Tanja Meissner is gearing up for her first edition as head of the Berlinale’s European Film Market (EFM), running from February 13 to 19.
Over the course of seven days, Europe’s biggest film market after Cannes will host some 230 exhibitors from 80 territories. Around 12,000 professionals from more than 140 countries are expected to attend with Germany, the U.S., France, Spain (which is the country of honor) and the U.K., the biggest territories in attendance.
New exhibitors will include New Zealand, Singapore, Jordan and Azerbaijan. Meissner’s arrival at the EFM comes amid choppy times on the international film market circuit, topped by uncertainty over the future of the American Film Market (AFM), and curiosity over how Toronto’s promise of a market revamp in 2026 will pan out.
Last week’s announcement that the AFM would be returning to L.A. met with approval from U.S. professionals, after its ill-fated sojourn in Las Vegas last November.
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