°Efp at the Asian Film Market, Busan Programme of the European Union

films. talent. spirit.

Oct 14 – 17 2017 °efp at the Asian Film Market, Busan Programme of the European Union

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°efp european film promotion Oct 14 – 17 2017 at the Asian Film Market, Busan europe! films. talent. spirit.

5 welcome 6 efp europe! umbrella participants 44 about efp – initiatives in support of the european film industry 52 efp – the network 54 partners and imprint welcome 05

EUROPE! UMBRELLA at the Asian Film Market

The well-known EUROPE! UMBRELLA, result of a longstanding partnership between EFP and Unifrance with additional support of German Films, is once again “home” to European sales EFP Managing Director companies and EFP member organisations, Sonja Heinen offering a base and a central meeting point at one of Asia’s most important film markets EFP Team in Busan in autumn. Organized and run by EFP from Sonja Heinen Managing Director October, 14 – 17, with the financial backing [email protected] of Creative Europe – MEDIA, the EUROPE! UMBRELLA is again located prominently at the Jo Mühlberger market with amble space to promote, meet, Deputy Managing Director [email protected] network and do business on behalf of European films. Susanne Davis Head of Film Sales Support The Asian Film Market has become one of [email protected] the leading film markets in Asia, triggering sales, Andrea Froese production and investment of films. Finance and Accounts [email protected] It is here where Asia’s industry has the unique EFP cell opportunity to scout for recent feature films, +49 160 440 9595 documentaries, animation and children’s films from all over Europe. 32 sales companies visit EFP at the and two national institutes are on site to present BEXCO Exhibition Center 2 Booth No. D11 the best of European cinema. 30, APEC - Ro Haeundae - Gu We invite you to explore films from Europe and Busan join us at the EUROPE! UMBRELLA.

September 2017 °efp europe! umbrella participants

9 Alpha Violet, France 10 Altitude Film Sales, United Kingdom 11 Bac Films, France 12 Celluloid Dreams, France 13 Charades, France 14 Cité Films, France 15 EuropaCorp, France 16 Fandango, Italy 17 Film Factory Entertainment, Spain 18 Filmax International, Spain 19 Films Boutique, Germany 20 Gaumont, France 21 HanWay Films, United Kingdom 22 Intramovies, Italy 23 Istituto Luce-Cinecittà, Italy 24 Jour2Fête, France 25 Le Pacte, France 26 LevelK, Denmark

27 Luxbox, France 07 28 Loco Films, France 29 M-Appeal World Sales, Germany 30 New Europe Film Sales, Poland 31 Picture Tree International, Germany 32 Playtime, France 33 Premium Films, France 34 Reel Suspects, France 35 SF Studios, Sweden 36 Stray Dogs, France 37 Summerside International, The Netherlands 38 TrustNordisk, Denmark 39 UniFrance, France 40 WestEnd Films, United Kingdom 41 Wide, France 42 Wild Bunch, France 43 WTFilms, France

www.efp- online.com explore films from europe! Alpha Violet France 09

Alpha Violet is an independent sales company based in Paris, founded by Virginie Devesa and Keiko Funato in 2011. We are seeking edgy author driven films, which grab our hearts and ring the bell of our souls. Our wishes are to offer transparency to our filmmakers and producers walking together towards their career worldwide. We adapt our sales strategies according to the contact at Asian Film Market specificities of the films to meet expectations of Keiko Funato the production companies we work with. Co-CEO, Sales & Acquisition cell +33 6 2983 5108 [email protected] Our line up includes the films such as THE TRIBE by Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy (Ukraine), WOLF AND Alpha Violet SHEEP by Shahrbanoo Sadat (Denmark/France/ 18 rue Soleillet Sweden/Afghanistan), GUKOROKU-TRACES FR – 75020 Paris phone +33 1 47 97 39 84 OF SIN by Kei Ishikawa (Japan), HUNTING SEASON [email protected] by Natalia Garagiola (Argentina, USA, France, www.alphaviolet.com Germany, Qatar).

Asian Film Market Crater by Silvia Luzi & Luca Bellino, 2017

Coby by Christian Sonderegger, 2017

Nina by Juraj Lehotsky, 2017 United Altitude Kingdom Film Sales

Altitude Film Entertainment is a vertically integrated film company encompassing production, finance, international sales and UK distribution. The company was formed in May 2012 by Will Clarke, founder of British production and distribution banner Optimum Releasing, which was acquired by Studiocanal in 2006. Partnering Clarke is Co-CEO Andy Mayson, a highly experienced executive who has held Board-level contact at Asian Film Market positions at such notable companies as Working Charlie Kemball Title, PolyGram, Icon, Exclusive and Hammer. International Sales Executive The company’s vertically integrated structure cell +44 7733 26 4708 [email protected] includes Altitude Film Sales, run by Mike Runagall, who formerly served as SVP International Sales Altitude Film Sales at Pathé. This collaborative edge is defined by a 34 Foubert’s Place distinctive and commercial slate, teeming with UK – London, W1F 7PX phone +44 20 7478 7612 diverse and eclectic content. www.altitudefilment.com

BIFF Asian Film Market Mary & The Witch’s Mary & The Witch’s Flower Flower by Hiromasa by Hiromasa Yonebayashi, 2017 Yonebayashi, 2017

Ghost Stories Ghost Stories by Jeremy Dyson, by Jeremy Dyson, Andy Nyman, 2017 Andy Nyman, 2017

Guns Akimbo by Jason Lei Howden, 2018

Eric Clapton: Life In 12 Bars by Lili Fini Zanuck, 2017 Bac Films France 11 Distribution

BAC Films is one of the leading European Studios for independent film with 550 films released since its creation in 1986, 9 Palmes d’Or and 17 Jury Prizes in Cannes.

BAC Cinema specializes in developing, financing, producing and releasing cutting edge independent films from around the world. In the past, we’ve had the privilege to collaborate with some of the contact at Asian Film Market world’s finest filmmakers such as Coen brothers, Marie Garrett Quentin Tarantino, David Lynch, Jim Jarmusch, Wim VP of International Sales Wenders, and more. cell +33 7 63 19 10 36 [email protected]

BAC Films Distribution BIFF 9 rue Pierre Dupont The Leisure Seeker FR – 75010 Paris by Paolo Virzi, 2017 phone +33 01 80 49 10 09 www.bacfilms.com Asian Film Market Ava Let The Corpses Tan by Léa Mysius, 2017 by Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani, 2017 The Teacher by Olivier Ayache- The Blessed Vidal, 2017 by Sofia Djama, 2017

The Cured (aka The Funan Third Wave) by Denis Do, 2018 by David Freyne, 2017

Una Famiglia by Sebastiano Riso, 2017

Land by Babak Jalali, 2017 Celluloid France Dreams

Celluloid Dreams has been at the forefront of international sales, production, and financing of quality independent films for more than 30 years. Its ‘Directors Label’ stands for the discovery and subsequent promotion of a large number of the most important, awarded and respected film directors of our times, the ‘future classics’.

contact at Asian Film Market BIFF Clémence Lavigne Ravens International Sales Executive by Jens Assur, 2017 cell +33 6 58 92 34 46 [email protected] Tehran Taboo by Ali Soozandeh, 2017 Celluloid Dreams 2, rue Turgot Asian Film Market FR – 75009 Paris Custody phone +33 1 4970 0370 by Xavier Legrand, 2017 [email protected] www.celluloid-dreams.com The Sower by Marine Francen, 2017

Nico, 1988 by Susanna Nicchiarelli, 2017 Charades France 13

Charades was formed in 2017 by Carole Baraton, Yohann Comte and Pierre Mazars who packed up from Wild Bunch, Gaumont and Studiocanal, with Constantin Briest’s investment company, Asuna.

