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films. talent. spirit.
Sept 6 – 16
2018 °efp at the
Toronto
International
Film Festival
Programme of the European Union Creative Europe Support Programme for Europe’s Cultural and Creative Sectors 2014 – 2020 www.ec.europa.eu/culture/ creative-europe
°efp
european
film
promotion
Sept 6 – 16
2018 at the
Toronto
International
Film Festival
europe!
films.
talent.
spirit.
5 welcome
6 efp members at the europe! umbrella
21 further efp members at the tiff Industry Centre
28 partner and sales companies at the europe! umbrella
33 about efp – initiatives in support of
the european film industry
40 efp – the network
42 partners and imprint
Welcome 05
EFP (European Film Promotion) is delighted
to welcome you to our EUROPE! UMBRELLA at
the Toronto International Film Festival 2018.
EFP is a network of 38 European member
organisations representing their national films EFP President
and talent on an international level. Under the Martin Schweighofer
EFP flag, they come together to promote the
diversity and the spirit of European cinema.
14 EFP member organisations are participating
at our third Umbrella at TIFF representing the
films from their countries that have been
selected by the festival. Another eleven EFP
member organisations are present with their EFP Managing Director
own stands at the Industry Centre in the Hyatt Sonja Heinen
Hotel.
EFP Team in Toronto
The EFP EUROPE! UMBRELLA is a central Sonja Heinen
meeting point for all things European. Join us for Managing Director
meetings and information on the films from the heinen@efp-online.com
represented countries. Sabine Rolinski
rolinski@efp-online.com
Thanks to the backing of the Creative Europe –
MEDIA Programme of the EU and additional EFP cell
support by Eurimages, the EFP Umbrella offers +49 160 440 9595
space for networking and business. visit EFP at the
Hyatt Hotel
Martin Schweighofer & Sonja Heinen Industry Centre > 24
September 2018°efp members
at the
europe! umbrella
7 AFC – Austrian Films
8 Croatian Audiovisual Centre
9 Czech Film Center
10 Eye International, The Netherlands
11 Film Center Serbia
12 Film Fund Luxembourg
13 Flanders Image, Belgium
14 Greek Film Centre
15 Instituto do Cinema e
do Audiovisual I. P./ ICA, Portugal
16 Lithuanian Film Centre
17 Polish Film Institute
18 Screen Ireland
19 Slovenian Film Center
20 Wallonie Bruxelles Images, BelgiumAFC – Austria 07
Austrian
Films
Films at TIFF
Platform – in Competition
Angelo
directed by Markus Schlenzer
Austria, Luxembourg
world sales: Playtime
www.playtime.group
Contemporary World Cinema
Styx contact at TIFF
directed by Wolfgang Fischer Martin Schweighofer
Germany, Austria Managing Director
world sales: Beta Cinema
www.betacinema.com AFC – Austrian Films
Stiftsgasse 6
A – 1070 Vienna
phone +43 1 526 33 23
office@afc.at
www.austrianfilms.comCroatian Croatia
Audiovisual
Centre
Film at TIFF
Discovery
The Load
(Teret)
directed by Ognjen Glavonić
Serbia, France, Croatia, Iran, Qatar
world sales: New Europe Film Sales
www.neweuropefilmsales.com
contact at TIFF
Irena Jelić
Head of Promotion and
Placement Department
cell +385 91 521 3573
irena.jelic@havc.hr
Croatian Audiovisual Centre
Hrvatski audiovizualni centar
Nova Ves 18
HR – 10 000 Zagreb
phone +385 1 604 1088
promotion@havc.hr
