Editis creates a “speed dating” between writers and producers

The health crisis pushes all sectors of culture and audiovisual to inventiveness. Confined concerts, TV shows in videoconference, remote shootings via iPhone ... And the publishing industry is no exception to the rule. Editis, for example, has just set up a new distance speed dating system between producers and authors, with the help of Susanna Lea, the literary agent of Marc Levy in particular.

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Called "From book to screen", the operation is "a way for our authors to pitch works with a high potential for adaptation to cinema or television" , explains Clément Pelletier, the director of development of the Editis group, bought last year by Vivendi. Usually, the world of books and that of production have the opportunity to meet during specific meetings, like "Shoot the Book!" or "Books at Berlinale", on the sidelines of the Cannes Film Festival or the Berlinale. But the coronavirus epidemic came all

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