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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 2024 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 2023
Artalb Film Production
Albania
Since founding Artalb Film Productions in 2011, Gentian has successfully produced the documentary Not a Carwash and his two feature films Daybreak and A Cup of Coffee and New Shoes On, which were both Albania’s Oscars entry in 2018 and 2023 respectively. He was a co-producer on Dimitris Kanellopoulos’ 2021 debut Pack Of Sheep and is currently in development on his third feature film, the intimate, existential drama Cold Sun.
Gentian Koçi
Albania
Panama Film
Austria
David co-founded Panama Film with Lixi Frank in 2018 and has produced award-winning films by Sandra Wollner (The Trouble With Being Born) and Sebastian Brameshuber (Movements of a Nearby Mountain) as well as Bernhard Braunstein's documentary Stams. He made his first foray into trilateral co-production in 2022 with Timm Kröger's The Theory of Everything and is now developing new projects by Brameshuber and Wollner.
David Bohun
Austria
Hélicotronc
Belgium
Julie had produced around 20 shorts at Hélicotronc before working with Ann Sirot and Raphaël Balboni on their 2020 award-winning debut feature Madly in Life. She has since produced Emmanuelle Nicot’s Cannes Critics’ Week 2022 title Dalva and the TV series Good People and Ann Sirot and Raphaël Balboni’s The (Exp)erience of Love which premieres in the 2023 Critics’ Week line-up. Her development slate includes new projects by Catherine Cosme, Vasilis Kekatos and Valery Carnoy.
Julie Esparbes
Belgium
Portokal
Bulgaria
A partner at Sofia-based Portokal, Vanya has written and/or produced several award-winning shorts and documentaries, including Pavel G. Vesnakov’s Pride and Svetoslav Stoyanov’s The Last Black Sea Pirates. She produced documentary filmmaker Andrey Paounov’s debut fiction feature, the mystery drama January, which had its international premiere at Tallinn Black Nights Festival in 2021. Vanya is now in post-production on Yana Titova’s second feature, Dyad.
Vanya Rainova
Bulgaria
Pipser
Croatia
A co-founder with Duro Gavran of Zagreb-based Pipser, Miljenka’s most significant production to date has been Juraj Lerotić’s Safe Place which began a successful award-winning festival career at Locarno’s 2022 edition and was Croatia’s candidate for the 95th Oscars. She also produced Dana Budisavljević’s docufiction The Diary of Diana B. and is now developing Miroslav Sikavica’s debut feature, the intense, claustrophobic family drama Milch Cow.
Miljenka Čogelja
Croatia
Meraki Films
Cyprus
Stelana launched Meraki Films in 2016, both as a banner for her ownwork as a director and as a production house for local filmmakers,mostly women. In 2022, she wrote, directed and produced The Islanderstarring Harry Connick Jr, which was the biggest local film to be shotin Cyprus in terms of cast and budget. She is currently in developmenton her next feature Apart from Her and Yianna Americanoussecond feature My Name is Lily.
Stelana Kliris
Cyprus
Cinepoint
Czech Republic
Alice joined Cinepoint in 2011 in order to develop and produce creative documentaries and auteur films as international co-productions. She co-produced Marko Škop’s debut feature Eva Nová (FIPRESCI Prize at Toronto IFF 2015) and is now focusing on documentaries with a daring vision and strong protagonists. Alice now has new projects by Petr Záruba (Kaprálová) and Bára Tyson Jichová (the hybrid documentary Playtopia) in development.
Alice Tabery
Czech Republic
Ánorâk Film
Denmark
Emile is the co-owner with Inuk Silis Høegh of Ánorâk Film operating out of both Nuuk and Copenhagen and has produced documentaries by co-directors Jørgen Leth and Andreas Koefoed, and Ainara Vera. His latest production, Lin Alluna’s feature-length documentary Twice Colonized, premiered at Sundance in January 2023. Emile recently launched Greenland’s first production service company, Polarama Greenland, to advance the Greenlandic film industry.
Emile Hertling Péronard
Denmark
Aamu Filmcompany
Finland
Alice joined Cinepoint in 2011 in order to develop and produce creative documentaries and auteur films as international co-productions. She co-produced Marko Škop’s debut feature Eva Nová (FIPRESCI Prize at Toronto IFF 2015) and is now focusing on documentaries with a daring vision and strong protagonists. Alice now has new projects by Petr Záruba (Kaprálová) and Bára Tyson Jichová (the hybrid documentary Playtopia) in development.
Emilia Haukka
Finland
Soilfilms
Germany
Producer-director Silvana founded Berlin-based Soilfilms in 2013 and has seen her last two films Sharaf (2021) and Pamfir (2022) enjoying great success both nationally and internationally. She is currently raising finance for a slate of projects including Iranian filmmaker Nader Saeivar’s The Witness, based on a screenplay by Jafar Panahi, and the next film by director Shekhar Kapur.
