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producers on the move in cannes
career catapult for europe‘s
up-and-coming producers
The PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE programme at the Cannes International Film Festival gives 20 promising emerging European producers from 20 European countries a platform and the opportunity to build and enlarge their international network. Participants will meet potential co-production partners and sales companies in one-on-one meetings and take part in project pitching, case studies, social events and a comprehensive promotional campaign.
PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE 2025 combines pre-festival online sessions with a four-half-day onsite programme in Cannes.
how to participate
The programme is open to European producers who
- have experience with at least one international co-production
- have not yet been majority producers on more than three international co-productions
Interested producers who meet the application criteria, should contact their national EFP representative. The application process will close mid of February. EFP member organisations will review the applications and forward their recommendations (one per country) to EFP. From this pool, EFP will select 20 producers based on a complexe point system. For more details please contact muehlberger@efp-online.com.
The programme does not cover costs for travel and accommodation in Cannes.
producers 2025
Artalb Film Productions
Albania
Blerina Hankollari studied European Philosophy and has been part of the film industry since 2012. She served as a creative consultant on Gentian Koçi's documentary Not a Carwash, which premiered at Hot Docs, and produced Koçi's first and second feature films, Daybreak (2017) and A Cup of Coffee and New Shoes On (2022), which were successful at festivals and selected as Albania's official entry to the Academy Awards in 2018 and 2023, respectively. Blerina is currently producing Koçi's third feature film, Cold Sun, and developing Eneos Çarka's second feature-length documentary.
Blerina Hankollari
Albania
SCHUBERT
Austria
Andi G Hess is a Vienna-based producer with a passion for unique voices and stories that resonate globally. Her award-winning films include The Trouble with Being Born by Sandra Wollner (including Berlinale Special Jury Award, Encounters; German Film Critics’ Award; Austrian Film Awards). A former producer at DOR Film, she joined SCHUBERT in 2025 and is currently financing projects by Jessica Hausner and Kálmán Nagy as well as developing high-profile cinema and TV projects. Andi is an alumna of Atelier Ludwigsburg-Paris, NYFA, Series’ Women, Berlinale Talents and EAVE.
Andi G Hess
Austria
Need Productions
Belgium
Géraldine Sprimont graduated in Contemporary Arts and Management and began working at Need Productions in 2011 as a production administrator. Together with Anne-Laure Guégan, she took over the reins of Need Productions in 2014. She is in charge of in-house projects development and the selection of co-production projects. Géraldine is an alumna of Series’ Women, Puentes, and EURODOC. Whether in short or long formats, documentary or fiction, her filmography as a producer bears witness to a championing of an auteur cinema that offers a committed vision of our contemporary world.
Géraldine Sprimont
Belgium
Little Wing Productions
Bulgaria
Magdelena Ilieva is a director-producer whose films have received several awards and screened at such prestigious festivals as Toronto, San Sebastian and Tokyo as well as being nominated for the EFA and sold to over 40 territories. Her directorial debut Eternity Package, which is currently being distributed theatrically in several countries, premiered in Cottbus and was selected for Sofia's main competition. She is now developing her second feature Sveti and producing several features, including Paris 18 which is in post-production.
Magdelena Ilieva
Bulgaria
Wolfgang&Dolly
Croatia
A film producer from Zagreb, Croatia, Tamara launched her company Wolfgang&Dolly in 2017 with a desire to produce creative audio-visual works that tackle socially relevant topics and retain an element of hope for the audience. It is now home for two more producers - Matija Drniković and Aleksandar Arsovski - and the promo producer & director Una Radić, who aim to inspire, educate, and entertain with everything they do. Tamara has recently turned to directing as well.
Tamara Babun Zovko
Croatia
Hyæne Film
Denmark
Daniel is the founder and co-owner of Hyæne Film based in Copenhagen. He has produced eight feature films, including Persona non Grata and Eternal. His films have premiered at festivals such as Rotterdam, Karlovy Vary, and Tribeca. Daniel focuses on emerging new talent with strong personal stories and artistic impact, regardless of genre and format. He currently has two new films in production, five films in development, three of which are international co-productions looking for partners.
