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For the fourth time, the Focus: Film Networking Day “A Book is a Film is a Game” will take place at Frankfurter Buchmesse. On Friday, 18 October 2019, the spotlight at THE ARTS+ Salon in Hall 4.1. will be on adapting literary material for the screen as well as on current trends in the field of moving images. Experts from the publishing and film world, gaming and new media sectors will come together at exciting workshops and talks.

A look at the programme: Literary prizes, CEO Talks, the French book market

Experience the grand opening ceremony of Frankfurter Buchmesse live from home – digitally worldwide.

The first trade fair for digital cultural content, THE ARTS+, took place for the first time at the Frankfurter Buchmesse, closing today after having achieved great success. The premiere comprised five days of a “fair within a fair” as well as an international conference featuring many prominent personalities.

The programme of THE ARTS+/B3 takes an exciting look into the future of culture.

On Sunday, 20 October 2019, the premiere of THE ARTS+/B3 came to a successful conclusion in Frankfurt/Main. Some 147,000 visitors experienced a compelling combination of creative media projects, groundbreaking digital art, inspiring conference programme and international network meeting for the creative sector.

British environmental journalist and nonfiction author Gaia Vince will be the keynote speaker at Frankfurter Buchmesse’s opening press conference (Tuesday, 17 October 2023, 11 am in the Frankfurt Pavilion).

In 2020, the THE ARTS+ program features many exciting speakers and topics. In addition, the Frankfurter Buchmesse Film Awards Jury has just announced the shortlist for 2020.

Reshaping the future of the cultural and creative industries

In its fifth year this event from May 31 - June 1, focusses on transmedia and cross-cultural storytelling.

This year’s Weltempfang – Frankfurter Buchmesse’s centre for politics, literature and translation – is dedicated to the topic “Europe – Connecting Cultures”. The programme includes highly topical issues, such as the role of culture, literature and politics in the coronavirus crisis, and debates about displacement, migration and racism. The Weltempfang events will be broadcast each day of the fair at www.buchmesse.de/weltempfang and on Frankfurter Buchmesse's YouTube channel. The opening event will take place on Wednesday, 14 October at 5.30 pm, on the ARD Book Fair Stage in the Festhalle.

Book, film and games industries come together at Frankfurter Buchmesse

With THE ARTS+, Frankfurter Buchmesse is once again making space for media art and moving images, for innovative media developments on the future of the creative industries worldwide. THE ARTS+ area can be found in the Forum, Level 0 from 20 to 24 October 2021.

‘The Future of Culture’ is the theme of the 2019 StoryDrive Exhibition and Conference held from 28 May to 1 June 2019. Featured topics inlcude artificial intelligence (AI), trans-cultural storytelling and science fiction.

At the Book-to-Screen Day on Friday, 18 October 2024, filmmakers from around the world will have the chance to discover new stories, characters and ideas from the international book trade. Frankfurter Buchmesse will be using the event to highlight film and series adaptations and promote an exchange between publishers and the film and streaming industry through masterclasses, matchmaking, networking events, talks and panel discussions.

More than 4,300 exhibitors and an expected 114,000 trade visitors from 131 countries / Elif Shafak about the power of storytelling / A platform for democratic discourse / Tickets for Saturday sold out

Together with culture professionals and creatives, Holger Volland takes a look into the sector’s digital future

Discover Frankfurter Buchmesse's programme highlights for publishing professionals. Digitally and on site, multi-faceted, worldwide and 365 days a year.

Fair stands, workstations, collective exhibitions. Your overview of on-site presentation options at Frankfurter Buchmesse 2023.

Arts and culture in a copyright crisis? THE ARTS+: First international trade market for innovative business between arts and technology