{"id":40188,"date":"2022-10-06T16:30:01","date_gmt":"2022-10-06T14:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weirdmarket.es\/?p=40188"},"modified":"2022-10-06T16:49:12","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T14:49:12","slug":"the-14th-edition-of-weird-market-renewes-itself-and-marks-a-new-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weirdmarket.es\/en\/2022\/10\/06\/the-14th-edition-of-weird-market-renewes-itself-and-marks-a-new-stage\/","title":{"rendered":"THE 14TH EDITION OF WEIRD MARKET RENEWES ITSELF AND MARKS A NEW STAGE"},"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-40188'><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;\">THE 14TH EDITION OF WEIRD MARKET RENEWES ITSELF AND MARKS A NEW STAGE<\/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-l8x3gkqy-a28d8124bf53fda4d0a005a663902940 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 14th edition Weird Market ends with a resounding success. The arrival of the reference market for animation, video games and new media in Valencia achieves numbers that show the potential and strength of both the sector and the event. A total of 387 professionals, 427 meetings and outstanding gatherings such as the round table on co-productions with television and public institutions or the one of toy companies, promote its role as a focus and international benchmark. Its director, Jos\u00e9 Luis Farias, is exultant both for the balance and the arrival in Valencia, \u201cwe are very excited about this new beginning, it has been an edition with a lot of effort but at the same time of growth and expansion. Weird Market is already a benchmark event, but the symbiosis with Valencia opens up innumerable vias for development\u201d; Some of these vias \u00a0have already shown results, such as the creation of the first international Flipbooks contest.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The data is reinforced with the detailed analysis, activities such as the <strong>recruitment day<\/strong> had 16 companies and their best headhunters to seek young professionals. 3 Doubles Producciones, Alba Sotorra, \u00c1nima Kitchent, Aupa Studio, B Water Animation Studios, El Ranchito, Hampa Studio, La Mola Films, Mago Production, Lusco Fusco Animation, Sauvage TV, The Glow Animation Studio, The SPA Studios, Tomavision, TV On Producciones and Wise Blue Studios conducted a total of <strong>597 interviews<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">One of the focuses of this 2022 has been to structure the value of animation in Spain. On one hand, with the work meeting and subsequent <strong>round table with television broadcasters and public institutions<\/strong> from different autonomous communities, where the will to collaborate and harmonize processes to improve the sector was made clear. RTVE, TV3, \u00c0 Punt, Agadic, ICEC, Tenerife Film Commission, Government of Navarra, ICO and ICAA participated in it. Among the conclusions drawn, highlights the unanimity among the attendees that Weird Market will become an annual meeting point for these agents in the sector and in the next edition this work meeting and round table will be organized again, with the aim of sharing other experiences regarding the co-production of animation series and feature films between the autonomous communities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the other hand, a meeting was held with some of the <strong>main toy companies in the country<\/strong>, a fundamental part of the animation and video game value chain. Famosa, Simba Toys, ColorBaby and Magic Box had the opportunity to get closer to content creators by establishing a link with the event that will also be extended in the future.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Both meetings had the participation and collaboration of RTVE.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Italian and Spanish animation also strengthened their ties thanks to a work table organized between DIBOOS and Cartoon Italia. An analysis of the current situation in the transalpine country that serves as the seed for the next steps that will be taken and announced for the creation of various collaborations and cultural bridges.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-l8x3mx2d-d2229882336ace003e83d30468980659\">\n.avia-image-container.av-l8x3mx2d-d2229882336ace003e83d30468980659 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-l8x3mx2d-d2229882336ace003e83d30468980659 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\nfont-size:10px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-l8x3mx2d-d2229882336ace003e83d30468980659 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-40189 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-40189 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/weirdmarket.