Screen Ireland Call for Applications — EFP Producers on the Move 2023
Posted: 1st February 2023
Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland is now seeking applications from producers who wish to be considered as the Irish selection for the 2023 EFP Producers on the Move programme, held each year at the Cannes Film Festival.
Each year, 20 young producers from 20 different countries from throughout Europe are selected to participate in Producers on the Move at the Cannes Film Festival. The five-day programme aims at connecting enterprising producers with potential co-production partners and strengthening their international industry networks. The programme is underpinned by a promotion and press campaign, creating international visibility and opportunities for the producers. EFP will throughout the programme:
- Promote the 20 top up and coming producers from diverse countries in Europe to the international industry and press
- Connect 20 up and coming producers with each other (pitching session, individual meetings, case study etc.)
- Offer the producers access to key players in the industry (funders, financiers, sales agents, distributors, broadcasters)
- Match each of the 20 participants with five sales agents introducing their new projects
- Provide the producers with further expertise on co-production, international film funding and financing, sales, distribution, new technologies, new business models and current trends
- Offer opportunities for the producers to exchange knowledge, experiences and projects
- Offer valuable opportunities via strategic partnerships with the PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE Alumni Network throughout the year
- Provide the opportunity to screen producer’s previous works to their peers and interested experts at Festival Scope Pro’s VoD platform.
This will also include a promotional plan including the following:
- Detailed online information about the selected producers on EFP’s website
- Digital marketing campaign including a key visual one page, dedicated social media campaign on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook to introduce each Producer on the Move, an advertisement campaign in trade magazines, online banner
- Media partnerships presenting the 20 participants prominently to the international industry
- Presentation in the Festival Scope Pro newsletter
Previous Irish Producers on the Move include Jessie Fisk (Wolf) John Wallace (Rialto) Cormac Fox (Animals), Alan Maher (Song of Granite), Katie Holly (Vita & Virginia), John Keville and Conor Barry (The Hole in the Ground), Juliette Bonass (A Date for Mad Mary), Rebecca O’Flanagan (Papi Chulo) and Macdara Kelleher (Black '47).
Candidates must be available to attend the programme from 2 – 4 May 2023 online and from 18 – 22 May 2023 in Cannes.
Producers interested in participating in PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE 2023 should fill out the attached application form and email to Louise Ryan at louise.ryan@screenireland.ie by Wednesday, 8th March.