Last night, the Berlinale Co-Production Market granted the first Eurimages Co-Production Development Award of 2025 to the project IBICABA – VISIONS OF PARADISE, written and directed by Andrea Štaka and produced by Michela Pini, Olga Lamontanara and Andrea Štaka (CH). The jury, made up of producer Labina Mitevska (North Macedonia), distributor Øistein Refseth (Norway) and Eleni Chandrinou (Greece) for Eurimages, has chosen to award this 20,000 euros prize to a project by a passionate director who is bringing to light stories of underprivileged women in Switzerland in the 19th century. It is a film about colonialism, migration and women’s place in history.

As part of the Eurimages Fund's exceptional measures in support of the Ukrainian film industry, the same jury gave an Exceptional Eurimages Award for Co-Production Development of the same amount to the project THE EARTH IS FLAT - I FLOWN AROUND AND SAW IT directed by Maksym Nakonechnyi and produced by Daria Zakharova (Ukraine). This is a story that explores the distance between perception and reality, a theme particularly relevant to today’s world. The director offers a fresh vision and approaches the subject in a compassionate and humorous way.

The next Co-production Development Award will be presented as part of Cartoon Movie, which will take place on March 4-6 in Bordeaux.