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When we started PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE talent. in 2000, we presented a group of 17 producers via the international trades at the Cannes °efp president Film Festival. Apart from serving as a showcase Martin Schweighofer of participating producers, PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE, in the course of 20 years, has spirit. developed into a five-day programme, offering opportunities and events to get to know one another and network in a professional environment. We are proud that films by former participants have travelled the world to international °efp managing director film festivals and won numerous awards. We Sonja Heinen are delighted about the large number of co-productions between producers who met in Cannes as part of the programme.

Promoting outstanding producers from the whole of Europe would not be possible without the ongoing support of Creative Europe – MEDIA Programme. We would also like to thank Eurimages for their loyal support. PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE 5 welcome °efp team in Cannes 6 schedule of the events For the 2019 edition, we are thrilled to present Jo Mühlberger 7 success story to you a new group of Europe’s 20 most [email protected] 8 producers' profiles promising producers. We wish them all the best for their creative journey! Nikolas Samalekos 30 about efp – initiatives promoting [email protected] european films and talent worldwide Martin Schweighofer and Sonja Heinen contact 40 partners and imprint May 2019 [email protected] schedule success 7 of events story thu, 16th may 8 pm welcome dinner PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE fri, 17th may 10 am – 1 pm round table meeting The PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE introduce their current project(s) to their peers

2 pm – 5 pm 1 : 1 speed meeting between the producers and selected sales agents

Zorica Nusheva and Stefan Vujisic in God Exists, Her Name 6 pm – 8 pm PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE alumni cocktail is Petrunya by Teona Strugar Mitevska (North Macedonia, Belgium, Slovenia, Croatia and France 2019) sat, 18th may 10.30 am – 12.30 pm Arte round table God exists, her name is Petrunya Labina Mitevska 5.30 pm – 6.30 pm meet the PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE Sisters and Brother There are many co-productions as a result Mitevski Production (North Macedonia) of PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE, such as Teona sun, 19th may Strugar Mitevska's God Exists, Her Name is Petrunya which premiered in the Berlinale's 10 am – 12.30 pm case study Competition this year. This is a co-production in co-operation with Eurimages between Labina Mitevska and Zdenka Gold, among others. Both met during the programme in 2013 where they also made contact with mon, 20th may the Romanian producer Anca Puiu. Three years Zdenka Gold Spiritus Movens 1 pm – 2.30 pm private lunch later, their first co-production, Cristi Puiu's Production for this years’ PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE Sieranevada, premiered in competition in Cannes. (Croatia) producers' 09 profiles

10 Belgium Hendrik Verthé 20 The Netherlands Joram Willink A Team Productions BIND 11 Croatia Anita Juka 21 Norway Dyveke Bjørkly Graver 4Film Oslo Pictures 12 Denmark Nina Bisgaard 22 Poland Małgorzata Staroń Meta Film Staron-Film 13 France Grégoire Debailly 23 Portugal João Viana Geko Films Papaveronoir

14 Germany Eva Blondiau 24 Serbia Mila Turajlić Color of May Dribbling Pictures 15 Hungary Julianna Ugrin 25 Slovenia Rok Biček Éclipse Film Cvinger Film 16 Iceland Lilja Ósk Snorradóttir 26 Spain Carles Torras Pegasus Pictures Zabriskie Films 17 Ireland Cormac Fox 27 Sweden Jon Nohrstedt Vico Films SF Studios 18 Italy Nadia Trevisan 28 Switzerland Sereina Gabathuler Nefertiti Film Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion 19 Latvia Inese Boka-Grūbe 29 United Kingdom Emily Morgan Mistrus Media Quiddity Films Hendrik Belgium Anita Croatia 11 Verthé Juka

