Rights and adaptation · Last updated
If you are planning screen-adaptation conversations at Krakow Book Fair, check the networking confirmation date before building your schedule. The organizer-linked form asks each person to confirm separately by October 10, 2026. That is a networking RSVP, not a universal deadline for attending the fair or applying to pitch a book.
The fair runs October 22–25 at EXPO Kraków. Within it, the Adaptation Zone programme lists professional workshops and pitching/networking sessions on October 22–23. For rights holders, the useful distinction is between four things: signing up for a workshop, obtaining fair admission, being selected for catalogue pitching and confirming networking attendance. None should be treated as a substitute for another.
Put the four sessions in the right access bucket
These are the organizer’s announced times in Krakow. This table covers the professional sessions relevant to the access checklist, not the entire Adaptation Zone programme.
| Date and time, 2026 | Session and room | Access check |
|---|---|---|
| October 22, 11:00–12:50 | Pitching and adaptation-selection workshop; Wiedeń B | Its own workshop signup plus fair admission |
| October 22, 13:00–13:50 | Protecting author, publisher and producer interests; Wiedeń B | Separate workshop signup plus fair admission |
| October 23, 14:00–15:30 | Selected-catalogue pitches; Wiedeń AB | Books selected for the Adaptation Zone Rights Catalogue; not open author pitching |
| October 23, 15:30–16:30 | Filmowcy × Wydawcy networking; Wiedeń AB | Individual attendance confirmation requested by October 10 |
Keep the registration record beside your calendar entry. A workshop booking, an admission pass and a networking confirmation answer different questions. Keeping them separate makes it easier to spot what you still need to check before arranging travel.
Workshop signup is not fair admission
The pitching workshop form and interests-protection workshop form each say participants need a fair admission pass. Both point to the organizer’s industry-guest registration route. Filling in a session form is therefore not the same as completing admission arrangements.
The forms ask for publishing-company and role details. An author attending independently should clarify the appropriate participation route with the organizer rather than assume those fields establish eligibility. Check admission requirements for your own category; this guide does not establish a price or free-entry entitlement.
The networking form asks for each person’s confirmation, so do not assume one colleague’s response covers a whole team. It gives an October 10 date but no precise cutoff hour. Plan around the stated date without inventing an end-of-day extension.
Networking does not create a pitching slot
The programme describes the pitching session as presentations of books selected for the Adaptation Zone Rights Catalogue. A networking confirmation does not establish catalogue selection or a right to present on stage.
That distinction changes what to prepare. If you are attending for conversations rather than a selected presentation, bring a brief that helps someone understand the project and identify the appropriate rights contact. Do not build your visit around an unconfirmed speaking slot.
Prepare a small screen-rights brief
The following are Rex editorial suggestions, not organizer application requirements:
- Name the rights controller. Identify who can discuss screen-adaptation rights and who can approve a next step. Flag existing options or commitments for checking rather than describing the project as available without confirmation.
- Make the story understandable quickly. Prepare a concise synopsis and project brief explaining the central conflict, setting and characters. Separate what the book contains from your proposed screen treatment.
- Provide an accountable contact. Include the person who can answer rights questions and say which materials you can share after a conversation. A short brief need not become an unsolicited full-manuscript handoff.
- Assign follow-up ownership. Decide who records questions, checks unresolved rights points and sends any agreed materials. Keep a request for information distinct from interest in negotiating a deal.
For broader ownership and prior-grant preparation, use our translation-rights checklist for authors. The Krakow Rights Zone guide covers the separate general rights-trading context. Neither replaces the Adaptation Zone’s session-specific access checks.
Check access before committing to the visit
Before making attendance plans, return to the official programme and relevant forms. A visible form is not proof of remaining capacity, acceptance or a successful booking. Resolve uncertain access with the organizer; resolve uncertain contract authority through appropriate professional review.
The practical next step is small: separate your admission arrangements from session signups, confirm networking individually by the organizer’s stated date, and prepare for the conversation you actually have access to. Attendance alone does not promise producer interest or an adaptation deal.