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The new edition of the Book Adaptation Rights Market
From 29 to 31 August at the Venice Production Bridge as part of the 82nd Venice International Film Festival.
BOOK ADAPTATION RIGHTS MARKET
The 10th edition of the Book Adaptation Rights Market (August 29th – August 31st, 2025), organized as part of the Venice Production Bridge, will take place at the Hotel Excelsior at the Lido di Venezia, during the forthcoming 82ndVenice International Film Festival (August 27th – September 6th, 2025).
The VPB Focus 2025 will be dedicated to the United Kingdom, Chile and Morocco.
Following the call which was launched on January 14th, the Book Adaptation Rights Market has selected 30 international publishing houses and literary agencies plus 4 for the VPB Focuses (2 within the Focus on the United Kingdom supported by British Film Institute, 1 within the Focus on Chile supported by Ministerio de las Culturas, las Artes y el Patrimonio, Gobierno de Chile and 1 within the Focus on Morocco is supported by Centre Cinématographique Marocain.
The Venice Production Bridge will provide a dedicated area to meet the producers registered to the Venice International Film Festival through one-to-one meetings. The meetings will allow to foster lasting relationships and to make deals on the adaptation of novels, dramas, children’s literature, short stories, comics, graphic novels, essays, and biographies.
The Book Adaptation Rights Market will enable the invited publishers to propose their entire catalogue for film adaptation, rather than focusing on a single book, as opposed to other events dedicated to publishing within the scope of film festivals. A brochure featuring all the publishers and literary agents, along with their new titles and catalogues will be sent to all registered producers beforehand.
THE SELECTED PUBLISHERS
The 34 publishers and literary agents invited to this year’s event of the Book Adaptation Rights Market are:
- Astier-Pécher Literary Agency (France)
- ALT autores editorial (Spain)
- Andrew Nurnberg Associates (United Kingdom) – Focus on United Kingdom
- Banke, Goumen & Smirnova Literary Agency (Sweden / Cyprus)
- BAO Publishing srl (Italy)
- Blue Ocean Press (United States of America)
- Carlsen Verlag GmbH (Germany)
- Catrina Wessels Rights Management (South Africa)
- Editions HSN / Humanoids / Boîte à Bulles (France / United States of America)
- Editorial Anagrama S.A.U (Spain)
- Gruppo editoriale Mauri Spagnol (GeMS) (Italy)
- Giulio Einaudi Editore (Italy)
- Giunti Editore/Bompiani (Italy)
- Grandi & Associati (Italy)
- Gruppo Feltrinelli (Italy)
- Gyldendal Group Agency (Denmark)
- Hanser Literaturverlage (Germany)
- Jacaranda Books (United Kingdom) – Focus on United Kingdom
- Kein & Aber (Switzerland)
- La Corte Editore (Italy)
- Madrigall (France)
- MalaTesta Literary Agency (Italy)
- Milflores Publishing (Philippines)
- Mondadori Business Unit Ragazzi / Sperling & Kupfer / Piemme (Italy)
- Mondadori Libri SpA (Italy)
- Otago Literary Agency (Italy)
- Outsiders Storytelling & Beyond (Morocco) – Focus On Morocco
- Rowohlt Verlag Gmbh (Germany)
- S. Fischer Verlag GmbH (Germany)
- Silvia Meucci Agency Group (Italy)
- Singel Publishers (Netherlands)
- Susanna Lea Associates (France / Unied Kinigdom / United States of America)
- Trayecto comunicaciones (Chile) – Focus on Chile
- Zeitgeist Agency (Belgium)
Ever since its first edition, the Book Adaptation Rights Market has met with great success as proven by the publishers’ requests to participate again in this event, as well as by a growing demand from the producers looking for original intellectual properties (IP).
The new brochure that features all the details of the invited publishers and literary agents for this year’s edition of the Book Adaptation Rights Market will be available soon on the section “VPB Brochures Downloads’’ of the Venice Production Bridge website.
