SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW OPEN!
Regular Deadline: Thursday, April 17 ($25)
Extended Deadline: Thursday, May 1 ($45)
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Learn more at our Info Session!
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The U.S. Features in Development section offers fiction feature films at the script stage the opportunity to participate in the 2025 Gotham Week Project Market. Over the course of the Project Market, selected filmmakers are invited to introduce their new works in development to hundreds of industry representatives from companies such as A24, Archer Gray, Kickstarter, IFC Films, MUBI, NEON, Park Pictures, Sony Pictures Classics, Sundance Institute, SFFilm, Topic Studios, WME, and more. Accepted filmmakers receive pre-scheduled one-on-one meetings with industry professionals and invitations to networking events.
Years before these films made it to the big screen, they participated in the Project Market. Some notable alumni Include:
Sean Wang’s Dìdi (弟弟) (2022 Project Market)
Ekwa Msangi’s Farewell Amor (2018 Project Market)
Christopher Makoto Yogi’s I Was a Simple Man (2015 Project Market)
Joe Talbot’s The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2015 Project Market)
Isabel Sandoval’s Lingua Franca (2016 Project Market)
Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight (2014 Project Market)
Raven Jackson’s All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt (2019 Project Market)
Maryam Keshavarz’s The Persian Version (2019 Project Market)
Nikyatu Jusu’s Nanny (2019 Project Market)
Shuchi Talati’s Girls Will Be Girls (2021 Project Market)
Lauren Hadaway’s The Novice (2018 Project Market)
Boots Riley’s Sorry to Bother You (2015 Project Market)
Carlo Mirabella-Davis’ Swallow (2018 Project Market)
Nikole Beckwith’s Together Together (2016 Project Market)
Robert Eggers’ The Witch (2013 Project Market)
Erica Tremblay’s Fancy Dance (2021 Project Market)
Laurel Parmet’s The Starling Girl (2019 Project Market)
Andrew Seman’s Resurrection (2015 Project Market)
TIMELINE
| Tuesday, April 8 at 5 PM EDT | Virtual Information Session (Watch Recording) |
| Thursday, April 17 at 11:59 PM EDT | Early Submission Deadline ($25) |
| Thursday, May 1 at 11:59 PM EDT | Extended Submission Deadline ($45) |
| Late July | Submissions Notifications |
| September 29 – October 3 | 2025 Gotham Week Project Market |