The Brussels CoProMarket was initiated by the Brussels International Film Festival (BRIFF) in 2016 with the aim of supporting feature projects in development, and of facilitation encounters between potential co-producers. 14 projects will be highlighted on 23 and 24 June, presented to European producers, but also to market actors, from sales companies to programmers, broadcasters, post-production studios and other representatives of the industry, and therefore about a hundred professionals gathered on this occasion.

The projects are organised in two categories. The Gap Financing Sessions are dedicated to European projects looking for Belgian co-production partners. Two Polish projects will be presented this year. The first, Cherub, is an animated film directed by Barbara Rupik, whose short film The Little Soul, selected in Cannes in 2019, had won the Cinéfondation prize. Another Polish film, this time a fiction with a fantasy atmosphere, is Thetys Ocean by director Anna Jadowska (Wild Roses [+leggi anche:
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The other section of this co-production market will highlight Up-and-coming Producers. It brings together nine projects heralding from Belgium, Germany, France, Lithuania, and Greece. The three Belgian projects are three debut features carried by young female directors and producers: Pauline Beugnies (who made her name with documentaries, including The End of Innocence [+leggi anche:
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The selected projects:

Gap Financing Sessions

Corps Etranger - Zoé Cauwet (France)
Production: Mabel Films

Tethys Ocean - Anna Jadowska (Poland/France/Sweden/Belgium)
Production: Blick Productions International, Blick Productions

Crossing the Border - Carl Javér (Sweden)
Production: Vilda Bomben Film AB

Cherub - Barbara Rupik (Poland)
Production: Madants, Madness

Milch Cow - Miroslav Sikavica (Croatia/Slovenia)
Production: Pisper

Up-and-coming Producers

Land of Lights - Loic Barché (France)
Production: Punchline Cinéma

C’est tout ce qu’on aura - Pauline Beugnies (Belgium)
Production: Tarantula

Chien Noir - Nyima Cartier (France)
Production: Mabel Films

L’Innocence Sauvage - Rose Denis (Belgium)
Production: Bilico

The Belgian Factory - Anna Fussachia (Belgium)
Production: Iota Production

Marriage by Abduction - Sophia Mocorrea (Germany/Austria/Argentina)
Production: Niko Film

Prajd - Elvire Muñoz (France)
Production: Mondina Films

Paperplanes - Selini Papageorgiou (Greece)
Production: Marni Films

Dead Among the Living - Rinaldas Tomasevicius (Lithuania)
Production: Plopsas