These days we are finalizing the program for the Short Film Distribution Meeting, which will take place during the 2nd Professional Forum of the Madrid Community Short Film Week. This edition has been moved forward compared to last year; it will take place on Friday, April 13 and Saturday, April 14. The … Read more
Last Saturday, March 10, on the same day as my birthday, I was invited as an attendee to the Spa Conversations, which usually take place every year at the Medina del Campo Film Week. The round table focused on short film distribution today and featured speakers from several sub-sectors within distribution, such … Read more
The early hours of Monday, March 5, saw the 2018 Oscar Awards ceremony take place. A total of 15 short films were nominated, spanning documentaries, fiction (though it would be more accurate to speak of Live Action), and animation. Ultimately, the winners were the documentary Heaven is a traffic jam on the … Read more
These days I have been working on the new Madrid en corto call; many of the short films submitted are in the final stage of post-production. In most of these cases, they are submitted with the work print, better known by the English term: work in progress. When you are in the … Read more
If you are starting to move your film through film festivals, you must take entry fees into account. They have become so widespread that you cannot afford to ignore them in your distribution strategy, especially if you do not want to miss out on opportunities. One of the best strategies for dealing … Read more
It has been 11 years attending the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Market. In 2006, we presented the first edition of Madrid en corto, and since then I have only missed one year. After so long focusing on short film specialization, Clermont-Ferrand has become an essential event for the industry worldwide. It has managed … Read more
After several years without changes, in February 2017, we learned about new Oscar-qualifying festivals; there were 9 festivals. It seems that the Hollywood Academy continues its policy of expanding the number of festivals each year. In the last week, I have learned about three new festivals that have announced their recent inclusion … Read more
Last week we received great news for Spanish cinema: the short film Matria, by Álvaro Gago, has won the Short Film Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. This is the most important award Sundance grants to a short film and one of the most prominent prizes in the entire festival … Read more
I have been observing the gradual evolution of vertical cinema for some time now, and how festivals and sections dedicated to these works are timidly emerging, as I already mentioned in the post about ideas for organizing festivals. Vertical cinema challenges a paradigm that has been untouchable in cinema until now: the … Read more
Short films can be sold. Although it may seem surprising, there is a small market of buyers and distributors dedicated to short film sales. Most buyers are TV channels, VOD platforms, iTunes, airlines, trains, etc. In recent years, we have seen a boom in the short format, mainly thanks to the Internet … Read more