Fellowship or lab Madrid, Spain

15º Laboratorio de Escritura de Guion de Cine 2027

Run by Fundación SGAE

The foundation of Spain's authors' society picks up to six feature projects for a free writing lab in the first half of 2027, mixing sessions in Madrid with online work. Each selected author receives EUR 5,000 and a mentor. Only SGAE members living in Spain qualify, writing in Spanish or another official language of Spain.

Final deadline Oct 20, 2026 (closes today)

Dates

DeadlineDateFee
FinalOct 20, 2026free

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

At a glance

Entry fee
FreeNo fee; the foundation pays for the sessions
Formats
Feature
Language
Spanish, Catalan, Basque, Galician
Where
Madrid, Spain (in person and online)
Who can apply
SGAE members with exclusive affiliation, or authors joining SGAE when they apply, who live in Spain. One feature screenplay project per applicant, written alone or with co-authors.
Prizes
EUR 5,000 per author, taxes included, toward writing costs.

What to send

Length
Set in the rules PDF, not on the page
Also asked for
By email to [email protected] with the subject line the rules give.

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

What it gives besides money

Mentoring from a working screenwriter in sessions in Madrid and online during the first half of 2027, and a promotion effort for the projects afterward. Up to six projects.

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