Sony Pixel Power calrec Sony

The Malaga Festival reaches its 24th edition, reinforcing its commitment to the Ibero-American audiovisual industry

26/05/2021

The Malaga Festival reaches its 24th edition, reinforcing its commitment to the Ibero-American audiovisual industry Del 3 al 13 de junio, M laga ser capital mundial de la cinematograf a iberoamericana con la celebraci n de la 24 edici n del Malaga Festival. En un formato de nuevo adaptado a las circunstancias y restricciones causadas por la pandemia del coronavirus, y una completa selecci n de homenajeados, el Festival from Malaga come back with a Section Official que refleja el estado actual de la cinematograf a en espa ol. Aunando experiencia y j venes promesas, el festival pretende ser nodo de la industria audiovisual espa ola e iberoamericana.

The event has been presented at the Cervantes Theater de M laga. El evento, presidido por el alcalde de M laga, Francisco de la Torre, tambi n ha contado con la presencia de Juan Antonio Vigar, gerente de M laga Procultura y director de Festival de M laga; Te filo Ruiz, subdelegado del Gobierno en M laga; Alexander romero, viceconsejero de Cultura y Patrimonio Hist rico de la Junta de Andaluc a; Victor Gonzalez, diputado de Cultura de la Diputaci n de M laga; Noelia Losada, concejala de Cultura y Deportes del Ayuntamiento de M laga, y Rosa Perez, productora de Atresmedia Cine. Tambi n han estado presentes representantes de los principales patrocinadores de la cita.

A massive expectation El Festival decidi aplazar la edici n de 2021 a June, en lugar de marzo, mes en el que se celebra habitualmente. Lo hizo con un doble objetivo: wait for the global health situation will improve y que, tras la interrupci n de los rodajes durante varios meses, have a sufficient number of films for selection.

La decisi n se ha mostrado acertada, ya que se han registrado un total de 2.321 audiovisuales from 70 pa ses. La muestra, con un relevante porcentaje de obras propuestas por mujeres (715), incluye 312 largometrajes de ficci n inscritos (125 netamente espa oles o coproducciones y 187 latinoamericanos), de las cuales se han seleccionado 31 (23 en Secci n oficial y 8 en ZonaZine); 913 cortometrajes de ficci n y animaci n inscritos, de los que se han seleccionado 53 (34 en Secci n oficial y 19 en Cortos M laga); 748 documentales inscritos, de los que se han seleccionado 45, y 287 inscritos en Affirming womens rights, de los que se han seleccionado 16.

Official selection The musical movie The cover, debut tras las c maras del actor Secun de la Rosa, inaugurar el Festival, que ofrecer en su Secci n Oficial 23 largometrajes. De ellos, 15 son espa oles (cuatro de ellos, fuera de concurso) y ocho, latinoamericanos. Adem s de The cover, el certamen programar otras seis peras primas: Chavalas, de Carol Rodr guez Col s; Dead man does not know how to live, del cineasta malague o Ezekiel Montes; but, de Julia de Paz; Who are you traveling with, de Hugo Mart n Cuervo; Snail house, de Macarena Astorga; Brave flash, de Ainhoa Rodr guez; y The consequences, de Claudia Pinto.

Spanish participation in the competition will be completed by the new works by veteran Spanish filmmakers: The belly of the sea, de Agust Villaronga; El sustituto, de scar Aibar, y Live is Life, de Dani de la Torre. Respecto a la participaci n de Latin American movies, el Festival de M laga ha seleccionado The best families, de Javier Fuentes Le n (Per / Colombia); Amalgam, de Carlos Cuar n (M xico); 15 horas, de la espa ola Judith Colell (Rep blica Dominicana / Espa a); How queens die, de Lucas Turturro (Argentina); Carnival, de Juan Pablo F lix (Argentina / Bolivia / Brasil / Chile / Francia / M xico / Noruega); Oceanic woman, de Djin Sganzerla (Brasil); Light years, de Joaqu n Mauad (Uruguay), y The city of beasts, de Henry Rinc n (Colombia, Ecuador). La Secci n Oficial del 24 Festival de M laga se completar con otras four Spanish comedies out of competition: Regrettable stories, de Javier Fesser; Operation Shrimp, de Carlos Ther n; Brooklyn Sevillanas, de Vicente Villanueva, y Garcia and Garcia, de Ana Murugarren, pel cula elegida para clausurar el certamen cinematogr fico.