www.havc.hrCzech Czech
Republic
09
Film Center
Films at TIFF
Contemporary World Cinema
Winter Flies
(Všechno bude)
directed by Olmo Omerzu
Czech Republic, Slovenia,
Poland, Slovak Republic
world sales: Cercamon
http://cercamon.jimdo.com/
contact at TIFF
"I Do Not Care If We Go Down In Markéta Šantrochová
History As Barbarians" Head of Czech Film Center
("Je mi jedno, že se zapíšeme cell +420 724 329 948
do dějin jako barbaři") marketa@filmcenter.cz
directed by Radu Jude
Romania, Czech Republic, Czech Film Center
France, Bulgaria, Germany Národní třída 28
world sales: Beta Cinema CZ – 110 00 Prague 1
www.betacinema.com phone +420 221 105 398
info@filmcenter.cz
Discovery www.filmcenter.cz
Touch Me Not
(Ne dotýkej se mě)
directed by Adina Pintilie
Romania, Germany, Czech
Republic, Bulgaria, France
world sales: Doc&Film International
www.docandfilm.com
TIFF Docs
Putin's Witnesses
directed by Vitaly Mansky
Latvia, Switzerland, Czech Republic
world sales: Deckert Distribution
www.deckert-distribution.comEye The
Netherlands
International
Films at TIFF
Contemporary World Cinema
Retrospekt
directed by Esther Rots
© Yvonne Witte
The Netherlands, Belgium
www.rotsfilmwerk.nl
Discovery
Light As Feathers
directed by Rosanne Pel contact at TIFF
The Netherlands Marten Rabarts
world sales: WIDE Head of Eye International
www.widemanagement.com
Eye International
Wavelengths Eye Film Institute Netherlands
The Trial Visit Address
directed by Sergei Loznitsa IJpromenade 1
The Netherlands NL – 1031 KT Amsterdam
www.facebook.com/atomsvoid Postal Address
P.O. Box 37767
Short Cuts NL – 1030 BJ Amsterdam
L'été et tout le reste phone +31 20 7582375
directed by Sven Bresser international@eyefilm.nl
The Netherlands international.eyefilm.nl
world sales: Some Shorts
www.someshorts.comFilm Center Serbia 11
Serbia
Film at TIFF
Discovery
The Load
(Teret)
directed by Ognjen Glavonić
Serbia, France, Croatia, Iran, Qatar
world sales: New Europe Film Sales
www.neweuropefilmsales.com
contact at TIFF
Miroljub Vučković
Head of International
Relations & Promotion
cell +381 646 107 687
mvuckovic@fcs.rs
Film Center Serbia
Koce Popovica 9/3
SRB – 111000 Belgrade
phone +381 11 2625 131
fcs.office@fcs.rs
www.fcs.rsFilm Fund Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Films at TIFF
Discovery
Tel Aviv On Fire
directed by Sameh Zoabi
Luxembourg, France, Israel, Belgium
world sales: Indie Sales
www. indiesales.eu
Platform – in Competition
Angelo contact at TIFF
directed by Markus Schlenzer Françoise Lentz
Austria, Luxembourg Head of Promotion
world sales: Playtime cell +352 621 235 302
www.playtime.group francoise.lentz@
filmfund.etat.lu
Contemporary World Cinema
Black 47 Film Fund Luxembourg
directed by Lance Daly 5, rue Large
Ireland, Luxembourg L – 1917 Luxembourg
world sales: Altitude Film Sales phone +352 2478 2179
www.altitudefilment.com promotion@filmfund.etat.lu
www.filmfund.lu
Sibel
directed by Çagla Zencirci,
Guillaume Giovanetti
France, Germany, Luxembourg, Turkey
world sales: Pyramide International
www.pyramidefilms.comFlanders Belgium
Flanders
13
Image
Films at TIFF
Contemporary World Cinema Special Presentations
Angel Kursk
directed by Koen Mortier directed by Lukas
Belgium, The Netherlands Moodysson
world sales: Czar France, Luxembourg,
www.czar.be Belgium
world sales:
