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TATINO Pop Up Ji.hlava Emerging Producers
Emerging Producers is an industry flagship project of the Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival and the only one of its kind designed for documentary film producers in Europe.


TATINO Pop Up Cannes Focus COPRO'
Organized in Trieste by the Friuli Venezia Giulia Audiovisual Regional Fund, When East Meets West is a co-production platform, and an ecosystem designed to combine market, training, policymaking, strategy, dialogue, and inspiration.


TATINO Pop Up Wild Card
TATINO Pop Up Wildcard is designed to support exceptional film talents from countries in a state of political unrest. This year, we could count on the cooperation and support of production company Kino Produzioni, who has hosted for the first time a Pop Up residency in Rome.


TATINO Pop Up On Demand
This Residency programme is only open to filmmakers with an already established body of work (at least two features written and/or directed, or similar filmography), and that usually cannot benefit from new talents supporting schemes.


TATINO & German Film Talents | Discover the programs developed with our partners in Germany
Over the past few years, TATINO has built a growing network of collaborations with German film funds, festivals, film schools and industry partners. From script development to the final steps before a film reaches its audience, these partnerships...


First Cut Lab Paris 2026
Following the success of its inaugural edition in January 2026, TATINO is pleased to announce the return of First Cut Lab Paris, an onsite editing consultancy programme, designed to support audiovisual professionals from across the world, with a focus on feature-length films in the editing stage.


Slovak Pop Up 2026 Projects Announced!
A key component of the Pop Up Film Residency in Bratislava, the Slovak Pop Up initiative - launched in 2019 - is now in its 8th edition.
After careful consideration and a series of interviews, 5 promising projects were chosen to participate in the program this year, which will consist of a series of project consultations with international mentors taking place in Bratislava from 18 to 20 September 2026.


5 Full Circle Lab films in production in 2026
TATINO is proud to spotlight five projects developed within its Full Circle Lab program — all currently in production. Full Circle Lab is an international capacity-building training program designed by Tatino Films to support the writing, development and post-production of feature films with a strong connection to a given film industry or region.


TATINO Pop Up When East Meets West
Organized in Trieste by the Friuli Venezia Giulia Audiovisual Regional Fund, When East Meets West is a co-production platform, and an ecosystem designed to combine market, training, policymaking, strategy, dialogue, and inspiration.


11 TATINO world premieres in August and September 2026
Festival season has started, and it's shaping up to be a landmark stretch for TATINO. Over the next two months, 11 TATINO-supported films will make their world premieres across five major festivals — Locarno, Sarajevo, Venice, Toronto, and San Sebastián — a lineup that reflects the full breadth of what TATINO's labs and residencies have nurtured over the past years.


First Cut Lab Poland
First Cut Lab Poland is a consultancy programme designed for three feature films in the editing phase. After having accompanied 20 Polish films between 2016 and 2021, First Cut Lab is excited to return to Poland via a new partnership with Warsaw International Film Festival and its industry strand, Warsaw Industry Days. This edition takes place onsite in Warsaw.


TATINO Pop Up Eurimages
Since 2012, Eurimages has been addressing the issue of gender equality and under-representation of women in the film industry. With Eurimages’ support, Pop Up Film Residency holds a residency for women filmmakers developing their third or later feature film project.


First Cut Lab Canada
Initiated in 2025 in partnership with Telefilm Canada, First Cut Lab Canada is a consultancy program designed for 2 feature films in editing phase from Canada. The selected teams (director/producer/editor) are offered a creative framework, both benevolent & challenging, where to open up new perspectives and to explore the whole artistic potential of their films.


TATINO initiatives | 5 ongoing calls for projects
TATINO, over the last few months, has launched a number of important calls for projects, linked to some its in-house programs like First Cut Lab or through prestigious partner programs, like the ones with Screen Australia or with PROG Producers and Netflix. Here's a brief summary of all ongoing projects:


Launch of First Cut Lab Australia, in partnership with Screen Australia
TATINO is excited to announce a new partnership with Screen Australia with the creation of First Cut Lab Australia. This new initiative aims to support early to mid-career Australian filmmakers with dedicated feedback to create the optimal cut of their feature film. To be eligible, projects must be narrative content intended for theatrical release, but do not need to have been previously supported by Screen Australia funding. Screen Australia Head of Market & Audience Rakel T


First Cut Lab Australia
Initiated in 2025 in partnership with Telefilm Canada, First Cut Lab Canada is a consultancy program designed for 2 feature films in editing phase from Canada. The selected teams (director/producer/editor) are offered a creative framework, both benevolent & challenging, where to open up new perspectives and to explore the whole artistic potential of their films.


Tatino Encounters | Cyril Tysz on the future of series
TATINO has a long history of collaborating with some of the series industry’s most accomplished professionals voices. Recently, our own Anastasia Hoppanova sat down with three distinguished professionals to discuss the future of series.
Last but not least, Cyril Tysz


TATINO | Exclusive training partner of new East German Perspectives program
TATINO joins PROG Producers of Germany and Netflix as exclusive training partner of this new exciting development program "Idea to Pitch: East German Perspectives in Film and Series." The program is now entering its application phase and starting now, writers, directors, and producers can apply in two-person teams with new film and series ideas to participate in the four-month program. WE'RE LOOKING FOR Six creative teams and their fictional ideas that portray East German per


7 Pop Up Film Residency films in production in 2026
TATINO is proud to spotlight seven projects developed within its Pop Up Film Residency program — all currently in production. 7 films from Brazil to Switzerland, Egypt to the Philippines that were developed in 7 residencies, located all over the world: Asuncion, Batroun, Bratislava, Bucharest, Fårö, Paris, and Vilnius.


Tatino Encounters | Maria Cervera on the future of series
TATINO has a long history of collaborating with some of the series industry’s most accomplished professionals voices. Recently, our own Anastasia Hoppanova sat down with three distinguished professionals to discuss the future of series.
Next up is Maria Cervera


First Cut Lab Re-Act
First Cut Lab RE-ACT is a comprehensive consultancy and training program dedicated to fiction and documentary feature films in the editing phase.


First Cut+ Munich 2026 edition introduces 6 films-in-progress at Munich International Film Festival
Following the launch of First Cut+ Munich, TATINO and the Munich International Film Festival, one of Europe’s leading summertime film festivals, are proud to unveil the 6 films in post-production to be selected to the first edition of First Cut+ Munich.


Tatino Encounters | Johnathan Young on the future of series
TATINO has a long history of collaborating with some of the series industry’s most accomplished professionals voices. Recently, our own Anastasia Hoppanova sat down with three distinguished professionals to discuss the future of series.
First up is Johnathan Young,


Festival de Cannes 2026 - The Way It was!
Cannes 2026 was a blast and nothing short of extraordinary for TATINO, the films we supported and the community we love to see grow each year! To share the love, here are the dear memories we've made at the Festival de Cannes
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