Berlin’s European Film Market (EFM) has posted a record of number of visitors for its 2024 edition, with more than 12,000 professionals from 143 countries attending this year.
But there was a 3% dip in registered buyers to 1,263, against 1,302 in 2023. There was talk this year among TV professionals that the scrapping of the festival’s Berlinale Series TV screenings had led to a fall in TV buyers attending the EFM.
However, in response to a question on this rumor, the EFM told Deadline that the number of TV buyers was the same as 2023, without providing exact figures.
There was also a 14% drop in the number of film and series screening in the market, with 664 films and series shown in 728 onsite screenings and 301 online screenings, for a total of 1,029 screenings.
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