Deadline 15 October 2025
Prize 3,700€
A place where the new Colombian cinema is born…
The Laboratory is a consolidated academic event that is renewed every year. It has a panel of national and international experts, aimed at strengthening the development of projects, from an accurate professional and updated vision of cinematographic reality.
Every year FICTION FEATURE FEATURE FEATURE FEATURE PROJECTS are selected to provide screenwriters, directors and producers with a vital and enriching experience that will strengthen their projects and motivate them to carry them out.
The group of participants will have all the bases to argue their project, present an excellent pitch to the jury, and function properly in similar scenarios, at a national and international level.
They are days of concentrated work, group workshops and personalized tutoring, with experts in development, script, production, pitch, exhibition and distribution.
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Script Pitch - Ópera Leiva
The call targets Chilean projects that have the following formats, genre or technique: Virtual Reality Projects; Augmented Reality Projects; Mixed Reality Projects; 360° videos; Convergent projects; Mixture of traditional artistic genres and digital formats; Fiction, non-fiction and interactive experimentation; Fiction, non-fiction and transmedia experimentation; Immersive theater + digital arts; Mapping; Videogame.
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Pitch XR - Mediamorfosis
TVP has opened submissions for the pitching sessions of the Heart of Europe Forum 2025, which will take place in Warsaw, Poland, from September 30 to October 3, 2025. This call is aimed at filmmakers and TV creators from Central and Eastern Europe, including countries like Poland, Ukraine, Hungary, Romania, and others.
The available categories are fiction film, TV series, and documentary. Projects at any stage of development—from initial concept to near-completion—are welcome. Up to ten projects per category will be selected to present before an international jury and audiovisual industry professionals.
Participation is free, and selected projects will have the chance to showcase their work to producers, distributors, festival representatives, and broadcasters, enhancing opportunities for funding, co-production, and distribution. The submission deadline is June 30, 2025.
This is a valuable opportunity to boost the visibility of regional audiovisual production on the international market and to build important industry connections.
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Heart of Europe Forum
LABORATORY OF PRIMARY FICTION OPERAS
Dialogue meeting around construction and production for first and foremost projects
second films in the fiction genre, which are in the development stage.
REGIONAL DOCUMENTARY LABORATORY
Introduction workshop to free creation (short films, feature films, episodic series, u
others) of the documentary genre aimed mainly at the audiovisual sector of the regions
of Ñuble, Maule and Biobío.
NEW MEDIA LABORATORY
Experimentation workshop for the development of New Media projects.
The objective is for the participating artists to find solutions and improvements.
technological for the development of their projects, analyze the possibilities within the
market they face and test prototypes of their works before groups of people, to
draw results and conclusions that help improve the user experience.
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Industry Meeting and XR experiences in Ñuble
The New Female Filmmakers Laboratory, organized by DETOUR and Montevideo Audiovisual in collaboration with AUSTRALAB, targets emerging Uruguayan female directors working on their first or second feature film. Projects can be fiction, documentary, or hybrid, but must be directed exclusively by women. The laboratory offers personalized mentorship, masterclasses, and opportunities to advance selected projects. It will take place from October 7 to 19, 2025, in a hybrid format with virtual and in-person sessions, and attendance at in-person meetings is mandatory. Participation is free, with up to six projects selected. Prizes include participation at Tres Puertos 2026 and an artistic residency at Villa Soriano. Applicants must be Uruguayan female directors with no more than one feature film directed and have a project in development with a written treatment. The call encourages the growth of female authors in national cinema.
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Montevideo Cine LAB - New Female Filmmakers
