers and organisations. forms of cinematic expressions, it's program French Union of Film Critics in 1962, the ob- PARISCIENCE is a film festival which crosses pays attention to the annual production of fic- jective of la Semaine de la Critique has been to science with cinema to shed light on the evo- tion features and documentaries. showcase a selective programme of 10 short lution of the various scientific disciplines and It encourages the emergence of independent films as well as 10 first and second feature their impact on society, our condition as hu- fringe filmmaking, the contemporary popular films by directors from all over the world. In man beings and our place in the world. genres, the expression of individual talents the recent years, being a true discoverer of Each year, the festival showcases the very best and original directorial voices. new talents helped La Semaine bringing to of French and international science-linked light and awarding films like Take Shelter by films. Many of the films had never been shown Jeff Nichols, The Lunchbox by Ritesh Batra, on French television or screens. The Kindergartenteacher by Nadav Lapid, The The festival runs for 6 days in early October Tribe by Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy, It Follows and is held at the Muséum National d'Histoire by David Robert Mitchell, Paulina by Santiago Naturelle in Paris. It is organised by the As- Mitre or Raw by Julia Ducournau. Since 2014, sociation Science & Télévision (AST), a col- la Semaine de la Critique supports the film- lective of independent production companies makers selected for its short films competi- working to promote science on film and televi- tion in the transition to feature film through sion and developing relationships between the its training-workshop Next Step organized in audiovisual sector, the scientific world and a collaboration with the TorinoFilmLab. large audience.

Contact details: Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] [email protected] www.pariscience.fr/en www.quinzaine-realisateurs.com www.semainedelacritique.com

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UDI - Urban Distribution Carine Chichkowsky Delphyne Besse Pierre Menahem

FR ANCE Still Moving Survivance International

Founded in 2015 by Pierre Menahem and Juli- Survivance is a production/distribution com- UDI – URBAN DISTRIBUTION INTERNA- ette Lepoutre, Still Moving is a Paris based pro- pany, created in 2010 by Guillaume Morel TIONAL presents international arthouse films duction and international sales company dedi- and Carine Chichkowsky. In choosing to name by promising young filmmakers and renowned cated to produce and represent challenging our company ‘survivance’ we wanted to evoke directors whose films distinguish themselves arthouse films across the world. Our credits in- the way in which images can resurface, un- through innovation and originality. Since its clude Julia Murat PENDULAR (2017 Berlinale expected and reminiscent, appearing “despite creation in 2004 by Frédéric Corvez, UDI has Fipresci Winner), Ala Eddine Slim THE LAST everything”. always been driven by the same goal: bring OF US (Tunisia official entry to the Oscars, Lion With a dozen produced films which premiered quality cinema to the largest audience possi- of the Future Winner in Venice 2016), Tamer at the Berlinale, Locarno, Rotterdam and key ble on every continents. El Said IN THE LAST DAYS OF THE CITY (Ca- documentary festivals (Nyon, FID, Festival du ligary Award Berlinale 2016). In production Reel, CPH Dox...) Survivance was also the re- : Maya Da Rin THE FEVER (Brazil), Omar El cipient of funding from CNC, Eurimages, Doha Zohairy FEATHERS OF A FATHER (), and Film Institute, and the Hubert Bals Fund. Ala Eddine Slim TAMLESS (Tunisia). Through its distribution activities Survivance introduced French audience to world film- makers such as Koji Fukada, Kleber Mendoça Filho, Katsuya Tomita and Anocha Suwicha- kornpong. In its DVD publishing, Survivance showcases the great names of documentary and fiction cinema, releasing films by Apit- chatpong Weerasethakul, Harun Farocki, Hong Sang-Soo, Bob Conolly and Robin An- derson, but also young promising authors such as Alessandro Comodin and Koji Fukada.

Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] www.stillmoving.fr www.survivance.net Contact details: [email protected]

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Wide Maja Milos Marie Pierre Valle Management Wild Bunch Cosima Finkbeiner

Beta Cinema FR ANCE

Founded by Loïc Magneron, WIDE is a leading Created in 2002, Wild Bunch is a leading in- World sales and co-financing company Beta independent sales company currently repre- dependent film distribution company. Cinema has established itself as a ""boutique- senting more than 20 new feature films a year A major player in international sales, Wild operation"" for quality feature films that com- and a library of more than 500 fiction titles Bunch is also active in France on theatrical bine commercial viability with artistic integrity. and 300 documentaries represented by the distribution (Wild Bunch Distribution) and in Prime examples are Oscar winners and world- branch WIDE HOUSE. video distribution (Wild Side Video). The com- wide B.O. hits like , IL In 2011, Eye On Films (EOF) was created, pany has developed a pan-European distribu- DIVO, MONGOL and DOWNFALL. which is a label focused on promoting first tion network with direct distribution arms in Current highlights include the Emma Watson, feature films and highlights emerging authors Italy (BIM Distribuzione), in Germany (Wild Daniel Brühl, Michael Nyqvist thriller CO- through its unique global network of film pro- Bunch Germany) and in Spain (Vertigo). LONIA, Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner fessionals. Wild Bunch has also positioned itself in the SAND STORM and and 2017 Oscars con- Our catalogue contains a variety of movies market of electronic distribution through its tender THE KING'S CHOICE. The slate of up- from internationally acclaimed directors (re- French VOD/SVOD platform FilmoTV. coming titles is spearheaded by THE HAPPY stored classics by Max Ophuls LOLA MONTES, PRINCE, written and directed by Rupert Ever- J-L Godard VIVRE SA VIE among others) but ett with Rupert Everett, Colin Firth and Emily also a selection of genre/horror and edgy dra- Watson, as well as WERK OHNE AUTOR, the mas from around the world. new film by Oscar-winner Florian Henckel von In 2015, WIDE launched its Distribution de- Donnersmarck. partement, with the release of «BONTE DI- VINE», a film by Vinko Bresan, which was a box-office success in Croatia and internation- ally distributed in more than 32 countries. G e r man y

Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] [email protected]

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CALA Corso Film and Kim Busch Ümit Uludag Martina Haubrich Filmproduktion Televionproduction DOK Leipzig

G e r man y CALA Filmproduktion Berlin was established Fascinating stories for Extraordinary Cinema. Founded in 1955 DOK in 2016 and produces fiction and documen- Leipzig is the oldest tary films for cinema and series for the inter- documentary festival in national market. the world, but from its Set up by producer and managing partner first edition on animated Martina Haubrich she is supported by her ex- films were part of the

perienced partners from different fields of the Leena Pasanen programme which to- industry: Alexandre Geisselmann and Reno day extends into cross- Koppe as distributors, writers and directors media art. This makes Leipzig unique in the Angelina Maccarone and Barbara Albert as international festival landscape as well as its well as Austrian producer Michael Kitzberger. strict attention to artistic quality. The programme includes international com- petitions for long and short documentary and animated films as well as for animated docu- mentary, for German documentaries and the Next Masters Competition. There are numer- ous special programmes like the regional fo- cus, a rich historical retrospective, a homage to a master and many more. Today, DOK Leipzig has grown into an inter- national centre of competence for documen- tary and animated film that is active through- out the year.

Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] www.calafilm.de www.corsofilm.de [email protected], www.dok-leipzig.de

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FilmFestival Gabor Greiner Marcel Maïga Cottbus Films Boutique Andrea Wink goEast-Festival

The FilmFestival Cottbus was first held in 1991 Independent Berlin-based international sales Every year in April, goEast transforms State G e r man y and is regarded as the most important festival company specialized in distribution of innova- Capital Wiesbaden into one of the most im- of Eastern European Cinema worldwide. The tive feature films by filmmakers from all over portant international centres for Central and city of Cottbus is located 120 km southeast of the world. Only 10 to 15 new titles are added Eastern European cinema. Around 140 feature Berlin and is a gateway to the east, only a few to our line-up per year as we are going back films, documentaries and short films, cover- miles away from the border to Poland in the to basics: treat films as works of art and con- ing the seven sections of the festival, will be bilingual (German/Sorbian) Lausitz region. centrate ourselves on a limited number of high screened to appeal to both professional visitors Every year, filmmakers, producers and actors profile titles. We are proud to serve our pro- and local cinema audiences alike over the sev- from Eastern and Central Europe meet in Cott- ducers and distributors, who trust us in build- en festival days. With the East-West Talent Lab, bus. The film industry platform “connecting ing up long lasting relationships and a repute goEast provides young filmmakers from the ar- cottbus” plays an important role in bringing of new and confirmed talents. eas of direction and production with a valuable together filmmakers, producers and poten- platform for networking and further education tial financiers. It even pushes some projects during the festival week in Wiesbaden. Here, from the first idea to the actual film. FilmFes- tomorrow’s pros are able to gain festival and tival Cottbus is a hallmark as a consumer and co-production experience for the first time. The industry meeting alike. With a representative best pitch will be honoured with the goEast De- overview of the current film production of the velopment Award, which has been presented entire Central and Eastern European region, since 2014 and is endowed with prize money it has developed continuously into the lead- in the amount of 3,500 euros. ing festival for East European Cinema. The FilmFestival Cottbus presents 18 awards, which are endowed with a total value of over € 75,000.

Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] www.filmfestivalcottbus.de [email protected] www.filmfestival-goeast.de

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Neue Picture Tree Rickard Olsson Alexander Ris Janine Jackowski Komplizen Film Mediopolis Film International

G e r man y Komplizen Film was founded in 2000 by Janine Neue Mediopolis Filmproduktion is a Leipzig Picture Tree International GmbH is a world- Jackowski and Maren Ade during their studies based company with offices in Berlin and sales & production company with headquar- at the Munich Academy for Film and Televi- Bergen. Our main focus are international Co- ters in Berlin. The core business of the com- sion. Both serve as Komplizen Film’s managing productions for theatrical release, feature films pany is worldwide licensing of film rights and directors and are active as producers for the as well as documentaries. the coproduction of international feature films company. In 2010, they were joined by Jonas We are looking back to a range of success- in an integrated business model. Dornbach as managing director and producer. ful and award winning productions (i.e. Gold- Picture Tree International GmbH was founded Komplizen Film’s primary focus is on develop- en Palm Cannes 2010, Special Jury Award in December 2012 and currently represents ing arthouse feature films and international Sundance 2013) and as follows: up to 12 theatrical feature films per year, rang- co-productions for the cinema as well as 2016 Albüm, Director: Mehmet Can Mertoglu, ing from mainstream to arthouse cross-over working to establish German directors on an premiere: Cannes 2016 productions. international level. 2015 One Floor Below, Director: Radu Munte- We seek out projects that have a special region- an, premiere: Cannes 2015 al and cultural character, projects that cross 2014 The Judgment, Director: Stephan borders and encourage us to think beyond Komandarev, premiere: Warsaw Filmfestival boundaries. We appreciate cinematic scripts 2014, (all Bulgarian ) and directors that exhibit a unique signature 2014 Come to my Voice, Director: Hüseyin style. We believe in building long-term relation- Karabey, (Berlinale, Generation competition) ships with directors and production partners. 2013, Circles, Feature Film, Director: Srdan In 2015, Komplizen Film was honoured with Golubovic (31 main awards so far, Special the Award for Outstanding Accomplishments Jury Price Sundance) in German Film by the DEFA Foundation. 2012 Upside Down, Feature Film, Director: Bernd Sahling (Childrens Film, Berlinale Gen- eration competition)

Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: Contact details: www.komplizenfilm.de [email protected] [email protected]

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Rise and Shine Saxonia Diana Karklin Daniela Chlapikova Pluto Film World Sales Simone Baumann Entertainment

Pluto Film is a world sales company special- Rise and Shine World Sales markets and sells Saxonia Entertainment is one of Germany's G e r man y ized in distribution of exceptional feature films outstanding documentary films to broadcast- leading producers of factual and factual enter- from around the globe and devoted to bringing ers and local distributors around the world. tainment programming with special expertise feature films to the international market and Founded in 2007, the company’s Managing in the fields of international co-production, worldwide audiences. Director Stefan Kloos and his team Diana Kar- history programming, quality dramatic recon- We promote high-quality fiction films from klin and Anja Dziersk take a selection of 12-16 struction and production in the former Soviet Germany and around the globe with a focus new films per year plus a growing exquisite Union as well as Eastern Europe. on arthouse and cross-over films as well as catalogue to the major markets and directly to Simone Baumann is the head of the documen- debut features by emerging talents. broadcasters and other distribution channels. tary department of Saxonia Entertainment. Strong storylines and style, universal topics, For documentary and international co-pro- personal perspectives. Youth and pop culture. duction, contact: simone.baumann@saxonia- Current affairs, human rights issues, popular entertainment.de science, ecology, geopolitics. We do every- thing to see each film “rise and shine”.

Contact details: Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] www.plutofilm.de [email protected] www.saxonia-entertainment.de

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Screen Martin Blaney Ioanna Bolomyti International Sabine Bubeck-Paaz ZDF/ARTE Argonauts

G e r man y Screen International is the international voice ARTE is a European Argonauts Productions SA, founded in 2003, of the film business. From offices in London public-service cultural is one of the leading audiovisual production and LA and with correspondents around the television channel. Its companies, based in Athens. Our films, do- world, it covers the global business of film originality lays in the mestic and international productions, have development, finance, production and distri- fact that it targets au- seen the success of numerous awards, box of- bution. Screen is published as a daily web- diences from different fice hits and presence at the major internation-

based news service - www.screendaily.com -, Meinolf Zurhorst cultural backgrounds, al film festivals.Argonauts focuses on meeting a monthly magazine, and as daily editions at in particular French and German. It is com- the needs of any project with optimum pro- all of the world's major film events. Based in posed of three entities: the headquarters in duction value on screen. In the last 10 years Munich and Berlin since 1988, Martin Blaney Strasbourg and two Members responsible for the company has produced 16 feature films, has been working in the European film indus- programme production and delivery, which are co-produced international films and TV con- try as a journalist (for Screen International ARTE France in Paris and ARTE Deutschland tent. In addition, with a true knowledge of the since 1990) and a moderator for panel discus- TV GmbH in Baden-Baden. country’s locations, a vast network of skilled sions and pitching forums throughout Europe ARTE’s broadcasting experience over the past professionals, and expertise in legal, tax and and beyond. He studied German and Russian years has shown that its name stands not only all production related aspects in Greece, we at the University of Durham and received a for innovative television, but also for the funda- deliver exceptional full package services at all doctorate from the University of Bath (UK) for mental values set out in its mission statement. stages of productions. a dissertation on the relationship between the Top-quality, topical evening schedules, docu- film industry and television in West Germany mentaries, feature films, TV films, music, thea- g r eece from 1950 to 1985. tre, informative programmes and much more can be seen on ARTE, with the exceptions of talk shows and sports programmes. The dif- ferent programmes invite you to discover other people, regions and ways of life, to experience culture in Europe and to better understand po- litical and social developments in today’s world.

Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: zurhorst.m@.de Contact details: www.argonautsproductions.gr [email protected], www.zdf.de, www.arte.tv 194

Greek Vassilis Kosmopoulos Vassilis Konstantina Stavrianou Film Centre Vicky Miha GRAAL Heretic Asterisk G R EECE

Graal s.a. is a production and post-production Greek Film Centre (GFC), a public benefit Heretic Asterisk* is a one-stop consulting facility in Greece. Currently in its 18th year of non-profit legal entity supervised by the Hel- company for international producers. operation, the company is focused on cinema lenic Ministry of Culture and Sports, is the Launched in 2017, Heretic Asterisk* aims at and its involvement in the cinematic process main institution that applies cinematographic using its creative networks and know-how to varies from the early stages of development to policy in Greece. offer cost-efficient and custom-made solutions providing post-production services for short, The GFC consists of 4 Directorates: for projects and completed films, providing a feature films and documentaries. It has pro- -The Production and Development Directo- 360 overview of the international market. duced three feature films and three docu- rate: responsible for the development and mentaries to date awarded in international production funding programs, as well as for festivals. In 2003, Graal entered international monitoring the projects till their completion. co-production and has continued with a wide -Hellas Film, the Distribution and Promotion selection of projects. It has a significant track Directorate: responsible for the promotion of record, with its films selected for Cannes, Greek Cinema in international festivals and Venice, Berlinale and other international fes- markets, and also for the support of Greek film tivals. The company has co-produced 53 films productions and co-productions’ distribution to date and has a portfolio of approximately and exploitation. 385 titles. Since 2010, it has been the main -Hellenic Film Commission: responsible for sponsor of the Agora Film Market section of promoting Greece as a film friendly country Thessaloniki IFF, offering a complete image and attracting foreign audiovisual productions post-production award. to shoot in Greece. -The Financial and Administrative Directorate.

Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] www.graal.gr www.gfc.gr Contact details: [email protected]

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Plays 2 Place Ioanna Davi Christina Liapi Chrysanthopoulos Vasilis g r eece Heretic Outreach Indigoview Productions

Heretic Outreach is an international sales Indigo View is an award winning media pro- PLAYS2PLACE is a cultural production com- company that supports and encourages out- duction company based in Chania, Crete. pany specialising in the implementation of standing films and filmmakers to reach out to With passion and creativity, we develop, pro- cross-media and research projects and in the the world, by becoming a key partner for solid duce and line produce innovative TV Series, development and production of films, TV Se- strategies in festivals, sales and alternative Films, Documentaries and Commercials for ries and theatre performances.The company’s distribution models. The company focuses Greek and Global clients. vision is to deliver original and compelling primarily on films that have been produced We have an unparalleled local knowledge of concepts and stories by taking creative risks, or co-produced by one of the countries in Crete, allowing us an extensive portfolio of ac- discovering new talents and exploiting the op- South Eastern Europe and plans to gradually tors and extras, supply of the latest film and portunities of radical and innovative means. expand its territory. video equipment, and access to hundreds of PLAYS2PLACE was founded in 2008 in Athens unique locations. by the cultural manager and social anthropol- ogist Martha Bouziouri and the film producer Vasilis Chrysanthopoulos and has evolved into an innovative matrix of cutting edge profes- sionals, attempting to apply its vision into four diverse but overlapping cultural sectors.

Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] www.heretic.gr www.indigoview.com www.plays2place.gr

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Real Eyes THESSALONIKI Antigoni Rota Elise Jalladeau Giannis Sotiropoulos Squared Square FILM FESTIVAL Productions G R EECE

Real Eyes Productions is an Athens-based Squared Square, is an urban nonprofit or- The Thessaloniki International Film Festival production company, created in 2015, by the ganization based in Piraeus. It is consisted is the top film festival of South Eastern Eu- film producer Giannis Sotiropoulos. It is dedi- of a group of young filmmakers who wish to rope, the presentation platform for the year's cated to the development and production of be active in the political cinema and respond Greek productions, and the primary and old- feature and short films, as well as documen- with direct shootings to the historical events est festival in the Balkans for the creations of taries with a strong artistic view, addressing taking place. Since 2009 we have produced emerging film makers from all over the world. audiences worldwide. The company's most plenty of awarded international short films In 2005 Agora Thessaloniki’s Film Market, recent credits include the short film “Mano- and cultural spots (National Greek theater, was created and established a productive dopera” by Loukianos Moshonas (Locarno Athens Biennale). Especially the Athens Bi- and unique form of helping and introducing Film Festival - Pardi di Domani 2016) and enalle spot was censorshiped from Greek Na- professionals from South-Eastern and Central the feature film “USSAK” by Kyriakos Kat- tional TV, prompting widespread support and Europe, the Balkan region, the Mediterranean zourakis, in coproduction with the Greek Film heightened interest from the press and social as well as the rest of the world to the invited Center. media in Greece and abroad (ARTE). We aim industry professionals, consultants, tutors and to promote political art and active culture by potential collaborators. Its activities include creating modern audiovisual projects focus- the Film Market, the Agora Works in Progress ing on modern social matters. Most of our and Crossroads Co-production Forum. The productions have participated in national and organization also hosts the Documentary Fes- international festivals and have been awarded tival (March 2-11.3.2018). prestigious prices and have been broadcasted by many TV stations around the world (ARTE, CNC, SBS, ERT, NIBC etc..) Especially the short film Casus Belli, Out of Frame, Washing- tonia, Yellow Fieber, have won m

Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] www.filmfestival.gr

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Patricia D'Intino Tibor Forizs Tibor Maria Repousi g r eece Wholewave Good Kids RTL Hungary

Wholewave is a young production company Good Kids is a Budapest-based boutique pro- Major broadcaster from Hungary with an ex- based in Athens, Greece. duction company founded by Patricia D’Intino tensive expertise in acquisition, commission Created in 2014 and currently run by Maria and photographer and commercial producer and production. Repousi, the company mainly develops and Leo Pinter focusing on upcoming directors produces short films, features and documen- and creative development as well as service taries by collaborating with a wide range of production. Their proposed debut feature talented and creative professionals. PINKLER was presented at the HNFF Incuba- tor program aimed at first time directors and received best Pack and Pitch award during SFF 2017. Hunga ry

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Compass Films/ Icelandic Film

Balázs Zachar Heather Millard Spier Films Laufey Gudjonsdottir Centre

After several years of practicing in the legal Compass Films produces independent non- The Icelandic Film Centre plays a key role in h unga ry field and public sector of the film industry I fiction and fiction content for cinema, tel- the vibrant Icelandic film industry, through its have started my producer career in 2017. The evision and online. Based in Reykjavik, Com- financial support scheme, international pro- focus of my activity is setting up projects with pass Films also provides production services motion of the Icelandic cinema and other initi- a solid coproduction structure, seeking stories throughout Iceland, as well as consultancy atives intended to further develop film making with a strong social and human dimension, and financial services to international produc- and film culture in Iceland. that are marketable in the international scene. tions. I celan d

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Giovanni Robbiano Debora Desio Marteinn Thorsson Tender Lee ehf 4roomsfilms A_LAB Srls icelan d Marteinn Thorsson formed Tender Lee ehf in 4 Rooms is a newborn film production com- A_LAB is house production for audio&video. 2008 with the aim to develop and produce pany based in northern Italy. We work audio and video the same way, they works for Thorsson to direct. In 2011, writer/ We are a team of dedicated and talented Cine- are two different kinds to communicate. The producer Gudmundur Óskarsson joined the ma aficionados focusing on the creation of gen- two founders are expert in this two skill: they company as co-owner and since then we’ve re driven, heart warming, entertaining motion are a video producer and sound engineer. Pre expanded our slate to include collaborations pictures for worldwide sales and distribution. production, production and post production. with other directors and companies in Europe. Specialized in low-to-mid-budget fare, the We work in network with Agenzia to find a per- In 2013 we produced our first feature, XL, company is developing original material with a fect concept for Adv; with the best directors; which was directed by Thorsson and went on solid understanding of what audiences enjoy. but we love also to work with younger talents. to win Best actor at Karlovy Vary International In spite of the fact that we are a brand new re- For more info, please visit our web site www.a- Film Festival and has since been invited to ality, we have just carried out two international lab.eu, you are welcome. festivals worldwide and been sold to countries co-productions and set up a sound relation- such as the US, France, UK, Canada and Ice- ship network of local stakeholders, enabling

y land. We are members of the Association of us to fully exploit the benefits of the italian Tax Icelandic Film Producers. We currently have Credit program: therefore we are also offering 5 projects in development, supported by vari- our company as a reliable partner for co-pro- ous funding agencies and/or organisations (in- ductions with Italy. ital cluding EAVE, Creative Europe, Icelandic Film Centre and various markets):

• WILD SUMMER (Drama) • RECURRENCE (supernatural “elevated” horror/thriller) • PROTOS (science-fiction) • ANGEL DUST (Drama) • YOSOY (TV Series, Near-Fi, Drama, Nordic Noir) Contact details: [email protected] www.4roomsfilms.it Contact details: www.a-lab.eu Contact details: [email protected] www.tenderlee.com 200 y

ital Valeria Cozzarini Valeria Dorino Minigutti Agherose Enrico Pacciani Alkermes Altreforme

Agherose is an independent production com- Founded in 2014 by Enrico Pacciani, Alk- Since 2010, Altreforme pany located in Udine, Friuli Venezia Giulia. ermes is a film production company based develops projects and It has always been involved in social com- in Florence and in Rome. In addition to con- products in different munication realising innovative projects with tinuing our output of creative and hybrid docu- fields, working with the aim of raising awareness and promoting mentaries, we are currently developing drama companies, publishers, health, in network with local governments and and animation features. Fueled by curiosity, artists, graphic design- private firms. Agherose develops and produc- our projects are driven by the determination Remigio Guadagnini ers and viedeomakers. es creative documentaries in co-production to explore the world’s complexities through Among the past pro- with national and international companies unique characters, engaging stories and an jects: Cinema Gratta- and broadcasters and with the support of Ital- ambitious cinematic approach. cielo / Il nemico su tutti ian and European film funds. The company We actively seek coproductions to support i fronti / La linea sottile is specialised in the production of documen- filmmakers through a collaborative process, / Segni particolari nes- taries regarding historical and current topics. with the aim of making films that have a strong suno / I luoghi della po- All its products are characterised by strong development and financial structure. esia / Viaggi nella parola creative spirit and social commitment and are Released documentaries: Irrawaddy Mon Andrea Trincardi / Alfabeto possibile / especially focused on individual and collec- Amour (IDFA premiere 2015, sales by Tasko- Un'idea di pittura tive memory and reutilisation of home movies. vski), and Sky Arte prime time tv events Indro Among the works produced by Agherose it is (2016) and Firenze 66 (2016). worth mentioning "Parole Povere" by Franc- Projects in development include hybrid docu- esca Archibugi and "Over the line" by Dorino mentaries on Italian soundtracks and on Chi- Minigutti. anti, the feature-length debut of award-win- ning stop-motion animation director Giovanni Maccelli, and an international film noir by the John Snellinberg collective.

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201 y

ital Ines Vasiljevic Rosanna D'Aloisio ASCENT FILM Giordano Bianchi Border Studio Caucaso

Is one of the most established Italian inde- Border Studio is an in- Caucaso is a cooperative society that have pendent film production companies in Italy. dependent film studio, been active since 2000 in research and in Founded in 2003 by Andrea Paris, over the located in Friuli Venezia documentary filmmaking. years it has produced a large number of short Giulia, Italy. It was born Among the various partnerships that Caucaso films, feature-length films and quality docu- in 2014 as the natural has created over the years we mention Rai mentaries. combination of the pro- Cinema, Rai Storia, Rai Radio 3, Rsi, Avrotros,

Ascent aims to be the ""searchlight district"" Martina Marafatto fessional abilities of the Maxxi Museum of XXIst Century Art Rome, of the industry, the hub where younger gen- three founding mem- Mart di Rovereto, Scuderie del Quirinale. erations can grow. The author is therefore bers. Giordano Bianchi, at the heart of Ascent Film's editorial strat- author, director and egy, aware that the formats, languages, ideas, DOP, gathered a decen- techniques, are undergoing constant renewal nial experience in the but can never be shorn from the creativity and audio-visual and docu- sensitivity of the artist. Ascent Film is particu- mentary sector, always

larly interest in emerging authors. Paola Sponda accompanied by his col- SELECTED FILOGRAPHY league Martina Marafatto, author, director and WHEREVER YOU ARE (in post production) by editor. Paola Sponda, with a long experience in Bonifacio Angius the private cultural sector as administrator and JUST LIKE MY SON (in post production) by producer, joined them on a second instance. Costanza Quatriglio, co-production with Caviar Border Studio produces and co-produces Film (Belgium) and Antitalent (Croatia) with mainly documentary films supported by na- the Eurimage support. tional and European funds. They produce My daughter’s first time first feature film by documentaries purchased by international Riccardo Rossi, 2015. In coproduction with broadcasters. They also cooperates with film Rai cinema. Distributor Universal. festivals, international cultural events, training agencies and schools. Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] www.caucaso.info www.borderstudio.it

202 y

Cinema&Video ital Giovanna Nicolai Francesco Costabile Carolina Mancini International Cinemaundici Controra Film

Trade magazine about cinema and audiovisu- In 1998 Luigi Musini and Roberto Cicutto Founded in 2013 by al industry, distributed in the main European joined director Ermanno Olmi, who is no longer Alessandra Grilli and markets and festivals. in the executive board, in the film production Serena Sostegni, Con- company, Cinemaundici. They have co-pro- trora Film develops and duced Jacques Rivette’s “Histoire de Marie produces independent et Julien”, “Ne touchez pas la hache” and first and second feature

“36 Vues du Pic Saint Loup”, Otar Ioselliani’s Alessandra Grilli films, with a special at- “Lundi matin” and “Jardins en Automne”, and tention to social and Ermanno Olmi’s “The Profession of Arms”, cultural contemporary issues. “Singing Behind Screens” and “One Hundred Among its productions the film "2night", di- Nails”. In 2010 Cinemaundici produced Sergio rected by Ivan Silvestrini and premiered at Castellitto’s film “Love & Slaps”. In 2011 Luigi Rome Film Festival 2016, >lice nella Città, Musini became the sole owner of the company "Via della Felicità", documentary directed by and in that same year Cinemaundici presented Martina Di Tommaso and premiered at Fes- Ermanno Olmi’s films “The Cardboard Village” tival dei Popoli 2017, "Diorama", directed by at the . In 2012 Olivia Demetrio Giacomelli winner of the first prize at Musini joined the company dedicating specific Turin Film Festival 2017. attention to the development of new projects. Cinemaundici is currently developing a num- ber of feature films for theatrical release.

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203 y

ital Creative Europe Luigi Chimienti Simona Pelliccioli Sarah Bellinazzi Desk MEDIA Italy DANDY PROJECTS dispàrte

The Creative Europe AUDIOVISUAL PRODUCTION COMPANY Dispàrte is an independent production com- Desk MEDIA Italy is the pany founded by Alessandro Amato and Luigi national information Chimienti in 2015 in Rome. Our mission is to and promotion office give voice to emerging talents, focusing on of the MEDIA Sub-pro- characters driven stories and international art- gramme, which sup- house co-productions.

Silvia Sandrone ports the European au- We produced Il Nostro Ultimo (Our Last, Italy diovisual industry. CED 2016), directed by Ludovico Di Martino, that MEDIA Italy consists of three offices (Rome, was theatrically released in Italy and it was one Turin and Bari) operating within Istituto Luce of the most awarded and selected Italian mov- and Mibact. Our offices offer free advice and ies of 2016 worldwide. help filmmakers and all audiovisual industry We collaborated on Il Più Grande Sogno (I Was professionals to apply to MEDIA's funding A Dreamer, Italy 2016) directed by Michele schemes and benefit from the support system. Vannucci and produced by Kino Produzioni Besides offering information on the various in collaboration with Upupa, Laser film and MEDIA funding and networking opportunities, dispàrte, that premiered at ORIZZONTI at the our offices host and attends event across Italy Venice Festival 2016 and received the nomi- to promote the Programme. nation for “Best Emerging Director” at 2017. The International Sales is TrueColors. We also produced advertising and short moives selected and awarded worldwide. Currently we are developing a documentary and two feature, including Hogar by Maura Contact details: Delpero. [email protected] [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] www.europacreativa-media.it Contact details: [email protected] www.disparte.com

204 y

ital Marco Alessi Federico Minetti Alessandra Principini Doclab Dugong Films EFFENDEMFILM

DocLab is one of the leading Italian production Dugong’s specific strategy of finding talent, Effendemfilm is an independent production company for cinema and television, special- innovative projects and working in an interna- company ruled by Federico Minetti, selected in ized in national and international coproduction tional framework has proved extremely suc- 2014 to represent Italy at Emerging Producers of high quality documentaries. cessful. Its productions have harvested a num- in Jihlava. In these years it has been produced ber of hits including: Stefano Savona’s feature several works such as:“Standing Army", "Chas- documentary ‘Tahrir – Liberation Square’, won ing the wind" by F. Ticozzi - selected at Visions the David di Donatello as best feature docu- du Reel and at Full Frame - , "Moo ya" by the mentary; the Venice Film Festival Orizzonti F. Ticozzi, Special Jury prize at Torino Film Fes- Award with ‘In Attesa dell’Avvento’ a short film tival and awarded as best doc. at the 27th Fes- by Lavorato & D’Agostino. ‘A Short History of tival Cinema Africano, Johnny, selected at Pre- Abandoned Scenes’, short directed by the re- mio Migrarti at Mostra del cinemadi Venezia. nowned artist Ra di Martino, is presented at About fiction in 2014, his short film, “Vis- Rotterdam FF, Tate Modern in London, Lima tamare” was selected at Giffoni film fest. Museum of contemporary arts. The short film ‘Recuiem’ by Valentina Carnelutti, winner of Turin Film Festival. The short film ‘Stella Maris’ by Giacomo Abbruzzese, winner of Canal Plus Award, in 2015 Clermont Ferrand competition and winner of the Golden Egg at the Kusten- dorf FF directed by Emir Kusturica. ‘The Chal- lenge’ a documentary feature by Yuri Ancarani, winner of Jury Prize at Locarno Film Festival.

Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] www.doclab.it www.dugong.it www.effendemfilm.com

205 y

ital FAR EAST FILM Sabrina Baracetti Iris Martin Peralta Pasqualino Suppa EUFRASIA FILM EXIT MEDIA FESTIVAL

Eufrasia Film is an independent production EXIT Media‘s contribu- Born in 1999 after the success achieved in founded in 2010 by Pasqualino Suppa. We tion to international film 1998 by the Hong Kong Film focus, Far East focus on projects with an international scope community span over Film is about to reach its 20th edition in Udine and “glocal” aims related especially to high- 9 years with experience (Italy) and still represents a unique opportu- light human being’s aspects in general. When in the arts and enter- nity to experience current trends in East Asian we make storytelling we want to put on focus tainment industry. The filmmaking. Every year, during its nine days of screenings, Far East Film offers the chance to the human in the heart of narration in a broad Federico Sartori company, founded by watch the most successful recent Asian re- sense. We are involved in research projects, Federico Sartori and Iris Martín-Peralta, is based leases as well as staging important retrospec- and social communication and we strongly be- in Rome and Barcelona. Its first project is an an- tives. In the pleasant, informal and relaxing lieve in the value of artisanal, (hand-crafted) nual film festival of Spanish cinema in Italy. EXIT festival mood, the newest feature films from the work in every field. Humans first! MEDIA is actually producing the length docu- Far East are presented along with tributes and mentaries “Esplugas City: a Spaghetti Western focuses on specific directors. From last year Story” and “Rest in Peace Mr. Hopper” about FEFF also hosts its new industry section called Dannis Hopper’s The Last Movie in Perú. From FOCUS ASIA, that brings together over 120 pro- 2012 EXIT media is a distribution company spe- ducers, investors, sales and buyers from Asia cialized in independent and quality movies. Its and Europe, and will include a Project Market line-up includes the animation “Arrugas” (Wrin- for genre films in development and a series of kles, 2011) by Ignacio Ferreras; “El estudiante” Panels & Case Studies dedicated to the latest (The student, 2012) by Santiago Mitre, Locarno trends of European and Asian genre-cinema. Special Jury Prize; EFA nomiated documentary Growing every year, the 19th Udine FEFF was “Dancing With Maria” by Ivan Gergolet; and “Vi- the world’s largest showcase of Asian Popular vir es fácil con los ojos cerrados” (Living is easy Cinema: a total of 60.000 viewers and more than 1.200 accredited guests coming from 20 with eyes closed, 2013) by David Trueba, win- different countries, plus more than 140 VIPs ner of 6 and selected to represent (film directors, stars, producers and Asian film Spain in the Oscars. experts), 200 international/domestic journal- ists, buyers and representatives of International Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] Film Festivals attended FEFF 2017. www.eufrasiafilm.it [email protected] www.exitmedia.org Contact details: www.fareastfilm.com 206 y

ital Film Commission FVG Audiovisual Andrea Cirla Elisa Bordon Fil Rouge Media Simone Gandolfo Vallée d'Aoste Fund

Fil Rouge Media started its activities in 2014 The Film Commission First experience in the as independent player in theatrical distribu- Vallée d’Aoste supports Italian panorama, the tion, in Italy and Italian speaking Switzerland, and develops the movie aim of the Friuli Ven- with special focus on international arthouse and audiovisual indus- ezia Giulia Audiovisual films, documentaries, music and books. try to promote the cul- Fund is to support the ture and the landscape development of local Alessandra Miletto of the Aosta Valley by Alessandro Gropplero film companies and supporting and assist- promote the regional ing production companies interested in shoot- audiovisual works in ing in this unique Northern Italian region at the national and interna- foothill of Mont Blanc. The objectives of the tional markets. The Film Commission Vallée d’Aoste additionally Fund operates in three include the promotion and delevopment of the main sectors: train- professional, technical and artistic talents of ing, development and

the region, training, coordinating exhibitions in Paolo Vidali distribution. Along with the movie domain and protecting and promot- the ordinary management of the fund, it has ing the local audiovisual assets and patronage. organized several events (When East Meets West, Ties that Bind, RE-ACT) aimed at cre- ating platforms for cinema professionals from all around the world and developing the local audiovisual industry. The main purpose is to offer new training possibilities and set up new market places, where professionals can meet up, share experiences and start to collaborate.

