The Berlinale Co-Production Market is a two-and-a-half-day event for about 450 international producers, sales agents, distributors as well as broadcasting and funding representatives active in the field of co-production. 

 

New Projects and Focused Meetings 

Each autumn, production companies from around the world seeking co-production partners can submit projects. By Christmas, the Berlinale Co-Production Market team selects the projects that will be presented in the Project Catalogue. This catalogue is e-mailed to all Co-Production Market participants about three weeks before the Berlinale. 

After studying the catalogue, each participant can decide which producers from the selected projects he/she would like to get to know in a 30-minute individual meeting. These meetings are set up by the Berlinale Co-Production Market team according to the availability of the participants. Upon arrival, each participant receives his own customised meeting schedule. 

 

Intensive individual support in order to “make perfect matches” is part of the service offered by the Berlinale Co-Production Market. The team headed by project manager Sonja Heinen is always ready to provide assistance. 

 

Tailormade Programme 

In addition to the intensive one-on-one meetings, participants can find the latest hands-on information and make new contacts through the many networking opportunities during the market. Case Studies on Berlinale films elaborate on current trends in co-production and financing opportunities and in Theme Talks participants can exchange experiences with experts and colleagues on selected topics. Country Tables and Speed Matching sessions round out the programme. At Country Tables, experts provide information about production conditions and co-production opportunities in a particular country during an informal round table discussion. During a Speed Matching session, participating producers can make new contacts during successive, informal 10-minute meetings. 

 

First launched in 2006, Books at Berlinale is the world’s first market for literary adaptations linked to an A film festival. At “Breakfast & Books”, around ten selected books with a high potential for screen adaptation are presented to interested producers by international publishers and literary agents.  

 

A Home For Producers 

Berlinale director Dieter Kosslick describes the Berlinale Co-Production Market as “a home for international producers and financiers attending the Berlinale.” Here they find what they usually look for at a festival: high-quality international projects, excellent business contacts and new opportunities for co-operations. 

 

The main partners of the Berlinale Co-Production Market are MDM Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (since 2004) and the European Union’s MEDIA Programme (since 2005).