2024 Gotham Week Project Market Now Open for Submissions
by The Gotham Staff on April 9, 2024 in News
Regular Deadline (members): May 16 ($95)
Regular Deadline (non-members): May 16 ($125)
Members-Only Extended Deadline: May 30 ($110)
The 2024 Gotham Week Project Market, the nation’s oldest and largest curated marketplace for film and series creators, is now open for submissions for the following sections:
- U.S. Features in Development: Selected filmmakers will have the opportunity to introduce their fiction feature film projects at the script stage to attending industry professionals, including producers, financiers, and distributors.
- U.S. Shorts to Features: The all-new U.S. Shorts to Features section will provide filmmakers with proof-of-concept short films the opportunity to meet with key industry executives interested in creating feature-length versions of their projects.
- Spotlight on Documentaries: Designed to support both emerging and established documentarians, this section connects work-in-progress non-fiction features and series with financiers, distributors, broadcasters, sales companies, and festivals.
Set to take place in Brooklyn from September 30 through October 4, the Project Market facilitates career-spanning relationships with distributors, financiers, production companies, festival programmers, sales and talent agents, collaborators, and more for all participating creators.
Past industry participants have included A24, HBO, IFC Films, Neon, Sony Pictures Classics, MUBI, Topic Studios, Sundance Institute, WME, SFFilm, SXSW, Tribeca, Hot Docs, and many more.
Recent Project Market alumni include Sean Wang’s Dìdi (弟弟) (Focus Features), Raven Jackson’s All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt (A24), Tayarisha Poe’s Selah and the Spades (Amazon), Jessica Kingdon’s Ascension (MTV Documentary Films), Nikyatu Jusu’s Nanny (Amazon), Laurel Parmet’s The Starling Girl (Bleecker Street), Michael Dweck & Gregory Kershaw’s The Truffle Hunters (Sony Pictures Classics), and Rachel Lears’ Knock Down the House (Netflix).
For the first time ever, Project Market submissions are open to both Gotham Members and non-members, with Members receiving exclusive access to a discounted application fee, special extended deadline, and members-only Gotham Week activities.
Not yet a member? The Gotham community has access to year-round programming, resources, and support, plus exclusive perks and discounts. Learn more about membership (for as low as $40/year).