39 European films benefit from Film Sales Support at the Toronto International Film Festival, 6-15 September 2007

26 different European sales agents and production companies are receiving EFP’s established Film Sales Support (FSS) for the promotion of 39 films at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival. For the third year in succession, FSS, which is backed by the MEDIA Programme of the European Union, is helping to increase the visibility of European films outside of Europe by encouraging the sales companies to invest in their promotional activities at this most important event on the annual festival calendar.

The supported films account for a third of the festival’s European programme. The repertoire includes 10 French, four German, four Danish, two British and five Spanish films as well as films from various other European countries, for example from Eastern Europe. One Bulgarian, one Romanian, one Polish, two Czech and two Hungarian films will benefit from FSS. Amongst the bulk of feature films, there are two documentaries, The Mosquito Problem and Other Stories (Andrey Paounov) and Algeria, Unspoken Stories (Jean-Pierre Lledo), as well as one animation film, Nocturna (Victor Maldonado & Adrià Garcia).

Half of the supported films are celebrating their World Premiere at Toronto, such as the Norwegian Gone with the Woman (Petter Naess), Silent Resident (Christian Frosch) from Austria, Battle for Haditha (Nick Broomfield) and It’s A Free World … (Ken Loach) from the UK and the Danish Just Like Home (Lone Scherfig).

The following directors are travelling to Toronto with the help of FSS: Claude Chabrol (A Girl Cut in Two), Carlos Saura (Fados), Manoel de Oliveira (Christopher Columbus – The Enigma), Béla Tarr (The Man From London), Julio Medem (Chaotic Ana), Lone Scherfig (Just Like Home), Silvio Soldini (Days and Clouds), Victor Maldonado and Adrià Garcia (Nocturna), Jirí Vejdelek (Roming), Michelange Quay (Eat, For This Is My Body), Jacob Thuesen (Erik Nietzsche, The Early Years) and Hiner Saleem (Beneath The Rooftops of Paris).

As in previous years, EFP offers a European Umbrella Stand which is located at the festival’s Sales & Industry Office at the Sutton Place Hotel displaying promotional material.

List of FSS supported films and companies

AB Svensk Filmindustri (Sweden)
GONE WITH THE WOMAN by Petter Naess, Norway 2007

Adriana Chiesa Enterprises (Italy)
DAYS AND CLOUDS by Silvio Soldini, Italy/Switzerland 2007

Agitprop (Bulgaria)
THE MOSQUITO PROBLEM AND OTHER STORIES by Andrey Paounov, Bulgaria/Germany/USA 2007

Bavaria Media (Germany)
AND ALONG COME TOURISTS by Robert Thalheim, Germany 2007 BLIND by Tamar van den Dop, The Netherlands/Belgium/Bulgaria 2007 SILENT RESIDENT by Christian Frosch, Austria/Germany/Luxembourg/Hungary 2007

Coach14 (France)
KING OF THE MOUNTAIN by Gonzalo López-Gallego, Spain 2007

Colifilms (France)
ALGERIA, UNSPOKEN STORIES by Jean-Pierre Lledo, France/Algeria 2007 BEFORE I FORGET by Jacques Nolot, France 2007

Fandango Portobello Sales (UK)
EMPTIES by Jan Sverák, Czech Republic/UK/Denmark 2006

Filmax (Spain)
NOCTURNA by Victor Maldonado & Adrià Garcia, Spain/France 2007

Fortissimo Films (The Netherlands)
LOVE COMES LATELY by Jan Schütte, Germany/Austria/USA 2007 THE MAN FROM LONDON by Béla Tarr, Hungary/France/Germany 2007

Hanway Films (UK)
BATTLE FOR HADITHA by Nick Broomfield, UK 2007

Kid Film (Poland)
TIME TO DIE by Dorota Kedzierzawska, Poland 2007

Latido Films (Spain)
FADOS by Carlos Saura, Spain/Portugal 2007

Mediapro Distribution (Romania)
CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’ (ENDLESS) by Christian Nemescu, Romania 2007 ROMING by Jirí Vejdelek, Czech Republic/Romania 2007

Memento Films International (France)
EAT, FOR THIS IS MY BODY by Michelange Quay, France 2007

Mer-kel Film (Hungary)
ISKA’S JOURNEY by Csaba Bollók, Hungary 2007

MK2 (France)
GARAGE by Lenny Abrahamson, Ireland 2007

Nordisk Film International Sales (Denmark) TO LOVE SOMEONE by Åke Sandgren, Sweden 2007 THE SUBSTITUTE by Ole Bornedal, Denmark 2007 WITH YOUR PERMISSION by Paprika Steen, Denmark 2007

Pathé International (UK)
IT’S A FREE WORLD … by Ken Loach, UK/Italy/Spain/Germany/Poland 2007

Pyramide International (France)
TWO LADIES by Philippe Faucon, France 2007

Rezo Films (France)
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS – THE ENIGMA by Manoel de Oliveira, Portugal/France 2007 THE ROMANCE OF ASTREA AND CELADON by Eric Rohmer, France/Spain/Italy 2007 ULZHAN by Volker Schlöndorff, France/Germany/Kazakhstan 2007 ME by Rafa Cortés, Spain 2007

Silkroad Production (France)
I AM FROM TITOV VELES by Teona S. Mitevska, France/Macedonia/Belgium/Slovenia

Sogepaq (Spain)
CHAOTIC ANA by Julio Medem, Spain 2007

The Match Factory (Germany)
RECLAIM YOUR BRAIN by Hans Weingartner, Germany/Austria 2007 THE EDGE OF HEAVEN by Fatih Akin, Germany/Turkey 2007

Trust Film (Denmark)
ERIK NIETZSCHE, THE EARLY YEARS by Jacob Thuesen, Denmark 2007 JUST LIKE HOME by Lone Scherfig, Denmark 2007

Wide Management (France)
FARO, GODDESS OF THE WATERS by Salif Traoré, France/Germany/Canada/Mali/Burkina Faso 2007

Wild Bunch (France)
BENEATH THE ROOFTOPS OF PARIS by Hiner Saleem, France 2007 A GIRL CUT IN TWO by Claude Chabrol, France 2007