20/10/2023 - The online platform, working in partnership with 15 co-production markets, will be handing out for the second time its development award

Launched by the professional online platform Coprocity (read the interview) which works in partnership with 15 co-production markets, the Coprocity Development Award that in 2022 went to (read the news) Maura Delpero for The Mountain Bride and Frida Kempff for The Swedish Torpedo, will this year go to one of 10 projects (see the list below).

Standing out in this selection of young talents are the projects by French animation filmmaker Denis Do (winner in Annecy in 2018 with Funan [+see also:
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interview: Denis Do
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The 10 projects vying for the Coprocity Development Award (which comes with €3,500) will be considered by a jury composed of international sales agent Marie Lamboeuf (Urban Sales), Neuza Bagorro (in charge of acquisitions for Arizona Distribution) and the author of this article. The name of the winning project will be unveiled during the Coproduction Village (from 16 to 19 December) of Les Arcs Film Festival.

The co-production markets partnering with Coprocity are CineMart IFFR, Brussels International Film Festival Co-Production Market, L’Atelier de la Cinéfondation, When East Meets West, Torino Film Lab, Meeting Point Vilnius, Connecting Cottbus, Les Arcs Industry Village, Baltic Event, Thessalonique - Agora Crossroads et Agora Docs -, New Nordic Films Haugesund, Sofia Meetings, CineLink and Ventana Sur.

The selected projects are:

40, Maria Luisa Boulevard - Kristina Spassovka
Production: Maya Vitkova-Kosev for Viktoria Films (Bulgaria)

After Dark - Erenik Beqiri
Production: Olivier Berlemont for Origine Films (France)
Coproduction: Dritan Huqi for OnFilm Production (Albania), Luigi Giuseppe Chimienti and Alessandro Amato for Dispàrte (Italy)

Apetown - Kurt Ordeson
Production: Bridget Pickering for BuMP Films (South Africa) and Kurt Ordeson Azania for Rizing Productions (South Africa)
Coproduction: Marc Thelosen for SeriousFilm (the Netherlands)

Elena - Dalia Huerta Cano
Production: Elisa Fernanda Pirir for Stær Film (Norway)

Heads or Tails? (Testa o Croce?) - Alessio Rigo de Righi and Matteo Zoppis
Production: Tommaso Bertani for Ring Film (Italy) 

Sorya - Denis Do
Production: Sébatien Onomo for Special Touch Studios (France)

Spring Cleaning (Proletno chistenje) - Marija Apcevska
Production: Robert Naskov for Kino Oko (North Macedonia)
Coproduction: Milos Ljubomirovic for Servia Film (Serbia) and Boštjan Ikovic for Arsmedia (Slovenia)

The Meltdown (El Deshielo) - Manuela Martelli
Production: Alejandra García for Wood Producciones (Chile)
Coproduction: Julio Chavezmontes for Piano (Mexico), Christoph Friedel for Pandora Film Produktion (Germany) and Benjamin Domenech for Rei Cine (Argentina)

Warrior - Masha Kondakova
Production: Valeria Sochyvets for Contemporary Ukrainian Cinema (Ukraine)

We Won't Get Old Together - Marius Olteanu
Production: Oana Giurgiu for Libra Film (Romania)

(Translated from French)