The Venice Production Bridge’s 8th edition of the Book Adaptation Rights Market will take place from September 1st to 3rd, 2023, within the context of the 80th Venice International Film Festival. The event facilitates the adaptation of books to films, connecting publishers, literary agents, and authors with producers, directors, and screenwriters.
We scrubbed this year’s catalog of selected titles for African stories that will be offered. The list follows. Book covers first; descriptions underneath:
1 – “An Impossible Return” (“Rivage de la colère”) by Caroline Laurent.
2 – “The Most Secret Memory of Men” (“La plus secrète mémoire des hommes”) by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr.
3 – “Choke Valley” (“Stikvallei”) by Frank Westerman.
4 – “The Roukia Affair – A True Crime Story” (“L’affaire Roukia ou Les ombres de Mayotte”) by Nicolas Goinard.
5 – “Léopold Sédar Senghor” by Jean-Pierre Langellier.
6 – “Black Swan” (“Le cygne noir”) by Chloé Lopes Gomes.
7 – “Burnt Days” (“Nos jours brûlés”) by Laura Nsafou. “2049.
8 – “Being Other” by Hanae Bezad.
9 – “The Sky Has Moved Away” by Surya Ramkumar.
The Book Adaptation Rights Market runs Sept 1-3. It will feature 34 publishing houses and agencies, pitching their catalogs and titles to potential film partners. Should any of the books in this thread land film adaptation deals, you will know!
Which titles most intrigue you?
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