ICAA will present two showcase projects (animation and fantasy films) and a speed meeting session with IBERMEDIA projects in its wide-ranging programme of Cinema from Spain activities at Ventana Sur

• Ventana Sur will feature “CINEMA FROM SPAIN Screening Room”, a virtual cinema theatre dedicated exclusively to Spanish film with 19 screenings over 4 days (30 November - 3 December).

• In collaboration with sales agencies active in the market, ICAA is presenting “CINEMA FROM SPAIN On Tour”, with seven screenings in four cities: Mexico City, Bogota, Paris and Sao Paulo.

• In collaboration with WEIRD Market and Ventana Sur’s Animation! programme, a selection of animation projects will be presented (two series, three projects in development and one work-in-progress) in the “New Spanish Animation! Showcase”.

• ICAA is introducing a new brand, in collaboration with the Sitges Film Festival and the Blood Window programme, to promote fantasy and genre movies in the “New Spanish Bloody Cinema Showcase: 5 Killer Projects in Development”.

• Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Cuba, Portugal, Spain … Seven Ibero-American projects will be taking part in the speed meeting session organized by ICAA in collaboration with IBERMEDIA.

This year ICAA is putting all its efforts into exploring the potential of the new virtual format in the Ventana Sur market, organizing a wide-ranging programme of online activities during the annual event’s upcoming edition—which will be 90% virtual—to be held from 30 November through 4 December.

The programme includes a CINEMA FROM SPAIN virtual screening room dedicated exclusively to Spanish films, a speed meeting session for projects in different phases of production in collaboration with IBERMEDIA, two thematic showcases (animation and fantasy/genre films), and a range of after-work activities such as “Let’s Dance”, an initiative inviting industry professionals to wind up the long working day listening to playlists prepared by ICAA and surprise guests for the CINEMA FROM SPAIN pavilion. These events are open to all persons accredited at Ventana Sur.

All the activities are organized around the CINEMA FROM SPAIN pavilion, a virtual space dedicated to promoting Spanish films in the market as well as to attracting foreign film shoots and co-productions to Spain. Also taking part in the pavilion, alongside ICAA, will be the Spain Film Commission, as well as representatives of film associations and other bodies from Andalusia, Canary Islands, Basque Country and Madrid, with a special section set aside for the sales agencies taking part in Ventana Sur 2020.

“CINEMA FROM SPAIN Screening Room”, a virtual cinema theatre at Ventana Sur dedicated exclusively to Spanish film

Following the positive recent experience at Marché du Film - Virtual Edition (Cannes), at this year’s Ventana Sur, ICAA is once again providing potential specifiers of Spanish film with a dedicated screening room projecting movies available in the market through sales agents like Latido Films, Filmax, Film Factory, Feel Content, FeelSales, Begin Again Films, Bendita Films and Moonrise Pictures among others. This exclusive cinema theatre for Spanish films available in the virtual market platform will host visits from potential buyers and other specifiers of Spanish films, with 19 screenings over the course of 4 days, which will add to the offer of online market screenings of over thirty projections.

“CINEMA FROM SPAIN On Tour”, seven screenings in four cities in four countries

In parallel to the virtual screening room for films in the market, and as part of the initiative launched by Ventana Sur to organize in-person screenings in several cities on both sides of the Atlantic, the event’s programme of actions to promote film will be completed with the only in-person action in the programme of activities: “CINEMA FROM SPAIN On Tour”. Mexico City (Cinepolis Diana), Sao Paulo (Espacio Frei Caneca), Bogota (Cinemat) and Paris (Parnassiens) are the host cities for the seven screenings included in the initiative which will add to the overall presence of Spanish films in these theatres for an accumulated total of around twenty screenings.

The full programme of market screenings of Spanish films at Ventana Sur is available in the Cinema From Spain pavilion in the platform (accredited persons only)