Once again, 10 promising directors are making their way to Karlovy Vary Film Festival thanks to European Film Promotion’s Future Frames – Generation Next of European Cinema initiative, ready to burst onto the international film scene.
“Over the past few years, we have established a reliable label with Future Frames,” says Sonja Heinen, Efp’s managing director, adding that the goals have remained the same: spotlighting talent, creating visibility for the emerging directors, and helping them access the market.
“Being selected gives them a certain stamp of approval. They get a platform to exchange and experience, and are equipped with coaching which they can use later in their career,” adds Nora Goldstein, project director.
Polish director Agnieszka Smoczyńska, behind Sundance award-winner “The Lure” and Cannes title “Silent Twins,” is this year’s mentor.
Getting access to the Efp network also means being welcomed into a “family from all parts of Europe,...
“Over the past few years, we have established a reliable label with Future Frames,” says Sonja Heinen, Efp’s managing director, adding that the goals have remained the same: spotlighting talent, creating visibility for the emerging directors, and helping them access the market.
“Being selected gives them a certain stamp of approval. They get a platform to exchange and experience, and are equipped with coaching which they can use later in their career,” adds Nora Goldstein, project director.
Polish director Agnieszka Smoczyńska, behind Sundance award-winner “The Lure” and Cannes title “Silent Twins,” is this year’s mentor.
Getting access to the Efp network also means being welcomed into a “family from all parts of Europe,...
- 7/1/2023
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
The 37 national film institutes that are members of European Film Promotion have elected a new Efp board of directors at the general assembly on May 23 during the Cannes Film Festival. The board consists of seven members, with their term of office lasting for two years.
Five of the current members remain on the board, including Simone Baumann, managing director of German Films, as new vice president, Daniela Elstner, executive director UniFrance, Eda Koppel, head of marketing at Estonian Film Institute, Stine Oppegaard, manager, international relations, feature films, Norwegian Film Institute, and Markéta Santrochová, head of Czech Film Center, who has been re-elected as Efp president.
Newly elected to the board are Christian De Schutter, managing director of Flanders Image, and Rastislav Steranka, director of the National Cinematographic Centre of the Slovak Film Institute.
“As member of such a great European network, I am delighted to serve another term on the...
Five of the current members remain on the board, including Simone Baumann, managing director of German Films, as new vice president, Daniela Elstner, executive director UniFrance, Eda Koppel, head of marketing at Estonian Film Institute, Stine Oppegaard, manager, international relations, feature films, Norwegian Film Institute, and Markéta Santrochová, head of Czech Film Center, who has been re-elected as Efp president.
Newly elected to the board are Christian De Schutter, managing director of Flanders Image, and Rastislav Steranka, director of the National Cinematographic Centre of the Slovak Film Institute.
“As member of such a great European network, I am delighted to serve another term on the...
- 5/26/2023
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Moin film fund exec to succeed Albert Wiederspiel.
Malika Rabahallah is to succeed Albert Wiederspiel as the festival director of Filmfest Hamburg.
The 52-year-old Franco German executive, who is head of the funding department at Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein’s regional film fund Moin (Moving Images North), will take over on January 1, 2024.
Her appointment was unanimously agreed by the supervisory board of the Moin film fund, Filmfest’s parent company.
It followed the recommendation of a selection committee which included the heads of the European Film Academy and European Film Promotion, Matthijs Wouter Knol and Sonja Heinen.
Wiederspiel, who will step...
Malika Rabahallah is to succeed Albert Wiederspiel as the festival director of Filmfest Hamburg.
The 52-year-old Franco German executive, who is head of the funding department at Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein’s regional film fund Moin (Moving Images North), will take over on January 1, 2024.
Her appointment was unanimously agreed by the supervisory board of the Moin film fund, Filmfest’s parent company.
It followed the recommendation of a selection committee which included the heads of the European Film Academy and European Film Promotion, Matthijs Wouter Knol and Sonja Heinen.
Wiederspiel, who will step...
- 5/9/2023
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
The Changing Face of Europe, which is presented by European Film Promotion (Efp) in collaboration with Hot Docs, returns to Toronto with the sixth edition of its festival-within-a-festival program—nine features and one mid-length film—exploring themes around identity, belonging and struggle.
“Over the years, the Changing Face of Europe has become one of the more impactful programs in the lineup, and also an essential component of our festival programming,” Hot Docs artistic director Shane Smith told Variety in advance of the festival.
“Europe has a rich history of and strong connection to the art of documentary filmmaking,” he said. “We are delighted to showcase the powerful work coming out of the continent that sheds light on crucial issues facing Europeans today.”
World-premiering “A Happy Man”, written and directed by anthropologist and filmmaker Soňa G. Lutherova (“Flooded”), tells the story of Marvin, who has moved from the Czech Republic to...
“Over the years, the Changing Face of Europe has become one of the more impactful programs in the lineup, and also an essential component of our festival programming,” Hot Docs artistic director Shane Smith told Variety in advance of the festival.
“Europe has a rich history of and strong connection to the art of documentary filmmaking,” he said. “We are delighted to showcase the powerful work coming out of the continent that sheds light on crucial issues facing Europeans today.”
World-premiering “A Happy Man”, written and directed by anthropologist and filmmaker Soňa G. Lutherova (“Flooded”), tells the story of Marvin, who has moved from the Czech Republic to...
- 4/27/2023
- by Jennie Punter
- Variety Film + TV
European Film Promotion (Efp), an international network of film promotion institutes from 37 countries, is heading back to Hong Kong’s FilMart for its in-person return.
“It wasn’t clear if the reopening of the market [post-pandemic] will immediately lead to business, but people want to reconnect with local companies,” observes deputy managing director Jo Mühlberger.
This year, 28 sales companies from five European countries will be joining Efp’s Europe! Umbrella (22 onsite and six online). Most of them hail from France, as Unifrance won’t have its own stand, explains Mühlberger.
“Some could say it’s naïve to go there so soon, but these professionals know what they are doing. They really have something to offer, including Berlinale winners. In some Asian territories, awards still sell,” he says.
Among the titles presented this year, eight were awarded at the German fest, including “The Plough” by Philippe Garrel (pictured), sold by Wild Bunch,...
“It wasn’t clear if the reopening of the market [post-pandemic] will immediately lead to business, but people want to reconnect with local companies,” observes deputy managing director Jo Mühlberger.
This year, 28 sales companies from five European countries will be joining Efp’s Europe! Umbrella (22 onsite and six online). Most of them hail from France, as Unifrance won’t have its own stand, explains Mühlberger.
“Some could say it’s naïve to go there so soon, but these professionals know what they are doing. They really have something to offer, including Berlinale winners. In some Asian territories, awards still sell,” he says.
Among the titles presented this year, eight were awarded at the German fest, including “The Plough” by Philippe Garrel (pictured), sold by Wild Bunch,...
- 3/12/2023
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
Blerta Basholli’s ‘Hive’ and Ninja Thyberg’s ‘Pleasure’ are among the films screening.
Blerta Basholli’s Hive is one of 10 female-directed features chosen for the Sydney Film Festival and European Film Promotion’s sixth Europe! Voices of Women in Film initiative.
Screen is a media partner on the initative
The Sydney Film Festival is set to take place in-person from November 3-14, having been postponed twice – from June and August – due to concerns over rising Covid-19 cases in the. Australian city. Last year’s Europe! Voices Of Women in Film event took place virtually.
Basholli, who is from Kosovo,...
Blerta Basholli’s Hive is one of 10 female-directed features chosen for the Sydney Film Festival and European Film Promotion’s sixth Europe! Voices of Women in Film initiative.
Screen is a media partner on the initative
The Sydney Film Festival is set to take place in-person from November 3-14, having been postponed twice – from June and August – due to concerns over rising Covid-19 cases in the. Australian city. Last year’s Europe! Voices Of Women in Film event took place virtually.
Basholli, who is from Kosovo,...
- 8/10/2021
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Producers of ‘Another Round’ and Silver Bear winner ‘Natural Light’ selected for networking platform.
The producer of Oscar winner Another Round is among those selected for European Film Promotion’s (Efp) networking platform Producers on the Move, which will again take place online.
The 20 producers selected for this year’s programme would usually gather at the Cannes Film Festival and take part in meetings, roundtable sessions and case studies. But although Cannes has committed to host a physical festival in July, Efp will run the programme online from May 17-21 to avoid possible pandemic restrictions.
Among this year’s line-up is Kasper Dissing,...
The producer of Oscar winner Another Round is among those selected for European Film Promotion’s (Efp) networking platform Producers on the Move, which will again take place online.
