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producers on the move in cannes
career catapult for europe‘s
up-and-coming producers
The PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE programme at the Cannes International Film Festival gives 20 promising emerging European producers from 20 European countries a platform and the opportunity to build and enlarge their international network. Participants will meet potential co-production partners and sales companies in one-on-one meetings and take part in project pitching, case studies, social events and a comprehensive promotional campaign.
PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE 2025 combines pre-festival online sessions with a four-half-day onsite programme in Cannes.
how to participate
The programme is open to European producers who
- have experience with at least one international co-production
- have not yet been majority producers on more than three international co-productions
Interested producers who meet the application criteria, should contact their national EFP representative. The application process will close mid of February. EFP member organisations will review the applications and forward their recommendations (one per country) to EFP. From this pool, EFP will select 20 producers based on a complexe point system. For more details please contact muehlberger@efp-online.com.
The programme does not cover costs for travel and accommodation in Cannes.
producers 2024
Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion
Austria
Katharina Posch is a producer at Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion and recently exec-produced the box-office hits (NEW) TALES OF FRANZ. At the moment, she is concentrating on female-driven arthouse features and drama series for the international market. She co-founded the European Film Conspiracy and produced the Tiger Award winner SOLDIER JANE by Daniel Hoesl. Katharina spent several years working in the film industry in France and Latin America, and she is an alumna of the Serial Producing programme at the Film University Babelsberg and the ProPro - Producers’ Programme for Women.
Katharina Posch
Austria
Mirage
Belgium
Elisa Heene founded the Brussels-based company Mirage in 2020, producing author-driven films for international audiences. The company is focused on underrepresented voices and aims to form long-term collaborations with filmmakers who have a strong artistic vision and personal voice. Elisa is currently working with both young and established talents such as Cecilia Verheyden, Leni Huyghe, Zohra Benhammou and Romy Mana. Most recently, she produced HOLLY by Fien Troch, which premiered in Venice’s main competition in 2023 and won the Bisato d’Oro for Best Actress.
Elisa Heene
Belgium
Invictus
Bulgaria
Kalin Kalinov is a co-owner of the Sofia-based production company Invictus and is co-producing such films as Miroslav Terzić’s THE EXCURSION and the first Macedonian animated feature JOHN VARDAR VS. THE GALAXY. His latest project BECAUSE I LOVE BAD WEATHER by the first-time director Yana Lekarska won the Audience Award at the 2024 Sofia IFF. Kalin focuses on producing author-driven titles with commercial potential and currently in advanced post-production on AXIS OF LIFE by Atanas Hristoskov. In addition, he is developing WHEN A TREE FALLS IN THE FOREST by Kamen Kolarov.
Kalin Kalinov
Bulgaria
KOMPOT
Croatia
Tibor Keser launched Zagreb-based KOMPOT in 2019, a creative hub for established talent in the region, to focus on removing the barriers between different art forms and finding new audiences. He produced Ivan Ramljak’s EL SHATT - A BLUEPRINT FOR UTOPIA which was the most awarded and watched Croatian documentary of 2023. Tibor is currently developing SPACEHEAD, a feature film for children, with producer-director Marina Andree Škop for PomPom Film.
Tibor Keser
Croatia
Bark Like A Cat Films
Cyprus
Tonia Mishiali is a director/producer, a member of the European Film Academy and an alumna of Berlinale Talents. Her most notable films have been multi-awarded and screened at prestigious festivals such as Locarno, Karlovy Vary, Palm Springs, Santa Barbara and Clermont. Her debut PAUSE won the FIPRESCI Prize, was listed as one of “20 most daring films of 2019” by Rotten Tomatoes, and selected for Sydney IFF as a film by one of Europe's 10 most outstanding women directors. Her films in development have been presented and awarded at such major markets as Midpoint, Torino Film Lab, connecting cottbus, Agora and Sofia Meetings.
Tonia Mishiali
Cyprus
Cinémotif Films
Czech Republic
Kristýna Michálek Květová had already founded her production company, Cinémotif Films, during her studies at FAMU in Prague, and focuses on both documentaries and fiction. Her (co-)productions have travelled to such festivals as Locarno (THE VISITORS), Venice (PHOTOPHOBIA) or Visions du Réel (THE SOUND IS INNOCENT). She was nominated in a record 12 categories at the national Czech Lion Awards for the debut ARVED in 2023. An alumni of EURODOC 2017, Midpoint, MFI Script2Film and Ex Oriente, Kristýna pitched her latest project, YEAR OF THE WIDOW, at Les Arcs Works in Progress in 2023.
