The Alternativa – Barcelona Independent Film Festival – launches a call for its Cinema Pendent Development Lab, aimed at filmmakers with fiction, hybrid, or experimental feature films in the writing or development stage. The lab consists of four days of intensive work guided by mentor Pau Subirós, focusing on narrative, conceptual, and stylistic analysis.
Selected projects receive a €500 grant, professional mentoring, festival accreditations, and access to networking events. They may also qualify for awards and be referred to other programs such as EXTREMLAB or the GAC Pitching Forum.
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Development Lab - L'Alternativa
The Mentoring Acción>Cine Pendiente call is aimed at international cooperation and audiovisual professionals working on film projects related to international inequalities and social conflicts. Four projects will be selected—short films, feature films, documentaries, or fiction—that address North-South inequality and promote a fairer world, in development, production, or editing stages.
The program aims to connect filmmakers with international solidarity organizations to mentor and support their projects, creating spaces for reflection and learning that encourage a critical, engaged citizenship focused on the Global South. It also seeks to improve the thematic and technical quality of productions and strengthen their distribution and exhibition.
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Action Mentoring > Cine Pendiente - L'Alternativa
Curta Roteiros – 1st Short Film Script Contest rewards unpublished screenplays written in Portuguese, created for independent cinema. Open to professional and amateur writers worldwide, as long as the script hasn't been produced, published, co-authored, or generated using AI.
Submissions are open from June 5 to July 5, 2025, via form (30 BRL) or Festhome (8 USD). Scripts must be PDF, max 30 pages, using Courier New 12, with a cover page including title, author or pseudonym.
Scripts will be judged on originality, structure, coherence, characters, writing quality, technical feasibility, and emotional/social impact. Finalists will be announced July 25, and winners on August 1 during the Curta Cine Sumaré Festival.
Winners receive digital certificates, laurels, and symbolic cash prizes (120, 50, and 30 BRL via PIX). Honorable mentions may also be awarded.
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Curta Roteiros - Short Film Script Contest
Polish Days is the key industry event of the New Horizons International Film Festival, held in Wrocław, Poland, from July 17 to 27, 2025. Polish Days is expected to take place mid-festival, likely between July 20–22 (dates TBC).
The call is open to Polish film projects in three categories: completed films, works in progress, and projects in development. Selected participants benefit from private screenings, pitching sessions, and one-on-one meetings with international sales agents, distributors, and festival programmers.
Industry accreditations opened on May 6, 2025, and close on June 17, 2025, or earlier if capacity is reached. Project submissions typically close between May and early June, depending on the category.
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CIBEF - International Residency in Film Directing
D’A Film Lab Barcelona is an industry laboratory designed to support emerging talent in feature films by facilitating their development, completion, and international exposure, with a focus on Spanish works. The call for entries for the edition taking place from March 22 to 25, 2026, is open until December 5, 2025. The programme includes two main strands: Final Cut, which selects Spanish and Catalan feature films in post-production and awards a €20,000 prize to the winning project, and Producció Emergent, which focuses on feature film projects in development with specialised professional guidance. The lab provides intensive support through expert mentoring, workshops, and international networking opportunities for emerging directors and producers. The event is held in Spain (Barcelona) as part of the D’A – Festival de Cinema de Barcelona. While primarily geared towards Spanish and Catalan projects, it includes training and industry activities that promote international collaboration and exposure. Accepted formats are feature films in fiction and documentary, in development or post-production stages, offering pitch sessions, mentorship, and pathways toward broader festival circuits.
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D’A Film Lab Barcelona
