The Baltic Event Co-Production Market brings 12 projects from 10 countries to your attention this year. Estonia is represented by two projects - Morten on the Ship of Fools and The Hoppers - by internationally acclaimed directors Kaspar Jancis and Jaak Kilmi respectively. Lithuania also brings two projects to Baltic Event 2012—Escaping Sunshine by the experienced producer Rasa Miskinyte, and Breathing into Marble, an adaptation of L. S. Černiauskaitė’s novel of the same title, which was awarded the European Union Literature Prize in 2009. From the Nordic countries, we are happy to introduce The Fencer, a project by the award-winning Finnish director Klaus Härö,F***ing Swedes, by Ronnie Sandahl, one of Sweden’s most renowned young authors and produced by Cinenic Film and Anagram Produktion, and Vergo, the debut for Icelandic Ásthildur Kjartansdóttir. Central European filmmakers add All the Best by the producer of the former Baltic Event success Koko and the Ghosts, Ankica Jurić Tilić from Croatia, Eastern Business, a humorous road movie by Romanian producer Iuliana Tarnovetchi, who is another professional with a string of successes in her filmography, the EAVE developed project The Tree from Slovenia, and The Year of Prophecy, a fantasy drama from Poland, directed by Marcin Ziebinski, whose debut Dublerzy was a notable success in 2006. The slate is rounded out by The Journalist, a project from this year’s focus country Kazakhstan, an emerging film country with anorganized, high-quality industry, which has co-produced a number of European films in the recent years.

Baltic Bridge East by West (B’EST) is a training and promotion initiative designed for feature film projects from the European Union (represented in 2012 by projects from Finland, Germany, Austria/Luxembourg, France) and the CIS countries and Georgia (represented by Russia, Armenia, Latvia, and Georgia). The initiative was organized in cooperation with Eurasia Film Meetings (Russia) and EAVE (European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs). The first B’EST workshop took place during the Moscow International Film Festival where 10 feature project were presented. Now these projects have made their way to Baltic Event. The line-up includes filmmakers like Georgian-born Bakur Bakuradze, whose first and second feature films were selected to the Cannes Film Festival, and Bair Dishenov, who won the Crystal Bear in Berlin for his debut short.

As always, the aim of Baltic Event is to give a comprehensive overview of the regional film industry by presenting feature film projects in all stages of development and production, and holding panels and roundtables on topics of interest to the local film industry.

Baltic Event Co-Production Market 2012 project list:

1. All the Best, producer Ankica Jurić Tilić, Kinorama, Croatia, director Snježana Tribuson
2. Breathing into Marble, producer Dagne Vildziunaite, Just a moment/Monoklis, Lithuania, director Giedrė Beinoriūtė
3. Eastern Business, producer Iuliana Tarnovetchi, Alien Film, Romania, director Igor Cobileanschi
4. Escaping Sunshine, producer Rasa Miskinyte, ERA FILM, Lithuania, director Allan van O.T. Andersen
5. F***ing Swedes, producer Annika Hellström, Martin Persson, Anagram Production, Cinenic Film, Sweden, director Ronnie Sandahl
6. The Fencer, producers Kaarle Aho, Kai Nordberg, Making Movies Oy/Allfilm, Finland/Estonia, director Klaus Härö
7. The Hoppers, producer Kiur Aarma, Traumfabrik, Estonia, director Jaak Kilmi
8. The Journalist, producer Serik Abishev, Kazakhfilm JSC, Short Brothers Ltd, Kazakhstan, directors Adilkhan Yerzhanov, Serik Abishev
9. Morten on the Ship of Fools, producers Kerdi Oengo, Andrus Raudsalu, Nukufilm OÜ, Estonia, directors Kaspar Jancis, Riho Unt
10. The Tree, producer Vlado Bulajić, Mono o, Slovenia, director Sonja Prosenc
11. Vergo, producer Hlín Jóhannesdóttir, Vintage Pictures, Iceland, director Ásthildur Kjartansdóttir
12. The Year of Prophecy, producer Lambros Ziotas, Argomedia Production, Poland, director Marcin Ziebinski

Baltic Bridge East by West (B’EST) project list:

1. Finka, producer Liisa Juntunen, napafilms ltd, Finland, director Reetta Aalto
2. The General, producer Julia Mishkinene, Vita Activa, Russia/Germany, director Bakur Bakuradze
3. Goodbye, producer Stephan Grobe, Jolle-Film, Germany, director Anna Hoffmann
4. Hogweed, producer Daniel Goroshko, CTB Film Company, Russia
5. House of Others, producer Russudan Glurjidze, Zurab Magalashvili, Cinetech/Kinoskopik, Georgia/Spain, director Rusudan Glurjidze
6. Lucid Space, producer Hovhannes Galstyan, Parallels Film Production Llc., Armenia/Norway, director Hovhannes Galstyan
7. Mellow Mud, producer Alise Gelze, Aija Berzina, Tasse Film, SIA/Vintage Films/Apis Films, Latvia/Iceland/Great Britain, director Renars Vimba
8. The Night of the 1000 Hours, producers Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Bady Minck, Amour Fou, Austria/Luxembourg, director Virgil Widrich
9. Saaremaa, producer Charlotte Vincent, Aurora Films, France, director Guillaume André
10. Sharnohoy – the Yellow Dog, producer Vladislav Ketkovich, BuryatKino/Ethnofund, Russia, director Bair Dishenov

POWR projects and scriptwriters:

1. Dance for Me Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Denmark
2. Dear Sister Maria Ljuslin, Sweden
3. Depression Comedy Jenni Toivoniemi/Kirsikka Saari, Finland
4. Metaphors We Live by Andris Feldmanis/Livia Ulman, Estonia
5. Pykeija Mari Mantela, Finland
6. Special Price Aiste Ptakauste, Lithuania
7. Wall of Nails Sarunas Mikulskis, Lithuania
8. X'ANIA Egil Birkeland, Norway

Supporters and partners of Baltic Event are the Estonian Film Foundation, the Estonian Ministry of Culture, the Cultural Endowment of Estonia, MEDIA Programme, the National Film Centre of Latvia, the Finnish Film Foundation, Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Moscow Co-Production Forum, EAVE, Cannes Marche du Film’s Producers’ Network, Screen International, Cinelink, Film New Europe, Estonian Film Cluster, and EAS (Enterprise Estonia and European Regional Funds).