18-09-2020

East-West Co-production Market connecting cottbus Announces Projects

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    COTTBUS: Six works in progress and 13 projects in development will be presented at the 22nd edition of connecting cottbus, the East-West co-production market taking place entirely online 4 – 6 November 2020.

    Producers, sales agents, commissioning editors and other industry representatives active in East-West European coproduction can apply to attend without a project by 7 October 2020.

    Selected cocoPITCH Projects 2020
     
    Closed to the Public (Croatia)
    Director: Vanja Juranić
    Producer: Damir Terešak, Maxima Film
     
    Flood (Slovak Republic)
    Director: Martin Gonda
    Producer: Katarína Krnáčová and Tomáš Gič, Silverart
     
    Special Pitch Award FilmFestival Cottbus

    Fortune Teller (Bulgaria)
    Director: Svetla Tsotsorkova
    Producer: Svetoslav Ovcharov, Omega Films
     
    Honey Bunny (Croatia)
    Directed by: Igor Jelinović
    Producer: Rea Rajčić, Eclectica
     
    Kiril’s Luck (Bulgaria)
    Director: Milena Andonova
    Producer: Katya Trichkova and Rali Ralchev, Contrast Films 
     
    Norwegian Dream (Norway, Poland)
    Director: Leiv Igor Devold
    Producers: Håvard Wettland Gossé and Bartek Glinski, Spætt Film (Norway) and Impakt Film (Poland) 
     
    Parade (Lithuania)
    Director: Titas Laucius
    Producer: Klementina Remeikaite, afterschool production 
     
    Transilvania Pitch Stop - coco Award

    Sep & Ana (Romania)
    Director: Paul Cioran
    Producer: Claudiu Mitcu, We are Basca
     
    Swaps (North Macedonia)
    Director: Gjorche Stavreski
    Producers: Gjorche Stavreski and Ivana Shekutovska, Fragment Film
     
    The Editorial Office (Ukraine)
    Directed by: Roman Bondarchuk
    Producers: Darya Bassel and Darya Averchenko, Moon Man and South Films
     
    Midpoint - coco Award (Midpoint Feature Launch)

    Vacuum (Ukraine )
    Director: Yelizaveta Smith
    Producer: Aleksandra Kostina, Bosonfilm
     
    Waterdrop (Albania)
    Director: Robert Budina
    Producer: Sabina Kodra, Erafilm
     
    When You are 17 (Georgia)
    Director: Giorgi Mukhadze
    Producer: Nato Sikharulidze, Terra Incognita Films (www.tif.ge)
     
    Selected cocoWIP Projects 2020

    Eviction (Hungary)
    Director: Máté Fazekas
    Producers: Gábor Osváth and Péter Fülöp, Filmfabriq and FP Films
     
    Fire! (Russia)
    Director: Maria Ignatenko
    Producers: Egor Odintsov, Konstantin Fam and Ekaterina Mikhailova, Ark Pictures
     
    Sister (North Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro, France)
    Director: Dina Duma
    Producers: Marija Dimitrova, Liridon Cahan, Biljana Vusovic, and Guillaume De Seille, List Production (North Macedonia), Added Value Films (Kosovo), Videa Production (Montenegro) and Arizona Productions (France)
     
    Stand by Me (Russia)
    Director: Tamara Dondurey
    Producer: Katia Filippova, Pan-Atlantic Studio
     
    Stop-Zemlia (Ukraine)
    Director: Kateryna Gornostai
    Producers: Vitaliy Sheremetiev, Vika Khomenko, Natalia Libet and Olha Beskhmelnytsina, Esse Production House
     
    Supermarket (Montenegro, Serbia)
    Director: Nemanja Becanovic
    Producers: Milena Charan and Jelena Angelovski, VHS (Montenegro) and Tri Osmine (Serbia)