Market Badge Inclusion Initiative & EFM Toolbox Programmes
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Market Badge Inclusion Initiative
EFM Toolbox Programmes
Market Badge Inclusion Initiative
Supported by Creative Europe Media, HessenFilm, the European Film Market (EFM) and the Berlinale, this programme aims at creating outreach and greater pathways into the market & film industry at large for underrepresented and marginalised film professionals from Europe and across the globe. Through this initiative, a number of badges are awarded to organisations, collectives, and institutions that represent and advocate for marginalised and Global South film professionals. The goal is to foster a more inclusive film industry and level the playing field for all. Launched at the EFM 2021 as part of the EFM’s Diversity & Inclusion initiatives, this marks the first time that such a programme of film market access has been operated in Europe.
EFM Toolbox Programmes
Supported by Creative Europe Media, the EFM Doc & Fiction Toolbox Programmes are part of the European Film Market's Diversity & Inclusion initiatives.
The EFM Doc Toolbox, launched in 2020, and the EFM Fiction Toolbox, introduced in 2022, are designed to endow film producers from equity-seeking groups and the Global South, both creating pathways into the international film industry by eliminating barriers and providing them with the market intelligence, business tools, and connections needed to navigate the international film market more effectively.
These immersive programmes include guidance and mentorship by expert consultants and coordinators as well as in-depth industry know-how and connections via workshops, matchmaking events, community-building sessions and networking possibilities.
You will find the EFM Toolbox participants and partners for 2025 listed below by January 2025.
EFM Toolbox Alumni
Doc Toolbox
Aeyliya Husain
Project: Becoming a Landscape
Selected by Hot Docs
With the support of Canada Media Fund
Aka Hansen
Project: Children of the System
Selected by FILM G.L.
With the support of ImagineNATIVE
Alison Duke
Project: This Land of Ours
Selected by Hot Docs
With the support of Canada Media Fund
Andres Livov
Project: The Blueberry Blues
Selected by SODEC
With the support Canada Media Fund
Ángel Froilán Flores Martínez
Project: Those who say No!
Selected by Imcine
Anna Rubi
Project: Your Life Without Me
Selected by Docu Rough Cut Boutique
Bambby Cheuk
Project: The Poet's Unrest
Selected by In Docs
Banu Ramazanova
Project: We live here
Selected by Alternativa Film Project
Bryan Angarita
Project: The Bamboo Forests
Selected by Hot Docs
With the support of Canada Media Fund
Chelsea Nyomi
Project: Symphonic Melodies
Selected by Hot Docs
With the support of Canada Media Fund
Farid Eslam
Project: What’s the news
Selected by HessenFilm
Flora Linghwa Huang
Project: The White Waters
Selected by In Docs
Ian Mark Kimanje
Project: You cant steal our Joy
Selected by BIPOC Film & TV and Black Screen Office
With the support of Téléfilm Canada
Iman Ismail
Project: Första Blatten På Månen
Selected by Swedish Film Institute
Inti Jacanamijoy
Project: El Umbral
Selected by Proimágenes Colombia
Kamila Rustambekova
Project: Amalia
Selected by Tashkent Film School
Kathleen Mantel
Project: On Dry Land
Selected by New Zealand Film Commission
Keith McQuirter
Project: The 3000 Project
Selected by Firelight Media
Lilian Solla Santiago
Project: Taken in bonds
Selected by Nicho54
With the support of the Brazilian Embassy in Berlin
Lodimeda Kini
Project: Oma
Selected by In Docs
Marcela Hernández
Project: Inland - Looking for a Country
Selected by Jeva
Mitchell Stafiej
Project: Workers Leaving
Selected by SODEC
With the support Canada Media Fund
Mudi Kramer Berthelsen
Project: Oqaluttuamik
Selected by Danish Film Institute
Ngardy Conteh George
Project: This Land Of Ours
Selected by BIPOC Film & TV and Black Screen Office
With the support of Téléfilm Canada
Nicola Smith
Project: Denied - 50 Years of Aotearoa's Pride
Selected by New Zealand Film Commission
Osas Eweka
Project: Brigands of Benin Bronzes
Selected by Hot Docs
With the support of Canada Media Fund
Reveca Torres
Project: Untitled (Art & Disability Culture)
Selected by FWD-Doc
Robinder Uppal
Project: The Golden Door
Selected by Hot Docs
With the support of Canada Media Fund
Sara Beate Eira
Project: KEVISELIE: Circle of Life
Selected by Norwegian Film Institute
Tsanavi Spoonhunter
Project: Holder of the Sky
Selected by Nia Tero, Pacific Islanders in Communications, Vision Media Maker
With the support of ImagineNATIVE
Vicente Fernandez
Project: Welcome to Gitania
Selected by Ake Dikhea? - RomaTrial e. V.
