{"id":37503,"date":"2022-06-02T15:06:04","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T13:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weirdmarket.es\/2022\/06\/02\/weird-market-evento-de-referencia-en-animacion-videojuegos-y-new-media-llega-a-valencia-para-impulsar-el-sector-audiovisual\/"},"modified":"2022-06-02T15:12:05","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T13:12:05","slug":"weird-market-a-reference-event-in-animation-video-games-and-new-media-comes-to-valencia-to-promote-the-audiovisual-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weirdmarket.es\/en\/2022\/06\/02\/weird-market-a-reference-event-in-animation-video-games-and-new-media-comes-to-valencia-to-promote-the-audiovisual-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"WEIRD MARKET, A REFERENCE EVENT IN ANIMATION, VIDEO GAMES AND NEW MEDIA, COMES TO VALENCIA TO PROMOTE THE AUDIOVISUAL SECTOR"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-fx7fz-525663a56cb31b39ff91cd4644a5c283 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-37503'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-jytujvh3-4dad87cdf5b5201936da2a97e51f167e\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-jytujvh3-4dad87cdf5b5201936da2a97e51f167e{\nheight:75px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-jytujvh3-4dad87cdf5b5201936da2a97e51f167e hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  av-desktop-hide av-medium-hide'><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-jytugb17-bc72c4469c98d914c3961e41a52714e8 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">WEIRD MARKET, A REFERENCE EVENT IN ANIMATION, VIDEO GAMES AND NEW MEDIA, COMES TO VALENCIA TO PROMOTE THE AUDIOVISUAL SECTOR<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-jytugm8c-255eccfaf26a963068bda766f55bd75e\">\n#top .hr.av-jytugm8c-255eccfaf26a963068bda766f55bd75e{\nmargin-top:0;\nmargin-bottom:30px;\n}\n.hr.av-jytugm8c-255eccfaf26a963068bda766f55bd75e .hr-inner{\nwidth:150px;\nborder-color:#0a0a0a;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-jytugm8c-255eccfaf26a963068bda766f55bd75e hr-custom  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock  hr-center hr-icon-no'><span class='hr-inner inner-border-av-border-fat'><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-l3wqgo2m-e167868c6e309cf2fe0224cf3bd6836a '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Valencia will host the 14th edition of the Weird Market, the most important professional animation, video game and new media market held in Spain and one of the most important in Europe. The capital of T\u00faria river will host the International Animation, Video Games and New Media Market from September 27th to October 2nd, as well as its International Animation Short Films Festival.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This event will be held thanks to the signing of a collaboration protocol signed by the Valencia City Council, the Valencia Provincial Council and the Generalitat Valenciana, and aims to promote the audiovisual industry, positioning Valencia as one of the main European cities in the field of innovation and digital development.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The deputy mayor of the Innovative Development Area of \u200b\u200bthe Valencia City Council, Pilar Bernab\u00e9, has indicated that &#8220;we welcome Weird Market, a benchmark event that brings together professionals from the cultural and creative industries and is the sector\u2019s most important networking spot of the year, to Val\u00e8ncia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cVal\u00e8ncia is moving forward within the framework of technological and digital trends and wants to become a pole of attraction for audiovisual production, to improve the competitiveness of companies through the application of new technologies that allow them to compete in a digitized market and generate talent. And for this we work from the VLC Tech City platform, also attracting events such as the Weird Market\u201d, explained Bernab\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In this sense, the vice president of the Valencia Provincial Council, Carlos Fern\u00e1ndez Bielsa, stated that &#8220;by hosting this event we are going to promote the entire technology-based sector in the Valencian Community, especially in the field of digital creation, production and audiovisual animation\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;You know well that here we have the best: and our Valencian producers have set up companies that are transforming the socioeconomic model of the Valencian Community, companies that are earning leadership in the sector with effort, with more competitiveness than ever&#8221;, defended Fern\u00e1ndez Bielsa.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For his part, the general director of the Valencian Institute of Culture, Abel Guarinos, has pointed out that &#8220;it is very good news for the Valencian audiovisual industry that a professional market such important for the animation and video game sectors in Europe as Weird Market moves to the city of Valencia and that the Filmoteca de Val\u00e8ncia hosts its screenings\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Abel Guarinos has also added that \u201cfrom the Culture Institute of the Generalitat we work to strengthen and consolidate the professional markets of the Valencian cultural industries, such as those already existing for music (Valencian Music Fair, in Castell\u00f3), performing arts (Danza Val\u00e8ncia and Alcoy Theater Show) or the audiovisual (promercado &#8211; Val\u00e8ncia Film Market, since 2021). With our support to Weird Market, we want Valencian audiovisual animation and video game professionals to be able to distribute, exhibit and present their productions, as well as establish financing and co-production agreements\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-l3x15m8s-e535b7b5d3b1b2842cb8ba2bf34da330\">\n.avia-image-container.av-l3x15m8s-e535b7b5d3b1b2842cb8ba2bf34da330 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-l3x15m8s-e535b7b5d3b1b2842cb8ba2bf34da330 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-l3x15m8s-e535b7b5d3b1b2842cb8ba2bf34da330 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-37499 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-37499 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/weirdmarket.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/cuerpo-web.jpg\" alt='' title='cuerpo-web'  height=\"720\" width=\"1080\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/weirdmarket.