Books at Berlinale Pro & Berlinale Books IP Market

From Book IP to Screen: Expanding from one to three pitching sessions

Celebrating 20 years of Books at Berlinale, the programme enters its next chapter in 2027 as Books at Berlinale Pro, expanding the established format from one pitching session to three focused sessions for book IP.

Jointly presented by Frankfurter Buchmesse, the Berlinale Co-Production Market and the European Film Market, Books at Berlinale Pro brings together international publishers, literary agencies and producers to discover new stories, explore adaptation potential and connect with potential production partners.

For its 2027 edition, Books at Berlinale Pro features three pitching sessions dedicated to Fiction, Family Entertainment and Non-Fiction. Alongside the established Books at Berlinale format for fiction, rights holders can now submit children’s and young adult books with potential for animation or live-action adaptation, as well as non-fiction titles with potential for documentary adaptation.

Books at Berlinale Pro 2027:

• Call for Fiction
  
  • 10 selected fiction books with strong potential for fiction film adaptation are presented to leading international producers at the Berlinale Co-Production Market.
    The moderated presentation offers opportunities to discover new literary IP and explore potential production partnerships.
  • Apply Now - Log In With Your Berlinale Account and Submit Your Book
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  Call for Family Entertainment
  
  • 10 selected Family Entertainment books with strong potential for adaptation as animation or live action are presented to international producers and additional industry professionals at the European Film Market.
    The moderated presentation introduces publishers and literary agents as rights holders to explore family-oriented literary IP.
  • Apply Now - Log In With Your Berlinale Account and Submit Your Book
• 
  Call for Non-Fiction
• • 5 selected Non-Fiction books with strong potential for film or series adaptation are presented to international producers and additional industry professionals at the DocSalon of the European Film Market.
    The moderated presentation introduces publishers and literary agents as rights holders to explore non-fiction IP and international collaborations.
  • Apply Now - Log In With Your Berlinale Account and Submit Your Book
• Application deadline: November 3, 2026

Checklist

To be considered for Books at Berlinale Pro, the book must be submitted by a literary agency or publisher representing the film rights.
A maximum of two submissions per agent/publisher is permitted.
Rights holders can submit a best-selling or brand-new, yet-to-be-published book IP with strong potential for screen adaptation:

• •Family Entertainment: suitable for animation or live-action adaptation targeting a family or young adult audience.
• •Non-Fiction: suitable for documentary film or series adaptation.

An English translation or sample translation of the submitted book IP must exist for the selection process and to be made available to interested producers upon request.

Selected rights holders will have the opportunity to pitch their books to an international audience of producers, investors and industry decision-makers, opening the door to new adaptation and production partnerships.

Complementing the pitching sessions of Books at Berlinale Pro, the newly launched Berlinale Books IP Market at the EFM DocSalon, provides a dedicated one-day marketplace for publishers and literary agencies to connect with the international film industry.

The market is open to publishers and literary agents from around the world, whether or not they have a title selected for one of the Books at Berlinale Pro pitching sessions.
Participants can present their catalogues, meet producers interested in book adaptations and take part in curated matchmaking.

Interested publishers and literary agencies can contact to secure a table. Places are limited.