The 20 producers selected for this year’s programme would usually gather at the Cannes Film Festival and take part in meetings, roundtable sessions and case studies. But although Cannes has committed to host a physical festival in July, Efp will run the programme online from May 17-21 to avoid possible pandemic restrictions.
Among this year’s line-up is Kasper Dissing,...
- 5/6/2021
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
The producers of this year’s International Feature Film Oscar winner “Another Round” and Berlin Silver Bear winner “Natural Light” have been selected for European Film Promotion’s Producers on the Move program, which promotes promising producers and fosters international co-productions. The 20 participants for the program, which runs online from May 17-21, will be presenting their latest projects in speed meetings and during roundtable sessions. More than half of the selection are women.
The participants, who were selected for the program from all of the nominations submitted by the Efp member organizations, are Annabella Nezri (Belgium), Nikolay Mutafchiev (Bulgaria), Bojan Kanjera (Croatia), Marek Novák (Czech Republic), Kasper Dissing (Denmark), Jean-Christophe Reymond (France), Maite Woköck (Germany), Sára László (Hungary), Ruth Treacy (Ireland), Marica Stocchi (Italy), Iris Otten (The Netherlands), Gary Cranner (Norway), Beata Rzeźniczek (Poland), Tathiani Sacilotto (Portugal), Bianca Oana (Romania), Katarína Tomková (Slovak Republic), Andraž Jerič (Slovenia), Clara Nieto (Spain...
The participants, who were selected for the program from all of the nominations submitted by the Efp member organizations, are Annabella Nezri (Belgium), Nikolay Mutafchiev (Bulgaria), Bojan Kanjera (Croatia), Marek Novák (Czech Republic), Kasper Dissing (Denmark), Jean-Christophe Reymond (France), Maite Woköck (Germany), Sára László (Hungary), Ruth Treacy (Ireland), Marica Stocchi (Italy), Iris Otten (The Netherlands), Gary Cranner (Norway), Beata Rzeźniczek (Poland), Tathiani Sacilotto (Portugal), Bianca Oana (Romania), Katarína Tomková (Slovak Republic), Andraž Jerič (Slovenia), Clara Nieto (Spain...
- 5/6/2021
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
The Changing Face of Europe program, which is presented by European Film Promotion (Efp) in collaboration with the Hot Docs Canadian Intl. Documentary Festival, reflects a continent in flux, as displacement, immigration, cultural shifts, and the coronavirus pandemic have all played separate roles in pushing millions to rethink and reimagine what it means to live in Europe today.
The program’s fourth edition, which takes place online from April 29 to May 9, features 10 documentaries, including two world, one international, and four North American premieres. Films were nominated by Efp’s 38 member organizations, which include film promotion institutions from across the continent, before the Hot Docs programming team made the final selection. The initiative is supported by the Creative Europe – Media Program of the European Union and the participating member organizations of Efp.
“For the audience, and also for distributors, [the program] gives you a great portrait of what is currently happening in Europe,...
The program’s fourth edition, which takes place online from April 29 to May 9, features 10 documentaries, including two world, one international, and four North American premieres. Films were nominated by Efp’s 38 member organizations, which include film promotion institutions from across the continent, before the Hot Docs programming team made the final selection. The initiative is supported by the Creative Europe – Media Program of the European Union and the participating member organizations of Efp.
“For the audience, and also for distributors, [the program] gives you a great portrait of what is currently happening in Europe,...
- 5/3/2021
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
European Film Promotion, a network of film agencies and institutes from 37 European countries, and the Sundance Film Festival have kicked off their first ever collaboration. The partners have launched an online showcase, Europe! Hub at Sundance, that puts the spotlight on the European films premiering in competition at the festival (Jan. 28-Feb. 3).
Next year, the partners are planning to host an onsite edition of the venture at the festival, with the target audience being North American distributors.
In a statement, Efp managing director, Sonja Heinen, underscored the importance of the festival, especially during a “challenging” time. She said Efp would work closely with the Sundance team “to raise the awareness and increase the visibility of European films and talent at the festival.” She added that Efp was looking forward to “an on-going and growing relationship” with the festival in order to support European films and talent.
Twelve European feature films...
Next year, the partners are planning to host an onsite edition of the venture at the festival, with the target audience being North American distributors.
In a statement, Efp managing director, Sonja Heinen, underscored the importance of the festival, especially during a “challenging” time. She said Efp would work closely with the Sundance team “to raise the awareness and increase the visibility of European films and talent at the festival.” She added that Efp was looking forward to “an on-going and growing relationship” with the festival in order to support European films and talent.
Twelve European feature films...
- 1/25/2021
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
European Film Promotion has revealed the 10 actors who will take part in the 24th edition of European Shooting Stars. The program, which launches emerging European thespians onto the world stage, has boosted the careers of actors like Carey Mulligan, Alicia Vikander, Riz Ahmed and George MacKay.
For the first time, Efp will present the neophyte actors to the film industry, public and international press as part of a three-day online program. Efp’s oldest and most prestigious initiative will take place digitally from Feb. 23-25, one week before the industry events of this year’s 71st Berlinale (March 1-5). The Shooting Stars award ceremony will take place within the framework of the Berlinale screenings in the summer.
“Although this year we sadly cannot meet in person, we invite you to join, discover and celebrate the best in rising European acting talent, while staying safe at home,” Efp’s managing director Sonja Heinen said.
For the first time, Efp will present the neophyte actors to the film industry, public and international press as part of a three-day online program. Efp’s oldest and most prestigious initiative will take place digitally from Feb. 23-25, one week before the industry events of this year’s 71st Berlinale (March 1-5). The Shooting Stars award ceremony will take place within the framework of the Berlinale screenings in the summer.
“Although this year we sadly cannot meet in person, we invite you to join, discover and celebrate the best in rising European acting talent, while staying safe at home,” Efp’s managing director Sonja Heinen said.
- 1/12/2021
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
European Film Promotion’s flagship program, European Shooting Stars, which helps launch emerging actors onto the world stage, and has boosted the careers of actors like Carey Mulligan, Alicia Vikander, Riz Ahmed and George MacKay, has had to transform into an entirely digital format this year.
Instead of being presented to the industry, press and public in person at a series of events during the Berlin Film Festival, as in previous editions (picture above are last year’s actors), the 24th edition’s 10 Shooting Stars will take part in a three-day online program of events from Feb. 23-25.
On Tuesday, the names of the actors will be revealed, but ahead of that Sonja Heinen, Efp’s managing director, spoke to Variety, its media partner, about some of the changes the organization has made to the program.
In pivoting to digital did you attempt to replicate the physical Shooting Stars program...
Instead of being presented to the industry, press and public in person at a series of events during the Berlin Film Festival, as in previous editions (picture above are last year’s actors), the 24th edition’s 10 Shooting Stars will take part in a three-day online program of events from Feb. 23-25.
On Tuesday, the names of the actors will be revealed, but ahead of that Sonja Heinen, Efp’s managing director, spoke to Variety, its media partner, about some of the changes the organization has made to the program.
In pivoting to digital did you attempt to replicate the physical Shooting Stars program...
- 1/11/2021
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
The Efp’s European Shooting Stars has announced the three judges that will head up them 24th Edition of the programme.
The jury consists of Kosovan director Antoneta Kastrati, whose highly acclaimed and awarded feature film debut Zana celebrated its World Premiere at the Toronto Film Festival 2019 and was also presented at the Sydney Film Festival as part of the Efp programme Europe! Voices Of Women In Film, and has recently been announced as Kosovo’s entry for Oscars 2020.
American casting director Cassandra Han, whose Italian credits include Ford v. Ferrari by James Mangold, A Hidden Life by Terrence Malick and the ongoing Netflix series Barbarians, by Barbara Eder and Steve Saint Leger.
Also in news – Glasgow Film Festival Announces Hybrid Festival for 2021
The former Producer On The Move from Denmark, René Ezra, who recently produced the critically acclaimed series The Investigation by Tobias Lindholm and Queen of Hearts by May el-Toukhy,...
The jury consists of Kosovan director Antoneta Kastrati, whose highly acclaimed and awarded feature film debut Zana celebrated its World Premiere at the Toronto Film Festival 2019 and was also presented at the Sydney Film Festival as part of the Efp programme Europe! Voices Of Women In Film, and has recently been announced as Kosovo’s entry for Oscars 2020.
American casting director Cassandra Han, whose Italian credits include Ford v. Ferrari by James Mangold, A Hidden Life by Terrence Malick and the ongoing Netflix series Barbarians, by Barbara Eder and Steve Saint Leger.
Also in news – Glasgow Film Festival Announces Hybrid Festival for 2021
The former Producer On The Move from Denmark, René Ezra, who recently produced the critically acclaimed series The Investigation by Tobias Lindholm and Queen of Hearts by May el-Toukhy,...
