European Film Promotion (EFP) in collaboration with its member organisations have once more selected 20 promising European producers for its 26th edition of PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE during the Festival de Cannes (13 – 24 May 2025).
The producers will participate in tailor-made sessions to foster international co-productions, intensify the exchange of experiences and help create new professional networks. Pre-festival kick-off online gatherings, which already started yesterday and are going to run until 30, offer 1:1 speed meetings, roundtables and pitching sessions. All participants will then meet in person during the festival in Cannes from 16 to 20 May and take part in a five-day on-site programme, incorporating case studies, social events and an extensive promotional campaign.
With their respective companies, the 20 producers are putting forward a wide range of narrative forms and genres, from drama and comedy to documentaries, series and animated films, from horror, fantasy and action to science fiction, coming-of-age and thrillers.
Kristele Pudane from Latvia is a producer with more than 15 years of experience, producing wide range of projects starting from feature films, documentaries, animation and TV series, with primary focus is on art-house films with strong visual storytelling and unique narratives, and particularly open to working with debut directors.
More about all the Producers on the Move participants at EFP website.
EFP PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE is made possible thanks to the support of Creative Europe – the MEDIA Programme of the European Union, Eurimages, Film i Väst, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg and LETTERBOX FILMPRODUKTION, as well as the participating national film promotion institutes (EFP’s member organisations) from the Producers on the Move countries: Albanian National Center of Cinematography, Austrian Films, Bulgarian National Film Center, Cinecittà (Italy), Croatian Audiovisual Centre, Danish Film Institute, Film Centre of Montenegro, Film Fund Luxembourg, German Films, Lithuanian Film Centre, National Film Institute Hungary, National Film Centre of Latvia, Norwegian Film Institute, Polish Film Institute, Romanian Film Development, Screen Ireland / Fís Éireann, Swedish Film Institute, SWISS FILMS, Unifrance and Wallonie Bruxelles Images (Belgium). The main media partner is Variety, with Cineuropa as an additional media partner.