Eurimages New Lab Awards

The Eurimages Board of Management has adopted the creation of two Eurimages New Lab Awards for innovative, non-conventional and experimental works exploring new forms of expression in terms either of content and/or format, i.e.:

the Innovation Award of €20,000 for projects in development to promote experimentation and

the Outreach Award of €30,000 for work-in-progress projects (in late production or post-production) to promote audience outreach.

Following the call for proposals launched in March 2023, two initiatives have been selected to present the Eurimages New Lab Awards consisting of one Innovation Award and one Outreach Award in 2024-2026, namely:

CPH:DOX in Denmark and

the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) in The Netherlands.

A new call for proposals will be launched in 2026 to select the initiatives that will present the Eurimages New Lab Awards in 2027-2029.

These new awards succeed the Eurimages Lab Project Awards, launched during the 2016-2020 period for innovative projects exploring new forms of expression, and the conlusions of the "Study on the feasibility, pertinence and design of a Lab Projects support programme for the Eurimages Fund" entrusted to the structure Tatino Films (FR). The final report of this study, which was presented to the Board of Management at a plenary meeting in 2021, can be consulted in full or in summary.

projects rewarded by this prize

2026 - EURIMAGES NEW LAB AWARDS

INNOVATION AWARD

Cosmofonia by Véréna Paravel, produced by Anna Lena Films (France) - CPH:DOX, Copenhagen
Daughters of the Sea by Martika Ramirez Escobar, produced by This Side Up & Arkeofilms (Philippines) and Alba Sotorra Cinema Productions (ES) - IFFR PRo, Rotterdam

OUTREACH AWARDS

LFD Hope by Joshua Loftin, produced by Sea Fox Films, Lorenz Films, Gallivant Film (UK) and Good Kids Productions (HU) - IFFR Pro, Rotterdam
Don't Let The Sun Go Up On Me by Asmae El Moudir, produced by Haut et Court Doc (France) in co-operation with Morocco, Norway and Chili - CPH:DOX, Copenhagen

2025 - EURIMAGES NEW LAB AWARDS

INNOVATION AWARDS

A Sanctuary of Stuff by Francesca Tremulo and Eszter Várhidi - CPH:DOX, Copenhagen
One Charming Night by Robin Coops, produced by the company Studio Biarritz (NL) - IFFR PRo, Rotterdam

OUTREACH AWARDS

Becoming Lucien by Lucien Pin and Alex Haugmard, produced by Thibault Elie - CPH:DOX, Copenhagen
Erratics (Bloques Erráticos) by Thomas Woodroffe, produced by Fiebre (Chile), La Belle Affaire (France) and Un Puma (Argentina) - IFFR Pro, Rotterdam

2024 - EURIMAGES NEW LAB AWARDS

INNOVATION AWARDS

Garden Alchemy by Michelle and Uri Kranot, produced by Peter Fisher (DK) - Copenhagen
Cherub by Barbara Rupik, produced by the company Madants (PL) - IFFR Pro, Rotterdam

OUTREACH AWARDS

Timestamp by Kateryna Gornostai, produced by Olha Beskhmelnytsina and Natalia Libet (2Brave Productions / Rinkel Film & Docs, UA & NL) - Copenhagen
Duchampiana by Lilian Hess, produced by Tchikiboum (FR) in co-operation with Germany - IFFR PRo, Rotterdam

2020 - EURIMAGES LAB PROJECT AWARDS

Magdala de Damien Manivel (m), produit par la société Mld Films (FR) - Les Arcs
Tracking Satyrs de Maciej & Michal Madraccy (m) et Gilles Lepore (m), produit par Beata Rzeźniczek de la société Madants (PL) - Thessalonique
A Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic de Teemu Nikki (m), produit par Jani Pösö de la société It's Alive Films (FIN) - Haugesund
Atlantide de Yuri Ancarani (m), produit par Marco Alessi de la société Dugong Srl (IT) en coopération avec la France - Karlovy Vary

