Locarno’s Alliance 4 Development Program Looks to Co-Production Market's Future Post-COVID
At this year’s edition of Locarno’s Alliance 4 Development, both the future of the selected nine projects, and the co-production market as a whole, will be on the table.program, which facilitates international co-production for projects from France, Germany, Italy and Switzerland, skipped a year due to COVID-19, but is back stronger than ever.
There is no question that the co-production market has been hit hard by the pandemic. On top of their usual mountain of problems, producers looking for international partners have had to factor lockdowns, border closures, rocketing insurance costs and complex and expensive COVID protocols into their equations.
“I think things can really improve. Maybe it will be slow, maybe it won’t be really quick, but the fact that we are here in Locarno, holding a proper market, is a great sign that people want to get back to business,” Palleschi says. “Co-production won’t be exactly the same way, but that doesn’t mean your desire to make movies and appeal to wider audiences will be affected.