The ProPro Producers’ Programme is an initiative of the Austrian Film Institute to empower Austrian female producers. Propro was designed by Ursula Wolschlager (Witcraft Filmproduktion, FC Gloria, diverse Geschichten) and Esther Krausz MA (Austrian Film Institute Creative Europe desk – MEDIA, former EAVE workshop manager) with the support of FC Gloria Women’s Film Network (Maga. Wilbirg Brainin-Donnenberg) and Austrian Film Institute, Gender Issues (Maga. Iris Zappe-Heller), FOCAL (Pierre Agthe) and IDM (Christiana Wertz, Eva-Maria Raffeiner)
We thank EAVE, Pro Quote Regie (Barbara Rohm, Esther Gronenberg, Bettina Schoeller Bouju, WIFT Sweden, WIFT Germany, WIFT UK, Swiss Films, Swedish Film Institute, Filmregion Stockholm-Mälardalen, Danske Filmskole, Frauenfilmtage, Diagonale, Slash Film Festival for their helpful input. We especially want to point out Beata Mannheimer, Anna Serner, Alan Fountain, Sibylle Kurz, Kristina Trapp, Marika Püspök, Margaret Heffernan, Lise Lense-Møller, Emmanuel Roland, Beate Thalberg, Marit van den Elshout, Arash T. Riahi, Annie Brunner, Christian Müller, Nadja Radojevic, Ada Solomon, Roshanak Behesht Nedjad, Gabi Frimberger, Markus Keuschnigg, Lorenz Tröbinger, Christine Dollhofer, Renata Schmidtkunz, Julia Pühringer, Brigitte Hofer, Aylin Derinsu, Sigrid Dyekjær, Kate Kinninmont, Cathrine Ann Berger, Andrea Braidt, Katharina Mückstein, Nina Kusturica, Ebba Sinzinger Alexander Glehr, as well as Tove Torbiörnsson for her inspiring impulses.
We are also grateful for the logistic support of:
PJ Coetzee, South African Embassy, Birgit Moldaschl BA, Iris Luttenfeldner, Martina Lattacher, Ger- hard Höninger, Carmen Weingartshofer, Alessandro Chia
We thank our generous partners for support: Vienna Ecomomic Chamber – Chairman Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, CEO Mag. Martin Kofler; Mag.a Juliane Buchroither, Mag. Christiane Lienhart, Mag. Wolfgang Schneider – FISA – Film Location Austria; Dr. Werner Müller and Prof. Danny Krausz – FAMA Film and Music Austria; , Dr. Alfred Grinschgl – RTR Television Fund; Dr.in Barbara Fränzen – Federal Chancellery/Division Arts and Culture II/3, Maga. Wilbirg Brainin-Donnenberg – drehbuchFORUM; Esther Krausz MA, Martina Lattacher – Creative Europe Desk Austria – MEDIA, Maga Kathrin Zechner – Austrian Broadcasting Corporation, Mag. Roland Teichmann, Austrian Film Institute.
