This year's Sunny Side of the Doc (SSD) will feature a Spanish delegation of up to fifteen production and distribution companies. The 34th edition of the forum, scheduled to take place from 19 to 22 June, will welcome more than 2,200 professionals from 60 countries to the French town of La Rochelle.
Up to nine Spanish projects in different stages of development will take part in more than twenty one-to-one meetings facilitated by the SSD organizers between the companies in the Spanish pavilion and international prodcos and sales agents. The projects presented will be "Flying Hands" by Al Borde Films, "Homeland Security" by Enero Films, "The Sleeper" by Morena Films, "Hope! The Greatest Opportunity Ever" by El Gato Verde Producciones, "The Daughter of the Volcano" by Auna Producciones and Mayéutica Producciones, "The Hidden Secrets of the Museums" by Zona Mixta, "Life Science for Ageing" by Onza Distribution, "Daughters of the Wind" by Trespés and "Diary of an Infiltrator" by Vértice 360.
Organized by Docs from Spain, one of the imprints under the umbrella brand Audiovisual from Spain of ICEX Spain Trade & Investment to promote companies and audiovisual content in the documentary genre. The main European market focuses on documentaries and XR narrative experiences. Its Spanish pavilion is made up of the companies Al Borde Films, Ártico Distribution, Auna Producciones, Bideografik, El Gato Verde Producciones, Enero Films, Feelsales, Marmoka Films, Mayéutica Producciones, Morena Films, Onza Distribution, Trespés, Vértice 360, Vinyl Producciones and Zona Mixta.
All of the companies will participate in Spanish Rendez-vous: Docs from Spain matchmaking, an exclusive event organized by Docs from Spain on the afternoon of Monday 19 June, where they will showcase their projects in development to potential international partners, both production companies and sales agents, interested in them. The activity will take place in the form of one- to-one appointments; these meetings have been scheduled according to the expert criteria of the SSD organizers. Spanish projects in the official pitching sessions Spain will have a prominent presence in the official program, with five projects selected from among the 42 finalists to be presented in the various themed categories that make up the co-production pitching sessions.
While the science pitch session is set to be represented by documentary series project led by El Gato Verde Producciones and directed by Álvaro Ron, "Hope! The Greatest
Opportunity Ever," "The Sleeper," and "Alexina B" will compete in the Arts and Culture category, and "Diary of an infiltrator's," co-produced by Vértice 360, will form part of the History section. "The Daughter of the Volcano" is included in Impact Campaigns. All of them will be presented in the large auditorium in front of more than 300 international decision-makers including major broadcasters, streamers, distributors and investors looking for innovative and impactfulstories.
The official agenda of SSD sessions and panels will also feature Spanish talent, such as Bernardo Pajares, social media manager of the Prado Museum, who will participate in a panel on a discussion about how museum institutions innovate in their storytelling to attract and engage with their audience. In addition, Cristian Liarte, head of original content at Rakuten TV, will take part in a panel giving his vision on the possibilities of the documentary genre in FAST channels. The team of CaixaForum+, the FVOD platform specialized in factual content around culture and science themes, will attend the event for the first time as decision makers and will meet with the finalist projects of all the pitching sessions.
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