EFP announces Producers on the Move 2014
One to One Meetings 2013 © Andreas Struck/EFP
24 participants selected for European networking platform at Cannes Festival
Having exciting filmographies with international co-productions, 24 up-and-coming players of the European film industry have been selected to take part in European Film Promotion's (EFP) networking platform PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE. Now in its 15th year, EFP spotlights emerging European producers at the Cannes Film Festival from May 17-19 and helps them embark on successful cooperations with their similarly ambitious PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE colleagues from all over Europe.
The programme has been financially supported by the MEDIA Programme (2007-2013) of the European Unionand the participating EFP member organisations who each made a careful selection of their national participants according to specific criteria.
The schedule of PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE includes working sessions, one-to-one speed-dating meetings and various opportunities to exchange knowledge and follow up discussions on future projects. In addition, EFP will be teaming up with the European cultural channel ARTE and the pan-European co-production fund Eurimages for PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE. For the first time, Eurimages has prepared a case study exclusively for EFP's programme to be discussed under the direction of Eurimages Executive Director Roberto Olla.
He points out the importance of programmes such as PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE:
“This is the 4th consecutive year that Eurimages is involved with this initiative which perfectly marries our objectives of encouraging co-operation between producers so as to stimulate cinematographic co-productions and of promoting their international distribution. Further to the success of the collaboration at the Cannes Festival, the Eurimages Fund has strengthened its partnership with European Film Promotion through other initiatives which also seek to unite professionals from the European film industry in order to participate in its development on an international level.”
Looking back at previous editions, EFP's programme results each year in several new trans-national co-productions and gives the producers a higher profile in Cannes. For 2013, almost all of the participants are still in contact with one another and 17 co-productions are in development.
One recent success story is the coming-of-age feature The Word, directed by Anna Kazejak and co-produced by two PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE from 2011, Lukasz Dzieciol (Opus Film, Poland) and Jesper Morthorst (SF Film Production, Denmark). The film was released in Poland in March after its premiere at the Berlinale in the Generation sidebar.
Currently in post is Dirk Ohm - The Illusionist That Disappeared, directed by Bobbie Peers. The producer Maria Ekerhovd (Mer Film AS, Norway), joined forces for this film with her PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE colleague from 2011, Gian-Piero Ringel (Neue Road Movies, Germany) and the 2010 PRODUCER ON THE MOVE, Lizette Jonjic (Migma Film, Sweden). Norway has scheduled the release for September 2014. Ekerhovd and Ringel also worked together for two further projects: Every Thing Will Be Fine by Wim Wenders and the six episodes for Cathedrals of Culture which have been presented at this year’s Berlinale.
The following producers were selected by the EFP member organisations:
VIKTORIA
Director: Maya Vitkova
Producer: Maya Vitkova
Viktoria Films, Bulgaria
selected by Bulgarian National Film Centre
GANGSTER OF LOVE
Director: Nebojša Slijepcevic
Producer: Vanja Jambrović
Restart, Croatia
selected by Croation Audiovisual Centre
BURNING BUSH
Director: Agnieszka Holland
Producer: Tomáš Hrubỳ
Nutprodukce, Czech Republic
selected by Czech Film Center
ANTBOY
Director: Ask Hasselbalch
Producer: Eva Jakobsen
Nimbus Film, Denmark
selected by Danish Film Institute
CONCRETE NIGHT
Director: Pirjo Honkasalo
Producer: Mark Lwoff
Bufo, Finland
selected by Finnish Film Foundation
MÖBIUS
Director: Eric Rochant
Producer: Mathias Rubin
Récifilms, France
selected by UniFrance films
BRIDES
Director: Tinatin Kajrishvili
Producer: Tinatin Kajrishvili
Gemini, Georgia
selected by Georgian National Film Center
SPECIAL NEED, THE
Director: Carlo Zoratti
Producer: Henning Kamm
Detailfilm, Germany
selected by German Films
STANDING ASIDE, WATCHING
Director: Yorgos Servetas
Producer: Konstantin Kontovrakis
Heretic Creative Producer, Greece
selected by Greek Film Centre
LAND OF STORMS
Director: Adam Csaszi
Producer: Eszter Gyárfás
Proton Cinema, Hungary
selected by Magyar Filmunió/ Hungarian National Film Fund
METALHEAD
Director: Ragnar Bragason
Producer: Árni Filippusson
Mystery, Iceland
selected by Icelandic Fim Centre
YOU'RE UGLY TOO
Director: Mark Noonan
Producer: John Keville
SP Films, Ireland
selected by Irish Film Board
BLACK SOULS
Director: Francesco Munzi
Producer: Olivia Musini
Cinemaundici, Italy
selected by Istituto Luce Cinecittà
MONUMENT TO MICHAEL JACKSON
Director: Darko Lungulov
Co-Producer: Ognen Antov
Dream Factory Macedonia, FYR of Macedonia
selected by Macedonian Film Agency
ASCENT, THE
Director: Nemanja Becanovic
Producer: Ivan Djurović
Artikulacija Production, Montenegro
selected by Ministry of Culture of Montenegro
TOTALLY TRUE LOVE
Director: Anne Sewitsky
Producer: Teréz Hollo-Klausen
Anna Kron Film, Norway
selected by Norwegian Film Institute
FUCK FOR FOREST
Director: Michal Marczak
Producer: Mikołaj Pokromski
Pokromski Studio, Poland
selected by Polish Film Institute
COLLIDER
Director: Jason Butler
Producer: Nuno Bernardo
beActive Entertainment, Portugal
selected by ICA I.P. / Portugal
SLOVAKIA 2.0
Director: Iveta Grófová, Juraj Herz, Martin Šulík, Miro Jelok, Mišo Suchý, Ondrej Rudavský, Peter Kerekes, Peter Krištúfek, Viera Cákanyová, Zuzana Liová
Producer: Mátyás Prikler
MPhilms, Slovak Republic
selected by Slovak Film Institute
EXTRAORDINARY TALE, THE
Director: José F. Ortuño, Laura Alvea
Producer: Marta Velasco
Áralan Films, Spain
selected by ICAA / Spain
BEYOND BEYOND
Director: Esben Toft Jacobsen
Producer: Petter Lindblad
Snowcloud Films, Sweden
selected by Swedish Film Institute
ATÉ VER LA LUZ
Director: Basil da Cunha
Producer: Elodie Brunner
Box Productions, Switzerland
selected by Swiss Films
SECRETS OF WAR
Director: Dennis Bots
Producer: Harro van Staverden
Bijker Film & TV, The Netherlands
selected by EYE International
WEEKEND
Director: Andrew Haigh
Producer: Tristan Goligher
The Bureau Film Company, United Kingdom
selected by British Council
