The Bolivia Lab Collaborative Network invites you to participate in the International Coproduction Pitch Rally – Online, an event within the XVI Bolivia Lab 2024. Get ready to immerse yourself in a space dedicated to promoting collaboration between filmmakers and producers from around the world, with the objective of connecting projects in intermediate development with potential co-producing partners in fiction and documentary.
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Bolivia Lab - Rally de Pitch
CineLab 2026 is a training, strengthening, and feature film project development lab organized in Chile. The call is open to Chilean citizens and foreign nationals residing in Chile who are based outside the Province of Santiago, including other provinces of the Metropolitan Region. It accepts fiction, animation, documentary, and mixed-genre projects corresponding to the director’s first or second feature film, at an advanced stage of development and with a written screenplay or, in the case of documentaries, a documentary treatment.
Applications are open from August 13 to September 10, 2026, at 3:00 p.m. Santiago, Chile time. The exact start and end dates of the program are not specified. The available information indicates a first in-person section in November 2026, virtual advisory sessions between October 2026 and March 2027, and a second in-person section in January 2027.
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CineLab
The Stockfish Writers Lab – The Whale is a screenwriting lab focused on narrative fiction projects for film and television. It is open to writers of any nationality who wish to develop feature films or series, providing professional mentorship, writing workshops, and pitch sessions in front of producers and commissioning editors.
Applications open on November 11, 2025, with an earlybird deadline on December 8, 2025, and a regular deadline on February 1, 2026. The lab will take place from March 22 to 25, 2026 in Reykjavík, Iceland, as part of the Stockfish Film Festival.
The program is designed for projects aiming to develop feature-length screenplays or TV pilots/series. Documentary projects or other non-narrative formats are not accepted. Selected participants will refine their stories with guidance from international mentors and gain valuable networking opportunities with industry professionals.
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STOCKFISH - WRITERS LAB
The LUSCA Fantastic Film Fest – Screenplay Contest 2026 is a screenwriting competition organized by LUSCA Film Fest, a fantastic film festival held in Puerto Rico. The call is aimed at screenwriters, filmmakers, and producers interested in genres such as fantasy, science fiction, comedy, and bizarre cinema, including related subgenres. It accepts short film screenplays of up to 10 pages, written in Spanish and/or English, that are original, unpublished, and without previous production agreements.
The call opens on December 23, 2025. Submission deadlines are: Earlybird: February 1, 2026, Regular: June 20, 2026, Late: July 10, 2026, and Extended Late: July 31, 2026. The festival will take place from October 14 to 21, 2026.
This is a screenwriting competition, not a market, pitch, laboratory, or work in progress program. It focuses on short film screenplay projects within the fantastic genre. The competition establishes eligibility requirements for participants over 18 who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents residing in Puerto Rico, the United States, or U.S. territories.
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LUSCA Film Fest - Screenplay Contest
Women Work in Progress is an initiative of the Cerdanya Film Festival (Spain) aimed at female filmmakers under the age of 30 who lead audiovisual projects in post-production. The program provides mentoring, professional guidance, and the opportunity to present projects to industry experts, helping participants strengthen their projects and expand their opportunities for funding, distribution, and exhibition.
The call is open internationally and welcomes fiction, documentary, animation, series, and transmedia projects, provided they are in the post-production stage. Eligible formats include short films, feature films, and other audiovisual works covered by the program guidelines.
The submission deadline is April 15, 2026. Selected projects will participate in activities held during the Cerdanya Film Festival, taking place from August 1 to August 16, 2026, in Puigcerdà, Spain.
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FICC - Women WIP
