Festivals and Markets

MIFF 37º South Market brings together leading sales agents/financiers and Australia/NZ producers with script-stage projects to pitch every early August during the opening four days of the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF).

Background

International companies to have attended 37ºSouth include Amazon, Arclight, Altitude, BAC, Bankside, Beta, Cornerstone, Embankment, Film Mode, Gaumont, HanWay, IFC, Independent, Ingenious, Jinga, Level-K, Match Factory, Memento, MK2, MovieHouse, Myriad, Netflix, Paramount, Participant, Pathe, Picture Tree, Protagonist, Quickfire, Radiant, Roadside Attractions, Seville/eOne, Shoreline, Sierra/Affinity, Studio Canal, Svensk, The Exchange, The Orchard, Voltage, West End, Wild Bunch, XYZ – and many more. Local distributors have included Dendy/Icon, Madman, Potential, Rialto, Roadshow, Sharmill, StudioCanal, Transmission, Umbrella, along with Australia/NZ screen funding agencies.

37ºSouth also includes market screenings, modules for publishers pitching their manuscripts for potential screen adaptations and writers pitching their screenplays to producers – as well as opportunities for world sales agents and local distributors to do business with each other.

While 37ºSouth is a selective event requiring an application, each year, 37ºSouth also stages open-to-the-public ticketed events, which have included Script & Story Seminars, Acting Workshops, Illustrated Film Culture Talks, and the Behind the Scenes craft panels.

For further details and application guidelines, please visit the MIFF 37ºSouth Market website.

Disclaimer:
This information is to be used as a guide only and is of a general nature. Screen Australia has undertaken all reasonable measures to ensure its accuracy and specifically disclaims any liability, loss or risk, personal or otherwise, which is incurred as a consequence, directly or indirectly of the use and application of any of the contents. Exact registration details are available on the market website.