European Pavilion at FILMART

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EUROPEAN FILM PROMOTION

EUROPEAN PAVILION #1C-D13 at FILMART Hong Kong 23 – 26 March 2015

Creative Europe Programme of the European Union

Creative Europe: Support Programme for Europe’s Cultural and Creative Sectors 2014 – 2020 www.ec.europa.eu/culture/creative-europe

EUROPEAN PAVILION at FILMART 2015

Contact at FILMART

European Pavilion #1C-D13 for European sales agents March 23 – 26, 2015 European Film Promotion ( EFP ) has been running a pan-European umbrella booth – the European Pavilion – for Europe’s sales agents and EFP member organisations at Hong Kong’s renowned and wellestablished FILMART since 2011. The FILMART maintains its significance as hub for sales to important countries in Asia and is regarded as bridge between the East and West, providing for business access to Mainland China.

Cornelia Klimkeit cell +49 179 13 79 373 klimkeit@efp-online.com Mareen Gerisch gerisch@efp-online.com Hong Kong Trade Development Council, FILMART 38/F, Office Tower, Convention Plaza, 1 Harbour Road, Wan Chai Hong Kong www.hktdc.com

Thanks to the financial contribution of German Films, the Danish Film Institute and Istituto Luce Cinecittà, the European Pavilion was increased to 54 sqm offering space and support services to participating European sales agents for individual business meetings. In a highly dense and busy market environment, the stand’s excellent location works as a “one-stop-shop” for European cinema.

Creative Europe: Support Programme for Europe’s Cultural and Creative Sectors 2014 - 2020 www.ec.europa.eu/culture/creative-europe

BE for Films, Belgium, France

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Beta Cinema, Germany

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Fandango, Italy

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Film Factory Entertainment, Spain

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Films Boutique, Germany

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German Films, Germany

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Global Screen, Germany

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Intramovies, Italy

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LevelK, Denmark

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m-appeal world sales, Germany

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Media Luna New Films, Germany

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Mira Media S.L., Germany

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Norwegian Film Institute, Norway

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Picture Tree International, Germany

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Rai Com S.p.A., Italy

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Stray Dogs, France

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The Match Factory, Germany

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The Yellow Affair, Sweden, Finland

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TrustNordisk, Denmark

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uMedia, United Kingdom

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Video Mercury Films SA, Spain

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WestEnd Films, United Kingdom

PARTICIPATING COMPANIES

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BE FOR FILMS

Belgium, France

Contact at FILMART Paméla Leu Sales Executive cell +33 6 1434 3755

Company Address 28 Rue Godefroy Cavaignac, 75011 Paris phone +33 6 1434 3755 pamela@beforfilms.com www.beforfilms.com

Titles presented at FILMART

Be for Films is an independent sales company based in Brussels and Paris. We aim to bring on the international market place up to 6 – 8 new feature films / documentaries per year and establish strong and long-lasting business relationships with producers and talents. The company was officially launched during Cannes Film Festival 2014.

All Cats Are Grey

by Savina Dellicour Belgian Rhapsody

by Vincent Bal Waste Land

by Pieter Van Hees Maestro

by Lea Fazer The Easy Way Out

by Brice Cauvin The Treatment by Hans Herbots I Am Femen by Alain Margot Recycling Lily

by Pierre Monnard 04

BETA CINEMA

Germany

Company Address Grünwalder Weg 28d, 82041 Oberhaching phone +49 89 6734 6980 tassilo.hallbauer@betacinema.com www.betacinema.com Beta Cinema has established itself as a “boutiqueoperation” 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 the international box office hit The Physician, Berlin 2014 Silver Bear-winning Stations Of The Cross, 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 2006winning The Lives Of Others and the Academy Award 2004-nominated Downfall.

