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Match Me!

A networking platform for upcoming producers

An informal networking platform for young producers with distinct focus and strong visions since 2015.

We Are Match Me! 2021

These are the 24 producers taking part in the new edition of the Locarno Pro program devoted to building communities between key players in international production

They’re meeting in Locarno but getting in touch beforehand. These are the 24 stars of the 2021 edition of Match Me!, 24 producers from all over the world, but with a shared destination: Locarno. They’re arriving from Estonia, Great Britain, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, the Philippines and Spain. These chosen Locarno Pro participants are ready to get to know each other and make decisive moves within the film industry.

As with every year since 2015, Match Me! will be the networking platform through which producers will find their bearings in the industry. The program stems from a simple idea: what, if not their professional network, can enrich a producer’s work? This leads to a specific appointment and place focusing on acquaintances, relationships and partnerships. Getting acquainted is essential for those wishing to move, together and more smoothly, in the universe of international production. Confirming the strength of this essential process, the first net to join the project was Locarno Pro, who built up Match Me! with nine priceless partners this year: British Film Institute, Estonian Film Institute, Film Development Council of the Philippines, Istituto Luce Cinecittà - FilmItalia, Lithuanian Film Centre, National Film Centre of Latvia, Polish Film Institute, ICA Portugal and ICAA Spain.

Match Me! 2021 will be split in two moments, one leading to the other. On August 2-4, the selected producers will have taylor made 1to1 online meetings warm-up agenda. Then, on August 6-8, they will meet face to face, in Locarno, with the potential international business partners, with the aim to strengthen their relationships, their mutual interests and find potential co-producers.

These are the producers, country by country:

Match Me! Selected Participants 2021

Karolina Veetamm

Kafka Films#Estonia

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Marianne Ostrat

Alexandra Film#Estonia

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Alexandra Grilli

Controra Film #Italia

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Costanza Coldagelli

Matrioska #Italy

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Francesca Zanza

Kon Tiki Film#Italy

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Reinis Kalvins

Cardinal Productions#Latvia

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Raitis Abele

Tritone Studio#Latvia

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Marija Fridinovaité

Filmais is toli#Lithuania

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Klementina Remeikaite

Afterschool#Lithuania

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Micah Tadena (Attending Online)

108 MEDIA#Philippines

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Patti Lapus (Attending Online)

Epicmedia Productions#Philippines

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Sarah Brakensiek (Attending Online)

HBE Philippines#Philippines

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Magdalena Borowiec

SQUARE film studio#Poland

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Marta Gmosinska

Lava Films#Poland

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Stanislaw Zaborowski Grzybow

Silver Flame#Poland

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David Doutel

BAP - Animation Studios#Portugal

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Luis Campos

Matiné#Portugal

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Tathiani Sacilotto

Persona Non Grata Pictures#Portugal

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Carlos Pardo Ros

DVEIN Films#Spain

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Cristina Hergueta

Garde#Spain

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Cristina Fraile

Maluta Films#Spain

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Xenia Glen (Attending Online)

Misfits Entertainment#United Kingdom

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Lorine Plagnol

Sungazer#United Kingdom

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Katie Dolan

Cosmik Pictures#United Kingdom

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Dates: Meetings online 2-4 August / On site 6-8 August

Project coordinator: Daria Voumard
Match Maker: Francesca Palleschi

Check out the success stories and past editions

Among others, one of the previous Match Me! selected producers was Pedro Duarte (Primeira Idade, Portugal), who was working on the project The Metamorphosis of Birds  by Catarina Vasconcelos, which has already won 15 international awards, like the Berlinale Fipresci Award 2020.

A Metamorfose dos pássaros | Trailer | Berlinale Encounters 2020

Another partecipant was Paola Wink (Tokyo Filmes - Vulcana Cinema, Brazil), who produced Rifle by Davi Pretto (Brazil/Germany), selected at Berlinale Forum 2016, and Casa no Campo by Davi Pretto, presented at Berlinale Coproduction Market 2020.

