Twenty of the most dynamic emerging producers from across Europe have been selected to take part in European Film Promotion (EFP) promotion and networking platform Producers on the Move before and during the Cannes Film Festival (16-27 May).

They will all take part in a tailor-made programme to foster international co-productions, intensify the exchange of experiences and help create new professional networks. The pre-festival online programme, which started yesterday and runs until 4 May, includes 1:1 speed meetings, roundtables and pitching sessions. The producers will then meet during the Festival de Cannes from 18 to 22 May and take part in a programme spread over five days, which will include case studies, social events and an extensive promotional campaign via the international trade magazines.

Three of the selected producers will be presenting their films at this year’s Cannes Film Festival: Dutch producer Erik Glijnis co-produced Lost in the Night [+lee también:
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Other participants of this year’s line-up have already been behind a number of award-winning films: Miljenka Čogelja produced Juraj Lerotić’s Safe Place [+lee también:
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Some of the producers have concentrated on the production of documentaries such as Emile Hertling Péronard from Denmark, who produced Lin Alluna’s feature-length documentary Twice Colonized [+lee también:
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In addition to creative documentaries, animation and feature films, Dominiks Jarmakovičs from Latvia has also been producing films for younger audiences like Jaak Kilmi’s Christmas in the Jungle and The Sleeping Beast [+lee también:
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Some producers from this year’s selection were also creatively involved in their own productions, including Stelana Kliris from Cyprus, who wrote, directed and produced The Islander, and Ireland’s Kathryn Kennedy who wrote the screenplays for the psychological horror feature Púca (Pooka) and the satire My Mother, She Wrote, and co-write the scripted animated series The Thin Place with Anthony Murphy.

The line-up also includes producers who continue long-standing collaborations with "their" directors, discover new talents in their respective countries or focus on debuts such as Júlia Berkes from Hungary (Gábor Reisz's For Some Inexplicable Reason [+lee también:
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Cineuropa will be publishing interviews with all the participants in the following days. For more information on every producer, click here.

The 2023 Producers on the Move are:

Gentian Koçi (Albania)
Production company: Artalb Film

David Bohun (Austria)
Production company: Panama Film

Julie Esparbes (Belgium)
Production company: Hélicotronc

Vanya Rainova (Bulgaria)
Production company: Portokal

Miljenka Čogelja (Croatia)
Production company: Pipser

Stelana Kliris (Cyprus)
Production company: Meraki Films

Alice Tabery (Czech Republic)
Production company: Cinepoint

Emile Hertling Péronard (Denmark)
Production company: Ánorâk Film

Emilia Haukka (Finland)
Production company: Aamu Filmcompany

Silvana Santamaria (Germany)
Production company: Soilfilms

Vicky Miha (Greece)
Production company: asterisk*

Júlia Berkes (Hungary)
Production company: Proton Cinema

Kathryn Kennedy (Ireland)
Production company: Kennedy Films

Valon Bajgora (Kosovo)
Production company: Ikonë Studio

Dominiks Jarmakovičs (Latvia)
Production company: Studio Locomotive

Erik Glijnis (The Netherlands)
Production company: Lemming Film

Elisa Fernanda Pirir (Norway)
Production company: STÆR

Radu Stancu (Romania)
Production company: deFilm

Juraj Krasnohorský (Slovak Republic)
Production company: Artichoke

Julia Gebauer (Sweden)
Production company: Way Creative Films