Location: Los Angeles, California, United States (festival 18-24 February 2027). Open to international entries.

Award: Festival exhibition at Slamdance in Los Angeles. DIG welcomes interactive documentaries, VR/AR, experiential installations, and genre-bending games. Entry fees: USD 60 regular, USD 70 late, USD 90 extended/final.

Duration: Festival 18-24 February 2027.

Deadline: 06 Oct 2026

Slamdance's DIG (Digital, Interactive and Gaming) showcase presents work at the edges of cinema and interactivity: interactive documentaries, VR/AR, experiential installations, and experimental games, a strong fit for interactive AI and data-driven work. Film categories run on similar deadline tiers. DIG deadlines: regular 10 August 2026 (USD 60), late 14 September 2026 (USD 70), extended 6 October 2026 (USD 90).

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Location: Remote/international mentoring programme; applicants must be based in one of Pro Helvetia's liaison-office regions (Arab region, East Asia, South America, South Asia and Vietnam, and West, Central, East and Southern Africa).

Award: CHF 3,000 toward the production of a prototype or demo version, plus individual coaching and community access; potential access to international trade fairs. When attending trade fairs, applicants with childcare responsibilities can request up to CHF 250 per week for childcare or children's travel expenses. No application fee.

Duration: Six-month mentoring programme, approximately 30 hours total commitment; notification in November 2026; earliest project start 1 January 2027.

Deadline: 01 Sep 2026

She Got Game is a Pro Helvetia mentoring programme promoting equal opportunities in the Swiss and international game industry, supporting the representation of women in management positions through dialogue with experienced international experts from the game industry. The call is aimed at professional game designers who identify as women from the regions of Pro Helvetia's liaison offices: the Arab region, East Asia, South America, South Asia and Vietnam, and West, Central, East and Southern Africa. ELIGIBILITY: Emerging Talents are game developers or game studios whose relevant training or registration (self-employed, sole proprietorship, or company) dates back less than seven years. Selection criteria include digital content for devices such as computers, consoles, mobile devices, or mixed-reality devices requiring a high level of interaction; clearly defined objectives in terms of participation and career; originality, feasibility, degree of innovation, and marketability of the project; and project leaders holding the copyright and rights of use. Excluded: commissioned work and projects that are part of an advertising or promotional campaign, and purely technological projects without obvious narrative and/or aesthetic content. WHAT IS OFFERED: individual coaching and input talks on project development, business strategy and finances, marketing, PR, and pitch training; involvement in a growing community of female game developers; potential access to international trade fairs; CHF 3,000 toward the production of a prototype or demo version; and up to CHF 250 per week toward childcare or children's travel expenses when attending international trade fairs (a budget must be presented in advance). All modules are conducted in English; the programme is a time-consuming commitment of roughly 30 hours over six months, plus potential additional time attending events or trade fairs. APPLICATION: submit a short CV (including education/training, nationality, and residency status in Switzerland), a short description of the current project (type and genre, gameplay, platform, development status, target audience, with relevant visual material, max. 10 A4 pages), a project portfolio, and expectations regarding the programme's objectives. All documents should be submitted in English; if not possible, applications may be submitted in German, French, or Italian. KEY DATES: applications open 1 July 2026; submission deadline 1 September 2026, 23:59 CEST; notification of decision in November 2026; earliest project start 1 January 2027. Apply via the Pro Helvetia application portal.

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