RLA participated in the Books at Berlinale 2024, a cooperation between Berlinale Co-Production Market and Frankfurter Buchemesse. Ten books were selected to be pitched to production companies due to their great potential for screen adaptation. Cold as Hell, the first installment in the Áróra Investigation Series, by Lilja Sigurdardottir was among the ten books. The books selected for Books at Berlinale 2024 were:

  • “The Secret of Nox: Light, Shadow – Bat Rats! (vol. 1)” / “Das Geheimnis von Nox: Licht, Schatten – Flederratten! (Vol. 1)” (author: Claudia Scharf, Germany), Carlsen Verlag, Germany
  • “Me: In-Between” / “Dazwischen: Ich” (author: Julya Rabinowich, Germany), Carl Hanser Verlag, Germany
  • “White Clouds” / “Weiße Wolken” (author: Yandé Seck, Germany), Copywrite Literatur- und Filmagentur, Germany
  • “Cesare’s Story. Choosing Happiness with Your Eyes Closed” / “La storia di Cesare. Scegliere a occhi chiusi la felicità” (author: Valentina Mastroianni, Italy), DeAgostini Libri, Italy
  • “Dissident Club” (authors: Taha Siddiqui and Hubert Maury, illustrator: Hubert Maury, Pakistan/France), Editions Glénat, France
  • “History’s Angel” (author: Anjum Hasan, India), Jacaranda Literary Agency, Singapore
  • “Everything for Jo” / “Die Entflammten” (author: Simone Meier, Switzerland), Kein & Aber, Switzerland
  • “A Poisoner’s Tale” (author: Cathryn Kemp, United Kingdom), Penguin Random House UK, United Kingdom
  • “The Áróra Investigation Series: Cold as Hell” / “Helköld sól” (author: Lilja Sigurðardóttir, Iceland), Reykjavík Literary Agency, Iceland
  • “Xerox / Hard Copy” / “Xerox” (author: Fien Veldman, the Netherlands), Sebes & Bisseling Literary Agency, the Netherlands