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EUROPEAN PAVILION #F16 Film Sales Support
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European Film Promotion
5-8 October 2014
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European Pavilion at the Asian Film Market 2014
EFP is supported by EU MEDIA Programme (2007-2013)
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EFP AT THE ASIAN FILM MARKET
European Pavilion # F16 for European sales agents October 5- 8, 2014 European Film Promotion (EFP) operates a spacious European Pavilion at the Asian Film Market in Busan - this year in conjunction with uniFrance films - for European sales agents and EFP member organisations who market European films in Asia. Registered sales agents may hold meetings at their convenience, supported by EFP team on location. 38 sales companies from all over Europe participate this year. The Asian Film Market has established itself as one of the leading film business markets in Asia on a par with the FILMART in Hong Kong, providing an expanding exhibition area for the film industry, triggering production, acquisition, sales and investment of films. In 2013, 361 buyers from 31 countries attended the Asian Film Market.
Contact at the Asian Film Market Cornelia Klimkeit klimkeit@efp-online.com European Pavilion/ F16 Asian Film Market Exhibition hall 4, Exhibition Center 2 BEXCO, 55 APEC-ro, Haeundae-gu, Busan, Korea 612-704
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page 06 AB Svensk Filmindustri, Sweden page 07 Bac Films, France page 08 Beta Cinema, Germany page 09 Capricci, France page 10 Doc & Film International, France page 11 Dogwoof, United Kingdom page 12 EuropaCorp, France page 13 Fandango, Italy page 14 Film Center Serbia, Serbia page 15 Film Factory Entertainment, Spain page 16 Film Fund Luxembourg, Luxembourgdsny page 17 Films Boutique, Germany page 18 Films Distribution, France page 19 Funny Balloons, France page 20 Gaumont, France page 21 German Films, Germany page 22 Global Screen, Germany page 23 Intramovies, Italy page 24 Istituto Luce CinecittĂ , Italy page 25 Kinology, France page 26 Latido Films, Spain page 27 Le Pacte, France page 28 Les Films du Losange, France
page 29 LevelK, Denmark page 30 m-appeal world sales, Germany page 31 Media Luna new films, Germany page 32 mk2, France page 34 Picture Tree International, Germany page 35 Polish Film Institute, Poland page 36 Premium Films, France page 37 Pyramide International, France page 38 RAI Trade, Italy page 39 Reel Suspects, Francedsny page 40 Slovenian Film Centre, Slovenia page 41 Sola Media, Germany page 42 Taskovski Films, United Kingdom page 43 The Match Factory, Germany page 44 The Yellow Affair, Sweden & Finland
PARTICIPATING COMPANIES
page 33 New Europe Film Sales, Poland
page 45 TrustNordisk, Denmark page 46 uniFrance films, France page 47 Urban Distribution International (UDI), France page 48 WestEnd Films, United Kingdom page 49 WIDE, France page 50 WIDE House, France
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AB SVENSK FILMINDUSTRI
Sweden
Contact at the Market Peter Torkelsson International Sales Manager cell +46 72 5773769
Company Address Greta Garbos Väg 11-13, 169 36 Solna phone +46 8 680 3500 peter.torkelsson@sf.se www.svenskfilmindustri.com
Titles presented at the Market
Svensk Filmindustri is Scandinavia’s largest film company operating offices in every major Scandinavian territory. A market leader for over 95 years, SF is active in all facets of the industry i.e. production, exhibition, theatrical distribution, home video distribution, television distribution, multimedia distribution and international sales.
BØRNING by Hallvard Bræin MEDICINE by Colin Nutley GLASS DOLLS by Nils Gaup THE BOY WITH THE GOLDEN PANTS by Ella Lemhagen
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BAC FILMS
France
Company Address 88 rue de la Folie Méricourt 75011 Paris phone +33 1 53 53 52 52 c.hugot@bacfilms.fr www.bacfilms.com For over 25 years BAC FILMS has been amongst France top independent distributors and has distributed over 500 films (8 of which have won the “Palme d’Or” in Cannes). BAC FILMS is active in: theatrical distribution, video publishing, VOD and TV sales, international coproduction and international sales.
Contact at the Market Clementine Hugot International Sales Executive cell +33 6 68 65 74 44
Titles presented at the Festival THE PRESIDENT by Mohsen Makhmalbaf Titles presented at the Market LOVE AT FIRST FIGHT by Thomas Cailley EL ARDOR by Pablo Fendrik THE GREAT MAN by Sarah Leonor FOOL CIRCLE by Vincent Mariette RUN by Philippe Lacôte
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BETA CINEMA
Germany
Contact at the Market Tassilo Hallbauer Sales Executive cell +49 176 1031 2646
Company Address Grünwalder Weg 28d 82041 Oberhaching phone +49 89 6734 6980 tassilo.hallbauer@betacinema.com www.betacinema.com
Titles presented at the Festival
BETA CINEMA has established itself as a “boutique-operation” for independent feature films with strong theatrical potential. Beta Cinema’s philosophy is to keep its selective acquisition policy of 10 to 12 titles per year in order to fully develop the theatrical potential of each title according to its individual character. Beta Cinema’s portfolio includes outstanding productions like Berlin 2013 Golden Bear–winning CHILD’S POSE, Academy Award 2011-nominated IN DARKNESS, Cannes 2008 Jury Prize-winning and Academy Award-nominated IL DIVO, Academy Award 2007-winning THE COUNTERFEITERS, Academy Award 2007 nominated MONGOL, Academy Award 2006-winning THE LIVES OF OTHERS and the Academy Award 2004-nominated DOWNFALL.
KAFKA’S THE BURROW by Jochen Alexander Freydank STATIONS OF THE CROSS by Dietrich Brüggemann Titles presented at the Market THE LITTLE MEDIC - THE SECRET MISSION OF THE BODYNAUTS by Peter Claridge LABYRINTH OF LIES by Giulio Ricciarelli KAFKA’S THE BURROW by Jochen Alexander Freydank
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CAPRICCI
France
Company Address 3 rue de Clermont, 44000 Nantes phone +33 2 4089 2059 manon.bayet@capricci.fr www.capricci.fr Dedicated to art-house cinema, CAPRICCI is a sales agent and also a French producer, distributor and cinema publisher. Each of these activities is an extension of the same editorial gesture. Very demanding, supports filmmakers such as Albert Serra, Wang Bing, Abel Ferrara, Robert Kramer, Jean Eustache, Monte Hell-man, Aleksei German and Philippe Garrel.
Contact at the Market Manon Bayet Sales Agent cell +33 6 33 08 79 15
Title presented at the Market EAT YOUR BONES by Jean-Charles Hue
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DOC & FILM INTERNATIONAL
France
Contact at the Market Hannah Horner Festivals Manager cell +33 7 70 15 96 69
Company Address 13 rue Portefoin, 75003 Paris phone +33 1 42 77 36 56 h.horner@docandfilm.com www.docandfilm.com
Titles presented at the Festival
DOC & FILM INTERNATIONAL was created in 1996 by several independent producers in order to ensure best sales strategies for their own productions. In 2008, Daniela Elstner joined the company as shareholder and president. Since then, the company has widened up to a large range of films, including feature length documentaries and feature films, representing directors such as Jacques Doillon, Pierre Schoeller, Bruno Dumont, Frederick Wiseman, Gianfranco Rosi, Alexander Sokurov etc. Doc & Film International has built up a strong relationship with producers and directors and has created a solid network of art-house distributors all over the world. The company pays special attention to the work with Festivals, considering them as strong partners for the best exposure of the diversity of the films we are representing.
