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The 21st CIIF Market presents 21 projects from eight countries
- The event in Tenerife, featuring filmmakers Marco Berger, Marina Seresesky and Omar Al Abdul Razzak, showcases new works and includes a professional agenda
The Canary Islands International Film Market (CIIF Market) celebrates its 21st edition in Santa Cruz de Tenerife from 27 to 31 October. Fourteen projects from Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Spain, Mexico, Panama, Peru and Portugal will be presented, with names such as Argentina's Marco Berger Marco Berger (Plan B, Taekwondo, The Astronaut Lovers), Marina Seresesky, an Argentine filmmaker based in Spain (The Open Door [+see also:
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CIIF Market has established itself as a meeting point for European producers, distributors and investors, with the aim of promoting financing and encouraging the co-production of feature films, documentaries and television series for the global market. Its director, Guillermo Ríos, states that “the Canary Islands continue to consolidate their position as a strategic enclave for international audiovisual creation, co-production and investment. Over the past 21 years, CIIF Market has made a key contribution to strengthening the creative and business fabric of the sector, serving as a bridge between Europe and Latin America and positioning the archipelago as a hub for exchange, talent and opportunity.”
The programme begins on Monday 27th with a range of professional welcome activities. On Tuesday, the Tenerife Networking Day will take place, an event organised in collaboration with the Tenerife Film Commission to bring together the local industry. It will include a panel discussion entitled “Producing in the Canary Islands: the keys to the financial machinery”, as well as visits to different locations and meetings between producers, investors and professionals.
On Wednesday, there will be video pitch sessions and one-on-one meetings, as well as an after-work event and presentation hosted by Music Library & After Effects. Thursday will feature new company presentations and the panel discussion "Case Studies: International Co-productions in the Canary Islands”, along with the screening of the film Me dicen el Panzer by Panamanian director Rodrigo Quintero Arauz.
Finally, on Friday, the closing ceremony will take place, followed by the screening of Bajo un volcán, a feature film by Hugo Martín Cuervo, shot in Tenerife. Awards will be presented to participants, including the CIIF Market Santa Cruz de Tenerife Award for the project with the greatest international projection; the Tenerife Council Award for the Canary Islands project with the greatest European projection; the Music Library & SFX Award, granting a multi-platform music synchronisation licence; the MAFIZ Award, with accreditations to participate in the industry section of the Malaga Film Festival; the Blurr Stories Award, which provides laboratory services and the delivery of professional masters; and the Térrea Award, supporting the development of sustainability plans for the selected European and Latin American projects.
Participating projects will be evaluated and advised by production companies, distributors, television channels, sales agents, as well as analysts and experts, with the presence of companies such as A Contracorriente Films, Accidental Films, Álamo Producciones, Bendita Film Sales, Bolero Films, Cineand Distribución, El Viaje Films, Harald House, ISII Group, KAF Suisse, Latido Films, Pomme Hurlante, Promenades Films, Radio Televisión Canaria – RTVC, Secuoya Studios, Tita Productions, The Immigrant, Urua Films and Warner Bros. Discovery.
The selected projects:
National and International Section
Tenants – María Paz Barragán (Peru/Spain)
Production: Suena Perú
The Collapse – Marco Berger (Spain/Argentina/Luxembourg)
Production: Damita Joe
Motocabro – Jeff Calmet García (Peru)
Production: Río Verde Films EIRL
The Image – Miguel Ángel Calvo Buttini (Spain/Belgium/Lithuania)
Production: Salto de Eje PC
A Fat Monster – Agustín Falco Vázquez (Argentina)
Production: Arturo Castro Godoy (Cooperativa de Trabajo Muchasiesta Ltda.)
Huayo – Dorian Fernández Moris (Peru)
Production: Audiovisual Films
All Is Well – Mateo Garlo (Mexico/Spain)
Production: Sin Sentido Films S.A. de C.V.
This Bolero Is for Ita – Felipe Holguín Caro (Colombia/Spain)
Production: Red Collision Studios
Rocasanta – César Martínez Herrada (Spain)
Production: Dexiderius Producciones Audiovisuales
Solo – Hermano Moreira (Portugal/Brazil)
Production: Manilha Films
The Born Losers – Álvaro Ortega Sanahuja (Spain)
Production: Panorama 5 Pictures
Menarche –Jairo Ramos Alvarado (Panama/Chile/Peru)
Production: Infocus Video Factory Cine & TV SA
Vineyards – Marina Seresesky (Spain/Argentina) (series)
Production: Meridional Producciones
The Whisperer – Carla Sierra, Ale García
Production: La Vieja Rara Producciones (Chile/Mexico)
Focus Canarias section
The Delivery – Marta Arteaga
Production: Movimiento Único LS SL
Puntales – Andrés Borges, Alberto del Hoyo
Production: Faro Cine
Breaking Point – Estela Cristiani (series)
Production: Linda Films
Docile – Domingo J. González
Production: Digital 104
The Shadow of the Sand – Aarón J Melián
Production: La Creme Films
5 Days with Ana – Juan Carlos Mostaza
Production: Naif Films
The Pain of the Phantom Limb – Omar Al Abdul Razzak
Production: Tourmalet Films
(Translated from Spanish)
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