A total of 36 new feature-film projects hailing from 34 countries are being invited to the 17^th edition of the Berlinale Co-Production Market. The projects and the teams behind them – which are taking part in four separate segments – will have the chance to meet international film professionals from various fields and from around the globe while participating in a total of 1,500 pre-organised one-on-one meetings. As was the case last year, five selected production houses will enjoy a special focus offered by the “Company Matching” programme. An integral part of the European Film Market (EFM, 20-27 February), the Berlinale Co-Production Market will run for five days, from 22-26 February.

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For the official programme of the market, 21 feature-film projects have been selected from among the 302 submitted. The majority are European productions or co-productions, and their budgets range from €750,000 to €5 million. They will all be presented by their production companies, and they must already have secured support from their home countries or a minimum of 30% of their financing. Also, for the first time, over 50% of the selected projects are directed by women, with 11 projects in the main programme and a total of 15 across all sections.

Some of the picks include a Berlinale regular, Norwegian filmmaker Ole Giæver (From the Balcony [+leggi anche:
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As for the market’s other sections, Berlinale Directors will host projects by directors who have been present at the festival before and whose new cinematic works are now at the early funding stage: here we find the latest projects by a Golden Bear winner, Romanian director Adina Pintilie (Touch Me Not [+leggi anche:
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Here is the official project selection for the 2019 Berlinale Co-Production Market:

A House in the Country - Davi Pretto
Producer: Vulcana Cinema (Brazil)

Antonia’s Garden - Christine Repond
Producer: Contrast Film (Switzerland)

Bedsitterland - Nick Kelly
Producer: Samson Films (Ireland)

Boldstar - Antoinette Jadaone
Producers: Epicmedia, Project 8 Projects (Philippines)

Electric Child - Simon Jaquemet
Producer: 8horses (Switzerland)

Happiness - Pepa San Martín
Producers: Manufactura de Películas (Chile), Aleph Cine (Argentina)

Happy Lovers - Hicham Lasri
Producers: Moon A Deal (France), La Prod (Morocco)

Let The River Flow! - Ole Giæver
Producer: Mer Film (Norway)

Who by Fire [+leggi anche:
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Producer: Productions l'unité Centrale (Canada)

The Long Run - Andrea Magnani
Producer: Pilgrim (Italy)

The Melting - Veerle Baetens
Producer: Savage Film (Belgium)

Piggy [+leggi anche:
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Producer: Morena Films (Spain)

Reflection [+leggi anche:
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Producers: Limelite, Arsenal Films (Ukraine)

Salt Lake - Kasia Rosłaniec
Producer: Mañana (Poland)

Skin of Youth - Ash Mayfair
Producers: An Nam Productions (Vietnam), Mayfair Pictures (USA)

Sweet Lips - Tusi Tamasese
Producer: Blueskin Films (New Zealand)

There Are Two Kinds of People in This World - Onur Saylak
Producers: Liman Film, b.i.t Arts (Turkey)

Toll [+leggi anche:
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Producers: Biônica Filmes (Brazil), O Som e a Furia (Portugal)

Transit Times - Ana-Felicia Scutelnicu
Producers: Weydemann Bros (Germany), Mobra Films (Romania)

Winterreise - Alex Helfrecht
Producer: Oiffy (UK)

Zafari - Mariana Rondon
Producers: Sudaca Films (Peru/Venezuela), Klaxon (Brazil)

Berlinale Directors

Death and the Maiden - Adina Pintilie
Producer: Manekino Film (Romania)

The Herd - Milko Lazarov
Producer: Red Carpet (Bulgaria)

Maret [+leggi anche:
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Producers: Red Lion (Luxembourg), Red Balloon (Germany)

Rotterdam-Berlinale Express

A Shadow Creeps in Silver Trees - John Trengove
Producer: Urucu Media (South Africa)

Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn [+leggi anche:
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Producer: microFILM (Romania)

Company Matching

Big World Cinema (South Africa)
Cinéma Defacto (France)
Kinorama (Croatia)
Rei Cine (Argentina)
Snowglobe (Denmark)

The selection is rounded off by the ten projects, selected from among a total of 166 submissions, being presented at the Talent Project Market, which is taking place in collaboration with Berlinale Talents 2020 (see the news), where up-and-coming producers will have a chance to showcase their projects.

The Berlinale Co-Production Market is part of the European Film Market, and is organised in partnership with MDM - Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung and the European Union’s Creative Europe - MEDIA programme.