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Apply for the 11th Verzió DocLab International Documentary Workshop on Story Development and Editing!

Workshop Dates: 14-20 November, 2026 | Budapest
Deadline: 31 May, 2026 CET Midnight

Who should apply?
Documentary filmmakers, creative professionals working on their first or second feature project from the following countries: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Croatia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Macedonia, Kosovo, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey and Ukraine.

Min. 2, max. 3 participants per project, ideally directors, producers and editors. (Directors can also be the editors of their projects during the workshop.)

There is no application fee.

Participation Fee

The participation fee is 200€/person. The fee covers mentoring, accommodation costs and lunches during the workshop. The travel is covered up to 200€/person.

As part of Verzió DocLab’s commitment to supporting Hungarian stories and filmmakers, the participation fee for Hungarian projects is 50€/person. The participation fee covers mentoring and lunches during the workshop. (Disclaimer: Discount fee applies only to participants based in Budapest or those who can arrange private accommodation in the city.)

(In solidarity with filmmakers from Ukraine we offer a fee waiver to Ukrainian projects and support them with travel, accommodation and lunches during the workshop.)

If you have any questions, write to doclab@verzio.org.

In order to apply, please submit:

a link to the selected 1 or 2 scenes you aim to work with during the workshop with English subtitles (max. 20 mins)
three high-resolution stills from your film
logline (max. 250 characters including spaces)
synopsis (max. 600 characters including spaces)
treatment (max. 20000 characters including spaces)
BIO of the applicants (max. 600 characters including spaces) contact details
high-resolution portrait photos of the applicants
link to previous film(s) (if applicable)
short introduction of the partners, producers, company and their contacts (if applicable)
a financing plan

Email of the main contact person *

Title of the Project *

Country of origins of project *

The producer, the production company or the director based in or originates from this country.

LOGLINE *

SYNOPSIS *

Where are you in the development of your project? Approximately how many hours of footage do you have so far? What percentage of the film has already been shot? *

What motivates you to participate in this workshop, and what do you hope to gain from it? *

Is there an existing short film version of this project? *

YES

If yes, how do you plan to further develop the project within the workshop, and do you already have a vision for how it could evolve into a feature-length film?

Link to the previous short film

if applicable, with English subtitles

Password

Team members and their positions applying to the workshop! *

Max. 3 participants per project, directors, editors or producers. Directors can also be editors of their projects.

Production Company

If you have production company

Applicant 1

Name and Surname of applicant 1 *

Position of applicant 1 *

Email of applicant 1 *

Phone number of applicant 1 *

Bio of applicant 1 *

A high-resolution portrait photo of the applicant 1 *

Files must be less than 10 MB.
Allowed file types: gif jpg png.

Applicant 2

Name and Surname of applicant 2 *

Position of applicant 2 *

Email of applicant 2 *

Phone number of applicant 2 *

Bio of applicant 2 *

A high-resolution portrait photo of the applicant 2 *

Files must be less than 10 MB.
Allowed file types: gif jpg png.

Applicant 3

Name and Surname of applicant 3

Position of applicant 3

Email of applicant 3

Phone number of applicant 3

Bio of applicant 3

A high-resolution portrait photo of the applicant 3

Files must be less than 10 MB.
Allowed file types: gif jpg png.

Treatment *

max. 20000 characters including spaces in PDF format
Files must be less than 10 MB.
Allowed file types: pdf.

Link to the selected scenes *

up to 20 mins, with English subtitles

Password

Link to any previous film

if applicable, with English subtitles

Password

Financing plan *

Files must be less than 10 MB.
Allowed file types: pdf.

Anything else you wish to note or share with us?

How did you learn about the workshop?

Having received all relevant information I willingly and decidedly agree that Verzió Film Foundation can handle my personal data given by me. (We guarantee to keep the materials strictly confidential and only to share it with the selection committee.)

Verzió DocLab Application 2026