15/04/2008

For the ninth year in a row, the members of the European Film Promotion have selected a list of promising European producers to take part on the initiative Producers on the Move at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival (May 14 -25).

The 22 names will take part in round table meetings, concretely exposing to their selected partners their upcoming projects and eventually setting the basis of a future collaboration. A Co-Production Lunch will moreover bring the participants together with established producers from all over Europe.

This year's list includes talents such as France's Marc-Antoine Robert (2.4.7. Films, Persepolis [+see also:
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Others, like Sigrid Hoerner (moneypenny filmproduktion, One Day in Europe), have films that have screened in international film festivals, or are involved, like Spain's Manuel Cristóbal (Perro Verde Films), in committees for European cinema.

The 22 Producers on the Move 2008 are:

Manuel Cristóbal, Perro Verde Films (selected by ICAA, Spain)
Maria Drandaki, Bad Movies (selected by the Greek Film Centre)
Silje Hopland Eik, Cinenord (selected by the Norwegian Film Institute)
Alise Gelze, Film Angels Studio (selected by the Baltic Films)
Oana Giurgiu, Libra Film Production (selected by Romanian Film Promotion)
Grzegorz Hajdarowicz, Gremi Film Production (selected by the Polish Film Institute)
Laura Hastings-Smith, Wayward Films (selected by the British Council)
Fredrik Heinig, St Paul Film (selected by the Swedish Film Institute)
Dalma Hidasi, Extreme Film (selected by the Magyar Filmunió, Hungary)
Sigrid Hoerner, moneypenny filmproduktion (selected by German Films)
Max Karli, Rita Productions (selected by Swiss Films)
Macdara Kelleher, Fastnet Films (selected by the Irish Film Board)
Jiri Konecný, Endorfilm (selected by the Czech Film Center)
Daniele Mazzocca, Verdeoro (selected by Filmitalia)
Bernard Michaux, Lucil (selected by Film Fund Luxembourg)
Marc-Antoine Robert, 2.4.7. Films (selected by Unifrance)
Reinier Selen, Rinkel Film & TV Productions (selected by Holland Film)
Magnus Vidar Sigurdsson, Saga Film (selected by the Icelandic Fim Centre)
Ulla Simonen (selected by the Finnish Film Foundation)
Marko Škop, Artileria (selected by the Slovak Film Institute)
Louise Vesth, Zentropa (selected by Danish Film Institute)
Leonel Vieira, Stopline Films (selected by ICA, Portugal)