Contact at FILMART Tassilo Hallbauer Sales Executive cell +49 176 1031 2646 Titles presented at FILMART 13 Minutes

by Oliver Hirschbiegel Umrika

by Prashant Nair Titles presented at Hong Kong International Film Festival Aferim!

by Radu Jude Labyrinth Of Lies

by Giulio Ricciarelli The Farewell Party

by Sharon Maymon & Tal Granit Stations Of The Cross

by Dietrich Brüggemann 05

FANDANGO

Italy

Contact at FILMART Federica Ceraolo Sales and Festivals Coordination cell +39 340 9172 947

Company Address Viale Gorizia, 19, 00198 Rome phone +39 06 8521 8155 cinema@fandango.it www.fandango.it

Titles presented at FILMART

Owned by producer Domenico Procacci, Fandango is a production and distribution company. Recent titles include Matteo Garrone’s Reality, The Fifth Wheel by Giovanni Veronesi, Nanni Moretti’s Habemus Papam.

Other titles include Cannes 2008 Grand Prix winner and Golden Globe nominee Gomorra, and REALITY directed by Matteo Garrone, Ferzan Ozpetek’s delicious Loose Cannons and Daniele Vicari’s politically explosive Diaz. Fandango also handles an extensive library including titles such as Paolo Sorrentino’s The Consequences Of Love, Quiet Chaos starring Nanni Moretti, Remember Me by Gabriele Muccino and Dear Diary by Nanni Moretti. In 2014 we will present several titles of international awarded directors among whom A Woman As A Friend by Giovanni Veronesi starring Laetitia Casta. In 2015 with El Guri by Sergio Mazza that premiered at Berlinale Generation 2015 Fandango will present the new movies by Matteo Rovere, Fiorella Infascelli and many others.

El Guri (The Kid)

by Sergio Mazza Biagio

by Pasquale Scimeca L’Oriana

by Marco Turco Italian Race

by Matteo Rovere Era D’Estate (Once In Summer)

by Fiorella Infascelli Limbo

by Lucio Pellegrini

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FILM FACTORY ENTERTAINMENT

Spain

Company Address c/Lincoln 11, 3°-3a, 08006 Barcelona phone +34 933 684 608 t.oliete@filmfactory.es www.filmfactory.es 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 pre-sales.

Contact at FILMART Antonio Oliete Sales Agent cell +34 634 7004 93 Titles presented at FILMART Sidetracked by Álvaro Fernández Armero Mortadelo & Filemon: Mission Implausible

by Javier Fesser

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.

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FILMS BOUTIQUE

Germany

Contact at FILMART Louis Balsan Sales Agent cell +33 6 5033 7542

Company Address Köpenicker Str. 184, 10997 Berlin phone +49 30 6953 7850 louis@filmsboutique.com www.filmsboutique.com

Titles presented at FILMART

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 long-lasting relationships with directors and producers. Our line-up in 2015 includes the Berlinale Competition titles Chasuke’s Journey (Sabu), Eisenstein In Guanajuato (Peter Greenaway), Under Electric Clouds (Alexey German Jr.).

Eisenstein In Guanajuato

by Peter Greenaway A German Youth

by Jean-Gabriel Periot Short Skin

by Duccio Chiarini Life In A Fishbowl

by Baldvin Z.

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GERMAN FILMS

Germany

Company Address Herzog-Wilhelm-Str. 16, 80331 Munich phone +49 89 59 97 87 0 ruh@german-films.de www.german-films.de German Films Service + Marketing GmbH is the national information and advisory center for the promotion of German films worldwide. It was established in 1954 under the name Export-Union of German Cinema as the umbrella association for the Association of German Feature Film Producers, the Association of New German Feature Film Producers and the Association of German Film Exporters, and operates today in the legal form of a limited company. In 2004, the company was reorganized and now operates under the name: German Films Service + Marketing GmbH.

Contact at FILMART Dennis Ruh Festival Relations Manager cell +49 177 85 79 828 Titles presented at FILMART Tough Love by Rosa von Praunheim Phoenix by Christian Petzold Stations Of The Cross by Dietrich Brüggemann Labyrinth Of Lies by Giulio Ricciarelli The Chambermaid Lynn by Ingo Haeb The Council Of Birds by Timm Kröger Victoria by Sebastian Schipper As We Were Dreaming by Andreas Dresen I Want To See The Manager by Hannes Lang From Caligari To Hitler by Ruediger Suchsland The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari (restored)

by Robert Wiene Paris, Texas (restored) by Wim Wenders

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GLOBAL SCREEN

Germany

Contact at FILMART 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 FILMART

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.

