Holland Film Meeting (HFM) is proud to announce the selection of projects that will be participating at the HFM Co-Production Platform 2014. This selection includes 21 projects coming from 15 different European countries.

The HFM Co-Production Platform is the main event of the Holland Film Meeting during the Netherlands Film Festival. The selected film projects are presented to international cinema’s most important and influential co-producers, distributors, sales agents and financiers to encourage co-productions between European countries. This event will take place from September 25th to 28th in Utrecht. On September 27th the prize winning projects will be announced during the HFM closing ceremony and party.

HFM Co-Pro 2013

Selection HFM Co-Production Platform 2014

International Projects:

• DEW by Denijal Hasanovic – production company: Skorpion Arte (Poland)
• FEMALE FALLING DOWN by Therese Ahlbeck – eyefeed (Sweden)
• GAME OVER by Olena Fetisova – Interfilm Production Studio (Ukraine)
• HIGH DIVE by Adam Csaszi – Focusfox (Hungary)
• I WANT TO BE LIKE YOU by Konstantin Bojanov – Multfilm (Bulgaria)
• THE INCONVENIENCE by Benito Zambrano – Tal y Cual Producciones
    (Spain)
• LITTLE PARADISE by Philipp Döring – Weydemann Bros. (Germany)
• MY ROMANTIC HISTORY by Keri Colins – Magnified Pictures
    (United Kingdom)
• PARI by Siamak Etemadi – Heretic (Greece)
• PRETENDERS by Vallo Toomla- Amrion Production (Estonia)
• SOMETHING USEFUL by Pelin Esmer – Sinefilm (Turkey)
• TACIT WISDOM by Saara Cantell – Periferia Productions (Finland)
• TO ALL NAKED MEN by Bassam Chekhes – Silkroad (France/NL/Syria)
• TRADE by David Roddham – Roads Entertainment (Ireland)
• UPSTREAM by Marion Hänsel – Man's Films Productions (Belgium)

From the Netherlands:

• 10 SONGS FOR CHARITY by Karin Junger – De Productie
• FORBIDDEN LOVE by Nicole van Kilsdonk – Waterland Film
• HAIRDRESSER’S SALON BEATRIX by Mischa Kamp – BosBros
• HEART SHAPED BRUISE by Urszula Antoniak – NL Film and TV
• IN GOD’S NAME by Arne Toonen – Rinkel Film
• A SHINING FLAW by Erwin Olaf – Eyeworks Film & TV Drama

Click here for more information on all directors.

Selection Work-in-Progress Session

The second edition of the HFM Work-in-Progress Session presents five projects previously pitched at the HFM, now in post-production, to give them the opportunity to present rushes and rough cuts of their film. These are showed to a select group of film professionals such as international sales agents, festival representatives, distributors and funding partners. The session takes place on Friday, September 26th in the afternoon in TivoliVredenburg. The Work-in-Progress prizes will be awarded on September 27th as well. 

The selected titles are:

• BLACK DIAMOND by Arthur Harari – Les Films Pelleas (France) in 
co-production with Savege Film (Belgium)
• CROSS YOUR HEART by Petri Kotwica – Vertigo Production (Finland)
• DUST CLOTH by Ahu Öztürk – Ret Film (Turkey)
• EISENSTEIN IN GUANAJUATO by Peter Greenaway – Submarine
(The Netherlands), Fu Works (The Netherlands), Paloma Negra Films (Mexico), Edith Film (Finland), Potemkino (Belgium)
• PARADISE TRIPS by Raf Reyntjens – Caviar Films (Belgium) in
co-production with Ijswater (The Netherlands) 

The Holland Film Meeting takes place from September 25th to 28th and is the international heartbeat of the Netherlands Film Festival (September 24th to October 3rd) in Utrecht.