- 11/26/2020
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Industry experts gathered online to discuss how to “Promote Your Film Abroad Effectively”. Part of the educational networking event promoLAB – organised by the Ukrainian Institute and the Odesa International Film Festival – the panel discussion entitled "Promote Your Film Abroad Effectively" featured Noise Film PR co-founder Mirjam Wiekenkamp, European Film Promotion managing director Sonja Heinen, consultant and film producer at asterisk* Vicky Miha, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival programmer Lenka Tyrpakova, and Cineuropa’s Vassilis Economou. Moderated by Natalie Movshovych, the conversation addressed some of the pressing questions asked by filmmakers trying to, indeed, promote their film abroad, with the participants also explaining the role of their companies. “The goal was for national film promotion institutes to understand that, if we go outside of Europe, we are stronger together” – said Sonja Heinen, describing European Film Promotion as “a bridge”. “Our target is to help sales companies and producers find...
The demand for content is still there, they said at Filmfest Hamburg event.
European sales executives TrustNordisk’s Susan Wendt, Bankside Films’ Stephen Kelliher, New Europe FIlm Sales’s Jan Naszewski and Level K’s Tine Klint came together at the Filmfest Hamburg last week to talk about how they have adapted their business to the Covid-19 pandemic and the challenges of working virtually.
They were talking at a panel event called Market Changes = Market Opportunities? Producers meet World Sales, organised by Filmfest Hamburg wtih European Film Promotion (Efp) and Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein. It was moderated by Efp CEO Sonja Heinen...
European sales executives TrustNordisk’s Susan Wendt, Bankside Films’ Stephen Kelliher, New Europe FIlm Sales’s Jan Naszewski and Level K’s Tine Klint came together at the Filmfest Hamburg last week to talk about how they have adapted their business to the Covid-19 pandemic and the challenges of working virtually.
They were talking at a panel event called Market Changes = Market Opportunities? Producers meet World Sales, organised by Filmfest Hamburg wtih European Film Promotion (Efp) and Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein. It was moderated by Efp CEO Sonja Heinen...
- 10/5/2020
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
The demand for content is still there, they said at Filmfest Hamburg event.
European sales executives TrustNordisk’s Susan Wendt, Bankside Films’ Sephen Kelliher, New Europe FIlm’s Jan Naszewski and Level K’s Tine Klint came together at the Filmfest Hamburg last week to talk about how they have adapted their business to the Covid-19 pandemic and the challenges of working virtually.
They were talking at a panel event called Market Changes = Market Opportunities? Producers meet World Sales, organised by Filmfest Hamburg wtih European Film Promotion (Efp) and Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein. It was moderated by Efp CEO Sonja Heinen with Efp’s Susanne Davis,...
European sales executives TrustNordisk’s Susan Wendt, Bankside Films’ Sephen Kelliher, New Europe FIlm’s Jan Naszewski and Level K’s Tine Klint came together at the Filmfest Hamburg last week to talk about how they have adapted their business to the Covid-19 pandemic and the challenges of working virtually.
They were talking at a panel event called Market Changes = Market Opportunities? Producers meet World Sales, organised by Filmfest Hamburg wtih European Film Promotion (Efp) and Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein. It was moderated by Efp CEO Sonja Heinen with Efp’s Susanne Davis,...
- 10/5/2020
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
European Film Promotion, a network of national film promotion bodies, has unveiled its lineup of films for its Future Frames program, which screen as part of Karlovy Vary Film Festival’s industry section, Eastern Promises.
Running under the banner “Generation Next of European Cinema,” the program will present 10 films directed by some of Europe’s most promising film students and graduates. The program, which has been expanded by several kick-off events, will be running from June 29 to July 8 in a digital format.
The filmmakers are nominated by their countries’ national film promotion institutes, with the final selection made by Karlovy Vary’s artistic director Karel Och, and its program coordinator Anna Purkrabkova.
Karlovy Vary canceled the public side of its festival this year, which Och acknowledged was a “tough decision,” and the industry section runs as a digital event. However, Och said: “Not even such challenging times will stop us...
Running under the banner “Generation Next of European Cinema,” the program will present 10 films directed by some of Europe’s most promising film students and graduates. The program, which has been expanded by several kick-off events, will be running from June 29 to July 8 in a digital format.
The filmmakers are nominated by their countries’ national film promotion institutes, with the final selection made by Karlovy Vary’s artistic director Karel Och, and its program coordinator Anna Purkrabkova.
Karlovy Vary canceled the public side of its festival this year, which Och acknowledged was a “tough decision,” and the industry section runs as a digital event. However, Och said: “Not even such challenging times will stop us...
- 6/16/2020
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Ten films have been chosen, produced by 14 different European nations.
Neasa Hardiman’s sci-fi thriller Sea Fever is one of the 10 female-directed features chosen for Sydney Film Festival (Sff) and European Film Promotion (Efp)’s Europe! Voices of Women in Film initiative, which will run online from June 10-21.
Chosen by Sff director Nashen Moodley, the 10 films are produced by 14 European countries.
Hardiman’s film premiered at Toronto International Film Festival last September, and is an Ireland-Sweden-Belgium-uk co-production. It stars Connie Nielsen, Hermione Corfield and Dougray Scott in the story of a West of Ireland trawler crew who struggle for...
Neasa Hardiman’s sci-fi thriller Sea Fever is one of the 10 female-directed features chosen for Sydney Film Festival (Sff) and European Film Promotion (Efp)’s Europe! Voices of Women in Film initiative, which will run online from June 10-21.
Chosen by Sff director Nashen Moodley, the 10 films are produced by 14 European countries.
Hardiman’s film premiered at Toronto International Film Festival last September, and is an Ireland-Sweden-Belgium-uk co-production. It stars Connie Nielsen, Hermione Corfield and Dougray Scott in the story of a West of Ireland trawler crew who struggle for...
- 5/26/2020
- by 1101321¦Ben Dalton¦26¦
- ScreenDaily
European Film Promotion’s networking program Producers on the Move will take place as a digital edition on its original dates – from May 11 to 15 – and independently of the Cannes Film Festival, which has been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Twenty up-and-coming European producers will meet online and present their projects in speed meetings and roundtable sessions. A case study as well as talks with experts will round out the program.
Efp, a network of 37 European film promotion institutions, has selected the following producers from 20 different European countries: Vesela Kazakova (Bulgaria), Danijel Pek (Croatia), Mikuláš Novotny (Czech Republic), Monica Hellström (Denmark), Elina Litvinova (Estonia), Aleksi Hyvärinen (Finland), Andrea Queralt (France), Tanja Georgieva-Waldhauer (Germany), John Wallace (Ireland), Giovanni Pompili (Italy), Yll Uka (Kosovo), Marija Razgutė (Lithuania), Alan R. Milligan (Norway), Marta Habior (Poland), Mário Patrocínio (Portugal), Marina Gumzi (Slovenia), Olmo Figueredo González-Quevedo (Spain), Marie Kjellson (Sweden), Flavia Zanon (Switzerland) and Rupert Lloyd (U.
Twenty up-and-coming European producers will meet online and present their projects in speed meetings and roundtable sessions. A case study as well as talks with experts will round out the program.
Efp, a network of 37 European film promotion institutions, has selected the following producers from 20 different European countries: Vesela Kazakova (Bulgaria), Danijel Pek (Croatia), Mikuláš Novotny (Czech Republic), Monica Hellström (Denmark), Elina Litvinova (Estonia), Aleksi Hyvärinen (Finland), Andrea Queralt (France), Tanja Georgieva-Waldhauer (Germany), John Wallace (Ireland), Giovanni Pompili (Italy), Yll Uka (Kosovo), Marija Razgutė (Lithuania), Alan R. Milligan (Norway), Marta Habior (Poland), Mário Patrocínio (Portugal), Marina Gumzi (Slovenia), Olmo Figueredo González-Quevedo (Spain), Marie Kjellson (Sweden), Flavia Zanon (Switzerland) and Rupert Lloyd (U.
- 5/5/2020
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
European Film Promotion has unveiled the 10 European documentary features that will play as part of the third edition of the Changing Face of Europe section that runs as part of Hot Docs Film Festival’s industry program.
The industry program plays in a digital format this year, starting on April 30 and running until May 31. The festival’s public screenings have been postponed and will be rescheduled for a later date.
The films in the Changing Face of Europe were selected by the festival, based on recommendations by Efp member organizations, representing Europe’s film promotion institutes.
The documentaries will be presented to buyers, distributors and programmers through the films’ participation in the Doc Shop, Hot Docs’ online market that offers access to curated playlists of documentary titles on-demand and the hub for this year’s industry content.
