SPA Connect Market
6 - 8 May 2025
Gold Coast
Taking place in-person on the sunny Gold Coast, in the Event Centre Marquee.
The following SPA Connect opportunities are open to all delegates holding a Gold Coast Pass.
To provide a more productive experience for hosts and market attendees, project submissions opened to Gold Coast Badge holders from 9am AEDT on Monday, 10 Feb, and closed at 11.59pm AEDT on Monday, 3 Mar 2025.
Registered delegates could submit brief details of up to three projects they want to pitch at the market to a pool of domestic and global buyers who will have the opportunity to pick the projects that most align
with what they want.
The submission process requires high-level detail about the project,
including title, format, genre, duration and a logline.
Submissions were be available to both Online Global Market and in-person SPA Connect Market buyers and Production Partnerships Forum companies and publishers.
Any remaining Ready, Steady, Pitch! meeting spots will be made available on a first-come, first-served basis when bookings open for the Online Global Market at 12:00pm AEDT on Tuesday, 1 Apr 2025, and the in-person
SPA Connect Market at 12:00pm AEST on Tuesday, 8 Apr 2025.
The changes elevate opportunities at the SPA Connect Market, bringing it more in line with how global markets operate, ensuring buyers receive pitches from pre-vetted, relevant sellers with projects that align with their market needs.
Click HERE for key dates.
SPA CONNECT MARKET BOOKING TUTORIAL
SPA CONNECT MARKET BRIEFING SERIES
29 Jan - 19 Feb 2025
Online - Zoom
Ahead of SCREEN FOREVER 39 and the SPA Connect Market (6 - 8 May, 2025), we curated a series of four Market Briefing Webinars where SPA's Industry Programs Manager and SCREEN FOREVER 39 programmer, Jessica Giacco, interviewed key international guests participating in the 2025 program and taking pitches in the
SPA Connect Market.
CANADA CONNECT
5 May 2025
In Person - Gold Coast
Canada Connect is a competitive, curated co-production program designed for established Australian and Canadian film and TV producers.
The initiative is for Australian and Canadian producers seeking global partners and financing and will be held as part of the SPA Connect Market at SCREEN FOREVER 39.
LAUNCHPAD
6 May 2025
In Person - Gold Coast
After its debut in 2024, Launchpad will take place before the SCREEN FOREVER 39 Official Opening and aims to provide delegates with a comprehensive overview of the conference and how to make the most of the
three days and nights.
Launchpad will commence with a presentation providing first-hand advice from personal experiences at the conference, followed by a chance for emerging and early career producers to meet with lawyers, accountants, financiers, post houses, insurers and other services and facilities providers to expand their industry networks and contacts in a fast-paced speed networking event.
PUBLISHERS PITCH & MARKET
8 May 2025
In Person - Gold Coast
Interested in adapting books for the big or small screen? Looking for the next big piece of IP? Producers will have the opportunity to hear from publishers, agents and authors as they showcase their bestselling published books and advanced copies of manuscripts.
The pitch will be followed by a networking opportunity and pre-booked one-on-one meetings.
READY, STEADY, PITCH!
7 May 2025
In Person - Gold Coast
Ready, Steady, Pitch! is designed to be a high-energy, no-second-chances, fun and fast pitching market for delegates. Hosts include financiers, commissioners, and distributors. Pitch meetings run for 10 minutes, with 5 minutes for delegates to pitch and 5 minutes for feedback from the buyer.
MARKETPLACE ROUNDTABLES
7 May 2025
In Person - Gold Coast
Marketplace Roundtables provide delegates with a unique opportunity to meet buyers in a relaxed and friendly environment. Each roundtable runs for 25 minutes with the opportunity for an extensive Q&A.
PRODUCTION PARTNERSHIPS FORUM
8 May 2025
In Person - Gold Coast
The Production Partnerships Forum offers the opportunity for independent producers and smaller production companies to meet with potential production company partners to create important relationships, partnerships, and alliances.
SCREEN FOREVER is proudly supported by the Queensland Government, through Screen Queensland.
Screen Producers Australia respectfully acknowledges the people of the Yugambeh language region, the traditional owners of the lands on which we meet. We thank the traditional custodians for welcoming us all onto their lands.
We acknowledge and pay respects to them and all their descendants both past and present. We also acknowledge the many Aboriginal people from other regions as well as Torres Strait and South Sea Islander people who now live in the local area and have made an important contribution to the community.