European Producers Club

✨ EPC Highlights from Cannes

Cannes is not only a key moment for cinema, but also a vital space for meetings, dialogue and meaningful exchanges with partners, institutions and decision-makers shaping the future of the European audiovisual sector.

This year again, the EPC took part in an intense and inspiring sequence of conversations, panels and strategic meetings throughout the and the .

🔹 The impACT panel “Who Gets to Be Seen? Disability Representation in the Film Industry”, organised in partnership with the Marché du Film, with Samm Haillay and .
🔹 The panel with Institut français: “Ukraine, Balkans, Baltics: the new map of European co-production”
🔹 The UPC Dinner, opened by its President Marc Missonnier
🔹 The press conference with European Commission Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen and Marjorie Paillon, an important occasion for the EPC to speak about the campaign “Europe needs Cinema, Cinema needs Europe”
🔹 A meeting with ARTE and Members of the European Parliament
🔹 A conversation between Gaëtan Bruel, President of the CNC, and European Commission EVP Henna Virkkunen
🔹 The European Audiovisual Observatory conference, with EPC member Carlo Cresto-Dina
🔹 The panel organised by the LUX Audience Award on the future EU budget and AgoraEU, with EPC member Janine Jackowski
🔹 A meeting with Susan Newman Baudais, Executive Director of Eurimages
🔹 A meeting with talented young German producers at MOIN
🔹 The announcement of EPC Encounters in Bari this November, in partnership with Apulia Film Commission, in the presence of EPC Vice-President Carlotta Calori

The EPC was also honoured to exchange with MEPs Sabine Verheyen, Vice-President of the European Parliament, Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus and Diana Riba i Giner, as well as with European associations and partners, including Julie Belgrado and Aline Bacqué, Matthijs Wouter Knol, Christine Eloy, Jo Mühlberger and Vitor Pinheiro, Alice Ormières, Sebastian Naumann, Cécile Despringre, Frédéric Cornet, and Julie-Jeanne Regnault.

A warm thank you to all our partners, members and colleagues for these essential conversations.🇪🇺🎬

🎬 INDIE PRODUCER FOCUS

The European Producers Club launched a new collaboration with Cineuropa dedicated to European independent producers.

Through a series of interviews and portraits, Indie Producer Focus shines a light on the people behind the films: their creative roles, visions, and essential contributions to European cinema.

The first two conversations are now available, featuring Synnøve Hørsdal, producer at Maipo Film, and Carlo Cresto-Dina, producer at Tempesta.

This collaboration also echoes EPC’s ongoing campaign to encourage film festivals and award ceremonies to recognise producers’ contributions better.

Because great films and series don’t happen without great independent producers.

🔗 Synnøve Hørsdal — Maipo Film:
https://cineuropa.org/en/interview/490371/

🔗 Carlo Cresto-Dina — Tempesta:
https://cineuropa.org/en/interview/490835/

✨ More great news from Cannes

We are delighted to celebrate additional EPC members whose films were selected for the 79th Festival de Cannes and the Quinzaine des Cinéastes.

𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘀
Un Certain Regard
🎬 A Girl’s Story by Judith Godrèche
Produced by Moana Films, FR
Cannes Première
🎬 The End of It by María Martínez Bayona
Co-produced by Fasten Films, ES

𝗤𝘂𝗶𝗻𝘇𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗖𝗶𝗻𝗲́𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝘀
Special Screening
🎬 Red Rocks by Bruno Dumont
Co-produced by Nightswim, IT

Congratulations to all the producers and creative teams behind these new selections. 👏🏻