The San Sebastian Festival is now receiving submissions for WIP Europa 2026

Today the San Sebastian Festival opens its call for submissions for WIP Europa, the work in progress whose goal is to support European film production with a view to the completion of films at the post-production stage.

The San Sebastian Festival selection committee will select up to six European productions from among all those submitted, which must have a run-time of more than 60 minutes and be produced in the majority by European producers. The deadline for submission is July 1.

WIP Europa will be held on 21, 22 and 23 September, coinciding with WIP Latam and the Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum.

Many of the filmmakers who have recently participated in WIP Europa, such as Seyhmus Altun, Sarah Miro Fischer, Jurgis Matulevicius, María Trénor or Arantza Santesteban, have premiered their works at the San Sebastian Festival and at other festivals of the international circuit. For more information, please consult here.

The WIP Europa Industry Award is granted by the companies A Contracorriente Films, Deluxe Content Services Spain, Elamedia Estudios, Laserfilm Cine y Vídeo, Nephilim Producciones and Pecera Estudio. The prize consists of the post-production of a film until obtaining a DCP (Digital Cinema Package) subtitled in English and Spanish and its distribution in Spain.

The WIP Europa Award consists of 10,000 euros for the majority producer of the same film as wins the WIP Europa Industry Award.