Coprocity reveals the ten projects selected for its annual award
- A partner to 18 co-production markets, the online platform is due to present its development support award for the fourth time
Launched by the online professional platform Coprocity (read our interview), which works in partnership with 18 co-production markets, the Coprocity Development Award (previously won jointly by Vermiglio [+see also:
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interview: Frida Kempff
film profile] in 2022, by Manuela Martelli’s The Meltdown (El Deshielo) in 2023 and by Cristina Sánchez Salamanca’s Malmirada in 2024) is set to be contested by 10 projects this year (see below), consisting of nine fiction titles and one documentary.
Standing tall in this line-up of emerging talent is the first feature film directed by renowned Franco-Iranian actress Zar Amir, who scooped the Best Actress Award in Cannes 2022 for Holy Spider [+see also:
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interview: Zar Amir Ebrahimi
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Another noteworthy competitor comes in the form of the first solo fiction feature project by Ukrainian filmmaker Yelizaveta Smith, who drew considerable attention for her co-directed documentaries Militantropos [+see also:
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Likewise jostling among the selectees is Romania’s Eugen Jebeleanu with his third feature film project, following on from Poppy Field [+see also:
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Standout directors in the second feature film field include Cypriot filmmaker Yianna Americanou (spotted with Dog [+see also:
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Four other fiction feature debuts are also in the running, coming courtesy of German-Palestinian director Rakan Mayasi, Colombia’s Jorge Cadena (whose shorts have notably nabbed awards in Berlin, the IFFR and in Austin’s SXSW) and two directors hailing from the documentary world: Swiss filmmaker Coline Confort and France’s Catherine Maximoff. The selection is rounded off by a documentary project from Dutch director Ineke Smits (whose credits include Stand by Your President and The Aviatric of Kazbek [+see also:
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The winning project will be revealed by Cineuropa and the prize will be awarded within the Nordic Film Market (running 28 - 30 January 2026) as part of the Göteborg Film Festival.
The co-production markets partnering with Coprocity are CineMart IFFR, Brussels International Film Festival Co-Production Market, When East Meets West, Torino Film Lab, Connecting Cottbus, Les Arcs Industry Village, Baltic Event, Thessaloniki - Agora Crossroads and Agora Docs, Milano Industry Days MFN, Sofia Meetings, Ventana Sur, Young Horizons Industry, Dot.on.the.Map, Göteborg Industry, D'A Film Lab Barcelona, New Horizons Polish Days and Karlovy Vary IFF Eastern Promises.
The selected projects are as follows:
Honor of Persia - Zar Amir
Producer: Mohammad Farokhmanesh for brave new work GmbH (Germany)
Co-producers: Taha Moghani for Alambic Production (France) and Jacob Jarek for Profile Pictures (Denmark)
International sales: The Match Factory
In Vacuo - Yelizaveta Smith
Producer: Eugene Rachkovsky for Tabor (Ukraine)
Josie Goes to War - Coline Confort
Producer: Jean-Stéphane Bron for Bande à part (Switzerland)
Co-producer: Delphine Tomson for Les Films du Fleuve (Belgium)
My Name is Lily - Yianna Americanou
Producer: Stela Kliris for Meraki Films (Cyprus)
Co-producers: Ioanna Bolomyti for Atalante Productions (Greece) and Elisa Heene for Mirage (Belgium)
The Legend of Salamanders - Catherine Maximoff
Producer: Patrice Nezan for Les Contes Modernes (France)
The Passport - Rakan Mayasi
Producers: Zorana Musikic for Mayana Films (Germany) and May Odeh for Odeh Films (Palestine/Germany)
Co-producers: Abdallah Al Ramahi for Zenobia Digital Productions (Jordan) and Annabella Nezri for Kwassa Films (Belgium)
International sales: Salaud Morisset
The Price of Gold (Pretul Aurului) - Eugen Jebeleanu
Producers: Carla Fotea and Ada Solomon for microFILM (Romania)
Tropical Malaise (Malestar Tropical) - Jorge Cadena
Producers: Yan Decopet and Gabriela Bussmann for GoldenEggProduction (Switzerland)
Co-producer: Juliette Lepoutre for Still Moving (France)
War Fever - Ineke Smits
Producer: Denis Vaslin for Volya Films (Netherlands)
Documentary project
We're Leaving (Wyjeżdżamy) - Kamil Krawczycki
Producer: Agnieszka Wasiak for Lava Films (Poland)
Co-producer: Iris Otten for Juliet (Netherlands)
(Translated from French)
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