Shoot the Book ! LA 2022: Book-to-Screen Adaptation Event with Marketplace

Shoot the Book ! Los Angeles, a program brought to you by the Société civile des éditeurs de langue française, the Bureau international de l’édition française, the Institut français and Villa Albertine, is back for its 8th edition in 2022.  Fifteen French-language books have been selected to showcase their promise for screen adaptation. This year, the titles reflect the theme of New Francophone Voices, highlighting authors from various French-language backgrounds who are making impressive débuts in French publishing. The event is now hybrid, allowing attendees from all time zones to participate either in Los Angeles or from the comfort of their own screen.

After two years online, the Shoot the Book ! LA team is delighted to bring back an in-person market where US film and TV professionals can meet with the French publishers representing the selected titles (as well as the thousands of other works in their catalogs). These one-on-one meetings will take place on Wednesday, September 28, in Beverly Hills, from 2:30pm to 5:30pm PDT. The publishers attending are VIPs of the French literary scene, with representatives from large groups Editis, Madrigal, Mediatoon, and JC Lattès.

For those not able to meet in Los Angeles, the program also includes an online B2B marketplace on Thursday, September 29, 2022, from 5:00am PDT (8:00am EDT) to 12:00pm PDT (3:00pm EDT). Attendees from across the US are welcome to participate and meet even more French publishers from Actes Sud, Archipel, Auzou, Editions Thierry Magnier, and Matriochkas. 

The fifteen selected titles include: 

• The Art of Murder, Chrystel Duchamp (L’Archipel) 

• Love Me Tender, Constance Debré (Flammarion) 

• The Man for the Job, Lou Lubie (Dupuis) 

• Leawald, Dov Lynch (Editions du sous-sol) 

• The Door of No Return, David Diop (La Martinière) 

• Rosa Dolorosa, Caroline Dorka-Fenech (La Martinière) 

• Tanz!, Maurane Mazars (Le Lombard) 

• The Goddess of Small Victories, Yannick Grannec (Anne Carrière) 

• Timothée Brahms and the Book of Possibilities, Aurélie Magnin, Illustrated by Vincent Pianina (Editions Thierry Magnier) 

• Speak of the Devil, Joseph Denize (Julliard) 

• The Aquatics, Osvalde Lewat (Les Escales) 

• Into Violence, Blandine Rinkel (Fayard) 

• My Part of Her, Javad Djavahery (Gallimard) 

• Aya of Yop City, Marguerite Abouet, Illustrated by Clément Oubrerie (Gallimard Jeunesse) 

• Hana Thierry, Swallows and Other Birds Names, Touria Arab-Leblondel (Milan) 

For all US film and TV professionals interested in meeting with the French publishers—either in Los Angeles or virtually—please write to stbla@frenchculture.org to receive further details.