Daniel Mühlendorph
Denmark
Films Grand Huit
France
In 2015, Lionel set up Films Grand Huit with Pauline Seigland, whom he had met during his studies. They have produced around 20 shorts that were invited to all of the major international festivals (Critics' Week, Locarno, Telluride, Venice, Toronto, Rotterdam, Palm Springs, Annecy, etc.) and won a European Film Award, 3 Césars, 1 Oscar shortlist and 2 Annie Awards nominations. They are currently co-producing Giacomo Abbruzzese's second feature Disorder and producing Marie Le Floc'h's debut feature Sawsan. Lionel attended Berlinale Talents in 2018 and participated in EAVE Puentes in 2021. He is also a member of ACE and EFA.
Lionel Massol
France
One Two Films
Germany
Fred Burle was born in Brazil and has lived in Berlin since 2010. He completed his production studies at the DFFB in Berlin. His leading projects at One Two Films include the Cannes 2024 title Armand by Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel, Ira Sachs’ Peter Hujarʼs Day (Sundance and Berlinale 2025), as well as new projects by Kleber Mendonça Filho, Maryam Touzani, Alex Camilleri, Sara Ishaq, André Hayato Saito and Annemarie Jacir. Fred participated in the prestigious Puentes programme in 2020, is a member of the European and German Film Academies, and sits on the DFFB’s Board of Trustees.
Fred Burle
Germany
JUNO11
Hungary
Claudia Sümeghy is an economist and film producer as well as being the co-owner of the Budapest-based film production and distribution company JUNO11 with Tamás Yvan Topolánszky. Her first feature film, Curtiz, was named Best Film at the 2018 Montreal World Film Festival and became available worldwide on Netflix. Her latest feature film, I Accidentally Wrote a Book, won Best Children’s Film at the 2024 Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival and attracted 140,000 admissions in Hungary within 10 weeks of release. Claudia is active as a volunteer in sustainable filmmaking and gender balance.
Claudia Sümeghy
Hungary
Fantastic Films
Ireland
Deirdre works with the leading Irish genre production company Fantastic Films who is seeking out creative talent and unique stories and providing a platform to create films and serial content that are highly marketable, imaginative, and original. A graduate of EAVE and Rotterdam Lab, Deirdre’s producer credits include the feature film The Restoration at Grayson Manor (currently in post-production), the murder mystery TV stand-alone Balor Hall, the sci-fi thriller Woken, and the critically acclaimed You Are Not My Mother, which premiered at TIFF’s Midnight Madness in 2021.
Deirdre Levins
Ireland
Cinedora
Italy
A graduate in Foreign Languages and Literature, Francesca has worked for festivals and events as well as in production since 2003. After heading Tempesta in Italy from 2014 to 2019, she co-founded Cinedora in 2021. The company was behind the production of Maura Delpero’s 2024 Venice Silver Lion winner Vermiglio and collaborates with leading Italian and international partners, focussing on auteur-driven cinema, TV series, and innovative talent scouting.
Francesca Andreoli
Italy
Sunday Rebel Films
Latvia
Kristele is a producer of feature films, documentaries, and animation. With a keen eye for European arthouse cinema, she specializes in projects with global appeal and thrives on collaborating with emerging talents. Her productions have garnered recognition at both national and international film festivals. Kristele is currently enrolled in the master’s degree programme in European Film Business and Law (MBA) offered by the University of Potsdam and the Film University Babelsberg.
Kristele Pudane
Latvia
afterschool production
Lithuania
Klementina co-founded the Vilnius-based production company “afterschool” with director Laurynas Bareisa in 2014. She worked on over 10 short films, including Bareisa’s Dummy (Berlinale 2020) and Kaukazas (Locarno 2018), as well as Vytautas Katkus’ Places (Venice 2020). Her first feature film as a producer, Pilgrims (2021), won Best Film in the Orizzonti section at Venice. In 2023, Klementina collaborated on Parade, directed by Titas Laucius, which won the prize for Best Director at goEast. Most recently, Bareisa’s Drowning Dry (2024) won two major awards at Locarno.
Klementina Remeikaitė
Lithuania
Red Lion
Luxembourg
Vincent has been producing films with Jeanne Geiben at the Luxembourg-based company Red Lion since 2013. He has been involved in the latest feature films by such directors as Laura Schroeder (Maret), Vladimir Perisic (Lost Country), and Abderrahmane Sissako (Black Tea). His most recent co-production, Lionel Baier’s The Safe House, premiered in competition at the Berlin International Film Festival in February 2025.
