The Baltic Event Co-Production Market 2025 presented 15 new film projects — including debut works, fresh features, and compelling stories from acclaimed directors. For the second year, the selection also featured films aimed at youth and children.
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.
Read the press release about the selected projects
Altogether 14 new film projects were presented in 2024, including debut works, new features, and engaging stories by experienced directors. This year the market had expanded its diverse selection to include feature films aimed at youth and children.
The Best project was handed the Eurimages Co-Production Development Award of €20 000.
Winner: The Worker
Writer and director: Eliza Petkova
Producers: Nicolas Kronauer
Production company: ROW Pictures GmbH, Fourmat Film GmbH
Country: Germany, Bulgaria
Jury comment: With the experience of immigration within Europe as a starting point, this project takes us, and the protagonist, on an unexpected journey. A journey during which the director invites us to rethink the meaning of community and masculinity.
The jury also handed out the Eurimages Special Co-Production Development Award to a Ukrainian project of €20,000.
Winner: English Lesson
Writer: Olga Voitenko
Director: Ivan Tymchenko
Producer: Svitlana Soloviova
Production company: SvitlorforFilm
Country: Ukraine, Estonia, Sweden, Czechia Republic
Jury comment: “A film that uses real life stories and animation to capture feelings and experiences of war. A hybrid film, with young protagonists and for young audiences.”
The project English Lesson also received a 1000 € grant for a Ukrainian project by Many More Films.
Public Favourite Award
Winner: Push The Button
Writer and director: Anton Källrot
Producers: Ylva Olaison, Jonathan Silén, Madeleine Ekman
Production company: ÖGAT Film
Countries: Norway, Sweden, Denmark
Producers Network Prize for promising young producers includes a pass to Producers Network 2025 awarded by Cannes Marché du Film.
Winner: Yann Sochaczewski and Miriam Kunde / AMY – Great Adventures on Little Paws!
Jury comment: A clever and warm-hearted project, the producers of which are crossing the boundaries of classic filmmaking.
Winner: Rūta Petronytė and Justinas Pocius / The Flood
Jury comment: A first feature film with an elegant storytelling on the complexity of fear and human relationships.
The jury included Celine Dornier, Logical Pictures, Paul de Beco, Playtime, and Eleni Chandrinou, Eurimages.
Baltic Event Co-Production Market selection 2024:
For the first time in the history of the Baltic Event Co-Production Market, all the projects were presented to the audiences in conversations with Sibylle Kurz and Marta Balaga.
Baltic Project Award (includes 10 000 euros, consisting of 5000 euros cash and 5000 euros service by YAMDU)
Winner: The Elf
Producer: Joonas Berghäll
Director: Hannes Vartiainen
Production company: Oktober Oy (Finland)
Jury comment: “For a story told with a clear vision and a path to its realization. A film for children and adults alike that explores trauma and childhood through a magical lens. A real gift.”
Best Pitch award (includes coverage throughout the film’s life-cycle awarded by Screen International)
Winner: Flight From Kabul
Producer: Wanda Adamik Hrycova
Director: Sahraa Karimi
Production company: Wandal Production, s.r.o. (Slovakia)
Jury comment: “The jury awards this harrowing film, a testimony of an important personal true story told through the female perspective and based on momentous current events that still haunt us today.“
Producers Network Prize for promising young producers includes a pass to Producers Network 2024 awarded by Cannes Marché du Film.
Jury comment: We are awarding the producers of these two projects to support these two challenging films telling stories of their local communities.
Winner: Anna Gawlita and Marta Szymanowska (La Manche)
Jury comment: A relevant, present, and challenging story that deals with modern issues and questions of morality.
Winner: Rea Rajčić (Pogana)
Jury comment: A universal story is seen through a local lens, complete with magical realism and fascinating locations.
International jury selecting the winners for Baltic Event Co-Production Market 2023 includes Marija Razgute, producer, Jarod Neece, Senior Programmer at the Tribeca Festival and Frederik Hemmingsen, Sales Manager at TrustNordisk.
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:
Download the Project Catalogue.
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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