Twenty rising producers from throughout Europe have been chosen to participate in European Movie Promotion’s promotion and networking platform Producers on the Transfer earlier than and throughout the Cannes Movie Competition.
The producers who had been chosen for this system from nominations submitted by EFP’s member organizations are Gentian Koçi (Albania), David Bohun (Austria), Julie Esparbes (Belgium), Vanya Rainova (Bulgaria), Miljenka Čogelja (Croatia), Stelana Kliris (Cyprus), Alice Tabery (Czech Republic), Emile Hertling Péronard (Denmark), Emilia Haukka (Finland), Silvana Santamaria (Germany), Vicky Miha (Greece), Júlia Berkes (Hungary), Kathryn Kennedy (Eire), Valon Bajgora (Kosovo), Dominiks Jarmakovičs (Latvia), Erik Glijnis (The Netherlands), Elisa Fernanda Pirir (Norway), Radu Stancu (Romania), Juraj Krasnohorský (Slovak Republic), and Julia Gebauer (Sweden).
They may participate in a tailored program to foster worldwide co-productions, enhance the alternate of experiences, and assist create new skilled networks. The pre-festival on-line program, which began yesterday and runs till Might 4, contains 1:1 velocity conferences, roundtables and pitching periods. The producers will then meet throughout Cannes from Might 18 to 22 and participate in a program unfold over 5 days, which is able to embrace case research, social occasions and an intensive promotional marketing campaign by way of the worldwide commerce magazines.
Three of the chosen producers can be presenting their movies at Cannes: Dutch Erik Glijnis co-produced “Misplaced within the Night time” by Amat Escalante, which is operating in Cannes Premiere part. Following “Dalva” in 2022, Julie Esparbe’s “The (Ex)perience of Love” by Ann Sirot and Raphaël Balbonin can be screened in Cannes‘ Critics Week whereas Juraj Krasnohorský’s animated quick “Electra” by Daria Kashcheeva can be premiering within the La Cinef choice.
Different contributors of this yr’s Producers on the Transfer lineup have already been behind numerous award-winning movies.
Miljenka Čogelja produced Juraj Lerotić’s “Secure Place,” whose tally of prizes contains three awards on the Locarno Movie Competition and two awards on the Sarajevo Movie Competition in addition to being Croatia’s candidate for the ninety fifth Oscars.
Gentian Koçi’s personal movies as producer and director, “Dawn” and “A Cup of Espresso and New Footwear On,” had been each Albania’s Oscar entry in 2018 and 2023 respectively.
David Bohun from Austria produced “The Hassle With Being Born” (Particular Jury Award, Berlinale in 2020; Particular Award of the Jury, Austrian Movie Awards in 2021); and “Actions of a Close by Mountain” (Grand Prix, Cinema du Reel in 2019; Political Movie Award of Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Filmfest Hamburg in 2019).
Germany’s Silvana Santamaria produced “Pamfir” (George Gund III Memorial Central and Japanese European Competitors 2023, Cleveland Intl. Movie Competition; Scythian Deer/Grand Prix 2022, Molodist Worldwide Movie Competition).
Romania’s Radu Stancu produced “Alis” (Crystal Bear and Teddy Award, Berlinale in 2022) and “To the North” (Premio Bisanto D’Oro, Venice Movie Competition in 2022).
A few of the producers have targeting documentaries similar to Emile Hertling Péronard from Denmark, who produced Lin Alluna’s “Twice Colonized,” which premiered at Sundance in January; Czech producer Alice Tabery, whose credit embrace the movies “Traces of a Panorama” by Petr Záruba and “Reconstruction of Occupation” by Jan Šikl; Greece’s Vicky Miha, who produced Gregoris Rentis‘ hybrid documentary “Dogwatch”; and Elisa Fernanda Pirir, producer of Luis Alejandro Vero’s “Calls From Moscow,” which screened at this yr’s Berlinale.
Along with inventive documentaries, animation and have movies, Dominiks Jarmakovičs from Latvia has additionally been producing movies for youthful audiences like Jaak Kilmi’s “Christmas within the Jungle” and “The Sleeping Beast,” and is now elevating the finance for Signe Baumane’s animated function “Karmic Knot.”
Some producers from this yr’s choice had been additionally creatively concerned in their very own productions, together with Stelana Kliris from Cyprus, who wrote, directed and produced “The Islander,” and Eire’s Kathryn Kennedy, who wrote the screenplays for the psychological horror function “Púca” (Pooka), and the satire “My Mom, She Wrote” in addition to co-writing the scripted animated sequence “The Skinny Place” with Anthony Murphy.
The lineup additionally contains producers who proceed long-standing collaborations with administrators, uncover new skills of their respective nations or deal with debuts, similar to Júlia Berkes from Hungary (Gábor Reisz’s “For Some Inexplicable Purpose,” 2014, “Unhealthy Poems,” 2018, and “Clarification for Every little thing,” in post-production; Hajni Kis’ “Wild Roots,” 2021; Kosovo’s Valon Bajgora (Blerta Basholli’s “Hive,” 2021, and “Period”), Sweden-based Julia Gebauer (“The Swedish Connection” by Thérèse Ahlbeck and Marcus A. Olsson), Finland’s Emilia Haukka (“The Woodcutter Story” by Mikko Myllylahti) and Vanya Rainova from Bulgaria (“January” by Andrey Paounov).
