The Málaga Festival Fund & Co Production Event (MAFF), which is part of the MAFIZ industry zone of the Málaga Film Festival, will take place from 17 to 21 March during the 28th edition of the festival. The forum aims to collaborate in the development of innovative Ibero-American cinema, with content that raises societal awareness, encourages reflection on the change sought in the world, and ultimately creates inclusive and collaborative societies through its sections Social MAFF and MAFF Women Screen Industry.

MAFF is a space that fosters artistic and financial growth, innovation and the visibility of projects, creating a network of contacts, increasing funding opportunities, and promoting a space for effective communication that facilitates dialogue between producers and professionals in the global audiovisual industry. To achieve this, it offers training activities, mentoring and business connections, all of which contribute to securing business agreements that will enable the future financing of the selected projects. This year, 23 projects are featured, which are listed below.

Among the selected projects are works by directors such as Spanish Fernando Franco (Goya award for New Director with Wounded [+lire aussi :
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In addition, Warmi Lab is a training programme for women filmmakers, as part of MAFF. This workshop has been created by the Málaga Film Festival as part of its MAFIZ Industry programme to empower women producers and address the training and access gap in the global audiovisual industry. The initiative aims to support the promotion and sales of audiovisual projects from Latin America that are produced by women.

The projects:

Málaga Festival Fund & Coproduction Event (MAFF)

Adeus, Berta - Fernando Tato (Spain) 
Production: Adrián Castiñeiras

Animal Lluvioso - Laura Astorga Carrera (Costa Rica) 
Production: César Garrido Acosta

Anoche creí que nadaba - Catalina Torres Puentes (Uruguay)
Production: Eugenia Olascuaga

Anochece - Fernando Franco (Spain)
Production: Cristóbal García Ortiz

Claros de bosque - Alejandro Salgado (Spain)
Production: Irene Hens Aumente

Desierto rosa - Constanza Majluf-Baeza (Chile)
Production: Rodrigo Díaz

El árbol de la sombra rota - Nicolás Baksht Somonte (Mexico)
Production: Daniel Corkidi

El violinista - Ervin Han, Raúl García (Spain)
Production: Paloma Mora

Los hermanos Espejo - José María Avilés (Ecuador) 
Production: Felipe Troya

Perigo Crocodilo - Flavio Botelho (Brazil) 
Production: Paula Cosenza

Primero tomamos Anillaco - Paula Martel (Argentina) 
Production: Francisco Novick

Que se acabe todo - Moisés Sepúlveda (Spain) 
Production: Paloma Mora

Se buscan inquilinos - María Paz Barragán (Peru)
Production: Norma Velásquez Chavez

Señorita de buena presencia - Natalia Luque (Chile)
Production: Rodrigo Díaz

Una ciudad para Christine - Caru Alves de Souza (Brazil)
Production: Rafaella Costa

Murcia Guest Region

Tres días de verano - Álvaro López Alba (Spain)
Production: Nuria Muñoz

El dolor de los demás - Joaquín Carmona (Spain)
Production: Daniel Enrique Moncho

Latin American Focus: Dominican Republic

El Gagá de la ceja - Jeissy Trompiz (Dominican Republic)
Production: Gregorio Rodríguez

Maguana Racing - Juliano Kunert (Dominican Republic)
Production: Pablo Chea, Juliano Kunert

Projects selected by agreement

No soy Universal - Celia de Molina (Spain)
Production: José Esteban Alenda
(Asociaciones de Mujeres: AAMMA, CIMA and Mujeres en V.O.)

Querer vivir un grito - Diana Toucedo (Spain)
Production: Alba Sotorra Clua
(Asociaciones de Mujeres: AAMMA, CIMA and Mujeres en V.O.)

El extranjero - Sebastián Rodríguez (Argentina)
Production: Nicolás Tocanowsky
(Bolivia Lab)

A Estirada - Sérgio de Carvalho (Brazil)
Production: Karla Martins, Pedro von Krüger
(Brasil Cinemundi)

La rebelión de las raras - Wincy Oyarce (Chile)
Production: Adriana Denisse-Silva
(Sanfic - Santiago International Film Festival)

El mar la mar - Julián Amaru Estrada (Peru)
Production: María Paz Barragán
(DAFO - Directorate of Audiovisuals, Phonography and New Media of the Ministry of Culture of Peru)