The Two Week International Residency is a program by Etxe Betea in Bilbao, aimed at international women filmmakers looking to develop a feature film project. The residency provides a creative, professional, and feminist environment, including accommodation, workspace, and personalized mentorship for two weeks.
The program has a history of international exchanges with Greece and Pakistan, fostering collaboration among filmmakers from diverse cultural backgrounds. In its pilot edition, Greek and Basque filmmakers participated in cross-residencies, maintaining this international focus.
The call is open to women filmmakers of any age and experience level who do not reside in Spain. Projects can be fiction, documentary, experimental, animation, or hybrid, with no restrictions on the stage of development. Only one participant will be selected per edition.
The residency is offered in February or May, with exceptional flexibility in justified cases. Participation requires full commitment to the two-week program and signing an attendance agreement.
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A Shelter of One’s Own – Etxe Betea
The call is exclusively for Chilean women filmmakers. Projects in post-production stage can participate, including short films, mid-length, and feature films. Projects must be produced in Chile and be in editing, color correction, sound post-production or similar stages. Submission requires synopsis, teaser or work-in-progress footage, motivation letter, and post-production plan. Selected projects receive technical post-production services such as color correction, DCP mastering, and sound post-production. The call closes in August 2025 and the festival takes place in November 2025.
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FECILS Female directors - WIP
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
