When East Meets West is a co-production forum which brings together film professionals from Eastern Europe, Italy and one selected Western region (a different one every year). The 2016 edition will focus on Spain, Portugal and LatinAmerica. The programme will include five main activities:- PITCHING: 22 outstanding projects will be selected and presented to all film professionals attending. Selected teams ofproducers/directors will have a total of approximately 400 one-to-one meetings with decision makers and potentialpartners- EAST WEST FORUM: WEMW will include a framework programme meant to create an in depth awareness of theaudiovisual landscapes in East and West Europe (in particularly Spain, Portugal and Latin America). The programme will include several panels and case studies on the co-production modalities and distribution experiences in Italy, Eastern Europe, Spain, Portugal and Latin America, but also a world live stream session organized in collaboration with EAVE- FIRST CUT LAB: launched in 2015, First Cut Lab is a programme designed for long feature films in editing phase fromEastern Europe and Italy. 3 selected producer/director/editor teams will receive expert feedback from top festivalprogrammers, sales agents, creative producers and tailor-made advice from a consulting editor. The main goal is to foster the artistic potential of the selected rough cuts and, at the same time, to increase the sales, festival and circulationpotential of the completed films- LAST STOP TRIESTE: Last Stop Trieste will present 4 documentaries in advanced editing stage previously developedor presented either at Ex-Oriente Film, Balkan Documentary Center, Docu Rough Cut Boutique or When East MeetsWest. Selected fine cuts will be screened to an exclusive panel of 40 international sales agents, festival programmers and TV commissioning editors- #FEEDback (Film Eastern Europe Dialogue): a new think tank platform aimed at collecting feedback on possiblemeans and ways to increase the cross-border relations, the permeability between small territories and moving towards ajoint agenda on funding, reaching audience and innovative distribution