Promercat will look for co-producers for 29 projects

The Department of Education, Culture, Universities and Employment, through the Valencian Institute of Culture, promotes the fifth edition of Promarket – Valencia Film Market next November 5th and 6th, which will feature 29 projects seeking production partners to become a reality.

He professional market Valencian seeks to be meeting point for those production companies that are looking for projects to coproduce or what they offer projects for co-production. The market focuses on three areas: co-official languages, national and distribution and sales. On this occasion, the event is held in two professional days, the November 5 and 6, in MN4 cinemas alfalfa, one of the towns that were affected by the floods last October.

In this edition, we have selected 29 projects, of which 12 correspond to the category Autonomous Promercat of co-official languages, 15 a National Promercat and 2 to Promercat Distribution and sales. The fundamental selection criteria have been narrative quality, production design and financial sustainability of the projects presented. The 27 projects from Promercat Autonómico and Promercat Nacional, which will participate in two pitch sessions, come from Valencia, Barcelona, Alicante, Zaragoza, Madrid, Palma de Mallorca, Santander, Málaga and Vitoria.

Autonomous Promercat It is aimed at fiction projects, both feature films and series, miniseries and television films that will be filmed in co-official languages. A total of twelve projects have been selected: And now what? of Cinética Productions (Palma de Mallorca); The collapse, by Damita Joe (Barcelona); The girls, from Silence Production and Distribution (Valencia); Honey, from Jaibo Films (Alicante); ¡A lot of shit!, of Quart Productions (Barcelona), Pálpito from Proyecta Films (Valencia), Sang dorxata from Beniwood Productions (Valencia); everything and nothing, by Conzeta Films (Barcelona); Video club 2001, by Los Hermanos Polo Films (Valencia); horizon, from Aire de Cinema (Valencia); Unusual translucent people, de Maua Productions (Vitoria), y Tesa & Poso, from El Camino Cinematographic Productions (Valencia).

National Promercat, for its part, is dedicated to audiovisual productions that seek co-production in Spain and is aimed at fiction feature film projects for cinema or television. The selected Valencian projects are Dry Car, by The Polo Brothers Films (València); Confession in the shadow, from PT Media (Valencia); The most beautiful animal, by Tarannà Films (Valencia); On the weekends, by Amora Films (Valencia); Death in Torrevieja, by Nakamura Films (Valencia); Nakachian, by Little Frame (Valencia) and Luz Naranja Films (Málaga); a werewolf, from Jaibo Films (Alicante), and White Label by Inaudita Films (Valencia). The selection committee has also chosen Casualties of War, from The Difference (Barcelona); The burrow, from Japonica Films (Barcelona); The shepherdess, by Crew Films (Zaragoza), and Marma Rabbit Boy, from Encarna Movies (Santander). Furthermore, the three fiction series are The song of the dawn, with 39 steps (Madrid); Rare review, by The Fly Hunter (Valencia), and waters gone by, from TV ON Producciones (Valencia) and Caracol Studios (Portugal). The projects selected in Promercat Autonómico and Promercat Nacional will have the opportunity to carry out a presentation to other production companies, distribution companies and television networks interested in co-producing. Later they will organize B2B meetings among the participants.

Finally, the section Promercat distribution and sales is directed to fiction feature films made by Valencian production companies, or with a Valencian majority, and completed after 2024 or in post-production phase, who are looking for distribution or sale. The selected projects, both completed and those in the process of completion, will have the opportunity to make a presentation to other distribution companies. Online viewings of the films will be provided to interested distributors. In the selection of projects it has been valued that the financing is secured, the phase or state of production or having obtained aid for production, development or script from the Institut Valencian de Cultura or another public institution. The selected projects are Nena, from TV ON Producciones (Valencia), and The bad names of Admirable Films (Valencia), TV ON Producciones (Valencia) and Lamalanga Producciones (Barcelona).