Co-Pro Markets Catch-Up – Speed-Meeting Session
Sunday May 21 – 3.30 to 6.00pm – Les Ambassadeurs
Table 1
Arc 1950 Co-Production Village & Paris Co-Production Village (France)
Table 2
Berlinale Co-Production Market (Berlin, Germany)
Table 3
Annecy International Animation Film Market - Mifa (Annecy, France) &
Cinekid for Professionals (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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When East Meets West – Trieste Film Festival (Trieste, Italy) & Trans Atlantic Partners
(TAP) (Berlin, Germany; Halifax, Canada)
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Baltic Event (Tallinn, Estonia) & Nordic Co-Production and Finance Market
(Haugesund, Norway)
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AR/VR Investment Booster, Content Market, Coproduction Forum - Cross Video Days
(Paris, France)
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Crossroads – Thessaloniki International Film Festival (Thessaloniki, Greece) & The
Sam Spiegel International Film Lab (Jerusalem, Israel)
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Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum – San Sebastian International Film
Festival (San Sebastian, Spain) & Guadalajara Film Market – Guadalajara International
Film Festival (Guadalajara, Mexico)
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Holland Film Meeting – Netherlands Film Festival (Utrecht, Netherlands) & Strategic
Partners (Halifax, Canada)
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Connecting Cottbus Co-production market (Cottbus, Germany)
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MIA|Cinema Coproduction Market (Rome, Italy)
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Venice Production Bridge – La Biennale di Venezia (Venice, Italy)
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Dubai Film Connection (Dubai, UAE)
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The Hong Kong - Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF) (Hong-Kong, China)
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Meetings on the Bridge (MoB) (Istanbul, Turkey)
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TorinoFilmLab (Turin, Italy)
AR/VR INVESTMENT BOOSTER, CONTENT MARKET,
COPRODUCTION FORUM (Paris, France)
Bruno Smadja, Founder of Cross Video Days
The Cross Video Days (8th Edition 2-4 October 2017), is the leading European Financing Market for digital
content, one of the best place for International interactive, immersive and tech-enable content to be pitched,
scouted and financed.
Supported by Creative Europe since 2013, the event host pre-arranged 1-on-1 business meetings between prequalified digital producers and financiers, among the most emblematic international broadcasters, distribution
platforms, online publishers, MCNs, funding bodies or VCs. With the ambition of serving every business models
in place into the digital industry, 2017 Edition will be composed of 3 marketplaces: a AR/VR Investment
Booster, a Content Market and a Coproduction Forum
ARC 1950 COPRODUCTION VILLAGE (Les Arcs, France)
Jérémy Zelnik, Professional Events Manager
Anna Ciennik, Coproduction Village Manager
Besides a selection of about 100 feature films, Les Arcs European Film Festival organizes within its industry
events Arc 1950 Coproduction Village. The event presents a selection of 22 European film projects in
development to key film industry representatives. The producers of the selected projects are invited to the
festival, with the opportunity to meet potential co-producers, sales agents, French and European distributors,
regional funds etc. among the 350 key professionals from all over Europe attending the event each year. This
event is both a platform for a series of professional meetings and a place where one can network in a casual
atmosphere, unique for its impressive location in the heart of the Alps.
PARIS COPRODUCTION VILLAGE (Paris, France)
Jérémy Zelnik, Professional Events Manager
Anna Ciennik, Coproduction Village Manager
Paris Coproduction Village is a co-production and development platform organized by Les Arcs European Film
Festival team, taking place each year within the Champs-Elysées Film Festival’s Industry Days. This 3-day event
is designed to bring together 12 feature film projects from all the over the world in development looking for
French co-producers and European partners (sales agents, distributors etc…), as well as the 6 projects from
the Cinefondation Residence of Cannes Film Festival. The event aims at encouraging European professionals to
get involved in international co-productions by organizing one-to-one meetings with the filmmakers and
producers of the selected projects. Participants can also benefits from seminars, conferences, and informal
networking events. A special attention is given each year to one national industry through a Focus Country. In
2017, Taïwan is the guest of honour. Over 200 professionals, including the French industry key players, are
attending the event each year.
