Producers on the Move

Every year, European Film Promotion organises Producers on the Move at the Cannes International Film Festival. The aim of this programme is to connect talented European producers with potential partners for co-productions, to enhance their professional networks while at the same time offering a robust and visible platform for this new generation of European filmmakers.

Like other EFP member organisations, SEE NL can nominate one producer every year for the Producers on the Move programme. The best 20 producers are selected from the nominees by means of a points system, which quantifies the following criteria:

- The producer’s experience in the area of international co-productions (the minimum requirement is one international co-production, maximum is three). Priority is given to majority co-productions.
- One feature film or feature-length documentary produced by the producer has been released in cinemas and or on VoD/SVoD/DVD/TV outside the country/countries where the film was produced.
- One feature film or feature-length documentary produced by the producer has been screened as part of the international programme of one of the major film festivals.
- One of the producer’s films has won their national award for Best Film.
- The producer is working on a project that is suitable for international co-production.

In the course of the five-day Producers on the Move platform at Cannes, the 20 selected producers participate in a programme consisting of project pitching, 1:1 meetings, case studies, networking events and an extensive media campaign.