When East Meets West

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When East Meets West

Where East and West shape the future of the film industry.

🔹18 - 20 January 2026 🔹

WEMW is organized by the FVG Audiovisual Fund in collaboration with the Trieste Film Festival, EAVE, Creative Europe Desk Italy and thanks to the precious and constant support of Creative Europe/MEDIA Programme, MIC -Direzione Generale per il Cinema, CEI – Central European Initiative, Film Center Serbia and the Autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia. The next edition of WEMW will mark the star

t of a brand-new era in the design and planning of the co-production market. After ten years based on a traditional physical format and one year run fully online, WEMW will introduce a new concept based on a series of key elements: hybrid content & format, slate market & company planning, curation & motivation. WEMW will have a full horizontal integration between on-site and online participants, with a series of new initiatives meant to create a successful dialogue between the physical and virtual worlds. WEMW will take place in January 24-28, 2022 and it will include a first module running both on-site in Trieste and online, and a second module available only on the WEMW digital platform.

07/02/2026

Sometimes you just wish the night would never end.
One more song. One more dance.

Everything goes by so fast — and maybe that’s exactly why it feels so good to get lost in the music 'til the very last beat.

Thank you for dancing with us, for screaming our favorite hits at the top of your lungs, for making WEMW 2026 closing night one to remember.
Thank you, for sharing another edition with us.
We truly hope you enjoyed the ride while it lasted, just like we did at our Closing Party 🫶🏻

And since we have a bit of a thing for nostalgia...we couldn't resist capturing our 80s-themed concert on film while we were at it!📸

30/01/2026

WEMW 2026 | DAY 3 pt. 2

28/01/2026

A multitude of voices, ideas, connections.

Our Focus programme is more than a dedicated series of panels, meetings and networking moments: it’s a journey across borders, seeking to support upcoming talents and uncover hidden possibilities — fostering everlasting collaborations and concrete opportunities between different markets.

This year we were thrilled to turn the spotlight on the Baltic Countries (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania) & the GAS Region (Germany, Austria and Switzerland), highlighting projects, professionals, ideas and funds hailing from these territories.
Here's a glimpse into the people and the experiences that shaped our 2026 Focus.

A special thanks to our 2026 EAST & WEST FOCUS PARTNERS
AUSTRIAN FILMS
Eesti Filmi Instituut / Estonian Film Institute
FFA - German Film Board
German Films
Kino centrs
Lithuanian Film Centre
SWISS FILMS

And
ABA - FILM in Austria
Cine Tirol Film Commission
Cinéforom
Film und Medienstiftung NRW
Hessen Film & Medien
Kreativland Tirol
MFG Filmförderung Baden-Württemberg
MDM Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung
Switzerland Film Commission
ZURICH FILM FESTIVAL

26/01/2026

WEMW 2026 | DAY 3 part 1

23/01/2026

WEMW 2026 | DAY 2

21/01/2026

WEMW 2026 | CO-PRODUCTION FORUM

21/01/2026

It's awards time✨Congratulations to all the winners of WEMW 2026 Co-Production Forum, Last Stop Trieste, First Cut+, This Is IT and MIDPOINT Shorts!

WEMW CO-PRODUCTION FORUM AWARDS🏆

🔹Film Center Serbia Award: GOING UNDERGROUND by Armands Začs | Latvia
🔹Ciclic WEMW Award: THE LAST DOG ON EARTH by Nina Kopko | Brazil
🔹GoGo2025 Residency Award: WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE ARE YOU by Lina Lužytė | Just a moment, Stellar Film
🔹EAVE (European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs) Producers Workshop Award: DIANA CARAVIA (microFILM, Romania) for The Summer Holiday
🔹CEE Animation Award: HAIR OF HARE by Sander Joon | Estonia
🔹Marché du Film - Festival de Cannes Badge Producers Network: CARNA VUCINIC (Horopter, Serbia) for Koryo and Spotlighted Project at Cannes Docs RAINY DREAMS by Alireza Ghasemi
🔹DAE Talent Development Award: ANI ORDYAN (Order Film Production, Armenia) for My Name Is Enough
🔹Taskovski Films Ltd.Training Award: GOING UNDERGROUND by Armands Začs (Mistrus Media, Latvia)
🔹Pop Up Film Residency Award: Nina Kopko, THE LAST DOG ON EARTH
🔹European Women's Audiovisual Network - EWA Network’s Award for Equality & Inclusion: THE LAST DOG ON EARTH (Vitrine Filmes, Boulevard Filmes, Brazil)

