The LATINX 2025 Latin American Argument Contest, organized by the Latin American Training Center (LATC), targets emerging screenwriters, students, and recent graduates from Latin America with no produced feature films. The call accepts up to 3-page synopses for fiction or documentary feature films centered on the theme “Latin American Places.” Applications are open until July 2, 2025, with various fees and discounts for diversity and inclusion groups, as well as a social fee waiver option. Prizes include cash awards, coaching sessions with renowned screenwriter Kate Lyra, Final Draft software licenses, and books. The jury comprises distinguished film and drama professionals from Brazil and Peru. This contest offers a great chance for new Latin American talent to advance their projects and gain specialized mentorship.
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LATINX - LATC
The Unproduced Screenplay Competition at the 46th Havana International Festival of New Latin American Cinema is open to Latin American or Caribbean authors submitting original, unproduced scripts with themes related to Latin America or the Caribbean. Scripts must be written in Spanish and not have been previously awarded or published.
The call for submissions is open from May 5 to August 15, 2025. Applicants must complete the registration form available on the festival's official website: habanafilmfestival.com. Submissions should include the full script, a synopsis, and a brief author biography.
Selected scripts will be evaluated by a specialized jury, and the winner will receive the Coral Award for Unproduced Screenplay, aiming to encourage the creation and development of new cinematic proposals in the region.
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UNPRODUCED SCRIPT COMPETITION – LA HABANA
The RAW 2025 call offers two residency modalities: Creative Residency for filmmakers and Critical Residency for critics and theorists of documentary cinema. Both are part of an integrated program that includes phases such as the ARCHÉ→WORK lab (Doclisboa), residencies in Lisbon, the Doc’s Kingdom seminar (Odemira), and the MÁRGENES/WORK lab (Madrid). The Creative Residency targets documentary feature projects in development, production, or post-production, providing workshops, mentorship, and spaces to advance audiovisual creation. The Critical Residency supports young critics developing research or writing projects on nonfiction cinema, offering tutoring, festival immersion, and specialized guidance. The call is unified for both modalities, with specific forms and requirements, taking place between October and November 2025 in various venues in Portugal and Spain. The program aims to strengthen Ibero-American documentary cinema through training, exchange, and creative support.
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RAW RESIDENCIES - ARCHÉ WORK
The CRFIC Industry section of the 10th Costa Rica International Film Festival invites Costa Rican filmmakers to submit their feature film projects in the development stage in the PROJECT PRESENTATION FORUM category, which will be held in the city of San José during the tenth edition of the Festival.
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CRFIC - PROJECT PRESENTATION FORUM
The CRFIC Industry section of the 10th Costa Rica International Film Festival invites Central American filmmakers to submit their feature film projects in the post-production stage in the POST-PRODUCTION FILM category, which will take place in the city of San José during the tenth edition of the Festival.
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CRFIC - CINEMA IN POST-PRODUCTION
