El Deseo S.A was founded in 1986, by Pedro Almodovar and his brother Agustín. They have produced all the films that Pedro has written and directed, and have also produced other young directors. Their films have opened all around the world: “All about my mother” (Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, Golden Globe, among others); “Talk to her” (Academy Award for Best Script, 5 European Film Awards), “Bad Education” (Best Foreign Film by the New York Critics’ Circle), “Volver” (Oscar’s nominated, Palme d’or for Best Screenplay, EFA) and “Broken Embraces”.
El Deseo has produced other films, highly rated throughout the world for their value and delicacy (“My Life Without Me”, “The Holy Girl” and “The Secret Life of Words”).
Since 1999 MORENA FILMS has been producing feature films, documentaries and television programs.
Throughout this time, MORENA has produced more than 20 feature films including dramas, comedies, thrillers and animation features.
Earmarking its tenth year, Morena ventured into the production of content for television.
In addition to its creative production work, MORENA provides production services to foreign production companies interested in filming in Spain. MORENA has provided these services to productions such as Alexander the Great, and more recently for There be Dragons, directed by Roland Joffe (The Mission).
Our main strategy is focused on the production of innovative and high quality projects with commercial appeal focused on the international markets.
After serving as an advisor to French Prime Minister Raymond Barre, Antoine de Clermont-Tonnerre was nominated in January 1979 as Chairman of Sociéte de Production (SFP), a company managing all the studios and facilities of French public television.
He left SFP in July of 1981 to become Chairman of Editions Mondiales, one of the largest magazine publishers in France. There he diversified the company’s activities in the field of film and television, creating REVCOM in 1984 and acquiring Films Ariane in 1986. In January of 1992, he and his wife, Martine de Clermont-Tonnerre, created their own production company, MACT productions.
Among his credits as producer or co-producer are the following: for Société Française de Production, The Return of Martin Guerre by Daniel Vigne. For Films Ariane, as Producer: Réunion by Jerry Schatzberg, The Favor, The Watch and The Very Big Fish by Ben Lewin, The French Révolution by Robert Enrico and Richard Heffron and Vanille Fraise by Gérard Oury. And as Co-Producer, Cinéma Paradiso by Giuseppe Tornatore which won the Special Jury prize at Cannes for Best Foreign Film, Stanno Tutti Bene, also by Giuseppe Tornatore, La Familia by Ettore Scola.
Antoine de Clermont Tonnerre was elected as Unifrance President in January 2009.
Antonio Llorens Olivé has been involved in the adventure of producing movies -production or coproduction contributions-. Among the 17 titles supported: LA RUBIA DEL BAR, BAR-CEL-ONA, ANGOIXA, LA LEY DEL DESEO, EL PLACER DE MATAR, BATON ROUGE, and particularly MUJERES AL BORDE DE UN ATAQUE DE NERVIOS which was nominated Best Foreign Language Picture Academy Award (1989) and has collected 33 million dollars worldwide. He won his first Goya Award (Spanish Academy Award) as producer of this film.
Aurelio De Laurentiis founded FILMAURO in 1975 with more than 300 films to its credit in terms of production and distribution. He is the mind behind some series of movies that have been real blockbusters. Most recent hits include Natale sul Nilo, Christmas in Love, Manuale d’Amore, and Il mio miglior nemico (My best enemy). He has also co-produced French films such as Tais Toi and Les Rivières Pourpres 2, and is now developing various international projects, such as Io Uccido (based on Giorgio Faletti’s best-seller), I Beati Paoli (based on Luigi Natoli’s novel) and The Empire of Dragons (based on Valerio Manfredi’s best-seller).
FILMAURO not only finances films, but also has its own distribution house and home video distribution system.
From 1993 to 2003 Aurelio De Laurentiis was President of the International Federation of Film Producers Associations (FIAPF, 26 member countries) and was then made Honorary President for life.
Universum Film is a subsidiary of the RTL Group. Number one german independent video distributor for rental & sales videos; since June 2002 we have a new department : theatrical film rental.
Its objective is the acquisition of theatrical, home entertainment as well as all rights for distribution of feature films in German speaking territories and acquisition of projects for co-production or co-financing.
Svensk Filmindustri is Scandinavia’s largest film company operating offices in every major Scandinavian territory. A market leader for almost 90 years, SF is active in all facets of the industry i.e. production, exhibition, theatrical distribution, home video distribution, television distribution and multimedia distribution. Svensk Filmindustri is a subsidiary of the Bonnier Group – the major media company in the Nordic region.
A Atlanta Film is independent film and television Production Company based in Ljubljana, Slovenia, established in 1992. Owner and president is producer Branislav Srdic.
Connected with Sister Companies in EX Yugoslavia (Mainframe - Croatia, Belgrade Film Group - Serbia, Monte Negro, BAM Film - Macedonia)
Activities: Productions, Co-productions, Services, Distribution, Equipment Rental
Studiocanal, the movie company of Canal, is actively involved in the production, co-production, acquisition and theatrical distribution of European features films. Studiocanal distributes its products to worldwide Tv broadcasters and is also active in distribution of Video and DVD outlets, in the exploitation of ancillary products as well as in the records production.
