INTERNATIONAL CO-PRODUCTION MEETINGS IN CANNES

In an effort to strengthen the close cooperation between German and New Zealand producers, the German Federal Film Board (FFA), together with the New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC), invited participants to the 2nd German-New Zealand Co-Production Meeting during the 71st Festival de Cannes. The aim of the event, which took place at the German Pavilion, was to carry on with the discussions already initiated during last year’s meeting about the potential, financing and possibilities within the film industries of both countries and to expand the network between German and New Zealand filmmakers. And an announcement of an upcoming project was also made: German producer Peter Rommel (Rommel Film) and his colleague from New Zealand Alexander Behse (Monsoon Pictures International) will be producing the film WIFE.

Another co-production meeting was organized in Cannes by the FFA and the Mexican film institute IMCINE for German and Mexican producers. But this was not the first encounter between filmmakers from Germany and Mexico: in 2017, Mexico was the Country in Focus at the European Film Market during the Berlinale and a co-production meeting took place within the framework of the Guadalajara International Film Festival shortly thereafter, followed by yet another meeting in Cannes at last year’s festival.