Bettina Brokemper, "Producer on the Move"
For its seventh edition, "Producers on the Move", an initiative of the EFP (European Film Promotion), will take advantage of the Cannes Film Festival to bring together 20 European producers to discuss their work and exchange ideas, and Bettina Brokemper has been chosen to represent Germany (following Jens Meurer, Ralph Schwingel, Jakob Claussen, Peter Rommel, Maria Koepf and Kaete Caspar).
Brokemper, a native of Cologne, admits that she "always wanted to be a producer". After studying in Münich and Los Angeles, she gave the Hamburg outfit Neue Impuls the opportunity to open an office in Cologne, where she notably produced La fiancée syrienne by Eran Riklis.
Through the company Pain Unlimited, Brokemper was also the German co-producer on Zentropa films such as Lone Scherfig’s Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself [+see also:
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In May 2003, she co-founded, along with Stefan Telegdy and Helmut Hartl (Embassy of Dreams), Heimatfilm, the production company behind Low Profile (Falscher Bekenner) by Christoph Hochhäusler, which screened last year in Un Certain Regard to general acclaim. "It’s important not to have a large ego if you want to be a producer", explained Brokemper. Leaving the laurels to others, the producer continued, "The creators, are ‘the others’, I see myself as someone who makes their projects possible." (Westdeutsche Zeitung).
This dynamic, approachable and cosmopolitan producer will undoubtedly make the very best of the Cannes event. The complete list of participants for Producers on the Move will be announced by the EFP in mid-April.
(Translated from French)
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