MADRID -- Spanish cinema's top brass convened with Madrid politicos Monday to demonstrate the broad industry support for the second Madrid de Cine Spanish Film Screenings.
More than 130 buyers from 35 countries are confirmed to attend the June 10-12 event, a jump from last year's attendance and 70% greater than that for the now-defunct Lanzarote Screenings, which the Madrid confab replaced.
Buyers will access the freshest and most diverse product Spain can offer, with 51 films screening at the Princesa theaters and a videoteca available for other Spanish titles.
"Last year, we were even more successful than we had hoped," said Pedro Perez, president of screenings host organization FAPAE, the federation of Spanish producers. "Madrid now forms part of the international calendar as a must for buyers."
FAPAE organizes the screenings, backed by a €600,000 ($808,974) budget, with institutional and financial support from Spain's Foreign Trade Institute (ICEX), the Madrid regional government, the Madrid municipal government, the Madrid Film Commission and the Audiovisual Producers' Rights Management body (EGEDA) as well as the local Princesa theater chain and movie downloading Web site Filmotech.
"We are seeing an increase in the sale of Spanish cinema and we are satisfied with the Madrid de Cine," ICEX executive vp Angel Martin said.
More than 130 buyers from 35 countries are confirmed to attend the June 10-12 event, a jump from last year's attendance and 70% greater than that for the now-defunct Lanzarote Screenings, which the Madrid confab replaced.
Buyers will access the freshest and most diverse product Spain can offer, with 51 films screening at the Princesa theaters and a videoteca available for other Spanish titles.
"Last year, we were even more successful than we had hoped," said Pedro Perez, president of screenings host organization FAPAE, the federation of Spanish producers. "Madrid now forms part of the international calendar as a must for buyers."
FAPAE organizes the screenings, backed by a €600,000 ($808,974) budget, with institutional and financial support from Spain's Foreign Trade Institute (ICEX), the Madrid regional government, the Madrid municipal government, the Madrid Film Commission and the Audiovisual Producers' Rights Management body (EGEDA) as well as the local Princesa theater chain and movie downloading Web site Filmotech.
"We are seeing an increase in the sale of Spanish cinema and we are satisfied with the Madrid de Cine," ICEX executive vp Angel Martin said.
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