Weina ZHAO
Project: Hair – Entanglements of Colonialism and Capitalism
Selected by Austrian Film Institute
Zephrine Royer
Project: The Third Season
Selected by Third Horizon
Fiction Toolbox
Aïssa Diaby
Project: M´ma, Soulmates Follow Each Other
Selected by Unifrance
Alfredo Manuel Marimon
Project: Jaibas
Selected by Algo en Común
Ali Hakim
Project: Shaer – A Poet
Selected by MOIN Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein
Amel Bouzid
Project: Station 243
Selected by Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel – Wallonie-Bruxelles
Amir Zargara
Project: A Good Day Will Come
Selected by BIPOC Film & TV and Black Screen Office
With the support of Téléfilm Canada
Angela Cudd
Project: Whenua
Selected by New Zealand Film Commission
Angelica Alape
Project: Two Shores
Selected by ProImágenes Colombia
Aria Azizi
Project: The Baby and The Desert
Selected by HessenFilm
Asma El-Fassi
Project: Porte Bagage
Selected by Netherlands Film Institute
Charbel El Melhem
Project: Karma
Selected by SODEC
Damian James Le Bas
Project: The Bone
Selected by Ake Dikhea? - RomaTrial e. V.
Daniel Berger
Project: Mergen
Selected by Alternativa Film Project
Fernanda Pessoa
Project: Frame
Selected by Spcine
Fernanda Lomba
Project: Minas Novas
Selected by Nicho54
With the support of the Brazilian Embassy in Berlin
Francisco Tarque
Project: Meeting of our Spirits
Selected by Arica Nativa
Gail Maurice
Project: Blood Lines
Selected by ImagineNATIVE
Joie Lou Shakur
Project: Abandon
Selected by Comfrey Films
Kathy-Ann Thomas
Project: Finding Mercy
Selected by SODEC
Katiuska Castillo Vázquez
Project: Negrita
Selected by JEVA
Leticia Brea
Project: Au Revoir
Selected by Dominican Republic Film Commission - DG Cine
Mergim Aliu
Project: Chasing Squirrels / 4 Guys and a Bag
Selected by Norwegian Film Institute
Minenhle Luthuli
Project: Some Mothers
Selected by Durban FilmMart
With the support of the National Film and Video Foundation
Murry Peeters
Project: Woman Meets Girl
Selected by BIPOC Film & TV and Black Screen Office
With the Support of Téléfilm Canada
Nadir Öperli
Project: Afterbirth
Selected by Swedish Film Institute
Nara Wilson
Project: The Long Journey Home
Selected by Winda Film Festival
With the support of ImagineNATIVE
Nicole Horan
Project: Songs From the Inside
Selected by New Zealand Film Commission
Per-Josef Idivuoma
Project: Förbannelsen – The Curse
Selected by the International Sámi Film Institute
With the support of ImagineNATIVE
Roxana Sadvokassova
Project: Prodigal Daughter
Selected by Academy of Moving People and Images (AMPI)
With the support of Finnish Film Foundation
Scott W. Kekama Amona
Project: Keke
Selected by Nia Tero, Pacific Islanders in Communications, Vision Media Maker
With the support of ImagineNATIVE
Sheri Hagen
Project: Motherhood
Selected by Austrian Film Institute
Fiction Toolbox
Alica Sigmund Herakova
Project: Wolf´s hole
selected by RomaTrial, Ake Dikhea?
