When East Meets West Co-production Forum

Call for Entries

Projects in Development

The When East Meets West Co-production Forum is currently accepting applications for its 2022 edition.

Thanks to the special focus on Canada, WEMW 2022 will bring to Trieste a delegation of Canadian producers and decision makers, and will also organize a series of other activities, such as works-in progress sections, labs for films in editing phase, inspirational labs, targeting Canadian projects & film professionals.

Eligibility Criteria

• Producers must be Canadians;
• Projects must be long feature fiction films or documentaries in development preferably with 5-10% of the total budget already in place;
• Projects must have international co-production potential.

Information and registration process

Please note that all projects must be submitted directly to the WEMW. 

DESCRIPTION

The upcoming edition of WEMW, taking place in Trieste (Italy) and online on January 24-28, 2022, will bring together over 600 film professionals from more than 50 countries, in particular from the 2022 East & West countries in focus: Russia & UK, Ireland, Canada and USA. The heart of the event will still be the WEMW Co-Production Forum dedicated to documentaries and feature films in development.

**It is strongly recommended that you comply with any travel advice and advisories issued by the Government of Canada at the time of WEMW. For participants’ health and safety, the organizers (WEMW) will put in place various sanitary measures and rules that will be updated over the coming months.
WEMW is currently in the process of preparing the event to be on site. However, due to the current climate, WEMW is aware of the need to adapt to other forms if necessary.

MORE INFORMATION

For more information, please contact Marie-Claude Giroux.

Promotion & communications
Téléfilm Canada, Montréal
festivals@telefilm.ca
1 800-567-0890