Fellowship or lab Gdynia, Poland

FILM BRIDGE - UKRAINE

Run by Wajda School with the Pomeranian Film Foundation in Gdynia and the Gdynia Film School

Ukrainian directors and writers can join this free, months-long course from Poland's Wajda School, mixing online classes with workshops in Gdynia. Each participant develops one fiction project, ending with a full treatment or first draft, and one short documentary exercise. Teaching is in English, and applications in English or Polish close October 30, 2026.

Final deadline Oct 30, 2026 (closes in 10 days)

Dates

DeadlineDateFee
FinalOct 30, 2026free

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

At a glance

Entry fee
FreeFree; lodging and part of meals covered, travel to Gdynia not covered
Formats
Feature, Short, Documentary
Language
English, Polish
Where
Gdynia, Poland (in person and online)
Who can apply
Ukrainian citizens who speak English or Polish: fiction or documentary directors before or after a first feature, and screenwriters, cinematographers or actors who want to start directing.

What to send

Length
Fiction treatment up to 5 pages; documentary treatment up to 1 page
Also asked for
One fully written key dialogue scene from the fiction project.

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 personal supervisor, group classes and workshops in Gdynia and online, a staging workshop and a short documentary shoot. Tutors are named on the page.

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