Very diversified, Charades’ line-up includes author and animated films as well as genre and documentaries from France to India, from Argentina to Japan … contact at Asian Film Market Yohann Comte Charades hopes to acquire between 10 to 15 films CEO per year with the aim of becoming a boutique indie. cell +336 11 09 02 34 [email protected]

Charades BIFF 4, rue Manuel Ajji FR – 75009 Paris by Devashish Makhija, 2017

Asian Film Market Ajji by Devashish Makhija, 2017 Cité Films France

CITÉ FILMS Is a production and an international sales company founded in 1997, controlled by Raphaël Berdugo and its coproduction program includes about 3 feature films each year. In 2016, “Tour de France” by Rachid Djaidani, starring Gérard Depardieu and Sadek, selected by La Quinzaine des Réalisateurs and “The Winter” by Emiliano Torres, a French-Argentinian movie in coproduction with Orange Studio, which won contact at Asian Film Market Special Jury Prize & Best Photo at San Sebastian Raphaël Berdugo Film Festival. President Raphaël Berdugo is the sales agent of « The Desert cell +33 673 682 616 [email protected] Bride » (La Novia del Desierto) (2017) by Cecilia Atan and Valeria Pivato, notably selected by Cité Films Un Certain Regard at Cannes Film Festival, San 56 rue Perronet Sebastian Film Festival and Busan International FR – 92200 Neuilly sur Seine phone +33 1 8264 5298 Film Festival. www.citefilms.com CITÉ FILMS is assisting ARGOS FILMS with the international sales of their prestigious arthouse film collection.

BIFF The Desert Bride by Cecilia Atan and Valeria Pivato, 2017

Asian Film Market The Desert Bride The Winter by Cecilia Atan and by Emiliano Torres, 2016 Valeria Pivato, 2017 French Tour Rosso Istanbul by Rachid Djaïdani, 2016 by Ferzan Ozpetek, 2017 EuropaCorp France 15

One of Europe’s leading film studios, EuropaCorp was founded in 1999 and has operations spanning production, theatrical distribution, video and VOD, and French TV sales. With a line-up of films in French and English language and a strong foothold in international markets, the Group has produced France’s biggest international hits in recent years. In 2014, EuropaCorp entered direct distribution for its films in the United States. EuropaCorp also has contact at Asian Film Market international rights, partnerships and licensing, Ludovica Stoppa production and soundtrack publishing activities. International Sales The Group has been producing TV series since 2010. Manager cell +33 67 726 10 81 EuropaCorp’s integrated business model allows [email protected] it to benefit from diversified sources of revenue. EuropaCorp was founded by French filmmaker, EuropaCorp screenwriter and producer Luc Besson. The Group 20 rue ampère La cite du cinéma owns a catalogue of around 500 movies. FR – 93413 Saint Denis phone +33 1 55 99 50 00 www.europacorp.com BIFF Carbon by Olivier Marchal, 2017

Asian Film Market Kursk Carbon by Thomas by Olivier Marchal, 2017 Vinterberg, 2017 Coexist, Taxi 5 by Fabrice Eboué, 2017 by Franck Gastambide, 2017 Eva by Benoît Jacquot, 2017 I feel better by Jean Pierre Sparring Améris, 2017 by Samuel Jouy, 2017 Fandango Italy

Fandango is a film production and international sales company which has unveiled many great Italian talents over the last decade. Some of these talents include Gabriele Muccino, Emanuele Crialese, and Matteo Garrone whose last two films, Gomorrah and Reality, won the Grand Prix at Cannes, along with many other awards. Fandango produced The Consequences Of Love by Paolo Sorrentino as well as some of the most important contact at Asian Film Market Italian successes throughout the last several years: Isabella Del Grande Loose Cannons by Ferzan Ozpetek, Habemus Sales Assistant Papam and Mia Madre by Nanni Moretti, and Diaz – cell +39 331 1480259 [email protected] Don’t Clean Up This Blood by Daniele Vicari which premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival. Fandango Currently in our line up: I Can Quit Whenever I Want Viale Gorizia, 19 Masterclass and Ad Honorem, It’s Not The Time Of IT – 00198 Rome phone +39 068 521 8114 My Life, Alanis, Stories Of Love That Cannot Belong [email protected] To This World, Where The Shadows Fall, Back www.fandango.it Home, Twin Flower, Wherever You Are, Sun Heart Love, The Space Between, The Animal’s Wife, Era O Hotel Cambridge, See You In Texas.

BIFF Where The Shadows Fall by Valentina Pedicini, 2017 Film Factory Spain 17 Entertainment

FILM FACTORY ENTERTAINMENT is an independent Spanish international sales agency based in Barcelona. FILM FACTORY’s objective is the international sale of Spanish cinema’s most important productions, working with a selective slate, choosing films with the highest international potential and also collaborating with Europe's and Latin America’s most prominent production companies. contact at Asian Film Market FILM FACTORY has established itself in the market Antonio Oliete as a sales agent capable of taking on projects at Sales & Marketing Executive an early stage and ensuring that these projects cell +34 634 700 493 [email protected] achieve pre-sales. FILM FACTORY’s line-up is defined on the basis of Film Factory Entertainment two main principles: C/ Lincoln 11, 2º4ª 1) Genre films: to be widely understood as original ES – 08006 Barcelona phone +34 933 684 608 films with young directors and groundbreaking and www.filmfactoryentertainment.com novel subject matters. 2) Quality films with great commercial potential: each year’s most important productions from the most important and contrasting directors.

Asian Film Market Gold by Agustín Díaz Yanes, 2017

Holy Camp! by Javier Calvo & Javier Ambrossi, 2017 Filmax Spain International

Filmax International is a renowned sales agency, strongly positioned within the international film industry. It handles international sales for all films produced by the Filmax Group (smash hits such as Darkness, The Machinist and the [REC] saga and, more recently, the inspirational true story 100 Meters, and Muse, the new psychological thriller by Jaume Balagueró), as well as a wide range of high quality titles from other production companies contact at Asian Film Market (award winning films such as Truman and No Rest Cristina Carro For The Wicked, new projects from cult directors Sales Executive such as The Motive, gripping European thrillers cell +34 649 30 20 70 [email protected] shot in English such as Calls and successful Spanish titles like The Tunnel Gang). Filmax International Miguel Hernández, 81-87 In recent years, Filmax International has also ES – 08908 Barcelona phone +34 93 3368 555 branched out into the TV market, with acclaimed www.filmaxinternational.com series such as international smash hit The Red Band Society and ambitious new crime drama I Know Who You Are.

