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. 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 Israel are accepted. Projects from other countries are eligible for the Co-Production Market, if they are looking for co-production with an eligible country mentioned above.
Training on topics such as marketing and distribution in the international environment, multi-platform opportunities, and alternative financing methods is offered for project representatives.
In 2022, 11 projects were presented at the 21st Baltic Event Co-Production Market, including one from Focus Country Israel.
Includes 10 000 euros, consisting of 5000 euros cash and 5000 euros service by YAMDU.
Blindsight
Writer and director: Ruslan Batytskyi
Producer: Olha Beskhmelnitsyna and Natalia Libet
Country: Ukraine
Jury comment: “We chose this project because it celebrates the power of storytelling as an act of hope and a necessity to surviving these dark, uncertain times. We were all drawn into the project's ambition to explore complex issues through a story that feels accessible yet personal and focuses on overcoming obstacles. We all felt the deep passion and commitment behind the BLINDSIGHT team and look forward to following their progress.”
The award includes coverage throughout the film’s life-cycle awarded by Screen International.
Certainly The End of Something
Director: Michal Marczak
Producer: Anna Rozalska
Country: Poland
Award includes free passes to Producers’ Network 2022 awarded by Cannes Marché du Film
Elaheh Nobakht (Blue Girl)
Jury comment: “Elaheh is a courageous and passionate voice in the film industry at a time when we so desperately need it. We hope that this award will support her on her journey towards making the urgent and heart-breaking story of BLUE GIRL a reality as well as many more films to come.”
Adriana Răcășan (A Flower is Not A Flower)
Jury comment: “We hope that this award will enable Adriana to make the connections and find the support she needs to bring to life the important, challenging and emotional story at the heart of A Flower is Not A Flower.”
Katarina Tomkova, producer, Kaleidoskope, Slovakia; Margrit Stärk, Director Feature Films, ZDF Studios, Germany; Sibila Diaz-Plaja, Development Manager, MUBI, UK.
CHECK OUT THE PROJECTS 2022 FROM THE CATALOGUE (PDF)
In 2021, 16 projects were presented at the 20th Baltic Event Co-Production Market, including two from the Focus Country UK.
Award was handed out to the project, which successfully combines creative and commercial potential. The award includes 15 000 euros consisting of 5 000 euros cash award and up to 10 000 euros worth of post-production services by Post Control, but not more than 2/3 of the expenses incurred at Post Control.
Lioness by Liina Triškina-Vanhatalo (Estonia)
Producer: Ivo Felt
Production company: Allfilm
Jury comment: “For a fresh perspective on family relationships”
The award includes coverage throughout the film’s life-cycle awarded by Screen International
You Can Dance by Katarina Launing (Sweden)
Producer: Peter Krupenin
Production company: HOBAB
Award includes free passes to Producers’ Network 2022 awarded by Cannes Marché du Film
Clara Larrin (Clara Films, Chile, Project Our Memory)
and
Larisa Oleinik (Doka, Russia, Project Yurki)
Including free industry accreditation at Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event for 2022, 2023 and 2024
Hysterias written and directed by: Ieva Norvele, Adriana Roze, Liene Linde, Alise Zariņa and Marta Elīna Martinsone (Latvia)
Producer: Aija Bērziņa
Production company: Tasse Film
Jury comment: “For an original approach to a burning topicality”
Baltic Event Co-Production Market jury consisted of Daniela Cölle, Festivals and Acquisitions, Pluto Film, Germany, Markus Duffner, Head of Locarno Pro, Locarno Film Festival, Switzerland, Riina Sildos, Producer and CEO, Amrion Production, Estonia
Focus Country Selection:
Read about the projects of Baltic Event Co-Production Market 2021 from the catalogue.
20 projects were presented in the official selection of the 19th edition of Co-Production Market at Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event
Eurimages Co-Production Development Award
The award of 20 000 Euros was given to the best project based on its artistic quality and potential for theatrical release.
Winner: Electric Sleep, written and directed by Zeynep Dadak
Producer: Titus Kreyenberg
Production company: unafilm, Germany
Jury statement:
“The jury was seduced by the originality of the topic and strongly believes that this talented young female director will manage to integrate a complex multi-layered content into a straightforward genre film.”
