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Breakfast 2023

A moment of exchange between professionals – the opportunity to pitch your film and your future projects to programmers, distributors, broadcasters and international buyers.

The Breakfasts are an unmissable event to develop your network.

Session 1 | Sunday, May 21st, 9:30am @Terrasse du Festival, hosted by Scandinavian Films

With: JUSTINE BAILLARGEON – h264, MAIALEN BELOKI BERASATEGUI – San Sebastian Film Festival, OLIVIER BERLEMONT – Origine Films, ESTEPHANIA BONNETT ALONSO – PLAYLAB Films, ANNA DEMIANENKO – CineSud, CLAIRE DIAO – Sudu Connexion, MAGDALENA DRGAS – New Europe Film Sales, PARISA GHASEMI – Linz Int’l Short Film Festival, SARAH HOCH – Guanajuato Int’l Film Festival, CHRISTINE KECHER – The New-York Times Op-Docs, NATHALYA MACCHIA, São Paulo Int’l Short Film Festival, KYRYLO MARIKUTSA – Kyiv Int’l Short Film Festival, JULIE MARNAY – European Short Pitch, DAVID NUGENT – Hamptons Int’l Film Festival, MIGUEL RIBEIRO – DocLisboa, CÉLINE ROUSTAN – SXSW | Short of The Week | Palm Springs Shortfest, CHRISTOPH TERHECHTE – DOK Leipzig, BEN VANDENDAELE – Radiator IP Sales | FilmConnector, STINE WANGLER – Kurzfilm Agentur Hamburg

 

Session 2 | Monday, May 22nd, 9:00am @Terrasse du Festival, hosted by CineSud

With: ALEXANDRE ADAM – Les Valseurs, INTISHAL AL-TIMIMI – El Gouna Film Festival, FLAVIO ARMONE – Lights On, CATHERINE COLAS – ZDF/Arte, ANAïS COLPIN – Manifest, RUBÉN CORRAL – ZINEBI – Bilbao Int’l Festival of Documentary & Short Film, MAGUETTE BETTY DANFAKHA – Dakar Court Festival, AMOS GEVA – T-Port, LUCE GROSJEAN – Miyu Distribution, DANIEL HADENIUS-EBNER – Vienna Shorts, SIGRID HADENIUS-EBNER – Uppsala Short Film Festival, SAMIR KARAHODA – Dokufest,  ÉMILIE POIRIER – Festival du Nouveau Cinéma Montréal, YANNIS SAKARIDIS – Drama Int’l Short Film Festival, SARAH SCHLÜSSEL – Berlinale Shorts | Berlinale Talents, GALINA TAGAMLITZKA – IN THE PALACE Int’l Film Festival, FERNANDO VASQUEZ – FEST – New Directors New Films, CARLA VULPIANI – La Biennale – Venice Int’l Film Festival

 

Session 3 | Wednesday, May 24th, 9:00am @Terrasse du Festival, hosted by Catalan Films

With: JASON ANDERSON – TIFF | Aspen Shortsfest, GRÉGORY AUDERMATTE – Arte France, DAWEI DING – Beijing Int’l Short Film Festival, MATHILDE GUITTON-MACRON – Cinemed, MAIKE MIA HÖHNE – Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg, MATHIEU JANSSEN – Go Short Nijmegen, DELPHINE JEANNERET – Int’l Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, ALICE KHAROUBI – Red Sea Film Festival, STEFAN LAUDYN – Warsaw Int’l Film Festival, NATHALIE LEBEL – L’Agence du court métrage, EMILIA MAZIK – Kaboom Animation Festival | Film Fest Gent | Glasgow Short Film Festival, ELISE NOTSECK – Shortcuts, LYSE NSENGIYUMVA – IFFR, QUERALT PONS – Morethan, NINA RODRIGUEZ – Guanajuato Int’l Film Festival, JULIE ROUSSON & SARAH MOMESSO – Clermont-Ferrand Int’l Short Film Festival & Market, LEO SOESANTO – Riga Int’l Film Festival, HEIDI ZWICKER – Sundance Film Festival

 

An opportunity for directors and producers to meet with key decision-makers in the short film industry. Festival programmers, distributors, broadcasters and buyers from all around the world gathered at the same place.

 

Find more info about the professionals attending the Breakfasts on the webpage:

Decision-Makers

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