Applications are now open for the Melbourne International Film Festival’s MIFF 37ºSouth Market, which runs 31 July – 03 August 2014 inclusive.
Australia’s only film co-financing market to occur in the context of a major festival, MIFF 37ºSouth Market brings the global film financing marketplace to Melbourne in the opening weekend of MIFF – Australia's oldest and largest film festival.
The exclusive Australian partner of the London Production Finance Market (PFM), MIFF 37ºSouth Market last year invited a record 50 international and local film co-financiers, including sales agents, distributors and gap funders, to meet with 100 selected producers for four days of meetings, screenings, panels and roundtables.
Across the various strands of the market, including 37ºSouth: Bridging the Gap and 37ºSouth: Books at MIFF, there were some 2,156 scheduled one-to-one meetings. The co-financiers/buyers also viewed completed local seeking distribution and/or sales agents in the 37ºSouth: Breakthru Screenings.
In addition to meeting some of the world’s top film co-financiers, MIFF 37ºSouth Market’s registered producers are automatically in the running for selection to the only guaranteed Australian/NZ places at key overseas co-financing markets in Europe and North America through MIFF 37ºSouth Market's exclusive partnerships with London’s Production Finance Market (PFM) and Canada's Strategic Partners. For more information on the 37ºSouth-PFM Alliance, and the experiences of 37ºSouth producers at PFM, go to:
http://filmlondon.org.uk/news/2012/january/film_london_takes_producers_across_the_globe
Application forms for MIFF 37ºSouth Market are at www.miff37degreesSouth.com along with full details on the application process and deadlines. Early-bird applications close on 15 April 2014.
For, more details about MIFF 37ºSouth Market, including the wide range of international financing guests that attend the market, see the brochure at
http://miffindustry.com/assets/2012/Industry/37S/37southbrochure_2012final.pdf
The 63rd Melbourne International Film Festival runs from 31 July – 10 August 2014. For more details, see: www.miff.com.au