The Izmir Film Lab 2025 will take place during the 26th Izmir International Short Film Festival, from 14 to 16 November 2025 at the İzQ Entrepreneurship Center.
The call is open to short film projects in development—fiction, documentary, animation, experimental, fantasy, horror, or music video—as long as the final work does not exceed 30 minutes. Both national and local (Izmir-based) filmmakers are welcome.
Selected projects will be presented through a 5‑minute pitch before a professional jury, followed by networking sessions with producers. Participants also gain access to training workshops on sustainable film production, directing, image techniques, new technologies, and distribution.
The Film Lab is supported by companies such as TamTam, Rollart Film, Public Film, Fono Film, Serpil Altın Film, and Mediacast Film Lab, offering awards and production services to outstanding projects.
Registration is done through the festival’s official Linktree, where full guidelines and deadlines are published.
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İzmir Film Lab
The Bogotá Audiovisual Market (BAM) 2026 opens the Rough Shorts call, a post-production editing lab for short films. Applications are open until February 23, 2026, with selected projects announced between April 20 and 22. The lab activities will take place from April to June, culminating in the projects’ participation in the BAM from July 6 to 10, 2026.
The call is open to Colombian individuals or legal entities, including directors and producers, and does not accept international submissions. It accepts short films in fiction, documentary, animation, hybrid, or experimental formats, with a duration between 7 and 25 minutes and a completed first narrative cut.
Rough Shorts is part of BAM’s Market Strengthening and Intelligence Path, providing selected projects with specialized guidance in editing, development, and screening preparation. The initiative aims to enhance the final quality of the short films and support their trajectory in international festivals and markets.
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Rough Shorts - BAM
Dear participants, Grupo Cultura Natalina, invites you to participate in the 1st version of FEST_LAB: Natales en Corto, an initiative financed with resources from the Regional Government of Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica, FNDR
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Call for Filmmakers to participate with Scripts in the film laboratory.
Fest_Lab - Magallanes
Call for Filmmakers to participate in the film laboratory.
Fest_Lab - Magallanes
Calls for Local Films for screening of Magellanic films.
Fest_Lab - Magallanes
PITCH LAB – DOC.LAB Coimbra 2026 is a development and pitching lab for feature-length documentaries, taking place in Coimbra, Portugal, from March 16 to 20, 2026. It targets projects in the development stage that already have a teaser, offering filmmakers the opportunity to present their ideas to industry professionals and receive specialized feedback.
The call is open to international submissions, allowing filmmakers from any country to participate. Projects must be documentaries, with the main focus on pitching, while participants also work on structuring and strengthening their projects during the lab.
The application deadline is January 23, 2026. Interested applicants are required to submit their project dossier and teaser according to the program’s specifications. This lab provides an ideal platform for filmmakers seeking support, visibility, and professional connections for their feature-length documentary projects in development.
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PITCH LAB – DOC.LAB Coimbra
The Creative Production Workshop (TPC Panama 2025) is an intensive lab for film projects in early development. It focuses on strengthening the producer–director team working on a first or second feature (fiction, documentary, or hybrid).
The workshop will take place July 28 – August 3, 2025 in Panama. Filmmakers from 14 Central American and Caribbean countries are eligible. Applications close on July 3, 2025. 14 scholarships are available, covering tuition, accommodation, meals, and local transport (not international flights).
The program offers masterclasses, one‑on‑one mentorships, and networking, with international experts like Cristina Gallego and Diana Bustamante. It is ideal for those seeking to boost their project’s creative and production strategy.
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Creative Production Workshop
