MAIPO AS has since the start in 2000 proved to be a significant production company in the Norwegian film industry. The Oscar nominated feature film "Elling" is of course the company's pride, and a good reference to Maipo's vision: to produce quality film for a large audience.

Maipo is aiming at producing a minimum of two feature films for the Norwegian market each year. Maipo is working with development of projects and talents in a longterm perspective, and wishes to secure continuity for directors and screen writers.

Maipo AS will focus on the Norwegian market, but at the same time work actively to strengthen the Norwegian film's potential in a Nordic and international context.

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.

Filmkameratene AS is Norway’s most successful film production company. It has been active since 1986, and consistently delivered box office hits to Norwegian cinemas. Among the company’s more profiled productions have been the Oscar nominated “Pathfinder” (‘87) the first film in the Sami language; the south sea adventure “Shipwrecked” (‘91), made for the Walt Disney Company; the black comedy “Head Above Water” (’93), which was later remade in the US starring Cameron Diaz; the winner of the Ingmar Bergman Prize “Only Clouds Move the Stars” (’98) and the special effects extravaganza for children “Chasing the Kidneystone” (’98). In 1993 the company decided to enter animation. Its first feature, “Gurin with the Foxtail”, opened in 1998, and become one of Norway’s biggest box office hit ever. In 2002 the company produced the feature “Karlson on the Roof” based on the books by Astrid Lindgren. The last few years Filmkameratene have produced the feature film “Izzat”, a film set among the Pakistani gangs of Oslo, and the animated TV-series and feature film about “Elias – the Little Rescue Boat”. The CGI animated “Elias” was nominated for an International EMMY award as best international children programme.

Filmkameratene's latest film, the major World War II drama MAX MANUS ('08), sold more than one million tickets only in Norway.

KASANDER is an internationally operating production company set up by Kees Kasander. Since 1981 he produces films, documentaries, exhibitions and new media projects for cinema, television, museums, opera and internet

2007 Managing Director for Pathé Production – Managing Director for Pathé Entertainment Ltd

2006 Executive Vice President for Pathé – Managing Director for Pathé Distribution

1997 Development Director for Pathé

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.

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.

Future Films is a unique, integrated motion picture organisation that takes productions from pre-financing to post-production and beyond. Future Films focuses on delivering reduced cost funds and acting as a portal to the investment community. Our goal is to provide the most appropriate production and financing options to producers through innovative integration of new financing methods, co-production, distribution and development activity, post-production facilities and equity funding. Our financial strategies make the most of the incentives available worldwide.

Future Films USA seeks to help cashflow US productions by maximising the potential of available Cash Rebates or Tax Credits.

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UGC operates a European network of around 600 cinemas in France, Belgium, Spain and Italy and has performed more than 40 million admissions in 2009.

UGC is also present in the production and distribution French and European films in cinemas worldwide through the sales of its audiovisual rights.

Endorphine Production is an independent film production company from Berlin, dedicated to produce films which are appealing to the international markets. The company was founded in 2004 by German Film & TV Academy Berlin (dffb) graduates Marc Malze and Fabian Massah, who also gained experience as line producer for feature films such as the internationally award-winning drama "4 Minutes". Massah is also a member of the ACE producers' network.

The company’s German-Turkish-Dutch co-production "Men On The Bridge", directed by Asli Özge, has been completed in 2009 and won the Best Film Awards at the film festivals in Istanbul, Ankara, London, Adana. Following the international premieres in Locarno and Toronto, the film was shown at more than 40 film festivals to date, including the events in Warsaw, London BFI, Rotterdam, Hof, Thessaloniki. Since 2010, "Men On The Bridge" had its theatrical releases in many countries, amongst them Germany, UK, Turkey, the Netherlands, and will also be released in Romania, Hungary and further countries.

Marc Missonnier and Olivier Delbosc met in filmschool in 1992 and have been partners since then. They have produced more than 40 features films, with audience and critic successes like Little Nicholas by Laurent Tirard, or the films by François Ozon (8 Women or Swimming Pool).

These last years, they have decided to expand their scope of activity. They now produce TV series for prime time on French Television. But most of all, they are definitively turned towards internationals projects. They have produced Emir Kusturica’s films (Promise Me and Maradonna by Kusturica), Gaspar Noé’s Enter The Void, Gilles Bourdos’s Afterwards starring Evangeline Lilly and John Malkovitch.

In 2009, they have produced Neds, by Peter Mullan in Scotland and The Next Three Days (with Paul Haggis and Michael Nozik), by Paul Haggis and starring Russel Crowe, the remake of their film Pour Elle.

Production and distribution company, coproducing mainly with Latin America and distributing films from Europe and Latin America.

Over the past 25 years, Constantin Film has positioned itself in both the German media community and the international film industry as the most successful independent German producer and distributor.

Constantin Film has always succeeded in attracting millions of enthusiastic film fans with major German productions: DER BEWEGTE MANN, WERNER – BEINHART, BALLERMANN 6 or THE SUPERWIFE are just a few of the early theatrical hits. However, Constantin Film made a name for itself on the international film production market too as long as more than 20 years ago with such international in-house productions as THE NEVERENDING STORY or THE NAME OF THE ROSE. They were followed by further global hits such as THE HOUSE OF THE SPIRITS, the action horror thriller RESIDENT EVIL and its sequel RESIDENT EVIL: APOCALYPSE (which have generated total worldwide sales of more than US-Dollar 700 million so far in the various stages of exploitation), DOWNFALL or THE BAADER MEINHOF COMPLEX.

6 of the top 10 German blockbusters of the last 20 years were produced by Constantin Film; 23 of the top 50 German theatrical films since 1988 were released to theatres by the company. 14 of the 30 most successful German theatrical films of the past 10 years were distributed by Constantin Film. (source: Top 50 List since 1988, SPIO statistics).

