Book-to-screen activities
Curtain up for remarkable books as publishers and literary agents meet with film producers.
On Monday, 17 February 2025, the Berlinale Co-Production Market will take place as part of the Berlinale Co-Production Market. The event will present current books due to their great potential for screen adaptation. This pitch event is followed by a networking event.
On Monday, 17 February 2025, the Berlinale Co-Production Market will take place as part of the Berlinale Co-Production Market. The event will present current books due to their great potential for screen adaptation. This pitch event is followed by a networking event.
At the same day, a matchmaking event will take place where selected film rights holders can meet with participating film producers in one-on-one meetings.
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‘I believe in the cinema as a hub. It's a space for coming together, a place for exchange.’
Gesine Mannheimer (Jetzt & Morgen) and Jutta Feit (jip film & verleih) are responsible for ensuring that films receive the greatest possible visibility. The two filmmakers are particularly active in the field of literary film adaptations. In this interview, they give an insight into their work on film projects and describe what cinema means to them and which literary adaptations they particularly admire.
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‘Literary film adaptations are and always have been a trend.’
For 18 years, the Bavarian regional association of the German Publishers and Booksellers Association has been organising the Book meets Film event as part of the Munich Film Festival. Barbara Voit, responsible for press and public relations at the regional association, has been organising this event since the beginning and tells us in an interview how ‘Book meets Film’ has changed over the years, which titles have entered the race this year and which books she would personally like to see made into films.
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