Discovery Europacorp
Girl www.europacorp.com contact at TIFF
directed by Lukas Dhont Christian De Schutter
Belgium, The Netherlands Contemporary World General Manager
world sales: The Match Cinema CDeSchutter@vaf.be
Factory Retrospekt
www.the-match- directed by Flanders Image
factory.com Esther Rots c/o Flanders Film House
The Netherlands, Bischoffsheimlaan 38
Short Cuts Belgium BE – 1000 Brussels
This Magnificent Cake ! www.rotsfilmwerk.nl phone +32 2 2260 630
directed by Marc James flandersimage@vaf.be
Roels, Emma de Swaef TIFF Docs flandersimage.com
Belgium, France, When Arabs Danced
Luxembourg, The directed by
Netherlands Jawad Rhalib
world sales: New Belgium
Europe Film Sales world sales: GAD
www.neweuropefilmsales. Distribution
com www.gad-
distribution.comGreek Film Greece
Centre
Films at TIFF
Discovery
Her Job
directed by Nikos Labot
Greece, France, Serbia
Short Cuts
Hector Malot – The Last Day Of The Year
(Ektoras Malo: I Teleftea
Mera Tis Chronias ) contact at TIFF
directed by Jacqueline Lentzou Liza Linardou
Greece Promotion and Film Festivals
Department of Promotion and
Distribution – Hellas Film
cell +30 69 4563 9907
liza.linardou@gfc.gr
Greek Film Centre
9 Chatzopoulou Str.
GR – 115 42 Athens
phone +30 210 367 8500
info@gfc.gr
www.gfc.grInstituto do Portugal 15
Cinema e do
Audiovisual / ICA
Films at TIFF
Midnight Madness
Diamantino
directed by Gabriel
Abrantes, Daniel Schmidt
Portugal, France, Brazil
world sales: Charades
www.charades.eu
Contemporary World Cinema contact at TIFF
The Black Book Vítor Pinheiro
directed by Valeria Sarmiento Cinema department
Portugal, France cell +351 965 820 221
world sales: Alfama Films vitor.pinheiro@ica-ip.pt
www.alfamafilms.com
Instituto do Cinema e do
Audiovisual I.P. / ICA
Praça Bernardino Machado, 4
P – 1750-042 Lisbon
phone +351 21 323 0800
info@ica-ip.pt
www.ica-ip.ptLithuanian Lithuania
Film Centre
Films at TIFF
Discovery
Summer Survivors
(Išgyventi vasarą)
directed by Marija Kavtaradze
Lithuania
world sales: Heretic Outreach
www.heretic.gr
Contemporary World Cinema contact at TIFF
Core Of The World Dovilė Butnoriūtė
directed by Natalia Meshchaninova Head, Department of Film
Russian Federation, Lithuania Promotion, Information
world sales: Indie Sales and Heritage
www.indiesales.eu cell +370 670 01922
d.butnoriute@lkc.lt
Lithuanian Film Centre
Z. Sierakausko st. 15
LT – 03105 Vilnius
phone +370 5 213 05 47
info@lkc.lt
www.lkc.lt/enPolish Poland 17
Film Institute
Films at TIFF
Special Presentations Contemporary World Cinema
Cold War Winter Flies
(Zimna Wojna) (Všechno bude)
directed by directed by Olmo Omerzu
Paweł Pawlikowski Czech Republic, Slovenia,
Poland Poland, Slovak Republic
world sales: Protagonist world sales: Cercamon
Pictures, MK2 Films http://cercamon.jimdo.com/
contact at TIFF
Gala Presentation Robert Baliński
High Life Head of International
directed by Claire Denis Relations Department
Germany, France, USA, robert.balinski@pisf.pl
United Kingdom, Poland
world sales: Wild Bunch Polish Film Institute
www.wildbunch.biz ul. Krakowskie
Przedmieście 21/23
Platform PL – 00-071 Warsaw
The River phone +48 22 4210 497
directed by Emir Baigazin pisf@pisf.pl
Kazakhstan, www.pisf.pl
Poland, Norway
world sales: Films
Boutique
www.filmsboutique.comScreen Ireland
Ireland
Films at TIFF
Contemporary World Cinema Special Presentations
Black 47 Papi Chulo
directed by Lance Daly directed by John Butler
Ireland, Luxembourg Ireland
world sales: Altitude world sales: Bankside Films
Film Sales www.bankside-films.com
www.altitudefilment.com
Vita & Virginia
Rosie directed by Chanya Button contact at TIFF
directed by Paddy Breathnach United Kingdom, Ireland Teresa McGrane
