14º Laboratorio de Creación de Series de Televisión 2027
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Fellowship or lab Turin, Italy
ComedyLab 2027
Run by TorinoFilmLab (Museo Nazionale del Cinema)
Comedy is the whole subject of this lab, which takes writers and directors with a comic film project and also comedians who want to learn screen storytelling. It opens with a free workshop in Vienna in February 2027, after which up to four projects continue to November. Everything is done in English.
Final deadline Nov 30, 2026 (closes in 41 days)
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Dates
| Deadline | Date | Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Final | Nov 30, 2026 | none |
The program runs Feb 25 to 28, 2027 in Turin.
Deadlines are as the organizer states them. Check the time zone on the official page.
At a glance
- Entry fee
- FreeNo application fee; the preliminary workshop is free; full program EUR 3,000 plus VAT with a project, EUR 750 without
- Formats
- Feature
- Language
- English
- Where
- Turin, Italy (in person and online)
- Who can apply
- Screenwriters and directors from any country, and comedy writers or performers from stand-up, theater, podcasts or improv. Apply alone or as a pair, with a comedy project or without one; those without a project work on the selected ones. Good English needed.
- Prizes
- No prizes listed. Partner places for one Austrian, one Flemish and one Luxembourg participant, plus general half-fee grants.
What to send
- Length
- One-page synopsis, treatment up to 5 pages, five comic scenes (three with dialogue), letter of intent up to 2 pages
- File
- Also asked for
- One PDF of 10 MB or less in English, Courier New 12, double spaced; team video of up to 2 minutes; CVs.
Need your pages in standard screenplay format first? The free screenplay formatter lays them out and saves a PDF.
What it gives besides money
A free four-day preliminary workshop in Vienna, residential weeks in Belgium (April) and Luxembourg (June), two online modules and the TFL Meeting Event in Turin; up to four projects go through the whole program.
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