The filmmakers of the 10 selected films have been invited to participate in the new digital industry program,...
The industry program plays in a digital format this year, starting on April 30 and running until May 31. The festival’s public screenings have been postponed and will be rescheduled for a later date.
The films in the Changing Face of Europe were selected by the festival, based on recommendations by Efp member organizations, representing Europe’s film promotion institutes.
The documentaries will be presented to buyers, distributors and programmers through the films’ participation in the Doc Shop, Hot Docs’ online market that offers access to curated playlists of documentary titles on-demand and the hub for this year’s industry content.
The filmmakers of the 10 selected films have been invited to participate in the new digital industry program,...
- 4/14/2020
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
A virtual version of Producers on the Move will take place in May, regardless of when Cannes takes place.
European Film Promotion (Efp), the network of film promotion institutes from 37 countries throughout the continent, is planning a series of digital solutions that will enable it to continue promoting European cinema to the international film industry at both physical and virtual festivals and markets as a response to the travel challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic.
The first event where Efp’s digital strategy is due to kick in will be at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival (April...
European Film Promotion (Efp), the network of film promotion institutes from 37 countries throughout the continent, is planning a series of digital solutions that will enable it to continue promoting European cinema to the international film industry at both physical and virtual festivals and markets as a response to the travel challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic.
The first event where Efp’s digital strategy is due to kick in will be at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival (April...
- 3/26/2020
- by 158¦Martin Blaney¦40¦
- ScreenDaily
European Film Promotion, an agency that represents movie bodies from 37 countries, is putting in place changes to its programs to minimize the harm being done to the industry by the coronavirus crisis. As part of that effort, Efp has convened a “crisis committee,” Sonja Heinen, Efp’s managing director, told Variety.
The committee will meet every week and will involve national film bodies, and representatives of festivals and other industry players, such as the sales company body Europa International. The committee will seek to be “a kind of barometer” and “collector of different views,” Efp said in a statement.
The first meeting will take place on Friday and will involve representatives of Efp member organizations and Jérome Paillard, executive director of Cannes Market, who will talk about his plans for a virtual market, starting on June 23, if it is needed.
The committee has been convened because decisions will have to...
The committee will meet every week and will involve national film bodies, and representatives of festivals and other industry players, such as the sales company body Europa International. The committee will seek to be “a kind of barometer” and “collector of different views,” Efp said in a statement.
The first meeting will take place on Friday and will involve representatives of Efp member organizations and Jérome Paillard, executive director of Cannes Market, who will talk about his plans for a virtual market, starting on June 23, if it is needed.
The committee has been convened because decisions will have to...
- 3/26/2020
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Filmart, the Hong Kong film and TV market that attracts a wide cohort of international sales delegates each March, is facing a challenging 2020 edition, with multiple companies telling us they are considering skipping the event.
The wave of politically-charged protests that have hit the island in the last six months have caused several local events to be cancelled. While the situation has stabilized recently, Deadline has spoken to a raft of sales companies over the last week who said, at this stage, they are not planning to attend next year despite being regulars at the market.
One European seller and Filmart veteran claimed they would not attend next year due to the “risk”. Rather than safety, their concern came from the event not offering refunds on fees should it be cancelled. There are also flights and accommodation to consider, which all in could add up to a hefty expense if there is disruption.
The wave of politically-charged protests that have hit the island in the last six months have caused several local events to be cancelled. While the situation has stabilized recently, Deadline has spoken to a raft of sales companies over the last week who said, at this stage, they are not planning to attend next year despite being regulars at the market.
One European seller and Filmart veteran claimed they would not attend next year due to the “risk”. Rather than safety, their concern came from the event not offering refunds on fees should it be cancelled. There are also flights and accommodation to consider, which all in could add up to a hefty expense if there is disruption.
- 12/23/2019
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
With a record-breaking 93 submissions, two controversial disqualifications and a well-meant but mealy-mouthed, cosmetic name change, the torturous process of finding 2019’s best international film at the 92nd Oscar ceremony is off to an even more confusing start than usual. Commentators dub Academy Awards campaigns “races” — if so, international film (formerly best foreign language film) is a nearly 100-strong Grand National in which half the horses seem to be facing the wrong way, two or three have an early advantage so marked one must suspect steroids, and a couple turn out, on closer inspection, to be zebras. Forever the object of eyerolls from observers attuned to the arbitrary oddness of the selection procedure, even before we get down to the shortlist of nine, then the five nominees, and finally the single winner, it is truly the messiest, and therefore most fascinating, of Oscar categories.
It almost prompts the question “why bother?...
It almost prompts the question “why bother?...
- 12/5/2019
- by Jessica Kiang
- Variety Film + TV
The joint initiative between European Film Promotion and the Arab Cinema Center, aiming to promote European cinema to the Arab world, handed out its award at the Cairo Film Festival. Efp (European Film Promotion) and the Arab Cinema Center (Acc) have presented the first Arab Critics' Award for European Films to God Exists, Her Name is Petrunya by Teona Strugar Mitevska. 42 film critics from 13 Arab countries selected the best European film out of 24 nominations submitted by national film promotion institutions from throughout Europe. During a festive event at the Cairo International Film Festival, Sonja Heinen, Alaa Karkouti, Maher Diab and festival director Mohamed Hefzy presented the Arab Critics' Award to Labina Mitevska, producer and one of the lead actresses of the winning film (and the director's sister). In a joint statement, the creative sisters thank the jury: "We come from a country, a region, a zone of...
- 11/26/2019
- Cineuropa - The Best of European Cinema
Feature revolves around woman who challenges male-only tradition.
North Macedonian director Teona Strugar Mitevska’s drama God Exists, Her Name is Petrunya has won the inaugural Arab Critics’ Awards for European Films.
The prize was announced on Saturday evening at the Cairo International Film Festival.
The new awards are a joint initiative between European Film Promotion (Efp), the Arab Cinema Centre (Acc) and online platform Festival Scope. It involves 42 film critics from 13 Arab countries who screened 24 European features.
Efp managing director Sonja Heinen was in Cairo to present the award alongside Acc co-founder Alaa Karkouti.
The other two nominated films...
North Macedonian director Teona Strugar Mitevska’s drama God Exists, Her Name is Petrunya has won the inaugural Arab Critics’ Awards for European Films.
The prize was announced on Saturday evening at the Cairo International Film Festival.
The new awards are a joint initiative between European Film Promotion (Efp), the Arab Cinema Centre (Acc) and online platform Festival Scope. It involves 42 film critics from 13 Arab countries who screened 24 European features.
Efp managing director Sonja Heinen was in Cairo to present the award alongside Acc co-founder Alaa Karkouti.
The other two nominated films...
- 11/24/2019
- by 1100388¦Melanie Goodfellow¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
“God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunya,” a satirical drama by Macedonian director Teona Strugar Mitevska, has won the inaugural Arab Critics’ Award for European Films. The film, which positions itself as “a feminist cry against a patriarchal Macedonia in the grips of bullying machismo and hidebound religion,” according to its review in Variety, was selected by 42 Arab film critics from 24 nominations submitted by national film institutions from across Europe.
European Film Promotion, an agency that boosts the global profile of European cinema, and the Arab Cinema Center revealed the winner on Saturday at the Cairo Intl. Film Festival.
The aim of the award is to promote European cinema in the Arab world, and raise the interest of Middle Eastern distributors and other industry players in European films, as well as putting a spotlight on the work of film critics from Arab countries in bridging cultural differences and introducing audiences to new forms of cinema.
European Film Promotion, an agency that boosts the global profile of European cinema, and the Arab Cinema Center revealed the winner on Saturday at the Cairo Intl. Film Festival.
The aim of the award is to promote European cinema in the Arab world, and raise the interest of Middle Eastern distributors and other industry players in European films, as well as putting a spotlight on the work of film critics from Arab countries in bridging cultural differences and introducing audiences to new forms of cinema.
- 11/24/2019
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Winner will be announced at the Cairo International Film Festival.
The shortlist for the inaugural edition of the new Arab Critics’ Awards for European Films has been unveiled.
The three nominated films are: Spanish filmmaker Salvador Simo’s feature-length animation Buñuel In The Labyrinth Of The Turtles; Polish director Jan Komasa’s drama Corpus Christi and North Macedonian director Teona Strugar Mitevska’s work God Exists, Her Name is Petrunya.
The winner will be announced at the Cairo International Film Festival (Ciff) running Nov 20-29.
Simo’s Buñuel In The Labyrinth Of The Turtles – inspired by the shoot of Luis Buñuel...
The shortlist for the inaugural edition of the new Arab Critics’ Awards for European Films has been unveiled.
