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 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
CineLab 2026 is a training, strengthening, and feature film project development lab organized in Chile. The call is open to Chilean citizens and foreign nationals residing in Chile who are based outside the Province of Santiago, including other provinces of the Metropolitan Region. It accepts fiction, animation, documentary, and mixed-genre projects corresponding to the director’s first or second feature film, at an advanced stage of development and with a written screenplay or, in the case of documentaries, a documentary treatment.
Applications are open from August 13 to September 10, 2026, at 3:00 p.m. Santiago, Chile time. The exact start and end dates of the program are not specified. The available information indicates a first in-person section in November 2026, virtual advisory sessions between October 2026 and March 2027, and a second in-person section in January 2027.
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CineLab
The Stockfish Writers Lab – The Whale is a screenwriting lab focused on narrative fiction projects for film and television. It is open to writers of any nationality who wish to develop feature films or series, providing professional mentorship, writing workshops, and pitch sessions in front of producers and commissioning editors.
Applications open on November 11, 2025, with an earlybird deadline on December 8, 2025, and a regular deadline on February 1, 2026. The lab will take place from March 22 to 25, 2026 in Reykjavík, Iceland, as part of the Stockfish Film Festival.
The program is designed for projects aiming to develop feature-length screenplays or TV pilots/series. Documentary projects or other non-narrative formats are not accepted. Selected participants will refine their stories with guidance from international mentors and gain valuable networking opportunities with industry professionals.
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STOCKFISH - WRITERS LAB
El LUSCA Fantastic Film Fest – Screenplay Contest 2026 es un concurso de guion organizado por LUSCA Film Fest, festival de cine fantástico realizado en Puerto Rico. La convocatoria está dirigida a guionistas, cineastas y productores interesados en géneros como fantasía, ciencia ficción, comedia y bizarro, incluyendo sus subgéneros. Acepta guiones de cortometraje de hasta 10 páginas, escritos en español y/o inglés, que sean originales, inéditos y sin acuerdos previos de producción.
La convocatoria abre el 23 de diciembre de 2025. Las fechas límite de inscripción son: Earlybird: 1 de febrero de 2026, Regular: 20 de junio de 2026, Late: 10 de julio de 2026 y Extended Late: 31 de julio de 2026. El festival se realizará del 14 al 21 de octubre de 2026.
Es un concurso de guion, no un mercado, pitch, laboratorio ni work in progress. Está enfocado en proyectos de escritura cinematográfica de cortometraje dentro del cine fantástico. La convocatoria establece condiciones de participación para ciudadanos estadounidenses o residentes permanentes mayores de 18 años que residan en Puerto Rico, Estados Unidos o territorios estadounidenses.
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LUSCA Film Fest - Concurso de Guion
