Berlinale
Co-Production Market 2019: Submit Feature Film Projects and Series Projects Now
and Find International Partners
Until
October 10, experienced producers from around the world may submit new
feature-length film projects in need of co-producers and financiers to the 16th
Berlinale Co-Production Market (February 9 - 13, 2019). The project budget
should be between one and 20 Million euros and at least 30% of the financing or
local production support should already be in place.
Producers
from Latin and Central America, the Caribbean, Africa, the Middle East, Central
Asia, South Asia, the Caucasus, Greece, Spain, Portugal and Southeastern Europe
are also encouraged to submit their lower-budget projects with budgets starting
at 750,000 euros.
Once
again in 2019, three promising new “Berlinale Directors” projects will be
chosen. This is a selection of a few new projects by directors who have had
films presented at the Berlinale in previous years. Since these projects are
likely to be of particular interest to prospective co-producers, they may be
submitted without the full 30% of financing in place, in order to provide early
practical support in these projects’ search for co-production partners.
By
the end of this year approximately 25 feature film projects will have been
selected from all submissions to the Berlinale Co-Production Market.
Another
ten projects will be presented at the “Talent Project Market” in cooperation
with Berlinale Talents. The “Talent Project Market” is open to producers who
are in the first ten years of their career, and the submission deadline for all
Berlinale Talents programmes is September 3.
The
Berlinale Co-Production Market team creates a tailored meeting schedule for
each selected project. Around 1,300 individually pre-scheduled one-on-one
meetings with interested potential co-producers, financiers, global and
national distributors, TV channels and other supporters take place during the
market. Producers and financiers looking for co-production projects can apply
for participation starting in November 2018.
In
addition to the feature-length film projects, once again five particularly
exciting international companies without projects will also be introduced at
the Berlinale Co-Production Market “Company Matchings”. At the pitching events
“Co-Pro Series” and “Books at Berlinale”, participants will again have the
opportunity to discover new series projects and literary fiction material for
the screen.
Producers
with drama series projects from around the world seeking international
co-production partners in Berlin are invited to submit those projects for
participation in the much sought-after “Co-Pro Series” event by October 22. In
addition to the series pitch, the Berlinale Co-Production Market team also
organises meetings with potential partners for their producers as part of
“Co-Pro Series”. The event is part of the “Drama Series Days” programme, a
cooperative initiative by the European Film Market, Berlinale Co-Production
Market and Berlinale Talents. Projects introduced at “Co-Pro Series” in past
years include the successful German series Babylon Berlin by Tom Tykwer, Achim
von Borries and Henk Handloegten.
Of
all international feature film projects selected for the Berlinale
Co-Production Market in previous years, 270 films have been successfully
completed. This year, among the most talked-about Berlinale Co-Production Market
alumni were seven-time German Film Award winner and Berlinale Competition film
3 Days in Quiberon by Emily Atef, the festival hit Birds of Passage by Cristina
Gallego and Ciro Guerra, and A Fantastic Woman by Sebastián Lelio (Berlinale
Competition 2017, Silver Bear for Best Screenplay), which won the Academy Award
for Best Foreign Language Film.
The
Berlinale Co-Production Market is part of the European Film Market. Its main
partners are the MDM - Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (since 2004) and Creative
Europe - MEDIA, a programme of the European Union (since 2005).
Online
submission forms and more information on project submission for 2019 are
available at: www.berlinale-coproductionmarket.de
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