The main event of Moscow Business Square will become one of the largest co-production market in CIS, Baltic Countries and Georgia - Moscow Co-production Forum, where local and international producers will present their new film projects, aimed at co-production. The best project will receive a production grant from GLAVKINO production studio. Last year this grant worth 30 000 Euros went to Peter Greenaway's new project The Food of Love.
Traditionally Moscow Business Square is focused on films from CIS countries (Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan), the Baltic (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania) and Georgia, eligible for international co-production and distribution.
At Moscow Business Square platform will be also organized a special working area, where different countries will have the opportunity to represent their film institutions, production facilities, distribution and production companies and public film financing funds.
Moscow Co-production Forum invited the leading European decision makers in the selection comitee:
• Laurent Danielou, producer and distributor. Managing Director in Rezo Films International (France). Distributed many Russian films worldwide - The Island, The Admiral, Every Body Dies But Me and Tsar. Recent films include Courtney Hunt’s Frozen River, Julie Delpy’s 2 Days In Paris, Stephane Brize’s Mademoiselle Chambon, Xavier Dolan’s I Killed My Mother. He also produced or co-produced Eric Rohmer’s Triple Agent, Philippe Leclerc’s Princess Of The Sun and Alexander Sokurov’s Alexandra.
• Mira Staleva, the head of Sofia Meetings co-production market (pitching for feature film projects and showcase of Bulgarian and regional cinema) at Sofia International Film Festival.
• Simone Baumann, German Films representative in Russia. Produced a number of documentaries successful on international markets.
• Guillaume de Seille, one of the founders of Arizona Films production company (France), aimed at production of art-house feature films directed by emerging talents. Produced such
films as Crab Trap by Oscar Ruiz Navia, The Other Bank by Giorgi Ovashvili, Song from the Southern Seas by Marat Sarulu, Desert Dream by Zhang Lu.
• Signe Zeilich-Jensen, the head of Holland Film Meeting co-production forum and international programme of the Netherlands Film Festival.
• Julia Mishkinene, producer and founder of Vita Aktiva Group. Produced such films as The Hunter and Shultes by Bakur Bakuradze, Entropia by Maria Saakyan, Intimate Parts by Natasha Merkulova and many others.
MOSCOW BUSINESS SQUARE PROGRAMME
Presentations & Round Tables
• Round table “CIS, Baltic countries and Georgia film markets: introducing the producers and distributors”.
• Benefits of shooting in Italy: financial and tax incentives eligible for foreign producers and support for film shooting in different regions. ANICA presentation.
• Meet the Festivals (international film festivals presentations).
• Co-production case studies.
Focus on China and South Korea
The business program of Moscow Business Square 2013 will have a special focus on the film industry of China and South Korea. The program will include round tables, presentations and case studies.
• Round table "Korean film industry and public film policy. The program of co-production support, distribution and co-production opportunities for both Russian and Korean markets".
• Presentation of the recent most successful Korean projects.
• Round table “Chinese Film industry – a way of success: public policy, principles of film financing, distribution of national content and opportunities for collaboration”.
• Presentation of the project Moscow’s Mission by Dante LAM
Focus on Docs
On June, 26 Moscow Business Square will focus on documentaries. The pitching of Russian documentary projects, presented at foreign markets before, will be held together with round tables and master-classes.
CONTACTS
This year Moscow Business Square is held at a new place – «8 collumns» business centre just opposite the Kremlin (http://www.8kolonn.ru).
Moscow Business Square Coordinators – Konstantin Nafikov, Elena Romanova, Alexei Sokhnev
Project Coordination – Sergei Kachkin This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Masha Gavrilova This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
The head of Moscow Co-production Forum – Olga Kolegaeva This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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Official web-site www.miffbs.ru
Tel. +7 499 143 94 86
