Prizes in various categories of up to €250. 25% off until 2 May!!
Deadline 18 May 2026
Prize 250€
The Mexican Short Film Pitching Competition at Shorts México 2025 invites Mexican filmmakers, producers, directors, and film students or residents in Mexico to submit multiple short film projects in Spanish, on any theme. Scripts must be registered with INDAUTOR. Submissions are open from February 17 to May 31, 2025. The winning project will receive an in-kind prize valued at approximately $800,000 MXN for short film production, including filming equipment provided by CTT Exp & Rentals. The competition will take place on September 13, 2025, in Mexico City.
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Shorts Mexico - Short Film Pitching
The call is exclusively for Chilean women filmmakers. Projects in post-production stage can participate, including short films, mid-length, and feature films. Projects must be produced in Chile and be in editing, color correction, sound post-production or similar stages. Submission requires synopsis, teaser or work-in-progress footage, motivation letter, and post-production plan. Selected projects receive technical post-production services such as color correction, DCP mastering, and sound post-production. The call closes in August 2025 and the festival takes place in November 2025.
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FECILS Female directors - WIP
DOK Industry is the professional platform of DOK Leipzig, designed to support documentary projects in development with international potential. Each year it gathers producers, directors, financiers and distributors in a space dedicated to networking and coproduction.
The call is open to creative, author-driven and innovative documentaries that are in development or early postproduction. International projects are welcome, except for the Preview Germany program, which is reserved for projects based in Germany.
There are several entry points: the Co-Pro Market, focused on international coproduction; Short n’ Sweet, for short documentaries; Archive Market, dedicated to archive-based projects; and Neuland, highlighting XR, VR and AR storytelling. Producers may also attend without a project to strengthen professional connections.
English is the working language, and the main goal is to link artistically ambitious projects with the European and international audiovisual industry.
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DOK Industry
NATPE Budapest 2025 will take place from June 23 to 26 at the InterContinental Budapest. It is the leading content market for TV, formats, and streaming in Central and Eastern Europe. Producers, distributors, and platforms can showcase scripted series, docuseries, entertainment formats, and TV movies to qualified buyers.
The event includes screenings, networking sessions, keynotes, and the Pitch & Play LIVE! competition for original entertainment formats with international potential. Projects should be suitable for adaptation and focused on non-scripted formats such as game shows, talent shows, or factual entertainment.
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NATPE Budapest
DOC:LAB is the documentary project development lab of #LINK, the Industry section of FIDBA. Aimed at Ibero-American documentary feature films in production with filmed material, it offers specialized guidance in scriptwriting, financing, production, and distribution. The program includes individual and group meetings, one-on-one sessions, conferences, and roundtables, taking place in person in Buenos Aires from October 6 to 11, 2025. Applications are open until August 15, 2025, with a fee of $50 until June 13 and $60 until June 30. Selected projects must pay $290 to participate in the lab activities, which include access to FIDBA:CAMPUS, pitchings, and festival screenings. Attendance by the director at all activities is mandatory. Winning projects will be announced on October 11 during the festival's closing ceremony.
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Link - DOC:LAB
