Industry Academy America Latina 2019 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 Introduction The Morelia International Film Festival (FICM), which will hold its seventeenth edition in October, 2019, is pleased to announce the participants of the Morelia / IMCINE – Locarno Industry Academy International workshop, which will be held from October 20 to 23. The workshop is an initiative organized by the Morelia International Film Festival in collaboration with the Locarno Film Festival and the support of the Mexican Film Institute (IMCINE) as well as the Ibermedia program. Its main goal is to support young professionals who work in the areas of sales, marketing, online and traditional distribution, exhibition and programming, so that they understand the challenges and build bridges with the independent film industry in Latin America and the world. The selected participants will have the opportunity to work with professionals and tutors of international relevance, to make visible the importance of circulation in the film industry. The Morelia / IMCINE – Locarno Industry Academy International is also part of the Industry Academy International network which includes Australab in Chile (Santiago – Locarno Industry Academy International), BrLab (Sao Paulo – Locarno Industry Academy International), Thessaloniki IFF in Greece (Thessaloniki – Locarno Industry Academy International), Film at Lincoln Center / New Directors New Films Festival in the USA (NYC – Locarno Industry Academy International), Metropolis Cinema in Lebanon (Beirut – Locarno Industry Academy International). The four-day workshop will be designed and run by Sandra Gómez, distributor and producer at INTERIOR XIII, and Marion Klotz, Industry Academy International project manager. Participants The Industry Academy International in Morelia selected eight young professionals of very varied profiles, who work in exhibition, distribution or programming of festivals. The 2019 participants are: Alejandro Gómez Marín (Centro Colombo Americano de Medellín, Colombia) Ana Pía Quintana Enciso (Festival Puy ta Kuxlejaltic, Foro Kinoki, Mexico) Ernesto Martínez Agraz (Cine Tonalá, Mexico) Maria Beatriz Estevão de Oliveira Vilela (Imovision, Brazil) María Fernanda Carvajal Alpízar (Cinetitlán, Guatemala) Miriam García (Human Rights Watch FF, Hamptons International FF, Mexico) Paloma Isabel Cabrera Yáñez (Nort Films, Pimienta Films, Cinema 23, Mexico) Virginia Rico Meneses (Ojo Libre, Mexico) Introduction The Morelia International Film Festival (FICM), which will hold its seventeenth edition in October, 2019, is pleased to announce the participants of the Morelia / IMCINE – Locarno Industry Academy International workshop, which will be held from October 20 to 23. The workshop is an initiative organized by the Morelia International Film Festival in collaboration with the Locarno Film Festival and the support of the Mexican Film Institute (IMCINE) as well as the Ibermedia program. Its main goal is to support young professionals who work in the areas of sales, marketing, online and traditional distribution, exhibition and programming, so that they understand the challenges and build bridges with the independent film industry in Latin America and the world. The selected participants will have the opportunity to work with professionals and tutors of international relevance, to make visible the importance of circulation in the film industry. The Morelia / IMCINE – Locarno Industry Academy International is also part of the Industry Academy International network which includes Australab in Chile (Santiago – Locarno Industry Academy International), BrLab (Sao Paulo – Locarno Industry Academy International), Thessaloniki IFF in Greece (Thessaloniki – Locarno Industry Academy International), Film at Lincoln Center / New Directors New Films Festival in the USA (NYC – Locarno Industry Academy International), Metropolis Cinema in Lebanon (Beirut – Locarno Industry Academy International). The four-day workshop will be designed and run by Sandra Gómez, distributor and producer at INTERIOR XIII, and Marion Klotz, Industry Academy International project manager. Participants The Industry Academy International in Morelia selected eight young professionals of very varied profiles, who work in exhibition, distribution or programming of festivals. The 2019 participants are: Alejandro Gómez Marín (Centro Colombo Americano de Medellín, Colombia) Ana Pía Quintana Enciso (Festival Puy ta Kuxlejaltic, Foro Kinoki, Mexico) Ernesto Martínez Agraz (Cine Tonalá, Mexico) Maria Beatriz Estevão de Oliveira Vilela (Imovision, Brazil) María Fernanda Carvajal Alpízar (Cinetitlán, Guatemala) Miriam García (Human Rights Watch FF, Hamptons International FF, Mexico) Paloma Isabel Cabrera Yáñez (Nort Films, Pimienta Films, Cinema 23, Mexico) Virginia Rico Meneses (Ojo Libre, Mexico) Introduction The Morelia / IMCINE – Locarno Industry Academy International workshop is an initiative that the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) organizes since 2015 in collaboration with the Locarno Festival and the Mexican Film Institute (IMCINE). Its main goal is to support young professionals who work in the areas of sales, marketing, online and traditional distribution, exhibition and programming, so that they understand the challenges and build bridges with the independent film industry in Latin America and the world. The selected participants will have the opportunity to work with professionals and tutors of international relevance, to make visible the importance of circulation in the film industry. The Morelia-IMCINE Locarno Industry Academy International is also part of the Industry Academy International network which includes Australab in Chile (Valparaiso-Locarno Industry Academy International), Cinema do Brasil (Sao-Paulo-Locarno Industry Academy International), Thessaloniki IFF in Greece (Thessaloniki-Locarno Industry Academy International), The Film Society of Lincoln Center/New Directors New Films Festival in the USA (NYC-Locarno Industry Academy International), Metropolis/MC Distribution in Lebanon (Beirut-Locarno Industry Academy International). For a fourth consecutive year, the 16th FICM will hold a tailor-made four-day workshop for eight participants from Mexico and abroad, which will take place from October 23 to 26. The four-day workshop will be designed and run by Sandra Gómez, distributor and producer at INTERIOR XIII, and Marion Klotz, Industry Academy project manager. Participants The selected participants are eight young professionals of very varied profiles, who work in exhibition, distribution or programming of festivals: Alejandra Villalba García (Salón de belleza, México) Facundo Lema (BAL, Argentina) Isabel Rojas (OaxacaCine, México) Leslie Alejandra Borsani Fernández (Cine La Mina, México) Louise Riousse (IMCINE, México) Miguel Ángel Mendoza Barrón (Ecocinema, México) Paula Amor (La corriente del Golfo, México) Priscila Andrade (Mutante Cine / ICAU, Uruguay) Introduction The Locarno Industry Academy International – Morelia – IMCINE workshop is an initiative that the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) organizes since 2015 in collaboration with the Festival del film Locarno and the Mexican Film Institute (IMCINE). Its goal is to support young industry professionals working in the areas of sales, marketing, online and traditional distribution, exhibition and programming, to understand the challenges of the independent film industry in Latin America and the world. For a third consecutive year, the 15th FICM will hold a tailor-made five-day workshop for eight participants from Mexico and abroad, which will take place during from October 21st to 25th. Participants Now open to non-Mexicans participants from Latin America and abroad, the Academy will welcome eight young professionals from very various backgrounds, working in exhibition, traditional and online distribution, and festival programming. The five-day workshop will be designed and run by Sandra Gomez (distributor and producer at INTERIOR XIII) and Marion Klotz (Industry Academy International project manager). The 2017 participants are: 1. Angela Guerrero Arias (Canana, México) 2. Andrés Jiménez Suárez (FICCI, Colombia) 3. Tomás Astudillo (Vaivem, Ecuador) 4. Adriana Agudelo Moreno (Mutokino, Colombia) 5. Lariza Melo Preciado (Floox Media Planning, México) 6. Edher Campos (Machete, México) 7. Diego Alfonso Torres Méndez (Cine Móvil Toto, México) 8. Regina Serratos Varela (Piano Distribución, México) Participants Paola Arriaga Guerrero (ND Mantarraya, México) Dolores Díaz-González García (La Casa del Cine, México) Rita Falcón (Kino Bureau, Argentina) David Herrera (Fahrenheit Distribución, Colombia) María Josefina Parra Acuña (FICBAQ, Colombia) Talía Pedraza Ávila (Artegios Distribución, México) María Fernanda Rio Armesilla (Sala Nueve, México) Luis Miguel Sánchez Cruz (Cinepolis Klic, México) Bruno Adrián Zárate Castillo (Cine Tonalá, México) Participants Abraham González Ruiz (ND Mantarraya) Andrea Castex (Piano Distribución) José Luis Mejía Razo (Cinépolis) Juan Patricio Riveroll (Artegios Distribución) Larissa Vega Gil (Filmin Latino) Pedro Segura Bernal (La Ola)