EFM Event Schedule 2025

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Meet the Festivals

Meet the Festivals

Access: On pre-registration Organiser: EFM Type: One-on-One
Description
Join one-on-one sessions with festival programmers from the fields of fiction, documentary, animation & series.
Tags: #Animation #Documentary #Producers #Series
Mon Feb 17 11:00 – 13:00 Café Connect at Documentation Centre for Displacement, Expulsion, Reconciliation
on-site only
VFF Talent Highlight Award – Pitching & Award Ceremony

VFF Talent Highlight Award – Pitching & Award Ceremony

With: Alexander Thies, Kathi Bildhauer Access: CoPro Participants & Market Badge Organiser: Co-Production Market Type: Presentation With: VFF, Berlinale Talents
Description
The Talent Project Market is a cooperation between Berlinale Co-Production Market and Berlinale Talents and annually supports 10 emerging producers. They will pitch their projects, and the winner of the VFF Talent Highlight Award will be announced on stage.
Tags: #Distribution #Producers
Mon Feb 17 11:00 – 12:00 Berlinale Co-Production Market at Octogon
on-site only
Inventive Ambitions - Financing Non-Fiction 2025 DocSalon

Inventive Ambitions - Financing Non-Fiction 2025

With: Melanie Andernach (she/her), Sylvia Griss (she/her), Emanuel Rotstein (he/him) Access: Market Badge & Online Market Badge Organiser: EFM Type: Talk With: FFF Bayern, Deadline
Description
Time and resources are essential elements for high-quality documentary film productions. With ever changing market conditions, where do producers find the stability to ensure that projects are realized and filmmakers fulfil their creative and social responsibilities? What are the challenges, roles and ambitions at each end of the financing process. An exchange between producers, platforms and foundations.
Tags: #Documentary #DocSalon #Innovation
Mon Feb 17 11:30 – 12:30 Event Hall at Documentation Centre for Displacement, Expulsion, Reconciliation
VOD planned
UP NEXT: GERMANY

UP NEXT: GERMANY

With: Sabine de Mardt (she/her), Susanne Schildknecht (she/her), Jana Burbach (she/her), Malaya Stern Takeda (she/her), Marijana Verhoef (she/her), Kathrin Tabler (she/her), Marianna Ölmez (she/her), Alexander Lahl (he/him), Felix Kemptner (he/him), Andreas Banz (he/him), Justin Webster (he/him), Antonia Leyla-Schmidt (she/her), André Szardenings (he/him), Lennart Pohlig (he/him), Jonas Lindt (he/him), Imran Khan (he/him) Access: Market Badge Organiser: Berlinale Series Market Type: Showcase With: Film und Medienstiftung NRW, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Variety
Description
Up Next: Germany presents the most interesting series projects from Germany in the coming year. We present Euphorie, Parallel Me, All In and The Nazi Cartel.
Tags: #Producers #Series #Distribution
Mon Feb 17 11:30 – 12:30 Berlinale Series Market at CinemaxX
on-site only
Media Info Session - European Mini-Slate Delevopment & European Co-Delevopment

Media Info Session - European Mini-Slate Delevopment & European Co-Delevopment

Associated Event
Access: Free access Organiser: External organisation Type: Presentation With: Creative Europe MEDIA
Description
Call Info Session
Mon Feb 17 11:30 – 12:30 Conference Lounge at Gropius Park
on-site only
Taking the Filmmakers' Perspective: AI Use Cases

Taking the Filmmakers' Perspective: AI Use Cases

With: Fabian Massah (he/him) Access: Market Badge Organiser: EFM Type: Talk
Tags: #Producers #Innovation #Tech
Mon Feb 17 12:00 – 13:00 Producers Hub at Gropius Bau
on-site only
Media Info Session - Skills and Talent Development

Media Info Session - Skills and Talent Development

Associated Event
Access: Free access Organiser: External organisation Type: Presentation With: Creative Europe MEDIA
Description
Call Info Session
Mon Feb 17 12:30 – 13:30 Conference Lounge at Gropius Park
on-site only
Pause & Centre @Room of Stillness

Pause & Centre @Room of Stillness

Access: Market Badge Organiser: EFM Type: Mindfulness
Description
Today, mental health is key to a sustainable film industry. EFM dedicates a day to meditation and mindfulness – active tools that can be practiced by everyone. The three 30 min meditation sessions are guided, and all you need to do is to make room for it in your busy calendars to "Pause & Centre” in-between meetings.
Tags: #Sustainability
Mon Feb 17 14:00 – 16:30 Room of Stillness at Documentation Centre for Displacement, Expulsion, Reconciliation
on-site only
Consult The Experts

Consult The Experts

Access: On pre-registration Organiser: EFM Type: Consultation
Description
Group consulting sessions with experts from fiction / documentaries / series / animation in the sections funding / packaging / financing, sales / distribution, impact producing / marketing / Press+PR / (co-) producing.
Tags: #Distribution #Documentary #Producers #Series #Animation #DocSalon
Mon Feb 17 14:00 – 17:30 Café Connect at Documentation Centre for Displacement, Expulsion, Reconciliation
on-site only
Books at Berlinale

Books at Berlinale

With: Karla Kutzner , Syd Atlas Access: On pre-registration Organiser: Co-Production Market Type: Presentation With: Frankfurter Buchmesse
Description
Moderated presentation of 10 brand new or bestselling books with outstanding screen adaptation potential. After the pitch, interested producers can get in touch with each title’s film rights holder during a networking event. Pre-registration required. This event takes place in the Stage Room of Octogon.
Tags: #Producers
Mon Feb 17 15:00 – 17:30 Berlinale Co-Production Market at Octogon
on-site only
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