For more than 20 years, this event has been an essential platform for producers, distributors, exporters, creatives, partners, financial institutions, decision-makers – and for all those who passionately contribute to Franco-German and European film exchanges.
Information and program: https://www.das-rendez-vous.org/rdv-2025/
The registration form can be found here
The Franco-German Film Meetings offer participants exchanges with key players in the industry, exclusive insights into current projects, financing trends and creative processes, direct contacts for co-production, project development and financing, as well as a rich program including panels, keynotes, case studies, and networking time.
The program (in construction)
- Case study: The Little Sister – Franco-German co-production in Competition at Cannes, Best Actress Award. With Julie Billy (June Films / F) & Vanessa Ciszewski (Katuh Studio / ALL)
- Round table: Independent companies on the chessboard – Different perspectives. With Martin Danisch (Turbokultur), Alexandra Lebret (Axio – Together Fund), Cyrine Amor (Ampere Analysis)
- Presentation: From prompt to preview – AI in film production. With Franziska Hansel (Storybook Studios)
- Round table: Respectful production – regulatory frameworks in France and Germany for a healthy working environment. With Dr Andreas Bareiß (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg), Louise Lebecq (SPI)
- Panel: Art, work, life – new answers to old questions. With representatives from Frahm Sisters Production (tbc)
- Panel: Sales Stories – what sells, how and to whom? With representatives from Lucky Number (tbc)
- Focus: Rethinking development – experimental, collaborative, market-oriented. With Helge Albers (MOIN Filmförderung), Antoine Le Bos (Le Groupe Ouest)
- Focus: Cross-Border Stories. With Agnès Olier (Arte France)
- Panel: Media chronology in France – two examples. With Antoine Boilley (Arcom)
- Keynote: Audiovisual policies in Brussels – between the internal market and cultural mission. With Juliette Prissard (Eurocinema)
- Panel: New Gravity – or how Europe can (re)become the film centre of the future. With Fabian Gasmia (Seven Elephants)
- Panel: Public funding of cinema in Germany – an update on the reform. With Katharina Hiersemenzel (Constantin Film AG (DE)), Peter Dinges (FFA Filmförderungsan
- Keynote: The CNC today – perspectives and priorities. With Gaëtan Bruel (CNC)
- Presentation: The new generation of European cinema. With representatives from OFAJ & Atelier Ludwigsburg Paris
The evening of 8 October, the first day of the German-Franco Film Meetings, will conclude with a cocktail reception on a barge sailing on the clear waters of the capital, and with the opening of the German Film Festival in Paris, to which all participants are warmly invited.