SILVERED WATER, SYRIA SELFPORTRAIT by Ossama Mohammed & Wiam Simav Bedirxan NATIONAL GALLERY by Frederick Wiseman Titles presented at the Market THE VALLEY by Ghassan Salhab MELODY by Bernard Bellefroid ICE FOREST by Claudio Noce ABOVE THE CLOUDS by Pepe Diokno 10
DOGWOOF
United Kingdom
Company Address Ground Floor, 19-23 Ironmonger Row London EC1V 3QN phone +33 1 4459 6353 ana@dogwoof.com www.dogwoof.com
Contact at the Market Ana Vicente Head of International Theatrical Sales cell +44 75 0610 4903
Dogwoof is a UK theatrical distributor and international sales agent specialized in documentaries. We have released over 150 documentaries across all windows, including BLACKFISH, THE ACT OF KILLING, THE SPIRIT OF ‘45, and RESTREPO. We look for compelling, narrative-driven documentaries with international theatrical potential as well as a clear appeal to the audiences in the UK.
Titles presented at the Market DIOR AND I by Frédéric Tcheng FINDING FELA by Alex Gibney LOVE IS ALL by Kim Longinotto PRINT THE LEGEND by Luis Lopez & J. Clay Tweel
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EUROPACORP
France
Contact at the Market Ludovica Stoppa International Sales Executive cell +33 6 77 26 10 81
Company Address 20 rue Ampère – La Cité du Cinéma – 93413 Saint-Denis Cedex phone +33 1 55 99 50 00 lstoppa@europacorp.com www.europacorp.com
Titles presented at the Festival
Founded in 1999 EuropaCorp ranks amongst the top European film studios. EuropaCorp’s different activities include production theater distribution home entertainment VOD sales of TV rights for France as well as sales of international rights partnerships and licenses music production and publishing book publishing and advertising production. EuropaCorp’s catalogue includes 500 films and the company employs 120 permanent staff members.
SAINT LAURENT by Bertrand Bonello Titles presented at the Market 108 DEMON-KINGS by Pascal Morelli BUDDY GUARDS by Tristan Aurouet BIS by Dominique Farrugia IMAGINE by Benoit Graffin FASTLIFE by Thomas Ngijol
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FANDANGO
Italy
Company Address Viale Gorizia 19, 00198 Rome phone +39 06 8521 8155 stefano.basso@fandango.it www.fandango.it Owned by producer Domenico Procacci, Fandango is a production & distribution company. Recent titles include Matteo Garrone’s REALITY THE FIFTH WHEEL by Giovanni Veronesi, Nanni Moretti’s HABEMUS PAPAM, which premiered in Competition in Cannes 2011 and has since sold to over 45 countries. Other titles include Cannes 2008 Grand Prix winner and Golden Globe nominee GOMORRA by Matteo Garrone and Ferzan Ozpetek’s delicious LOOSE CANNONS. Fandango handles an extensive library including titles such as Paolo Sorrentino’s THE CONSEQUENCES OF LOVE, QUIET CHAOS starring Nanni Moretti and REMEMBER ME by Gabriele Muccino. The company’s 2012 slate included Cannes Grand Prix REALITY by Matteo Garrone, Ozpetek’s new film MAGNIFICIENT PRESENCE and Daniele Vicari’s politically explosive DIAZ. In 2014 it has produced several titles of international awarded directors among whom A WOMAN AS A FRIEND by G. Veronesi, I CAN QUIT WHENEVER by S.Sibilia, HAMMER & ORANGES by D. Bianchi.
Contact at the Market Stefano Basso International Aquistions/ Production cell +39 34 7440 5313 Title presented at the Festival & Market HAMMER & ORANGES – THE MARKET by Diego Bianchi
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FILM CENTER SERBIA
Serbia
Contact at the Market Miroljub Vučković International Relations
Company Address Zagrebačka 9/III, 11000 Belgrade phone +381 11 262 5131 mvuckovic@fcs.rs www.fcs.rs
Titles presented at the Festival
FILM CENTER SERBIA was established with the goal to creatively stimulate and administer financial support to the Serbian Film Industry on the behalf of the Ministry of Culture of Serbia, through annual competitions for film production, also to create a legal and administrative framework for the development of film industry and therefore facilitate the necessary transformation of film industry and culture while upholding the standards of European Union.
DOGGY AND THE GASTRONAUTS by Dušan Milić THESE ARE THE RULES by Ognjen Svilicic (minority co-production)
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FILM FACTORY ENTERTAINMENT
Spain
Company Address C/Lincoln 11, 3º 3ª, 08006 Barcelona phone +34 933 684 608 t.oliete@filmfactory.es www.filmfactory.es FILM FACTORY ENTERTAINMENT is an independent Spanish international sales agency based in Barcelona. FILM FACTORY’s objective is the international sale of Spanish Cinema’s most important productions, working with a selective slate, choosing films with the highest international potential and also collaborating with Europe and Latin America’s most prominent production companies. FILM FACTORY has established itself in the market as a sales agent capable of taking on projects at an early stage and ensuring that these projects achieve presales. FILM FACTORY’s line-up is defined on the basis of two main principles: 1) Genre films: to be widely understood as original films with young directors and groundbreaking and novel subject matters. 2) Quality films with great commercial potential: each year’s most important productions from the most important and contrasting directors.
Contact at the Market Antonio Oliete Sales & Marketing Executive cell +34 634 700 493 Titles presented at the Market MESSI by Álex de la Iglesia SPANISH AFFAIR by Emilio Martínez-Lázaro
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FILM FUND LUXEMBOURG
Luxembourg
Contact at the Market Françoise Lentz Promotion / PR / General Affairs
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Company Address 5, Rue Large, 1917 Luxembourg phone +352 2478 2179 francoise.lentz@filmfund.etat.lu www.filmfund.lu FILM FUND LUXEMBOURG is the official body supervised by the minister responsible for the audiovisual sector and by the minister responsible for culture. It implements the overall policy of the government’s support for audiovisual productions and manages the various programs through which the Luxembourg government provides financial incentives to audiovisual productions. The Fund also co-operates closely with the audiovisual industry representatives like the Luxembourg Producers Association (ULPA), the script and director’s association (LARS) and the association representing all the local film technicians (ALTA) in promoting the sector’s development. Since 2003 the FILM FUND LUXEMBOURG has also overseen, every two years, the organisation of the Luxembourg Film Awards (Lëtzebuerger Filmpräis) which rewards the country’s best film contributions.
