European Commission - Media

http://www.cinema.bg/sff/2009/eng/news.php?pageId=4#news324

DIFIM 2009 – Paris (France)

This event is dedicated to the promotion of digital works and techniques.

E-mail: info@cnfilms.fr

http://www.cnfilms.frl

Sofia Meetings 2009 - Sofia (Bulgaria)

Organized in parallel to the Sofia International Film Festival, this market promotes new projects by young European directors and promotes new films from the Balkans to European festivals and distributors.

E-mail: sofiameetings@sofiaiff.com

Co-production Meetings 2009 - The European Producers' Club - Berlin (DE), Cannes (FR), Rome (IT) or London (UK)

The European Producers' Club organizes co-production meetings at large film markets throughout Europe (among theme Berlin, Cannes)

E-mail: leclub@wanadoo.fr

http://www.europeanproducersclub.org

European Short Pitch 2009 - Andé (France)

Initiative targeted at the promotion of co-production of European short programmes from young creators.

E-mail: europe@nisimasa.com

http://www.nisimasa.com

CineMart 2009 - Rotterdam (Netherlands)

Organized in the framework of the Rotterdam International Film Festival, international co-production meetings between producers, financers, broadcasters, distributors and sales agents, to present projects for financing. Meeting places for directors and audiovisual professionals to exchange information and know-how - creation of Rotterdam Film Parliament conferences.

E-mail: cinemart@filmfestivalrotterdam.com

http://www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com/ned/cinemart.aspx

European Film Promotion promotional events in 2009

European Film Promotion (EFP) brings together 29 organizations exporting and promoting films from 30 different countries to support 5 different European promotion activities taking place in various places in Europe throughout 2009.

These activities are:

E-mail: info@efp-online.com

http://www.efp-online.com/en/index.php

Distribution Workshops 2009 – Europa Distribution – Annecy, Paris (France) & Estoril (Portugal)

These workshops take the form of case studies on European films which have not been released in Europe and will also include discussion forums on issues of the distribution business. The workshops aim at enhancing the release strategies of European films by European distributors, helping them to concretely exchange their views and information on the subject.

E-mail: info@europa-distribution.org

http://www.europa-distribution.org

Netherlands Production Platform 2009 – Utrecht (Pays Bas)

Organized in parallel to the Netherlands Film Festival, this platform brings together professionals from the Dutch and international film industry aiming at encouraging, promoting and initiating the (co-) production of European audiovisual works, i.e. feature films.

E-mail: info@filmfestival.nl

http://www.filmfestival.nl/index.php?id=948

Cinekid International 2009 - Amsterdam (Netherlands)

A Four-day International market which runs in the frame of the Cinekid annual Film, Television and New Media Festival for Children.

E-mail: info@cinekid.nl

http://www.cinekid.nl

Baltic Event 2009 - Tallinn (Estonia)

This market, which runs along the Black Nights Film Festival, screens the newest feature films from the Baltic countries along with a co-production market open for projects from the Baltics, Central and Eastern Europe, Russia and Scandinavia.

E-mail: balticevent@poff.ee

http://2008.poff.ee/main.cgi?lang=2&id=601

Agora Film market & Crossroads co-production forum 2009 - Thessaloniki (Greece)

The Industry Centre organized by the Thessaloniki Film Festival encompasses two activities: The Market and the co-production forum aiming at promoting feature films that contain a link to the Mediterranean and the Balkan regions and offering a range of services to the professionals registered.

E-mail: info@filmfestival.gr

http://www.filmfestival.gr/default.aspx?lang=en-US&page=645

Mannheim Meetings 2009 - Mannheim (Germany)

Co-production meeting place for producers seeking financing, East-West exchange, meetings between producers, distributors and sales agents.

E-mail: ifmh@mannheim-filmfestival.com

http://www.mannheim-filmfestival.com/en/Mannheim_Meetings/

Connecting Cottbus 2009 – Cottbus (Germany)

This event is a co-production market which takes place in the frame of the Cottbus Film Festival.
It aims at creating future co-productions between East and West European countries, as well as to enhance a network between professionals from these regions. The event focuses on feature film projects for theatrical release and/or TV at a very early stage of development.

E-mail: g.brunnenmeyer@connecting-cottbus.de

http://www.connecting-cottbus.de/en/info.html

Galway Film Fair 2009 - Galway (Ireland)

Co-production market organized in parallel to the Galway Film Festival. The purpose of the 4-day-event is to foster co-production on a European and international level, to provide filmmakers with valuable market research and feedback on their projects, to speed up financial arrangements, finalize distribution and pre-sale agreements and to improve the networking between professionals of the Film and Television industry.

E-mail: gafleadh@iol.ie

http://www.galwayfilmfleadh.com

Discop East Screenings 2009- Budapest (Hungary)

Discop East Screenings will offer individual screening stations with a customized and secure online screening platform and server. Access to the screenings will be restricted to programming and acquisitions executives registered. The Discop screenings are organized in the framework of the Discop annual TV market aimed at the Eastern and Central European markets.

E-mail: info@discop.com

http://www.discop.com

European Film Awards 2009 – Essen (Germany)

This annual internationally broadcast European Awards Ceremony aims at promoting European film culture, its protagonists and new talents. The event gathers over 1,000 participants and will be hold in 2009 in Essen (Germany).

