Junior Co-production Market Booklet

JUNIOR CO-PRODUCTION MARKET 2019

Junior Co-production Market 2019 It is a pleasure to present the 2019 Junior Co-production Market selection and to welcome you to the 33rd Cinekid Festival.

I am particularly proud of this year’s Junior Co-production Market’s selection of 19 children’s film and television projects-in-development and six works-in-progress from across the globe. These comprise a rich and urgent mix of animation and live-action stories that need to be told, and which we expect will generate a great deal of interest.

We have done our best to curate a sharp and diverse line-up for you. The fact that established makers as well as new talents see the Junior Co-production Market as a platform for launching and funding new projects proves that Cinekid is good for business and that the market is a catalyst for getting projects made.

At the JCM we make sure that we invite and connect the right decision-making financiers and potential co-producers with the projects that we have selected. Several of our selections over the years have grown into known brands and hits both on TV and in cinemas and, as ever, the success of previous editions JCMs is reflected in the 2019 Cinekid Festival Programme, which contains eight titles that were previously pitched at the market.

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This year Cinekid introduced a new Work-in-progress section to provide long-term support for projects in development. Six projects in production are selected for this session during which the production team will have the opportunity to present their work in a closed setting for potential partners. Of the six projects, three have previously been selected for the Junior Co-production Market.

Dutch powerhouse production house Submarine will present developments on Coppelia (JCM 2016), directed

by Ben Tesseur, Jeff Tudor and Thierry Marchand, as will directors Frank Mosvold and Atle Blakseth and the Kool Produktion AS team (NO) on Ella Bella Bingo (JCM 2014).

Doghouse Films from Luxembourg will be bringing Ready, Steady…Draw! (JCM 2016), a co-creation for and with children, to this year’s market.

The two-day market will begin on Tuesday morning with a pitch session to potential financiers and producers. In the afternoon, we will host the one-to-one meetings in the Professionals HUB, the home-base of the Junior Co-production Market. Then, at the end of the day, you are invited to attend the Industry Dinner - it’s not obligatory but you really shouldn’t miss it.

FOREWORD

On the second day the one-to-one meetings will continue.

The industry drinks event that day includes the Award Ceremony where three major prizes will be handed out.

The prestigious Eurimages Co-Production Development Award of € 20,000 is granted to the best film project with European co-production potential. The inaugural Best TV Project Award (€10,000 in cash) is given to the Best TV project within the JCM selection. Another newly installed award is the Filmmore Post-Production Award which will be awarded to the best live-action project of the Junior Co-Production Market. This prize is designed to stimulate collaboration with the Dutch Visual Effects & Post Production lab Filmmore. Granting the award, which comes with a €5,000 prize, is an invitation to start a longer and fruitful collaboration with the company. We will also be handing out the annual Cinekid’s Honorary Award that evening.

I’m sure we will all be raising our glasses during Cinekid on many new collaborations! On behalf of the entire Cinekid team I hope our selection of projects will inspire and energise you and that our platform will help you create long lasting partnerships!

Team Cinekid for Professionals Nienke Poelsma Head of Cinekid for Professionals

Thijs van der Laak

Eline Warnier

Coordinator Cinekid for

Producer Guest

Professionals

Department

Nasztázia Potapenko

Yke van der Molen

Producer Junior

Producer Guest

Co-production Market

Department

Jasmijn Alkaf

Zeynep Naz

Producer Special Events

Producer ScreeningClub

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Intro Matchmakers & Pitching Trainers Matchmakers Justine Bannister

Justine is a trilingual media professional with over 20 years’ experience accrued with majors and independents alike - and most notably with 20th Century Fox, Disney Channels France, The Lagardere Group and PGS Entertainment. Justine’s skillset spans international distribution, marketing, press, communication, brand management, project sourcing, project evaluations, acquisitions, co-productions, casting, production and post-production. Justine’s Creative Facilitation consultancy, JUST B has the vocation to provide Producers, Distributors, Festivals and Media Conglomerates with a unique global and strategic view of the children’s entertainment industry.

Viola Gabrielli Viola Gabrielli is an experienced international consultant specialising in project sourcing, production, programming and promoting children’s media with an emphasis on the design of forward-looking initiatives focussed on international co-production, exchange and network expansion. Her most recent projects include the Warsaw Kids Film Forum where she also produced the Forum’s Inspiration Day. Previously she drove the lobbying initiative KIDS Regio and organised the Academy for Children’s Media (Germany), a writer’s lab for professionals developing children’s film, series and story worlds. She started her career by working for the Golden Sparrow - German Children’s Film and Media Festival.

Esther Schmidt Esther Schmidt is a freelance communication consultant/event organiser. For ten years she worked as marketing and communication manager at Lemming Film, known for its successful output for children and families. Since 2011 she has worked as a freelance marketing/organisational advisor for producers, distributors and festivals. She has written several books and publications on Dutch children’s films and for many years organised the industry programme of (a.o.) the Netherlands Film Festival and CinemAsia. In 2019 she produced the IFFR Industry Conference and wrote a report on the distribution and exhibition of Dutch Children’s Film in The Netherlands.

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Pitching Trainers Daan Gielis

After studying Film, Daan architected an all-round career in the (inter)national film industry, working a.o. for International Film Festival Rotterdam (CineMart), Motel Films, distributor A-Film and sales agent Fortissimo Films. From 2005 to 2012 Daan was Head of Talent of Binger Filmlab, and a member of the selection committee. Daan always had a passion for script writing that lead to a career move in 2012. After various short films, her first feature film La Holandesa (directed by Marleen Jonkman) had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2017 and the European premiere at IFFR (2018). Daan is currently developing various feature film projects. Since 2014 she is the coordinator of The EYE Art & Film Prize for EYE Filmmuseum.

Esther van Driesum Esther van Driesum runs her own consultancy INSIDE OUT with a focus on project and talent development in both documentary and fiction film. Next to the development coaching of single projects she works as the Script Consultant/Creative Producer of Dutch production house BIND. Esther supervises Cinekid Script LAB, she is a guest tutor at the Netherlands Film Academy and works as a consultant/coach for the Flanders Audiovisual Fund.

Esther and Daan joined forces in their PrepTalk initiative: designing labs and providing tailor-made workshops for writers, directors and producers on the development, presentation and positioning of film project.

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Eurimages Co-production Development Award jury The Eurimages Co-production Development Award will be awarded to the best eligible film project in the Junior Co-production Market.

Eligible projects must aim for cinema release, and must be designed as a European co-production between at least two member states of the Eurimages Fund, for reasons other than purely financial. The award is provided by the European cinema support fund Eurimages both to promote European youth film and to stimulate European co-productions.

The winner will receive â‚Ź20,000 in cash.

Dorien van de Pas (The Netherlands)

A native of Amsterdam, Dorien van de Pas graduated in film studies from the Radboud University in Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Dorien works at the Netherlands Film Fund as Head of New Screen NL, the New Talent program for first features, innovative films, shorts, live-action and animation. Dorien is the Eurimages representative for the Netherlands, as well as president of the Eurimages promotion group.

Before that she was Head of Feature Film for 4 years at the Netherlands Film Fund, and worked at the Dutch Cultural Media Fund working across all departments including television drama, feature films, children’s films and radio.

She also ran her own company Dial M for Movies, Marketing & More, and worked as a cinema managing director and a distributor. She started her career programming arthouse films in Utrecht.

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Nicholas Sando (Norway)

Nicholas is a producer and managing director of the production company Filmbin AS based in Lillehammer, Norway. He joined the company in 2008. Nicholas produced Christian Lo’s Los Bando, which was the most highly awarded feature film in Norway in 2018.

Besides working on Filmbins’ own feature projects he has also produced the TV series Helium (2018), co-produced the Croatian feature film My Grandpa is an Alien (2019) and worked on numerous external projects such as Twigson, Kon-Tiki, Lilyhammer and Lion Woman among others.

Anette Unger (Germany)

After majoring in cultural studies, Anette Unger worked as a journalist for different magazines and newspapers before joining German public broadcaster NDR and then German regional fund nordmedia. Anette subsequently started her career as a film producer for companies such as Bremedia Production and Riva Filmproduktion. Since 2016 Anette continues to pursue her passion for storytelling as a producer and managing director of Leitwolf Filmproduktion.

She has been involved in several international co-productions, such as the road movie drama Messi & Maud (TIFF 2017), the family film Romy’s Salon (Best Film at Kristiansand Children’s Film Festival and more), and the Belgium-Dutch-German family comedy My Dad is a Sausage. Anette is particularly focused on developing and producing fresh and innovative content for children and young adults.

Leitwolf Filmproduktion tells original, moving stories for an international audience. Stories that touch people, win over audiences and convince juries!

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Best TV Project Award jury The newly installed Best TV Project Award will be awarded to the best eligible TV project in development in the Junior Co-production Market, and designed to stimulate the realisation of high-quality episodic productions. The winner will receive €10,000 in cash.

Sabine Brantus-Lauffer (France) Sabine Brantus-Lauffer is a citizen of both France and Germany, and has worked at the TV European public channel ARTE in the communication, production and editorial departments for the last 20 years. Before that she gained experience of the media industry as a freelance journalist. At ARTE, she has overseen the short film slot ‘Kurzschlus/ Court-circuit’ as editor for the past seven years. Two years ago, she joined the Discovery-Unit which engages her involvement on different programmes for Arte-Junior. The slot includes documentary, fiction and animation series for teenagers between 10 and 14 years old.

Viki Van Iseghem (Belgium) Viki Van Iseghem is coordinator internal productions at the public children’s television channel Ketnet, owned and operated by the VRT in Flanders. She started her career at 2007 as digital creative at Ketnet. Now she combines her digital skills with the coordination of the 360 editorial operation of Ketnet. She’s a member of the jury of the Boekenpauw for three years. A Flemish award for a Flemish or Dutch illustrator for the best illustrations in a children’s book.

Chrystel Poncet (France)

Chrystel Poncet has 25 years of experience in international children’s programming – notably as PR and Press Manager at France Télévisions Kids, in youth acquisitions for TPS and then at Canal+ for the past 11 years. Chrystel’s new venture, MaGic C., advises broadcasters, producers, OTT platforms and governmental bodies on the development of their projects, offering creative solutions in the areas of editorial, marketing, acquisitions/sales and business development. But what does MaGic C mean? Chrystel of course but also Creativity/ Collaboration/Connection/Co-production/Consulting/Content/Children and... Vitamin C!

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Filmmore Post-Production Award jury The Filmmore Post-Production award is designed to stimulate collaboration with the Dutch Visual Effects & Post Production lab Filmmore. Granting the award, which comes with a €5,000 prize, is an invitation to start a longer and fruitful collaboration with Filmmore.

Stine Bomholt-Hansen (Denmark) Stine joined LevelK in 2015 and has been Acqusitions Executive alongside CEO Tine Klint for the past four years.

Judy Steenman (The Netherlands) During her studies at the HKU University of Arts in Utrecht, Judy started as an intern/ assistant colorist to senior colorist Martin Klein at Filmmore, a postproduction company based in Amsterdam. After her graduation she is now working at Filmmore where she combines her content and creative knowledge with her skills as a colorist, mainly focussing on features, short films and tv/internet series.

Greet Stevens (Belgium)

For 20 years Greet Stevens has been responsible for children, youth and school programing.

She is also responsible for school education activities at MOOOV in Belgium.

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Previous JCM successes BINTI Directed by Frederike Migom Produced by Bulletproof Cupid Cinekid 2019 Opening Film and selected for Best Children’s Film Competition at Cinekid Festival 2019 Cinekid Script LAB 2016-2017 and presented at the Junior Co-production Market 2016

Doopie Directed by Meikeminne Clinkspoor, Maarten van Voornveld Produced by Submarine Selected for Cinekid Festival 2019 Presented at the Junior Co-production Market in 2016

Fritzi – A Miraculous Revolutionary Tale Directed by Matthias Bruhn, Ralf Kukula Produced by TrickStudio Lutterbeck GmbH Selected for Cinekid Festival 2019 Presented at the Junior Co-production Market in 2016

Jacob, Mimmi and the Talking Dogs Directed by Edmunds Jansons Produced by Atom Art Selected for Best Children’s Film Competition at Cinekid Festival 2019 Presented at the Junior Co-production Market in 2016

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Romy’s Salon Directed by Mischa Kamp Produced by BosBros Selected for Best Dutch Family Film Competition at Cinekid Festival 2019 Presented at the Junior Co-production Market in 2015

My Grandpa is an Alien Directed by Dražen Žarković Produced by Studio Dim Selected for Cinekid Festival 2019 Presented at the Junior Co-production Market in 2013

Too Far Away Directed by Sarah Winkenstette Producerd by Weydemann bros.

Selected for Best Children’s Film at Cinekid Festival 2019 Presented at the Junior Co-production Market in 2017

Remy and Juliyat Directed by Tessa Schram Produced by NL Film & TV Selected for Cinekid Festival 2019 Presented at the Junior Co-production Market in 2017

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Cinekid Script LAB projects 2019 Cinekid Script LAB is a six-month script-training programme for writers with a children’s film project. The training was initiated by Cinekid in 2014, and takes place during Cinekid for Professionals in October, and the Berlinale the following February.

The event is funded by Creative Europe MEDIA and co-funded by national institutes such as Flanders Audiovisual Fund, Norwegian Film Institute, Swedish Film Institute, Netherlands Film Fund, Icelandic Film Centre and Finnish Film Foundation.

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Be Careful What You Wish For Writers: Malin Holm, Gustaf Åkerblom Country of production: Sweden Producers: Lena Rehnberg Johan Lundström (StellaNova Film) Nominated by: Swedish Film Institute

Jump Out (Documentary) Writer: Nika Šaravanja Countries of production: Belgium, Italy, Croatia Producers: Iva Tkalec, Isabel de la Serna (Playtime Films), Sarah Pennacchi (Tico Films)

The Bristol Job Writer: Carol Noble Country of production: France Producer: Margaux Dourdin Marciano (Quad Films)

Lila in Kognita Writers: Saar Ponsioen, Emily Reekers Country of production: The Netherlands Producers: Gijs Kerbosch, Max de Wolf (Halal Pictures)

Don’t Drink Our Blood Writers: Lucie Bokšteflová, Tomáš Pavlíček Countries of production: Czech Republic, Slovakia Producers: Tomáš Michálek (MasterFilm s.r.o.), Jakub Mahler, Peter Badač (BFILM)

Rood Writers: Camiel Schouwenaar, Job Tichelman Country of production: The Netherlands Producer: Reinier Seelen (Rinkel Film) Nominated by: Netherlands Film Fund

EIRA (Animation) Writer: Nadine Nonn Country of production: Switzerland Producer: Julia Tal (2:1 Film GmbH)

Tamar Writer: Dorothée Van Den Berghe Country of production: Belgium Producer: Bo De Group (Menuetto Film) Nominated by: Flanders Audiovisual Fund

The Hullabaloos Writer: Jenny Dahlström Country of production: Finland Producer: Melli Maikkula (Tack Films) Nominated by: Finnish Film Foundation iNanny Writer: Līga Gaisa Countries of production: Lithuania, Norway Producers: Gabija Siurbyte (Dansu), Gary Cranner (Chezville)

Uncle Egg - Searching for a dad Writers: Torfinn Iversen, Julia Andersen Country of production: Norway Producer: Julia Andersen (Fjordic Film AS) Nominated by: Norwegian Film Institute Vera and the Third Stone Writer: Bragi Thor Hinriksson Country of production: Iceland Producer: Bragi Thor Hinriksson (Hreyfimyndasmiðjan ehf ) Nominated by: Icelandic Film Centre

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Funders & Partners Cinekid for Professionals 2019 is funded by

Partners Cinekid for Professionals 2019

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CONTENT

Junior Co-production Market projects 2019 FILM

Work-in-Progress

Beluga Blues | Canada 22

Coppelia | The Netherlands, Germany, Belgium 68

Jump Out | Belgium, Italy, Croatia 24

Ella Bella Bingo | Norway, Denmark, Germany 70

Kids Cup | Norway, The Netherlands, Finland 26

Mister Paper | Belgium 72

Lea and the Tree of Dreams | Germany 28

Ready, Steady…Draw! | Luxembourg 74

Mini-Zlatan and Uncle Darling | Sweden,

Royals Next Door | Finland, Spain, Belgium, Ireland 76

The Netherlands 30

Sir Mouse | Belgium, Germany, Iceland 78

Nihonjin | Brazil 32 Snot and Splash | Finland 34

Producers Programme

The Beanie | Slovenia, Sweden , Croatia 36

Peter Badač 84

The Only Child | China, Belgium 38

Gabija Budreckyte 84

The Summer Dad Went Gay | Norway 40

Daniel Ehrenberg 85

Three Friends | Turkey 42

Niamh Fagan 85

Totem | The Netherlands 44

Nicole Gerhards 86

Winning | Sweden 46

Bartek Glinski 86

TV

Marte Hansen 87 Janne Hjeltnes 87

Art Mysteries | The Netherlands, Germany 52

Krystyna Kantor 88

Folk Tales from Papua New Guinea |

Line Klungseth Johansen 88

Switzerland, Papua New Guinea 54

Loes Komen 89

Mrs. Robot | Belgium 56

Marcel Lenz 89

Ormhildur the Brave | Iceland 58

Vladimír Lhoták 90

Overboard! | Czech Republic, Slovakia 60

Natalia Malykhina 90

Pol the Pirate Mouse | The Netherlands 62

Christian Frederik Martin 91 Marta Szarzyńska 91 Grzegorz Wacławek 92 Yvonne Wellie 92 Marijn Wigman 93 Max de Wolf 93

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Beluga Blues

Production Country Canada

Béluga Blues

Production Budget

A young grey beluga is impatiently waiting to grow up.

To find his grandfather and save his clan, he’ll face dangers and form friendships, proving that heroes sometimes come in small packages.

Director Nancy Florence Savard Screenwriter Andrée Lambert Production Company 10th Ave Productions Producer Nancy Florence

€ 4,336,000 Financing in Place € 1,414,060 Financing Sources

Savard Language French Based on Original Screenplay Target

Québec City: € 24,638

Audience 6+ Length 80 min. Genre Adventure Type Animation

Government of Québec: € 3,627 Provincial Tax Credit: € 1,170,140 Federal Tax Credit: € 121,663 Producer’s Investment: € 33,538 Attraction Distribution: € 33,585 Maison 4:3: € 26,868

Synopsis The Beluga whales of the Saint Lawrence are in danger of extinction because they’re not reproducing anymore.

Young Katak is unhappy because he’s small for his age and grey, whereas all the other whales are white. He’s eager for Estelle’s baby to be born so that everyone will stop treating him like a child. But Estelle loses her baby, and everyone’s hopes are dashed. For old Granny, it’s a terrible blow. Katak decides to offer a gift to his grandmother: he’ll journey north to the Ice Shelf to find the whale she loved in her youth. Katak sets off on a quest

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that will take him through majestic settings. Pursued by a frightening predator, he’ll learn to face his fears, and he’ll make some surprising friends along the way. When he meets his legendary grandfather, he’ll learn to accept the fact that he’s different. And he’ll offer the Beluga clan an unexpected solution to its infertility problem.

