The International Classic Film Market, a market dedicated to film classics, is organized every year as part of the festival Lumière in Lyon, France, with meetings, roundtables, cocktails and screenings. For its 11th edition, the Market will be held on 17-20 October 2023, welcoming again a large number of right-owners and major catalogues. This year, the International Classic Film Market will also feature the new Re>Birth Programme, with special events dedicated to sales agents and buyers on Thursday, October 19 and Friday, October 20.
Designed in a collaborative spirit, the new “Re>Birth programme” brings together:
- Right-owners or representatives of classic films looking for new commercial outlets.
- Professionals looking for new opportunities: buyers, sellers, distributors, programmers, laboratories, publishers and all other partners who can contribute to the new exploitation of films.
The program will include a selection of feature-length films, recently restored or in the process of being restored, with a target of theatrical re-release, distribution media (TV, platforms, video publishing, etc.), international sales, financial partnerships, etc., on the scale of different territories.
For this first edition of the “Re>Birth Programme”, the following will be eligible:
- Restored films certified Lumière Classics by the festival Lumière 2023.
- Films with a restoration project submitted by Market accredited members.
These events present a new approach to expand the offer and promote classics on all media.
- Re>Birth Programme #1 “films with label”: Thursday afternoon, October 19
- Re>Birth Program #2 “films to be restored”: Friday morning, October 20
Each session will consist of 6 presentations of films pitched by their right-owners or representatives (15 minutes per pitch with video excerpts) in the Karbone room. One-to-one meetings will then be organized between the project owners and interested professionals in the Market Village.
More information and the forms to apply are on the MIFC website.
If you are interested in this project at the festival Lumière and its Market in Lyon, please reach out to mifc@institut-lumiere.org.