Ally Baharoon
Project: There are People and There are Shoes
selected by DW Akademie
Anne-Sophie Nanki
Project: Here the new world begins
selected by Unifrance
with the support of Institut Français Deutschland
Dany Celeiro
Project: The Passenger on the last journey
Selected by UNESCO
Elisa Pirir
Project: Árru
selected by International Sámi Film Institute
with the support of ImagineNATIVE
Emily GAN
Project: Year of the Rat
selected by SODEC
Florence Saâdi
Project: Wiccans
selected by Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel – Wallonie-Bruxelles
Gavin Seal
Project: Laughing with God
selected by SODEC
Giselle Miller
Project: Sweet Plantain
selected by BIPOC Film & TV
with the support of Téléfilm Canada
Heny L. Cuesta Mena
Project: Melancolia
selected by Proimágenes Colombia
with the support of the National Film Fund
Israel Ekanem
Project: The Space Between
selected by Black Screen Office
with the support of Téléfilm Canada
Jenny Vuong
Project: White Flower
selected by Norwegian Film Institute
Joel Tugaineyo
Project: Where People Do No Evil
selected by DW Akademie
Lea-Liya Wang
Project: Gemini
selected by MOIN Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein
Letay Williams
Project: Inheritance
selected by UNESCO
Libby Hakaraia
Project: Taniwha
selected by Māoriland Film Festival
Mariel Aponte
Project: What's Expected
selected by Dominican Republic Film Commission - DG Cine
Mariia Solodiankina
Project: Notes on the future
selected by Academy of Moving People and Images (AMPI)
With the support of AVEK
Rhian Vialva
Project: The Roaring 70s
selected by FILMCO
Robert Colom
Project: Mountains
selected by Third Horizon
Rodney Charles
Project: Aaron's Announcement
selected by HessenFilm
Rolla Tahir
Project: Jude and the Jinn
selected by Black Screen Office
with the support of Téléfilm Canada
Sophie Walcott
Project: Labour Pains
selected by UNESCO
Stephanie Sonny Hooker
Project: Wrong End of the Rainbow
selected by BIPOC Film & TV
with the support of Téléfilm Canada
Sulin Passial
Project: I am Curacao
selected by Netherlands Film Fund
Thais Marresi E Silva
Project: Paralelo 14
selected by Nicho54
Timur Karpov
Project: Seven Roads
selected by Tashkent Film School
Trisha Moreton-Thomas
Project: Cloud Money
selected by Winda film Festival
with support of ImagineNATIVE
Yanis Gaye
Project: Black Battle with Dogs
selected by OIF-ACP-UE (Clap ACP2)
Doc Toolbox
Aisha Jamal
Project: The Theft
selected by Hot Docs
with the support of Canada Media Fund
Alejandro Valbuena
Project: Wind’s Thirst, The
selected by Hot Docs
with the support of Canada Media Fund
Anisa Sabiri
Project: Generation
selected by Tashkent Film School
Bethania Maia
Project: Path
selected by Nicho54
Colleen Thurston
Project: Drowned Land
selected by Vision Media Maker
with the support of ImagineNATIVE
Del Whetter
Project: Live at the Deaf Club: The Story of Punk Rock at the San Francisco Deaf Club
selected by FWD-Doc
Dorothea Braun
Project: Icewoman (WT)
selected by HessenFilm
Gentille Meguizani Assih
Project: The revelation
selected by SODEC
with the support Canada Media Fund
Heather Giugni
Project: Women of the Sea
selected by Pacific Islanders in Communications
with the support of ImagineNATIVE
Kevin Fitzgerald
Project: The Art of Dance
selected by Hot Docs
with the support of Canada Media Fund
Klieon C. John
Project: Legacy Meets Revival
selected by UNESCO
Laura Samara
Project: Demolition Order
selected by CoPro Israel
Leandro Fabrizi
Project: Bartolo
selected by Firelight Media
Leidy Laura González
Project: Colosal
selected by UNESCO
Lisa Smith
Project: Sites of Resistance
selected by RomaTrial, Ake Dikhea?
Mikisoq H. Lynge
Project: no project
selected by Danish Film Institute
Mónica Hernández Rejón
Project: Reflexion
selected by Swedish Film Institute
Nefise Özkal Lorentzen
Project: The Museum For Human Suffering
selected by Norwegian Film Institute
Nikissi Serumaga
Project: Vintage or Violence
selected by DW Akademie
Nora Somogyvary
Project: Fairy Garden
selected by Docu Rough Cut Boutique
Omolola Ajao
Project: Bare Witness
selected by Hot Docs
with the support of Canada Media Fund
Paola Arriangada-Nunez
Project: Of bread and men
selected by SODEC
with the support Canada Media Fund
Princess Donelan
Project: Friends of Soldier
selected by FILMCO
Riani Singgih
Project: Becoming Cik San
selected by In Docs
Sharon Yeung
Project: We Are Volcanoes
selected by Hot Docs
with the support of Canada Media Fund
Swaysən William George
Project: Warrior Spirit
selected by Hot Docs
with the support of Canada Media Fund
Tristin Greyeyes
Project: A Cree Approach
selected by ImagineNATIVE
Victoria Catherine Chan
Project: Home of the Flying Moons
selected by SODEC
with the support Canada Media Fund
Doc Toolbox
Andrianus Merdhi
Project: The Sole of the Flying Heron
selected by Goethe-Institut
Carol Nguyen
Project: The Visitors
selected by SODEC
with the support of Canada Media Fund & Téléfilm Canada
Christen Marquez
Project:The Ninth Island
selected by NATIVe Fellows
Darcy McKinnon
Project: Roleplay
selected by The Gotham Film & Media Institute
Dirbdil Assefa
Project: Children of Arfan Qallo, Wake Up!