Series and new narratives Por su parte, la secci n Malaga Premiere acoger el estreno de cuatro series. El motivo, seg n ha comentado el director del Festival de M laga, Juan Antonio Vigar, es que hoy, cuando los l mites entre formatos son cada vez m s difusos, tenemos que abrir nuestro Festival al concepto de audiovisual', en el que las series de televisi n tienen un importante protagonismo . Estas ficciones son Lost fagot, dirigida por Alejandro Mar n para TNT; Ana Tramel. El juego, de Salvador Garc a y Gracia Querejeta para TVE; Paradise, de Fernando Gonz lez Molina, para Movistar +; y Lucia in the cobweb, de Tom s Oca a para TVE.

Adem s, Zonazine, apuesta por el nuevo cine que cumple ya 19 a os, incluir ocho pel culas de acentuado sentido autoral: cuatro espa olas (Juana la Lorca, de Valeriano L pez; Of the, de Mar Targarona; Solitudes, de Alexis Delgado B rdalo, y Lucas, de Alex Montoya) y cuatro latinoamericanas (Leading Ladies, de Ruth Caudeli; The beautiful losers, de Guillermo Magari os; Samichay, en busca de la felicidad, de Mauricio Franco, y The little bikes, de In s Barrionuevo y Gabriela Vidal). A esta selecci n de pel culas y series se unen las extensas secciones de Documentaries Y short films, cuya programaci n se puede consultar en la web del Festival.

MAFIZ Industry Area Juan Antonio Vigar ha resaltado tambi n otro proyecto estrat gico para el Festival: the Industry area MAFIZ, constituida por eventos que promueven la financiaci n, coproducci n, distribuci n y venta del cine en espa ol.

En esta ocasi n, ya se est celebrando online dos de estos eventos, M laga Work in Progress Y MAFF (M laga Festival Fund & Coproduction Event), centrados en los fondos internacionales que aportan financiaci n al cine latinoamericano. El director ha recordado que del 20 al 23 de octubre se celebrar en forma
LINK: https://www.panoramaaudiovisual.com/en/2021/05/25/festival-malaga-24-e...
See more stories from panoramaaudiovisual

Most recent headlines

05/01/2027

Worlds first 802.15.4ab-UWB chip verified by Calterah and Rohde & Schwarz to be demoed at CES 2026

Worlds first 802.15.4ab-UWB chip verified by Calterah and Rohde & Schwarz to be ...

16/10/2026

BMG Unveils Cloud-Based Media Command

Share Copy link Facebook X Linkedin Bluesky Email...

16/10/2026

Comcast Found Liable for $213M in Patent Infringement Suit

Share Copy link Facebook X Linkedin Bluesky Email...

16/10/2026

BBC News Channel Launches on YouTube in U.K. and U.S.

Share Copy link Facebook X Linkedin Bluesky Email...

16/10/2026

ON completes AV integration for Nubank Arte Lab - the lar...

ON Creative Visual Tech Provider has completed the audiovisual design and integration for Nubank Arte Lab, Brazil's largest permanent immersive art space. T...

16/10/2026

Beam Dynamics Appoints Brian Mauger as Regional Sales Man...

Beam Dynamics has appointed Brian Mauger as Regional Sales Manager, North America, strengthening its commercial team as the company expands across media, broadc...

16/10/2026

Secret Weapon Post Uses DaVinci Resolve Studio for Gregg Araki Films

Secret Weapon Post Uses DaVinci Resolve Studio for Gregg Araki Films Brie Clayton October 15, 2026 0 Comments Remote post house delivers I Want Your ...

16/10/2026

MultiDyne Introduces Complete SilverBack Fiber Camera Kits for Live Cinema Production

Share Copy link Facebook X Linkedin Bluesky Email...

16/10/2026

SMPTE Heads to South Africa in Expansion Push

Share Copy link Facebook X Linkedin Bluesky Email...

