Congratulations to 35 EFP Alumni Celebrating Premieres in Cannes EFP’s EUROPEAN SHOOTING STARS and PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE Alumni at the Cannes Film Festival 2018
European Film Promotion (EFP) and its member organisations are pleased to announce that 28 former participants of EFP's PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE programme and seven SHOOTING STARS will be presenting their films at the Cannes Film Festival (May 8 – 19, 2018).
EFP Managing Director Sonja Heinen says: "We are delighted that we can support such outstanding acting talents and producers at an early stage of their careers by shining a spotlight on and opening new doors for them. Together with our members, we would like to congratulate them on their inspiring work being presented in Cannes."
European Film Promotion (EFP) is a unique network of 38 European member organisations who represent films and talent from their respective territories. Under the EFP flag, they team up on initiatives to promote the diversity and the spirit of European films and talent at key international film festivals and markets. EFP is financially supported by the Creative Europe – MEDIA Programme of the European Union and by its member organisations, as well as the German Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, the Film Fund Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, and the Ministry of Culture of the City of Hamburg.
FILMS IN COMPETITION
BLACKKKLANSMAN by Spike Lee
Featuring Jasper Pääkkönen (European Shooting Star Finland 2006)
COLD WAR by Pawel Pawlikowski
Executive produced by Piotr Dzieciol (PoM Poland 2011)
GIRLS OF THE SUN by Eva Husson
Produced by Didar Domehri (PoM France 2017), co-produced by Vladimer Katcharava (PoM Georgia 2012), Joseph Roushop (PoM Belgium 2002) and Dan Wechsler (PoM Switzerland 2011)
HAPPY AS LAZZARO by Alice Rohrwacher
Featuring Alba Rohrwacher (European Shooting Star Italy 2009)
Produced by Tiziana Soudani (PoM Switzerland 2000)
THE WILD PEAR TREE by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Co-produced by Labina Mitevska (European Shooting Star 1998, PoM Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 2013) and Fabian Gasmia (Producers Lab Hamburg 2014)
DIAMANTINO by Gabriel Abrantes and Daniel Schmidt
Produced by Justin Taurand (PoM France 2011)
FUGUE by Agnieszka Smocynska
produced by Agnieszka Kurzydlo (PoM Poland 2013), co-produced by Karla Stojáková (PoM Czech Republic 2006, Producers Lab Toronto 2011)
CLOSING FILM
THE MAN WHO KILLED DON QUIXOTE by Terry Gilliam
Featuring Oscar Jaenada (European Shooting Star Spain 2007)
Co-produced by Pandora da Cunha Telles (PoM Protugal 2004, Producers Lab Toronto 2013)
OUT OF COMPETITION
LE GRAND BAIN by Gilles Lellouche
Produced by Patrick Quinet (PoM Belgium 2003)
THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT by Lars von Trier.
Produced by Louise Vesth (PoM Denmark 2008)
UN CERTAIN REGARD
ANGEL FACE by Vanessa Filho
Produced by Marc Missonnier (PoM France 2001)
EUPHORIA by Valeria Golino
Featuring Riccardo Scamarcio (European Shooting Star Italy 2006) and Jasmine Trinca (European Shooting Star Italy 2007)
Produced by Viola Prestieri (PoM Italy 2013)
THE HARVESTERS by Etienne Kallos
Co-produced by Mariusz Wlodarski (PoM Poland 2015), Giorgos Karnavas (PoM Greece 2013) and Konstantinos Kontovrakis (PoM Greece 2014) with Associate Producer Dan Wechsler (PoM Switzerland 2011)
IN MY ROOM by Ulrich Köhler
Co-produced by Janine Jackowski (PoM Germany 2009, Producers Lab Toronto 2010)
LITTLE TICKLES by Andréa Bescond and Eric Métayer
Produced by Francois Kraus (PoM France 2004)
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
O GRANDE CIRCO MÍSTICO by Carlo Diegues
Featuring Nuno Lopes (European Shooting Star Portugal 2006)
DIRECTORS' FORTNIGHT
THE LOAD by Ognjen Glavonic
Co-produced by Ankica Juric Tilic (PoM Croatia 2009)
PETRA by Jaime Rosales
Co-produced by Eva Jakobsen (PoM Denmark 2014) and Mikkel Jersin (PoM Denmark 2016)
SAMOUNI ROAD by Stefano Savona
Produced by Marco Alessi (PoM Italy 2018)
INTERNATIONAL CRITICS' WEEK
OPENING FILM
WILDLIFE by Paul Dano
Featuring Carey Mulligan (European Shooting Star United Kingdom 2009)
CHRIS THE SWISS by Anja Kofmel
Co-produced by Sinisa Juricic (PoM Croatia 2012, Producers Lab Toronto 2013)
WOMAN AT WAR by Benedikt Erlingsson
Co-produced by Birgitta Björnsdottir (PoM Iceland 2018)
FUGUE by Agnieszka Smoczyńska
Co-produced by Agnieszka Kurzydlo (PoM Poland 2013)
SHORT FILMS SPECIAL SCREENING
THIRD KIND by Yorgos Zois
Co-produced by Sinisa Juricic (PoM Croatia 2012, Producers Lab Toronto 2013)
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Jo Mühlberger
Project Director
moc.enilno-pfe@regreblheum
Doris Bandhold
Press and Communication
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