16/03/2010

For the second year in a row, European Film Promotion (EFP) successfully offers Film Sales Support (FSS) to European sales agents for the marketing of European Films at the Hong Kong FILMART.

One of Asia's biggest markets takes place from March 22-25 and runs alongside the Hong Kong International Film Festival. This year, 14 sales agents and 17 Europeans films receive financial backing by EFP.

With the aim of opening up additional sales opportunities for European films to countries outside of Europe, EFP started to include important film markets into its FSS promotion scheme in 2009. "The ongoing demand from sales agents for support at markets shows that we made the right decision," says FSS Project Director Susanne Davis.

Selected companies and films are:

Autlook Filmsales (Austria)
Reindeer Spotting by Joonas Neuvonen
The Sound of Insects [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by Peter Liechti

Celsius Entertainment (UK)
Amphibious 3D by Brian Yuzna

Films Distribution (France)
Student Services by Emmanuelle Bercot

First Hand Films (Switzerland)
Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by Anders Østergaard

Independent (UK)
Mr. Nice by Bernard Rose

Intramovies (Italy)
Iago [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by Volfango de Biasi
Sea Purple by Donatella Maiorca

Le Pacte (France)
Making Plans for Lena [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by Christophe Honoré

m-appeal (Germany)
Sasha by Dennis Todorović

Media Luna New Films (Germany)
Life in One Day [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] by Mark De Cloe

Memento Films (France)
Eastern Plays [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Kamen Kalev
film profile] by Kamen Kalev
Once Upon a Time Proletarian by Xiaolu Guo

Pathé Distribution (France)
The Illusionist [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Sylvain Chomet
film profile] by Sylvain Chomet

Pathé International (UK)
Centurion by Neil Marshall

Pyramide International (France)
What More Do I Want [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] by Silvio Soldini

TrustNordisk (Denmark)
Brotherhood [+see also:
film review
trailer
Interview Nicolo Donato [IT]
interview: Nicolo Donato
film profile] by Nicolo Donato