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Schweizer Filmschaffende haben die Möglichkeit, sowohl an MEDIA-geförderten, als auch an durch die MEDIA-Ersatzmassnahmen unterstützten Weiterbildungen teilzunehmen. Die Workshops bieten ganz nebenbei exzellente Möglichkeiten zur internationalen Vernetzung.
MEDIA Desk Suisse publiziert die Get Trained!-Broschüre mit Kurzbeschreibungen aller Weiterbildungen, aufgeteilt nach folgenden Bereichen:
- Drehbuch und Entwicklung von Spiel-, Dokumentar und Animationsfilmen, sowie TV-Serien
- Produktion, Koproduktion und Postproduktion
- Management, Recht, Nachhaltigkeit
- Marketing, Vertrieb, Auswertung
- Mentoring, Networking
Schweizer Filmschaffende haben normalerweise zu allen in unserer Broschüre aufgelisteten Veranstaltungen Zugang. Personen mit zusätzlicher Nationalität eines EU- oder Creative Europe-Mitgliedslandes empfehlen wir, diese Nationalität bei der Anmeldung anzugeben. Sollten Sie wegen Ihrer Schweizer Nationalität abgelehnt werden, geben Sie uns bitte bescheid.
Weiterbildungszuschüsse
Um die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der Schweizer Filmbranche und die europäische Vernetzung zu fördern, stellt das Bundesamt für Kultur im Rahmen der MEDIA-Ersatzmassnahmen Zuschüsse für die Teilnahme an MEDIA oder MEDIA-Ersatzmassnahmen geförderten Weiterbildungen zur Verfügung. Weitere Infos dazu hier.
Aktuelle Deadlines
Script Development
ComedyLab | TorinoFilmLab
Writers and comedy writers/performers collaborate to develop amusing feature film projects. Both targets can apply with or without a project. The programme comprises one two-day long preliminary workshop and 3 week-long residential modules (April, June and November).
For: screenwriters, comedy writers/performers
Date & Location: March-Novemeber 2026, Torino (IT), Flanders (BE), (PL)
Deadline: 12.12.2025
Project Development
3D Character Animation | The Animation Workshop/ VIA University College
Nine-week course for animators. Participants collaborate with industry instructors to master 3D character animation, applying classical principles to body mechanics, movement, and performance, culminating in a show‑reel and written reflection.
For: aspiring or practising animators
Date & Location: 13.04.-15.06.2026, Viborg (DK) / online
Deadline: 08.03.2026
Cinekid Directors LAB | Stitching Cinekid
A one-week workshop for directors working on children’s feature films or series in advanced development (with a producer attached). Focuses on strengthening the director’s voice, refining the script, and building skills for working with young audiences.
For: directors
Date & Location: 12.-16.04.2026, Amsterdam (NL)
Deadline: 22.12.2025
Masterschool | Documentary Campus
In this 10-month programme participants get the opportunity to develop a factual film/TV/digital project in a market-focused environment. It consists of workshops and webinars, individual mentorship and 1-on-1 consultancy with industry experts and networking opportunities in the most important European Documentary Markets.
For: writers, directors, producers, teams
Date & Location: March 2026 - November 2026, Copenhagen (DK), Munich and Halle (DE)
Deadline: 15.12.2025
SeriesLab & SeriesLab Story Editing | TorinoFilmLab
SeriesLab, a training programme for international teams of writers and producers to develop original, commercially viable TV series, offering workshops, online sessions, and tutor support through the full process from concept to pilot development. SeriesLab Story Editing, a hands-on module for professionals who wish to act as story editors alongside writers, director-writers, and creative producers, learning to shape series projects into marketable packages. Both strands culminate in a final pitch to industry professionals and aim to foster deep understanding of TV development, storytelling, and market-oriented production.
For: teams of writers or writer-directors and their producers, story consultants, producers, readers for production companies/film funds, development executives, story editors
Date & Location: June-November 2026, (PL), Torino (IT)
Deadline: 17.12.2025
Production & Post-Production
MIDPOINT Editing Room | Midpoint Institute
A pool of tutors examines the rough cut of feature films and analyses them together with the film teams within an online consultation.
For: teams of editors and directors with a feature film in rough-cut stage
Date and location: online
No deadline
Management, Legal, Sustainability
eTrainings | Erich Pommer Institut
The eTrainings are on-demand online courses for the Film and TV industry. International experts speak on diverse topics such as Green Production, Pitching, Change Management, Co-Production, Agile Innovation Management, Storytelling, Agreements, Negotiation and Rights Management.
For: industry professionals
Date & Location: on-demand, online
No deadline
IP Adaptation Bootcamp | Series Mania Institute
A training programme that teaches professionals how to identify, acquire, and adapt intellectual property into television series. It combines narrative, strategic, and legal perspectives to help participants assess the creative and commercial potential of existing IP. Through expert-led sessions, attendees strengthen their skills in IP sourcing, rights negotiation, and developing adaptation-ready materials.
For: producers, agents, development executives, business affairs, sales executives
Date & Location: online
Deadline: 13.04.2026
For more trainings please check out FOCAL, the Swiss Foundation for professional training in cinema and audiovisual media.