Short Script Lab 2026 (Online)

Dates

It runs Nov 30 to Dec 12, 2026 in Doha.

Deadlines are as the organizer states them. Check the time zone on the official page.

At a glance

Cost

From QAR 1,000Listed as the lab fee; the page does not say whether it is due on applying or only once selected

Formats

Short

Held in

English

Where

Online, from Doha, Qatar

Who can attend

Writers and writer-directors with an original short screenplay in progress. The page rates the level as intermediate to advanced and sets no nationality or residency rule for the lab itself.

What to send

Also asked for

Apply through the form linked from the page; the materials it asks for are not listed in the page text.

Need your pages in standard screenplay format first? The free screenplay formatter lays them out and saves a PDF.

What it gives besides money

Online group work and private meetings with three named mentors (script editors Antoine Waked and Ayman El Amir, project coach Céline Roustan), an introduction to packaging a short (mood board, synopsis, intent note), a last one-to-one review of a further draft a month after the lab, and possible referral to Qumra Shorts, the Qatari Film Fund or DFI production funding, each with its own rules.