TVP has opened submissions for the pitching sessions of the Heart of Europe Forum 2025, which will take place in Warsaw, Poland, from September 30 to October 3, 2025. This call is aimed at filmmakers and TV creators from Central and Eastern Europe, including countries like Poland, Ukraine, Hungary, Romania, and others.
The available categories are fiction film, TV series, and documentary. Projects at any stage of development—from initial concept to near-completion—are welcome. Up to ten projects per category will be selected to present before an international jury and audiovisual industry professionals.
Participation is free, and selected projects will have the chance to showcase their work to producers, distributors, festival representatives, and broadcasters, enhancing opportunities for funding, co-production, and distribution. The submission deadline is June 30, 2025.
This is a valuable opportunity to boost the visibility of regional audiovisual production on the international market and to build important industry connections.
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Heart of Europe Forum
La residencia de guion Cine Horizontes en Marsella invita a guionistas, dialoguistas y directores de España y países hispanohablantes residentes en Europa a postular proyectos de largometraje, ya sean de ficción o documental. Los proyectos deben ser originales, inéditos y libres de compromisos con productoras; en caso de adaptación, se debe acreditar la adquisición de derechos.
La convocatoria ofrece una residencia de escritura del 26 de septiembre al 17 de octubre de 2025 en Marsella, con alojamiento, una dieta aproximada de 1,000 euros y reembolso de hasta 400 euros para gastos de viaje. Además, el ganador presentará su proyecto durante el Festival de Cine Español de Marsella y participará en encuentros profesionales.
Los interesados deben enviar su proyecto en PDF por correo electrónico y postal antes del 14 de junio de 2025. La selección valora especialmente la originalidad y calidad narrativa del guion. Solo se permite un proyecto por persona. El ganador firmará un compromiso para residir en Marsella durante el periodo de la residencia.
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Cine Horizontes - Residencia de Guión
Starting from 2003, Open Doors has been championing filmmaking from regions where independent cinema is especially challenging, building bridges for collaboration across regions, countries and continents. Through Open Doors' public and professional programs, we aim to provide a space where talents find support in every step of their creative and professional journey and where discussion and reinvention of today’s cinema can happen among free voices.
The ultimate goal of the Open Doors is to contribute to the development of a more collaborative worldwide film community without borders, while making the independent scene stronger and more sustainable.
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Locarno Open Doors
Terra#LAB 2026 is an international film development laboratory that will take place in Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain, from December 8–11, 2026. The call for applications is open until June 30, 2026, and is aimed at filmmakers developing their first or second feature-length film.
The program accepts feature film projects in the writing, development, or pre-production stages. It welcomes a wide range of cinematic approaches, including fiction, documentary, animation, experimental works, essay films, and other feature-length formats. The call is international, allowing submissions from filmmakers worldwide.
Terra#LAB provides creative and professional mentoring designed to strengthen both the artistic and strategic dimensions of selected projects. The laboratory focuses on script development, project advancement, funding strategies, pre-production planning, and audience design. A minimum of seven projects will be selected, with particular attention given to women filmmakers and emerging directors, especially those under the age of 30. Selected participants receive support for travel and accommodation during the laboratory.
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TERRA#LAB
The Festival Villa del Cine – Work in Progress (WIP) is a Colombian industry program designed for feature-length films in the post-production stage. Its main objective is to support filmmakers in completing their projects by providing incentives and opportunities that facilitate the final stages of production and future distribution. The call is open to both national and international submissions, with a dedicated category for Colombian productions.
The program welcomes a wide range of genres, including fiction, documentary, animation, experimental, fantasy, and horror, among others. The WIP section is specifically intended for feature films that are still in post-production and require support to reach completion.
Applications are open from April 1 to July 31, 2026, and the festival, including the Work in Progress activities, will take place from September 23 to 26, 2026. Selected projects will have the opportunity to present their work to industry professionals and compete for awards and post-production incentives aimed at helping them complete and promote their films.
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Festival Villa del Cine - WIP