selected by DW Akademie
Javier Lovera
Project: Whose City
selected by Hot Docs
with the support of Canada Media Fund
Joan Njeri Maina
Project: Defying Ashes
selected by DocA - Documentary Africa
Jon-Sesrie Goff
Project: After Sherman
selected by Firelight Media
Joseph Hillel
Project: Je suis un acteur haïtien
selected by SODEC
with the support of Canada Media Fund & Téléfilm Canada
Katia Café-Fébrissy
Project: Creole Butterfly
selected by Hot Docs
with the support of Canada Media Fund & Téléfilm Canada
Lidia Afrilita
Project: Waste On My Plate
selected by In Docs
Lyana Patrick
Project: In the Wake
selected by Black Screen Office
with the support of Canada Media Fund & Téléfilm Canada
Maíra Zenun
Project: Black Women - From the center to the periphery
selected by UNA - União Negra das Artes
Mokhlesur Rahman Talukdar
Project: Thirteen Destinations of a Traveller
selected by International Film Initiative of Bangladesh - IFIB
Nadia Zouaoui
Project: Imane and the revolution
selected by SODEC
with the support of Canada Media Fund & Téléfilm Canada
Naruemon Chaingam
Project: Project Living
selected by Goethe-Institut
Yam Peter Yin Cheung
Project: Blue island
selected by Goethe-Institut
Racha Helen Larsen
Project: Chronotopia
selected by Norwegian Film Institute
Sandro Silva
Project: Paper Chase
selected by Hot Docs
with support of Canada Media Fund & Téléfilm Canada
Suleica Pineda
Project: Niñxs
selected by Goethe-Institut
Theola Ross
Project: Appt
selected by imagineNATIVE & Indigeneous Screen Office
with the support of Canada Media Fund & Téléfilm Canada
Vera Lackova
Project: Vrajitoare
selected by RomaTrial, Ake Dikhea?
Vonley Smith
Project: Voice Of The Ocean
selected by FILMCO - trinidad+tobago film festival
Yazmeen Kanji
Project: The Sickling
selected by Hot Docs
with support of Canada Media Fund & Téléfilm Canada
Yolanda Barroso
Project: The Story of Maryam Amal
selected by Nicho 54
Zack Khalil
Project: Aanikoobijigan [ancestor / great-grandparent / great-grandchild]
selected by NATIVe Fellows
Zahavi Sanjavi
Project: The Promise
selected by Swedish Film Institute
Fiction Toolbox
Andy Marshall
Project: The Story of Farah & Halima
selected by Black Screen Office / BIPOC TV & Film
with the support of Téléfilm Canada
Flàvia Santana
Project: Quitéria
selected by Nicho 54
Gaethan Chancy
Project: Kidnapping Inc. (Malatchong)
selected by Clap ACP
Gilbert Mirambeau
Project: Kidnapping Inc. (Malatchong)
selected by Clap ACP
He Xiaodan
Project: Montréal, ma belle
selected by SODEC
Henok Mebratu
Project: Qe'mis (The Dress)
selected by DW Akademie
Jelica Jerinic
Project: Hundredth Bride
selected by Academy of Moving People and Images - AMPI
Joe Balass
Project: Calorie
selected by SODEC
Leah Chen Baker
Project: The President's cake
selected by The Gotham Film & Media Institute
Nyla Innuksuk
Project: In the Heart of the South
selected by imagineNATIVE / Indigenous Screen Office
with the support of Téléfilm Canada
Rylan Friday
Project: Terror/Forming
selected by imagineNATIVE / Indigenous Screen Office
with the support of Téléfilm Canada
Sabrina Roc
Project: Hood Island
selected by Black Screen Office & BIPOC TV & Film
with the support of Téléfilm Canada
Teneille Newallo
Project: La Diablesse
selected by FILMCO - trinidad+tobago film festival
Doc Toolbox
Alyaa Musa
Project: The Camera never cries
