Applications for the 6th CETC are open now! The Talent Camp will be held during the 74th International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg in November 2025.
They are opening their call for film directors and producers, who are currently studying or are alumni of any German film or art school, who are working on their first or second feature project and who are ready to make the first steps towards the international market and to present their project to key players from the industry. The hybrid workshop will help you navigate between the various festivals, labs, co-producers and sales agents as well as to find the best strategy to continue preparing, making, financing, presenting and distributing your feature film.
The criteria of the application:
- you need to be a student/alumni of a German film or art school
- you need to be a director or a producer
- you need to be in any stage of development, pre-production, production of your first or second full length feature film: at earliest you can participate starting out with a good script or treatment in hand and ideally with some financing already in place, and at the latest, if you are in the final stages of post-production in November and if you are looking for the right festival strategy and/or sales and distribution (“Works in Progress”)
- you need to be enthusiastic and open-minded to learn and meet people from the international film industry
What is offered:
- 10 days of intensive workshop with international experts in small groups, including:
- pitching training
- festival, marketing and sales strategies
- round table meetings and networking events with festival and feature lab programmers, German and international film funds, producers, distributors and sales agents
- masterclass
- sustainability, healthy working environment
- hotel for 3 nights, contribution to travel expenses to Mannheim
The dates:
- online part: from November 6 to 12, 2025 (1-2 classes each day)
- onsite part: from November 13 to 16, 2025 in Mannheim (full days)
The submission deadline is June 30, 2025 (midnight). Further information is availabe on the website.
