The Co-Production Meetings are an initiative dedicated to fostering collaboration and dialogue among European film professionals. They bring together projects in development from Portugal, Spain, and France, presented to a selected group of producers, programmers, and industry agents from across Europe. The goal is to stimulate new international co-productions, strengthen connections between ecosystems with different production capacities, and build sustainable professional networks.
Integrated into the Industry section of Porto/Post/Doc, the Co-Production Meetings offer each selected project a personalised one-to-one meeting agenda, carefully designed to facilitate productive encounters and concrete partnerships. The programme also includes masterclasses, case studies, and informal networking sessions, creating a dynamic and collaborative environment.
Open to all industry-accredited participants.
The full schedule of all industry activities is available to view here.
Selected Projects
CARLOTA
CARLOTA
Mónica de Miranda
FIC, PRT, 120’
Carlota is the daughter of a forbidden love between a Portuguese soldier of the colonial war and an Angolan mother who fought against that war. She navigates identity conflicts, romantic disillusionment, and the struggles of being an artist, a single mother, and a woman fighting for independence and self-fulfilment.
State: In development
Financing in place: 2%
Production: David & Golias (PRT)
Contact: Leonor Batista | leonor.batista@david-golias.com
CREANDO A MARIA ORSIC
BECOMING MARIA ORSIC
Rebeca Sánchez López
DOC, FIC, ESP, 74’
Maria Orsic, medium, Nazi spy, and founder of the VRIL society. What started as a historical biopic becomes an unexpected journey: three producers dive into archives, hidden bases, and esoteric literature, working with real mediums to decode the myth. An exploration of the blurred lines between history and collective invention.
State: In development
Financing in place: 20%
Production: Kepler Mission Films S.L. (ESP)
Contact: Rebeca Sánchez López | rebeca@keplermissionfilms.com
HOSPITAL DOS DESEJOS IRREMEDIÁVEIS
HOSPITAL OF IRREMEDIABLE DESIRES
Maryam Tafakory
FIC, DOC, FRA, GBR, 84’
When Roya finds a cassette tape her mother buried behind a kitchen cabinet, she knows there must be more. As she begins searching for the tapes, several recorded voices fill her family home, recounting stories of illicit love, irremediable desires, and dreams of liberation. These offer a glimpse into the role of women in a popular leftist movement suppressed by the pre- and post-revolution Iranian governments, the CIA, and MI6.
State: In development
Financing in place: 8%
Production: Maryam Tafakory (FRA)
Contact: Maryam Tafakory | maryam@tafakory.com
QUEM ÉS TU, JUDITE?
WHO ARE YOU, JUDITE?
Catarina de Sousa
DOC, PRT, 90’
After discovering 136 letters exchanged between her grandmother and Salazar, a granddaughter embarks on an intimate investigation that unveils hidden affections, ideological conflicts, and the silences inherited by three generations of women shaped by the lingering shadow of Portugal’s Estado Novo dictatorship.
State: In development
Financing in place: 20%
Production: Foi Bonita a Festa (PRT)
Contact: Catarina de Sousa | catarinadesousa@foibonitaafesta.com
EL GRAN DESGARRO
THE BIG RIP
Rai María
FIC, ESP, 100’
Lorena has just one week to finish her novel and submit it to the literary prize that could change everything. The deadline is crushing her, and to make matters worse, her brother insists that a cosmic rupture will end the universe within days.
State: In development
Financing in place: 23%
Production: Garde Films (ESP)
Contact: Cristina Hergueta | cristina.hergueta@gardefilms.com
COMME LA MER
LIKE THE SEA
Narimane Baba Aïssa
DOC, FRA, 80’
“Comme la mer” is an intimate portrait of the friendship trio formed by me, Kenza, and Roza. Scattered between France and Algeria, separated by the waves of the Mediterranean, our lives sway between shores, hopes, and silences. The film intertwines our shared moments with scenes from my travels between Paris, Marseille, Algiers, and Kabylia, mapping our exiles — an archipelago of memories and wounds. A film about sisterhood, women, and resilience.
State: Pre-production
Financing in place: 40%
Production: Local Films (FRA)
Contact: Nicolas Brevière | nicolas@local-films.com
PERLAS
PEARLS
Leonor Abreu
FIC, ESP, 100’
2013. Cecilia, a lonely teenager obsessed with pop star Nick Holland, is condemned to a long summer at the local pool — until she meets the Pearls, three girls her age selling bracelets to attend his next concert. What begins as innocent fandom soon spirals into violence and moral chaos, as Cecilia learns she has no limits when it comes to her idol.
State: In development
Financing in place: 2%
Production: The South Project (ESP)
Contact: Camila Montaldo | montaldocamila@gmail.com
BUKRA
TOMORROW
Diana Antunes
DOC, PRT, 90’
Bukra is a documentary set in Jenin Refugee Camp, showcasing a community resisting oppression through art, unity, and hope. Amid violence and hardship, their commitment to envisioning a future stands as a powerful act of resistance against erasure.
State: Pre-production
Financing in place: 60%
Production: Omaja (PRT)
Contact: Bernardo Lopes | bernardo@omaja.pt
NE QUITTES PAS TON PAYS
DO NOT LEAVE YOUR HOMELAND
Aliha Thalien
FIC, DOC, FRA, MTQ, 85’
Augustine lives in social housing in Martinique. As part of the BUMIDOM migration programme, she left the island in 1964 and decided to return in 2004. At home, the volume of the TV attempts to hide her solitude. A few metres away, neighbours try to kill time, and 6,800 km away in Paris, a group of young friends do what they can to stay close to their Caribbean roots.
State: In development
Financing in place: 15%
Production: Lecx Films (FRA, MTQ)
Contact: Aliha Thalien | alithalien@gmail.com
A LÍNGUA DE PEDRO
PEDRO’S TONGUE
Diogo Soares Martins
FIC, PRT, BRA, 90’
Pedro, a queer Brazilian immigrant and frustrated artist, works as a simultaneous telephone interpreter. To escape the overwhelming flow of anonymous lives passing through his work, he finds refuge with Júlia, a 50-year-old Portuguese woman who runs a guesthouse on the outskirts of Lisbon. Seeking belonging and agency but finding only anonymity and powerlessness, Pedro turns to lies and petty crimes.
State: Pre-production
Financing in place: 5%
Production: JumpCut (PRT), Coletivo Sintrópica (BRA)
Contact: Thiago Dantas | thiago.sintropica@gmail.com
DESENLACE
OUTCOME
Ainara Vera
FIC, ESP, 75’
A neighbour records and shares the attempted suicide of 17-year-old Oriol’s father. The video goes viral, and Oriol does everything in his power to protect his father. However, danger may still be just a click away.
State: In development
Financing in place: 5%
Production: Edna Cinema (ESP)
Contact: Carla Sospedra Salvadó | carla@ednacinema.com
With the support of:
Turismo de Portugal
ICAA - Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales
Operation supported by the Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères and the Institut Français within the framework of the international promotion strategy for cultural and creative industries through the PICC programme.
In collaboration with:
MEDIA Desk Portugal
In partnership with:
FIDLab / FIDMarseille
School of Arts / Universidade Católica Portuguesa
ECAM - Escuela de la Cinematografía de la Comunidad de Madrid
Abycine Lanza
Sound Force Studio
ESCAC - Escuela Superior de Cine y Audiovisuales de Cataluña / Ópera Prima Lab
MAD Sound Studios
DAE - Documentary Association of Europe
