The Industry programs are projects of the Festival Internacional de Cine en (FICG) that have the objective of serving different sectors of the Ibero-American film industry. They are platforms for niche audiences that are differentiated by their stage of development or their thematic.
We offer a range of opportunities and collaborations between producers, buyers, sellers and other people responsible for the different stages of the filmmaking process.
Our objective has always been to function as a platform that catapults the development, production and distribution of new cinema in Latin America.
The Co-Production Meetings take place over three days of intensive encounters between representatives of selected feature films in development and international film professionals working within Ibero-America.
In collaboration with the Berlinale Talents of the Berlin International Film Festival, Talents Guadalajara has been part of the activities of the Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara since March 2009.
Talents Guadalajara is an intensive meeting between actors, film critics, directors, cinematographers, sound designers, editors, scriptwriters and producers from Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. It is also a place for interaction and networks between promising filmmakers in the region with experts from the global film industry. Talents Guadalajara has established itself as a point of creative convergence where the next generation of actors, filmmakers and film critics meet, connect, obtain inspiration and work on their own projects.
Talents Guadalajara offers a range of international opportunities and collaborations, reinforced by the connection that exists with other Talents in the world: Berlinale Talents, Talents Beirut, Talents Buenos Aires, Talents Durban, Talents Sarajevo and Talents Tokyo.
In this edition, the Acting and the Directing Studio merge to create a joint space in which actors and directors will attend talks, workshops and practical exercises so that they interact and reflect on the arduous task of creating characters and telling stories.
The meeting point for lovers of light, a workshop that fuses theoretical and practical sessions in which participants will share their experiences, plan and carry out practical exercises guided by a renowned director of photography.
Talent Press Guadalajara is an intensive course in film criticism. Those selected will have as their daily task the making of a review of a feature film screened at the Festival, which is presented and discussed in front of their classmates and mentors.
A professional pitching experience for feature film projects (documentary or fiction) in development. Participants will receive an intensive workshop, specialized advice and meetings with representatives of the international film industry. This hands-on pitching experience offers participants the chance to gain producers and co-producers for their films.
Talents Guadalajara presents a special section dedicated to animation and its creators: Talent Motion Studio, in which talks, workshops and practices are held so that animators can enrich their projects and perfect their skills in the arduous task of telling stories through animation.
This workshop is focused on professionals who specialize in the design and development of scenery, costumes and settings, combining advanced technology with an artistic approach in film, television and theater projects.
In this edition, producers and distributors are invited to Talents Guadalajara to advise on the promotion of film projects, to participate in workshops and talks that reflect on the challenges of our industry and the new paradigms of distribution and exhibition, with the aim of making our cinema strong and visible.
DocuLab: Documentary Laboratory is an Industry program of the Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara (FICG), whose objective is to promote the development of Ibero-American filmmakers and their documentary films in post-production stage, from in-depth analysis to discussion with experts.
Episode 0: Series in Development is a program that consists of intensive meetings between a selection of TV series projects and film and television professionals who are in the position to consolidate these projects towards their realization stage.
We offer a range of opportunities and collaborations based on face-to-face meetings with professionals from the audiovisual industry, producers, television stations, OTT platforms, sales agents and international distributors.
The first pitch open at the Guadalajara Film Market contributes to the development of projects for production, whether films or series. The pitch takes place over three days in which one particular topic is addressed per session.
On the first day, five projects selected by the participating film schools will be discussed. During the second day, horror, science fiction and fantasy are the protagonists in the genre film pitch that is held in alliance with Feratum, one of the most important genre film festivals in Latin America.
On the third day, book publishers bring their best stories to negotiate their adaptation rights and turn them into major productions.
We focus on Ibero-American films that are about to be completed, to find a path to their audiences.
Guadalajara Construye: Works in Progress is an initiative since 2008 that has seen countless films grow and travel to various parts of the world. During three days, you will be able to see screenings of narrative feature films with a provisional cut in search of financing for their completion and subsequent distribution. These screenings are made before a closed audience of international distribution professionals, including producers, distributors, sales agents, service companies, aid funds and festival representatives, among others.
Additionally, from the Industry and Market area we manage important support for the post-production and distribution of our selection announced and updated in each edition. These supports are granted to the films that our collaborators consider worthy according to the profile of the partner and the film.
The world of audiovisual storytelling continues to expand into unexplored territories full of creative possibilities.
The universe of video games becomes an interactive cinematic experience, where the viewer takes the role of the protagonist and his actions with the controller or keyboard determine the course of the story that unfolds on the screen in front of his eyes and in real time.
That is why at Industria FICG we armed ourselves with headset and controller and immersed ourselves in this world of pixels and artificial lights to explore with the experts the world of audiovisual narrative in video games.
At FICGames we believe that the best way to understand this universe is to play it. That is why we open the doors of FICGames PlayTest.
It is a space designed to live first-hand the experience of video games. We meet with 10 video games, face to face, controller in hand, to discover and test titles that take interactive storytelling to another level.