The results of the first Eurimages Project Evaluation Session of 2026 have just been announced. Further to recommendations made by independent experts meeting online, the Executive Committee of the Fund has decided to support the co-production of 32 feature films, including 2 documentaries and 1 animation, for a total amount of €9 835 000. Of the 32 co-production projects supported during the session, 17 are to be directed or co-directed by women. This represents 59.71% of the total funding awarded.

The films supported include the new work by three acclaimed French filmmakers: Justine Triet, after her Palme d'or and Oscar winner Anatomy of a Fall [+lee también:
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Other established filmmakers that have received funding for their new projects are Romania's Cristian Mungiu, who is teaming up again with Ioana Maria Uricaru to deliver Tales from the Golden Age 3 (Romania/Poland/Bulgaria/Republic of Moldova), a continuation of their 2009 omnibus film Tales from the Golden Age [+lee también:
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The supported second fiction features are coming from three Dutch filmmakers: Birk (Netherlands/Belgium/Denmark) by Jenneke Boeijink, with €187,000; Happy Days (Netherlands/Belgium/Poland) by Floor van der Meulen, with €345,000; and Maalstroom (Netherlands/Belgium) by Teddy Cherim, with €230,000.

The supported first fiction features are Kyūshū Moon (Switzerland/France) by Swiss filmmaker Stéphanie Argerich, with €380,000; Storms Named After Women (Netherlands/Spain) by Spanish-Dutch filmmaker Isabel Muruzábal Lamberti (Netherlands), with €325,000; The Shame of the Borbély Family (Austria/Hungary) by Hungary's Kálmán Nagy, with €320,000; Ways and Means (Switzerland/France) by France's Malou Briand and Switzerland's Raphaël Meyer, with €300,000; Uncle Egg (Norway/Germany) by Norway's Torfinn Iversen, with €300,000; Inbetween Worlds (Czech Republic/Slovakia/France) by Czech Republic's Diana Cam Van Nguyen, with €290,000; A Few Miles South (Ireland/Belgium/Poland) by the UK's Ben Pearce, with €270,000; Petroleo (Spain/France) by Spain's Álvaro Fernández Pulpeiro, with €240,000; The Uninvited Guest (Germany/Latvia) by Germany's Julia Drache, with €200,000; Wake (Greece/Cyprus/Serbia) by Greece's Thelyia Petraki, with €180,000; Milch Cow (Croatia/Slovenia/Belgium) by Croatia's Miroslav Sikavica, with €150,000; and Import (Canada/France/Serbia) by Canada's Paul Shkordoff, with €150,000.

As for the supported documentaries, the titles are Blue Sweater with a Yellow Hole (Ukraine/France/Luxembourg/Czechia) by Ukraine's Tetiana Khodakivska, with €396,000, and The 8th Continent (Netherlands/Belgium) by the Netherlands' Luuk Bouwman and Tomas Kaan, with €150,000.

Lastly, this session's only financed animation film is A World of their Own (Spain/Belgium) by Spain's Carmen Córdoba, with €500,000.