The Malaga Spanish Film Festival  has announced its pick of projects for the MAFF (Malaga Festival Fund & Co Production Event), section of MAFIZ (Malaga Festival Industry Zone). This year’s selection includes entries from Portugal and Spain, reflecting the festival’s commitment to celebrating the Ibero-American world’s diverse linguistic and cultural identities and promoting its audiovisual industries (read more here). MAFF is organised by Malaga City Council and the Malaga Spanish Film Festival, in partnership with the Spanish Institute of Cinematography and Audiovisual Arts (ICAA), the Conference of Ibero-American Audiovisual and Film Institutes (CAACI), Ibermedia, the Federation of Ibero-American Film Producers (FIPCA) and European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs (EAVE).

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Part of the 24th Malaga Spanish Film Festival, it promises a packed programme of online activities that will run between 3 May and 11 June. The selected projects are receiving each a grant to cover two months of training in creative filmmaking and production.

Meanwhile, the Social MAFF section will focus on topics that invite us to reflect on current issues impacting life in Spain, Portugal and Latin America. This section will feature a number of projects presented in partnership with Sanfic Lab (Santiago International Film Festival) — Gemelos celestiales (Chile) —, Cinemundi — Paralaxe (Brazil)—, Bolivia Lab — Las almas (Argentina) —, and the Directorate of Audiovisual, Sound Production and New Media) (DAFO) at the Peruvian Ministry of Culture — Devenir (Peru) —.

MAFF defines its mission as follows: to be the leading communication and networking platform for fund executives to get together and discover new projects in the early stages of development; to encourage innovative business and production models for new films with potential to attract international co-producers, with a view to distributing and promoting them in different markets and through different channels; to offer high-level creative, economic and financial advice to help filmmakers create viable, quality projects with strong prospects in the global market, thus boosting their international presence; and to provide a platform for new entrants in the world of film, creating content that reaches and resonates with viewers and engaging new audiences in a continuously expanding audiovisual scene.

The list of projects:

MAFF

Amanda - Sandra Gugliotta (Argentina)
Bala perdida - Juan Vicente Manrique (México)
El arte de la guerra - Grecia Barbieri y Gonzalo Benavente Secco (Perú)
Esta bestia tan salvaje - Valeria Ariñez (México)
Ida Vitale - María Inés Arrilleda (Uruguay)
Madreselva - Ernesto Aguilar (Argentina)
Muchachos bañándose en el lago - Michael Labarca (Venezuela/Francia)
Os livros restantes - Ralf Tambke (Brasil/Portugal)
Silencio - Enrique Santas (Brasil)
Sugar Island - Johanné Gómez Terrero (República Dominicana)
Terra vil - Luis Campos (Portugal)
Trenzadas - Raisa Bonnet (Puerto Rico)
Tú no eres yo - Marisa Crespo y Moisés Romera (España/Portugal)
Un hombre en un puente - David Martín de los Santos (España/Francia)

Sección Social MAFF

El viaje del cocodrit - Elio Barrigón (Panamá)
Gemelos celestiales - Niles Atallah (Chile)
Paralaxe - Ricardo Murad y Cao Guimarães (Brasil)
Las almas - Laura Bosombrío (Argentina)
Devenir - Ricardo Adolfo Amador Yui Hifume (Perú)