5 The European Film Market (EFM)

The first major film market of the year, the European Film Market launches the industry’s annual trade circuit in early to mid February when industry players from all around the globe convene in Berlin, Germany for nine days. Almost inextricable from its concurrent and exceedingly well-integrated sibling event, Berlinale (the Berlin International Film Festival), the EFM was birthed by the festival’s programmers to do more for their films in the marketplace. To further assist their films in development, the Berlinale CoProduction Market is yet another distinct but thoroughly embedded and overlapping event. Enhanced by the symbiosis of this trifecta, the EFM launches the year of international film rights and audio-visual ...

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