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
Vanguardia: Film Project Incubator – Ícaro Industria 2026 is an international film development program based in Guatemala, focused on strengthening early-stage audiovisual projects through training, mentorship, and tools for financing and co-production opportunities. The call is open to Spanish-speaking directors, screenwriters, and producers from around the world with feature film projects in fiction, documentary, or animation.
The application period will be open from April 19 to May 19, 2026. Selected projects will participate in an online training program from June 6 to July 5, 2026, including sessions on project development, production structures, budgeting, financing, project presentation materials, pitching, artificial intelligence tools, and immersive storytelling. The program will conclude with a pitch presentation on July 5, 2026, where one project will be selected to participate in the International Co-production Meeting as part of Ícaro Industria 2026, taking place in November in Guatemala City.
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CUTTING-EDGE INCUBATOR
JIIFF Lab 2027, organized as part of the José Ignacio International Film Festival in Uruguay, is a development lab for fiction feature film projects from Ibero-American countries. The call is open to national and international applicants and provides a space for project development, pitching, co-production, and professional networking.
The call has an initial application deadline of October 30, 2026, at 6:00 p.m., and a final deadline of November 27, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. The opening date is not specified.
The in-person stage of the lab will take place from January 27 to 31, 2027, preceded by two online sessions during January 2027, whose exact dates are not specified.
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JIIFF LAB
PITCH LAB – DOC.LAB Coimbra 2026 es un laboratorio de desarrollo y pitch de documentales de largometraje que se llevará a cabo en Coimbra, Portugal, del 16 al 20 de marzo de 2026. Está dirigido a proyectos en etapa de desarrollo que cuenten con un teaser, ofreciendo a los cineastas la oportunidad de presentar sus ideas frente a profesionales de la industria y recibir retroalimentación especializada.
La convocatoria está abierta a postulaciones internacionales, permitiendo que cineastas de cualquier país participen. Los proyectos deben ser documentales y el enfoque principal es el pitch, aunque los participantes también pueden trabajar en la estructuración y fortalecimiento de sus proyectos durante el laboratorio.
La fecha límite de postulación es el 23 de enero de 2026. Los interesados deben enviar su dossier y teaser, cumpliendo con los requisitos establecidos por el programa. Este laboratorio representa una plataforma ideal para quienes buscan apoyo, visibilidad y conexiones profesionales para sus proyectos documentales en desarrollo.
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PITCH LAB – DOC.LAB Coimbra
The Bolivia Lab Collaborative Network invites you to participate in the International Coproduction Pitch Rally – Online, an event within the XVI Bolivia Lab 2024. Get ready to immerse yourself in a space dedicated to promoting collaboration between filmmakers and producers from around the world, with the objective of connecting projects in intermediate development with potential co-producing partners in fiction and documentary.
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Bolivia Lab - Rally de Pitch
