San Sebastián is already a significant industry hub and informal market. It will be all the more so after new support from Spain’s Ministry of Digital Transformation
\n\nThe San Sebastián Film Festival will receive a key economic boost from Spain’s Ministry of Digital Transformation and Civil Service to consolidate its industry events, which include the Creative Investors’ Conference, co-organized with CAA Media Finance.
\n\nMoneys involved may not seem large. Under the terms of the agreement, the Ministry will become the sole sponsor of industry events at the Festival, stumping up a €500,000 ($580,000) grant to support the Creative Investors’ two-morning confab, plus the Conference on Leading the Audiovisual of the Future, organized by the Ministry of Digital Transformation for Sunday, Sept. 20.
\n\nAlso, the best Spanish project prize at San Sebastian’s Zinemaldia Startup Challenge, a new tech pitching session, will rise to €30,000 ($34,800).
\n\nThe support recognizes the reality of San Sebastián. Under directors Mikel Lejarza and all the more José Luis Rebordinos, San Sebastián has developed an informal market, bulwarked by a significant contingent of top Spanish and French sales agents keen to push slates with titles not just a San. Sebastián but also Venice and Toronto as far…
Original source: https://variety.com/v/tv/