Partners of the Berlinale Co-Production Market

The Berlinale Co-Production Market is co-funded by Creative Europe - MEDIA. MDM Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung has been a main supporter of the event since 2004.

Also since 2004, the VFF Verwertungsgesellschaft für Film und Fernsehen has endowed the VFF Highlight Pitch Award, a monetary award for one selected Talent of the Talent Project Market every year. ARTE is giving the ARTEKino International Prize to one of the selected projects at the Berlinale Co-Production Market. Since 2015, each year a jury decides which of the projects in the Official Selection receives the Eurimages Co-Production Development Award.

Since 2006, the Berlinale has cooperated with Frankfurter Buchmesse on Books at Berlinale and other initiatives which aim at bringing the book and film "worlds" closer together.

In order to support producers in their international networking, the Berlinale Co-Production Market also regularly collaborates with other relevant co-production initiatives such as: CineMart Rotterdam, Series Mania, CineLink Sarajevo, Baltic Event, Sofia Meetings, Producers Network Cannes, New Nordic Films Haugesund, connecting cottbus and When East Meets West. Furthermore, the Berlinale Co-Production Market cooperates with organisations such as EFP (European Film Promotion) and the established European producers’ training and network programmes EAVE and ACE.

Partners of the Berlinale Co-Production Market 2024 included:

Berlin House of Representatives (Abgeordnetenhaus von Berlin), Italy - Country in Focus at the European Film Market, ICEX Trade and Investment & ICAA - Institute of Cinematography and Audiovisual Arts (Spain), Netherlands Film Fund, Polish Film Institute, Catalan Institute for Cultural Companies/ Catalunya Film Commission, Swiss Films and FOC - Federal Office of Culture (Switzerland), Telefilm Canada, Norwegian Film Institute, Create Hong Kong, Film Development Council of the Philippines, Screen Ireland, German Films, TAICCA, Proimágenes Colombia, VIPO - Visual Industry Promotion Organisation (Japan), IFC Italian Film Commissions, Basque Audiovisual, ABA & Film in Austria, BFI - UK Global Screen Fund, SP Cine.

As well as APFI - Audiovisual Producers Finland, Danish Film Institute, IDM Film Commission Südtirol, NFVF - National Film and Video Foundation (South Africa), Swedish Film Institute.

Festival Scope and Cineuropa assist with their services.

If you are interested in joining this prestigious list and supporting us in making the Co-Production Market 2025 a success as well, please contact us!