cocoPITCH projects 2025

• Special Pitch Award FilmFestival Cottbus

  ASTANA INTERNET STARS

  director: Assel Aushakimova

  producer: Dana Sabitova & Assel Aushakimova

  production company: 24 FPS

  country: Kazakhstan

• ATTENTION WHORES

  director: Alica Bednáriková

  producer: Valeria Borkovcová, Tomáš Hrubý & Jakub Viktorín

  production company: nutprodukce / nutprodukcia

  country: Czech Republic, Slovakia

• BEGINNERS

  director: Birutė Kapustinskaitė

  producer: Rūta Petronytė & Justinas Pocius

  production company: Smart Casual

  country: Lithuania

• BEKKI

  director: Aygul Bakanova

  producer: Chingiz Narynov & Aida Usonova

  production company: Citylab Production / Kyrgyz National Film Studio

  country: Kyrgyzstan

• EXACTLY WHAT IT SEEMS

  director: Darya Zhuk

  producer: Veta Krechetova, Darya Zhuk, Dariusz Jabłoński, Izabela Wójcik, Ivo Felt, Volia Chajkouskaya & Max De Wolf

  production company: TurnstyleTV / Apple Film Production / Allfilm / Topkapi Films

  country: USA, Poland, Estonia, The Netherlands

• HELMET

  director: Roman Przylipiak

  producer: Aneta Dobies

  production company: House Media Company

  country: Poland

• I’LL WAIT FOR YOU LAST SUMMER

  director: Tonia Noyabrova

  producer: Sophie Cocco, Jochen Laube, Fabian Maubach & Jonas Kellagher

  production company: Sommerhaus Filmproduktion / CommonGround Pictures

  country: Germany, Sweden

• LAVA LOVE

  director: Steve Krikris

  producer: Stelios Mavrodontis, Nicholas Alavanos & Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson

  production company: Filmiki Productions / Zik Zak Filmworks

  country: Greece, Iceland

• PURGATORY

  director: Žiga Virc

  producer: Iza Strehar, Žiga Virc, Rok Biček & Minos Nikolakakis

  production company: Lilit / Zwinger Film / Asphalt

  country: Slovenia, Austria, Greece

• Midpoint coco Award

  RADIOAMATEUR

  director: Tomasz Habowski

  producer: Marta Szarzyńska

  production company: Watchout Studio

  country: Poland

• SAROS

  director: Ozan Yoleri

  producer: Ilgım Coşar, Alara Hamamcıoğlu Bayraktar & Sinan Kesova

  production company: Monday Films / Vigo Film

  country: Turkey

• SOME GOOD NEWS

  director: László Csuja

  producer: Anna Szijártó

  production company: Cinesuper

  country: Hungary

• THE INSPECTOR’S DEBT

  director: Teodora Markova

  producer: Martin Markov, Kristina Despotova & Uldis Cekulis

  production company: Mirrormind / VFS Films

  country: Bulgaria, Latvia

cocoWIP projects 2025

• IS THE SKY BLUE?

  director: Nikola Ljuca

  producer: Nikolina Vučetić, Ales Pavlin, Andres Stritof, Damir Teresak, Ana Grbac, Tomi Salkovski, Yorgos Tsourgiannis, Zoran Maksimovic & Djordje Vojvodic

  production company: Biberche Productions / Perfo Production / Maxima Film / Skopje Film / Horsefly Films / Palchica Productions / Bitter Frames Production

  country: Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia, North Macedonia, Greece, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro

• MONARCH

  director: Dan Radu Mihai

  producer: Livia Rădulescu, Paul-Razvan Macovei, Tudor Hermeneanu, Pătru Păunescu, Dan Radu Mihai, Julietta Sichel & Simon P. R. Bewick

  production company: Redwood Productions / Armadillo Productions / Dash Film / 8Heads Productions / Tajine Studio

  country: Romania, Czech Republic, France

• SWAPS

  director: Gjorche Stavreski

  producer: Gjorche Stavreski, Ivana Shekutkoska, Alžběta Janáčková, Nikolina Vucetic & Angel Apostolski

  production company: Fragment Film / Silk Films / Palchica Productions / Push Pull Production

  country: North Macedonia, Czech Republic, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria

• THE CHAMPION

  director: Bohdan Karásek

  producer: Ondřej Lukeš

  production company: Beginner’s Mind

  country: Czech Republic

• THE LION AT MY BACK

  director: Tonia Mishiali

  producer: Tonia Mishiali, Katarzyna Ozga, Nicolas Steil, Marinos Charalambous & Vladimir Subotic

  production company: Bark Like A Cat Films / Iris Productions / Avaton Films

  country: Cyprus, Luxembourg, Greece

• WHAT GOD THINKS ABOUT ANIMALS

  director: Claudiu Mitcu

  producer: Claudiu Mitcu & Alina Tarbă

  production company: Parada Film / We Are Basca

  country: Romania