The following list of Film Markets around the world is your opportunity to pitch your film and make deals with development executives and distributors. For filmmakers with a project in its early stages, film markets often present opportunities to to screen works-in-progress or to pitch films in either a one-on-one or competitive, public setting.
Film Markets
The Doc Shop Toronto
The Hot Docs industry conference and market in Toronto offers exceptional professional development, networking, and business opportunities to dcumentary filmmakers and industry professionals at all levels of experience.
Deadline:
30 April
BANFF World Media Festival and Market
Canada’s biggest TV market & festival the Banff World Media Festival has brought top leaders from across the evolving media landscape to the heart of the Canadian Rockies for a totally unique experience.
Deadline:
14 June
Sunny Side of the Doc Berlin
The 4-day event brings together broadcasters, decision makers, financing bodies, distributors, content creators and producers from around the world to sell or buy projects and programmes, and to find coproduction partners.
Deadline:
22 June
Film Independent Los Angeles
Every year Film Independent selects up to ten fiction and five non-fiction feature projects to participate in an intensive film finance market that takes place over four days in November.
Deadline:
24 June
Cannes Marché Du Film
NOTE
You always need a Film Business Plan to get funding from investors.
Producers, distributors, buyers, programmers, The Marché du Film in Cannes opens the gates to the online film market for you. Whatever your needs are, we provide you with solutions: business opportunities, international visibility, the latest innovations.
Deadline:
30 June
Film London Production Finance Market
Production Finance Market (PFM) is a two-day film financing event which takes place every October in association with the BFI London Film Festival. It helps to build new film financing relationships between producers and financiers, and is the only event of its kind in the UK.
Deadline:
15 July
Good Pitch
Good Pitch brings together documentary filmmakers with foundations, NGOs, campaigners, philanthropists, policy makers, brands and media around leading social and environmental issues – to forge coalitions and campaigns that are good for all these partners, good for the films and good for society.
Deadline:
5 September
Mediterranean Documentary Market
MEDIMED is a special-interest international documentary market focused on the promotion and distribution of ready-made films and new projects from the European Union and the Southern Mediterranean countries.
Deadline:
10 September
MIPCOM Cannes
Mipcom, The World’s Largest Entertainment Content Market, from blockbuster programming to groundbreaking partnerships, the global media and entertainment industry converges in Cannes for four days of exchange and networking, meetings, screenings and conferences, into lasting business.
Deadline:
12 September
Nordic Panorama Market Sweden
Welcoming international film festivals, distributors and buyers from all over the world, Nordisk Panorama Market offers a comprehensive overview of the newest independently produced Nordic short and documentary films.
Deadline:
19 September
To Raise Film Funding from Grants and Investors, you always need a Film Business Plan
The Doc Shop Toronto
The Hot Docs industry conference and market in Toronto offers exceptional professional development, networking, and business opportunities to dcumentary filmmakers and industry professionals at all levels of experience.
BANFF World Media Festival and Market
Canada’s biggest TV market & festival the Banff World Media Festival has brought top leaders from across the evolving media landscape to the heart of the Canadian Rockies for a totally unique experience.
Sunny Side of the Doc Berlin
The 4-day event brings together broadcasters, decision makers, financing bodies, distributors, content creators and producers from around the world to sell or buy projects and programmes, and to find coproduction partners.
Film Independent Los Angeles
Every year Film Independent selects up to ten fiction and five non-fiction feature projects to participate in an intensive film finance market that takes place over four days in November.
Cannes Marché Du Film
NOTE
You always need a Film Business Plan to get funding from investors.
Producers, distributors, buyers, programmers, The Marché du Film in Cannes opens the gates to the online film market for you. Whatever your needs are, we provide you with solutions: business opportunities, international visibility, the latest innovations.
Film London Production Finance Market
Production Finance Market (PFM) is a two-day film financing event which takes place every October in association with the BFI London Film Festival. It helps to build new film financing relationships between producers and financiers, and is the only event of its kind in the UK.
Good Pitch
Good Pitch brings together documentary filmmakers with foundations, NGOs, campaigners, philanthropists, policy makers, brands and media around leading social and environmental issues – to forge coalitions and campaigns that are good for all these partners, good for the films and good for society.
Mediterranean Documentary Market
MEDIMED is a special-interest international documentary market focused on the promotion and distribution of ready-made films and new projects from the European Union and the Southern Mediterranean countries.
MIPCOM Cannes
Mipcom, The World’s Largest Entertainment Content Market, from blockbuster programming to groundbreaking partnerships, the global media and entertainment industry converges in Cannes for four days of exchange and networking, meetings, screenings and conferences, into lasting business.
Nordic Panorama Market Sweden
Welcoming international film festivals, distributors and buyers from all over the world, Nordisk Panorama Market offers a comprehensive overview of the newest independently produced Nordic short and documentary films.
Film Funding Newsletter
Receive the free upcoming film grants delivered to your mailbox once a month. Film funding is available to filmmakers anywhere in the world, with lots of time to apply.
Film Business Plan
The film business plan is a step-by-step guide on how to structure your film as a business and projects what your film will cost to develop and operate.
