Seventeen up-and-coming European documentary film producers were introduced to the Berlin film festival guests at an event hosted 17 February by the Ji.hlava IDFF together with the Berlinale’s European Film Market.
The EMERGING PRODUCERS 2023 are Beata Saboova (Belgium), Ralitsa Golemanova (Bulgaria), Hana Blaha Šilarová (Czech Republic), Pasi Hakkio (Finland), Florent Coulon (France), Mareike Wegener (Germany), Genovéva Petrovits (Hungary), Roisín Geraghty (Ireland), Anete Ruperte (Latvia), Ruta Jekentaite (Lithuania), Jasper Boon (Netherlands), Katarzyna Kuczyńska (Poland), Rui Ribeiro (Portugal), Andrijana Sofranić Šućur (Serbia), Tereza Tokárová (Slovakia), Matheus Mello (Spain / Brazil), and Oksana Syhareva (Ukraine).
At the event, Ji.hlava’s director Marek Hovorka and the festival’s head of industry Jarmila Outratová announced an open call for the next (12th) edition of the EMERGING PRODUCERS programme. The deadline for applications is March 31.
This year, the seventeen selected European producers will be accompanied by one producer from the next edition’s guest country – The Philippines, in partnership with the Film Development Council of the Philippines.
The EMERGING PRODUCERS programme is an educational, promotional and networking programme curated by the Ji.hlava IDFF. It includes workshops in Jihlava (October 2023) and Berlin (February 2024) and offers support to the selected producers throughout the year. As of the Berlinale launch (and after eleven editions of EMERGING PRODUCERS), the programme can boast 199 film alumni, many of whom have become established in the film world and have received prizes at major film festivals around the world.
The emergingproducers.com portal serves as a guide for potential future co-productions and features the map of 199 talented European producers with their personal profiles and contacts.
Click here the catalogue of the EMERGING PRODUCERS 2023. More information at www.ji-hlava.com or www.emergingproducers.com.
