Young Horizons Industry 2026 winners

Congratulations to all the winners and all the teams presenting their projects at the Young Horizons Industry!

For the first time there are two cash awards: the Best Pitch Award sponsored by the Polish Film Institute and DeAPlaneta Award sponsored by DeAPlaneta Entertainment.

Best Pitch Award

PLN 15,000 cash award for the best pitching sponsored by the Polish Film Institute and voted by the audience went to:

Pony, Pony
Nice Ninja / Denmark / animation series
Received by: Thomas Borch Nielsen

DeAPlaneta Award

€1000 cash prize and invitation to co-production went to:

Pixel
Indyca, So What / Italy / animation series
Received by: Francesca Portalupi, Sara Tagariello, Yassmin Yaghmai

Documentary Feature Film Studios (WFDiF) Award

€12,000 for the in-kind award in the form of a co-production contribution covering post-production services went to:

Pola and the Christmas Catastrophe
Watchout Studio, Poland / live-action film
Received by Izabela Kiszka and Marcin Osiadacz

Wroclaw Feature Film Studio Award

€10,000 for the in-kind award went to:

Norm & Gnomes
Blue Light Pictures, Czech Republic / animation film
Received by Tomas Eiselt

ATM Virtual Award

€21,000 for the in kind award which consists of one day of shooting on an LED stage, preceded by one day of prelighting for the production of a selected film went to:

Pola and the Christmas Catastrophe
Watchout Studio / Poland / live-action film
Received by by Izabela Kiszka and Marcin Osiadacz

Aeroplan Award

€5000 for the in-kind sound post-production services went to:

Christmas at Ram’s Inn
73 Eyes & Screen Story / Norway / live-action film
Received by David Leader and Vilde Eide

No Problemo Music Award

A free music licence for songs from the Audio Network’s library for their production and its promotional materials without restrictions on time, territory, or fields of use went to:

Meow Clique
Letko, Studio Filmów Rysunkowych / Poland / animation series
Received by Anna Głowik and Jakub Karwowski

m:brane Award

Direct access to the official selection at the m:brane 2027 went to:

Alfie’s Alright!
Compass Films / Iceland / animation series
Received by Heather Millard