Spanish film D’A Film Lab Barcelona and Porto/Post/Doc are organizing coproduction meetings in a joint industry initiative that will occur in both countries. Taking place twice a year, in march in Barcelona and in november in Porto, these initiatives have as their main goals the support to international co-production, the development of new projects and promote the circulation of Spanish and Portuguese films and production companies and reinforcing the collaboration between Portugal and Spain.

In an ever changing audiovisual industry landscape, co-production and co-development with European partners become more necessary for independent film production. Taking into account the urgency of climate change, sustainable film production can and should be addressed with a neighboring and local perspective too.

Porto/Post/Doc and D’A - Barcelona Film Festival will host a series of meetings aimed at attracting both emerging and consolidated producers from these neighboring countries, setting the focus on different European countries and territories in future editions, with the aim of developing further European partnerships with a joint Portugal-Spain perspective.

The next meetings will take place in Barcelona 29 - 30 March, 2023 and will focus on producers who will have access to workshops and case studies on legal, financial and distribution aspects between both countries. Producers with a project and intention to co-produce with Portugal and Spain can apply now by filling the Registration Form before the deadline on February 28th, 6pm CEST.

REGULATIONS
Selection for the Co-production meetings is open to production companies with feature films in development and pre-production, of any genre (fiction, documentary, animation or experimental)
The project must be a co-production in place or an intended co-production between Portugal, Spain and France.
Registration in the Co-production Meetings is free and must be done through the attached Registration Form.
After the selection, at least one representative of each project should be available to attend the event (March 29th - 30th)
The projects will be selected by the Industry coordinators of D’A Film Lab Barcelona and Porto|Post|Doc.
D’A Film Lab Barcelona offers one night and travel expenses for the producer representing the project Meals are all covered by D’A Film Festival (ex.
The directors/producers of the selected projects agree to provide D’A Film Lab Barcelona with the necessary elements for the promotion of their projects, to be included in the catalogue, website and official social networks of the event.

This activity is organized with the support of Creative Europe – Media Desk Catalunya, Creative Europe – Media Desk Portugal, and the collaboration of ICAA - Instituto de la Cinematografía y las Artes Audiovisuales, Eurimages, ICA - Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual de Portugal, EAVE - European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs and Ciclic Centre-Val de Loire.