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Book-to-screen activities

Curtain up for remarkable books as publishers and literary agents meet with film producers.

With its book-to-screen activities, Frankfurter Buchmesse connects player from the publishing industry with production companies. During the week of the fair, we will be offering a series of events where publishers and agents can meet film producers to discover and discuss the books with the best potential for film, series or screen adaptation.

Frankfurter Buchmesse also engages in film throughout the year: every spring, „Books at Berlinale" takes place, a joint initiative together with the Berlinale Co-Production Market.

During the Cannes Festival – one of the central events in the film industry – Frankfurter Buchmesse partners with SCELF (Société Civile des Éditeurs de Langue Française) to host the „Shoot the Book! Cannes", a B2B event for film adaptations of literary material as part of Cannes Marché du Film. The event celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2023.

Save the date: on Friday, 18 October the Book-to-Screen Day is again taking place at Frankfurter Buchmesse (16 - 20 October)! Various events on film and series adaptations will take place putting the spotlight on promoting the exchange between the film or screen producers and the international publishing industry.

Look forward to the following highlights

Shoot the Book! Cannes is part of the Marché du Film. The event brings together international publishers and agents with producers from all over the world.

It is a special opportunity to present books with high potential for film adaptation to an international audience of film producers. Shoot the Book! is organised by SCELF and Frankfurter Buchmesse is one of the official partners of the event.

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This was „Books at Berlinale 2024"

Welcome

We have rolled out the red carpet

Selected agencies and publishers with event partners

Group photo with selected agencies and publishers of Books at Berlinale

Ten outstanding books with special potential for literary adaptations and series formats were presented at the „Books at Berlinale" on 18 February 2024 in Berlin. Publishers and booksellers from around the world met with film producers. The annual pitch event of the Berlinale Co-Production Market in cooperation with the Frankfurter Buchmesse has been putting current new releases and bestsellers in the spotlight since 2006.

Interview with producers Uschi Feldges and Tobias Pausinger

The Book-to-Screen Day at #fbm23

Numerous events and networking opportunities on the topic of film and series adaptations took place during the week of the fair. The film premiere of the Ingeborg Bachmann film "Reise in die Wüste" was the kick-off event which took place on Tuesday, 17 October in Frankfurt. Friday, 20 October was Book-to-Screen Day. Professionals could expect matchmaking, various book-to-screen events as well as comic-to-screen events and a joint tour of the fair. The objective was to enable networking between publishers, agents and film producers. The Friday evening ended with the presentation of the Hessian Film Award.