Hendrik Verthé founded A Team Productions Anita Juka set up her own production com­pany together with Kobe Van Steenberghe in 2009, 4Film in 2003 to produce feature films, and has produced short films, documentaries docu­mentaries, shorts and TV series. She has and feature films with a focus on reaching produced multiple award-winning documentaries wide audiences. His latest productions include by her sister Ivona Juka (Facing The Day), Branko co-directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah's Schmidt (Bad Blue Boys) and Mladen Santrić Black (2016) and Gangsta (2018) and Sven (Blue Rose Garden). Anita has also served as Huybrecht's U-235 (2019). Hendrik is now wor- ­ a co-producer for feature films by such directors king with Sahim Omar Kalifa on developing as Zrinko Ogresta (Here) and Damjan Kozole Hendrik Verthé the feature Baghdad Messi. (Slovenian Girl). In 2015, she produced Ivona's Anita Juka phone +32 497 464 180 cell +385 91 2512803 [email protected] fiction feature debutYou Carry Me which [email protected] selected films was the first film from the Balkan region to be acquired by Netflix. Anita is now developing "Ambitious projects with "As a child, I was always Baghdad Messi entertaining and touching new film projects by Ivona and the documentary playing at building some in development stories are what drew filmmaker Silvio Mirošnicenko. new worlds. Film production by Sahim Omar Kalifa me to cinema: the power is a perfect job because, Belgium, Iraq, Germany, of the big screen to amaze with every new project, we selected films The Netherlands, and move audiences." are able to explore and France create new worlds." Lambs in Wolfskin / The Weight of Man in financing, 2019/2020 U-235 2019 nominated by nominated by by Ivona Juka by Sven Huybrechts Flanders Image Croatian Audiovisual Centre Belgium, The Netherlands, Croatia Malta The Atmosphere contact contact Yummy 2019 in development, 2020 A Team Productions 4Film d.o.o. by Lars Damoiseaux by Ivona Juka Schipstraat 60 Antuna Bauera 6 Belgium B – 9550 Herzele Croatia HR – 10 000 Zagreb www.ateamproductions.be phone +385 1 4828 774 You Carry Me 2015 [email protected] by Ivona Juka www.4film.hr Croatia Nina Denmark Grégoire France 13 Bisgaard Debailly

Nina Bisgaard started working as a producer Grégoire graduated from La Fémis film and executive producer at Meta Film in 2012 school in Paris in 2005. At Geko Films, on such local Danish films asFlow and Summer he has produced such films as Samuel of '92 and was also appointed Head of Inter­- Collardey's Greenland-set documentary national Financing and Co-Productions for A Polar Year and Jean-Bernard Marlin's TV series at SAM Productions from 2015. Her Shéhérazade which premiered at Cannes' production of Ali Abbasi’s Border won the Semaine de la Critique sidebar in 2018 and Grand Prix at Un Certain Regard in Cannes in won the César for Best Debut in 2019. 2018. She was an executive producer on Meta Grégoire has become famous in the Cannes Nina Bisgaard Grégoire Debailly Film's first Swedish language featureAniara cell +45 61 30 50 81 community for his gorgeous mushroom cell +33 6 17 71 46 51 as well as Meta Film London’s first feature,The [email protected] risottos, and he also has a black belt in [email protected] Wife, with Glenn Close garnering an Oscar creative Catholicism. "I wanted to be a photographer nomination for her performance in 2019. Her "I studied Scandinavian Literature and Film at more than anything else. current development slate includes feature selected films university. Luckily, I did an But I thought cinema was more projects by Jan Troell, Jeppe Ronde and Daniel fun when I saw a film crew internship at Meta Film and 2018 having a break in a bar. Kragh-Jacobsen. found out that it was the Shéhérazade by Jean-Bernard Marlin most perfect job for me to France nominated by selected films become a producer." Unifrance A Polar Year (Une année Polaire), 2018 How to Date a Feminist nominated by by Samuel Collardey in development/financing, 2021 Danish Film Institute by tba France United Kingdom, Denmark contact contact Border (Gräns), 2018 Meta Film Geko Films by Ali Abbasi Lille Strandstræde 20c, 2 336 rue Saint-Honoré Sweden, Denmark DK – 1254 Copenhagen FR – 75001 Paris [email protected] phone +33 1 40 15 16 87 The Wife 2018 www.metafilm.dk [email protected] by Björn Runge United Kingdom, Sweden Eva Germany Julianna Hungary 15 Blondiau Ugrin