BALTIC EVENT (Tallinn, Estonia)
Marge Liiske, managing director
Baltic Event, the largest film market in North-Eastern Europe, will hold its 16th edition on November 29December 1, 2017.
The Co-Production Market presents 16 feature film projects from the new European Union territories,
Scandinavia, Georgia, Russia and Ukraine, with a sub-section of projects with cross-media potential. The
Works in Progress showcases projects in production and post-production from the same territories.
Completed films from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are screened for sales agents and festival programmers.
POWR script and pitch workshop will train and promote eight writers from the Baltic and Nordic countries.
In collaboration with Industry@Tallinn of Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, BE presents a seminar programme
covering the latest trends in the film industry as well as co-operation with the music and game worlds.
BERLINALE CO-PRODUCTION MARKET (Berlin, Germany)
Martina Bleis, Official Projects, CoPro Series, Press
Kathi Bildhauer, Talent Project Market, Berlinale Residency,
Books at Berlinale, Programme
The Berlinale Co-Production Market (February, 18-21st, 2018) is the Berlin International Film Festival’s 4-day
service and networking platform for industry professionals (approx. 600 producers, financiers, sales agents,
broadcasters, distributors, funders) working in international co-productions. It is the “home for producers” at
the Berlinale and offers a most effective and successful individual meeting coordination and a topical
framework programme including case studies, speedmatchings, funding overviews, etc. It allows to discover
the most promising pre-selected projects (feature film projects, drama series, novels) and great companies
from all over the world, financing opportunities and new trends, and to network internationally with other
like-minded professionals.
CINEKID FOR PROFESSIONALS (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Nienke Poelsma, Head of Cinekid for Professionals
Cinekid for Professionals is a 4 day event (24-27 October 2017) during the Cinekid Festival that brings together
TV buyers, producers, distributors, directors, networks, sales agents, entertainment companies, academics and
journalists who maintain a laser focus on children’s media. Located in Amsterdam, Cinekid is the world’s
largest media festival for children. Every year more than 60.000 children are given the opportunity to visit
over 500 media productions selected by the festival. During the parallel organized industry event Cinekid for
Professionals you can explore international co-productions, give your programme international exposure and
discuss major issues in kids media. Cinekid offers various events to expand your professional network and
meet like-minded professionals.
CONNECTING COTTBUS CO-PRODUCTION MARKET (Cottbus,
Germany)
Rebekka Garrido, Connecting Cottbus director
Connecting cottbus is an East West co-production market during FilmFestival Cottbus focussing on Eastern
European cinema.
This year’s edition takes place from the 9th-10th of November 2017.
We select ten feature film projects and four Work in Progress that are presented to a professional audience of
experienced producers, buyers, commissioning editors, world sales, and financiers.
coco supports many exciting East West co-productions and offers a network between Eastern and Western
Europe.
CROSSROADS (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Angeliki Vergou, Agora Industry Coordinator
Crossroads is the Co-Production Forum, organized by the Thessaloniki International Film Festival.
Mediterranean, Balkan and Visegrad producers with a feature film script are given the chance to
meet formally and informally, producers, distributors, broadcasters, sales agents and consultants.
Crossroads’ goal is to support the producers and directors of feature-length fiction film projects that
contain a link to the Mediterranean and Balkan regions as well as Central Europe. Projects should have
a producer attached and could be in all stages of pre-production. Their main focus in the selection
procedure will be on projects that present a high possibility of being realized, combining this quality
with artistic elements. Deadline: 31 July 2017.
DUBAI FILM CONNECTION (Dubai, UAE)
Ayesha Chagla, Manager
The Dubai Film Connection (DFC) is the highly successful co-production market of the Dubai International Film
Festival. Launched in 2007, the DFC aims to raise the visibility of Arab filmmakers and stimulate the growth of
film production originating from the Arab world. Each year we select between 10-15 strong, dramatic and
thought-provoking feature-length fiction and documentary projects that are in development to participate in
three intensive days of meetings. The filmmakers get the opportunity to discuss their projects with producers,
funders, distributors, sales agents and broadcasters as well as vie for cash prizes that are awarded by an
international jury. The 10th edition of the DFC will take place from the 8 to 12 December, 2017.
