The 15th edition of Books at Berlinale, the annual books-to-film event for film producers and literary agents, will be a digital affair with 10 books to be pitched for possible film development.
The iconic Berlinale Bear. Image: Ines Bachor
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Publishing Perspectives readers are quite familiar with the annual Books at Berlinale event that annually brings literary agents and rights professionals together with film producers, directors, scouts, and others for a late-winter afternoon at the Berlin International Film Festival.
This year’s event from Frankfurter Buchmesse and the Berlinale Co-Production Market is set for March 4 and will again involve literary agents and others pitching a curated list of titles to filmmakers for their consideration. In the widening world of words-to-screen rights competition, publishers tend to watch closely to see what’s being offered as a clue to where the market lies and then follow to see what gets picke
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With international buyers unable to travel to Germany to scout movies at year’s Berlin International Film Festival, the event will instead bring a selection of titles from its program to them through new initiative ‘EFM goes global’.
Four cities will host physical buyers screenings of pics from the festival – Tokyo for the Asian market, Melbourne for Oceania, São Paulo for South America, and Mexico City for Central America. The fest said the cities were selected because they have high density of national distribution companies. It is partnering with established industry partners including festivals, cinemas and film institutions for infrastructure support.