Bookworms and others came together at the expanded and broadened KVIFF Industry Days program of the 60th edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) on Tuesday for the inaugural Book-to-Screen at KVIFF showcase.
It featured a selection of literary works from Central and Europe deemed suitable for film or TV adaptations. “Our long-term ambition with Book-to-Screen at KVIFF is to become a true Central-Eastern European IP market that helps develop dialogue between the film and publishing industries and create a more transparent environment for adaptation rights in the region,” said Hugo Rosák, the head of KVIFF Film Industry Programs.
All in all, eight original literary IPs took the spotlight in the Czech spa town’s Imperial Spa, which mixes traditional and modern architecture, similar to how the books in focus cover the past, present and future. Here’s THR‘s closer look at the book pitches for potential screen adaptations.
Cupid at the Kremlin Wall (Georgia) Author: Aka Morchiladze Genre: historical drama, detective novel Publisher: Sulakauri Publishing Synopsis: “The historical drama Cupid at the Kremlin Wall takes place during a tragic train journey across Georgia, at the height of the Stalinist terror in the 1930s. Historian Aka Morchiladze, its author, is an accomplished writer who has over 30 novels published in 15 countries. He has written several screenplays, and his previous book Journey to Karabakh was adapted into a film.”
