Mentoring Acció>Cinema is a project development and mentoring program within L’Alternativa PRO 2026, taking place in Barcelona, Spain, from November 12 to 22, 2026. The initiative provides professional mentoring, project consultancy, and networking opportunities aimed at strengthening socially engaged audiovisual projects.
The call is open to both national and international applicants and will select four projects. Eligible applicants include directors, screenwriters, producers, and professionals working in the field of international cooperation. Projects may be submitted at various stages, including development, writing, pre-production, production, editing, and post-production.
The program accepts short films and feature films in fiction, documentary/non-fiction, animation, experimental, and hybrid formats. Projects should address issues related to social justice, human rights, international cooperation, or inequalities between the Global North and South.
The call opened on May 12, 2026, and the final submission deadline is June 18, 2026.
Review official bases.
Action Mentoring > Cine Pendiente - L'Alternativa
La séptima edición de Rio2C 2025 convocó a creadores y productores a presentar sus proyectos audiovisuales en las categorías de documental/factual, animación, ficción, reality y podcast. Las sesiones de pitching, tanto en formato Industry (para empresas con CNPJ) como Talent (para creadores individuales con CPF), ofrecieron una plataforma para conectar con ejecutivos de plataformas de streaming, canales de televisión, productoras y distribuidores, facilitando oportunidades de coproducción, licencias y distribución. Los seleccionados recibieron formación previa para optimizar sus presentaciones. Además, los proyectos registrados en las Rondas de Negocios tuvieron la opción de participar en el pitching correspondiente, ampliando su visibilidad y posibilidades de colaboración.
Revisar bases oficiales.
Rio2C
MEDIMED Doc Market 2026 is an international documentary market held in Sitges, Spain, from October 9 to October 12, 2026. The call is open to documentary projects in development, production, or post-production, as well as completed documentaries and series. It is aimed at producers and directors with internationally oriented documentary projects.
The submission deadline is June 30, 2026. The event focuses on pitching, co-production, financing, and distribution opportunities through public pitching sessions, one-to-one meetings, and industry networking with international decision-makers.
It is an international call, open to projects from Europe and the Euro-Mediterranean region, including Southern Mediterranean and MENA countries, provided they have strong international co-production and distribution potential. The market is dedicated exclusively to the documentary genre, including feature-length films and documentary series.
Projects may be submitted in development, production, post-production, or rough cut stages, as well as recently completed documentaries. The event functions as an industry platform focused on financing and international circulation of documentary works.
Review official bases.
MEDIMED DOC MARKET
The CREATION 2025 Call by the Institut d'Estudis Baleàrics (IEB) aims to support creators in research and creation processes leading to the future production of works in the fields of performing arts, music, literature, comics and illustration, visual arts, and audiovisual in the Balearic Islands.
It is open to individuals over 18 years old who carry out their professional activity in these sectors and are natives of or professionally active in the Balearic Islands.
The total budget for the call is €490,000, distributed over two fiscal years: €49,000 in 2025 and €441,000 in 2026.
The application period was from March 10 to April 15, 2025.
Review official bases.
Grants for Artistic Creation in the Balearic Islands
Curta Roteiros – 1° Concurso de Roteiros de Curtas-Metragens es una convocatoria de Brasil enfocada en reconocer guiones inéditos de cortometrajes creados para cine independiente. Acepta postulaciones internacionales y está dirigida a profesionales y aficionados que presenten trabajos originales.
La edición 2026 se realizará entre el 14 de noviembre de 2025 y el 15 de febrero de 2026, con fecha límite de postulación hasta el 6 de enero de 2026. La convocatoria corresponde a un concurso de guiones y no a una instancia de pitch, laboratorio, mercado o Work in Progress.
Acepta guiones de cortometrajes de ficción y no ficción, escritos en portugués, con un máximo de 30 páginas y formato Master Scenes. Recibe diferentes géneros narrativos como ficción, documental, animación, fantástico, terror, experimental y otros formatos relacionados con el cortometraje.
Revisar bases oficiales.
Curta Roteiros - Concurso de Guiones para Cortometrajes
