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.
Este es un encuentro intensivo entre actores, críticos cinematográficos, directores, directores de fotografía, diseñadores de producción, sonidistas, editores, guionistas y productores de México, Centroamérica y el Caribe. Es también un espacio de interacción que genera intercambios creativos y establece redes entre las promesas del cine de la región con expertos de la industria cinematográfica mundial. Más allá de ser solamente un evento cinematográfico, Talents Guadalajara se ha consolidado como punto de convergencia creativa donde la siguiente generación de actores, cineastas y críticos cinematográficos se conocen, generan vínculos, obtienen inspiración y trabajan en sus propios proyectos.
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.
ACTING / DIRECTING STUDIO
Un espacio para crear personajes y dirigir emociones
El Acting / Directing Studio reúne en un mismo espacio a actores, actrices, directoras y directores para explorar el proceso creativo que da vida a los personajes y fortalece la narrativa cinematográfica. A través de ejercicios prácticos, ensayos, análisis de escenas y mentorías con profesionales de reconocida trayectoria, los participantes experimentarán la relación entre la interpretación y la dirección actoral. Este estudio promueve la colaboración como una de las bases del cine, entendiendo que las interpretaciones más memorables nacen del encuentro entre la sensibilidad del actor y la visión del director.
CAMERA STUDIO
Un espacio para esculpir la luz
El Camera Studio es un punto de encuentro para cinefotógrafas y cinefotógrafos, este estudio propone una inmersión en los procesos creativos y técnicos que convierten la luz en lenguaje cinematográfico. Mediante talleres, ejercicios prácticos, análisis visuales y mentorías especializadas, los participantes explorarán nuevas posibilidades estéticas y narrativas, fortaleciendo una mirada autoral capaz de dialogar con la historia, el espacio y las emociones de cada película. Este estudio invita a descubrir cómo la luz construye atmósferas, revela personajes y transforma la manera en que percibimos el cine.
COSTUME DESIGN STUDIO
Un espacio donde el vestuario cuenta historias
El Costume Design Studio de Talents Guadalajara está dirigido a diseñadores de vestuario, artistas textiles y profesionales interesados en explorar el poder narrativo del vestuario dentro del cine y el audiovisual. A través de sesiones teóricas, análisis de proyectos y mentorías con especialistas del diseño de vestuario, los participantes profundizarán en el proceso creativo que da forma a la identidad visual de los personajes, comprendiendo cómo la indumentaria dialoga con la dirección, la fotografía, el diseño de producción y la narrativa cinematográfica.
TALENT MOTION STUDIO
Un espacio donde las ideas y los sueños cobran vida
Dedicated to animation and its creators, Talent Motion Studio offers selected directors a program of personalized mentoring, master classes, and roundtable discussions with leading international animators. This initiative fosters creativity, experimentation, and the development of animated projects, cementing Guadalajara’s position as a leading center for animated film in Latin America.
PRODUCTION / DISTRIBUTION STUDIO
Un espacio para producir y visibilizar nuestro cine
This study invites producers and distributors to reflect on the current challenges facing the film industry, explore financing models, and analyze new trends in film distribution. Through workshops and consultations with international experts, participants will strengthen their production and distribution strategies, helping to bring Ibero-American cinema to new audiences.
TALENT PRESS GUADALAJARA
Un espacio para pensar, analizar y escribir sobre cine
Talent Press Guadalajara es un laboratorio intensivo de crítica cinematográfica que forma parte de Talents Guadalajara en colaboración con la Federación Internacional de Críticos Cinematográficos (FIPRESCI).
Cada jornada representa un ejercicio de análisis, discusión y reflexión sobre películas exhibidas, fortaleciendo la capacidad de argumentación, escritura y pensamiento crítico. Este espacio busca impulsar nuevas voces dentro de la crítica cinematográfica iberoamericana y fomentar una mirada analítica sobre el cine contemporáneo.
TALENT PROJECT MARKET
Haz que tu proyecto cruce fronteras
In collaboration with the FICG Co-Production Forum, Talents Guadalajara is launching the Talent Project Market, a professional pitching platform for feature film projects in development. Selected participants will receive intensive training and present their proposals to representatives from the international film industry, with the aim of forging partnerships, expanding financing opportunities, and bringing their films to new audiences.
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 fifth edition of Pitch Guadalajara offers a strategic platform to promote the development of audiovisual and narrative projects. Over the course of four intensive days, the selected participants connect directly with industry professionals to pave the way toward the final production of their projects.
On the first day, narrative video games take center stage at the FICGames Pitch, in collaboration with UNIAT. The second day is dedicated to the Fantasy Genre Pitch, where seven science fiction, horror, and fantasy projects will present their proposals to industry experts.
On the third day, publishers seek to negotiate the adaptation rights to their best literary works in order to turn them into audiovisual productions. Finally, the event concludes with Pitch Escuelas, where eight film schools present their projects to attract potential partners.
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.