selected by DocA - Documentary Africa
Aonan Yang
Project: Under the Sacred Fig
selected by SODEC
Ayana O'shun
Project: The Myth of the Black Woman
selected by SODEC
Brette Ragland
Project: Hossain
selected by IFP - The Gotham
Carlos Yuri Ceuninck
Project: The New Man
selected by DoxBox
Chanelle Lajoie
Project: Bison Hunt
selected by NATIVe Fellows
Chelsi Bullard
Project: Coming Around
selected by IFP - The Gotham
Erica Tremblay
Project: Sisters Gone/ She is Learning
selected by NATIVe Fellows
Evelyn Pakinewatik
Project: Living Memory
selected by NATIVe Fellows
Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu
Project: Kapaemahu
selected by NATIVe Fellows
Inuk Jørgensen
Project: The Last Departure
selected by NATIVe Fellows
Jean Parsons
Project: Freeway '67
selected by CMPA/Creative BC
Jennifer Chiu
Project: Freeway '67
selected by CMPA/Creative BC
Jordan Molaro
Project: Two Spirited
selected by CMPA
Josiane Blanc
Project: Words Left Unspoken
selected by Téléfilm Canada
Karen Rossi
Project: Con vista al Mar (A view to the Ocean)
selected by Firelight Media
Kim Dahyoung
Project: Life Unrehearsed
selected by DMZ Docs
Linn Henriksen
Project: The silence in Sápmi
selected by NATIVe Fellows
Mylene Augustin
Project: Le fils d'Adam
selected by SODEC
Pierre Villepelet
Project: Most best country in the world
selected by SODEC
Rodrigo Michelangeli
Project: Helicoide
selected by Téléfilm Canada
Samira Vera-Cruz
Project: And who will cook?
selected by DocA - Documentary Africa
Sherien Barsoum
Project: Cynara
selected by CMPA/Creative BC
Sian-Pierre Regis
Project: Duty Free
selected by Firelight Media
Sona Jo
Project: Edhi and Alice
selected by DMZ Docs
Yasmine Chouik
Project: FI KHATER BOUALEM
selected by Rawijat Sisters in Film
Yasmine Mathurin
Project: One of Ours
selected by Téléfilm Canada
Yuqi Kang
Project: Inspirare
selected by Téléfilm Canada
Karima Chouik
Project: FI KHATER BOUALEM
selected by Rawijat Sisters in Film
Laila Aoudj
Project: The Curious Mr Daoud
selected by DoxBox
Rachèle Magloire
Project: Simityè Kamoken
selected by Clap ACP
Doc Toolbox
Andrew Moir
Project: Mother's Day
selected by Hot Docs
the support of Téléfilm Canada
Arantza Maldonado
Project: Run, Lorena, Run
selected by SODEC
Asia Youngman
Project: Game 7
selected by Creative B.C
Giacomo Nudi
Project: 3 Kilos de peau
selected by SODEC
Jaida Grey Eagle
selected by NATIVe Fellows
Jodie Bell
Project: Jodie Bell
selected by NATIVe Fellows
Leya Hale
Project: Bring Her Home
selected by NATIVe Fellows
Lara Northcroft
Project: MOKO
selected by New Zealand Film Commission
Marie Clements
Project: Reclaim My Skin
selected by Creative B.C.
Maya Annik Bedward
Project: Black Zombie
selected by Hot Docs
with the support of Téléfilm Canada
Nivi Perdersen
Project: Happiness Scares Me No More
selected by NATIVe Fellows
Polina Teif
Project: Eulogy for the Dead Sea
selected by Hot Docs
with the support of Téléfilm Canada
Rahila Bootwala
Project: Reframing Bollywood
selected by SODEC
Sahar Yousefi
Project: Hakima and Badriya
selected by Hot Docs
with the support of Téléfilm Canada
Selina Joe
Project: Taki Rua:Breaking Barriers
selected by New Zealand Film Commission
Shasha Nakhai
Project: Thirty Eight Minutes
selected by Hot Docs
with the support of Téléfilm Canada
Yolanda Cruz
Project: El camino de Esperanza (Esperanza's Journey)
selected by NATIVe Fellows
