SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW OPEN!
Regular Deadline: Thursday, April 17 ($25)
Extended Deadline: Thursday, May 1 ($45)
You must be a Gotham Member (Essentials or Insider) to apply.
Learn more about Gotham Membership or email [email protected] to join or upgrade.
Learn more at our Info Sessions!
Features in Development/Shorts to Features: Tue, Apr 8 at 5 PM ET (RSVP Here) | Documentaries: Wed, Apr 9 at 5 PM ET (RSVP Here)
The 2025 Gotham Week Project Market is a meetings-driven forum connecting new fiction and documentary projects in development with key industry executives interested in identifying projects for development, financing, or distribution. The Project Market is the longest-running event of its kind in the United States.
In addition to opportunities for feedback and pitching, artists who participate in the Project Market often walk away with career-spanning relationships with distributors, financiers, production companies, festival programmers, sales and talent agents, collaborators, and others. These invaluable connections continue well beyond the confines of Gotham Week.
Past industry participants have included A24, HBO, IFC Films, Neon, Sony Pictures Classics, MUBI, Topic Studios, Sundance Institute, WME, SFFilm, SXSW, Tribeca, Hot Docs, and many more.
Recent Project Market alumni include Sean Wang’s Dìdi (弟弟) (Focus Features), Raven Jackson’s All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt (A24), Tayarisha Poe’s Selah and the Spades (Amazon), Jessica Kingdon’s Ascension (MTV Documentary Films), Nikyatu Jusu’s Nanny (Amazon), Laurel Parmet’s The Starling Girl (Bleecker Street), Michael Dweck & Gregory Kershaw’s The Truffle Hunters (Sony Pictures Classics), and Rachel Lears’ Knock Down the House (Netflix).
Open Submission Sections
Regular Deadline: April 17 | Extended Deadline: May 1
This section selects fiction feature films at the script stage to provide emerging and established filmmakers the opportunity to introduce new works in development to the Project Market’s attending industry professionals.
The U.S. Shorts to Features section provides filmmakers who have a proof-of-concept short film with the opportunity to meet with industry to create a feature-length version of their project. To apply to this section, filmmakers must provide their short film and an accompanying feature-length screenplay.
Designed to support emerging and established documentarians, Documentaries connects work-in-progress non-fiction features and series with financiers, distributors, broadcasters, sales companies, and festival programmers.
INVITATION-ONLY Sections
This year’s Gotham Week Project Market included two invitation-only sections
The Series Creators to Watch section of the Project Market highlights rising voices that will shape the future of television and push the boundaries of serialized fiction storytelling. Made possible thanks to The Gotham’s organizational partners and Gotham Alumni, this section of the Project Market will provide access to industry and opportunities for representation for writers and creators who have innovative vision and bold, risk-taking new series in development.
The Gotham’s Global Producers Hub
The Global Producers Hub section of the Project Market presents a cohort of US and International producers from countries around the globe, made possible thanks to The Gotham’s International year-round partnerships and activations. This section of Gotham Week will present a slate of projects to the film and media industry while also providing an international peer-to-peer network for producers to make connections and share resources.
FAQ
When is Gotham Week 2025?
Gotham Week will take place Monday, September 29 through Friday, October 3, 2025.
When are you accepting applications?
We are accepting applications until Thursday, May 1 at 11:59pm Eastern Time (EDT). To participate, you must have a Gotham Membership (Essentials or Insider). The Early Deadline is Thursday, April 17 at 11:59pm EDT.
When will applicants be notified about the status of their applications?
All applicants will be notified by the end of July.
Do I need to be a Gotham member to apply?
Yes, you need to be a Gotham Essentials or Insider member to apply. Gotham Members receive year-round perks and programming. Learn more about Gotham Membership here.
Can I get my application fee waived?
Unfortunately, we are unable to waive application fees this year.
Will this be a hybrid event?
Yes. The majority of meetings will be in-person, but we will also have virtual meetings for those unable to attend in New York.
Will there be other events at Gotham Week besides the Project Market?
Yes. In addition to the Project Market, Gotham Week will include the Gotham Week Expo, film screenings, social mixers, and more.
I am a non-US based director/producer interested in applying with a project, how can I apply?
Non-US based filmmakers with projects are included in the Global Producers Hub by invitation only.
I am a scripted narrative/fiction series writer/creator, how can I apply?
Scripted narrative/fiction series will be highlighted at Gotham Week in the Series Creators to Watch section by invitation only.
I have questions about the specific sections, where can I learn more?
Follow the links here to read the FAQs for each of these specific sections: Documentaries, U.S. Features in Development, U.S. Shorts to Features.