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Director’s Statement

Company Profile

For Beluga Blues, the directorial approach will alternate between a static camera, peacefully observing conversations and establishing context, and an active camera that comes to life, skimming along the ocean bottom, riding the currents, revealing magnificent undiscovered seascapes that are visually evoked through watercolours and acoustically enriched with lyrical music and sound design. We’ve decided to go with a blend of 2D and 3D animation.

This decision is justified by artistic and economic considerations, as well as by our ongoing project of developing animation talent. In Beluga Blues, every character will have a specific personality, with distinctive markings, a visible life story, an iconography. One of the particular elements I’ve requested for the Beluga models is that their melon – the bulbous forehead that is characteristic of the species – should be able to move in accordance with their emotional state and their whale song.

10th Ave Productions is the market leader in 100% Canadian animated feature films. Its filmography includes The Legend of Sarila, Rooster DoodleDoo and its 3rd feature Mission Kathmandu: the Adventures of Nelly & Simon. Animated features produced by 10th Ave have been selected for more than 40 festivals and sold to over 160 countries.

Based in Quebec, 10th Ave is known for its projects with universal themes, its high-quality production values, its original artistic approach and the international distribution of its contents on multiple platforms: cinema, television, podcast, web, mobile and tablet.

Director’s Biography

Goals at the JCM We are looking to find an international co-producer for this project to help us complete our production budget or even enhance the scale of the project. We already have an international sales agent and are looking for international distributors.

A pioneer in digital television and computer-generated imagery, founder and president of 10th Ave Productions Nancy Florence Savard has been working in the world of television and film production for nearly thirty years.

She co-produced and directed the first 100% Canadian animated feature film, presented in theaters in 2013: The Legend of Sarila. Awarded numerous times in 2014, she received the Birks Diamond Homage Award as director, given to ‘women of the year’ in the film sector.

The same year she produced the first 100% animated feature film in Quebec, in French, The Rooster of St-Victor, distributed by Universal Studio in 98 countries.

In February 2018, 10th Ave released its 3rd animated feature, produced and co-directed by Nancy Florence, Mission Kathmandu: the Adventures of Nelly & Simon.

To celebrate its 20th anniversary in 2019, 10th Ave started production on its 4th animation feature, Felix and the Treasure of Morgäa, an adventure family film.

Contact details

Representative at JCM

10th Ave Productions

Nancy Florence Savard, Director and Producer

www.10ave.com +1 41 88770101 productions@10ave.com

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Cineki Script d LAB 2019

Jump Out

Production Countries Belgium, Italy, Croatia

Jump Out

Production Budget

Marcus is a 12-year-old boy from Nairobi whose life changes when he meets Steve, a self-taught acrobat performing abroad. Can Marcus become a great acrobat as well, and escape his slum life?

Director & Screenwriter Nika Saravanja Production companies Playtime Films (BE), Tico Films (IT) Producers Iva Tkalec, Sarah

€ 368,000 Financing in Place € 20,500 Financing Sources

Pennacchi, Isabel de la Serna Co-production companies

IDM Sudtirol: € 16,000

Storyhouse Films (BE), Fade In (HR) Languages Swahili, English

Tico Film: € 2,250

Based on Original Screenplay Target Audience 10+ Length 50 min.

Playtime Films: € 2,250

Genre Adventure, Drama, Education Type Documentary

Synopsis Marcus lives with his little brother and grandmother in a Kenyan slum. Being 12, he is under the influence of the “older cooler kids” from school. His grades and behavior are getting worse and his grandmother is losing control over him. One day Marcus notices a man teaching a group of child acrobatics. He is amazed by this and starts spying on their sessions, picturing this man as some type of superhero.

One day the group disappears and he asks himself where did they go? Sadly, Marcus is forced to back to his everyday life, secretly hoping they will return.

After summer, when Marcus is almost ready to give up on his dream, the acrobats appear again. This time he doesn’t delay. He learns that the teacher’s name

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is Steve who has just came back from a summer tour throughout Europe and will start training children to join him in the future tours. Marcus puts all his effort into learning from his new mentor, challenging his fears, the limits of his young body and his grandmother’s authority who sadly doesn’t agree with his choice. Will Marcus find a way to convince her? Will he be brave and talented enough to be chosen for the new Nafsi Africa tour? Will he start a new life that will take him from the Nairobi slums to the most beautiful and important cities in Europe? And is this new world as amazing as he imagines it?

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Director’s Statement

Director’s Biography

There are over a million kids living on the streets of Nairobi, they cannot go to school and often end up being involved in petty crime and drugs. To help their community, in the year 2000 four self-educated acrobats gathered under the name “Nafsi Africa” (the soul of Africa). They started teaching children from the slums, where they grew up themselves.

Despite their lack of education and financial means, they have succeeded in overcoming all obstacles in achieving a positive change in society. They help children to develop self-confidence, skills and moral values. Through the film Jump Out I wish to tell their story through the eyes of Marcus - one of the kids from their program. Through his growing up in this harsh environment, where most of the kids his age are already involved in crime, we can see how the group offers these kids a new chance and perspective on life. Every year the group performs around Europe to raise money for the project. It’s incredibly inspiring to see how much time, energy and heart they put into their work. It gives these kids a chance to get out of an oppressed environment and allow them to dream big. They are not helping directly with money but investing in something much more important: empowerment and education. The film carries a message that poverty can be fought by feeding young souls with spirit and imagination.

This is the reason why Jump Out will empower, educate and inspire children internationally

Nika Saravanja, author and director of the project, was born in Croatia in 1985. After studying at the Zagreb School of Economics and Management she spent years traveling, engaging herself in social work and collaborating with various artists and NGOs. In 2016, she graduated in Directing for Documentary and New Media at the ZeLIG School. Since then, her work consists mainly of social and environmental documentaries. Dusk Chorus - Based on Fragments of Extinction, her first feature documentary, was premiered at Vision du Réel in 2017. It has been screened in more than 80 festivals and has gained more than 15 awards. She is currently based in Vienna.

Company Profile Playtime Films was founded in 2007 in Brussels.

It focuses on ambitious cinematographic works and eye-catching television shows with international scope in both the fiction and documentary genre.

Playtime is always on the road searching for audacious authors and directors who have a unique vision of the world. Isabel de la Serna is managing director of the company, head of development and executive producer of the films in production.

Goals at the JCM We hope that JCM market will give us the opportunity to make TV co-productions, presales and to gain festival interest. We are also looking forward to receiving feedback from the youth market.

Contact details

Representatives at JCM

Playtime Films

Iva Tkalec, Producer

www.playtimefilms.com

Isabel de la Serna, Producer

info@playtimefilms.com

Nika Saravanja, Director

+32 25023174 Tico Film www.ticofilm.com

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Cineki Script d LAB 2018

Kids Cup

Production Countries Norway, Finland, The Netherlands

Bortebane

Production Budget

30,000 kids travel to Oslo with the glorious hope of winning.

Most of them lose. How do they pick themselves up again?

€ 500,000

Director & Screenwriter Line Hatland Production Company

€ 214,000

Financing in Place

Medieoperatørene Producers Mari Monrad Vistven, Ingvil Giske Languages English, Chinese, Norwegian, Portugese, Arabic

Financing Sources

Based on Original Screenplay Target Audience 10+ Length 80 min.

Norwegian Film Institute: € 130,000

Genre Family Type Documentary

Viken filmsenter: € 15,000 Fond for lyd og bilde: € 30,000 Medieoperatørene as: € 39,000

Synopsis

Director’s Statement

We dive into a teenager’s universe and follow 13/14year olds from different parts of the world who compete at the Norway Cup football tournament in Oslo. We follow them through a week packed with challenges, hormones, homesickness and friendship.

They all come with a dream of winning, but hardly anyone does. So, how do they cope with losing?

Who is to be blamed – and most importantly how do they learn to comfort each other? In this film we follow

I took the tournament for granted, but as a good football mum, I prepared my 12-year-old daughter for her first match in the world’s biggest football tournament for children. I warned her cautiously - her team might lose. She was to play a team from abroad for the first time. The opposing team was energetic and the girls had a strong will to win. Unfortunately, it seemed like they hadn’t played so much football.

When they started to lose, they became frustrated, and shouted abuse - and so did their coach.

And then the aggression escalated. I have never seen 12-year-olds play with that fouling attitude.

After the match my daughter asked me: Why are they so angry? The “grown up” answer I gave, was that the

kids as they fall and pick themselves back up. Kids Cup is a feature length documentary and a documentary series for online and/or linear television.

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skinny 12-year-olds girls came from an orphanage in Palestine. The Palestinian girls lost every match, I was told later. And this was their first trip abroad.

After the match I started to look around the field and became very curious about the other kids present.

Who were they and where did they come from?

We will show six characters who share their fears, dreams and experiences during a week away from home. Teenagers often play it cool, but they go through tremendous changes in their minds and bodies. Kids Cup will take the edge off by showing kids from all over the world struggling with the same thoughts and fears that you have. Especially when you lose.

and on TV2 Norway and more. The Good Capitalist: a political documentary, about the corporate governance of the world´s second biggest investment fund, the Norwegian national oil fund. Screened at Signes du Nuit 2010 in Paris, DocLeipzig, Germany in 2009, The Norwegian Short Film Festival in Grimstad and on NRK and more. How Happy Can You Be: a creative and personal documentary about happiness as a science. Screened by ARTE in France and Germany 2005 and on Tv2 Norway, YLE-fst, SVT, DR, and on national TV in Canada and Russia as well as at several festivals and more. Distributed in the USA by Icarus Films. She has also written the book ‘How Happy can You?’ be in 2006.

Director’s Biography

Company Profile

Hatland has worked as a director of documentaries, teacher and developer of short and tv-series since 2000. In 2017 and 2018 she received the National Work Grant as an established artist in film. Education: Specialising in documentary films at Volda College 2000. Master in Visual Anthropology from University of Manchester 1996. Bachelors degree form University of Oslo in 1994 majoring in social anthropology, minoring in sociology and film and tv-studies.

Track record: Beyond the Pale: experimental short documentary about intrusive thoughts, 23 min.

Selected for The National Annual Autumn Exhibition 2016 and other art exhibitions and film festivals.

Funded by the Norwegian Film Institute, New Roads for established talents. Awarded Best Norwegian Film at the short film festival of Minimalen, 2016.

The Shadow: a documentary portrait of Norway´s first female detective, 45 minutes. Screened at CPH: Dox 2013, DocPoint, Helsinki 2014, The Norwegian Short Film Festival in Grimstad 2013, BIFF 2013

Since 1995 Medieoperatørene has produced awardwinning documentaries, short films and television programmes for the Norwegian and international market. Recently we started an initiative to make more documentaries for a young audience, starting with Tongue Cutters (2017). Our films have won several awards, including Best Mid-length at Hot Docs, and more than 30 national awards. Our films span a wide range of topics, genres and styles – there are no limits to the stories we want to tell as long as they have a distinctive voice.

Goals at the JCM To find a sales agent, distributors and co-production possibilities.

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Representatives at JCM

Medieoperatørene

Ingvil Giske, Producer

www.mop.no

Line Hartland, Director

info@mop.no +47 95754529

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Lea and the Tree of Dreams

Production Country Germany

Lea und der Traumbaum

Production Budget

Lea (10) is full of dreams, but when her beloved treehouse playground is threatened with destruction, a grumpy goblin forces her to face reality. She has to help her mother dream again as well.

Director Katja Benrath Screenwriter Vasko Scholz Production Company Belle Epoque Films GmbH Producer Nicole Ringhut

€ 4,900,000 Financing in Place € 120,000 Financing Sources

Language German Based on Original Screenplay Target Audience 6+

Film- und Medienstiftung NRW (script and

Length 90 min. Genre Family Type Live action

preparation fund): € 70,000 Children’s Media Development: € 50,000

Synopsis Lea (10) spends every waking minute in her beloved treehouse playground. Hidden within an urban neighbourhood, she explores fantasy worlds, rescuing dragon’s eggs, for instance, from giant trolls, disturbed only by two boys: Tarek (11) and Moritz (10). Piet (38), a self-sufficient environmentalist, lives here too in an old railway carriage. A benevolent friend to Lea since her father died suddenly two years ago, he’s the very soul of the place, often mediating between the children. Lea’s mother, Anna Grünewald (42) - the mayor - has little time for her daughter.

When Lea discovers evil investor Rafke (50) wants to replace the playground with an industrial estate, and that her mother has approved the plan, her world collapses. Desperate, Lea meets Tungart (500+),

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a grumpy goblin living in an ancient oak tree who guards people’s hopes with his dream-lights.

Tungart persuades Lea she must restore Anna’s ading vision of a better world to rescue the ancient oak and her citizens’ dreams. Teaming up with Moritz and Tarek, Lea confronts the real world, reawakening her mother’s aspirations. But Raffke remains dangerous: he immobilises Tungart’s dreamlights, causing dreams to fade and the ancient oak to languish. Calling for resistance, the children turn the playground into a fortress, with friends, family and neighbours forming a chain around the oak, finally overwhelming Raffke, who’s led away by the police.

Lea’s dream comes true: with Piet as groundskeeper, and the ancient oak saved, citizens will decide the playground’s future. Lea meanwhile dives headlong into her next adventure with her new friends, Tarek and Moritz!

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Director’s Statement Having grown up in a world of Ronja, The Robber’s Daughter, Pippi Longstocking and The Neverending Story, I was shaped by stories about the power of the imagination and its meaning in our world. Mahatma Gandhi, Greta Thunberg and many more prove that a big dream can make a big difference. Any film conveying this message, especially with a powerful girl character, not only makes my heart swell, but also gets off to a flying start. I’m therefore delighted to tell this fabulous fairy tale and to take a stand for the childlike ability to conjure up big dreams. We too have a big dream: to create a film that we not only hear and see, but also smell, taste and feel in our imagination. It will be a haptic film, with plenty of craft and attention to detail; with a perfectly normal child who, thanks to creativity and team spirit, outdoes herself by overcoming a complex, emotional challenge; with a goblin who, thanks to puppet animation, achieves an authenticity that cannot be accomplished purely with CGI; with a treehouse playground where one can experience time, fantasy and wild games; with a dream world that warmly embraces us in its magical arms, despite suspended physical rules; with the feeling that children have an insight into the world which, right now, we need more than ever; with the question of what happens if we all stop dreaming; and finally, perhaps, with the realisation (for us adults, at least) that it’s truly worth looking through the eyes of children again. And for us children/ that we can believe in our dreams and, together, achieve great things.

Director’s Biography Born in 1979, Katja Benrath first served an apprenticeship as a tailor at the Wuppertal Bühnen Theatre, then studied acting and singing at the Vienna Conservatory. In 2014, she began studying film at Hamburg Media School. Her graduation film Watu Wote - All Of Us (2016/17) won over a dozen prizes

worldwide, including the First Steps Award and a Gold Medal at the Student Academy Awards.

Shot in Kenya, it was also nominated for an Oscar in the Best Short Film category in 2018. Her first feature-length film Rocca Changes The World was released in 2019 and won the German Film Award for Best Children’s Film and numerous prizes abroad, including Zlin and Giffoni.

Company Profile Belle Epoque is a German independent production company focussing on innovative and daring feature films whose singular artistic authenticity offers affecting, revealing new perspectives to the audience.

Our films launch at renowned festivals, including Berlinale, Karlovy Vary and Rome, with The Nun selling in more than 40 countries, and Fritz Lang running in numerous festivals all over the world including Mar del Plata, Stockholm, Goa, Shanghai.

Belle Epoque also engages in international coproductions, with Nicole Ringhut co-developing and producing Camarades (working title), a FrenchGerman-Polish animation pitched at Cartoon Movie this year. The original family film Lea and the Tree of Dreams represents a new genre for the company, for which we collaborate with talented filmmakers alongside experienced crew members and partners.

Belle Epoque is a member of the German Producers Association and German-French Film Academy.

Goals at the JCM Find pre-sales, platforms, broadcasters, sales and distribution. We are in concrete talks with co-producers from Austria, Belgium and Czech Republic but still open to co-production as regard talents and experienced crew members. Networking.

Contact details

Representatives at JCM

Belle Epoque Films

Nicole Ringhut, Producer

www.belle-epoque-films.com

Katja Benrath, Director

office@belle-epoque-films.com +49 221 16853009

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Mini-Zlatan and Uncle Darling

Production Countries Sweden, The Netherlands

Lil-Zlatan och morbror Raring

Production Budget

While Ella’s (8) parents are on vacation she stays with her most favourite person, Uncle Tommy. But a wonderful week is soon overshadowed by an unwanted mission to get rid of Steve, Tommy’s new boyfriend.

Director Ella Lemhagen Screenwriters Janne Vierth, Ella Lemhagen Production Company Snowcloud Producer Petter Lindblad

€ 2,500,000 Financing in Place € 185,000 Financing Sources

Co-production company Viking Film (NL) Languages Swedish, English

Swedish Film Institute: € 25,000

Based on Lill-Zlatan and morbror Raring (by Pija Lindenbaum)

SF Studios, International Sales: € 10,000

Target Audience 7+ Length 80 min. Genre Comedy, Drama, Family

Snowcloud Films AB: € 150,000

Type Live action

Synopsis Ella (8) loves to play football when no-one is watching.

Otto (8) pities Ella for not having the courage to play with others and offers to be her friend. Ella is not interested as she’s already got the best one, Tommy, her favorite uncle. When Ella’s parents go on vacation she stays with Tommy. They always have a lot of fun together plus he has a hair salon where Ella can get her hair coloured whenever she wants. But this time, their week is soon overshadowed by an unwanted mission – to get rid of Steve, Tommy’s new, Dutch boyfriend. Steve and Tommy speak English with each other and Ella feels left out. She tells Otto about the problem and together they plan how to get rid of Steve, from scaring him senseless to making him jealous.

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Finally, after receiving a fake break-up letter from Tommy, it seems Ella has succeeded in getting rid of Steve. That night, however, when going with Tommy to his big hair styling show, he worries about not being able to reach Steve, and Ella feels very guilty.

She worries she will lose Tommy forever because she has hurt him. When Steve comes elbowing through the crowd, Ella runs away. As Tommy follows, he falls badly. From her hiding place, Ella hears an ambulance.

This is not what Ella planned for!

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Director’s Statement

Director’s Biography

I want to create a warm and charming film that mixes humour and seriousness and which, despite certain absurdities, always focuses on Ella’s emotional journey. We will experience what she experiences and feel what she feels in a form of “subjective realism”. Meaning that we are in a realistic world, but told through Ella’s eyes, so we will experience reality in the way she does. The film starts dramatically, with a dark and gripping tone. We realise something terrible has happened, but the subjective angle slowly becomes clear as Ella starts recounting the events leading to the present. My thought is to use a playful visual form at the beginning of Ella’s story and let the surreal tone continue throughout. But I’ll also strive to tone down the surrealism the further into the film we get so as to remind the audience of the seriousness of Ella’s dilemma. The film is a relatively free adaptation of Pija’s original book, but I see her language and its visuals as a great inspiration. Pija has a playful style, telling her story in several layers and adding small elements within the background that add almost imperceptibly to the general feeling.

I want to build my story in the same way. I see a kind of poetry in her subjective storytelling, which I want to retain, but pair it with a high tempo and add great entertainment value for all audiences.