Eva Blondiau graduated from the ifs inter­ Julianna Ugrin founded her own Buda­pest- national film school in Cologne in 2012 with her based independent production company production of Elmar Imanov's The Swing of Éclipse Film in 2011. Since then, she has con- ­­ the Coffin Maker. Her partner's diploma film was centrated on the development and pro­- invited to more than 100 festivals and won over duction of creative documentaries such as 40 awards, including the Student Oscar. In Hot Men Cold Dictatorships (2015), Train 2013, they founded their production company To Adulthood (2015), A Woman Captured Color Of May and produced their next short, (2017) and Easy Lessons (2018). A graduate Torn, which premiered in the Directors' of the EURODOC and EAVE training Eva Blondiau Julianna Ugrin Fortnight at Cannes in 2014. Since then, they cell +49 178 31 95 751 programmes, Julianna has been teaching cell +36 20 212 86 36 have co-­produced Iosep ’Soso’ Bliadze's short [email protected] Documentary Filmmaking at the University [email protected] Three Steps and Veronika Glasunowa and of Theatre and Film Arts since 2013 and "Because I like and need Lukasz Lakomy's feature documentary Long "I always admired my father is the organiser of the DunaDOCK Master Heribert Blondiau and the work art, because I believe in Echo as well as Boris Khlebnikov's Arrhythmia. Class & Pitching series. he did. I also wanted to be the power of film, and I am Imanov's feature debut won ready to do whatever is End of Season an "enabler" and reach people needed to make it happen." the FIPRESCI Prize when it premiered in Rotter­- through stories and movies." selected films dam in 2019. Recordings (Hangjáték) nominated by nominated by Hungarian National Film Fund selected films German Films in development by Diana Groó End of Season 2019 Hungary, France by Elmar Imanov Germany, Azerbaijan, Georgia Beauty Queen (Királylány) in development contact contact by Áron Mátyássy Kabul, City in the Wind 2018 Color of May Éclipse Film by Aboozar Amini Neuenhöfer Allee 19a Hungary Jókai u. 1 The Netherlands, Japan, DE – 50937 Köln HU – 1066 Budapest Afghanistan, Germany www.colorofmay.com Our Father (Mi Atyánk) phone +36 70 315 57 94 in financing, 2020 [email protected] Arrhythmia 2017 by Marton Vizkelety and www.eclipsefilm.hu by Boris Khlebnikov Julianna Ugrin Russian Federation, Finland, Hungary Germany COLOR OF MAY Lilja Ósk Iceland Cormac Ireland 17 Snorradóttir Fox

Lilja Ósk Snorradóttir first began working A graduate of Ireland's National Film School, for Pegasus Pictures in 1999, handling service Cormac Fox has produced several feature productions and local Icelandic films before films, including Fiona Tan'sHistory's Future, she was appointed Managing Director of the which premiered at the International Film company in 2010. Lilja has produced Icelandic Festival Rotterdam in 2015, Peter Foott's TV series, was the national co-producer of 2016 local breakout hit The Young Offenders, Rúnar Rúnarsson's Sparrows, which won the and Sophie Hyde's Animals which had its Golden Shell for Best Film in San Sebastian world premiere at the 2019 Sundance in 2015, and produced his third feature Echo. Film Festival. He is currently producing Lilja Ósk Snorradóttir Cormac Fox She also served as a co-producer on Joe cell +354 892 8000 a TV series, Cold Courage, for Viaplay. cell +353 87 646 0406 Penna's thriller Arctic and Martin Skovbjerg's [email protected] [email protected] debut Sticks and Stones. selected films "After growing up in the "Seeing an audience react to industry and working there, a film I have produced always selected films Animals 2019 I made the conscious decision fills me with immense pleasure by Sophie Hyde ten years ago that this is and satisfaction. Film is such Echo (Bergmál) the place where I want to stay." Ireland, Australia a collaborative process and the in postproduction, 2019 opportunity to meet so many by Rúnar Rúnarsson The Young Offenders 2016 nominated by unique, amazing creative artists Iceland, France by Peter Foott Icelandic Film Centre on the journey is an honour Ireland and inspiration." Arctic 2018 by Joe Penna A Dark Song 2016 nominated by USA, Iceland by Liam Gavin Screen Ireland Ireland, United Kingdom Sticks and Stones (Brakland), 2018 contact contact by Martin Skovbjerg Pegasus Pictures Vico Films Denmark, Iceland Sóltún 24 Unit D, Glencormack IS – 105 Reykjavik Business Park phone +354 414 2010 IRL – Kilmacanogue, Co. Wicklow www.pegasus.is phone +353 1 699 1321 www.vicofilms.com Nadia Italy Inese Latvia 19 Trevisan Boka-Grūbe