Screen International Best Pitch Award (offering coverage of the winning film)
Winner: Tasty, written and directed by Egle Vertelyte
Produced by Lukas Trimonis
Production Company: Inscript, Lithuania
Marché du Film Producers’ Network Award 2021 (for Promising Young Producer with free accreditations to next year’s edition)
Laura McNicholas, 925 Productions, Ireland and Marina Naumova, Garpastum Pictures, Russia
The Eurimages Jury for BE Co-Production Market 2020 consists of Elena Kotova, Eurimages representative, Czech Republic, Renata Santoro, Head of Programming, Giornate Degli Autori, Italy and Kaarle Aho, producer, Making Movies Oy, Finland.
BE Co-Production Market 2020 meetings were held on November 25-26 via the platform b.square.
Baltic Event Co-Production Market presenting the Eurimages Co-Production Development Award in the amount of 20 000 Euros, has introduced a grand total of 210 projects since its launch and is proud to announce that 90 of these projects have been completed and dozens are still in various stages of development or production. Over the years, the projects have enjoyed notable success at international film festivals and the box office.
19 projects was be presented at the Co-Production Market 2019 taking place between November 26-29 during the Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event.
Best Project
Eurimages Co-Production Development Award
The award of 20 000 Euros was given to the best project based on its artistic quality and potential for theatrical release.
Winner: The Great Match by Filip Syczynski, Poland
Produced by Anna Rozalska and Aleksandra Aleksander, Match & Spark
Jury comment: The project convinced unanimously with the strong heartfelt motivation of the director who has a German and a Polish teenage refugee settling the scores of the recurrent European discussion about freedom on the tennis court.
Screen International Best Pitch Award (offering coverage of the life-cycle of the winning film)
Winner: The File by Jonas Karasek
Produced by Wanda Adamik Hrycova, Wandal Production, Slovakia
Cannes Marché du Film Producers’ Network Award (for Promising Young Producer with free accreditations to next year’s edition)
Winners: Carla Fotea, Romania and Andreas Kask, Estonia
The Eurimages Jury included Uljana Kim, Producer, Studio Uljana Kim, Lithuania, Simon Ofenloch, Commissioning Editor, ZDF ARTE, Germany, and Alex Traila, Consultant, National Representative of Eurimages, Romania.
The Best Pitch was awarded by Martin Blaney, Screen International, Germany.
Baltic Event Co-Production Market Official Selection 2019:
Focus on Ireland:
Spotlight on Argentina:
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Co-Production Market Awards 2018
15 projects were presented in the official selection of the Co-Production Market taking place on November 27-30, 2018, at Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event during Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival.
Best Project
Eurimages Co-Production Development Award
The award of 20 000 Euros is given to the best project based on its artistic quality and potential for theatrical release.
Winner: A Girl’s Room by Aino Suni, France/Finland
Producers: Sébastien Aubert, Ulla Simonen
Production companies: Adastra Films, MADE
Jury statement: The jury was impressed with the quality of the director’s previous short films. They appreciated the strong personal vision this promising young director has for her debut feature. The jury also noted the strong collaboration between the Finnish and French team since the project’s inception and furthermore they felt this exciting project has the potential to reach international audiences.
Cannes Marché du Film Producers’ Network Award (for Promising Young Producer with free accreditations to next year’s edition)
Winners: Marianne Ostrat, Alexandra Film, Vladimer Chikhradze, 20 Steps Production
Screen International Best Pitch Award (offering coverage of the life-cycle of the winning film)
Winner: The Oasis of Now by Ramy Hamezan, Finland
Producer: Jussi Rantamäki, Aamu Film Company
Jury statement: The filmmaking team clearly presented an engaging and original project that subverts the stereotype of the familiar refugee story. Through this unique perspective the film will give us back the true meaning of human warmth, friendships and family in today’s world.
Co-Production Market Jury:
Emma Scott, Production and Distribution Manager, Screen Ireland, Ireland;
Jeremy Zelnik, Head of Industry, Les Arcs Film Festival, France;
Giovanni Pompili, Producer, Kino Produzioni, Italy
2018 Co-Production Market selection:
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