The Eurimages’ Audentia Award was created to encourage women in filmmaking in their ongoing careers by giving them extra financial support for their upcoming films based on the quality of the film screened at the selected festival.

Further to recommendations made by a panel of independent film industry experts the Eurimages Board of Management has selected the following three festivals to host the annual Audentia Award for an award of 30 000€ over the period 2024 to 2026:

• Norwegian International Film Festival Haugesund (Norway) – 2024
• Cork International Film Festival (Ireland) – 2025
• International Crime and Punishment Film Festival (Türkiye) - 2026

Eurimages receives regular requests, which take various forms, for the financial support of projects, initiatives and events aimed at promoting gender equality and international co-operation within the film industry in exchange for high visibility for the Fund in the activity. Sponsored activities have included events, promotional activities and training programmes with a focus on female filmmakers. As part of its Gender Equality Action Plan 2021-2023, Eurimages has funded six projects: Pop Up Film Residency, Europe ! Voices of Women in Film at Sidney Film Festival (EFP), The Purple Meridians, Berlin Nipkow Residency for Female Empowerment in the Film Industry, Sisterhood of Young Animation Auteurs, and Step In at Locarno Film Festival. The aim of this action was to encourage female filmmakers in their ongoing careers.

Further to recommendations made by a panel of independent film industry experts the Eurimages Board of Management has decided to approve seven initiatives to receive Gender Equality Sponsorships over the period 2024 to 2026:

•  Le Lab – « Femmes de Cinéma » (France) - €5 000
•  Locarno Pro – Step In (Switzerland) - €5 000
•  Mifa Annecy (France) - €5 000
•  Olhares Do Mediterraneo – Women’s Film Festival (Portugal) - €9 950
•  Pop Up Film Residency (Slovakia) - €10 000
•  Sisterhood of Young Animation Auteurs (Romania) - €5 000
•  Woman in Fan – Sitges Foundation (Spain) - €10 000

Following the call for proposals launched in May 2020, seven co-production markets were selected to present the Eurimages Co-production Development Award, which aims to promote international co-production from the very beginning of a project as of 1 January 2021 for a maximum period of three years:

•  CineMart (The Netherlands)
•  Berlinale Co-Production Market (Germany)
•  Cartoon Movie (France)
•  CPH:FORUM (Denmark)
•  CineLink (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
•  Cinekid (The Netherlands)
•  TorinoFilmLab (Italy)

Further to recommendations made by a panel of external experts in June 2023, the Eurimages Board of Management has decided to select nine co-production markets for the presentation of the Eurimages Co-production Development Awards in 2024-2026, for an amount of €20 000 each:

•  Baltic Event (Estonia)
•  Berlinale Co-Production Market (Germany)
•  Cartoon Movie (France)
•  Cinekid (The Netherlands)
•  CineLink (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
•  Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) Eastern Promises (Czechia)
•  Les Arcs Industry Village (France)
•  TorinoFilmLab (Italy)
•  Visions du Réel Pitching Forum (Switzerland)

Following the suspension of the former Lab Projects Awards on 1 January 2021 and the study carried out by Tatino Films (FR) on the relevance and design of a new similar programme, the Eurimages Board of Management adopted in December 2022 the creation of two Eurimages New Lab Awards: the Innovation Award for experimental projects in development and the Outreach Award to promote public awareness of experimental projects at the end of production or in post-production.

Further to recommendations made by a panel of external experts in June 2023, the Eurimages Board of Management has decided to select two initiatives to present the New Eurimages Lab Awards, each consisting of one Innovation Award of €20 000 and one Outreach Award of €30 000 in 2024-2026, namely:

•  CPH:DOX (Denmark)
•  International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) (The Netherlands)

In addition to activities aimed at promoting international co-productions such as the awards mentioned above, the promotion programme also intends to promote the Eurimages Fund through partnerships with initiatives that share its objectives and contribute to its visibility. Following the call for proposals launched in 2020, nine proposals for partnerships with events aimed at promoting international cooperation within the film and audiovisual industry in exchange for a high visibility of the Eurimages Fund within this event have been concluded for the period 2021-2023:

•  CEE Animation (Czechia) - €5,000
•    CICAE (European Arthouse Cinema Day) – €8,000
•    Cineuropa (Belgium) - €7,000
•    Etoiles et Toiles du Cinéma Européen (France) - €5,000
•  European Film Promotion (Producers on the Move in Cannes/Europe! Umbrella and Reception in Toronto) – €10,000
•  Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, Montréal (Canada) – €5,000
•  IDFA (The Netherlands) – €8,000
•  Locarno – Alliance 4 Development (Switzerland) – €2,500 (professional lunch)
•  Meetings on the Bridge (Turkey) – €2,000 (reception)

Further to recommendations made by a panel of external experts in June 2023, the Eurimages  Board of Management has decided to select seven sponsorship proposals for a total budget of €50 500 per year for the period 2024-2026, namely:

•  CICAE (European Arthouse Cinema Day) – €10 000
•  European Film Promotion (Producers on the Move in Cannes/Europe! Umbrella and Reception in Toronto) – €10 000
•  Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, Montréal (Canada) – €5 000
•  FIDLab Marseille (France) – €10 000
•  IDFA (The Netherlands) – €10 000
•  Locarno – Alliance 4 Development (Switzerland) – €2 500 (lunch)
•  ReAnimania (Armenia) – €3 000 (reception)