Applications for the 2012 MIFF 37ºSouth Market are now open and close on 20 April 2012. Producers wishing to meet local and international co-financiers during the opening weekend of MIFF, click here to apply!

Australia’s only film co-financing market to occur in the context of a major festival, MIFF 37ºSouth  Market brings the global film financing marketplace to Melbourne in the opening weekend of MIFF – Australia's oldest and largest film festival. 

The exclusive Australian partner of the London Production Finance Market (PFM), MIFF 37ºSouth  Market last year invited a record 44 international and local film co-financiers, including sales agents, distributors and gap funders, to meet with a record 100 selected producers for four days of meetings, screenings, panels and roundtables. 

Across the various strands of the market, including 37ºSouth : Bridging the Gap and 37ºSouth : Books at MIFF, scheduled one-to-one meetings increased by 23% in 2011 to 1,542. The co-financiers/buyers also viewed completed local seeking distribution and/or sales agents in the 37ºSouth : Breakthru Screenings. 

In addition to meeting some of the world’s top film co-financiers, 37ºSouth  Market’s registered producers are automatically in the running for selection to the only guaranteed Australian/NZ places at key overseas co-financing markets in Europe and North America through MIFF 37ºSouth Market's exclusive partnerships with London’s Production Finance Market (PFM) and Canada's Strategic Partners. For more information on the 37ºSouth -PFM Alliance, and the experiences of 37ºSouth producers at PFM, click here. 

Application forms for 2012’s MIFF 37ºSouth Market are available at www.miff37degreesSouth.com – applications close on 20 April 2012. For details on the application process and deadlines, as well as the wide range of international financing guests that attend the market, see the background document on the following page. 

The 61st Melbourne International Film Festival runs from 2 – 19 August 2012.