Fellowship or lab Online, from Turin, Italy

Green Narratives 2027 - Feature Films

Run by TorinoFilmLab (Museo Nazionale del Cinema), with Climate Spring

This online lab helps feature writers and directors build climate and social awareness into a story while it is still a treatment. Three week-long sessions run between March and June 2027, in English, with Climate Spring as partner. The fee is lower than TFL's residential labs and no travel is involved.

Final deadline Dec 4, 2026 (closes in 45 days)

Dates

DeadlineDateFee
FinalDec 4, 2026none

The program runs Mar 15 to Jun 11, 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; selected teams pay EUR 2,000 plus VAT
Formats
Feature
Language
English
Where
Online, from Turin, Italy
Who can apply
Writers, directors and producers from anywhere, alone or in pairs, with a feature at treatment stage or earlier that takes an inclusive and environmentally aware approach to its story. Good English is essential.
Prizes
No prizes listed. A half-fee grant for one Latin American project, the full fee for one Brazilian filmmaker, and general half-fee grants.

What to send

Length
Treatment 15 to 20 pages, synopsis up to 2 pages, motivation up to 2 pages
File
PDF
Also asked for
One PDF in English, Times New Roman 12, 1.5 spacing; two-minute team video; link to earlier work; a TFL platform account is needed.

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

What it gives besides money

Three week-long online modules: March 15 to 19, April 26 to 30, and June 7 to 11, 2027.

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