THE NEXT GENERATION OF FILMMAKERS
Connect.
Collaborate.
Create.
Co-Lab is building a new way for emerging filmmakers to meet, collaborate and turn ideas into films.
Through our web application and live events, we're creating a community where actors, directors, writers, producers, DOPs and creatives can find each other, build teams and create opportunities together.
IDEAS.
PEOPLE.
PROJECTS.
FILMS.
PEOPLE.
PROJECTS.
FILMS.
OUR MISSION
Rethinking
who you know.
The film industry has always told emerging talent that success is about who you know.
But what happens when you're talented, ambitious and ready to create — and simply haven't met the right people yet?
Co-Lab exists to help change that.
We're creating a space where emerging filmmakers can find collaborators, share ideas, build teams and make things happen without waiting for permission.
THE INDUSTRY SAYS
"IT'S WHO
YOU KNOW."
WE THINK YOU SHOULD
BE ABLE TO FIND THEM.
THE WEB APPLICATION
Your next
collaboration
is closer.
Built for filmmakers, by filmmakers.
Co-Lab is a web application designed to connect the next generation of creative talent around the thing that matters most: making work.
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Discover Projects
SHORT FILM
Urban Drift
Looking for: DOP · Actor · Editor
FEATURE FILM
The Next Chapter
Looking for: Producer · Actors
SHORT FILM
Solace
Looking for: Director · SoundA space where ideas meet the right people — and projects become reality.
01
CREATE YOUR PROFILE
Show the community who you are, what you do, your experience and what you want to create.
02
DISCOVER PROJECTS
Find films, opportunities and creative projects looking for people with your skills.
03
FIND YOUR PEOPLE
Connect with actors, writers, directors, producers, DOPs and creatives who complement what you do.
04
COLLABORATE
Apply to projects, message creatives and start turning conversations into films.
380,000+
PRE-SUBSCRIBERS
THE COMMUNITY
A new generation is ready to create.
Co-Lab has grown to over 380,000 pre-subscribers across film festivals, drama schools, film schools and universities specialising in the arts.
That growth reflects a clear demand for a space built specifically for emerging creatives looking to connect, collaborate and create opportunities together.
CO-LAB EVENTS
Real conversations.
Real collaborations.
We're rethinking what a networking event for emerging filmmakers should actually achieve.
Traditional networking can put 100 talented people into a room and simply hope the right conversations happen.
Co-Lab Events are different.
Through incentivised networking, attendees arrive ready to talk about what they actually want to make. They meet complementary creatives, pitch ideas, solve creative problems and build meaningful connections.
MEET.
PITCH.
COLLABORATE.
CREATE.
PITCH.
COLLABORATE.
CREATE.
A DIFFERENT KIND OF NETWORKING
Don't leave with
more contacts.
Leave with collaborators.
01
ARRIVE WITH IDEAS
Every attendee comes prepared with two simple film ideas they could potentially develop.
02
MEET WITH PURPOSE
We create reasons for writers, actors, directors, producers and crew to actually speak to each other.
03
LEAVE WITH POSSIBILITY
Find the person who could shoot your film, perform in it, produce it — or help you build the entire team.
WHY CO-LAB?
Talent is
everywhere.
Opportunity isn't.
There are extraordinary filmmakers waiting for an opportunity to make extraordinary work.
Sometimes the missing piece isn't talent. It's access.
Access to a producer. A writer. An actor. A cinematographer. A director. A community.
Co-Lab is about helping emerging creatives build that community for themselves.
HOW CO-LAB WORKS
01
CREATE
Tell the community who you are, what you do and what you want to make.
02
CONNECT
Discover the people, projects and opportunities that complement your ambitions.
03
COLLABORATE
Build the team, develop the idea and make something together.
THE NETWORK WHERE FILMS GET MADE
DON'T JUST
NETWORK.
BUILD.
Ideas are everywhere.
The right people make them real.