Lemhagen has had great national and international success with her films and her 1999 feature film Tsatsiki, Mum and the Policeman is one of the most popular contemporary Swedish children- and youth oriented films of all time. It won the Crystal Bear at the Berlinale Film Festival and was a great success worldwide. In 2012, Lemhagen received an honorary award for her outstanding work in youth culture at the Guldbagge Awards (the Swedish equivalent to the Academy Awards). All Roads Lead to Rome, starring Sarah Jessica Parker, was Lemhagen’s first non-Swedish film and was released worldwide in 2016. Filmography (a selection): The Boy With the Golden Pants (2014), The Crown Jewels (2011), Patrik, Age 1.5 (2008), Immeadiate Boarding (2003) and The Prince of Dreams (1996)

Company Profile Snowcloud Films is a Swedish production company focusing on projects for children and youths, mainly animation, specializing in low-cost, lean productions with high quality screen results. We produce our own projects with Scandinavian directors as well as co-producing internationally. We also do consulting for other companies as a producer, in financing, production set-up, technical supervision etc, as well as hold courses in production planning and budgeting. Founder Petter Lindblad was selected as Sweden’s Producer on the Move in 2014.

Goals at the JCM Pitching our second Swedish/Dutch co-production at Cinekid gives us the opportunity to approach potential partners and financiers, both from the Netherlands and other European countries, to build up the project ahead of production financing in the coming year.

Contact details

Representatives at JCM

Snowcloud

Petter Lindblad, Producer

www.snowcloud.se

Sara Sjöö, Producer

contact@snowcloud.se +46 733 321600

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Nihonjin

Production Country Brazil

Nihonjin

Production Budget

In a family of Japanese immigrants, a grandfather and his grandson reconnect through their family’s history.

€ 2,300,000

Director Celia Catunda Screenwriter Rita Catunda Production

€ 1,000,000

Financing in Place

Company PinGuim Content Producers Ricardo Rozzino, Kiko Mistrorigo Language Portuguese Based on The Book “Nihonjin” Target Audience 8+ Length 80 min. Genre Drama Type Animation

Ministério da Cidadania: € 1,000,000

Synopsis

Director’s Statement

Nihonjin tells the story of Noboru, a 10-year-old boy, who discovers his Japanese grandfather Hideo’s past and emigration to Brazil. Having lived his whole life as a Brazilian kid, Noboru now struggles to understand his grandfather and is confused about his own cultural identity. Throughout the film, however, Hideo reveals to Noboru the Brazil that he experienced, and finally connects with his grandson.

We acquired the rights for the award-winning book that inspired this film and we have been involved in its development since day one. We believe that this subject is extremely relevant and is a story worth telling. Because of its theme dealing with immigrant families, conflict of nationalities and cultures, everyone will identify with the film, especially immigrants and their descendants all over the world. The project celebrates diversity and the long history of immigration and exchange between Brazil and Japan, without ignoring the difficulties that immigrants face.

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Financing Sources

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Director’s Biography

Company Profile

Celia is one of PinGuim Content’s founders and creator of characters such as Fishtronaut and Luna.

Along with Kiko Mistrorigo, she directed the show Fishtronaut, the most watched programme on Brazilian pay-TV in 2009 and 2010. Also with Kiko, she created the International Emmy nominee show Earth to Luna!

PinGuim Content is dedicated to creating, developing, and producing entertainment for young audiences worldwide. The company was founded in 1989 and has provided projects and series for Discovery Kids, NBC Sprout, Cartoon Network, Disney Junior, Netflix, Iqiyi, Yoopa, Al Jazeera Children’s Channel, PTS, CJ E&M, TV Globo, SBT, TV Cultura, and more, covering a diverse range of subjects including the environment, science/sci-fi and social skills. The studio specializes in positive, fun and informative kids content, and is best known for their awardwinning shows Fishtronaut and Earth to Luna!, which airs in over 96 countries around the world.

Goals at the JCM To find financing partners, pre-sales and distribution partners.

Previous work in ScreeningClub Tarsilinha – Celia Catunda and Kiko Mistrorigo – 2020

Contact details

Representatives at JCM

PinGuim Content

Kiko Mistrorigo, Producer

www.penguincontent.com

Celia Catunda, Director

cristianna@tvpinguim.com +55 11 38841821

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Cineki Script d LAB 2018

Snot and Splash

Production Country Finland

Räkä ja Roiskis

Production Budget

Snot and Splash – the Mystery of the Disappearing Holes is a family adventure about two young brothers on a winter holiday in a small town, who end up investigating mysterious holes and saving the whole world.

Director Teemu Nikki Screenwriter Ilja Rautsi Production Company It’s Alive Films Producers Ari Matikainen, Jani Pösö Language Finnish

Financing in Place € 373,000 Financing Sources

Based on Räkä ja Roiskis children books by Juice Leskinen Target

Finnish Film Foundation: € 78,000

Audience 6+ Length 95 min. Genre Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Scanbox: € 60,000

Type Live action

Tampere Regional Fund: € 180,000

Synopsis Snot (8) and Splash (10) are sent to stay with their Grandma for the skiing holiday. Splash tricks his little brother all the time, feeding him utter nonsense.

Snot believes every word but can’t get Splash to listen to anything he says. The first thing they see as the bus approaches the small town is mounds of trash falling from the winter sky. At Grandma’s house Splash convinces Snot that someone is stealing all the fishing holes from the ice. When Snot finds out that it’s actually true, Splash won’t believe him.

But then they witness a mystery man detaching a hole from the ground, and then jumping through it and disappearing - so Splash must accept that, for once, his baby brother is right. They start tracking the hole-thief. Despite setbacks, the boys find out that

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€ 2,500,000

It’s Alive Films: € 55,000

the hole-thieving business is run by the local Mayor, who’s using them to dump all their garbage onto the neighbouring city. The mayor and his gang can detach any hole from any surface and use it as a portal.

Snot and Splash have no choice but to stop them.

The final battle happens at the hole-warehouse, where they lead a chase using the holes like frisbees, jumping through walls & floors and finally trapping the bad guys into a hole-loop between a hole placed on the floor & one on the ceiling. The holiday is over, and Snot has learned not to believe everything he’s told while Splash has learned to listen to Snot, but only occasionally.

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Director’s Statement

Company Profile

I’ve written and directed the youth tv-series #lovemilla and Mental. Both were big hits in Finland and also travelled well. Many countries bought the rights and re-makes have already been made. The two series dealt with serious matters but in a comedic way. #lovemilla was very silly and true at the same time. Mental was dark with a huge heart. Both series taught me a lot. You can’t make films for younger people while looking down on them. You have to be on the same level and trust they will understand more than you would think. After making two series for teenagers and becoming a dad, I was ready to make the best children’s film ever. Snot and Splash is a family film that will surprise the audience again and again. I want the whole family to enjoy the adventure. It is a rollercoaster ride in weird winter land with disappearing holes. The children will be thrilled and amazed and the parents will laugh with tears in their eyes. The film will deliver an important lesson about littering and vandalizing nature.

Everybody has to take care of their own garbage. But the most important lesson is having the right to be sometimes funny. Children need to exercise their imagination, as we all do. Without it, we are just sad and miserable. I want this film to be a celebration of imagination. It’s a hooray for children’s rights to be playful and quirky.

We make films. We love it. We make TV content too.

We love it. Every year we make one short film.

Guess why? Teemu Nikki, a director and a filmmaker and Jani Pösö, a producer and a writer, met for the first time in 2001 through commercial work. In 2007, they wrote and produced their first fiction, a short film titled A Mate. It was nominated for over 50 film festivals, including the Sundance Film Festival.

They wrote and produced their first feature 3Simoa (Simo times three) shortly after that. In addition to Euthanizer, their best-known works are an awardwinning TV/web/feature format called #lovemilla – a huge blockbuster with over 14 million views from Finland, and Mental, an award-winning pitch-black comedy about mental problems among young people.

So far It’s Alive has produced 17 short films, 3 feature films and 2 TV series. Producer Ari Matikainen joined the team in 2018.

Goals at the JCM We would like to find a sales agent and secure more pre-sales.

Previous work in ScreeningClub • Fantasia - Teemu Nikki - 2016 • #lovemilla - Teemu Nikki - 2015

Director’s Biography Teemu Nikki is a self-educated, award-winning filmmaker and son of a pig-farmer from Sysmä, Fin-land. His latest feature, Euthanizer, has been a festival success and is Finland’s official entry film for the 2019 Academy Awards. Nikki has also directed numerous short films and popular tv-series. His style is best described as a good-willed yet unapologetic political satire of humanity.

Contact details

Representatives at JCM

Its Alive Films

Ari Matikainen, Producer

www.itsalive.fi

Jani Pösö, Producer

info@itsalive.fi +358 505829495

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Cineki Script d LAB 2018

The Beanie

Production Countries Slovenia, Sweden, Croatia

KAPA

Production Budget

The Beanie is an alternative Christmas film about two children making their own wishes come true.

€ 1,600,000

Director Slobodan Maksimović Screenwriter Saša Eržen Production

€ 876,000

Financing in Place

Company Senca Studio Producer Ida Weiss Language Slovenian Based on Original Screenplay Target Audience 4+ Length 70 min.

Genre Adventure Type Live action

Financing Sources Slovenian Film Center: € 566,000 Film studio Viba Film: € 250,000 Creative Europe Media: € 30,000 RE-ACT: € 10,000 Senca Studio: € 20,000

Synopsis After 8-year-old Erik and 6-year-old Mina meet for the first time they unexpectedly embark on a very special journey to make their own Christmas wishes come true. Their adventure starts in the middle of the night when they encounter Fake Santa, a thief in disguise.

Full of hopes they hide in his car but Fake Santa gets rid of them, leaving them on the street. What follows is an extraordinary adventure through the city during

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which Erik and Mina become true friends (although that seemed impossible at first). Erik lives in a youth home and Beanie is his nickname as he never takes his beanie off. His wish is to go home for Christmas but instead he gets to spend the holiday with a well-off family and their daughter Mina who wishes for a puppy and a sister. Eventually, they both get what they’ve wished for, just not the way they expect it.

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Director’s Statement

Director’s Biography

The script appealed to me straight away. I felt like a curious child, asking thousands of questions, looking for answers. I was impressed by The Beanie’s precisely illustrated world. The pure souls of two children looking for answers to life’s mysteries and the kitschy holiday fantasy around them form an ideal contrast. The leading protagonist is Erik and I intend to tell the story through his eyes.

His world, thus, is what matters, his specific reasoning about what adults are and aren’t capable of, his way of making sense through hard times.

I would like the children to keep their faith in Santa Claus. I remember how happy he made me as a small kid. I am a father of two and would like to show my children that life isn’t just a simple fairytale with a happy ending but a complex maze of many paths and obstacles as well as miracles on the way. I plan to separate the photography into two distinct segments, representing the children’s world and the adult world. The children’s world is warm, colourful and livelier. The adult world is calm and perhaps a little claustrophobic with colder undertones. As I’ve already mentioned, I see the film from the perspective of the leading protagonist. Most of the time the camera is positioned on his level, that of a small child.

Slobodan Maksimovic (1975) was born in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina. He graduated in film directing at Ljubljana’s AGRFT. His shorts 1/2 and AgapE were screened at over 30 international film festivals, winning 14 international awards. Thanks for Sunderland is his first feature film, awarded four main prizes at the 15th Festival of Slovenian film, including Best Film award. His second feature film Nika won the Best Youth Film award at Motovun FF. His recent short film The Invisible Hand of Adam Smith has been screened at numerous festival, winning 15 awards.

Company Profile Senca Studio is predominantly a home for arthouse feature films, creative documentaries and artistic shorts. For the past few years it’s been shifting its main objective towards the production of audiovisual content for children and educational activities.

We seek to collaborate with authors who share the same interests in developing quality content for children, and understand its importance for today’s younger generation. We believe in creative and engaging production from initial idea to release.

The managing director and producer of the company is Ida Weiss (1974). For more than 20 years she has run production company Bela Film and the cultural entity Senca Studio, with 35 production credits under her belt. She is a member of the EFA, EAVE and ACE producers’ networks, as well as the EWA network.

Goals at the JCM We are looking for additional co-producers, financiers and broadcasters. We’d also like to present the project to sales agents, distributors and respective film festivals and promote the project to global industry professionals.

Contact details

Representatives at JCM

Senca Studio

Ida Weiss, Producer

www.senca-studio.si

Slobodan Maksimovic, Director

info@senca-studio.si

Saša Eržen, Screenwriter

+386 1 3307203

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The Only Child

Production Country China

The Only Child

Production Budget

A little girl, lost and alone, finds herself in a strange and wondrous world. Home and family are very far-away and Nian the fearsome New Year beast is on the prowl. How will she get back?

Director Patrick Carr Production companies Mandarine Film Productions (CN), Lunanime Belgium (BE) Producers Patrick Carr, Annemie Degryse Language Chinese Based on The Only Child,

€ 6,000,000 Financing in Place N/A Financing Sources N/A

a New York Times Bestselling graphic novel for kids Target Audience 5+ Length 90 min. Genre Fantasy Type Animation

Synopsis Two days before New Year in northern China, Lili is making a very special pair of tiger slippers with her Grandmother. It is said that these slippers can protect the wearer from harm and misfortune. While they embroider together, Lili’s grandmother tells her the story of the Nian, a terrible beast that haunts people’s houses every New Year and feasts on unsuspecting victims. Lili is introduced to a world of hidden danger and enchanted beasts. But suddenly it’s time to go, the work doesn’t get finished and Lili must wait until she sees her grandmother again before she can fully protect her family with her magic slippers. In 1980s China there is no respite in the working schedule for traditional festivals. While Lili’s parents work,

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Lili is left by herself at home, ostensibly looked after by a negligent neighbour, but in reality with no-one for company except her toys. As boredom grips, Lili decides she simply must go back to Grandma’s to finish the slippers. But she falls asleep and gets off at the wrong stop. Lost and alone in a dark haunted forest a magical deer saves her, and together they journey through a magical cloudscape and great adventures. But she hasn’t forgotten her mission, and the Nian beast is closing in. With the deer’s help Lili finally reaches her grandmother’s home to find her family overcome with joy and relief. The slippers can be finished, the Nian beast repelled and the family spend a joyful Chinese New Year together.

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Director’s Statement

Company Profiles

Patrick is Creative Director of the project. Suitable co-directors are currently being considered.

I first came across Guo Jing’s beautiful book by chance: my 6-year-old daughter brought it home from her school library and demanded I read it to her! As we progressed through the book we both became engrossed in the story and the incredible imagery. I was transported back to my own childhood, when as a family we would watch Raymond Briggs’ masterpiece The Snowman every Christmas without fail. I rediscovered the same blend of melancholy and excitement, of the simultaneous boredom and incredible imaginative freedom of early age. After many discussions with the author Guo Jing it became clear that we share the same artistic vision for the project, and Annemie Degryse later joined the project for the same reason. The project has had a wonderful and surprisingly strong reaction from the Chinese, many of whom are ‘only children’ themselves, but we believe that the project will connect very well also with an international audience, all of whom can remember this feeling as children, or who are of course children themselves!

We invite you to join us as we realize this enchanting and poignant tale, which we hope will touch the world in the same way as The Snowman did all those years ago.

Mandarin Film Productions Founded in 2006, Mandarin Film has worked on a number of children’s shows, including the BBC’s All Over the Place and many other international co-productions bringing stories about China to the world.

Key past projects include: • The first UK/China treaty film Earth One Amazing Day (BBC & SMG Pictures) • The first foreign drama series to be filmed in China (Channel 4’s Gap Year) • Academy Award nominated documentary The Ivory Game • The first Netflix Original to be shot in China (Skyladder) • The world’s highest rating doc (National Geographic/Leonardo DiCaprio’s Before the Flood).

Director’s Biography Patrick Carr graduated with a first-class degree in Chinese from Oxford University before founding film and TV production house Mandarin Film in 2006. Based in Beijing, Patrick has produced and directed some of the most ambitious projects to be filmed in China and has brought creativity, energy and Chinese savoir-faire to a variety of television and cinema-release projects that have won awards at Sundance, Berlin and Venice Film Festivals. Patrick remembers being enchanted by The Snowman every Christmas, and since having kids himself has moved into children’s’ programming.

Lunanime Belgium Lunanime is a film production company created within the Lumière Group in 2008 focusing mainly on fiction and animation projects. Lunanime has produced and co-produced several award-winning features and shorts: Oscar nominated animation feature A Cat in Paris by Jean-Loup Felicioli and Alain Gagnol, well known shorts such as The Tie by An Vrombaut and Bloeistraat 11 by Nienke Deutz.

The animated feature Funan by Denis Do (who won the Crystal at the Annecy Film Festival) was released theatrically in June 2019.

Goals at the JCM a) Development Funding b) Looking for co-producers & investors c) Looking for creative talent in China and Europe

Contact details

Representatives at JCM

Mandarin Film

Patrick Carr, Producer, Creative Director

www.mandarinfilm.com

Annemie Degryse, Producer

patrickcarr@mandarinfilm.com +86 186 1196 5929 Lumiere Publishing/Lunanime www.lunanime.be annemie@lumiere.be

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The Summer Dad Went Gay

Production Country Norway

Den sommeren pappa ble homo

Production Budget

The summer my dad turned gay, the dog went crazy and hormones ran wild.

Director Petter Næss Screenwriter Endre Lund Eriksen Production Company Fabelfjord Producer Merete Korsberg Co-production company Phanta Basta! (NL) Language Norwegian Based on Den sommeren pappa ble homo/The summer my dad turned gay by

€ 1,791,132 Financing in Place € 509,080 Financing Sources

Endre Lund Eriksen Target Audience 10+ Length 90 min. Genre

Filmfond North: € 384,407

Comedy, Drama, Family Type Live action

FilmCamp AS: € 103,894 Norwegian Film Institute: € 20,778

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Synopsis

Director’s Statement

Arvid (12) and his father are spending the summer holidays in Nordfjordbotn, a small and remote place in Northern Norway. This is where his dad always went camping when he was a kid. Arvid: so what do you do when your super heterosexual and newly divorced dad starts flirting with a man out of nowhere? And then, as if that isn’t enough, his daughter is wooing you and the dog is on heat.

Finally, to cap it all, your best friend arrives.

Who do I actually have feelings for? The summer

This is an engaging and important story about a kid discovering that his parents are not who he thinks they are. It is also a story about raging hormones and first love. It is an important film about prejudice and identity. The main character is in a phase of life that is challenging and where he is searching for himself.

Then it becomes even more confusing when he discovers that his father has been hiding his sexuality for years. For me as a director it is important to balance tenderness and humour. I want the audience

my dad went gay is a powerful drama-comedy about puberty and identity for the whole family.

to feel Arvid’s frustration when he discovers that his father is gay. Later he admits that it was both correct and important. Moonrise Kingdom is a strong reference visually and I like the film’s sense of comic seriousness. I want to create a visual style that enhances the main character’s experiences.

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Director’s Biography

Company Profile

Petter Næss was born in Oslo, Norway, in 1960.

In 1999 Næss made his debut as a film director with the dark comedy Absolute Hangover. His next film Elling became one of the biggest blockbusters in Norwegian cinema and was nominated for the best foreign film at the Academy Awards. The success of Elling led to a deal with 20th Century Fox to direct 3 movies. In 2005 he directed Josh Hartnett in the American drama-comedy Mozart and the Whale.

He has demonstrated a rare talent for youth films and is regarded as one of the greatest Norwegian filmmakers of his generation. Næss recently directed the critically acclaimed TV-series State of Happiness, a dramatic telling of how Norway’s oil industry came into being.

