El American Film Market (AFM) 2026 se realizará en Los Ángeles, Estados Unidos, del 10 al 15 de noviembre de 2026. La inscripción para compradores y asistentes abre el 23 de junio de 2026; no se especifica una fecha general de cierre de inscripción para 2026.
AFM es un mercado internacional de la industria cinematográfica que reúne a profesionales de más de 80 países y está orientado al desarrollo, financiamiento, exhibición, adquisición, distribución y licenciamiento de películas y proyectos. Acepta participación nacional e internacional. Sus screenings admiten películas de todos los idiomas, incluyendo ficción y documental, tanto completadas como Work in Progress. El mercado contempla películas y proyectos en distintas etapas de desarrollo, además de presentaciones y materiales promocionales. También incluye actividades profesionales vinculadas con networking, producción, distribución, financiamiento y pitch.
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American Film Market
MAFF (Málaga Festival Fund & Co Production Event), organized by MAFIZ as part of the Málaga Film Festival (Spain), is a co-production market aimed at feature-length fiction, documentary, and animation projects in an advanced stage of development. The call is open to production companies from Spain, Portugal, and Latin American countries, fostering international co-production, financing opportunities, mentoring, and networking with industry professionals. Short films, TV series, web series, TV movies, and journalistic reports are not eligible. The 2026 call for projects is open from July 15 to October 22, 2026, and the event will take place March 2–5, 2027, in Málaga, Spain.
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Málaga - MAFF
For the first time, the Fantboi - Sant Boi de Llobregat's International Fantastic Film Festival- is organizing its own feature film and short film project pitch competition.
As such, Fantboi-Future is the pitch-competition event focused on horror, science-fiction or fantastic feature films and short films in development.
The initiative maintains its objective of discovering the best genre projects out there, and connecting them with leading companies in the industry and professionals in the sector. The event will take place on Saturday, June 10.
In total, five projects will be selected. Those responsible for the selected projects will have the opportunity to make a sales pitch and then be able to talk with the professionals and producers in attendance, in a relaxed atmosphere, perfect for growing your ideas.
All the selected projects will have the option to acquire a free guest accreditation for the present edition of the Festival- which would allow them to attend all Fantboi sessions.
BASES FANTBOI-FUTURE 2023
REQUIREMENTS
The candidate projects to present:
- Screenplay
- Dossier with synopsis of the project, filmic references, production advantages,…
- Video pitch of a maximum duration of 3 minutes from the director of the project, or a teaser (which must be uploaded on the film's page in Festhome, as if it were a short film).
- Proposal for the film/short's poster.
awards
The projects that end up selected in Fantboi-Future will compete for the following prizes:
FEATURE FILM/SHORT CATEGORY
Presenting your project in front of industry professionals
Guest accreditation for the Fantboi
Festival Merchandise Pack
Advice on the pre-production process by professionals in the sector
PARTICIPATION COMMITMENT
The winning projects, and in the event that the corresponding long or short film is carried out, commit to adding the Fantboi-Future logo to it.
DATES
Monday, October 31: start of the call.
Monday, April 10: end of call.
Sunday April 30: announcement of the selected project/s.
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Contact: fantboi.future@fantboi.com
CPH:FORUM 2027 is an international financing and co-production market for audiovisual projects, held in Copenhagen, Denmark, as part of CPH:DOX. Its upcoming edition will take place from March 16 to 18, 2027.
The call is open to filmmakers and producers from around the world and welcomes creative documentaries, hybrid fiction and non-fiction projects, investigative documentaries, and works related to audiovisual art, science, and technology. It accepts feature-length projects of at least 52 minutes, series, and new media, which may incorporate complementary formats such as short films, installations, and non-linear works.
The program offers pitching sessions, financing opportunities, co-production meetings, and networking with international audiovisual industry professionals. Applications for the 2027 edition opened in September 2026, with no exact day specified, and will close on November 3, 2026.
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CPH:FORUM
Generación J 2027 is a training and development laboratory for film projects organized by the José Ignacio International Film Festival (JIIFF) in Uruguay. It is aimed at emerging screenwriters and directors from Latin America aged 32 or younger who are developing fiction feature film projects. Its objective is to strengthen the artistic quality of projects and provide professional tools through mentoring, meetings, and networking activities with audiovisual industry specialists.
The call is free of charge and includes the selection of ten participants: five from Uruguay and five from other Latin American countries through partner institutions. The application deadline is November 13, 2026, at 6:00 p.m., while the opening date is not specified. The laboratory will take place in person from January 28 to 31, 2027, at Casa Neptuna, José Ignacio, Uruguay, under the coordination of screenwriter and director Anahí Berneri. It includes accommodation and meals for selected participants.
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JIIFF - Generación J