m : masculin ; f : féminin

2019 - EURIMAGES LAB PROJECT AWARDS

Figures in the Urban Landscape by Ekaterina Selenkina (f) and produced by Vladimir Nadein (RU) - Les Arcs
Mother Lode by Matteo Tortone, produced by Alexis Taillant and Nadège Labé from the company Wendigo Films (FR) in cooperation with Benjamin Poumey from C-Side Productions (CH) and Margot Mecca from Malfé Films (IT) - Thessaloniki
Him by Guro Bruusgaard (m), produced by the Norwegian company Alternativet Produksjon; A Special Mention went to Jessica by Ninja Thyberg - Haugesund
Bottled Songs written, directed and produced by Kevin B. Lee (m) and Chloé Galibert (f) respectively from Germany and France - Karlovy Vary

m: male; f: female

2018 - EURIMAGES LAB PROJECT AWARDS

White on White by Theo Court (m), produced by Jose Alayon from the company El Viaje Films (ES) - Les Arcs
Undergrown by Marta Ribeiro (f), produced by Joana Peralta from the company Videolotion (PT) - Thessaloniki
Burning Man by Itonje Søimer Guttormsen (f), produced by Maria Ekerhovd from the company Mer Film (NO); A special mention from the Eurimages jury went to the film Season by John Skoog, produced by Erik Hemmendorff (Plattform) - Haugesund
Normal by Adele Tulli (f), produced by Valeria Adilardi, Laura Romano and Luca Ricciardi from the company FilmAffair (IT) - Karlovy Vary

m: male; f: female

2017 - EURIMAGES LAB PROJECT AWARDS

Gold Is All There Is by Andrea Caccia (m), produced by Dugong Films (IT), Picofilms (FR) and Rough Cat (CH) - Les Arcs
Speak So I Can See You by Marija Stojnic (f), produced by Marija Stojnic and Milos Ivanovic from the company Bilboke (RS) - Thessaloniki
Jimmie by Jesper Ganslandt (m), produced by Jesper Kurlandsky, Hedvig Lundgren and Juan Libossart from the company Fasad (SE) ; Special Mentions went to the projects Alma by Kristín Jóhannedóttir produced by Gudrun Edda Thorhannesdottir, Anna G. Magnusdottir, Ilann Girard, Jim Stark, Lilja Ósk Snorradóttir andt Elfar Adalstei and The Second Sex by Katja Eyde Jacobsen produced by Maria Ekerhovd and Elisa Pirir – Haugesund
The Stand-In by Rä di Martino (f), produced by Dugong Srl (IT) in co-operation with France and Marocco - Karlovy Vary

m: male; f: female

2016 - EURIMAGES LAB PROJECT AWARDS

The Hidden City by Victor Moreno (m), produced by the companies El Viaje Films (ES) and Pomme Hurlante (FR) - Les Arcs
Thorn (GR, DK) by Gabriel Tzafka (m), produced by Panayiotis Kakavias (Kakavias Film) and Michael Bille Frandsen & Theis Nørgaard (Nitrat Film) - Thessaloniki
The Wind Blew On (IS) by Katrín Ólafsdóttir (f), produced by par Incoherence Cinema Limited - Haugesund
Perseverance (Vztrajanje) (SI, HR, IT, RS) by Miha Knific (m), produced by Siniša Juričič – Karlovy Vary

m: male; f: female

news

Back Fourth Eurimages Lab Project Award goes to The Hidden City

The fourth and last EURIMAGES LAB PROJECT AWARD was given last night to the project entitled The Hidden City de Victor Moreno, produced by the companies El Viaje Films (ES) and Pomme Hurlante (FR), in the framework of the Festival’s initiative Work-In-Progress which came to a close last night.

The jury composed of the directors Bertrand Bonello and Clément Cogitore, Béatrice Fiorentino (Venice’s International Critics Weeks), Sara Norberg (Director of Helsinki’s International Film Festival, Love & Anarchy) and Karin Schockweiler (LU) for Eurimages, was impressed by the imagery and the audacious concept of this project which films the reality in an innovative and creative way with its mixture of documentary and science fiction.

Les Arcs, France 13 December 2016