Ixtar Curts, the Sant Bartomeu Short Film Festival, is the oldest short film festival in the Balearic Islands and is now in its 27th year with a new, expanded format. If you have a story to tell, now is your chance!
Крайний срок 30 Июль 2026
This call is aimed at audiovisual projects in post-production stage coming from regions outside the Metropolitan Region of Chile. Eligible formats include short films, mid-length films, and feature films. Projects must be in editing, color correction, sound post-production, or other post-production stages. Submission requires a synopsis, teaser or work-in-progress footage, motivation letter, and post-production plan. Selected projects will receive technical post-production services such as color correction, sound mastering, and DCP mastering. The call closes in August 2025, and the festival will take place in November 2025.
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FECILS - WIP
The Morelia International Film Festival (FICM), in collaboration with Netflix’s Fund for Creative Equity, announces the 3rd Film Project Development Lab for Indigenous and Afrodescendant Filmmakers in Mexico. 10 filmmakers will be selected with projects in development (fiction, documentary, animation, transmedia, or hybrid). The lab will take place October 8–12, 2025, in Morelia, with travel, lodging, and meals covered.
Eligibility: Mexican nationals or legal residents who identify as Indigenous or Afrodescendant, with a project in development (script or advanced treatment required).
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FICM – Workshop for Indigenous and Afrodescendant Filmmakers from Mexico
The DAMA Cortos 2025 call is aimed at DAMA members (Audiovisual Copyright Association) in Spain. It supports fiction short film production, excluding animation and documentary. Scripts must be original, unpublished, up to 10 minutes long, and feasible to shoot in one day with up to three locations within the same city. Each participant may submit up to two scripts.
Applications are open from May 16 to June 9, 2025 (2:00 PM CET). The winning script will be produced by the company El Gesto Cinematográfico, with a budget up to €25,000. The winner will be announced during the first week of September 2025.
Applicants must submit detailed project information, personal documentation, and a signed declaration by email to damacortos@damautor.es.
This is a valuable opportunity for Spanish screenwriters looking to advance their careers with a fiction short film script meeting the requirements.
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DAMA Cortos
Push Lab 2025-2026 is a development lab for film projects in scriptwriting stages, aimed at directors or director/writer teams born or residing in Catalonia. The program offers creative and industry support, including a creative residency at Mas Flaquer (Cantallops) from October 20 to 26, 2025, followed by monthly sessions in Girona from November 2025 to February 2026. Six projects are selected, with specific spots for women, Girona residents, and Catalan-language projects. Each project receives a €3,000 grant. The application is free and open until July 12, 2025. The program concludes on March 11, 2026. Push Lab supports the development of feature films by providing tools to improve scripts and plan industrial development.
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Push Lab
Torre Barrina is organizing the 2025 L’Hospitalet Short Film Pitching event, aimed at screenwriters and directors over 18 with original short film projects—fiction or documentary—written in Catalan or Spanish. The submission period runs from May 26 to June 15, 2025, and projects must be sent to torrebarrina@l-h.cat, including the script and/or a project dossier (maximum 20 pages). Between 14 and 20 projects will be selected to be pitched on July 1 and 2, followed by one-on-one meetings with invited production companies. The event will conclude on July 3 with round tables and a closing session. All activities take place at Torre Barrina Cultural Center in L’Hospitalet.
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FIDLab - Marseille