The three nominated films are: Spanish filmmaker Salvador Simo’s feature-length animation Buñuel In The Labyrinth Of The Turtles; Polish director Jan Komasa’s drama Corpus Christi and North Macedonian director Teona Strugar Mitevska’s work God Exists, Her Name is Petrunya.
The winner will be announced at the Cairo International Film Festival (Ciff) running Nov 20-29.
Simo’s Buñuel In The Labyrinth Of The Turtles – inspired by the shoot of Luis Buñuel...
- 11/20/2019
- by 1100380¦Melanie Goodfellow¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
European Film Promotion, an agency that acts as a champion for European cinema around the world, has joined with Gallic film promotion agency UniFrance and the Miami Film Festival to launch a sales market for European films targeting Latin American buyers, to be called the Miami Film Market — Mercado Del Cine Frances y Europeo.
At the Toronto Film Festival, Efp’s Sonja Heinen, Miami Film Festival’s Jaie Laplante and UniFrance’s Gilles Renouard finalized their partnership on the market, which will be held at the Miami Film Festival in March.
The market builds on the Mercado del Cine Francés, run by UniFrance for the past three years in partnership with the festival. The new event will be open to films from the whole of Europe by bringing together 20 Europe-based sales companies with 30 buyers from Latin America for screenings of 20 titles (10 French and 10 from other European countries), followed by individual meetings,...
At the Toronto Film Festival, Efp’s Sonja Heinen, Miami Film Festival’s Jaie Laplante and UniFrance’s Gilles Renouard finalized their partnership on the market, which will be held at the Miami Film Festival in March.
The market builds on the Mercado del Cine Francés, run by UniFrance for the past three years in partnership with the festival. The new event will be open to films from the whole of Europe by bringing together 20 Europe-based sales companies with 30 buyers from Latin America for screenings of 20 titles (10 French and 10 from other European countries), followed by individual meetings,...
- 9/9/2019
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
First iteration of event to take place in November.
A new film market bringing together European films with South American buyers is being launched by European Film Promotion (Efp), Unifrance and the Miami Film Festival.
Miami Film Market-Mercado Del Cine Frances Y Europeo will be held at the Miami Dade College’s Miami Film Festival from March 8-11, 2020.
The new event is an expanded version of the three-year old Mercado del Cine Frances run by Unifrance and Miami Film Festival.
The new initiative will bring together 20 European-based international sales companies to screen 20 films (10 of which will be from France) to 30 buyers from South America.
A new film market bringing together European films with South American buyers is being launched by European Film Promotion (Efp), Unifrance and the Miami Film Festival.
Miami Film Market-Mercado Del Cine Frances Y Europeo will be held at the Miami Dade College’s Miami Film Festival from March 8-11, 2020.
The new event is an expanded version of the three-year old Mercado del Cine Frances run by Unifrance and Miami Film Festival.
The new initiative will bring together 20 European-based international sales companies to screen 20 films (10 of which will be from France) to 30 buyers from South America.
- 9/9/2019
- by Louise Tutt
- ScreenDaily
The first iteration of the event will take place in November.
A new film market bringing together European films with South American buyers is being launched by European Film Promotion (Efp), Unifrance and the Miami Film Festival.
Miami Film Market-Mercado Del Cine Frances Y Europeo will be held at the Miami Dade College’s Miami Film Festival March 8-11, 2020.
The new event is an expanded version of the three-year old Mercado del Cine Frances run by Unifrance and Miami Film Festival.
The new initiative will bring together 20 European-based international sales companies to screen 20 films (10 of which will be from France) to 30 buyers from South America.
A new film market bringing together European films with South American buyers is being launched by European Film Promotion (Efp), Unifrance and the Miami Film Festival.
Miami Film Market-Mercado Del Cine Frances Y Europeo will be held at the Miami Dade College’s Miami Film Festival March 8-11, 2020.
The new event is an expanded version of the three-year old Mercado del Cine Frances run by Unifrance and Miami Film Festival.
The new initiative will bring together 20 European-based international sales companies to screen 20 films (10 of which will be from France) to 30 buyers from South America.
- 9/9/2019
- by Louise Tutt
- ScreenDaily
Forty-two film critics from 13 Arab countries have joined the jury for the Arab Critics’ Awards for European Films, with the award ceremony to be held at the Cairo Intl. Film Festival in November.
The jury will select the best European film from entries submitted by national film bodies from across Europe.
The awards have been launched by the Arab Cinema Center in partnership with European Film Promotion, an agency that champions European films around the world.
The critics from Egypt participating in the awards are Ahmed Shawky, Amal Gamal, Andrew Mohsen, Essam Zakaria, Khaled Mahmoud, Magda Khirallah, Mohamed Atef, Ola Shafey, Ossama Abdel Fattah, Rasha Hosny, Safaa Elaisy and Tarek El Shinnawi.
The critics from Morocco are Abdelkarim Ouakrim, Hammadi Gueroum, Khalil Demmoun, Mohamed Benaziz, Rachid Naim and Mohammed Chouika.
The Iraqi critics are Kadhum Saloom, Kais Kassem, Mahdi Abba, Tarek Khuzai, Ziad Khuzai, Safaa Jibara Al-saleh and Erfan Rashid.
The jury will select the best European film from entries submitted by national film bodies from across Europe.
The awards have been launched by the Arab Cinema Center in partnership with European Film Promotion, an agency that champions European films around the world.
The critics from Egypt participating in the awards are Ahmed Shawky, Amal Gamal, Andrew Mohsen, Essam Zakaria, Khaled Mahmoud, Magda Khirallah, Mohamed Atef, Ola Shafey, Ossama Abdel Fattah, Rasha Hosny, Safaa Elaisy and Tarek El Shinnawi.
The critics from Morocco are Abdelkarim Ouakrim, Hammadi Gueroum, Khalil Demmoun, Mohamed Benaziz, Rachid Naim and Mohammed Chouika.
The Iraqi critics are Kadhum Saloom, Kais Kassem, Mahdi Abba, Tarek Khuzai, Ziad Khuzai, Safaa Jibara Al-saleh and Erfan Rashid.
- 9/9/2019
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Efp (European Film Promotion) has started to discover the Arab World and is now partnering with the Arab Cinema Center (Acc) to launch an Arab Critics’ Award for European Films dedicated to European cinema. A jury of 30 of the most prominent and influential Arab film critics, put together by Acc, will select the best European film out of nominations by the European national film institutions — Efp’s member organizations. The award will be announced at the Cairo International Film Festival in November 2019.
Efp’s Managing Director Sonja Heinen comments on the new initiative: “We are delighted to take our cooperation with the Acc — which started with annual meetings between Arabian producers and Efp’s Producers on the Move in Cannes — a step further. The award helps us to promote and intensify the buzz for European films in the Arab world. We hope that it will help us cultivate a true...
Efp’s Managing Director Sonja Heinen comments on the new initiative: “We are delighted to take our cooperation with the Acc — which started with annual meetings between Arabian producers and Efp’s Producers on the Move in Cannes — a step further. The award helps us to promote and intensify the buzz for European films in the Arab world. We hope that it will help us cultivate a true...
- 8/20/2019
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
For the first time there are six women on the seven-person board.
Film institute network European Film Promotion (Efp) has elected a new board of directors at its general assembly at the Cannes Film Festival, with six women on the seven-person board for the first time.
Four of the members are newly-appointed to the board: Catherine Ann Berger, managing director of Swiss Films; Arben Zharku, director of the Kosovo Cinematography Center; Markéta Šantrochová, deputy director of the Czech Film Center; and Stine Oppegaard, manager, international relations feature films at the Norwegian Film Institute.
Returning to the board are Briony Hanson,...
Film institute network European Film Promotion (Efp) has elected a new board of directors at its general assembly at the Cannes Film Festival, with six women on the seven-person board for the first time.
Four of the members are newly-appointed to the board: Catherine Ann Berger, managing director of Swiss Films; Arben Zharku, director of the Kosovo Cinematography Center; Markéta Šantrochová, deputy director of the Czech Film Center; and Stine Oppegaard, manager, international relations feature films at the Norwegian Film Institute.
Returning to the board are Briony Hanson,...
- 5/21/2019
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Pictured: Peter Herrmann, chairman of German Films, Michael Weber of The Match Factory, and Simone Baumann, managing director of German Films.
Simone Baumann, the managing director of German Films, celebrated the many German co-productions screening in the Cannes Film Festival at the promotional agency’s cocktail party Saturday at Villa Rothschild in Cannes.
“Germany is one of the strongest and most attractive countries for co-productions, worldwide,” Baumann said. “There are 11 German-international co-productions in this year’s official selections here in Cannes at the festival, five of which are in Competition. That’s quite impressive and we are proud of this.”