BIFF The Motive by Manuel Martín-Cuenca, 2017

Asian Film Market Muse The Solar System by Jaume Balagueró, 2017 by Bacha Caravedo & Chinón Higashionna, 2017 Operation Golden Shell by Antonio Cuadri, 2017 Errementari by Paulo Urkijo Alijo, 2017 Films Germany 19 Boutique

FILMS BOUTIQUE is a Berlin-based international sales company with a heart and a limited and focused catalogue of high profile feature art house films searching for long-lasting relationships with directors and producers.

BIFF Gabriel And The Mountain by Fellipe Barbosa, 2017 contact at Asian Film Market Gabor Greiner Longing Head of Acquisitions by Savi Gabizon, 2017 cell +49 177 6770745 [email protected] Asian Film Market Dog Films Boutique by Samuel Benchetrit, 2017 Köpenicker Strasse 184 DE – 10997 Berlin phone +49 30 695 378 50 www.filmsboutique.com Gaumont France

GAUMONT has been one of the main European production companies since 1895. These past years, it has sped up its activity producing, financing and releasing features both French and English language, from high concept to genre, directors driven, from acclaimed thrillers to powerful stories or comedies. Gaumont has recently produced successful movies such as THE NEON DEMON by Nicolas Winding contact at Asian Film Market Refn starring Elle Fanning, CHOCOLAT by Roschdy Anne-Sophie Martel Zem starring Omar Sy and the animated movie International Sales BALLERINA, which total more than 12 000 000 Manager cell +33 6 84 64 83 70 admissions across the world. [email protected] Few years ago, Gaumont coproduced and distributed in France and internationally the crowd Gaumont pleaser box office record UNTOUCHABLE. 30, avenue Charles de Gaulle FR – 92200 Neuilly sur Seine Gaumont has also built up France's second-ranking phone +33 1 46 432 060 film library holding over 900 titles, which includes www.gaumont.fr the works of prestigious directors such as Luc Besson, Matthieu Kassovitz, Francis Veber or awarded Federico Fellini, Maurice Pialat or Jean-Luc Godard.

BIFF Asian Film Market Orchestra Class Christmas & Co by Rachid Hami, 2017 by Alain Chabat, 2017

Tomorrow And C’Est La Vie! Thereafter by Eric Toledano & by Noemie Olivier Nakache, 2016 Lvovsky, 2016 Ailo’s Journey by Guillaume Maidatchevsky, 2017 United 21 HanWay Kingdom Films

Since its founding by Jeremy Thomas in 1999, HanWay Films has established itself as a leading international sales and marketing company specialising in high-profile quality films from worldwide talent.

HanWay arranges financing, sales and distribution for all films from Recorded Picture Company, along with projects from third party producers. contact at Asian Film Market Janina Vilsmaier Sales Manager BIFF cell +44 7599 712 186 Blade of the Immortal [email protected] by Takashi Miike, 2017 HanWay Films Asian Film Market 24 Hanway Street The White Crow UK – London W1T 1UH by Ralph Fiennes, 2017 phone +44 20 7290 0750 www.hanwayfilms.com Swimming With Men by Oliver Parker, 2017 Intramovies Italy

Intramovies is an independent company established over forty with the intent to be the helping arm for creative producers and new directors. During all this time it has remained mainly and foremost an international distributor of quality movies from all over the world, particularly focused on first and second features directed by talent directors. Every year the company's line up it’s chosen among high standard production value movies that contact at Asian Film Market get their highlights at major international festivals. Claudia Solano Intramovies also boasts a wide catalogue that International Sales Agent includes some of the most prestigious Italian cell +39 34 2608 7015 claudia.solano@ classics directed by acclaimed authors like Fellini, intramovies.com Antonioni, Visconti, Argento, Pasolini, De Sica and many others. Intramovies Via E. Manfredi 15 IT – 00197 Rome BIFF phone +39 06 8076 157 Equilibrium www.intramovies.com by Vincenzo Marra, 2017

The Testament by Amichai Greenberg, 2017

Asian Film Market Equilibrium Ignorance Is Bliss by Vincenzo Marra, 2017 by Massimiliano Bruno, 2017 The Testament by Amichai Funne – Sea Dreaming Girl Greenberg, 2017 by Katia Bernardi, 2017

The Furlough The Ark of Disperata by Claudio Amendola, 2017 by Edoardo Winspeare, 2017 Wacky Heroes by Vincenzo Alfieri, 2017 Istituto Italy 23 Luce-Cinecittà

Istituto Luce-Cinecittà (a state-owned company whose main shareholder is the Italian Ministry for Culture) plays a leading role in the promotion of Italian cinema worldwide. It cooperates with major film festivals by organizing national selec- tions, guaranteeing the presence of Italian films and artists in the various festivals and by providing contact at Asian Film Market multifunctional spaces to help the promotion Cristina Cassano Project Manager of our cinematography. It is also involved with the cell +39 320 7678 693 direct organization of numerous festivals around [email protected] the world.

BIFF Flash Forward Competition World Cinema Poison – The Land Of Fires Equilibrium by Diego Olivares, 2017 by Vincenzo Marra, 2017

Flash Forward – The Intruder Out of Competition by Leonardo Di contact at Asian Film Market Manuel Costanzo, 2017 Serena Mazzi by Dario Albertini, 2017 Project Manager The Leisure Seeker cell +39 366 6688 537 Where The Shadows Fall by Paolo Virzi, 2017 [email protected] by Valentina Pedicini, 2017 Rainbow (A Private Affair) Istituto Luce-Cinecittà Srl by Paolo & Vittorio Via Tuscolana 1055 Taviani, 2017 IT – 00173 Rome phone +39 06 722861 www.cinecittaluce.com www.filmitalia.org Jour2Fête France

JOUR2FETE SARL was set up in November 2006 by Sarah Chazelle and Etienne Ollagnier, who each had a previous experience of 10 years in the media / film industry. The company, based in Paris, releases around 8 to 10 independent feature films and documentaries every year both theatrically and on DVD/VOD.

