Co-Production and Financing Market

The carefully pre-planned one-to-one meetings have been the heart of Animation Production Days for 15 years. In addition to concrete negotiations on the projects, they also involve detailed feedback from key decision-makers and experts so that the projects can be successfully developed further in line with the requirements of the market.

There are two categories of one-to-one meetings at APD.

Meetings of the Co-Production Market:

Producers of the selected projects meet studios, VFX and games producers who are looking for projects to participate in – either as co-producers or as service providers. The goal is to network European and international production partners whose know-how and profile fit the planned projects.

The Meetings of the Financing Market:

Producers* of the selected projects meet potential financing partners, i.e. broadcasters, streamers, distributors, funding institutions, banks and other investors.

Who takes part in which Meetings?

– Producers with selected projects take part in the meetings of the Co-Production and Financing Market.

– Investors and financiers attend the meetings of the Financing Market.

– Studios and producers without their own project participate in the meetings of the Co-Production Market.

How does it work?

From the project submission/registration documents, an e-catalogue is compiled with all the information on the selected projects and participating companies.
The catalogue will be sent to all participants about two weeks before the event starts.
The Financing Market meetings are planned by the APD team. Participants choose who they would like to meet based on the e-catalogue. Depending on availability and profile, the APD team schedules the desired meetings. These meetings will be stored in the Online Meeting Scheduler.
A week before the event all accredited participants receive their access data to the Online Meeting Scheduler.
Here, the meetings of the Co-Production Market can be planned by the participants themselves, as well as the meeting slots still available within the framework of the Financing Market.