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/cuerpo-web.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/weirdmarket.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/cuerpo-web-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/weirdmarket.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/cuerpo-web-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/weirdmarket.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/cuerpo-web-1030x687.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/weirdmarket.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/cuerpo-web-705x470.jpg 705w, https:\/\/weirdmarket.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/cuerpo-web-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-l3wqgo2m-e167868c6e309cf2fe0224cf3bd6836a '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to Jos\u00e9 Luis Farias, director of the event, the appointment confirms its new location as a further step in its development and approach to the sector, &#8220;this new home represents a boost both for the event and for the animation, video games and the new media sector itself that is our reason for being\u201d he declared.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The signing of this protocol, in addition to the celebration of the Weird Market 2022, contemplates the following actions: coordinate actions aimed at promoting and strengthening the development of new audiovisual projects in Valencia and promoting the new technological advances in the sector and the opportunities they generate for creation and business.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Likewise, with this protocol, alliances will be established with Valencian universities to improve competitiveness and generate knowledge and development of new talent in the audiovisual sector and audiovisual production will be promoted as a reinforcement of companies and professionals in the audiovisual industry, improving their competitiveness.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cPublic-private collaboration is essential to achieve objectives more efficiently and with greater scope. With the signing of this protocol we work to achieve the same objectives and interests in the field of digital technology and innovation given its impact and significance for the economy and employment of the city of Valencia\u201d, Councilwoman Bernab\u00e9 specified.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the other hand, the event has the support of AVEPA, the Valencian Association of Animation Production Companies, and DIBOOS, the Spanish Federation of Animation Production Companies Associations, \u201cbecause they consider it a key event not only because of the visibility it can give to our sector of local animation but because of the contacts and real business opportunities that it can attract for national and international co-productions\u201d explained Paloma Mora, President of AVEPA.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-l3wqgo2m-e167868c6e309cf2fe0224cf3bd6836a '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Weird Market<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">La Filmoteca de Valencia, Rialto Building, will host the screenings of this 14th edition, while La Benefici\u00e8ncia Cultural Center will be the place of reference where conferences and meetings are held.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Along with its new location, Weird Market also announces the opening on June 2nd of its <a href=\"https:\/\/weirdmarket.es\/en\/short-films-submission-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">short film market<\/a>. The Weird Market International Animation Short Film Market receives works until July 10th through the Shortfilmdepot and Filmfreeway platforms and for its two sections: international and national.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-l3wqih19-9d2a618f81b21de374c79d58c119251f\">\n.avia-image-container.av-l3wqih19-9d2a618f81b21de374c79d58c119251f img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-l3wqih19-9d2a618f81b21de374c79d58c119251f .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-l3wqih19-9d2a618f81b21de374c79d58c119251f av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-37434 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-37434 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/weirdmarket.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Formulario_Weird22_ENG_Web.jpg\" alt='' title=''  height=\"252\" width=\"1500\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/weirdmarket.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Formulario_Weird22_ENG_Web.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/weirdmarket.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Formulario_Weird22_ENG_Web-300x50.jpg 300w, https:\/\/weirdmarket.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Formulario_Weird22_ENG_Web-768x129.jpg 768w, https:\/\/weirdmarket.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Formulario_Weird22_ENG_Web-1030x173.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/weirdmarket.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Formulario_Weird22_ENG_Web-705x118.jpg 705w, https:\/\/weirdmarket.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Formulario_Weird22_ENG_Web-450x76.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-l3wqgo2m-e167868c6e309cf2fe0224cf3bd6836a '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Short films produced after January 1st 2021, and made in any animation technique may aspire to participate in these two sections. In the international section there will also be a selection of music videos with the same deadline.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The short films participating in the Market (international and national selection) will be eligible to be selected at WFest &#8211; Weird Market\u2019s International Animated Short Films Festival, which will be subject to a second selection process.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The final selection of the WFest will fight to be part of the list of winners where the jury and the audience will give various awards. The first will be made up of national and international animation professionals and will award three distinctions (as well as any special mentions it considers appropriate): Best International Short Film, Best European Short Film and Best National Short Film. 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