16 Sales Companies from Europe awarded Film Sales Support for the American Film Market
Posted: 25th October 2022
16 sales companies from Europe have been awarded Film Sales Support (FSS) for physical and digital promotion campaigns of 34 European films, including two Irish productions, at one of the major events in the autumn, the American Film Market which takes place on site from 1- 6 November this year.
International buyers will finally have the chance to meet with Europe’s sales agents in person in L.A. again to discover the newest titles from Austria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy and Spain, to name a few.
We are delighted to see the Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland supported Irish language film Róise & Frank selected as part of the initiative. Directed by Peter Murphy and Rachael Moriarty, this Irish-language comedy tells the story of a widow who believes that her husband has been reincarnated in the body of a shaggy stray dog. The film was released in Irish cinemas this September. Ann, directed by Ciaran Creagh and produced by Hill Sixteen Features in association with RTÉ, is the second Irish film selected as part of the European films to be awarded FSS for its promotion campaign. We are thrilled to see these Irish productions receiving support for their promotion campaign at the AFM.
Many of the awarded films are still in production or post-production, such as Pandemonium from director Quarxx (France), sold by Film Seekers France; Shame on Dry Land by Axel Petersén (Sweden) from LevelK; The Pod Generation by Sophie Barthes (France, Belgium), represented my MK2; Fireworks by Giuseppe Fiorello (Italy) from Pulsar Content and Darkland: Case Closed by Fenar Ahmad (Denmark, The Netherlands), with TrustNordisk selling. The market is known to be the place where deals are being put to bed.
A number of the supported sales agents have films by female directors in their individual portfolios: La Maison by Anissa Bonnefont (France/Pulsar Content), live action children’s film Teddy’s Christmas by Andrea Eckerbom (Norway, Denmark/Sola Media), Sisters by Linda Olte (Latvia, Italy/True Colours), The Nightman by Mélanie Delloye (Belgium/WT Films), Splendid Isolation by Urszula Antoniak (The Netherlands/) and Simply Nina by Karin Heberlein (Germany/both Media Luna New Films).
Further films to receive attention at the market with the help of FSS are two green productions, sold by Picture Tree International: The Chambermaid by Mariana Cengel Solcanská (Czech Republic, Slovakia) produced by Bright Sight Pictures, Green Screen Ambassadors for sustainable filmmaking in Slovakia and Smother by Achmed Abdel-Salam (Austria, Germany), produced by Glitter and Doom. EFP is happy to support the campaigns of three animated films, The Legendaries (France/Wild Bunch International, still in production), Just Super (Norway/TrustNordisk) and No Dogs Or Italians Allowed (France/Indie Sales).
A complete list of supported films can be found here.
FSS is made possible thanks to the support of Creative Europe MEDIA of the European Union.
About EFP European Film Promotion
EFP (European Film Promotion) is an international network of film promotion institutes from 37 countries from throughout Europe, each representing their national films and talent abroad. Under the EFP flag, these organisations team up to jointly promote the diversity and spirit of European films and talent at key film festivals and markets, in particular outside of Europe. Find out more about Screen Ireland's work with EFP here.