DocumentaMadrid creates an internationalization platform for Spanish documentaries

More than 40 sales agents and programmers from international festivals will have access to the viewing of 25 titles of the most recent national production. The project is complemented with the collaboration of Acción Cultural Española AC/E, through its PICE program.

In its commitment to supporting documentary films produced in Spain, DocumentaMadrid It also aims to serve as a platform for its projection abroad.

To this end, the festival has created a virtual space through which 40 professionals from various countries will be able to access on-demand viewings of the titles selected in the Panorama section, along with other Spanish documentary productions released throughout last year.

Gracias al servicio online implementado para DocumentaMadrid por Movibeta, algunos de los principales agentes de ventas especializados en el género como Cat&Docs, Dogwoof, Wide, Film Distribution o DocsNY y programadores de los principales festivales internacionales como Cinema du Reel, SXSW o Hot Docs, tendrán acceso, durante todo el mes de mayo, a 25 títulos que reflejan la jugosa producción documental española del año. (Ver listado completo al final de esta nota)

At the same time, Acción Cultural Española (AC/E) collaborates on this project with the festival through its PICE Program, for the Internationalization of Spanish Culture, promoting the presence of several programmers from both sides of the Atlantic who attend the screenings scheduled at Cineteca these days.

Kornelia Theune, head of cultural programming at Canal Arte (France/Germany), Paulo Carvalho, programmer of the DockLeipzig festival and Inti Cordera, executive director of the Mexico City International Documentary Film Festival (DocsDF), are the guest programmers with whom accredited professionals will be able to close meetings to debate, present projects or simply exchange experiences.