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Welcome to a New Edition of Ventana Sur! 

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Thursday, November 30th!

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SCREENING - SEMILLAS

09:30 hs - CINEMARK 7 

Director: Eliana Niño

 
 

SCREENING - LOS AMANTES SE DESPIDEN CON LA MIRADA

14:00 hs - CINEMARK 7 

Director: Rigoberto Perezcano

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

ANIMATION! PITCHING SESSION - FEATURE FILMS

09:30 hs - Auditorium 2

Pitch of Latin American animated feature film projects looking for strategic partners.

 
 

CONFERENCE - LA LIGA PRESENTS: NEW HORIZONS IN IBEROAMERICAN ANIMATION CO-PRODUCTION*

*With the of Ibermedia Next

11:00 hs - Auditorium 2

Production strategies and challenges behind the series ‘Yo te adopto’ and ‘Petit’ (Season 3). How co-production with channels became a creative and effective way to complete animated projects, tracing alternative paths in the animation industry.

ISTS: Bernardita Ojeda, Director 'Petit', General Director, Pájaro / Rosario Carlino, Director 'Yo te adopto', Osa Estudio / Cielo Salviolo Director Pakapaka Contenidos Públicos / Yago Fandiño, Head of Kids Content, RTVE / Francisca Socías Suárez, Project Manager, Promotion Department, CNTV

: José Iñesta, Director, Pixelatl

 
 

CONFERENCE - GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS: COPRODUCTION STRATEGIES

15:30 hs - Auditorium 2

A journey through co-production in animation. The main challenges, selecting the right partners, festival strategies and finding the right sales agents. The roap to global success, including useful information on mechanisms for co-production with .

IST: Ron Dyens, Founder and CEO, Sacrebleu Productions

 
 

ANIMATION! PITCHING SESSION - TV SERIES

16:30 hs - Auditorium 2

Pitch of Latin American animated series projects looking for strategic partners.

 
 
 
 
 
 

PITCHING SESSIONS - BLOOD WINDOW LAB PITCHING SESSIONS (DAY 2)

09:30 hs - Aula Magna

Pitch session of projects in development selected in Blood Window LAB.

 

SCREENING - FARO

15:45 hs - CINEMARK 7

Director: Ángeles Hernández

 

SCREENING - OMNIPRESENTE

17:30 hs - CINEMARK 7

Director: Farid Rodríguez Rivero

 
 

GRAN PREMIO FANTLATAM AWARD CEREMONY

18:00 hs - AULA MAGNA

Fantlatam, the alliance of Latin American fantastic film festivals, presents The FantLatam Grand Prize in recognition of the work and creativity of the best Latin American fantastic film productions of the year 2022.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

CONFERENCE - ARTE, FROM BROADCASTER TO PUBLISHER: HOW DID A PUBLIC SERVICE TV CHANNEL BECAME AN AUTHOR'S GAME PUSBLISHER

12:30 hs - Auditorium 2

Adrien Larouzée of Channel ARTE will share his knowledge on the current state of the audiovisual industry and the channel's interest in the development, production and release of video games.

ISTS: Adrien Larouzée, Director of XR and responsible for video game production and release activities, Channel Arte.

 
 

CONFERENCE - FINANCING, PUBLISHING AND MARKETING FOR VIDEO GAMES

14:30 hs - Auditorium 2

Explore the financing, marketing and publishing of video games with Shiro Unlimited.

ISTS: Arnaud Richard, Marketing Director, Shiro Unilimited.

 
 
 
 

CONFERENCE - DIVERSITY, PARITY, AND EQUALITY IN IBERO-AMERICAN AUDIOVISUAL

11:00 hs - Auditorium 1

Representatives of Ibero-American collectives in the international film industry will discuss strategies in their regions to achieve greater diversity in the audiovisual field.

ISTS: Annamaria Muchnik, President, Asociación La Mujer y el Cine / Cristina Andreu, President, Asociación CIMA / Mitzuko Villanueva, President, Mujeres en Cine y la Televisión / Monica Hernández, Diretor, Festival de Cine de Tunja. 

Lyara Oliveira, Director of Innovation and Audiovisual Policies, Spcine

 
 

PUNTO GÉNERO PITCHING SESSIONS 

16:00 hs - Auditorium 1

Punto Género presents its Pitching Sessions, where selected Latin American projects will have the opportunity and space to exhibit and develop their audiovisual work, in search of new partnerships.

