EGEDA's Next Gen Film FinLab returns with news

EGEDA has opened the call for the second edition of Next Gen Film FinLab, a laboratory aimed at young producers focused on legal and contractual structuring, and financing of audiovisual works.

A is taller Production companies may attend with at least one audiovisual work, which they will have to present between the April 26 and May 18 a complete script, a script treatment and a budget for a project in Spanish through the Incoproduction website, where you will have to register and access the markets area, selecting Next Gen Film Finlab. Two people may participate in each project, and it is always mandatory that one of them be the producer, and may be accompanied by the scriptwriter or director of the project. The announcement of the chosen projects will be made on June 20.

Next Gen Film FinLab, which has the collaboration of the Santander International Film Festival, Morena Films, FIPCA, the Botín Foundation, Andersen Tax, Écija Abogados, Wandermoon Finance, Crea SGR, Sundance TV, the San Sebastián International Film Festival, Incoproduction and Platino Industria, will take place on a residential basis during the months of July and September in Madrid, Santander and San Sebastián. The course will start on July 17 in Madrid, donde se realizarán revisiones de guion de cada proyecto hasta el 20 de julio. Entre el 16 y el 24 de septiembre, los becados se desplazarán a Santander en el marco del Festival Internacional del Cine de Santander para las clases relativas a la financiación y estructura legal de sus proyectos.

Entre el 24 y el 28 de septiembre, los seleccionados participarán en el taller de pitch del San Sebastian International Film Festival, donde también tendrán acceso al Foro de Coproducción de dicho certamen. El curso se cerrará en el ámbito de la segunda edición del evento organizado conjuntamente por Iberseries y Platino Industria (Iberseries & Platino Industria), entre el 3 y el 6 de octubre, donde los proyectos podrán ser presentados a plataformas y distribuidoras internacionales como Gato Grande, a MGM company; Punta Fina factoría de contenidos; Filmax; Latido Films; Film Factory, y Filmsharks.

As a novelty of the 2nd edition, the The best laboratory project will receive a cash prize of €10,000, awarded by Punta Fina and EGEDA.

Thematic axes of the Next Gen Film FinLab workshop

The initiative workshop Next Gen Film FinLab, that will combine group training sessions and individual tutoring To apply the subject to each project, it will focus on three main blocks of content: financing, legal and tax incentives.

In the first of them, matters of financial entities and their processes, the financing of an audiovisual work, both cinematographic and television, or the differences in financing plans between a production company and a project. In it legal block, issues such as contractual obligations in a project, the legal framework of audiovisual works, current legislation in Spain, Management Entities, terms of co-production or the exploitation of works will be discussed. Lastly, the matter referred to tax incentives It will revolve around the types of audiovisual works, their possible financing methods, their tax deductions in different territories or those obtained by co-productions.

Entre los responsables de impartir los contenidos de Next Gen Film FinLab estarán: Helena Suárez, Elena Ordúñez por Écija Abogados; Patricia Montilla y Elena Martínez Hoces por Andersen Tax; Pedro Martín Cerezo y Jesús Prieto por CREA SGR; Fernando de Miguel y Luis Vicens para la inversión privada y otros sistemas de financiación; Pablo Barinaga y Pilar Robla como Line Producers; Álvaro Longoria, Pilar Benito, Juan Gordon, Pedro Uriol, Luis Manso y Marianna Secco como productores; y María Rubín, Ruth Gabriel y Alexandra Lebret como Pitch Trainers.