16/10/2026

ENCO Highlights AI Tools for Newsrooms, Local Ads at NAB Show New York

Share Copy link Facebook X Linkedin Bluesky Email...

16/10/2026

BMG Unveils Media Command

Share Copy link Facebook X Linkedin Bluesky Email...

16/10/2026

Adobe, NVIDIA Expand Their AI Partnership

Share Copy link Facebook X Linkedin Bluesky Email...

16/10/2026

Rick Kaplan Will Depart NAB

Share Copy link Facebook X Linkedin Bluesky Email...

16/10/2026

TNDV, GameTime Productions Expand REMI's Role With Team Boxing League

Share Copy link Facebook X Linkedin Bluesky Email...

16/10/2026

Matthews Introduces 40 inch Sliding Leg C-Stand 2-Pack

The Stand that started it all in a matched pair of the industry-trusted C-Stands The 2-Pack provides both in a choice of chrome or black finish...

16/10/2026

Wooden Camera Introduces New Cage and Accessory System fo...

New lineup brings professional rigging, lens support, power, and mounting flexibility to Sony's compact cinema camera Wooden Camera today announced a new p...

16/10/2026

Matysiak Paints Motor City in Neon with Astera

Cinematographer John Matysiak ( Old Henry, Winning Time, Big George Foreman ) brings a vivid breathlessness to the near-wordless film Motor City. An actio...

16/10/2026

Next Jazz Legacy Celebrates Five Years of Mentorship and Impact Across the Jazz Community

Next Jazz Legacy Celebrates Five Years of Mentorship and Impact Across the Jazz ...

16/10/2026

Actress Louisa Harland voices animated pre-school adventure series MaeBee on RT this midterm break

RT has today announced that MaeBee, a brand-new animated series, will premiere ...

15/10/2026

E!, USA Sports to Air Live from the Orange Carpet: WNBA Finals

E! and USA Sports will air Live from the Orange Carpet: WNBA Finals, a one-hour live special hosted by Lilly Singh, on Monday, October 19 at 6 p.m. ET / 3 p.m. ...

15/10/2026

Eutelsat Renews Antik Telecom and A1 Partnership at 16 East

Eutelsat has renewed its partnership with Antik Sat, the direct-to-home (DTH) television platform operated by Antik Telecom, and A1, a communications provider i...

15/10/2026

SVG Sit-Down: FOR-As Ernie Leon on Software-Node Production, Ai for 9:16 Needs

FOR-A America continues to expand its product portfolio in new directions, moves which are also giving the company more stickiness when it comes to a North Amer...

15/10/2026

Cerberus Tech Introduces Livelink Studio for On-Demand Live Production

Cerberus Tech has introduced Livelink Studio, an integrated cloud production and master control environment that provides redundant live production engines on d...

15/10/2026

USSI Global Promotes Amanda Flynn to Chief Operating Officer

USSI Global has promoted Amanda Flynn to Chief Operating Officer (COO). Flynn, who has served as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) since March 2024, will focus on exp...

15/10/2026

DAZN, Titan World Series Extend Partnership

DAZN and Titan World Series have extended their partnership for the coming seasons, with the aim of bringing Titan events free-to-view to audiences worldwide. T...

15/10/2026

Sony Introduces ECM-W5 Wireless Microphone System

Sony Electronics has introduced the ECM-W5 wireless microphone system for video creators, which pairs two transmitters with one receiver. It transmits over a li...

15/10/2026

Perfect Game Extends Partnership With Turtlebox as Official Bluetooth Speaker and Audio Provider

Perfect Game has extended its partnership with Turtlebox as the Official Bluetoo...

15/10/2026

Eden Project Uses LiveU EcoSystem for Live Learning Program

Eden Project, the UK-based visitor attraction, social enterprise, and educational charity, is using the LiveU EcoSystem to produce and deliver its new Eden Proj...

15/10/2026

HuskerVision Builds ST 2110 Production Facility With Grass Valley

HuskerVision, the video production and multimedia operation for University of Nebraska Athletics, has deployed Grass Valley K-Frame production switchers and LDX...

15/10/2026

ESPN Launches ESPN JV YouTube Channel for Kids

ESPN has launched ESPN JV (Junior Varsity), a YouTube channel aimed at introducing young audiences to sports through family-friendly content. The channel featur...

