The Research & Development Grant from Chicken & Egg Films is aimed at filmmakers who identify as women or gender-expansive, including cis women, trans, non-binary, two-spirit, and agender individuals. The program supports feature-length documentary projects in early research or development stages, providing funding and guidance to strengthen narrative and creative planning.
Applications are open from December 3, 2025, to February 4, 2026, with an early-bird deadline on January 7, 2026. Results will be announced in mid-July 2026, and project development will run from July 2026 to May 2027.
The grant is open internationally, accepting filmmakers from around the world, except those in countries under U.S. sanctions. Only feature-length documentaries in research or development are eligible; short films, series, and projects in advanced production are not accepted. This program offers a valuable opportunity to nurture projects from their conception with an inclusive and global approach.
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Research & Development Grant - Chicken & Egg Films
ECAM FORUM was created to promote audiovisual production, foster emerging Spanish talent, and internationalize audiovisual projects and companies.
It is a co-production forum aiming to become an essential platform for the advancement of the Spanish audiovisual sector, bridging the national and international audiovisual industries, and connecting top talent with a significant delegation of international audiovisual industry representatives.
A carefully selected range of audiovisual projects in various categories (feature films in development, feature films in postproduction, short films, and series) share workspace with decision-makers from the international audiovisual world through presentations, screenings, meeting agendas, one-to-one sessions, scheduled encounters, seminars, conferences, and industry rendezvous.
In its first edition, ECAM FORUM attracted programmers from festivals such as Berlinale, Cannes Quinzaine, Locarno, Rotterdam, Toronto, San Sebastián, Sundance, Marrakesh, Zurich, the New York Film Festival, and Series Mania, sales agents like Coproduction Office, Goodfellas, Mk2, Films Boutique, or Alpha Violet, markets such as Les Arcs, MIA Market, MAFIZ, BAM Bogotá, or Cinemart, and leading independent production companies from France, Italy, Sweden, Belgium, the USA, Portugal, Austria, Germany, Greece, Argentina, Uruguay, among others.
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ECAM Forum
MERCADOC.0 is an initiative by the Festival de Málaga and Culturia that will take place from March 18 to 21, 2025, as part of MAFIZ, the industry section of the festival. The event aims to foster innovation in Ibero-American documentaries by focusing on artistic, financial, and new business models development.
MERCADOC.0 offers training and personalized advice to directors and producers, while facilitating opportunities for international co-productions, distribution, and global business exploration. The event will select up to 12 projects (6 from Latin America and 6 from Spain and Portugal) in various documentary genres such as author documentaries, social media documentaries, docu-reality, and investigative documentaries.
The initiative also provides a platform to connect with industry professionals and increase the visibility of Ibero-American documentaries on a global scale.
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MERCADOC.0
Industry Academy Costa Rica is an intensive training program created by the Locarno Film Festival in 2014, designed for young professionals in the film industry working in areas such as distribution, sales, marketing, exhibition, and festival programming.
The second edition of Industry Academy Costa Rica will take place in the last week of June 2025 at the Museum of Art and Contemporary Design (MAUCC), in collaboration with the Costa Rica Film Commission, Pacifica Grey, and Procomer.
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Industry Academy Costa Rica
The Industry Academy Colombia is an intensive training program created by the Locarno Film Festival in 2014, aimed at young professionals in the film industry working in areas such as distribution, sales, marketing, exhibition, and festival programming.
The second edition of the Industry Academy Colombia took place from July 14 to 18, 2024, in collaboration with the Bogotá Audiovisual Market (BAM).
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Industry Academy Colombia
