COOP!-competition 2025

In the COOP! competition, the focus is on collaborations or ‘COOPerations’ that go beyond financial structures, bringing together craftsmanship and creativity from the Low Countries. A jury will decide which film is awarded the title of ‘Best Co-Production’.

Jury

Cindy Godefroi

With a master's degree in Eastern Philology, Cindy Godefroi worked for many years as a sinologist for BRTN (now VRT). She was a theatre programmer at Kopergietery in Ghent and combined her passion for art with volunteer work in Dunkirk and cold-water swimming in the North Sea. Since 2022, she has been the Artistic Director of Theater aan Zee, the annual summer festival for performing arts in Ostend. She is now serving as the chair of the COOP! jury at FFO25.

This year, the audience jury consists of Ann Lauryssens, Kato Delrue, Labhise Allara Mandango Ciratu, Pieter Vierstraete, Simon De Winne, Stef Roefs, and Stefanie Tirtchinik.