European Film Promotion (EFP) has announced the 10-film selection for the fifth CHANGING FACE OF EUROPE collaboration with Hot Docs, running 28 April – 8 May 2022. This year’s selection includes nine feature films and one short that explore themes centred around environmental activism, the plight of refugees, the destructive powers of war and more.
The CHANGING FACE OF EUROPE features 10 new European documentaries selected by the festival from over 60 submissions made by the European Film Promotion member organisations. In addition to festival screenings and access to a comprehensive industry programme, the directors and producers of the films will be matched with key distributors, buyers and festival programmers via prior virtual one-to-one meetings arranged by EFP.
“Hot Docs is thrilled to partner with EFP for the fifth year to present a selection of documentaries that give us glimpses of a Europe in transition,” said Shane Smith, director of programming for Hot Docs. “The talented filmmakers in this program offer new perspectives while bringing a sense of urgency to a wide range of topics.”
“Films about one’s own identity, about fears in relation to war and environmental destruction and about the future are the focus of this year’s film selection. In times like these, the different perspectives are all the more important, with dialogue and exchange at the core of our programme, said EFP’s Managing director Sonja Heinen. “We thank Hot Docs for the opportunity to share the vibrancy of Europe through its films, and to connect documentary filmmakers with the North American industry.“
CHANGING FACE OF EUROPE titles 2022:
Atomic Hope – Inside the Pro-Nuclear Movement by Frankie Fenton (Ireland)
Burial by Emilija Škarnulytė (Lithuania)
Band by Álfrún Örnólfsdóttir (Iceland)
Bigger than Trauma by Vedrana Pribačić (Croatia)
How The Room Felt by Ketevan Kapanadze (Georgia)
Just Animals by Saila Kivelä and Vesa Kuosmanen (Finland)
Nasim by Ole Jacobs and Arne Büttner (Germany)
The Balcony Movie by Paweł Łoziński (Poland)
A Marble Travelogue by Sean Wang (The Netherlands)
Crotch Stories by Myleine Guiard-Schmid (France)
The EFP initiative is supported by the Creative Europe – MEDIA Programme of the European Union and the participating EFP member organisations.
In other recent European Film Promotion news, in solidarity with the Ukrainian film industry, EFP is now also offering promotional support for finished and unfinished films from the Ukraine via its Film Sales Support (FSS) initiative.
European sales agents who are eligible for MEDIA funding will have the chance to include Ukrainian films in their applications to EFP for a boost of marketing strategies at the upcoming Tribeca Film Festival (8-19 June), the Shanghai Film Festival (10-19 June) and the Marché du Film – Festival de Cannes (17-25 May) to help the films cross borders beyond Europe.
