Oscar Winning ‘Another Round’ Producer Among 20 Selected for Producers on the Move Lineup
The producers of this year’s International Feature Film Oscar winner “Another Round” and Berlin Silver Bear winner “Natural Light” have been selected for European Film Promotion’s Producers on the Move program, which promotes promising producers and fosters international co-productions. The 20 participants for the program, which runs online from May 17-21, will be presenting their latest projects in speed meetings and during roundtable sessions. More than half of the selection are women.
The participants, who were selected for the program from all of the nominations submitted by the EFP member organizations, are Annabella Nezri (Belgium), Nikolay Mutafchiev (Bulgaria), Bojan Kanjera (Croatia), Marek Novák (Czech Republic), Kasper Dissing (Denmark), Jean-Christophe Reymond (France), Maite Woköck (Germany), Sára László (Hungary), Ruth Treacy (Ireland), Marica Stocchi (Italy), Iris Otten (The Netherlands), Gary Cranner (Norway), Beata Rzeźniczek (Poland), Tathiani Sacilotto (Portugal), Bianca Oana (Romania), Katarína Tomková (Slovak Republic), Andraž Jerič (Slovenia), Clara Nieto (Spain), Nima Yousefi (Sweden), and Sarah Born (Switzerland).
The participants have already been behind a number of award-winning films: Kasper Dissing produced Thomas Vinterberg’s “Another Round,” whose tally of prizes includes five Robert Awards, four European Film Awards and, most recently, the International Feature Film Oscar; and Sára Laszlo produced “Natural Light,” which won the Silver Bear at this year’s Berlinale.
Other prize-winners are Marica Stocchi (“The Macaluso Sisters,” Francesco Pasinetti Award 2020, Venice Film Festival); Iris Otten (“Take Me Somewhere Nice,” Special Tiger Jury Award 2019, Rotterdam, Heart of Sarajevo Award 2019); Nima Yousefi (“A White, White Day,” Edda Award, 2019); Bianca Oana (“Touch Me Not,” Golden Bear 2018, Berlinale); Clara Nieto (“Madre,” short film, Goya Award 2017, Oscar nomination); and Gary Cranner (“It’s Only Make Believe,” Kosmorama 2014, Best Producer).