Investors Circle

A fresh, high-profile event bringing together elite film & media financing experts and private investors from across the globe!

Program details

Key Dates: 16-18 May 2025 | See Schedule

Access: Keynotes (Marché du Film badge holders), Pitching Session (By invitation only)

Main Venue: Plage des Palmes (Goéland Beach, La Croisette)

Target Audience: Investors, Film & Media Financing Experts, Financiers

Investors Circle unites the world’s leading experts in film and media financing for a day filled with engaging discussions and exclusive film projects.

Launched in 2023, the Investors Circle represents the latest initiative of the Marché du Film.

Held at the prestigious Plage des Palmes, this one-day summit begins with an insightful keynote panel, featuring esteemed experts from the film financing world.

This is followed by an exclusive pitching session, strictly reserved for private investors. Thanks to a distinguished panel of experts, Investors Circle will proudly showcase a carefully curated selection of top-tier film projects that are actively seeking investment.

To cap off the summit, we will host an exclusive cocktail event, presenting a golden opportunity for the project creators and producers to interact with potential investors, who could provide substantial support for their projects.

Investors Circle’s 2025 Program

Mastering Private Equity for Film Financing: A Practical Guide
16 May 2025 (15:30-16:30) | Producers Club (Lérins)
This hands-on session will explore equity financing, its various forms (sponsorship, co-production, financial participation), and its role at different production stages.

Financing the Future
18 May 2025 (14:30-15:00) | Plage des Palmes (Goéland Beach, Croisette)
In an ever-shifting financing and production landscape, the shape of dealmaking can change from year to year or even month to month. Roeg Sutherland, co-head of CAA Media Finance, takes the temperature of the market for independent film in 2025 and the near future. Sutherland will offer insightful analysis about the kinds of films and talents that are attracting funding now, how the global markets are aligning, how private equity is working with soft money, and which major players are really taking risks

How Talent Drives Investment
18 May 2025 (15:00-16:00) | Plage des Palmes (Goéland Beach, Croisette)
This panel dives into how the right names unlock financing across studios, independents and streamers — and how rising stars, strong IP, and talent-run companies are reshaping the landscape.

The Marché du Film’s Investors Circle aims to highlight and support artistically ambitious film projects while providing essential financial backing. For the first time, we are selecting projects of the highest caliber to present to top-tier investors. In light of the current financial landscape and Cannes’ unique positioning, we believe it’s relevant to explore new opportunities for funding through private investment, and we hope this event will grow in the coming years.

— Guillaume Esmiol, Executive Director of the Marché du Film

The 10 film projects revealed at the 2025 Investors Circle are:

Coward (working title)
Directed by Lukas Dhont (Belgium)
Produced by Michiel Dhont at The Reunion
Disorder
Directed by Giacomo Abbruzzese (Italy)
Produced by Marco Alessi, Giulia Achilli at Dugong Films
Gentle Monster
Directed by Marie Kreutzer (Austria)
Produced by Alexander Glehr, Johanna Scherz at Film AG Produktions GmbH
Kamo
Directed by Kornél Mundruczó (Hungary)
Produced by Mike Goodridge at Good Chaos, Ilya Stewart at Hype Studios and Balthazar de Ganay
Motherlove
Directed by Eliza Hittman (US)
Produced by Paul Mezey, Andrew Goldman at Present Company
On Land and Sea
Directed by Hlynur Pálmason (Iceland)
Produced by Katrin Pors at Snowglobe and Anton Máni Svansson at STILL VIVID
Poeta Chileno
Directed by Sebastián Lelio (Chile)
Produced by Rocío Jadue, Juan de Dios Larraín, Pablo Larraín at Fabula
Quo Vadis, Aida – The missing part
Directed by Jasmila Žbanić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Produced by Damir Ibrahimović at Deblokada
The Puma
Directed by Marcela Said (France/Chile)
Produced by Carole Scotta, Barbara Letellier, Eliott Khayat at Haut et Court
Toxic
Directed by Jessica Hausner (Austria)
Produced by Johannes Schubert at Schubert and Philippe Bober at Coproduction Office

2025 ArteKino International Award

The 2025 ArteKino International Prize, valued at €20,000, was awarded to Alexander Glehr and Johanna Scherz of Film AG Produktions GmbH, the producers behind Gentle Monster, directed by Marie Kreutzer (Austria).