FILMS BOUTIQUE
Germany
Company Address Köpenicker Str. 184, 10997 Berlin phone +49 30 6953 7850 simon@filmsboutique.com www.filmsboutique.com
Contact at the Market Jean-Christophe Simon CEO cell +49 173 5915767
FILMS BOUTIQUE is a Berlin-based international sales company with a heart and a limited and focused catalogue of high profile feature art house films searching for longlasting relationships with directors and producers. Our line-up in 2014 includes the Sundance and Berlinale Audience Award winner DIFRET executive produced by Angelina Jolie, the Teddy and Fipresci Award winner THE WAY HE LOOKS by Daniel Ribeiro, the Berlinale Competition entry MACONDO by Sudabeh Mortezai and new films by Adrian Biniez, Pascal Rabaté and Alexander Sokurov. As big admirers of certain directors we are working on the catalogues of Béla Tarr, Alexander Sokurov, Geoffrey Enthoven, Philippe Grandrieux and Radu Muntean.
Titles presented at Festival CONCERNING VIOLENCE by Göran Hugo Olsson THE TURIN HORSE by Béla Tarr Titles presented at the Market SHORT SKIN by Duccio Chiarini PATCHWORK FAMILY by Pascal Rabaté
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FILMS DISTRIBUTION
France
Contact at the Market Nicolas Brigaud-Robert International Sales cell +33 6 15 39 13 07
Company Address 34 Rue du Louvre, 75001 Paris phone +33 1 53 10 33 99 tax@filmsdistribution.com www.filmsdistribution.com
Titles presented at the Festival
Paris based FILMS DISTRIBUTION founded in 1997 and its Berlin sister company FILMS BOUTIQUE founded in 2008 are international sales companies handling feature films which have first class festival exposure potential. FILMS DISTRIBUTION picks up 20 films every year on, and an extra 5 to 10 are signed on by FILMS BOUTIQUE yearly. FILMS DISTRIBUTION also handles a library of 300 classic movies.
CHUBBY by Bruno Deville MAGICAL GIRL by Carlos Vermut
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FILMS DISTRIBUTION is also an active actor on the French TV Market where it has gathered a library of more than 1000 titles and acts as a sales agent on behalf of independent producers and distributors for the French territory. It has recently developed an activity of all-rights acquisitions for the French-speaking territories at prebuy and finished stages with various partnerships with French theatrical distribution outfits.
FUNNY BALLOONS
France
Company Address 4 bis, rue Saint-Sauveur, 75002 Paris phone +33 1 40 13 05 86 sales@funny-balloons.com www.funny-balloons.com FUNNY BALLOONS is a world sales company handling selected titles in all media from young or established filmmakers with personal, singular visions.
Contact at the Market Louis Balsan International Sales cell +33 6 50 33 75 42 Titles presented at the Festival RETURN TO ITHACA by Laurent Cantet PASOLINI by Abel Ferrara Title presented at the Market NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE by Benoit DelĂŠpine & Gustave Kervern
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GAUMONT
France
Contact at the Market Yohann Comte Deputy Head of International Sales cell +33 6 11 09 02 34
Company Address 30 Avenue Charles de Gaulle 92200, Neuilly-sur-Seine phone +33 1 46 43 20 80 ycomte@gaumont.fr www.gaumont.net
Title presented at the Festival & Market
GAUMONT has been one of the main European production companies since 1895. These past years, it has sped up its activity producing, financing and releasing features both in French and English language, from high concept to genre, directors driven, from acclaimed thrillers to powerful stories or comedies. It recently coproduced, distributed in France and internationally the crowd pleaser box office record UNTOUCHABLE. GAUMONT, as the oldest production company, has also built up France’s second-ranking film library holding over 900 titles, which includes the works of prestigious directors such as Luc Besson, Mathieu Kassovitz, Francis Veber, Jean-Jacques Beineix or awarded Federico Fellini, Maurice Pialat or JeanLuc Godard. It joined forces with Pathé to create Les Cinémas Gaumont Pathé, managing and expanding Europe’s bigger theatre network.
THE GATE by Régis Wargnier Titles presented at the Market LA FRENCH by Cedric Jimenez GEMMA by Anne Fontaine
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GERMAN FILMS
Germany
Company Address Herzog-Wilhelm-Straße 16 80331 Munich phone +49 89 599 787-0 rissenbeek@german-films.de www.german-films.de
Contact at the Market Mariette Rissenbeek Managing Director
GERMAN FILMS Service + Marketing GmbH is the national information and advisory center for the promotion of German films worldwide. GERMAN FILMS‘ range of activities includes (i.a.): cooperation with major international film festivals; organisation of umbrella stands at international television and film markets; staging of “Festivals of German Films”; providing information and support for German filmmakers on international festivals; publications on German film industry (German Films Quarterly), international market analyses and a website; organisation of the “German Films Previews” for international buyers of German films; selective financial Distribution Support for the foreign releases of German films.
Titles presented at the Festival THE CUT by Fatih Akin STATIONS OF THE CROSS by Dietrich Brüggemann KAFKA’S THE BURROW by Jochen Alexander Freydank MY BROTHER’S KEEPER by Maximilian Leo SCHMITKE by Stepán Altrichter
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GLOBAL SCREEN
Germany
Contact at the Market Alice Buquoy Sales Manager cell +49 172 9319 804
Company Address Sonnenstraße 21, 80331 Munich phone +49 89 244 1295 500 alice.buquoy@globalscreen.de www.globalscreen.de
Titles presented at the Market BELOVED SISTERS by Dominik Graf
GLOBAL SCREEN GmbH is a leading German sales & distribution company for theatrical and TV films outside of German-speaking territories. Our company is one of the largest world-sales outfits in Europe and has a catalogue containing more than 15,000 titles. The theatrical distribution handles a varied portfolio of German- and foreign-speaking feature films focusing on commercial arthouse films, family entertainment, and high-profile documentary features. Among GLOBAL SCREEN’s current theatrical films are Dominik Graf’s Berlinale entry BELOVED SISTERS and Nadav Schirman’s THE GREEN PRINCE, who won the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival 2014. The animated Christmas classic NIKO & THE WAY TO THE STARS (2008) was sold all over the world and established the company as one of the leaders in family entertainment distribution.
COMING IN by Marco Kreuzpaintner 7TH DWARF by Harald Siepermann, Boris Aljinovic OOOPS! Noah is gone... by Toby Genkel THE LEGEND OF LONGWOOD by Lisa Mulcahy GREEN PRINCE by Nadav Schirman BELTRACCHI - THE ART OF FORGERY by Arne Birkenstock TO LIFE! by Uwe Janson ABOUT A GIRL by Mark Monheim PINOCCHIO by Anna Justice 22
INTRAMOVIES
Italy
Company Address Via E. Manfredi 15, 00197 Rome phone +39 06 8076 157 marco.fusco@intramovies.com www.intramovies.com A totally independent company, established over forty years ago by Paola Corvino as the helping arm for creative producers and new directors, INTRAMOVIES has remained mainly and foremost an international distributor of quality movies from all over the world, occasionally venturing into selected co-productions. Every year the company’s line up it’s chosen among high standard production value movies that get their highlights at major international festivals. INTRAMOVIES also boasts a catalogue of over five hundred titles of international renown, with classics by directors such as Fellini, Visconti, Antonioni, Pasolini, De Sica, Bertolucci, Comencini, Rosi, Argento and others.