Nadia Trevisan co-founded Nefertiti Film with Inese Boka-Grube is one of the founders the director Alberto Fasulo in the north-east of the Riga-based Mistrus Media, producing of Italy in 2013. She produced Fasulo's 2013 feature film The Chronicles of Melanie feature TIR, his 2015 documentary Parents, and by Viestur Kairish. She was the minority the Locarno competition title Menocchio from co-producer on Giedrė Beinoriūtė's drama 2018 as well as co-producing the Slovenian Breathing Into Marble, which premiered filmmaker Sonja Prosenc'sHistory of Love in the East of the West competition at which premiered in Karlovy Vary in 2018. She Karlovy Vary in 2018, and the associate is currently working with Laura Samani on producer of Ivars Seleckis' , Nadia Trevisan To Be Continued Inese Boka-Grūbe her feature Small Body which won awards at cell +39 33 89 42 92 41 which was Latvia's official entry for the cell +371 29 25 95 80 Trieste's When East Meets West and the [email protected] best foreign-language film for the 2019 [email protected] Torino Film Lab in 2018. Oscars. Another production, Dāvis Sīmanis' "I became a producer "I ask this question to myself when I was around 40 years historical drama The Mover, had its inter­- now and again only to selected films old and this completely national premiere at the Moscow IFF remember that, ultimately, changed my life as I believe in spring 2019. it’s because of the ability Small Body (Piccolo Corpo) that cinema is a powerful to reach out to people with means of social development the stories I believe in." in production, 2020 selected films by Laura Samani and a starting point for Italy, France, Slovenia personal advancement." nominated by The Mover (Tēvs Nakts), 2019 National FIlm Centre Latvia by Dāvis Sīmanis Menocchio 2018 nominated by Latvia by Alberto Fasulo Istituto Luce Cinecittà – Italy, Romania Filmitalia Breathing Into Marble (Kvėpavimas į Marmurą), 2018 History of Love contact contact by Giedrė Beinoriūtė (Zgodovina Ljubezni), 2018 Nefertiti Film Mistrus Media Lithuania, Latvia, Croatia by Sonja Prosenc via P. Amalteo, 68/B Blaumana 11/13–13 I – 33078 San Vito al LV – 1011 Riga Slovenia, Italy, Norway Tagliamento (PN) The Chronicles of Melanie phone +371 67 313 314 phone +39 04 34 87 41 97 (Melānijas Hronika), 2016 www.mistrusmedia.lv www.nefertitifilm.it by Viestur Kairish Latvia, Czech Republic, Finland

FILM The Norway 21 Joram Netherlands Dyveke Willink Bjørkly-Graver

Joram Willink joined forces with fellow A graduate in Film and Cultural Manage­- producer Piet-Harm Sterk in 2007 to establish ment, Dyveke Bjørkly-Graver joined the the production company BIND to create stories Norwegian production company Cinenord that inspire social change. His award-winning where she worked from 2009 to 2017 on productions include Remy van Heugten's Son such productions as The Little Grey Fergie of Mine and Steven Wouterlood's TV movie children's film series and Aurora Gossé and Anything Goes as well as Wouterlood's feature Arne Lindtner Naess' Caspar and Emma film 2019 Berlinale titleMy Extraordinary Go Treasure Hunting. Dyveke then moved Summer with Tess. Joram is currently in post-­ to Oslo Pictures where she has since co- Joram Willink Dyveke Bjøkly-Graver production on Sander Burger's The Judgement cell +31 6 2464 1225 produced Kathleen Hepburn and Elle-Máijá cell +47 90 75 81 98 and raising the finance for van Heugten's [email protected] Tailfeathers' drama The Body Remembers [email protected] new feature project Mascot. When the World Broke Open, and is current- "Film has the power "First and foremost, to be to communicate to large ly working on a slate that includes Joachim able to work with storytelling selected films audiences and address Trier and Jonas Matzow Gulbrandsen’s and an art form that I love. socially relevant themes in upcoming projects. Combine that with the ever- Mascot (Mascotte) a moving or enlightening challenging and creative work way. A film can speak out of financing and running in financing, 2021 selected films by Remy van Heugten and unify." a business, I’m rarely bored." The Netherlands, tbc: Belgium, Germany nominated by The Body Remembers nominated by When the World Broke Open 2019 The Judgement (De Veroordeling) Eye International Norwegian Film Institute by Kathleen Hepburn & in postproduction, 2020 (The Netherlands) Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers by Sander Burger Canada, Norway The Netherlands contact contact Casper and Emma Go Treasure Hunting My Extraordinary Summer with Tess BIND Oslo Pictures (Karsten og Petra På Skattejakt), 2018 (Mijn Bijzonder Rare Week Met Tess), 2019 Stadhouderskade 152 Dronningens gate 8A NL – 1074 BC Amsterdam by Aurora Gossé & Arne Lindtner Næss NO – 0152 Oslo by Steven Wouterlood phone +31 20 36 40 030 Norway [email protected] The Netherlands, Germany www.bindfilm.com www.oslo-pictures.com Wildwitch (Vildheks), 2018 by Kaspar Munk Denmark, Norway, Hungary, Sweden Małgorzata Poland João Portugal 23 Staroń Viana

