The Xunta supports the competition through the annual call for audiovisual festival grants, which this year allocated 300,000 euros to ten strategic events
The first screening in Galicia of the latest film by Anxos Fazáns welcomes the public tonight, and "Así chegou a noite," by Ángel Santos, will be the closing film, two titles produced with a grant from the Ministry of Culture, Language and Youth.
The allocation for this regional fund for promoting our Community as a location for film and television productions is increased by 10%.
The event brings together professionals from production companies, channels, platforms, and leading companies in the sector market The Galician government sponsors this forum to reinforce its support for the Galician audiovisual industry and promote opportunities for production, financing, and internationalization
The award of this annual call is announced, which increases its funding by 200,000 euros to help develop 14 future feature films and seven television series for filming in the coming years.
The goal of these grants from the Ministry of Culture is to support producers in the initial preparation of their projects, which will allow them to apply for other regional grants in subsequent years.
The director of the Axencia Galega das Industrias Culturais, Jacobo Sutil, participated this morning in the inauguration of the 17th edition of the meeting I P, Ideas para producir, organised by the Agrupació n Industrial Audiovisual Gallego with the sponsorship of the Xunta de Galicia with the aim of achieving new alliances for the Galician audiovisual industry in the co-production, sale, financing or distribution of content for film and television.
The director of Cultural Industries highlights the premieres of Galician productions and the educational commitment of the New Cinemas of Pontevedra festival.
El cuerpo abierto', by Á ngeles Huerta, will be the focus of tomorrow's opening session of this programme, which will also delve into the creative and production process of the feature films 'El cuerno', 'Salta!', 'Matria' and 'Cuando tocco un animal'.
This 13th edition also includes conferences on short films, the competition A Cantera, the series 'Motel Walkirias' and a screenwriting workshop with Sara Varela.
The Teatro Principal of Santiago will host on Tuesday 28th an open show of the residency being developed by the Galician actor Avelino González and the Irish Caitriona Ní Dhomhnaill, in collaboration with the artistic director of the National Theatre of Wales, Steffan Donelly.
The Xunta's company is working with the Irish and Welsh-language national theaters on an upcoming joint show, in parallel with the European Phōnē project to promote minority languages through the performing arts.