Contact at the Market Marco Valerio Fusco International Sales Manager cell +39 335 7052 982 Title presented at the Festival FAIR PLAY by Andrea Sedlakova Titles presented at the Market MAFIA & TOMATOES by Giulio Manfredonia MY NAME IS MAYA by Tommaso Agnese QUIET BLISS by Edoardo Winspeare LAND OF SAINTS by Fernando Muraca A FAIRY-TALE WEDDING by Carlo Vanzina SEVEN LITTLE KILLERS by Matteo Andreolli LIFE FEELS GOOD by Maciej Pieprzyca 23
ISTITUTO LUCE CINECITTÀ
Italy
Contact at the Market Serena Mazzi cell +39 366 6688537 Rossella Rinaldi cell +39 320 7678687
Company Address Via Tuscolana 1055, 00173 Rome phone +39 06 722861 s.mazzi@cinecittaluce.it r.rinaldi@cinecittaluce.it www.cinecittaluce.it
Titles presented at the Festival
ISTITUTO LUCE CINECITTÀ is the state-owned company whose main shareholder is the Italian Ministry for Culture. Istituto Luce Cinecittà holds an enormous film and photographic archive, distributes films and documentaries made by Italian and European directors and guarantees they are given an adequate release in the national market. Istituto Luce Cinecittà’s institutional work includes promoting Italian cinema both at home and abroad and cooperating with major film festival by organizing national selections, guaranteeing the presence of Italian films and artists in the various festivals. It is also involved with the direct organization of numerous Film Festival around the world. Istituto Luce Cinecittà also owns a film library, Cineteca, containing around 3000 titles of the most significant Italian film productions, subtitled in foreign languages.
HAMMER & ORANGES - THE MARKET by Diego Bianchi THE WONDERS by Alice Rohrwacher MISUNDERSTOOD by Asia Argento LEOPARDI by Mario Martone HUNGRY HEARTS by Saverio Costanzo BLACK SOULS by Francesco Munzi THE DINNER by Ivano de Matteo 24
KINOLOGY
France
Company Address 30, rue Moret, 75011 Paris phone +33 9 51 47 43 44 gmareschi@kinology.eu www.kinology.eu Created in April 2008 by Grégoire Melin, former Head of International at EuropaCorp, Paris-based KINOLOGY partners with major producers both in France and internationally, to handle international sales for ambitious, innovative, and prestigious feature films. KINOLOGY has built up an impressive filmography that includes Rodrigo Cortés’ BURIED starring Ryan Reynolds (Sundance 2010 Midnight Screening), Juan Solana’s 50M US$budget UPSIDE DOWN, starring Jim Sturgess and Kirsten Dunst, David Cronenberg’s COSMOPOLIS, starring Robert Pattinson (Cannes 2012 Official Selection) and Harmony Korine’s SPRING BREAKERS, starring James Franco and Selena Gomez, Mia Hansen-Løve’s EDEN (TIFF14, BUSAN14, BFI, Roma), and Ana Lily Amirpour’s A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT (Sundance, Deauville 2014).
Contact at the Market Gaëlle Mareschi Internationle Sales cell +33 6 63 03 28 97
Title presented at the Festival EDEN by Mia Hansen-Løve
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LATIDO FILMS
Spain
Contact at the Market Miren Zamora International Sales cell +34 655 887 927
Company Address C/ Veneras 9-3°r, 28013 Madrid phone +34 91 5488 877 miren@latidofilms.com www.latidofilms.com
Title presented at the Festival
LATIDO FILMS is an international sales agency created to respond to the distribution demand of foreign cinema with special focus in Spain and Latin-America.
BEHAVIOR by Ernesto Daranas Titles presented at the Market THE IGNORANCE OF BLOOD by Virginia Curiá THEY ARE ALL DEAD by Beatriz Sanchis WITCHCRAFTS by Manuel Gómez Pereira
THE SECRET IN THEIR EYES, Oscar Award for Best Foreign Film, or VIOLETA WENT TO HEAVEN, Sundance 2012 Award for Best Picture Grand Jury Prize are a sample of our quality films among others like: MARTIN H, THE METHOD, MACHUCA, FADOS or CHINESE TAKE-AWAY. Latido is a consortium formed by TORNASOL FILMS, ZEBRA PRODUCCIONES and CONTINENTAL PRODUCCIONES.
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LE PACTE
France
Company Address 5 Rue Darcet, 75017 Paris phone +33 1 44 69 59 55 n.jeung@le-pacte.com www.le-pacte.com LE PACTE is a Distribution, International sales and Coproduction company based in Paris. It has been founded in December 2007 by Jean Labadie, with a team of young experienced executives whose common goal is to develop an efficient, talent friendly tool dedicated to Cinema from all over the world, in all its styles. The only criteria will be enthusiasm, quality and passion.
Contact at the Market Nathalie Jeung Sales Executive cell +33 6 60 58 85 33 Titles presented at the Festival & Market TIMBUKTU by Abderrahmane Sissako SUMMER NIGHTS by Mario Fanfani WILD LIFE by CĂŠdric Kahn VINCENT by Thomas Salvador TO LIFE by Jean-Jaques Zilbermann SALT OF THE EARTH by Wim Wenders & Juliano Ribeiro Salgado QUEEN & COUNTRY by John Boorman THE KINDERGARTEN TEACHER by Nadav Lapid HIPPOCRATES by Thomas Lilti THE BRAND NEW TESTAMENT by Jaco van Dormael 27
LES FILMS DU LOSANGE
France
Contact at the Market Agathe Valentin Head of Sales cell +33 6 89 85 96 95
Company Address 22 av. Pierre 1er de Serbie 75116 Paris phone +33 1 44 43 87 28 a.valentin@filmsdulosange.fr www.filmsdulosange.fr
Title presented at the Festival & Market
LES FILMS DU LOSANGE is one of France’s most prestigious independent production, distribution and sales companies. Founded in 1962, at the height of the New Wave, by Barbet Schroeder and Éric Rohmer, LES FILMS DU LOSANGE has worked and supported some of the most acclaimed filmmakers from all over the world. Since 1975, when Margaret Menegoz became head of the company, it has shown the same passion and perseverance in expanding from production into distribution and international sales. With a catalogue of over 100 movies, featuring directors such as Éric Rohmer, Barbet Schroeder, and Roger Planchon, alongside new movies by Michael Haneke, Jacques Rivette, Otar Ioseliani and others, LES FILMS DU LOSANGE continues to defend a particular conception of quality filmmaking - stimulating, relevant and audacious.
1001 GRAMS by Bent Hamer
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LEVELK
Denmark
Company Address Gammel Kongevej 137B, 3rd floor 1850 Frederiksberg C phone +45 48 44 3072 alex@levelk.dk www.levelk.dk LevelK is handling international distribution for Film and TV production companies and acting as a digital partner for distributors in their home country. Established in 2009, LevelK has assembled a stable of critically acclaimed, award winning independent and foreign Films and Series with commercial appeal. Based in Copenhagen and New York, LevelK is a passionate multi-language speaking, ambitious team with specialized market knowledge. LevelK has a presence that extends globally and a dynamism that is reflected through LevelK’s approach to innovative cross-platform/crosscountry distribution combining theatrical and traditional means alongside digital distribution and marketing.
