Emerging Producers is an educational and promotional workshop, organised since 2012 by Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival as part of its Industry Programme. The project is focused on the support of talented European documentary film producers by helping them with orientation in the film market, creating the space for coproduction, and arranging the contact with leading film professionals. It is the only programme of its kind designed for documentary film producers in Europe. Every year, 18 documentary film producers are selected from Europe and one non-European guest country (

Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...

in 2018,

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

in 2019). The workshop has two parts - the first one takes place at the end of October in Jihlava, Czech Republic during the Ji.hlava IDFF, the second one takes place in February of the following year in

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

. Application deadline is traditionally in March (e.g. March 15, 2023 for the participation in Emerging Producers 2024). In the past, there has been a number of experienced film professionals among the workshop tutors, such as

Amra Bakšić Ćamo Amra is the name of certain ancient Irish elegies or panegyrics on native saints. The best known is ''Amra Coluimb Chille'' (the song of Columbkille). ''Amra Coluim Chille'' According to the traditional account the ''Amra Coluim Chille'' was com ...

Heino Deckert Heinz Georg Kramm (born 13 December 1938), known professionally as Heino, is a German singer of Schlager and traditional Volksmusik. Having sold a total of over 50 million records, he is one of the most successful German musicians of all tim ...

, Paolo Benzi,

Irena Taskovski The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) is an intergovernmental organization mandated to facilitate cooperation, advance knowledge, and promote the adoption and sustainable use of renewable energy. It is the first international organis ...

Luciano Barisone Luciano is an Italian, Spanish and Portuguese given name and surname. It is derived from Latin ''Lucianus'', patronymic of '' Lucius'' ("Light"). The French form is '' Lucien'', while the Basque form is '' Luken''. Single name * Luciano (rap ...

, Peter Jäger,

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Rebecca O'Brien Rebecca O'Brien (born 1957) is a BAFTA-winning film producer, known especially for her work with Ken Loach. O'Brien was born in London, England. Together with Loach and scriptwriter Paul Laverty, she runs the production company Sixteen Films, f ...

. In total, the project has already presente
199 producers
from 43 countries, many of whom have established themselves as successful film professionals. Every year, Emerging Producers is accompanied by a uniqu
catalogue
with its graphic style made by renowned Czech graphic designer Juraj Horváth.

References

External links

Emerging Producers
- official website

FNE at Jihlava IDFF Emerging Producers 2018: Veronika Kührová, Czech Republic - FilmNewEurope.com

Emerging Producers named at Jihlava

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- Variety on Emerging Producers
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