Rifle by Davi Pretto official Trailer

Tan Si En (Momo Film Co, Singapore), another participant, was selected at the Berlinale Talents 2020, whereas Alessandro Amato (dispàrte, Italy) was working on  Hogar (Maternal) project, a Locarno 72's Concorso Internazionale contender, during Match Me! 2017. Alessandro has also been selected as Berlinale Talent alumni 2020. 

Maternal by Maura Delpero. official trailer

In the past years, Match Me! welcomed producers from all over the world, thanks to partnerships with institutions such as Cinema do Brasil, CinemaChile, Estonian Film Institute, Istituto Luce Cinecittà - Filmitalia, Latvian Film Centre, Lithuanian Film Centre, Mexican Film Institute (IMCINE), Polish Film Institute, ICA Portugal, ICAA Spain, Proimágenes Colombia, Singapore Film Commission, Israel Film Center, SWISS FILMS and more.  

Past editions

Match Me! 2019

Alina Mazzarella, Estudio Giz, Brazil

Andre Mielnik, If You Hold a Stone, Brazil

Daniel Pech, Multiverso Produções, Brazil

Maario Masing, Kinosaurus Films, Estonia

Elina Litvinova, Three Brothers, Estonia

Joana Domingues, Caracol Protagonista, Portugal

Pedro Duarte Primeira Idade, Portugal

Vasco Esteves, Fado Filmes, Portugal

Simona Pelliccioli, Dandy PR, Italy

Antonella di Nocera, Parallello 41 prod, Italy

Daniele Segre, Redibis Film, Italy

Kristians Alhimionoks, Plataforma Filma, Latvia

Marta Romānova – Jēkabsone, Film Studio Devini, Latvia

HUANG Junxiang, Zhao Wei Films, Singapore

Si en TAN, Momo Film, Singapore

Ling TIONG, Aand Company, Singapore

Gabriela Gavica, Mandarina Cine, Mexico

Jorge Ramire Varela, Stereosonique, Mexico

Daniela Contreras, Terra Nostra Films, Mexico

Magdalena Sztorc, Before My Eyes, Poland

Rafal Sakowski, Iris Media, Poland

Natalia Grzegorzek, Koskino, Poland

Daniel Mendez, Mano Negra Films, Spain

Patricia Franquisa Ruiz, Gadea Films, Spain

Mayi Gutierrez, Tourmalet Films, Spain

Match Me! 2018

Ticiana Lima, Tardo Filmes, Brazil

Deborah Osborn, BigBonsai, Brazil

Davi de Oliveira Pinheiro, Ausgang, Brazil

Evelin Penttilä Stellar Film, Estonia

Kristjan Pütsep, Alasti Kino, Estonia

Tammy Cohen , Independent Producer, Israel

Yoav Roeh, Gum Films, Israel

Oren Rogovin, Rogovin Brothers, Israel

Laura Andina, Fair Play Movies, Italy

Cinzia Bomoll, Amarcord Film, Italy

Jean Denis, Le Dinahet, b24 Film, Italy

Kristele Pudane, Tritone Studio, Latvia

Matiss Kaza, Deep Sea Studios, Latvia

Ieva Biliūnaitė, In Script, Lithuania

Medeina Birgilaitė, Artbox, Lithuania

Eva Ruiz de Chávez, Panamericana Pictures, Mexico

Andrea Toca, Un Beso Cine, Mexico

Carlos Sosa, Viento del Norte Cine, Mexico

Ewa Szwarc, Kosmos Production, Poland

Karolina Galuba, Furia Film, Poland

Malgorazata Malysa, Furia Film, Poland

Marta Gmosińska, Lava Films , Poland

Flavia Zanon, Close Up Productions, Switzerland

Olivier Zobrist, Lang Film, Switzerland

Tolga Dilsiz, 8 Horses, Switzerland

Match Me! 2017

Luana Melgaço, Anavilhana, Brazil

Fernando Sapelli, Claraluz Filmes, Brazil

Mathias Mangin, Igloo Films, Brazil

Alba Gaviraghi , Agosto Cine, Chile

Felipe Azúa, Avispa Cine, Chile