Kristýna Michálek Květová
Czech Republic
Scanbox Entertainment Productions
Denmark
Lina Flint founded the talent division Nordisk Film Spring straight after graduation from film school, producing her first feature, Gustav Möller’s THE GUILTY, which won Sundance’s Audience Award and was shortlisted for the Oscars. She has since produced such films as Thomas Daneskov’s WILD MEN, which premiered at Tribeca in 2021, and Möller’s Berlinale 2024 competition title SONS. Lina joined Scanbox Entertainment Productions in 2024 to produce artistically ambitious Scandinavian projects and she co-founded Square Peg Nordic to develop international projects with high-profile Scandinavian talent.
Lina Flint
Denmark
Tripode Productions
France
Delphine Schmit founded Tripode Productions in 2017 with Guillaume Dreyfus after having previously learned her craft by producing 30 films. In the past seven years, she has produced nine features, co-producing with such countries as Greece, Lithuania, Belgium, Germany or Mexico. Delphine’s production of César Diaz’s OUR MOTHERS won the Caméra d’Or at Cannes in 2019, followed by LOVE ACCORDING TO DALVA and THE (EX)PERIENCE OF LOVE, both premiering in Cannes’ Critics’ Week in 2022 and 2023 respectively, and ELBOW screening in the Generation 14plus competition at the 2024 Berlinale.
Delphine Schmit
France
Fabian&Fred
Germany
Fabian Driehorst is a producer of animation and XR and co-founded the Fabian&Fred studio with Frédéric Schuld in 2015. His films were nominated for the Lola and Annie awards as well as being shortlisted for the Oscars and the European Film Awards. In 2023, he won the FFA Industry Tiger Award as the most successful German producer of short films and the Hamburg Producers Award for the Spanish-German co-production SULTANA'S DREAM. Fabian is the chairman of ASIFA Germany and became a mentor for Women in Animation in 2023.
Fabian Driehorst
Germany
Wild At Heart
Greece
Maria Kontogianni established the 1st International Film Festival of Patmos in 2010 after working in the field of TV commercials and corporate events since 2004. She then moved to Berlin where she supervised 17 award-winning international co-productions for Twenty Twenty Vision such as CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA, AYKA and WEDNESDAY 04:45. In 2015, Maria returned to her hometown to set up a new base for multi-disciplinary film projects. In 2021, she established Wild At Heart with the aim of creating audiovisual works of unique cinematic culture and fostering collaboration between foreign and Greek talents.
Maria Kontogianni
Greece
S101
Iceland
Co-owner of S101 in Reykjavík, Sara Nassim is a film producer known for her visionary approach in bringing stories to life on the screen. Sara has years of experience in the film industry and has produced numerous short films, received a Grammy nomination and been involved in many well-known Icelandic feature films. She was on Variety’s 10 Producers to Watch list in 2021. Her feature producing debut, LAMB, premiered in Un Certain Regard in Cannes in 2021, winning the Prize of Originality. Sara currently in post-production on a feature-length project with the musician and artist Björk and in development on new projects including Valdimar Jóhannsson’s and Grímur Hákonarson’s next projects.
Sara Nassim
Iceland
Keeper Pictures
Ireland
Evan Horan is a producer and the co-production lead at the Dublin-based film and TV production company Keeper Pictures. His projects include Damian McCarthy’s ODDITY, a Shudder Original which won the Midnighter Audience Award at SXSW and Feature Film Audience Award at Overlook Film Festival in 2024; Laurent Larivière’s French-Irish-German co-production ABOUT JOAN, starring Isabelle Huppert and Lars Eidinger; and Seamus Murphy’s PJ Harvey documentary A DOG CALLED MONEY. Evan is on the Board of Directors of GAZE International LGBTQIA+ Film Festival and also manages the X-Pollinator professional development and networking initiative for female, trans and non-binary talent.
Evan Horan
Ireland
Moonmakers
Lithuania
Giedrė Žickytė, a European Film Award-nominated producer and director, founded the Vilnius-based production company Moonmakers in 2014 to explore unique human stories through the compelling power of cinema. She has directed and produced such award-winning documentaries as MASTER AND TATYANA, I’M NOT FROM HERE (co-directed with Maite Alberdi), and THE JUMP, which was selected as Lithuania's official entry for the Academy Awards. In addition, Giedrė produced Iryna Tsilyk’s documentary THE EARTH IS BLUE AS AN ORANGE, which picked up the World Documentary Competition’s Best Directing Award at Sundance in 2020.
