Applications for the 2025 Rotterdam Lab Fellowship are closed.
About
Through its long-standing partnership with CineMart, the co-production market of the International Film Festival Rotterdam, The Gotham annually selects two producers to participate in the Rotterdam Lab. The Fellowship is open to American citizens or U.S.-based producers who have no more than two feature-length film producing credits. The 2025 edition will take place in person, February 1 – 5, 2025.
Our 2024 Producer Fellows for the Rotterdam Lab were: Sophie Luo (The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire) and Tara Sheffer (Plaisir).
The Rotterdam Lab is designed to build up emerging producers’ international network and experience. It is an initiative of the International Film Festival Rotterdam’s CineMart in cooperation with its international partnering organizations. The Rotterdam Lab traditionally offers panel discussions illustrating the process by which a project in need of financing is completed and brought to its audience, as well as speed dating sessions in which selected producers meet with industry delegates and receive advice about their own projects.
Timeline
October 3, 2024: Applications Open
October 31, 2024: Applications Close
Mid-November, 2024: Selected fellows notified
January 31 – February 5, 2025: Rotterdam Lab
Guidelines & Eligibility
To be eligible for the Rotterdam Lab Fellowship, an applicant must be U.S.-based, meaning either a U.S. citizen and/or currently living & working here in the U.S. Applicants also must have no more than two feature film credits producing credits. Ideal candidates are working on their first International co-production and are interested in growing their international connections and network.
Selected The Gotham/Rotterdam Lab Fellows will be offered accommodations & festival accreditation via IFFR. The Gotham will offer a travel stipend to selected fellows.
The Gotham’s past Rotterdam Lab Fellows include: Aya Hamdan (Dunya’s Day); Myriam Schroeter (Sing Sing); Nikkia Moulterie (Nanny); Ki Jin Kim (Columbus); Jon Coplon (Mediterranea); Sara Murphy (Land Ho!), Chris Ohlson (Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter), Matthew Parker (Higher Ground), Adele Romanski (The Myth of the American Sleepover), Aimee Lynn Barneburg (Clementine), Lara Costa Calzado (The Roads Not Taken), Avril Speaks (Jinn), Matt Petock (Hide Your Smiling Faces), Liz Cardenas (Never Goin’ Back), Carlos Zozaya (Tyrel), and more.
For more information about the program, visit the Rotterdam Lab website.
Should you have any questions please contact Gabriele Capolino, Director of International, at [email protected].