Madrid will host the first World Meeting of Film Academies

Esta iniciativa que tendrá lugar en octubre es pionera, pues por primera vez se celebrará una reunión de los responsables de las Academias de Cine de los distintos países en el ámbito internacional.

Madrid será el escenario del Encuentro Mundial de Academias de Cine –Todos los Cines del Mundo–, iniciativa que congregará en octubre en la capital española a la comunidad mundial de cineastas, como representantes de la diversidad cultural y como profesionales capaces de lanzar un mensaje que sirva como revulsivo. Esta iniciativa es pionera, pues por primera vez se celebrará una reunión de los responsables de las Academias de Cine de los distintos países en el ámbito internacional.

Esta actividad, impulsada por el Ayuntamiento de Madrid and the Film Academy, will value cinema as a universal mirror, an integrating element of all cultures and an engine of social transformation. In a context of multiplicity and wide diversity of cinematography, the aim is to disseminate a story in which the messages can coincide. A varied program of presentations, meetings and activities will bring together cinematographic talents from the five continents.

The World Meeting of Film Academies will be hosted by the Spanish entity and will invite the heads of the different Academies to participate in a global meeting, in which the challenges they face as key institutions in the cultural development of a country will be addressed and future lines of cooperation between the entities will be promoted.

With the participation of film professionals from around the world, the World Forum: The power of filmmakers It will seek to foster a dialogue and will focus on analyzing, in all its dimensions, the power of professionals of the seventh art beyond the big screen.

As a prelude to this initiative, Film library, in Matadero Madrid, will program in August a sample of family-oriented films from countries and nationalities as different as South Africa, New Zealand, Japan, Yugoslavia and Iran.