HFP
IndustryFilm production
Founded2017 (2017) in Copenhagen, Denmark
FounderHenrik Friis de Magalhães e Meneses
Headquarters
Athens, Greece Tallinn, Estonia
Key people
Benn Wiebe (Head of Production)
Websitewww.hf-productions.net

HFP is a pioneer organization that runs Film Festivals and other events showcasing and championing ideas of diversity. Through global series of Film Festivals that spread over 13 countries, HFP opens the path to voices with a compelling story to share. Arctic Film Festival is one of the festivals organized by HFP.

History and work

Filmmaker Henrik Friis de Magalhães e Meneses founded the production company HFP in 2017 in Copenhagen, Denmark, with other offices in Jakarta, and New York City.[1][2] He and the company's head of production Benn Wiebe have also executive produced documentaries including, Women of the Gulag, which was shortlisted for the 91st Academy Awards.[3] HFP is currently co-producing a documentary film, An Elephant in the Room along with director Katrine Philp and producer Katrine Sahlstrøm.[2]

The company organizes a global event series of film festivals and currently runs 25 festivals around the world.[3] In 2018, the company started an annual held film festival Rome Independent Cinema Festival to promote the independent cinema and filmmakers in Italy.[4] In 2019, along with the partnership of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), HFP organized Arctic Film Festival, the northernmost film festival in the world.[5][6] Filmmakers from all around the world submitted their films and winners were given awards during the ceremony held in Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway.[7]

Film festivals

Film festivals established and organized by HFP are:

Filmography

References

  1. ↑ "ACT4SDGs - Partner - HF Productions". act4sdgs.org. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Ahmadi, Qais (26 September 2019). "Henrik Friis - The 25-Year Old Behind A Million Dollar Enterprise HF Productions". My trending stories. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  3. 1 2 "How 25-Year-Old Henrik Friis Runs a Million-Dollar Enterprise HF Production". Big News Network.com. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  4. ↑ "Rome Independent Cinema Festival". FilmFreeway. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  5. ↑ "How 25-Year-Old Henrik Friis Runs a Million-Dollar Enterprise HF Production". finance.yahoo.com. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  6. ↑ Stein, Frankie (20 November 2019). "Here's why HF Productions is changing indie film in the Arctic". Film Daily. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  7. ↑ Nisar, Sardar Umar (3 October 2019). "HF Productions brings UN SDGs to the Arctic Film Festival". odysseyonline. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
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