EUROPE-LATIN AMERICA CO-PRODUCTION FORUM
(San Sebastian, Spain)
Saioa Riba and Esperanza Luffiego, Heads of Industry
Intended for developing works, the Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum of the San Sebastian Film
Festival is open to film projects from Europe and Latin America. Those responsible for the selected projects
will have the opportunity to present their works to industry members at pitching sessions and they will receive
a personal agenda of appointments with professionals interested in participating in their projects.
The Forum also includes initiatives to prompt informal meetings between participants and activities to
encourage the exchange of experiences and knowledge of key matters related to the audiovisual industry. It is
also a gathering place for all industry professionals present at the Festival.
GUADALAJARA FILM MARKET (Guadalajara, Mexico)
Estrella Araiza, Market and Industry Director
Guadalajara Film Festival is the most well stablished Film Festival in Mexico with a focus in Mexican and IberoAmerican recent production. Industry Activities and the renown Guadalajara Film Market take place during the
Film Festival in an atmosphere suitable to sharing ideas and networking. For professionals interested in film
promotion and development from the Ibero-American Region, Guadalajara is a gate way to the Latin American
Market.
THE HONG KONG - ASIA FILM FINANCING FORUM
(HAF) (Hong-Kong, China)
Matthew Poon, Manager
The Hong Kong - Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF) is widely recognized as an established film-financing platform
in Asia. The HAF brings Asian filmmakers with upcoming film projects to Hong Kong for co-production ventures
with top film financiers, producers, bankers, distributors and buyers. Attracting more than 1,000 filmmakers
and financiers from at least 35 countries and regions, around 25 to 30 projects are selected annually to
participate in the three-day event.
HAF has partnered with international organisations to provide a range of opportunities to participants.
Previous partners include iQIYI (China), Fox International Productions (Greater China) (US), Cinemart (the
Netherlands), Asian Project Market (South Korea), Golden Horse Film Project Promotion (Taiwan), New Cinema
Network (Italy) and others. Cash and in-kind awards to the value of around US$200,000 are made with support
from Create Hong Kong and Film Development Fund among others.
Past participants include China’s Jia Jiangke, Jiang Wen, Lu Chuan and Ning Hao; Hong Kong’s Peter Chan,
Stanley Kwan, Ann Hui, Fruit Chan and Pang Ho-cheung; Taiwan’s Tsai Ming-Liang, Wei Te-Sheng, Chung MongHong and Leon Dai; Japan’s Kore-eda Hirokazu, Kurosawa Kiyoshi, Kawase Naomi and Iwai Shunji; South
Korea’s Park Chan-wook, Kim Jee-woon, Bong Joon-ho and Im Sang-soo; as well as Thailand’s Apichatpong
Weerasethakul, Ekachai Uekrongtham, Nonzee Nimibutr and Pen-ek Ratanaruang.
HOLLAND FILM MEETING (Utrecht, Netherlands)
Vanja Kaludjercic, Head Holland Film Meeting
The Holland Film Meeting is the international heartbeat of the Netherlands Film Festival. It looks to stimulate
a high level of co-production activity between many of Europe’s leading representatives from the Dutch,
European and global finance, production, sales and distribution industries. Since its inception in 1988, the
Holland Film Meeting has established itself as one of Europe's key stopping-off points for funding
independent cinema. The HFM comprises the Holland Film Meeting Co-Production Platform, professional
workshops and newly launched BoostNL platform - an initiative developed in collaboration with IFF
Rotterdam / CineMart.
The Holland Film Meeting Co-Production Platform selection comprises approximately twenty brilliant,
entertaining and thought-provoking film projects, all ripe for co-production, ready to be presented to some of
international cinema's most important and influential financiers, distributors, sales agents and co-producers.
MARCHÉ INTERNATIONAL DU FILM D’ANIMATION MIFA (Annecy, France)
Patrick Eveno, CEO
Mickaël Marin, CITIA Managing Director, Head of
Economic Development & Mifa
For more than 30 years now, the Mifa has earned top billing as the animation industry’s foremost event.
