The program  

At the Open Doors projects' Hub (5-9 August 2022), the selected project-holders will be introduced to European and/or international professionals with the aim to encourage collaborations in terms of co-production, funding and distribution, or professional training. 

Besides the professional meetings, the program alternates coaching, group discussions and networking activities with industry decision makers and Festival guests. 

On the last day in Locarno, a professional jury grants either development or production support to a few winning projects, such as the Open Doors Grant amounting to CHF 50,000 (thanks to Visions sud est and the City of Bellinzona), the CNC (Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée) prize of 8'000 Euros, ARTE France awarding the Arte Kino International Prize, but also the Sørfond Film Fund, the BrLab Award, the LEXIA Insights Award, the World Cinema Fund Award, the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), the  Moulin d'Andé – CECI prize and the Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur award.

Projects' Hub video pitches are available and visible to the Industry accredited professionals only (in each one of the boxes below) upon accessing the website with the account.