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Ventana Sur is the most important market for audiovisual content in Latin America, and it is a must in the schedule of distributors and buyers from the international industry.
Organized by the National Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts (INCAA) and the Marché du Film – Cannes Film Festival, Ventana Sur brings together all the different players from the audiovisual industry to promote international co-production, financing and distribution of Latin American content.
The event welcomes 3000 accredited participants every year, including more than 250 buyers and sellers from all five continents, as well as representatives from the most important networks and international platforms. At the market, they can meet with content producers at business conferences, pitching sessions and one-on-one meetings; they also have access to roundtables, specific actions for producers with projects in development, workshops, talks, and conferences about current topics, with a vision for the future.
Through its different sections, such as Primer Corte, Copia Final, Blood Window, Animation!, Proyecta, Punto Género, SoloSeries, El Principio del Film, Maquinitas y DocSur, and also its activities and services such as conferences, screenings and the Video Library, Ventana Sur promotes Latin American content of all genres (Fiction, Docs, Animation, Fantasy, Latin American Queer) and formats, providing a wide range of business possibilities and promotion, unique in the region.
Ventana Sur 2023 will be held from November 27th and December 1st.
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 support 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.
PANELISTS: 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
MODERATOR: 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 roadmap to global success, including useful information on mechanisms for co-production with France.
PANELIST: 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.
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.
PANELISTS: 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.
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.
PANELISTS: 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.
MODERATOR: 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.
PANELISTS: 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.
MODERATORS: 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 registering their work for the collection of royalties for public exhibition.
PANELIST: Dr Germán Gutiérrez, International Manager, ARGENTORES
MODERATOR: 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).
PANELISTS: 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.
MODERATOR: 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 panel 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.
PANELISTS: Camila Rocha, Assistant Exhibition Manager, Cine.Ar Play / Pablo Torello, Director of Audiovisual Policy, BAFILMA.
MODERATOR: 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 members of the Paradiso Talent Network. Projeto Paradiso is a Brazilian foundation that supports the training and internationalization of audiovisual professionals.
