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39th International Film Festival Rotterdam January 27 – February 7, 2010 PRESS RELEASE January 20, 2010 Rotterdam Lab welcomes 67 producers for tenth anniversary edition The International Film Festival Rotterdam welcomes sixty-seven young producers taking part in the tenth anniversary edition of Rotterdam Lab. CineMart’s highly successful event for emerging producers has expanded steadily over the past decade. The participants have been nominated by the twenty-one Rotterdam Lab partner organizations. Rotterdam Lab, part of CineMart, takes place January 30 – February 3. (See full list of participants and partner organizations below) Rotterdam Lab Coordinator Jacobine van der Vloed: “Finding your way in a large international festival and market can be daunting for an emerging producer. Buyers, sellers and funders are not easy to track down. The Rotterdam Lab creates a somewhat safer and easier environment for these producers to present their companies and projects, test the grounds, receive feedback on how to proceed and expand their network in an effective way. The Rotterdam Lab fits very well in Rotterdam’s spirit of nurturing emerging talent. Moreover, the Rotterdam Lab has developed into a valuable tool to strengthen CineMart's international network of independent producers.” Over the past years, the Rotterdam Lab has expanded steadily, with more producers from more regions participating every year. The Lab has already resulted in many producers returning to CineMart, and films by producers who have attended the Lab have been screened in the official Festival Programme. By bringing together a mix of producers from around Europe and the rest of the world, the Rotterdam Lab has also generated many alluring international co-productions. The participants of the Rotterdam Lab are starting producers, who are ‘nominated’ by the international training bodies and funding agencies with which the CineMart has partnerships. Traditionally, panel discussions are organized on different topics such as production, sales, financing, distribution, press & promotion and television. These panels take place in an informal setting and are organized to illustrate the process by which a project in need of financing is completed and brought to its audience. In these panels, experts from the industry give the producers tools on how to present their project and how to build up an international network. Complimentary to the panels, participants take part in “speed-dating” sessions, during which they have time to meet personally with industry delegates and receive advice on their own projects. CineMart has always had a focus on producers who are in the beginning of their careers. Several years ago, the CineMart staff realized that many new producers lack the knowledge on how to operate in an international film festival or market setting. Therefore, in 2001, based on the belief that these skills are vital for any producer, and to provide young professionals the means to develop an international network, CineMart organized the first CineMart International Trainee Project, later renamed the Rotterdam Lab. In addition to the organized Rotterdam Lab programme, it is important that the producers take the chance to participate in all other CineMart events, such as networking lunches, cocktails and other panels. They are encouraged to take advantage of their time in Rotterdam as much as possible by strengthening their network. International partners participating in Rotterdam Lab: Ateliers du Cinéma Européen (ACE), France European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs (EAvE), Luxembourg Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany Fundación TyPA, Argentina Independent Feature Project (IFP), USA Indigenous Branch – Screen Australia Irish Film Board Israel Film Fund J-Pitch - UNIJAPAN Korean Film Council (KOFIC) National Film Development Corporation India Netherlands Film Fund New Zealand Film Commission Rotterdam Media Fund, the Netherlands Scottish Screen, United Kingdom Screen Australia Singapore Film Commission Telefilm Canada UK Film Council Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds, Belgium Wallonie Bruxelles Images, Belgium Rotterdam Lab Participants 