Numerous industry activities are scheduled for the 63rd San Sebastian Festival. Said activities are detailed in the Professional Agenda and will be updated daily on the Festival website. Updates will also be included in the daily News Flash sent out to accredited industry guests.
Throughout the Festival, and particularly on the 21st, 22nd and 23rd, to coincide with the Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum and Films in Progress, San Sebastian will become a meeting place between members of the international industry from all over the world.
Meetings and professional rendezvous, press conferences, presentations, round tables and events will be organised to facilitate professional contacts, cooperation between professionals and the international circulation of films.
Professional Agenda - Friday, September 18
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09:00-13:30 – Pi@ Building
DIGITAL FORUM 2015. New alternatives of distribution and consumption of audiovisual products, fostered by Fomento de San Sebastian (San Sebastian Economic development)
(Open - prior registration required)
Professional Agenda - Saturday, September 19
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10:00-11:30 – Kursaal, The Industry Club, Room 9
Tax incentives to audiovisual production in the Basque Country - Basque Government Department of Education, Language Policy and Culture (Industry accreditation holders)
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17:00-18:00 – Kursaal, The Industry Club, Room 9
Short film associations. Annual report and new goals for next year (Accreditation holders)
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19:30-21:00 – Kursaal, The Industry Club, Press Club
Happy Hour Objective Canaries (Industry and Press accreditation holders)
Professional Agenda - Sunday, September 20
EUROPEAN FILM FORUM - AUDIENCES IN MOTION in collaboration with Creative Europe-MEDIA (Accreditation holders)
San Telmo Museum, Function Hall
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09:30-10:00 – Breakfast
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10:00-10:40 – Welcome and presentation
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10:40-11:20 – Panel 1: Creative audience
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11:30-12:10 – Panel 2: Production audience
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12:20-13:00 – Panel 3: Distribution / programming audience
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13:00-14:00 – Kursaal, The Industry Club, Room 9
CESyA round table: Cinema without barriers: accessibility and new spectators (Accreditation holders)
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15:30-18:00 – Kursaal, The Industry Club, Room 9
Pitching preparation workshop for selected projects in the IV Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum (Closed)
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16:00-16:30 – Kursaal, The Industry Club, Room 8
Opportunities to shoot in San Sebastián - Donostia Film Commission (Closed)
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19:30-21:00 – Kursaal, Press Club
Films in Progress 28 welcome drink (With invitation)
Professional Agenda - Monday, September 21
IV EUROPE-LATIN AMERICA CO-PRODUCTION FORUM (Industry accreditation holders)
San Telmo Museum
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09:00-10:00 – Breakfast (Cloister)
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10:00-14:00 – Networking and informal meetings (Cloister)
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11:00-11.30 – Presentation of the new fund/scheme ACM Distribution - Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée - CNC (Function Hall)
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12:00-13:30 – Round table The basic pillars for films to exist online: new perspectives on discoverability, an eye-catching legal offer and a decreasing piracy, fostered by Europa Distribution (Function Hall)
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14:00-15:30 – Lunch (Cloister)
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15:30-19:30 – Pitching session for the selected projects (Function Hall)
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19:30-21:00 – Focus on Canada Happy Hour (Cloister)
FILMS IN PROGRESS 28 (Industry accreditation holders)
Príncipe Cinemas
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09:30 – Era o Hotel Cambridge by Eliane Caffé (Brazil / France - 97’)
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12:00 – Princesita by Marialy Rivas (Chile / Argentina / Spain - 71’)
Professional Agenda - Tuesday, September 22
IV EUROPE-LATIN AMERICA CO-PRODUCTION FORUM (Industry Accreditation holders)
San Telmo Museum
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09:00-10:00 – Breakfast (Cloister)
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10:00-14:00 – Networking and informal meetings (Cloister) and one-to-one meetings with the selected projects (Church)
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10:00-11:30 – Round table: European Film distribution outside its borders, fostered by PROA (Federated Audiovisual Producers) and Catalan Films (Function Hall)
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12:00-13:30 – Round table: New challenges in the circulation of Ibero-American films, fostered by Ibermedia Programme (Function Hall)
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13:00-14:00 – Cocktail offered by When East Meets West (Cloister)
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14:00-15:30 – Lunch offered by Cinema do Brasil (Cloister)
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15:30-20:00 – Networking and informal meetings (Cloister) and one-to-one meetings with the selected projects (Church)
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18:30-19:30 – Cinemachile Happy Hour (Cloister)
FILMS IN PROGRESS 28 (Industry accreditation holders)
Príncipe Cinemas
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09:30 – Sobrevivientes by Rober Calzadilla (Venezuela / Colombia - 101’)
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12:00 – Rara by Pepa San Martín (Chile / Argentina - 96’)
Professional Agenda - Wednesday, September 23
IV EUROPE-LATIN AMERICA CO-PRODUCTION FORUM (Industry accreditation holders)
San Telmo Museum
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09.00-10.00 – Breakfast (Cloister)
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10.00-14.00 – Networking and informal meetings (Cloister) and one-to-one meetings with the selected projects (Church)
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10.00-11.30 – Round table: Co-productions between Europe and Latin America. 3 practical cases, fostered by AECID (Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation) (Function Hall)
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12.00-13.00 – Presentation of Red en Cortos, fostered by AECID (Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation) (Function Hall)
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14.00-15.30 – Lunch (Cloister)
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15:30-16:30 – Networking and informal meetings (Cloister) and one-to-one meetings with the selected projects (Church)
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21:00 – Industry cocktail – announcement of awards (Church and Cloister)
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IV Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum EGEDA Best Project Award
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Films in Progress 28 Industry Award
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Ibermedia TV Films in Progress Award
FILMS IN PROGRESS 28 (Industry accreditation holders)
Príncipe Cinemas
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09:30 – La emboscada by Daniel Hendler (Uruguay / Argentina - 82’)
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11:30 – Aquí no ha pasado nada by Alejandro Fernández Almendras (Chile - 105’)
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10:00-14:00 and 16:00-18:00 – Kursaal, The Industry Club, Room 8
CACI (Conference of Ibero-American Cinematographic Authorities) meeting – Ibermedia (Closed)
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10:00-14:00 and 15:30-19:00 –Pi@ Building
Pitching preparation workshop for the XI. Lau Haizetara Documentary Co-Production Forum - IBAIA (Association of Independent Production Companies of the Basque Country) (Closed)
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18:00-19:00 – Kursaal, The Industry Club, Room 9
Launch of the Filmoteca Vasca book - Basque cinema: three generations of filmmakers
(Industry and Press accreditation holders)
Professional Agenda - Thursday, September 24
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09:30-14:30 – Kursaal, The Industry Club, Rooms 8 and 9
XI. Lau Haizetara Documentary Co-Production Forum – IBAIA (Association of Independent Production Companies of the Basque Country) (Industry Accreditation holders)
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16:00-18:00 – Kursaal, The Industry Club, Rooms 8 and 9
Conference Study of the documentary, La Lista Falciani, from its creation to its international distribution - IBAIA (Association of Independent Production Companies of the Basque Country)
(Industry accreditation holders)
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16:00-20:00 – Kursaal, The Industry Club, Industry Club Space
XI. Lau Haizetara Documentary Co-Production Forum one-to-one meetings – IBAIA (Closed)
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18:00-20:00 – Kursaal, Press Club
ARRI – Presentation of new film shooting equipment (Accreditation holders)
Barreda de Biurrun Inés 
