Canal Sur will honor José Alba with the Andalusian Talent Award

Channel On will be awarded to the independent producer José Alba, founder of Pecado Films, the Andalusian Talent Award within the framework of the 29th Malaga Film Festival for his important professional career and contribution to the audiovisual sector.

José Alba has an impressive resume and has become a reference at the Andalusian, national and international level, as demonstrated by the recognitions and awards it has obtained so far. A professional that Canal Sur has followed and supported from the beginning, having participated in most of its films. With close your eyes He supported them at Cannes, but also at dozens of festivals. movies like Gila, it's the enemy, Mamacruz o Brooklyn's Sevillanas They have achieved recognition and have also performed well at the box office and in the audience. In addition, it is closely linked to the Malaga Festival, where many of its films have screened.

He is currently a member of the Andalusian Film Academy, the Spanish Film Academy and the European Film Academy, in addition to president of ANCINE from 2022. Among the prizes won, the Silver Biznaga from the Malaga Festival and the ASFAAN Award in 2018. In 2023, ScreenDaily magazine selected him as one of the producers with the greatest international focus, in addition to receiving the Luz Award from the Huelva Festival. In 2024 it won the Carmen Award for best film for its production close your eyes, by Victor Erice, world premiered in the official section of the Cannes Festival in 2023, which was also pre-selected by the Academy for the Oscars, nominated for the Goya, Forqué and Feroz awards for best film and chosen Film of the Year by The New Yorker.

Canal Sur will present the award at the Albéniz Cinema (March 12, 1:30 p.m.) during the Malaga Festival, which will be held from March 6 to 15.

Collaboration agreement with the 29th Malaga Festival

The general director of Canal Sur, Juande Mellado, and the director of the Malaga Festival, Juan Antonio Vigar, have signed at noon this Monday, February 16, at the Málaga Palacio Hotel, a collaboration agreement that includes the commitment of the RTVA as a collaborator of the Festival, thus complying with the Corporate Social Responsibility Plan in relation to the commitment to culture.

Canal Sur will broadcast the Opening and/or Closing Galas of the Festival on some of its channels, as well as echo the events planned to promote their dissemination. During the days of the event, both general information programs and specialized programs will include some content related to the event, both on radio and television.

Furthermore, coinciding with the Festival's agenda of activities, Canal Sur will program in its film spaces on both Canal Sur TV and Andalucía TV and in different time slots, a list of films and documentaries that may have been selected or awarded in previous editions of the contest, as well as other productions of works in Spanish in which Canal Sur has participated.

RTVA dedicates a special effort to promoting the Andalusian audiovisual sector through two fundamental instruments: the financing of audiovisual products and the collaboration agreements it maintains with the majority of film festivals held in our community.