Contact at the Market Alexandra Burke Sales Manager cell +45 50 40 7667
Titles presented at the Market MY MISTRESS by Stephen Lance THE LITTLE DEATH by Josh Lawson SILENT HEART by Bille August
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M-APPEAL WORLD SALES
Germany
Contact at the Market Aleksandra Abykova Sales Manager cell +49 178 554 67 54
Company Address Prinzessinnenstr. 16, 10969 Berlin phone +49 30 61 50 75 05 sales@m-appeal.com www.m-appeal.com
Titles presented at the Market
M-APPEAL is a young world sales company based in Berlin. We are dedicated to bringing the gems of fresh, high quality and groundbreaking cinema to the international community. We specialize in films from various origins including Eastern and Southern Europe, Germany, Asia and Latin America, with a potential for theatrical distribution. We take also a particular interest in Gay and Lesbian films.
THE POOL by Chris W. Mitchell SUMMER by Colette Bothof BOYS by Mischa Kamp HOW I LEARNED TO LOVE THE NUMBERS by Oliver Sechting & Max Taubert
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MEDIA LUNA NEW FILMS
Germany
Company Address Kaiser-Wilhelm-Ring 38, 50672 Cologne phone + 49 221 51091899 philippe@medialuna.biz www.medialuna.biz MEDIA LUNA is an independent world sales company, which focuses on international arthouse productions by emerging talents, whose realizations differentiate themselves through their original approach and unique style. With our line-up, we intend to reflect the many differences and encounters among the world cultures to highlight the world’s fascinating diversity. MEDIA LUNA offers a broad spectrum of feature length films as well as television movies. The company is based in building long lasting relationship with producers and directors, by creating individual marketing strategies to each film, but also with international distributors, by providing the right content to the right company. MEDIA LUNA’s Team brings our titles to all important Festivals and Markets all around the world. Meet us there!
Contact at the Market Philippe Dijon Sales & Business Affairs Manager cell + 49 163 163 69 66
Titles presented at the Festival MY BROTHER’S KEEPER by Maximilian Leo CIUDAD DELIRIO by Chus Gutiérrez LA TIRISIA by Jorge Pérez Solano Title presented at the Market MY BROTHER’S KEEPER by Maximilian Leo
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MK2
France
Contact at the Market Victoire Thevenin International Sales cell + 33 6 69 55 57 05 Titles presented at the Festival METAMORPHOSES by Christophe Honoré STILL THE WATER by Naomi Kawase CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA by Olivier Assayas Titles presented at the Market METAMORPHOSES by Christophe Honoré I, KAMIKAZE by Masa Sawada JOURNEY TO THE SHORE by Kiyoshi Kurosawa WONDROUS BOCCACCIO by Paolo & Vittorio Taviani THE TOURNAMENT by Elodie Namer AN by Naomi Kawase 32
Company Address 55, rue Traversière, 75012 Paris phone +33 1 44 67 30 00 victoire.thevenin@mk2.com www.mk2pro.com MK2 is a French mini major including a coproduction and world sales department and theatres in Europe (65 screens in Paris + 100 screens in Spain). Its catalogue is made of over five hundred titles. Among them, promising talents and famous directors such as Xavier Dolan, Jia Zhang-Ke, Yorgos Lanthimos, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Abbas Kiarostami, Claude Chabrol, Michael Haneke, Gus Van Sant… It also includes HD restored classics: Charles Chaplin, François Truffaut, David Lynch…
NEW EUROPE FILM SALES
Poland
Company Address Slowicza 12/2, 05-075 Warsaw phone +48 600 173 205 kat@neweuropefilmsales.com www.neweuropefilmsales.com NEW EUROPE FILM SALES is a boutique world sales company based in Warsaw, Poland working with international content across the world. Our aim is to promote and sell films worldwide and work in the filmmakers’ best interest. Focusing on European arthouse and independent US films NEW EUROPE FILM SALES has a leading position in the short film market, where it discovers new talents and works with great directors such as Ruben Östlund, Tomek Baginski and Jonas Odell. Among our short films, there are 4 Oscar shortlisters as well as winners of Berlinale, Locarno, Sundance, Oberhausen and Rotterdam. In 2012, we also opened the catalogue to carefully picked feature films. Out of the 13 feature films in the our catalogue, 6 had their world or international premiere at the Berlinale, 2 at Rotterdam IFF, 3 in Karlovy Vary FF Competition and one at Toronto FF & Tribeca FF.
Contact at the Market Katarzyna Siniarska Sales Executive cell +48 698 900 936 Title presented at the Festival ROCKS IN MY POCKETS by Signe Baumane Title presented at the Market KEBAB & HOROSCOPE by Grzegorz Jaroszuk
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PICTURE TREE INTERNATIONAL
Germany
Contact at the Market Yuanyuan Sui Sales & Acquisition cell +49 151 5061 7388
Company Address Zur Bรถrse 12, 10247 Berlin phone +49 151 544 58 921 yuan@picturetree-international.com www.picturetree-international.com
Title presented at Festival
PICTURE TREE INTERNATIONAL GmbH was founded by Andreas Rothbauer and Alec Schulmann and is an internationally aligned and integrated world sales and production company with headquarters in Berlin.
THERAPY FOR A VAMPIRE by David Ruehm Titles presented at the Market THERAPY FOR A VAMPIRE by David Ruehm PAUSE by Mathieu Urfer THE PILGRIM by Daniel Augusto
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The core business of PICTURE TREE INTERNATIONAL is the worldwide licensing of film rights and the coproduction of international feature films in an integrated business model. The company will handle an overall international sales line-up of up to eight films per year and will internally coproduce two projects.
POLISH FILM INSTITUTE
Poland
Company Address ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 21/23, 00-071 Warsaw phone + 48 22 42 10 130 olga.domzala@pisf.pl www.pisf.pl
Contact at the Market Olga Domżała PR & Sales Manager
The Polish Film Institute (PFI) was founded in 2005 to help a local film industry to regain its international position by supporting all stages of film production, distribution and promotion. PFI has co-financed more than 500 films such as KATYŃ, SWEET RUSH and WAŁĘSA. MAN OF HOPE by Andrzej Wajda, FOUR NIGHTS WITH ANNA and ESSENTIAL KILLING by Jerzy Skolimowski, IN DARKNESS by Agnieszka Holland and VENUS IN FUR by Roman Polański. It has also supported international co-productions such as ANTICHRIST by Lars von Trier. Over the last three years, Polish films received more than 200 international awards at renowned international film festivals, amongst them the Academy Award® for the Best Animated Short for PETER AND THE WOLF by Suzie Templeton, an Academy Award® nomination for the Best Foreign Language Film for KATYŃ by Wajda and IN DARKNESS by Holland, the ‘Silver Leopard’ Special Jury Prize, Locarno IFF’08 for 33 SCENES FROM LIFE by Małgorzata Szumowska, and the Special Jury Prize, Venice ‘10 for ESSENTIAL KILLING by Skolimowski.
