Its aim is to bring together the best of international rural auteur cinema, promoting the discovery and dissemination of its unique stories and scenarios.
Scadenza 10 agosto 2025
Premio 9,000€
DOC:LAB is the documentary project development lab of #LINK, the Industry section of FIDBA. Aimed at Ibero-American documentary feature films in production with filmed material, it offers specialized guidance in scriptwriting, financing, production, and distribution. The program includes individual and group meetings, one-on-one sessions, conferences, and roundtables, taking place in person in Buenos Aires from October 6 to 11, 2025. Applications are open until August 15, 2025, with a fee of $50 until June 13 and $60 until June 30. Selected projects must pay $290 to participate in the lab activities, which include access to FIDBA:CAMPUS, pitchings, and festival screenings. Attendance by the director at all activities is mandatory. Winning projects will be announced on October 11 during the festival's closing ceremony.
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Link - DOC:LAB
The 9th Workshop for Cinematographic Projects from Central America and the Caribbean is now open to filmmakers from the region with feature-length projects in development (fiction, documentary, or hybrid). Up to 15 projects will be selected for an intensive workshop held from October 18 to 27, 2025, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
Organized by Ibermedia, with support from the Honduran Film Institute (IHC) and AECID, the workshop offers expert mentoring in scriptwriting, directing, producing, and distribution. Participation is free and aimed at screenwriters, directors, and producers from Central America and the Caribbean with prior experience.
The call is open from May 16 to July 28, 2025. Applicants must complete the form on Ibermedia’s website and submit the required materials as outlined in the official guidelines.
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IX Workshop for Film Projects from Central America and the Caribbean
From December 10 to 13, 2024, the 9th version of Conecta will take place, an international documentary industry meeting, the only one in its category on the continent, whose one of its objectives is to link actors from the international industry to enhance production , distribution and marketing of Latin American documentaries and series, and thereby promote the internationalization and co-production of projects.
Producers, sales agents, distributors, exhibitors, financiers and representatives of some of the most important markets and festivals in the world participate every year in this fundamental space to promote new links between the different representatives of the international documentary industry.
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CONNECT - Industry
The Cinematographic Short Film Laboratory, MuniciLab, in its first version within the III Buga New Cinema Festival, FENCINE 2024, is a training and creation space for
emerging filmmakers of legal age from Guadalajara de Buga and category 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 municipalities of Valle del Cauca, Colombia; aiming to support and strengthen cinema
regional, providing participants with the necessary tools and resources to develop and produce their own short films.
We look for stories where the use of territory or communities is imperative, whether through characters, aesthetics, universe, plot, etc.
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FENCINE - MuniciLab
El MIA 2025 abre su convocatoria para productores con proyectos en desarrollo en las categorías de Animación, Documental, Ficción y Drama. Se seleccionarán hasta 50 proyectos internacionales que busquen coproducción, financiación o acuerdos de preventa. Los proyectos deben estar destinados a distribución cinematográfica, emisión televisiva o plataformas digitales. La fecha límite para la presentación es el 19 de junio de 2025 a las 17:00 CEST.
Los seleccionados participarán en el Pitching Forum durante el evento, que se celebrará en Roma del 6 al 10 de octubre de 2025. Además, podrán optar a los MIA Development Awards, que incluyen un premio en efectivo de 5.000 € por categoría.
La participación está abierta a productores principales con una empresa de producción registrada. Se permite la presentación de múltiples proyectos, siempre que cada uno cumpla con los criterios de elegibilidad. Los materiales deben enviarse en inglés.
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