Vincent Quénault
Luxembourg
CODE BLUE PRODUCTION
Montenegro
Bojana Radulović is a filmmaker and producer with roots in multimedia performance across Europe and the USA. She holds a Master’s degree from the KASK art academy in Belgium and a BA in Audiovisual Production from the Mediterranean University in Podgorica. An alumna of Berlinale Talents, Sarajevo Talents, IDFA Academy, EAVE, and Ex-Oriente, she is also a trained British Council Cultural Leader and Oxford Cultural Associate. In 2014, Bojana founded CODE BLUE PRODUCTION, championing Balkan voices with premieres at Locarno, Rotterdam, Venice, Karlovy Vary, IDFA, and DOK Leipzig.
Bojana Radulović
Montenegro
Empathitude Pictures
Norway
At the beginning of 2025, Janne launched Empathitude Pictures with her Danish producer partner Anne Borgaard Sørensen, operating from Oslo and Copenhagen. She has worked on award-winning drama series, feature films, and documentaries, attuned to stories with emotional depth and societal relevance. Her latest film, Hiding Saddam Hussein by Halkawt Mustafa, premiered at IDFA and became the most successful feature-length documentary ever at the Arabic box office. 2025 sees the premiere of a debut feature film Don’t Call Me Mama by Nina Knag. Janne is a member of the ACE Producers Network.
Janne Hjeltnes
Norway
Lava Films
Poland
Agnieszka Wasiak is a co-founder and producer at Lava Films since 2010. She is a graduate of Łódź Film School and a member of the ACE Producers, EAVE, and Berlinale Talents networks. Her productions premiered at A-list festivals, including Never Gonna Snow Again (Venice Competition 2020) and Silent Land (TIFF Platform 2021). Aga’s current slate includes Black Water by Aga Woszczyńska, Tears of Neon by Karolina Bielawska, Two Souls by Łukasz Ronduda, We’re Leaving by Kamil Krawczycki, as well as a TV series for MAX. She is a member of the Polish and European Film Academies.
Agnieszka Wasiak
Poland
microFILM
Romania
Carla Fotea is a producer at microFILM Romania working on fiction and documentary films by both acclaimed directors and newcomers. Titles she has been involved in include An Almost Perfect Family by Tudor Platon (Jihlava 2024), Horia by Ana-Maria Comănescu (Tallinn Black Nights FF 2023), Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn by Radu Jude (Golden Bear 2021), House of Dolls by Tudor Platon (Sarajevo 2020), Ivana the Terrible by Ivana Mladenovic (Special Jury Prize, Locarno 2019) and other upcoming films. She is a graduate of ACE, EAVE, Emerging Producers and a member of EFA, EWA and EPC.
Carla Fotea
Romania
Grand Slam Film
Sweden
Eliza Jones co-founded Grand Slam Film with producer partner Markus Waltå in 2015, and has since focused on producing fiction. After several short films that competed in Cannes, Sundance, Berlinale, Tribeca and Toronto, they moved into feature films with Ninja Thyberg’s Pleasure, which was selected for Cannes 2020 and Sundance 2021. Their latest premieres of Locals by Måns Nyman and One Day All This Will Be Yours by Andreas Öhman will soon be followed by The Patron by Julia Thelin and Öhman’s upcoming feature 7 Steps. Eliza is an alumna of EAVE.
Eliza Jones
Sweden
Alva Film
Switzerland
Thomas Reichlin is an emerging Swiss producer whose debut short, Lantsky Papa’s Stolen Ox, won the Grand Prix at Entrevues Belfort. With Alva Film, he produced Red Ants Bite (Rotterdam 2020), Like an Island (Grand Prix Visions du Réel 2022), and Blackbird, Blackbird, Blackberry (Quinzaine des Cinéastes 2023, sold to 10+ territories). In 2024, he co-produced the mini-series On the High Seas (RTS/Arte), directed by Denis Rabaglia. Thomas is an EAVE Producers’ Workshop alumnus.
Thomas Reichlin
Switzerland
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