The DocsBarcelona Campus is an annual program to accompany professionals and documentary projects in their development phase. The main objective of this campus is to boost them, providing guidance for their growth, facilitating their approach to the international market and offering them the necessary opportunities to get financing and become high quality films.

The program provides full annual follow-up for selected projects, including individualized mentoring and group workshops with leading industry professionals. Some of the areas that will be addressed include project development analysis and introduction to the professional market, as well as distribution and sales, marketing and audience building.

Format

It is structured in three main axes in the format of creative face-to-face residencies separated considerably in time. During the period of time between the different residencies, there is a follow-up of the status of the project and tutorials are offered for the development of the project.

1st Residency during DocsBarcelona (May 5-8, 2024)

2nd Residency (From September 16 to 20, 2024) Place to be confirmed

3rd Residency (From January 13 to 17, 2025) Place to confirm

Awards

1st Prize Campus DocsBarcelona Campus Award: 7.000€ in cash to develop the project.

2nd Campus DocsBarcelona Award: 3.000€ in cash to develop the project.

3rd DocsBarcelona Campus Award: Direct access to the DocsBarcelona 2025 Speed Meetings.

Scolarship for editing and access to the Pitch Lab: 5 selected projects will receive 4 assembly consultancies throughout 2025 and will be able to participate in the Pitch Lab in front of DocsBarcelona 2025 experts.

Doklab Navarra Scolarship: One project from the DocsBarcelona Campus will be chosen to participate in the Doklab Navarra development lab with a 1,800€ tuition grant.

Scolarship for distribution and sales Films Transit International: Two projects will be chosen to receive specialized training in distribution and sales during the year 2025, consisting of 2 individual tutorials by Jan Rofekamp.