Films in Progress

In 2002, San Sebastián Film Festival and the Rencontres Cinémas d’Amérique Latine de Toulouse went into partnership to organise a Films in Progress section dedicated to independent Latin American feature films unable to complete the postproduction stage due to a lack of means.

In 2020, this double event was organised jointly with Lima Film Festival PUCP and presented an annual selection of 12 works-in-progress in two sections: 6 films in March in Toulouse and 6 films in August in Lima.

This initiative is the answer to an urgent request from Latin American producers and directors who are facing difficulties finalising their films due to a lack of funding. There very frequently exists a disparity between a director’s creativity and the funds available to these directors.

Films in Progress propels the meeting and cooperation between producers of the selected works-in-progress and European partners to enable the films to reach screens and audiences. These two sessions contain more than 200 professionals who are among the most influential in Europe and internationally. Therefore, Films in Progress is the unmissable strategic meeting with Latin American films and professionals connected to Latin America.

Over the last few years, Films in Progress has efficiently contributed to the finalisation, distribution and commercialisation of the most noteworthy Latin American films: Tony Manero by Pablo Larraín, Gloria by Sebastián Lelio, Sangre by Amat Escalante, La sombra del caminante by Ciro Guerra, Los Perros by Marcela Said, Ixcanul by Jayro Bustamante, La Familia by Gustavo Rondón Córdova, Los tiburones by Lucía Garibaldi, Los silencios by Beatriz Seigner, among others.

By bringing together film professionals capable of contributing to those films’ post-production, and by encouraging distributors and promoters to diversify their offer, Cinélatino, Rencontres de Toulouse hopes to develop and strengthen, with as much pragmatism and efficiency as possible, the respect for the promotion of cultural diversity based on a spirit of solidarity and cooperation.

Call for entries

Films in Progress 45 – Toulouse 26 and 27 March 2026

Registration open until 28 January 2026

Film in Progress 45 will be held on March 26th and 27th 2026, as part of Cinélatino’s Professional Platform activities. A pioneering initiative to support Latin American films at the post-production stage brings together cinema professionals able to contribute to the finalization and promotion of the selected films.

Films in Progress sends these films on the international scene in order to ease their journey and their circulation, and make the meeting and cooperation happen between directors and productors carrying projects, and the accredited professionals. Films in Progress acts as a launching pad for movies to come out of their screens and find their public, participating in the battle for exception and cultural diversity; especially useful when culture is left to be an adjustable variable for austere and authoritarian politics.

Since its beginnings in 2002, 250 films have been presented to a loyal and diligent professional public, during 44 sessions and one session dedicated to Cinema in Construction São Paulo in 2025. Once finalized, many of these movies were selected in prestigious international festivals such as Cannes, Berlin, Venise, San Sebastián, Sundance, Locarno, Rotterdam.

Films in Progress, more than ever, claims the solidarity values and the founding challenges of this rendez-vous you can’t miss with the Latin-American cinema and the emerging talents carrying their new vision.

The selection of the six movies selected will be done by the comitee from Toulouse. The call for entries will be limited to fiction feature films, hybrid, and animation movies.