The company also handles TV Sales and co- contact at Asian Film Market produces some of the films it releases. Samuel Blanc Head of Sales Since 2012, the company has launched an inter- cell +33 6 7719 4858 [email protected] national sales department, handling 3 to 5 films per year. JOUR2FETE is the French distributor for Jour2Fête all the films it handles internationally. 7, rue Ambroise Thomas FR – 75009 Paris phone +33 1 4022 9215 BIFF www.jour2fete.com Beauty and the Dogs by Kaouther Ben Hania, 2017

Asian Film Market Beauty and the Dogs by Kaouther Ben Hania, 2017 Le Pacte France 25

Le Pacte is a distribution, sales agent and coproduction company based in Paris. It has been founded in December 2007 by Jean Labadie, with a team of young experienced executives whose common goal is to develop an efficient, talent friendly tool dedicated to cinema from all over the world, in all its styles. The only criteria is Enthusiasm, Quality and Passion. contact at Asian Film Market contact at Asian Film Market Samuel Blanc Le Pacte handles International sales for feature Nathalie Jeung Head of Sales films and documentaries by famous directors International Sales cell +33 6 7719 4858 such as Abderrahmane Sissako, Wim Wenders or Manager [email protected] cell +33 6 60 58 85 33 Jaco Van Dormael. [email protected] Jour2Fête 7, rue Ambroise Thomas Le Pacte FR – 75009 Paris BIFF 5 Rue Darcet phone +33 1 4022 9215 Manuel FR – 75017 Paris www.jour2fete.com by Dario Albertini, 2017 phone +33 1 44 69 59 55 www.le-pacte.com Asian Film Market (Girl)Friend by Victor Saint Macary, 2017

Crash Test Aglae by Eric Gravel, 2017 LevelK Denmark

LevelK is handling international sales & distribution for film and TV production companies and acting as a digital partner for distributors in their home country. We are specialised in rights optimization that are reflected through our innovative approach to cross-platform/cross-country distribution combining theatrical and traditional means – alongside digital distribution and marketing. Our contact at Asian Film Market goal is to bring our films to the market with an Derek Lui individual strategy so the film finds its own path to President of Sales its audience and hereby increase royalties. cell +852 6055 7575 [email protected] Based in Copenhagen, Hong Kong and Sydney we are a passionate team focusing on long- LevelK term relationships and transparent professional Gl. Kongevej 137 B, 3rd Fl. cooperation. DK – 1850 Frederiksberg C phone +45 20 1085 80 www.levelk.dk BIFF Never Steady Never Still by Kathleen Hepburn, 2017

Asian Film Market The Butterfly Tree Word of God by Priscilla Cameron, 2017 by Henrik Ruben Genz, 2017 Rabbit by Luke Shanahan, 2017 The Incredible Story of the Giant Pear Going West by Philip Einstein Lipski, by Henrik Martin Jørgen Lerdam, Amalie Dahlsbakken, 2017 Næsby Fick, 2017 Loco Films France 27

Loco Films is Paris-based international sales and production company, founded in 2015 by Laurent Danielou (Former Rezo director) and Enrique Gonzales Kuhn (Caramel Films - Espagne). Our first succes was the WWII epic Battle for Sevastopol sold to over 25 Territories. In 2016 we handled Berlinale title “Don’t Call me Son”, by Anna Muylaert, the Greek thriller Wednesday 04:45, premiered in Tribeca; the Slovak drama contact at Asian Film Market Eva Nova, Critic’s Award in Toronto 2015; and the Laurent Daniélou Argentinian TV Series La Casa, by Diego Lerman, CEO, Sales & Acquisitions and premiered in Rotterdam. Our actual lineup cell +33 6 64 20 91 60 laurent.danielou@ brings 2017 Berlinale Crystal Bear “Little Harbour”, loco-films.com by Iveta Grofova, Sherif El Bendari’s “Ali, the Goat and Ibrahim”, Cristiane Oliveira’s “Mulher do Pai, Loco Films Constanza Novick’s TIFF title “The Future Ahead”, 42 rue Sedaine FR – 75011 Paris produced by Lisandro Alonso, and upcoming phone +33 7 62 99 49 19 “Bitter Flowers by Olivier Meys, that will soon show [email protected] in Rome FF, Chicago and Busan. www.loco-films.com

BIFF Bitter Flowers by Olivier Meys, 2017

Asian Film Market Bitter Flowers Little Harbour by Olivier Meys, 2017 by Iveta Grófová, 2017

Son Of Ben Ali, The Goat And Ibrahim by Guérin van de by Sherif El Bendary, 2017 Vorst, 2017

Of Skin And Men by Mehdi Ben Attia, 2017

Luxbox France

Luxbox is a Paris-based company, dedicated to international sales and co-production of select projects. Based on a solid film catalogue and a passionate pool of world cinema directors, the company launched at the EFM 2016, INHEBBEK HEDI (HEDI) by Mohammed Ben Attia (Best First Feature Film and Silver Bear for Best Actor). In Cannes 2016, Luxbox presented APPRENTICE by BOO Junfeng (Un Certain Regard) and MIMOSAS contact at Asian Film Market by Oliver Laxe (Grand Prize of the Critic’s Week). In Hédi Zardi Locarno 2016, two titles in competition, MARIJA CEO Sales & Acquisitions by Michael Koch and DAO KHANONG (By the [email protected] Time It Gets dark) by Anocha Suwichakornpong. Luxbox In 2017, Luxbox presented in Berlin BARRAGE 6 rue Jean Pierre Timbaud starring Lolita Chammah and Isabelle Huppert and FR – 75011 Paris in Cannes, JEANNETTE, the childhood of Joan of phone +33 6 64 46 10 11 www.luxboxfilms.com Arc, a musical film by Bruno Dumont, FROST by Sharunas Bartas, the Europa Cinema Awarded A CIAMBRA by Jonas Carpignano and THEY by Anahita Ghavinizadeh. Last Locarno the company premiered the Sign of Life Award COCOTE by Nelson Carlo de los Santos.

BIFF Asian Film Market Jeannette, The Childhood The Eternal Feminine Of Joan Of Arc by Natalia Beristain, 2017 by Bruno Dumont, 2017

Frost by Sharunas Bartas, 2017

They by Anahita Ghazvinizadeh, 2017 M-Appeal Germany 29 World Sales

Established in 2008, m-appeal is a dynamic world sales company based in Berlin, dedicated to bringing gems of groundbreaking cinema to international audiences. With a carefully curated selection of 10-12 films per year, we focus on original international arthouse and genre cinema. Hand in hand with our filmmakers, we aim to nurture new talent and advance established artists. Our goal is to work on a highly transparent basis to contact at Asian Film Market build long-lasting and honest relationships with Aleksandra Abykova our directors and producers. We also take a Sales Agent particular interest in queer cinema, and don’t shy cell +49 178 554 67 54 [email protected] away from a challenge. M-Appeal World Sales Prinzessinnenstr. 16 Asian Film Market DE – 10969 Berlin The Swan phone +49 30 6150 7505 by Ása Helga www.m-appeal.com Hjörleifsdóttir, 2017

Seventeen by Monja Art, 2017

Butterfly Kisses by Rafael Kapelinski, 2017

Millennials by Jana Bürgelin, 2017

Quality Time by Daan Bakker, 2017 New Europe Poland Film Sales

Boutique world sales agency based in Poland working with award-winning features and shorts from Europe and beyond, founded in 2010 by Jan Naszewski. Company’s catalogue includes the Icelandic hit RAMS (Prix Un Certain Regard 2015), 2016 Silver Bear winner UNITED STATES OF LOVE, Polish art-house hit THE LAST FAMILY (Best Actor in Locarno FF 2016) and 2017 Berlinale Best First Feature winning SUMMER 1993. contact at Asian Film Market Katarzyna Siniarska NEFS works with many first and second time Sales Executive filmmakers and animation and also represents a cell +48 698 900 936 [email protected] catalogue of short films, including shorts by Ruben Ostlund, 2017 Oscar® winner SING by Kristof Deak, New Europe Film Sales 10 Oscar® shortlisters and 2017 Cannes Palme Czerniakowska 73/79 D'Or winner A GENTLE NIGHT by Qiu Yang among PL – 00718 Warsaw www.neweuropefilmsales.com others.

