Cannes

EFP will be presenting Europe's most promising producers in Cannes

The members of European Film Promotion (EFP) have made their choice: 21 producers from all over Europe will be coming together this year for the PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE programme at the Cannes International Film Festival (16.–27.5.2007). The participants are at the beginning of their international careers and have attracted attention through their ambitious, outstanding productions. The initiative to promote young producers has been financially supported by the MEDIA Programme of the European Union, the EFP member organisations and sponsors.

Over the past eight years EFP has created a label with PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE that is followed with great interest by the international film industry and press. Each year, EFP offers a comprehensive platform to a group of the most promising European producers in Cannes and provides them and their productions with international attention via a promotional campaign during the festival. In Cannes, the world's biggest film festival, EFP organises a round table meeting and a coproduction lunch with producers from all over Europe to give the selected producers the access to a professional forum in order for them to discuss current projects and lay the foundation for future collaborations.

„This year, our members have selected producers with varied backgrounds, ranging from feature film through animation to children's film productions. I am expecting some interesting discussions.“ says EFP managing director Renate Rose. „Many of the participants were already able to present films in Cannes or at other international film festivals and received prizes. It is also pleasing to see the number of those who already have experience in working on international co-productions."

Various participants from last year have profited from the project: Helen Ahlsson, Swedish PRODUCER ON THE MOVE 2006 says: “PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE really helped me and my co-producer Jarkko Hentula (Finnish participant in 2004) to wrap up the last parts of the financing in Cannes 2006. It was a perfect door-opener for having meetings with sales agents and distributors.” Ieva Norviliene, PRODUCER ON THE MOVE 2006 from Lithuania, adds: “We are planning a co-production with Iván Angelusz, the Hungarian PRODUCER ON THE MOVE 2006, and his colleague Peter Reich – both from Katapult Film. We are preparing the project Anarchy for Summer together.”

The following producers have been selected by the EFP member organisations

PRODUCER, COMPANY, EFP MEMBER ORGANISATION Gregory Athanasiou, Minus Pictures, Greek Film Centre Sarita Christensen, Copenhagen Bombay Productions, Danish Film Institute Mario Gianani,Offside, Filmitalia Petra Goedings, Phanta Vision Film International, Holland Film Meike Kordes, Kordes & Kordes, German Films Piotr Mularuk, Yeti Films, Polish Film Institute Martina Niland, Samson Films, Irish Film Board Kai Nordberg, Making Movies Oy, Finnish Film Foundation Kristín Ólafsdóttir, Klikk Production, Icelandic Film Centre Sylvie Pialat, Les Films du Worso, Unifrance Ferenc Pusztai, KMH Film, Magyar Filmunió, Hungary Luis Ángel Ramírez, IMVAL Producciones, ICAA, Spain Riina Sildos, Eesti Joonisfilm / Amrion, Baltic Films, Estonia Ulf Synnerholm, AB Svensk Filmindustri, Swedish Film Institute Elena Tatti, Box Productions, Swiss Films Samuel Tilman, Eklektik Productions, Wallonie Bruxelles Images, Belgium Luís Urbano, O Som e a Fúria, ICA, Portugal Martin Vandas, MAUR Film, Czech Film Centre Marek Veselicky, Farbyka, Slovak Film Institute Eric Vogel, Tordenfilm, Norwegian Film Insitute Elaine Wickham, Medb Films, British Council

The following PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE 2007 and their films have received support from EFP's Film Sales Support initiative for promotional measures at international film festivals: Meike Kordes for Four Minutes (Chris Kraus), supported in Shanghai in 2006 where it celebrated its world premiere and received the Jin Jue Award as “Best Film”, and Martina Niland for Once (John Carney) in Sundance in 2007 where the film picked up the World Cinema Audience Award, and for Pavee Lackeen (Perry Ogden) in Toronto in 2005.

Apart from the MEDIA Programme of the EU and the EFP member organisations, the event is also supported by: BMW, The Hollywood Reporter, Sonopress, Medienboard Berlin Brandenburg, and Scandinavian Films.

Contact:

Andreas Struck, Project Manager,

Tel.: +49 40- 390 6252, struck @ efp-online.com

Press contact:

Mareen Gerisch,

Press Relations Manager, Tel.: +49 40- 390 6252, gerisch @ efp-online.com