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Prazo de entrega 31 Maio 2026
Prémio 2,250€
The ALGA Ibero-American Residency 2026 is an in-person training opportunity for filmmakers and audiovisual professionals with feature film and series projects in development. Applications are open until January 31, 2026 and the program is open to international applicants from Ibero-America, Spain, and Portugal, with no genre or theme restrictions. It accepts fiction, documentary, animation, and experimental projects in development. The residency takes place in Valdivia, Chile, in four-week sessions divided into Group 1 (April 27 – May 22, 2026), Group 2 (June 1 – 26, 2026), and Group 3 (July 6 – 31, 2026). Participants receive creative and industry support, training activities, and dedicated time to develop their projects. This program aims to strengthen and support emerging audiovisual works during early stages of creation.
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Residencia Alga
For the Cartagena de Indias International Film Festival – FICCI, the new talents of the film industry are a central focus of interest.
From this perspective, FICCI 64, with the support of Ibermedia, opens the call for La Residencia FICCI as a program of screenwriting aimed at directors and/or screenwriters from Ibero-America and Italy who have verified experience in short films and are developing their first or second feature-length fiction film.
The objective of La Residencia FICCI is to support participants in the initial phase of writing their feature-length screenplays in order to consolidate their artistic and conceptual proposals. In order to nourish the development stage of the projects, participants will also receive complementary inputs during LA RESIDENCIA FICCI on topics such as audience analysis, financing, marketing possibilities, distribution and circulation of the films, as well as other related topics.
FICCI invites the participation of emerging talents who are immersed in the deep exploration of cinema as an art, whose interest consists in reaching art to its contours, imagining new (or antique) ways and routes of relating to the world. Therefore, FICCI is interested in the multiplicity of ways of understanding and imagining filmmaking.
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The Residency - FICCI
The Stockfish Writers Lab – The Whale is a screenwriting lab focused on narrative fiction projects for film and television. It is open to writers of any nationality who wish to develop feature films or series, providing professional mentorship, writing workshops, and pitch sessions in front of producers and commissioning editors.
Applications open on November 11, 2025, with an earlybird deadline on December 8, 2025, and a regular deadline on February 1, 2026. The lab will take place from March 22 to 25, 2026 in Reykjavík, Iceland, as part of the Stockfish Film Festival.
The program is designed for projects aiming to develop feature-length screenplays or TV pilots/series. Documentary projects or other non-narrative formats are not accepted. Selected participants will refine their stories with guidance from international mentors and gain valuable networking opportunities with industry professionals.
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STOCKFISH - WRITERS LAB
Málaga Talent 2026 is an international program for training and developing audiovisual talent, part of the industry area of the Málaga Festival. It is aimed at young filmmakers from Europe and Latin America with projects in development. The program offers mentorship, specialized workshops, and networking activities to strengthen professional skills and help consolidate creative projects.
The call accepts projects of all formats and genres, including short films, feature films, series, fiction, documentary, animation, and experimental works. Completed works are not required; creativity and development potential are prioritized.
Twenty participants will be selected, who must be under 28 years old, with intermediate to advanced Spanish or English skills, and prior experience in areas such as directing, screenwriting, production, editing, cinematography, or sound. Projects must also have institutional or industry backing from the participant’s home country.
The on-site program will take place from March 4 to March 14, 2026, in Málaga, Spain. Although applications are not yet open, the deadline is expected to be February 1, 2026, so applicants should prepare their projects and documentation in advance. Málaga Talent offers a unique opportunity to advance innovative audiovisual projects and connect with industry professionals.
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Málaga - TALENT
IDFA Project Space 2026 is a development lab for documentary projects organized by the International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam in the Netherlands. The call is open to participants from any country and accepts creative feature-length documentaries. It includes both development/early production projects and rough-cut projects, but does not accept short films under 60 minutes or documentary series.
Applications are currently open and close on February 1, 2026. The program consists of both online and in-person sessions: the first online week runs June 1–5, 2026, followed by an in-person week in Amsterdam June 29–July 4, 2026, and a second online week September 1–4, 2026.
This platform is aimed at fostering artistic and professional growth for documentary filmmakers at various stages of their feature-length projects, offering mentorship, feedback, and international networking opportunities.
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Project Space - IDFA
