9th Book Adaptation Rights Market Set for Venice International Film Festival
The 9th edition of the Book Adaptation Rights Market will be held in-person from August 30 to September 1, 2024, at the Excelsior Hotel on the Lido di Venezia. This event, organized as part of the Venice Production Bridge, coincides with the 81st Venice International Film Festival, running from August 28 to September 7, 2024.
Following a call for participation launched on January 15, 2024, the Book Adaptation Rights Market has selected 30 international publishing houses and literary agencies. Additionally, three agencies will participate under the VPB Focuses: one within the Focus on Luxembourg Wallonia-Brussels, supported by Film Fund Luxembourg and Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel, and two within the Focus on Japan, supported by JETRO.
These participants will have a dedicated space to meet with producers registered for the Venice International Film Festival. The one-on-one meetings aim to foster lasting relationships and facilitate deals for the adaptation of various literary works, including novels, dramas, children's literature, short stories, comics, graphic novels, essays, and biographies.
A distinctive feature of the Book Adaptation Rights Market is its approach, allowing publishers to propose their entire catalogues for film adaptation, as opposed to focusing on a single book. This broadens the opportunities for adaptations and attracts more producers looking for diverse intellectual properties (IP).
A brochure detailing the publishers and literary agents, along with their new titles and full catalogues, will be distributed to all registered producers in advance. This year, the VPB Focus will spotlight Luxembourg & Wallonia-Brussels and Japan, offering a diverse array of literary works from these regions.
The 33 publishers and literary agents invited to this year’s event 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 (USA)
- 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
This year, the event will emphasize the Crime and Thriller genre, featuring publishers and literary agencies that have notably focused on this genre in their latest titles. Among them are ALT autores editorial, Andrew Nurnberg Associates, Copywrite GmbH & Co. KG, GeMS - Gruppo editoriale Mauri Spagnol, and many others.
Since its inception, the Book Adaptation Rights Market has been met with enthusiasm from both publishers and producers. The event's success is evidenced by the increasing number of requests from publishers to participate and the growing demand from producers seeking original intellectual properties.
The new brochure, which includes comprehensive details about the invited publishers and literary agents for the 2024 edition, will be available soon on the Venice Production Bridge website under the section “VPB Brochures Downloads” at www.veniceproductionbridge.org.