Ooops! Noah Is Gone ... (3D) by Toby Genkel The Christmas Family by Carsten Rudolf Sum1 by Christian Pasquariello The Legend Of Longwood by Lisa Mulcahy Beloved Sisters by Dominik Graf To Life! by Uwe Janson About A Girl by Mark Monheim Trenk, The Little Knight by Anthony Power Marnie’s World

by Christoph and Wolfgang Lauenstein Richard The Stork

by Toby Genkel and Reza Memari Oddball by Stuart McDonald The 7th Dwarf (3D)

by Harald Siepermann and Boris Aljinovic 10

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.

INTRAMOVIES

Italy

Company Address Via E. Manfredi 15, 00197 Rome phone +39 06 8077 252 marco.fusco@intramovies.com www.intramovies.com

Contact at FILMART Marco Valerio Fusco International Sales Manager cell +39 335 7052 982

Intramovies is an independent company established over forty years ago by Paola Corvino as the helping arm for creative producers and new directors. During all this time it has remained mainly and foremost an international distributor of quality movies from all over the world, particularly focused on first and second features directed by talent directors.

Titles presented at FILMART

Every year the company’s line up it’s chosen among high standard production value movies that get their highlights at major international festivals.

My Name Is Maya

by Tommaso Agnese

Intramovies also boasts a wide catalogue that includes some of the most prestigious Italian classics directed by acclaimed authors like Fellini, Antonioni, Visconti, Argento, Pasolini, De Sica and many others.

Perez.

by Edoardo De Angelis Fair Play

by Andrea Sedláčková

Land Of Saints

by Fernando Muraca Mafia & Red Tomatoes

by Giulio Manfredonia

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LEVELK

Denmark

Contact at FILMART Freja Johanne Sales & Festival Manager cell +45 2019 3167

Company Address Gammel Kongevej 137B, 3rd floor, 1850 Frederiksberg C phone +45 48 443 072 freja@levelk.dk www.levelk.dk

Titles presented at FILMART

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.

Silent Heart

by Bille August My Canadian Adventure

by Niels Nørløv Drone

by Tonje Hessen Schei Encounters

by Anders Bukh Sucker

by Ben Chessell The Little Death

by Josh Lawson

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LevelK has a presence that extends globally and a dynamism that is reflected through LevelK’s approach to innovative cross-platform / cross-country distribution combining theatrical and traditional means alongside digital distribution and marketing.

LevelK is a recognized and solid business partner that prioritizes targeted distribution and value service and communication.

M-APPEAL WORLD SALES

Germany

Company Address Prinzessinnenstr. 16, 10969 Berlin phone +49 30 6150 7505 ya@m-appeal.com www.m-appeal.com Berlin-based m-appeal is a young world sales company dedicated to bringing the gems of fresh, high quality and groundbreaking cinema to the international community. We specialize in films of various origins, including Eastern and Southern Europe, Germany, Asia and Latin America, which have the potential for theatrical distribution. We also take particular interest in queer cinema.

Contact at FILMART Yvonne Andreas Sales Agent cell +49 177 62 64 2726 Titles presented at FILMART The Pool

by Chris W. Mitchell

Our personal approach reflects not only in the selection of films but also in the cooperation with the production companies. We build up fruitful and honest partnerships with our producers and share our success with every sale achieved. Setting up an individual sales, festival and marketing strategy for each of our titles, we guarantee the best visibility of our films and directors at the international market.

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MEDIA LUNA NEW FILMS

Germany

Contact at FILMART Ida Martins Managing Director cell +49 170 966 7900

Company Address Kaiser-Wilhelm-Ring 38, 50672 Cologne phone +49 221 5109 1891 idamartins@medialuna.biz www.medialuna.biz

Titles presented at FILMART

Baby Steps by Barney Cheng

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.

Get Married If You Can

by Marco Polo Constandse

Media Luna offers a broad spectrum of feature length films as well as television movies.

3 Beauties

by Carlos Caridad Montero

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.

Flocking by Beata Gårdeler Two Women by Vera Glagoleva

The Mud Woman

by Sergio Castro San Martin Internet Junkie

by Alexander Katzowicz Sweet Girls

by Jean-Paul Cardinaux & Xavier Ruiz

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Media Luna’s Team brings our titles to all important Festivals and Markets all around the world. Meet us there!