BIFF Asian Film Market Winter Brothers Under The Tree by Hlynur Pálmason, 2017 by Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson, 2017 Summer 1993 by Carla Simón, 2017 Disappearance by Ali Asgari, 2017

Scaffolding by Matan Yair, 2017

Winter Brothers by Hlynur Pálmason, 2017

Summer 1993 by Carla Simón, 2017 Picture Tree Germany 31 International

Picture Tree International GmbH is a world sales & production company with headquarters in Berlin. The core business of the company is worldwide licensing of film rights and the coproduction of international feature films in an integrated business model.

Picture Tree International GmbH was founded in contact at Asian Film Market December 2012 and currently represents up to contact at Asian Film Market Katarzyna Siniarska 12 theatrical feature films per year, ranging from Andreas Rothbauer Sales Executive mainstream to arthouse cross-over productions. Founder & Managing Director cell +48 698 900 936 cell +49 151 5445 8921 [email protected] andreas@picturetree- international.com New Europe Film Sales BIFF Asian Film Market Czerniakowska 73/79 Life Guidance Life Guidance Picture Tree International PL – 00718 Warsaw by Ruth Mader, 2017 by Ruth Mader, 2017 Husemannstr. 7 www.neweuropefilmsales.com DE – 10435 Berlin Men Don’t Cry Men Don’t Cry phone +49 30 4208 2480 by Alen Drljević, 2017 by Alen Drljević, 2017 [email protected] www.picturetree-international.com The Journey Four Against The Bank by Mohamed Jabarah by Wolfgang Al-Daradji, 2017 Petersen, 2016

The Confession by Zaza Urushadze, 2017 Playtime France

Playtime (formerly known as Films Distribution) is a Paris-based international sales agency active since 1997. Founded by François Yon and Nicolas Brigaud-Robert, quickly joined by Valéry Guibal and Sébastien Beffa, Playtime has become one of the industry leaders in international sales of independent cinema. Recent movies include Cannes’ favorite BPM (Beats Per Minute), Oscar® winner Son of Saul, veteran director François Ozon’s Frantz, and contact at Asian Film Market Sundance hit The Innocents. Each year, Playtime Georgia Poivre launches approximately 25 new titles in the most Sales Executive prestigious festivals, and is dedicated to award cell +33 6 03 20 17 57 winning and innovative art-house films from all over [email protected] the world. We pride ourselves in discovering exciting Playtime new filmmakers and introducing them to audiences 5 rue Nicolas Flamel around the world. Playtime is also an active co- FR – 75004 Paris producer, under the Playtime Production banner, phone +33 1 5310 3399 [email protected] and is a partner in thriving French TV production www.playtime.group company Empreinte Digitale (Mission on AMC). Inaddition to its Paris office, Playtime has set up in 2008, Films Boutique, a Berlin based subsidiary, Brussels-based Be For Films in 2014, and Film Constellation in London in 2016.

BIFF Asian Film Market Let the Sunshine In Asian Film Market by Claire Denis, 2017 Abracadabra by Pablo Berger, 2017 The Double Lover (L'Amant Double) BPM (Beats Per Minute) by François Ozon, 2017 by Robin Campillo, 2017

Mademoiselle Paradis by Barbara Albert, 2017 Premium France 33 Films

Premium Films was created in July 1998 by Jean- Charles Mille. We have become specialists in the international sales of short films and are now managing the rights of more than 800 titles, among which Oscar and Palme d‘Or Short Film winners, and works of acclaimed directors like Terry Gilliam. We select only 35 to 45 new titles each year to work our films in depth. The privileged relationships we have developed contact at Asian Film Market with talented young directors and producers Leslie Saussereau encouraged us to create a feature film department Sales Agent cell +33 6 5854 4885 in 2012. With our films we want to defend unique, [email protected] daring and engaging cinematic visions of various genres and bring them to audiences around Premium Films the world. 6 rue Desargues FR – 75011 Paris We have been working with such feature films as phone +33 1 4277 0639 White Shadow by Noaz Deshe (Lion of the Future [email protected] in Venice 2013), I am yours by Iram Haq (Toronto www.premium-films.com 2013), Nuoc 2030 by Nghiem-Minh (Berlinale 2014 Panorama), Soldate Jeannette by Daniel Hoesl (Tiger Award Rotterdam 2013), Leones by Jazmin Lopez... , Jesus by Fernando Guzzoni (Toronto 2016, San Sebastian official selection 2016), and Easy by Andrea Magnani (Locarno 2017).

Asian Film Market Easy by Andrea Magnani, 2017

Thick Lashes of Lauri Mäntyvaara by Hannaleena Hauru, 2017 Reel France Suspects

REEL SUSPECTS is multi-faceted “all rights” Distribution Company, specialized in feature films, ranging from genre to animation, with an eye on emerging filmmakers. His editorial line based on a reel passion for photography and eye catching cinematography, as well as a deep analysis of the main characters. Matteo Lovadina is considered by the industry as the founder of what is called today “elevated genre”, a mix between arthouse contact at Asian Film Market directorial approach and sci-fi / fantasy. Leslie Semichon REEL SUSPECTS is bringing a new cost-effective Head of Sales business model to its partners from all over the world, cell + 33 6 52 63 06 21 [email protected] in the context of an international market changing forever to new directions, and specialized niches Reel Suspects constantly growing and evolving, providing a 42, rue Rene Boulanger tailor made service that perfectly suits each project. FR – 75010 Paris phone +33 1 58 51 42 95 www.reelsuspects.com

BIFF Asian Film Market Malila Firstborn by Anucha by Aik Karapetian, 2017 Boonyawatana, 2017 Children Of The Night The Man With The by Andrea De Sica, 2016 Magic Box by Bodo Kox, 2017 Black Hollow Cage by Sadrac Gonzalez- Smaller And Perellon, 2017 Smaller Circles by Raya Martin, 2017 Leviano by Justin Amorim, 2017

Alifu The Prince/ss by Yu Lin Wang, 2017 SF Studios Sweden 35

SF International is an international sales agent and part of SF Studios, Scandinavia’s largest film company with operating offices in every major Scandinavian territory and market leader for more than 95 years. We represent films and TV series from SF Studios Production as well as third party producers in Scandinavia who share our passion for high quality content. Our focus is commercial films and series with marketable elements contact at Asian Film Market and clear target groups that work not only Peter Torkelsson in their countries of origin but more importantly International Sales Manager appeal to international viewers. cell +46 72 577 37 69 [email protected]

