Submissions for Transilvania Pitch Stop 2026 are now open

Transilvania International Film Festival (June 12 - 21, 2026) opens the registration for Transilvania Pitch Stop (TPS), the largest platform dedicated to the film industry at TIFF.

Starting today, filmmakers from Romania, Republic of Moldova, Hungary, Bulgaria, Serbia, Ukraine, Greece, Turkey and Georgia can submit their projects to the 13th edition of the international co-production program. Applications can be submitted online until March 23rd, 2026, through the eventival platform.

Under the TPS program, 10 projects in development will be selected, belonging to filmmakers on their debut or second feature film. The program will include the presentation of projects to potential partners and funders (producers, distributors, sales agents, film fund representatives, etc.), individual meetings, project discussions but also awards consisting in cash prizes and production services. 

The event will take place in Cluj-Napoca, during the Industry Events between June 18 - 20 2026. 

Projects may be in various stages of development, but a first draft script must be available for selection. To be eligible, each project must be conceived, from the outset, as a European co-production. At the same time, at least 20% of the film's budget must already be secured. The program will be conducted in English.

The regulations can be consulted here. 

Over 110 projects were selected during the first 12 editions of the Transilvania Pitch Stop program (coproduction platform and workshop). 

Last year, the Chainsaw Europe Award (25,000 euros in post-production services) was awarded to Kazimir (dir. Dorian Boguță), the TPS Development Award (amount of 5000 euros, offered by Avanpost) went to Horseshoe (dir. Lucia Chicoș), while the National Center of Cinematography of the Republic of Moldova Award (amount of 1,500 euros) was awarded to Desire (dir. Nuray Kayacan Sünbül) and the Connecting Cottbus cocoLAB Award – East-West Emerging Producers Award went to Maximilian Liford. 

Over the years, TPS included productions selected and awarded at major festivals, such as Apples, directed by Christos Nikou (Horizons - Venice 2020, Greece's Oscar nomination), The Man Who Surprised Everyone, by Natasha Merkulova & Aleksey Chupov (awarded at Venice, in the Orizzonti section), Monsters, directed by Marius Olteanu (Tagesspiegel Audience Award, Forum section of the Berlin Festival, 2019), or Soldiers: The Story of Ferentari, by Ivana Mladenovic (Special Mention, Locarno IFF 2017).

The awards offered at TPS this year will be announced soon on the official webpage of the program.