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BERLINALE CO-PRODUCTION MARKET - WHAT AND WHO IS IT FOR?

Time
Feb 14th 2008
Location
Hau 2 - Second Floor
Guests
Kathi Bildhauer, Martina Bleis, Sonja Heinen

The Berlinale Co-Production Market is a platform for pro­ducers,­ distributors and sales agents as well as broad­casting and funding representatives active in the field of international co-production. Every year over 30 projects are ­presented at the Berlinale Co-Production Market which serves as an irreplaceable tool for finding co-production partners and in realising film projects. Since the Berlinale Co-Production Market was formed five years ago, numerous projects of the Co-Production Market have been shot and screened at international festival and in cinemas. Alongside the intensive 30-minute one-on-one meetings with the ­selected projects, participants can get informed about co-producing/financ­-ing opportunities and current trends in the international market, and also foster contacts and exchange experiences. Case Studies and other formats round out the programme. Head of the Berlinale Co-Production Market, Sonja Heinen, will introduce you to the function and the ­intention of the Co-Production Market and explain the ­application and selection process.

Kathi Bildhauer

Kathi Bildhauer has been with the Berlinale since 2003. A founding member of the Co-Production Market, which she co-headed until 2019, she manages the Talent Project Market for Berlinale Talents. She also coordinated the Berlinale Residency and was part of the World Cinema Fund team. Before, she worked in film and TV production and on set in different capacities in Germany and the UK. She is a pitching trainer, moderator and guest lecturer at film schools and for international programmes, as well as the author of “Drehbuch Reloaded”, her PhD thesis on unconventional screenplays.

Martina Bleis

Martina is head and project curator of the Berlinale Co-Production Market. In addition to completing her MA, she is also a graduate of the EAVE Producers Workshop and gained experience in both film festivals and film production. In addition to the Berlinale Co-Production Market, she consults as a curatorial advisor and a mentor – in particular for up-and-coming producers and directors – for several international training and coproduction initiatives.

Sonja Heinen

Head of the Berlinale Co-Production Market and project manager of the World Cinema Fund, she has been a driving force behind the international co-productions of films and funding films from developing countries. She started out at the Filmstiftung NRW in Düsseldorf, where she became assistant to executive director Dieter Kosslick and especially responsible for international contacts, organizing the Co-Production Meetings and developing the International Co-Production Market Cologne. She then worked as a producer and project coordinator for Gemini Film and International West in Cologne before joining the Berlinale.