The EFM Toolbox programmes will showcase eight producers who will be pitching their documentary or fiction feature projects. With a focus on projects that have already secured development funding, the producers are seeking collaboration with co-producers, funders, and distribution partners.

Launched in 2022, The EFM Toolbox Programmes were established to create pathways into the international film industry for film creatives from equity-seeking groups and the Global South by removing barriers and increasing their agency through the acquisition of know-how and connections.
More about the programme here: EFM Toolbox Programme

The producers pitching:

Alfredo Manuel Marimon
CRUDO FILMS | Colombia
Project: Jaibas (Fiction feature)
Selected by Algo en Común

Ali Hakim
Hakim + König Film GmbH | Germany
Project: Shaer – A Poet (Fiction Feature)
Selected by MOIN Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein

Farid Eslam
Mind Riot Media | Germany/Czech Republic
Project: What’s the news (Doc feature)
Selected by HessenFilm

Flora Linghwa Huang
SCORCHING SUN Production | Taiwan
Project: The White Waters (Doc feature)
Selected by In Docs

Inti Jacanamijoy
La Cueva Films | Colombia
Project: El Umbral (Doc feature)
Selected by Proimágenes Colombia

Joie Lou Shakur
Comfrey Films | USA/Jamaica
Project: Abandon (Fiction feature)
Selected by Comfrey Films

Sheri Hagen
Germany/DACH+| Germany/Austria
Project: Motherhood (Fiction feature)
Selected by Austrian Film Institute

Weina Zhao
Electric Shadows Laufbilderzeugungsanstalt | Austria
Project: Hair – Entanglements of Colonialism and Capitalism (Doc feature)
Selected by Austrian Film Institute