The 2026 ÍCARO International Film Festival, held in Guatemala, opens its international call for filmmakers, producers, and audiovisual creators from around the world. The call is part of an audiovisual platform focused on exhibition and industry development, with participation in both Central American and International categories.
Applications will be open from April 12 to June 30, 2026. The main festival event will take place in Guatemala from November 6 to 29, 2026.
The call accepts international submissions and welcomes fiction, documentary, animation, and experimental films. Accepted formats include feature films and short films. Submitted works must have been produced during the 2025–2026 period.
In addition to film exhibition, ÍCARO promotes audiovisual industry activities, including professional meetings, training programs, and spaces focused on the development and promotion of film projects.
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ÍCARO - Market
The International Co-production Meeting (EIC) 2026 is an international program held in Guatemala, aimed at Spanish-speaking directors and producers from around the world with audiovisual projects in development. It accepts fiction, documentary, animation, and television series projects.
The call for applications will be open from April 19 to June 19, 2026. The virtual phase will take place from August 8 to 13, 2026, featuring specialized training and individual mentoring sessions. The in-person phase will be held from November 23 to 28, 2026, as part of the XXIX Ícaro International Film Festival in Central America.
EIC 2026 combines a co-production laboratory, pitching opportunities, and an industry market, providing professional training, project development support, meetings with potential partners, and networking opportunities to strengthen production and distribution strategies. Selected projects will be announced on July 5, 2026.
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International Co‑production Meeting
Impact Days is the FIFDH’s professional programme for filmmakers and NGOs, now in its sixth edition. We select quality documentary projects, work with filmmakers to refine their impact goals, and facilitate partnerships within the vast ecosystem of organisations, policymakers and funders active around International Geneva.
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FIFDH - Impact Days
The Jenkins-Del Toro Scholarship 2025 is open to Mexican nationals wishing to pursue a bachelor’s or master’s degree in film studies abroad. Applications are accepted from December 1, 2025, until 23:59 (GMT-6) on February 6, 2026. Candidates must submit an original film project (minimum 5-minute short or 45-minute feature), meet academic requirements, and demonstrate English proficiency. The award provides USD 60,000 per year (net) to cover tuition, housing, living expenses, international travel, medical insurance, and books/materials for the duration of study. Recipients must maintain strong academic performance and are selected by a professional committee and jury. The scholarship is awarded during the 41st Guadalajara International Film Festival, taking place April 17–25, 2026. This support enables the scholar to enroll in any qualified international institution of their choice.
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Beca Jenkins-Del Toro
It consists of an innovative workshop in Latin America, inspired by @jacksonwildorg's Jackson Wild Media Lab Festival, in which 12 scholarship recipients will learn from audiovisual industry leaders about science communication, audiovisual project realization and impact, and will be challenged to make a short film that will be presented within the festival.
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Santiago Wild - Lab