MIRA MEDIA S. L.

Germany

Company Address Goltseinstr. 87, 50968 Cologne phone +49 221 355 338 7400 wolf.wilke@gmail.com www.miramedia.de

Contact at FILMART Wolfgang Wilke Managing Director cell +49 172 2127 539

Miramedia is a media consultant and distribution company specialized in generating video content which is distributed on multi platforms worldwide. The company is specialized on film and tv trade between Europa and Asia.

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NORWEGIAN FILM INSTITUTE

Norway

Contact at FILMART Stine Oppegaard Head of International relations, Feature Films cell + 47 908 58 638

Company Address P. O. Box 482 Sentrum, 0105 Oslo phone +47 22 47 45 00 stine.oppegaard@nfi.no

Titles presented at FILMART

The Norwegian Film Institute is the executive body for Norwegian film and audiovisual policy, operating under the auspices of the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Culture.

1001 Grams

by Bent Hamer Out Of Nature

by Ole GiĂŚver

The Norwegian Film Institute administers government financial support and other support mechanisms for the development, production and distribution of Norwegian audiovisual productions. The Institute is the national centre for the development of talent and ideas in the Norwegian film, television and games industry, and is working actively to promote film culture and the Norwegian film heritage among a wide audience.

The Norwegian Film Institute comprises departments for Development and Support, Promotion and International Relations, and Audience, as well as Administration and Information.

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PICTURE TREE INTERNATIONAL

Germany

Company Address Zur BĂśrse 12, 10247 Berlin phone +49 30 4208 248 0 moritz@picturetree-international.com www.picturetree-international.com Picture Tree International GmbH was founded in December 2012 as an integrated sales & production company with headquarters in Berlin. The corebusiness of Picture Tree International is worldwide licensing of film rights and the coproduction of international feature films in an integrated business model.

Picture Tree is handling an overall international sales line-up of up to ten films per year including two coproduction projects.

Contact at FILMART Moritz kleine Bornhorst Sales Assistant cell +49 176 814 38759 Titles presented at FILMART You´re Ugly Too

by Mark Noonan Blue Blood

by Lirio Ferreira The Pilgrim

by Daniel Augusto Electroboy

by Marcel Gisler Pause

by Mathieu Urfer Therapy For A Vampire

by David Ruehm Chrieg

by Simon Jaquemet

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RAI COM S.P.A.

Italy

Contact at FILMART Alessandra Sottile International Sales Executive cell +39 335 13321 89

Company Address Via Umberto Novaro 18, 00195 Rome phone +39 335 133 2189 alessandra.sottile@rai.it www.videolibrary.raicom.rai.it

Titles presented at FILMART

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.

Oriana …

by Marco Turco Greenery Will Bloom Again

by Ermanno Olmi Latin Lover

by Cristina Comencini

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As exclusive sales company of the RAI Holding, RAI Com (ex Rai Trade) 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.

STRAY DOGS

France

Company Address 15 rue Chevert, 75007 Paris phone +33 1 4322 5640 nathan@stray-dogs.com Launched in 2015, Stray Dogs is dedicated to bringing international, director driven films with an edge to worldwide audiences.

Contact at AFM Nathan Fischer Managing Director cell +33 6 5994 1284 Titles presented at FILMART Heaven Knows What

by Ben & Joshua Safdie Sunrise

by Partho Sen-Gupta Ruined Heart

by Chris Doyle Me Quedo Contigo

by Diego Luna

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THE MATCH FACTORY

Germany

Contact at AFM Tanja Dimitrakopoulou Sales Manager cell +49 172 8512 109

Company Address Balthasar Str. 79 – 81, 50670 Cologne phone +49 221 5397 090 thania.dimitrakopoulou@matchfactory.de www.the-match-factory.com

Titles presented at FILMART

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.

