DOCEDGE Kolkata

• Support innovative documentary projects.
• Develop creative storytelling skills through intensive training and mentoring.
• Create international co-production opportunities.
• Support original story ideas through cross-border collaborations.
• Connect filmmakers with commissioning editors and industry leaders.
• Provide opportunities for creative exchange through masterclasses, talks and panel discussions.

The programme is intended for filmmakers and producers from Asian countries developing documentary projects. Applicants must be nationals of an Asian country, and the principal filming location of the submitted project must be in an Asian country.

Aspiring filmmakers, producers, film enthusiasts, students of film, media and art institutions, professionals, and early-career filmmakers from an Asian country may also apply as Observers to attend workshops and sessions of Docedge Kolkata 2026.

• One-on-one training
• Group discussions
• Individual mentoring
• Incubation sessions
• Project pitching
• Masterclasses
• Talks
• Panel discussions
• Industry meetings
• Interaction with commissioning editors and industry leaders
• Cross-border creative and co-production opportunities

Who Can Apply

• Applications must be submitted by the director and/or producer of the project, who belongs by nationality to an Asian country.
• The submitted project's principal filming location must be in an Asian country.

Who Cannot Apply

• Multiple entries from the same filmmaker/producer will not be accepted.
• Films that are already completed are not eligible for application.
• Producer/director not belonging to Asian countries.
• Applicants in any academic year of institutes or universities.
• Applicants below eighteen years of age.

Application Process

• Online application through the provided link only.
• Applications by email or post are not accepted.
• Entries without all necessary information or entries exceeding the prescribed word count will not be accepted.
• The visual material is mandatory and should not exceed 3–4 minutes.
• Entries without the required visual clip or exceeding the mentioned duration will not be accepted.
• Links to visual material should remain active for at least four months following the deadline.

Application Requirements

• Logline – maximum 30 words.
• Synopsis – maximum 250 words.
• Treatment & Narrative Outline – maximum 500 words, including story structure, character description and artistic approach.
• Biography and filmography of the director(s) – maximum 150 words.
• Link to audiovisual materials – maximum 4 minutes.
• 2 film stills in JPEG, JPG, or PNG format.

• Logline – maximum 30 words.
• Synopsis – maximum 250 words.
• Treatment & Narrative Outline – maximum 500 words.
• Director biography and filmography – maximum 150 words.
• Audiovisual material – maximum 4 minutes.
• Two film stills in JPEG, JPG, or PNG format.

• Application Deadline: December 10, 2025
• Selection Announcement: February 3, 2026
• Online Registration for Selected Projects & Observers: January 4–10, 2026
• Mentoring & Incubation Sessions: March 2–6, 2026
• Screenings, Masterclasses and Talks: March 2–8, 2026
• Pitch Season: March 7–9, 2026
• Industry Meetings: March 7–9, 2026
• Closing Ceremony: March 9, 2026

Application Fees

International applicants are not required to pay any application fees at the time of application submission. If selected, applicants will have to pay both application and participation fees. Application fees and workshop fees are non-refundable.

Indian Applicants – Online Application

• Participant with Project – INR 2,000
• 2nd Participant (if any) – INR 2,000
• Observer – INR 1,000

Workshop Participation Fees – Indian Participants

• 1st Participant – INR 18,000
• 2nd Participant – INR 16,000
• Observer – INR 8,000

Workshop Participation Fees – International Participants

• 1st Participant with Project – USD 220
• 2nd Participant (if any) – USD 180
• Observer – USD 100

The programme combines training, mentoring, incubation, screenings, masterclasses, talks, pitching and industry meetings.

• March 2–6, 2026: Mentoring & Incubation Sessions
• March 2–8, 2026: Screenings, Masterclasses and Talks
• March 7–9, 2026: Pitch Season
• March 7–9, 2026: Industry Meetings
• March 9, 2026: Closing Ceremony