KFF Industry Meetings
27.05, 16.30 – 18.30 POTOCKI PALACE – SHORTS & ANIMATION
30.05, 17.00 – 19.00 POTOCKI PALACE – DOCS
KFF Industry Meetings are one-on-one meetings with the festival programmers present at the Krakow Film Festival. The meetings are aimed at producers, filmmakers and other professionals involved in film promotion and have the form of 15 minutes long individual consultations.
This year the meetings will be held in two parts:
27.05, Monday, 16.30 – 18.30 SHORTS & ANIMATION
30.05, Thursday, 17.00 – 19.00 DOCS (these meetings are preceded by presentations of the festivals and sales agencies 16.00 – 17.00)
NOTE: Due to the very limited number of places, please book your meetings in advance with Kamila Smudzińska, the meetings coordinator – [email protected] (please send separate email – not answer to this one – indicating the names of the people you would like to meet with). We ask for thoughtful reservations adjusted to your presence and availability.
The registration will close on May 25. Please note that applicants will be handled on a first-come-first-served basis.
INVITED FESTIVAL PROGRAMMERS & SALES AGENTS & BUYERS – SHORTS & ANIMATION:
Jean-Marc Zekri / Quinzaine des Réalisateurs – Cannes Film Festival
Lara Casirati / Varicoloured OU
Laurence Rilly / ARTE
Jana Kraft / DOK Leipzig
Sarah Dombrink / Interfilm Berlin
Simon Young / Shorts International / Shorts TV / Shorts HD
Nela Zielińska / New Europe Film Sales
Erika Paulinská / Fest Anca
Agnieszka Zając / Etiuda&Anima
Agnieszka Zając / Etiuda & Anima
Maarten van Gageldonk / Kaboom Animation Festival
INVITED FESTIVAL PROGRAMMERS & SALES AGENTS – DOCS:
Christine Camdessus / FIPADOC
Alexandra Sirotenko / Ji.hlava IDFF
Amalie Brok / CPH:DOX
Giuseppe Gariazzo / Trieste FF
Loreta Gandolfi / FICCI – Cartagena IFF
Lea Petrikova / One World IHRDFF
Samay Claro / DOK Fest Munich
Heather Haynes / Hot Docs
Craita Nanu / Transilviania IFF
Margje de Koning / Movies That Matter
Aleksandar Govedarica / Syndicado
Tal Elkayam / Cinephil
Aleksandra Derewienko / Cat&Docs
Michael Treves / JMT Films
Valentin Romero / 3Boxmedia
Neja Rakuscek / Taskovski Films
Christa Auderlitzky / Filmdelights
Luisa Schwamborn / New Docs
Daniela Bendall / Fortissimo Films
WHO IS WHO:
Jean-Marc Zekri / Quinzaine des Réalisateurs Festival Cannes (France)
Created in 1969 by the Société des Réalisatrices et Réalisateurs de Films (SRF), the Directors’ Fortnight is an independent sidebar at the Cannes Film Festival, which is dedicated to showcasing the most singular forms of contemporary cinema. As opposed to the official selection, the Fortnight is non-competitive; it brings together short, medium- and feature-length films, fiction and non-fiction, live action and animation. Only one principle guides our selection: a filmmaker’s attendance to mise en scene, and their unique mode of artistic expression.
Lara Casirati / Varicoloured (Estonia)
Varicoloured is a distribution, sales and production agency dedicated to short films and focused on festival distribution. Representing all genres and styles, believing in the holistic possibilities of cinema. Designed by Carla Vulpiani and Enrico Vannucci in 2018, Varicoloured team is led by Lara Casirati.
Laurence Rilly / ARTE (France)
Laurence Rilly has been a short film programme manager at ARTE in Strasbourg since 2016. She coordinates the weekly short film magazine programme Short Circuit, one of the channel’s last French‑German magazines. Laurence also works with two short film series, Ludwigsburg‑Paris Workshop and a series with DFFB, the Berlin film school. Before joining the fiction‑film‑series department at ARTE, Laurence worked in the culture department for the ‘ARTE creative’ platform with its founder Alain Bieber. This platform was dedicated to new cultural and artistic practices. In 2001, Laurence launched the programme Cultures électroniques on arte.TV, an online show dedicated to new technologies and images, covering Net art, Bio art, music and performance.
Jana Kraft / DOK Leipzig (Germany)
DOK Leipzig, held every autumn, is unique among festivals worldwide in offering a combination of documentary and animated film. During the festival, we show about 250 short and long films and extended reality (XR) works in Leipzig. The films and works we select for our programme afford insight into familiar and unfamiliar lifestyles, address current political issues and expose social systems and their imbalances. At the same time, the films’ creative styles reflect new trends in documentary and animated film.
Sarah Dombrink / INTERFILM Berlin International Short Film Festival (Germany)
Sarah is Acquisition Manager for interfilm’s sales & distribution and she’s a member of INTERFILM’s Festival Curatorium – the artistic directorial team – and a curator. Established in 1999, interfilm’s internationally operating short film sales & distribution agency offers a selected catalog of outstanding short films to cinemas, TV, internet, educational and other media worldwide. Interfilm Berlin hosts the Academy Award© qualifying INTERFILM Berlin ISFF and the KUKI Young Short Film Festival.