This market ensures the best prerequisites for:
▶ developing a network and expounding on opportunities with over 2,800 professionals from the field;
▶ meeting with key prescribers for co-productions, acquisitions or program financing;
▶ directly presenting contents to a gathering of over 370 buyers and distributors (TV, movies, short films
and new media);
▶ meeting the top talents of today and tomorrow;
▶ obtaining the latest information on the industry’s current changes and future stakes, through
conferences and panels.
2016 Figures: 2,800 attendees, 530 exhibitors, 370 buyers/distributors, 68 countries
MEETINGS ON THE BRIDGE (MoB), (Istanbul,
Turkey)
Gülin USTUN, Head of Meetings on The Bridge
MEETINGS ON THE BRIDGE (MoB), the industry section of the Istanbul Film Festival, primarily showcases
film projects and films in post-production from Turkey at Film Development and Work in Progress
workshops with the purpose of initiating negotiations for co-productions. Aiming at offering further
incentives, in 2011, the MoB in collaboration with the Medienboard Berlin-Brandbenburg and Hamburg
Schleswig-Holstein funds established a Turkish-German Co-Production Development Fund. In 2015,
Meetings on the Bridge started a training program with international experts on script, production,
distribution, marketing, and pitching to the writers, directors, and producers of the selected projects and
films to be presented before the workshops. Considering the advantageous geographical position of Turkey,
in order to initiate a new co-production trend amongst neighbors, a new section called ‘Neighbours’ was
launched in 2015 within the MoB. Three projects from Iran, Bulgaria, and Georgia attended the first edition
of this section.
Each year nearly 30.000 Euro cash award along with in kind awards is given at the workshops.
MEETINGS ON THE BRIDGE continues to offer new prospects to filmmakers in any stage of their films, and
acts as a go-to destination of the Turkish film industry for international professionals.of the Turkish film
industry for international professionals.
MIA|CINEMA COPRODUCTION MARKET (Rome,
Italy)
Lucia Milazzotto, MIA|Cinema Coproduction Market
Director
Alexia de Vito, MIA|Cinema Coproduction Market
Coordinator
The MIA Co-production Market & Pitching Forum 2017 takes place in Rome from October 19 to 23, 2017.
MIA is widely recognized as an effective market platform where the international industry finds real
opportunities for partnering and financing projects in development.
An effective market platform with a selected portfolio of projects and international industry delegates where
to find real opportunities for development and financing: four days of b2b meetings and update about the
various contexts of the international market.
More than 50% of the projects selected over the past editions have completed funding and have become
award-winning, internationally recognized films: among them, OUT by Gyorgy Kristof (running in Un certain
Regard 2017), MOBLE HOMES by Vladimir De Fontenay (semaine de la critique 2017), PEACE TO US IN OUR
DREAMS by Sharunas Bartas, SWORN VIRGIN by Laura Bispuri, JAUJA by Lisandro Alonso, THE SELFISH GIANT by
Clio Barnard, SOUTH IS NOTHING by Fabio Mollo, ZERO MOTIVATION by Talya Lavie.
During the event, an International Jury assigns the Eurimages Co-Production Development Award, a cash prize
of 20.000 Euros for the development of the best project showcased at MIA|Cinema Coproduction Market that
fulfills the criteria for collaboration and co-production that inspire Eurimages.
NORDIC CO-PRODUCTION AND FINANCE MARKET
(Haugesund, Norway)
Gyda Velvin Myklebust, Head of New Nordic Films
New Nordic Films Market is an annual Nordic quality feature film market in its 23rd year, and is aimed towards
international buyers, distributors, sales agents and festivals. We screen brand new Nordic features and present
upcoming films as work in progress. In 2016 the market was attended by 420 professionals.
In our work in progress we present around 20 feature length films in postproduction. We will hand out
Eurimages Project Lab Award (50 000 Euro) to the most cutting edge film presented as work in progress.
The 12th Nordic Co-Production and Finance Market we present 25 international film projects looking for coproducers, finance and/or sales agent. Our aim is to create an efficient market where ideas can be exchanged
and collaboration be initiated across national borders.