E-mail: efa@europeanfilmacademy.org

http://www.europeanfilmacademy.org/2009/03/12/les-european-film-awards-2009-dans-la-ruhr/

Sales Office San Sebastian 2009 – San Sebastian (Spain)

Sales Office is a market comprising information, viewing cabins, meeting rooms, computer equipment and social events, set up to help film industry professionals selling films, creating projects and finding financial backings for the making of new movies. This initiative takes place during the San Sebastian International Film Festival.

E-mail: ssiff@sansebastianfestival.org

http://www.sansebastianfestival.org

The Business street and New Cinema network – Roma (Italy)

The Business street and New Cinema network are two events taking place during the International Film Festival of Rome. The Business street is the Industry platform of the Rome film Festival, especially devoted to the sale and acquisition of films. New Cinema network is a co-production forum.

E-mail: business@romacinemafest.org and ncn@romacinemafest.org

http://www.romacinemafest.org

The Film London Production Finance Market 2009 – London (UK)

The Film London Production Finance Market is a two-and-a-half-day event aiming at matching selected film producers with approved commercial financiers. Film London's objective is to stimulate the financial market's involvement in film productions intended for the international market.

E-mail: chloe.laing@filmlondon.org.uk

http://www.filmlondon.org.uk/content.asp?CategoryID=1112

2 - Documentaries

Doc Outlook - International Market 2009 – Nyon (Switzerland)

This market for documentaries runs in the frame of the International Festival of Nyon "Visions du Réel". The market is a meeting point of professionals interesting in documentary of difference genres (art/culture/Entertainment - Ethnology/Society/Human interest - Politics/ History - Science/Ecology/Wildlife - Sports/adventure - youth documentary).

Reelisor (International Documentary Film Platform) 2009

Reelisor is an online cooperation platform for the European documentary film business. His online network will allow the members to get in contact with each other by means of inter-linked personal profiles and project presentations.

E-mail: info@discovery-campus.de

http://www.reelisor.com

Docs in Thessaloniki 2009 - Thessaloniki (Greece)

This Forum allows professionals visiting the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival to attend workshops to develop projects and pitching for documentaries to be produced.

E-mail: edn@edn.dk

http://www.docsbarcelona.com

DocsBarcelona Pitching Forum 2009 - Barcelona (Spain)

This initiative aimed at bringing together producers and directors (in pitchings and discussions) to develop projects (co-production mainly) between different European countries.

E-mail: info@docsbarcelona.com

Thessaloniki International Doc Market 2009 – Thessaloniki (Greece)

This documentary Market takes place in parallel to the Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival and offers a wide range of services to professionals present (videolibrary, networking facilities etc…)

E-mail: docmarket@filmfestival.gr

http://www.filmfestival.gr/docfestival/uk/agora_ntokimanter.htm

Lisbon docs 2009 - Lisbon (Portugal)

This initiative, which is organized by the European Documentary Network in collaboration with AporDoc, brings together European documentary makers for meetings, round tables and to find partners.

E-mail: edn@edn.dk

http://www.docineurope.org

Documentary in Europe 2009 - Bardonecchia (Italy)

European documentary initiative with a special focus on Southern European documentary professionals seeking international partners: pitching and matchmaking sessions, screenings, debates and discussions.

E-mail: documentary@docineurope.org

The 17th FORUM for International cofinancing of documentaries 2009 -Amsterdam (Netherlands)

Co-production forum for international documentaries: pitching for projects seeking financing. The aim is to bring together independent producers / film makers and commissioning editors, distributors and other financiers to collaborate in the financing of new high quality documentary films.

E-mail: info@idfa.nl

http://www.idfa.nl

Dok industry offers 2009- Leipzig (Germany)

Meeting place for film industry professionals in the field of documentary, in the framework of the International Leipzig Festival. It includes a Digital Dok market, networking opportunities, coproduction meetings and conferences.

E-mail: info@dok-leipzig.de

http://www.dok-leipzig.de/v2/cms/en/contact/index.html

Nordisk Panorama Event 2009 – Reykjavik (Iceland)

This event combines the Forum (co-production initiatives), the Market and the Festival dedicated to short and documentary films from and/or for the Nordic countries.

E-mail: info@filmkontakt.com

http://www.filmkontakt.com

MEDIMED 2009- Sitges (Spain)

Market aimed at improving the promotion and development of new European and Mediterranean independent production of Documentaries and the networking of audio-visual professionals and operators.

E-mail: info@apimed.org

http://www.medimed.org

Baltic Sea Forum for Documentaries 2009 - Riga (Latvia)

Market aimed at promoting documentary projects and films from the Baltic and neighboring region in particular.

E-mail: balticforum@nfc.gov.lv

http://www.latfilma.lv/nfc/nfc1.html

Dragon Forum Pitching 2009 – Krakow (Poland)

Pitching and co-production projects dedicated to documentary films from Central and Eastern Europe.

E-mail: dragon@arkanastudio.pl

http://www.dragonforum.pl

East European Promotional Programme for Documentary Film (East European Forum, East Silver and supportive tools) – Jihlava (Czech Republic)

Project organized around three initiatives: The East European Forum (workshop, pitching) bringing together independent producers, directors and publishers from Eastern Europe; an interactive website and database (to create a network of professionals); the East Silver Market (the Central and East European video library)

E-mail: idf@docuinter.net/ info@eastsilver.net

http://www.docuinter.net/ www.eastsilver.net

Sunny Side of the Doc 2009 – La Rochelle (France)

20th edition of Sunny Side of the Doc, a major international documentary market. The project provides a unique meeting place for the professionals of the documentary A/V industry to encourage the intellectual, cultural and commercial exchanges and networking of the sector.

