European Film Market

The Berlinale Co-Production Market brings together 450 selected international producers, buyers, distributors and financiers with the aim of initiating international co-productions. The three-day event takes place directly opposite the Martin-Gropius-Bau in the Berlin House of Representatives. Alongside pre-scheduled 30-minute one-on-one meetings for the producers of the selected projects with potential partners, a comprehensive networking and information programme offers participants up-to-date information and many additional contact opportunities.

You will find more information on the Co-Production Market page at www.efm-berlinale.de.

The EFM Industry Debates address current developments in the film and entertainment industry. They foster the exchange of views amongst industry professionals. In 2011, key topics included the future of independent film financing, the changing role of sales agents in the current economic climate and the future of 3D.

Meet the Docs is a central meeting point for buyers, sellers, directors, producers and distributors of documentary films. The initiative aims to boost networking and exchange in the documentary sector and has been organized every year since 2009 in cooperation with the European Documentary Network (EDN), which, with 1,000 members from around 60 countries, has worked on Europe-wide networking in the area of documentary film since 1996.

Under the umbrella “American Independents in Berlin” American independent filmmakers will have their own lounge at the Martin-Gropius-Bau at this year’s EFM. Organised by the Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP) and the Sundance Institute, more than 50 US Indies will be showcased in the sections “IFP Selects” and “Sundance at EFM” (formerly "Straight from Sundance") to the over 1500 buyers at the first international film market of the year. International buyers have the opportunity to get a first crack at new US-American independent productions and with this an outlook on the upcoming year.

The series co-organised by the Berlinale, the German Film Academy and German Films presents, within the framework of the European Film Market, films that have been longlisted by the German Film Academy’s nominating commission for the German Film Awards (aka Lola). The screenings are open to accredited national and international professionals as well as members of the German Film Academy who are eligible to vote on nominations.