In the past year, 179 European films received Film Sales Support (FSS) from Hamburg-based EFP (European Film Promotion) accomplishing its core mission to facilitate sales to countries outside of Europe.
FSS plays a crucial role in facilitating investment in additional promotional activities which makes a difference for the international perception of European cinema. Financial support in overlapping years was available for EFP-affiliated world sales companies to bolster campaigns of altogether 143 finished and 36 unfinished European fiction films, animations and documentaries.
The mainly digital marketing campaigns were developed to target buyers at the festivals of Toronto, Tokyo, Sundance, SXSW and Tribeca in the US, Hot Docs in Canada and San Sebastián as well as at the prominent international film markets, AFM in the US, FILMART in Hong Kong, Asian Contents & Film Market in South Korea, the EFM in Berlin and the Marché du Film in Cannes.
The mainly digital marketing campaigns were developed to target buyers at the festivals of Toronto, Tokyo, Sundance, SXSW and Tribeca in the US, Hot Docs in Canada and San Sebastián as well as at the prominent international film markets, AFM in the US, FILMART in Hong Kong, Asian Contents & Film Market in South Korea, the EFM in Berlin and the Marché du Film in Cannes.
Animation:
Rosa and The Stone Troll by Karla Holmbäck (Denmark, France / LevelK)
Argonuts by David Alaux (France / Kinology)
White Plastic Sky by Tibor Bánoczki & Sarolta Szabo (Hungary, Slovak Republic / Films Boutique)
The Siren by Sepideh Farsi (France, Luxembourg, Germany / Bac Films Distribution)
Documentaries:
Four Daughters by Kaouther Ben Hania (France, Germany / The Party Film Sales)
Lynx Man by Juha Suonpää (Finland / Rise and Shine World Sales)
Female Directors:
Club Zero by Jessica Hausner (Austria, UK, Germany, France, Denmark / Coproduction Office) –
Ama Gloria by Marie Amachoukeli (France / Pyramide),
Rosa and The Stone Trollby Karla Holmbäck (Denmark, France / LevelK),
The Enchanted by Elena Trapé (Spain / Latido Films)
Sisters by Linda Olte (Latvia, Italy / True Colours)
When It Melts by Veerle Baetens (Belgium / The Party Film Sales)
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood by Anna Hints (Estonia / Autlook Filmsales)
New FSS Inclusion:
(which covers the promotion of films depicting gender balance, equity and inclusion yielded first supports for 3 films)
Rapture by Angela Ottobah (France / Best Friend Forever)
Lala by Ludovica Fales (Italy / Slingshot Films)
The Many Lives of Edouard Louis by François Caillat (France / Outplay Films)
New FSS Digital Plus:
Great Yarmouth – Provisional Figures by Marco Martins (Portugal, France / LevelK)
FSS for films from Switzerland:
(Thanks to funding from SWISS FILMS, promotion campaigns for 7 films from Switzerland received a push via FSS)
Happy Pills by Arnaud Robert & Paolo Woods (Lightdox / Sweet Spot Docs)
Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry by Elene Naveriani (Totem Films)
Let Me Go by Maxime Rappaz (M-Appeal World Sales).
The pan-European FSS is backed by Creative Europe MEDIA of the European Union since 2004.
Upcoming support opportunities until the end of 2023 are available for Toronto, Tokyo, the Asian Contents & Film Market and the AFM. In 2024, FSS is available for Sundance, the EFM, the FILMART, SXSW, Hot Docs, the Marché du Film and Tribeca.
For more information please visit efp-online.com