E-mail: administration@sunnysideofthedoc.com

http://www.sunnysideofthedoc.com

Meetmarket 2009 – Sheffield (UK)

MeetMarket is an international marketplace for new and innovative documentary projects. The project is part of the Doc/Fest, the UK's leading documentary festival established in 1993.

E-mail: info@sidf.co.uk

http://www.sheffdocfest.com/view/meetmarket

3 - Animation

Cartoon Movie 2009 - Lyon (France)

Co-production Forum aimed at attracting investment for animated feature films' projects.

http://www.cartoon-media.be/

Cartoon Forum – Stavanger (Norway)

Co-production initiative targeted at European TV animated projects. The 3 day-event is composed of on average 6 to 8 pitching sessions per day of approx. 40 minutes each.

E-mail: forum@cartoon.skynet.be

MIFA 2009 – Annecy (France)

International animated Film Market who is running in parallel to the well-established Annecy International Animated Film Festival. The MIFA is a content-based market dealing with animated programmes and which brings together over 1,800 professionals of the animation sector.

E-mail: mifa@annecy.org

http://www.citia.info/ http://www.annecy.org/home/?Page_ID=1

4 - Professional Data Base

Cineuropa, the European cinema and audiovisual portal

European site offering information and promotion for the European film industry (www.cineuropa.org).

E-mail: cineuropa@cineuropa.org

http://www.filmneweurope.com

CINANDO

Database providing all the information needed (companies, films, projects and film rights…) to stay on top of the constantly changing global film industry.

http://www.cinando.com/

Film New Europe

European website providing the filmmakers and A/V professionals of the 12 new EU member countries with an information tool to support their market access and facilitate inter-regional co-operation and co-production. FNE provides daily information about developments in the A/V sector in the 12 new EU states.

E-mail: fne@filmneweurope.com

CINEMA DISTRIBUTION NETWORK (CIDINET)

This database will allow distributors to share knowledge about the releases of European films and will gather information related to the promotional material as well as to the technical material available (master 2K, dubbing...), which are created in each country. This database will also give information on the career of a film.

E-mail: info@europa-distribution.org

http://www.europa-distribution.org

2008

1 - Long & short feature films

Berlinale co -production market 2008 - Berlin (Germany)

Organized parallel to the Berlin Film festival, international co-production encounters between producers, financers, broadcasters, distributors and sales agents. Cooperates with CineMart Rotterdam and networks with other co-production markets (Cinelink in Sarajevo, European Producers' Club). In 2005 it launched the World Cinema Fund-Focus to bring professionals into contact with producers and film-makers from small countries.

E-mail: forum@fdk-berlin.de

http://www.berlinale.de/en/filmmarkt/co-production_market/01_profil/index.html

Sauve qui peut le Court métrage - Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival 2008 Clermont-Ferrand (France)

Market and encounters between professionals (short films) organized alongside the reputed Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival: screenings, publications, catalogue, discussions and conferences.

E-mail: info@clermont-filmfest.com

http://www.hdnumerique.com/actualite/articles/1412-ouverture-de-www-difim-org-pour-les-films-numeriques.html

DIFIM 2008 - Cannes (France)

This event is dedicated to the promotion of digital works and techniques.

E-mail: info@cnfilms.fr

Fipatel 2008 - Biarritz (France)

International market for films and programmes: screenings, with programmes made available to buyers digitally on an intranet; dialogue between producers and distributors.

E-mail: info@fipa.tm.fr

http://www.fipa.tm.fr/fr/fipatel/

Sofia Meetings 2008 - Sofia (Bulgaria)

E-mail: office@sofiaiff.com

http://www.sofiaiff.com

Co-production Forum 2008 - The European Producers' Club - Berlin (DE), Cannes (FR), Rome (IT), Copenhagen (DA)

The European Producers' Club organizes co-production forum at large film markets throughout the world (Berlin, Cannes, Karlovy Vary, San Sebastian, American Film Market, and European Film Awards).

E-mail: leclub@wanadoo.fr

BUFF Financing Forum 2008 - BUFF:FF - Malmö (Sweden)

Financing forum of film projects targeted at the children and youth.

E-mail: annette.brejner@buff.se

http://www.financingforum.eu/

European Short Pitch 2008 - Clermont-Ferrand and Andé (France)

Initiative targeted at the promotion of co-production of European short programmes from young creators.

E-mail: europe@nisimasa.com

CineMart 2008 - Rotterdam (Netherlands)

E-mail: cinemart@filmfestivalrotterdam.com

http://www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com/ned/cinemart.aspx

European Film Promotion promotional events in 2008

European Film Promotion (EFP) brings together 27 organizations exporting and promoting films from 28 different countries to support 6 different European promotion activities taking place in various places in Europe throughout 2008.

