What is Commercial Film Producers Europe and Why Should You Be Part of It?

Apr 21, 2009 - 01:31 PM

Who are the CFP-E?

Commercial Film Producers Europe- CFPE- is a federation of the commercials producers associations of Europe.

Who are the members of the CFPE?

The national commercial producers associations of each European country.

See details of the associations on the right.

Who are the members of the national associations?

Commercials production companies in that country. There are over 500 commercials production companies in Europe, that are part of the CFPE through their membership of their national associations.

What are commercials production companies?

They are the companies that make the commercials we see on TV and, increasingly, in other media, as moving image advertising- commercials- utilise other media.
They identify and nurture directing talent and take on the responsibility of fulfilling the potential of the script they receive from the advertising agency.
The delivery of the commercial of the commercial that achieves that and is delivered on time and on budget is their expertise.

What is the purpose of the CFPE?

The CFPE provides a forum for national producers associations to share information that will help them help the production companies they represent. It provides an opportunity to share intelligence as to opportunities for production companies and threats to the quality of the commercials production companies in Europe produce.

It joints its constituent associations in promoting professional standards in production, contracting and procurement and promoting the role of production companies in identifying and nurturing directing talent.

Production companies are a brilliant resource for client and agencies: experts who bring their ideas to life and who provide a guarantee of quality that will be delivered on time and on budget. Competing against each other on creativity and on cost, they give the client and agency a huge variety of directing styles and talent and deliver them at a fixed cost. That is a great benefit to clients and agencies who (with limited exceptions, such as weather days and force majeure) pass all the risks of the production not proceeding precisely as planned on to the production company.

Thus the free market for production is something of great benefit to agencies and production companies and something that the CFPE is dedicated to promoting.

What does the CFPE do?

Share information, in its own meetings, through communications with members and through events such as the World Producers Summit at Cannes and in Ciclope in Buenos Aires.

The WPS sees 100 production company owners from around the world, representing 30 countries, sharing information as to the new challenges they face, enabling production associations and their members around the world the opportunity to consider and plan for opportunities and threats they are likely to face.

The second major event is the Young Directors Award, which has become the most popular event outside the Cannes advertising festival and which showcases the new directing talent in the industry and the producers role in finding and developing that talent.

How do I get involved?

If you are a production company in Europe, through your national association. If your national association is not a member or there is no national association in your country, get in touch for advice on how to become involved and the benefits- email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

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Hungarian producers association joins the CFPE

Jan 19, 2012 - 10:17 AM

We are delighted to announce the Hungarian producers association, CFP Hungary, as the newest members of the CFPE!

The President of CFP Hungary is Ilona Antal of Pioneer Production and the treasurer is Orsi Kmetty of Futurefilms.

All national producers associations for European countries are eligible for membership.

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CFPE to meet at The Cup, Istanbul

Jan 10, 2012 - 04:04 PM

The Cup is an international advertising festival which brings together the best work from the eastern and central European advertising festival, Golden Drum, the Asian advertising festival, Adfest and the Argentinean advertising festival, PIAF and speakers from around the world. It looks at the best advertising being created in the world today and the opportunities for production companies, advertising agencies and the clients they work for in the future.
CFPE representatives will attend The Cup in Istanbul, where The Cup will also host a CFPE meeting and a meeting between the CFPE and Turkish production companies wishing to explore forming an association and then joining the CFPE.

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The 2011 Young Directors Award

Jun 27, 2011 - 11:20 AM

The Young Directors Award, now in its 13th year, drew an audience of 900 to see the best work produced by the directing talent that producers foster.

To see the films from this years Cannes Fringe Festival please CLICK HERE

YDA WINNERS 2011

SPECIAL JURY AWARD

WE MISS YOU
Director: Hanna Maria Heidrich
Non-European Broadcast
2nd Prize

Title: Dad’s Love
Director: Wataru Sato
Production Company: TYO Inc.
Country: Japan
Non-European Test Commercials
2nd Prize

Title: First Date
Director: Ben Callner
Production Company: Collective
Country: USA
Non-European Filmschool
2nd Prize

Title: Public Execution
Director: Y-C Tom Lee
Production Company: Art Center College of Design
Country: USA
Non-European Webfilms
1st Prize

Title: WORDS
Director: Everynone
Production Company: Epoch Films
Country: UK
2nd Prize

Title: Wolf is back
Director: Michael Lockshin
Production Company: Bazelevs
Country: Russia
Non-European Branded Shortfilms
1st Prize

Title: Hong Kong Honey
Director: Kiku Ohe
Production Company: Exit Films
Country: Australia
Non-European Music Videos
1st Prize

Title: Spoek Mathambo “Control”
Director: Pieter Hugo & Michael Cleary
Production Company: Orange Films
Country: South Africa
2nd Prize

Title: Cordrazine ‘Always Coming Down’
Director: Stephen Carroll
Production Company: The Otto Empire
Country: Australia
European Broadcast
2nd Prize

Title: Nike/Footlocker- I am the rules
Director: alexandliane
Production company: Factory Films
Country: UK
European test commercials
1st Prize

Title: Femme-o-matic
Director: Jelmar Hufen
Production company: Comrad
Country: the Netherlands
European film school
1st Prize

Title: Dirtdevil – Exorcist
Director: Andreas Roth
Production company: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Country: Germany
1st Prize

Title: We Miss You
Director: Hanna Maria Heidrich
Production company: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Country: Germany
2nd Prize

Title: Whatever Happened
Director: Christian Mielmann
Production company: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Country: Germany
European webfilms
1st Prize

Title: Nokia N8
Director: Sumo Scienc
Production company: Aardman
Country: UK
2nd Prize

Title: Nohair – the Carpet
Director: Georg von Mitzlaff
Production company: Element e Filmproduktion gmbh
Country: Germany
European branded short films
1st Prize

Title: the Car Parts
Director: Timo Schaedel
Production company: Infected Postproduction GmbH
Country: Germany
1st Prize

Title: We Miss You
Director: Hanna Maria Heidrich
Production company: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Country: Germany
European music videos
2nd prize

Title: Esthers
Director: Charles de Meyer
Production company: Tall Stories
Country: UK
2nd Prize

Title: Karl X Johans – Flames
Director: Gustav Johansson
Production company: Camp
Country: Sweden

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Sharing intelligence and nurturing new talent

Jun 27, 2011 - 11:23 AM

These special reports from the Cannes fringe team, Luke McCarthy and Jean-Pierre Nonnet, provide an excellent summary of the CFPE’s two events at Cannes- events which are now established as the biggest and longest established outside the official festival.

The World Producers Summit brought together production company heads from 30 countries to discuss the opportunities and threats for commercials production in 2011 and ahead.

World Producers Summit from Luke McCarthy - Director on Vimeo.

To see the films from this years Cannes Fringe Festival CLICK HERE

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