Seventeen up-and-coming European documentary film producers – holders of the title EMERGING PRODUCER 2023 – were introduced to the Berlin film festival guests at the event hosted 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. 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 a respected educational, promotional and networking programme curated by the Ji.hlava IDFF. It includes workshops in Jihlava (October 2023) and Berlin (February 2024), as well as support to the selected producers throughout the year. As of today, and after eleven editions, there are 199 film alumni of the programme, 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.
Download the specially designed catalogue of the EMERGING PRODUCERS 2023