Fabelfjord is a production company located in a quaint modern city called Tromsø in Norway, far out in the northern hemisphere. The studio works under the mysterious covers of the northern lights in winter, and the insomnia inducing midnight sun in the summer, in the pursuit of creating inspiring and engaging stories for children and the young at heart.

Goals at the JCM We are eager to present this film to a larger audience, and are particularly looking for financing opportunities as well as an international sales agent/distributor.

Contact details

Representatives at JCM

Fabelfjord

Merete Korsberg, Producer

www.fabelfjord.no

Endre Lund Eriksen, Screenwriter

merete@fabelfjord.no +47 90234724

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Three Friends

Production Country Turkey

Üç Arkadaş

Production Budget

Three children go on a one day journey together with a dove. During this journey, they get to know each other well, sharing each other’s stories, dreams and hopes.

Director & Screenwriter Nursen Çetin Köreken Production Company Drama Yapım Film Medya Producers Umit Koreken, Nursen Çetin Köreken Language Turkish Based on Original Screenplay Target

€ 610,000 Financing in Place € 316,000 Financing Sources

Audience 7+ Length 95 min. Genre Adventure, Comedy, Drama,

Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism

Family Type Live action

General Directorate of Cinema: € 120,000 Turkish National Radyo and Television Broadcasting (TRT): € 100,000 Drama Yapım Film Medya: € 46,000 M3 Production and Distribution (MG): € 50,000

Synopsis Mercan (11) is the only son of a woman working nights as a cleaning lady and a father working as a security guard. Due to their dire financial situation, his parents are about to get divorced.

Mercan has worked in different jobs since his childhood. Now, he is collecting and selling scrap on the streets. The parents of Yunus (11) worked as musicians for years but were killed at a wedding after a gun fight. He is from a Romanian family and lives with his old grandfather. He has played clarinet all his short life. Bilal (11) escaped the war in Syria,

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leaving his parents behind. He is now living with his uncle and siblings who also escaped the war.

He is collecting paper on the streets to earn his living.

Mercan, Yunus and Bilal, three friends removed from their family life for very different reasons who start a journey together, carrying a white dove. During this journey, they get to know each other well, sharing each other’s stories, dreams and hopes.

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Director’s Statement I have been working on children’s, youth and family films for a long time. I try to remind people that each child is an individual, they all have their unique perspectives and problems, and find their own solutions. I believe that children are the most affected and hurt party within conflicts, wars and serious economic crises in this world. With the film Three Friends my purpose is to show how children have the right to be children and live in a safe family environment. Three Friends will be my first feature film as a director. I was producer, co-scriptwriter, casting director and child acting coach on Blue Bicycle, which screened at numerous important festivals around the world, receiving valuable awards.

In 2014, I completed Halil, a short documentary film about a 12-year-old agricultural worker.

During 2017-2018, I was the producer and co-director of a feature-length drama documentary that told the story of 15-year-old swimming champion Muhammed Ali who has walking and hearing disabilities.

All these works have provided invaluable experience and knowledge as a director. Three Friends will be appreciated by both children and adults. My purpose is to direct this film with a high tempo with the camera and light reflecting the children’s point of view, and simple dialogue. It will entertain audiences while communicating an important message.

Director’s Biography Nursen was born in Bulgaria in 1981. She studied Turkish Language and Literature, and Tourism and Hotel Management, at college and has been developing radio plays, stage plays, and scenarios since 2007. After 2010, she focused on film production, publishing her first book in 2011.

She wrote and produced the Turkish-German coproduction feature film Blue Bicycle. The film participated in more than thirty national and international

film festivals including Berlinale, and won many awards, including Best Film at the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival. She is married with two children.

Filmography Completed Movies • 2019 Muhammed Ali / Documentary – Producer / Director Ministry of Culture Production Support, Boğaziçi Film Festival Work in Progress Award • 2016 Blue Bicycle / Feature – Producer / Director / Screenwriter / Actress • 2011 Line / Short Film – Producer / Screenwriter Works in Development • 2019 A Hope / Feature – Producer / Scriptwriter, Ministry of Culture Production Support, TRT CoProduction, Turkey-Germany Co-Production • 2019 Three Friends / Feature – Director / Scriptwriter, Ministry of Culture Screenplay Development Support, TRT Pre Sales • 2015 The Quest / Feature – Co-Scriptwriter, Ministry of Culture Screenplay Development Support

Company Profile DramaYapım Film Medya was established by Ümit Köreken and Nursen Çetin Köreken to produce fresh and dynamic international projects. Since 2006, DramaYapım Film Medya has looked to create international projects about child, youth and family issues.

Goals at the JCM Meeting with co-producers, world sales agents, distributors and television representatives.

Previous work in ScreeningClub Blue Bicycle - Ümit Köreken - 2016

Contact details

Representatives at JCM

Drama Yapım Film Medya

Ümit Köreken, Producer

www.dramayapim.com

Nursen Çetin Köreken, Director

info@dramayapim.com +90 5434764534

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Totem

Production Country The Netherlands

Totem

Production Budget

Ama, daughter of Senegalese asylum seekers, feels completely Dutch. When her mother and brother are arrested, Ama goes in search of her father in wintry Rotterdam, hoping to avoid deportation. During this frightening and thrilling journey she discovers her roots, partly thanks to her extraordinary totem animal: a gigantic porcupine.

€ 2,600,000 Financing in Place € 143,625 Financing Sources

Director Sander Burger Screenwriters Bastiaan Tichler, Sander Burger

NFF Childrens Film Co-development and

Production Company Volya Films Producers Denis Vaslin, Fleur

the MDM: € 23,500

Knopperts Co-production companies Minds Meet (BE), Storm (NO)

Creative Europe Media: € 50,000

Language Dutch Based on Original Screenplay Target Audience 9+

NFF Development development: € 70,125

Length 90 min. Genre Family Type Animation, Live action

Synopsis Ama (10) lives in Rotterdam with her parents and brother, illegal immigrants from Senegal.

One evening, Ama witnesses the police arresting her mother and brother. Ama is terrified, but had promised her father to always avoid the police.

She decides to hide until her father returns.

That night, Ama’s totem animal appears: an enormous porcupine. When Ama wakes up, she learns that her father was there just an hour ago.

Knowing that he would never go to the police, Ama vows to find him. And so Ama’s journey begins.

Together Ama and her porcupine wander the streets of Rotterdam at night, not knowing that Ama’s father has turned himself in to the police. They meet a

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cast of colourful characters, among them the mysterious African griot (storyteller) Cesar, who teaches her about totem animals and her African heritage.

Ama and Totem, as she names her porcupine, make the long journey to her father’s office. When Ama discovers that he is not a businessman, but a cleaner, she feels disillusioned and betrayed. They flee from the city centre to a tiny island on the Maas River.

In a rowing boat Ama hides out with Totem. The police arrive and Ama sees her father with them.

Betrayed again, she rows out into the rough water in the dark. When the police intercept her boat the next morning Ama jumps into the sea and the waves pull her under. Ama wakes up in a hospital surrounded

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Director’s Biography by her family. Her father embraces her and tells her she has followed his rules a little too strictly.

He understands now that every rule has an exception and hopes that the Dutch government thinks the same.

But most importantly, they are all together again.

Director’s Statement In Europe in recent years, the debate surrounding asylum seekers is becoming tougher. Under the reign of successive populists, the belief that fortune seekers and opportunists are invading Europe has spread.

Angela Merkel’s courageous ‘Wir schaffen das’ turned to near silence only a year (and a number of incidents) later. The crisis divides Europe, and unites it at the same time. Only a few years ago, Fortress Europe was unthinkable, now it is almost a fact.

The danger of current preconceptions regarding asylum seekers lies in lack of attention to the human aspect: the hardships that people have to endure during their flight and after, the horrific circumstances that force people to flee and the consequences for the hundreds of thousands of children that had to flee with them. Ama is not a political refugee. Her parents did not escape from a war, but simply wanted a better future for their children.

But can we blame Ama?

Sander Burger (1975) graduated from the Netherlands Film Academy in 2001. In 2005 he directed his first feature film Panman, Rhythm of the Palms, which won several awards, including the best film at the Hollywood Black FF. His feature film Hunting & Sons (2010) has been selected for many festivals such as New Directors/New Films and has been nominated for numerous prizes. Burger directed two other features: Olivier Etc. (2006) and Off Track (2016) and various short films. I’m Alice / Alice Cares (2015) was his first full-length documentary.

The film won several prizes and was nominated for the Prix Europa.

Company Profile Volya Films is a Rotterdam based company producing author fiction films and creative documentaries, mainly as international co-productions. Recent films are A Land Imagined by Yeo Siew Hua (WP Locarno FF 2018 Intl Comp Winner Golden Leopard, winner Golden Star El Ghouna FF), I Know You Are There by Thom M. Vanderbeken (WP Visions du Réel 2017, Special Mention First Film), Centaur by Aktan Arym Kubat (WP Berlinale 2017 – winner CICAE award, CANVAS Award Best Film MOOOV 2017), Waiting for Giraffes by Marco de Stefanis (WP Dutch Competition IDFA 2016), The Grown Ups by Maite Alberdi (WP Intnl Competition IDFA 2016, Best Feature Documentary It’s All True 2017 and Best Feature Documentary Festival International de Films de Femmes 2017).

Goals at the JCM Our goal is to find a sales agent, foreign distributors and co-producers.

Contact details

Representatives at JCM

Volya Films

Denis Vaslin, Producer

www.volyafilms.com

Fleur Knopperts, Producer

info@volyafilms.com

Sander Burger, Director

+31 10 4155621

Bastiaan Tichler, Screenwriter

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Winning

Production Country Sweden

Winning

Production Budget

Mila (13) loves football and dreams about becoming a professional footballer. Her team gets a new coach, who pushes the girls to commit 100% - which puts her friendship with best friend KIA in jeopardy…

Director Anders Hazelius Screenwriter Jessika Jankert Production Company New Stories AB Producer Stefan H. Lindén Language

€ 2,100,000 Financing in Place € 185,000 Financing Sources

Swedish Based on Original Screenplay Target Audience 9+ Length 90

Swedish Film Institute: € 35,000

min. Genre Drama Type Live action

New Stories AB, Production: € 150,000

Synopsis Mila loves football and dreams about becoming a pro.

She plays in the same team as her best friend Kia. Unfortunately it’s a team that sucks. When former pro-footballer Lollo moves back home, she becomes their new coach. Lollo sets a high target for the team – to reach the final of the Gothia Cup. But the road ahead turns out to be far from easy. The girls struggle with teamwork and have low self-esteem. Mila is a good player but she needs to learn how to become a team player if she is ever going to be able to grow and reach her goals. As the team gets better, Lollo’s tough coaching style creates division in the team, leaving the ones who don’t care enough on the bench. Kia is one of them, and the two former friends slowly drift apart as Kia finds new interests. When it’s finally time

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for Gothia, Mila and the rest of the team are incredibly excited. But Kia ends up arguing with Lollo and decides to leave the team. Mila is so keen to win that she falls back into her old selfish style of play and lets the team down. They lose in the semi-finals and are eliminated. Half the team decides to quit. Mila has lost everything – the team, her best friend and her dream. She decides to quit football. But life without football is no life at all for Mila. Will she find a way back to realise her dream?

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Director’s Statement

Director’s Biography

I’ve chosen to summarise my statement in 5 sections: 1. Honesty. I don’t believe children want to be pampered. I believe children long for honesty and that they want to listen to current and original stories.

I want to engage with the pain of growing up and having to make difficult choices, with honesty and lots of heart.

2. Playfulness. I want to work in a hand-held visual style so that we get the feeling that we are there with the main characters. The camera will follow, care and play alongside them, with pauses for breathing and reflection.

3. Simplicity. I want a small crew for a longer period, mainly so we’ll be able to generate completely authentic performances from each actor. Lines have to feel true and spontaneous and the scenes must feel free. I want to make the most of the warm summer days and light summer nights.

4. Loving. I want to catch strong emotions. I want to switch from laughter to tears in the same scene if possible. I never aspire to be difficult or strict. The film will feel open and honest, bordering on naïve.

Loving but not romantic. Plain but not simple.

5. Unpredictable. Winning is about how Mila is forced to choose between her best friend and her biggest dream. She drives each scene and therefore we will work long and hard to cast her, in order to find someone who truly embodies Mila.

Anders is a director and scriptwriter from Stockholm.

He studied film direction at Konsthögskolan Valand in Gothenburg. He has worked as a director since 2010. In his filmography you’ll notice the short feature Första Gången which was awarded the Jury Prize at Generation 13+ at Berlinale in 2013. Anders also directed the featurette Gerilla (2015) and the youth series Hashtag (2013). In 2018 his first feature In I Dimman was released and he directed a number of episodes of the TV series Den Inre Cirkeln (2019).

Anders is currently directing the up-coming Swedish television series Tunna Blå Linjen.

Company Profile New Stories is a production company based in Stockholm, Sweden. New Stories focus on producing new talent within film and television. Recent titles include Swedish hit teen-drama series Eagles.

Goals at the JCM To have first meetings with international distribution and sales representatives. To evaluate the international potential of the project and to engage in first meetings with international coproduction partners, both for production and post-production and production.

Previous work in ScreeningClub • In I Dimman - (Feature film) - Directed and written

by Anders Hazelius - 2018 • Hashtag - (TV- Miniseries) - Directed by Anders Hazelius, written by Jessika Jankert - 2016

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Representatives at JCM

New Stories Ab

Stefan H. Lindén, Producer

www.newstories.se

Anders Hazelius, Director

stefan@newstories.se +46 707817092

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Art Mysteries

Production Counries The Netherlands, Germany

Art Mysteries

Production Budget

Art Mysteries is a youth documentary series about enigmatic artists and the life lessons their works can teach us. A narrator takes young viewers on an exciting hunt through past and present. Their goal is to unravel unsolved mysteries in modern art.

Director Martijn Bleekendaal Production Company Cerutti Film Pro-

€ 400,000 Financing in Place N/A Financing Sources N/A

ducer Willemijn Cerutti Sales Arte FRANCE Language Dutch Based on Original Screenplay Target Audience 11+ Length 6* 27 min. Genre Art/Music/Culture, Family Type Documentary

Synopsis

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Art Mysteries is a six-part youth documentary series

search for answers takes the spectator to the Los Angeles

about enigmatic artists and the life lessons their works

of Bas Jan Ader, Beuys’ Dusseldorf, Banksy’s London and

can teach us. A narrator takes the young viewers on

the New York of Basquiat. Six mysteries, six characters,

an exciting scavenger hunt through past and present,

six conundrums – In Art Mysteries a voice-over driven

finding clues and hidden messages in art, photos and

narrative unfolds six very intimate stories about art as a

film. Their goal is to unravel unsolved mysteries in

main source of inspiration. Banksy’s is about rebellion

modern art. Who is hiding behind the name Banksy?

and resistance. Beuys is about dreams and reality.

What happened with Bas Jan Ader? Who brought

Basquiat’s is about the desire for fame. Ader’s is about

Jean-Michel Basquiat to ruins? After his plane crash,

the fear of failure and Niki de Saint Phalle’s is about

was Joseph Beuys really saved by Tartars covering him

painful love. As the narrator tries to solve these

in animal fat and felt? What is hidden in the secret

mysteries, he has to overcome obstacles, through art,

garden of Niki de Saint Phalle? Is Duchamp the righteous

to find truth in himself. When you learn to look at things

owner of his world famous artwork? The adventurous

in a different way, your whole perspective on life will change.

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Director’s Statement

Director’s Filmography

Art Mysteries is a series of youth documentaries in

The man who looked beyond the horizon (27’), youth doc 2018

which I try to solve mysteries in art as a filmmaker.

80 Years War, doc series

I explicitly write “me as a filmmaker.” Art Mysteries is not

Good Hope, doc series

just an adventurous “detective series” about modern art.

Upside down, doc series

Just like my earlier youth documentaries Through The

Little Titans, youth art doc series

Looking Glass (2014) and The Man Who Looked Beyond

Tough Cookies, youth doc series

The Horizon (2018), the episodes of Art Mysteries are also a self-examination. In the first place it is a personal

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exploration of universal fears and desires (the fear of not

In order to produce the best creative documentaries

belonging anywhere, the desire to be seen, etc.). Secondly

Cerutti Film strives to set up alliances with a wide range

Art Mysteries, just like Through The Looking Glass and

of partners. These support and supplement the point

The Man Who Looked Beyond the Horizon, is about

of view of the filmmaker and increase their scope.

filmmaking, telling stories and the role of the filmmaker.

This multi-dimensional approach forges new connections

The Man Who Looked Beyond the Horizon takes it even

and increases the impact of a documentary on society.

further than Through The Looking Glass. The starting point is less classical: not a story about a child struggling with

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an issue, but a story about a conceptual artist in the early

To find a broadcaster who can pre-buy the series and

1970s who experiments with short films in Los Angeles

a find a Belgian fund/co-producer.

and disappears when he sets off – for an art project - on a sailing trip from America to Europe. While making The

Previous work in ScreeningClub

Man Who Looked Beyond The Horizon, this complex

The Man Who Looked Beyond the Horizon - Martijn Bleek-

matter forced me to think about youth documentary as

endaal - 2018

a genre. What makes a story like this suitable for young people? I discovered that in the case of The Man Who Looked Beyond The Horizon it is the tone of voice, the universal theme (in this case: fear of failure) and the narrative form – an exciting detective story with cliffhangers, like an exciting adventure story told in voice over. With the series Art Mysteries I hope to take this exploration of the youth documentary to the next level. The challenge is to make a six-part series based on the same eclectic principle - The Man Who Looked Beyond the Horizon is a mix of different styles and contains all kinds of source material (photo, film, video, smartphone video etc.). Everything was permissible as long as there would be a continuity of style within each scene, and each scene would support the narrative. The challenge is how to make this work for a six-episodes series about such diverse artists as Marcel Duchamp, Alice Neel, Jean-Michel Basquiat?

Contact details

Representative at JCM

Cerutti Film

Willemijn Cerutti, Producer

www.ceruttifilm.nl willemijn@ceruttifilm.nl +31 6 50208648

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Folk Tales from Papua New Guinea Tumbuna Stories

Production countries Switzerland, Papua New Guinea Production Budget

A mysterious group of people invade an island to celebrate when the inhabitants have left for their gardens. The Islanders plan to leave a man behind to see who the visitors are. The account of what the man witnesses renders the villagers mesmerized and eager to capture them.

€ 2,756,000 Financing in Place € 276,200 Financing Sources Swiss National Film Funding: € 152,200

Directors & Screenwriters Katherine Winfrey, Ursula Ulmi

Swiss Television: € 35,900

Production Company Ulmi Film Producers Katherine Winfrey, Ursula

PIC Pacific Islanders in Communication

Ulmi Languages Tok Pisin, English Based on Folktales from Papua

Digital Shorts Fund: € 22,100

New Guinea (oral tradition) Target Audience 6+ Length 26 * 7 min.

