What foreigners are looking for in the audiovisual market of Bogotá

Countries like Chile see in the event the opportunity to make alliances and produce in the country. The guest of honor will be Spain

An important Chilean delegation of audiovisual creators will land in Edition IX of the Audiovisual Market of Bogota (BAM) which will will hold from July 9 to 13 in the capital Colombia, with the main goal of reaching business alliances and international distribution.

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"This market opens the door to alliances with Colombia. Colombia is a very important center of Latin American production. American for two reasons: its incentives and its proximity to the North American industry said Eren Constanza, executive director of CinemaChile. 19659003] Arenas, who is in Berlin, has stated that Chilean producers, through Ibermedia, can benefit from all of these elements.Ibermedia is a stimulus program for co-production of feature films and documentaries integrated by Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Chile, Ecuador, Spain, Guatemala, Italy, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Uruguay and Venezuela

At least fifteen ze Chilean audiovisual professionals, including producers of fiction, documentary and animation, will be presented at the BAM, supported by the Directorate of Cultural Affairs (Dirac). They are also supported by ProChile through its service contest, and will be accompanied on site by CinemaChile and also by ChileDoc, an organization that promotes and distributes Chilean documentaries.

Among those traveling, there are six producers dedicated to fictional content, with the support of Dirac and CinemaChile. This is Alejandro Ugarte with the projects "María ojos negros", "Perro Bomba" and "Mala Madre" (the latter selected at BAM projects cine, a space dedicated to film projects with a potential to coproduction).

Sergio Gándara with the creations "Evasion" and "Civilization" and Macarena Cardone, with "News of an abduction", "Colonia Dignidad" and "A simple soldier". Also present Sebastián Freund with "Gabriela", "Lodge" and "Winnipeg"; Matías Amocaín with the movie "Betrayal to the Fatherland", "Humboldt: the Creation of America" ​​and "Voice", and Oscar Godoy with "Question of Faith" , "Between two waters" and "Allegados".

For Arenas, the presence of CinemaChile in Colombia is very important since it aims to break markets for the export of Chilean film and audiovisual production . In this sense, Arenas insists that Latin America is precisely one of those key territories that they conquered and strengthened two years ago

"Paradoxically, our cinema has great difficulties of marketing and circulation ". the executive director of CinemaChile. Arenas badured Efe that this was how they declared Brazil and Colombia as "two priority markets for fostering commercial links", and began to "actively participate in the Rio Content Market and now, at BAM. "

Colombia offers great opportunities for the documentary sector, since they have a public channel that co-produces and exhibits Chilean works, and other distribution windows that are relevant for cultural exchange in Latin America

The BAM, organized in part by Proimágenes Colombia, is the most important audiovisual market of this country and has become a must for the industry. the region .