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Screenplay development lab 2025-2026 I

From Monday, 13 October 2025 to Friday, 17 October 2025

Screenplay development lab 2025-2026 I

October 2025

The Academy of Catalan Cinema Residency is a screenplay development lab for fiction and documentary feature films, the first incubator of its type in Catalonia and the first to host projects in Catalan and guarantee their participation.

This is the third year it has been held. The chosen participants stay at Faberllull at the beginning of the process, in October 2025, and then return for the conclusion of the programme in February 2026. The stay will give them the chance to share opinions and projects, working to push them forward.

This fourth edition of the Academy of Catalan Cinema Residency will work with 10 projects over 9 months. It offers extended mentorship and guidance from renowned professionals, workshops and masterclasses to help young talent find inspiration and use different techniques. The support also includes meetings with industry professionals, the distribution and festival sectors, and talks on issues such as sustainability and inclusion.

The Academy of Catalan Cinema Residency offers a grant so creators can concentrate on writing, speeding up the creative process, while also promoting ongoing dialogue and sharing among the participating projects. It also stresses the importance of internationalising the projects through training and putting them in contact with the international industry.

This residency is an initiative of the Academy of Catalan Cinema and Guionistes Associats de Catalunya (GAC), with funding from the Catalan Ministry of Culture/Catalan Institute for Cultural Companies (ICEC), the Barcelona City Council, DAMA, Ramon Llull University/FCRI, Pompeu Fabra University, ESCAC, Institut Ramon Llull and El Centre d’Art i Natura de Farrera-CAN.

Residents

GUILLEM MANZANARES

GUILLEM MANZANARES

Assistant director in film and advertising
ANGEL GIOVANNI HOYOS

ANGEL GIOVANNI HOYOS

Director and editor
ARIANNA GIMÉNEZ BELTRÁN

ARIANNA GIMÉNEZ BELTRÁN

Photojournalist
MARTA DURAN LOZANO

MARTA DURAN LOZANO

Director and screenwriter
ALEX SARDÀ

ALEX SARDÀ

Director, screenwriter and photographer
FRANCISCO KOSTERLITZ

FRANCISCO KOSTERLITZ

Screenwriter
CELIA GIRALDO

CELIA GIRALDO

Director and screenwriter
PAU MIRA

PAU MIRA

Director of photography and a documentary filmmaker
MARIONA MARTÍNEZ PIJOAN

MARIONA MARTÍNEZ PIJOAN

Director and screenwriter
NÚRIA BESTIT CULLELL

NÚRIA BESTIT CULLELL

Screenwriter
GEMMA BLASCO

GEMMA BLASCO

Director and screenwriter
DAVID MORAGAS

DAVID MORAGAS

Screenwriter, director and writer

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