Foundations and Crowdfunding: € 27,000

Genre Adventure, Art/Music/Culture, Comedy, Education, Family Type

Inkind contributions: € 15,000

Animation, Documentary

Producer’s Equity: € 24,000

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Idodo, Legend of the Fish. A story from an era not known

beings and come onto the land to celebrate and dance.

to us. A story from a small island called Panudau, in

Once the sun set, they would hurry back into the sea

Papua New Guinea. A time when fish had no colours

leaving behind all the mess they had made. Curious as to

and could walk on land. Where they would spend their

who would come and occupy the village in their absence,

days looking for uninhabited islands on which to dance

the islanders planned to find out who the uninvited

their hearts away till the sun went down. Idodo tells the

visitors were. What they would soon discover left them

story of how the first people on the island of Panudau

astounded and mystified. Whilst celebrating, the fish

witnessed a mystical and amazing event. An event

were surprised by the hiding villagers and fled to the sea.

that has been retold through story, song and dance

In all the commotion, the fish had no time to remove the

throughout many generations. This short animation

colourful dresses and painting they had put on for the

retells the story of how the reef fish got their beautiful

festival, and so they jumped, still in their finery, into the

colours. Long ago, the fish would transform into human

ocean. This is how the fish around the reefs became so colourful and gorgeous, the way they are today.

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Directors’ Biographies

Katherine: Coming from a country that has a rich and

Katherine Reki Winfrey was born and raised in Papua

diverse cultural heritage, it is important to be able

New Guinea and has a Bachelor in Arts (PNG Studies)

to preserve it. In the past this was passed down through

from Divine Word University, Madang. From 2009 –

oral tradition from one generation to the next.

2015 she was a project assistant at Bread for the World,

The biggest danger of this tradition is that along the

assessing and negotiating project proposals for funding

way, it has become lost as our traditional lifestyle has

approval, and monitored effective implementation of

changed. The key now is to document such traditional

project funds. In 2017 Katherine Winfrey won a script

practices, local legends being a part of it, as we learn

writing competition initiated by Commonwealth Writers

so much of ourselves from our stories. I have always

and was able to film and direct her first short film titled

wanted to see our ‘Tumbuna Stories’ (local legends)

My Mother’s Blood as part of Commonwealth Shorts.

be turned into animation as in this day and age children

With a passion for storytelling, Katherine has always

are more fascinated in seeing characters come to life

wanted to be a filmmaker, telling stories from a PNG

on the big screen.

point of view.

Ursula: Born in Papua New Guinea and raised in Switzerland, I’ve come to understand how important stories are

Ursula Ulmi was born in Papua New Guinea, raised

for our cultural identity and how essential it is, especially

in Switzerland and Kenya, Ursula studied animation at

for children, to feel rooted in their own culture. The

the Lucerne University of Applied Science & Arts in Swit-

stories we grow up with spur our imagination and shape

zerland and worked in the European animation industry

both ourselves and our understanding of the world.

for 10 years, on a number of projects for television, web

Bringing these stories to life through animation and

and film, as animator, puppet modeler and produc-

sharing them with a wider audience through film, gives

tion manager (TV-Series: Studio Soi, Cartoon Network

us the possibility to create bridges and facilitate cultural

The Amazing World of Gumball, Youtube Talking Tom

understanding.

and Friends and animated features: Wes Anderson’s

Katherine: Being a part of this project allows me to

Fantastic Mr. Fox, Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie among

contribute to preserving a small bit of my culture. It

others.) Since 2016 she has been an independent

provides the opportunity to learn a new set of skills

animation producer and director in Switzerland,

which would be far more difficult if I were to do this on

producing films with character driven storytelling and

my own here in PNG. A chance to expose the unknown

artistic quality, creating new worlds and original content

talents, stories and culture of a world so far away. And

for animated films, series and cross media projects.

in doing so, hopefully motivate others to document their history and preserve it for generations to come.

Company Profile Ulmi Film is developing, producing and distributing animated content for shorts, features and series.

The company was founded by Ursula Ulmi in 2016.

Goals at the JCM We are looking for co-producers, broadcasters and distributors who would like to join us in developing this animated series.

Contact details

Representatives at JCM

Ulmi Film

Ursula Ulmi, Producer, director, screenwriter

ursula.ulmi@gmx.ch

Katherine Winfrey, Producer, director, screenwriter

+41 764038355

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Mrs. Robot

Production Country Belgium

Mrs.Robot

Production Budget

When Pi’s father falls in love with a companion robot, Pi discovers that her new stepmother is a spy…

€ 1,700,000 Financing in Place € 50,000

Directors & Screenwriters Ruth Mellaerts, Boris Kuijpers Production Company Hamlet Producer Arielle Sleutel Language Dutch Based on Original Screenplay Target Audience 9+ Length 13 * 26 min. Genre

Financing Sources Flanders Audiovisual Fund: € 50,000

Comedy Type Live action

Synopsis Pi (16) lives with her dad Bruno and a robotic dog

falling in love. With a robot... Pi however doesn’t share

constructed by her mother. Pi’s mother was a robot

his enthusiasm. She doesn’t trust her new stepmother at

engineer who died during a test drive with a self-driving

all. Why does she talk in riddles with the fridge? And how

car. Pi was six years old when this happened. Gradually

is it that Pi’s robotic dog gets so agitated in her company?

the memories of her mother become vague. Bruno still

Cutie Pie is hiding something, although Pi cannot quite

misses his wife, but sometimes he also just misses having

put her finger on it. As Bruno and Cutie Pie get closer,

a companion. This changes when his boss asks Bruno

Pi is determined to get to the bottom of things. When

a favor. Bruno works at a company that specializes in

she finds out that her mother was working on a classi-

technology making people’s lives easier. Their newest

fied project to design a companion robot Pi’s questions

invention is Cutie Pie, an attractive and polite humanoid.

become more pressing. Was her mother’s death really an

And Bruno has to take her home as a test case. For Bruno

accident? Together with her vlogging friend Iggy, Pi sets

the new addition to his family is somewhat of a change

out to investigate…

for the better. He can hardly believe it, but it seems he is

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Directors’ Statement Technology has taken a central place in our lives.

Boris Kuijpers graduated with a Master degree in Audio-

Algorithms determine our holiday destinations, robots

visual Arts. He wrote and directed several short films and

vacuum our houses, apps select our future partners.

commercials. When Boris and Ruth met at RITCS, they

Facebook is better at judging us than our best friends and

started to work together. As a writing-directing duo they

we laugh at the jokes Siri makes. Children growing up

have made two successful short films, Allegory of the Jam

now are digital natives. Technology has been an essential

Jar (2015) and The Day the Dogs Disappeared (2018),

part of their lives right from the start. How people and

both selected and awarded at international film festivals.

machines relate to each other is one of the most exciting and relevant questions of the moment. Can you become

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friends with your virtual assistant? Would your house-

Hamlet’s ambition is to create thought-provoking films,

hold robot embarrass you? Do robots have rights?

rooted in society and born out of an attempt to explore

Will they soon take over the world? Can a robot be

human emotions. Hamlet looks out for work that stays

a replacement mother? Mrs. Robot is set in a world

with you, true beauty and smart entertainment.

very similar to the world young viewers know. But the questions are slightly more pressing here. With minor

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interventions we ensure a contemporary sci-fi feeling.

We are thrilled to produce this series and look forward

And we translate the moral issues that come with this

to enthusing potential partners at Cinekid.

theme to this kids’ setting. That is why we opt for an archetypal story of a young heroine and an apparently angry stepmother and turn this into an exciting and compelling detective story. Young viewers become emotionally involved in the story of Pi and the search for what happened to her deceased mother. At the same time, they can laugh out loud with the geeky Iggy or the crazy Simona and sit on the edge of their seats to find out what is going on with that mysterious Cutie Pie.

Directors’ Biographies Ruth Mellaerts graduated in Literature & Languages, followed by a Master degree in Cultural Studies and in Audiovisual Arts. She has written several theatre plays and worked as a writer for the Belgian television series De Ridder. In 2016 she published a book of short stories.

She teaches writing at Luca School of Arts and at RITCS in Brussels.

Contact details

Representatives at JCM

Hamlet

Arielle Sleutel, Producer

www.hamlet.tv

Ruth Mellaerts, Director and screenwriter

arielle@hamlet.tv

Boris Kuijpers, Director and screenwriter

+32 497581105

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Ormhildur the Brave Ormhildur the Brave

Production Country Iceland Production Budget

In a world where magical creatures rule, man is prey.

A ragtag group of women try to restore human supremacy, not knowing that their actions could cause mankind’s very extinction.

Director & Screenwriter Thorey Mjallhvit Production Company

€ 3,500,000 Financing in Place € 433,935 Financing Sources

Compass Films Producers Thorey Mjallhvit, Heather Millard

Icelandic Film Centre: € 58,560

Co-production company GS Animation Language English Based on

Siminn, SVOD Iceland: € 375,375

Graphic novel ‘Ormhildarsaga’ Target Audience 8+ Length 26 * 23 min.

Genre Comedy, Fantasy Type Animation

Synopsis The year is 2043, the world has been in chaos since the

spell must be cast, but she is ill equipped to save the

1980s, destroyed by a raging flood caused by the melting

world. On the run from Grim, head of Home Security,

glaciers - a disaster that left the mainland split into

Ormhildur is joined by Gudrun, a beautiful and extremely

clusters of islands. All the world’s folktale creatures have

powerful theoretician of elf magic, and Brunhild, a large

slithered beneath the melted glaciers: giants and trolls,

and masculine woman. This unlikely trio head together

sea serpents, dragons, witches and grotesque merma-

to Mount Hekla, each with her own agenda.

trons that have a seductive yet deadly charm.

On a small island in the remote archipelago in the Northern Sea, the dumpy and timid Ormhildur, a bookworm with a specialism in magical creature studies, has found an old spell to restore the glaciers and to lock the mythical beasts into the ice. She finds herself on a mission to reach the summit of Mount Hekla where the

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Director’s Statement

Company Profile

Ormhildur the Brave is a 2D animated comedy series

Compass Films is an award-winning production company

intended for pre-teens and the family market.

based in Reykjavik, Iceland. We produce independent

The story has a sarcastic and sometimes grotesque

non-fiction and fictional content for cinema, television

sense of humour. Yet it also has a noble aim, its intent

and online media. We also provide production services

to make the audience question human dominion over

throughout Iceland, as well as a consultancy and

nature. The story parallels our modern day concerns of

financial services for international productions.

global warming and the environment but presents these concerns in such a surreal and ridiculous way that the

Goals at the JCM

audience is able to laugh. The visual style is exciting and

To meet prospective co-producers, broadcast pre-sales,

international but we also reference the small fishing

sales agents and other partners.

island of Iceland, both modern day and from the old sagas. The colours will be bright and fun, with lots of texture, especially when mimicking patterns from old scrolls and old Icelandic literature. The overall style of the animation will be unique (avoiding the obvious visual cues of more mainstream animations), making it stand out and giving it a memorable look. Ultimately the series will be on a par with other high quality fantasy animations and will appeal to a wide audience.

Director’s Biography Thorey has a wide range of experience in the creative industry as a writer, animator and comic book artist.

She has worked on numerous animation and illustration projects locally in Iceland but also in the Welsh animation industry.

The animated series Ormhildur the Brave is based on Thorey’s unique and recently published graphic novel ‘Ormhildarsaga’. It is the first of its kind in Iceland; a feature length comic based on the stories of old, but set in the future. The comic was nominated for the prestigious Reykjavik Children’s Book Award.

Contact details

Representative at JCM

Compass Films

Heather Millard, Producer

www.compassfilms.is info@compassfilms.is +354 6935698

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Overboard!

Production Countries Czech Republic, Slovakia

Přes palubu!

Production Budget

The world will soon be under water and anyone who is not on the Ark will perish. There are only cabins available for select animals, though, and the rules on board are strict. What will this mean for the two stowaways, a chameleon and a cross-eyed kiwi?

€ 760,000 Financing in Place € 120,700 Financing Sources

Directors Filip Pošivač, Barbora Valecká Screenwriter Hynek Trojánek

Czech Film Fund: € 73,000

Production Company nutprodukce, s.r.o. Producer Pavla Janoušková

Czech Film Fund - film incentives: € 7,700

Kubečková Language None Based on Original Screenplay Target

Slovak Audiovisual Fund: € 15,000

Audience 5+ Length 13 * 10 min. Genre Family Type Animation

nutprodukce - own investment: € 25,000

Synopsis At first glance, Chameleon and Kiwi are a strange pair:

boat. Overboard! is a TV series for pre-school children

while the former draws attention with his changing

following the story of an unlikely couple: two stowaways

colors, the balding and perpetually frightened Kiwi shies

who sneaked onto Noah’s Ark. In each 10-minute episode

away from any attention at all. But when an approaching

we see the pair trying to survive in secret among other

storm sweeps away their roof, there is no room for

animals, but always causing a bit of chaos and fun.

differences: they must help each other board the Ark

Kiwi and Chameleon may be a strange pair, but they are

that is about to set out from shore! This is no simple task,

good friends who, despite all their differences, always

however! The Ark is reserved only for chosen couples and

look out for each other and are often a much stronger

Chameleon, with his hanging tongue, and a cross-eyed

team than the couples who were chosen to be saved.

Kiwi don’t qualify. When they finally trick their way onto

But the shipmasters don’t share this opinion...

the boat that’s just the beginning of their problems: Kiwi and Chameleon become an unwanted and unexpected burden, disturbing the meticulously-planned order of the

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Directors’ Statement Overboard! is the story of two outsiders who will win the

Barbora Valecká graduated from the Academy of Arts,

hearts of viewers not just through their goofy personali-

Architecture and Design in Prague. She participated as an

ties and their startlingly human weaknesses but, first and

animator on a feature-length puppet film Little from the

foremost, their friendship and surprising inventiveness

Fish Shop by Jan Balej. Bara also illustrates books.

in the face of a catastrophe. Theirs is one long adventure, one much longer than our heroes may have expected.

We would like to make a series comprehensible to people

Company Profile

in all corners of the world. We found the Old Testament

nutprodukce is one of the leading Czech production

story of Noah’s Ark to be an ideal starting point and we

companies. Its status is based on a wealth of

began to look for a way to tell it anew, with humour,

experience raging from documentaries, high-end tv series

while still respecting its comprehensibility and

to animated works,and an artistically diverse selection

universality. Kiwi and Chameleon are heroes who,

of the best of Czech arthouse cinema. nutprodukce

without one another, would be doomed. Together,

is known for its professionalism and nonconformity,

however, they can accomplish great things - like saving

best exhibited in works such as the miniseries Burning

the entire Ark from sinking. That, we think, is one of the

Bush (11 Czech Film Awards), Graffitiger (Student Oscar

messages of the series - to tell children in today’s

nominee) or the animated short Pandas (Cinéfondation

accomplishment-obsessed world that a single person

3rd Prize, Cannes 2013). Characterized by its distinct

does not have to be good at everything, that one does not

artistic policy, the company can consistently boast an

have to be perfect, just like our heroes are not perfect.

original and innovative slate of audiovisual works from

We want to make the entire series without dialogue

Central Europe. nutprodukce is also recognised for its

or commentary. We would like to tell it situationally,

discovery and development of long-term relationships

through the mimicry of the main characters, and through

with new directorial and screenwriting talent.

playful animation, with humour and lightness, and comprehensible, first and foremost, to children.

Goals at the JCM We managed to finance and produce a pilot for the

Directors’ Biographies

planned TV series for children. Now we are looking for

Filip Pošivač graduated from the Academy of Arts,

broadcasters and finance to be able to shoot the whole

Architecture and Design in Prague in the field of

series. We participated at JCM last year with the director’s

animation. In 2015 he finished a short film Deep In Moss,

feature film Tony, Shelly and Genius (which won

which was screened at many festivals - HAFF, Ottawa IAF,

Eurimages Co-production Development Award) which

Chicago Intl. Children’s Film Festival, DOK Leipziga and

will be produced in 2020 and 2021, and after that

Animateka, and Anifilm where it received the Audience

we would like to start shooting other parts of the

Award. 2016 saw a series follow-up called Live from

Overboard! series.

the Moss. As an illustrator and director, Filip has been enrolled on this year’s IBBY (International Board on Book

Previous work in ScreeningClub

for Young People).

Overboard! - pilot - Filip Pošivač, Barbora Valecká - 2019

Contact details

Representatives at JCM

Nutprodukce

Pavla Janoušková Kubečková, Producer

www.nutprodukce.cz

Filip Pošivač, Director

info@nutprodukce.cz

Barbora Valecká, Director

+420 604 821642

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Pol the Pirate Mouse Pol de Piratenmuis

Production Country The Netherlands Production Budget

Pol is the first pirate mouse of the forest! And when you’re discovering the great outdoors for the first time, around every corner there’s a new treasure to be found. But there’s nothing more precious to Pol than her friends, who set sail together on wondrous woodland adventures.

€ 6,000,000 Financing in Place N/A Financing Sources N/A

Development Executive Phil Molloy Screenwriter Tingue Dongelmans Production Company Submarine Producer Bruno Felix Languages English, Dutch Based on Original Screenplay Target Audience 3+ Length 52 * 11 min. Genre Adventure, Comedy, Family Type Animation

Synopsis Being a city mouse, Pol has never seen the forest before.

say it’s all plain sailing, especially with someone

And her new woodlands friends have certainly never

as courageous and headstrong as Pol leading the way.

seen a pirate before. Especially one so small. But that

As with any group of kids, they are learning as much

doesn’t stop them from joining her crew, and setting sail

about each other as they are about themselves. But no

on the most wondrous of woodland adventures. As they

matter how choppy the waters get, one way or another,

travel down rivers and streams, Pol peers out from her

they band together and get there in the end.

pirate’s nest, forever on the lookout for a new discovery.

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To her, everything in the forest is an unknown treasure,

Producer’s Statement

from a lily pad to a pine cone, and her pals love helping

The best way for children to learn and discover is through

her finds way to have fun with them. Even when they

play. Our goal is to create a rich and diverse playground,

don’t manage to find something new, the journey itself

full of wonder and new discoveries, where our characters

can be reward enough, as Pol knows that a magical

can explore the world around them, whilst at the same

memory is also something to be treasured. That’s not to

time learning about their friends and themselves.

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Director’s Biography We hope to encourage children to connect and interact

Phil Molloy is a writer, show-runner and development

with the world around them. Our characters are seeing the

executive, working across TV and film for children’s and

world around them for the first time, as many pre-school

family entertainment.

children do every day. Showing how what many adults see

For many years Phil was Head of Development at HIT

as routine can be fantastically exciting for pre-schoolers.

Entertainment and Mattel Creations, overseeing the

There are ‘treasures’ to be found everywhere.

slate for both original productions and existing IP, whilst securing commissions with major platforms and inter-

We hope to inspire children to open their eyes, be inquis-

national broadcasters. Phil has worked on some iconic

itive, and celebrate everything around them. To use all

brands, including Thomas & Friends, Bob The Builder,

of their senses to the full – especially when exploring the

Barbie, Masters Of The Universe and American Girl.

great outdoors. Nature plays a central role in the series,

Previous experience features roles at Turner Broad-

and we intend to highlight just how marvellous it is.

casting, BBC and Endemol UK. Now independent, Phil’s current clients include major studios in Los

Through sumptuous designs, the forest setting is both inviting and exciting, where a new discovery is always

Angeles, New York, and across Europe.

waiting around the next turn or bend in the river. Where

Company Profile

you can get carried away to a place both familiar and

Amsterdam-based Submarine was founded in 2000.

wonderous. The hand-crafted quality of the designs will

Over the years Submarine has established itself as an

also add a tangible, tactile feel.

innovative company producing feature films, animation, documentaries, and transmedia, all with an interna-

But no world is worth exploring without great characters

tional focus. In 2016 Submarine executed the design

to go on the journeys with. We want to demonstrate a whole

and production of the animation series WellieWishers

range of personalities within the characters – so all children

(26 x 11’), which launched Submarine’s own animation

can relate to at least one of these loveable new friends.

studio. Completed productions are Bunuel in the Laby-

We have studied in detail how real children interact with

rinth of the Turtles, a co-production with Spain, a worthy

one another, and will reflect this in how our characters

addition to our animation range, next to WellieWishers

behave – both through the good times they have and

and the successful series Picnic With Cake (13 x 5’) and

the challenges they face. How making mistakes is a way

Kika & Bob (52 x 11’). We’re currently in production on

learning. And how any problem can be overcome if you’re

Ari Folman’s new animated feature Where is Anne Frank?

willing to work on it together. Encouraging discovery and

and Coppelia, a feature length animation/ballet hybrid.

the joys that this brings, especially when with friends.