The German co-productions in Competition were Terrence Malick’s “A Hidden Life,” Elia Suleiman’s “It Must Be Heaven,” Jessica Hausner’s “Little Joe,” Marco Bellocchio’s “The Traitor” and Corneliu Porumboiu’s “The Whistlers.” In Un Certain Regard, the Teutonic co-pros were Albert Serra’s “Liberté” and Karim Aïnouz...
Simone Baumann, the managing director of German Films, celebrated the many German co-productions screening in the Cannes Film Festival at the promotional agency’s cocktail party Saturday at Villa Rothschild in Cannes.
“Germany is one of the strongest and most attractive countries for co-productions, worldwide,” Baumann said. “There are 11 German-international co-productions in this year’s official selections here in Cannes at the festival, five of which are in Competition. That’s quite impressive and we are proud of this.”
The German co-productions in Competition were Terrence Malick’s “A Hidden Life,” Elia Suleiman’s “It Must Be Heaven,” Jessica Hausner’s “Little Joe,” Marco Bellocchio’s “The Traitor” and Corneliu Porumboiu’s “The Whistlers.” In Un Certain Regard, the Teutonic co-pros were Albert Serra’s “Liberté” and Karim Aïnouz...
- 5/20/2019
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
For the second edition of the Changing Face of Europe, a collaboration between the Hot Docs film festival (April 25-May 5) and European Film Promotion (Efp), 10 European documentaries will offer Toronto audiences a provocative and kaleidoscopic portrait of the cultural forces shaping the continent today.
The program is a study in both intimate, personal stories and the wide-angle view they can bring to the world. “Filmmakers are both looking outwards, but also looking inwards through the lens of the self to see a greater perspective,” says Shane Smith, the festival’s director of programming. “The most resonant stories are the most personal, in a lot of ways. And that’s the skill of these filmmakers: telling a personal story … that someone half a world away can connect with.”
Some of those personal stories reflect the political and cultural cross-currents sweeping across Europe today. Danish director Marie Skovgaard’s “The Reformist — A...
The program is a study in both intimate, personal stories and the wide-angle view they can bring to the world. “Filmmakers are both looking outwards, but also looking inwards through the lens of the self to see a greater perspective,” says Shane Smith, the festival’s director of programming. “The most resonant stories are the most personal, in a lot of ways. And that’s the skill of these filmmakers: telling a personal story … that someone half a world away can connect with.”
Some of those personal stories reflect the political and cultural cross-currents sweeping across Europe today. Danish director Marie Skovgaard’s “The Reformist — A...
- 4/24/2019
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
In order to give films from the continent a chance to stand out among the more than 80 foreign-language submissions, European Film Promotion is arranging for a series of screenings of 25 entries at the Afm. Starting Wednesday and running through Nov. 20, the screenings will be accompanied, in some cases, by Q&As with the filmmakers. The films will unspool at the Dick Clark Screening Room, 2900 Olympic Blvd. in Santa Monica, and Laemmle Monica Film Center.
The purpose of the screenings is to offer additional opportunities for Academy voters and Afm to see these foreign-language films in Los Angeles.
“We are delighted to present the thrilling diversity of European cinema with our L.A. screenings of 25 films out of the 38 European entries in the best foreign-language film category,” said Sonja Heinen, managing director of Efp, in a statement. “Many of the films won top national film awards in their home countries or have...
The purpose of the screenings is to offer additional opportunities for Academy voters and Afm to see these foreign-language films in Los Angeles.
“We are delighted to present the thrilling diversity of European cinema with our L.A. screenings of 25 films out of the 38 European entries in the best foreign-language film category,” said Sonja Heinen, managing director of Efp, in a statement. “Many of the films won top national film awards in their home countries or have...
- 10/30/2018
- by Shalini Dore
- Variety Film + TV
Efp’s European Shooting Stars and Producers On The Move Alumni at the Cannes Film Festival 2018Euphoria with European Shooting Stars Jasmine Trinca (Italy 2007) and Riccardo Scamarcio (Italy 2006) was produced by Viola Prestieri (Producer on the Move Italy 2013).International sales agent: True Colors. ( Andrea Pirrello).
European Film Promotion (Efp) and its member organisations are pleased to announce that 28 former participants of Efp’s Producers On The Move programme and seven Shooting Stars will be presenting their films at the Cannes Film Festival.
Efp Managing Director Sonja Heinen says:
We are delighted that we can support such outstanding acting talents and producers at an early stage of their careers by shining a spotlight on and opening new doors for them. Together with our members, we would like to congratulate them on their inspiring work being presented in Cannes.
European Film Promotion (Efp) is a unique network of 38 European member organisations who...
European Film Promotion (Efp) and its member organisations are pleased to announce that 28 former participants of Efp’s Producers On The Move programme and seven Shooting Stars will be presenting their films at the Cannes Film Festival.
Efp Managing Director Sonja Heinen says:
We are delighted that we can support such outstanding acting talents and producers at an early stage of their careers by shining a spotlight on and opening new doors for them. Together with our members, we would like to congratulate them on their inspiring work being presented in Cannes.
European Film Promotion (Efp) is a unique network of 38 European member organisations who...
- 5/3/2018
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
The Changing Face of Europe, a program about to be launched at the Hot Docs festival in Toronto (April 26-May 6), presents 10 European documentaries that give a taste of Europe’s filmmaking output, and a glimpse at some of the forces shaping the continent.
Shane Smith, the festival’s director of programming, says that two of the themes it explore are people “grappling with the repercussions of history,” and how, when the blinders are off, folks realize “they can’t rely on what they are being told by their political leaders.”
“Rodeo,” which gets its international premiere at Hot Docs, centers on the chaos surrounding Estonia’s first free elections after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1992, and the rapid introduction of free-market economics that followed. The story, which draws on archival footage alongside recent interviews with the politicians at the center of events, unfolds like a conspiracy thriller.
The...
Shane Smith, the festival’s director of programming, says that two of the themes it explore are people “grappling with the repercussions of history,” and how, when the blinders are off, folks realize “they can’t rely on what they are being told by their political leaders.”
“Rodeo,” which gets its international premiere at Hot Docs, centers on the chaos surrounding Estonia’s first free elections after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1992, and the rapid introduction of free-market economics that followed. The story, which draws on archival footage alongside recent interviews with the politicians at the center of events, unfolds like a conspiracy thriller.
The...
- 4/26/2018
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Director Denis Côté and European Film Promotion boss speak to Screen about the student filmmaker scheme.
Future Frames, an initiative of European Film Promotion who are also behind European Shooting Stars in Berlin and Producers on the Move in Cannes, came to the end of its third edition yesterday (5 July) at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (June 30-July 8).
The event takes 10 young film students from across Europe and showcases their short films to festival audiences while also giving them industry mentoring.
Even though it’s still a relatively new initiative, European Film Promotion already feel that there are tangible results to show.
“There’s Karen Vazquez Guadarrama from Belgium, who received her first job offers following Future Frames in 2016,” said Efp’s Managing Director Sonja Heinen, speaking to Screen.
“She also reported, like her fellow participants, that there was a strong interest shown by other international film festivals in their work.
Many of the...
Future Frames, an initiative of European Film Promotion who are also behind European Shooting Stars in Berlin and Producers on the Move in Cannes, came to the end of its third edition yesterday (5 July) at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (June 30-July 8).
The event takes 10 young film students from across Europe and showcases their short films to festival audiences while also giving them industry mentoring.
Even though it’s still a relatively new initiative, European Film Promotion already feel that there are tangible results to show.
“There’s Karen Vazquez Guadarrama from Belgium, who received her first job offers following Future Frames in 2016,” said Efp’s Managing Director Sonja Heinen, speaking to Screen.
“She also reported, like her fellow participants, that there was a strong interest shown by other international film festivals in their work.
Many of the...
- 7/6/2017
- ScreenDaily
Two of this year’s participants discuss opening doors to transatlantic co-productions, and the event’s organisers explain why the Lab will be taking a break next year.
Since launching in 2010, Toronto International Film Festival (Sept 8-18) industry event Producers Lab Toronto – run by European Film Promotion (Efp) in collaboration with the Ontario Media Development Corporation (Omdc) – has been bringing together producers from Europe, Canada and more recently Australia and New Zealand, with a goal of fostering transatlantic relationships and projects. Previous films that have been pitched at the lab include Alan Gilsenan’s Catherine Keener-starring drama Unless, which world premieres in Tiff’s Special Presentations this year, and Martin Koolhoven’s Guy Pearce-starring Western Brimestone, which also plays in Special Presentations.
This year, 24 producers attended the event, taking part in a series of meetings, talks and sessions on funding and how to approach international co-productions. “Sometimes producers find it difficult to think of new...