SF Studios Asian Film Market Sveavägen 56 Borg/McEnroe SE – 111 34 Stockholm by Janus Metz, 2017 phone +46 8 409 188 00 [email protected] The Man www.sfinternational.se by Charlotte Sieling, 2017

Kings Bay by Stig Svendsen, 2017 Stray Dogs France

Launched in 2015, Stray Dogs is dedicated to bringing edgy, international, director driven films with cult potential to worldwide audiences. We are very committed to the careers of our talents, believe in long term partnerships and aim to be a modern, integrated boutique agency for filmmakers. We aim to provide our distributors and programmers friends with fresh, interesting, special content, which will appeal to younger audiences and gain contact at Asian Film Market value over time. Rafaëlle Lalé Sales Manager cell +33 7 71 07 68 72 BIFF [email protected] The Brawler by Anurag Kashyap, 2017 Stray Dogs 30 rue Saint-Marc Asian Film Market FR – 75002 Paris The Brawler Pin Cushion phone +33 1 8228 4215 by Anurag Kashyap, 2017 by Deborah [email protected] Haywood, 2017 www.stray-dogs.biz Gurgaon by Shanker Raman, 2017 Thirst Street by Nathan Silver, 2017 Good Luck by Ben Russell, 2017 Dhogs by Andrés Goteira, 2017 Kuso by Flying Lotus, 2017 Mansfield 66/67 by P. David Ebersole and Friendly Beast Todd Hugues, 2017 by Gabriela Almeida, 2017

Sister Of Mine by Pedro Aguilera, 2017 The 37 Summerside Netherlands International

A dynamic and fast growing reality acting as intermediary agent for producers and offering a persistently renewed slate of films from all over the world: art-house, director-driven, commercial, genre, features, documentaries, regularly selected at both European and worldwide festivals. Summerside International markets contents to leading distributors, aggregators, over-the-top (OTT) channels across Multiple platforms and contact at Asian Film Market devices, showcasing the most recent acquisitions Nicola Tassoni as well as library contents at the top markets all Co-Founder, Buyer over the world, such as EFM in Berlin, FilmArt in n.tassoni@summerside- international.com Hong Kong, MIPTV, Marché du Film in Cannes, NATPE, Venice International Film Festival, MIPCOM, Summerside International American Film Market, Busan. Einsteinstraat, 53 As a result, filmmakers and producers can count on NL – 3281 NJ Numansdorp [email protected] a thorough distribution and sales expertise as well www.summerside-international.com as on an extensive network of contacts across all sectors of the industry. The mission of Summerside International is to create a place where innovative directorial talents and their visions can be discovered and promoted to distributors and broadcasters throughout the world, as the finest authors in international cinema.

Asian Film Market The Liberation Of Skopje La Scuola: I PittorI by Danilo and Rade Riminesi Del ‘300 Šerbedžija, 2016 by Davide Montecchi, in development In A Lonely Place by Davide Il Viaggio Di Mastorna Montecchi, 2016 by Davide Montecchi, in development TrustNordisk Denmark

TrustNordisk is one of the largest sales agents in Europe and the leading expert when it comes to Scandinavian feature films and TV-series worldwide. We represent one of the most extensive cata- logues in Europe, with films from both upcoming talent and highly acclaimed directors such as Lars von Trier, Susanne Bier, Thomas Vinterberg, Nicolaj Arcel, Harald Szwart, Hans Petter contact at Asian Film Market Moland, Roar Uthaug and Lukas Moodysson. Nicolai Korsgaard We put great pride in representing both festival Senior Sales Manager darlings and big-budgeted films based on cell +45 24 21 4133 [email protected] bestsellers from authors such as Jo Nesbø and Jussi Adler Olsen. TrustNordisk We collaborate with both large production com- Filmbyen 22 panies as well as independent producers within DK – 2650 Hvidovre phone +45 29 74 62 06 all of Europe, functioning not only as a sales agent, [email protected] but also as co-producers, creative partners and www.trustnordisk.com contribute with our know-how through business consulting on a large variety of high profile projects.

Welcome to our world of films!

Asian Film Market You Disappear The 12th Man by Peter Schønau by Harald Zwart, 2016 Fog, 2017 Wildwitch I Remember You by Kaspar Munk, 2017 by Oskar Thór Axelsson, 2017 Darling by Birgitte Stærmose, 2017 The Divine Order by Petra Volpe, 2016 UniFrance France 39

UniFrance is the organisation in charge of promoting French cinema throughout the world. Created in 1949, in the form of an association under the law of 1901, UniFrance is under the supervision of the CNC (Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée). The association has nearly 1000 members: producers of feature films and shorts, exporters, sales agents, directors, actors, authors contact at Asian Film Market (screenwriters) and talent agents. contact at Asian Film Market Nicolai Korsgaard Jérémy Segay Senior Sales Manager Korea & South-East Asia cell +45 24 21 4133 BIFF Representative [email protected] Makala Jeannette, The Childhood cell +82 10 2620 6783 by Emmanuel Gras, 2017 Of Joan Of Arc [email protected] TrustNordisk by Bruno Dumont, 2017 Filmbyen 22 Carbon UniFrance DK – 2650 Hvidovre by Olivier Marchal, 2017 Jeune Femme 13 rue Henner phone +45 29 74 62 06 by Léonor Serraille, 2017 FR – 75009 Paris [email protected] Oblivion Verses phone +33 1 4753 2701 www.trustnordisk.com by Alireza Khatami, 2017 L'Amant double [email protected] by François Ozon, 2017 www.unifrance.org Orchestra Class by Rachid Hami, 2017 Happy End by Michael Haneke, 2017 Braguino by Clément Cogitore, 2017 Grandeur et décadence d'un petit commerce de cinéma Let The Sunshine In by Jean-Luc Godard,1986 by Claire Denis, 2017 9 Fingers Diving by F.J. Ossang, 2016 by Mélanie Laurent, 2017 Tomorrow And Thereafter Zombillenium by Noemie Lvovsky, 2016 by Arthur de Pins and Alexis Ducord, 2017 United WestEnd Kingdom Films

WestEnd Films is a dynamic international sales and feature film financing company, co-founded by Eve Schoukroun, Maya Amsellem and renowned producer and Capitol Films founder Sharon Harel- Cohen. WestEnd launched at Cannes 2008 and offers filmmakers finance, production and sales expertise as well as an extensive network of contacts across all sectors of the industry. contact at Asian Film Market WestEnd continues to build a highly selective slate Anil Ravdjee including the talent of directors Stephen Frears, Sales Executive Rodrigo Garcia, Neil Jordan, Ralph Fiennes, David cell +44 7426 471 480 [email protected] Gordon Green, Tomm Moore, Hideo Nakata, Michael Winterbottom, Isabel Coixet, Fernando WestEnd Films Leon de Aranoa and A-list cast including Benicio Shepherds Building Central Del Toro, Rooney Mara, Al Pacino, Ralph Fiennes, Charecroft Way UK – London W14 0EE Kristin Scott Thomas, Mia Wasikowska, Nicolas phone +44 20 74 94 83 00 Cage, Steve Coogan, Tim Robbins, Cara Delevingne, [email protected] Christopher Walken, Philip Seymour Hoffman, www.westendfilms.com Glenn Close, Woody Harrelson, Imogen Poots and Liam Hemsworth.