Titles presented at the Festival WARSAW 44 by Jan Komasa MOLEHILL by Joanna Zastrozna THE WORD by Anna Kazejak KEBAB & HOROSCOPE by Grzegorz Jaroszuk
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PREMIUM FILMS
France
Contact at the Market Kasia Karwan Sales, Festivals & Aquisitions cell +33 6 68 98 69 73
Company Address 130 rue de Turenne, 75003 Paris phone +33 1 42 77 06 31 kasia.karwan@premium-films.com www.premium-films.com
Titles presented at the Festival
PREMIUM FILMS is an international sales company based in Paris and existing for 15 years. Originally we distributed short films, we have one of the most important short films catalogues in the world. Our selection of feature films remains restricted to a few titles per year, all of them being auteur driven, original discoveries of young talented filmmakers and producers. We represent the international sales of WHITE SHADOW by Noaz Deshe (Lion of Future Venice 2013), FLAPPING IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE by Diep Hoang Nguyen (Venice – Fedeora film critics’ award for Best film and Toronto 2014), CESTA VEN by Petr Vaclav (ACID program, Cannes 2014), NUOC (2030) by Nghiem-Minh Nguyen Vo.
NUOC (2030) by Nghiem-Minh Nguyen Vo FLAPPING IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE by Diep Hoang Nguyen Titles presented at the Market CESTAN VEN by Petr Vaclav THE JUDGMENT by Stephan Komandarev WHITE SHADOW by Noaz Deshe
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PYRAMIDE INTERNATIONAL
France
Company Address 5 rue du Chevalier de Saint-George 75008 Paris phone +33 1 42 96 02 20 amauruc@pyramidefilms.com www.pyramidefilms.com PYRAMIDE was founded in 1989. As a world sales agent, PYRAMIDE INTERNATIONAL (former FPI) has deliberately focussed on the “film d’auteur”, willing to promote abroad films by young directors to follow up with those directors and their producers who have trusted the company. Miscellaneous genres, directors and producers remain the main asset of the company, allowing PYRAMIDE to grant audiences and buyers with a wide selection of high quality French and foreign films. PYRAMIDE now runs a library of nearly 250 titles for domestic and international distribution.
Contact at the Market Agathe Mauruc Sales Executive cell +33 6 65 65 22 40
Titles presented at the Festival HOPE by Boris Lojkine PARTY GIRL by Marie Amachoukeli, Claire Burger and Samuel Theis LEVIATHAN by Andrey Zviagintsev
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RAI TRADE
Italy
Contact at the Market Catia Rossi Sales Agent cell +39 335 6049456
Company Address Via Umberto Novaro, 18, 00135 Rome phone +39 06 37 49 81 catia.rossi@rai.it www.raitrade.rai.it
Titles presented at Festival & Market
RAI Com distributes more than 600 films and 15000 hours of high quality TV programs worldwide with a focus on top notch author films and recently included English speaking genre movies and classic quality Italian libraries.
LATIN LOVER by Cristina Comencini ANOTHER SOUTH by Gianluca Maria Tavarelli LEOPARDI by Mario Martone BLACK SOULS by Francesco Munzi ITALY IN A DAY by Gabriele Salvatores THE DINNER by Ivano De Matteo
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As exclusive sales company of the RAI Holding, Rai Com supported during the years - all the main Italian directors in best placing their titles in the international market and aims to help emerging talents with the same passion and care for the cinema since its start in 1968.
REEL SUSPECTS
France
Company Address 42, rue René Boulanger, 75010 Paris phone +33 1 58 51 42 95 f@reelsuspects.com www.reelsuspects.com REEL SUSPECTS is multi-faceted “all rights” distribution company, specialized in art house fare, ranging from genre and niche films (such as Cults and Video Arts, Thrillers, LGBT, Erotic), with an eye on emerging filmmakers. Our editorial line is based on a reel passion for photography and eye catching cinematography. Extended from first-timers directors to revered cinema masters, the ever growing REEL SUSPECTS‘ catalogue already presents some classic films from better-known directors, such as FUTURES VEDETTES by Marc Allegret, one of Brigitte Bardot’s first main roles, as well as the ALAIN ROBBEGRILLET COLLECTION, restored in HD and CHRIS MARKER COLLECTION.
Contact at the Market Frédéric Gentet Head of Festivals, Sales cell +33 6 84 26 06 73 Titles presented at the Market PUPPET FICTION by René Marik HORSEHEAD by Romain Basset GERMAN ANGST by Jörg Buttgereit, Michal Kosakowski, Andreas Marschall CAT AND MOUSE by Maartje Seyferth & Victor Nieuwenhuijs LOVE ETERNAL by Brendan Muldowney
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SLOVENIAN FILM CENTRE
Slovenia
Contact at the Market Nerina T. Kocjančič Head of Promotion & Sales
Company Address Miklošičeva 38, 1000 Ljubljana phone +386 1 2343 200 nerina.kocjancic@film-center.si www.film-center.si
Title presented at the Festival
Founded in 1994, SLOVENIAN FILM FUND (SFF) represents the centre for planning and realisation of film activities. Its founding coincides with the new wave of Slovenian film. In 2011 the Slovenian Film Fund changes its name in the SLOVENIAN FILM CENTRE. Slovenia participates in the EU Media Programme and is also a member in the Eurimages Fund. Apart from film production, the Film Centre also cofinances the distribution and promotion of the national film programme. The SLOVENIAN FILM CENTRE is responsible for the cultural presentation and promotion of Slovenian films abroad. The international film festivals held in Slovenia – the Isola Cinema, Animateka, The Gay and Lesbian Film Festival – are supported by the SLOVENIAN FILM CENTRE. The fund also supports Slovenia’s main national film festival. From 2008-2011, the SSLOVENIAN FILM CENTRE is also a partner of the Eurodoc training programme.
INFERNO by Vinko Mörderndorfer
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SOLA MEDIA
Germany
Company Address Filderhauptstr. 49, 70599 Stuttgart phone +49 711 479 3666 tania@sola-media.com www.sola-media.com SOLA MEDIA is a world sales company established in Stuttgart in 2004. The company’s goal is to represent three to six new films every year on the international market, with a strong focus on high class, commercially attractive family movies and animation. Known for its high quality and individual service, Sola Media is one of the leading companies in its field internationally. This Busan we are presenting our feature SECRETS OF WAR, directed by Dennis Bots (“Cool Kids Don’t Cry”). It premiered in the official selection of TIFF 2014. The almost completed animation adventure TOM LITTLE AND THE MAGIC MIRROR, a beautiful fairy tale with an absorbing Latin rhythm. We are also announcing new animation projects like COCONUT THE LITTLE DRAGON and the high budget family animation MANOU THE SWIFT - both in stereoscopic 3D. Also this year: the second part of the Anderssons trilogy THE ANDERSSONS HIT THE ROAD with more than 500.000 admissions in Sweden!
