The pitching session will be opened on November 4, 2010 by the winner of the CoCo Special Pitch Award 2009, a prize underscoring the synergies between the film festival and the co-production market by enabling the main prize-winner of the FilmFestival Cottbus to pitch their newest project at Connecting Cottbus the following year. Last year saw Kira Saksaganskaya (producer) and Alexey Uchitel (director) presenting the idea for a lyrical comedy with "Lilliputians".

2010 once again see the participants of Connecting Cottbus competing for the CoCo Best Pitch Award. All of the projects will be presented in Cottbus are automatically in the running for this prize. The best pitch will be  voted on by the professional audience following the event, and the winner of the Award is announced during an evening reception by Medienboard and MDM at the restaurant "Zelig" in Cottbus on Thursday, July 4, 2010.