New feature film projects by Joe Dante, Reza Bagher, Wang Chao, Srdjan Koljevic, Sarah Polley and Luigi Falorni are among a total of 37 projects selected from 25 countries to be presented at the Berlinale Co-Production Market (Feb 11-13) which is now in its fourth year.

This year's Official Projects cover a wide range of international feature film productions with budgets between $1.3m-$9m (Euros 1m - 7m). Project manager Sonja Heinen noted that 'in content and structure they vary greatly - we believe there is something for every financial backer and co-producer who comes to our event. Of course, we have also paid attention to whether the projects are actually suitable for co-production.'

In total, 348 projects were submitted from for participation in the official selection, up from more than 300 applications for last year's event when 27 projects from 19 countries were presented.

The official selection also includes three projects being presented during the Rotterdam-Berlinale Express in cooperation with the CineMart in Rotterdam as well as Semih Kaplanoglu's Turkish-German co-production Milk under the banner of the World Cinema Market, as recommended by the World Cinema Fund.

Furthermore, the Co-Production Market will be collaborating again with the Berlinale Talent Campus to present 11 projects during this year's Talent Project Market. This section has become an insider tip, especially for producers who are looking for young directors and are interested in collaborating on the first stages of a project's development.

Apart from the pre-arranged one-to-one meetings between producers and potential co-producing partners, the event, which has been financially supported by the German regional fund MDM and the EU's MEDIA Programme, will include case studies on current financing strategies, informal 'speed matchings' and 'country tables' as well a 'breakfast & books' presentation organised in conjunction with the Frankfurt Book Fair.

Official project selection of the Berlinale Co-Production Market 2007
(arranged alphabetically according to production company):
The Frost (Ferran Audi), Alta Realitat Produccions & Original Film, Spain / Norway
The Age of Amphibians (David Planell), Avalon Productions, Spain
Heart of Fire (Luigi Falorni), BurkertBareiss Development & TV60 Filmproduktion, Germany
White Fever ( TBC ), Catpics Coproductions, Switzerland
You Will Not Know (Ewa Stankiewicz), Centrala, Poland
Every Day is a Holiday (Dima El-Horr), Cine-Sud Promotion & Taxi Films, France/Lebanon
The Collectors (Clement Virgo), Conquering Lion Pictures, Canada
The Good Doctor (Darrell James Roodt), EIKON Media, Germany
The Woman with the Broken Nose (Srdjan Koljevic), Film House Bas Celik & Mediopolis Film- und Fernsehproduktion, Serbia / Germany
Sunshine Superman (Sarah Polley), Galafilm, Canada
Honour (Reza Bagher), Hob, Sweden
Jash - The Traitor (Fariborz Kamkari), Kurdia Films & Far Out Films, Iran/Italy
Autonauts on Kosmobahn (Werner Penzel & Nicolas Humbert), LesFilmsDuPresent & Cinenomad & Avista Film, France / Germany
La Roldana (Laura Mana), Maestranza Films, Spain
Niebla (Francisca Schweitzer), MC Films & BaR, Chile
The Man with Kaleidoscope Eyes (Joe Dante), Missing In Action & Elizabeth Stanley Pictures, UK/US
Amnesia (Tony Krawitz), Porchlight Films, Australia
Starting Over (Wang Chao), Rosem Films, France
Circus Fantasticus (Janez Burger), Staragara Production, Slovenia
Bright Colours, Cold Sunshine (Mike Walker), The Content Providers & Meanpeach, UK
The Last Summer of La Boyita (Julia Solomonoff), Travesia Productions, Argentina
A Tram in SP (Aitzol Aramaio), Tusitala Producciones Cinematograficas, Spain

Rotterdam-Berlinale Express:
Dog Security (Jorge Gaggero), Aquafilms, Argentina
Lost Persons Area (Caroline Strubbe), Minds Meet, Belgium
Lebanon (Samuel Maoz), Paralite Productions, Israel

World Cinema Market:
Milk (Semih Kaplanoglu), Kaplan Film Production & Heimatfilm, Turkey/Germany

Talent Project Market:
Amreeka (author/director: Cherien Dabis), US
When Elephants Fight (author/director: Domenico Distilo), Italy
Mainland (author/director: Peter Folie), Germany
The Bad Intentions/Las malas intenciones (author/director: Rosario Garcia-Montero), US/Peru
The Unforgettables (author/director: Matan Guggenheim), Israel
The Pirates of Rat River (producer: Roland Kanamuller), Germany
Strangers (producer: Yen San Michelle Lo), Malaysia
Intimate Stranger (author/director/producer: Mayu Nakamura), Japan
How to Rewind Your Dog (producer: Emmy Oost), Belgium
September (author/director/producer: David Rosfeld), Canada
The Rescued (author/director: Srdjan Sarenac), Bosnia and Herzegovina

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