The Málaga Festival Fund & Co Production Event (MAFF) is being held within MAFIZ - Málaga Film Festival Industry Zone from 9-13 March, during the 29th edition of the Málaga Film Festival. The forum seeks to collaborate on the process of developing an innovative form of Ibero-American cinema, with content that raises awareness, prompts reflection on the changes being sought in the world and helps build inclusive, collaborative societies.

MAFF is a space that fosters artistic, financial and innovation growth, and boosts the visibility of projects, building a network of contacts, increasing the chances of financing and promoting an effective communication space that facilitates dialogue between production companies, producers and professionals from the global audiovisual industry. To this end, it offers training activities, mentoring and business matchmaking, which will contribute to striking deals that will enable the future financing of the 27 selected projects, listed at the end of this article, as the event brings together the main international co-production funds in the city of Málaga.

Among the participants are La hija bastarda, the feature-length directorial debut by Spanish actress Olivia Delcán (known for titles such as Isla bonita [+leggi anche:
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Among the Latin American projects are Aquí me bajo yo, a family drama by Chilean helmer Matías Bize (In Bed, The Memory of Water [+leggi anche:
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During the in-person days, MAFF offers the professional teams behind the projects a space to connect with key figures from the global audiovisual industry, with whom they will be able to interact in order to seek out new technological solutions as well as to develop new initiatives across the various sections that make up the Málaga-based audiovisual market. All of those selected will become part of an international promotional catalogue that MAFF has created to promote the content and the teams, with the aim of facilitating the search for financing and introducing new content to the industry and audiences interested in Ibero-American cinema.

Here is the full list of projects:

Málaga Festival Fund & Co Production Event (MAFF)

El otro Gómez – Martín Aliaga (Argentina)
Production: Mariana Ricciardi

Muerte en Torrevieja – Adriana Arratia (Spain)
Production: Araceli Isaac Delso

La caza y la pesca - María Victoria Andino (Argentina)
Production: María Eugenia Lombardi

Aquí me bajo yo – Matías Bize (Chile)
Production: Nicholas Hooper H

Caprichos - Teresa Carril (Spain)
Production: Álex Arregui

Los indecentes - Jean Michel Cerf (Uruguay)
Production: Valentina Gedanke

Los huecos de la Luna - Paula D'Angelo Schmid (Peru)
Production: Norma Velásquez Chavez

La hija bastarda – Olivia Delcán (Spain)
Production: César Esteban Alenda

Carretera de supervivencia – Rodrigo García Chapetón (Guatemala)
Production: Xavier Solano

Je vous salue, Perú - Yaela Gottlieb (Peru) (documentary)
Production: Nicolás Carrasco

El sabor del Jocote - Tonio Hecker (Colombia)
Production: Catalina Flórez Ibarra

Los vivos y los patos - José Luis Isoard Arrubarrena (Mexico)
Production: Paloma Petra

Diamante, el bailarín - Pedro Jorge (Brazil)
Production: Heverton Lima

Latitudes - Pablo Malek (Peru)
Production: Jorge Constantino

Témpanos - Gabriel Montiel (Chile)
Production: Luis Cifuentes Saravia

Stella Maris - Laura Muñoz Liaño (Spain)
Production: Elisa Bogalheiro

Por qué volvías cada verano - Lorena Muñoz (Argentina)
Production: Valeria Bistagnino

Zona de sacrificio - Violeta Paus Soto (Chile)
Production: Álvaro Manzano Zambrana

Avenida Perú - Dennis Perinango (Peru)
Production: Jorge G Castañeda

En camino - Guillermo Piñón (Mexico)
Production: Ozcar Ramírez González

Videoclub 2001 - Guillermo Polo (Spain) (short film)
Production: Victoria Pérez de la Cruz

Carro seco - Javier Polo (Spain)
Production: Victoria Pérez de la Cruz

Menarquía – Jairo Ramos (Panama)
Production: Tania Medina Caro

El valle de los huesos (The Valley of Echoes) - Adán Ruiz (Mexico)
Production: Yuli Rodríguez

El legado de Reina - Tatiana Salamin (Panama) (documentary)
Production: Carlos Harbar

Letargia - Fabian Suárez (Cuba/Mexico/Colombia)
Production: Camelia Farfán, Ivette Liang

Los amigos de mis papás - Romina Tamburello (Argentina)
Production: Santiago King