These activities are:

1. Shooting stars (promotion of Europe new acting talents) at Berlin IFF (Germany);
2. Touring Shooting Stars Film Programme at selected Festivals and events;
3. Producers on the Move at the Cannes IFF (France) in May with an average 22 promising European producers from 22 different European countries;
4. "Variety Critics' Choice: Europe Now" at the Karlovy Vary IFF (Czech Republic) in July, where 10 European films and their talents will be presented in a sub-section of the Festival;
5. Picture Europe! This new activity since 2007 consists in a screening of European box-office hits in 3 different European cities. While some industry professionals will be invited to take part in these screenings, main goal of this activity is to increase the awareness and promotion of European box office films outside their domestic grounds.
6. Spotlight on distributors at the San Sebastian International Film Festival, a pilot project for 2008 enabling to bring a spotlight on the work of 10 independent European distributors.

2 - Documentaries

Doc Outlook - International Market 2008 – Nyon (Switzerland)

Docu-Link (International Documentary Film Platform) 2008

Online cooperation platform for the European documentary film business

http://www.doculink.org

Docs in Thessaloniki 2008 - Thessaloniki (Greece)

This Forum allows professionals visiting the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival to attend workshops to develop projects and pitching for documentaries to be produced.

E-mail: edn@edn.dk

http://www.docsbarcelona.com

DocsBarcelona Pitching Forum 2008 - Barcelona (Spain)

This initiative aimed at bringing together producers and directors (in pitchings and discussions) to develop projects (co-production mainly) between different European countries.

Thessaloniki International Doc Market 2008 – Thessaloniki (Greece)

This documentary Market takes place in parallel to the Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival.

E-mail: angelidou-info@filmfestival.gr

http://www.filmfestival.gr/docfestival/uk/agora_ntokimanter.htm

3 - Animation

Cartoon Movie 2008 - Potsdam (Germany)

Co-production Forum aimed at attracting investment for animated feature films' projects.

4 - Professional Data Base

Cineuropa, the European cinema and audiovisual portal

European site offering information and promotion for the European film industry (www.cineuropa.org).

E-mail: cineuropa@cineuropa.org

http://www.filmfestival.nl/index.php?id=948

CINANDO

Database providing all the information needed (companies, films, projects and film rights…) to stay on top of the constantly changing global film industry.

http://www.cinando.com/

2007

1 - Long & short feature films

Netherlands Production Platform 2007 (Netherlands Film Festival) Utrecht (Pays Bas)

Cinekid International 2007 - Amsterdam (Netherlands)

A Four-day International market which runs in the frame of the Cinekid annual Film, Television and New Media Festival for Children.

E-mail: info@cinekid.nl

http://www.cinekid.nl

Baltic Event 2007 - Tallinn (Estonia)

This 6 days market which screens the newest feature films from the Baltic countries along with a co-production market open for projects from the Baltics, Central and Eastern Europe, Russia and Scandinavia.

E-mail: balticevent@poff.ee

http://2007.poff.ee/?todo=view_page&id=594&lang=2&st

Crossroads Coproduction Forum 2007 - Thessaloniki (Greece)

Co-production forum organized by the Thessaloniki Film Festival aimed at promoting feature films that contain a link to the Mediterranean and the Balkan regions.

E-mail: info@filmfestival.gr

http://www.filmfestival.gr/default.aspx?lang=en-US&page=448

Mannheim Meetings 2007 - Mannheim (Germany)

Co-production meeting place for producers seeking financing, East-West exchange, meetings between producers, distributors and sales agents.

E-mail: ifmh@mannheim-filmfestival.com

http://www.mannheim-filmfestival.com/en/Mannheim_Meetings/

Connecting Cottbus 2007 – Cottbus (Germany)

This event is a 2 days East-West co-production market which takes place in the frame of the Cottbus Film Festival.

E-mail: j.ackermann@pool-production.de

http://www.connecting-cottbus.de/en/info.html

Galway Film Fair 2007 - Galway (Ireland)

Co-production market organized in parallel to the Galway Film Festival.

E-mail: gafleadh@iol.ie

http://www.galwayfilmfleadh.com

A Marketplace @ Discop 2007 - Budapest (Hungary)

European umbrella stand, offering services and presence at preferential rates, organized in the framework of the Discop annual TV market aimed at the Eastern and Central European markets.

E-mail: info@discop.com

http://www.discop.com

CentEast - Warsaw Screenings 2007 - Warsaw (Poland)

Market specialized on films from Central and Eastern Europe which takes place during the Warsaw Film Festival.

E-mail: centeast@centeast.eu

http://www.centeast.org/

European Cinema and Audiovisual Days 2007 – Torino (Italy)

Co-production Forum, which is aimed at supporting European independent production for fiction and documentary film

E-mail: f_rights_srl@fert.org

http://www.giornateuropee.eu/eng/index_eng.html

Berlinale co -production market 2007 - Berlin (Germany)

Organized in parallel to the Berlin Film festival, this event is an international co-production encounter between producers, financers, broadcasters, distributors and sales agents. Cooperates with CineMart Rotterdam and networks with other co-production markets (Cinelink in Sarajevo, European Producers' Club). In 2005 it launched the World Cinema Fund-Focus to bring professionals into contact with producers and film-makers from small countries.

E-mail: forum@fdk-berlin.de

http://www.berlinale.de/en/filmmarkt/co-production_market/01_profil/index.html

BUFF Financing Forum 2007 - BUFF:FF - Malmö (Sweden)

Financing forum of film projects targeted at the children and youth.

