European Film Promotion (EFP) has presented the 20 emerging European producers who will participate in the 27th edition of PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE, taking place during the Festival de Cannes (12/23 May 2026).
The initiative aims to connect young producers with potential co-production partners, strengthening their network and at the same time providing this new generation of professionals with a solid and visible platform.
The Italian participant is Stefano Centini, whose latest production with Volos Films Italia (Death Has No Master by Jorge Thielen Armand) has been selected for the Director’s Fortnight.
These are the other producers of the 2026 edition, which embraces a strong female presence: Lixi Frank (Austria), Roxanne Sarkozi (Belgium), Constantinos Nikiforou (Cyprus), Dagmar Sedlácková (Czech Republic), Maria Moller Kjeldgaard (Denmark), Marianne Ostrat (Estonia), Daniel Kuitunen (Finland), Julie Billy (France), Philipp Trauer (Germany), Danae Spathara (Greece), Sunna Gudnadóttir (Iceland), Julianne Forde (Ireland), Marion Guth (Luxembourg), Olivia Sophie van Leeuwen (The Netherlands), Ivana Shekutkoska (North Macedonia), Agáta Novinski (Slovak Republic), Xavi Font (Spain), Linda Mutawi (Sweden) and Michela Pini (Switzerland).
PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE is made possible thanks to the support of Creative Europe – the MEDIA Programme of the European Union, Eurimages, Film i Väst, Vienna Film Commission as well as the participating national film promotion institutes (EFP’s member organisations) from the Producers on the Move countries.
The main media partner is Variety, with Cineuropa and Screen International as additional media partners.