15/10/2026

SMAC Entertainment, CAA, EverWonder Studio Launch Grand Slam of Flag Women's Flag Football Series

SMAC Entertainment, Creative Artists Agency (CAA), and EverWonder Studio have la...

15/10/2026

PGA Tour's Farmers Insurance Skins Game Returns to Prime Video on Black Friday

The Farmers Insurance Skins Game will return to Prime Video globally on Black Fr...

15/10/2026

Netflix Gets Exclusive FIFA World Cup 2030 Rights in Spain and Andorra

Netflix will exclusively broadcast every match of the FIFA World Cup 2030 in Spain and Andorra. The tournament marks the 100th anniversary of the World Cup and ...

15/10/2026

TNT Sports Proceeds With 1080p HDR Shows as Rays-Guardians Series Shifts to Cleveland for Game 3

Production elements for the ALCS include Nucleus cameras, Proton cameras, UmpCam...

15/10/2026

MultiDyne Introduces SilverBack Fiber Camera Kits for Cinema Cameras

MultiDyne Video & Fiber Optic Systems has introduced complete fiber camera kits built around its SilverBack Series for integrating digital cinema cameras into l...

15/10/2026

DIRECTV Launches Build Your Own Multiview for Sports

DIRECTV has launched Build Your Own Multiview, a feature that lets fans select up to four eligible channels to watch together on one screen. Beginning Oct. 13, ...

15/10/2026

ICAT Logistics Names Jonathan Stein Global Vice President of Sports and Live Events

ICAT Logistics has named Jonathan Stein Global Vice President of Sports and Live...

15/10/2026

LA Clippers Announce 2026-27 Television Broadcast Plan

The LA Clippers have announced their local television plan for the 2026-27 season. ClipperVision, which takes over from FanDuel Sports Network SoCal, will broad...

15/10/2026

FAC introduce FAC Gravity

Latest AUv3 plug-in announced Fred Anton Corvest's latest AUv3 plug-in has arrived, kitting iPad, iPhone, macOS and Apple Vision Pro users out with a po...

15/10/2026

Cableguys release TimeStop

A new take on tape-stop effects The latest plug-in from Cableguys offers an interesting new take on the classic tape-stop effect, and also promises to make ...

15/10/2026

RYK Modular reveal the Side FX

Combines four independent processing blocks RYK Modular have just introduced a new Eurorack module which houses a set of four effects blocks that can be com...

15/10/2026

2.6 Seconds: Death in the Outback

2.6 Seconds: Death in the Outback 15 October, 2026 Media releases You remember the headlines. Now see the story behind them. The must-watch four-part do...

15/10/2026

NEP Adds TAG Multiviewing, Monitoring and QC to NEP Platform

Share Copy link Facebook X Linkedin Bluesky Email...

15/10/2026

Supreme Court Sides With Republicans in Political Ad Rates Decision

Share Copy link Facebook X Linkedin Bluesky Email...

15/10/2026

Interra Systems to Showcase Smarter Quality Assurance and...

Macroblocking, frozen frames, a missing ad marker that costs a sponsor its spot. A caption that lands two seconds after the line is spoken. These are the moment...

15/10/2026

DATALAND Deploys Riedel Bolero for Secure Communications...

Riedel Communications today announced that DATALAND, the world's first Museum of AI Arts, has deployed a Riedel Bolero Standalone wireless intercom system t...

15/10/2026

Mediagenix Context-Aware Scheduling Helps Media Companies...

Mediagenix, a global leader in smart content solutions to profitably connect the right content to the right audience, unveiled its vision for AI Context-Aware S...

15/10/2026

Sonnet Updates Popular Echo III PCIe Card Expansion Chass...

Desktop and Rackmount Thunderbolt 5 Expansion Systems Support are All Avid Qualified and Support Three Full-Size PCIe What's New: Sonnet Technologies tod...

15/10/2026

Sony Electronics Introduces the ECM-W5 Wireless Microphone with High-Resolution Audio Recording and Stable Connectivity

Sony Electronics Introduces the ECM-W5 Wireless Microphone with High-Resolution ...