To encourage international co-production opportunities and help producers develop their projects, the Festival de Cannes launched in 2004 a specific program: Producers Network.

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To encourage international co-production opportunities and help producers develop their projects, the
Festival de Cannes launched in 2004 a specific program: Producers Network.
With 486 producers registered from all over the world, the first edition of the Producers Network proved to
be a tremendous smashing success.
For this new edition, The Festival de Cannes, always concerned about contributing in the long term to the
vitality of the world production, emphasizes the development and quality of the Producers Network
services.
Concrete initiatives
Producers Network is a set of concrete and efficient means and services including: daily breakfast with
thematic tables, consultations with our team of moderators, the creation of specific information tools… a
series of initiatives designed to enable producers from the world over to build up their international
network of contacts.
Breakfast meetings from Thursday May 12th to Wednesday May 18th
Every day breakfasts reserved for registered producers are hosted by 16 moderatros together with
numerous special guests (distributors, sales people, financiers, experts, festival organizers…). Those daily
meetings, based on different themes at each table (focus on two countries or regions, finance, writing,
documentaries, festivals strategies, international sales) stimulate networking between producers from all
over the world.
The breakfast meetings are scheduled from 9 am to 11 am, reserving time both for a seated breakfast and
for mingling between the producers and the guests.
The producers catalogue
A specialised catalogue, largely distributed in the Market bag, to producers, distributors and sales
companies lists all the registered producers with their profile, details on up to two projects and their goals
at Cannes.
A website
A special section on www.marchedufilm.com, reserved to producers, enables them:
- to detail the profiles of partners needed, to present their production company, production credits and
projects in development
- to download the list of all the events in Cannes relating to production (with conditions of access and
contacts): conference, round tables, meetings, breakfasts, pavilions.
Legal consulting
Free legal consulting, provided by experienced entertainment lawyers, will be available for the producers
at the end of the breakfast meetings.
Selected producers
Criteria
Producers Network is reserved to producers whose main activity is production and who have produced* in
the last three years at least one feature film, commercially released in theatres** .
* Personal credit (vs. company credit) appearing as On-Screen credit of the film. We will accept co-
producer and executive producer but exclude line producer or associate producer.
Documents corroborating the credits may be requested upon registration application.
** the film has been screened at least one week in a commercial theatre, excluding private or festival
screenings.

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Registration
Registration online at www.marchedufilm.com.
The cost of registration with Producers Network is 299 euros (VAT included) per person if you register
before March 1st
, and 335 euros (VAT included) afterwards.
Registration deadline is April 10th, 2005. The registration capacity is limited to 500 producers.
The registration rate covers the attendance to the breakfast meetings, inclusion in the producers
catalogue and a full registration with the Festival de Cannes/Marché du Film. Registered producers will
have a market badge, identifying their activity and giving them access to all Marché du Film services,
including access to the Market screenings and inclusion in the Market guide.
Registration is limited to 2 producers per company.
Registration is only definitive once the criteria have been checked by the Producers Network team.
Don’t miss this rendez-vous and do register early!
A New Program in 2005: les journées de la Cinéfondations
The Festival is going to select and invite to Cannes fifteen filmmakers from around the world ; they will
have the opportunity to present their project at individual meetings with producers and decision makers.
These projects will be listed in a guide sent to all participants of the Producers Network before Cannes in
preparation for the meetings.
In 2004, among the numerous special guests were: Ritsuko Abe (Open Sesame), Nicole Guillemet
(Miami International Film Festival), Christian Berg (Medienboad Berlin Brandenburg GmbH), Simon Perry
(ACE - Ateliers du Cinéma Européen), Jean Brehat (3B Productions), Denise Robert (Cinemaginaire),
Simon Field (Illuminations Films), Nicolas Chartier (Arclight Films), Philippe Bober (The Coproduction
Office), Hilary Davis (Beyond Films ), Eliane du Bois (Cineart), Robert Jones (UK Film Council), Kevin
Iwashina (Creative Artists Agency), Michael Weber (Bavaria Film International), Isabelle Dubar (ID
Distribution), Adrian Ward (Lewis Horwitz Organization), Luis Carlos Barreto (LC Barreto), Ashley Luke
(Fortissimo Film Sales), Gabriele Roethemeyer (MFG), Michel Saint-Jean (Diaphana), Geoff Gilmore
(Sundance Film Festival), Bob Berney (Newmarket Films), Georgia Tornow (Film 20), Thierry Frémaux
(Festival de Cannes), Charlotte Mickie (Celluloïd Dreams), Rena Ronson (William Morris Independent),
Jacques Bidou (JBA Productions), Gilberto Gil (Ministry of Culture ), Sandrine de Clercq (Endeavor
Talent Agency), Susan Wrubel (Paramount Classics), Henry Ingberg (Centre du Cinéma de la
Communauté Française), Eddie Mbalo (NFVF), Paul Trijbits (UK Film Council), Doug Mankoff (Echo
Lake Productions), Roger Frappier (Max Films), Edward Pressman (Content International Film and TV),
Marcus Hu (Strand Releasing), Patrick Quinet (Artemis Productions), Marco Muller (Venice International
Film Festival), Peter Broderick (Paradigm), Antonio Medici (BIM Distribuzione), Glen Basner (Focus
Features), Bernhard Stampfer (Deutsche Bank), Jean-Claude Beineix (Continental Media Assurances),
Maud Nadler (HBO Films), Colin Pons (Media Investments/ Studio of the North)
Any question?
Contact the Producers Network team, together they have created this program and will process and
validate registration requests, as well as all information on the participants and their projects.
network@festival-cannes.fr
For more information, you may also consult our website: www.marchedufilm.com/pn
The Producers Network Team
Jérôme Paillard, Director, Marché du Film
Julie Bergeron, Manager, Producers Network, Marché du Film
Marion de Marcillac, Head of Coordination, Producers Network, Marché du Film
Emmanuelle Döry, Coordinator, Producers Network, Marché du Film