# Female-Focused Circle Fiction Orbit Project Incubator Unveils 2026 Cohort

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/female-focused-circle-fiction-orbit-project-incubator-unveils-2026-cohort/
- Published: 2026-10-30T12:39:33+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-30T13:27:27+00:00
- Original publisher: Deadline
- Original article: https://deadline.com/2026/10/circle-fiction-orbit-project-incubator-2026-1237209356/
- Topics: Entertainment, Film

## Key points

- Five projects join the Circle Fiction Orbit incubator.
- The retreat is taking place in Herceg Novi, Montenegro.
- The programme supports women and gender-expansive filmmakers.

## Summary

The Circle Training Initiative has selected five feature film projects for its third Circle Fiction Orbit incubator, a development programme for women and gender-expansive filmmakers. The seven-day retreat in Herceg Novi, Montenegro, gives mid-career filmmakers and their producers time and support to develop their projects, with the cohort meeting through 1 November.

The projects are *Por Este Arroios Acima* by Portugal’s Leonor Bettencourt Loureiro, *Nutsa.Love* by Georgia’s Irine Jordania, *Premier Souffle* by the Netherlands’ Sabine Lubbe Bakker, *Leech* by Montenegro’s Katarina Bulajić and *Soloist* by Poland’s Marta Prus. Their subjects include urban change and community, relationships, isolation, betrayal and ballet. Producer Bianca Oana leads the retreat, joined by producers Myriam Sassine, Dana Bunescu and Dominique Welinski; the programme also includes a keynote with Dea Kulumbegashvili and a screening of *April*.

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