Applications for the 2026 Producers meet producers sessions are open !
Join us for the Producers meet producers sessions, held on Tuesday, January 27th during the Industry Days (January 26th to 29th), in Biarritz.
The Producers meet producers sessions is a unique, tailor-made initiative brought by Fipadoc to foster international coproduction and to extend the participants' professional network by connecting French and international producers.
As an international producer, you will have the opportunity to meet and interact with selected French producers turning toward international coproduction. Three different sessions will be organized, each mentored by an experimented matchmaker and dedicated to a specific European territory :
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Spain and Portugal
session mentored by Beatriz Setuain and Pablo Iraburu (DokLab Navarra, Spain)
(Focus 2026) : -
Visegrad
session mentored by Zdenek Blaha (Institute of Documentary Films, Czech Republic)
(Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary) : -
Balkans
session mentored by Darko Nabakov (Makedox, North Macedonia)
(Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Greece, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Slovenia):
Each session will include 6 producers from the targeted territory and 6 French producers. The selected participants will briefly pitch their company and then participate in short one-on-one meetings with French producers. The sessions will take place in Biarritz on Tuesday 27th of January, from 15:15 PM to 17:15pm.
REQUIREMENTS :
• Being a documentary producer from one of the 3 targeted territories (listed above)
• Having at least one creative documentary in development with potential for international coproduction and more specifically with France (you have the possibility to submit up to two projects)
• Committing to get a professional accreditation and come physically to Biarritz at Fipadoc Industry Days 2026 (January 26th - 29th)
The selection will be made upon the producers' profile as well as the coproduction potential of the projects listed (see below).
DEADLINE
International Producers applications : December 19th