BIFF Sergio & Sergei by Ernesto Daranas, 2017

Asian Film Market Sergio & Sergei Grace Jones by Ernesto Daranas, 2017 by Sophie Fiennes, 2017

The Breadwinner Hollow in the Land by Nora Twomey, 2017 by Scooter Corkle, 2016 Wide France 41

Founded by Loic Magneron, WIDE is a leading independent sales company currently representing more than 20 new feature films a year and a library of more than 500 fiction titles and 300 documentaries represented by the branch WIDE HOUSE. Our catalogue contains a variety of movies from internationally acclaimed directors (restored classics by Max Ophuls Lola Montes, J-L Godard Vivre Sa Vie among others) but also a selection of contact at Asian Film Market genre/horror and edgy dramas from around the Diane Ferrandez world. In 2015, WIDE launched its Distribution Head of Sales department, with the release of «Bonte Divine», cell +33 7 61 57 96 86 [email protected] a film by Vinko Bresan, which was a box-office success in Croatia and internationally distributed in Wide more than 32 countries. In less than a year, already 9 rue Bleue 4 films released in France. WIDE Distribution’s FR – 75009 Paris phone +33 1 53 95 04 64 next release is Starlight directed by Sophie Blondy, [email protected] scheduled for September 2016. www.widemanagement.com

BIFF Asian Film Market Goliath Goliath by Dominik Locher, 2017 by Dominik Locher, 2017

Pororoca by Constantin Popescu, 2017

Euthanizer by Teemu Nikki, 2017

Wild Bunch France

Wild Bunch manages a library of more than 800 titles and provides a diversified suite of distribution services: direct distribution to end users (theatrical, video, TV… ); international sales agency; financial coproduction and electronic distribution.

A major player in international sales, Wild Bunch is part of Wild Bunch AG, a leading independent European film distribution company, listed on the contact at Asian Film Market German stock market, that manages a library of Emilie Serres more than 2,200 titles. The company is active in Sales the acquisition, co-production, direct distribu- cell +33 6 43 30 32 55 [email protected] tion and international sales of films and TV series and developed a pan-European direct distribu- Wild Bunch tion network in France (Wild Bunch Distribution, 65 rue de Dunkerque Wild Side and Filmo TV), Italy (BIM Distribuzione), FR – 75009 Paris phone +33 1 43 13 21 15 Germany (Wild Bunch Germany/Senator) & www.wildbunch.biz Spain (Vertigo).

BIFF Angels Wear White by Vivian Qu, 2017 WTFilms France 43

WTFilms ("What The Films") is a sales, production and financing company created in 2012 by Gregory Chambet and Dimitri Stephanides. After an initial focus on genre for which it acquired a strong expertise, WTFilms has now diversified to all types of movies. Recent titles include Melanie Laurent’s drama PLONGER (DIVING), sophisticated thriller THE EAVESDROPPER starring François Cluzet, western THE BALLAD OF LEFTY BROWN starring contact at Asian Film Market Bill Pullman, Jim Caviezel & Peter Fonda and Quentin Worthington documentary WINE CALLING. Sales Executive cell +33 6 4923 1907 [email protected]

BIFF WTFilms Diving 20, rue Bachaumont by Mélanie Laurent, 2017 FR – 75002 Paris www.wtfilms.fr Asian Film Market Diving by Mélanie Laurent, 2017

°efp – european film promotion 37 countries, 1 network

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

The Hamburg-based office is backed by the German Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, the Film Fund Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein and the Ministry of Culture of the City of Hamburg.

EFP President Contact Martin Schweighofer European Film Promotion e.V. AFC – Austrian Films Friedensallee 14-16 EFP Vice President 22765 Hamburg, Germany Pia Lundberg phone +49 40 390 6252 Swedish Film Institute [email protected] EFP Managing Director www.efp-online.com Sonja Heinen °efp – initiatives 45 in support of the european film industry

calendar 2017 / 2018

promotion of films and talent 46 european shooting stars 46 new directions in european documentaries 47 producers on the move 47 europe! voices of women in film 48 future frames: ten new filmmakers to follow 48 europe! goes busan 48 screenings of foreign language Oscar® submitted films access to international markets 49 europe! umbrellas film sales support outside of europe 50 about film sales support (fss) promotion of films and talent

european new directions shooting stars in european at the Berlin IFF Germany, February documentaries at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Each year, EFP presents ten of the most talen- Festival, Toronto Canada, ted young actors from ten different European April / May countries to the international press, public and industry during the Berlinale. They connect Putting a focus on outstanding documentary and network with casting directors, talent productions from Europe, EFP has initiated this agents, producers and directors to broaden new programme in collaboration with Hot Docs. and strengthen industry alliances. The initiative Starting in 2018, a dedicated section of the emphasizes the crucial role new talent can festival will present European filmmakers and play in marketing European films and offers their work. In addition panel discussions and support and publicity to young European actors workshops on co-production, funding as well and actresses as they begin to cross-over as meetings with potential buyers give room for from national prominence to an international networking and opportunities to sell their films. career. Since 2017 EFP offers FILM SALES SUPPORT for world sales companies marketing European films at Hot Docs. 47

europe! voices of women in film at the Sydney IFF Australia, June

Taking a stand for gender diversity in film, EFP successfully launched EUROPE! VOICES OF WOMEN IN FILM at the Sydney Film Festival (SFF) in 2016. In close cooperation with SFF, the programme recognizes new works by some of Europe's most exciting women directors and presents them in a dedicated section of the festival, highlighting the virtuosity and strength of innovative European cinema by women film producers artists. on the move at the Cannes FF France, May

At the Cannes Film Festival, 20 promising, up-and-coming producers from throughout Europe are selected to participate in PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE. The yearly initiative is aimed at connecting young, enterprising European producers with potential co-production partners and strengthening their industry networks. They take part in a tailor-made programme of project pitches, one-to-one meetings, case studies and social events underpinned by an extensive press campaign, which includes their profiles in the international trades and supports their visibility within the international industry. europe! goes busan at the Busan IFF South Korea, October

