"Books at Berlinale" intends to bring the publishing and film worlds closer together.

 

At the “Books at Berlinale” breakfast on February 14, organised in cooperation with the Frankfurt Book Fair, twelve selected novels are presented to an audience of internationally established producers in a moderated pitching event. After the pitch, during a casual breakfast, producers can talk directly and informally with the rights holders, i.e. international publishers and literary agents representing the selected material.

 

The selected books are new releases, partly yet to be published, which guarantee the producers a very exclusive opportunity to secure film rights. During the selection, the novels are thoroughly checked for their screen potential.

 

The selection 2012 includes a wide variety of subjects and genres featuring something for every producer: one classic and eleven new discoveries, serious subject matter as well as lighter topics and comedies.

 

(in alphabetical order by companies):

 

- Naked Among Wolves (Bruno Apitz), Aufbau Verlag, Germany

 

- The Neighbour (Roope Lipasti), Burning Bridge Literary Agency, Finland

 

- Night Falls (Wanda Reisel), Contact Publishers, the Netherlands

 

- Story of a Secret State (Jan Karski), Editions Robert Laffont, France

 

- Gloomy Meadow (Andrea Maria Schenkel), Hoffmann & Campe Verlag, Germany

 

- Missing File (Dror Mishani), Liepman Literary Agency, Switzerland

 

- Eva Sleeps (Francesca Melandri), Marco Vigevani Agenzia Letteraria, Italy

 

- Chucks (Cornelia Travnicek), Medienagentur Random House, Germany

 

- The Night of the Black Cat (Antonio Pagliaro), Nabu International Literary & Film Agency, Italy

 

- The Goblet of Horror (Dennis Eick), Rowohlt Verlag, Germany

 

- The Girl Who Fell from the Sky (Simon Mawer), United Agents, UK

 

- The Autist and the Homing Pigeon (Rodaan Al Galidi), WPG Publishers Belgium, Belgium