VIÑA ANIMA is an initiative by FICVIÑA’s Industry section aimed at boosting the international visibility of animated short films and series pilots created by final-year students or recent graduates from Chilean animation programs. It takes place as part of the Viña del Mar International Film Festival 2025.
The call is open from July 22 to August 22, 2025. Eligible projects must have been completed between July 30, 2024, and June 30, 2025. Shorts must be under 30 minutes; pilots or teasers must not exceed 5 minutes. Projects must include Spanish dialogue or subtitles and must not have prior international exposure or commercial releases.
Applicants must submit a single PDF with project details and an online viewing link. Up to 8 projects will be selected to participate in an international animation workshop. Four will receive distribution support or awards.
Selected participants must attend all program activities and authorize the promotional use of up to one minute of their film. The call promotes a safe, discrimination-free, and gender-violence-free environment.
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FICVIÑA - Anima
It consists of an innovative workshop in Latin America, inspired by @jacksonwildorg's Jackson Wild Media Lab Festival, in which 12 scholarship recipients will learn from audiovisual industry leaders about science communication, audiovisual project realization and impact, and will be challenged to make a short film that will be presented within the festival.
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Santiago Wild - Lab
VIÑA DISTRIBUTION is an initiative by INDUSTRIA FICVIÑA aimed at promoting the international distribution of short films made by final-year students from Chilean film and audiovisual schools. The program will select up to 10 finalist short films to take part in an international distribution clinic during FICVIÑA 2025. At the end of the event, 4 projects may receive specific distribution support.
Eligible short films must be academic productions, completed between July 30, 2024, and June 30, 2025, with a maximum duration of 30 minutes. They must be in Spanish or have Spanish subtitles and must not have a consolidated international distribution or commercial release.
Applicants must fill out an online form and submit a single PDF including the film’s technical sheet, viewing link, proof of student status or graduation, synopsis, director’s bio and filmography, and a motivation letter. The call is open from July 22 to August 22, 2025.
Selected filmmakers must attend all scheduled activities and commit to a safe, respectful, and discrimination-free environment.
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FICVIÑA - Distribution
With the purpose of promoting documentary film work, DocsValencia Espai de No Ficció publishes this call to support the development of projects through DocsLab-À Punt, the festival's laboratory focused on the Valencian industry.
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DocsLab - DocsValencia
The 2026 Screenplay Revision Lab by Cine Qua Non Lab is a film development workshop focused on rewriting and strengthening fiction feature film screenplays. The call is open to filmmakers from all countries, making it an international program.
The application deadline is June 12, 2026, at 8:00 p.m. (Mexico City time). Selected participants will take part in an in-person residency held in Tzintzuntzan, Michoacán, Mexico, from November 11 to November 25, 2026, in an immersive collaborative environment.
In addition, the program includes an online follow-up module scheduled for February 2027, designed to support the continued development of the selected projects.
The lab is exclusively aimed at fiction feature films in development or rewriting stages, operating as a creative laboratory focused on deepening narrative structure, character development, and the cinematic potential of the screenplay.
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Script Review Workshop (Spanish) - Cine Qua Non Lab