Małgorzata Staroń is the head of the Warsaw- Angolan-born João Viana studied Film based production company Staron-Film in Porto after completing law school which she co-founded with her DoP husband at the University of Coimbra. He launched Wojciech Staroń in 2005. She produced two his pro­duction company Papavernoir to of his documentaries – Argentinian Lesson and produce his 2009 short Alfama. In 2013, the Brothers – as well as co-producing two films Berlinale's Forum premiered the feature- by Diego Lerman – Refugiado and Sort of Family length and short versions of his directorial – and Paula Markovitch's Silver Bear-winner debut Battle of Tabato. João returned to The Prize. Małgorzata is now working on the the Forum in 2018 to present his second Małgorzata Staroń João Viana development of Wojciech's next project, cell +48 505 934 943 feature Our Madness paired with a short cell +351 96 150 78 58 I See, to be made with partners from Germany, [email protected] film version. He is now looking to finance [email protected] Latvia and the UK. short and long versions of a film he was "The very moment I realised "I became a producer to that reality – when captured developing in 2018 as part of the DAAD artist have more time for my selected films on film – is much more in residence programme in Berlin about films and the films of the interes­ting than the theoretical the Cuanza River in Angola. directors I believe in." I See (Widzę) models about it, I decided to give up my scientific career." in development, 2021 selected films nominated by by Wojciech Staroń ICA (Portugal) Poland, Germany, Latvia, nominated by Kwanza in financing, 2020 United Kingdom Polish Film Institute by João Viana Portugal, Angola The Prize (El Premio), 2011 by Paula Markovitch Where Ghosts Walk (Onde Caminham Mexico, Poland, Germany contact Fantasmas), in financing, 2020 contact by Davi Pretto Argentinian Lesson Staron-Film Papaveronoir Portugal, Brazil (Argentyńska Lekcja), 2011 Krasinskiego 16/139 Rua Ator Vale 1 PL – 01-581 Warsaw PT – 1900 025 Lisbon by Wojciech Staroń [email protected] Our Madness, 2018 phone +351 21 8153 652 Poland www.staronfilm.pl by João Viana [email protected] Portugal, Qatar, Mozambique, www.papaveronoir.com France Mila Serbia Rok Slovenia 25 Turajlić Biček

A graduate from the National Film School in Rok Biček is the head of Ljubljana- Belgrade, Mila Turajlić co-founded her based production company Cvinger Film company Dribbling Pictures in 2006 to produce with a branch office in Vienna. His feature auteur-driven documentaries in Serbia. Her directorial debut Class Enemy won the directorial debut, Cinema Komunisto premiered Fedeora Award at Venice Critics' Week in at IDFA in 2010, while the 2017 documentary 2013, while the 2017 documentary The The Other Side of Everything was HBO Europe’s Family won Grand Prix at Locarno Critics' first co-production with Serbia and won the Week. He co-produced Olmo Omerzu's prestigious IDFA Award for Best Documentary which won best director in Mila Turajlić Winter Flies Rok Biček Film. Mila is currently editing her next film, cell +381 63 30 2345 Karlovy Vary 2018 and Darko Štante's cell +386 51 358 339 The Labudovic Reels, and developing the drama [email protected] Consequences which premiered at Toronto series Non-Aligned as a writer/producer. in 2018. Rok is now working on the de­- "I believe that producing "For me, producing is where is an essential part the dream of the film meets ­velopment of his third filmDark Mother of the creative process." selected films the possibility of its realisation Earth, to be made with partners from and, by producing, I feel the region and France. nominated by Non-Aligned that I am the backbone of Slovenian Film Centre the creative process." in development selected films by tbc Serbia nominated by (Črna Mati Zemla) Film Center Serbia Dark Mother Earth in financing, 2021 The Labudovic Reels by Rok Biček in financing Slovenia, Croatia, France, by Mila Turajlić Austria, Serbia Serbia, France contact contact Vesna in financing, 2020 The Other Side of Everything Dribbling Pictures Cvinger Film by Sara Kern (Druga Strana Svega), 2017 Bitoljska 2 Dunajska cesta 156 SRB – 11000 Belgrade Australia, Slovenia, France SI – 1000 Ljubljana by Mila Turajlić phone +381 11 3619 709 [email protected] Serbia, France, Qatar [email protected] Admin in financing, 2020 www.cvinger-film.si www.dribblingpictures.com by Olmo Omerzu www.dissimila.rs Czech Republic, Slovenia, Slovak Republic, Germany, France Carles Spain Jon Sweden 27 Torras Nohrstedt

