Co-Production Market, held at Baltic Event since 2005, is the meeting-place for feature films in development looking for co-producers, financiers and sales agents. Around 15 projects are selected each year and over 300 pre-arranged meetings held with decision-makers who have made Tallinn their yearly stopover to look for new projects for their slates.
Starting in 2024, the co-production market lineup includes also projects specifically aimed at children and youth audiences.
Projects from Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, North Macedonia, Georgia, Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, Norway, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Ukraine, and Focus Country are accepted. Additionally, projects from other countries may qualify for the Co-Production Market if they seek co-production with one of the eligible countries listed above.
Project representatives will receive training on topics such as marketing and distribution in international markets, multi-platform opportunities, and alternative financing methods.
The Baltic Event Co-Production Market returned from 19–21 November and presented 15 new film projects — including debut works, fresh features, and compelling stories from acclaimed directors. For the second year, the selection also features films aimed at youth and children.
Read the press release about the selected projects
All the projects were [presented to the audiences in a conversation with communication skill trainer Sibylle Kurz and creative consultant Márk Szilágyi.
The selected projects were pitched to the jury that includes: Els Hendrix, Eurimage, Katrin Pors, Producer, Snowglobe, Jörg Schneider, Commisioning editor, ZDF
Baltic Event Co-Production Best Project was handed the Eurimages Co-Production Development Award of €20 000.
Winner: The Well
Writer and director: Petra Koivula, Siiri Halko
Producer: Jenni Jauri
Production company: Silmu Films, Finland
The jury commented: "The Well offers a nuanced and emotionally perceptive portrait of a sisterly relationship destabilized by changing roles in a family. The film’s blend of social and quiet magical realism promises a distinctive, atmospheric aesthetic. The story’s thematic resonance around identity, foster care, and emotional dependency gives it substantial artistic weight while at the same time allowing it to relate to relational shifts occurring in many families. The jury believes that this promising debut of young director Siiri Halko, produced by Jenni Jauri has the potential to be deeply affecting and cinematic."
The jury included: Els Hendrix, Senior Adviser at the Federal Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM) and German representative to Eurimages; Katrin Pors, producer at Snowglobe, Denmark; Jörg Schneider, commissioning editor at ZDF, Germany.
The jury handed out the Eurimages Special Co-Production Development Award to an Ukrainian project of €20 000.
Winner: *Alice wants to live*
Writer and director: Denys Sobolev, Vitaliy Dokalenko
Producer: Andrejs Ekis, Vitaliy Dokalenko
Production company: Ganzafilm
The jury commented: “Alice wants to live allows for a deeply atmospheric and emotionally truthful depiction of post-traumatic intimacy. Sadly enough, we all know that the trauma still continues. Kyiv is portrayed not as a battlefield but as a lived-in, wounded landscape, giving the film a quietly resonant authenticity that distinguishes it from more conventional war dramas.”
Producers Network Prize for two promising young producers. The award was one free pass to Producers’ Network 2026 awarded by Cannes Marché du Film.
Winner: No salvation coming
Writer and director: Vojtěch Strakatý
Producer: Jan Čadek
Production company: Beginner's Mind, Czechia
The jury commented: “This project offers a grounded, socially conscious heist narrative that compellingly reflects the precarity of young adults trapped by debt, underpaid work, and housing insecurity.”
Winner: Vesna
Writer and Director: Rostislav Kirpicenko
Producer: Stasys Baltakis, Vitalii Sheremetiev, Helena Pokorny, Oleksii Zgonik
Production company: Film Jam, Matka Films, Ukraine, France, Lithuania
The jury commented: “Vesna is an authentic drama with emotional depth exploring the challenge to survive under Russian occupation.”
Baltic Event Co-Production Market Public Favourite Award:
Winner: The Queen of England Stole My Parents
Writer: Aleksandra Chmielewska
Director: Ernestas Jankauskas
Writer-Producer: Gabija Siurbytė
Producer: Viktorija Rimkute
Production company: Dansu Films, Lithuania, Poland
The public favourite award winner in the Baltic Event Co-Production Market category will receive an award worth 4500 euros from Gorodenkoff Productions that consists of using their virtual production studio for one day.
Learn more about the awards, jury and projects Baltic Event Co-Production Market of previous years