E-mail: annette.brejner@buff.se

http://www.financingforum.eu/

11th Méliès competition 2007 – Federation Européenne des Festivals du Film Fantastique

Federation of fantasy film festivals culminating in the award of the "Méliès" prize, rotating among members of the network.

http://www.melies.org

Fipatel 2007 - Biarritz (France)

International market for films and programmes: screenings, with programmes made available to buyers digitally on an intranet; dialogue between producers and distributors.

E-mail: info@fipa.tm.fr

http://www.fipa.tm.fr/fr/fipatel/

Sauve qui peut le Court métrage, Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival 2007 - Clermont-Ferrand (France)

Market and encounters between professionals (short films) organized alongside the reputed Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival: screenings, publications, catalogue, discussions and conferences.

E-mail: info@clermont-filmfest.com

http://www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com/ned/cinemart.aspx

Sofia Meetings 2007 - Sofia (Bulgaria)

E-mail: office@sofiaiff.com

http://www.sofiaiff.com

European Short Pitch 2007 - Clermont-Ferrand and Andé (France)

Initiative targeted at the promotion of co-production of European short programmes from young creators.

E-mail: europe@nisimasa.com

CineMart 2007- Rotterdam (Netherlands)

E-mail: cinemart@filmfestivalrotterdam.com

Co-production Forums 2007 – Cannes (FR), Karlovy Vary (CZ), San Sebastian (ES), Rome (IT)

These co-production forums aimed at providing advice, seeking partners and researching creative funding solutions across Europe.

E-mail: leclub@wanadoo.fr

http://www.europeanproducersclub.org/co-production-forums-20.html

Sales Office 2007 (San Sebastian Film Festival), San Sebastian (Spain)

Market organized in the framework of the San Sebastian Film Festival.

E-mail: ssiff@sansebastianfestival.com

http://www.sansebastianfestival.com

European Film Awards 2007, Berlin - Germany

European Film Awards ceremony to promote the European film industry.

E-mail: efa@europeanfilmacademy.org

http://www.europeanfilmacademy.org

European Film Promotion promotional events in 2007

European Film Promotion (EFP) brings together 27 organisations exporting and promoting films from 28 different countries to support 8 different European promotion activities taking place in various places throughout 2007.
These activities are: 1. Networking of European Operators and Professionals, as well as Promotion and PR of European Films, talents and events;
2. Shooting stars (promotion of Europe new acting talents) at Berlin IFF (Germany);
3. Touring Shooting Stars Film Programme at selected Festivals and events;
4. Producers on the Move at the Cannes IFF (France) in May with an average 22 promising European producers from 22 different European countries;
5. "Variety Critics' Choice: Europe Now" at the Karlovy Vary IFF (Czech Republic) in July, where 10 European films and their talents will be presented in a sub-section of the Festival;
6. Beyond borders. This new activity planned for 2007 consists in a screening of European box-office hits in 3 different European cities (Paris, Madrid and Berlin) between April and May.

E-mail: info@efp-online.com

http://www.efp-online.com

DIFIM 2007 – Cannes (France)

This event is dedicated to the promotion of digital works and techniques.
http://www.hdnumerique.com/actualite/articles/1412-ouverture-de-www-difim-org-pour-les-films-numeriques.html

2 - Documentaries

Lisbon docs 2007 - Lisbon (Portugal)

This initiative, which is organized by the European Documentary Network in collaboration with AporDoc, brings together European documentary makers for meetings, round tables and to find partners.

E-mail: edn@edn.dk

http://www.docineurope.org

Documentary in Europe 2007 - Bardonecchia (Italy)

The 15th FORUM for International cofinancing of documentaries 2007 -Amsterdam (Netherlands)

Co-production forum for international documentaries: pitching for projects seeking financing.

E-mail: info@idfa.nl

http://www.idfa.nl

Dok industry offers 2007- Leipzig (Germany)

Meeting place for film industry professionals, in the framework of the International Leipzig Festival, this is specially focused on the Digital Dok market.

E-mail: info@dok-leipzig.de

http://www.dok-leipzig.de/v2/cms/en/contact/index.html

Nordisk Panorama Event 2007 - Oulu (Finland)

This event combines the Forum (co-production initiatives), the Market and the Festival dedicated to short and documentary films from and/or for the Nordic countries.

E-mail: info@filmkontakt.com

http://www.filmkontakt.com

MEDIMED 2007- Sitges (Spain)

Market aimed at improving the promotion and development of new European and Mediterranean independent production of Documentaries and the networking of audio-visual professionals and operators.

E-mail: info@apimed.org

http://www.medimed.org

Baltic Sea Forum 2007 - Riga (Latvia)

Market aimed at promoting documentary projects and films from the Baltic and neighboring region in particular.

E-mail: balticforum@nfc.gov.lv

http://www.latfilma.lv/nfc/nfc1.html

Dragon Forum Pitching 2007 – Krakow (Poland)

Pitching and co-production projects dedicated to documentary films from Central and Eastern Europe.

E-mail: dragon@arkanastudio.pl

http://www.dragonforum.pl

Ex-Oriente Film - East European Forum 2007 – Jihlava (Czech Republic)

E-mail: exoriente@docuinter.net, idf@docuinter.net

http://www.docuinter.net

Sunny Side of the Doc 2007 – La Rochelle (France)

The European Spot is an umbrella hosting European producers at this international documentary market.

