The Largest Film Market in Mainland China is Making its Annual Comeback!The 5th Beijing International Film Festival- Beijing Film Market

　　The 5th Beijing International Film Festival - Beijing Film Market will be held from April 17th to 20th, 2015 in Beijing. As the first film factor market in China, the Beijing International Film Festival - Beijing Film Market is dedicated to building up a transaction and collaboration platform covering all factors of the film industry chain. Over the past four years, the Beijing International Film Festival- Beijing Film Market has made incessant efforts and earned everwider recognition and support. The Beijing Film Market has been growing steadily in size, with participation in each of its segments repeatedly hitting new record highs, it has now grown into the largest film market with largest size, fastest growing, and richest activities in mainland China.
The Largest Film Market in Mainland China
The 4th Beijing International Film Festival - Beijing Film Market attracted more than 1,000 companies and organizations and nearly 7,000 attendees from China and overseas, up 25% and 70% respectively over the previous year. A total of 248 domestic and foreign film companies and related organizations from 24 countries/regions attended the Exhibition segment, including 123 domestic exhibitors and 125 international exhibitors, representing an increase of 47% over the previous year, and surpassing the number of domestic exhibitors for the first time. Project Pitches has received 226 project submissions (a 120% increase compared to last year), 12 of which were selected for the roadshow and the final assessment, with 21 projects engaged in over 400 one-on-one meetings with interested parties. Thirty-two contracts worth a total CNY10.521 billion were signed in Contract Signing Ceremony segment, representing a 20% increase on the previous year and making the Beijing Film Market China's top-performing film market. Twenty special activities were also held. More than 1,000 reporters from major domestic and international media outlets covered the Market.
Initiating the innovative concept of "Film Factor" in 2013, the Beijing International Film Festival- Beijing Film Market, with a focus on the development of China's film industry and its demands, strives to create a comprehensive transaction and collaboration platform covering the entire film industry chain. In 2014, the Beijing Film Market launched two professional platforms, "Film Factor Market" and "Film Project Market", in full support of the "Film Factor" concept.
"Film Factor Market": International Cooperation Going Ever Deeper
"Film Factor Market" covers five segments, which are Exhibition, Industry Conversations, Market Screenings, Events &Activities and Contract Signing Ceremony. The 5th Beijing International Film Festival - Beijing Film Market will continue to focus on "film locations" and "post-production and technology", and, by centering around "copyright transaction" and the "production-centered system", strive to match and merge the demand for film production with each relevant factor of the film industry chain, in a bid to meet the diversified needs of domestic and international film industries concerning such links as script development, project cooperation, production, post-production, distribution, copyright transaction, licensing and merchandise, etc.
The most distinguishing feature of the 5th Beijing International Film Festival- Beijing Film Market will be its international orientation: Registered exhibitors and attendees will be coming from over 30 countries across Asia, Europe, North America, South America, Oceania and Africa, with special events (presentations, press conferences, etc.) planned to be held to shed light on the development of the film industry in each country and promote their respective film productions; "Industry Conversations" will also focus on hot topics and concrete cases related to Sino-foreign collaborations and co-productions, and provide a platform for filmmakers from around the globe to share their experience and vision for future development. The 5th Beijing International Film Festival - Beijing Film Market will also further deepen its cooperation with international partners: it will expand its collaborations with the MPA to jointly host the "MPA Film Workshop", and to invite experienced international filmmakers to share their insights into the future development of the film industry through industry forums, masters' training sessions and project pitching competition, etc. Its collaboration with CentEast Market Warsaw will revolve around the promotion of three central and eastern European films (including the Oscar-winning Polish film "Ida") and the film workshop to be given by Mr. Stefan Laudyn, Director of the Warsaw Film Festival.
　Film Project Market: An Ideal Incubator for Chinese Film Talents
Primarily geared toward championing new creative talents and incubating outstanding film projects, the "Film Project Market" of the Beijing International Film Festival - Beijing Film Market is the most important incubator for Chinese films and film talents in mainland China. Backed by Chinese mainland's largest film market, the platform of "Film Project Market" pools together important resources from the "Film Factor Market", thereby fully tapping the functions and complementary advantages of the two professional platforms of the Beijing Film Market to build up a comprehensive incubation platform for potential projects, integrating selection, training, roadshow, awards competition, reward, business negotiation, and international promotion, and give new impetus to China's film industry. Over the past three years, the fledgling "Film Project Market" of the Beijing Film Market has achieved impressive results, with numerous outstanding movie projects successfully incubated, such as The Bodyguard, Mountain Cry, and 77 Days.
With the influence of the "Film Project Market" steadily expanding, the 5th Beijing International Film Festival - Beijing Film Market has received a total of 455 project submissions, a whopping 100% increase over last year, attesting to the growing popularity and increasing importance of the platform. The first round judges will select from the pool of submissions 10 outstanding projects to take part in such subsequent sessions as project training, project roadshow, award competition, and one-on-one individual meetings, with one "Special Award" winner and three "Projects with Greatest Commercial Potential" winners finally emerging among them. On the international front, the segment will continue to work with the Marché du Film - Festival de Cannes in incorporating two additional awards to its existing "Project Pitches" section. The award-winning projects will have direct access to The New Chinese Film Talents Fund Forum which is to be held during the Marché Du Film - Festival de Cannes 2015. The 5th Beijing Film Market and MPA will further strengthen relationships and cooperation. A new "MPA Grand Prize" will be awarded, and the winner will join a study tour to Hollywood studios to learn about professional filmmaking. The winner will also get a rare opportunity to pitch their projects to studios for international film co-production.
The 5th Beijing International Film Festival - Beijing Film Market is making its annual return! In keeping with the BJIFF's motto of "Share the Screen, Shape the Future", we welcome you with open arms, an open mind, and an open heart, in the hope that this latest edition will be a great adventure for all!　
More information please visit http://bfm.bjiff.com/2015/en/