Fourteen documentary projects will be presented at MERCADOC.0, the new section of MAFIZ, the Festival's industry area
The event, which will be held between the 18th and 21st of March, will include a training programme to promote the viability and internationalisation of the projects
MERCADOC.0, the new section of MAFIZ, the industry area of the Malaga Festival, will be held between the 18th and 21st of March. A total of fourteen documentary projects have been selected, six from Latin America and eight from Spain, including two from the Zona Málaga and a third from the Region of Murcia, this year’s Territorios protagonist.
The filmmakers in charge of the projects will have the opportunity to present them to an audience of professionals and representatives of journalistic media, platforms and television networks. In addition, a training programme has been designed to focus on creative and financial aspects to accompany the filmmakers in the process of generating viable and quality documentary projects with possibilities of internationalisation. It will consist of a seminar about audiences led by Mauricio Cabrera, advisor of business and content strategy, and two case studies whose content will be announced soon, open to project representatives and accreditation holders.
The selection process was carried out by Annabelle Aramburu, coordinator of MAFIZ, Leonardo Ordóñez, general manager of the Santiago Creativo Foundation, and Walter Tiepelmann, Industry Director of FIDBA and producer. The sustainability strategies of the projects were considered in the process, since Mercadoc.0 also aims to promote initiatives that incorporate responsible practices from the development stage.
SPANISH PROJECTS
Construyendo un Totalitarismo: Desmontando la Democracia en Venezuela / Building a Totalitarism: Dismantling Democracy in Venezuela, by Luken Ignacio Quintana Márquez. Production: Hacha y Machete.
Ellos hablan / They speak, by Lydia Cacho. Production: Agudezavisual.
Esencia / Essence, by Pedro Peira. Production: Festimania Pictures.
La maleta de Alex / Alex's Suitcase, by Alejandro Cortés Calahorra. Production: Larrua Creaciones.
No Consent / No Consent, by Montse Bover Rabionet. Production: La Kaseta.
PROJECT FROM THE REGION OF MURCIA
Guerreras por la Amazonía / Women warrior for the Amazon, by Ángel Hernández Hernández.
PROJECTS FROM ZONA MÁLAGA
Juantxu, by Manuel Jiménez Núñez and Andoni Famoso. Production: Yolaperdono.
Sangre, Sudor y Alegría / Blood, Sweat and Joy, by Rodolfo Montero de Palacio. Production: Palamont Pictures.
LATIN AMERICAN PROJECTS
Antonio Gala, by María Onis. Argentina.
El Último Relato / The Untold Story, by Isabella Breton Bonilla. The Dominican Republic.
Detrás de la taza / Beyond the cup, by Alex Noppel Briseño, Production: Brucken Films. Mexico.
Intimidad robada / Stolen intimacy, by Sebastián Carreras, Production: Cactus Cine. Argentina
Puede ser el último invierno / It could be the last winter, by Álvaro Gauna and Fabiola Flores, Production: Viraje Films. Chile
Serial / Serial, by Brenda Barroero, Production: Pura Vida TV. Argentina.
In addition, the selected projects become part of an international promotional catalogue that MAFIZ has created to promote content and professional teams, in order to make the search for financing easier and to make new content known to industry agents and audiences interested in Latin American cinema.
The Festival de Málaga and Culturia have created MERCADOC.0, an initiative whose objective is to promote the artistic, financial and innovative development of Latin American documentary projects as well as to identify opportunities in areas such as production, distribution and new international business models. The event makes the festival a strategic meeting point for the Ibero-American documentary industry and will bring together leading professionals from the sector with agents such as news media, platforms and television channels. Mercadoc.0 is funded by the Ministry of Culture and the European Union - Next Generation.