In the fall of 2019, the animation series Fox and Hare (26 x 11’) and the adult animated drama series Undone (8 x

Tonally, we will carefully blend action, comedy and

22’) will be released. Submarine was awarded Producer

warmth, to create epic adventure on a pint-sized scale.

of the Year during Cartoon Movie 2019 in Bordeaux.

Goals at the JCM Finding co-production partners, distributors, sales agents & broadcasters.

Contact details

Representatives at JCM

Submarine

Alex Dowding, Producer

www.submarine.nl

Denise van Leeuwen, Art Director

info@submarine.nl +31 20 8204940

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Coppelia

Production Countries The Netherlands, Germany, Belgium

Coppelia

Production Budget

When everyone in town falls under the spell of charismatic plastic surgeon Doctor Coppelius, feisty Swan must act to save her sweetheart Franz before his heart is used to spark life into Coppelius’ mechanical creation, Coppelia.

€ 4,791,960 Financing Sources Netherlands: € 2,562,824 Germany: € 1,254,135 Belgium: € 975,000

Directors Jeff Tudor, Ben Tesseur, Steven de Beul Screenwriters Tamara Bos, Jeff Tudor, Ben Tesseur, Steven De Beul Production Company Submarine Producer Bruno Felix, Adrienne Liron Co-

Intended Release Dates 2021

production companies 3 Minutes West (NL) , Motion Works (NL), Lunanime (BE) Sales Urban Distribution International Broadcaster AVOTROS, ARTE, NRK, ERR Language None Based on the ballet performance Coppelia, ou la fille aux yeux d’émail Target Audience 6+ Length 80 min. Genre Drama, Family Type Animation, Live action

Synopsis

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Swan is a confident, independent young woman,

seduced into entering the Clinic. They emerge looking

who lives with her mother in a small, friendly town.

prettier, but there is something wrong. The once-friendly

While running her own juice bar she falls for the bicycle

town is now populated by beautiful but blank people.

maker, Franz. Although he is constantly surrounded by

Swan even sees her precious Franz being lured into

adoring girls, Franz secretly loves Swan in return… Just

the clinic by Coppelia! Swan’s usual confidence is

as young love is blossoming, the charismatic plastic

undermined. Should she change her appearance – wear

surgeon Doctor Coppelius opens his impressive clinic in

make-up, tidy her hair, wear pretty clothes - to be more

town. The Doctor promises everyone physical perfection

like Coppelia? Then she discovers the sinister truth: while

– and presents his gorgeous (animated) muse, Coppelia,

fixing the townspeople’s flaws, the Doctor extracts their

as the perfect advert for his skills. The townspeople are

life essence and Franz is being held captive. The Doctor

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Directors’ Biographies plans to steal the energy from Franz’s beating heart and

Jeff Tudor is an award-winning director, Jeff has

to use it to bring his Coppelia creation to life. Swan has

developed, directed, produced and edited films for

to take action to thwart the Doctor’s plan. She disguises

broadcasters and distributors such as the BBC, Pathé,

herself as Coppelia, fools the Doctor into thinking his

Warner, NTR and Sky Arts. Jeff relocated from London

creation has come alive, and frees Franz from Doctor

to Amsterdam in 2002 and established his production

Coppelius’ love-extraction machine and destroys it.

company 3 Minutes West in 2007. Under Jeff’s creative

The stolen life essence returns to the townspeople and

leadership, 3 Minutes West specialises in capturing and

finally Swan and Franz’s love is able to blossom.

adapting outstanding dance and theatre performances for cinema and television. Ben Tesseur and Steven De

Directors’ Statement

Beul are Belgian animators, film producers, directors

The idea for this film came to life in 2008 at the première

and founders of the stop-motion studio Beast Animation.

of Ted Brandsen’s ‘Coppelia’, performed by the Dutch

They are known for their part in several internationally

National Ballet. Brandsen’s imaginative and fresh

awarded films, series and commercials. Like the Panique

version of this 150-year-old ballet added new layers that

au village films, the short films Oh Willy… and Under The

appealed to today’s audience. The cartoonish décor,

Apple Tree, and the TV series Dimitri and Rusty.

the costumes and strong visual themes immediately brought to mind a crossover story in which animation

Company Profile

and dance could be combined. Not so much a musical,

Amsterdam-based Submarine was founded in 2000.

but a ‘dansical’. A story told through choreography,

Over the years Submarine has established itself as an

movements, acting and rhythm. The original ‘Coppelia’

innovative company producing feature films, animation,

is a slightly sugary and old-fashioned ballet. Our version

documentaries, and transmedia, all with an international

tells a different story with a contemporary twist. Just as in

focus. In 2016 Submarine executed the design and

Brandsen’s production, Dr Coppelius is not a doll-maker

production of the animation series WellieWishers

but a plastic surgeon obsessed with physical perfection

(26 x 11’), which launched Submarine’s own animation

and determined to create the perfect woman for himself.

studio. Completed productions are Bunuel in the

Coppelia is a robot, a perfect but superficial recreation

Labyrinth of the Turtles, a co-production with Spain, a

of a woman, designed by a man who is unable to find real

worthy addition to our animation range, next to WellieW-

love. With this theme, the film hits a nerve with today’s

ishers and the successful series Picnic With Cake (13 x

society that is obsessed with looks. A world where phys-

5’) and Kika & Bob (52 x 11’). We’re currently in produc-

ical beauty is valued above most other human qualities.

tion on Ari Folman’s new animated feature Where is

How far will we go to satisfy our vanity? Coppelia offers

Anne Frank? and Coppelia, a feature length animation/

the opportunity to present dance in new, innovative ways

ballet hybrid. In the fall of 2019, the animation series

by coupling it with animation. There is great demand for

Fox and Hare (26 x 11’) and the adult animated drama

such combinations: broadcasters and film distributors

series Undone (8 x 22’) will be released. Submarine was

are actively searching for new, imaginative dance content

awarded Producer of the Year during Cartoon Movie 2019

for family audiences. Our ultimate goal is to attract the

in Bordeaux.

mainstream audience and interest them in the story, its strong theme, subject matter and concept.

Goals at JCM We are looking for pre-sales and distribution partners.

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Representatives at JCM

Submarine

Adrienne Liron, Producer

www.submarine.nl

Janneke van de Kerkhof, Producer

info@submarine.nl +31 20 8204941

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Ella Bella Bingo

Production Countries Norway, Denmark, Germany

Elleville Elfrid

Production Budget

Ella Bella and Henry are best friends, but one day a new boy moves into the neighborhood and everything changes.

â‚Ź 6,000,000 Financing Sources Mediefondet Zefyr AS

Directors Atle Blakseth, Frank Mosvold Screenwriters Frank Mosvold,

Nordisk Film & TV Fond

Rob Sprackling, Johnny Smith Production Company Kool Produktion

Kool Produktion AS

AS Producers Frank Mosvold, Torgeir Sanders Sales Studio 100 Film, Scanbox Language Norwegian Based on Original Screenplay Target Audience 4+ Length 75 min. Genre Family Type Animation

Intended Release Date 2020

Synopsis Ella Bella is organising a circus for her very best friend

This exasperates her even more when Johnny offers

Henry, as he has never been to a circus before.

Henry a new bike. Ella Bella cannot take it anymore

Ella Bella is very excited and looks forward to being

and forces Henry to choose between Johnny and her.

the main attraction. She is going to show everyone

Henry does not want to hurt anyone and runs off. Henry

her fantastic magic trick. She is going to make Henry

disappears for real. Now Ella Bella has to go on a search

disappear. But on the very day of the circus,cool kid

together with her arch enemy Johnny. Together they have

Johnny moves into the neighborhood. He has a splendid

to find Henry. She has to save the circus, but most of all

idea for a showstopper, he wants to do a bicycle stunt

her friendship. The movie is a road trip, where three kids

together with Henry. Henry is in awe of this new boy,

learns the real magic of friendship.

while Ella Bella feels she is losing her best friend.

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Directors’ Statements

Directors’ Biographies

Frank Mosvold: In 1975, when I was ten years old, I saw

Frank Mosvold has a Master of Fine Arts in Film Produc-

The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix (Flåklypa Grand Prix) for the

tion from Loyola Marymount University. He has produced

very first time and I was mesmerized. My dream was to

and directed 14 short films. His last short film was Bendik

one day make my own animated feature film. Now I am

& the Monster. Mosvold has also produced and created

finally in production on Ella Bella Bingo (Elleville Elfrid).

the two animated TV-series Hubert and Ella Bella Bingo.

I wrote the screenplay together with the writing duo Rob

He has co-directed the Norwegian feature film, The Seven

Sprackling and Johnny Smith, who wrote the screen-

Deadly Sins. He is now co-directing his first animated

play of Gnomeo & Juliet and The Queen’s Corgi. In all of

feature film Ella Bella Bingo. Mosvold is a board member

my films since film school the important themes of my

of Kristiansand International Children Film Festival.

stories have revolved around friendship and alienation.

Atle Blakseth has made several animated short films

I think we all, especially when young, have a tremendous

and he has worked on animated TV-series, commercials

fear of being left out. We want to belong. We want friend-

and feature films in Norway. His most recent short

ship. In Ella Bella Bingo I want to explore friendship and

film Dad (Pappa) has screened at several film festivals

the fear of losing it. I want our Ella Bella Bingo film to

to critical acclaim. Frank Mosvold and Atle Blakseth

be light and humorous, but with a serious theme under-

worked together for the very first time on Bendik and

neath. Emotions are prioritized and gags are secondary.

the Monster, where Blakseth was animation director and

My hope is to give children the same fun experience

Mosvold the director. Frank Mosvold was so impressed by

I myself had, more than 40 years ago....

the work of Blakseth that he elevated him to co-director

Atle Blakseth:

on Ella Bella Bingo.

The Ella Bella Bingo film is about universal themes, in which children recognize, the value of friendship

Company Profile

and the importance of maintaining friendship. Kids’

Kool Produktion AS is a Norwegian animation studio.

happiness and self-worth are often tied with their

We produce films, tv-series and games for kids.

relationships with other children. Loss of a friend is painful. I have children myself, between the ages of 4 and

Goals at JCM

7, so I know what their world is like. Ella Bella is also an

Our goal at JCM market is to find local distributors,

interesting character. She is a strong pro-active woman,

buyers, broadcasters, licensing partners and festivals.

not a passive princess-type we so often see in animation.

It is important to make movies without the cliched and stereotype female characters, but instead give children an opportunity to be themselves, regardless of gender or race.

Contac details

Representatives at JCM

KoolProduktion

Frank Mosvold, Producer, Director and Screenwriter

www.facebook.com/KoolProduktion/

Atle Blakseth, Producer and Director

fmosvold@online.no +47 9075127

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Mister Paper

Production Country Belgium

Meneer Papier

Production Budget

Mister Paper cuts out and sticks together his own paper world with his scissors and childlike imagination - a preschool series (26x5’) in a classical cut-out animation style to match our cut-and-paste hero.

€ 1,650,000 Financing Sources Flemish Audiovisual Fund: € 320,000 Screen Flanders: € 100,000

Directors Steven De Beul, Ben Tesseur Screenwriter Mieke de Jong

Ketnet (VRT): € 100,000

Production Company Mockingbird Productions Producers Karlijn

Tax Shelter System Belgium: € 485,000

Van de Cruys, Dries Phlypo Sales Global Screen GmbH Broad-

Media Programme (Development: Slate

casters Ketnet (VRT), NDR, AVROTROS Language Dutch Based on

funding): € 40,000

The short films voor Meneer Papier gaat uit wandelen, Meneer Papier

Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM):

is verscheurd, Meneer Papier en zijn meisje Target Audience 3+ Length

€ 187,000

26 * 5 min. Genre Adventure Type Animation, cut-out

NDR: € 187,000 Balance Film GmbH: € 20,000 Mockingbird Productions: € 30,000 AVROTROS: € 100,000 Name: Global Screen GmbH: € 39,000 Intended Release Date

Synopsis

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2021

Mister Paper cuts and sticks together the world that he

thirsty and an apple when he’s hungry. Or he cuts

wants. He lives in a paper house surrounded by paper

a cow, so as to have some milk for the cat. And when the

nature. His sole companion is a cat. But thanks to his scis-

cat doesn’t feel like playing, he cuts a dog or a girl to

sors and his childlike imagination, he is never alone. For

take a walk with. Through his adventures, the world of

every situation, Mister Paper creates a solution by cutting

children is brought to life in a playful, imaginative manner.

or pasting something new. He cuts a bottle when he’s

A world, rooted in reality, where anything is possible.

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Directors’ Statement When we were introduced to Mister Paper by the authors

au village films, co-produced and co-directed the French

of his books, we immediately loved the books and were

television series Dimitri, produced the acclaimed short

triggered to give life to the character of Mister Paper

film Oh Willy... and directed the Dutch/Belgian series

by adding movement, rhythm and sound. We were

Rusty to name just a few. Their approach using stop-

especially attracted to the drawings of Gerda Dendooven:

motion technique combines traditional handiwork,

her use of colours, her choice of materials as well as the

crafted realism and animated elegance.

singular atmosphere that emanates from the books.

We were just as seduced by the deceptively simple

Company Profile

narrative and the ease with which writer Elvis Peeters

Mockingbird Productions is a newly founded Belgian

guides us through the surrealistic universe of Mister

production company specializing in both drama and

Paper. For this animated series, we took the books as a

animated TV series. Resulting from a cooperation

starting point and translated them to “our medium” as we

between two highly experienced producers, one

felt that their design and style are very close to our work.

is rooted in film (A Private View), the other in television

We decided to make it a film with paper in classic

production (Locubin). Together we have a proven track

cut-åout animation. Mister Paper and his whole universe

record for delivering quality productions for cinema and

are cut out of paper. Cut by scissors into the necessary

television. With Mockingbird we combine the knowledge

shapes and helped by a lick of paint here and there,

of both partners to create new content for TV aimed

or a pencil. In a way, we animators do the very same thing

at the Belgian and European market. In 2016 we (A

our main character does: we create a world with scissors

Private View) co-produced our first animated series for

and paper. The paper characters are animated physically,

preschool, Rusty, together with Dutch producer Lemming

image per image, under a camera. We have used this stop

Film, which was a big hit. Mockingbird Productions

motion technique in much of our work and the challenge

continues to pursue this need for quality local animated

of working only with paper is wild, and will force

content for pre-schoolers and is now working on

us to be very creative. But this limitation will also help

a second animated preschool production, Mister Paper.

us to create a series that will have its own peculiar magic, a series that will feel warm and somehow deeply familiar.

Goals at JCM

We look forward to telling the adventures of Mister Paper

To speak with our target audience for feedback and

in a beautiful and mind tickling animated series for

to meet with attending broadcasters and distributors

young and old.

in this advanced stage of the production. We have a lot of material to show: a pilot episode, all the finished

Directors’ Biographies

scripts and animatics for multiple episodes.

Ben Tesseur and Steven De Beul are Belgian directors and founders of the stop motion studio Beast Animation.

Previous work in ScreeningClub

They have an impressive track-record in stop motion

Mister Paper Goes Out for a Walk - Steven de Beul, Ben

animation for their work as animators, story-boarders

Tesseur - 2018

or directors in several international awarded films and commercials. They worked on the different Panique

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Representatives at JCM

Mockingbird Productions

Karlijn van de Cruys, Producer

ww.mockingbird.tv

Dries Phlypo, Producer

info@mockingbird.tv

Steven de Beul, Director

+32 22484848

Ben Tesseur, Director

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Ready, Steady…Draw!

De Krozelclub

Production Country Luxembourg Production Budget

Kids’ drawings are brought to life with pencil-drawn design in front of a photorealistic background.

€ 1,188,000 Financing Sources Film Fund Luxembourg: € 1,030,000

Director Jacopo Armani Screenwriters Fred Neuen, Jacopo Armani

RTL Luxembourg: € 59,000

Production Company Doghouse Films Producers Pierre Urbain, David Mouraire Broadcaster RTL Luxembourg Language Luxembourgish Based on Original Screenplay Target Audience 6+ Length

Intended Release Date 2020

18 * 4 min. Genre Adventure, Comedy, Education, Family, Fantasy Type Animation

Synopsis

Director’s Statement

In our daily lives, we often don’t let our imagination hold

Ready, steady… Draw! will be an innovative TV Series

the meaningful place it deserves. Let’s take children’s

drawing inspiration from the drawings of 6 to 11

drawings: what’s more satisfying and fulfilling than to see

year-olds. While scribbling, our children will actually

a child freely create characters and imagine stories and

be creating the basis for many stories and adventures

new worlds into which we can all immerse ourselves?

that their very own characters will later get to live out

But sadly, most children’s drawings end up in a box in the

on screen! A great hit in terms of interactivity, freedom

attic. Ready, steady… Draw! sets out to give life to these

and surprises!

drawings and these characters, and create real stories out of them that our children will believe in!

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Director’s Biography

Goals at JCM

Jacopo Armani is a Luxembourg director. His goal

Even though this series is produced entirely in Luxem-

is to bring animation and visual fx projects to life.

bourg, we are looking for international distributors and

Director: Zoli & Pokey (52 x 13’) 2014, Little Luke and

broadcasters to transmit it outside our country.

Lucy (52 x 6’) 2017. 1st assistant director: 3D TV-series Fox & Hare 2018, Let’s make it happen (short film) 2017, Pinocchio (long feature film) 2012, Pipi Pupu and Rosemarie (26 x 7’) 2013, both directed by Enzo D’Alo.

Company Profile Founded in 2012 by Pierre Urbain and David Mouraire, in partnership with the Belgian producer Walking The Dog, Doghouse Films combines the knowledge acquired by its two founders through their previous experience in the animation industry. With its 20 to 30 collaborators, depending on the projects in development and in production, the aim of Doghouse Films is to communicate clear messages and focus on strong artistic value. With feature films such as Pachamama, Fritzi, a revolutionary tale or the upcoming Where is Anne Frank? (Ari Folman), the studio stands out for its creativity and innovation by offering up discovery, upheavals and the history of the world. Its core strengths, 2D and 3D graphic, allow them to work not only with storyboarders and colour artists but also modellers, texture artists and 2D/3D layout artists. Thanks to this essential group of in-house artists, Doghouse Films is not just a financial partner, but also a strong and innovative originator of sound artistic ideas and proposals.