Ireland world sales: Protagonist Deputy Chief Executive
world sales: Element Pictures Pictures
www.elementpictures.ie www.protagonistpictures. James Hickey
com Chief Executive
Discovery
Float Like A Butterfly Greta Celine Haddad
directed by Carmel Winters directed by Neil Jordan Project Manager
Ireland Ireland
world sales: WestEnd Films world sales: Sierra/Affinity Dearbhla Regan
www.westendfilms.com www.sierra-affinity.com Project Manager
Screen Ireland
Fís Éireann
23 Dock Road
IRL – Galway, H91 CR33
phone +353 91 561 398
info@screenireland.ie
www.screenireland.ieSlovenian Slovenia 19
Fim Centre
Films at TIFF
Discovery
Consequences
directed by Darko Štante
Slovenia
world sales: Wide
wwww.widemanagement.com
Contemporary World Cinema
Winter Flies contact at TIFF
(Všechno bude) Nerina T. Kocjančič
directed by Olmo Omerzu Head of Promotion
Czech Republic, Slovenia, and Distribution
Poland, Slovak Republic cell +386 41 725 636
world sales: Cercamon nerina.kocjancic@sfc.si
http://cercamon.jimdo.com/
Slovenian Film Centre
Miklošičeva cesta 38
SI – 1000 Ljubljana
phone +386 1 2343 200
info@film-center.si
www.film-center.siWallonie Belgium
Wallonia-Brussels
Bruxelles
Images
Films at TIFF
Special Presentations
Duelles
(Mothers' Instinct)
directed by Olivier Masset-Depasse
Belgium, France
world sales: Indie Sales
www.indiesales.eu
Discovery contact at TIFF
The Mercy Of The Jungle Eric Franssen
directed by Joël Karekezi Director
Belgium, France, Germany cell +32 486090728
world sales: Urban Distribution eric.franssen@wbimages.be
International
www.urbandistrib.com Wallonie Bruxelles Images
18 Place Flagey
TIFF Docs BE – 1050 Brussels
When Arabs Danced phone +32 2 2232304
directed by Jawad Rhalib info@wbimages.be
Belgium www.wbimages.be
world sales: GAD Distribution
www.gad-distribution.comfurther 21 °efp members at the tiff Industry Centre 22 British Council 22 Danish Film Institute 23 Finnish Film Foundation 23 German Films 24 ICAA, Spain 24 Icelandic Film Centre 25 Istituto Luce-Cinecittà, Italy 25 Norwegian FIlm Institute 26 Swedish Film Institute 26 Swiss Films 27 UniFrance
British Danish
Council Film
Institute
United Kingdom Denmark
Hyatt > Festival Room, 9th fl. Industry Centre > 2
contact at TIFF contact at TIFF
Briony Hanson Christian Juhl Lemche
Director of Film Festival Consultant /
briony.hanson@britishcouncil.org DFI International
christianjl@dfi.dk
British Council
Film Department Danish Film Institute
10 Spring Gardens Gothersgade 55
UK – London SW1A 2BN DK – 1123 Copenhagen K
phone +44 20 7389 3025 phone +45 33 74 3400
films@britishcouncil.org christianjl@dfi.dk
www.britishcouncil.org/film www.dfi.dkFinnish German 23
Film Films
Foundation
Finland Germany
Industry Centre > 2 Industry Centre > 5
contact at TIFF contact at TIFF
Jaana Puskala Mariëtte Rissenbeek
Head of International Managing Director
Department rissenbeek@german-films.de
jaana.puskala@ses.fi
Martin Scheuring
Jenni Domingo Project Coordinator
International Promotion scheuring@german-films.de
Coordinator
jenni.domingo@ses.fi German Films
Service + Marketing
Finnish Film Foundation Herzog-Wilhelm-Straße 16
Kanavakatu 12 D – 80331 Munich
FIN – 00160 Helsinki phone +49 89 599 7870
phone +358 9 6220 300 info@german-films.de
ses@ses.fi www.german-films.de
www.ses.fi/enICAA Icelandic
Film
Centre
Spain Iceland
Industry Centre > 4 Industry Centre > 2
contact at TIFF contact at TIFF
Rafael Cabrera Laufey Gudjonsdottir
Marketing Director Director
rafael.cabrera@mecd.es laufey@icelandicfilmcentre.is
Instituto de la Cinematografía y de Christof Wehmeier
las Artes Audiovisuales /ICAA Head of Promotion
Plaza del Rey, 1 christof@icelandicfilmcentre.is
E – 28004 Madrid
phone +34 91 701 7259 Icelandic Film Centre
