The much-anticipated Pitches Selection for the 2024 edition of Shoot The Book! has been unveiled, marking the continuation of an exciting collaboration between SCELF and the Marché du Film.

Organized by SCELF (Société Civile des Editeurs de Langue Française) and the Marché du Film, Shoot the Book! announced their selection on 12 April at the Paris Book Festival in front of an audience of journalists, partners, authors, publishers and literary agents.

In its largest Pitches Selection to date, SCELF announced 18 books, selected for their strong potential for screen adaptation: 10 of which are new literary works from France and Europe, handpicked by an international jury formed in partnership with Le Film Français.

An additional 8 books were added to this year’s edition to spotlight other countries, including 4 from Taiwan (in partnership with TAICCA — Taiwan Creative Content Agency) and 4 from Switzerland (in partnership with ProHelvetia), in support of the Marché du Film’s program to spotlight Switzerland, the Country of Honour of their 2024 market edition.

Shoot the Book! will invite the selected authors and publishers to Cannes for the Pitches event, to be held on 16 May at the Press Conference Room of the Festival de Cannes, where they will present these riveting literary IPs to an audience of film & TV producers seeking future film projects.

In addition, publishers and producers will take part of the Rendez-Vous on 17 May for personalized one-to-one meetings to discuss adapting these literary works for film, television and other digital formats.

The titles to be presented at this year’s 2024 edition:

MAIN SELECTION

REELING (CHAVIRER)
Lola Lafon | Actes Sud

APHRODITE’S BREATH, A MOTHER AND DAUGHTER’S GREEK ISLAND ADVENTURE
Susan Johnson | Allen & Unwin

THE WOMB REBELLION
P.W. Long | Blue Ocean Press

THE DYATLOV PASS MYSTERY (LE MYSTÈRE DU COL DYATLOV)
Cédric Mayen, Jandro González | Éditions du Lombard

DUO (DUELLE)
Barbara Abel | Éditions du Masque

BEHIND THEIR BACKS (За спиною)
Haska Shyyan | Fabula

VENGEANCE IS MINE (LA VENGEANCE M’APPARTIENT)
Marie Ndiaye | Gallimard

THE SPAGHETTI SYNDROME (LE SYNDROME DU SPAGHETTI)
Marie Vareille | Pocket

ROSE VALLAND. THE SPY AT WORK (ROSE VALLAND. L’ESPIONNE A L’OEUVRE)
Jennifer Lesieur | Robert Laffont

9MM CUT
Sybille Ruge | Suhrkamp Verglag

SWITZERLAND SELECTION

THE HUNT (TRAWLJA)
Sasha Filipenko | Éditions Diogènes

RENDEZ-VOUS
Martina Chyba | Éditions Favre

INFLORESCENCE 
Raluca Antonescu | Éditions la Bacconière

SILENCES (SILENZI)
Luca Brunoni | Gabriele Capelli Editore

TAIWAN SELECTION

HAUNTED HOUSE REALTOR (鬼拍手)
Tai-Yu Chiang | Emily Books Agency Ltd, Aquarius

MYSTERY OF REMAINS (遺跡訪詭錄)
Mr. Tan | Millionstar Entertainment, Booklife

TRIALS OF HUMANITY (人性的試煉)
秀霖 (Xiu-Lin) | Showwe Information Co, Yao You Guang

SECOND LEAD (女二)
Joanne Deng | The Grayhawk Agency, Sun Color

Registration to attend Shoot the Book! events opens on 15 April!