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Marché du Film: Growth in Latin America, 3D
An unmissable date for movie industry professionals, the Marché du Film each year brings together around 10,000 buyers, distributors, producers, and funding bodies for ten days of meetings, discussions and negotiations.
The Marché du Film at the Cannes Film festival has seen the number of participants from Latin America grow by 12 % this year. “It’s a part of the world where you can sense there is a real awakening. The states in the region have an effective policy of support: educational and training programmes, as well as foundations for film production”, says Jérôme Paillard, Director Delegate of the Marché du film. To ensure proper support for this emerging market, he is co-organising the first Latin-American market, Ventana Sur, with the Argentine National Institute of Cinema and the Audiovisual Arts (INCAA). The second edition will take place between 3 and 6 December this year in Buenos Aires.
Among the hundred or so countries represented will figure for the first time this year Qatar, Niger, Ethiopia, Mozambique and the Dominican Republic Good news that bears witness, according to Jérôme Paillard, to the effectiveness of the Pavillon des Cinémas du monde (World Cinema Pavilion).
The Marché du Film amounts to around 1,500 screenings of some 1,000 movies. But above and beyond the flourishing trade in finished films, Cannes is the ideal place to build projects, find new partners or secure funding. This year’s tally is 4,200 films or projects. Sixty-five of them are in 3D. Though that’s still a small percentage, it represents a sector that is growing fast.
Last but not least, the Marché du Film is showing its special interest in documentary movies by organising the third annual Documentary Brunch , which brings together directors, producers, distributors, funding bodies and festival directors to exchange and share experiences. This third edition, which will take place on18 May, will count around fifty guests, including the following directors: Renaud Barret, Jean-Stéphane Bron, Jeff Deutchman, Sophie Fiennes, Patricio Guzman, Stephen Kijak, Nino Kirtadze, Florent de LaTullaye, Peter Liechti, Sergei Loznista, Janus Metz, Rithy Panh, Lucy Walker, Frederick Wiseman.
Among the hundred or so countries represented will figure for the first time this year Qatar, Niger, Ethiopia, Mozambique and the Dominican Republic Good news that bears witness, according to Jérôme Paillard, to the effectiveness of the Pavillon des Cinémas du monde (World Cinema Pavilion).
The Marché du Film amounts to around 1,500 screenings of some 1,000 movies. But above and beyond the flourishing trade in finished films, Cannes is the ideal place to build projects, find new partners or secure funding. This year’s tally is 4,200 films or projects. Sixty-five of them are in 3D. Though that’s still a small percentage, it represents a sector that is growing fast.
Last but not least, the Marché du Film is showing its special interest in documentary movies by organising the third annual Documentary Brunch , which brings together directors, producers, distributors, funding bodies and festival directors to exchange and share experiences. This third edition, which will take place on18 May, will count around fifty guests, including the following directors: Renaud Barret, Jean-Stéphane Bron, Jeff Deutchman, Sophie Fiennes, Patricio Guzman, Stephen Kijak, Nino Kirtadze, Florent de LaTullaye, Peter Liechti, Sergei Loznista, Janus Metz, Rithy Panh, Lucy Walker, Frederick Wiseman.
