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
Producers: Registration Ends Monday
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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