The Speed Meetings at DocsBarcelona are professional networking sessions designed to connect documentary filmmakers with funders, co-producers, and other industry experts. Each meeting lasts approximately 15 minutes, allowing for concise project presentations and strategic connections. The call is open to projects from any country, provided they are documentaries or non-fiction series in development, pre-production, production, or with financing gaps. Short films and completed projects are not accepted.
Applications for the 2025 edition open on December 10, 2024, and close on January 27, 2025, at 23:59 CEST. The meetings will take place in Barcelona from May 12 to 16, 2025, during the intensive sessions of the DocsBarcelona Industry Forum. This initiative aims to provide funding, co-production, and mentorship opportunities, helping participants maximize collaboration and professional growth within the documentary industry.
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Speed Meetings - DOCS
El Co‑Production Pitch de la Seriencamp Conference 2026 está dirigido a compañías productoras que busquen socios y financiación internacional para sus series de ficción. Los proyectos deben estar parcialmente financiados y contar con un mínimo de cuatro episodios planeados, excluyendo animación, documentales y series infantiles. La convocatoria acepta postulaciones internacionales y ofrece la oportunidad de presentar el proyecto ante ejecutivos, productores, cadenas y plataformas de streaming.
Las postulaciones estarán abiertas hasta el 28 de enero de 2026, y los pitches en vivo se realizarán los días 9 y 10 de junio de 2026 en Colonia, Alemania. Los proyectos seleccionados participan en una sesión de pitch en vivo y pueden ser incluidos en la Digital Story Exchange, una plataforma profesional de networking que permite a los creadores conectar con la industria antes del evento. Esta convocatoria es una oportunidad estratégica para proyectos en desarrollo que buscan coproducción y exposición internacional.
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Co‑Production Pitch - Seriencamp
Dot.on.the.Map Meeting Point is an industry call that takes place within Dot.on.the.Map Industry Days, as part of the Cyprus Film Days International Festival in Cyprus. It is aimed at feature-length fiction film projects in development and financing stages, with a strong focus on international co-production and professional networking.
The call is open to international projects, mainly from Mediterranean countries across Europe, Africa, and Asia. Eligible projects must have both a director and a producer attached and a maximum budget of two million euros. Only fiction projects are accepted, and completed films are not eligible.
The Meeting Point operates as a co-production and pitching forum, offering project presentations, one-to-one meetings, training activities, and networking opportunities with key film industry professionals. Between six and ten projects are selected to participate on-site.
The submission period runs from December 17, 2025, to January 27, 2026. The Meeting Point will take place in person from April 23 to April 25, 2026.
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Dot.on.the.Map Meeting Point – Call for Projects
Script Lab is a category within the documentary project development laboratory at DOC.LAB Coimbra 2026, held in Coimbra, Portugal. This call focuses on feature documentary projects in development that need to work on story argument and core texts, without participating in a pitch session. Applications are open until January 23, 2026 and the lab will take place in person from March 16 to 20, 2026. The call is international, welcoming projects from any country, and submissions may be in English or Portuguese as appropriate. Script Lab emphasizes scriptwriting and treatment development, with dedicated tutors and individual sessions to advance project texts. Selected participants also have opportunities to schedule meetings with industry professionals attending the festival. This format supports filmmakers in deepening narrative development and strengthening their documentary proposals at an early stage.
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SCRIPT LAB – DOC.LAB Coimbra
La convocatoria para el Producers Showcase del European Film Market (EFM) 2026 está dirigida a productores/as españoles/as con experiencia en coproducción y distribución internacional, especialmente en Europa. Pueden inscribirse empresas que hayan producido al menos tres largometrajes de cualquier género y formato (ficción, documental o animación). El plazo de postulación finaliza el 23 de enero de 2026 y la selección se anunciará a finales de enero. Los participantes tendrán la oportunidad de participar en el Showcase y en actividades de networking dentro del EFM durante la Berlinale 2026, aunque la acreditación al mercado debe gestionarse por separado.
Se seleccionarán cinco productores/as, quienes podrán optar a un apoyo para viaje y alojamiento de hasta 1.500 € por persona. El pitch y las reuniones se realizarán en inglés, por lo que es obligatorio un buen dominio del idioma. El registro no tiene costo y los proyectos seleccionados aparecerán en los canales oficiales del ICAA e ICEX. La convocatoria es exclusivamente nacional, abierta únicamente a productoras españolas, y acepta únicamente proyectos de largometraje en desarrollo avanzado de cualquier género.
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Producers Showcase - EUROPEAN FILM MARKET
