ESTELAB-Crea is a residency designed to enhance the narrative coherence and creative aspects of feature film projects in development. Participants will work on reviewing and rewriting key components of their projects, such as the intention note, storyline, synopsis, treatment, and script, with the support of high-level advisors. The residency is conducted in a hybrid format, starting with a virtual diagnostic phase, followed by a creative exploration phase in person, and concluding with a virtual follow-up session.
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ESTELAB CREA
MAFF (Málaga Festival Fund & Co Production Event), organized by MAFIZ as part of the Málaga Film Festival (Spain), is a co-production market aimed at feature-length fiction, documentary, and animation projects in an advanced stage of development. The call is open to production companies from Spain, Portugal, and Latin American countries, fostering international co-production, financing opportunities, mentoring, and networking with industry professionals. Short films, TV series, web series, TV movies, and journalistic reports are not eligible. The 2026 call for projects is open from July 15 to October 22, 2026, and the event will take place March 2–5, 2027, in Málaga, Spain.
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Málaga - MAFF
Vanguardia: Film Project Incubator – Ícaro Industria 2026 is an international film development program based in Guatemala, focused on strengthening early-stage audiovisual projects through training, mentorship, and tools for financing and co-production opportunities. The call is open to Spanish-speaking directors, screenwriters, and producers from around the world with feature film projects in fiction, documentary, or animation.
The application period will be open from April 19 to May 19, 2026. Selected projects will participate in an online training program from June 6 to July 5, 2026, including sessions on project development, production structures, budgeting, financing, project presentation materials, pitching, artificial intelligence tools, and immersive storytelling. The program will conclude with a pitch presentation on July 5, 2026, where one project will be selected to participate in the International Co-production Meeting as part of Ícaro Industria 2026, taking place in November in Guatemala City.
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CUTTING-EDGE INCUBATOR
The JIIFF Lab 2026 call is aimed at director-producer duos from Ibero-America developing a fiction feature project. The lab will take place from January 27 to 31, 2026 in José Ignacio, Uruguay, as part of the Working JIIFF industry program.
Participants will receive personalized mentoring from international experts in areas such as directing, screenwriting, editing, and audience design, along with networking opportunities and a final project pitch before a jury.
Projects must be in development, with a maximum budget of US$ 1,500,000 and at least 25% secured financing. Directors and producers must meet minimum experience requirements in short or feature films and festival participation, as well as residency in Ibero-America.
Awards include the Fondo Pfeffer del Sur, offering US$ 50,000 for project development, and the Musitelli Award, providing US$ 50,000 in filming equipment in Uruguay. Submission deadlines are October 31 and December 12, 2025.
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JIIFF LAB
İzmir Film Lab 2026 takes place in İzmir, Turkey. The call is aimed at applicants from Turkey, who may participate from any city in the country. Applications for the 2026 edition are open from August 1 to September 15, 2026. The program will take place from November 2 to 8, 2026.
The call accepts fiction, documentary, animation, experimental, and hybrid projects. It is focused on project development and operates as a laboratory with mentoring, workshops, development processes, and industry-related project presentations. It accepts short film projects in development whose principal photography has not yet begun.
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İzmir Film Lab
