Jennifer Holness and Chaz Thorne are among 24 indie producers from Canada, the US and Europe to make the cut for the upcoming Trans Atlantic Partners co-production training and networking program.

Holness of Hungry Eyes Film and Television and Thorne of Standing 8 Productions in Halifax will join fellow Canadians like Karyn Edwards of Brightlight Pictures and Real Chabot of Montreal-based Films du Boulevard.

The Canadians will participate in Trans Atlantic Partners as it unfolds first in June with a June 21 to 26 session in Berlin, before another two sessions in Halifax and New York City in September.

Part of the international co-production assembly this year will be a case study of The Whistleblower, the Canada-Germany co-production to be broken down by Canadian producer Christina Poivesan.

Also participating is Irish producer Tom Collins of De Facto Films, Dariusz Jablonski of Poland’s Apple Film Production, and Americans Jared Moshe of New York-based Stick! Pictures and Ron Simons of SimonSays Entertainment, also in New York.

Trans Atlantic Partners is staged by Canada’s Strategic Partners, Germany’s Erich Pommer Institut and New York’s Independent Filmmaker Project.