Its aim is to bring together the best of international rural auteur cinema, promoting the discovery and dissemination of its unique stories and scenarios.
Deadline 10 August 2025
Prize 9,000€
WIP Latam 2025 is a San Sebastián Festival call for Latin American feature films in post-production (fiction or documentary, minimum 60 minutes). It aims to support projects in their final stages by boosting technical completion and international exposure before industry professionals.
Registration is free and open from June 2 to July 2, 2025. Applicants must submit a rough cut (with Spanish or English subtitles if needed) and complete an online form. Up to six films will be selected and screened from September 22 to 24, 2025 as part of the festival.
Selected projects compete for the WIP Latam Industry Award, which includes post-production services and distribution in Spain, and the EGEDA Platino Industria Award worth €30,000. They also gain international visibility and access to potential distribution, sales, and festival partners.
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SSIFF - Wip Latam
WIP Europa 2025 is a section of the San Sebastián Film Festival dedicated to European feature films in post-production. Its goal is to support projects with international potential, particularly first or second features and films in non-dominant languages. Up to six films will be selected and presented between September 23–25 to industry professionals such as distributors, sales agents, programmers, and post-production companies.
The call for entries is open until July 3, 2025. Eligible films must be at least 60 minutes long, produced mainly in Europe, not available on public VOD platforms, and already have a first cut.
Selected projects will compete for two awards: the WIP Europa Industry Award, which includes full post-production services and distribution in Spain, and the WIP Europa Award, which grants €10,000 to the majority producer. Selected films must commit to including festival logos and cannot withdraw once confirmed.
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SSIFF - Wip Europe
Curta Roteiros – 1st Short Film Script Contest rewards unpublished screenplays written in Portuguese, created for independent cinema. Open to professional and amateur writers worldwide, as long as the script hasn't been produced, published, co-authored, or generated using AI.
Submissions are open from June 5 to July 5, 2025, via form (30 BRL) or Festhome (8 USD). Scripts must be PDF, max 30 pages, using Courier New 12, with a cover page including title, author or pseudonym.
Scripts will be judged on originality, structure, coherence, characters, writing quality, technical feasibility, and emotional/social impact. Finalists will be announced July 25, and winners on August 1 during the Curta Cine Sumaré Festival.
Winners receive digital certificates, laurels, and symbolic cash prizes (120, 50, and 30 BRL via PIX). Honorable mentions may also be awarded.
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Curta Roteiros - Short Film Script Contest
Created by the Locarno Festival in 2014, Industry Academy is an intensive training program whose objective is to foster innovation in young professionals in the film industry, working specifically in the area of independent film circulation: online and traditional distribution , sales, film marketing, exhibition, festival programming, among others. The workshop acts as a shortcut for a new generation of professionals entering the independent film industry, encouraging their development and helping them better understand the challenges of the industry, as well as expand their networks. The objective of Locarno Industry Academy is also to build bridges of collaboration across different markets in Europe, North America, Latin America, the Middle East, South Africa and South Asia.
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Australab - Industry Academy
The Industry Zone of the 29th Lima Film Festival PUCP 2025 is exclusively for Peruvian fiction or documentary projects in post-production. The deadline to apply is July 7, 2025. This platform aims to support the completion, promotion, and distribution of Peruvian films through mentorship, meetings with industry experts, and networking opportunities. Selected projects will participate during the festival, which will take place in Lima from August 8 to 17, 2025.
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Lima Film Festival - WIP