THE SAM SPIEGEL INTERNATIONAL FILM LAB
(Jerusalem, Israel)
Renen Schorr, Founding Director
Ifat Tubi, Associate Director
The Sam Spiegel International Film Lab was launched in December 2011 by The Sam Spiegel Film &
Television School, Jerusalem to foster the development and production of full-length feature films by
some of the world’s most promising talents. The Lab is third in the world of its kind after Sundance Lab and
Torino Film Lab. Each year, the Lab brings to Jerusalem 12 talented young director-writers who are at the
advanced stages of writing their first or second full length feature film under the mentorship of three of
the world’s top script editors. Only 4 years after it opened, 75% of the Lab's developed films were
produced, an exceptional achievement. The films premiered in leading festivals such as Cannes, Berlin,
Venice, Tribeca and Sundance.
STRATEGIC PARTNERS (Halifax, Canada)
Laura Mackenzie, Program Manager
Strategic Partners is one of the world’s top co-production/ co-financing markets focussing on
dramatic feature film, television and digital fiction series. This year’s edition of Strategic Partners will
include producers from around the globe, and will represent a best in class roster of officially selected
projects at the annual market, held Sept. 14-16, 2017. To support these projects Strategic Partners invites a
senior level delegation of financiers, broadcasters, distributors, sales agents and funding agencies from
around the world, looking to invest.
TORINOFILMLAB (Turin, Italy)
Matthieu Darras, Artistic Director
TorinoFilmLab is a year-round, international laboratory supporting emerging talents from all over the world
through training, development, funding and distribution activities.
TorinoFilmLab runs several programmes and offers various forms of support in each of the abovementioned
fields. ScriptLab, exploring the different ways a film can be born, is fully dedicated to the script development
process; FeatureLab offers 360° project development for creative teams working on 1 st or 2nd feature films
and audience design training: the two programmes run parallel during the year and reach their conclusive
moment at the TFL Meeting Event in November during the Torino Film Festival. SeriesLab completes TFL’s
training offer with a focus on the development of innovative TV series concepts
TRANS ATLANTIC PARTNERS (TAP)
Germany; Halifax, Canada)
Jan Miller, Director
Dina Rubanovits, Project Manager
(Berlin,
Trans Atlantic Partners (TAP) is an established training and networking programme for experienced film and TV
producers from Europe, Canada and the US. Founded in 2009, TAP is the only programme worldwide that is
dedicated to trans-Atlantic co-production. Next to intensive, hands-on training and targeted project feedback
from resource trainers, producers will be given the opportunity to participate at the Atlantic Film Festival's
Strategic Partners, one of the world’s pre-eminent international co-production markets in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
European Module: June 21 - 24, 2017 in Berlin, Germany
Canadian Module: September 12 - 17, 2017 in Halifax, Canada
VENICE PRODUCTION BRIDGE (Venice, Italy)
Pascal Diot, Head of Venice Production Bridge
The Venice Production Bridge is hosting the 4th edition of the Venice Gap-Financing Market, which will take
place on September 1 to 3, 2017, during the 74. Venice International Film Festival (August 30 – September 9,
2017).
The Venice Gap-Financing Market is a platform to support the European and international producers to secure
financing for their projects (Fiction, Documentaries, TV and Web Series and Virtual Reality) through one-to-one
meetings with potential and pertinent international professionals (producers, sales agents, distributors,
financiers, broadcasters and funds). All the invited professionals are decision-makers. 40 European and
International projects including 15/18 feature films, 7/10 feature documentaries, 4/5 European TV Series, 3
European Web Series and 7/8 International VR projects will be selected and presented during this 3-day event.
WHEN EAST MEETS WEST (Trieste, Italy)
Alessandro Gopplero, Head of WEMW
Every year WEMW brings together over 350 industry professionals aimed at fostering cooperation between
Eastern and Western Europe. The programme will include four activities: a pitching forum for 20 projects in
development from all over Europe with a co-production potential with the countries in focus; First Cut Lab, a
workshop designed for long feature films in the editing phase; Last Stop Trieste, a work in progress section for
documentaries in advanced editing stage; a framework programme dedicated to the co-production
opportunities with the territories in focus. The 2017 double focus will be announced next August.