During the current Cannes Festival, a European Producers Club meeting was held, and the new board of directors was elected. Dariusz Jabłoński, president of Apple Film Production, producer (“Aftermath”, “Karski and The Lords Of Humanity”), director and screenwriter, president of the Polish Film Academy and the member of European Film Academy, was appointed the Vice-President of the EPC - a prestigious organisation gathering over 70 of the most active and influential producers from more than 20 European countries.
Also on the board of directors of EPC are: Marco Chimenez, President (Italy, producer of, among others, TV series “Gomorra”), and Vice-Presidents: Johannes Rexin (Germany, producer of, among others, Lars von Trier’s “Antichrist”), Yves Marmion (France, producer of, among others, Peter Greenaway’s “The Baby Of Macon” or Emir Kusturica’s “Arizona Dream”) and Nina Lauro (Finland).
The European Producers Club is a think tank, simultaneously representing independent producers’ goals to the key international institutions where the audio-visual industry regulations are made. Most of all, it is an official consultant to the European Union in all matters concerning the film industry.
Dariusz Jabłoński is the president of Apple Film Production, established 25 years ago as one of the first independent production companies in Poland. Its most recently completed projects include “Under The Electric Clouds”, a Russian-Ukrainian-Polish film directed by Alexei German Jr, an outstanding Russian director of the younger generation, awarded the Silver Bear at this year’s Berlinale, and Dutch-Polish co-production “Nude Area” by Urszula Antoniak, a director regarded as one of the most original personalities of contemporary European cinema. Add to this “Karski And The Lords Of Humanity”, an enthusiastically received documentary by EMMY Award winner Sławomir Grunberg.
Apple Film is also the producer of top-shelf TV dramas, like the Władysław Pasikowski-directed “Cops” or co-productions: “The Passing Bells” (for BBC and Polish Television) and “Spies In Warsaw” (also Polish-British co-production).