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Representatives at JCM

Doghouse Films

David Mouraire, Producer

www.doghousefilms.eu

Pierre Urbain, Producer

info@doghousefilms.eu

Jacopo Armani, Director

+352 27326244

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Royals Next Door

Production Countries Finland, Spain, Belgium, Ireland

Royals Next Door

Production Budget

For Stella, moving to a normal house is the best thing that could happen! She always wanted to experience a regular life. But starting from scratch is never easy, especially when you’re part of a Royal family.

Director Veronica Lassenius Screenwriters Line Lagenbeck, Tinka Ullbro, Annika Sandekin Production Company Pikkukala Oy Producer

€ 4,200,000 Financing Sources N/A Intended Release Date 2021

Pablo Jordi Sales company Dandelooo Broadcasters YLE, RTVE, Ketnet, Rté Co-production companies Lunanime (BE), Ink&Light (IR) Language English Based on Original Screenplay Target Audience 8+ Length 52 * 11 min. Genre Comedy Type Animation

Synopsis

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The royal castle is undergoing extensive refurbishment

friendships, neighbours, changing a light bulb, cleaning

(King Bob forgot to turn off a tap and flooded the whole

the house and organising birthday parties? Stella, her

place). The whole family has to move out and Queen

little sister Molly, her parents and pets will discover

Catarina sees it as the perfect opportunity to modernise.

everyday things with enthusiasm and a touch of

They will live in a normal house in an ordinary suburb.

eccentricity while they try to stay true to their own

It’s time to show that the Royals can live like everyone

royal traditions and duties. But it will not be easy to be

else! For 13 year-old Stella, our main character, moving

“normal” under the watchful eye of a nosy neighbour,

is the best thing that could happen to her. She has always

the lurking paparazzi, the mayor (eager for them to

wanted to experience a regular life, go to a real school,

leave and restore peace in the neighbourhood), and the

and just blend in. But starting from scratch is never easy,

incredulous Queen Mother, grandmother of Stella, all of

even less so if you have lived a royal life and do not have

whom are convinced they will fail. Our series explores

the remotest idea how ordinary things are done. Will the

the challenges of adapting to change without losing

Royals survive grocery shopping, regular school, new

your identity.

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Director’s Statement

Company Profile

The story is about both the difficulties and thrills we face

Pikkukala is one of the leading TV animation studios

when moving into a new home or situation. It’s a balance

in Finland. Founded in Helsinki in 2012 by Veronica

between adapting and keeping your identity. Everyone in

Lassenius and Pablo Jordi, Pikkukala focuses on the

the family will face the challenge of adapting to this new

development and production of original animated

everyday life in a different way. The format of animated

series for kids and families. With offices in Helsinki and

situation comedy serves this purpose very well, because

Barcelona, Pikkukala embraces its European identity and

it allows us to explore different situations of everyday life

aims to create content for the global audiences. Pikku-

in each chapter, putting each character under the

kala uses animation and other media to promote social

spotlight. As much as the Royals will learn about “normal

and environmental consciousness. The stop motion short

life” they will still retain their personality traits. I have

film A Long Story Short, about the origin and destination

moved many times in my childhood and I know how it can

of the clothes we wear has already been produced. An

both be a blessing and very difficult. Change and adapting

animated series about sustainable food culture, KliMAT,

to change is something many children are familiar with.

is currently in development. Exploring the convergence

Taking this twist of ‘A royal family in a regular house’

of animation and technology, we have released five apps

gives us endless opportunities for humour and many

for kids.

story ideas, while appealing to the universal fascination with royalty. We have chosen a hybrid style for Royals

Goals at JCM

Next Door, combining 2D animation with real photo

Presenting the project to potential partners and updating

and video backgrounds. This allows us to benefit from

those who know it since Cartoon Forum. We aim to

the expressivity and comedy potential of 2D animation,

start production in January and would like to close the

and it resonates with our real audience who are used to

financing gap.

watching YouTube videos (with these kinds of untreated real backgrounds) and playing augmented reality games

Previous Work in ScreeningClub

such as ‘Pokemon Go’ with its mix of animated characters

A Long Story Short - Veronica Lassenius - 2017

on real backgrounds.

Director’s Biography Veronica Lassenius is a visual artist, director and creator of Royals Next Door as well as the series: • Saari (39 x 3’) Stor Fisk, Televisió de Catalunya, Imira Entertainment, 2009 • In my Head, 2010 • Fungi (26 x 7’), Stor Fisk, Televisió de Catalunya, TopDraw, 2012 • Long Story Short, Pikkukala, 2017 • KliMAT, 2019 (in development).

Contac details

Representatives at JCM

Pikkukala Oy

Pablo Jordi, Producer

www.pikkukala.com

Veronica Lassenius, Creative Director

pablo@pikkukala.com +358 406575763

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Sir Mouse Ridder Muis Sir Mouse is a comedy TV series for girls and boys, about the unusual friendship between the bossy knight Mouse and her forgiving, gentle friend Dragon.

Production Countries Belgium, Germany, Ireland Production Budget € 3,200,000 Financing Sources Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds: € 500,000

Director Tom van Gestel Screenwriters Dirk Nielandt, Marianne Op de

Screen Flanders: € 175,000

Beeck, Luuk Van Bemmelen, Clifford Parrott, Ema Hogan Production

VRT (Ketnet): € 100,000

Company Fabrique Fantastique Producers Tom van Gestel, Geert

Tax shelter: € 1,060,000

Torfs Broadcasters Ketnet, RTE, SWR, RBB, HR Languages English,

Keshet Distribution: € 110,000

Dutch, German Based on Original Screenplay Target Audience 6+

Hessen Film Fund: € 300,000

Length 26 * 11 min. Genre Comedy Type Animation

Irisch Film Board: € 100,000 Section 481 Irish Tax Credit: € 123,000 SWR: € 374,000 RTE: € 100,000 Salty Dog Pictures: € 50,000 Scopas Medien AG: € 40,000 Fabrique Fantastique: € 105,000 Intended Release Date 2020

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Synopsis

Director’s Biography

Mouse is a brave knight, always ready for battle. But in

Tom van Gestel (° 1985) obtained his master’s

a peaceful world, all she has to fight is boredom. Until,

degree in Audiovisual Arts Animation in 2007 at the

finally, the King has an important assignment for her and

Erasmushogeschool RITS in Brussels. Up until 2013,

Dragon. They are both in their element and do everything

Tom worked as an animator, director and art director for

they can to succeed in their mission. For when someone

Walking The Dog. Since 2014 he has been the manager

is in need of help, Mouse and Dragon are the greatest

of his own production house and animation studio

rescue team. Sir Mouse’s medieval universe is populated

Fabrique Fantastique, where he remains creatively

by animals, mainly mice and rats. They are noble castle

involved in each of his projects. Tom Van Gestel worked

dwellers, farmers or artisans. The rhyming Sir Knight, the

as an animator for the feature films Brendan and the

sensitive Prince, and the scatter-brained Mr. Witch are

Secret of Kells and Jack et la Mécanique du Coeur and has

often involved in the adventures of Mouse and Dragon.

directed three series; Picnic with Cake, Fox and Hare and

But Mouse has a short fuse and working with this stub-

Sir Mouse.

born dragon girl does not always go smoothly. Each time Mouse gets overheated, she literally explodes. Yet it is

Company Profile

precisely this explosion that leads to the discovery of the

In 2014, animator and director Tom Van Gestel founded

solution. Every adventure ends with a sis hug.

the animation studio and production house Fabrique Fantastique in Geel, Belgium. Today the company is

Director’s Statement

located in an old factory building in Lier and has almost

Sir Mouse offers viewers an alternative to the stereotyp-

30 employees. Tom Van Gestel and producer Geert Torfs

ical male-female mode of thinking. Its modern approach

manage a close-nit team where employees are given the

is a refreshing vaccine against the ubiquitous pink

opportunity to learn from each other, and thus become

princess madness, a lubricant to unlock the entrenched

proficient across multiple disciplines. The versatility

gender roles (which are often already deeply rooted in the

of the group ensures that the tv-series, shorts and

psyche of even the youngest children). This series seeks

features we create can be fully realised within Fabrique

to challenge and question those preconceptions in an

Fantastique.

entertaining and colourful way.

Goals at JCM Finding broadcasters and distributors.

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Representative at JCM

Fabrique Fantastique

Geert Torfs, Producer

www.fabriquefantastique.be info@fabriquefantastique.be +32 491 73 79 08

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PRODUCERS PROGRAMME The Producers Programme is an annual international exchange programme for producers who want to expand their international network within children’s media.

The attending producers are nominated by our international partner organisations: ACE Producers, Czech Film Center, EAVE, Film Producers Netherlands, Norwegian Film Institute and Polish Film Institute. The selected producers have brought their current project to CfP. If you are interested in their project, or work, you can request a meeting with them through the contact details listed in their profile.

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Peter Badač

Gabija Budreckyte

BFILM was founded in Slovakia in 2010 by Peter Badač

In 2014 Gabija co-founded the film production and

to produce art-house fiction, animations and TV series.

distribution company Kinomind Films. Current proj-

In 2017 the company opened a Czech office in Prague.

ects include the multi-platform Happy Go Hopscotch,

BFILM focuses on remarkable artistic quality and adopts

based on the science of happiness (consisting of picture

innovative approaches, working with carefully selected

book, digital game and educational e-book, theatre

directorial talent.

play, radio content, and toy), the documentary Gods

Our films have received several awards and nominations,

Arise which investigates the deities we create through

have been selected for competition at Cannes, Annecy,

the rise of technology, as well as a cinema events outlet

Berlinale, Venice and Locarno, and were screened in

named Baltic View which promotes films from the Baltic

Rotterdam, Sundance, Karlovy Vary, Warsaw, Cairo

countries. Kinomind Films is a dynamic multinational

and many other festivals. Our vision is to deliver local

development, production and distribution company

stories to the broad international audience while helping

with bases in Vilnius, London and Toronto. We focus on

emerging talents to be discovered and to grow.

creating meaningful film, TV and digital content for a

Martin and the Forest Secret

global audience. The company is constantly developing, growing and transforming, and has evolved to be nimble

Target audience kids aged 6-10 and their parents

in responding to the ever-changing demands and shifting

Director Petr Oukropec Genre Family film, en-

landscapes of the film industry. Balancing creativity and

vironmental and ecological elements Countries of

entrepreneurialism, we are looking for meaningful ways

production Czech Republic, Poland Looking for TV

to bridge projects and experiences.

broadcasters, distributors, sales

Happy Go Hopscotch

The adventurous story of a young geeky boy who has to

Target audience Pre-school (3-5) Directors Katerina

overcome himself and stay two weeks in a summer camp

Vykhodseva, Danas Bereznickas Genre Animation,

with no access to technology. Here he will be challenged

TV series for kids Country of production Lithuania

to help the forest creatures save their forest from being

Looking for co-producers, broadcasters

destroyed by greedy developers.

Wrapped up in comical stories, Happy Go Hopscotch teaches young viewers about what makes us happy and how to bounce back when something goes wrong. It taps into the science of happiness and helps pre-school kids build healthy thought patterns and behaviours, enhancing the way they think and act day after day. Hopscotch and friends live in a colourful, sun-filled world, which is rather like ours. The storylines will take place around their home which is an enchanting, cobbled mews, or in an amazing garden filled with flowers, and sometimes at a local market, crafty art café, funfair or museum.

Contact details

Contact details

BFILM, www.bfilm.cz, peter@bfilm.cz,

Kinomind Films, www.happygohopscotch.com,

+421 908 882 273

hello@kinomindfilms.com,

Nominated by Czech Film Center

+370 60727207 Nominated by EAVE

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PRODUCERS

Daniel Ehrenberg

Niamh Fagan

Daniel is a Berlin-based producer with more than twenty

Lunar Pictures is an independent production company

years’ experience in the industry. After graduating from

based in Ireland, owned and run by accomplished

Hamburg University with an MA in Film Studies, History

producer Niamh Fagan who is interested in moving

and Political Science, he started his producing career

and entertaining stories that can be told in imagina-

at Warner Bros Pictures Germany before joining the

tive and innovative ways. Niamh is a graduate of the

independent production company Egoli Tossell Film

EAVE Producers Workshop. Lunar Pictures can access

in 2010. His producer credits include Peter Chelsom’s

Ireland’s Film and Television tax relief - Section 481.

globe-trotting, feel-good-movie Hector and the Search for

Niamh is always happy to discuss co-productions that

Happiness, the culture-clash comedy 3 Turks and a Baby

might benefit from Section 481 funding. Lunar Pictures

as well as Germany in a Day, Sönke Wortmann’s take

is located within the WRAP region of Ireland, which

on Ridley Scott’s much acclaimed “...in a Day” format.

provides funding to encourage filming in the wild West

In 2018, Daniel launched Eyrie Entertainment, a vibrant

of Ireland. Lunar’s most recent production, Shooting the

production company that focuses on crossover and

Mafia, directed by acclaimed filmmaker Kim Longinotto,

arthouse films from exciting and diverse new talents.

had its US premiere at the Sundance World Cinema

Daniel is a member of the German Producers Associa-

Documentary Competition and European premiere at the

tion and a member of the Association Of German Script

Berlinale Panorama, where it won the bronze audience

Consultants and Dramaturgs.

award for Best Documentary.

The Path

Dad’s Red Dress

Target audience Family (9+) Director Tobias Wiemann

Target audience family Director TBC Genre coming-

Genre Adventure/Drama Countries of production

of-age comedy drama Country of production Ireland

Germany, France, Spain Looking for distribution

Looking for development funding, co-production partners and broadcasters

1941: Rolf (12) has fled his hometown Berlin from the Nazis, together with his father Ludwig. Now father and

Dad’s Red Dress is a contemporary comedy-drama from

son are stuck in the South of France. Their goal is to

the viewpoint of a 13-year-old girl whose dad is transi-

travel to New York where Rolf ’s mother has already been

tioning into the woman she believes she is. Like most teen-

waiting for them too long. But the only road to freedom

agers, Jessie would prefer her family be normal. Trouble is,

is along a steep path across the Pyrenees. On the border

her sister Laura (7) wants to be an actual saint, step-mum

with Spain they meet their guide: Dominique, a girl, only

Eva makes erotic feminist installations while Dad becomes

slightly older than Rolf. When Rolf ’s father is captured

Mandy as soon as the front door closes. Moving back to

along the way, the two are suddenly on their own. City

Ireland, Jessie had hoped to avoid the bullying that inevi-

boy Rolf and country girl Dominique have to undertake a

tably kicks off when school friends find out about Mandy,

dangerous journey into the unknown, passing across the

until Dad announces that she’s taking it to the next level.

Pyrenees to Lourdes, a trip which will teach them how

A humorous look at what it’s like to want to be ‘normal’

to trust - and learn from - each other. In the end they will

when nobody in your family is, Dad’s Red Dress celebrates

become friends for life.

difference in a fresh and irreverent way.

Contact details

Contact details

Eyrie Entertainment GmbH,

Lunar Pictures, www.lunarpictures.com,

www.eyrie.berlin, de@eyrie.berlin,

Niamh@lunarpictures.ie, +353 87 2424138

+49 1799118826

Nominated by EAVE

Nominated by EAVE

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Nicole Gerhards

Bartek Glinski

Exceptional films are our passion, films bearing a distinct

One of the main goals of Aura Films is films for young

signature and a unique identity. Nicole Gerhards studied

audiences. The company is focused on international

Theatre and French in Paris as well as film production

co-productions of feature films with strong artistic vision

at the Deutsche Film and Fernsehakademie in Berlin.

and international theatrical potential. The company’s

Since then she has (co-)produced 20 successful and

last feature family film The Day of Chocolate premiered

award-winning films, almost all of them international

at PÖFF Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival in 2018 and

co-productions. NiKo Film was the lead producer on, for

was awarded at the Montréal International Children Film

example, Kill Me and The Stranger in Me by Emily Atef

Festival (2019). Aura Films is currently developing a slate

(Cannes - Semaine de la Critique), Babai by Visar Morina

of feature films, among them Muteness, a pro-ecological

(International Film Festival Karlovy Vary – Competition),

sci-fi for young adults.

and co-producer on films like Double Take by Johan

Before becoming a film producer, Bartek Glinski studied

Grimonprez (Berlinale 2009 – Forum Expanded), The

both at Ludwik Maximilians University in Munich and

Prize by Paula Markovitch, The Memory of Water by

Warsaw University. He is currently developing two

Matías Bize (Venice Days 2015), Until the Birds Return by

feature films: Muteness and Enchanted in Music.

Karim Moussaoui (Un Certain Regard, 2015) and Plot 35

by Eric Caravaca (Séance Spéciale à l’officiel). Sunburned

Muteness

by Carolina Hellsgård and Electric Girl by Ziska premier

Target audience teenagers Director Jacek Piotr Bławut

internationally in October 2019.

Genre Family, sci-fi, adventure Country of production

And oh so bittercold

Poland Looking for co-producers, partners, financing

Target audience 8-12, youth and adults Director

Helena, a teenager raised by her father, lives in a world

Friederike Jehn Genre Drama Country of production

on the brink of extinction. The Exodus of Trees has

Germany Looking for TV, distributor, co-production

changed the planet completely. For a decade scientists

partners

have been struggling to reverse the ecological disaster.

The chances of human survival depend on Pando - the

Malina (11) realises that her sister Lucinda (14) has

last forest on Earth. Helena’s journey to Pando poses

become a vampire, and one who is getting thinner by the

new challenges which she has to overcome. She needs

day. Now it is up to Malina to organise supplies of fresh

to re-connect with her missing mother, who may be the

blood, before Lucinda starves to death. Malina also hopes

key to contact with the civilization of trees, and to future

that they will eventually be as close to one other as they

survival. Muteness is a dystopia aimed at teenagers, an

used to be.

ecological manifesto made with a poetically sensitive approach.

Bartek Glinski is working on a second family, adventure project Enchanted in Music.

Contact details

Contact details

Niko Film, www.nikofilm.de,

Aura Films, www.facebook.com/Au-

n.gerhards@nikofilm.de

ra-Films-1174491639390407/,

info@nikofilm.de, +49 30 27582836

bart.glinski@gmail.com,

Nominated by ACE Producers

+48 604 105 975 Nominated by Polish Film Institute

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PRODUCERS

Marte Hansen

Janne Hjeltnes

Marte Hansen started her career as a producer of

Janne Hjeltnes is head of production at the Norwegian

award-winning short films - Quiet on Set and Explosions

based company Storyline Studios. She has experience

in the Heart. Her graduation film from The Norwegian

as a line producer on Norway’s biggest TV drama series,

Film School, The Culture, has won more than 11 inter-

is producer of the TV drama Thieves for Norwegian

national awards. After Marte graduated in 2018 she

public broadcaster NRK and is currently in production

joined Friland Produksjon as a producer. She is currently

on RocKnock, a coming-of-age drama series for the same

working on several feature and TV drama projects,

broadcaster.

focusing on content for children and young adults.

Friland Produksjon has produced 10 feature films,

Storyline Studios provides services throughout the entire

including Headhunters (2011), Vinterkyss (2005) and

production process by offering a complete technical

Pioneer (2013), all artistic and commercial successes.

pipeline from pre- to post production. Services include

Friland has also co-produced four features and been

co-production services and film financing. Storyline

present at all the prestigious A-list film festivals; Toronto,

Studios is one of the biggest complete production houses

Cannes, Berlin, Venice and Locarno. In 2018 the company

in Scandinavia with 44 employees.

premiered two new feature films - Congo and Battle.

