PN - BREAKFAST MEETINGS

PRODUCERS FROM CANADA

Monday 14 May – 9:00 - 11:00 – Plage des Palmes

Telefilm is dedicated to the cultural, commercial and industrial success of Canada’s audiovisual industry. Through funding and promotion programs, Telefilm supports dynamic companies and creative talent at home and around the world. Visit telefilm.ca and RDVCanada.ca.

Jessica ADAMS – JA PRODUCTIONS

jessicaka@icloud.com

JA Productions based in Toronto, has produced features and shorts that have screened around the world. Their most recent productions include the feature film ASTRONAUT, starring Oscar Winners/nominees Richard Dreyfuss, Graham Greene & Colm Feore and Amy Jo Johnson’s (POWER RANGER, FELICITY, FLASHPPOINT) debut feature film, THE SPACE BETWEEN.

Valérie D’AUTEUIL – CARAMEL FILMS

valerie@caramelfilms.com

Founded in 2008, Caramel Film is a Montreal-based production company specializing in the development and production of films in both the domestic and international markets. Since its creation, Caramel Film has produced high quality projects such as Les doigts croches, Krach, Die, Funkytown, Angle mort, Starbuck, Goon, Breakaway & Paul à Québec.

Lauren GRANT – CLIQUE PICTURES

lauren@clique-pictures.com

Clique Pictures is an award-winning Toronto-based film and tv production company that focuses on working with female creative talent. Most recently, they have produced the documentaries Metamorphosis, One Leg In, One Leg Out, Take a Walk on the Wildside and the features Surfacing, Picture Day and Stephen Moyer/ Anna Paquin’s, The Parting Glass.

Yanick LETOURNEAU – PERIPHERIA

yanick@peripheria.ca

Peripheria is a film production company with a mission to create director driven stories for local and international audiences. The company mainly produces feature films with a focus on international coproduction.

Lori LOZINSKI – VIOLATOR FILMS

lori@violatorfilms.com

Violator Films is a Vancouver based independent production company focused on female narratives that explore extraordinary and trail-blazing character driven stories. Owned and operated by Lori Lozinski, Violator Films creates content for the theatrical and television market domestically and internationally.

Amber RIPLEY – GOODBYE PRODUCTIONS

ripley@goodbyeproductions.com

Goodbye Production is an independent production company that collaborates with both critically acclaimed and emerging talent to develop and produce engaging features for a worldwide audience. Goodbye is driven to cultivate filmmakers with innovative visions and to create films that connect audiences through powerful storytelling.

Guess of Honour:

Bero Bayer - Festival Director - INTL FILM FESTIVAL ROTTERDAM (The Netherlands)

Diana Karklin Sales - Acquisitions Manager - RISE AND SHINE WORLD SALES (Germany)

Peter Graham - Managing Member - 120DB FILMS (USA)

John Sloss - President - CINETIC MEDIA (USA)

Bobby Allen - Senior Vice President, Content - MUBI (USA

Presenting Partner - Marielle Poupelin & Michel Pradier - Director, Intl Promotion / Director, Financing Projects - TELEFIM CANADA (Canada)

Khalil Benkirane - Head of Grants - DOHA FILM INSTITUTE (Qatar)

Tanja Meissner - Head of Int'l Sales & Acquisitions - MEMENTO FILMS (France)

Dave Bishop – CEO - PROTAGONIST PICTURES (UK)

Annick Mahnert - Acquisitions Consultant, Festival programmer, Producer - SCREEN DIVISION (France)

Moritz Hemminger - Deputy Head of Sales & Acquisitions - ARRI MEDIA INTERNATIONAL (Germany)

Saioa Riba & Maialen Beloki - Head of Industry / Deputy Director - SAN SEBASTIAN INTL FILM FESTIVAL (Spain)

Silje Riise Naess - Commissioner Feature Film & Drama Series - NORWEGIAN FILM INSTITUTE (Norway)

Claudia Blumhuber - CEO SILVER REEL PARTNERS - AG (Switzerland)

Louise Lantagne & Julie Morin - President and CEO / Manager, Operations and Business Affairs, Film and Television Production - SODEC (Canada)

Alexis Perrin - Producer-VP of Development - LOGICAL PICTURES (France)

HAPPY HOURS & COCKTAILS

The Producers Network and its sponsors invite producers to Happy Hours & cocktails, a perfect gathering to connect with fellow producers and friends coming from all over the world!

CANADIANS & FIN PARTNERS

Monday 14 May

Producers Club – Village International, Pantiero-side, Pavilion 225

FIN Partners (f.k.a Strategic Partners) is Canada’s top international co-production/co-financing market focusing on feature film and fiction series. Held Sep. 13-15, the market brings together a roster of international producers with officially selected projects, and a senior level delegation of investors, financiers, broadcasters, distributors, sales agents and funding agencies looking to invest.

Written by Dallas Fitzmartin