SANFIC – ODS LAB 2026 is an audiovisual development lab jointly organized by SANFIC Industria and Construir Cine, aimed at producers, directors, and screenwriters from Ibero-America. The call accepts fiction, documentary, and hybrid feature film projects addressing one or more of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda. Projects must be at an advanced stage of development and must not have started shooting.
The call is open to applicants over 18 and legal entities residing or registered in Ibero-American countries. The lab will take place entirely online from October 26 to 29, 2026, offering mentoring, training, and guidance in areas such as screenwriting, production, audiences, presentation, and distribution. It will conclude with private pitching sessions with representatives from festivals, funds, production companies, distributors, broadcasters, platforms, and organizations.
The application deadline is August 31, 2026, at 12:00 p.m. Santiago, Chile time.
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ODS Lab - Sanfic
Guadalajara Construye is a call of the Guadalajara International Film Festival in Mexico, aimed at Ibero-American fiction feature films in post-production and at the Work in Progress stage, seeking financing for completion. The call accepts national and international participation.
For the call opened in 2026, the submission period runs from September 2 to November 27, 2026, closing at 11:59 p.m. Central Mexico Time. Selected projects will participate within the framework of FICG 42, which will take place from March 6 to 13, 2027, in Guadalajara and Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico.
Only fiction feature films in post-production are accepted, with at least a first editing cut and a running time between 70 and 120 minutes.
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Guadalajara Builds - WIP - FICG
El 48 se desarrolla en diferentes fines de semana en diferentes ciudades a lo largo del año. En cada ciudad, los equipos de cine locales, desde principiantes hasta profesionales, compiten para hacer un cortometraje en sólo un fin de semana. ¿Tú y tus amigos tenéis lo necesario para hacer una película sobre la marcha?
Todo comienza con el evento inaugural del viernes por la noche, cuando usted y los equipos de su ciudad sacan géneros de un sombrero y reciben los elementos necesarios para su película.
Luego, empieza a correr: escribir, filmar, editar y hacer lo que sea necesario para enviar tu cortometraje el domingo por la noche.
La gran recompensa es ver tu obra maestra en la pantalla grande de un cine local. Se proyectarán todas las películas, tanto puntuales como tardías. No hay nada mejor que ver tu película con el público y ver de primera mano cómo reaccionan ante tu película.
En el evento de premios de la ciudad, se anuncian las películas ganadoras, según lo determinen los jueces locales. Se otorgan más de una docena de premios, desde Mejor Actuación hasta Mejor Dirección y el premio mayor: Mejor Película.
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The 48 Hour Film Project
The 7th edition of Confluencias — Laboratories and Industry Meeting in Ñuble, the industry platform of the Ñuble National Film Festival, will take place from January 19 to 23, 2027, in Chillán, Chile, in person. Applications will be open from October 14 to November 15, 2026, until 8:00 p.m. Chilean mainland time.
The call is national in scope and is aimed at filmmakers and audiovisual teams from across Chile with fiction, documentary, and non-fiction feature film projects. It includes two training programs: the First Films Lab, intended for first or second fiction feature film projects in development, and the Regional Documentary Lab, aimed at documentary and non-fiction projects with a regional focus, in development or production.
Both laboratories are free of charge, non-competitive, and offer group workshops, individual consultations, and creative and production support led by national and international professionals. Participation requires the in-person attendance of at least one representative per selected project.
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Labs and Industry Meeting in Ñuble
MAFF (Málaga Festival Fund & Co Production Event), organized by MAFIZ as part of the Málaga Film Festival (Spain), is a co-production market aimed at feature-length fiction, documentary, and animation projects in an advanced stage of development. The call is open to production companies from Spain, Portugal, and Latin American countries, fostering international co-production, financing opportunities, mentoring, and networking with industry professionals. Short films, TV series, web series, TV movies, and journalistic reports are not eligible. The 2026 call for projects is open from July 15 to October 22, 2026, and the event will take place March 2–5, 2027, in Málaga, Spain.
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Málaga - MAFF