Carles Torras founded his Barcelona-based Jon Nohrstedt has been working for SF company, Zabriskie Films, in 2007 after Studios since 2011 and is the producer directing such films asYouth and Trash. He behind three of Sweden’s all-time popular produced his third feature, Open 24h (2011) animation films based on the 1960s comic as well as Aram Garriga's documentary hero ‘Bamse – The Strongest Bear in the American Jesus (2013) before making his first World’. He has produced and co-produced foray into English-language fiction production TV series and feature films such as episodes with the New York-set thriller Callback that of The Lawyer, Aleksi Mäkelä's ice hockey won three Golden Biznaga Awards at the comedy , and Janus Metz's Carles Torras 95 Borg vs Jon Nohrstedt Malaga Film Festival in 2016. Carles is currently cell +34 649 59 98 89 McEnroe, starring Sverrir Gudnason, Shia cell +46 706 43 42 65 in postproduction on Garriga's new docu­ [email protected] LaBeouf and Stellan Skarsgård. [email protected] mentary American Satan and is developing his "After directing my first "I love to be part of a team own new feature project, the psychological selected films two feature films, I decided that creates stories. To be thriller The Paramedic, as well as The Invasion to become a producer, taking able to realise a vision that sci-fi series by Hèctor Hernández. the risks of filmmaking and Pelle No-Tail (working title) can entertain, move and touch using my experience in (Pelle Svanslös) an audience no matter where order to achieve excellence you are from, is amazing." selected films in production, 2020 in our productions." by Pelle Svanslös nominated by The Paramedic (El Practicante) Sweden nominated by in financing, 2020 Swedish Film Institute ICAA (Spain) by Carles Torras Nelly Rapp – the Monsterhunter Spain, Belgium (Nelly Rapp – Monsteragent) in production, 2020 Upon Entry (Upon Entry) contact by Amanda Adolfsson contact Zabriskie Films SF Studios in financing, 2020 Sweden Miquel Àngel, 116, entlo. 1 Sveavägen 56 by Alejandro Rojas, Juan S. Vásquez ES – 08028 Barcelona SE – 111 34 Stockholm Borg vs McEnroe (Borg), 2017 Spain [email protected] phone +46 8 556 092 40 by Janus Metz www.zabriskie-films.com [email protected] Callback (Callback), 2016 Sweden www.sfinternational.se by Carles Torras Spain, USA Switzerland United 29 Sereina Emily Kingdom Gabathuler Morgan

After completing her training as an actor, A graduate of the National Film and Television Sereina Gabathuler started working for Dschoint School, Emily Morgan worked in distribution Ventschr in 2008. Initially as an intern, Sereina and as a production freelancer for various has since worked her way up to become a companies before setting up her own produc­- producer on such films as Werner Schweizer's tion outfit Quiddity Films which is supported 2013 filmEnemies in Love and Karoline Arn and by a BFI Vision Award. In 2018, she won a Martine Rieder's Yenish Sounds which was BAFTA for Outstanding Debut Producer for the most successful documentary at the Swiss Rungano Nyoni's I Am Not A Witch, following box office in 2017. She subsequently produced on from a British Independent Film Award Sereina Gabathuler Emily Morgan Anja Kofmel's anima-doc Chris the Swiss cell +41 79 447 44 79 for Breakthrough Producer. Emily has since cell +44 7895 199 566 which won three Swiss Film Awards in 2019. [email protected] produced Claire Oakley's feature debut [email protected] Make Up and has a development slate that "I like the complex interaction "I was obsessed with film selected films of different components – currently includes feature projects by as a kid and knew I wanted to juggling the budget, working Harry Macqueen, Maxime Giroux and Emily turn this passion into a job. I Frozen Soil with international partners, Young. explored lots of roles and being in development, 2019 fine-tuning the script. Mostly, a producer became the perfect by Anja Kofmel I'm thrilled by the power fit as it touches on everything." selected films Switzerland, more to come of films to transport people into another world." nominated by Supernova in financing Chris the Swiss 2018 British Council by Harry Macqueen by Anja Kofmel nominated by United Kingdom Switzerland, Croatia, Swiss FIlms Germany, Finland Make Up 2019 by Claire Oakley Enemies in Love contact contact United Kingdom (Verliebte Feinde), 2013 Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion Quiddity Films by Werner Schweizer Molkenstr. 21 20 Bunhill Row 2017 Switzerland CH – 8004 Zürich I Am Not A Witch UK – London EC1Y 8UE phone +41 44 456 3024 by Rungano Nyoni www.quiddityfilms.com [email protected] United Kingdom, France, www.dvfilm.ch Zambia, Germany

Molkenstrasse 21, CH-8004 Zürich Telefon: + 41 44 456 30 20 Telefax: + 41 44 456 30 25 E-Mail: [email protected] Internet: www.dschointventschr.ch °efp – european initiatives 31 film promotion promoting european films and talent 37 countries worldwide 1 network

EFP (European Film Promotion) is a unique network 2019 / 2020 of the national film promotion institutes from 37 countries from throughout Europe, each representing their national films and talent abroad.

