Japan is one country in focus at the Venice Production Bridge, with Wallonia-Brussels & Luxembourg also under the spotlight. Projects with Japanese directors, producers and backers, in various combinations, can be found in both, however.
These projects will participate in the VPB’s Venice Gap-Financing Market (Aug. 30-Sept. 1), whose selected projects must have 70% of their financing secured. To find the missing 30%, filmmakers and producers will have one-on-one meetings with decision-makers, from financiers to post-production houses.
Also under the VPB aegis is the Book Adaptation Rights Market (Aug. 30-Sept. 1). Thirty international publishing houses and literary agencies will participate, as will two Japanese publishers as part of
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