EFP supports outstanding European films

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The Swedish Torpedo

VERDICT: 17 European films from this years‘ TIFF line-up are being highlighted by their respective countries for EFP’s promotional activities and are running in the various sections of the festival

European Film Promotion (EFP) is highlighting 17 European titles from a long list of outstanding European films that will be part of this years‘ line-up at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Some 17 national film promotion institutes plus five world sales companies are taking part in the various promotional opportunities offered by EFP, including the EUROPE! HUB. The aim of all their activities – whether online in advance or on the spot – is to maximise the visibility of European films at the Toronto Film Festival

Ten of the films will be celebrating their world premieres such as ‘A Missing Part’ by Guillaume Senez (Belgium, France / Centrepiece), ‘Triumph’ by Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov (Bulgaria, Greece / Platform), ‘The Quiet Ones’ by Frederik Louis Hviid (Denmark, Sweden, France / Discovery), Blue Road –’ The Edna O’Brien Story’ by Sinéad O’Shea (Ireland, UK/ TIFF Docs),’ Mr. K’ by Tallulah H. Schwab (The Netherlands, Belgium, Norway / Platform), ‘Meat’ by Dimitris Nakos (Greece / Discovery) ‘My Fathers’ Daughter’ by Egil Pedersen (Norway, Finland / Discovery), ‘Ink Wash’ by Sarra Tsorakidis (Romania, Greece, Denmark / Discovery), ‘The Swedish Torpedo’ by Frida Kempff (Sweden, Estonia, Belgium, Finland / Centrepiece), ‘The Courageous’ by Jasmin Gordon (Switzerland / Discovery). Two feature films, one documentary and one short will have their North American premiere at TIFF: ‘Julie Keeps Quiet’ by Leonardo Van Dijl (Belgium, Sweden / Centrepiece), ‘When The Light Breaks’ by Rúnar Rúnarsson (Iceland, The Netherlands, Croatia, France / Centrepiece), ‘Wishing on a Star’ by Peter Kerekes (Italy, Slovak Republic, Czech Republic, Austria, Croatia / TIFF Docs), ‘Sauna Day’ by Anna Hints, Tushar Prakash (Estonia / Short Cuts I), ‘The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent’ by Nebojša Slijepcevic (Croatia, Bulgaria, France, Slovenia / Short Cuts III). ‘Fabian Stumm’s Sad Jokes’ (Germany / Discovery) will be celebrating its International Premiere while ‘100 Litres of Gold’ by Teemu Nikki (Finland) is running in the Industry Selects.

Prior to the festival, EFP hosted a special, exclusive online event in cooperation with TIFF Industry for North American distributors to see six of the ten aforementioned world premieres.

The world sales contacts at EFP’s Hub for ‘A Missing Part’ is Be For Films; TrustNordisk for’ The Quiet Ones’, LevelK for ‘Mr. K’. and Films Boutique for ‘Wishing on a Star.’

In addition to the support from Creative Europe MEDIA, the EUROPE! Hub is made possible thanks to Eurimages, as well as the participating national film promotion institutes, EFP’s member organisations: Croatian Audiovisual Centre, Czech Film Center, Danish Film Institute, Finnish Film Foundation, Flanders Image/Belgium, German Films, Icelandic Film Centre, Norwegian Film Institute, SEE NL/The Netherlands, Swedish Film Institute, Wallonie Bruxelles Images/Belgium. Media Partner is Film Verdict.

EFP member organisations Cinecittà/Italy, Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales / ICAA (Spain), and the Polish Film Institute will be operating their own individual stands alongside and in addition to the EUROPE! Hub.