Film labs, markets, forums and workshops

Open calls for film labs, markets, forums and workshops: deadlines, fees and official links, checked against official sources.

Open for submissions (50)

CIFF – Short Series Script Development Workshop (SARD)Cairo, EgyptWorkshop · Closes: 14 October 2026Open for submissionslim² | less is more 2027 (Le Groupe Ouest)Brittany, FranceLab · Closes: 14 October 2026Open for submissionsLes Arcs Film Festival – Work in Progress 2026Les Arcs, FranceMarket · Closes: 14 October 2026Open for submissionsVilla Salammbô Residency – Institut français de Tunisie (Season 7)Sousse, TunisiaLab · Closes: 18 October 2026Open for submissionsMIDPOINT Feature Launch 2027Prague, Czech RepublicLab · Closes: 19 October 2026Open for submissionsMIDPOINT Focus Queer 2027Prague, Czech RepublicLab · Closes: 19 October 2026Open for submissionsEuro Connection 2027 (Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Market)Clermont-Ferrand, FranceForum · Closes: 20 October 2026Open for submissionsdok.connect 2026 (dok.incubator)Kutná Hora, Czech RepublicForum · Closes: 20 October 2026Open for submissionsAlgiers International Film Festival – CineMarket 2026 Post-Production SupportAlgiers, AlgeriaMarket · Closes: 20 October 2026Open for submissionsArctic Discovery 2027 – Tromsø IFF project marketTromsø, NorwayMarket · Closes: 20 October 2026Open for submissionsMAFIZ Málaga – MAFF 2027 (Málaga Festival Fund & Co-Production Event)Málaga, SpainForum · Closes: 22 October 2026Open for submissionsFranco-Lebanese Co-Production Meetings – Beirut 2026 (Institut français du Liban × Fondation Liban Cinéma)Beirut, LebanonForum · Closes: 23 October 2026Open for submissionsDoha Film Institute – Short Script Lab 2026 (Online)Online (Doha Film Institute), QatarLab · Closes: 24 October 2026Open for submissionsDOCanarias Market 2027 – documentary projects from the Global SouthPuerto de la Cruz, SpainMarket · Closes: 26 October 2026Open for submissionsIFFR Rotterdam Lab 2027 – Open Call (Africa & MENA focus)Rotterdam, NetherlandsWorkshop · Closes: 26 October 2026Open for submissionsFirst Cut Lab Paris 2026 (TATINO)Paris, FranceLab · Closes: 28 October 2026Open for submissionsEAVE SLATE 2027 (at WEMW)Trieste, ItalyWorkshop · Closes: 30 October 2026Open for submissionsWhen East Meets West 2027 – Inspirational LabsTrieste, ItalyWorkshop · Closes: 30 October 2026Open for submissionsWhen East Meets West 2027 – Works in Progress (Last Stop Trieste / This Is IT)Trieste, ItalyMarket · Closes: 30 October 2026Open for submissionsArab Film Festival Zurich – 2nd Animation Lab 2027Zurich, SwitzerlandLab · Closes: 30 October 2026Open for submissionsHAF25 – Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum: In-Development Projects (IDP)Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, ChinaForum · Closes: 30 October 2026Open for submissionsdok.incubator BUZZ & IMPACT Academy (7th edition)Czech Republic (sessions), Czech RepublicWorkshop · Closes: 30 October 2026Open for submissionsBig Sky Pitch 2027 (DocShop, Big Sky Documentary Film Festival)Missoula, United StatesForum · Closes: 1 November 2026Open for submissionsCPH:FORUM 2027 (incl. CPH:ROUGHCUT)Copenhagen, DenmarkForum · Closes: 3 November 2026Open for submissionsTorinoFilmLab – ScriptLab 2027 (+ ScriptLab Story Editing)Turin (residential modules in Malta & Tartu), ItalyLab · Closes: 3 November 2026Open for submissionsRealness Creative Producer Indaba 2026–2027Johannesburg, South AfricaLab · Closes: 3 November 2026Open for submissionsCPH:FORUM & CPH:ROUGHCUT 2027Copenhagen, DenmarkMarket · Closes: 3 November 2026Open for submissionsTorinoFilmLab – FeatureLab 2027Turin (1st workshop in Portugal), ItalyLab · Closes: 5 November 2026Open for submissionsAIDC 2027 The FACTory International Pitching ForumSydney, AustraliaForum · Closes: 8 November 2026Open for submissionsCartoon Movie 2027 – Project Submission (Bordeaux)Bordeaux, FranceForum · Closes: 12 November 2026Open for submissionsGeneración J 2027 – JIIFF programme for emerging Latin American screenwriters/directors (≤32)José Ignacio, UruguayLab · Closes: 13 November 2026Open for submissionsEFM Frontières Focus 2027 (Berlin)Berlin, GermanyMarket · Closes: 15 November 2026Open for submissionsOuidah Écriture 2027 – Writing Residency (Benin)Ouidah, BeninLab · Closes: 18 November 2026Open for submissionsEURODOC 2027 – International training for documentary producers (28th cohort)Reykjavik / Vilnius / Budapest, Iceland / Lithuania / HungaryWorkshop · Closes: 23 November 2026Open for submissionsThessaloniki Pitching Forum (TiDF29 Agora)Thessaloniki, GreeceForum · Closes: 25 November 2026Open for submissionsAGORA Docs in Progress 2027 (TiDF29, Thessaloniki)Thessaloniki, GreeceMarket · Closes: 25 November 2026Open for submissionsAGORA XR Lab 2027 (TiDF29, Thessaloniki)Thessaloniki, GreeceLab · Closes: 25 November 2026Open for submissionsJIIFF Lab 2027 – José Ignacio IFF industry lab (Ibero-American fiction features)José Ignacio, UruguayLab · Closes: 27 November 2026Open for submissionsTorinoFilmLab – ComedyLab 2027Turin (workshops in Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg), ItalyLab · Closes: 30 November 2026Open for submissionsSeries Mania Forum 2027 – Co-Pro Pitching Sessions (call for series projects)Lille, FranceForum · Closes: 30 November 2026Open for submissionsStowe Story Labs – Narrative Labs 2027Stowe, Vermont, United StatesLab · Closes: 2 December 2026Open for submissionsHot Docs Forum 2027Toronto, CanadaForum · Closes: 10 December 2026Open for submissionsHot Docs Deal Maker 2027Toronto, CanadaMarket · Closes: 10 December 2026Open for submissionsVisions du Réel – VdR–Industry 2027 call (Pitching / Work in Progress / Rough Cut Lab)Nyon, SwitzerlandForum · Closes: 15 December 2026Open for submissionsTorinoFilmLab – SeriesLab 2027 (+ SeriesLab Story Editing)Turin (workshops in Georgia & Madrid), ItalyLab · Closes: 16 December 2026Open for submissionsHAF25 – Work-in-Progress (WIP) 2027Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, ChinaMarket · Closes: 16 December 2026Open for submissionsParisDOC Works-in-Progress 2027 (Cinéma du réel)Paris, FranceMarket · Closes: 21 December 2026Open for submissionsDoha Film Institute – Cinematography Certified Training Programme 2027Doha, QatarWorkshop · Closes: 15 January 2027Open for submissionsDocsBarcelona Pro 2027 – Public Pitch, Rough Cut Pitch, New Tech Pitch, CampusBarcelona, SpainForum · Closes: 20 January 2027Open for submissionsFestival du cinéma de Brive – Atelier Pitch Moyen Métrage 2027Brive-la-Gaillarde, FranceWorkshop · Closes: 1 February 2027Open for submissions

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