Catalina Donoso, Cusicanqui Films, Chile

Pablo Calisto Equeco, Chile

Pepe Rovano, Tototral Films & Media Lab, Chile

Elad Peleg, Daroma Productions, Israel

Naama Pyritz, Ingenue Production, Israel

Michael Rozenbaum, Transfax, Israel

Alessandro Amato, Dispàrte, Italy

Luigi Chimienti, Dispàrte, Italy

Giovanni Pompili, Kino Produzioni, Italy

Donatello Della Pepa, Revok, Italy

Alexander de Graaf, Marsupial Media, Mexico

Michael Rowe Marsupial Media, Mexico

Paulina Valencia, Spécola, Mexico

Pablo Zimbrón Alva, Varios Lobos / Malacosa Cine, Mexico

Dominika Osas, Badi Badi, Poland

Izabela Igel, Harine Films, Poland

Maria Krauss, Plesnar & Krauss Films, Poland

Match Me! 2016

Jessica Luz, Besouro Filmes, Brazil

Marta Biavaschi,Besouro Filmes, Brazil

Denis Feijão, Elixir Entretenimento, Brazil

Rafael Sampaio, Klaxon, Brazil

Gisela Camara, Tacacá Filmes, Brazil

Augusto Matte, Jirafa, Chile

Isabel Orellana, Aracauria Cine, Chile

Macarena Lopez,Manufactura de Peliculas, Chile

Yennifer Fasciani, Niebla Producciones, Chile

Keren Michael, Dori Media Paran, Israel

Adar Shafran, Firma Film, Israel

Orit Lerner Halevi, ImpactIsrael

Baher gbariye, Majdal Films, Israel

Socorro Mendez Diaz, Cinemagico Producciones, Mexico

Mariana Monroy, Animal Tropical Cine, Mexico

Valeria Arinez, Anomia Contenidos, Mexico

Emilio Santoyo, Anomia Contenidos, Mexico

Can Kilcioglu, DeliCe Film, Turkey

Emre Oskay, Istanbul Film Production, Turkey

Andac Haznedaroglu Istanbul Film Production, Turkey

Muge Ozen, Solis Film, Turkey

Nathalie Sejean, Solis Film, Turkey

Match Me! 2015

Tatiana Leite, Bubbles Project, Brazil

Gustavo Rosa de Moura, Mira Filmes Brazil

Aleteia Selonk, Okna Produ, Brazil

Graziella Ferst , Okna Produ, Brazil

Paola Wink, Tokyo Filmes, Brazil

Isabel Orellana Guarello, Araucaria Cine, Chile

Constanza Arena, CinemaChile,Chile

Daniela Camino, Valdivia Mimbre Producciones, Chile

Juan Ignacio Sabatini, Villano, Chile

Maria Camila Arias, Antorcha Films, Colombia

Alfonso Acosta, Cabecitanegra Producciones, Colombia

Oscar Ruiz Navia, Contravia Films, Colombia

Nestor Oliveros, Ghia Producciones, Colombia

Alexandro Aldrete, Agencia Bengala, Mexico

Joaquin Del Paso, Amondo Films, Mexico

Santiago De la Paz Nicolau, Nomadas, Mexico

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Match Me!

A networking platform for upcoming producers

We Are Match Me! 2021

Match Me! Selected Participants 2021

Karolina Veetamm

Marianne Ostrat

Alexandra Grilli

Costanza Coldagelli

Francesca Zanza

Reinis Kalvins

Raitis Abele

Marija Fridinovaité

Klementina Remeikaite

Micah Tadena (Attending Online)

Patti Lapus (Attending Online)

Sarah Brakensiek (Attending Online)

Magdalena Borowiec

Marta Gmosinska

Stanislaw Zaborowski Grzybow

David Doutel

Luis Campos

Tathiani Sacilotto

Carlos Pardo Ros

Cristina Hergueta

Cristina Fraile

Xenia Glen (Attending Online)

Lorine Plagnol

Katie Dolan

Check out the success stories and past editions

Past editions

Match Me! 2019

Match Me! 2018

Match Me! 2017

Match Me! 2016

Match Me! 2015

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