26/04/2007

The members of European Film Promotion (EFP) have chosen: 21 producers from throughout Europe will be coming together this year for the Producers on the Move programme at the Cannes International Film Festival (May 16-27).

The participants are all 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, and 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 co-production luncheon with producers from all over Europe to give the selected producers access to a professional forum at which they can discuss current projects and lay the foundation for future collaborations.

"This year, our members have selected producers with varied backgrounds, ranging from features to animation to children's films. 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".

The following producers have been selected by the EFP member organisations

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

Cineuropa will publish in the upcoming days interviews with the selected producers.