Travel Grant Fund Key List: Labs and Co-production Forums
This is a list of international development labs and co-production forums that are eligible for Travel Grant Funding for UK participation. The list is in alphabetical order by the event name.
Development Labs
ACE Producers Lab
Annual - October/ November/April,
Europe (NL)
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ACE Animation Lab
March
Europe (NL/Ireland)
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CMPA’s International Co-Production Accelerator Program,
Feature Film stream only
January
Americas (Canada)
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CPH:LAB
March
Europe (Denmark)
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EAVE Producers Workshop
Not eligible: Eave+, Eave Marketing, Eave Boosters
Annual March/June/October
Europe (Various)
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ESoDoc
June
Europe
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EuroDoc - International Lab for Creative Documentary Productio
March/June
Europe
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European Genre Forum
June/September/ November
Europe (Zagreb/ Amsterdam/Tallinn)
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HerArts Lab herartslab.com
April
Europe (Italy)
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IDFA Academy
November
Europe (NL)
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IDFA Project Space
June-September
Europe (NL)
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Ji-hlava Emerging Producers
February/October
Europe (Czech Republic)
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Less is More - Le Groupe Ouest
March-October
Europe (France)
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Open Doc Lab - MIT
Various
Americas (USA)
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REAL Academy – Reality Exploration Academy of Locarno (formerly Documentary Summer School)
August
Europe (Switzerland)
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RespectAbility - Disability Belongs™ Lab
May-December
Americas (USA)
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IFFR (International Film Festival Rotterdam) Pro Lab
Producers and Creators lab are both eligible. Application via official British Council call-out only.
January
Europe (NL)
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Stowe Narrative Lab
Eligible programme: US Narrative Lab only. Not eligible: Writers’ Retreat, Producers Lab, Features Campus, Writers room or other Stowe development programmes
June, September
Americas (USA)
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Sundance Directors Lab and Development Track
Various
Americas (USA)
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TIFF Filmmaker Directors Lab
https://www.tiff.net/themarket/programming/labs-learning
Eligible programme: Directors Lab only. Not eligible: Writers Lab, Series Creator Lab, Producers Lab or Story Innovators Lab
September
Americas (Canada)
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Torino Labs
Eligible programme: Long Term FeatureLab and ScriptLab. Not eligible: TFL Next workshops, Comedy, Series or Red Sea Labs, not short-term labs.
Various
Europe (Italy)
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UnionDocs Summer Lab
June/August
Americas (USA)
-
Venice Biennale College Cinema
July/October
Europe (Italy)
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Venice Biennale College Cinema Immersive Labs
January/March
Europe (Italy)
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Zurich Academy (formerly ZFF Master Class)
October
Europe (Switzerland)
Co-Production Forums
Annecy International Animation Film Market (MIFA Pitches)
June
Europe (France)
Baltic Event, Tallinn, Co-Production Market
November
Europe (Estonia)
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Berlinale Co-Production Market
Project must be official selection at the co-production market. Can't support general EFM attendance
efm-berlinale.de/en/copro-market/ coproduction-market
February
Europe (Germany)
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CineLink (Sarajevo Film Festival)
August
Europe (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
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CineMart, Rotterdam
Project must be in official selection in CineMart, Darkroom or Lightroom. Can't support general market attendance.
January
Europe (Netherlands)
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CPH:DOX Forum
Projects must be in official selection in Forum. Can't support DOX:Academy or INTRO:DOX
March
Europe (Denmark)
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Crossroads, Thessaloniki Co Pro Forum
February
Europe (Greece)
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Dok Leipzig Co-Production Market
October
Europe (Germany)
Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum San Sebastian
September
Europe (Spain)
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FID Lab
June
Europe (France)
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Frontières International Co-Production Market
May/July
Europe/N America (France/Canada)
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Galway Film Fleadh Marketplace
July
Europe (Ireland)
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Hot Docs Forum
hotdocs.ca/industry/conference/hot-docs-forum
April
Americas (Canada)
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IDFA Forum and IDFA DocLab Forum
November
Europe (Netherlands)
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Les Arcs Co-production Village
December
Europe (France)
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MIA Market at Rome Film Festival
October
Europe (Italy)
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New Nordics Film Market Haugesund
August
Europe (Norway)
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NFDC Film Bazaar Co-production Market (GOA)
November
Asia (India)
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Sunny Side of the Doc - Global Pitch
June
Europe (France)
This list may be subject to change
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