Luxembourg guest of honour at the 15th Baltic Event Coproduction Market in Tallinn

Le Baltic Event Coproduction Marketthe largest co-production market in the Baltic Sea region, was held alongside the Black Nights Film Festival in Tallinn (Estonia) from 21 to 24 November, bringing together just over 400 film professionals from the Baltic States, the new countries of Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, the Nordic countries, Georgia, Russia, Ukraine and the rest of Europe. For this year's event, the organisers chose to focus on the Luxembourg audiovisual production sector.

A delegation made up of representatives of the Fund, the Europe Créative MEDIA Luxembourg office and professionals (Calach Films accompanied by director Chris Neumann, a_Bahn, Paul Thiltges Distributions, Amour Fou Luxembourg, Samsa Film and representatives of the EAVE training programme) travelled to Tallinn to attend the various panels (individual meetings, round tables, presentations and pitches of audiovisual projects, conferences, etc.) organised by the organisers as part of the market.

During a round-table discussion focusing on the development of the audiovisual sector, Guy Daleiden, Director of the Fund, presented the Fund's policy and support mechanism. Paul Thiltges, President of ULPA (Union Luxembourgeoise de la production audiovisuelle) and Jani Thiltges (Head of Studies EAVE) answered questions from the audience about co-production opportunities with Luxembourg. At the end of the presentation, Guy Daleiden thanked the organisers, saying: "The Fund is delighted to be working with a young, creative and dynamic region that is likely to offer interesting and innovative co-production opportunities for Luxembourg professionals".

3 Luxembourg projects* in development were selected for the co-production market, with the aim of meeting new financial partners, potential co-producers, distributors and broadcasters.

* Skin Walker" directed by Chris Neumann and co-produced by Calach Films;
   "(N)ostalgia" directed by Vicki Thornton and co-produced by a_Bahn;
   "Zero Impunity" (Work In Progress) directed by Stéphane Hueber-Blies, Nicolas Blies and Denis Lambert and co-produced by a_Bahn.

The documentary "(N)ostalgia" (a_Bahn) won Screen International's Best Pitch Award.

Photo gallery: The Luxembourg delegation with Marge Liiske, managing director Baltic Event
            Guy Daleiden, Marge Liiske (Baltic Event), Jani Thiltges, Paul Thiltges
            Marion Guth, a_Bahn, receives her award for best pitch