Producers can still submit feature film projects in development (fiction only) for the cocoPITCH section until 15 July 2026 (midnight CEST) and projects in (post-)production for cocoWIP until 21 August 2026. All projects must originate in or relate to wider Eastern Europe and be suitable for East-West co-production.
Producers, sales agents, commissioning editors and other industry representatives can apply to attend without a project until 6 October 2026.
The selected projects will compete for the following awards:
cocoPITCH (projects in development)
Our industry audience will vote for the best public presentation of a project during the pitch session. The cocoPITCH Audience Award, a cash prize of €1.500, goes to the producer.
The Avanpost Award offered by the renowned Romanian post-production facility Avanpost, consists of in-kind services up to €15.000 towards post-production.
The Croatian Audiovisual Centre presents the HAVC Project Development Award, a €5.000 cash award towards the further development of one cocoPITCH project.
Three projects in development will receive the MIDPOINT Consulting Award, an online script consultancy with a MIDPOINT expert.
The producer of one cocoPITCH project will receive the Producers Network Award, a complimentary accreditation to the Producers Network at the Marché du Film in Cannes the following year.
cocoWIP (works in progress)
The D-Facto Motion WIP Award consists of €12.000 in-kind services sponsored by D-Facto Motion, the renowned post-production studio with branches in Munich, Berlin, Cologne, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Lepizig and Vienna, offering the latest high-end technology.
The Studio Beep Sound Post-Production Award, €6.000 in-kind services sponsored by the high-end studios based in the centre of Prague, covering the full spectrum of sound and music solutions.
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During our yearly East European Lunch at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival last week, we announced the coco-MIDPOINT Feature Launch Award, our first selected cocoPITCH project, REMINISCENCE produced by Darya Bassel (Moon Man, Ukraine), directed by Anastasiia Tykha.
The complete project selection will be announced by mid-September 2026 along with more details on the programme of our co-production market.
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