Applications to participate in Basque Audiovisual's Stand at the Berlin EFM are still open

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Applications to participate in Basque Audiovisual's Stand at the Berlin EFM are still open

December 13 2017

Thanks to the collaboration between Zineuskadi, the Etxepare Institute and Eiken Cluster, the BASQUE AUDIOVISUAL initiative will have its own space at the stand that the ICEX will once again have at the EFM. This space is available for any Basque professionals attending the Festival and for Film Basque Country, the brand that encompasses the three Film Commissions from the Basque Autonomous Community.

At the stand we will be giving out a catalogue with the film projects currently in development and/or production and those that have been released in 2017. Additionally, to continue promoting networking between Basque and international professionals and make the most of Basque companies’ participation in the Berlinale, a matchmaker will be available to help accredited professionals at the festival to establish contacts.

The Basque companies participating in the EFM will be able to receive a grant from the Etxepare Basque Institute to cover travel, accommodation and accreditation costs (maximum 1,000) thanks to the Subsidies to Participate in International Audiovisual Markets for 2018. This call will be published in June 2018 and the deadline for submitting applications will be in September.The only requirements are to be registered as an audiovisual company or freelancer for Business Tax (IAE) and to have your business address in the Basque Autonomous Community.For projects being taken to market in the Basque language, companies with their business address in the Autonomous Community of Navarra and the Association of Municipalities of Iparralde may also apply for the grant.

At last year’s EFM we took a catalogue with 26 projects, most of which are currently in the development phase.Specifically, there were twelve documentaries, nine narrative films and five animated films.The films released last year include "El ataúd de cristal"; "Gutik zura"; "Pixi Post eta opari-emaileak"; "Acantilado"; "Pikadero"; "Teresa eta galtzagorri" and "Central Africa's closed eyelids".