The Warsaw Co-Production Forum has unveiled the 16 European projects selected for its upcoming edition. Ten projects in development and six works in progress will be presented on 15 and 16 October as part of Warsaw Industry Days, the industry programme which will be running parallel to the 42nd Warsaw International Film Festival.

The Forum aims to connect filmmakers and producers with potential co-production partners, distributors, sales agents, festival representatives and other international industry professionals, whilst supporting projects at different stages of development and production.

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The ten selected projects in development will take part in a three-day programme combining pitch training and script development. The programme will include a session led by pitching expert Agata Darlasi, as well as individual consultations with script development experts Norah McGettigan and Filip Kasperaszek.

The selection includes new works by filmmakers such as Lithuania’s Eglė Vertelytė (selected at Toronto with Miracle) and Bulgaria’s Maya Vitkova-Kosev (selected at Sundance and IFFR with Viktoria).

On top of those, six films currently in production or post-production will be presented to Polish and international industry professionals during a closed works-in-progress showcase. The filmmakers and producers will also take part in one-to-one meetings with industry delegates and receive individual project consultations from pitching expert Wim Vanacker. The sessions will focus on the potential of each project, how to position it and the next steps to consider ahead of its wider introduction to the international market.

The selection includes new works by the Czech director Václav Kadrnka (winner of the Karlovy Vary Crystal Globe for Little Crusader) and the Romanian Liviu Săndulescu (Carturan).

The full list of selected projects:

Projects in development

Afrika - Maya Vitkova-Kosev (Bulgaria/Romania)
Production: Maya Vitkova-Kosev (Viktoria Films)
Co-production: Tudor Reu, Cristian Mungiu (Mobra Films)

Anxhela Never Comes Back Home - Enxhi Rista (Albania/Romania)
Production: Sabina Kodra (Erafilm), Anca Puiu (Mandragora)

Brothers' War - Dzintars Dreibergs (Latvia)
Production: Marta Romanova-Jekabsone (Kultfilma)

Funny and Sad Life of George - Eglė Vertelytė (Lithuania)
Production: Lukas Trimonis (In Script)

Lady Thatcher's Feast - Marcin Kluczykowski (Poland)
Production: Piotr Śmiechowski (Telemark)

Letters to the Future - Myro Klochko (Czech Republic/Ukraine)
Production: Karolína Dvorská Fránková, Marek Čermák (Films & Chips), Veronika Stepanchuk (Balcony 48)

Nobody Loves Sadik - Ibër Deari (North Macedonia/Kosovo/Albania)
Production: Avdi Thachi (Lumiere Films)
Co-production: Eshref Durmishi (Eagle Eye Films), Dionis Papadhimitri (Papadhimitri Film Production)

Queen of Servants - Katarzyna Gondek (Poland)
Production: Magdalena Sztorc, Anna Zajączkowska (Mozaika Films)

Remains of Justice - Bogomil Kalinov (Bulgaria/Germany)
Production: Kalin Kalinov, Alexander Kalinov, Bogomil Kalinov (Invictus)
Co-production: Mina Avramova (Fortune Cookie Film)

The Theory of Strangeness - Tereza Kopáčová (Czech Republic/Slovakia)
Production: Silvie Michajlova, Ondřej Zima (Film Kolektiv)
Co-production: Zuzana Mistríková (PubRes)

Works in progress

I Am One Of Them - Nadim Suleiman (Poland/Syria/Qatar/Saudi Arabia) (documentary)
Production: Nadim Suleiman (Palmyra Films)

It Will Happen - Anna Mihunova (Ukraine/Sweden) (documentary)
Production: Andrii Korniienko, Oleksandr Krasenkov (Good Morning Films), Alex Shiriaieff (Euroarctic Media Group)

Mother Daughter - Marta Ojrzyńska (Poland) (fiction)
Production: Julia Jendrysik Stolecka, Anna Majek (Rizz Films)
Co-production: WFDiF, Mazovia and Warsaw Film Fund

Panna Sofia - Václav Kadrnka (Czech Republic/Slovakia/Turkey/Netherlands) (fiction)
Production: Simona Kadrnkova, Václav Kadrnka (Sirius Films), Katarína Krnáčová (Silverart)
Co-production: Burak Çevik (Fol Films), Minco Eggersman (Rina Film)

Red - Liviu Săndulescu (Romania) (fiction)
Production: Oana Iancu, Bogdan George Apetri (The East Company Productions)
Co-production: Alexandru Teodorescu (Saga Film), Theo Nissim (Conceptual Lab), Ruxandra Ghitescu (Asociatia Culturala Antifragil)

The First Week of August - Filip Mojzeš (Croatia/Poland) (fiction)
Production: Tamara Babun Zovko, Matija Drniković (Wolfgang & Dolly)
Co-production: Kamil Rutkowski (Black Photon)