Project Selection - Berlinale Co-Production Market

Project Selection 2021

At the 18th edition of the Berlinale Co-Production Market (March 1-5, 2021), a selection of 35 promising feature film projects from 25 countries were presented and brought together online with a wide range of potential co-production and funding partners from around the world.

Official Projects

(in alphabetical order of production company):

  • Left Over (Director: Yesim Ustaoglu), +90 Film Production & Ustaoglu Film, Turkey
  • Wild Encounters (Director: Sarah Arnold), 5à7 Films, France
  • Sea Sparkle (Director: Domien Huyghe), A Private View, Belgium
  • Shine of the Sun (Director: Jan Komasa), Aurum Film, Poland
  • Matria (Director: Álvaro Gago), Avalon P.C. & Matriuska Producciones & Ringo Media, Spain
  • Handling the Undead (Director: Thea Hvistendahl), Einar Film, Norway
  • Land of Savages (Director: Fernando Guzzoni), Fabula, Chile
  • We Are All Strangers (Director: Anthony Chen), Giraffe Pictures, Singapore
  • The Business Women's Club (Director: Anna Muylaert), Glaz Entertainment & África Filmes, Brazil
  • My Soul Startled (Director: Syllas Tzoumerkas), Homemade Films, Greece
  • Who killed Narciso? (Director: Marcelo Martinessi), La Babosa Cine, Paraguay
  • Pussy Project (Director: Nora El Hourch), Manny Films, France
  • Holly (Director: Fien Troch), Prime Time, Belgium
  • Puan (Directors: Maria Alché & Benjamín Naishtat), Pucará Cine & Pasto, Argentina
  • Lava (Director: Youjia Qu), Rediance & Notation Film, China
  • Four Little Adults(Director: Selma Vilhunen), Tuffi Films, Finland
  • Matias (Directors: Filipe Matzembacher & Marcio Reolon), Vulcana Cinema & Avante Filmes, Brazil
  • Maysoon (Director: Nancy Biniadaki), Watchmen Productions, Germany
  • Milk Teeth (Director: Sophia Bösch), Weydemann Bros., Germany

"Berlinale Directors" projects:

  • Two Peas in a Pod (Director: Elite Zexer), 2-Team Productions, Israel
  • Vic & Doc & Duke Go To The Store (Director: Bruce McDonald), BrancSeater Productions & Shadow Shows, Canada
  • England Made Me (Director: Måns Månsson), Fasad Production, Sweden
  • The Oblivion Theory (Director: Annemarie Jacir), Incognito Films, France & One Two Films, Germany
  • The Woman From the Sunken Island (Director: Alanté Kavaïté), Les Films d'Antoine, France

"Rotterdam-Berlinale Express":

  • Kabul Jan (Director: Shahrbanoo Sadat), Adomeit Film, Germany & Denmark & Wolf Pictures, Afghanistan

"Talent Project Market":

  • Tropical Gothic (Director: Isabel Sandoval), 7107 Entertainment (Producer: Carlo Velayo), USA
  • Oasis of Now (Director: Chia Chee Sum), Afternoon Pictures (Producer: Yve Vonn Lee), Malaysia
  • Fallen (Director: Damian Sainz Edwards), Autonauta Films (Producer: Viana González), Cuba
  • 6th Finger (Director: Sheron Dayoc), Daluyong Studios (Producer: Alemberg Ang), Philippines
  • Glory B (Director: Konstantinos Antonopoulos), Faliro House Productions (Producer: Fani Skartouli), Greece
  • The Turtles (Director: Belén Funes), Oberon Media (Producer: Alba Bosch Duran), Spain
  • Mshki (Director: Diako Yazdani), Paraíso Production (Producer: Camille Genaud), France
  • Learning to Breathe Under Water (Director: Rebekah Fortune), Shudder Films (Producer: Jack Tarling), United Kingdom
  • Viva la Vida (Director: Ulla Heikkilä), Tekele Productions (Producer: Marja Pihlaja), Finland
  • Sleepless City (Director: Guillermo García López), Turanga Films (Producer: Lina Badenes), Spain

"Co-Pro Series" Projects 2021

From March 2 - 5, 2021 and for the seventh year running, the Berlinale Co-Production Market invitesd producers, editors, distributors and other series financiers to pitches and meetings at "Co-Pro Series".

Ten new, selected drama series projects were pitched and met with co-production and financing partners here.

Selected Projects for “Co-Pro Series” 2021

(in alphabetical order of production company):

  • Afterparty (Writer: Dora Šustić; D: tba), Antitalent, Croatia
  • Speed (Creator/Director: Martin Lund; Writer: Thorkild Schrumpf), Ape&Bjørn, Norway
  • Until I Find You (Writer: Kaleena Kiff, based on a novel by John Irving; D: tbd), Big Blue, The Netherlands & Curiosity Pictures, Canada
  • Richter (Writers: Anna McPartlin & Michael Bennett; D: tbd), Blinder Films, Ireland & Kingfisher Films, New Zealand
  • Eldorado KaDeWe (Writers: Julia von Heinz, John Quester, Sabine Steyer-Violet & Oskar Sulowski; D: Julia von Heinz), Constantin Television & UFA Fiction, Germany
  • Balaton Brigade (Creators: Gábor Krigler, Balázs Lengyel & Balázs Lovas; D: Ildikó Enyedi), Joyrider & Film Force, Hungary
  • This is Music (Creator & Writer: Bjørn Olaf Johannessen; D: Wim Wenders, David Byrne, Julie Andem & Joachim Trier), Oslo Pictures, Norway
  • Hinterland (Creator & Director: Sven Bohse), Ringel Film, Germany
  • 58 Seconds (Creators: Jeremy Brock & Paul Unwin; D: tbd), The Mediapro Studio, Spain & BlackBox Multimedia, United Kingdom

Project selected in cooperation with Series Mania:

  • Good People (Creators: Matthieu Donck, Stéphane Bergmans & Benjamin D'Aoust), Hélicotronc, Belgium & Unité, France

"Books at Berlinale" 2021

On March 4, the Berlinale Co-Production Market presented ten high-quality books especially well-suited to screen adaptation at “Books at Berlinale”. "Books at Berlinale”, which has been placing a spotlight on recent publications and bestsellers every year since 2006, gives film producers the opportunity to come into contact with renowned and internationally active publishers and literary agents who hold the film rights to the books in question.

The following literary works were selected for “Books at Berlinale” 2021:

(in alphabetical order of presenting companies)

  • Epic Annette (Anne Weber, Germany), Agentur Kroll, Germany
  • Fatherland (Nina Bunjevac, Canada), Am-Book, USA
  • My Name is Selma (Selma van de Perre, The Netherlands), De Bezige Bij, The Netherlands
  • Belle Greene - May No One Discover Your Secret (Alexandra Lapierre, France), Editions Flammarion, France
  • The Confetti Flight Path (Marie-Ève Thuot, Canada), Éditions Les Herbes rouges, Canada
  • Reptile Memoirs (Silje Ulstein, Norway), Oslo Literary Agency, Norway
  • Land of Snow and Ashes (Petra Rautiainen, Finland), Rights & Brands Agency, Finland
  • Notes to Pelle (Marlies Slegers, The Netherlands), Shared Stories, The Netherlands
  • The Man with the Compound Eyes (Wu Ming-Yi, Taiwan), The Grayhawk Agency, Taiwan
  • The Double Puzzle (Holly-Jane Rahlens, Germany), Verlag der Autoren, Germany