Baltic Event and Co-production Market

2 - 6 December 2007, Tallinn

Baltic Event Co-production Market takes place during the Black Nights Film Festival on 3 - 4 December in Tallinn, Estonia. The Market is open for the projects from the Baltic countries, Central and Eastern Europe, Russia and Scandinavia.

Baltic Event Co-production Market offers productive opportunities to network and discuss projects in the special film festival atmosphere in the medieval Old Town of Tallinn. Participation in Baltic Event Co-production Market will give the producers an efficient possibility to create or to extend their international network. The Co-production Market is part of Baltic Event, the screening of Baltic newest feature films (4 - 5 December).

The Co-production Market revolves around one-to-one meetings between project representatives and potential financiers, set up by the organisers before the Baltic Event.


Project criteria:

* full-length cinema feature film
* suitable for an international co-production
* national support
* completed screenplay
* projects from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Iceland, Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania are accepted


Special conditions:

* participation is free of charge
* no submitted materials will be returned to the sender
* once a project is selected, the producer should be present during the market
* finalized films must mention their participation at the market in their credits
* official language is English
* submission of the project is considered as acceptance of special conditions


Requested materials for submission:

* completed application form (to download click here)
* synopsis (1 page) in English
* treatment in English
* screenplay in English (first draft)
* director’s note on aesthetics and structure (1-2 pages)
* biography/filmography of the director
* biography/filmography of the producer
* production company profile (max. 300 words)
* budget outline in English


Please send all the requested materials to balticevent@poff.ee

Incomplete applications will not be considered.

The submission deadline for the Baltic Event Co-production Market is
September 15, 2007.
14 projects will be chosen and announced by November 1, 2007.

For submissions and more detailed information, please contact: 
balticevent@poff.ee

Contacts:

• Riina Sildos - BE Manager
• Marje Jurtshenko - BE Main Coordinator
• Taimi Margus - BE Co-Production Market

BE co-production market projects - 2005 (pdf)
BE co-production market projects - 2006 (pdf)