The Co-Production Meetings are Porto Industry Days’ platform dedicated to film and audiovisual projects in development or pre-production, submitted by independent production companies legally established in countries participating in the Creative Europe MEDIA strand.
Part of Porto/Post/Doc: Film & Media Festival, the Co-Production Meetings promote contact between selected projects and producers, funds, sales agents, distributors, programmers, platforms, consultants and other invited industry professionals.
The programme aims to support financing, co-production and national and international circulation strategies, creating the conditions for relevant professional meetings and the development of artistic, financial and business partnerships.
Over two days, selected projects will take part in a preparatory session, present their projects in English to invited professionals and benefit from a personalised agenda of one-to-one meetings. Each presentation will have a maximum duration of 8 minutes, including a teaser or mood video with a maximum duration of 3 minutes.
The selection will prioritise projects with a strong authorial vision, development maturity, international co-production potential, financial viability and the capacity to benefit from a professional market context. The programme also seeks to encourage diversity of territories, formats, film genres, creative teams and artistic approaches.
OPEN CALL
Applications for the Co-Production Meetings 2026 are open from 15 May to 15 July 2026.
Before submitting a project, applicants should consult the full Co-Production Meetings 2026 guidelines.
The application form is available on Porto/Post/Doc’s Eventival page. To submit a project, applicants must log in to the platform. If they do not yet have an Eventival account, they should first create an account and then complete the application form.
WHO CAN APPLY
Applications may be submitted by independent production companies legally established in countries participating in the Creative Europe MEDIA strand.
Projects with co-producers, creative partners, production elements or financing components from non-European territories may be considered, provided that the application is submitted by an eligible production company.
Eligible projects must be film or audiovisual projects in development or pre-production.
Projects of all genres and durations are eligible, including fiction, documentary, animation, experimental, hybrid or other contemporary forms of audiovisual creation.
At the time of application, projects must have at least 10% of their estimated total financing already confirmed.
Up to 12 projects will be selected. Each production company may submit a maximum of two projects.
APPLICATION MATERIALS
Applications must be submitted in English through the Eventival platform and include all materials requested in the submission form.
The application must include a dossier in English, in PDF format, with a maximum of five A4 pages. The dossier must include a summary of the narrative structure, notes on the aesthetic and visual approach, producer’s note, budget summary, financing plan, estimated development, production and completion timeline, co-production and/or international circulation strategy, and the profile of the production company.
Uploading a teaser, mood video or other audiovisual material is optional at application stage, but mandatory for selected projects included in the public presentation.
SELECTION CRITERIA
The selection will take into account the artistic quality of the proposal, authorial vision, consistency of the narrative structure, development maturity, financial viability, international co-production potential, clarity of the needs presented, suitability to the profile of invited professionals and potential for national and international circulation.
The Co-Production Meetings are particularly suited to projects seeking co-producers, funds, broadcasters, platforms, sales agents, distributors, festivals, labs, consultants or other strategic partners.
