The 15th edition of When East Meets West kicks off in less than one month and we can’t wait to bring back to Trieste over 550 film professionals from more than 50 different countries.

Following the recent announcement of the Co-Production Forum project selection, WEMW is excited to unveil the complete line-up for its sections dedicated to films in post-production stage: Last Stop Trieste, This Is IT, First Cut+ and First Cut Lab Trieste.

 

Marking its 11th edition, Last Stop Trieste, the fine-cut section run together with the Trieste Film Festival, will showcase 5 creative documentaries previously selected in one of the partner platforms: Ex-Oriente Film Workshop, BDC Discoveries, Docu Rough Cut Boutique, Baltic Sea Docs, ZagrebDox PRO and WEMW Co-Production Forum.

All films will be in the running for the Film Centre of Montenegro Award, a cash prize of 2.000€, the long-standing HBO Award, cash prize of 1.000€ and the Arte Video Award, consisting in the complete colour grading of the whole film, DCP, MASTER and LTO archiving for a total value of 10.000€.
Have a look at the complete line-up HERE!

 

For the 8th edition, When East Meets West and Trieste Film Festival will renew the partnership with Milano Film Network for the section exclusively dedicated to feature films and hybrid works with a strong visual and artistic approach, produced/co-produced by Italian producers or coming from any of the East & West 2025 spotlight territories. This Is IT will present a total of 8 works in progress ready for festival premiere and international distribution, all of them competing for the Laser Film Award, consisting in 4 days of colour grading services and 1 DCP for a total value of 10.000€.
Have a look at the line-up HERE!

 

WEMW is also proud to host once again the international works in progress section First Cut+ and to introduce 8 promising titles with 10 different countries involved to all attending sales and festival programmers.

The new-format of First Cut Lab Trieste will bring back to WEMW two projects selected at the Co-Production Forum in previous years to take part in a tailor-made editing workshop.

Have a look at the First Cut+ line-up HERE and the one for First Cut Lab Trieste HERE!

 

Last but not least, WEMW is also happy to announce the 12 companies from 12 European and Latin American territories selected for the 4thedition of the programme EAVE Slate, and the 124 participants from 37 different countries who will be part of the Inspirational Labs run in collaboration with ACE Producers, CEE Animation Workshop, ESoDoc, EURODOC, Fantastic Film Forum of the Trieste Science+Fiction Festival, Investors Circle by Marché du Film – Festival de Cannes, MIDPOINT Institute, SpielFabrique, and in partnership with Catalan Films, CNC, Moldovan National Film Center, Czech Film Center, Film Center of Montenegro, Film Commission Vallée d’Aoste, Fondazione Apulia Film Commission, Fondazione Toscana Film Commission, Fondazione Veneto Film Commission, German Films, Greek Film Center, Programa IBERMEDIA, ICAA – Film and Audiovisual Arts Institute, Icelandic Film Centre, IDM Film Commission Südtirol, MOIN, Polish Film Institute, RE-ACT and Telefilm Canada.
Have a look at the EAVE Slate selected companies HERE and check out all the professionals selected for the Inspirational Labs HERE!

Last but not least, WEMW is also particularly pleased to highlight the massive presence of projects and professionals coming from the East & West 2025 countries in focus, thanks to the successful partnership with Estonian Film Institute, Lithuanian Film Center, National Film Centre of Latvia and CCA – Film and Audiovisual Center, Film Fund Luxembourg, Flanders Audiovisual Fund, Netherlands Film Fund, Screen Brussels and Screen Flanders.

 

 

>LAST STOP TRIESTE

Becoming Roosi 
directed by Margit Lillak, produced by Tiny Desk Productions (Estonia) and Dirkmantheyfilms (Germany)

Divia 
directed by Dmytro Hreshko, produced by UP USA STUDIO (Ukraine), Gogol Foundation (Poland) and Valk Productions (Netherlands)

Electing Ms Santa 
directed by Raisa Razmerita, produced by HaiDOC Productions (Republic of Moldova) and Tangaj Production (Romania)

Home Is Where the Films Are
directed by More Raça, produced by Arena (Kosovo)

My Dad’s Lessons
directed by Dalija Dozet, produced by Hulahop (Croatia)

 

>THIS IS IT

Cat on My Mind
directed by Laila Pakalnina, produced by SIA Kompānija Hargla (Latvia)

Cuerpo Celeste
directed by Nayra Ilic, produced by Planta (Chile), dispàrte (Italy), associated producers Oro Films (Chile) and Hora Magica (Chile)

Home
directed by Or Sinai, produced by Baryo Film & TV Productions (Israel), MOREFILM (Poland) and Intramovies (Italy)

Like Heaven Without God
directed by Luca Capponi, produced by Onira (Netherlands) and Wild Rocket (Italy)

On their Own
directed by Tudor Jurgiu, produced by Indyca (Italy) and Libra Films (Romania)

The Lost Son
directed by Darko Štante, produced by Staragara (Slovenia), Graal (Greece), Propeler Film (Croatia), Staragara I.T. (Italy) and Kaval Film (North Macedonia)

The White Club (working title)
directed by Michele Pennetta, produced by Beauvoir (Switzerland), Indyca (Italy), Nefertiti (Italy) and Vertigo (Slovenia)

Wolf Park
directed by Demelza Kooij, produced by Folk Film (Norway), Sisyfos Film (Sweden) and Jump Cut (Italy)

 

>FIRST CUT+

Amores 
directed by Grace Passô, produced by Entre Filmes (Brazil), Globo Filmes (Brazil) and Desvia (Brazil)

Borderline
directed by Ignas Jonynas, produced by Baltic Productions (Lithuania)

Despite the Scars
directed by Felix Rier, produced by Helios Sustainable Films (Italy)

Girl in the Night
directed by Luka Marčetić, produced by Temporama (Slovenia), RTV Slovenija (Slovenia), Studio Cepelin (Slovenia) and 001 (Slovenia)

Summer School, 2021
directed by Dužan Duong, produced by nutprodukce (Czech Republic), AZN kru. (Czech Republic) and nuprodukcia (Slovakia)

Those Who Whistle After Dark
directed by Pinar Yorgancioglu, produced by İndiBindi Film (Turkey), Gece Kuşu (Turkey), İkinci Yeni (Turkey), Rosa Film (Turkey), Portokal Films (Bulgaria), Marlene Film (Germany), Riva Filmproduktion (Germany)

Urban Disobedience Toolkit
directed by Vladimír Turner, produced by Beginner’s Mind (Czech Republic), Prague City Gallery (Czech Republic), Utopia Libri (Czech Republic) and Arnika (Czech Republic)

White Lies
directed by Alba Zari, produced by Slingshot Films (Italy) and Agent Double (Belgium)

 

>FIRST CUT LAB TRIESTE

A Winner Is Seen at the Start 
directed by Zhannat Alshanova, produced by Films de Force Majeure (France), Accidental Films (Kazakhstan), Volya Films (Netherlands) and M-Films (Lithuania)

Shakespeare Goes Armenian 
directed by Inna Sahakyan and Lilit Movsisyan, produced by Bars Media (Armenia) and Bind (Netherlands)