Eurim­ages Co-pro­duc­tion Devel­op­ment Award

Eurim­ages is the cul­tur­al sup­port fund of the Coun­cil of Europe. Estab­lished in 1989, it cur­rent­ly num­bers 38 of the 46 mem­ber states of the Stras­bourg-based organ­i­sa­tion, plus Cana­da. Eurim­ages pro­motes inde­pen­dent film­mak­ing by pro­vid­ing finan­cial sup­port to fea­ture-length fiction, ani­ma­tion and doc­u­men­tary films. In doing so, it encour­ages co-oper­a­tion between pro­fes­sion­als estab­lished in dif­fer­ent coun­tries. Eurim­ages has a total annu­al bud­get of approx­i­mate­ly 30M€.

The Council of Europe’s Eurimages Fund has joined forces with nine co-production markets from all over the world – and Cartoon Movie is one of them again this year – in order to award the Eurimages Co-production Development Award (CPDA). This cash prize of €20,000 has been created to promote the Fund’s role in encouraging international co-productions from the initial stages of a project.

The project should be conceived as an international co-production intended for cinema release. The award will be granted to the applicant, which must be an independent production company based in a Eurimages member State having creative control of the project and with the majority participation in the development financing.

The applicant must have the intention of involving at least one other producer from a different Eurimages member State in the co-production. The award, which takes the form of a non-reimbursable subsidy, must be used to cover development expenses of the project.

Projects nominated by Eurimages for Cartoon Movie 2026!

Acorn’s Adven­ture

➤ Pro­duced by Pure Shore (Czechia)

➤ Co-pro­duced by Fabian&Fred (Ger­many)

Before They Were Gods

➤ Pro­duced by par Myl­la Films (Swe­den)

➤ Co-pro­duced by Bro­k­endoll (Swe­den) / Qvis­ten Ani­ma­tion (Nor­way) / Parce Que Films (Cana­da) / Elas­tic Film (UK)

DREAM­ERS - The Hunt for Shadowclaw

➤ Pro­duced by para­pic­tures film pro­duc­tions (Ger­many)

➤ Co-pro­duced by Fal­con Fea­tures (Cana­da) / Kick­start Enter­tain­ment (Cana­da) / Epsilon Film (Ger­many)

Dreamwalk­er

➤ Pro­duced by Vivi Film (Bel­gium)

➤ Co-pro­duced by Par­mi les luci­oles films (France) / Light­house Stu­dios (Ire­land)

Ejo

➤ Pro­duced by Ani­moon (Poland)

➤ Co-pro­duced by Spe­cial Touch Stu­dios (France) / Base­ment Ani­ma­tion Com­pa­ny (Nige­ria)

Fam­i­ly Squad

➤ Pro­duced by Ani­ma­grad (Ukraine)

➤ Co-pro­duced by Tele­scope Ani­ma­tion Stu­dios (Ger­many) / PFX (Czechia) / Fiilin Good Films (Fin­land)

Gin­ger­bread Town

➤ Pro­duced by Den siste skilling (Nor­way)

➤ Co-pro­duced by Knud­sen Pic­tures (Ger­many) / Arti­choke (Slo­va­kia) / Ink & Light (Ire­land)

Kigali Night

➤ Pro­duced by Par­mi les luci­oles films (France)

➤ Co-pro­duced by Eklek­tik Pro­duc­tions (Bel­gium) / Melu­sine Stu­dio (Lux­em­bourg)

Kin­dred Spirits

➤ Pro­duced by Car­toon Saloon (Ire­land)

➤ Co-pro­duced by Foli­vari (France)

Kokum

➤ Pro­duced by Paul Thilt­ges Dis­tri­b­u­tions (Lux­em­bourg) / Spe­cial Touch Stu­dios (France)

Nina and the God­dess of Thunder

➤ Pro­duced by New Europe Film Sales (Poland)

➤ Co-pro­duced by Fab­rique d’Im­ages (Lux­em­bourg) / Fantab­u­lous (France) / Human/​PFX (Poland)

Saima: Scenes from a Midlife Crisis

➤ Pro­duced by Alexan­dra Film (Esto­nia) / Adri­at­ic Ani­ma­tion (Croa­t­ia) / Avec ou sans Vous (France)

The Heart of the Djembe

➤ Pro­duced by Cot­ton­wood Media (France)

➤ Co-pro­duced by Booya Stu­dio (Ivory Coast) / Ume­dia (Bel­gium)

Previous winners

Listed below are the projects that have been awarded since the beginning of the Eurimages Co-production Development Award in 2018.

2025

"Zako" by Tigran Arakelyan

Produced by OnOff Studio (Armenia), in collaboration with Sacrebleu Productions (France)

2024

"Pesta" by Hanne Berkaak

Produced by Mikrofilm (Norway), in collaboration with Xilam Films (France) & Knudsen Pictures (Germany)

2023

"I'm Still Alive"

Produced by by MAD Entertainment (Italy), Lucky Red (Italy), SIPUR (Israel) & Gapbusters (Bel­gium)

2022

“Melvile”

Produced by Need Productions (Belgium), co-produced by Creative Touch Studios (France) & Special Touch Studios (France)

2021

“Shadows”

Produced by Autour de Minuit (France), co-produced by Panique! (Belgium) & Schmuby (France)

2020

“Fleak”

Produced by Anima Vitae (Finland), co-produced by Anima Vitae Point (Malaysia), Animoon (Poland), Godo Films (France) & Parka Pictures (Denmark)

2019

“Of Unwanted Things and People”

Produced by MAUR Film (Czech Republic), co-produced by Artichoke (Slovakia), ZVVIKS (Slovenia) & WJTeam/Likaon (Poland)

2018

“KARA”

Produced by Visual Distractions (Germany), co-produced by Beast Animation (Belgium)