Directors Village 2026

Would you like to work thoroughly on your short film script, director’s vision and directing actors? Submit your project and become a part of the Directors Village during Euregion Film Forum. Twelve filmmakers from different countries will be selected to take part in the residence training program.

Directors Village is a 5-day on-site European residence training program to enhance and develop the skills of the directors-writers and help you prepare for your next (short film) project. During the Directors Village you will learn and work on the script development, director's vision & directing actors with coaches during group sessions, networking events, and you help each other to bring your projects further.

The workshops will be held in English.

Directors Village 2026 will take place March 18-22 in Maastricht, the Netherlands.

"It was a true pleasure to be a part of Directors Village and meet this warm group of talented people. A wonderful program organised by the safe and welcoming hands of CineSud, inspiring and encouraging guidance by top coaches and a strong and joyful connection with the filmmakers whom I share this experience with. The program has both enriched the process with my project as well as given me lifelong memories. I strongly recommend this for all who want to grow as a filmmaker and have a great time doing it!" Adam Starsmark | FilmCloud (Sweden)

Program

Directors Village 2026 will take place March 18-22 in Heerlen and Maastricht, the Netherlands.

The residency will be held in English.

Coaches for the 2026 edition are Netflix-director Sofia Norlin (Sweden), multiple Oscar-winner Martin Strange-Hansen (Denmark) and Dutch fiction- and series-director Janneke van Heesch. They will guide the participants through the 5-day on-site training program.

Read more about the program of Directors Village via the button below. Networking lunches & dinner, film screenings & other events during the Euregion Film Forum 2026 are also included in the participation.

"Overall the experience was great! It was honesty the best thing I’ve ever done. The whole crew was so involved and everything felt organic. I honestly came with no expectations, this was my first residency and I just focused on the points I wanted to lean and how I wanted to develop my script. To have someone read your work and highlight it, comment and study it is already a life changing experience. You learn to trust yourself as a director and why you wanna tell a certain story. So if you are a serious director you will definitely get allot out of it!" Lauriane Almeda

Organisation

Directors Village is a unique training program organised by CineSud. The program is organised in collaboration with our dear partners of Screen Talent Europe: Ardan, FilmCloud, Film Stockholm, GMAC, Mediefabrikken, MOIN Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, New Noardic Wave and Odense Film Workshop

Screen Talent Europe is a network of film workshops and media centres in Europe. The purpose of the network is to promote and foster co-operation between partners, help filmmakers exchange knowledge, experiences and methods through talent camps, network meetings and co-productions. The network collaborates to produce international talent development projects such as pitching forums, film production camps, networking and social events. Furthermore, Screen Talent Europe works to strengthen the workshop model for support-based talent development and also assists countries in Europe currently without film workshops in developing similar resources and models.