Open call · applications until December 15

Sphere Open PitchYour film starts here

Send your film idea and get a project and a profile on the platform. Every step you take on Sphere, from gathering the team to the online premiere, raises the chance to win production support.

Submit a project How points are earned

50days left to apply
10steps that raise your chances
100activity points to earn

How it works

From an idea to a film with a team and a premiere

Send the idea
A title, the idea, the shooting location and the budget you are aiming for. Ten minutes is enough.
Get a project and a profile
The application becomes your project on Sphere, with a passport, a team page and a production hub.
Build the film on the platform
Publish the project, gather the team, start production. Every step adds points to your activity score.
Pitch in the final
The jury picks the shortlist, the finalists pitch online, and the winners get production support.

Activity score

Ten steps that raise your chances

Every step is something a film needs anyway. The further the project gets on the platform, the more points it has when the jury opens it.

Get on the platform35 points

Send the application+5The idea, the location and the budget are in. The project is created.
Publish your author profile+10The jury and the people you invite see who stands behind the film.
Fill in the film passport+10A logline, a synopsis and a cover on the project page.
Publish the project+10The project appears in the catalog, where people and partners can find it.

Build the team20 points

Invite the first person to the team+5Ask a cinematographer, a producer or an actor through SPHERIK or by email.
Gather the core team+15Three people have accepted and joined the project.

Make the film25 points

Start the production cycle+15Finish the readiness checklist and open the production hub.
Wrap the shoot+10Close production in the hub and move the film into post.

Show the film20 points

Publish the film+10Upload the finished film to the project and make it public.
Hold an online premiere+10Premiere the film in the Sphere cinema on the date you set.

Prizes

What the winners get

Production financing

Money for the shoot from the open call fund and its partners, paid in stages through the platform.

Services from industry partners

Equipment, locations, post-production and other services from partner companies on special terms.

A premiere in the Sphere cinema

An online premiere with promotion on the homepage and a place in the festival track.

Dates

Open call timeline

Until December 15, 2026
Applications open
Send the idea. Each account can enter up to three projects.
Until February 28, 2027
Work on the platform
Points are counted from what the project shows on this date.
March 10, 2027
The shortlist
The jury reads every entry and names the finalists.
March 25, 2027
Final and winners
Finalists pitch online in front of the jury and partners.

Rules

Open call rules

Anyone with a film idea can enter: a director, a producer, a screenwriter or a production company.
An entry is a project on Sphere. It stays yours whatever the result, with everything you built in it.
The activity score counts ten steps on the platform, 100 points in all. The tracker in your dashboard shows it live.
The final decision combines the jury's view of the idea, the team and the realism of the budget (60%) with the activity score (40%).
Points count only for real work: a team member counts once they accept the invitation, a film once it is published.
Up to three projects per account. Entries that copy someone else's work are removed from the open call.

The idea is enough to start.

Submit a project

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Sphere Open PitchYour film starts here

Send your film idea and get a project and a profile on the platform. Every step you take on Sphere, from gathering the team to the online premiere, raises the chance to win production support.

50days left to apply

10steps that raise your chances

100activity points to earn

From an idea to a film with a team and a premiere

Send the idea

A title, the idea, the shooting location and the budget you are aiming for. Ten minutes is enough.

Get a project and a profile

The application becomes your project on Sphere, with a passport, a team page and a production hub.

Build the film on the platform

Publish the project, gather the team, start production. Every step adds points to your activity score.

Pitch in the final

The jury picks the shortlist, the finalists pitch online, and the winners get production support.

Ten steps that raise your chances

Every step is something a film needs anyway. The further the project gets on the platform, the more points it has when the jury opens it.

Get on the platform35 points

Send the application+5The idea, the location and the budget are in. The project is created.
Publish your author profile+10The jury and the people you invite see who stands behind the film.
Fill in the film passport+10A logline, a synopsis and a cover on the project page.
Publish the project+10The project appears in the catalog, where people and partners can find it.

Build the team20 points

Invite the first person to the team+5Ask a cinematographer, a producer or an actor through SPHERIK or by email.
Gather the core team+15Three people have accepted and joined the project.

Make the film25 points

Start the production cycle+15Finish the readiness checklist and open the production hub.
Wrap the shoot+10Close production in the hub and move the film into post.

Show the film20 points

Publish the film+10Upload the finished film to the project and make it public.
Hold an online premiere+10Premiere the film in the Sphere cinema on the date you set.

What the winners get

Production financing

Money for the shoot from the open call fund and its partners, paid in stages through the platform.

Services from industry partners

Equipment, locations, post-production and other services from partner companies on special terms.

A premiere in the Sphere cinema

An online premiere with promotion on the homepage and a place in the festival track.

Open call timeline

Until December 15, 2026

Applications open

Send the idea. Each account can enter up to three projects.

Until February 28, 2027

Work on the platform

Points are counted from what the project shows on this date.

March 10, 2027

The shortlist

The jury reads every entry and names the finalists.

March 25, 2027

Final and winners

Finalists pitch online in front of the jury and partners.

Open call rules

Anyone with a film idea can enter: a director, a producer, a screenwriter or a production company.

An entry is a project on Sphere. It stays yours whatever the result, with everything you built in it.

The activity score counts ten steps on the platform, 100 points in all. The tracker in your dashboard shows it live.

The final decision combines the jury's view of the idea, the team and the realism of the budget (60%) with the activity score (40%).

Points count only for real work: a team member counts once they accept the invitation, a film once it is published.

Up to three projects per account. Entries that copy someone else's work are removed from the open call.