The 37 national film institutes of European Film Promotion (EFP) elected a new members for their Board of Directors at today’s General Assembly in Hamburg.
The Board now includes, Markéta Šantrochová, Head of the Czech Film Center, as EFP President, Simone Baumann, Managing Director German Films, as Vice President, Daniela Elstner, Executive Director UniFrance, Stine Oppegaard, Manager International Relations Feature Films, Norwegian Film Institute, Vítor Manuel Pinheiro, Departamento Cinema e Audiovisual, Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual I.P. / ICA (Portugal) and Rastislav Steranka, Director of the National Cinematographic Centre of the Slovak Film Institute and Petter Mattsson, Head of International Department at Swedish Film Institute Swedish.
“As member of such a great European network, I am delighted to serve another term on the EFP Board and am very honoured to have been re-elected EFP President", says Markéta Šantrochová. "It is a privilege to continue our many constructive debates on the Board with colleagues representing such diverse and rich experiences. I am very proud indeed of this network. We have realized that we can initiate and make a lot of things happen together. It is even more gratifying to being able to exchange ideas again on site at festivals after the pandemic which has bonded and united us even more. With our targeted programmes such as PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE in Cannes, EUROPEAN SHOOTING STARS in Berlin as well as the Film Sales Support funding programme for world sales companies, EFP promotes European films and talent outside of Europe with a highly motivated team under Managing Director Sonja Heinen.“