E-mail: administration@sunnysideofthedoc.com

http://www.sunnysideofthedoc.com

European Cinema and Audiovisual Days 2007 - Torino (Italy)

Co-production Forum, which is aimed at supporting European independent production for fiction and documentary film

E-mail: f_rights_srl@fert.org

http://www.giornateuropee.eu/eng/index_eng.html

Doc Outlook - International Market 2007 – Nyon (Switzerland)

Doc Outlook-International Market is part of the Nyon International Festival. It is an international meeting place for the film industry focusing on documentaries.

http://www.docsbarcelona.com, http://www.edn.dk

Docsbarcelona 2007 – Terrassa (Spain)

An initiative of the European Documentary Network and part of the Documentaries in Southern Europe project, Docbarcelona brings together producers and directors (in pitching and discussions) to develop projects (co-production mainly) between different European countries.

E-mail: edn@edn.dk

Docs in Thessaloniki 2007 - Thessaloniki (Greece)

This Forum allows professionals visiting the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival to attend workshops to develop projects and pitching for documentaries to be produced.

E-mail: edn@edn.dk

http://www.festivaldemalaga.com/festival.html?marca=7

Mercadoc 2007 - Malaga (Spain)

Mercadoc is a market for documentaries of all kinds and lengths produced in Spain, Portugal, Latin America and the Hispanic community in the USA. Producers, distributors, buyers, sales agents are invited from all over Europe to create links into the Latin-American market.

E-mail: mercadoc@festivaldemalaga.com

3 - Animation

Cartoon Forum Catalunya 2007

Co-production forum aimed at seeking financing for new European Animation TV series.

E-mail: forum@cartoon.skynet.be

http://www.cartoon-media.be/

MIFA 2007 International Animated Film Market - Annecy (France)

This event offers a European umbrella to European professionals wishing to take part in the international animated film market.

E-mail: info@annecy.org

http://www.annecy.org/home/index.php?Page_ID=1

Cartoon Movie 2007 - Potsdam (Germany)

Co-production Forum where European producers can negotiate the financing and the distribution of their feature-length animation projects.

http://www.filmfileeurope.co.uk

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Film File Europe

On-line database developed by the British firm Split Screen and the UK Film Council. It contains information and professional contacts for the audiovisual industry in nine European countries, set to expand to cover the all EU.

E-mail: splitscreen@dsl.pipex.com

Cineuropa, the European cinema and audiovisual portal

European site offering information and promotion for the European film industry (www.cineuropa.org).

E-mail: info@cinergie.be

http://www.makingofeuropa.net/

EUROPANET

European site to promote European films from the early production stage

Cannesmarket.com

This data base, currently called CINANDO, contains a listing of buyers, sellers, exhibitors and films for the four foremost film festivals and markets.

http://Cannesmarket.com

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2006

Quick links:

Action 1: Access to the professional audiovisual market
Action 2: Co-production and promotion of films for cinema
Action 3: Creation of databases
Action 4: Promotion of European works to the general public
Action 5: Networks of European festivals

Action 1: Access to the professional audiovisual market

Fipatel

24–29 January 2006, Biarritz (France)

International market for films and programmes: screenings, with programmes made available to buyers digitally on an intranet; dialogue between producers and distributors. Opening up to the new EU countries and plans to export the event to Asia.

E-mail: info@fipa.tm.fr

http://www.fipa.tm.fr/fr/fipatel/

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Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival 2006

27 January - 2 February 2006 – Clermont-Ferrand (France)

Market and enounters between professionals (short films) organised alongside the reputed Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival: screenings, publications, catalogue, discussions and conferences.

E-mail: info@clermont-filmfest.com

http://www.cnfilms.fr/idiff

MIFID 2006

31 January - 2 February 2006, Cannes (France)

International Digital Film Festival organised alongside the International Digital Film Forum to connect operators who have invested in a digital projector and have rights for cinema screening.

E-mail: info@cnfilms.fr

Sofia Meetings

16-19 March 2006, Sofia (Bulgaria)

Organised on the fringe of the Sofia International Film Festival, this market promotes new projects by young European directors and promotes new films from the Balkans to European festivals and distributors. Pitching projects in a marketplace bringing together financers and representatives from the major European markets, showcasing Balkan films for the press, distributors and representatives of film festivals.

E-mail: office@sofiaiff.com

http://www.cinema.bg/sff/

http://www.sofiaiff.com

TV/Film & Licensing Rights Centre

27-30 March 2006, Bologna (Italy)

On the fringes of the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, the Centre provides a platform for exchange between professionals on children's content, a network and a real meeting place for publishers and audiovisual professionals (TV and film) from all over the world.

E-mail: info@fipa.tm.fr

http://www.bookfair.bolognafiere.it/tvmovie/index.asp

International Cinema and Literature Forum - Literary Adaptation Market

7–9 April 2006, Monaco

A forum and a market to facilitate and promote adaptation of literary works for TV and cinema by organising meetings and negotiations between publishers and producers. In addition to panel discussions, master classes, round-tables and workshops, the market offers a catalogue of pitches, legal advice, professional encounters and a space where publishers can present copyright-free works to producers and directoros.

