The 10th Scriptwriting Contest of the Skyline Benidorm Film Festival is open to both national and international screenwriters who wish to participate in a short film-focused competition. Participants can submit scripts in fiction, animation, or documentary, with a maximum length of 20 pages, written in Spanish or Valencian.
The submission period runs from November 17, 2025, to January 19, 2026, while the festival will take place from April 18 to 25, 2026, in Benidorm, Spain. Each author may submit up to three scripts, with a registration fee that varies depending on the number of submissions.
This contest is not a pitch, lab, or market; it is a pure scriptwriting competition judged by audiovisual industry professionals, whose decision is final. The main prize amounts to 1,500 euros, along with a trophy and official recognition in the credits of the future short film. The contest offers an opportunity to showcase original projects and connect with the professional short film industry.
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Screenwriting Contest - SkylineFest
Script Lab is a category within the documentary project development laboratory at DOC.LAB Coimbra 2026, held in Coimbra, Portugal. This call focuses on feature documentary projects in development that need to work on story argument and core texts, without participating in a pitch session. Applications are open until January 23, 2026 and the lab will take place in person from March 16 to 20, 2026. The call is international, welcoming projects from any country, and submissions may be in English or Portuguese as appropriate. Script Lab emphasizes scriptwriting and treatment development, with dedicated tutors and individual sessions to advance project texts. Selected participants also have opportunities to schedule meetings with industry professionals attending the festival. This format supports filmmakers in deepening narrative development and strengthening their documentary proposals at an early stage.
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SCRIPT LAB – DOC.LAB Coimbra
Working JIIFF, the industry platform of the José Ignacio International Film Festival, opens the call for a new edition of Generation J, a workshop designed to promote the training of professional screenwriters and directors of Uruguayan fiction under the age of 32.
Guided by local and international experts, the selected emerging Uruguayan talents will conceptualize and develop their projects. José Ignacio serves as a meeting space to inspire stories.
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JIIFF - Generación J
ParisDOC Works‑in‑Progress 2026 is a call from the professional platform of the Cinéma du réel festival, focused on feature documentary projects in advanced editing or post‑production stages. Submission opens on November 17, 2025, and closes on January 7, 2026. The event will take place in Paris, France, on March 25 and 26, 2026, during the festival. The call accepts international submissions from any country, provided materials are in English or French, or with subtitles in one of those languages. It is dedicated to the documentary genre, specifically feature‑length documentaries (minimum 60 minutes) with a first cut completed and meeting originality and distribution potential criteria. Classified under Works‑in‑Progress / Industry, the program offers industry showcases and networking for projects in progress. Accepted formats are feature documentaries in post‑production, presented to industry professionals to support their distribution and promotion.
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PARIS DOC
La convocatoria para el Producers Showcase del European Film Market (EFM) 2026 está dirigida a productores/as españoles/as con experiencia en coproducción y distribución internacional, especialmente en Europa. Pueden inscribirse empresas que hayan producido al menos tres largometrajes de cualquier género y formato (ficción, documental o animación). El plazo de postulación finaliza el 23 de enero de 2026 y la selección se anunciará a finales de enero. Los participantes tendrán la oportunidad de participar en el Showcase y en actividades de networking dentro del EFM durante la Berlinale 2026, aunque la acreditación al mercado debe gestionarse por separado.
Se seleccionarán cinco productores/as, quienes podrán optar a un apoyo para viaje y alojamiento de hasta 1.500 € por persona. El pitch y las reuniones se realizarán en inglés, por lo que es obligatorio un buen dominio del idioma. El registro no tiene costo y los proyectos seleccionados aparecerán en los canales oficiales del ICAA e ICEX. La convocatoria es exclusivamente nacional, abierta únicamente a productoras españolas, y acepta únicamente proyectos de largometraje en desarrollo avanzado de cualquier género.
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Producers Showcase - EUROPEAN FILM MARKET
