
Avant Première Screenings 2021
The Avant Première Screenings are the core element of Avant Première: The 2021 edition will feature exclusive previews to 560 of the latest music + dance films as well as 90 highlight productions from 2015-2019 presented by 60 companies from all across the world!
We are committed to providing you with a dazzling screening experience as you know it!
All showreels will be streamed live via b2match.
Screening companies will submit their recorded 2 minute introduction prior to the event, which will be shown before their showreel.
Film submissions for the Avant Première Screenings are a benefit for Full + Affiliate IMZ Members only.
Learn more about the IMZ Membership!

AVANT PREMIÈRE SCREENINGS SCHEDULE
Get a comprehensive overview of what is awaiting you in the Avant Première Screenings.

THE GOLDEN ELK AWARD
Like every year, the audience of industry professionals at Avant Première 2021 will vote for the most entertaining showreels of the day, which will receive the Golden Elk Award!

SHOWREELS ACCESSIBLE ONLINE DURING + AFTER AVANT PREMIÈRE
All showreels will be streamed live via b2match. After Avant Première, showreels will be available online ONLY for registered participants until 30 April 2021. From 30 April 2021, showreels will be available ONLY for IMZ Members.

SPECIAL IN 2021: PRESENTING 90 HIGHLIGHTS OF 2015-19
As an IMZ initiative to provide more visibility to productions + give buyers better access to content, Avant Première 2021 presents 90 highlight productions from 2015-19, which will screened + featured in the Avant Première Screenings Catalogue.
Official Opening + Avant Première Screenings Block I

ABC Commercial
Australia

Czech Philharmonic
Czech Republic

Clasart Classic
Germany

Dynamic
Italy

ORF – Austrian Broadcasting Corporation
Austria

Accentus Music
Germany

RTV Slovenija
Slovenia
Avant Première Screenings Block II

English National Ballet
United Kingdom

EuroArts Music International
Germany

SRF – Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
Switzerland

klangmalerei.tv
Germany

Telmondis Distribution
France

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Norway

Poorhouse International
United Kingdom

TV UNAM
Mexico
Avant Première Screenings Block III

PARS Media
Germany

ARTE
France

Kroma Productions
Finland

ORF-Enterprise
Austria

Heliox Films
France

SVT – Swedish Television
Sweden

Naxos Audiovisual Division
Germany

New World Symphony
United States
Avant Première Screenings Block IV

Bernhard Fleischer Moving Images
Germany

Czech Television
Czech Republic

Les Films Jack Fébus
France

Peiling Film & TV
Norway

C Major Entertainment
Germany

ZDF – German Television
Germany

ARD
Germany
Avant Première Screenings Block V

NHK – Japan Broadcasting Corporation
Japan

sounding images
Germany

ServusTV
Austria

3B-Produktion GmbH
Germany

Unitel
Germany

Auditorium Films
France

Yle, the Finnish Broadcasting Company
Finland
Avant Première Screenings Block VI

Lumikinos Production
Finland

Mercury Studios
United Kingdom

Latvian Television
Latvia

Opus Arte
United Kingdom

VBW International GmbH
Austria

NRK – Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation
Norway

The WNET Group
United States

Pop Twist Entertainment
United States
Avant Première Screenings Block VII

ERR – Estonian Public Broadcasting
Estonia

takt1
Germany

TVP – Polish Television
Poland

The Moscow Philharmonic Society
Russia

BBC Arts and Classical Music
United Kingdom

Bel Air Media
France
Avant Première Screenings Block VIII

RSI – Radiotelevisione Svizzera
Switzerland

Royal Conservatoire of The Hague
Netherlands

Overtone Films
United States

Classic Arts Showcase
United States

RAI COM
Italy
- Avant Première
Programme 2021 - Virtual Networking + Matchmaking
- One-on-One Expert Sessions
- Presentation ‘IMZ Online Services’
- Talk ‘What Buyers Want’
- Shine a Light Award
- Virtual Wine Tasting
- Austrian fields of innovation: Culture and Arts
- Vienna Coffee House
- IMZ Virtual Stand