Contact at the Market Tania Pinto da Cunha Sales Associate & Festival Coordination cell +34 629 459 075 Titles presented at the Market 3D COCONUT THE LITTLE DRAGON by Gabriele M. Walther 3D SANTA LOST DOWN UNDER by Rob Nunn 3D MANOU THE SWIFT by tba CAPTAIN SABERTOOTH AND THE TREASURE OF LAMA RAMA by John Andreas Andersen & Lisa Marie Gamlem SECRETS OF WAR by Denis Bots MARA AND THE FIREBRINGER by Tommy Krappweis TOM LITTLE AND THE MAGIC MIRROR by Ernesto Padrón Blanco & Bruno López THE ANDERSSONS HIT THE ROAD by Hannes Holm 41
TASKOVSKI FILMS
United Kingdom
Contact at the Market Aleksandra Derewienko Sales & Delivery Coordinator cell +48 693 866 348
Company Address 7 Granard Business Centre Bunns Lane, London NW7 2DQ phone +387 65 652 046 info@taskovskifilms.com www.taskovskifilms.com
Title presented at the Market
TASKOVSKI FILMS LTD. is a London based international sales agency focused on ground breaking, independent documentary and fiction films. We welcome innovative, playful and risky forms of filmmaking capable of engaging and surprising audiences around the globe. In addition our particular interests currently are geopolitics and social issues with international relevance. TASKOVSKI FILMS is co-producer and sales agent of the following multiaward-winning titles: CZECH DREAM (Vít Klusák and Filip Remunda), PEOPLE I COULD HAVE BEEN AND MAYBE I AM (Boris Gerrets), PEACE (Soda Kazuhiro), WHO WILL BE GURKHA (Kesang Tseten), THE VENICE SYNDROME (Andreas Pichler), TRAINS OF THOUGHTS (Timo Novotny), WORK HARD- PLAY HARD (Carmen Lossman).
THE GOLD SPINNERS by Kiur Aarma & Hardi Volmer
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THE MATCH FACTORY
Germany
Company Address Balthasar Str. 79-81, 50670 Cologne phone +49 221 5397 090 zsuzsi.bankuti@matchfactory.de www.the-match-factory.com World Sales company THE MATCH FACTORY is dedicated to bringing the finest in arthouse cinema to the international market. Since our founding in 2006, our passion has been to work with films of signature and vision from around the globe. THE MATCH FACTORY has built strong relationships with acclaimed directors and producers, while working simultaneously to discover promising new filmmakers with a powerful original style.
Contact at the Market Zsuzsi Bánkuti Head of Acquisition cell +49 174 580 5050
Titles presented at the Festival THE WONDERS by Alice Rohrwacher WHITE GOD by Kornél Mundruczó THE CUT by Fatih Akin
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THE YELLOW AFFAIR
Sweden & Finland
Contact at the Market Miira Paasilinna Sales Agent & CEO cell +46 76 199 3166 Titles presented at the Market THEY HAVE ESCAPED by J-P Valkeapää THE GRUMP by Dome Karukoski BIG NEWS FROM GRAND ROCK by Daniel Perlmutter RELATIVE HAPPINESS by Deanne Foley FELL by Kasimir Burgess UNDERDOG by Ronnie Sandahl THE GIRL KING by Mika Kaurismäki PIXADORES by Amir A. Escandari BROKEN HILL BLUES by Sofia Norlin HARD DRIVE by William D. MacGillivray NIGHTFALL IN INDIA by Chema Rodriguez THE JOE SHOW by Randy Murr 44
Company Address Götgatan 9, 1tr, 11646, Stockholm phone +46 8 645 1212 contact@yellowaffair.com www.yellowaffair.com THE YELLOW AFFAIR is an international sales agent who specializes in titles with a unique blend of commercial and specialty content. The titles we select are defining in story content, bold in expression and have a clear vision and production quality that is reflective of our brand and the people we want to work with.
TRUSTNORDISK
Denmark
Company Address Filmbyen 30, 2650 Hvidovre phone +45 36 86 87 88 nicolai@trustnordisk.com www.trustnordisk.com
Contact at the Market Nicolai Korsgaard Sales Manager cell +45 24 21 4133
With over 35 years of expertise and know-how in international film sale, TrustNordisk market and sell feature films and TV-series worldwide.
Titles presented at the Market
Representing one of the largest film catalogues in Europe – We put great effort in embracing the different films we have; both nichespecialized auteur-titles, which travel as prizewinning festival darlings and big-budgeted crime-blockbusters based on bestsellers from authors such as Jo Nesbø, Camilla Läckberg and Jussi Adler-Olsen amongst others.
I AM HERE by Anders Morgenthaler
SPEED WALKING by Niels Arden Oplev
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UNIFRANCE FILMS
France
Contact at the Market Gilles Renouard Deputy Executive Director Valérie-Anne Christen Head of Research: Korea, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand cell +91 99 3024 2122 Titles presented at the Festival ÁLLELUIA (Fabrice du Welz), BRIDGES OF SARAJEVO (Various Directors), GERONIMO (Tony Gatlif), GOODBYE TO LANGUAGE (Jean-Luc Godard), LIFE OF RILEY (Alain Resnais), PRICE OF FAME (Xavier Beauvois), TWO DAYS, ONE NIGHT (Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne), CRUEL (Eric Cherriere), IS THE MAN WHO IS TALL HAPPY? (Michel Gondry), WE COME AS FRIENDS (Hubert Sauper), BROTHER (Teona Mghvdeladze, Thierry Grenade), GENTE DE BIEN (Franco Lolli), CAMBODIA 2099 (Davy Chou), GARUDA POWER: THE SPIRIT WITHIN (Bastian Meiresonne)
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Company Address 13 rue Henner, 75009 Paris phone +33 1 47 53 95 80 gilles.renouard@unifrance.org valerieanne.christen@me.com g www.unifrance.org Founded in 1949, UNIFRANCE FILMS is a non-profit association, based in Paris, with agents in New York, Mumbai, Beijing and Tokyo, promoting French cinema worldwide. This association gathers more than 900 French industry professionals (producers, talents, sales agents…) who promote and support their films with respect to the audiences, industry and international media.
UDI
France
Company Address 14 rue du 18 ao没t, 93100 Montreuil phone +33 1 48 70 73 76 delphyne@urbandistrib.com www.urbandistrib.com URBAN DISTRIBUTION INTERNATIONAL is a Paris based independent Sales and Production Company. Urban Distribution International specializes in arthouse movies from worldwide. With a library of over 50 titles, Urban Distribution International acquires up to 10 films a year.
Contact at the Market Delphyne Besse International Sales cell +33 6 72 72 91 93
Titles presented at the Festival THE OWNERS by Adilkhan Yerzhanov NATURAL SCIENCES by Matias Lucchesi THESE ARE THE RULES by Ognjen Svilicic Titles presented at the Market FELIX AND MEIRA by Maxime Giroux RED ROSE by Sepideh Farsi
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WESTEND FILMS
United Kingdom
Contact at the Market Mercy Liao Sales Manager cell +44 7581 29 29 61
Company Address 5-7 Hillgate Street, London W8 7SP phone +44 20 74 94 83 00 mercy@westendfilms.com www.westendfilms.com
Titles presented at the Festival
WestEnd Films is a London-based international sales and feature film financing company. Founded by Eve Schoukroun and Maya Amsellem with backing from Sharon Harel, the executive team includes highly regarded industry professionals with a wide array of experience ranging from production and financing to international distribution.