Silvana Santamaria
Germany
asterisk*
Greece
Vicky launched asterisk* in 2017 as a one-stop production consulting company for international producers, collaborating on 500+ projects with 75 companies from 20 countries. Her filmography includes Stelios Kammitsis' romantic drama The Man With The Answers and Gregoris Rentis' hybrid documentary Dogwatch. Vicky is currently in production on Alexandros Avranas' family drama Apathy and raising finance for Minos Nikolakakis' Asphalt, among others.
Vicky Miha
Greece
Proton Cinema
Hungary
Juli joined Proton Cinema in 2009 and has since produced a number of shorts and feature films, including Gábor Reisz’s box-office hits For Some Inexplicable Reason and Bad Poems and Kornél Mundruczó’s Evolution. Her passion lies in discovering new voices in Hungarian cinema such as Hajni Kis with Wild Roots. She is now in post-production on Reisz’s third feature Explanation for Everything and developing Kis’ second feature Ich bin Marika.
Júlia Berkes
Hungary
Kennedy Films
Ireland
Kathryn founded Kennedy Films in 2012, producing Simon Fitzmaurice's multi award-winning feature debut My Name is Emily, and Frankie Fenton's documentaries It's Not Yet Dark and Atomic Hope: Inside the Pro-Nuclear Movement. Her current development slate includes her own scripts for the psychological horror feature Púca (Pooka), the satire My Mother, She Wrote, as well as the scripted animated series The Thin Place, co-written with Anthony Murphy.
Kathryn Kennedy
Ireland
Ikonë Studio
Kosovo
Valon co-founded Ikonë Studio in 2010 and has since been involved as a co-producer for feature films by Visar Morina (Exile) and Fisnik Maxville (The Land Within Me). He produced Blerta Basholli's multi-award-winning debut feature Hive, which premiered at Sundance in 2021, and is now developing her autobiographical second feature Era. Valon recently completed production of Gazmend Nela's second feature, the crime drama Silence of Sirens.
Valon Bajgora
Kosovo
Studio Locomotive
Latvia
Dominiks joined Studio Locomotive in 2017, with Lithuanian director Ignas Jonynas’ Invisible being his first co-production. Since then, he has produced Dāvis Sīmanis’ The Year Before the War and co-produced two vastly different films for young audiences by Jaak Kilmi, Christmas in the Jungle and The Sleeping Beast. Dominiks is now producing his first feature-length documentary El Lobo Leton and raising finance for Signe Baumane’s animated feature Karmic Knot.
Dominiks Jarmakovičs
Latvia
STÆR
Norway
In February 2023, Elisa joined forces with KriStine Ann Skaret to launch their company STÆR and saw their first international co-production, Luis Alejandro Vero's Calls From Moscow, premiere at the Berlinale. She is now in post on Ernst de Geer's Hypnosen and shooting new features by Emilija Skarnulyte and Elle Sofe Sara. Elisa had previously worked at Mer Film with responsibility for non-European co-productions, TV projects and its new talent programme.
Elisa Fernanda Pirir
Norway
deFilm
Romania
Radu launched his company deFilm in 2009, initially focussing on producing shorts. In 2022, his co-production of the feature documentary Alis won the Berlinale's Crystal Bear and Teddy Award, and Mihai Mincan's To the North premiered in Venice's Orizzonti competition. Radu will serve as one of the co-producers on the Greek filmmaker Konstantina Kotzamani's debut feature Titanic Ocean, and he is developing Mincan's next feature Milk Teeth.
Radu Stancu
Romania
Artichoke
Slovak Republic
Juraj co-founded Artichoke in 2010 with production manager Henrieta Cvangová and produced their first feature, the comedy Tigers in the City, in 2013. In2023, his production of the animated sci-fi drama White Plastic Sky screened in the Berlinale's Encounters section, while Daria Kashcheeva's animated short Electra premieres in Cannes'2023 LaCinef selection. He is now co-producing the puppet stop-motion film Of Unwanted Things and People and financing on Juraj Lehotský's English-language feature The Fall.
Juraj Krasnohorský
Slovak Republic
Way Creative Films
Sweden
Julia has been working at Way Creative Films since 2005 on such films as Joachim Hedén's survival thriller Breaking Surface, which sold to more than 75 countries, and herco-production of Ameen Nayfeh's festival award-winner 200 Meters. Her production of Lovisa Sirén's road movie Maya Nilo (Laura) premiered in Göteborg in 2022, and Julia is now raising finance for Thérèse Ahlbeck and Marcus A. Olsson's debut, the Second World War comedy drama The Swedish Connection.
Julia Gebauer
Sweden
Lemming Film
The Netherlands
Erik has worked at Lemming Film since 2016, producing films classified as experimental and groundbreaking, but also reaching a wide audience. His producer credits include Nina Thyberg's Cannes 2020/Sundance 2021 title Pleasure and Shariff Korver's suspense drama Do Not Hesitate. Erik is currently in post-production on feature films by such directors as Ena Sendijarevic and Amat Escalante, and developing Korver's third feature, the psychological/social horror film Tenok.
Erik Glijnis
The Netherlands
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