DocsBarcelona has opened its call for projects in development to participate in the various support, mentoring, and funding programs offered by DocsBarcelona Pro, the professional marketplace of DocsBarcelona. “From May 9 to 14, 2026, DocsBarcelona Pro will once again be the meeting point for the non-fiction industry in Southern Europe,” write organisers.
Among the most notable new features, DocsBarcelona Pro is doubling the value of its awards, which this year amount to nearly 60.000 euros, 42.500 euros of which are in cash. The deadline for submissions is January 30, 2026, through Docs&Me.
DocsBarcelona Pro offers opportunities for feature film and non-fiction series projects directed and/or produced by professionals from around the world, who can apply to six of the initiatives according to their needs, characteristics and objectives to obtain financing, distribution, training or support:
- Public Pitch: Presentation sessions for a dozen projects in the development phase before a group of renowned international industry professionals.
- Rough Cut Pitch: Presentation sessions for a selection of projects in the editing phase before a group of renowned sales agents and programmers from festivals, broadcasters, and platforms.
- New Tech Pitch: Presentation sessions for a selection of non-fiction projects that use emerging technologies, presented before a group of renowned international professionals from the tech and audiovisual sectors.
- Speed Meetings: 15-minute B2B meetings between projects in different stages of production and national and international financing and distribution agents.
- Campus DocsBarcelona: Annual project-development support program, structured in two residencies featuring mentorships, experts, and masterclasses.
- Artistic Consultancies for Rough Cut Projects: Personalized artistic consultations for projects in the editing phase, delivered by renowned experts.
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“The DocsBarcelona professional market will take place within the framework of the 29th DocsBarcelona Festival, which, from May 7 to 17, 2026, will once again bring the best documentary film premieres of the year to Barcelona, along with various parallel activities and visits from filmmakers from around the world,” organisers write. “This year, the festival features five competitive sections, a major retrospective, and ten awards worth 25,000 euros.”