Under the EFP flag, these organisations come together to jointly promote the diversity and spirit of European cinema and talent at key international film festivals and markets, in particular outside of Europe. promoting films and talent 32 european shooting stars 32 the changing face of europe: new european documentaries 33 producers on the move 33 europe! voices of women in film 34 future frames: 10 new filmmakers to follow °efp president contact 34 europe! goes busan Martin Schweighofer European Film Promotion e.V. AFC – Austrian Films Friedensallee 14–16 22765 Hamburg, Germany accessing international markets °efp managing director phone +49 40 398 403 0 Sonja Heinen [email protected] 35 europe! umbrellas www.efp-online.com 36 film sales support (fss) outside of europe promoting 33 films and talent

the changing europe! voices face of europe: of women in film new european at the Sydney Film Festival documentaries Australia, June Taking a stand for gender diversity in film, EFP at the Hot Docs Canadian launched the programme in cooperation with International Documentary the festival. It recognises new works by some Festival/Toronto Canada of Europe's most exciting women directors and April/May presents them in a dedicated section of the EFP partners with Hot Docs in presen­ting festival while, at the same time, connecting the outstanding European documentary filmmakers filmmakers with the Australian industry. and their work. Workshops and meetings are european arranged between filmmakers and international producers shooting stars buyers to encourage film sales and international on the move circulation. Since 2017, EFP has offered Film Sales Support for world sales companies with at the Cannes Film Festival/ at the Berlin International Film France, May Festival/Germany, February European films at this top festival. 20 up and coming producers from through­ EFP presents 10 of the most talented young out Europe are selected to participate in actors from throughout Europe at the Berlin PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE. The initiative International Film Festival. The initiative provides connects the producers with potential them with multiple networking opportunities international co-prouction partners, extending with casting directors, talent agents, producers their industry network. They take part in a and directors, all aimed at strengthening their tailor-made networking programme which industry alliances. It offers support and publicity is underpinned by a press campaign in to young European actors on the verge of an the international trades. international career. promoting europe! 35 films and talent accessing umbrellas international markets

future frames – filmart asian film market 10 new filmmakers Hong Kong/ at the Busan International March Film F­estival/South Korea, to follow October at the Karlovy Vary Since 2011, EFP has been running the much International Film Festival/ fre­quented EUROPE! UMBRELLA for European Paying heed to the industry aspect of the Czech Republic, July world sales companies and EFP members festival and in addition to its support for at Hong Kong's renowned FILMART, attracting European films and directors at the Busan The initiative features the next gene­ration of substantial business from the Asian countries. IFF, EFP offers a hub for European world sales European cinema and 10 talented young companies and EFP member organisations directors at its core. The outstanding graduates representing their films and operates the large from film schools throughout Europe present europe! and very busy EUROPE! UMBRELLA at the their latest short and mid-length films within the goes busan toronto, industry Asian Film Market in Busan. official programme of the festival and take part in a three-day industry programme to facilitate at the Busan International Film centre their entree into the international film scene. Festival/South Korea, October at the Toronto International Film Festival/Canada,­ american film European directors and actors are wel­comed September to South Korea's major film event to present market their films to enthu­siastic Korean audien­- In order to highlight the diversity of European Los Angeles/ USA, ces and meet with key Asian and international cinema and enhance its visibility at one of November industry players. In alliance with EFP’s FILM the world's key festivals, EFP has been orga- SALES SUPPORT, which is dedicated to the nising and operating the EUROPE! UMBRELLA With a joint European networking reception, promotion and marketing of European films, since 2016, which serves as a central meeting EFP celebrates the European films presented the programme has significantly increased point for all of the Europeans during TIFF. at the AFM together with the attending sales the visibility of European films in Asia. agents and international industry. film sales 37 support outside explore of europe films from europe

