Dear Colleagues,
We are happy to announce that the call for project submissions for the 9th Berlinale Co-Production Market (February 12-14, 2012) is open.
Once again, we are inviting producers from all over the world who are experienced in co-productions to send us their new, partly financed projects, for which they are looking for co-production partners.
It would be great if you could again help us to spread the word.
We would highly appreciate if you could mention the news on your websites or in your newsletters, or forward our call to interested professionals.
Attached, we are sending you the submission form as well as our flyer containing the project requirements and further information on the Berlinale Co-Production Market, and our press release.
And below this e-mail, please find our call for projects which you are also welcome to forward.
The submission form is also available for download at www.efm-berlinale.de
The deadline for project submissions is October 27, 2011.
Thank you very much for your support.
Best regards
Your team of the Berlinale Co-Production Market
Sonja Heinen, Martina Bleis, Kathi Bildhauer, Antje Glawe & M�riam Boixader
Berlinale Co-Production Market
Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin
ein Gesch�ftsbereich der
Kulturveranstaltungen des Bundes in Berlin GmbH
Potsdamer Stra�e 5
10785 Berlin
Tel.: +49 30 259 20 517
Fax: +49 30 259 20 529
coproductionmarket@berlinale.de
www.efm-berlinale.de
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Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to open the Call for Project Submissions for the 9th Berlinale Co-Production Market which will take place from Sunday to Tuesday, February 12-14, 2012, as part of the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival (February 9-19).
This year again, we are looking forward to finding new projects � fresh, promising and high-quality projects that we can matchmake with potential partners to help them on their way onto the big screen.
We are inviting experienced producers from around the world who are looking for international partners, to submit a project with 30% financing in place for the Berlinale Co-Production Market. Budgets can range between 2 and 10 million Euro (minimum budget for projects from countries in transition: 1 million Euro).
The deadline for project submissions is October 27, 2011.
The selection will be made by December 22, 2011 and will be published in January.
In a second email later today, we will send you the submission form and more detailed information along with the specific requirements for project submission. Please feel free to forward this information to other interested professionals. The submission form is also available for download atwww.efm-berlinale.de
Some background information about our event:
The Berlinale Co-Production Market is a two-and-a-half-day service and networking platform designed for producers, financiers, sales agents, distributors, broadcasters and funding representatives who are working on international co-productions.
At the Berlinale Co-Production Market, you have the opportunity to present your project � if it is selected - to interested co-production partners and financiers in pre-scheduled one-on-one meetings.
Participants who attend without their own project, can request meetings with the selected projects, visit the framework programme which offers opportunities to catch up on film financing news in case studies and workshops, get first-hand information on co-production opportunities in specific regions at the �Country Tables�, or learn from experts and exchange experiences in �Theme Talks�. Informal �Speed Matchings�, cocktail receptions and the �Producers� Lounge� provide additional opportunities for networking.
In 2011, a total of 38 projects from 25 countries were presented at the Berlinale Co-Production Market. 500 industry professionals from all over the world attended the event and met in more than 1000 pre-arranged individual meetings.
Since its first edition in 2004, more than 40% of the projects selected for the Berlinale Co-Production Market have found partners and have gone into production � more than 120 films until now. Many have already screened successfully in cinemas and at international festivals. This year, for example, INTIMATE GRAMMAR by Nir Bergman, THE BAD INTENTIONS by Rosario Garc�a-Montero,INVISIBLE by Michal Aviad, and MAN AT SEA by Constantine Giannaris screened at the Berlinale. Just recently, LAND OF OBLIVION by Michale Boganim premiered in Venice. ELENA by Andrey Zvyagintsev,HUNTER by Bakur Bakuradze and ON THE PLANK by Le�la Kilani were presented at Cannes. Previous successes include films like the 2008 Academy Award nominee MONGOL by Sergei Bodrov and LEMON TREE by Eran Riklis, which won the Panorama Audience Award and was screened theatrically in more than 20 countries.
If you have any questions regarding the project submission or if you want to participate in theBerlinale Co-Production Market without a project (as a potential co-producer for the selected projects), please do not hesitate to contact us and the team of the Berlinale Co-Production Market.(Tel: +49-30-25920-517, e-mail: coproductionmarket@berlinale.de)
See you in Berlin.
Best regards
Dieter Kosslick
Festival Director
&
Sonja Heinen
Berlinale Co-Production Market