Simon Young / Shorts TV (UK)
ShortsTV is the global home of short entertainment, active in Europe, North and Latin America and South Asia. We have the world’s largest catalogue of high-quality short movies and series available on TV, on mobile, online, and in theaters. We acquire live action, animation, and documentary short movies from the world’s most famous film festivals, distributors and independent filmmakers.
Nela Zielińska / New Europe Film Sales (Poland)
New Europe Film Sales is a Warsaw-based boutique world sales company selling quality films from all over the world. Set up in 2010, initially, as a short film sales company, we’ve been selling feature films since 2012. We are proud of our small, selective line-up and we keep a great track record for supporting auteur cinema and unique voices with an edge. Our shorts catalog includes carefully selected films from the top festivals and on a regular basis we follow our short filmmakers into the feature film world – both as sales agents and seed-funders of their feature projects. We love to be in close touch and nurture new talents.
Erika Paulinská / Fest Anča International Animation Film Festival (Slovakia)
Today, the Fest Anča International Animation Film Festival is the only Slovak multimedia festival focused on animated film primarily for adult audiences. As the only festival of its kind in Slovakia, it annually presents the most important works and highlights from the world of animated film, raising awareness of this art form and educating about the various forms of animation. The festival is also the largest showcase of short films in Slovakia.
Maarten van Gageldonk / Kaboom Animation Festival (The Netherlands)
Kaboom Animation Festival is the one-stop-shop for the latest and greatest in all things animated. Ranging from cutting-edge experimental arthouse to colorful stories for families and kids, Kaboom will cater to the animation needs of all. Yes, even yours, my amazing weirdo friend! In 2024, our beloved Kaboom Animation Festival will take place from April 5 t/m 10 in Utrecht and from April 11 t/m 14 in Amsterdam (and online!). We can’t wait to see you there!
Christine Camdessus / FIPADOC (France)
Over 8 days in January, FIPADOC brings the general audience and professionals together for screenings of a selection of outstanding documentary films in Biarritz, France. Ever more dynamic and international, Fipadoc offers a most valuable experience. It is a central stage for documentary lovers: +150 films & 32.300 spectators, a must-go learning space for European youth with over than 5.000 students, a chance to foster positive action through impact and a creative whirlwind for professionals.
Alexandra Sirotenko / Ji.hlava International Documentary FF (Czech Republic)
Jihlava IDFF is the largest festival of creative documentary films in Central and Eastern Europe. It draws attention to socially relevant documentaries, which lack neither an innovative style and image nor depth of reflection and confrontation. In its seven competitions, the Festival awards remarkable Czech, as well as international, documentary films, offers screenings dedicated to experimental film and organizes a host of industry events for film professionals.
Amalie Brok / CPH:DOX (Denmark)
CPH:DOX – Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival, is one of the biggest documentary film festivals in the world. The next edition of CPH:DOX will run from March 19 to March 30, 2025. CPH:DOX was founded in 2003. CPH:DOX has had the pleasure of introducing its audience to some of the best Danish and international documentary films in Copenhagen for 20 years. CPH:DOX aims to support and promote documentary film as an art form and as a multifaceted medium that conveys knowledge and inspires reflection and democratic dialogue.
Giuseppe Gariazzo / Trieste Film Festival (Italy)
The Trieste Film Festival is the leading and only Italian festival focusing on Central and Eastern European cinema. Its main structure includes: 3 competitive sections: feature films, documentaries and short films, only Italian premieres. Homages, retrospectives. Industry programme: ”When East Meets West”, a unique cross-border co-production market, with whom we co-organise “Last Stop Trieste”, (fine cuts of documentary films) and “This is IT” (work in progress session of Italian feature films). Sidebar events: masterclasses, meetings with film professionals, kids labs, VR programmes, scriptwriting workshops, exhibitions, books presentations, concerts.
Loreta Gandolfi / FICCI – Cartagena de Indias International Film Festival (Colombia)
The Cartagena International Film Festival (FICCI) is the longest-running event in Latin America, created in 1960. The Festival profiles new cinematic trends in World Cinema whilst maintaining its central focus on Ibero-American cinema. FICCI also celebrates and supports the current boom in Colombian cinema and its ethnical diversity, in which the latest and best Colombian films are launched nationally and internationally. In 2015, FICCI launched PUERTO FICCI, a new industry platform.
Craita Nanu / Transilvania IFF (Romania)
Founded in 2002, the Transilvania International Film Festival is the first and largest international film festival in Romania and one of the most important film events in the region, with over 100,000 participants at each edition. Open to the general public as well as industry professionals, the Transilvania IFF shows over 250 films and its programme includes cine-concerts, concerts, as well as art exhibitions and meeting opportunities between filmmakers and the Romanian audiences.
Lea Petříková / One World International Human Rights FF (Czech Republic)
For more than a quarter of a century, One World Festival has been an integral part of the activities of the Czech humanitarian organization People in Need. Since the festival was established in 1999, it has brought documentaries on human rights from around the world to local audiences. Today, One World is the largest festival of its kind in the world. Dozens of guests from all over the world participate every year – not only filmmakers but also protagonists and human rights defenders.
