The SMOF Lab 2025 call is open from March 4 to April 4, 2025. Organized by Stop Motion Our Fest (SMOF), the lab will take place from June 26 to 29 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is aimed at Latin American stop motion short film and series projects in development. The goal is to support emerging animation productions through training, mentoring, and industry networking. Selected projects will participate in pitching sessions, expert consultations, and intensive workshops. Participation is free but requires prior registration.
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Laboratory SMOF
Pitching is the competition section of ANIMARKT. It gives you the opportunity to present your project to a group of experts from the global animation industry, gain partners and win prizes that will bring the creators closer to making the film.
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ANIMARKT - Pitching
FIDLab 2026 is an international call organized by FIDMarseille, focused on fiction and documentary film projects with a strong artistic vision and international co-production potential. It targets filmmakers and producers seeking professional support, funding opportunities, and strategic industry connections.
The call is open to projects at various stages, including writing, development, production, and post-production, as long as they are cinematic works in progress. There are no thematic or narrative genre restrictions, but priority is given to singular, sensitive projects with a clear authorial perspective.
FIDLab operates as a co-production platform and laboratory, providing selected projects with access to meetings and exchanges with producers, funding bodies, distributors, sales agents, and other key international audiovisual professionals.
The call is open to international submissions. The application deadline is March 2, 2026. FIDLab will take place on July 9 and 10, 2026, as part of FIDMarseille, which will be held from July 7 to 12, 2026, in France.
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FIDLab - Marseille
FantasoLab opened the call for the VII Ibero-American Fantastic Film Screenwriting Workshop on August 27, 2026, with a deadline of September 30, 2026, at 8:00 p.m., Colombia time (GMT-5). The selected projects will be announced on December 1, 2026. The workshop will be held virtually from January 14 to 23, 2027.
The call, organized from Colombia, accepts applications from screenwriters from any country, although priority is given to those with nationality or permanent residence in Ibero-America. It is exclusively aimed at fiction feature film projects in the writing stage belonging to the science fiction, fantasy, or horror genres, or incorporating narrative components from these genres.
The program operates as a screenwriting development workshop and laboratory. Up to 15 projects will be selected, and one or two screenwriters may participate per project. The work focuses on the treatment through personalized consultations, theoretical talks, and group sessions.
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FantasoLab - Screenwriting Workshop
FILMA BIOBÍO 2026 is an intensive filmmaking call held within BIOBÍO CONECTA, the industry and market section of the Lebu International Film Festival. The program invites national and international creative teams to develop and produce an original short film during the festival, using locations in the Biobío Region as a central narrative and visual element.
Selected projects must complete shooting and final editing between May 22 and May 28, 2026, including mandatory scenes filmed in both Lebu and Concepción. The call is open to fiction and documentary short films with a final duration between 5 and 10 minutes.
Each team may include up to three members. The organization provides festival accreditation, shared accommodation, and meals for selected participants. Final works must be screened before the jury on May 29 as part of the festival program.
FILMA BIOBÍO aims to encourage audiovisual creation under extreme production conditions, promote decentralized filmmaking, and highlight the cinematic potential of the region.
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BIOBIO CONNECT - FILMA
