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NewsReykjavik film festival sets up Script Lab for Arctic storytelling traditions
EXCLUSIVE: Lab will welcome up to eight Nordic screenwriters.
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NewsJapanese stop-motion animation ‘The Bear Hunter’ set as first feature from Taiyo Kikaku
EXCLUSIVE: The stop-motion animation will mark the feature directorial debut of Takeshi Yashiro.
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NewsFull Circle Lab Nouvelle-Aquitaine Hessen reveals 2026 selection
EXCLUSIVE: Films include Franz Bohm and Suli Kurban’s ‘Keep Her Quiet’.
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FeaturesLA-based Northern Lights hit Cannes to talk up Nordic IP slate
EXCLUSIVE: “The Scandinavian system has created giants and we’re standing on the shoulders of those giants.”
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FeaturesTheatre impresario John Gore on his £100m bet on the UK film industry
In the space of 15 months, John Gore Studios has financed six films and acquired a slew of UK companies.
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NewsTorinoFilmLab unveils FeatureLab 2026 projects, including Catarina Vasconcelos’s ‘Unfinished Painting’
EXCLUSIVE: FeatureLab includes seven debut features and three second films.
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NewsFranco-German fund to support films by female directors from Ukraine, India and Lebanon
The fund has previously supported Andrei Zvyagintsev’s Cannes Competition title ’Minotaur’,
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NewsFinland’s Kehittämö programme at risk of closure; selects five features for 2026
Programme received €150,000 in gift funds from Finnish parliament to keep it afloat this year.
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NewsTIFF: The Market unveils programming: labs, financier meetings, IP exchange
Inaugural event runs September 10-16 in Toronto.
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NewsTorinoFilmLab unveils projects selected for 2026 ScriptLab, ComedyLab and Green Film Lab
EXCLUSIVE: TFL also unveils participants of 2026 Green Film Lab programme
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NewsUK Global Screen Fund strategic plans for expanded 2026-29 funding unveiled
Plans include support for majority co-production, development, and UK sales agents’ MGs.
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NewsHarry Lighton, Saulė Bliuvaitė among six filmmakers selected for Cannes’ La Residence programme
Development programme of Cannes Film Festival unveils participants for 51st edition.
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NewsBFI-backed The First Feature – Producer Lab selects 12 UK producers, 10 projects
EXCLUSIVE: Lab is developed with UK production company The Fold.
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NewsFlorian Hoffmeister, Gözde Kural projects among 2026 Sofia Meetings selection
Projects in development and works in progress will be showcased at the Bulgarian event.
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News10 projects with international potential at Cartoon Movie 2026
Screen picks out 10 titles at animation co-production and pitching forum, spanning a mix of territories, genres and target audiences
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Features“Cartoon Movie is a short, intense format designed for concrete results,” says Annick Maes of the animation showcase
The prestigious animation event takes place from March 3-5.
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News12 genre projects selected for Great Migrations lab for East and Southeast Asian filmmakers
EXCLUSIVE: The lab is backed by the BFI Creative Challenge Fund.
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NewsBFI-backed Gatecrashers lab for working-class genre writers unveils cohort
EXCLUSIVE: ’What It Feels Like For A Girl’ star Hannah Frances Therese Jones, ’High Wire’ director Calif Chong both taking part.
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NewsLess Is More evolves to become LIM², makes 2026 programme selection
EXCLUSIVE: 19 participants selected for main programme, 59 for online workshop.
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NewsBêtes Sauvages, Lunar Pictures producers among Matchmakers Global South lab cohort
EXCLUSIVE: Lab includes 10 features from UK producers looking for international partners in Global South.