Projects

Open Doors

Starting from 2003, Open Doors has been championing filmmaking from regions where independent cinema is especially challenging, building bridges for collaboration across regions, countries and continents. Through Open Doors' public and professional programs, we aim to provide a space where talents find support in every step of their creative and professional journey and where discussion and reinvention of today’s cinema can happen among free voices.

Open Doors 2022-2024: Focus on Latin America and the Caribbean

For three years, Open Doors is dedicated to film projects and talents from the following regions and countries:

Central America (Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua)
the Caribbean Islands (Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)
and South America (Bolivia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela)

The professional and public programs of Open Doors take place during the Locarno Film Festival and year-round, onsite and online. Read more about them here below.

Festival programs

Projects' Hub

Open Doors’ co-production platform introduces each year eight feature film projects from the focus region to potential partners for international collaborations.

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Producers' Lab

A training workshop focusing on the role of the creative producer and providing know-how to work in the international film industry.

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Open Doors Screenings

This curated section showcases feature and short films from the focus region, offering a panoramic on the contemporary talents to the public and industry in Locarno.

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Directors' Club

The Club welcomes the directors whose short or feature-length films are selected for the Open Doors Screenings, part of Locarno’s official selection, and is providing the filmmakers with an extensive line-up of talks, workshops and networking opportunities.

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Year-round programs

Open Doors Consultancy

An online service providing professional advice from international experts to film projects and creative teams at different stages from Open Doors’ current focus region.

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Open Doors ToolBox

Active 365 days per year, the ToolBox is a knowledge-sharing and networking platform for film makers and producers from Open Doors’ current and past focus regions looking to develop, produce, distribute their projects.

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Open Doors Hotline

The service is accessible all year round and is available by writing to the Open Doors team to ask questions and receive feedback on specific aspects regarding current projects, the career as a film professional, and to be aided through the different steps of the filmmaking process.

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Film Sections

Open Doors

Open Doors 2022-2024: Focus on Latin America and the Caribbean