Since launching in 2010, Toronto International Film Festival (Sept 8-18) industry event Producers Lab Toronto – run by European Film Promotion (Efp) in collaboration with the Ontario Media Development Corporation (Omdc) – has been bringing together producers from Europe, Canada and more recently Australia and New Zealand, with a goal of fostering transatlantic relationships and projects. Previous films that have been pitched at the lab include Alan Gilsenan’s Catherine Keener-starring drama Unless, which world premieres in Tiff’s Special Presentations this year, and Martin Koolhoven’s Guy Pearce-starring Western Brimestone, which also plays in Special Presentations.
This year, 24 producers attended the event, taking part in a series of meetings, talks and sessions on funding and how to approach international co-productions. “Sometimes producers find it difficult to think of new...
- 9/11/2016
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
The Berlinale has cut its discounts for festival and market accreditation for next year’s film festival.
The discount for the standard festival accreditation, which had been introduced by the Berlinale for its 60th edition has been abolished completely for the upcoming 65th edition (Feb 5-15, 2015).
The regular rate for the standard accreditation of €125 - which had already been increased by 25% to €100 at last year’s Berlinale - now applies for the Nov 30 and Jan 6 deadlines.
Offers for the market badge (€250 instead of €300) or the combined festival accreditation and market badge (€375 instead of €425) see €50 being shaved off the discounts compared to the previous year (€200 and €325, respectively).
As for previous editions of the Berlinale and European Film Market, a late fee of €50 will be incurred in addition to the regular rates for any registrations made from Jan 7.
Plans for Distributors Network
The Berlinale’s newly established World Cinema Fund (Wcf) Europe programme plans to create a Wcf Distributors...
The discount for the standard festival accreditation, which had been introduced by the Berlinale for its 60th edition has been abolished completely for the upcoming 65th edition (Feb 5-15, 2015).
The regular rate for the standard accreditation of €125 - which had already been increased by 25% to €100 at last year’s Berlinale - now applies for the Nov 30 and Jan 6 deadlines.
Offers for the market badge (€250 instead of €300) or the combined festival accreditation and market badge (€375 instead of €425) see €50 being shaved off the discounts compared to the previous year (€200 and €325, respectively).
As for previous editions of the Berlinale and European Film Market, a late fee of €50 will be incurred in addition to the regular rates for any registrations made from Jan 7.
Plans for Distributors Network
The Berlinale’s newly established World Cinema Fund (Wcf) Europe programme plans to create a Wcf Distributors...
- 11/17/2014
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
The festival is laying on a packed programme of film industry events this year, headlined by the Jerusalem Pitch Point meeting.
The meeting revolves around a central pitching event on July 14, open to both industry professionals, film students and the public, aimed at connecting Israeli filmmakers with international partners on their upcoming projects.
Participants this year include celebrated experimental director Nina Menkes, established filmmakers Nir Bergman and Dina Zvi Riklis and up and coming director Eitan Gafny, whose Lebanon-set zombie picture debut Cannon Fodder has sold well internationally.
For the first time, the event will also screen a selection of Israeli works-in-progress to selected industry professionals, including Madame Yankelova’s Fine Literature Club, the feature debut of Guilhad Emilio Schenker, whose 2010 short Lavan screened in more than 70 festivals and won numerous prizes.
The projects will compete for a trio of prizes meted out by France’s National Cinema Centre, Franco-German broadcaster...
The meeting revolves around a central pitching event on July 14, open to both industry professionals, film students and the public, aimed at connecting Israeli filmmakers with international partners on their upcoming projects.
Participants this year include celebrated experimental director Nina Menkes, established filmmakers Nir Bergman and Dina Zvi Riklis and up and coming director Eitan Gafny, whose Lebanon-set zombie picture debut Cannon Fodder has sold well internationally.
For the first time, the event will also screen a selection of Israeli works-in-progress to selected industry professionals, including Madame Yankelova’s Fine Literature Club, the feature debut of Guilhad Emilio Schenker, whose 2010 short Lavan screened in more than 70 festivals and won numerous prizes.
The projects will compete for a trio of prizes meted out by France’s National Cinema Centre, Franco-German broadcaster...
- 7/10/2014
- ScreenDaily
Ritesh Batra
Lunchbox director Ritesh Batra is one of the thirteen participants of the Jerusalem International Film Lab who will compete for production prizes worth $80,000 at a pitching event during the upcoming Jerusalem Film Festival.
Batra participated in the seven-month lab, that included two residential workshops in Jerusalem, with his second feature project titled “Photograph”.
The lab closes with a pitching event that runs parallel to the Jerusalem Film Festival where the finalized scripts are presented before a panel of international jury members. This year, the closing events will take place between July 9-13, 2014.
After the pitching event, the jury awards production prizes totaling in $80,000 in an award ceremony.
The Jury this year headed by French producer and distributor Michèle Halberstadt consists of Manfred Schmidt (Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung GmbH, Germany), Katriel Schory (Israel Film Fund), Rémi Burah (Arte France Cinema), Charles Tesson (Cannes Critics’ Week), Sonja Heinen (Berlinale Co-Production Market) and German director Pia Marais.
Lunchbox director Ritesh Batra is one of the thirteen participants of the Jerusalem International Film Lab who will compete for production prizes worth $80,000 at a pitching event during the upcoming Jerusalem Film Festival.
Batra participated in the seven-month lab, that included two residential workshops in Jerusalem, with his second feature project titled “Photograph”.
The lab closes with a pitching event that runs parallel to the Jerusalem Film Festival where the finalized scripts are presented before a panel of international jury members. This year, the closing events will take place between July 9-13, 2014.
After the pitching event, the jury awards production prizes totaling in $80,000 in an award ceremony.
The Jury this year headed by French producer and distributor Michèle Halberstadt consists of Manfred Schmidt (Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung GmbH, Germany), Katriel Schory (Israel Film Fund), Rémi Burah (Arte France Cinema), Charles Tesson (Cannes Critics’ Week), Sonja Heinen (Berlinale Co-Production Market) and German director Pia Marais.
- 7/1/2014
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Ritesh Batra, Talya Lavie, Nora Martirosyan among entrants.
Graduates of the Jerusalem International Film Lab 3rd edition will compete for $80,000 in production prizes at a pitching event at the Jerusalem International Film Festival.
Aspiring directors and producers will present 13 full-length film projects to a panel of jurists and industry.
Competing filmmakers include Talya Lavie (Israel), whose her first feature Zero Motivation won the two awards at the Tribeca Film Festival, Ritesh Batra (India), whose his first feature The Lunchbox premiered last year in Cannes Critics’ Week; Nora Martirosyan (Armenia), who won the Arte International Prize in Cannes’ Atelier (2014), and Ása Hjörleifsdóttir (Iceland), who received the Vff Talent Highlight Pitch Awards at the 2014 Berlinale.
The jury, headed by Michele Halberstadt of Arp, comprises Manfred Schmidt (executive director of the Mdm, Germany), Katriel Schory (executive director of the Israel Film Fund), Charles Tesson (artistic director of the Cannes Critics’ Week), Rémi Burah (Deputy CEO of Arte France Cinéma), [link...
Graduates of the Jerusalem International Film Lab 3rd edition will compete for $80,000 in production prizes at a pitching event at the Jerusalem International Film Festival.
Aspiring directors and producers will present 13 full-length film projects to a panel of jurists and industry.
Competing filmmakers include Talya Lavie (Israel), whose her first feature Zero Motivation won the two awards at the Tribeca Film Festival, Ritesh Batra (India), whose his first feature The Lunchbox premiered last year in Cannes Critics’ Week; Nora Martirosyan (Armenia), who won the Arte International Prize in Cannes’ Atelier (2014), and Ása Hjörleifsdóttir (Iceland), who received the Vff Talent Highlight Pitch Awards at the 2014 Berlinale.
The jury, headed by Michele Halberstadt of Arp, comprises Manfred Schmidt (executive director of the Mdm, Germany), Katriel Schory (executive director of the Israel Film Fund), Charles Tesson (artistic director of the Cannes Critics’ Week), Rémi Burah (Deputy CEO of Arte France Cinéma), [link...
- 6/30/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Shortcuts for First Timers, an informaitonal panel w at the beginning of the Berlinale Film Festival and Market / Efm was organized by Efm Head Beki Probst.
Andrea Vaul, the new Co-Director of Efm, Karen Hofflinger of the Berlinale, Sonja Heinen of the Coproduction Market and the World Cinema Fund and Sebastian Huber of Talents Berlin explain their sections to about 200 first timers at the Mirror Restaurant. The description of the Festival's and Efm's various activities by section heads is invaluable to people trying to get oriented to this large, vibrant, fast moving, complex event.