Contact details: Contact details: [email protected] [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] www.filrougemedia.eu www.filmcommission.vda.it www.audiovisivofvg.it

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ital FVG Film Enrica Capra Guido Cassano Commission GraffitiDoc Punzi Maria Teresa Hyphae

The FVG Film Commis- Founded in 2004 in Torino, Graffiti Doc is a Hyphae's projects have sion was born in 2000, production company that since its origin has have been shot all one of the first to be committed itself to the production of audio- around the world, fo- founded in Italy. Since visual works with an international scope. For cussing on such diverse then, we’ve been sup- more then ten years, Graffiti Doc has con- themes as portraits of porting hundreds of pro- centrated on the production of prime time internationally recog- jects - films, documen- Gianluca Novel feature-length documentaries for ARTE and Nicole Leghissa nized scientists to Arab taries, TV series, music other European public channels on relevant women in their wedding videos and commercials. preparations and ceremonies. Hyphae has In 2003, we were the contemporary subjects. Among them, ‘Dust. first to create a film fund. The Great Asbestos Trial’ (2011) was recipi- co-produced the Arte feature-length docu- Since then, for more ent of several awards at festivals worldwide; mentary THE CITY OF WOMAN – TODAY and than 10 years, the FVG ‘The Toxic Burden’ and ‘Europe for Sale’ developed the Arte-series EUTOPIA, creating Film Fund has support- (2014), also awarded, were sold to more visually fascinating character driven city por- ed countless produc- than 20 countries. More recently, with its new traits of Tallinn and Krakow. Federico Poillucci tions choosing to film in branch Graffiti Film, the company has focused Since five years Hyphae produce short docu- our region. We have proven experience in deal- on films for theatrical release. ‘Thy Father’s mentaries and videos to promote international ing with film production administration and lo- Chair’, which premièred at IDFA 2015 in main scientific activities of the UNESCO agencies gistics issues. Given our thorough knowledge of competition, was screened in over 30 among TWAS and OWSD. a relatively small territory, we are able to handle the main international festivals, included True/ the location scouting directly. A gallery of loca- False, DOC NYC, Thessaloniki, DocAviv, and tions is available on our website, and you may DocuDays UA, where it got the main award. request to access our database of more than ‘Another Me’ (2016) opened the 57 Festival 35.000 photos, a mapping so extensive we are dei Popoli, where it won the Audience able to send photos in advance to schedulling your surveys, saving time and money and help- ing us establish your needs. Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] www.fvgfilmcommission.com www.graffitidoc.it Contact details: [email protected]

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Ideal Filmworks ital Linda Beath Erika Rossi Italia INCANDENZA FILM Carlotta Calori INDIGO FILM

Idealfilmworks acts as an Executive Producer, Incandenza Film is an independent produc- Established in Rome in ‘94, Indigo Film primarily responsible for raising financing for tion company based in Trieste, aimed to the produces films, documentaries and series. feature films, feature documentaries, ani- realization of creative documentary films for Founding partners are Nicola Giuliano, Car- mated features and TV series. It also facilitates the international market. lotta Calori, Francesca Cima, having signifi- Strategic Planning workshops for production cant experience in international co-produc- companies and consults on government policy tions. Main filmography includes all of Paolo and programmes relating to project funding. Sorrentino’s films such as Youth (EFA - Best Picture/Director), (BAFTA, Golden Globe, Oscar as Best Foreign Film), This Must be the Place, Il Divo (Cannes Film Festival-Jury Prize).Amongst the recent pro- ductions: Lucky (Sergio Castellitto), Sicilian Ghost Story (F.Grassadonia, A.Piazza), The Invisible Boy (), The Wait (Piero Messina), Me, Myself and Her (Maria Sole Tognazzi), One Kiss (Ivan Cotroneo), Slam (Andrea Molaioli) based on N.Hornby’s novel, The Double Hour (G.Capotondi),The Human Cargo (D.Vicari), Slow Food Story (Ste- fano Sardo), the series An Imperfect Mum, the comedy Welcome Mr President! 2018 slate includes The Invisible Boy’s se- quel, Capri-Batterie by M. Martone and Them by Sorrentino.

Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] www.incadenzafilm.it www.indigofilm.it

209 y Italian Short Film Center / Centro ital Nazionale del Marco Valerio Fusco Marco Valerio Clizia Di Blasio Inhouse Intramovies Jacopo Chessa Cortometraggio

InHouse is a “Digital Cinema Boutique” based Intramovies is an independent sales company Italian short films promotion agency. Organizer in Rome that has been providing digital post- established over forty years ago with the intent of Torino Short Film Market. production services since 2013 when a quali- to be the helping arm for creative producers fied group of professionals in various fields got and new directors. together to set up a structure committed to During all this time it has remained mainly and delivering an innovative offer in the audiovisual foremost an international distributor of qual- sector. ity movies from all over the world, particularly focused on first and second features directed by talent directors. Every year the company’s line-up is chosen among movies of high standard production value that get their highlights at major inter- national festivals. Intramovies also boasts a wide catalogue that includes some of the most prestigious Italian classics directed by acclaimed authors like Fellini, Antonioni, Visconti, Argento, Pasolini, De Sica and many others.

Contact details: Contact details: [email protected] [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] www.inhousepost.it www.intramovies.com www.centrodelcorto.it

210 y

Jacopo ital Jacopo Wassermann Francesca Lixi Wassermann Kiné Laura Pellicciari KINEOFILM

Jacopo Wassermann is a writer/director whose Kiné is focused on making arthouse docu- Kineofilm is an independent Italian production shorts have screened in Turin, , Los An- mentaries and productions for cinema, TV house focused on socially and culturally com- geles, Beijing, Kolkata, among other venues. and digital platforms. In 2012 Anita by L. Magi mitted feature films. He assisted during the was in competition at Torino Film Festival and In particular, it strives for a more democratic writing for his Danish-comeback A Man DocLisboa. In 2013 The Train to Moscow by F. communication and perceives its research in Comes Home. He worked for production com- Ferrone and M. Manzolini was in competition the cinema language. Our projects are built in pany Ukbar Filmes in Lisbon and did produc- at TFF and Karlovy Vary Film Festival and was an international framework, believing art is the tion assistance for a number of short and fea- distributed by Istituto Luce Cinecittà. In the most universal language. ture film productions, including Terry Gilliam's same year Holidays by the Sea by E. Cavazzo- upcoming The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. ni was in competition at Festival Internazionale He was a jury member for Venice Days Awards del Film di Roma. In 2014 A Noble Revolution 2015. by S. Cangelosi was in competition at TFF and He harbors an undying love for Michael distributed by Cineteca di Bologna. In 2015 Mann’s films and stories with high stakes. The Magic Legacy by L. Cini was in competi- tion at Festival dei Popoli. In 2016 The Magic Legacy won a Special Mention at Bellaria Film Festival. In 2016 Circle by V. Monti produced with Rai Cinema, was presented at Filmmaker Festival. In 2017 The Prince of Ostia Bronx by R. Passerini was in competition at Biografilm Festival and won three prizes: LifeTales Award Italia, Audience Award Italia and Follower Award.

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211 y

ital LA SARRAZ Alessandro Borrelli Giovanni Pompili Kino produzioni PICTURES Giulia Esposito Lab 80 film

Kino produzioni's main goals are to research La Sarraz Pictures since 2004 produces fea- Lab 80 film was founded in 1976 as a distribu- and develop a new cinema point of view strong- ture films, creative documentaries, animation tion company for independent films. ly linked with reality. Kino is working to develop and webplatforms /games for theatrical and tv Since then, the company brought to the Italian a new generation of emerging talents often co- release. La Sarraz Pictures like to work in co- market films by authors like Wenders, Fass- producing with international companies. production with EU and non EU countries. binder and Herzog, today reference points in In 2016 Kino presented IL PIÚ GRANDE SOG- film culture. Lab 80 dedicated itself to the re- NO, debut film by Michele Vannucci in Orizzon- discovery of great films of the past, distributing ti Competition at Venice, VALPARAISO by Carlo films by Imamura, Dreyer, Bresson, Tarkovs- Sironi awarded of Prize Video und Surtitlung at kij, Lubisch and Wilder. Over the years many Pardi di Domani at Locarno and THE SILENCE films of artistic and cultural value have been by Farnoosh Samadi and Ali Asgari premiered acquired, which did not find space in com- in the Short Film Competition in Cannes. In the mercial distribution. same year Kino set up the social film literacy In the last two years we decided to invest sig- project “TOR SAPIENZA FILM LAB” engaging nificantly to improve our presence, increasing teenages in the outskirt of Rome: the result is the catalogue. Beside other titles, fiction and ALMOST HEROES by Giovanni Piperno, a short documentaries, we focused on productions film that won the NASTRO D'ARGENTO award. from countries that are barely present in Ital- The lab was part of the developing process of ian market, and titles by young directors at the feature film WE ARE THE WINNERS co- their first or second film. Lab 80 film works produced with ’s Archimede on three main branches: restored classics dis- and selected at MIA coproduction Market tribution, documentaries and little productions 2107. with great cinematic and artistic relevance.

Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] www.kinoproduzioni.it www.lasarraz.com www.lab80.it/distribuzione

212 y

ital Cinzia Masòtina Giancarlo Chetta Laser Film Lo Scrittoio Adriano Bassi LUME

Passion, dedication, Lo Scrittoio is a company focused on inde- Lume is a production quality, and competi- pendent cinema offering different services: company based in Turin. tiveness are the criteria promotion, conventional and unconventional During the past decades that have driven Laser distribution, communication and press office. Lume’s team has built S. Film in the cinema solid and productive market and have made relationship with Italian

Andrea Di Nardo the company a solid Lara Calligaro Film Commissions, the point of reference for Regional Governments national and international majors since 2001. and all burocratic sys- “Ours is a dynamic and expanding company”, tems. The results is a says Managing Director Andrea Di Nardo, “that perfect understanding of keeps its finger on the pulse of new technologies the Italian film fund and in order to provide our clients with the best audio tax credit system and and video post-production services. We’re the more importantly, how only European facility with two screening rooms Paolo Giacomo Marino best to apply them. with Meyer Sound EXP Dolby Atmos sound sys- Lume provides also executive productions tems and 4K and 3D projectors.” to projects with budget ranging from a few Creativity, precision, and promptness are the thousand to millions of euros – TV Series and characteristics that define Laser Film, multi- Feature Films, Commercials, Corporate Vid- award winning professionals with proven ex- eos, Still Photo Shoots, Reality TV and Game perience worldwide. The perfect mix between Shows, Web-Based Programming and more. technology and know-how make Laser Film the Lume works with national and international place where your television and cinema projects feature films and commercial production com- can become unparalleled, top-notch creations. panies, photographers and producers. Lume is a new challenge for a team that comes from a long experience. Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] www.laserfilm.it www.scrittoio.net Contact details: [email protected] [email protected], [email protected] www.lumeprod.it 213 y

ital Maximilien Dejoie Alexia De Vito M&N Graziella Bildesheim MAIA WORKSHOPS Mia

M&N was born in 1997 and in our twenty years Maia Workshops is The MIA Co-Production Market is the co- of activity we produced over 350 commercial an advanced training production Platform of the MIA|Mercato Inter- productions such as TV documentaries and programme for young nazionale Audiovisivo of Rome. It's the place reportages, which were broadcasted on major and upcoming pro- where filmmakers and their producers – se- TV channels all over Europe. An experience ducers supported by lected from among the world’s most interest- which allows us to take care of every stage of European audio-visual ing talents on the independent film scene –

an audio-visual production, from development Alessandra Pastore programmes and insti- find an ideal platform for presenting their new to production and from post-production to dis- tutions since 2005. Its hands-on participative projects and connect with key players in the tribution. and creative approach to coaching young pro- International audiovisual industry. M&N’s future strategy is to use our produc- fessionals has attracted more than 400 par- tion experience to make new creations in the ticipants and over 20 partners to its workshops domain of creative documentary and to build held in 35 different countries. the grounds for international co-productions. Maia has a steady hold on the state of the art Our goal is to develop and produce projects in the global audiovisual market and involves with strong narratives that carries a high po- many among the best industry experts in the tential for both festivals and sales. “I’ll Stand world. Its exclusive focus on new and innova- By You” is our first international co-production tive ways of making and marketing films sets on a creative documentary. the participants at the very centre of the pro- cess and provides them with the fundamen- tal skills to steer their projects to their chosen audience. Maia is made up of three independent five-day workshops across a year. Its offer also includes collaborations with Festivals and markets and tailored events for partners.

Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] www.medianautica.tv Contact details: [email protected] www.miamarket.it [email protected] www.maiaworkshops.org 214 y

Michelangelo Milano Film ital Pepi Romagnoli Alice Arecco Chiara Fortuna Mibact film Network

The Italian Directorate Michelangelo Film is an an indipendent Ital- MFN - Milano Film Network unites the ex- General for Cinema of ian Production Company, based in Milano, perience and resources of Milan’s seven film the Italian Ministry of dedicated to making quality films for a broad festivals for a cultural offering throughout the Cultural Heritage, Ac- public. year and a series of services for those who tivities and Tourism is in The company's objective is to support creative operate in the cinema and in the audiovisual charge of public func- projects based on universal stories, to be de- sector in Milan and in Italy. The primary objec-

Iole Maria Giannattasio tions and duties related veloped through international co-productions tive is to create a stable model of collaboration to the Film Industry, its mandate entails the involving the artistic contribution of our foreign through an inter-organizational network, in the promotion, the development, the production, partners. first place between the film festivals, which the protection and the dissemination of Italian Michelangelo Pastore is the Company's CEO allows an innovative exchange of knowledge, Cinema.This mission is deeply connected to which he manages together with Pepi Romag- resources and services, with the organization the nature of one of the most innovative forms noli, film director. of a calendar of activities, in collaboration with of Italian cultural expression – motion picture Films produced: other subjects, such as te creation of a com- – based on the need of consolidating the para- Tre finestre sul cortile – short feature film, 40’ mon archive and the digitalization of its works, mount role of. Quanto costa diventare un Angelo? – docu- but also the distribution of the films and the mentary for Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual organization of workshops and training paths. University In 2014 it starts up initiatives of production of Il verde nel futuro dell’attività estrattiva – docu- audiovisual projects, such as In Progress and mentary for the Regione Lombardia Atelier MFN (for films in development and in Italian Housing Programme – documentary for post-production), which result in the Milano the South African Housing Board Industry Days, the main professional event for Electoral TV ads independent Italian cinema.

Contact details: [email protected] [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] www.cinema.beniculturali.it www.michelangelofilm.it www.milanofilmnetwork.it

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ital Mostra del MYRO Angela Prudenzi Roberto Minini Merot Francesca Moino Minerva Pictures Cinema di Venezia COMMUNICATIONS

Minerva Pictures Group has been operating in The Venice Film Festival was born in 1932. The Myro Communications the entertainment industry for more than 60 Festival is organized by La Biennale di Venezia is a company operating years, producing, distributing and trading film and directed by Alberto Barbera. The Festival is at a highly professional copyrights. During its activity, the Company officially recognised by the FIAPF - Internation- level in video produc- has acquired and consolidated a library of ap- al Federation of Film Producers Association). tion for Cinema and TV proximately 1.200 film titles, from the 50’s up The aim of the Venice Film Festival is to raise industry, as well as for

to nowadays, which makes Minerva one of the awareness and promote the various aspects Ferdinando Vicentini Orgnani companies, institutions, leading independent exporters and content of international cinema in all its forms: as art, and advertising agen- providers in Italy and Europe. entertainment and as an industry, in a spirit of cies. Main Products: freedom and dialogue. The Festival also organ- 2017 -“Two Minuet- ises retrospectives and tributes to major figures tos” film-concert (Paolo as a contribution towards a better understand- Fresu and Uri Caine). ing of the history of cinema. 2016 -"Il cielo senza The line-up of the Festival includes the sections fine" docufilm (Gino

Venezia-Competition, Orizzonti, Out of Compe- Luigi Viglione Paoli). tition, Biennale College - Cinema, Venezia Clas- 2015 -"Un filo di trucco, sici, and Cinema nel Giardino. un filo di tacco” the last live tour of Ornella The autonomous and parallel sections include Vanoni. the sections International Critics’ Week and the And many spots and institutional videos for Giornate degli Autori-Venice Days. main industrial companies. In progress: Docufilm: “Luchino Visconti e la musica” Film project: "Musicians" a music travel around the world. Film project: “Ballando con Cecilia"

Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] www.minervapictures.com Contact details: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 216 y

No.Mad Partner Media ital Claudia Soranzo Genchi Lydia Nefertiti Film Entertainment Andrea Stucovitz Investment

Nefertiti Film is an in- No.Mad Entertainment is an independent film Partner Media Investment was founded in dependent production company distributing Italian and international 2006 by Andrea Stucovitz, who had a long ex- company, located in movies, documentaries and TV series, with the perience in the cinema industry. Since then, it the north-east of Italy, purpose of introducing the public to powerful has produced theatrical films and documenta- which operates at both social themes. At the same time, No.Mad En- ries, all international coproductions: national and interna- tertainment also demonstrates an affinity for PMI is an independent production company

Nadia Trevisan tional level. It creates sophisticated comedies and for those films that mainly focuses on arthouse projects. research projects with that manage to actively entertain the audi- Latest film include Hannah by Andrea Pal- a strong authorial orientation for film, but not ence. laoro, Biennale di Venezia '17, Coppa Volpi for only, all based on an ‘artisan’ philosophy. It is Best Actress. a small but dynamic company, with a modular In production: Stay Still by Elisa Mishto. structure, that adapts itself to the work in pro- In development: I Am Sorry by Francesco Pi- gress. Nefertiti Film believes that cinema can ras; Durendal by Egidio Eronico be a means of social development. Its projects stimulate the audience to active participation: the film becomes the starting point for per- sonal reflection that is an integral element of viewing the film but also continues outside the cinematographic scope. Nefertiti Film have already participated in a number of interna- tional film festivals (Locarno, Rome, Munich, Reykjavik, Montreal, Belfort, Moskow...), be- ing often praised and awarded.

