ScriptLab 2026

ScriptLab is focused on fiction feature films, both original ideas and adaptations, in early stages of development. Both experienced and emerging filmmakers from all over the world develop their projects through peer-to-peer group work, with the support of professional script consultants.

For an overview of the programme, please visit the ScriptLab page.

DURATION: From April until November 2026. The programme comprises 3 week-long residential modules (April, June and November) and 2 online modules (September and October).

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: Monday 3^rd November 2025, 4.00 pm CET.

In case you missed the ScriptLab 2026  Q&A session, please contact the project manager Sofia for the recording: falchetto@museocinema.it

 
ScriptLab is organised by TorinoFilmLab – Museo Nazionale del Cinema with the support of Creative Europe – MEDIA Sub-programme of the European Union.  
ScriptLab 2026 is realised in partnership with Film Fund Luxembourg, hosting the 1st workshop in Luxembourg, Tartu Film Fund and Estonian Film Institute, hosting the 2nd workshop in Tartu, Estonia.

ScriptLab is open to both experienced and emerging writer/directors, or teams of writer and director, from all over the world. It is possible to apply as an individual or as a team of two. Projects by a scriptwriter without an attached director are not eligible.

Many of our participants already work together with a production company. However, it is not necessary to have a producer attached to the project. Filmmakers applying with an adaption project need to have secured the rights.

ScriptLab is for projects at an early stage of development only, thus projects who already have drafts of the screenplay, will not be considered.

Eligibility Criteria

a. Applicants must confirm their full availability for all the residential and online workshops, as well as for the TFL Meeting Event.

b. The working language of all workshops, meetings and events is English; thus, a good knowledge of English is essential in order to participate, and all written materials, all versions and drafts of the project, must be translated into English.

c. You need to have at least one previous work as a director (it can be either a feature film, short film, commercial, etc.)

d. Only one project application per year, per filmmaker, can be submitted. However, a project that is refused one year, can be resubmitted another year if it has gone through substantial changes. The same project cannot be submitted a third time if rejected the second time around. If you are applying with a project that was previously shortlisted and went through a Zoom interview, kindly send us an email at falchetto@museocinema.it

PARTICIPATION FEES 
2,500 Euro (+ VAT, if due).  

Extra fee of 2,000 Euro (+ VAT, if due) for the second participant per project, selected to join the programme (co-writer, director). 

TFL provides training, accommodation (including breakfast), as well as lunches and some dinners during the residential workshops. Travel expenses and any remaining meals are to be borne by the participants. 

SCHOLARSHIPS 

FILM FUND LUXEMBOURG
Thanks to our partnership with Film Fund Luxembourg, one Luxembourgish project selected for ScriptLab 2026 will receive a scholarship covering part of the participation fee. 

TARTU FILM FUND  AND ESTONIAN FILM INSTITUTE
Thanks to our partnership with Tartu Film Fund and Estonian Film Institute, one Estonian project selected for ScriptLab 2026 will receive a scholarship covering half of the participation fee. 

PROJECTO PARADISO
Thanks to the support of Projecto Paradiso one Brazilian filmmaker selected in ScriptLab 2026 will be offered a scholarship covering the participation fee and 1 air ticket.

Our commitment is to guarantee accessibility to the TFL’s activities to as many talented participants as possible and to ensure diversity and inclusion through selection of projects/participants.

Across TFL programmes, a limited number of scholarships - covering half of the participation fee - will be available for participants from low capacity countries*, underrepresented groups and/or being from a country not providing scholarships for this kind of training, or participants in any other proven situation of need for financial support. We strongly encourage our applicants to research and apply for financial support within your national/regional funding bodies first, who may have bursaries and grants to cover the training costs.

*Low capacity countries (according to Creative Europe Programme 2021-2027) Group A: Czech Republic, Estonia, Romania, Greece, Croatia, Portugal, Poland. Group B: Bulgaria, Cyprus, Hungary, Luxembourg, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Slovenia, Slovakia and the following third countries, subject to the conditions being fulfilled for their participation in the call: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Iceland, Lichtenstein, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Republic of Serbia and Ukraine. 

1^st module: 15^th – 21^st April 2026 (Luxembourg)
2^nd module: 17^th – 24^th June 2026 (Tartu, Estonia)
3^rd module: 7^th – 11^th September 2026 (online)
4^th module: 26^th – 30^th October 2026 (online)
5^th module & TFL Meeting Event: second half of November 2026 (Torino, Italy)

Dates may be subject to change

The requested materials – to be submitted all together in 1 single PDF (10 MB max.), and all in English – are:

- A project synopsis (2 page maximum, Courier New 12, double spaced);
- A director’s intention note (3 pages maximum, Courier New 12, double spaced);
- A CV (2 pages maximum);

And in the separate section you have to upload:
- Link to a personal video message where you tell us why the development process in ScriptLab, would be important for your project at this stage (maximum 2 minutes).
- Link(s) to previous audio-visual works (with password, if needed) *

* Submitted materials should be in English or have English subtitles/translation; showreels will not be accepted.

Any application package that won’t include all the requested materials will be considered ineligible.

IMPORTANT!

Preselected applicants will be notified by email on 9^th - 10^th December 2025 and will be asked to submit a TREATMENT (15 pages maximum, Courier New 12, double spaced) + personal video message providing a status update on the project development (optional, maximum 2 minutes) + MOODBOARD (optional, any format is accepted) by Friday 12^th December 2025, 4.00 pm CET.

Any project that will not respect the 12^th December deadline will be automatically excluded from the selection.

After this pre-selection, the shortlisted applicants will be notified at the beginning of February and will be interviewed via Zoom meetings in the second half of February 2026.

Please click on the "Apply Now!" button to access the application form and submit your project. Before starting the process, you must create an account on the TFL Visitor Page (if you don’t have one yet).

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: Monday 3^rd November 2025, 4.00 pm CET.

For more information, please contact the project manager Sofia Falchetto: 

falchetto@museocinema.it