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SPAIN / Developing the Spanish audiovisual sector

Ministère de la Culture

At the end of December the Spanish government presented a bill aimed at consolidating the country’s audiovisual sector. Its key clauses focus on giving priority to independent productions when allocating subsidies. The Ministry of Culture’s press release says the government also intends to pay “particular attention to true equality between men and women by using …

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Spain / “As Neves”, Sonia Méndez’ first full-length feature

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Last December actress/director Sonia Méndez shot As Neves (As Snow), her first feature. The film is set in a remote village in Galicia as a group of teenagers are celebrating carnival. During the party, a pornographic video featuring one of the girls, Paula, is shared. Shattered, Paula runs off and disappears without a trace. While …

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SPAIN / The Festival of Films by Women closes

Films by Women

The 5th Festival of Films by Women was held in Madrid from October 25th to November 6th. There were screenings in 22 venues across the city, as well as online and on television, in partnership with 8madrid TV. This year focussing on the Netherlands, the programme had 10 sections, including the National and the International …

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Spain / First Valencia Film Afers

Valencia Film Afers

Focussing on Mediterranean cinema, this year’s Valencia Film Festival launched its first international co-production forum, Valencia Film Afers. Taking place on October 22nd and 23rd, in parallel with the main festival, Afers was created to encourage investments and secure international co-productions. For its launch the organisers chose 10 projects from Europe and the Middle East. …

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Spain / Launch of VENTURA, a project development platform

VENTURA

The Spanish-based Enfoques Cultural Association, which organizes the Play-Doc international documentary film festival, is launching a new platform: VENTURA. Created for independent directors and producers, it wants to bring film industry professionals together around innovative national and international projects which show “a strong artistic vision of cinema.” VENTURA offers a programme which includes professional training, …

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Spain / The Panoramica catalogue champions independent Spanish cinema

Logo PLAY Acció Cultural

Presented at the last Cannes Film Festival’s Market-Place, the Panoramica online hub is aimed at international cinema programmers. It presents a catalogue of carefully selected emerging Spanish films. There are more than twenty such films on their website. The initiative is led by PLAY Acció Cultural, “a not-for-profit cultural entity, whose main activity is to …

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Spain / The German Beta Group opens a division in Spain

Beta Spain

Beta Group, one of Europe’s leading independent film and television companies, has opened a new division in Spain, Beta Fiction. The Munich parent company produces, finances and distributes audiovisual works on a global scale. Beta Fiction is part of Beta Entertainment Spain, enlarging and strengthening the group’s well-established presence and position in that country. Mercedes …

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