Contact details: Contact details: [email protected] [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] www.nefertitifilm.it www.no-madentertainment.eu www.pmisrl.eu

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Paulillo&Teti ital Boutique Law Quasar Leonardo Paulillo Fabiana Balsamo Firm Paola Lombardini PiElle MediaMix Multimedia

Leonardo Paulillo is the founder of the Bou- PiElle MediaMix pro- Quasar Multimedia is tique Entertainment Law Firm "Paulillo & Teti". vides multi-platform an independent pro- Currently he is also Director of the Culture marketing and com- duction company based Desk of Confindustria Puglia, the main Indus- munication consultancy in Friuli Venezia Giulia. tries Association in Italy. He has over 15 years services, both at strate- Since 2008 we produce experience dealing with intellectual property, gic and operational level. high quality creative Marco Zovi working and negotiating contracts with many For his long experience Marta Zaccaron documentaries for the of the top companies in the entertainment in- in audiovisual domain, national and interna- dustries and a deep commitment to providing it operates internally both the shooting script tional television market. During these years we the highest level of service to every client he and the editing, using consolidated external have created a strong connection with our ter- works with. camera crews for the shooting. PiElle Medi- ritory, working regularly with the regional FVG His practice focuses on entertainment, intel- aMix also offers the copywriting, ghostwriting Film Fund and Film Commission. We have lectual property, fine arts, digital, communi- and storytelling services. In the last few years, also weaved an important network of local cations and media transactional issues but it has created a section on the illustrations, professionals with great experience. In these he also handles corporate, LLC and other comics and cartoon, and he has also pub- years Quasar Multimedia has become one of business matters, intellectual property agree- lished graphic novels and advercomics. the main production companies of documen- ments, drafting all contracts related to au- Graphic design and corporate identities are al- taries in Italy and our projects are often se- diovisuals. Mr. Paulillo has been appointed ways made inhouse, in addition to advertising, lected in prestigious European festivals. from AltaMedia a media broker company for media planning (traditional media, new and Quasar Multimedia is working in Italy with RAI structuring and revising business proposals social media) and public relations. and is also constantly co-producing with for- for codevelopment, strategic partnerships, co- eign companies documentaries that find dis- financing, film library acquisitions. tribution on the most famous European chan- nels. Recently, we are developing two fictional feature film which are achieving strong inter- est nationally and internationally. Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] www.deskcultura.com www.plmediamix.com [email protected] www.quasarmultimedia.it 218 y

rai ital radiotelevisione Red On Marco Fabbro Iseult Mac Call Annamaria Catricalà italiana Rai Cinema Productions

DOC3 try to address hu- Rai Cinema is a Rai Independent produc- man and social themes Group Company estab- tion company offering through a narrative sys- lished with the specific a multiple skilled net- tem that might support purpose of strengthen- work. the broadcast of titles ing the Italian cinemato- We develop audiovisual on a network broadcast- graphic industry. The projects and films from Thomas Turolo Fabio Mancini er. Personal stories that Federico Pedroni obligation to invest in concept to Post-pro- show indirectly current Italian cinema produc- duction. and conflictual realities. tions, originally provided for by the law, turned Red On, a video production company, was over time in an opportunity for developing the born in 2014 presenting itself as aunique cultural industry of the country. Rai Cinema reality on the regional landscape. Red On is offers its ideational, productive and financial made by a variety of professionals: directors, contribution to independent producers who producers, screen-writers and filmmakers. intend to implement projects in the cinemato- Red On Productions is a MIBACT recognized graphic field. Important films, bought in the company. international markets, back up this quality production, creating a list that succeeds in attaining mutual synergic effects. With a view to ensuring the maximum visibility to its own titles, Rai Cinema is operating in the film distri- bution and home video sector through 01 Dis- tribution that, in just a few years, has achieved an important position in the domestic film distribution, ensuring a previously unknown support to Italy's new quality cinema. Just as important is Rai Cinema's commitment... Contact details: [email protected] [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] www.redonmovies.com Contact details: [email protected] [email protected] www.raicinema.it 219 y

Settimana ital SARDEGNA FILM Internazionale

Nevina Satta COMMISSION Beatrice Fiorentino della Critica

Sardinia Film Commission is a non-profit or- The Venice International Film Critics' Week ganization of the Autonomous Region of Sar- (SIC) is an independent section of the Venice dinia which offers free assistance, creative International Film Festival. It is promoted and production services to national and interna- organised by the Union of Italian Film Critics tional film productions which are interested in (SNCCI), in association with la Biennale di shooting in the island. The goal of the Foun- Venezia. Every year, the Venice International dation is to promote Sardinia, with its talents, Film Critics' Week presents a competition of locations, cultural and natural heritage and in- seven first time director's full-length films, and novation strategies to encourage the growth of two films out of competition. audiovisual industry in the area.

Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] www.filmcommission.regione.sardegna.it www.sicvenezia.it

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ital Stefilm Elena Filippini Jamonte Valeria Manuela Buono Slingshot Films International tempesta

Launched in 2013, Stefilm is one of the Tempesta, Italy and UK based production Slingshot Films is sales most prominent docu- company, was founded by Carlo Cresto-Dina agency and production mentary film producers in 2009 to produce films, TV and cross-me- company based in Tri- in Italy. Founded by dia projects by young European authors for este, Italy specialized in Stefano Tealdi, Elena international distribution. Amongst others, creative documentaries Filippini and Edoardo tempesta produced Alice Rohrwacher’s “The Edoardo Fracchia Michela Pascolo and art-house fiction Fracchia its goal is to Wonders” which won the Jury Grand Prix at films. develop documentary Cannes 2014. Since 2012 tempesta has suc- We like to work with debut and second films, films that we want to cessfully branched out into interactive pro- with the aim is to value the career of the au- see on the screen re- jects, sophisticated crowd-interaction games thors. We prefer to join projects at early stage, searching new talent that generate film and TV content. Along with and we can provide input at different level: and great stories. features, tempesta is currently working on tv from project development to financing strate- Stefilm’s productions, series, with several projects in development. gies, project packaging and marketing. mostly developed with

In addition to our sales activities, we recently Stefano Tealdi support from the Euro- engaged in film production with documentary pean Union’s MEDIA Programme, are largely project Fango Rosso, by debut film-maker Al- international co-productions. To date Ste- berto Diana. film has worked with more than 50 partners, which include Italian and international cinema funds, broadcasters, distributors, independ- ent production companies and institutions.

Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Contact details: www.slingshotfilms.it www.stefilm.it [email protected]

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ital Tico Film

Chiara Arrigoni TESLA PRODUCTION Sarah Pennacchi Company Matthieu Darras TorinoFilmLab

Tesla production was es- TICO Film is an independent production com- TorinoFilmLab is a year- tablished in March 2017 pany based in Trieste, founded in 2005 by fa- round, international founded by Chiara Tof- ther and daughter Gino and Sarah Pennacchi, laboratory that supports folo e Cristian Natoli. both with experience in the international asset emerging talents from Tesla is a production management. To date Tico has produced 10 all over the world – with company that creates films, working with companies such as RAI, a special attention to

Cristian Natoli and produces audio- Indigo Film, Gruppo L'Espresso and access- Mercedes Fernandez those working on their visual contents for cine- ing European funding, Film Commission, co- first and second fiction ma, television and web, productions, and Mibact, Tax Credit Imaie of feature films – through following the entire pro- Banca Generali. training, development, cess (creativity, produc- Tico develops films and creative documentaries funding and distribution tion, technical aspects for national and international markets, often activities. and realization). about social issues and combining reality with We are able to follow the fiction. We carefully select every project and we

Chiara Toffolo entire creative, technical dedicate ourselves to all the stages of produc- Savina Neirotti and production process from conception to re- tion, working closely with the creative team. alization. Thanks to the internal skills and those During these years, our films were shown in A- of the professionals it employs, the company level festivals such as the Berlinale, the Tribe- is able to realize the most various audio-visual ca FF, The Venice Film Festival and the Fes- forms such as documentaries, TV and web tival of Cinema in Rome. In 2014 we opened commercials, short films and feature films. our UK branch, Tico Media, in London. The main feature of Tesla's team is to give great importance to the narrative aspect: with particular attention to detail in the writing phase we are able to return a finished product Contact details: [email protected] that can simultaneously convey the desired Contact details: [email protected] message and excite those who watch it. [email protected] [email protected] www.ticofilm.com www.torinofilmlab.it Contact details: [email protected] 222 y

ital TRANSMEDIA Gaetano Maiorino David Cej PRODUCTION Beatrice Kildani True Colours

Transmedia Production True Colours is the name of a new shade in the is a fast-growing pro- palette of international sales companies. duction company based The new company was established in a part- in Gorizia, on the border nership between Italian powerhouses Lucky between North-Eastern Red distribution and Indigo Film production Italy and Slovenia. whose credits include ’s Os-

Marco Devetak Our vision is to discover Igor Princic car-winning ""The Great Beauty”, with the aim and accompany new of bringing the best of Italian and international international talents arthouse cinema worldwide. whose work combine cultural diversity and ambition on the film market. We focus on films with a strong nar-

Ludovica Fales rative, which involve a European and inter- national co-production. Our goal is to pro- duce powerful short or long feature films and documentaries that can travel widely thanks to quality storytelling. Therefore we work with eclectic authors and artists whose passion can touch a wide audience. Contact details: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] [email protected] www.truecolours.it

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ital Francesca Da Ros Alessio Bozzer Thomas Bertacche Tucker Film Videe Videoest

Set up in 2008, Tucker We’ve been working in the broadcast indus- Videoest was founded Film is an independent try for almost 30 years, in international sports in 1990 by five mem- production and distri- events, important live events, reality TV show bers already engaged bution company that productions and talent shows using produc- in the professional video focuses on two main tion systems with the latest generation tech- industry. After an initial areas: our region (Friuli nologies such as OBVAN, MCR, flycase, SNG start-up phase it gave Davide Rabacchin Samantha Faccio Venezia Giulia) and the mobile devices and satellite uplinks in flycase. rise to investments to Far East. Among the We use the latest generation of broadcast enhance the productive movies distributed are: Departures by Takita technologies, and create tailor made solutions capacity of society and bring the standard in Yojiro (2010 - Oscar for Best Foreign Movie), for each project. All of our work is customized broadcast production. Poetry by Lee Chang-dong (2011), A Simple to the type of production, location, transport The company deals with institutional docu- Life by Ann Hui (2012), L’Estate di Giacomo by needs and installation needs. All to guarantee mentaries, video advertising, promotional and Alessandro Comodin (Pardo d’oro Cineasti del a fast and efficient service. product videos for trade fairs and exhibitions. presente, Locarno Film Festival 2011), Zoran, Each project is followed by experts who have Its strength is the production of documenta- Il mio nipote scemo by Matteo Oleotto (Interna- worked in teams for many years in the techni- ries. In recent years Videoest has increased its tional Critics’ Week Award, Venice Film Festival cal, logistical, organizational and administra- productions. In the fields of contemporary art 2013) and TIR by Alberto Fasulo (Marc’Aurelio tive fields. At the same time, we are dedicated and architecture its latest productions, MEMO- d’oro, Festival Internazionale del film di Roma to the creation of original content from its con- RY OF FLUIDS – GIUSEPPE PENONE SCULP- 2013). With an opening to Former-Yugoslavia, ception through to its completion, for docu- TOR and WHY A FILM ABOUT MICHELE DE recent distribution include: Class Enemy by mentaries, fiction and television formats, for LUCCHI have been selected in 2013 and Rok Bicek, High Sun (Best film at Un certain any platform and production need (branded 2014 at International Festival of Films on Art regard, Cannes 2015) by Dalibor Matanic but and promotional content, live events, docu- in Montreal. Its latest production, TRIESTE, also After the Storm by Kore-eda Hirokazu and fiction etc). YUGOSLAVIA, co-produced with Croatia and The Net by Kim Ki-duk. Tucker Film is also ac- BiH, had a great audience success. tive in production, with a range of documentary and fiction projects. Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Contact details: www.videe.it www.videoest.it www.tuckerfilm.com

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Erica Barbiani Videomante Serena Alfieri Vivo film Ronzani Walter Walter Ronzani

Videomante was set up in 2004 and it is dedi- VIVO FILM, established in Rome at the begin- Walter Ronzani, born in Asiago (VI) in 1984, cated to the production of creative documen- ning of 2004 by Gregorio Paonessa and Marta is an italian filmmaker. In 2008 worked as taries. Among the film produced: Donzelli, is an independent production com- production assistant for CRG International, a "Valentino's Gift", 2012, directed by Pier Paolo pany with a catalogue of over 40 films, pre- production service company based in Venice. Giarolo. A co-production with Arte G.E.I.E in sented and awarded at the most prestigious The following year he get the same position association with YLE. It was sold to Japan, festivals worldwide. at Polygone Étoilé in Marseille. Later he was Spain and Estonia by Autlook Filmsales. Vivo film’s credits include Michelangelo Fram- assistant director in “Alpini” by Jean François "The Special Need", 2013, directed by Carlo martino’s LE QUATTRO VOLTE, Europa Cin- Neplaz (2010) and “La Pièce” by Mario Bren- Zoratti, co-produced with Detailfilm and ZDF emas Label Award at Cannes’ Directors’ Fort- ta and Denis Brotto (2011). Das kleine Fernsehspiel. It was premiered at night in 2010; Emma Dante’s A STREET IN Since then as director he has made several the Locarno Film Festival and won the Golden PALERMO, which won the Best Actress award shorts and documentaries for independent Dove at Dok Leipzig. Distributed by Wide House at the Venice Film Festival in 2013; SWORN production houses. In 2017 his film “Through Films, it has been selected by more than sixty VIRGIN by Laura Bispuri, which premiered in the looking-glass” was selected in Pesaro festivals including IDFA (Best of the Docs sec- Competition at the Berlinale in 2015; Andrea Film Festival (Satellite category) and his short tion), CPH-DOX and Hot Docs Toronto. De Sica’s CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT, which documentary “The treasure of the landfill” was “From Cremona to Cremona”, 2017, directed premiered at the 2016 Torino Film Festival in competition at Clorofilla Film Festival. Now by Maria Averina, a co-production with the and won a Silver Ribbon Award for Best New he is looking for partners for “Strange Days”, Bulgarian company Agitprop. Director; and NICO, 1988 by Susanna Nic- a documentary which will be developed be- Together with Mischief Films, Peter Kerekes chiarelli, which was awarded as Best Film in tween Italy and Slovenia. This project was se- and Artcam we are producing “Wishing on a the Orizzonti Competition of the Venice Film lected in the pitching workshop managed by Star”, a humorous documentary about people Festival 2017. Stefilm at Sguardi Sul Reale Festival 2017. who take crazy trips on the day of their birth- Laura Bispuri’s second feature film DAUGH- day, directed by Peter Kerekes. TER OF MINE will be premiered in Competi- tion at the Berlinale 2018.

Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] www.videomante.it www.vivofilm.it Contact details: [email protected]

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Maud Corino ZaLab Thomas Righetti ZeLIG / ESoDoc Andrea Ferrari ZOOM PRODUCTION

ZaLab is an association whose aim is the ZeLIG is an international training institution ZOOM Production is a company active world- production, distribution of social documen- based in Bolzano (Italy), dedicated to training wide in film and television productions. Spe- taries dealing with issues relating to human professionals in the documentary film sector. cialized in: video clips, commercials and cor- and civil rights. ZaLab produces participatory ZeLIG’s core lies in the trilingual (IT-DE-EN) porate videos all over the world. video laboratories involving migrants, asylum three-years specific training, with majors in ZOOM Production, based in Trieste’s down- seekers and children. Promotes advocacy directing, camera and editing. ZeLIG's training town - Friuli Venezia Giulia - also provides pro- campaigns aimed to spread democracy and aim to prepare students for the job markets fessional support to facilitate and commercial- minority rights, especially through a distribu- of tomorrow, providing them with the tools for ize documentaries, commercials and any kind tion network, built over the years to promote a quick and easy entry into the professional of audiovisual products. an independent distribution of documentaries. world. An important part of ZeLIG’s mission is Our is a 360° territory support with services in: Recent titles distributed: its creative focus on this multi-lingual, multi- 1) rental of cinematographic material with a IBI, by Andrea Segre, Italy 2017 cultural tradition. wide range of technical material and special- Via della Felicità, by Martina Di Tommaso, Italy ESoDoc – European Social Documentary is the ized assistance; 2017 training initiative promoted by ZeLIG – with the 2) Organization of travel, hospitality, assistance Mingong, by Davide Crudetti, Italy 2017 supporto of EU’s Creative Europe programme and transfers; Les Sauteurs, by Moritz Siebert & Estephan – for media professionals and “cross-thinkers” 3) Locations management; Wagner, Denmark 2016 who want to increase impact and outreach 4) Catering services - indoor/outdoor - and , by Stefano Collizzolli and Michele of their documentary films and cross-media special events organizations; Aiello, Italy 2016 projects by developing new storytelling skills, 5) Administrative, regional and municipal GayBy Baby, by Maya Newell, Australia 2015 networking over different platforms, discover- practices. On the Bride's Side, by Gabriele del Grande, ing new forms of team building, of producing We provide as well support for any kind of Khaled Soliman Al Nassiry, 2014 and financing and new distribution strategies. special permits at very advantageous prices thanks to public and private agreements.

Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] www.zalab.org www.zeligfilm.it, www.esodoc.eu www.zoomproduction.it

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Ujkan Hysaj AJO Pictures Fatmir Spahiu BUKA Besnik Krapi Circle Production Kosovo

AJO Pictures was founded by director and Production BUKA was founded in 2008 by ac- Circle Production was founded in 2010 by producer Ujkan Hysaj in 2010. Located in tor Fatmir Spahiu, initially working with com- Besnik Krapi with a mission to raise aware- Pristina, Kosovo, AJO Pictures’s ambition is mercials such as creating advertisements, ness on social and cultural issues through to develop and produce Kosovan and inter- campaigns, concerts, festivals for various local cinematographic productions. To this end, national art-house films by directors with a and international companies! the company produced mostly short movies personal artistic vision. One of our specialties Later on, the company also started produc- and features also like: “Shkurta” by Arzana is to produce Commercials. We have also col- ing various artistic works for theater and audio Kraja, which premiered in Rio de Janeiro In- laborated on a number of Agencies and inter- visual works , in which documentary films are ternational Short Film Festival 2012. “Through national productions, by providing services of dominating, one of them are : “Let's clean it” my eyes” by Arzana Kraja (2013) “A day with Film and Commercials in different fields. Our “My Kosovo “etc. not so important ones” – documentary film by films have screened at some of the world´s Film "Distant Angels “ of Famous Filmmaker Valter Lucaj (2014), “Field of blackbirds” by top film festivals, including Tampere, Warsaw, Gjergj Xhuvani, then Cold November is the Arzana Kraja – postproduction, “Open Door” Cleveland Film Festival as well as countless second film produced by BUKA, which is – feature film by Florenc Papas (Albania- others across the world. AJO Pictures is a expected to have a world premiere in one of Minority Coprodutcion), “Looking for Venera” company with young and energetic people, worldwide festivals. – feature film by Norika Sefa (development). who are working as a group and trying to bring a new approach in this industry. Our company has worked in several project and different clients till now, starting from Cinematography Center of Kosova, 9/11 Dedication Film Fes- tival, Sefa Wine, National Theatre of Kosovo, Company “Liri”, PR Solutions, Karrota Agency, Economic Bank, ect...

Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] www.ajopictures.com https://m.facebook.com/bukaproduction/ Contact details: [email protected]

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Shkumbin Istrefi Factory Arben Zharku Center Bujar Kabasi FILMS Kosovo

Isstra Creative factory is a TV and Film pro- Kosovo Cinematography Center is public film N’ART + WOOF FILMS aims to produce origi- duction Company based in Prishtina/Kosovo. fund and central authority for cinematography. nal cinema that reaches audience everywhere. It has produced lot's of TV programmes and It's objective is achieving goals on public inter- We pay specific attention to new and emerging shorts. It coproduced "East West East - The est on cinematography issues. authors with distinctive handwriting and try to final Sprint" , a feature film by Gjergj Xhuvani, tailor the production in order to serve and sup- "Three windows and a hanging" By Isa Qosja. port their vision. Our goal is to connect with Currently is working on a feature film "Vera fellow filmmakers around the world and estab- Dreams of the sea" by a first time director Kalt- lish a wide network of collaborators so that we rina Krasniqi. can mutually help each other create engaging and thought-provoking cinema. N’ART + WOOF FILMS develops, produces and co-produces feature and animated films that strive to entertain with universal stories, powerful emotions and characters audiences can strongly relate to. N’ART + WOOF FILMS is a joint venture of N’ART based in Kosovo, Prishtina and WOOF FILMS based in Vrgorac, Croatia – both com- panies are established by award-winning pro- ducer Bujar Kabasi, his recent productions include ‘BALCONY’, ‘ZIBIDI’ and ‘EXIT’ ‘BALCONY’ had its World Premiere at the 70th Venice International Film Festival, and it’s US Premiere at the A

Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] www.qkk-rks.com www.nartsudio.com

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Greg Zglinski The Group Dita Rietuma film Centre Ruslan Perezhilo Kosovo

I am an independent creative producer rep- The objective of the National Film Centre is to Music for film and media, audio production. resenting the feature film project 'Sunny Hill' implement the national policy in the cinema from the Prishtina/Kosovo based film compa- and film industry and to administer the funds ny 'The Group', founded by Belrim Gjoci. See from the State budget intended for film indus- the website for more information. try. L atvia

Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] www.thegroup-ks.com www.nkc.gov.lv www.ruslanperezhilo.com

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Lithuanian Film

Rasa Miskinyte ERA FILM Dovile Butnoriute Centre Marija Razgute M-Films

Established in Vilnius in 2001 by the Lithu- The Lithuanian Film Marija Razgute – Lithuanian film producer,

L it h uania anian producer, Rasa Miskinyte, ERA FILM is Centre is a state insti- established a film production company M- known for producing award winning interna- tution. The aim of the Films (Ciobreliai) in 2008 and has been pro- tional documentary films. centre is to participate ducing short films – fiction and documentary, Recently ERA FILM entered a new era with an in the designing an ef- and since 2013 - feature films, too. Now she additional focus on animation, feature films, fective film and audio- is working on the second and third feature

transmedia projects. Rolandas Kvietkauskas visual sector policy and films. M-Films produces films of the young Made nearly 20 films in co-production with to foster the sustainabil- generation of Lithuanian film directors – An- France, Germany, Poland, Ireland, Spain, ity of the Lithuanian film industry. drius Blaževicius, Karolis Kaupinis, Marija Belgium. Have co-produced or cooperated The Lithuanian Film Centre: Kavtaradze and since 2013 has been working with such broadcasters as: MDR (Germany), • allocates subsidies for the development, with international co-productions. The recent NHK (Japan), TG4 (Ireland), BBC-NI (UK), production and distribution of Lithuanian films feature film The Saint by Andrius Blaževicius AVRO (The Netherlands), YLE (Finland), TVP2 and international co-productions; premiered at Busan IFF 2016, was selected to (Poland), Belsat TV (Poland/Belorusia), ERR • promotes Lithuanian films at home and other important international film festivals, and (Estonia), DR (Denmark), SVT (Sweden), NRK abroad, also awarded by Lithuanian Film Academy in (Norway), TSR (Switzerland). • implements programmes in areas of film 6 categories, including Best Feature Film, education, national film heritage, training for Best Script, Best Director. professionals, research and statistics; • administers The Film Registry and film rat- ings scheme; • represents Lithuania at international film festivals, fairs, organizations and programmes.

Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] www.erafilm.lt www.lkc.lt www.m-films.lt

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Arunas Matelis studio Nominum Kristina Trapp eave

Studio Nominum was founded by award-win- EAVE is a professional training, project devel- ning film director and producer Arunas Mat- opment and networking organisation for pro- L it h uania elis and mainly focuses on creative documen- ducers. At the heart of our programmes is the tary production and the distribution of its own EAVE Producers Workshop which has created films. As a production company, Studio Nom- a unique co-producing network in Europe. inum is among the leaders of creative docu- The EAVE Marketing Workshop, EAVE+ and mentary film producers in Lithuania. Since its our international schemes (PUENTES, TIES establishment, Studio Nominum produced or THAT BIND) complete our core programmes. internationally co-produced around 40 crea- EAVE also offers various tailor-made 'EAVE on tive documentaries . The films were selected DEMAND' workshops all over the globe. for the Cannes (Directors’ Fortnight, Critics Week), IDFA, Leipzig, Torino, Oberhausen, Rotterdam, Moscow film festivals, screened at MoMA, G.Pompidou. Studio Nominum received over 20 int. awards including main prizes at IDFA, Leipzig, Zagreb, Oberhausen, Directors Guild of America Award for the Best Documentary of year, European Film Acad- emy nomination and more. L uxembou r g

Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] www.nominum.lt www.eave.org

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Macedonian Film

Kastriot Abdyli Dardania Film Goce Kralevski DNF FIlms Anita Stojcheska Agency

Kastriot Abdyli - Producer & film director DNF Films is a film production company The Macedonian Film Agency is a founded Born 10.II.1972, Kumanovo, Republic of founded by two passionate and smiling film- governing film body which started to work in

M ace d onia Macedonia. makers. Its mission is to cultivate original fic- 2014 as a legal successor of the Macedonian 2016 - Producer & film director of the feature tion films and provocative documentaries in Film Fund. With the new Film Industry Law, film "Maybe" (Maybe), funded by Macedonian Macedonia. DNF is focused on expanding its the Macedonian Film Agency aims to provide Film Agency's (2016). In the Pre-Production activities in the film industries at the Balkan comprehensive funding for film industry and phase region and collaborating on international co- further development of film production, distri- 2013/2017 Producer & film director of “THE productions. DNF’s goal is to bring together bution, cinema network as well as promotion RETURN” - feature film 2017 funded by Mac- talented filmmakers from different back- of the Macedonian films and Macedonia as edonian Film Agency & Kosovo Cinematogra- grounds and produce/distribute their films to a filming destination with its Production Incen- phy Centre wide international audience, by using innova- tives scheme with 20% rebate of eligible ex- 2016 “No one to write general” - short film tive distribution channels and promoting the penditure for film production. 2012 Film Director of Afër (Closer) - docu- films on festivals around the world. The main objectives of the Macedonian Film mentary film (14 part) At DNF we believe that by encouraging new Agency are: 2011 Film director “Scanderbeg in Skopje” - authors with their creative visions we provide • Development and financial support for film documentary film our contribution to world cinema and it’s di- production 2010 “Return” - short film versity. We also aim to support established • Support of art house cinemas and cinemas 2009 “Lokja”- short film filmmakers that would like to build up on their in a local communities 2008 “Waiting” - short film" previous work. • Support for distribution and exhibition of Macedonian films • Development of film education and new film audience • Development of film infrastructure • Promotion of Macedonian cinematography and culture

Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: Contact details: [email protected] www.dnf.mk [email protected] [email protected]

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Borjan Zafirovski nmv Kristijan Risteski Vertigo Visual Marija Dimitrova List Production

The production and marketing company NEW Vertigo Visual is film production and post-pro- List Production is an emerging company look- MACEDONIAN VIDEO DOOEL Skopje was duction company. The production division of ing to create a new, fresh and strong platform founded in 2007 by Borjan Zafirovski. Vertigo Visual is mostly involved in production for film and theatre production. It aims to take M ace d onia The production company is founded with and co-production of short and feature length on contemporary and scene changing work the purpose to bring fresh new ideas in the films, TV commercials and service production that will empower the audience and address independent film and video production. It’s for foreign feature films. Filmography: current social issues through authentic artistic oriented towards production of positive stories Skopje Remixed (2012, feature) expression. and promotion of positive thoughts as coun- Cut Here (2017, short) List Production has produced two short film, terbalance of the wave of depressive films on Eclaire (2016, short) THEY COME FROM THE CENTER OF THE the Balkan. 409 (2013, short) WOLRD (2017) and WITHOUT LOVE (2017), This production company has realized a lot of Audition Material (2013, short) both directed by Dina Duma. THEY COME projects. One of its most prominent projects Time of the Comet (2008, feature, service pro- FROM THE CENTER OF THE WORLD (2017) is the omnibus film” Skopje Remix” in co- duction) was premiered at the Festival du Nouveau Ci- production with Living Pictures from Belgrade Blodsbånd (2007, service production) néma in Montreal. in 2011. The film participated at the following Vertigo Visual currently has the following films Additionally, List Production is working on the international festivals: in development: short documentary CONSUMING THE CON- -Balkan Film Fest in Lublin, Poland Snow White Dies at the End (feature), granted TEMPORARY by Ana Aleksovska & Angelika -Sound and Vision Film Festival, Majdanpek, with € 200,000 by the Macedonian Film Agency Apsis and on the financing of the feature film Serbia Under the Same Eaves (short) SISTER by Dina Duma. - Festival Diese, Dijon, France The post-production division of Vertigo Visual SISTER was part of Pack&Pitch program at - Balkan Food and Film Festival, Pogradec, is mostly involved in visual effects for A-list Sarajevo Talents, Maia Workshops and won Albania. Winner of the special jury prize. Hollywood films, big budget foreign commer- the Post Pitch Award on Connecting Cottbus - Manaki Brothers Film Festival, Bitola cials and big budget foreign music videos. in 2016. - Bioskop Balkanale, Leipzig, Germany The highlight of the post-production division is - Lion Film Festival, France participating in the visual effects team of the Oscar winning ‘Argo’.

Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected]

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CODE BLUE

Ivan Marinovic Adriatic Western Ivan Djurovic Artikulacija Film Bojana Radulovic PRODUCTION

Adriatic Western was founded in 2011 with Artikulacija Film is the first independent pro- CODE BLUE PRODUCTION was founded in the aim to support local talent and to search duction company and production service in 2014 in Podgorica, Montenegro, by Bojana for cinematic authenticity within Montenegro. Montenegro, founded in 2001. Radulovic, producer, standing for revealing The company's first feature project “The Black ARTIKULACIJA FILM – cooperates with for- creative talents in filmaking. CODE BLUE M onteneg r o Pin” premiered in Official Competition on Sa- eign production companies as production ser- PRODUCTION deals with fiction, eventually of rajevo Film Festival in 2016. vice. It covers different stages of production, documentary and experimental projects, and from casting to location scouting, shooting and acts as delegate, executive or co-producer, as a co-producer on the development and im- organizing castings, scouting and clearing plementation of projects. We are pioneers in shooting locations and dealing with shooting production service, and all in all the most ac- management and executive production. tive production house in the country. CODE BLUE has put on the international film ARTIKULACIJA FILM – is known for realized scene map : Ivan Salatic’s shortfilm "BACK- projects which consist artistic sensibility and YARDS", which premiered at the 72nd Ven- have accomplished commercial successes, ice Film Festival in the "Orrizonti" competi- also known for many collaborations and ac- tion selection ; Dane Komljen’s feature lenght complished successes in international co- "ALL THE CITIES OF THE NORTH", which productions. premiered in Locarno fim festival in 2016, Artikulacija Film consists of three segments: and screened at New York, Toronto, Sarajevo, - Film production Rotterdam film festivals. CODE BLUE PRO- - Production service DUCTION was in 2017 executive producer in - Commercial production" Montenegro of Maša Neskovic’s feature lenght "ASIMETRY-THREE TERRITORIES", and launches coproduction of Stefan Malesevic’S feature lenght "MAMONGA".

Contact details: Contact details: Contact details: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.adriaticwestern.com www.artikulacija.me www.code-blue-production.me

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Film Centre of Film Festival

Željko Sošic Dogma Sehad Cekic Montenegro Jelena Miseljic Herceg Novi

Dogma Studio LLC is an independent produc- Film Centre of Montenegro is aimed at cre- Film Festival Herceg Novi is the most impor- tion company founded in 2007. Our company ating the proper, stimulating environment tant film festival in Montenegro, with both re- portfolio includes feature films, documenta- for the Montenegrin film community and its gional and international programme sections. ries, TV series and video art works. promotion to Europe and the world. It's main Festival gathers filmmakers and guests from activities include: the management of the film Montenegro and all around the world. It, tradi- M onteneg r o fund; the support of new film productions; the tionally, takes place from 1st to 7th of August, promotion of Montenegrin cinema and its po- at some of the most beautiful fortresses at me- tential for international productions; training dieval parts of the town. programmes for film professionals directed towards raising the level of their professional skills; as well as the series of activities around film festivals and film literacy.

Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] www.fccg.me Contact details: [email protected]

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Galileo production

Nikola Vukcevic Montenegro Dyveke Graver Film Farms Jarle Bjørknes Incitus Films

GALILEO PRODUCTION Montenegro is inde- Film Farms is a home for filmmakers who seek The filmproduction company Incitus was pendent Film and TV production, since 2003. to transcend borders and open minds, espe- founded in 2002 by Jarle Bjørknes and Kim We provide complete production of feature cially our own. Henning Bjorheim. films (including international co-productions), We are producers, directors and cinematogra- The first years Incitus produced primarily M onteneg r o promotional films, TV commercials, industrial phers developing projects together as well as commissioned, corporate and short films, but films, instructional films, tourism films, sports co-producing internationally with some of the later changed focus to feature films and fea- films – with wide international audience and most exciting talents in filmmaking today. ture documentaries and premiered its first fic- success. Primary activity of this production tion feature film in 2008. is independent initiative in film and video In 2007, Jarle Bjørknes acquired the full share production of documentary and featured pro- capital of the company and develop and pro- grams, short commercial and music videos duce projects with a well established network and all types of video presentations, from an of writers and directors. idea to a final product – balancing between Since 2008, Incitus have primarily produced

y commercial activities and film as art. Today, feature length films and these have founded

a with the help of cutting-edge technology, a continuous and central part of Incitus busi- equipment and a team of seasoned profes- ness. However, part of the overhead costs sionals, we work in line with world standards, of the company is financed by adapting and making cooperation with main Balkan artists versioning existing films into new markets by and productions or equipment rentals – so translation, subtitling, and packaging Galileo production is a creative studio offering into several digital formats and platforms. N o rw one of the best solutions in Montenegro in the Incitus aims at bringing stories to the screen field of film and production. that are relevant and rooted in real-life and have a capacity to entertain and audience and cater to a commercial market.

Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] www.galileoproduction.com www.film-farms.com www.incitus.no

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Nordisk Film & TV Norwegian Film

Petri Kemppinen Fond Eirin Høgetveit Norsk Fjernsyn Dag Asbjørnsen Institute N o rw Established in 1990, and based in Oslo, Nor- Norsk Fjernsyn AS was founded in 2013 by Norwegian film Institute disk Film & TV Fond’s primary purpose is to four director/producers. The company has operates under the au- promote film and TV productions of high qual- a long track record of documentaries, com- thority of the Ministry of ity in the five Nordic countries (Denmark, Fin- edy and docu-series. The company has been Culture as their execu- land, Iceland, Norway and Sweden), by pro- awarded 5 Gullruten Awards (Norwegian tive body in the film sec- viding support for top-up financing of feature Emmy) and The Golden Nymph in Monte tor and advisor on film films, TV-fiction/drama-series and creative Carlo in 2015. Nedin Mutic policy issues. documentaries. In 2015 the company sold 80 % of the shares Our annual budget Nordisk Film & TV Fond is also secretariat to to Monday Media, the largest independent tel- amounts to NOK 625 million (EUR 66 mil- the prestigious Nordic Council Film Prize and evision production company in Scandinavia. lion) available for film development, produc- arranges and hosts the annual event Nordic tion, promotion and distribution support. NFI Talents held in Copenhagen each autumn. employs 87 people and have offices in Oslo We also support a range of professional film and Bergen. and TV events of Nordic importance such as festivals, seminars or forums, through our Film Cultural Initiatives. Our division www.nordicfilmandtvnews.com keeps you up to date with the latest industry news from the Nordic region. Nordisk Film & TV Fond is funded by 17 part- ners. The annual budget is approximately NOK 100 million (€ 10,500,000).

Contact details: Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.nordiskfilmogtvfond.com www.norskfjernsyn.no www.nfi.no

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Mathis Staale Mathisen Rein Film Frode Søbstad Tenk.tv Izabela Igel Harine Films N o rw Film production company based in Norway. Tenk.tv is a young company founded on ex- Harine Films is a Polish production company tensive experience in production, writing and established by Iza Igel - EAVE and Wajda directing. It aims to challenge artistic conven- School graduated film producer. Before she tions and to expand the boundaries on how to started Harine Films Iza produced “Floating tell stories. The Tenk.tv team has more than Skyscrapers” by Tomasz Wasilewski(2013 eight feature films, six TV series and a dozen Karlove Vary IFF, Tribeca IFF) and Wild Roses documentaries under its collective belts, ei- by Anna Jadowska (2017 Cottbus IFF, Impact ther as writer, director and/or producer, with Award at IFF). Harine Films’ first many of them award-winning productions film is a Romanian-Polish “Dog” by Florin Ser- which are well travelled on global TV screens ban and Polish-Italian film “The Man with the and the international festival circuit. We are Magic Box” (2017 Busan IFF, Asteroid Award currently in production with the animated fea- at Trieste Sci-Fi FF) where she also serves as ture THE TOWER, directed by Mats Grorud, a producer. Her scope of interest covers art- 2018 release. Other productions include Thai house cinema; she likes to work with first- and master director Pen-ek Ratanaruang´s latest second-time directors. She is focusing on in- feature film Samui Song, premiered at Venice ternational co-productions. days September 2017, (as coproducer). The documentary ONE, TWO, THREE by Arman Yeritsyan (2016). Tenk.tv has in development

p olan d the satirical animated tv series DOLLHOUSE, and feature LOOT, and in co-producing with Dutch Montain Film Heddy Honigmanns latest documentary BEFORE THE FALL.

Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] www.reinfilm.no www.tenk.tv Contact details: [email protected]

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New Horizons Opus Film / New Europe Film International Extreme Ewa Puszczynska Marcin Łuczaj Sales Czołnowska Weronika Film Festival Emotions Polan d

Boutique sales company based in Warsaw, New Horizons International Film Festival, est. Opus Film and Extreme Emotions are film and founded in 2010 by Jan Naszewski. The com- 2001, is the biggest film festival in Poland. The TV production companies active in Polish and pany’s catalogue includes the Icelandic RAMS 18th edition of the event will take place on July international market. Both companies are very (Prix Un Certain Regard in Cannes in 2015, 26 - August 5, 2018. The festival is accredited active in co-productions bringing foreign part- sold to over 40 countries), Swedish-Polish by FIPRESCI and by FIAPF as a Competitive ners for Polish projects and getting financial debut THE HERE AFTER (Directors’ Fortnight Specialized Feature Film Festival. It also runs support for foreign projects in Poland. 2015) as well as 9 Berlinale titles including a distribution arm focused on cutting-edge Their recent credits are : the 2016 Silver Bear winner arthouse cinema. Key industry event is Pol- “Ida” by Pawel Pawlikowski – Opus film – pro- OF LOVE and Generation winners VIOLET and ish Days- the presentation of the latest Polish ducer Ewa Puszczynska , Piotr Dziecioł MOTHER I LOVE YOU. In 2016 the company films to international industry representatives. “Beyond Words” by Urszula Antoniak – Opus represented the Israeli black comedy ONE Film – producer Piotr Dziecioł, Łukasz Dziecioł WEEK AND A DAY (Cannes Semaine de la “Hostages” by Rezo Gigineshvili – Extreme Critique). Emotions – producer Ewa Puszczynska.