info.cine@mecd.es Hverfisgata 54
www.icaa.es IS – 101 Reykjavik
phone +354 562 3580
info@icelandicfilmcentre.is
www.icelandicfilmcentre.isIstituto Norwegian 25 Luce Film Cinecittà Institute Italy Norway Industry Centre > 1 Industry Centre > 2 contact at TIFF contact at TIFF Annabella Nucara Stine Oppegaard Festival & Markets Head of International Project Manager relations, Feature Films a.nucara@cinecittaluce.it stine.oppegaard@nfi.no Istituto Luce Cinecittà – FIlmitalia Norwegian Film Institute Via Tuscolana, 1055 Dronningens gate 16 I – 00173 Rome N – 0105 Oslo phone +39 06 72286 330 phone +47 22 4745 00 a.nucara@cinecittaluce.it stine.oppegaard@nfi.no www.filmitalia.org www.nfi.no
Swedish Swiss
Film Films
Institute
Sweden Switzerland
Industry Centre > 2 Industry Centre > 5
contact at TIFF contact at TIFF
Steffen Andersen-Møller Catherine Ann Berger
Head of International Department Managing Director
cell +46 76 051 36 97 caberger@swissfilms.ch
steffen.andersen-moller@sfi.se
SWISS FILMS
Petter Mattsson Neugasse 6 , Postfach
Festival Manager, Feature Films CH – 8005 Zurich
cell +46 70 607 11 34 phone +41 43 211 4050
petter.mattsson@sfi.se info@swissfilms.ch
www.swissfilms.ch
Theo Tsappos
Festival Manager, Feature Films
cell +46 76 779 11 33
theo.tsappos@sfi.se
Swedish Film Institute
PO Box 27126
S – 102 52 Stockholm
phone +46 8 665 1100
uof@sfi.se
www.sfi.seUniFrance 27 France Industry Centre > 13 contact at TIFF Quentin Deleau-Latournerie Head of Digital Distribution quentin.deleau@unifrance.org Gilles Renouard Deputy Director gilles.renouard@unifrance.org UniFrance 13 rue Henner F – 75009 Paris phone +33 1 4753 2701 contact@unifrance.org www.unifrance.org
partner and sales companies at the europe! umbrella 29 Eurimages 30 Autlook Filmsales 31 Fortissimo Films 32 New Europe Film Sales
Eurimages France 29
Active since 1989, Eurimages was established as
a cultural support fund of the Council of Europe.
Eurimages promotes independent filmmaking
by providing financial support to feature-length
fiction, animation and documentary films. In contact at TIFF
doing so, it encourages co-operation between Roberto Olla
Executive Director
professionals established in different countries. roberto.olla@coe.int
Eurimages has a total annual budget of €26
million. This financial envelope derives essentially
from the contributions of the member states as
well as returns on the loans it grants.
Eurimages has four support schemes:
• feature film co-production
Iris Cadoux
• the promotion of co-production Project Manager
• theatrical distribution iris.cadoux@coe.int
• exhibition
Eurimages
Eurimages promotes independent filmmaking Conseil de l'Europe
through a number of collaboration agreements Avenue de l'Europe
with various festivals and film markets and has FR – 67075 Strasbourg Cedex
also adopted a strategy to promote gender phone +33 3 88412640
eurimages@coe.int
equality in the film industry. www.coe.int/Eurimages
Since its creation, Eurimages has supported
1962 co-productions for a total amount of
approximately €574 million.Autlook Austria
Filmsales
Based in Vienna and New York, Autlook Filmsales
is one of the leading sales agents for feature
documentaries and doc series. Founded 2006 we
have established and constantly nourishing a broad
network of digital platforms, theatrical distributors,
broadcasters and festivals. Autlook is offering the contact at TIFF
full spectrum of distribution inhouse, customized Salma Abdalla
CEO
sales and festival strategies that help maximize cell +43 676 900 3771
revenues, audience reach that fosters filmmakers salma@autlookfilms.com
career and an endless passion for the art of
documentaries.
