The Cannes Film Festival’s Marché du Film has unveiled a new exclusive event, bannered the Cannes Investors Circle, aimed at connecting high-caliber, global feature film projects with private investors.
Details of the projects are under wraps, but the market has revealed they are budgeted at up to $13 million and involve producers and directors who have previously won the Cannes Palme d’Or or Berlin’s Golden Bear.Participant Executive Vice President, Content and Platform Strategy Liesl Copland, will kick off the meeting with a keynote, offering her unique perspective on the modern media landscape, which will be open to all market badge-holders.
Finance expert Elisa Alvares of Jacaranda Consultants, Rikke Ennis, CEO of REinvent Studios, Emilie Georges, Co-Founder & CEO of Paradise City, UK producer Mike Goodridge of Good Chaos, who is Official Selection this year with Jessica Hausner’sThe event will continue with an invitation-only pitching session which will be followed by private networking meetings and a cocktail reception.
“The aim of the Marché du Film with the Cannes Investors Circle is to support artistically and financially ambitious film projects,” said Cannes executive director Guillaume Esmiol.