Contact details: Contact details: [email protected] [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] www.neweuropefilmsales.com www.nowehoryzonty.pl www.opusfilm.com

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Polish Film Stanislaw

Robert Balinski Institute Joanna Rybus RybaMovie Stanislaw Bardadin Bardadin p olan d

Established in early 2005, the POLISH FILM We are interested in shorts and feature films. Stanislaw Bardadin is Warsaw based sales INSTITUTE (PISF) has the aim to support na- Currently developing documentary and fea- company of art house and commercial films. tional film industry in Poland. His comprehen- tures, preparing shooting for two short films We are focusing on interesting, surprising and sive system enables the support for film pro- this year. engaging filmmaking who risk, play and inno- jects at all stages of film production, and helps vate audiovisual communication both from a to promote Polish films in Poland and abroad. commercial and indipendent poin of view. With a budget of 22 M EUR for production it subsidies about 40 feature films par year, including minority co-productions. Among co- financed production there are: 11 Minutes by , Body by Małgorzata Szu- mowska, Game Count by Agnieszka Holland, United States of Love by Tomasz Wasilewski, Les Innocentes by Anne Fontaine, High Life by Claire Denis.

Contact details: [email protected] www.pisf.pl Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected]

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Hi Film Romanian Film Ada Solomon Alex Traila Anna Ferens TELEWIZJA POLSKA Productions Centre Polan d

Telewizja Polska SA - TVP -public, free TV sta- HiFilm provides A to Z production services for Alex is a Romanian film consultant. tion. Territory Poland. Polish language. TVP1 advertising, documentary, feature and TV film He holds a diploma in Cinematography and broadcasts: latest news, political programs, produced in Romania, from location scouting has followed multiple training and workshops world events, documentaries, reportages, and casting, trough the entire production and on creative producing, mentoring and market- movies, series, focused on information and postproduction process. ing. For 11 years has owned in Bucharest its education. own production company Steppenwolf Film. TVP1 is intended for viewers of all ages. The He is strongly involved in different industry most important for us is the high quality of pro- platforms dedicated to South East & Eastern grams and journalistic integrity. Docs: Human Europe. Along with Connecting Cottbus East Stories; Wild Life; History,Science, Current Af- West Co-Production Market and WEMW has fairs. initiated #FEEDback the think tank platform Focused on docs for current slots. Polish au- tackling the future film policy in Eastern Euro- dience is very demanding. Looking for Strong pean territories. He was a member of Roma- Human Stories with tension, emotional, shock- nian Film Centre’s board of management and ing, surprising, with one protagonist; Wild Life; counsellor to the Ministry of Culture. Currently History - contemporary, European, universal; he is collaborating with the Romanian Film the Best Docs - very spectacular. Stories about Centre as policy advisor on EU affairs and is extraordinary people. EURIMAGES national representative. r omania

Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] www.tvp.pl [email protected] www.cnc.gov.ro

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Tangaj Transilvania

Anamaria Antoci Production Cristian Hordila Film Festival Natalia Drozd CTB Film Company

r omania Tangaj Production is a freshly established Since 2012, Cristian is the Managing Direc- The CTB Film Company, with offices in St. Pe- Bucharest based film production company, tor of Romanian Film Promotion Association. tersburg and Moscow, is one of Russia's most owned by Anamaria Antoci, built upon the for- In 2013 he was elected in the Board of the prolific and successful producers of theatrical merly known boutique for indie titles (e.g La European Film Promotion. He is the Manager motion pictures. Founded in 1992, CTB has Mezza Stagione by Danilo Caputo) Steppen- of Casa TIFF, a cultural center that aims to released more than sixty five feature films in wolf Film (est. 2006). promote film education, and since 2015, after a whole range of styles unmatched in Russian The new branding and management under- graduated SOFA Academy, he is preparing the production, from action, drama, and comedy lines the company’s direction towards a strong launch of the first regional film fund in Roma- to animation, auteur, and feature debuts. slate of arthouse films carefully balanced with nia, Transilvania Film Fund. Cristian is working productions that tackle audience in a unique also in the production field, in the last years, manner while equally exploring fresh talented he worked for several important film projects Romanian voices and newly discovered out- like: History of Love by Radu Mihaileanu, To- side the borders. kyo Vampire Hotel by Sion Sono and latest, Anamaria Antoci produced the last 2 films of Morometii 2 by Stere Gulea. Adrian Sitaru, Illegitimate (Berlinale Forum 2016, C.I.C.A.E. Award) and The Fixer (To- ronto IFF 2016, Romania`s candidate for the Foreign Oscar nomination 2018), and the fea- ture documentary Planeta Petrila directed by r ussia Andrei Dascalescu (IDFA 2016).

Contact details: [email protected] www.tangajproduction.com Contact details: www.tiff.ro Contact details: [email protected]

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Archangel BaBoon se r bia

Tatjana Zezelj Gojkovic Tatjana Studios Miroslav Mogorovic Art & Popcorn Mirko Bojovic Production

Archangel Studios is a young production com- During nine years' experience, Art&Popcorn BaBoon Production is a Belgrade production pany from Belgrade, founded in 2016. Co produced 20 feature films which ranked the company founded in 2007 by established film owners and CEO in the company are Tatjana company among the most productive Serbian authors that aims to develop cinematographic Zezelj Gojkovic (producer and executive pro- film producers. Art&Popcorn films have been projects within the Serbian and global audio- ducer), Milos Bikovic and Miodrag Radonjic presented at more than five hundred film fes- visual panorama. It is centred on European (actors and producers). tivals on six continents and won numerous co-productions and international promotion of Archangel Studios in 2016/2017 has pro- international awards. Art&Popcorn authors' the audio-visual arts. duced 2 feature films (Balkan Line and South team consists of distinguished filmmakers as BaBoon is the co-production partner in Serbia Wind), and one TV series (Embassy). well as young talents whose professional ca- capable of making a film from the starting idea reer is still in its early and promising stage. and bringing it to the audience, or of swiftly Development, improvement, challenges and mobilizing authors and crew for various video continuous presence in the European audio- and film productions. visual scene is the basic strategic principle of BaBoon has gathered under one roof the Art&Popcorn, as well as commitment to the credits from more than 120 short and long development and production of each film. feature films, documentaries, TV programmes Since 2011, company Art&Popcorn has been and series as directors, scriptwriters, editors, very active in the field of executive produc- producers, co-producers, executive producers tion of European films and co-productions in and line producers. Serbia.

Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] www.artandpopcorn.com Contact details: [email protected]

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Dribbling Film Center se r bia Boban Jevtic Natasa Damnjanovic Dart Film Mila Turajlic Pictures Serbia

Dart film was founded in 2006 by two young Dribbling Pictures is a Belgrade-based pro- Film Center Serbia film professionals, barely out of film school at duction company created in 2006 by film- (FCS) is a government that time. Since then it has managed to find makers Boris Mitic and Mila Turajlic. It has organization working its' place in the expanding field of Serbian film come to stand for their distinctive brands of under the patronage of and television industry, creating auteur filmmaking and producing, with films the Ministry of Culture shorts, features and documentaries, as well that have won international recognition and of the Republic of Ser-

as collaborating on numerous high-end TV are representative of a new wave of Serbian Nevena Negojevic bia. FCS was founded productions and producing a vast number of documentary cinema. Their award-winning in order to creatively corporate and promotional videos for private films PRETTY DYANA, UNMIK TITANIK and stimulate and administrate financial support companies and public institutions. GOODBYE, HOW ARE YOU? by Boris Mitic to Serbian film industry. Its goal is to direct Currently, we are focused on working with and CINEMA KOMUNISTO by Mila Turajlic and manage strategic development and re- emerging talented filmmakers of the younger have screened at festivals all around the world, construction of Serbian film industry. generation and our productions have so far re- and sold to broadcasters including YLE, SVT, peatedly screened at some of the most signifi- RTS, Sky ARTS. Their projects have won fund- cant festivals, such as Berlinale, Rotterdam, ing from CNC-Aide aux cinemas du monde, Locarno etc, with one of the shorts being nom- EURIMAGES, MEDIA TV programming, Ber- inated for the European Film Awards in 2015. tha Fund, and Doha Film Institute. Boris’ lat- est film IN PRAISE OF NOTHING premiered in Locarno in 2017, while Mila’s film THE OTHER SIDE OF EVERYTHING was HBO Europe’s first co-production with Serbia. It premiered at the 2017 Toronto Film Festival, and won the IDFA Award for Best Feature-Length documentary.

Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] [email protected] www.dartfilm.com www.dissimila.rs www.fcs.rs, www.media.kreativnaevropa.rs

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Film House Film Road se r bia Marko Paljic Jelena Mitrovic Bas Celik Milena Džambasovic Production Gargantua films

Film House Bas Celik was established in 1998. Film Road Production is a production com- After working for several years as a head of By 2017. we have produced and co-produced pany founded in early 2016 with the intention production and distribution for major Ser- sixteen feature films, several documentaries to develop a script from idea to production, bian film houses such as Cobra Film (Pretty and short films. including work on script, financing and pro- Village Pretty Flame, Wounds) and Blue Pen Our productions include feature film »The duction of films intended primarily for cin- Production (Charleston and Vendetta aka Trap« directed by Srdan Golubovic, that pre- ema screening. It focuses on the creation of Tears for Sale, coproduced by Luc Besson’s miered at 2007. Berlinale Forum, film won original idea with strong characters and au- Europacorp, premiered at Toronto), Marko 22 international awards and was short listed thor’s approach to directing, and the desire Paljic founded Gargantua Films in 2007., as for the Best Foreign Film Oscar, feature film to cooperate with both: debut directors and a point of gathering of emerging authors and “Clip” directed by Maja Milos that won Tiger well-established once. Our goal is to bring the acclaimed directors. Award at 2012 Rotterdam IFF, short animated Serbian film closer to a wider audience, out of Gargantua Films quickly established itself as a film “Rabbitland” directed by Nikola Majdak regional borders and festival shows. regional powerhouse. and Ana Nedeljkovic that won Crystal Bear at Among other films, the company produced 2013 Berlinale, section Generation 14+. regional super hits also highly critically ac- Our latest feature film “Circles” directed by claimed, darkly humorous LITTLE BUDDHO Srdan Golubovic had its World premiere in and the first Serbian martial-art film in history 2013. Sundance Film Festival, World Dramatic THE SAMURAI IN AUTUMN picked by WIDE Competition and won Special Jury Prize, film for international sales, as well as an award- had its European premiere at Berlinale Forum winning sports docu-drama GINGER: MORE where it received Prize of Ecumenical Jury. THAN A GAME. Gargantua Films is based in Belgrade, Serbia.

Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] www.bascelik.net Contact details: [email protected] www.gargantuafilms.com

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Horopter Film Prababa Salamander se r bia

Iva Plemic Divjak Production Jovana Nikolic Production Aleksandar Kovacevic Kuzmanovic Media

Horopter Film Production was founded by film- Prababa Production is an independent pro- Salamander d.o.o. with its branch Media Di- maker, Mladen Kovacevic. Based in Belgrade duction company specialized in creative vision is a relatively young production, and (Serbia), in the past several years it was mainly documentaries, founded in 2007 by Jovana distribution house, though their founders, and focused on production of films directed and and Dragan Nikolic. Prababa Production has external associates are figures with a long list produced by Mladen Kovacevic. Since 2015, produced "The Undertaker" (2013), "The Cav- of experiences in the department of produc- Horopter works on international co-produc- iar Connection" (2008) and "National Park" tion and distribution of cinematic output. tions, with a mandate to make quality, viable (2006). These films have been shown at 80 feature and documentary films for the global film festivals (incl. IDFA 2013, IDFA 2008, marketplace. Horopter focuses on telling great IDFA 2006) and awarded with 18 awards; stories in unique ways, in a variety of genres they were made in co-production with ITVS and making movies that resonate with audi- International (USA) and ZDF/Arte, and in as- ences both domestically and abroad. Mladen sociation with Channel 4, YLE, SVT, NRK, RTV Kovacevic’s previous films UNPLUGGED and SLO, with support of Jan Vrijman Fund (IDFA WALL OF DEATH, AND ALL THAT premiered Bertha Fund), World Wide Fund, European at competition of Visions du Réel continuing Cultural Foundation, Film Center Serbia and to Hot Docs, CPH:DOX, FIDMarseille, DOK distributed by Films Transit International (rep- Leipzig etc. and winning more than 10 inter- resented by Jan Rofekamp); they were broad- national awards. Iva Plemic Divjak has joined casted by Global Voices, Channel 4, Arte, Horopter Film Production in 2016 as a pro- NRK, BHT, RTS, SVT, YLE, DBS Israel, RTV ducer and is currently developing three docu- SLO, Al Jazeera Balkans, Max TV. Stories in mentaries and one feature film. our focus deal with human interest, environ- ment, politics and culture.

Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] www.horopter.rs www.prababa.rs Contact details: [email protected]

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se r bia Tijana Visnjic Tijana Biljana Tutorov Maja Popovic SENSE Production Soul Food Wake Up Films

SENSE Production is a SOUL FOOD is an international sales com- An independent production company, based film & video production pany established in 2010 aiming to promote in Novi Sad, Serbia. Its predominant activity company from Belgrade and widely distribute films and film talents is the production of lms, audio-visual and TV (Serbia), gathering young coming from South East Europe and the only program and co-productions. Wake Up Films auteurs and profession- sales company from the region specialized is also engaged in development of documen- als with an exciting ap- in this area recognized by the majority of tary lmmaking and education through col-

Milan Stojanovic proach to drama and regional, European and global film industry laboration with festivals and organizing local visual. Producers team is representatives. sessions of acclaimed international training young, but with significant experience in Serbian programmes such the EURODOC and Balkan and international productions. We are present at Documentary Centre Discoveries. the festival markets, always looking for new and With a passion, WAKE UP Films defends lms exciting projects. that question our humanity and our deep In the first years of company’s life, we’ve pro- sense of being, though-provoking and political duced the award-winning feature film "Bar- stories with international scope. barians" by Ivan Ikic (2014 / Special Mention, There are several cross-media, documentary Karlovy Vary IFF / Best Film, Crossing Europe lms and TV series in the WAKE UP FILMS Linz / Seyfi Teoman Award, EFF Palic), "Battle awakening hub developed through: Rough of Kumanovo: Blood and Mist", a high-quality Cut Boutique; Lisbon Docs; East Doc Plat- history documentary, the debut documentary form; Pitching du Reel Nyon; Cross Video film "The Way of the East" (2017) by Katarina Days; Inspiration Forum Jihlava; Re-Act; Les Mutic and "Only Girls Cry" (2017, Grand Prix, Arcs Coproduction Village; ParisDOK - CInema Belgrade Documentary and Short Film Festi- du Reel; Balkan Documentary Center; Leipzig val), a short film by Vladimir Milovanovic. DOK Market; EURODOC etc. Currently in production is "Her Job" by Nikos Member of EDN and EURODOC. Labot, a minority co-production with Greek partners Homemade Films. Contact details: Contact details: [email protected] [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] www.soulfoodfilms.com www.wakeupfilms.net [email protected] www.senseproduction.rs 247

Peter Kerekes Peter Kerekes Amela Ikovic Arsmedia Ida Weiss Bela film

k ia slova Peter Kerekes ltd – was founded in 1998 by Production Company Production company Bela Film d.o.o. (Ltd.) Peter Kerekes, producer, director and drama- ARSMEDIA was estab- was established in 1998. Predominantly home turg. The company produced several interna- lished in 1990. of art house feature films, creative documen- tionally successful films. It is a company with a big taries and artistic shorts, we are aiming at “Velvet terrorists”, 2013 - ­is the story of three experience and high rep- socially and personally relevant content and protagonists who opposed the communist re- utation, which confirms stories. The main mission of the company is

gime in Czechoslovakia. Boštjan Ikovic more than 25 years of ex- production of high quality films that pass along The film was honored at several festivals, perience and hard work. relevant and universal messages and have the including the audience prize at Berlin Inter- On the web page: www.arsmedia.si you can find potential to cross boarders. national Film Festival, 2014 and FEDEORA all our films which where produced, the new award at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival 2013. films, which are in production and films that are “Cooking History”, 2009 - ­documentary about in development phase. cooking in the army and how it affects wins ARSMEDIA’s goal is to develop and finalize new and defeats of the soldiers. The film was in screenplay, develop new project, search for co- production for five years and was filmed in production, produce new films. We are looking 11 different European countries. It won many for new challenges… awards, including the Jury Prize at Hot Docs, Also we can offer: scout location, organization the Best Documentary Award at Viennale, and of casting and find other crewmembers in basic was nominated for best documentary at the production, postproduction, promotion and dis- European Film Awards. tribution of films. 66 Seasons”, 2003 -­ documentary about the Members of ARSMEDIA: producers Boštjan slovenia swimming pool in Kosice, showing 66 years Ikovic & Franci Zajc, manager &organization of history of Central and Eastern Europe. project Amela Ikovic, administration and paper The film was screened at over a hundred fes- work Danica Ikovic. tivals and won among others, the following Contacts: Mobile: 00386 40 626 931 awards: best European documentary at Jihla- va Documentary Festival 2003, Best Director, Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] DocAviv, 2004. www.arsmedia.si www.belafilm.si Contact details: [email protected] 248

Zoraa Dževerdanovic BLADE PRODUCTION Rok Bicek Cvinger film Lija Pogacnik December

Blade is an independent production house Characterized by a truly independent spirit Production company's profile: DECEMBER slovenia based in Ljubljana, Slovenia. It was founded in and individual approach, Cvinger film aims to Production house December was established 2012 and specializes in full-service production produce author driven films and documen- in December 2013 by Vlado Bulajic and Lija for films, music video recordings and commer- taries that are story-led, boldly told, globally Pogacnik, both with years of experience in film cials. With professional experience and knowl- relevant, and have strong potential for critical industry and both born in December 1977. The edge, BLADE provides a range of services to and international audience success. main goal is to produce fictions and documen- fellow filmmakers and advice to creative and taries with promising young directors. In this technical crews at all stages of film production. short period of time December has managed to Zoran Dževerdanovic is the founder and di- raise funds for quite a few projects, which are rector of production company Blade produc- now in different stages of production. tion. In 2015 he produced his first feature film He studied history and sociology of culture at IDYLL by Tomaž Gorkic. Idyll won 1st prize the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana. He Vesna for best film, best supporting women, is EAVE Producers workshop 2012 graduate. best supporting men actor, best production She graduated translation studies at the Fac- design at the 18th Slovenian national festival in ulty of Arts, University of Ljubljana. For a year Portorož. Our recent experience includes the she studied at The Lee Strasberg Theatre In- student academy short film finalist and Berli- stitute in New York. She also works as a thea- nale Generation 14+ Award winner "Into the tre producer. Blue" by Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic.