SONG OF THE SEA by Tomm Moore THE FACE OF AN ANGEL by Michael Winterbottom Titles presented at the Market THE SILENT STORM by Corinna McFarlane A PERFECT DAY by Fernando Leon de Aranoa SONG OF THE SEA by Tomm Moore THE FACE OF AN ANGEL by Michael Winterbottom
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WIDE
France
Company Address 9, rue Bleue, 75009 Paris phone +33 1 53 95 04 64 elc@widemanagement.com www.widemanagement.com
Contact at the Market Emmanuelle Le Coutrois International Sales cell +33 7 61 57 96 86
Founded by Loïc Magneron, WIDE is a leading independent sales company currently representing more than 20 new features films every year and a library of more than 400 fiction titles and 300 documentaries. Our catalogue contains an impressive variety of movies from internationally acclaimed directors and several restored classics (e.g. Max Ophuls LOLA MONTES, J-L Godard VIVRE SA VIE).
Titles presented at the Festival
WIDE has created a branch for feature length documentaries and TV format, managed by Anaïs Clanet, WIDE HOUSE, and a label dedicated to first films, EYE ON FILMS with 70 partners including 40 festivals and 70 distributors, supported by the Media Mundus Program from the European Union.
COWBOYS by Tomislav Mršić
THE MANEATER by Natalie Saracco 4.48 by Jacky Katu Titles presented at the Market ROSEVILLE by Martin Makariev
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WIDE HOUSE
France
Contact at the Market Patrizia Mancini Documentary Sales & Servicing Manager cell +33 6 79 06 07 38
Company Address 9, rue Bleue, 75009 Paris phone +33 1 53 95 04 64 pm@widehouse.org www.widehouse.org
Titles presented at the Market
WIDE HOUSE is the documentary branch of WIDE founded in 2010. The company’s purpose is promoting and distributing internationally cross-cultural, social, creative and innovative titles for all rights and all Media. WIDE HOUSE handles 5 to 10 new feature length documentaries per year and a wide range of TV programs. WIDE HOUSE is bringing a global service to secure production financing and presales with appropriate partners for specific projects. WIDE HOUSE has the know-how to launch and increase the commercial value of the films with the right festival strategy. We have built over the years a strong network by attending every Cinema and TV market.
THE CIRCLE by Stefan Haupt MAGICARENA by Andrea Prandstraller & Niccolò Bruna
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EFP President Christian Juhl Lemche Danish Film Institute EFP Vice President Martin Schweighofer Austrian Film Commission Managing Director Renate Rose
European Film Promotion e.V. Friedensallee 14 -16 22765 Hamburg Germany
phone +49 40 390 6252 fax +49 40 390 6249 info@efp-online.com www.efp-online.com www.shooting-stars.eu
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EUROPEAN FILM PROMOTION – INITIATIVES IN SUPPORT OF THE EUROPEAN INDUSTRY
European Film Promotion (EFP) is the only existing international network of organisations promoting and marketing European cinema worldwide. Founded in 1997, the EFP network now comprises 35 professional organisations from 34 European countries, who are experts in promoting and marketing their own national cinema. Under the EFP umbrella, all of these organisations work together on the promotion of European films and talent around the world. To this end, EFP devises, organises and carries out promotional activities and events on behalf of films, directors, producers, actors and other film professionals. EFP‘s activities have been financially supported by the MEDIA Programme of the European Union (2007 - 2013) and the EFP member organisations. EFP‘s promotion and PR activities are backed by private and public sponsors. The Hamburg-based office is supported by the German State Minister for Culture and the Media (BKM), the Ministry of Culture of the City of Hamburg and the Film Fund Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein.
The aims and objectives of these activities are ›› to increase the competitive opportunities for European films in the international market place ›› to improve access for European film professionals to the international market place ›› to support the development of new up-andcoming talent ›› to contribute, where possible, to the opening of new markets for European film ›› to enhance the distribution and visibility of European film worldwide ›› to further share the accumulated knowledge and experience of the association via its European-wide network
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THE EFP NETWORK
Albania
Czech Republic
Georgia
Majlinda Tafa
Markéta Šantrochova
Tamara Tatishvili
Albanian National Center of
Czech Film Center
Georgian National Film Center
Cinematography/AN CC
www.filmcenter.cz
www.gnfc.ge
www.nationalfilmcenter.gov.al
Denmark
Germany
Austria
Christian Juhl Lemche
Mariette Rissenbeek
Martin Schweighofer
The Danish Film Institute
German Films
Austrian Film Commission
www.dfi.dk
www.german-films.de
www.austrianfilm.com
Estonia
Greece
Belgium
Edith Sepp
Stavroula Geronimaki
Christian De Schutter
Estonian Film Institute
Greek Film Centre
Flanders Image
www.efsa.ee
www.gfc.gr
www.flandersimage.com
Finland
Hungary
Belgium
Jaana Puskala
Katalin Vajda
Eric Franssen
The Finnish Film Foundation
Magyar Filmunió/
Wallonie Bruxelles Images
www.ses.fi
International Division
www.wbimages.be
Hungarian National Film Fund www.filmunio.hu
Bulgaria
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYRoM)
Irina Kanousheva
Darko Basheski
Iceland
Bulgarian National Film Center
Macedonian Film Agency
Laufey Gudjónsdóttir
www.nfc.bg
www.filmfund.gov.mk
Icelandic Film Centre
Croatia
France
Katarina Prpić
Gilles Renouard
Ireland
Croatian Audiovisual Centre
UniFrance films
Teresa McGrane
www.havc.hr
www.unifrance.org
Irish Film Board
www.icelandicfilmcentre.is
www.irishfilmboard.ie
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Italy
Poland
Slovenia
Annabella Nucara
Izabela Kiszka-Hoflik
Nerina T. Kocjančič
Istituto Luce Cinecittà
Polish Film Institute (PISF)
Slovenian Film Centre
www.filmitalia.org
www.pisf.pl
www.film-sklad.si
Lithuania
Portugal
Spain
Liana Ruokytė-Jonsson
Vítor Pinheiro
Rafael Cabrera
Lithuanian Film Centre
Instituto do Cinema e do
Instituto de la Cinematografía y
www.lkc.lt/en
Audiovisual, I.P./ ICA
de las Artes Audiovisuales/ICAA
www.ica-ip.pt
www.mcu.es/cine/index
Françoise Lentz
Republic of Kosovo*
Sweden
Film Fund Luxembourg
Arben Zharku
Pia Lundberg
www.filmfund.lu
Kosova Cinematography Center
Swedish Film Institute
www.qkk-rks.com
www.sfi.se
Ilija Subotić
Romania
Switzerland
Ministry of Culture
Cristian Hordilă
Catherine Ann Berger
www.mku.gov.me
Romanian Film Promotion
Swiss Films
www.romfilmpromotion.ro
www.swissfilms.ch
Claudia Landsberger
Serbia
United Kingdom
EYE International
Miroljub Vučković
Briony Hanson
www.international.eyefilm.nl
Film Center Serbia
British Council
www.fcs.rs
www.britfilms.com
Stine Oppegaard
Slovak Republic
Norwegian Film Institute
Alexandra Strelková
www.nfi.no/english/
Slovak Film Institute
norwegianfilms
www.sfu.sk
* This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence
Luxembourg
Montenegro
The Netherlands
Norway
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