45 Years by Andrew Haigh As We Were Dreaming by Andreas Dresen Sworn Virgin by Laura Bispuri Victoria by Sebastian Schipper The Second Mother by Anna Muylaert Petting Zoo by Micah Magee Queen Of Earth by Alex Ross Perry Money Buddies by Daniele Cipri Sunstrokes by Gustavo Taretto The Lies Of The Victors

by Christoph Hochhäusler

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THE YELLOW AFFAIR

Sweden & Finland

Company Address Götgatan 9, 1tr, 11646 Stockholm phone +46 8 645 1212 chris@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.

Contact at FILMART Chris Howard Sales Manager cell +46 76 166 6034 Titles presented at FILMART The Girl King by Mika Kaurismäki Princess by Tali Shalom Ezer Pelé Penguin Comes to Town

by Kenneth Hedenström Headfirst by Antti Heikki Pesonen Relative Happiness by Deanne Foley The Grump by Dome Karukoski Big News From Grand Rock

by Daniel Perlmutter They Have Escaped by J-P Valkeapää Fell by Kasimir Burgess Underdog by Ronnie Sandahl Pixadores

by Amir Arsames Escandari

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TRUSTNORDISK

Denmark

Contact at FILMART Nicolai Korsgaard Sales Manager cell +45 24 214 133

Company Address Filmbyen 28, 2650 Hvidovre phone +45 36 86 87 88 nicolai@trustnordisk.com www.trustnordisk.com

Titles presented at FILMART

TrustNordisk is the leading sales agent in the Nordic region and represents one of the largest film catalogues in Europe – a feature film catalogue of more than 700 films from highly acclaimed directors such as Lars von Trier, Susanne Bier, Thomas Vinterberg, Lone Scherfig, Lukas Moodysson and Daniél Espinosa.

Key House Mirror

by Michael Noer Homesick by Anne Sewitsky Here Is Harold by Gunnar Vikene The Wave (promo) by Roar Uthaug The Shamers Daughter (promo)

by Kenneth Kainz The Commune (promo)

by Thomas Vinterberg The Model (promo)

by Mads Matthiesen Ingrid Bergman – In Her Own Words (promo) by Stig Björkman

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For more information, please visit www.trustnordisk.com

UMEDIA

United Kingdom

Company Address 83 – 84 Long Acre, WC2E 9NG London phone +44 20 3475 3232 oileng.lui@umedia.eu www.umedia.eu Umedia is an international film group that combines the activities of production, VFX and international sales, with offices in Brussels, London, Paris and LA. Since its inception, Umedia has participated in the production and financing of over 240 films with a total investment through its own fund of over €500 million.

The company’s own production slate for 2015 includes 7 English and 2 French language films. For more information, please visit www.umedia.eu

Contact at FILMART Oi Leng Lui Sales Manager

Titles presented at FILMART Generation Z

by Steve Barker A Hundred Streets

by Jim O’Hanlon Deep

by Julio Soto Sand Castle

by Seb Edwards The Riders

by Jahmil Qubeka Six Dance Lessons

by Arthur Allan Seidelman Dough

by John Goldschmidt

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VIDEO MERCURY FILMS SA

Spain

Contact at FILMART Sophie de Mac Mahon Sales Manager cell +34 610 567 982

Company Address C/Ana Mariscal 7 (Ciudad de la Imagen), 28223 Pozuelo de Alarcón phone +34 91 512 0058 smacmahon@videomercury.com

Titles presented at FILMART

Video Mercury Films handles the international sales of the biggest Spanish catalogue formed by more than 3.000 titles from the 40’s to nowadays. including some of the most representative titles of the Spanish cinematography.

Viridiana

by Luis Buñuel The South

by Victor Érice The Others

by Alejandro Amenábar Lucia And Sex

by Julio Medém

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WESTEND FILMS

United Kingdom

Company Address 5 – 7 Hillgate Street, W8 7SP London phone +44 20 7494 8300 mercy@westendfilms.com www.westendfilms.com

WestEnd Films is a dynamic London-based feature film financing, sales and production company, cofounded by Eve Schoukroun, Maya Amsellem and renowned producer and Capitol Films founder Sharon Harel-Cohen.

