6th PRODUCERS LAB TORONTO just kicked off

Top row (left to right): Arnie Zipursky (Canada), Kaleena Kiff (Canada), Chantelle Kadyschuk (Canada), Leanne Saunders (New Zealand), Rebecca Summerton (Australia), Raquelle David (Australia), Nathalie Lichtenthaeler (Ireland), Marie-Claude Poulin (Canada), Simone Urdl (Canada), Floor Onrust (The Netherlands), Julia Rosenberg (Canada), Hanan Kattan (United Kingdom), Eva Jakobsen (Denmark), Barbara Willis Sweete (Canada), Bob Crowe (Canada). Not pictured Ivo Felt (Estonia).

Intense networking and pitching events among producers from Europe, Canada, New Zealand and Australia have just started at the Toronto International Film Festival®. It’s the sixth edition of PRODUCERS LAB TORONTO, running September 9 to 12, created for 24 hand-picked participants to exchange project ideas and funding information for trans-atlantic co-production deals.

The international co-production forum is organized and financed by European Film Promotion (EFP) in collaboration with the Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC) and the Toronto International Film Festival®. Screen Australia and the New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) will again be supporting the event, along with Creative Europe – MEDIA Programme, the participating EFP member organisations, Eurimages, and Telefilm Canada.

European participants

Adis Djapo, SCCA (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Ivo Felt, Allfilm (Estonia)
Eva Jakobsen, Snowglobe (Denmark)
Hlín Johannesdóttir, Vintage Pictures (Iceland)
Hanan Kattan, Enlightenment Productions (UK)
Nathalie Lichtenthaeler, Wide Eye Films (Ireland)
Floor Onrust, Family Affair Films (The Netherlands)
Silvia Panáková, Arina (Slovak Republic)
Edmon Roch, Ikiru Films (Spain)
Peter Rommel, Rommel Film (Germany)

Canadian participants

Bob Crowe, Angel Entertainment Corp.
Chantelle Kadyschuk, No Trace Camping Productions
Kaleena Kiff, Radius Squared Media Group
Jane Loughman, Monkeys & Parrots
Marie-Claude Poulin, Item 7
Julia Rosenberg, January Films
Andrew Nicholas McCann Smith, First Love Films
Simone Urdl, The Film Farm
Barbara Willis Sweete, Willis Sweete Productions
Arnie Zipursky, CCI Entertainment

Australian participants

Raquelle David, Damsel Pictures
Rebecca Summerton, Closer Productions

New Zealand's participants

Alexander Behse, Monsoon Pictures International
Leanne Saunders, Piki Films

Associated EFP member organisations:

Association of Filmmakers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, British Council, Danish Film Institute, Estonian Film Institute, EYE International/The Netherlands, German Films, ICAA/Spain, Icelandic Film Centre, Irish Film Board, Slovak Film Institute.

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