Ellie and the Four Realms Target audience 8-10 Genre Adventure, musical series Country of production Norway Looking for broadcasters, financiers and co-producers When Ellisiv discovers that her father is ill and that his days are numbered, her world is turned upside down. At the hospital, Ellisiv encounters a strange man covered in watches who tells her that to save her father she must travel to a magical kingdom and stop time! Her journey is full of thrilling challenges, especially when she meets her doppelganger, Ellie, whose father also is sick. Luckily, Ellisiv is smart and motivated, and together with Ellie and her guard, the pangolin Alfonzo, they head to the Sun Realm to stop time and save their dads.

The series is about helping children accept death as a part of life, and to understand that it is okay to both grieve and celebrate life. It is also about teaching them the importance of hope.grieve and celebrate life. It is also about teaching them the importance of hope.

Contact details

Contact details

Friland Produksjon, www.friland.no,

Storyline Studios, www.storyline.no,

marte@friland.no, +47 45 27 56 16

janne@storyline.no, +47 93 66 20 21

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Krystyna Kantor Krystina is a producer at SHIPSBOY and project manager

Line Klungseth Johansen

at Locations Poland, dedicated to production services

Line Klungseth Johansen has master’s degree in film

for foreign producers. She previously worked for Camer-

studies, and works as a producer at Helmet Films &

image International Film Festival and co-organised

Visual Effects, running the Trondheim-based production

Kamera Akcja Film Festival. As production manager and

company together with directors Alexander Somma and

producer Krystyna has worked on over a dozen short

Øystein Moe. Line has directed and produced several

films. She worked for Paris-based production company

award-winning short films and music videos which were

Partizan and on commercials for brands such as Unilever

selected for numerous festivals worldwide, and is now

and Nestlé. She was program manager of script devel-

starting to work on larger formats.

opment workshop Atelier Scenariuszowe (Script Atelier)

Helmet Films & Visual Effects is a modern and dynamic

and is a graduate of University of Lodz and the Polish

production company, located in Trondheim, in the

National Film School in Lodz. She attended MAIA Work-

middle of Norway. Our productions span from commer-

shops (2017) and ACE Training Days (2018).

cials to fiction films, such as music videos, short films

SHIPSBOY is a Warsaw-based production company

and children’s TV-series.

dedicated to features and series storytelling. Its main focus is to discover and nurture new talents. Driven by a

Grimsby

passion for film and a love for good stories, SHIPSBOY is

Target audience 9-12, both genders Directors Alex-

focused internationally, working with European co-pro-

ander Somma, Øystein Moe Genre Mystery, supernatural

duction partners to develop a slate of audience engaging,

Country of production Norway Looking for co-pro-

character driven features and TV series.

ducers, distributor, sales agent

Detective Bruno

11-year-old Einar hates his parents now that he’s forced

Target audience 8+ Director TBC Genre Family

to move from the big city to boring and isolated Grimsby.

comedy Country of production Poland Looking for

But weird neighbours, mysterious incidents and scary

co-producers, sales, distributors, festivals

creatures that no one even knew existed, quickly turns his life upside down. Grimsby is ‘Twin Peaks’ for children.

8-year-old OSCAR lives in a foster home. On his birthday,

Evil is lurking.

he sets off to search for his hidden birthday gift – like every other year, his parents have prepared a treasure

The film plays out exclusively in Grimsby - a town where

hunt for him, but now they’re gone, leaving only one

everybody knows everybody, but no-one talks about

clue behind. Oscar decides to hire Detective BRUNO, his

the eerie things that are going on. As an epicenter for

favourite TV series character, to solve the quest. Real-

strangeness, Grimsby has attracted some of the most

life Bruno, a cynical and worn-out actor suffering a PR

peculiar people in the world. Even as Einar uncovers that

crisis, decides to use Oscar to rebuild his image. Their

strange monsters actually do exist, no one cares. There’s

combined adventure in the summery streets of Warsaw

a veil of apathy covering Grimsby...

makes Bruno change his ways and helps Oscar cope with the loss of his parents.

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Contact details

Shipsboy, www.shipsboy.com,

Helmet, www.helmet.no, line@helmet.no,

kantor@shipsboy.com, +48 512 733 112

+47 97508056

Nominated by Polish Film Institute

Nominated by Norwegian Film Institute

PRODUCERS

Loes Komen

Marcel Lenz

Loes Komen founded Room for Film together with

Marcel Lenz holds a Diploma in Media Design/Arts.

fellow producer Eva Verweij. Eva and Loes produce

Before he started out as producer he gained experience

(short) fiction films, documentaries and podcasts. Their

as a writer, director and editor of short films and music

graduation films from the Netherlands Film Academy

videos. In 2003 he co-founded and was managing

were selected at multiple international film festivals.

director/producer at Kaliber16 Filmproduktion. His first

One in particular, When Grey is a Colour, directed by

work as a producer, Neon Eyes, world premiered in the

Marit Weerheijm, enjoyed considerable international

short film competition of the 70th International Film

success, winning the Student Oscar in 2017, the CILECT

Festival in Venice. In 2004 he joined ostlicht filmproduk-

prize, gaining selection for Camerimage and two main

tion as producer, managing director and shareholder.

jury prizes at TIFFKids. Loes was nominated for the

In 2010 he completed the EAVE producers programme.

annual graduate award of the Film Producers Nether-

Marcel is a member of the German Children’s Film

lands and is a guest lecturer at the Netherlands Film

Association, the German Film Academy as well as the

Academy in Amsterdam. She attended Berlinale Talents

European Film Academy.

2019, Rotterdam Lab at IFFR 2018 and was a Talent en

ostlicht filmproduction GmbH is a German-based film

Route at the HFM in 2018. Loes gained experience in

production company managed by Marcel Lenz and

the film industry by working for established and inter-

Guido Schwab. ostlicht focuses on feature films for young

nationally-renowned producers, such as Els Vandevorst

and grown-up audiences. Since the very beginning the

(Isabella Films & N279 Entertainment). At Cinekid she is

company has overseen a strong slate of children’s feature

presenting the completed short film En Route, directed by

films, producing works such as Invisible Sue (Cinekid

Marit Weerheijm, which was nominated for a Golden Calf

2018) and Mission Sputnik (German Film Critics’ Award

and is selected for Cinekid 2019.

for Best Children’s Film 2014). In 2019, the Dutch-

En Route Target audience 8+ Director Marit Weerheijm Genre Drama Country of production Netherlands Status

German co-production My Extraordinary Summer with Tess by director Steven Wouterlood, world-premiered in Berlinale Generation competition.

finalised Looking for potential sales agent for short

Elli’s Frankenstein

films

Target audience 9+ Director Markus Dietrich Genre Horror-Dramedy Country of production Germany

On a day off from school Inay (9) and her brother must

Looking for potential co-producers, financiers, distrib-

join their father who needs to go on a special trip. During

utors, sales

their journey through the awakening city, Inay secretly tries to delay their progress. She knows that if they arrive

To impress her secret heartthrob, Elli (13) constructs a

late at their destination, she will be rewarded with loads

monster doll for the theatre play FRANKENSTEIN. But

of sweet desserts.

suddenly the monster develops its own life and turns her life upside-down. Elli has to get it back on track again.

For this she needs more than ingenuity. She needs a real friend.

Contact details

Contact details

Room for Films, www.roomforfilm.com,

Ostlicht Filmproduktion GmbH,

loes@roomforfilm.com, +31 29362360

www.ostlicht.de, marcel.lenz@ostlicht.de,

Nominated by Film Producers Netherlands

+49 1775963325 Nominated by EAVE

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Vladimír Lhoták

Natalia Malykhina

Vladimír Lhoták is a producer and founder of production

Natalia Malykhina has 25 years of animation experience.

company Hausboot, based in Prague. As main producer

She has worked on short and feature cartoon films, series,

he is currently working on an international co-produc-

and commercials, as an animator, story boarder, lay-out

tion project Even Mice Belong in Heaven – a stop-mo-

artist and scriptwriter, creating more than 20 international

tion animation film for children planned for release in

film projects. She currently lives in Norway, and is owner/

Autumn/Winter 2020.

director/producer of the animation studio ULVENFILM, a

Hausboot is primarily dedicated to the development

small creative studio with big plans and fantastic ideas.

and production of films, series and interactive content

The studio’s main focus is on accessible, beautifully

with a focus on animation, creative documentaries,

animated films for children. Ulvenfilm has an interna-

VFX-driven live-action projects and transmedia. Among

tional network of employees working remotely. The main

other projects, Hausboot is currently developing a feature

goal is to create charming and beautiful animated worlds

film with Czech animation legend director Jiří Barta (The

for little ones. Their projects include Little Grey Wolfy, a

Golem), an animated documentary Hidden to your Eyes

TV special and series in develop­ment, Ursa, an animated

with director Maria Procházková and several minority

short and Magical Friends (in concept) a new feature

co-production projects both animation and live action.

animation project based on Scandinavian fairytales.

Our previous projects have enabled us to gain extensive

Magical Friends

experience in stop-motion puppet animation and set

Target audience 8-10, family Director Natalia

fabrication, on-set special effects, special art department

Malykhina Genre Modern fairytale, animation Country

tasks and VFX, as well as postproduction connected to

of production Norway Looking for investors, co-pro-

stop-motion and live action shooting.

duction partners, distributors

Hidden to your Eyes

Two different worlds meet face to face, with one small

Target audience 8-13 years Director Maria Procház-

child between them. Between the modern and the tradi-

ková Genre Animated documentary series Country of

tional, between the fabulous and the real. One usual little

production Czech Republic Looking for co-producers,

girl Anna makes very unusual friends - fairytale creatures.

broadcasters, sales

Hulder Helga, a forest girl with a cow tail, who becomes Anna’s best friend. Nisse-boy Nils who secretly begins to

Hidden to your Eyes is a pilot episode of a mini-series of

help Anna’s father on the farm. Red-haired troll-boy Stein

short animation documentaries developed together with

who is not afraid of sunlight. The gloomy fossegrim Rein

the public broadcaster Czech Television and the National

who teaches Anna to play the violin. The arrogant elf-girl

Gallery in Prague. The series will cover different periods

Ella who teaches Anna to dance. Nikki, a water spirit who

from the history of art which are connected to the

has problems with self-identity. And a lamb called Jens

exhibitions held in the National Gallery. The animated

that thinks he is a dog. All the characters have fascinating

documentary form allows us to present visual art-related

stories in which Norwegian fairy tales are intertwined

topics to young audiences in a highly entertaining way.

with real problems of modern society, such as parent-child relationships and the relationships between children.

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Contact details

Hausboot, www.hausboot.cz,

Ulvenfilm, www.ulvenfilm.no,

vladimir@hausboot.cz, +420 777080353

ulvenfilm@yahoo.com, +47 98342812

Nominated by Czech Film Center

Nominated by Norwegian Film Institute

PRODUCERS

Christian Frederik Martin

We are an independent and collaborative film produc-

Christian worked with his company dBUT, before

tion company set up by two siblings - producer Marta

changing its name to Friland Produksjon AS in 2002.

Szarzyńska and animator & designer Paweł Szarzyński.

Martin was presented as one of Variety’s 10 Producers to

We focus mainly on shorts and feature films, creative

Watch in 2006, and participated at European Film Promo-

documentaries, interactive installations and commer-

tion’s Producers on the Move. In 2008 he became an ACE

cial 3D/2D animation. We gained experience working

producer. The company’s main focus is developing and

on a variety of projects for, among others, Saatchi

producing feature films and high-quality TV series for the

and Saatchi, Discovery Channel, Greenpeace and the

international market using Norwegian talent. Friland has

Center of Culture in Lublin. In 2017 we joined forces on

created a network of partners in Scandinavia and Europe

KINHOUSE STUDIO to produce moving, inspiring stories

through co-productions and collaborations.

that stimulate the imagination and speak to international

Their biggest success Headhunters (2011) received a

audiences.

BAFTA nomination for best foreign language film. Battle

Marta Szarzyńska

(2018), became the first “Netflix original” feature film

Ballades and Romances

from Scandinavia. Nordisk Film in Copenhagen has been

Target audience 16+ Directors Julia and Mai Bui-Ngoc

their stable Scandinavian partner for eight years. Most of

Genre Fantasy/thriller Country of production Poland

their recent projects are co-produced with them.

Looking for co-producers, funds

Lost Teddies Detective Agency

The love stories and crimes of passion of four women

Target audience 5-7 years Creator Ove Raymond

take place one night in a small village during an eclipse

Gyldenås Genre Crime-comedy Country of production

when, according to the old beliefs, nymphs and other

Norway Looking for co-production partners, world sales

fairies interfere in human affairs for good or ill. Ballades

representation, TV partners and distributors

and Romances is a fantasy thriller based on a book written by Adam Mickiewicz in 1822, Poland’s answer to

Lost Teddies Detective Agency will be a thrilling crime

Shakespeare. Our adaptation takes these four folk stories

series for children, presenting colourful characters,

from Slavic mythology and places them in a contem-

surprising plots and exciting stories. In the series we

porary setting. It will be a fantasy thriller built around

meet Tobias (9) and Louise (7,5), the perfect detective duo.

a bold, seductive, visual language and accompanied

Complementing each other perfectly, they are an unstop-

by contemporary soundtracks that will bring a fresh,

pable team who are set on solving every crime that comes

dynamic interpretation to Mickiewicz’s timeless tales.

their way. We will create the magic and excitement a child would experience when diving into seemingly unsolvable mysteries, searching for the truth. Lost Teddies Detective Agency tells stories of children from different social and cultural backgrounds. The series focuses on children experiencing big changes in their lives, revealing how they wish to understand and find their place in this world.

Contact details

Contact details

www.friland.no, kifrik@friland.no,

Kinhouse Studio, www.kinhouse.pl,

+47 91343334

marta.szarzynska@gmail.com,

Nominated by ACE Producers

+ 48 501563624 Nominated by Polish Film Institute

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Grzegorz Wacławek

Yvonne Wellie

Grzegorz Wacławek is a producer and director of

Yvonne Wellie studied audiovisual media with a focus

animated films and CEO of Animoon, a production

on film/television at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne.

company and studio for animated series and short and

After graduating, she worked in the development and

full-length animated films. Animoon specializes in the

production of feature films, TV series and documentaries

development of animated projects, creates animated

for various production companies and gained experience

brands and produces animated projects of high artistic

with national and international productions. She is an

and narrative quality, mainly based on original ideas.

alumni of Rotterdam Lab, Cannes Producers Workshop,

Bella in the Belly

EAVE Producer’s Workshop and is a member of EWA. Currently she works at Weydemann Bros.

Target audience Children 6-11 Director Jacek Rokosz

Weydemann Bros. produces films and series for the

Genre 2D animated TV - series, 26x6min Country of

German and international market. They are guided by

production Poland Looking for sales agent, distributors

the vision of equally political and entertaining filmic story-telling. For them, film is s a critical observation of

Bella lives inside her Mom’s belly. Benny is her older

the times and the world in which we live. They develop

brother. Bella hears every word her brother says while

projects together with authors and directors and build

Benny can easily imagine what his sister is doing at that

long-term creative partnerships.

moment by putting his ear close to his Mom’s belly.

They are members of the German Producer’s Associ-

I Love This Target audience Children 4-5 Genre 2D animated TV - 26x7min series Country of Production Poland Looking for sales agent, distributors

ation (VDFP), the Film and Media Association NRW, the German-French Film Academy, the German Film Academy and the European Film Academy.

Hometeam Target audience Children, family Director Carlos A.

I Love This follows the adventures of three friends:

Morelli Genre Family drama, sports, football Country of

Daniel, George and Ruby. In each of the episodes, they

production Germany Looking for distributors, sales,

meet other animals working in different professions who

co-producer

teach friends what is it like to do their work.

Maik, a 13-year-old football prodigy from a small town in eastern Germany, sees the chance to make it big when a famous club from the West enrolls him into its talent factory. His life and that of his family takes off in the foreign metropolis - until the inevitable collision...

Contact details

Contact details

Animoon, www.animoon.pl,

Weydemann Bros., www.weydemannbros.

waclawek@animoon.p, +48 604775271

com, yvonne@weydemannbros.com

Nominated by Polish Film Institute

+49 221630605290 Nominated by EAVE

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PRODUCERS

Marijn Wigman

Max de Wolf

With many family members already working in film,

From a young age, Max knew that film was to be his

the business had always piqued Marijn’s interest. But to

universe, and his passion led him to pursue a degree in

broaden her horizon, she studied business administra-

production at the Dutch Film Academy. One of his grad-

tion in Amsterdam and London. After graduating from

uation movies, Cavello, earned him a VERS 2017 award.

the University of Westminster, she worked at a produc-

What followed was a hurricane of productions including

tion company in Berlin. She entered a master program

shorts, features and TV-series as part of the fiction

in audiovisual management at the Media Business

department at HALAL. Working closely with founding

School in Spain. From 2012 she began to work on several

partner Gijs Kerbosch, Max has been involved on work

productions as a freelancer and from 2014 she joined

that has received plaudits from the likes of Sundance,

CTM Films (now called Nuts & Bolts), where she joined

Berlinale, Tribeca, San Sebastian and BFI (to mention just

the ‘family business’ to combine her business acumen

a few).

with her love for the creative process of storytelling.

During the 2018 Netherlands Film Festival, he was

At Nuts & Bolts Film Company we provide storytellers

selected for the prestigious Talent en Route program. In

with the nuts and bolts, the essentials to produce their

2019, he was part of IFFR’s Rotterdam Lab. His project

films and documentaries. As producers we combine a

Lila In Kognita, written by Saar Ponsioen and Emily

young and energetic view on film and media with more

Reekers, is selected for Cinekid Script LAB 2019-2020.

than 40 years of experience within the film business.

HALAL has produced internationally successful films

We value quality over quantity, we are looking for strong

such as feature Prince (Sam de Jong, 2015) and the

collaborations with filmmakers from various back-

feature length documentary A Stranger Came to Town

grounds and we always work with an audience in mind.

(Thomas Vroege, 2017) as well as several shorts like Un

Most importantly, we work with people we believe in.

Creux Dans Mon Coeur (Mees Peijnenburg, 2015) and the

And therefore, genres we explore at Nuts & Bolts can vary

animation Emily (Marlies van der Wel, 2018).

between drama, science fiction, comedy, youth or thriller.

We strive to make films that move, shock or motivate;

Lila in Kognita

that reveal universal truths in individual human stories.

Target audience 10+ Genre Adventure, coming-of-age

In short, we want our films to move you.

Countries of production The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany

Selected for Best Dutch Family Film Competition with A Most Annoying Island directed by Albert Jan van Rees.

Lila’s father is ill and dying. No one – not even her mom – seems able to answer her questions about death. Then Lila is summoned to the secret world Kognita where all answers are hidden. However, Kognita is threatened by the mysterious Uncertainty, a faceless creature that is taking over all knowledge. Will Lila manage to save Kognita in time and get to the answer of death before her father passes away?

Contact details

Contact details

Nuts & Bolts Film Company,

HALAL Amsterdam, www.halal.amsterdam,

www.nutsbolts.nl, marijn@nutsbolts.nl

max@halal.amsterdam, +31 20 6391402

Nominated by Film Producers

Nominated by Film Producers Netherlands

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