Cinémundi in Brazil, Cinergia in Costa Rica, EPCC Atrium in France, Fundación Universidad del Cine (FUC) in Argentina and Meets in Panama have joined Cinélatino, who brings together in Toulouse project developers previously selectioned by these organizations of reference that spot, train and support talents from Latin America. This synergy already exists for a few years between Cinélatino and BrLab in Brazil, La Cinéfondation in France and CNCine in Ecuador.
BrLAB (Brazil)
BrLab reaffirms itself as a reference point for Latin American projects’ development in Brazil, thanks to the constant work that allowed us to consolidate our place in the international calendar of similar initiatives. It is undeniable that encounters such as those promoted in the lab naturally foster opportunities for international cooperation and exchange between professionals, boosting different countries’ filmmaking and, in the same sense, encouraging the promotion of Brazilian audiovisual production abroad. BrLab has become a space where Latin American and European professionals spontaneously converge, with an interest in establishing contact with projects that are either fresh or under development – and this approach often results in invaluable partnerships.
http://www.lab-br.com.br/brlab/apresentacao
La Cinéfondation (France)
La Résidence du Festival de Cannes welcomes every year a dozen young directors who work on their first or second fiction feature film project, in two sessions lasting four and a half months (from October 1st to mid February, and from the end of February to mid July). Since its creation in 2000, the Résidence has welcomed more than seventy filmmakers from more than forty different countries. It makes available to them a place of residence in the heart of Paris, a personalised programme accompanying the writing of their scripts, and a collective programme of forums with film industry professionals.
http://www.cinefondation.com/en/generalinformation
Cinemundi (Brazil)
Brasil CineMundi – International Coproduction Meeting reached its 5th edition in 2014, consolidating the role of connecting Brazilian and foreign professionals and being a facilitator in the dialogue with the international market, through productive partnerships and exchange of information and actions, business meetings and investment in professionals training. Focused on independent production in a more authorial perspective, Brasil CineMundi integrates the programming of the CineBH – Belo Horizonte International Film Festival, which puts Minas Gerais state’s capital in the center of the dialogue between the independent Brazilian cinema and international audiovisual market.
http://www.brasilcinemundi.com.br
Cinergia (Costa Rica)
Cinergia is the only project that supports cinema in Central America and Cuba. It has three lines of action: promotion, professionalization and visibility of the cinema gestated and produced in Costa Rica, Panamá, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Belize and Cuba. Since 2004 Cinergia has monetarily supported more than 160 films, has facilitated the professional training of over 360 filmmakers, has provided 12 fellowships to study cinema and digital animation valued at more than $200,000, and has created a unique archive of films from the region and a portal for film, video and animation on the Internet, as a tool to visualize the Central American production in the world.
http://www.cinergia.org
CNCine (Ecuador)
The National Council of Cinematography (CNCINE in Spanish), authorized by the Cinema Law (2006) it’s the national institution in charge of strengthening the cinematographic industry from Ecuador. The CNCINE works through five pillars: promotion of cinematographic production through public contests, national and international diffusion of the Ecuadorian cinema, training and capacity building for professional and amateur cinematographers.
http://www.cncine.gob.ec/homecncine.php?c=43
EPCC Atrium (France)
EPCC Atrium is a structure born from the fusion between the CMAC (Centre Martiniquais d’Action Culturelle) which took for 40 years an important part in the territory’s cultural action, and Atrium, a local public company. EPCC Atrium Martinique has got an important role in the distribution of the cinema industry in Martinique. It supports the arthouse cinema all the year and during its festival Les Rencontres Cinémas Martinique. Definitely turned to Caribean Countries and the rest of the world, partnerships have been established with others festivals and organizations (Cuba, San Dominic, Trinidad, French Cinémathèque, Critic’s week (Cannes)). Beyond the diffusion, the main objective is to contribute to the formation and the production with conferences, exchanges and internships.
http://www.cmac.asso.fr
Fundación Universidad del Cine: FUC (Argentina)
Universidad del Cine is presently a meeting point for young people with a vocation for the audiovisual arts, the institutional space for them to realize their dreams. It was created in response to the challenge posed by this new era, as a firm step towards a different and feasible world. Since its foundation, the Universidad del Cine has maintained three major goals: the generation of an environment that facilitates the conception and development of new projects; the advancement of film education, by placing it within the framework of a comprehensive humanistic curriculum; and the creation of a production center for students to further their academic activities through their insertion in the professional field.
http://ucine.edu.ar
Meets (Panama)
MEETS Market is a co-production that seeks to promote the creation of networks for the production and dissemination of Latin American projects in final stages of development. MEETS seeks promote the encounter between professionals of different sectors of the film industry and ready to produce projects in Latin America. It will also help in positioning Panama as a unique hub for international film production. Those responsible for a project in co-production market MEETS have the opportunity to present their project in a pitching session with other members of the film industry, whether national, regional or global. After pitching, the owners of the projects have a custom appointment schedule to close details and start new partnerships with stakeholders encountered.
http://www.meetsfilmmarket.com