Weird Market 2025 is an international event taking place in Valencia from September 30 to October 5, focused on animation, video games, transmedia, comics, and board games. Its aim is to increase the visibility of emerging creative projects and promote European co-productions.
The call for projects is open to European projects at any production stage: pre-production, production, or completed. Accepted formats include animated feature films and shorts, series, web series, video games (including VR), innovative transmedia projects, comics, and board games.
Selected projects will be featured in the event’s official catalog, reaching thousands of industry professionals, and some will be presented during Weird Market, creating networking, collaboration, and funding opportunities. A recruitment session with companies seeking talent in animation and video games is also included.
Weird Market combines project presentations, conferences, and networking activities to boost the European creative industry, providing a unique space to showcase ideas, build contacts, and explore new opportunities for international collaboration.
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Weird Market
The 2025 Shorts México Short Film Script Competition is open until May 31, 2025. Mexican citizens or residents may submit original, unfilmed short film scripts. Scripts must be a maximum of 10 pages, written in Spanish, in industry-standard screenplay format, and registered with INDAUTOR. Author names must not appear on the script.
Submit your PDF script, along with proof of registration and payment, to guionshortsmexico@gmail.com. Entry is via FilmFreeway or FestHome.
Winners will be announced on August 20, 2025. The first prize is $7,000 MXN and the second prize is $3,000 MXN. Selected scripts will be published in the official festival catalog and awarded a certificate of participation.
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Shorts Mexico - Short film script
The Mexican Short Film Pitching Competition at Shorts México 2025 invites Mexican filmmakers, producers, directors, and film students or residents in Mexico to submit multiple short film projects in Spanish, on any theme. Scripts must be registered with INDAUTOR. Submissions are open from February 17 to May 31, 2025. The winning project will receive an in-kind prize valued at approximately $800,000 MXN for short film production, including filming equipment provided by CTT Exp & Rentals. The competition will take place on September 13, 2025, in Mexico City.
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Shorts Mexico - Short Film Pitching
DOK Industry is the professional platform of DOK Leipzig, designed to support documentary projects in development with international potential. Each year it gathers producers, directors, financiers and distributors in a space dedicated to networking and coproduction.
The call is open to creative, author-driven and innovative documentaries that are in development or early postproduction. International projects are welcome, except for the Preview Germany program, which is reserved for projects based in Germany.
There are several entry points: the Co-Pro Market, focused on international coproduction; Short n’ Sweet, for short documentaries; Archive Market, dedicated to archive-based projects; and Neuland, highlighting XR, VR and AR storytelling. Producers may also attend without a project to strengthen professional connections.
English is the working language, and the main goal is to link artistically ambitious projects with the European and international audiovisual industry.
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DOK Industry
BrLab Features 2026 is an intensive laboratory focused on the development of feature-length fiction projects, including animation and hybrid formats. The call is open to projects from Latin America, Portugal, and Spain, accepting international submissions. The program offers mentorship, consultancy, and workshops aimed at strengthening projects in development and preparing teams for the film industry.
Applications are open from November 12 to December 12, 2025, and the laboratory will take place in person from April 7 to 14, 2026, in São Paulo, Brazil. The call is exclusively for feature-length projects; short films and series are not accepted. This program provides a unique opportunity for creators seeking professional guidance and strategic development of their projects, in a collaborative environment with industry experts.
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BrLab Features
