Lab or fellowshipBangladeshChecked 15 Oct 2026 · rechecked 17 Oct 2026
Dhaka — West Meets East Screenplay Lab
Closed on 30 Jun 2026
Primary submissions for the 2027 lab closed on 30 June 2026 and no next call is announced; the page also says the announced prize money will not be paid this year.
Rechecked on the official page, 17 Oct 2026. Primary submissions for the 2027 lab closed on 30 June 2026 and no next call is announced; the page also says the announced prize money will not be paid this year.
Official page: https://www.dhakafilmfestival.org/west-meets-east-screenplay-lab/
- Who can apply
- Directors who are citizens of an Asian country by birth, with an original fiction feature
- You get
- Online mentoring and pitching; prize money withdrawn this year, winners get certificates
- Entry fee
- Not published
- Making
- Fiction feature
- Stage
- Writing
- Type
- Lab or fellowship
Dates
- Opens Primary submission opened
- Closes Primary submission deadline (passed)
- Event Lab during the 25th DIFF, 12 to 15 January 2027
Who can apply
Directors who are citizens of an Asian country by birth, with an original fiction feature
Limited to Asia. The test is your citizenship.
What you get
Online mentoring and pitching; prize money withdrawn this year, winners get certificates
Amounts stay in the currency the organiser uses. Caps, totals and alternatives are listed as published; don’t add them up.
What it costs
The official page didn’t state an entry fee when we read it on 17 Oct 2026. That isn’t the same as free: check the form before you count on it.
What to bring
- Await a current official call and full rules.
Terms to read first
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