Constantin Film AG with its subsidiaries and associated companies has established itself as by far the most successful independent German production and distribution company since it was founded in 1977 by Bernd Eichinger, who is still one of Constantin Film's most important producers, and went public in 1999. We have improved the company's strategic alignment, continued to broaden our business base purposefully and developed into an integrated media group in recent years by the systematic addition of licence trading, in-house home entertainment exploitation and intensified TV service production, with a particular focus on TV entertainment to the two classic areas of operation.

Making Movies Oy (Ltd.) is a Finnish film production company based in Helsinki. Established in 1996 the company produces and co-produces fiction and documentary films for international market. The managers, founding members and shareholders of the Making Movies are Kai Nordberg and Kaarle Aho.

Since 1996 Making Movies has produced two features and more than 70 documentary and short films. The films produced by Making Movies have been distributed in more than 60 countries worldwide.

The feature films are Black Ice (2007) premiering in the Berlinale 2008 competition, and Homesick (2005) a prizewinner in several international film festivals.

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.

One of the UK's top film producers, Nik Powell embarked on an entrepreneurial career in the 1960s, when he set up Virgin Records with Richard Branson. His long partnership with Stephen Woolley, with whom he founded Palace Pictures and Scala Productions, brought an unrivalled slate of award-winning features to the screen, including Neil Jordan's Company of Wolves, Mona Lisa and The Crying Game. Nik's films have garnered many awards and nominations, including an Oscar, several Oscar nominations and a Golden Globe. His more recent films include Little Voice, Calendar Girls and, most recently, Ladies in Lavender starring Dame Judi Dench and Dame Maggie Smith.

Patrick Quinet founded Artémis Média in 1992 which later became Artémis Productions in 1994. Second largest producer within the company between 2000 and 2004, Oliver Rausin produced and co-produced a number of films. Since 2001, Patrick Quinet is President of the Union of French Film Producers (UPFF). In that capacity, in close collaboration with the Belgian Minister of Finance (Didier Reynders), he worked to create a "tax shelter" with the Belgian legislation is applicable from April 2003.

In March 2003 Patrick Quinet created the French production rights company LIAISON CINEMATOGRAPHIQUE sarl, with majority of shares owned by ARTEMIS PRODUCTIONS together with SAMSA FILM (Luxembourg) and NORD-OUEST PRODUCTIONS (France), ENTRE CHIEN ET LOUP (Belgium).

Artemis Productions has received a Mention spéciale du Jury au Grand Prix Entreprendre 2005 organized by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Brussels and the Union of Enterprises in Brussels.

Bavaria Film International distributes German and international films on the global market. The portfolio ranges from German Academy Award winner Nowhere in Africa (2002), multiple European Film Award winner and B.O. hit Good Bye, Lenin! (2003) to Golden Berlin Bear winner Head-On (2004), double Silver Berlin Bear winner Sophie Scholl – The Final Days (2005) or creative documentary Into Great Silence (2005).

Recent hits were I Served the King of England and Silver Berlin Bear winner Beaufort (both 2007), Cherry Blossoms – Hanami (2008) by Doris Dörrie, Tribeca’s main award winner Let the right one in and Moscow, Belgium (2008, Critics’ Week Cannes).

After experiences in journalism and working in various fields of the media industry, Johannes completed the Media Business School MEGA master program in Ronda, Spain, and has since been involved in feature film production on a European level. He is currently developing several feature film projects, among them „Qissa“, to be directed by Anup Singh, in India.

Alexander Efimovich Rodnyansky (born July 2, 1961 in Kiev) is a Russian-Ukrainian film director, film producer, television executive and businessman

During his career Rodnyansky produced over 30 films and more than 20 television series includingThe 9th Company (2005), Heat (2006), Piter FM (2006), The Inhabited Island (2009), The Sun (2005),A Chef in Love (1997), A Driver for Vera (2004), East/West (1999). He created Ukrainian TV network1+1 and for seven years was the CEO of Russian media company CTC Media.

Alexander Rodnyansky graduated from Kiev's National University of Film, Theatre and Television as a documentary director. In 1983 he started his career at Kievnauchfilm studio.

As a director Rodnyansky won numerous awards for his documentaries. From 1990 till 1993 he worked as a producer and film director at the German television channel ZDF.

In 1994 he returned to Ukraine to create the first independent television channel in the country, 1+1.In a matter of months 1+1 became the leader of the television market in Ukraine. Rodnyansky served as CEO of 1+1 and was a co-owner of the company together with Central European Media Enterprises (CME). Later he sold his interest in 1+1 to CME.

In 2002 Rodnaynsky was asked to head the American company Story First Communication (later renamed CTC Media) which operated one TV-channel - CTC. Under his leadership the company transformed into an international television powerhouse with five channels in three countries.

Rodnyansky was responsible for making CTC Media the first ever Russian media company to have an IPO on NASDAQ. In 2002 the CTC channel had a market value of approximately $40 million; when Rodnyansky left CTC Media in 2008 the company's market capitalization was over $4 billion; CTC doubled its audience share and became the fourth most popular channel in Russia.

In 2009 Rodnyansky founded AR Films through which he now controls a movie production company Non-Stop Production, the leader of the distribution of independent films Cinema without frontiers (Kino Bez Granits) and the most important film festival in Russia - Kinotavr.

In 2011 Alexander Mindadze's film "Innocent Saturday" produced by Alexander Rodnyansky premiered in competition of 61st Berlin International Film Festival. Pre-production of the war drama Stalingrad had begun. In 2011 the next film of Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev"Elena", also produced by Alexander Rodnyansky, will premiere.