Contact details: dzeverdanovic@gmailcom Contact details: [email protected] www.bladeproduction.com www.cvinger-film.si Contact details: [email protected]

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Kino Otok - Isola Cinema International

Peter Bratuša Felina Films Eva Rohrman FORUM LJUBLJANA Hladnik Tanja Film Festival

S lovenia Felina d.o.o. is a crea- Forum Ljubljana was founded in 1994 as an Kino Otok – Isola Cinema, organized since tive production com- institute for art and cultural production by pro- 2004, is a boutique, yet at the same time pany from Ljubljana ducer Eva Rohrman, who is also its manag- second largest international film festival in formed in 1996 by Pe- ing director. Feature films: The Reaper (2014) Slovenia to showcase art house films. It aims ter Bratuša. In its exist- by Zvonimir Juric, Inferno (2014) by Vinko to broaden film horizons by presenting inspir- ence, Felina has pro- Möderndorfer, The Parade (2011) by Srd- ing European authors and artistically stunning

Tilen Ravnikar Tilen duced more than 350 jan Dragovjevic, Landscape No.2 (2008) by films that could otherwise not be seen in this TV commercials and Vinko Möderndorfer, Suburbs (2004) by Vinko territory. The particular focus is put on film created various TV formats for national and Möderndorfer. education of children and youth, and on train- commercial Television stations. ing as well as networking of young film pro- Felina also produced short films “10 years” fessionals to enable them necessary skills for (award for best short film in Slovenia in 2010) international film markets. and “Two One”. 14th edition will take place between June 4th In 2013 Felina created a TV series “Lives of and June 10th 2018. The majority of the festi- Tomaž Kajzer” which was shot in co-produc- val takes place in Izola, a bilingual coastal area tion with Arkadena studio and aired on RTV with the local crowds being mostly Slovenian, Slovenija. In 2017 Felina acquired the financ- Italian and Croatian. During the festival, the es and produced two feature films “Awaken- picturesque old town center is transformed ings” (released in October) and “Gaja’s World” into a real film island, where the entire film fes- (expected release date in February 2018). tival colony gathers and enjoys the screenings under the starry sky, followed by the nightly festival throb at Izola’s Lighthouse beach.

Contact details: [email protected] [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] www.felinafilms.si Contact details: [email protected] www.isolacinema.org

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Motovila / Creative Europe

Tomi Matic Tomi LIGNIT FILM Rok Secen Monoo Sabina Karlic Briški Desk Slovenia

LIGNIT FILM Production Collective was found- MONOO is a Slovenia based production com- The Creative Europe Desk Slovenia (CED Slo- S lovenia ed on 4 November in 2013 by Zoran Bencic pany. From 2012 on we have successfully venia) is the national information and advice (musician, author, screenwriter), Matej Nahti- devoted our first producing years to putting service to promote Creative Europe (2014- gal (photographer, designer, director), and together a slate of films that entered pro- 2020), the EU programme for the cultural Tomi Matic ( producer). Their first project was duction one after another and managed to and audiovisual sector. CED Slovenia operates a full-length f eature PSI BREZCASJA / CASE start building a catalogue of ambitious and within Motovila, Centre for the promotion of OSTERBERG, a dapted after Zoran Bencic’s uncompromising films. We are interested in cooperation in the cultural and creative sec- namesake novel, directed by Matej Nahtigal films that are characterised by a distinctive tors and is a member of the European network and executively produced by Tomi Matic. In expression, and in intimate stories painted of CED offices in more than 35 European 2015, the film, a full-length debut, received against a strong social commentary back- countries. Besides offering in-depth informa- the International Film Critics Award (the F IP- drop. After a documentary Man with a Raven tion and tailored guidance on various Creative RESCI Prize) at the 18. Slovenian Film Festival and an awarded short film Morning we pro- Europe funding schemes offered by MEDIA in Portorose, Slovenia. This acknowledgement duced internationally and nationally awarded and Culture sub-programmes, CED Slovenia also earned them the status of a Public Inter- and critically acclaimed feature The Tree (wp. organises various events to promote the pro- est Society, conferred by Republic of Slovenia’s Karlovy Vary IFF 2014). In its festival run The gramme as well as to facilitate cultural and Ministry of Culture on 10 february 2017. Tree was awarded with FIPRESCI Prize, Youth creative projects with European added value Jury Best Film and other awards; and was in Slovenia and abroad.v presented as Slovenian OSCAR entry 2016. In June 2015 we completed another short Impromptu and are now in production of our feature History of Love, last year awarded at WEMW and planned for release in 2018.

Contact details: Contact details: [email protected] [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] www.monoo.si www.ced-slovenia.eu

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Slovenian Film

Miha Knific Nukleus Film Nataša Bucar Centre Jožko Rutar SPOK Films

S lovenia In the past 15 years, Nukleus became a re- Slovenian Film Centre SPOK Films is dedicated to discover, promote gional production company whose films (SFC) is a public agency and distribute new talents of slovenian cinema crossed borders and were shown at impor- of the Republic of Slove- worldwide as well as world cinema in Slove- tant festivals such as Cannes, Berlin and nia which is encourag- nia and South East Europe. The company Sundance. In 2012 together with director ing creativity in the film was established by Jožko Rutar, who previ- Miha Knific we established Nukleus film Slo- and audiovisual field by ously worked as a producer at STARAGARA

venia as our new outpost. In 2013 we also es- Nerina Kocjancic creating suitable condi- Production and was a managing director of tablished Jaako dobra produkcija (JDP), as a tions for film, audiovisu- Slovenian Film Centre, With more that 10 year company specialized for co-productions and al and cinematographic of experiences in production, film funding and production service. The intent was to have a activities. policy making, the focus of the company is co-production/production service house to ful- SFC supports script and dedicated towards development, production, ly use cash rebate in Croatia for international project development as promotion and distribution of high end art- projects. We get continuous support from Cro- well as production, pro- house films, as well as offering wide range of atian Audiovisual Centre (HAVC) and Slove- motion and distribution various consulting on the film field.

nian Film Centre (FCS). We regularly take part Jelka Stergel and gives support to in co-production forums and successfully ar- minority coproductions, range co-productions. Nukleus is a member/ film festivals,film industry associations and participant of the European Film Academy, film education. ACE, EAVE, as well as a regular attendant of SFC as the main institution also covers Film the coproduction and pitching forums. We at- Commission activities and promotion of film tended training programs such as EAVE, Pro- locations and since 2017 the 25% cash rebate ducers on the Move, ACE Producers Network, scheme for shooting in Slovenia. Producers Lab Toronto and Torino FilmLab.

Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] www.nukleus-film.hr www.film-center.si Contact details: [email protected]

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Miha Cernec Staragara Viva Videnovic Strup Ziga Virc Studio Virc

Staragara institute with its film production la- Strup produkcija is an independent film Studio Virc is a family-run company for film S lovenia bel Staragara Production is mainly an arthouse and multimedia production company estab- and TV production that was established in company, dedicated to work with proclaimed lished in 2004 in Ljubljana. We specialize in 1992. We develop documentary, fiction and inhouse film directors Janez Burger and Jan creative, cultural and innovative educational TV / VOD content. We have produced feature Cvitkovic as well as some carefully selected projects that cross subjects and genres and documentaries, TV content, short and feature new film talents in Slovenia. We are developing bring people together. Strup’s activities in- fiction films. One of our biggest productions stories with strong artistic and personal note, clude the production of documentary, fiction is a feature film »Houston, we have a prob- using as form the presence of universal film and animated films; large-scale video and lem!«, which premiered at Tribeca film festival language. Our recent film productions are both multimedia installations; and collaborative in competition, was coproduced by HBO Eu- non dialogue films, where visual pictures, mu- video art for theatrical productions. Strup is rope and acquired by Netflix for the worldwide sic and sounds are used as core elements of led by Nejc Saje, an award-winning photog- distribution. story telling (Archeo and Circus Fantasticus). rapher, videographer, director and animator. During the period of the last two years we fin- Company’s lead film producer is Viva Videno- ished a few short films and minority coproduc- vic. In production we have two international tions with Italy (Zoran – my nephew an idiot), co-productions at the moment: the feature- Croatia, Serbia and Monte Negro (Life like a length documentary Pumpkin on the Hot Trumpet). Roof of the World (as lead producer), about the life and work of Slovenian poet Tomaž Šalamun, and Eurimages-supported feature fiction film Freedom or Die (as minority co- producer). Projects in development include a feature fiction film Metod and short animation Original Copy.

Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] www.staragara.com www.strup.si www.studio-virc.com

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Temporama Film

Jerca Jeric Society Danijel Hocevar Vertigo Pablo Briseño Galván Feelsales

S lovenia Temporama Film Society aims to produce Independent production company, based in Feelsales is an international sales agency de- films that are focused and firmly positioned Ljubljana, Slovenia. Established in 1994, they voted to documentary films and short films. towards our own younger generation by ad- (co)-produced more than 40 feature films incl. Is part of The Circular Group, in which also dressing either film viewers or creators. We WHEN THE DAY HAD NO NAME (2017) by participate Freak Independent Film Agency, wish to be a part of a movement that would Teona Mitevska / Berlinale 2017 Panorama agency specialized in international film fes- establish a fresh, autonomous and creative Special; NIGHTLIFE (2016) by Damjan Kozole tivals distribution and Feelmakers.com, VOD film scene which would in turn generate origi- / Karlovy Vary IFF 2016: Best Director Award; platform dedicated to documentaries, anima- nal content in the Slovenian filmography. We HOME (doc, 2015) by Metod Pevec / Sarajevo tion and short films. The three companies to- hope to attract the viewers to the cinemas by FF Doc Comp. 2015, ZagrebDox 2016: Spe- gether offers a complete service of films com- responding to the general feel and feedback cial Mention; YOU CARRY ME (2014) by Ivona mercializing with a unique strategy to achieve from our audience. As emerging producers we Juka / Karlovy Vary IFF 2015: East of the West the best results for the films. mostly work with young, enthusiastic authors Comp.; AN EPISODE IN THE LIFE OF AN who we feel do not get enough opportunities or IRON PICKER (2013) by D. Tanovic / Berlinale have hard time getting proper funding in Slo- Comp. 2013: 2 Silver Bears; CIRCLES (2013) venia. We are firmly convinced that the people by S. Golubovic / Sundance FF 2013: Special

ain we like to work with the most are the future of Jury Award, Berlinale 2013: Ecumenical Prize; Slovenian cinema. ALEXANDRIANS (doc, 2011) by M. Pevec /

s p Trieste FF 2012: Best Doc; SLOVENIAN GIRL (2009) by D. Kozole / Toronto IFF 2009, Les Arcs FF 2009: Best Actress, Sales in more than 40 territories; SPARE PARTS (2003) by D. Kozole / Berlinale Comp.; BREAD AND MILK (2001) by J. Cvitkovic, Venice FF: Lion of the Future.

Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] www.temporama.si www.vertigo.si www.feelsales.com

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San Sebastian International CHINEMA FILM s p Anna M. Bofarull Roberto Cueto KaBoGa Film Festival China Åhlander SWEDEN

KaBoGa is an independent film production The San Sebastian International Film Festival Chinema Film Sweden AB was founded in company, interested in projects that are linked is accredited by the International Federation 2013 by China Åhlander for the projects she to reality and that depict topics of universal in- of Film Producers Association (FIAPF) in the really believes in and wants to commit herself terest, some of them showing strong social as- “competitive film festivals” category. The Fes- to. The company produces features, tv-dra- pects, always with a young, sensitive, feminine tival seeks to make a positive contribution to mas, tv-series and documentaries. Chinema and daring spirit. Our production company was the development of the film culture and in- Film Sweden is working with the most inter- created in 2007 by young people eager to open dustry. esting, established and upcoming European the eyes through a fresh look onto the world. directors, making films for the international KABOGA works both documentary and fiction market and festival scene. and our projects depict topics of universal in- The producer in the company, China Åhlander terest and succeed in reaching the audience at is an internationally acclaimed producer with numerous festivals worldwide. awards from international festivals (Venice, Aspen,Telluride, Sevilla and many more) as well as Sweden's top honour – Guldbaggar. As a producer China Åhlander works very closely with her directors and with the scripts and is fully committed throughout the whole creative process. s w e d en

Contact details: Contact details: [email protected] [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] www.kaboga.eu www.sansebastianfestival.com www.chinema.se

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Creative Europe Desk

Ulrika Nisell Sweden Malin Hüber HER Film Elin Kamlert Kamlert Film s w e d en The MEDIA Sub-programme of Creative Eu- HER produces moving images in the intersec- After years working in film and culture, pro- rope is designed to support European film tion between film and art. ducer and consultant Elin Kamlert recently and other audiovisual industries. It provides HER seeks to develop new voices and and founded her own company in Malmö, Swe- funding for the development, promotion and new narratives on an international arena. den. The primary focus is on documentaries distribution of European works within Europe HER actively encourages films made by wom- for international audiences. Elin previously and beyond. en and for women. worked as a producer at WG Film where she produced “Bikes vs Cars” (dir. Fredrik Gertten) and worked impact and outreach- focused. Currently developing documentary projects together with directors Simon Klose (“TPB AFK”) and Hanna Heilborn (“Sharaf”, “Hidden”, “Slaves”). Elin is a graduate of EAVE’s European Producers Workshop 2013.

Contact details: [email protected] www.kreativaeuropa.eu Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected]

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Sisyfos Film Solid David Herdies Momento Film Mario Adamson Production Magnus Paulsson Entertainment s w e d en Momento Film was founded in 2011 by Da- Sisyfos Film Production (former Medusa Pro- Solid Entertainment is a production company vid Herdies, and soon after established itself ductions) is a production company that pro- founded in 1996 and based in Malmo, Swe- as one of the most vibrant independent docu- duces award winning animated short films, den. We (co-)produce everything from com- mentary production companies in Sweden, documentaries, and non-linear storytelling mercials and music promos to documentaries producing numerous award winning docu- in AR. and features. We also act as a rental house mentaries which has been screened at the ma- with a full range of cameras, lenses, lights and jor festivals (IDFA, Hot Docs, CPH:DOX etc). grip equipment. In 2015, the company moved into fiction with productions such as MADRE by Simón Mesa Soto (Official Short Film Competition in Cannes 2016) and DEAR KID by Frida Kempff (1km Film at Stockholm IFF). Since the start, the focus has been to be a platform for upcoming talents as well as es- tablished directors and scriptwriters who want to push the borders of film making. Currently, Momento Film is working on a slate of fic- tion and documentary projects among which can be mentioned: AMPARO by Simón Mesa Soto, MADAME LUNA written by Suha Ar- raf, TRANSNISTRA by Anna Eborn and THE GODS by director Ahang Bashi. The producers of the company are part of the Eurodoc, EAVE and ACE networks.

Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] www.momentofilm.se www.sisyfosfilm.com www.solidentertainment.se

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The Swedish Film

Lars Säfström SVT Jenny Örnborn Institute Miira Paasilinna The Yellow Affair s w e d en SVT is Sweden’s public service television fi- The Swedish Film institute may finance inter- The Yellow Affair is a World Sales Agent and nanced by license fees. Today SVT operates national co-productions through a Swedish Executive Producer for films & TV series from four channels - SVT1, SVT2, SVT24/Barn- co-producer provided that the film has distri- around the world. After 8 years The Yellow kanalen (a childrens´ channel) and together bution in Sweden. The projects should have Affair has a proven track record and has a with UR; Kunskapskanalen. Barnkanalen and a Swedish artistic participation/exchange .We growing reputation in areas of development, SVT24 share the same channel ID. are always looking for strong cinematic stories financing, marketing and selling films of all All SVT channels are digital only. All are dis- of high visual quality, films which embrace types and genres. The Yellow Affair is based in tributed via all kinds of platforms. Our on-line complexity and look deep into their charac- Scandinavia with a catalogue of over 80 films platform is SVT Play. ters. We also consider the skills and artistic and TV series. The Yellow Affair is developing Our documentary slots are: ambitions of the director and the competence new relationships with various financial enti- SVT2 Mondays at 22:00, 58’-90’, Dox: The and commitment of the producer. ties and building new strategies that will en- best documentaries on the international able the company to contribute significantly scene. to getting films into production. In addition to SVT2 Thursdays at 20:00, 58’: Creative Swed- this, the company brings its vast experience in ish and Nordic narrative documentaries with a areas of development, festival and world mar- human interest. keting strategies, distribution and world sales SVT2 Friday 20:00, 58’: Culture docs to the table. We are looking for projects of in- SVT2 Sundays at 22:00: Dokument Utifrån tegrity, that boast high-end production values (current affairs) with big commercial potential. We are inter- ested in strong stories with mid range budget levels with known directors.

Contact details: Contact details: [email protected] [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] www.svt.se www.filminstitutet.se www.yellowaffair.com

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Way Creative Festival del Film Julia Gebauer Sarah Born Films Catpics Lorenzo Esposito Locarno s w e d en Julia Gebauer has been a producer at WAY Catpics Ltd. was founded 1984 in Zurich as With 12 sections, 3 competitions and 25 CREATIVE FILMS, Sweden, since 2004. The an independent film production company. awards, quality and variety are key. This is the company has produced six feature films and In 1991 Journey of Hope by Xavier Koller framework of a Festival that explores cinema Co-produced several more. WAY CREATIVE won the Academy Award for „Best Foreign from every perspective, to discover in the pre- FILMS has also produced TV series such as Language Film”. The company produces sent the filmmakers and films destined to have the christmas special for the public broad- feature films and creative documentaries by a future. caster SVT and award-winning short films directors such as Xavier Koller (Black Tanner, such as PLEASURE by Ninja Thyberg, which Journey of Hope, Gripsholm, Eine wen iig, dr won the Canal Plus prize at the Semaine de Dällebach Kari), Léa Pool (Desire in Motion, la Critique in Cannes, and was in competition Emporte-moi, Double Peine), Friedrich Kap- at Sundance. Julia is a EAVE Producer’s Work- peler (Varlin, Mani Matter – Why are you so shop graduate (2016). sad?), Ulrike Koch (The Saltmen of Tibet, As- shak – Tales from the Sahara). Sarah Born joined the company in 2013, since 2014 she is a share-holder and managing partner of the company. Sw it z e r lan d

Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] www.waycreative.se www.catpics.ch Contact details: [email protected]

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Istanbul Film Festivali Meetings on

Esther Van Messel Esther Van First Hand Films Gulin Ustun the Bridge

Dedicated Production and tailor-made Distri- MEETINGS ON THE BRIDGE (MoB), the in- bution for every story in every medium eve- dustry section of the Istanbul Film Festival, rywhere. primarily showcases film projects and films in First Hand Films is an international sales post-production from Turkey and the neigh-

Sw it z e r lan d agent, a theatrical distributor in Switzerland bours at Film Development and Work in Pro- and a producer based in Zürich. gress workshops with the purpose of initiating Run by Esther van Messel since 1998, FHF negotiations for co-productions. Prior to the finds partners, finance and deals with the workshops a training program is organized entire production process. FHF has sold hun- with international experts for the the selected dreds of licenses worldwide, turned over more filmmakers . than ten million Euro and its films have won Aiming at offering further incentives, in collab- many awards including Emmies and Oscars. oration with the Medienboard Berlin-Brand- Since 2013 FHF operates also as theatrical benburg and Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein distributor in Switzerland and has released a funds established a Turkish-German Co-Pro- number of international fiction and non-fiction duction Development Fund in 2011. films. For selected projects FHF acts as Exec- MoB continues to offer new prospects to film- utive Producer with global access to talented makers in any stage of their films, and acts as filmmakers, broadcasters and funding bodies. a go-to destination of the Turkish film industry FHF works with ambitious and accessible pro- for international professionals.of the Turkish

T u rk e y jects worldwide, combining intelligence, prac- film industry for international professionals. tical knowledge and experience. Today First Hand Films have been seen by many millions of people all over the world, in cinemas, on TV and online.

Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] www.firsthandfilms.com http://film.iksv.org/en/meetingsonthebridge

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Honest Fish Documentary Ukrainian State Yulia Serdyukova Yulia Stories Philip Illienko Film Agency Ukr aine Independent documentary production com- Ukrainian State Film Agency is a govermental pany based in Kyiv, Ukraine. authority, responsible for the execution of the We focus on producing creative documenta- state policy in the sphere of cinema. ries with strong author's point of view, refined visual style and critical approach towards dominant discourses.

Contact details: [email protected] Contact details: [email protected] www.honestfish.com.ua www.dergkino.gov.ua

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William Page Filmdoo Paula Vaccaro Pinball London

Growing up in over 15 countries between Pinball London is a production company com- them, FilmDoo co-founders Weerada Sucha- mitted to films with an auteur zeal. Founded in ritkul and William Page have always had a 2009 by Paula Vaccaro it has combined in- taste for international cinema. They met in ternational talents from the US, Latin America London, where they discussed their love of and Europe including world known filmmak- films, but also why so many of them were ers such as , Emir Kusturica, Guill- unavailable in the UK. So they started Film- ermo Arriaga, Edoardo de Angelis, and Aaron U nite d King om Doo in the summer of 2014, with the aim of Brookner among others. bringing films from around the world to an in- The company also provides Impact producing ternational audience. So many extraordinary services, training, and film distribution con- films get made, only to rarely get seen. Let's sultancy as well as Audience outreach and create a home for these films. engagement services. Under the banner Pin- Only together can we Doo it. ball Arts, the company creates ancillary con- tent linking films to the intersection of art and eventually technology.

Contact details: [email protected] www.filmdoo.com Contact details: [email protected]

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264 W EM A R TNE S P The 2018 edition of When East them has a key role in planning, Meets West has several strategic promoting and organizing the co- industry partners. Each one of production forum.

265 EAVE is a professional training, project develop- - the panel Co-Producing between South East ment and networking organisation for producers. Europe and the Nordic Countries – Case Study of At the heart of our programmes is the EAVE Pro- EAVE project HISTORY OR LOVE (EAVE graduates ducers Workshop, which has created a unique co- Rok Secen, Nadia Trevisan, Jarle Bjørknes) as well producing network in Europe. The EAVE Marketing as EAVE graduates Katrin Pors and China Åhlander

eave Workshop, EAVE+ and our international schemes and moderator Miira Paasilinna , (PUENTES, TIES THAT BIND) complete our core programmes. EAVE also offers various tailor-made - the panel THE ROAD TO PROJECT AND FILM 'EAVE on DEMAND' workshops all over the globe. MARKETING: CHECKPOINTS AND PITFALLS (EAVE graduate Vicky Miha and EAVE Marketing Since its foundation, the Trieste festival’s profes- Workshop graduate Christina Liapi), sional platform dedicated to co-producing with - and the EAVE session TOWARDS 2030: CREAT- Eastern Europe – WHEN EAST MEETS WEST – has ING NEW BUSINESS MODELS FOR FILM by EAVE established itself as an important reference for consultant Linda Beath. European professionals. EAVE, one of the leading European training and development providers, is With the support of FVG Audiovisual Fund, one of proud to have been a partner from the very begin- the producers and projects selected at WEMW will ning. In the framework of this partnership, EAVE be awarded with a scholarship for the EAVE 2019 is advising on the strategic planning and program- Producers Workshop. ming of the event and promoting WEMW among the members of our network. EAVE is involved in the Furthermore, we are delighted that the EAVE market in various ways: network has a strong presence at WEMW with 6 projects produced and/or co-produced by EAVE - the WEMW project selection (EAVE group leader producers in the official and guest projects selec- and graduate Didar Domehri, EAVE group leader tion, including ABOUT LOVE AND MEN by Tatjana Danijel Hocevar, EAVE graduate Katrin Pors as well Bozic (producer: Fleur Knopperts), which was de- as EAVE graduate and Slovenian National Coordi- veloped at the EAVE Producers Workshop 2017, 2 CONTACTS nator Jozko Rutar were part of the selection com- EAVE projects in the section This is It, MENOCCHIO mittee), (producer Nadia Trevisan) and STORIES FROM THE 2013 EAVE | 238c, - the preparation day for the WEMW projects (EAVE CHESTNUT WOODS (producer: Marina Gumzi) and Rue de Luxembourg graduate and Italian National Coordinator Stefano 3 projects in the new workshop First Cut Lab, in- 8077 Bertrange, Tealdi is one of the tutors), cluding EAVE project THE MUTE (producer: Anna Luxembourg - the First Cut Lab expert team (EAVE graduates Wydra), developed at the EAVE Producers Work- T: +352 44 52 10 1 Amra Baksic-Camo, Natasa Damnjanovic, Katrin shop, as well as 90 EAVE network members attend- F: ++352 44 52 10 70 Pors, Konstantina Stavraniou, Elise Jalladeau and ing the event. [email protected] Jules Debrock),

266 members of the China Åhlander Dyveke Graver Marko Paljic Anamaria Antoci Alessandro Gropplero Danijel Pek EAVE network at Alem Babic Sabine Gruber Snezana Penev WEMW 2018 Amra Baksic Camo David Herdies Sarah Pennacchi Simone Baumann Danijel Hocevar Giovanni Pompili Linda Beath Alexis Hofmann Maja Popovic Jarle Bjørknes Izabela Igel Katrin Pors Eva Blondiau Shkumbin Istrefi Marija Razgute Mirko Bojovic Elise Jalladeau Eva Rohrman Ioanna Bolomyti Pavla Janouskova Kubeckova Jožko Rutar Nataša Bucar Barbara Jukopila Rok Secen Vlado Bulajic Ankica Juric Tilic Sergei Serpuhov Anton Calleja Sinisa Juricic Riina Sildos Enrica Capra Bujar Kabasi Ada Solomon Miha Cernec Elin Kamlert Alessia Sonaglioni Carine Chichkowsky Bojan Kanjera Konstantina Stavrianou Vasilis Chrysanthopoulos Fleur Knopperts Milan Stojanovic Miljenka Cogelja Eda Koppel Stefano Tealdi Per Damgaard Hansen Besnik Krapi Marteinn Thorsson Natasa Damnjanovic Darija Kulenovic Gudan Elli Toivoniemi Rebecca De Pas Arben Lami Alex Traila Guillaume de Seille Claire Launay Kristina Trapp Jules Debrock Christina Liapi Nadia Trevisan Natalia Drozd Mark Lwoff Katya Trichkova Milena Džambasovic Ari Matikainen Gulin Ustun Samantha Faccio Vicky Miha Ida Weiss Marco Valerio Fusco Miroslav Mogorovic Anna Wydra Zoran Galic Jovana Nikolic Marta Zaccaron Julia Gebauer Petra Oplatkova Balázs Zachar Nicolas George Miira Paasilinna Arben Zharku

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s Maia Workshops is an advanced interna- MAIA Alumni attending tional training programme for young and p WEMW 2018 upcoming producers. It develops along

o three immersive week-long residencies during the year dedicated to different as- Ioanna Bolomyti David Cej

h pects of developing, financing and pro- moting a project; attendees can tailor their Luigi Chimienti Anna Ciennik s training experience to their needs, and can Patricia D’Intino choose to apply for a single workshop or to Marija Dimitrova go for the full package. Zoran Dzeverdanovic All sessions are delivered by experts with Bojan Kanjera rk at least 20 years experience in the audio- Besnik Krapi visual trade. Zvonimir Munivrana Each workshop is open to 20 international Andamion Murataj participants and delivered in the English Marija Razgute language. Joanna Rybus Being a Maia Alumnus means being part of Sergei Serpuhov a large international community of profes- Claudia Soranzo sionals with ongoing access to educational Paola Sponda Pasqualino Suppa and networking opportunities. The Maia Tina Tisljar team follows up with its Alumni after the Alex Traila workshops, helping them grow and develop Ines Vasiljevic their careers. Luka Venturin

MAIA Wo On request, our team works all year round Julie Zackova to develop new tailor-made workshops, in order to provide the most up-to-date in- CONTACTS sights about the industry, markets, festivals Maia Workshops and funders. Via Sabrata, 30 00198 Rome - Italy T: +39 349 144 53 22 [email protected]

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270 TEAM WEMW 2018 team Alessandro Gropplero Head of WEMW Elisa Bordon Accreditation Office & Catalogue

Anna Antonutti Alessandro Gropplero Eleonora Rizzi Paolo Vidali WEMW Supervisor Giulia Battaglini Hospitality Office Coordinator Alessandra Pastore Industry Programming Coordinator

Giulia Battaglini Fabrizio Grosoli Nicoletta Romeo Masha Markovic Meetings Coordinator Anna Antonutti Graphic Designer

in collaboration with TSFF 2018 team

Elisa Bordon Masha Markovic Vittoria Rusalen Cristina Sain President Fabrizio Grosoli Nicoletta Romeo Artistic Directors Monica Goti Niccolò Coscia Niccolò Coscia Max Mestroni Cristina Sain Programming Max Mestroni Production & Communication Eleonora Rizzi Accreditation Office Vittoria Rusalen

Monica Goti Alessandra Pastore Paolo Vidali Hospitality Office

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272 OL FF I count r ies in t h e s p otlig Fun d ing o pp r tunities OLFFI is the world’s largest database OLFFI also offers comparison tools and of public funding and tax incentives information about co-production treaties, for the development, production production rules and more. and post-production of film and TV projects, covering over 300 funding OLFFI is free and can also be accessed bodies, 550 support programmes, 120 as an app available on iTunes Appstore tax mechanisms, 300 co-production and Google Play. treaties, 470 film commissions, and 450 This year, thanks to the partnership with professional associations in more than OLFFI, the WEMW catalogue includes a 85 countries. detailed overview of the funding programs in all 2018 WEMW spotlight countries.

273 www.olffi.com

OLFFI is the world’s largest database of public funding and tax incentives for the development, production and post production of film and TV projects, covering over 300 funding bodies, 550 support programmes, 120 tax mechanisms in more than 85 countries. OLFFI also offers comparison tools and information about co-production treaties, production rules and more. OLFFI is free and can also be downloaded from the App Store and Google Play.

SELECTIVE PROGRAMMES Maximum Cultural Application COUNTRY Name of the Fund Name of the Programme Level Activity Amount Test dates National Center of Cinematog- albania AL - Production Support National Production N/A • raphy National Center of Cinematog- AL -Minority Coproductions 6 000 000 National Production • raphy Support ALL Bosnia and Herzego- Sarajevo Cinema Fund BA - Coproduction Scheme National Production 60 000 EUR • • vina 1 120 000 Bulgaria Bulgarian National Film Center BG - Film Support Scheme National Production • • BGN BG - Support of Minority Copro- 500 000 Bulgarian National Film Center National Production • • ductions EUR HR - National Film Production 650 000 Croatia Croatian Audiovisual Center Scheme and Minority Co- pro- National Production • • EUR duction Scheme EU - Eurimages (Council of Eu- Suprana- 500 000 Europe Eurimages Production • • rope) - Support for Coproduction tional EUR

274 SELECTIVE PROGRAMMES Maximum Cultural Application COUNTRY Name of the Fund Name of the Programme Level Activity Amount Test dates GR - Low Budget Film Produc- Greece Greek Film Center National Production 75 000 EUR tion Program GR - New Directors Program (1st 220 000 Greek Film Center National Production & 2nd film) EUR GR - Program for Already Com- Postproduc- Greek Film Center National 80 000 EUR pleted Film tion GR - Basic Film Production 250 000 Greek Film Center National Production • Program EUR GR - Documentaries Production 100 000 Greek Film Center National Production • Program EUR GR - Minority Coproduction Greek Film Center National Production 50 000 EUR • Support GR - Production Program for Greek Film Center National Production N/A • Films for Children & Adolescents GR/FR - Coproduction Support 500 000 Greek Film Center National Production • Greece-France EUR Kosovo Kosovo Cinematography Center XK - Production Support National Production 70 000 EUR • MK - Support to Feature and 1 000 000 Macedonia Macedonian Film Agency National Production • Shorts EUR Montene- ME - Public Competition for Montenegro Film Centre National Production N/A • • gro Minority Coproduction Sutpport ME - Public Competition for Montenegro Film Centre National Production N/A • • Feature Film Cofinancing Ministry of Culture of Monte- ME - Public Competition for Co- National Production N/A • • negro financing

275 SELECTIVE PROGRAMMES Maximum Cultural Application COUNTRY Name of the Fund Name of the Programme Level Activity Amount Test dates RS - Cofinancing for Minority Serbia Film Center Serbia National Production 72 000 EUR • Coproductions RS - Cofinancing of Films with Film Center Serbia National Production N/A • Domestic Themes RS - Cofinancing of National Film Center Serbia National Production 55 000 EUR • Documentary Films RS - Fund for Co-financing & 400 000 Film Center Serbia National Production • • Financing Cinema Projects EUR SI - Minority Coproduction Sup- Slovenia Slovenian Film Center National Production 70 000 EUR • port SI - Pre-production, Production 800 000 Slovenian Film Center National Production • and Post-Production Support EUR

PRODUCTION INCENTIVES % on Qualifying COUNTRY Name of the Fund Name of the Incentive Tax Type Financial Supports To Expenses HR - Cash Rebate for Film and National Productions, Coproduc- CROATIA Croatian Audiovisual Center Cash Grant 20% Television Production tions, Foreign Productions National Productions, Coproduc- MACEDONIA Macedonian Film Agency MK - Cash Rebate Cash Grant 20% tions, Foreign Productions National Productions, Coproduc- Serbia Film Center Serbia RS - Tax Incentives Cash Grant 20% tions, Foreign Productions SI - Cash Rebate for Foreign Coproductions, Foreign Produc- Slovenia Slovenian Film Center Cash Grant 25% Productions tions

The data presented in this grid were collected from websites of public funds. It is possible that some information is missing or misunderstood. All relevant information that could improve Olffi website is welcome.

276 SELECTIVE PROGRAMMES Maximum Cultural Application COUNTRY Name of the Fund Name of the Programme Level Activity Amount Test dates denmark Danish Film Institute DK - Commissioner Scheme National Production N/A 1 000 000 Danish Film Institute DK - Market Scheme National Production • EUR DK - Minority Coproduction Danish Film Institute National Production 400 000 EUR • Scheme DK - New Danish Screen - Pro- 500 000 000 Danish Film Institute National Production duction DKK DK - Production and Develop- Film Fyn Regional Production N/A ment Support DK - Production Support (feature The West Danish Film Fund Regional Production N/A • film and TV) DK - Feature Films (and TV Copenhagen Film Fund Local Production 500 000 EUR Series) Fund FI - Short Films and Documenta- finland AVEK ries Productions and Scriptwrit- National Production N/A ing Support Finnish Film Foundation FI - Coproduction Funding National Production 500 000 EUR FI - Production Support Pro- 1 000 000 Finnish Film Foundation National Production gramme EUR 40 000 000 iceland Icelandic Film Centre IS - Icelandic Film & TV Fund National Production • ISK Postproduc- Icelandic Film Centre IS - Post-production Grants National N/A tion NO - Production Support (docu- norway FilmKraft National Regional N/A • • mentaries)

277 SELECTIVE PROGRAMMES Maximum Cultural Application COUNTRY Name of the Fund Name of the Programme Level Activity Amount Test dates NO - Support for Feature Films 15 000 000 Norwegian Film Institute National Production • • (Large Audience Potential) NOK NO -New Roads, Development 6 400 000 Norwegian Film Institute National Production • And Production After Consulting NOK NO - Development and Produc- Vestnorsk Filmsenter tion Support for Short Films and National Production N/A • Documentaries NO/DK/FI/IS/SE - Feature Film Suprana- Nordisk Film & TV Fund Production 500 000 EUR Production Support tional NO/DK/FI/IS/SE - Support for Suprana- Nordisk Film & TV Fund Production N/A Documentaries tional NO - Sørfond + / The Norwegian Suprana- Norwegian Film Institute Production 50 000 EUR • South Film Fund + tional NO - Sørfond / The Norwegian Suprana- 1 000 000 Norwegian Film Institute Production • South Film Fund tional NOK NO - Audiovisual Production Film Fund Nord National Production 800 000 NOK • Support NO - Development and Produc- Norwegian Film Institute National Production N/A • tion Support (after consulting) NO - Minority Coproduction Norwegian Film Institute National Production N/A • • Scheme NO - Filminvest Private Equity Filminvest3 AS Regional Production 200 000 EUR • Fund NO - Support for Short Films and Nordnorsk Filmsenter Regional Production 600 000 NOK • Documentaries

278 SELECTIVE PROGRAMMES Maximum Cultural Application COUNTRY Name of the Fund Name of the Programme Level Activity Amount Test dates NO - Support for Development Sørnorsk filmsenter and Production of Documenta- Regional Production N/A • ries and Short Films NO - Contribution in Film & TV Troms Filmcamp AS Regional Production 400 000 NOK Productions NO - Support for Short Fiction Viken Filmsenter Films and Documentaries (any Regional Production N/A • length) Zefyr NO - Zefyr Private Equity Fund Regional Production N/A 1 500 000 Zefyr NO - Zefyr Regional Fund Regional Production • NOK NO - Support for Short Fiction Østnorsk Filmsenter Regional Production 200 000 NOK • • Films and Documentaries SE - Feature Films Support Sweden Swedish Film Institute National Production N/A • (Audience-related support) SE - Feature Films Support 8 000 000 Swedish Film Institute National Production • (Market Potential) SEK SE - Production Support for Swedish Film Institute National Production N/A Documentaries SE - Production Support (Con- Swedish Film Institute National Production N/A sultant Scheme) SE - Swedish Minority Coproduc- Swedish Film Institute National Production N/A • • tions SE - Coproduction Fund for Film i Skâne Regional Production 300 000 EUR Cinema and Television

279 SELECTIVE PROGRAMMES Maximum Cultural Application COUNTRY Name of the Fund Name of the Programme Level Activity Amount Test dates Film i Skâne SE - Support for Documentaries Regional Production 30 000 EUR • • 2 000 000 Film Väst (Västra Götland) SE - Film Väst Regional Production EUR Filmpool Nord (Norrbotten, SE - Production Support (Fiction 4 000 000 Regional Production Lapland) and Animation) SEK Stockholm-Mälardalen Filmre- 1 000 000 SE - Film Capital Stockholm Regional Production • gion SEK

PRODUCTION INCENTIVES % on Qualifying COUNTRY Name of the Fund Name of the Incentive Tax Type Financial Supports To Expenses FI - Cash Rebate Incentive National Productions, Coproduc- Finland Business Finland (former Tekes) Cash Grant 25% Finland tions, Foreign Productions National Productions, Coproduc- Iceland Icelandic Ministry of Industry IS - Film Reimbursement Cash Grant 25% tions, Foreign Productions National Productions, Coproduc- NO - Incentive for International Norway Norwegian Film Institute Cash Grant tions, Foreign Productions, Special 25% Films & Series in Norway Effects

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