Samay Claro / DOK.fest München – International Documentary Film Festival Munich (Germany)
Every year in May, DOK.fest München presents around 130 international documentary films on the big screen at 20 partner venues in the centre of Munich. The programme is divided into four main competitions and nine series. After two online editions, the festival has been held as a dual event since 2022: on the big screen in the cinema as well as on the digital screen at home.
Heather Haynes / Hot Docs (Canada)
Hot Docs is dedicated to advancing and celebrating the art of documentary and creating production opportunities for documentary filmmakers. Each year, Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival—North America’s largest doc festival, conference and market—presents over 200 cutting edge films from around the world. Year round, Hot Docs supports the Canadian and international industry with professional development programs and a multi-million-dollar production fund portfolio, and fosters education through documentaries with its popular free program Docs For Schools.
Margje de Koning / Movies That Matter
Movies that Matter offers a stage for poignant fiction films and revealing documentaries that stir debates on human rights, sustainability, and injustice. The Festival takes place in The Hague and combines films screenings with in-depth programs and industry events, incl. our Pitching Event: Take on Film&Impact. Besides the festival, we go ON Tour, have a huge educational program and an International Support department for human rights festivals abroad.
Aleksandar Govedarica / Syndicado Film Sales (Canada)
Syndicado Film Sales is a Toronto based world sales and production company established in 2016 that specializes in all rights sales. We are looking for autorial, cinematic and character driven narratives that convey an universal approach. We attend all major festivals and markets, currently representing such films as: A WOMAN CAPTURED by Bernadett Tuza-Ritter, TASTE OF CEMENT by Ziad Kalthoum, GIANTS AND THE MORNING AFTER (executive produced by Syndicado) by Malla Grapengiesser/Per Bifrost/Alexander Ryneus.
Tal Elkayam / Cinephil (Israel)
Cinephil is an international sales and advisory firm, with a strong reputation for securing international distribution, broadcasting and financing deals for documentaries from around the world on behalf of producers and directors. With a history of selling unique and award-winning films, Cinephil also acts as a strategic advisor and co-producer.
Aleksandra Derewienko / CAT&Docs (France)
CAT&Docs is a Paris based sales agent company specialized in promoting and distributing globally documentaries from all over the world. CAT&Docs is looking for original documentaries, always associated with a high standard of content and form. Documentaries that explore subject matter, that are audacious, open to the diversity of the world and that have their place on the international scene; documentaries that question the world and propose new ways of looking at it.
Michael Treves / JMT Films (Israel)
Michael Treves, founded JMT Films (www.JMTFilms.com) in 2003 and has been running the company since. JMT Films is involved in the distribution, sales and fund raising for documentary projects and international co-production of unique independent movies. The company represents more than 100 titles, including Award Winning Films such DEFECTORS by Hyun Kim, SAVOY by Zohar Wagner and GOODBYE MY WONDERFUL WORLD (‘’Żegnam Cię Mój Świecie Wesoły’’) by Joo Joostberens.
Valentin Romero / 3Boxmedia International Sales (Germany)
3Boxmedia International Sales distributes programs worldwide. Our catalogue comprises high-quality documentaries and factual series, with agile narration that grasps the viewer not only with its form but also with the characters who populate it. The interest of our main clients focuses on current subjects, social and human rights, science, nature/wildlife, health and environment. We also search for and distribute series and documentaries about travel and discovery.
Neja Rakuscek / Taskovski Films (UK)
Taskovski Films Ltd. is a London-based world sales and production company of independent documentary and fiction films. We welcome innovative, playful, and risky forms of filmmaking capable of engaging and surprising audiences around the globe. Our passion is discovering new talent and authorial stories.
Christa Auderlitzky / Filmdelights (Austria)
Filmdelights is an innovative world sales & distribution company for classical and digital film distribution. With passion for differently and well-told stories, sensibility and humour, we believe in films that increase awareness in various ways. Customized cross-marketing and distribution strategies support our goal to exploit the optimal commercial potential of each individual film.
Luisa Schwamborn / New Docs (Germany)
NEW DOCS is an independent international sales agency based in Cologne/Germany. We are specialized in high-quality documentaries that have been produced for the international market. We offer a selected portfolio of creative documentaries and TV documentaries from the fields of history, science, current affairs, human interest, culture, art, travel and natural history. We do not consider ourselves as a traditional marketer for films but rather as a long-term distribution partner for independent producers. Therefore, we start as early as production development and financing. Our focus is on the film itself and we always offer a tailor-made distribution strategy.
Daniela Bendall / Fortissimo Films (The Netherlands)
Fortissimo Films specializes in international sales of predominantly Asian and European film works. Recent titles include ‘Inu-Oh’ by Masaaki Yuasa, ‘We Might As Well Be Dead’ by Natalia Sinelnikova, ‘Crossing’ by Jacqueline van Vugt, ‘100 Yards’ by Haofeng XU & Junfeng XU and ‘Deep Sea’ by Xiaopeng TIAN.