WIP Realizadoras FECILS 2026 is the industry section of the Festival Internacional de Cine de La Serena dedicated to supporting Chilean audiovisual projects directed by women in the post-production stage. The call is open exclusively to fiction and documentary short films with a maximum running time of 30 minutes, created by female directors from any region of Chile, including the Metropolitan Region. Its objective is to strengthen women's participation in the audiovisual sector and support projects in their final stage of completion. Submissions are open until August 21, 2026. Selected projects will participate in screenings and one-on-one feedback sessions with a jury of industry professionals during the festival week. As a Work in Progress platform, the program offers post-production awards focused on sound and original music, helping selected projects complete and enhance their final versions.
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FECILS Female directors - WIP
Cartoon Springboard is a European program aimed at animation students and recent graduates who want to develop and present their projects to industry professionals. The call accepts projects for TV series, TV specials, and feature films, but not short films.
Selected participants have the opportunity to pitch their projects, receive direct feedback from international experts, and attend masterclasses and lectures led by industry professionals. The event also provides valuable networking opportunities with producers, distributors, and other animation professionals.
The program’s goal is to support emerging talent and facilitate the launch of new projects in the European animation industry. While the project submission has specific deadlines, it is possible to attend the event as a participant without a project to benefit from the training and professional connections it offers.
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Cartoon Springboard
European Work in Progress is an industry platform held in Hamburg, Germany, from September 28–30, 2026, as part of FILMFEST HAMBURG INDUSTRY DAYS. Its purpose is to support the international circulation of European film projects in production or post-production by connecting selected teams with sales agents, distributors, festival programmers, and other audiovisual industry professionals.
The call is open to feature-length fiction, documentary, and animation projects that have at least one European production or co-production company attached. As a Work in Progress platform, it focuses on projects seeking to strengthen their completion, distribution, and international festival strategies. The submission deadline is August 17, 2026.
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European Work in Progress Hamburg
The EAVE Producers Workshop 2026 is an international professional training program for experienced film, documentary, and television series producers. Its goal is to strengthen coproduction skills and expand participants’ professional networks across Europe and beyond.
The program consists of three week-long residential workshops: the first in Luxembourg, the second in Bolzano, and the third in autumn at a location to be confirmed. During these workshops, participants work in groups with experts in script development, financing, legal aspects, marketing, and project presentation, and present their projects to commissioners, funders, and sales agents from the European industry.
Projects in fiction, documentary, and television series at various development stages, from pre-production to post-production, are accepted. The call is international, open to producers worldwide, with scholarships available for European residents and candidates from other regions, promoting diversity and inclusion. The application deadline is August 18, 2025.
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EAVE Producers Workshop
La Fill the Gap Initiative está dirigida a productores de animación que participaron en el Cartoon Forum 2024 y aún no han completado el financiamiento de sus proyectos. Su objetivo es brindarles visibilidad y oportunidades de networking para cerrar la brecha financiera y avanzar hacia la producción.
Los productores seleccionados deben contar con al menos el 70% del presupuesto asegurado, tener un canal de televisión comprometido y entregar un tráiler de 30 a 45 segundos para presentar su proyecto. Los participantes también deben comprometerse a asistir a las sesiones de matchmaking organizadas durante el evento.
La iniciativa incluye la difusión del tráiler en el Coffee Show, participación en sesiones de matchmaking con compradores, agentes de ventas y coproductores potenciales, así como presencia en la aplicación móvil del Cartoon Forum. Se prioriza la diversidad geográfica y se da preferencia a proyectos que no estén presentando un nuevo proyecto en la edición siguiente del Cartoon Forum.
La fecha límite de entrega del tráiler es el 18 de agosto de 2025, y las presentaciones se realizarán el 18 de septiembre de 2025 en Toulouse, Francia, durante el Cartoon Forum. Esta iniciativa busca facilitar la finalización del financiamiento y la conexión con socios estratégicos.
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Fill the Gap Initiative
