VENICE, Italy, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- As film adaptations are becoming increasingly popular, the Book Adaptation Rights Market in Venice is an important forum for international publishers, film producers and streamers, the chief of the market and industry section of the Venice film festival has said.
Pascal Diot, head of the Venice Production Bridge, shared his view on the topic with Xinhua on Thursday at the ongoing 80th edition of the world's oldest film festival at Venice Lido.
Graphic novels, manga, essays and webtoons provide rich choices for film and television producers to bring stories from page to the screen, Diot said, adding that webtoons are booming and attracting young people in Europe and around the world.
The Book Adaptation Rights Market functions as an important forum for publishers after the Frankfurt Book Fair, facilitating the purchase of intellectual properties in order to produce television series and films, he noted.
A regular strand of the Venice Production Bridge, the Book Adaptation Rights Market is in its 8th edition this year, gathering 40 publishing houses and literary agencies and organizing hundreds of one-on-one meetings among international producers, streamers and publishers.
The Venice Production Bridge, an integral part of the Venice film festival, is a specialized hub for film professionals to advance and finalize their projects. ■