We are attending all major festivals and markets,
currently representing films as:
Of Fathers And Sons by Talal Derki, Time Trial
by Finlay Pretsell, Over The Limit by Marta Prus, Ania Trzebiatowska
The Art Of Museums series and help raising Sales and Acquisition
finances for Dean Martin: King Of Cool by Tom Executive North America
Donahue (Creative Chaos vmg), Senseless by ania@autlookfilms.com
Guy Davidi (Danish Documentary Production,
Medalia Productions), Mercedes Principle by Alina Autlook Filmsales gmbh
Rudnitskaya (Danish Documentary Production). Spittelberggasse 3/14
A – 1070 Vienna
Film at TIFF phone +43 720 34 69 34
welcome@autlookfilms.com
TIFF Docs www.autlookfilms.com
Heartbound
directed by Janus Metz
Denmark, The Netherlands,
Sweden 2018Fortissimo The
Netherlands
31
Films
Titles presented
completed in post-production
Wrath Of Silence The Pencil
directed by XIN Yukun directed by Natalya
China, 2017 Nazarova
Russian Federation, contact at TIFF
Schneider vs Bax United Kingdom Clément Magar
directed by Alex General Manager Beijing
van Warmerdam Up The Mountain clement@
The Netherlands, directed by Zhang Yang fortissimofilms.com
Belgium, 2015 China
Sergio Herman, Mao Mao Cool
Fucking Perfect directed by Zhang Yang
directed by Willemiek China
Kluijfhout
The Netherlands, 2015 Voice Of Dali
directed by Zhang Yang
China Charlotte Henskens
Director of Sales
cell +31 6 2872 0230
charlotte@
fortissimofilms.com
Fortissimo Films
Van Diemenstraat 134
NL – 1013 CN Amsterdam
phone +31 20 2159310
info@fortissimofilms.com
www.fortissimofilms.comNew Europe Poland
Film Sales
New Europe Film Sales is a boutique world
sales company based in Warsaw, Poland. The
company works with international content
and sells it to all rights, theatrical, TV and VOD
buyers across the world.
We are proud of our small, carefully-selected
catalogue of feature films and shorts. Each
one of them is very precious to us. Our
films regularly open at key festivals, such as contact at TIFF
Cannes, Berlinale, Venice, Toronto, Sundance, Katarzyna Siniarska
Sales Executive
Rotterdam, Karlovy Vary and Tribeca and get cell +48 698 900 936
worldwide distribution. kat@neweurope-
Our team regularly attends leading co- filmsales.com
production meetings and film and TV markets.
CEO
Jan Naszewski
cell +48 600 173 205
Films at TIFF jan@neweurope-
filmsales.com
Discovery Short Cuts
The Load This Magnificent Cake !
(Teret) (Ce magnifique gâteau !) New Europe Film Sales
directed by Ognjen directed by Marc James Czerniakowska 73/79
Glavonić Roels, Emma de Swaef PL – 00-718 Warsaw
Serbia, France, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, office@neweuropefilmsales.com
Croatia, Iran, Qatar The Netherlands www.neweuropefilmsales.com
2018 , 98 minutes 2018, 44 minutes
To Plant A Flag
directed by Bobbie Peers
Norway, Iceland
2018, 15 minutes
world premiere°efp – european 33
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
22765 Hamburg, Germany
EFP Managing Director phone +49 40 398 40 30
Sonja Heinen info@efp-online.com
www.efp-online.com°efp – initiatives
promoting european
films and talent
worldwide
2018 / 2019
promotion of films and talent
35 shooting stars
35 the changing face of europe: new documentaries
36 producers on the move
36 europe! voices of women in film
37 future frames: 10 new filmmakers to follow
37 europe! goes busan
37 screenings of Oscar® entries from europe
access to international markets
38 europe! umbrellas
39 film sales support (fss) outside of europepromotion of 35
films and talent
the changing
©Vittorio Zunino Celotto/getty images
face of europe:
new european
documentaries
at the Hot Docs Canadian
International Documentary
Festival/Toronto Canada,
April /May
EFP partners with Hot Docs in presenting
outstanding European documentary filmmakers
and their work. Workshops and meetings are
arranged between filmmakers and international
shooting stars buyers to encourage film sales and international
circulation. Since 2017, EFP has also offered FILM
at the Berlin International Film
SALES SUPPORT for world sales companies
Festival/ Germany, February
with European films at this top festival.
