A key event in autumn for Spanish independent cinema in La Mancha is  Abycine Lanza, the industry section of Abycine – Albacete Independent Film Festival. It will celebrate its ninth edition between 15 and 18 October, helping both the development of new projects and the completion of feature films in an advanced stage of production. This year, 16 titles in development and seven feature films in post-production will be presented.

The Impulso CMM Desarrollo section represents an industry space hosting projects that have been chosen based on their originality and quality; the perfect forum for talent and good ideas to germinate and find fellow companions. Pitching, networking spaces, events and round tables, among other activities, will provide the perfect environment to promote all these projects. Once again this year, Abycine Lanza is supported by Castilla-La Mancha Media and the finalists will be eligible for one of two grants of €17,250 each offered by the public organisation.

The Madrid Film and Audiovisual School (ECAM) is again collaborating with the film festival, and this year will offer other prizes and incentives. And for the first time, Porto/Post/Doc will collaborate and one of the projects in development will be selected to participate in the festival next November. The Co-Production Forum, organised by ECAM, will also select a project to participate. Music library&SFX will also award personalised advice and the rights to use the music on its platform.

Among the projects presented here (please see the complete list at the end) are Hortelana, by the actress Sara Sálamo (seen in films such as Everybody Knows [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Rafa Russo
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intervista: Isa Campo, Isaki Lacuesta
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intervista: Pedro Martín-Calero, Isabe…
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And in the Impulso WIP section, seven films already shot and in post-production will be presented, competing for a €7,000 grant from the Abycine film festival and the Filmin WIP Abycine Lanza Award, worth €22,000. There is also the MAFIZ Award, thanks to which one of the finalists will participate in the Malaga Film Festival market in 2025. Among them are the new films by Pablo Maqueda (Girl Unknown), entitled Caro Nanni (read more); Ion de Sosa (Androids Dream [+leggi anche:
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The projects:

Impulso CMM Desarrollo

El canal de La Mancha - Daniel Sánchez López
Production: Suspiria Films

Foresta - Adrià Expòsit Goy
Production: Fractal

Call Me Khali – Beatriz de Silva
Production: Potenza Producciones

Hortelana - Sara Sálamo
Production: Montauk Cinema, Centuria Films

Intxaurrondo - Amaia Merino, Aitor Merino and Ander Iriarte
Production: Mirokutana

The Conversation We Never Had - Cristina Urgel
Production: Not Alone

Laponia - Marta Medina del Valle
Production: LaZona

Dumb Animals - Paco Ruiz
Production: Sideral Cinema

Mancera - Khris Cembe
Production: WKND

Boar Woman - Javier Olivera
Production: Los Olvidados Post i Producción

Numinous - Haizea Viana
Production: Viva Films Media

Parts Gael - Álex Monner
Production: Funicular Films

I’m Not Universal - Celia De Molina
Production: Solita Films

Animal Song - Nerea Castro
Production: CSC Films

The Korean - Joana Moya Blanco
Production: UMMM

Even Their Skin - Caque Trueba García
Production: Trueba & Trueba Producciones

Impulso Work In Progress

Notes for a Consensual Film – Ana Serret
Production: Tandem Films, Atiende Films

Balearic – Ion de Sosa (Spain/France)
Production: Apellaniz y de Sosa, Jaibo Films, Umbracle Cine, La Fábrica Nocturna Cinéma

Caro Nanni – Pablo Maqueda (Spain)
Production: Viva Films Media, Colosé Producciones

Sleepless City [+leggi anche:
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Production: Sintagma Films, Buenapinta Media, Encanta Films, Bteam Prods, Les valseurs, Tournellovision

Filthy – Per què no vas fer res? – Bárbara Mestanza, Marc Pujolar (Spain)
Production: Indiana Films

From Dawn to Dawn – Xixi Sofía Ye Chen (Spain/France)
Production: Lacima Producciones, The South Project, La Fábrica Nocturna Cinéma

San Simón – Miguel Ángel Delgado Molina (Spain/Portugal)
Production: Miramemira, Morelli Producciones, Bando à Parte