This year the festival sold more than 350,000 tickets for the first time since its founding in 1951. Showing an average of 400 films and catering to some 16,000 industry vistors and about 4,000 journalists from 130 countries, the public event is exceptional. The European Film Market is the business center of the festival. In addition to exhibition space, it provides for over 1,100 screenings of new films, hosts the American Independents in Berlin, an Ifp and Sundance Institute initiative, industry debates, Meet the Docs - a platform to facitilate networking amojng buyers, sellers, directors and producers of documentaries in collaboration with the European Documentary Network, German Cinema, The Talents, and Books to Film. The World Cinema Fund also hosted two paels, one of Argentinian Cinema of the 21st Century and one of the film history of the Wcf countries. Guests of the new Berlinale Residency Program for writers and directors were also working the Co-Production Market after their our month stay in Berlin.
Andrea Vaul, the new Co-Director of Efm, Karen Hofflinger of the Berlinale, Sonja Heinen of the Coproduction Market and the World Cinema Fund and Sebastian Huber of Talents Berlin explain their sections to about 200 first timers at the Mirror Restaurant. The description of the Festival's and Efm's various activities by section heads is invaluable to people trying to get oriented to this large, vibrant, fast moving, complex event.
This year the festival sold more than 350,000 tickets for the first time since its founding in 1951. Showing an average of 400 films and catering to some 16,000 industry vistors and about 4,000 journalists from 130 countries, the public event is exceptional. The European Film Market is the business center of the festival. In addition to exhibition space, it provides for over 1,100 screenings of new films, hosts the American Independents in Berlin, an Ifp and Sundance Institute initiative, industry debates, Meet the Docs - a platform to facitilate networking amojng buyers, sellers, directors and producers of documentaries in collaboration with the European Documentary Network, German Cinema, The Talents, and Books to Film. The World Cinema Fund also hosted two paels, one of Argentinian Cinema of the 21st Century and one of the film history of the Wcf countries. Guests of the new Berlinale Residency Program for writers and directors were also working the Co-Production Market after their our month stay in Berlin.
- 2/16/2014
- by Sydney Levine, Peter Belsito
- Sydney's Buzz
Film producers given the chance to discover 11 new literary works that could make good movies.
The Berlin International Film Festival (Feb 6-16) has revealed the 11 titles that will be presented to film producers at its Books at Berlinale event on Feb 11.
The selected novels, chosen from 120 books from more than 25 countries, will be presented and pitched at the Berlinale Co-Production Market - part of the European Film Market (Efm).
At the preceeding networking event, invited producers will have an opportunity to meet with right-holders – international publishers and literary agents – and to make and cultivate contacts in the book world or perhaps even to option film rights directly.
Festival director Dieter Kosslick said: “In the past years, ‘Books at Berlinale’ has established itself worldwide as the first market for literary material at an international ‘A’ film festival.
“We would now like to expand the idea of a network between books and film further, and open the...
The Berlin International Film Festival (Feb 6-16) has revealed the 11 titles that will be presented to film producers at its Books at Berlinale event on Feb 11.
The selected novels, chosen from 120 books from more than 25 countries, will be presented and pitched at the Berlinale Co-Production Market - part of the European Film Market (Efm).
At the preceeding networking event, invited producers will have an opportunity to meet with right-holders – international publishers and literary agents – and to make and cultivate contacts in the book world or perhaps even to option film rights directly.
Festival director Dieter Kosslick said: “In the past years, ‘Books at Berlinale’ has established itself worldwide as the first market for literary material at an international ‘A’ film festival.
“We would now like to expand the idea of a network between books and film further, and open the...
- 1/21/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
The Berlinale World Cinema Fund has awarded production and distribution funding of €165,000 ($223,000) to eight films.
The jury made their selection from 121 submissions from 43 countries and chose the following features:
Production funding
Los Hongos
Dir: Óscar Ruiz Navia (Colombia). Production: Burning Blue & Contravia Films, Colombia. Feature film.
Funding: €30,000.
Benjamín o el Planetario
Dir: Carlos Machado Quintela (Cuba). Production: Rizoma, Argentina. German partner: M-Appeal. Feature film.
Funding: €35,000.
Ejercicios de la Memoria
Dir: Paz Encina (Paraguay). Production: Autentika Film, Germany. Documentary.
Funding: €35,000.
Te Prometo Anarquía
Dir: Julio Hernández Cordón (Guatemala). Production: Interior 13, Mexico. Feature film.
Funding: €30,000.
In the Last Days of the City
Dir: Tamer El Said (Egypt). Production: Zero Production (Egypt). Documentary.
Funding: €20,000.
Distribution funding
Coming Forth by Day
Dir: Hala Lofty (Egypt). German distributor: Arsenal für Film und Videokunst e.V. Release in Germany: Nov 14, 2013.
Funding: €4,357.50.
Carne de Perro
Dir: Fernando Guzzoni (Chile). German distributor: déjà-vu film Ug. Release in Germany: Jan 23, 2014.
Funding: €5,000.
Workers
Dir: José Luís Valle...
The jury made their selection from 121 submissions from 43 countries and chose the following features:
Production funding
Los Hongos
Dir: Óscar Ruiz Navia (Colombia). Production: Burning Blue & Contravia Films, Colombia. Feature film.
Funding: €30,000.
Benjamín o el Planetario
Dir: Carlos Machado Quintela (Cuba). Production: Rizoma, Argentina. German partner: M-Appeal. Feature film.
Funding: €35,000.
Ejercicios de la Memoria
Dir: Paz Encina (Paraguay). Production: Autentika Film, Germany. Documentary.
Funding: €35,000.
Te Prometo Anarquía
Dir: Julio Hernández Cordón (Guatemala). Production: Interior 13, Mexico. Feature film.
Funding: €30,000.
In the Last Days of the City
Dir: Tamer El Said (Egypt). Production: Zero Production (Egypt). Documentary.
Funding: €20,000.
Distribution funding
Coming Forth by Day
Dir: Hala Lofty (Egypt). German distributor: Arsenal für Film und Videokunst e.V. Release in Germany: Nov 14, 2013.
Funding: €4,357.50.
Carne de Perro
Dir: Fernando Guzzoni (Chile). German distributor: déjà-vu film Ug. Release in Germany: Jan 23, 2014.
Funding: €5,000.
Workers
Dir: José Luís Valle...
- 11/19/2013
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
The Berlinale World Cinema Fund has awarded five projects a total of $200,000 (€154,300) in its latest round of funding.
A total of 130 submissions were made from 48 countries. The jury for the 18th session comprised film scholar and curator Viola Shafik (Germany/Egypt), documentary film producer Marta Andreu (Spain), distributor and producer Jan De Clercq (Belgium), and Wcf project managers Sonja Heinen and Vincenzo Bugno.
The projects to receive production funding were:
Sin Título
Director: Lisandro Alonso (Argentina)Production: 4L, ArgentinaFunding: €50,000
Big Father, Small Father and Other Stories
Director: Di Phan Dang (Vietnam)Production: VBlock Media, VietnamFunding: €40,000
Pelo Malo
Director: Mariana Rondón (Venezuela)Production: Sudaca Films, VenezuelaFunding: €30,000
The Valley
Director: Ghassan Salhab (Lebanon)Production: unafilms, GermanyFunding: €30,000
The project to receive distribution funding was:
Fidai
Director: Damien Ounouri (Algeria).Distributor: mec filmRelease in Germany: May 13, 2013.Funding: €4,300
The World Cinema Fund is an initiative of the German Federal Cultural Foundation and the Berlin International Film Festival, funded by the...
A total of 130 submissions were made from 48 countries. The jury for the 18th session comprised film scholar and curator Viola Shafik (Germany/Egypt), documentary film producer Marta Andreu (Spain), distributor and producer Jan De Clercq (Belgium), and Wcf project managers Sonja Heinen and Vincenzo Bugno.
The projects to receive production funding were:
Sin Título
Director: Lisandro Alonso (Argentina)Production: 4L, ArgentinaFunding: €50,000
Big Father, Small Father and Other Stories
Director: Di Phan Dang (Vietnam)Production: VBlock Media, VietnamFunding: €40,000
Pelo Malo
Director: Mariana Rondón (Venezuela)Production: Sudaca Films, VenezuelaFunding: €30,000
The Valley
Director: Ghassan Salhab (Lebanon)Production: unafilms, GermanyFunding: €30,000
The project to receive distribution funding was:
Fidai
Director: Damien Ounouri (Algeria).Distributor: mec filmRelease in Germany: May 13, 2013.Funding: €4,300
The World Cinema Fund is an initiative of the German Federal Cultural Foundation and the Berlin International Film Festival, funded by the...
- 7/2/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
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