Giedrė Žickytė
Lithuania
Iris Productions
Luxembourg
Katarzyna Ozga joined the Iris Group in 2016 after previously working in the fields of distribution and promotion, festivals, funding and lecturing. As General Manager, she oversees all structural, business, and legal matters of the group’s main company, Iris Productions, as well as its subsidiaries. As a producer, she has specialised in international productions and co-productions, most recently on such projects as Barbara Albert’s BLIND AT HEART, Carlo Vogele’s animated feature ICARUS, Laura Mora’s THE KINGS OF THE WORLD, and the two seasons of the BAD BANKS TV series.
Katarzyna Ozga
Luxembourg
Sektor Film
Republic of North Macedonia
Angela Nestorovska joined Sektor Film in 2005 and has produced such films as Alex Cvetkov’s short drama SOIL, Stefan Komandarev’s DIRECTIONS, selected for Un Certain Regard in 2017, and co-produced Klara Kochańska and Kasper Bajon’s VIA CARPATIA competing in Karlovy Vary in 2018. She recently co-produced Asimina Proedrou’s debut feature BEHIND THE HAYSTACKS and is currently in post-production on Thanasis Neofotistos’s THE BOY WITH LIGHT BLUE EYES. In addition, Angela is in pre-production on Marko Gjokovik’s TENANT and developing Angel Apostolski’s A BEAR FOR COMRADE KIM.
Angela Nestorovska
Republic of North Macedonia
Sant & Usant
Norway
Anita Rehoff Larsen has been the co-owner of Sant & Usant since 2012, producing films by new talents and established directors. She has produced such award-winning documentaries as Viktor Kossakovsky’s GUNDA, which premiered at the 2020 Berlinale, Tone Grøttjord-Glenne’s 2020 Hot Docs competition title ALL THAT I AM, and Corinne van der Borch and Tone Grøttjord-Glenne’s SISTERS ON TRACK screening at Tribeca in 2021. Anita has also worked on several international co-productions including the Oscar-nominated film WRITING WITH FIRE and the Sundance award-winner PRESIDENT in 2022.
Anita Rehoff Larsen
Norway
*C.R.I.M.
Portugal
Isabel Machado has been working as a producer of films and artistic projects since 2003. She is responsible for the development, production and distribution of both documentary and fiction films, as well as of visual arts projects at C.R.I.M. She has a degree in Communication Design and also studied Visual Arts, Photography, Aesthetics and Artistic Research. An alumna of the workshops EAVE 2005 and EURODOC 2008, Isabel was also a lecturer at Portuguese Film School and is a board member of Apordoc: Portuguese Documentary Association.
Isabel Machado
Portugal
Non-Aligned Films
Serbia
Dragana Jovović is the co-founder together with directors Ognjen Glavonić and Stefan Ivancic of the Belgrade-based film production company Non- Aligned Films. The company was founded with the idea of functioning as a platform to produce films by an upcoming generation of filmmakers from Serbia, working with distinctive voices to deliver remarkable stories. She is the producer of, among others, Ognjen Glavonić’s feature THE LOAD which premiered at the Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes in 2018 and Marta Popivoda’s documentary LANDSCAPES OF RESISTANCE which screened in Rotterdam in 2021.
Dragana Jovović
Serbia
Wandal Production
Slovak Republic
Wanda Adamík Hrycová is the owner of Wandal Production and Alluvium Production, previously serving as CEO of the Media Pro Entertainment Group Slovakia from 2010-2012. She is currently developing FLIGHT FROM KABUL, based on real events and to be directed by the Slovak-Afghani female director Sahraa Karimi, Jan Hrebejk’s historical drama ICE DOWN and Peter Bebjak TV series THREE BANKS OF THE DANUBE. A former President of the Slovak Film and Television Academy, Wanda’s other credits include Bebjak’s crime thriller THE LINE and Zuzana Marianková’s comedy PERFECT STRANGERS.
Wanda Adamík Hrycová
Slovak Republic
Nordisk Film Production
Sweden
Eva Åkergren started working in the film and TV industry in 2001 and freelanced for many years as a line producer, production manager and post producer. In 2018, she joined Nordisk Film where she produced CHARTER by Amanda Kernell which had its world premiere in Sundance in 2020, followed by actress- director Tuva Novotny’s third feature DIORAMA. Eva’s recent co-productions have been Ali Abbasi’s HOLY SPIDER, Malou Reymann’s UNRULY, and Gustav Möller’s SONS. She is now in preproduction on her third collaboration with Kernell with THE CURSE - A LOVE STORY.
Eva Åkergren
Sweden
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