Let’sdoc Fellowship

• Support early-career filmmakers developing their feature docs.
• Provide mentorship in a high-quality incubator.
• Help filmmakers find their stories with the visual language that articulates them best.
• Make sure filmmakers have story ideas incubated with appropriate visual samples.
• Help find pathways for their further industry journey.

Early-career filmmakers who are working on their first feature documentary projects and looking for creative and industry guidance through expert consultations.

• Intensive mentorship
• Three sessions of 6 days each
• 1st Session: Virtual
• 2nd and 3rd sessions: in-person residencies
• Story, Oral, and Visual Pitch Development

Who Can Apply

• Early-career filmmakers working on their first feature documentary.
• The programme is intended for Indian filmmakers developing or working on feature-length documentary projects.

Who Cannot Apply

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

Application Guidelines

• Applications must be submitted online through the provided link only.
• Applications submitted by email or post will not be accepted.
• Entries missing any required information or exceeding the prescribed word count will not be accepted.
• Visual material is mandatory and must not exceed 4 minutes in duration.
• Entries without the required visual clip or with clips exceeding the specified duration will not be accepted.
• Links to visual material must remain active for at least four months following the application deadline.

Submission Requirements

• Logline – Maximum 30 words.
• Synopsis – Maximum 200 words.
• Treatment and Narrative Outline – Maximum 400 words.
• Director's Biography and Filmography – Maximum 150 words.
• Audiovisual Sample – Maximum 4 minutes.
• Two film stills in JPEG, JPG, or PNG format.

Important Dates

• Application Open: October 16, 2026
• Application Deadline: November 3, 2026
• Selection Announcement: November 10, 2026
• Online Registration for Selected Projects: November 11–15, 2026
• Session 1 (Virtual): November 20–25, 2026
• Session 2 (Kolkata): December 3–8, 2026
• Session 3 (Kolkata): January 11–16, 2027

Fees

• Application Fee: INR 1,500
• Registration Fee (After Selection): INR 15,000
• All payments to be made to the DRI-designated Bank Account (find details in the Application Form).
• Once submitted, Application and Participation fees are not refundable.

Logistic Note

• As you have to furnish payment details, please make sure your payment transaction number, mode, and method are with you before submission of the application.
• Basic accommodations and working lunch will be provided to the selected participants during two sessions of in-person fellowship. The participants will have to arrange their own travel (to and from the destinations) during Kolkata residencies.