E-mail: contacts@forum-cinema-litterature.com

http://www.forum-cinema-ecriture.com

Doc Outlook - International Market 2006

24–30 April, Nyon (Switzerland)

Doc Outlook-International Market is part of the Nyon International Festival. It is an international meeting place for the film industry focusing on documentaries.

catalogomercadoc@festivaldemalaga.com

Mercadoc

26-29 April, Malaga (Spain)

Organised on the fringe of the Malaga Film Festival, Mercadoc is a market for documentaries of all kinds and lengths produced in Spain, Portugal, Latin America and the Hispanic community in the USA. Producers, distributors, buyers, sales agents are invited from all over Europe to create links into the Latin-American market.

E-mail: mercadoc@festivaldemalaga.com

http://www.festivaldemalaga.com/festival.html?marca=7

MIFA 2006 International Animated Film Market

7-9 June - Annecy (France)

Offers a European umbrella to European professionals wishing to take part in the international animated film market.

E-mail: info@annecy.org

http://www.annecy.org/home/index.php?Page_ID=1

A Marketplace @ Discop 2006 DISCOP06

22-24 June - Budapest (Hungary)

European umbrella stand offering services and presence at preferential rates at the programme market for Central and Eastern Europe.

E-mail: info@discop.com

http://www.discop.com

Sunny Side of the Doc 2006

27–30 June – La Rochelle (France)

The European Spot is an umbrella hosting European producers at this international documentary market.

E-mail: administration@sunnysideofthedoc.com

http://www.sunnysideofthedoc.com

Galway Film Fair 2006

11-16 July - Galway (Ireland)

Co-production market organised on the fringe of the Galway Festival; in 2006 the focus will be on French films.

E-mail: gafleadh@iol.ie

http://www.galwayfilmfleadh.com

Venice Screenings at the Industry Office - European Film Market

30 August - 9 September - Venice (Italy)

Market organised on the fringe of the Venice Festival. Screenings and meetings between producers and buyers.

E-mail: cinema@labiennale.org

http://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema

Sales Office 2006 (San Sebastian Festival)

21-30 September, San Sebastian (Spain)

Market organised in the context of the San Sebastia Film Festival.

E-mail: ssiff@sansebastianfestival.com

http://www.sansebastianfestival.com

CentEast - Warsaw Screenings 2006 CentEast Market

11–14 October, Warsaw (Poland)

Specialist market for films from Central and Eastern Europe in the context of the Warsaw Film Festival

E-mail: festiv@wff.org.pl

http://www.wff.pl

Apimed 2006

13-15 October 2006 - Sitges (Spain)

Market and meeting plance for producers of European and Mediterranean documentaries.

E-mail: info@apimed.org

http://www.medimed.org

Cinekid International

26-29 October, Amsterdam (Netherlands)

International market for children's films and programmes: sreenings, meetings with financers, seminars

E-mail: info@cinekid.nl

http://www.cinekid.nl

World Congress of Science and Factual Producers

11–14 November, Manchester (United Kingdom)

A meeting place for 400 international television distributors with producers and distributors of scientific and factual television programmes from more than 20 different countries.

http://www.scienceproducers.com

Mannheim Meetings 2006

20-24 November, Mannheim (Germany)

Co-production meeting place for producers seeking financing, East-West exchange, meetings between producers, distributors and sales agents.

E-mail: ifmh@mannheim-filmfestival.com

http://www.mannheim-filmfestival.com/en/Mannheim_Meetings/

The 14th FORUM for International cofinancing of documentaries 2006

27-29 November, Amsterdam (Netherlands)

Co-production forum for international documentaries: pitching for projects seeking financing.

E-mail: info@idfa.nl

http://www.idfa.nl

Action 2: Co-production and promotion of films for cinema

CineMart 2006

29 January - 2 February 2006, Rotterdam (Netherlands)

Organised on the fringe of the Rotterdam International Film Festival, international co-production meetings between producers, financers, broadcasters, distributors and sales agents, to present projects for financing. Meeting places for directors and audiovisual professionals to exchange information and know-how - creation of Rotterdam Film Parliament conferences.

E-mail: cinemart@ filmfestivalrotterdam.com

http://www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com/ned/cinemart.aspx

Berlinale co-production market 2006

12-14 February 2006, Berlin (Germany)

Organised on the fringe of the Berlinale festival, international co-production encounters between producers, financers, broadcasters, distributors and sales agents. Cooperates with CineMart Rotterdam and networks with other co-production markets (Cinelink in Sarajevo, European Producers' Club). In 2005 it launched the World Cinema Fund-Focus to bring professionals into contact with producers and film-makers from small countries.

http://www.berlinale.de/en/filmmarkt/co-production_market/01_profil/index.html

Docsbarcelona 2006

14-17 February, Barcelona (Spain)

An initiative of the European Documentary Network and part of the Documentaries in Southern Europe project, Docbarcelona brings together producers and directors (in pitchings and discussions) to develop projects (co-production mainly) between different European countries.

E-mail: edn@edn.dk

http://www.docsbarcelona.com

Cartoon Movie 2006

9-11 March, Potsdam (Germany)

Forum for the financing and co-production of animation films.

Docs in Thessaloniki – Pitching Forum 2006

15–19 March – Thessaloniki (Greece)

This Forum allows professionals visiting the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival to attend workshops to develop projects and pitching for documentaries to be produced.

