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Hi, <\/p>\n

I’m Ismael Martin. <\/p>\n

I have been distributing short films and documentaries at festivals since 2003. <\/p>\n

I started working in the distribution office at ECAM. Most of my time was spent doing what nobody wanted to do: filling out forms and reviewing regulations. <\/p>\n

Over the years, I discovered that distribution was much more than sending films. It was strategy. <\/b><\/p>\n

During my time at ECAM, I participated in projects such as Madrid en corto, from which we distributed the first Tadeo Jones<\/i> short film, Aquel no era yo<\/i> by Esteban Crespo, and Madre<\/i> by Rodrigo Sorogoyen, the latter two nominated for the Oscars. <\/p>\n

In 2020, in the midst of the pandemic, with everything I had learned, I launched Selected Films<\/b>, a distribution company specialized exclusively in festivals.<\/p>\n

But this blog was born earlier.<\/b><\/p>\n

I started writing to share my work and because there was barely any information about festival distribution.<\/p>\n

Today there are more than 450 published entries, and it has been a reference for many directors who have started in recent years.<\/p>\n

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