24 producers from 24 different countries will participate in this year΄s Producers on the Move networking platform, organized by the European Film Promotion (EFP). This is the 15th edition of Producers on the Move and once more  EFP spotlights emerging European producers at the Cannes Film Festival from May 17-19, helping them embark on successful cooperations. Among the participants, this year five producers will represent the Balkan region.

The Balkan producers participating in the year΄s edition of Producers on the Move are:

Maya Vitkova from Bulgaria for the film Viktoria by Maya Vitkova

selected by the Bulgarian National Film Center

Vanja Jambrovic from Croatia for the film Gangster of Love by Nebojsa Slijepcevic

selected by Croatian Audiovisual Center

Konstantinos Kontovrakis (Heretic) from Greece for the film Standing Aside, Watching by Yorgos Servetas

selected by Greek Film Center

Ognen Antov (Dream Factory Macedonia) from F.Y.R.O.M for the film Monument to Michael Jackson by Darko Lungulov

selected by Macedonian Film Agency

Ivan Djurovic (Artikulacija Production) from Montenegro for the film Ascent, The by Nemanja Becanovic

selected by Ministry of Culture of Montenegro

Producers on the Move networking platform includes working sessions, one-to-one speed-dating meetings and various opportunities to exchange knowledge and follow up discussions on future projects. In addition, EFP will be teaming up with the European cultural channel ARTE and the pan-European co-production fund Eurimages for Producers on the Move. For the first time, Eurimages has prepared a case study exclusively for EFP΄s programme to be discussed under the direction of Eurimages Executive Director Roberto Olla.

Looking back at previous editions, EFP΄s programme results each year in several new trans-national co-productions and gives the producers a higher profile in Cannes. For 2013, almost all of the participants are still in contact with one another and 17 co-productions are in development. 

The programme has been financially supported by the MEDIA Programme (2007-2013) of the European Union and the participating EFP member organisations who each made a careful selection of their national participants according to specific criteria.