CinEuro at the 46th Max Ophüls Festival: A meeting point for international co-productions

The 46th edition of the Max Ophüls Prize film festival in Saarbrücken came to an end last Saturday. The programme featured 150 films, including numerous premieres from all over the world.

Since 2016, the festival has organised co-production meetings that bring together producers and financing experts from Germany, Austria, Switzerland, South Tyrol and France to promote international cooperation opportunities.

Represented by Aurélie Réveillaud from the City and Eurometropolis of Strasbourg (Eurométropole de Strasbourg), CinEuro took part in the presentation of the seven projects to a specialist audience on the evening of 22 January. Mathilde Warisse from Grand Est presented Underdogs, a project by David Arslanian for WRONG FILMS. CinEuro is delighted to have taken part in this valuable event, which provided a real platform for networking and a unique opportunity to exchange ideas with a wide audience.

Many thanks to the Max Ophüls Festival and all our partners for making this possible!

Programme of the event

Monday 21st January 2025
19:30: Dinner meeting

Wednesday 22nd January 2025
10.00: Welcome and introduction by moderator Susanne Braun
One-day workshop on audience design led by Benjamin Cölle from Pluto Film
13.00: Lunch break
14.00-16.30: Second part of the workshop
18:00-20:00: ‘Meet the Producers’ reception – Brief presentation of all the producers attending the MOP-Meetings

Thursday 23rd January 2025
10.00: Presentation by financial experts and fund representatives:

Bérénice Honold, FFA Germany

Dominik Tschütscher, Clara Schreiner and Jakob Widmann from the Austrian Film Institute

Romina Ortega from Swiss Films

Sarah Bamberg from Film Fund Luxembourg

Aurélie Reveillaud, delegate from CinEuro / Région Grand Est

Lea Sprenger from Creative Europe Desk NRW

Moritz Bonatti from IDM South Tyrol

10:30: Producers’ pitch – 5 minutes to present their company and their film projects
12:30: Lunch together
13:30: One-to-one meetings between producers and fund representatives (6 meetings)
16:30: End of MOP meetings
18:00-20:00: Optional: ARTE reception

For more information, visit the official Max Ophüls Festival website: https://ffmop.de/en

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