E-mail: edn@edn.dk

http://scenarioaulongcourt.com/index.php

Rencontre Européenne de l'Ecriture pour l'image 2006 (Screenwriting)

5–9 Avril, Bourges (France)

Organised in the context of the 9th Scriptwriters Festival in Bourges, this encounter promotes the work of young scriptwritiers seeking producers.

E-mail: festivalscenaristes@free.fr

Documentary in Europe 2006

5-8 July - Bardonecchia (Italy)

European documentary forum pitching a dozen selected projects to producers and distributors. 12 concepts will also be tried out on the professionals in attendance.

E-mail: edn@edn.dk

http://www.docineurope.org

Baltic Sea Forum 2006

6-10 September - Riga (Latvia)

Pitching for documentary projects from the Baltic countries, Poland, Russia, Ukraine and Central and Eastern Europe.

E-mail: edn@edn.dk

Cartoon Forum 2006

20–23 September - Pau (France)

Forum for financing and co-production of cartoons for television.

E-mail: forum@cartoon.skynet.be

http://www.filmkontakt.com

Nordisk Panorama Event 2006

22-27 September - Aarhus (Denmark)

Forum for co-financing and co-production, market and festival for short programmes and documentaries by and for the Nordic countries.

E-mail: info@filmkontakt.com

Holland Film Meeting / Netherlands Production Platform 2006

28 September - 2 October, Utrecht (Netherlands)

Organised on the fringe of the Netherlands Film Festival, this platform brings together professionals from the Dutch and international film industry for the following activities:

The Benelux Screenings (BS);
The Netherlands Production Platform (NPP),
The Variety Cinema Militants lecture and
The Binger-Screen International Interview.

E-mail: info@filmfestival.nl

http://www.filmfestival.nl/en/hfm/hfm001.html

Lisbon Docs 2006

24–28 October - Lisbon (Portugal)

Brings together European documentary makers for meetings, round tables and to find parners. Organised by the European Documentary Network in collaboration with AporDoc.

E-mail: edn@edn.dk

http://www.filmfestival.gr

Crossroads Coproduction Forum 2006

23–25 November, Thessaloniki (Greece)

Co-production forum organised by the Thessaloniki Film Festival to promote projects relating to the Mediterranean and the Balkans.

E-mail: info@filmfestival.gr

Baltic Event 2006

28 November – 2 December – Tallinn (Estonia)

Screenings and co-production platform organised on the fringe of Talinn's Black Nights Film Festival (Estonia).

E-mail: balticevent@poff.ee

info@poff.ee

http://2004.poff.ee/eng

PEVE 2006

29 November – 1 December, Deauville (France)

Annual encounter/conference for video professionals (round tables, panel discussions, etc).

E-mail: peve@peve.net

http://www.peve.net

International Encounters with Eruopean Screenwriters

December 2006 - Cannes (France)

Encounters between screenwriters, producers and other professionals around screenplays and screenwriting (market, round tables, lectures).

E-mail: info@rencontres-scenaristes.com

http://www.rencontres-scenaristes.com

European Film Promotion

EFP's promotional events in 2006 (Europe, Argentina, Canada, South Korea, USA)

European Film Promotion (EFP) brings together 27 organisations exporting and promoting films from 28 different countries. The EFP collaborates with different high-profile international festivals and markets to promote a diverse and ambitious programme of European films. Festivals: Berlinale, Locarno, Venice, San Sebastian, Hamburg, Buenos Aires, Cannes , Karlovy Vary International, Toronto, Pusan. Markets: American Film Market, Los Angeles International Film Market and the European Days in New York.

Above all, the EFP introduces new European film talent and opens doors to the international market. With its "Shooting Stars" at the Berlin Festival and its "Producers on the Moves" at Cannes, the EFP draws the attention of the international press and public to new European films and young talent.

Since 2004, the EFP has been running a new initiative funded by MEDIA Plus: Film Sales Support (FSS) offers grants to European sales agents to support their activities at festivals outside the EU.

E-mail: info@efp-online.com

http://www.efp-online.com

Co-production Forum 2006 - The European Producers' Club

(Cannes (France), Madrid (Spain), Rome (Italy), Warsaw (Poland), Karlovy Vary (Czech Republic), Shanghai (China), Sotchi (Russia), Bombay (India))

The European Producers' Club organises co-production fora at large film markets thoughout the world (Berlin, Cannes, Karlovy Vary, San Sebastian, American Film Market, European Film Awards).

E-mail : leclub@wanadoo.fr

Ex-Oriente Film

Promotional Program for Central and East European Documentaries 2006
Project organised around three initiatives: The East European Forum (workshop, pitching) bringing together independent producers, directors and pubishers from Eastern Europe; an interactive website and database (to create a network of professionals); the Central and East European video library.

E-mail: exoriente@docuinter.net

idf@docuinter.net

http://www.docuinter.net

Action 3: Creation of databases

CINANDO

Database of the Cannes International Film Market, to be developed as a permanent on-line database in partnership with other, similar databases.

http://www.cinando.com

Film File Europe

On-line database developed by the British firm Split Screen and the UK Film Council. Contains information and professional contacts for the audiovisual industry in nine European countries, set to expand to cover all of the EU.

E-mail: splitscreen@dsl.pipex.com

http://www.filmfileeurope.co.uk

Cineuropa, the European cinema and audiovisual portal

European site offering information and promotion for the European film industry (www.cineuropa.org).

E-mail: info@cinergie.be