WEMW 2025 will take place on January 19-22, 2025 in Trieste (Italy) and will select 20 projects in development (live-action features, creative documentaries and short animated projects), with special attention to the 2025 East & West spotlight countries: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, & Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands.

All 21 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 strong and 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 Taskovski #DocsConnect Training Award, the Pop Up Film Residency Award and the brand new GoGo25 Residency Award. Moreover, all female identifying directors will be eligible for the EWA Network’s Award for Equality & Inclusion, of the value of 500€ & 1 EWA Network Year Membership.