EFP presents 10 of the most talented young
actors from throughout Europe at the Berlin
International Film Festival. The initiative provides
them with multiple networking opportunities
with casting directors, talent agents, producers
and directors, all aimed at strengthening their
industry alliances. It offers support and publicity
to young European actors on the verge of an
international career.europe! voices
of women in film
at the Sydney Film Festival/
Australia, June
Taking a stand for gender diversity in film, EFP
launched the programme in cooperation with
the festival. It recognises new works by some
of Europe's most exciting women directors and
presents them in a dedicated section of the
festival while, at the same time, connecting the
filmmakers with the Australian industry.
producers
on the move
at the Cannes Film Festival/
France, May
20 up and coming producers from through
out Europe are selected to participate in
PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE. The initiative
connects the producers with potential
international co-production partners,
extending their industry network. They take
part in a tailor-made networking programme
which is underpinned by a press campaign
in the international trades.promotion 37
of films and
talents
europe!
goes busan
at the Busan International Film
Festival/South Korea, October
European directors and actors are welcomed
to South Korea’s major film event to present
their films to enthusiastic Korean audiences
and meet with key Asian and international
future frames – industry players. In alliance with EFP’s FILM
SALES SUPPORT, which is dedicated to the
10 new filmmakers promotion and marketing of European films,
to follow the programme has significantly increased
the visibility of European films in Asia.
at the Karlovy Vary
International Film Festival/
Czech Republic, July
The initiative features the next gener ation
of European cinema and 10 talented young
screenings
directors at its core. The outstanding graduates of Oscar ® entries
from film schools throughout Europe present
their latest short and mid-length films within the
from europe
official programme of the festival and take part Los Angeles/USA,
in a three-day industry programme to facilitate November
their entree into the international film scene.
EFP annually organises a special screening
series for European submissions for the
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
The screenings shine a light on these films amidst
a field of more than 90 international competitors
running for the Oscar. Academy voting members,
international buyers, selected press and LA-
based industry are invited to the screenings
which take place parallel to the American Film
Market (AFM) where EFP hosts the EUROPE!
UMBRELLA.access to europe!
umbrellas
international
markets
filmart asian film market
Hong Kong, at the Busan International Film
March Fe stival/South Korea,
October
Since 2011, EFP has been running the much
frequented EUROPE! UMBRELLA for European Paying heed to the industry aspect of the festival
world sales companies and EFP members at and in addition to its support for European films
Hong Kong’s renowned FILMART, attracting and directors at the Busan IFF, EFP offers a hub
substantial business from the Asian countries. for European world sales companies and EFP
member organisations representing their films
and operates the large and very busy EUROPE!
UMBRELLA at the Asian Film Market in Busan.
toronto, industry
centre
at the Toronto International american film
Film Festival/Canada,
September market
Los Angeles/USA,
In order to highlight the diversity of European 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 world sales companies and EFP members at
for all of the Europeans during TIFF. the AFM by offering the highly frequented
EUROPE! UMBRELLA. It is based at the market
headquarters and open for about 20 European
companies.film sales
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support outside
of europe
FSS for The Night Of All Nights directed by Yasemin & Nesrin Samdereli
©Magnetfilm for Hotdocs 2018
film sales support
EFP’s support initiative
for European sales agents
EFP not only promotes European films and talent Film Market. On average, 45 per cent of the FSS
around the world it also backs the promotion supported films are being sold, in particular to
and marketing of films by associated world sales North and South America, Asia, Australia, New
companies to countries outside of Europe via Zealand and the Middle East.