Every year European directors and actors are welcomed to South Korea's major film event, the Busan IFF, to present their films and to engage in discussions with the enthusiastic Korean audiences and meet with key Asian and international industry players. In alliance with FILM SALES SUPPORT dedicated towards the promotion and marketing of European films, the programme has increased the number of sales to Asia significantly. EUROPE! GOES BUSAN shines a light on the spirit and the diversity of future frames – European cinema. ten new filmmakers to follow at the Karlovy Vary IFF Czech Republic, July screenings of The programme features new European cine- foreign language ma and the promising young directing talent ® behind it. Recommended by the EFP member Oscar organisations and selected by the artistic team submitted films of KVIFF, the ten outstanding film students and Los Angeles graduates from schools throughout Europe USA, November present their recent short films within the official programme of festival and take part in a three- day tailor-made programme to facilitate EFP organises special screenings for European their entree into the international film scene submissions for the Foreign Language Film with support from extensive press coverage. Award to help the films to stand out from among more than 80 international competitors. Voting Academy members, international buyers, selected press and LA-based industry are invited to the screenings. They take place at the same time as the American Film Market (AFM) where EFP hosts the EUROPE! UMBRELLA to facilitate business activities of European world sales agents, producers and EFP members with the US and worldwide markets. europe! 49 access to umbrellas international markets

filmart asian film market Hong Kong at the Busan IFF China, March South Korea, October

Since 2011, EFP has been running the much Paying heed to the industry aspect of the festival frequented EUROPE! UMBRELLA for European and in addition to its support for European films world sales companies and EFP members at and directors at the Busan IFF, EFP offers a hub Hong Kong's renowned FILMART, attracting for European world sales companies and EFP substantial business from the Asian countries. member organisations representing their films and operates the large and very busy EUROPE! UMBRELLA at the Asian Film Market in Busan. toronto, industry centre american film at the Toronto IFF Canada, September market Los Angeles In order to highlight the diversity of European USA, November cinema and enhance its visibility at one of the world's key festivals, EFP has been organising As one of the earliest initiatives, started in and operating the EUROPE! UMBRELLA since 1998, EFP supports the presence of European 2016, which serves as a central meeting point sales agents, producers and EFP members for all of the Europeans during TIFF. at the AFM by offering the highly frequented EUROPE! UMBRELLA. It is based at the market headquarters and open for 20 to 25 European companies. film sales support outside of europe

MANIFESTO, directed by Julian Rosenfeldt, FSS supported at the Sundance IFF 2017 ©The Match Factory film sales support EFP’s support initiative for European sales agents

EFP not only promotes European films companies may choose between single and talent around the world, it also backs and slate funding. The latter allows for the marketing campaigns of associated world sales coverage of concerted campaigns at the companies in countries outside of Europe via Toronto International Film Festival and a sub- FILM SALES SUPPORT (FSS). It contributes to sequent market, such as the Asian Film Market, additional promotional activities for European the AFM or the FILMART. EFP may additionally films, covering up to 50 per cent of marketing offer FSS for the promotion of Swiss films costs at the Sundance, Toronto, Tribeca outside of Europe, thanks to new international and Hot Docs festivals as well as the FILMART, measures by the Swiss Federal Office of Asian Film Market and AFM markets. Sales Culture, Media Desk Suisse and SWISS FILMS. 51

www.efp- online.com °efp – the network

Albania Republic of Cyprus Germany Majlinda Tafa Diomides Nikita Mariëtte Rissenbeek Albanian National Center Ministry of Education German Films of Cinematography and Culture www.german-films.de www.nationalfilmcenter. www.moec.gov.cy gov.al Greece Czech Republic Stavroula Geronimaki Austria Markéta Šantrochová Greek Film Centre Martin Schweighofer Czech Film Center www.gfc.gr AFC – Austrian Films www.filmcenter.cz www.austrianfilms.com Hungary Denmark Katalin Vajda Belgium / Flanders Christian Juhl Lemche Magyar Filmunió/ Christian De Schutter The Danish Film Institute Hungarian National Flanders Image www.dfi.dk Film Fund www.flandersimage.com www.filmunio.hu Estonia Belgium / Wallonia Edith Sepp Iceland Eric Franssen Estonian Film Institute Laufey Gudjónsdóttir Wallonie Bruxelles Images www.filmi.ee Icelandic Film Centre www.wbimages.be www.icelandicfilmcentre.is Finland Bosnia and Herzegovina Jaana Puskala Ireland Elma Tataragić The Finnish Film Teresa McGrane Association of filmmakers Foundation Irish Film Board in Bosnia and Herzegovina www.ses.fi www.irishfilmboard.ie www.bhfilm.ba France Italy Bulgaria Frédéric Béreyziat Annabella Nucara Irina Kanousheva UniFrance Istituto Luce Cinecittà Bulgarian National Film www.unifrance.org www.filmitalia.org Center www.nfc.bg Georgia Kosovo* Tamara Tatishvili Arben Zharku Croatia Georgian National Film Kosova Cinematography Mario Kozina Center Center Croatian Audiovisual www.gnfc.ge www.qkk-rks.com Centre www.havc.hr the network 53

Latvia Portugal Switzerland Dita Rietuma Vítor Pinheiro Catherine Ann Berger National Film Centre Latvia Instituto do Cinema e do Swiss Films www.nfc.lv Audiovisual, I. P./ ICA www.swissfilms.ch www.ica-ip.pt Lithuania United Kingdom Dovilė Butnoriūtė Romania Briony Hanson Lithuanian Film Centre Cristian Hordilă British Council www.lkc.lt Romanian Film Promotion www.britishcouncil.org www.romfilmpromotion.ro Luxembourg *This designation is without Françoise Lentz Serbia prejudice to positions on status, Film Fund Luxembourg Miroljub Vučković and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 www.filmfund.lu Film Center Serbia and the lCJ Opinion on the Kosovo www.fcs.rs Declaration of Independence. Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Slovak Republic Macedonian Film Agency Rastislav Steranka www.filmagency.gov.mk Slovak Film Institute www.sfu.sk Montenegro Sehad Čekić Slovenia Film Centre of Montenegro Nerina T. Kocjančič www.fccg.me Slovenian Film Centre www.film-center.si The Netherlands Marten Rabarts Spain EYE International Rafael Cabrera international.eyefilm.nl Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Norway Audiovisuales/ ICAA Stine Oppegaard www.icaa.es Norwegian Film Institute www.nfi.no/english/ Sweden norwegianfilms Pia Lundberg Swedish Film Institute Poland www.sfi.se Olga Domżala Polish Film Institute www.pisf.pl °efp – partners and imprint

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

The Europe! Umbrella in Busan takes place in close collaboration / cooperation and additional support of Unifrance and German Films.

Film Sales Support is additionally supported by the Nordisk Film & TV Fond and the Polish Film Institute. EFP may also offer FSS additionally for the promotion of Swiss films outside of Europe, thanks to new international measures by Federal Office of Culture, Media Desk Suisse and SWISS FILMS. EUROPE! UMBRELLA in Busan is supported by

Publisher European Film Promotion e. V. Editors Susanne Davis, Cornelia Klimkeit, Olga Makarova Coordination Cornelia Klimkeit, Olga Makarova Layout Panatom Corporate Communication Print Merkur Druck GmbH, Norderstedt

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