International festival dedicated to creative works produced using artificial intelligence and emerging technologies. NO ENTRY FEES!!
Deadline 30 June 2026
Prize 57,350€
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
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
The DAMA Cortos 2025 call is aimed at DAMA members (Audiovisual Copyright Association) in Spain. It supports fiction short film production, excluding animation and documentary. Scripts must be original, unpublished, up to 10 minutes long, and feasible to shoot in one day with up to three locations within the same city. Each participant may submit up to two scripts.
Applications are open from May 16 to June 9, 2025 (2:00 PM CET). The winning script will be produced by the company El Gesto Cinematográfico, with a budget up to €25,000. The winner will be announced during the first week of September 2025.
Applicants must submit detailed project information, personal documentation, and a signed declaration by email to damacortos@damautor.es.
This is a valuable opportunity for Spanish screenwriters looking to advance their careers with a fiction short film script meeting the requirements.
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DAMA Cortos
