Director Robin Petré’s Only on Earth wins the Eurimages Co-Production Development Award worth €20,000 for best pitch.

The documentary, produced by Hansen & Pedersen with Polar Star Films co-producing, depicts a journey deep into one of Europe’s hottest fire zones, Galicia, where wild horses roam the mountains under the watch of local cowboys. These horses are excellent at fire prevention, but now they are vanishing in the clash between humans and nature.

The jury for the Eurimages Co-Production Development Award was made up of Emma Scott (head of distribution, short film production, Screen Ireland), Rikke Tambo Andersen (producer at Tambo Film) and Heino Deckert Makri (producer at ma.ja.de.).  The jurors spoke of their motivation for selecting Only on Earth for best pitch:

“The Eurimages co-production development award goes to a visually stunning project that brought us to a place where nature is burning, climate change is evident, but hope is to be found between humans and animals.”

This year’s edition of CPH:FORUM is tenth year that the Eurimages Co-Production Development Award has been presented.