Zinemaldia Startup Challenge is a competition for business projects. A initiative aiming to foster the generation of new entrepreneurial projects based on new technologies and aimed at the audiovisual field, and to support their development in the Basque Country.
The Basque Government, through the Department of Economic Development, Sustainability and Environment and SPRI, promotes the Zinemaldia Startup Challenge, core initiative of Zinemaldia & Technology, organised by San Sebastian Festival in collaboration with Tabakalera, through its 2deo audiovisual lab, TECNALIA, ALÍA (Audiovisual Industry Alliance) and Vicomtech.
This year, for the first time, a specific competition has been designed for Spanish entrepreneurs and startups, as part of the activity ‘Spanish Screenings: Financing & Tech’, the second rendezvous of ‘Spanish Screenings XXL. An international market for Spanish audiovisual production’. The project is part of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan (RTRP) to boost Spain’s role as a European audiovisual hub and is promoted by the Ministry of Culture and Sport through the ICAA and the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation through ICEX. In addition, this call will put special emphasis on entrepreneurship.
Zinemaldia & Technology is a strategic pledge by the San Sebastian Festival in the endeavour to position itself as a benchmark space for reflecting on technology and the audiovisual Industry.
CONTACT:
startupchallenge@sansebastianfestival.com
Tel.: +34 943 481 217
The competition is open to entrepreneurs and recently created startups proposing new business projects incorporating new technologies and aimed at the audiovisual field.
Startups must:
Entrepreneurs must:
The two winning business projects will receive a cash award of 10,000 euros each. In addition, 3,000 euros will be allocated to reward the best selected project presented by an entrepreneurial person or team.
Moreover, the 10 finalists will receive:
(*) Some programmes providing funding support and backing require proof of registered residence in the Basque Autonomous Community and/or of having a registered company address in the Basque Autonomous Community.
The projects must have the purpose to either create a new company or to develop a recently created company.
The proposals can be:
Proposals involving the production of audiovisual content (e.g. proposals for short films, screenplays, documentaries, etc.) will not be accepted.
Projects having received an award at an earlier edition of the competition will not be accepted.
It is not obligatory to develop the project in the Basque Country. One of the criteria used to evaluate the projects is the motivation and potential of teams to develop the project within the Basque ecosystem.
The 10 finalist projects will have the option of access to powerful backup services for developing their projects within the Basque entrepreneurial ecosystem. We would be delighted if this were the case, and would support you with everything you need in the event that you decided to consider this opportunity.
The only requirement is that the people in the team must have their legal residence in one of the European countries and that their legal conditions allow them to participate in the event to present the finalist projects on September 2022 in Donostia-San Sebastian.
The process to evaluate and select the winning project is divided into three stages:
The contents of candidatures presented to the Zinemaldia Startup Challenge competition, and all documents and information of any kind provided will be confidential in nature, and as such will be processed by the bodies promoting the competition. The participating startups and individuals give their general consent for use of the basic project data by the competition team, the Expert Committee and the Jury during the evaluation and selection processes envisaged in these Terms and Conditions.
Yes. The 10 finalist projects will be evaluated by a jury made up of professionals of recognised prestige in the audiovisual, technology and business fields at pitching-type sessions. These presentations will take place as part of the event Zinemaldia & Technology on September.
Yes. The San Sebastian Film Festival will cover the cost of accommodation for three nights and of travel for a maximum of two representatives from each finalist promotion/startup team in order that they may participate in the event Zinemaldia & Technology.