The 2025 Conexões Gramado Film Market call is open to audiovisual professionals and companies interested in participating in business rounds, panels, workshops, and showcases during the Gramado Film Festival. Projects accepted include feature films, short films, series, documentaries, animation, extended reality (VR/AR), and narrative video games, whether in development or completed. Applicants must register in advance, submitting a dossier with synopsis, project status, financing needs, and audiovisual materials like teasers or trailers if available. Participation in panels and workshops is free with prior registration and does not require a project submission. The university short film showcase call is open until early July, while business round registrations usually close by late July. The event promotes coproduction, distribution, and commercialization in Brazil and internationally, integrating new technologies such as artificial intelligence and virtual reality. For more information and registration, interested parties can contact the organizers at conexoes@festivaldegramado.net.
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Connections Gramado Film Market
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
La 9ª convocatoria de In Vitro BFM, parte del Bogotá Short Film Market, está abierta desde el 16 de julio hasta el 15 de septiembre de 2025. Esta iniciativa apoya a cineastas emergentes con un premio de aproximadamente 50,000 USD para producir su primer cortometraje profesional. Los proyectos deben estar en fase de preproducción o producción.
Los interesados deben enviar una solicitud completa que incluya guion, presupuesto y plan de producción en español o inglés. Un comité evaluará los proyectos según creatividad, viabilidad, impacto cultural y potencial de distribución.
Los seleccionados participarán en actividades de formación y networking durante el festival. Los resultados se anunciarán el 24 de octubre de 2025 en la Cinemateca de Bogotá. In Vitro BFM busca fortalecer la carrera de nuevos realizadores y promover la producción audiovisual en Colombia.
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In Vitro BOGOSHORTS Film Market
La convocatoria Incubadora BFM del Bogotá Short Film Market está abierta del 16 de julio al 15 de septiembre de 2025. Busca proyectos de cortometraje o miniserie web (ficción, documental o animación) en desarrollo, preproducción, rodaje o postproducción, liderados por un equipo conformado por director y productor.
Es obligatorio que al menos el 20 % del presupuesto esté asegurado, ya sea en efectivo o en especie. Se requiere que el director o el productor tengan experiencia previa reconocida (participación en Bogoshorts, en festivales internacionales o fondos como el FDC).
Los proyectos seleccionados recibirán asesorías, encuentros uno a uno y oportunidades de networking para fortalecer sus posibilidades de coproducción internacional. Los mejores proyectos obtendrán fast-tracks a eventos internacionales como Clermont-Ferrand Euro Connection 2026, Emergente Cine Lab y ECAM Forum en Madrid.
Los resultados se anunciarán el 24 de octubre de 2025 durante la Noche de la Revelación en la Cinemateca de Bogotá.
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Incubadora BOGOSHORTS Film Market
Berlinale Talents 2026 is a professional development program of the Berlin International Film Festival, taking place from February 13 to 18, 2026. Applications are open until September 3, 2025, for filmmakers and creators with proven experience in feature films, short films, series, or telefilms, across genres like fiction, documentary, hybrids, or virtual reality. Projects must be in advanced development stages and have had festival presence or recognized distribution. Selected participants will join workshops, mentoring, and labs to enhance their careers and expand their international network. Applications are submitted online by completing a professional profile and presenting a project. There is no application fee, but travel and accommodation costs are the participant’s responsibility.
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Berlinale Talents