Contact at FILMART Mercy Liao Sales Director cell +44 7581 2929 61 Titles presented at FILMART A Perfect Day

by Fernando Leon de Aranoa Blackbird by Benedict Andrews

WestEnd Films continue to build a highly selective slate including the talents of directors Woody Allen, David Gordon Green, Michael Winterbottom, Isabel Coixet, Neil Jordan, Stephen Frears, Hideo Nakata, and A-list cast including Al Pacino, Nicolas Cage, Benicio del Toro, Liam Hemsworth, Patrick Stewart, Woody Harrelson, Ralph Fiennes, Kristin Scott Thomas, Glenn Close, Mia Wasikowska, Rooney Mara, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Christopher Walken.

By Way Of Helena

by Kieran Darcy-Smith Green Room by Jeremy Saulnier Manglehorn

by David Gordon Green Song Of The Sea by Tomm Moore

Our line-up includes several Oscar-nominated titles such as Song Of The Sea ( Best Animated Feature, 2015 ), The Invisible Woman ( Best Costume Design, 2014 ), Albert Nobbs ( Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress and Best Makeup, 2012) and Footnote ( Best Foreign Language Feature, 2012).

The Face Of An Angel

by Michael Winterbottom The Great Gilly Hopkins

by Stephen Herek

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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 36 professional organisations from 35 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 Creative Europe – MEDIA Programme of the European Union 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 Majlinda Tafa Albanian National Center of Cinematography/AN CC www.nationalfilmcenter.gov.al Austria Martin Schweighofer Austrian Film Commission www.austrianfilm.com Belgium Christian De Schutter Flanders Image www.flandersimage.com Belgium Eric Franssen Wallonie Bruxelles Images www.wbimages.be

Czech Republic Markéta Šantrochova Czech Film Center www.filmcenter.cz

Georgia Tamara Tatishvili Georgian National Film Center www.gnfc.ge

Denmark Christian Juhl Lemche The Danish Film Institute www.dfi.dk

Germany Mariette Rissenbeek German Films www.german-films.de

Estonia Edith Sepp Estonian Film Institute www.efsa.ee

Greece Stavroula Geronimaki Greek Film Centre www.gfc.gr

Finland Jaana Puskala The Finnish Film Foundation www.ses.fi

Hungary Katalin Vajda Magyar Filmunió/ International Division Hungarian National Film Fund www.filmunio.hu

Bulgaria Irina Kanousheva Bulgarian National Film Center www.nfc.bg

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYRoM) Darko Basheski Macedonian Film Agency www.filmfund.gov.mk

Croatia Katarina Prpić Croatian AudiovisualCentre www.havc.hr

France Yoann Ubermulhin Unifrance films www.unifrance.org

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Iceland Laufey Gudjónsdóttir Icelandic Film Centre www.icelandicfilmcentre.is Ireland Teresa McGrane Irish Film Board www.irishfilmboard.ie

Italy Annabella Nucara Istituto Luce Cinecittà www.filmitalia.org

Norway Stine Oppegaard Norwegian Film Institute www.nfi.no

Slovak Republic Alexandra Strelková Slovak Film Institute www.sfu.sk

Latvia Dita Rietuma National Film Centre of Latvia www.nfc.lv

Poland Izabela Kiszka-Hoflik Polish Film Institute (PISF) www.pisf.pl

Slovenia Nerina T. Kocjančič Slovenian Film Centre www.film-sklad.si

Lithuania Liana Ruokytė-Jonsson Lithuanian Film Centre www.lkc.lt/en

Portugal Vítor Pinheiro Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual, I.P./ ICA www.ica-ip.pt

Spain Rafael Cabrera Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales/ICAA www.mcu.es/cine/index

Republic of Kosovo* Arben Zharku Kosova Cinematography Center www.qkk-rks.com

Sweden Pia Lundberg Swedish Film Institute www.sfi.se

Romania Cristian Hordilă Romanian Film Promotion www.romfilmpromotion.ro

Switzerland Catherine Ann Berger Swiss Films www.swissfilms.ch

Serbia Miroljub Vučković Film Center Serbia www.fcs.rs

United Kingdom Briony Hanson British Council www.britfilms.com

Luxembourg Françoise Lentz Film Fund Luxembourg www.filmfund.lu Montenegro Ilija Subotić Ministry of Culture www.mku.gov.me The Netherlands Marten Rabarts eye International www.international.eyefilm.nl

* 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

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