In 2012, the San Sebastian Festival launched the I Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum. Its priority objectives are to foster the development of audiovisual projects, encourage collaboration between professionals and promote an opening out towards new international markets.

Intended for fiction and non-fiction developing works, the Co-Production Forum is open to film projects from Europe and Latin America.

Those responsible for projects will have the opportunity to present their works to industry members at pitching sessions and they will receive a personal agenda of appointments with professionals interested in participating in their projects.

The Forum also includes initiatives to prompt informal meetings between participants, as well as talks and round tables to encourage the exchange of experiences and knowledge of key matters related to the audiovisual industry past and present.

The Co-Production Forum takes place at the San Telmo Museum, near the Príncipe Cinemas (venue for Films in Progress and Glocal in Progress screenings). During the event, the Forum also becomes a meeting place for all industry professionals present in San Sebastian.

In the Co-Production Forum, important prizes are awarded as the Best Project Award; the EFADs-CAACI Coproduction Award; the Eurimages Development Co-Production Award and the ArteKino International Prize.

As an extension to the San Sebastian Forum, and as a result of the collaboration agreement signed with the Marché du Film-Festival de Cannes and Argentina's INCAA (Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales), a number of these projects will be able to continue their international trajectory in the Ventana Sur (Buenos Aires) and in the coming edition of the Cannes Producers Network. This initiative will lend a decisive boost to their international promotion.

In 2018, collaboration increased between the San Sebastian Film Festival and Ventana Sur, Latin America's biggest film market, organised by the Marché du Film-Festival de Cannes and Argentina's INCAA (National Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts) with the launch of Proyecta. This new activity promotes co-productions with Latin America and fosters the international journey of European projects selected for the Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum.

Contact:

• industryclub@sansebastianfestival.com
• T: +34 943 48 12 17

BACK TO THE FUTURE: HOW TO GIVE FILMS OLDER THAN 3 YEARS A BETTER LIFE AND MARKET?

Fostered by Europa Distribution (Accreditation holders)

ROUND TABLE

• Moderator: Michael Gubbins | Sampomedia (United Kingdom)

Speakers:

• Joséphine Létang | La Toile (France)
• Anke van Diejen | Pickl (Netherlands)
• Wendy Bernfeld | Rights Stuff (Netherlands)
• William Page | FilmDoo & EuroVod (Erresuma Batua)
• Margherita Chiti | Teodora (Italy)

FROM TRAINING TO THE PROFESSION, A RETURN JOURNEY

ROUND TABLE

• Moderator: Hernán Musaluppi | Rizoma (Argentina)

Speakers:

• Macarena López | Manufactura de Películas (Chile)
• Carlos Muguiro | EQZE - Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola (Spain)
• Michel Gaztambide | Scriptwriter (Spain)
• Agustina Chiarino | Mutante Cine (Uruguay)
• Julie Bergeron | Marché du Film - Festival de Cannes (France)

"ZINEMALDIA & TECHNOLOGY 2018"
FILM INDUSTRY & BLOCKCHAIN

Fostered by Tecnalia(Accreditation holders)

PRESENTATION

• Moderator: José Calleja | Tecnalia (Spain)

Speakers:

• Oscar Lage | Tecnalia (Spain)
• Covadonga Fernández | Blockchain Media (Spain)

THE NEW PANORAMA OF DISTRIBUTION AND CO-PRODUCTION WITH LATIN AMERICA

Fostered by PROA (Federated Audiovisual Producers) (Accreditation holders)

ROUND TABLE

• Moderator: David Matamoros | Zentropa Spain (Spain)

Speakers:

• Mariela Besuievsky | Tornasol Films (Spain)
• Fernando López Puig | TVE (Spain)
• Antonio Saura | Latido Film (Spain)
• Alfonso López de Alba | Alfhaville Cinema (Mexico)
• Àngels Masclans | Óberon Cinematográfica (Spain)
• Noemí Coloma | Welaw (Spain)

GLOCAL: DIVERSITY IN EUROPEAN CINEMA AS A MARKET VALUE

(Accreditation holders)

PRESENTATIONS

• Moderator: Roberto Cueto | Festival de San Sebastián (Spain)

Speakers:

• Audrius Kuprevicius | Lithuanian Film Centre (Lithuania)
• Eda Koppel | Estonian Film Institute (Estonia)
• Dita Rietuma | National Film Centre of Latvia (Latvia)

ROUND TABLE

• Moderator: Roberto Cueto | San Sebastian International Film Festival (Spain)

Speakers:

• Pauline Burt | Fflim Cymru Wales (United Kingdom)
• Aitziber Atorrasagasti | Basque Government (Spain)
• Marian Fernández | Txintxua Films (Spain)
• Marija Razgute | M-Films (Lithuania)
• Enrique González Khun | Caramel Films (Spain)

LATIN AMERICA: WOMEN AND FILM.
THE EMERGING ROLE OF WOMEN IN LATIN AMERICAN CINEMA

Fostered by AECID (Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation) (Accreditation holders)

ROUND TABLE

• Moderator: Eva Morsch-Kihn | ARCALT – Cinélatino, Rencontres de Toulouse (France)

Speakers:

• Tata Amaral | Tangerina Entretenimento (Brazil)
• Albertina Carri | El Borde (Argentina)
• Tatiana Graullera | Limerencia (Mexico)
• Alejandra Paulin | Los Cabos International Film Festival (Mexico)
• Dominga Sotomayor | Cinestación (Chile)

• HERMANO PELIGRO, Pablo Fendrik
  Produced by: Rei Cine, SRL. (Argentina - Denmark)

EFADs-CAACI EUROPE-LATIN AMERICA CO-PRODUCTION GRANT

• LA LLORONA, Jayro Bustamante
  Produced by: La Casa de Producción (Guatemala)

EURIMAGES DEVELOPMENT CO-PRODUCTION AWARD

• THE JUNGLE, Matthias Huser
  Produced by: 8Horses (Switzerland)

• LIBERTAD, Clara Roquet
  Produced by: Avalon P.C. and Lastor Media (Spain - Denmark)

• Enid "Pinky" Campos (Producer)
• Didar Domehri (Producer)
• Pablo Iraola (Producer)

Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum Best Project Award

The Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum Best Project Award carrying EUR 10,000 gross, will be handed over either as a bank cheque or as an international cheque (always paid in euros) to the majority producer of the winning project.

The Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum Best Project Award is open to competition by all projects selected for the event, with the exception of those presented in the framework of special collaborations.

Rules and regulations

EFADs-CACI Europe-Latin America Co-Production Grant

The EFADs-CACI Europe-Latin America Co-Production Grant carrying EUR 20,000 will be handed over to the majoritiy producer of the winning project.

The EFADs-CACI Europe-Latin America Co-Production Grant is open to projects selected for the VII Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum.

Rules and regulations

Eurimages Development Co-Production Award

The Eurimages Development Co-Production Award, a cash prize of EUR 20,000 for feature films has been created to promote the Fund’s role in encouraging European co-production from the initial stages of a project. The eligible projects must have been submitted to the Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum by a producer established in a Eurimages’s Member Country and have the intention to involve at least another Eurimages’ Member Country.

Rules and regulations

ARTE Kino International Prize

The ARTE Kino International Prize carrying EUR 6,000 gross will be handed over to the majority producer of the winning project.

The award is sponsored by ARTE.

Representatives of ARTE will attend the Europe-Latin América Co-Production Forum in order to award the ARTE Kino International Prize.

The ARTE Kino International Prize is open to competition by all projects selected for the event, with the exception of those presented in the framework of special collaborations.

The Award will be subject to the current tax regulation.

Rules and regulations