 
 

PITCHING SESSIONS - DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILMS IN POSTPRODUCTION 

11:30 hs - Aula Magna

13 documentary feature film projects in post production from Argentina, Mexico and Chile are holding their pitching session in order to reach sales agents, creative producers, aid funds and international programmers.

 

CONFERENCE - THE BUILDING OF A SUCCESSFUL GLOBAL IMPACT STRATEGY FOR DOCUMENTARY FILMS

15:30 hs - Aula Magna

Two dissimilar and successful impact strategies, one European and one Latin American, discuss: How to plan and implement an impact strategy? How to find funding and develop partnerships? How to mobilize audiences? Practical tools for your situated impact project.

ISTS: Victoria Solano, Director, Sumercé-Colombia / Marco Cartolano, Producer Sumercé /  Matthieu Lietaert, Director - The illusion of abundance - Belgium / Erika González Ramírez, Journalist / Esther Van Messel, CEO, First Hand Films.

S: Julieta Graffigna, Line Coordinator, Conicet Documental.

 
 
 
 
 

NETFLIX PITCHING SESSIONS

12:00 hs - Auditorium 1

Pitching of 5 selected projects: Series in development written by Latin American authors.

 
 

CNTV COCKTAIL

13:30 hs - Industry Lounge

Presentation of the 15 projects financed by the CNTV 2023 Fund, during a private cocktail in order to show their potential and generate networking with the Audiovisual Industry.

 
 
 
 

PROYECTA ONE TO ONE / MEETING TABLES

10:00 hs - Indusstry Lounge

One to one meetings with the projects presented in Proyecta.

 
 

MEETING TABLES - OFFICIAL SELECTION

11:00 hs - Auditorium 3

Scheduled meetings with the selected screenwriters.

 
 

MEETING TABLES - MAFIZ / MALAGA FESTIVAL SELECTION & BRAZIL'S SPECIAL GUESTS

15:00 hs - Auditorium 3

Scheduled meetings with scriptwriters from Malaga / MAFIZ and guests from Brazil.

 
 

CONFERENCE - IN DEFENSE OF AUDIOVISUAL AUTHORS' ROYALTY RIGHTS

18:00 hs - Auditorium 2

The discussion will focus on contracts that require Latin American authors to waive their moral rights and remuneration, thus preventing them from ing their work for the collection of royalties for public exhibition.

IST: Dr Germán Gutiérrez, International Manager, ARGENTORES

: Martín Salinas, Member of the Professional Film Council of Argentores and of the Board of Directors of SADA

 
 
 
 

CONFERENCE - MADRID AS A BRIDGE FOR CO-PRODUCTION WITH SPAIN: THE CASE OF 'ADIÓS MADRID'

13:30 hs - Auditorium 1

Madrid has become one of the main production centers in Europe and an indisputable bridge for co-productions between the Spanish and Latin American industries. An example of this is 'Adiós Madrid', directed by Diego Corsini and produced by Madco (Spain) and Cineworld (Argentina).

ISTS: Carlo D'Ursi, Producer and President, AMA (Asociación Madrileña del Audiovisual) / Gonzalo Cabrera, General Director of Cultural Promotion of the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Sports / Luciano Cáceres, Actor / Gustavo Otero, Producer, "Adiós Madrid" / María Victoria Alcaraz, General Director, International Cultural Cooperation of the City of Buenos Aires.

: Raúl Torquemada Melero, Director of Madrid Film Office, Madrid City Council.

 
 

CONFERENCE - CONTENT PLATFORMS: NEW PROGRAMMING AND AUDIOVISUAL BROADCASTING CHALLENGES

17:00 hs - Auditorium 3

In the we will address the growth of video on demand platforms, sharing the experiences of genesis of those created with a public character, and the programming logics according to their profile and audiences. We will talk about the challenges facing the consolidation and growth of these content projection spaces and their dialogue with other forms of exhibition.

ISTS: Camila Rocha, Assistant Exhibition Manager, Cine.Ar Play / Pablo Torello, Director of Audiovisual Policy, BAFILMA.

: Dr. Rodrigo De Echeandia - Exhibition and Audience Manager, INCAA

 
 

PITCHING SESSIONS - PROJETO PARADISO

14:30 hs - Auditorium 1

Presentation of Brazilian fiction feature films in advanced stages of financing that seek partnerships with Latin America and Europe. The projects are from of the Paradiso Talent Network. Projeto Paradiso is a Brazilian foundation that s the training and internationalization of audiovisual professionals.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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