WE BELIEVE IN CINEMA WITH DUENDE.
When cinema meets flamenco, a festival is born with truth, roots, and emotion.
Deadline 31 May 2026
Prize 2,250€
Do you have a short film idea? Would you like to develop it in a unique writing experience alongside emerging Spanish-speaking writers, with professional guidance?
The Short Script Workshop in Berlin is opening its sixth call for applications, and we are excited to invite you to participate in this new edition.
Led by María Meira, an award-winning screenwriter with over twenty years of experience in international cinema, our program offers an inspiring audiovisual writing experience in Spanish, aimed at gathering and enhancing the richness of contemporary Spanish-speaking perspectives and voices in Berlin.
In collaboration with the Instituto Cervantes in Berlin, the Workshop provides a platform for creation and reflection, where participants will work intensively and personally on the development of script projects over six months. Additionally, the program includes a cultural exchange experience in the city of Berlin.
A maximum of 9 selected projects will be developed from their early stages to extract their full potential, with the goal of producing a high-quality script that could become a short film lasting between 10 and 20 minutes.
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Short Script Factory in Berlin
We open our call for filmmakers and producers Latin Americans and/or based in Latin America who currently
have a short film or feature film project in development documentary, fiction, experimental or animation in the native language of the Peru or Latin America.
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Originario Lab
Work in Progress – Huesca International Film Festival is a professional initiative designed to support Ibero-American short film projects in the final stages of post-production. The program aims to provide visibility, feedback, and networking opportunities for filmmakers whose works have not yet been publicly premiered.
Selected projects participate in presentations before industry experts and may receive awards such as the FESTHOME Award, which offers distribution support and fee waivers for festival submissions, and the CHEMISTRY Award, providing specialized post-production services.
Eligible submissions include fiction, documentary, or animation short films between 5 and 20 minutes in length. The call for the 2026 edition closes on March 19, 2026, with selected projects announced during the festival in June 2026. Attendance at the event is required for project presentations.
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PITCHING - Festival Internacional De Cine De Huesca
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
FILMA BIOBIO will take place as part of BIOBIO CONECTA (The Industry and Market of the Festival) within the 2025 version of the Lebu International Film Festival (CINELEBU), which will be held from April 22 to 27, and BIOBIO CONECTA from April 27 to 30. The filming dates for this call will be from April 22 to 26 of this year.
FILMA BIOBIO is co-organized with Bio Ingeniería Audiovisual Ltda., in collaboration with the following universities: Universidad del Desarrollo, Universidad San Sebastián, Universidad de las Américas, Santo Tomás, AIEP, CEDUC LEBU, Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, Uniacc, Universidad del Bío Bío, and Duoc-Concepción.
The goal of FILMA BIOBIO is to enhance, promote, challenge, and encourage directors, producers, actors, and technicians worldwide to shoot and film in locations within the Bío Bío Region. This is a fundamental requirement, regardless of whether filming takes place in other cities or whether there is a pre-arranged setup.
Professionals must shoot and edit between April 22 and 26.
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