THIS IS IT🏆

🔹Laserfilm Film Post Production Award: DEATH HAS NO MASTER by Jorge Thielen Armand | Venezuela/Canada, Italy, Luxembourg
🔹M74 Post Production Award: EVERYTIME by Sandra Wollner | Austria, Germany
🔹Honorable mention: PRIMA DELLA GUERRA by Tommaso Usberti | Italy, France

LAST STOP TRIESTE🏆

🔹HBO Europe Award: BIRDIE by Aneta Ptak | Poland, Iceland
🔹Film Center Montenegro Award: SACRED SONGS by Nona Giunashvili, Mariam Bitsadze | 17/07 Productions, Georgia

FIRST CUT + 🏆

🔹TRT Prize: PATTY by Luise Donschen | Germany

MIDPOINT SHORTS🏆

🔹HAVC & MIDPOINT Institute Development Award: MANCLAVE by Pablo Pagán | Germany

INSPIRATIONAL SPECIAL GIFT by TorinoFilmLab:
Jérémie Palanque

And congrats to our second round of GREEN LOTTERY winners: enjoy your GOTBAGs and your stay at Pineta Nature Resort!

Photos by Matjaž Rušt & Katja Goljat

20/01/2026

Congratulations to our first round of winners!

ITALIAN BALTIC AWARDS🏆

🔹BEAUTIFUL DEATH
by Andris Gauja
produced by Riverbed (Latvia), Mammut Film (Italy), Film Tower (Estonia), Agitprop (Bulgaria)

🔹BLUE LADA
by Urmet Piiling
produced by Tallifornia Eriotstarbeline Massiivne Tellis OÜ (Estonia), Cinefonie (Italy)

🔹JONAS
by Gregorio Sassoli
produced by Corego srl (Italy), Fralita Films (Lithuania)

RE-ACT AWARDS🏆

🔹MAGICAL CREATURES by Irena Gatej, produced by Katja Lenarčič - Vertigo (Slovenia)
🔹MBX by Vid Hajnšek, producer Ana Lampret - Cvinger Film (Slovenia)
🔹REMEMBER WHEN WE SAVED THE CITY? by Morana Ikić Komljenović, produced by Marin Lukanović - Filmaktiv (Croatia)
🔹THE SELECTION by Bruno Anković, produced by Katarina Prpić - Antitalent (Croatia)
🔹THE LOST BEING by Marco Devetak & Alice Orzan, produced by David Cej - Staragara I.T. (FVG, Italy)
🔹DOLASILLA - PRINCESS OF DESTINY by Carlo Zoratti, produced by Boštjan Virc - Levante (FVG, Italy)

INSPIRATIONAL SPECIAL GIFT by Documentary Association of Europe
Paulina Albrecht
Roberta Coutinho Sauerbronn

And congrats to our first round of GREEN LOTTERY winners, enjoy your GOT BAGs and your stay at Friland!

19/01/2026

Film markets are great, but we know they can also get really tiring😴🧘
Lucky for you, this year you can win a 2 nights stay for 2 at Pineta Natura Resort, a relaxing b&b right in the heart of the Italian mountains, framed by the most relaxing wellness centre and plenty of outdoors activities to choose from!

➡️Secure your Green Lottery🌿 ticket on our website or at WEMW Accreditation Desk and come to the Award Ceremonies tonight and tomorrow to find out if you've won.
🔗 in bio!

19/01/2026

WEMW 2026 | DAY 1

19/01/2026

If there's one thing that every A/V professional can do is multitask! Which comes pretty in hand when you're at WEMW Opening Cocktail hosted by Catalan Films 🥂

A sip of wine here, a bit of kombucha there, reconnecting with old friends, juggling last-minute emails and letting the conversation flow between past projects and future ideas.

Doesn't it feel good?

19/01/2026

The stage is set, the jazz music is playing, the guests are preparing to take their seats.
It's not a concert...it's our Co-Production Forum!

See you in an hour in Sala Tergeste for this year's pitching session!💙🎞️

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