Cartoon Springboard is a European program aimed at animation students and recent graduates who want to develop and present their projects to industry professionals. The call accepts projects for TV series, TV specials, and feature films, but not short films.
Selected participants have the opportunity to pitch their projects, receive direct feedback from international experts, and attend masterclasses and lectures led by industry professionals. The event also provides valuable networking opportunities with producers, distributors, and other animation professionals.
The program’s goal is to support emerging talent and facilitate the launch of new projects in the European animation industry. While the project submission has specific deadlines, it is possible to attend the event as a participant without a project to benefit from the training and professional connections it offers.
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Cartoon Springboard
DOK Industry es la plataforma profesional del festival DOK Leipzig, creada para impulsar proyectos documentales en desarrollo con proyección internacional. Cada año reúne a productores, directores, financiadores y distribuidores en un espacio de encuentro y coproducción.
La convocatoria está abierta a proyectos documentales creativos, autorales e innovadores que se encuentren en etapa de desarrollo o postproducción temprana. Se aceptan propuestas internacionales, excepto en el programa Preview Germany, que está reservado para proyectos con sede en Alemania.
Existen distintas secciones de participación: el Co-Pro Market, dirigido a documentales en busca de socios internacionales; Short n’ Sweet, para cortometrajes; Archive Market, enfocado en proyectos que trabajan con material de archivo; y Neuland, que explora narrativas XR, VR y AR. Además, productores pueden participar sin proyecto para ampliar su red de contactos.
El idioma de trabajo es el inglés y el objetivo central es conectar proyectos con potencial artístico y de circulación global con la red europea e internacional de la industria audiovisual.
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DOK Industry
BrLab Features is an international feature film development lab focused on Latin America, held annually in São Paulo, Brazil. It is aimed at directors, screenwriters, and producers with fiction projects in development.
Over an intensive week, selected participants receive one‑on‑one mentoring, market activities, script analysis, production consultancy, and networking with industry professionals. The goal is to enhance artistic quality and financial viability for international co‑production.
The 2025 edition remains competitive and selective. Applications will open in August 2025 (exact date to be announced), and the lab will take place in late 2025 in São Paulo. Participation is free, and projects from any country are welcome if they have international co‑production potential.
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BrLab Features
La convocatoria European Work in Progress 2025 busca largometrajes europeos o coproducciones en fase de rodaje, postproducción o finalización avanzada. Los proyectos deben contar con fragmentos de metraje real, subtitulados en inglés, para presentar a profesionales de la industria cinematográfica.
Se seleccionarán hasta 30 proyectos, que tendrán la oportunidad de presentar su trabajo mediante un pitch de 15 minutos y participar en sesiones de preguntas, reuniones one-to-one, talleres y eventos de networking. El objetivo es facilitar financiación adicional, distribución y visibilidad internacional.
El plazo de presentación finaliza el 14 de agosto de 2025. Los proyectos deben tener al menos 10 minutos de metraje disponible y cumplir criterios de producción europea. Este año, los premios ascienden a 120 000 €, ofrecidos por nuevos y antiguos patrocinadores. La convocatoria mantiene colaboración con TorinoFilmLab, incluyendo proyectos de sus programas de desarrollo. La participación es abierta a productores de cualquier país siempre que su proyecto cumpla con los criterios europeos.
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European Work in Progress Hamburg
The EAVE Producers Workshop 2026 is an international professional training program for experienced film, documentary, and television series producers. Its goal is to strengthen coproduction skills and expand participants’ professional networks across Europe and beyond.
The program consists of three week-long residential workshops: the first in Luxembourg, the second in Bolzano, and the third in autumn at a location to be confirmed. During these workshops, participants work in groups with experts in script development, financing, legal aspects, marketing, and project presentation, and present their projects to commissioners, funders, and sales agents from the European industry.
Projects in fiction, documentary, and television series at various development stages, from pre-production to post-production, are accepted. The call is international, open to producers worldwide, with scholarships available for European residents and candidates from other regions, promoting diversity and inclusion. The application deadline is August 18, 2025.
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EAVE Producers Workshop
