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European Short Pitch, u organizaciji udruge P.O.V. Push Other Visions, godišnji je program usavršavanja i koprodukcijski forum namijenjen mladim europskim scenaristima i njihovim kratkometražnim projektima, a kojemu je cilj promicanje europskih koprodukcija i umrežavanje s filmskim profesionalcima iz cijele Europe. Europski talenti, odabrani na temelju kvalitete i potencijala svojih projekata, na forumu imaju priliku predstaviti ih pred panelom vodećih europskih producenata, financijera i distributera te tako pronaći koprodukcijskog partnera, dovršiti projekt i promovirati ga na europskoj razini.
Održano u hibridnom formatu — uživo u nizozemskom gradu Leidenu od 1. do 2. lipnja, u sklopu Leiden Shorts Industry Daysa, te online od 4. do 5. lipnja 2026. — devetnaesto izdanje, uz potporu programa Kreativna Europa MEDIA, okupilo je oko 160 filmskih profesionalaca na gotovo 400 individualnih sastanaka usmjerenih na pokretanje međunarodnih suradnji. Pod vodstvom Julie Marnay (voditeljice programa) i Olge Lamontanare (voditeljice koprodukcijskog foruma) predstavljeno je 16 projekata — 12 kratkometražnih filmova u razvoju i četiri naslova u fazi postprodukcije — autora iz 15 europskih zemalja te Libanona, Palestine, Južne Koreje i Armenije.
Hrvatski je film ove godine među nagrađenima: novouvedenu nagradu za postprodukciju (u suradnji s francuskim studijem Vidéo de Poche) osvojio je projekt Divlja svinja (Wild Boar) redateljice Sare Grgurić, u produkciji Lucije Perić (Pipser). Glavnu nagradu European Short Pitcha — razvojni grant u iznosu od 2.000 eura — žiri je dodijelio projektu Time Comes Like the Sea redateljice Naomi Pacifique. U žiriju je ove godine bila i hrvatska predstavnica, Tina Tišljar (Eclectica), uz Emiliju Mazik (Go Short, Nizozemska) i Laurence Rilly (ARTE, Francuska).
U sklopu foruma sudjelovala je i Martina Petrović, voditeljica DKE – Ureda MEDIA Hrvatske, kao govornica na online panel-diskusiji pod naslovom „Financiranje koprodukcija kratkog filma u Europi" („Financing Short Film Coproductions in Europe"), održanoj 5. lipnja. Panel je bio posvećen mogućnostima potpore manjinskim koprodukcijama, strategijama prijave i izgradnji čvrstih međunarodnih partnerstava, a uz Martinu Petrović na njemu su sudjelovali Eliška Děcká, voditeljica međunarodne promocije za animirani i kratkometražni film pri Češkom filmskom centru (Czech Film Center), i Marc Moreno, savjetnik za kratkometražni film u Odjelu za potporu raznolikosti stvaralaštva francuskoga Nacionalnog centra za kinematografiju i animiranu sliku (CNC). Razgovor su moderirale Olga Lamontanara i Julie Marnay.
Popis svih projekata koji su sudjelovali na koprodukcijskom forumu dostupan je u Knjizi projekata (Book of Projects) na poveznici.
Snimka panela dostupna je u sklopu online platforme za registrirane korisnike: https://forum.europeanshortpitch.org/
European Short Pitch, organised by the P.O.V. Push Other Visions association, is an annual training programme and co-production forum dedicated to emerging European screenwriters and their short film projects, with the aim of promoting European co-productions and connecting young talents with film professionals from across the continent. Selected on the strength and potential of their projects, the participating talents have the opportunity to present them to a panel of leading European producers, financiers and distributors — and, in turn, to find a co-production partner, complete their project and promote it on a European level.
Held in a hybrid format — on site in Leiden, the Netherlands, on 1–2 June, as part of the Leiden Shorts Industry Days, and online on 4–5 June 2026 — the 19th edition, supported by the Creative Europe MEDIA Programme, brought together around 160 film professionals across nearly 400 one-to-one meetings aimed at sparking international collaborations. Under the leadership of Julie Marnay (Head of Programme) and Olga Lamontanara (Head of Coproduction Forum), the Forum presented 16 projects — 12 short films in development and four works in progress — by authors from 15 European countries as well as Lebanon, Palestine, South Korea and Armenia.
A Croatian film was among this year's award winners: the newly introduced Post-Production Award (in partnership with the French studio Vidéo de Poche) went to Wild Boar by director Sara Grgurić, produced by Lucija Perić (Pipser). The main European Short Pitch Award — a €2,000 development grant — was presented by the Jury to Time Comes Like the Sea by director Naomi Pacifique. This year's Jury also included a Croatian representative, Tina Tišljar (Eclectica), alongside Emilia Mazik (Go Short, the Netherlands) and Laurence Rilly (ARTE, France).
As part of the Forum, Martina Petrović, Head of the CED – MEDIA Office Croatia, took part as a speaker in the online panel discussion titled "Financing Short Film Coproductions in Europe", held on 5 June. The panel focused on opportunities for supporting minority co-productions, application strategies and building solid international partnerships. Joining Martina Petrović were Eliška Děcká, in charge of International Promotion for Animation & Short Films at the Czech Film Center, and Marc Moreno, Short Film Officer at the Diversity of Creation Support Department of the French National Centre for Cinema and the Moving Image (CNC). The discussion was moderated by Olga Lamontanara and Julie Marnay.
The full list of projects that took part in the Coproduction Forum is available in the Book of Projects here.
A recording of the panel is available on the online platform for registered users: https://forum.europeanshortpitch.org/
