The ICAA will release an extra €5 million in funding for films in development

by Alfonso Rivera

11/12/2020 - The Ministry of Culture has announced it will award a total of €40,000,000 in general production grants for features in development. Among the 35 projects set to benefit, 35% are directed by women

The ICAA will release an extra €5 million in funding for films in development

Robot Dreams by Pablo Berger, which will receive €1.2 million worth of support

In early December, Spain’s Ministry of Culture and Sport published a resolution setting out this year’s round of general production grants, awarded to films that are currently in development. The Institute of Cinematography and Audiovisual Arts (ICAA) has earmarked a total of €40,000,000 in 2020: €5 million more than in 2019. What’s more, 35.5% of the funding will go to projects directed by women, comfortably exceeding the new target introduced this year (20%). Five animated films will share 17.1% of the grant money available, again overshooting the ICAA’s target of 8%.

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Note also that 18 of the selected projects will be co-produced with international partners: 12 European, five Latin American and one Chinese. Twelve of the projects are to be directed by women, including one animated film, nine are based on a script by female writers, 22 have appointed women to the senior production team and 35 have at least 40% women on their crew. For all selected projects, women are represented in at least one of these categories, while eight are being written and directed by an all-female team.

Among the titles awarded a grant of €1,200,000 — which, unless stated otherwise, will be released to the project’s AIE (Economic Interest Group) — are Robot Dreams [+see also:
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interview: Salvador Simó
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interview: Icíar Bollaín
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Also in this category are: Mummies, by Juan Jesús García Galocha; El faro (Mr. Mmuiyagi Films S.L.), by Ángeles Hernández; Camera Café - La película [+see also:
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interview: Cesc Gay
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And finally: Mamá está en tinder, by Daniela Fejerman; Tin & Tina [+see also:
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interview: Isaki Lacuesta
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