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

EFP’s support initiative for European sales agents

EFP not only promotes European films and talent On average, 45 per cent of the FSS supported around the world, it also backs the promotion films are being sold, in particular to North and marketing of films by associated world sales and South America, Asia, Australia, New Zealand companies to countries outside of Europe and the Middle East. via FILM SALES SUPPORT (FSS). FSS contributes towards additional promotional activities, EFP additionally offers FSS for the promotion cover­ing up to 50 per cent of marketing costs at of Swiss films outside of Europe, thanks to new the festivals of Sydney, Sundance, and Toronto international measures by the Swiss Federal (TIFF and Hot Docs) as well as at the FILMART, Office of Culture, the Media Desk Suisse and Asian Film Market and American Film Market. SWISS FILMS. °efp – the network 39 the network

Albania Republic of Cyprus Germany Latvia Poland Sweden Majlinda Tafa Diomides Nikita Simone Baumann Dita Rietuma Robert Baliński Steffen Andersen-Møller Albanian National Center Ministry of Education German Films National Film Centre Latvia Polish Film Institute Swedish Film Institute of Cinematography and Culture www.german-films.de www.nfc.lv www.pisf.pl www.sfi.se www.nationalfilmcenter. www.moec.gov.cy gov.al Greece Lithuania Portugal Switzerland Czech Republic Konstantinos Aivaliotis Dovilė Butnoriūtė Vítor Pinheiro Catherine Ann Berger Austria Markéta Šantrochová Greek Film Centre Lithuanian Film Centre Instituto do Cinema e do Swiss Films Martin Schweighofer Czech Film Center www.gfc.gr www.lkc.lt Audiovisual, I. P./ICA www.swissfilms.ch AFC – Austrian Films www.filmcenter.cz www.ica-ip.pt www.austrianfilms.com Hungary Luxembourg United Kingdom Denmark Katalin Vajda Françoise Lentz Romania Briony Hanson Belgium/Flanders Christian Juhl Lemche Hungarian National Film Fund Luxembourg Cristian Hordilă British Council Christian De Schutter The Danish Film Institute Film Fund www.filmfund.lu Romanian Film Promotion www.britishcouncil.org Flanders Image www.dfi.dk www.filmfund.hu www.romfilmpromotion.ro www.flandersimage.com Republic of *This designation is without Estonia Iceland North Macedonia Serbia prejudice to positions on status, Belgium/Wallonia-Brussels Edith Sepp Laufey Gudjónsdóttir Anita Stojcheska Miroljub Vučković and is in line with UNSCR Eric Franssen Estonian Film Institute Icelandic Film Centre North Macedonia Film Agency Film Center Serbia 1244/1999 and the lCJ Opinion Wallonie Bruxelles Images www.filmi.ee www.icelandicfilmcentre.is www.filmagency.gov.mk www.fcs.rs on the Kosovo Declaration of www.wbimages.be Independence. Finland Ireland Montenegro Slovak Republic Bosnia and Herzegovina Jaana Puskala Louise Ryan Sehad Čekić Rastislav Steranka Elma Tataragić The Finnish Film Screen Ireland Film Centre of Montenegro Slovak Film Institute Association of Filmmakers Foundation www.screenireland.ie www.fccg.me www.sfu.sk of Bosnia and Herzegovina www.ses.fi www.bhfilm.ba Italy The Netherlands Slovenia France Annabella Nucara Marten Rabarts Nerina T. Kocjančič Bulgaria Axel Scoffier Istituto Luce Cinecittà Eye International Slovenian Film Centre Irina Kanousheva UniFrance www.filmitalia.org international.eyefilm.nl www.film-center.si Bulgarian National Film www.unifrance.org Center Kosovo* Norway Spain www.nfc.bg Georgia Arben Zharku Stine Oppegaard Tito Rodríguez Tamara Tatishvili Kosova Cinematography Norwegian Film Institute Instituto de la Cinematografía Croatia Georgian National Film Center www.nfi.no/english/ y de las Artes Irena Jelić Center www.qkk-rks.com norwegianfilms Audiovisuales/ICAA Croatian Audiovisual www.gnfc.ge www.icaa.es Centre www.havc.hr partners and imprint

EFP's activities are financially supported by producers on the move 2019 the Creative Europe – MEDIA Programme is supported by of the European Union and the EFP member organisations. The Hamburg-based office is supported by the German Federal Govern­­- ment Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM), the Film Fund Hamburg Schleswig- Holstein and the Ministry of Culture of the City of Hamburg.

The initiative PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE 2019 is financially supported by the Creative Europe – MEDIA Programme, by Eurimages and Film- und Medienstiftung NRW. media partner

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