FILM SALES SUPPORT (FSS).
FSS contributes towards additional promotional EFP additionally offers FSS for the promotion
activities, covering up to 50 per cent of marke- of Swiss films outside of Europe, thanks to new
ting costs at the festivals of Sydney, Sundance, international measures by the Swiss Federal
and Toronto (TIFF and Hot Docs) as well as at Office of Culture, the Media Desk Suisse and
the FILMART, Asian Film Market and American SWISS FILMS.°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 Hungarian National
Christian De Schutter The Danish Film Institute Film Fund
Flanders Image www.dfi.dk www.filmunio.hu
www.flandersimage.com
Estonia Iceland
Belgium/Wallonia-Brussels Edith Sepp Laufey Gudjónsdóttir
Eric Franssen Estonian Film Institute Icelandic Film Centre
Wallonie Bruxelles Images www.filmi.ee www.icelandicfilmcentre.is
www.wbimages.be
Finland Ireland
Bosnia and Herzegovina Jaana Puskala Louise Ryan
Elma Tataragić The Finnish Film Screen Ireland
Association of filmmakers Foundation www.screenireland.ie
of Bosnia and Herzegovina www.ses.fi
www.bhfilm.ba Italy
France Annabella Nucara
Bulgaria Frédéric Béreyziat Istituto Luce Cinecittà
Irina Kanousheva UniFrance www.filmitalia.org
Bulgarian National Film www.unifrance.org
Center Kosovo*
www.nfc.bg Georgia Arben Zharku
Tamara Tatishvili Kosova Cinematography
Croatia Georgian National Film Center
Irena Jelić Center www.qkk-rks.com
Croatian Audiovisual www.gnfc.ge
Centre
www.havc.hrthe network 41
Latvia Poland Sweden
Dita Rietuma Robert Baliński Steffen Andersen-Møller
National Film Centre Latvia Polish Film Institute Swedish Film Institute
www.nfc.lv www.pisf.pl www.sfi.se
Lithuania Portugal Switzerland
Dovilė Butnoriūtė Vítor Pinheiro Catherine Ann Berger
Lithuanian Film Centre Instituto do Cinema e do Swiss Films
www.lkc.lt Audiovisual, I. P./ ICA www.swissfilms.ch
www.ica-ip.pt
Luxembourg United Kingdom
Françoise Lentz Romania Briony Hanson
Film Fund Luxembourg Cristian Hordilă British Council
www.filmfund.lu Romanian Film Promotion www.britishcouncil.org
www.romfilmpromotion.ro
Former Yugoslav *This designation is without pre-
Republic of Macedonia Serbia judice to positions on status, and
Anita Stojcheska Miroljub Vučković is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999
Macedonian Film Agency Film Center Serbia and the lCJ Opinion on the Kosovo
www.filmagency.gov.mk www.fcs.rs Declaration of Independence.
Montenegro Slovak Republic
Sehad Čekić Rastislav Steranka
Film Centre of Montenegro Slovak Film Institute
www.fccg.me www.sfu.sk
The Netherlands Slovenia
Marten Rabarts Nerina T. Kocjančič
Eye International Slovenian Film Centre
international.eyefilm.nl www.film-center.si
Norway Spain
Stine Oppegaard Rafael Cabrera
Norwegian Film Institute Instituto de la Cinematografía
www.nfi.no/english/ y de las Artes Audiovisuales/
norwegianfilms ICAA
www.icaa.espartners 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. In addition, EFP's activities in Toronto are supported by Eurimages. Publisher °efp in Toronto is supported by European Film Promotion e.V. Friedensallee 14–16 22765 Hamburg, Germany phone +49 40 398 40 3-0 info@efp-online.com www.efp-online.com Editor Sonja Heinen Coordination Sabine Rolinski Layout Panatom Corporate Communication Print Merkur Druck Norderstedt, Hamburg Credits page 35: Vittorio Zunino Celotto/getty images, Thomas Kim/HotDocs, page 37: Mindy Sisco, KVIFF, page 39: Magnetfilm © °efp 2018
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