The Galician Audiovisual Cluster celebrates the eighth edition of its pitching “I+P Ideas to produce”

More than eighty professionals from the audiovisual sector participate in this project presentation day. During the meeting, more than a hundred one-to-one meetings will be held in search of collaboration agreements.

“The audiovisual sector is key to Galician culture, and formats such as the pitching of the Galician Audiovisual Cluster are useful to verify the relevance of our audiovisual industry.” This was stated by the Secretary General of Culture, Anxo Lorenzo, today, Thursday, the 12th, in Santiago during the presentation of the 8th edition of the pitching “I+P Ideas to produce”, organized by the Galician Audiovisual Cluster (Clag), in which producers from the audiovisual sector from all over Spain present their projects.

Also participating in the presentation, along with Anxo Lorenzo, were the president of Clag, Andrés Barbé, and the director of the Galician Cultural Industries Agency (Agadic), Jacobo Sutil. The event took place at the Galicia Auditorium before an audience made up of national producers, heads of public and private television channels, and agents of distributors, as well as various institutional representatives.

Durante su intervención, Andrés Barbé agradeció la confianza depositada una edición más en el I+P y animó a todos los profesionales y a la Administración gallega a continuar trabajando a favor del audiovisual que “a pesar de estar pasando por momentos difíciles parece que comienza a despegar de nuevo”.

Por su parte, Jacobo Sutil destacó la estrecha colaboración que existe entre la Agadic el el Clúster Audiovisual Galego, entidad asociativa que representa a “un colectivo dinámico y proactivo como el del audiovisual”, aseguró. Una colaboración que se está dando en diversas líneas de trabajo como la internacionalización, la dinamización sectorial o la formación, entre otras. En cuanto al I+P, Sutil dijo ser un formato que ha venido demostrando su eficiencia y eficacia directa en dos momentos claves de la producción audiovisual, como son la búsqueda de financiación y la busca de distribuidores de las obras.

Anxo Lorenzo also took advantage of this event to highlight the importance of the figure of clusters for the Galician economy as institutional interlocutors, and reiterated the support of his Ministry for the Galician Audiovisual Cluster. In this sense, he spoke of the
suitability for the Galician cultural fabric of the creation of other clusters in other areas of the cultural industry, and “why not think in the medium term about the existence of a cluster of all Galician cultural industries”.

More than a hundred one-to-one meetings

Tras la inauguración de la jornada, se han presentado, durante toda la mañana, en total 15 proyectos audiovisuales (once gallegos, cuatro madrileños y uno andaluz). Estos proyectos, que se encuentran en distintas fases de desarrollo, han sido los elegidos por el comité de selección entre las decenas de proyectos inscritos en la octava edición del “I+P Ideas para producir”. En cuanto al formato de las obras, se han presentado: seis largometrajes de ficción, un largometraje documental y ocho formatos diversos de contenidos para televisión.

Those responsible for each job have had 12 minutes to try to capture the attention of the directors of public and private television channels, prominent producers and distribution agents.

During this afternoon, more than a hundred one-to-one meetings will be held at the NH Obradoiro Hotel, in which the authors of the projects or their producers will be able to detail the most relevant aspects of them, seeking commitments from professionals that culminate in the materialization of agreements.

Expert panel

La de este año es la primera edición que cuenta con la participación de responsables de compañías internacionales, que han mostrado un gran interés en conocer el trabajo desarrollado por la industria audiovisual española y las posibles vías de colaboración. Así, asisten hoy en Compostela a esta octava edición del I+P la directora de Framing L.A. (Los Angeles, EEUU), Maja Zimmerman, o el CEO y productor de CanSpan Film Factory (Canadá), Alfredo Contreras.

Also participating today in this meeting are heads of various television networks and groups, such as Fernando López Puig (TVE), Baldomero Toscano (Mediaset), Lara López (Prisa TV), Ricardo García Arrojo (Atresmedia), Fernando R. Madriñán (TVG) and Montse Besada (TVG). As well as the distribution agents Adolfo Blanco (A Contracorriente Films) and Iván Díaz (Fimax), or the producers Rogelio Delgado (Teyso Media Ficción) and Jaime Martul (Alquitara Films) and the head of Voz Audiovisual, Carlos Carballo. In addition to the coordinator of the European Audiovisual Guarantee Fund S.G.R., Mónica Carretero.

The 8th edition of the pitching “I+P Ideas to produce” is organized by the Galician Audiovisual Cluster, in collaboration with the Xunta de Galicia, through Agadic and Igape, and the Department of Tourism of the Santiago City Council.

In this edition, the Clag also has the collaboration of the Santiago de Compostela Film Commission, the Faculty of Communication Sciences of the University of Santiago de Compostela, the Master in Audiovisual Production and Management (MPXA), and with the sponsorship of Music Library.