MERCADOC.0 is an initiative by the Festival de Málaga and Culturia that will take place from March 18 to 21, 2025, as part of MAFIZ, the industry section of the festival. The event aims to foster innovation in Ibero-American documentaries by focusing on artistic, financial, and new business models development.
MERCADOC.0 offers training and personalized advice to directors and producers, while facilitating opportunities for international co-productions, distribution, and global business exploration. The event will select up to 12 projects (6 from Latin America and 6 from Spain and Portugal) in various documentary genres such as author documentaries, social media documentaries, docu-reality, and investigative documentaries.
The initiative also provides a platform to connect with industry professionals and increase the visibility of Ibero-American documentaries on a global scale.
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MERCADOC.0
Mexico - Industry Academy is an intensive training program designed for young professionals in the film industry working in areas such as distribution, sales, marketing, exhibition, and festival programming. This program takes place within the framework of the UNAM International Film Festival (FICUNAM), which is held annually in Mexico City.
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Industry Academy México
IDFA Project Space – Rough Cut is an international lab designed for filmmakers with feature-length documentary projects in advanced edit (rough cut) stage. The program runs from June to September 2026, starting with online modules, followed by a one-week in-person session in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and concluding with further online follow-up sessions. Aimed at strengthening films in a critical editing phase, the lab offers tailored mentoring, creative feedback, and professional development to refine the cut and support strategies toward completion and festival presentation.
The call is open to applicants worldwide and focuses exclusively on creative documentary feature films in rough cut. Shorts and series are not accepted. The application deadline is February 1, 2026, the final date to submit projects to this IDFA Project Space – Rough Cut line.
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Project Space – Development & Production - IDFA
Hatching Ravens is the main international call of the BIF Market, the industry platform of the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival, dedicated to supporting genre film projects in development and post-production.
For the 2026 edition, the call opens on December 1, 2025, and closes on February 2, 2026. The market will take place onsite in Brussels from April 13 to April 17, 2026, with additional online activities.
The call is open to international submissions and targets feature-length fiction projects within genre cinema, including horror, fantasy, science fiction, thriller, dark comedy and genre animation. Projects may be at mid or advanced development stages or early post-production.
Hatching Ravens operates as a Work in Progress and market platform, offering pitch sessions, one-to-one meetings and networking opportunities with producers, funds, sales agents and festivals, positioning itself as a key gateway for international genre projects.
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Hatching Ravens - BIF Market
The Belgian Fantastic Pitchbox is a call organized by the BIF Market in Belgium, focused on the development of fiction feature-length genre film projects. The call is national only, open exclusively to creators based in Belgium, and does not accept international submissions.
Eligible projects must belong to the genre cinema field, including fantasy, horror, thriller, science fiction, surrealism, black comedy, and crime, and must be in the development stage. The initiative is structured as a pitch program, complemented by training sessions and professional mentoring prior to the final presentation.
The application period opens on December 22, 2025, and closes on February 2, 2026, which is the final deadline to apply. Pitch training sessions take place on March 2 and March 6, 2026, while the final pitch event is held on April 17, 2026, as part of BIF Market 2026, which runs from April 13 to April 17, 2026.
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Belgian Fantastic Pitchbox - BIF Market
