After a careful selection process covering a pool of nearly 500 submissions, we are finally ready to unveil the complete line-up for this year’s Co-Production Forum, a gripping selection of 22 projects set to have their official showcase next January in Trieste.

This year’s line-up includes 11 live action features, 9 creative documentaries and 2 animated shorts coming from 18 countries. All the selected projects will get their chance to be pitched to more than 600 decision makers and film professionals from over 60 countries, leaning into a constellation of new connections and opportunities.

A journey across time

This year’s selection will walk us across different times and places, weaving together past wounds and future challenges in a unique set of stories that deeply resonate with our present day – confronting bias, navigating inner conflicts and finding a way through an ever-shifting reality.

As in past editions, we will be joined by a compelling mix of directors from various countries and backgrounds such as Biennale College Cinema alumni Anita Rivaroli (Orange Peel, 2024 selection) and Silvia Brunelli (La Santa Piccola, 2019 winner), Cristina Groșan, returning to WEMW after her successful Ordinary Failures – awarded as Best Director at Venice Film Festival 2022, Alireza Ghasemi, presenting his first animated documentary film after receiving the Directing Award at the Sundance Film Festival 2024 for his debut In the Land of Brothers, Sander Joon, shortlisted at the Academy Awards 2023 with the animated short Sierra and now introducing one of the two animated projects of this year’s line-up, Vasile Todinca, debuting with his first feature film following the selection of the short film Alișveriș at the 2025 Cannes Critics’ Week, last but not least, Sara Fattahi, winner of the Golden Leopard Filmmakers of the Present at Locarno Film Festival 2018 with her debut Chaos and now developing her new feature.

Prizes and Awards

All 22 projects will have the opportunity to compete for two 5.000€ cash prizes: the Film Center Serbia Development Award and the CICLIC WEMW Award (granted by the French Centre-Val de Loire Region).

Thanks to a reliable network of partners, the WEMW Co-Production Forum will also feature a series of other major awards, including the EAVE Producers Workshop scholarship, the Marché du Film Producers Network Badges, the DAE Talent Development Prize, the Pop Up Film Residency Award, the GoGo25 Residency Award and the CEE Animation Award. Moreover, all female identifying directors will be eligible for the EWA Network’s Award for Equality & Inclusion.

There’s more!

Alongside the Co-Production Forum, WEMW 2026 will soon disclose the final selection of the works in progress sections Last Stop Trieste, This is IT and First Cut+, the fifth edition of the EAVE Slate, 8 exciting Inspirational Labs and our brand new Films x Games Connection Hub.

Follow our updates and keep an eye out to discover our complete line-up of participants and projects!

 

A CLOSER LOOK AT OUR SELECTION

 

ANELA & SILAN
directed by Tamara Denić, produced by WeydemannBros. (Germany), Sense Production (Serbia)
Feature Film

BEYOND THE BLUE MOUNTAINS IS THE SEA
directed by Eneos Çarka, produced by Artalb Film Productions (Albania)
Documentary

BRIGHT FUTURE
directed by Lara Scherpinski, produced by Elemag Pictures (Germany)
Feature Film

CALM
directed by Sara Fattahi, produced by FreibeuterFilm (Austria), Les films de l’Altaï (France)
Feature Film

THE COLD BREEZE OF SUMMER
directed by Silvia Brunelli, produced by Pilgrim (Italy)
Feature Film

THE DOUGH
directed by Carlotta Napolitano, produced by KaBoGa art&films (Spain)
Documentary

FOREIGN BODY
directed by Anita Rivaroli, produced by Indyca, The Family (Italy), Studio Virc (Slovenia)
Documentary

GOING UNDERGROUND
directed by Armands Začs, produced by Mistrus Media (Latvia)
Documentary

HAIR OF HARE
directed by Sander Joon, produced by AAA Creative (Estonia)
Animation

HOT SPOT. A DOCUTHERAPY
directed by Michał Bielawski, produced by Telemark, The Wrocław Feature Film Studio, MX35 (Poland)
Documentary

KORYO
directed by Mladen Kovačević, produced by Horopter (Serbia), Eclectica (Croatia)
Feature Film

THE LAST DOG ON EARTH
directed by Nina Kopko, produced by Vitrine Filmes, Boulevard Filmes (Brazil)
Feature Film

MACRAMÉ
directed by Alexis Koukias-Pantelis, produced by StudioBauhaus (Greece)
Feature Film

MAGIC MOUNTAIN
directed by Mykola Zasieiev, produced by 2Brave Productions (Ukraine), Cinephage Productions (France), R&R Stories (The Netherlands), Trickster Pictures (Latvia)
Feature Film

MY NAME IS ENOUGH
directed by Marina Arzumanova, produced by Order Film Production (Armenia)
Documentary

MY SHINING DARKNESS
directed by Lia Lőrinczy, produced by Éclipse Film (Hungary)
Documentary

PEARLS
directed by Hanka Nobis, produced by First Hand Films (Switzerland)
Documentary

PRETTY BABY
directed by Cristina Groșan, produced by Laokoon Filmgroup (Hungary), LOI – Buffalo Gal Pictures (Canada), MetaFilms (Canada), Xova Films (Czech Republic)
Feature Film

RAINY DREAMS
directed by Alireza Ghasemi, produced by Mystic Makers (United States), Two Dots (Iran), Anna Films (France)
Documentary

SOLITAIRE
directed by Maja Gehrig, produced by Langfilm (Switzerland), Adriatic Animation (Croatia), Toku (France)
Animation

THE SUMMER HOLIDAY
directed by Vasile Todinca, produced by microFILM (Romania)
Feature Film

WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE ARE YOU
directed by Lina Lužytė, produced by Just a moment (Lithuania), Stellar Film (Estonia)
Feature Film