German filmmaker and producer Sönke Vortmann is interviewed onstage at the 2021 Frankfurter Buchmesse. Image: FBM, Marc Jacquemin
By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson
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Frankfurter Buchmesse Opens Its Ticket Sales for October
Frankfurter Buchmesse: Guest of Honor Philippines Unveils Its Plans
Deadline for Book-to-Screen Matchmaking: July 10
As has been reported by Zac Ntim in his story for Deadline, Frankfurter Buchmesse president and CEO, Juergen Boos, has said in comments to an industry session at the Czech Republic’s Karlovy Vary Film Festival that Frankfurt plans to open “an official network of market-focused events at film festivals across the world to promote and facilitate book-to-screen adaptations.”
The trade show is reportedly talking to the Toronto Film Festival, South Korea’s Busan Film Festival, and the Venice Biennale, with a concept of presenting book-to-screen events in various parts of the world in cooperation with film festivals.
The news is timely in that Thursday (July 10) is the deadline for trade visitors to Frankfurter Buchmesse to apply for a spot in the exclusive October 17 matchmaking event for scouts and international production companies (11 a.m. to 1 p.m.).
Juergen Boos
It’s part of Frankfurt’s Book-t0-Screen Day, which is organized in cooperation with the Berlinale C0-Production Market. Information on the matchmaking event and a link to the application page are here (scroll down to see the call for applications).
As Publishing Perspectives readers know, Frankfurt since 2006 has worked closely with the Co-Production Market to produce the Books at Berlinale event, in which 10 or more selected books are pitched to as many as 200 producers and scouts for book-to-screen development consideration. A similar event has been staged in Prague. In addition, Frankfurt is an official partner of the “Shoot the Book” event with the Marché du Film at the Cannes Film Festival.
The Frankfurt concept is to refine the trade show’s special capacity to surface targeted content for those working in the industry in book-to-screen development.
Registration Opens for the 2025 Frankfurt Kids Conference
A session on diversity in the 2022 edition of Frankfurt Kids. Image: FBM, Ingo Hattendorf
As you might recall, our story announcing the opening of ticket sales for Frankfurter Buchmesse mentioned German illustrator Axel Scheffler.
As it turns out, Scheffler will succeed Cornelia Funke in this year’s Frankfurt Kids Conference as a keynote speaker. The Frankfurt Kids Conference is set for 4 to 6:30 p.m.
Also on the list to appear are Macmillan CEO Jon Yaged, and translator and editor Kateryna Mikhalitsyna, with Lawrence Schimel moderating again. Additional speakers are to include publisher and translator Tereza Horváthová; publisher Sherif Bakr; and Constanza Mekis, president of Fundación Palabra.
Admission is included in the price of your exhibitor or trade-visitor ticket, and Frankfurt’s ticket store has opened.
More from Publishing Perspectives on Frankfurter Buchmesse is here, more on book-to-screen development is here, more on the German book and publishing market is here, more on children’s books and publishing is here, and more on book fairs and trade shows in the world publishing industry is here.