2010 (Participant, company, country, nominated by) Amanda De Luis, Alta Realitat, Spain, ACE / Ateliers du Cinéma Européen Gabor Sipos, Laokoon Filmgroup, Hungary, ACE / Ateliers du Cinéma Européen Josefine Tengblad, Yellow Bird Productions, Sweden, EAVE Jennifer Sabbah, Boa Films, France, EAVE Darija Kulenovic Gudan, Studio dim d.o.o., Croatia, EAVE Ewa Borowski, eastart pictures, Germany, Filmstiftung NRW Nicole Ringhut, Maranto Films GmbH, Germany, Filmstiftung NRW Xavier Rombaut, Emerald Films, Belgium, Flanders Image/VAF Emily Wanja, Visual Asili, Kenya, IFFR - Africa Alberto Botelho, Novos Sonhos Audiovisuais, Angola, IFFR - Africa Paul Lwanga Jr, Vilole Images Productions, Zambia, IFFR - Africa Thomas Woodrow, Furnace Films, LLC, USA, IFP Jason Orans, Gigantic Pictures, USA, IFP Rhea Stephenson, Independent Producer, Australia, Indigenous Branch/Screen Australia Wayne Denning, Carbon media Pty Ltd, Australia, Indigenous Branch/Screen Australia John Wallace, Black Sheep, Productions, Ireland, Irish Film Board Heidi Madsen, Paper Dreams Limited, Ireland, Irish Film Board Michael Rozenbaum, Transfax Film Productions ltd., Israel, Israel Film Fund Yochanan Kredo, July August Productions, Israel, Israel Film Fund Aurit Zamir, Gum Films, Israel, Israel Film Fund Mayumi Sanda, Elephante Inc., Japan, J-Pitch/UNIJAPAN Kousuke Ono, WA Entertainment Inc., Japan, J-Pitch/UNIJAPAN Yuki Toyoyama, Esprit Inc., Japan, J-Pitch/UNIJAPAN Cho Yoon-Jung, BlueMoonPark, South Korea, KOFIC Always-Han, InOK Films, South Korea, KOFIC Jang Su-Young, Swimming Pictures, South Korea, KOFIC Jang Sung-Young, Film Factory nu:n, South Korea, KOFIC Choi Nak-kwon, CHOICEcut Pictures, South Korea, KOFIC Sanjay Suri, Anticlock Films, India, NFDC Ben Rekhi, Ben Rekhi Productions, USA, NFDC Sandeep A. Varma, ICOMO Advertising India Pvt. Ltd., India, NFCD Pierre Walfisz, Trompe Le Monde, France, NFDC Gertjan Langeland, LEV Pictures, The Netherlands, Netherlands Film Fund Eva Eisenloeffel, Lemming Film, The Netherlands, Netherlands Film Fund Keren Cogan, Phanta Vision, The Netherlands, Netherlands Film Fund Natasja Mohrs, Column Film, The Netherlands, Netherlands Film Fund Ellen Havenith, Column Film, The Netherlands, Netherlands Film Fund Kristian Eek, Independent Producer, New Zealand, New Zealand Film Commission Maile Daugherty, Independent Producer, New Zealand, New Zealand Film Commission Tom Hern, Six String Pictures Ltd, New Zealand, New Zealand Film Commission Dijana Olcay-Hot, Revolver Media Productions, The Netherlands, Rotterdam Film Fund Sophie Slabbekoorn, seriousFilm, The Netherlands, Rotterdam Film Fund Jesse de Jong, JesseFilms, The Netherlands, Rotterdam Film Fund Kat Hebden, Blindside Productions, UK, Scottisch Screen Carolynne Sinclair Kidd, Hopscotch Films Ltd., UK Scottisch Screen Ciara Barry, Digicult Ltd, UK, Scottisch Screen Sylvia Wilcynski, Lemur Films Pty Ltd, Australia, Screen Australia Angie Fielder, Aquarius Films, Australia, Screen Australia Kristina Ceyton, Independent Producer, Australia, Screen Australia James Leong, Lianain Films, Singapore, Singapore Film Commission Fran Borgia, Akanga Film Asia, Singapore, Singapore Film Commission Rajvinder Uppal, Mama-oo Pictures ltd, Canada, Telefilm Canada Bev Bliss, Moving Films Inc, Canada, Telefilm, Canada Nicolas Comeau, 1976 Productions, Canada, Telefilm Canada Ingrid Veninger, pUNK Films, Inc. Canada, Telefilm Canada Pablo Lamar, Sapukai Cine, Paraguay, Typa Rodrigo Marin, Propagandacine, Chile, Typa Fernando A. P. Ruiz, Fábrica de Cine S.R.L, Argentina, Typa Fabiola Ramos, Independent Producer, Mexico, Typa Ruben Sierra Salles, Peliculas Prescindibles, Venezuela, Typa Tom Wood, Wellington Films, UK, UK Film Council Rachel Dargavel, Steel Mill Pictures, UK, UK Film Council Rhodri Thomas, Independent Producer, UK, UK Film Council David Boaretto, Revolution Films, GBR, UK Film Council Megan S. Wallace, Blirt Ltd / Incendiary Pictures, UK, UK Film Council Samantha Price, Sparkler Productions, UK, UK Film Council Julien Sigalas, Stempel, Belgium, Wallonie Bruxelles Images (end of press release) Note to the Editor, not for publication: IFFR Press Office, Bert-Jan Zoet / Nancy van Oorschot [email protected],
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