15/11/2007

The Berlin International Film Festival will host the programme European Films Crossing Borders from 6 to 9 February 2007.

This initiative, organised by the Fundación Autor from the SGAE, in collaboration with Eurimages, European Film Promotion, Variety, Villa Kult, Berlinale and MDM (Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung), is aimed at training professionals (directors, scriptwriters, producers, distributors, etc...) from the European film industry on how to exploit their projects in the highly competitive international film market, as well as on how to apply different techniques of promotion, marketing, sales and distribution.

This year, for the first time, the seminar will be followed by a market training in the European Film Market, the market of the Berlinale and undoubtedly, the most important European Film Market nowadays just after the Cannes’ one.

The professors in charge of the training and consulting of the trainees will be: Claudia Landsberger, CEO of Holland Films (Netherlands) and president of European Film Promotion; Sibylle Kurz, expert on Pitching (Germany); Jan Vandierendonck, executive secretary of Eurimages – Council of Europe (Belgium); Thorsten Ritter, Marketing Director of Bavaria Film International, Renate Roginas, Team Leader of Phare Programme of the European Union, who will provide orientation on financial and co-production planning.

Applications for European Films Crossing Borders for Berlin 2008 are now being accepted and until 8 January at the latest (25% discount for applications received before 14 December, 2007).

For more information click www.eufilmscrossingborders.com.