28/12/2012 - Since December 17, the VoD platform has been offering the public independent films that have not found themselves a spot in the traditional exhibition and distribution circuit

Since December 17, independent Spanish films that have been struggling to reach the public have had a new ally: video-on-demand platform Márgenes (lit. "Margins"). The portal, whose slogan is "Spanish cinema on the margins" aims to "disseminate films and creators who have emerged outside conventional Spanish cinematography". It will also be the platform for the Márgenes Film Festival to hold its second edition in 2013.

Márgenes is to host feature films and short films, some free and others payable. According to its creators, it will be a lively and dynamic space whose contents will be constantly renewed and enlarged so that it will be more like "an online cinema than a video club in its use".  

The first contents, available to watch for free, are four feature debuts that competed at the Majadahonda Visual Film Festival (Ángel Santos' Dos fragmentos/Eva, Alfonso Amador's Enxaneta, as well as two documentaries: Gonzalo Ballester's Al otro lado del mar and Silvia Rey's Dios sabe), as well as a retrospective on Andalusian video artist María Cañas, which includes works like El perfecto cerdo, La cosa nuestra, Dios se ríe en las alturas, and Fuera de serie. Next up are to be retrospectives on Oliver Laxe andAndrés Duque's filmographies.

More than an alternative to the current distribution and exhibition system, as its contents currently has no place in them, Márgenes is filling in a gap in which have fallen many films that, despite their quality, have not reached cinemas or televisions. The platform's intention is therefore to give the public the opportunity to access titles beyond the traditional systems, "very often humble films when it comes to the budget, but that are full of creative ambition, talent, and courage."

(Translated from Spanish)