Project Pool 2025. List of projects announced!

11 projects will take part in the Project Pool, out of pitching section at the Young Horizons Industry forum (29.09–1.10.2025, Warsaw, Poland). 1 project was chosen for Media Pool, a pilot scheme for apps and games.

Apart from having a possibility to promote the project and connect with potential partners, thanks to our partnership with PFX, creators behind the selected projects from this section will have a chance to win the PFX award. You can read about it at the end of this article.

Project Pool was created to give more visibility and opportunities to filmmakers to help them find potential partners and gain feedback without pitching their projects on stage. This is a perfect place to discover new projects from very early stages to almost finished during a one-to-one conversation with its creators.

Based on the submissions and increasing interest from the market we decided to open a new section: Media Pool for transmedia projects, apps and tools.

Book a meeting with Project Pool and Media Pool participants

Each project in this section will get its own table for 1:1 meetings with potential partners.

We encourage you to schedule a meeting with the creators selected for both sections. The meeting system will open in September on our platform. To book a meeting, you need to have an accreditation.

The projects shortlisted for this section will not be presented on stage but the pre-recorded 1-minute elevator pitching videos will be available on the platform.

The creators of the selected projects include former participants in Young Horizons Industry and Young Horizons Lab: Shelly Gertan, Koji Nelissen, Mirosław Skowron.

List of selected projects

Project Pool

• Eva and HM, live-action film, LOT 28 STUDIO, Petnaesta umjetnost, Blade Production, Polar Bear, Filmbin, Croatia, Slovenia, Belgium, Norway
• Finding Home, animated film, LØV Film, Bionaut, Raketa, Norway, The Czech Republic, Slovakia (awarded direct access at CEE Animation)
• Flora of the Forest, animated series, United Kingdom, Spain – LOOKING FOR A PRODUCER
• Jaga, animated film, Baba Yaga, Poland
• Rabbit Girls, live-action film, Poland – LOOKING FOR A PRODUCER
• The Ramp, live-action film, Kijora Film, Poland
• Reyn: Angel of Freedom, animated film, DOR Film, Erlance Studios, Austria
• Sammy, live-action film, Keplerfilm, The Netherlands, Bulgaria, Estonia, Poland, Romania
• Tilly + Tortellini, animated series, Jumping Kite Productions, United Kingdom
• Tolo&Bolo, animated series, Filmograf, Poland
• Underage Astronauts, documentary film, Mediolia, Poland

Media Pool

• Mitmalfilm, interactive colouring book, transmedia, Germany

A chance for a PFX award – Mentoring and Development

Projects selected to Project Pool will have a chance to gain an award in the form of individual mentoring and expert advice offered by the PFX team.

The awarded project will receive dedicated mentoring support, tailored to its stage of development and needs, which may include:

• analysis of potential funding pathways (grants, funding, co-productions)
• advice on sales potential in international markets
• pitch deck analysis
• evaluation of literary materials
• recommendations for a project development strategy

PFX aim is to support original, valuable projects for young audiences – with both artistic and commercial potential. Through mentoring, we want to help creators find the best way forward for their work and – if the opportunity arises – co-create the future of the project with them.

More about the criteria.

PFX

From original IP creation to full-scale production – we bring ideas to life.

PFX is a full-service post-production studio operating across Czechia, Slovakia, Poland, Germany, Austria, and Italy.

With nearly 400 talented artists, we have provided world-class services to film, TV, animation, and commercial creators for over a decade. Alongside creative services, we assist with tax incentives in our countries of operation, enhancing project viability. We collaborate as co-producers on projects in development or currently in production. Infusing every collaboration with creativity and innovation, to deliver the best possible results.

Young Horizons Industry

Young Horizons Industry (29.09-1.10.2025, Warsaw, Poland) is an international co-production forum focused on films and series aimed at kids and youth and a meeting hub for film professionals who are passionate about making audiovisual content for young audiences.

The goal of the forum is simple: helping creators connect with potential partners. By bringing together projects and industry players, we are creating a space where you can exchange ideas and form partnerships.

Young Horizons Industry partners

Young Horizons Industry is co-financed by the Polish Film Institute, Creative Europe MEDIA, and City of Warsaw. Spotlight on Croatia is organised in cooperation with Croatian Audiovisual Centre.

Partners: PFX, FIXAFILM, Documentary and Feature Film Studios (WFDiF), Wroclaw Feature Film Studio, ATM Virtual, Animond, No Problemo Music, Mazovia Warsaw Film Commission, Łódź Film Fund, Silesia Film Commission, Podkarpackie Regional Film Fund, Krakow Film Fund and Malopolska Film Fund of the Small Forms, Lower Silesian Film Center, Gdansk Film Fund, KIPA – Polish Producers Alliance, SPPA – Polish Animation Producers Association, m:brane, CEE Animation, Cinekid for Professionals, Just Film Industry Days, The Children’s Media Conference, DeAPlaneta Entertainment, Coprocity.

Honorary patronage: Mayor of Warsaw.

Media patrons: Cineuropa, Film New Europe, C21 Media, The European Animation Journal, Licensing Magazine, Skwigly, SFP Magazine.