As part of “Books at Berlinale”, a matchmaking event (organised in cooperation with the Netherlands Film Fund) will take place on February 15 where selected representatives of publishers and literary agencies meet film producers in individual online meetings.
The rights owners present the material in pitching sessions, followed by a get-together where film producers can talk to the rights owners, publishers and agents. Since 2006, the event has taken place in cooperation between the Berlin International Film Festival and Frankfurter Buchmesse and has established itself as a one of the most important meeting places for publishers, agents and producers. 190 titles from over 30 countries were submitted which further increased the number of applications in comparison to previous years.
The following titles will be presented at “Books at Berlinale” 2022 (English title / original title, listed alphabetically by presenting organisation):
The Riff-Raff / Die Bagage (Monika Helfer, Germany), Carl Hanser Verlag / Sibylle Seidel Medienagentur, Germany
The Sound of the Jaguar’s Roar / O som do rugido da onça (Micheliny Verunschk, Brazil), Companhia das Letras, Brazil
Mary / Mary (Anne Eekhout, Netherlands), De Bezige Bij, Netherlands
More Than I Love My Life / איתי החיים משחק הרבה (David Grossman, Israel), Deborah Harris Agency, Israel
The Granddaughter / Die Enkelin (Bernhard Schlink, Germany), Diogenes Verlag, Switzerland
Spanish Beauty / Spanish Beauty (Esther Garcia Llovet, Spain), Editorial Anagrama, Spain
Lack of Light / Das mangelnde Licht (Nino Haratischwili, Georgia), Graf & Graf Literatur- und Medienagentur, Germany
The Lamplighters / The Lamplighters (Emma Stonex, UK), Madeleine Milburn Literary, TV & Film Agency, UK
Impatients / Les Impatientes (Djaïli Amadou Amal, Cameroon), Mediatoon Audiovisual Rights, France
Wherever You Are / Wo auch immer ihr seid (Khuê Phạm, Germany), Penguin Random House Verlagsgruppe, Germany