With its headquarters in Barcelona, FILMAX is one of the main independent Spanish groups providing audiovisual content. Organised in three areas (production, distribution and industrial), the FILMAX Group responds fully to the business opportunities of the European and international markets in the entertainment sector.
After studying management, she entered the film industry, and worked actively as a publicist. She worked especially to introduce films from Eastern Europe and the former USSR around the time when the Perestroika was beginning. In 1992, she founded a film production company called CDP. She has produced an array of short films, features, documentaries and television programs that won a host of prizes at international film festivals.
RAI Cinema was set up in December 1999 and has become fully operational since June 1st, 2000 through the creation from the holding RAI of the corporate branch in charge of purchasing films and fiction programmes on the national and international markets and also in charge of the production and distribution activities.
Zephyr Films is an independent London based Production Company which specializes in the financing and production of films for the international marketplace. In the last decade we have produced, executive produced and co-produced over twenty films with combined budgets of over $250,000,000. Our recent releases include Hannibal Rising, The Last Legion, Penelope and Death Defying Acts, with The Last Station due for release later this year. We started principal photography on Black Death this spring, and recently helped finance Gurinder Chadha's It's a Wonderful Afterlife.
Chris Curling is a member of the European Producer’s Club, ACE and the European Film Academy. He also serves on PACT’s film committee and BSAC’s co-production working group.
ORISA PRODUZIONI was started in 1992 by director Cristiano Bortone. Since then it has been working in the field of independent features, documentaries and creative television. Its films have been showing at major international festivals and received a number of recognitions. Among them its last film "SAIMIR" by Francesco Munzi won a Special mention at Venice Film Festival 2004 and the Italian Nastro d’argento Award, attended Berlin Film Festival in the Kinderfilm section in 2005, and was candidate for the Fassbinder Prize as Best first film at the EFA Awards and for the Italian David di Donatello.
The company has been granted several MEDIA funds. The producers are members of the E.F.A., the European Producer's Club, and the ACE programme.
Filmhuset Gruppen AS was established in 1974, and has the following daughter-companies:
Filmhuset Produksjoner AS is primarily concerned with the production of feature films; but do also produce documentaries and television films.
Filmhuset Reklame AS produces commercials for a.o. TV, internet and cinema.
Soundfactory AS - post-production company established 1996.
SEG Distribusjon AS - distribution company established 1995.
The group is also actively involved in nurturing new talent through a consistent output of short films.
From its inception, Filmhuset has associated with some of the most original and promising young talent within the Norwegian film industry. The company has maintained its firm commitment to comprehensive script development.
Filmhuset Gruppen AS is 100% owned by Norwegian shareholders.
Starting as a post production house in 1996, Max proceeded fast with developing its infrastracture and activities at a full production level. Today with numerous TV commercials, TV programmes, documentaries, feature films, events, corporate videos, Μax is ready to engage in further international collaborations.
The company's installations and cutting edge technological equipment is continuously upgraded, according to the latest developments in technology, the needs of the market and its clients. A number of permanent personnel and a network of collaborators meet clients' needs and ensure production quality.
Gorjan Tozija graduated art history and archeology at the University "Kiril and Metodij" in Skopje.
From 1979 to 1993, he works for Jadran Film - Zagreb. In the period of 1993 till 1997 he is Director and Producer of Vardar Film. In that period Vardar Film realized Before the Rain, Angels of the Dump, Across the Lake, Gipsy Magic, but also several co-productions like: Felix (French, Slovenia, Macedonia), Night (Albania, Macedonia) and was involved in foreign productions that ware pictured in Macedonia: Peacemaker (Dreamworks) and Welcome to Sarajevo (Miramax).
During his career he worked on over 50 film and TV projects. In 2000 he was a president of the Macedonian Film Professionals Association.
Svensk Filmindustri is Scandinavia’s largest film company operating offices in every major Scandinavian territory. A market leader for almost 90 years, SF is active in all facets of the industry i.e. production, exhibition, theatrical distribution, home video distribution, television distribution and multimedia distribution. Svensk Filmindustri is a subsidiary of the Bonnier Group – the major media company in the Nordic region.
Since its inception in 2001, Eyeworks has rapidly become a major independent production company in the Netherlands. We have proven ourselves to be highly successful all-round producers, producing scripted and non-scripted television programs, feature films and sports for all major networks in the Netherlands.
As the origin of the Eyeworks group, Eyeworks the Netherlands is an important driving force for the international growth of Eyeworks as a group on a creative level. From the start, we have produced more new home-grown formats on air in the Netherlands than any other producer. In the Netherlands, Eyeworks consists of three units:
* Eyeworks Entertainment
* Eyeworks Film & TV Drama
* Eyeworks Sport