The Book Adaptation Rights Market has selected 30 international publishing houses and literary agencies plus 3 for the VPB Focuses (1 for the FOCUS ON LUXEMBOURG WALLONIA – BRUSSELS, supported by Film Fund Luxembourg and Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel, and 2 for the FOCUS ON JAPAN, supported by JETRO).
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The 33 publishers and literary agents invited in 2024 are:
ALT autores editorial (Spain)
Andrew Nurnberg Associates (United Kingdom)
BAO Publishing (Italy)
Cappelen Damm Agency (Norway)
Copywrite GmbH & Co. KG (Germany)
De Bezige Bij (Netherlands)
Éditions HSN (France)
Editorial Anagrama S.A.U (Spain)
Fraktura (Croatia)
GeMS - Gruppo editoriale Mauri Spagnol (Italy)
Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Editore (Italy)
Giulio Einaudi Editore (Italy)
Giunti Editore & Bompiani (Giunti Group) (Italy)
Grandi & Associati (Italy)
Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha, Ltd. (Japan) – Focus on Japan
Lantia Publishing (Spain)
MalaTesta Literary Agency (Italy)
Massie & McQuilkin Literary Agents (United States of America)
Katalin Mund Literary Agency (Metropolis Media) (Hungary)
Mondadori Libri SpA (Italy)
Otago Literary Agency (Italy)
Penguin Random House Germany (Germany)
Penguin Random House UK (United Kingdom)
Rizzoli/Mondadori Libri SpA (Italy)
Rowohlt Verlag GmbH (Germany)
Silvia Meucci Agency (Italy)
Singel Uitgeverijen (Netherlands)
Sulakauri Publishing (Georgia)
Susanna Lea Associates (France)
The Italian Literary Agency (Italy)
Tokuma Shoten Publishing Co., Ltd. (Japan) – Focus on Japan
Tunué (Italy)
Zeitgeist Agency (Belgium) – Focus on Wallonia-Brussels
Every year the Book Adaptation Rights Market pays particular attention to a literary genre. This year it will be Crime and Thriller, with dedicated publishing houses and literary agencies, which, among their latest titles, have dedicated a particular attention to this genre: Alt autores editorial, Andrew Nurnberg Associates, Copywrite GmbH & Co. KG, GeMS - Gruppo editoriale Mauri Spagnol, Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Editore, Giunti Editore & Bompiani (Giunti Group), Grandi & Associati, Lantia Publishing, MalaTesta Lit. Agency, Katalin Mund Literary Agency (Metropolis Media), Penguin Random House Germany, Rizzoli/Mondadori Libri SpA, Rowohlt, Tokuma Shoten Publishing Co., Ltd., Zeitgeist Agency.
The Venice Production Bridge will give them a dedicated area to meet the producers registered to the Venice International Film Festival through one-to-one meetings. The meetings will allow to foster lasting relationships and to make deals on the adaptation of novels, dramas, children’s literature, short stories, comics, graphic novels, essays, and biographies.
The Book Adaptation Rights Market will enable the invited publishers to propose for film adaptation, both newly acquired titles, as well as their entire back catalogue, rather than focusing on a single book, as in other events dedicated to publishing within the scope of film festivals. Ever since its first edition, the Book Adaptation Rights Market has met with great success as proven by the publishers’ requests to return to this particular event, as well as by a growing demand from the producers looking for original intellectual properties (IP).
