FILM LABS at Cannes Film Festival
Momentum Starboard Film Labs are invitation-only, production-led environments in which emerging and established creators develop cinematic work inside live cultural contexts—not classrooms. The Labs place participants directly into the realities of professional filmmaking: disciplined location work, performance under constraint, legal and festival considerations, and high-stakes narrative decision-making, all guided by working producers and directors. Each Lab culminates in tangible screen assets rather than theory—scenes, showreels, or concept trailers designed specifically for festival, financing, and market conversations. The emphasis is on craft, judgment, and authorship, training filmmakers to operate credibly within the professional ecosystem while retaining creative control.
Film Lab at Festival de Cannes 78°, 15th to 17th May 2026.
Inside Real Productions
The Film Lab unfolds inside live productions, where learning happens under real pressure. Participants step into the rhythm of professional sets, observing how creative choices are made when time, light, and truth all matter.
Guided by the Craft
Direction, cinematography, and sound are shaped by working professionals from our Meet the Film Business network. These are practitioners actively making films, passing on judgment, discipline, and the instincts that define credible work.
Cannes as the Classroom
The Festival de Cannes provides a unique learning environment where filmmaking, finance, and reputation intersect. Participants experience how films are positioned, discussed, and valued within the world’s most influential film market.
From Script to Sale
Participants are exposed to the full commercial lifecycle of a film — from development decisions and packaging, through market positioning, sales strategy, and distribution realities. The Film Lab demystifies how projects are evaluated, financed, and traded, revealing how creative choices intersect with audience, territory, and risk. This is not theoretical instruction, but direct insight into how films move from idea to market within a global industry.
Cannes 2026 PROJECT:
THE FORGOTTEN SISTERS OF SAINT-HONORAT
Logline: When their mother’s death freezes a vast inheritance, two estranged sisters must uncover the truth about a father believed dead—before the forces he vanished from resurface on the French Riviera.
Filmed During the Live Festival
Shot inside an active Cannes Film Festival, the production operates under real crowd density, security protocols, and time pressure. Festival passes, minimal gear footprints, and constant movement shape every creative decision—capturing cinema as it exists under scrutiny, not isolation.