Doklab Navarra 2025 is an intensive residency for emerging documentary filmmakers. It will take place from September 1 to 14, 2025 at the Olza Palace, near Pamplona, Spain. The program includes interdisciplinary workshops, masterclasses, personalized mentoring, and market simulations to boost internationally oriented documentary projects.
Over two weeks, participants will develop their projects in a rural, creative environment, guided by experts in storytelling, production, creativity, and distribution. The residency also promotes industry networking through meetings with platforms, festivals, and distributors.
Applications are open until June 1, 2025. Fees vary depending on room type: from €2,500 (quad) to €5,000 (single), covering accommodation, full board, and local transport.
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Doklab
This call is aimed at audiovisual projects in post-production stage coming from regions outside the Metropolitan Region of Chile. Eligible formats include short films, mid-length films, and feature films. Projects must be in editing, color correction, sound post-production, or other post-production stages. Submission requires a synopsis, teaser or work-in-progress footage, motivation letter, and post-production plan. Selected projects will receive technical post-production services such as color correction, sound mastering, and DCP mastering. The call closes in August 2025, and the festival will take place in November 2025.
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FECILS - WIP
The Cinenido 2025 call for the international screenwriting residency is open to screenwriters worldwide with audiovisual projects at any stage (fiction, documentary, film or TV, animation or live action). The residency will take place from July 28 to August 4, 2025, at El Molino de Lecrín Farm School (Granada, Spain).
The program stands out for its family-friendly approach: selected participants may attend with children under 14, who will enjoy creative and nature-based activities while parents develop their scripts. Between 10 and 12 screenwriters will be selected.
The application deadline is June 5, 2025, at 23:59 (Spain time). The fee is €1,490 per adult and €350 per child, covering training, lodging, and meals.
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CINENIDO
AGAPI IMPULSA COPROS is a free program aimed at young Galician creators under 30 with original film or TV projects in Galician or Spanish, linked to Galicia or its culture. The call is open from May 22 to June 5, 2025. Five projects of feature films or series in fiction, animation, or documentary will be selected. Each project will receive mentorship from an experienced executive producer for three months to improve development and financing. Participants must submit a project dossier, registration form, and photo. Selection is done by a committee of audiovisual production experts. Personalized mentoring will take place from June to September 2025. Participation implies acceptance of the program’s full terms.
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AGAPI IMPULSA COPROS
The Morelia International Film Festival (FICM), in collaboration with Netflix’s Fund for Creative Equity, announces the 3rd Film Project Development Lab for Indigenous and Afrodescendant Filmmakers in Mexico. 10 filmmakers will be selected with projects in development (fiction, documentary, animation, transmedia, or hybrid). The lab will take place October 8–12, 2025, in Morelia, with travel, lodging, and meals covered.
Eligibility: Mexican nationals or legal residents who identify as Indigenous or Afrodescendant, with a project in development (script or advanced treatment required).
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FICM – Workshop for Indigenous and Afrodescendant Filmmakers from Mexico
