Partners of the Berlinale Co-Production Market

As a part of Berlinale Pro*, the Berlinale Co-Production Market is co-funded by Creative Europe - MEDIA. MDM Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung has been a main supporter of the event since 2004.

Award partners: ARTE is giving the ArteKino International Award to one of the selected projects at the Berlinale Co-Production Market. Since 2015, each year a jury decides which of the projects in the Official Selection receives the Eurimages Co-Production Development Award. A new award has been established in 2025: the Gen Z Audience Award, supported by DFJW/OFAJ. The VFF Verwertungsgesellschaft für Film und Fernsehen donates the VFF Highlight Pitch Award, a monetary award for one selected Berlinale Talents producer of the Talent Project Market.

Since 2006, the Berlinale has cooperated with Frankfurter Buchmesse on Books at Berlinale aas well as on Book-to-Screen events at the Frankfurt Book Fair, which aim at bringing the book and film "worlds" closer together.

In order to support producers in their international networking, the Berlinale Co-Production Market also regularly collaborates with other relevant co-production initiatives such as: CineMart Rotterdam, Series Mania, CineLink Sarajevo, Baltic Event, Sofia Meetings, Producers Network Cannes, New Nordic Films Haugesund, connecting cottbus and When East Meets West. Furthermore, the Berlinale Co-Production Market cooperates with organisations such as EFP (European Film Promotion) and the established European producers’ training and network programmes EAVE and ACE.

The FFA - German Federal Film Board is supporting the Berlinale Co-Production Market's activities for upcoming producers.

Partners of the Berlinale Co-Production Market 2026 include:

Morocco - EFM Country in Focus 2026, Directorate General Cinema and Audiovisual of Ministry of Culture & Cinecittà (Italy), ICEX & ICAA (Spain), Polish Film Institute, Netherlands Film Fund, Catalan Institute for Cultural Companies/ Catalunya Film Commission, Telefilm Canada, Norwegian Film Institute, Swiss Films, NFVF - National Film and Video Foundation (South Africa), Basque Audiovisual, DG Cine, Film Development Council of the Philippines, Lithuanian Film Center, VIPO - Visual Industry Promotion Organisation (Japan), German Films, Estonian Film Institute, Czech Audiovisual Fund, Film in Austria, BFI - UK Global Screen Fund. Moravian Library - Czechia 2026, EFP European Film Promotion

As well as Agency of Film and Audiovisual of Uruguay, APFI - Audiovisual Producers Finland, Agencia Andaluza de Instituciones Culturales, CCIDA & FDC (Hong Kong), Cinema do Brasil, Czech Producers' Association, Danish Film Institute, IDM Film & Music Commission (South Tyrol), Korean Film Council, Swedish Film Institute

Festival Scope and Cineuropa assist with their services.

If you are interested in joining this prestigious list and supporting us in making the Co-Production Market a success as well, please contact us!