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Nota_Balance_NdP_WEIRD22.jpg\" alt='' title=''  height=\"692\" width=\"1500\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/weirdmarket.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Nota_Balance_NdP_WEIRD22.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/weirdmarket.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Nota_Balance_NdP_WEIRD22-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/weirdmarket.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Nota_Balance_NdP_WEIRD22-768x354.jpg 768w, https:\/\/weirdmarket.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Nota_Balance_NdP_WEIRD22-1030x475.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/weirdmarket.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Nota_Balance_NdP_WEIRD22-705x325.jpg 705w, https:\/\/weirdmarket.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Nota_Balance_NdP_WEIRD22-450x208.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-l8x3gkqy-a28d8124bf53fda4d0a005a663902940 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h6 style=\"text-align: justify;\">From left to right Muntsa Tarr\u00e9s &#8211; TV3, Jose Luis Farias &#8211; Weird Market, Elisa Rodr\u00edguez ICAA, Juana Moreno &#8211; ICO, Yago Fandi\u00f1o &#8211; RTVE, Virginia Agudo &#8211; Gobierno de Navarra, Ricardo Mart\u00ednez &#8211; Tenerife Film Commission, Blanca Piulats &#8211; ICEC &#038; Ernest Sorrentino &#8211; \u00c0 Punt.<\/h6>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-jytugm8c-7d6ff0403c766c9c015878ef36fb42e5\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-jytugm8c-7d6ff0403c766c9c015878ef36fb42e5{\nheight:25px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-jytugm8c-7d6ff0403c766c9c015878ef36fb42e5 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-l8x3gkqy-a28d8124bf53fda4d0a005a663902940 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">FIRST INTERNATIONAL FLIPBOOK COMPETITION<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Weird Market together with Flipboku, a publisher specializing in flipbooks that reinvents the format with different optical illusion mechanics, announced the creation of the <strong>first international six-sequence animated flipbook contest<\/strong>. The contest will be of international scope and will be open to professional animators and students, in addition to having a jury of professionals linked to the world of animation, as recognized and reputed as Ra\u00fal Garc\u00eda (one of the pioneering Spanish animators in making the leap to major studios in the United States such as Disney), Andy Bailey (who has worked as an animator for the Laika studio and his YouTube channel Andymotion, has millions of followers who love animation and flipbooks) and Magdiela Duhamel (with participation in series such as <em>Trollhunters<\/em>, <em>The Adventures of Rocky &#038; Bullwinkle<\/em> or <em>What If&#8230;?<\/em>) among other names. The official regulations will be announced soon on social media and different communication channels of Flipboku and Weird Market. The winning animations will be edited and distributed in flipbook format, they will have an economic prize and, in addition, an accreditation with meals and accommodation for the Weird Market 2023 where they will be presented.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-l8x3gkqy-a28d8124bf53fda4d0a005a663902940 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">14TH EDITION LIST OF WINNERS<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The event closed its doors on October 2nd after announcing a list of winners where the jury awarded the Japanese short film <em>Iizuna Fair<\/em> by Sumito Sakakibara (Best International Short Film), the Dutch <em>Pig<\/em> by Jorn Leeuwerink (Best European Short Film) and <em>He Ran Towards His Comrade<\/em> by Gen\u00eds Rigol (Best National Short Film). The public, for its part, opted for <em>Good Night Mr Ted<\/em> by Nicol\u00e1s Sole (Best National Short Film) and <em>Sprite Fright<\/em> by the Dutchman Matthew Luhn. A cinematographic part that had its headquarters in La Filmoteca de Valencia (Rialto Building) and that the audience welcomed enthusiastically, <strong>selling out the tickets<\/strong> in the screening of national short films where the directors and crew of the short films were present.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The projects section, which had a selection of 170 titles between feature films, short films, animation series, video games, web series, transmedia projects, comics and board games, also had its awards. The Movistar Plus+ Short Film Project Award went to <em>Buffet Para\u00edso<\/em>, by H\u00e9ctor Zafra, while the Weird Market \u2013 Spanish Screenings An\u00edmate Award, one of this year&#8217;s novelties, went to the series <em>Brian the Brain<\/em> by Tom\u00e1s Pe\u00f1a (BLISS). Regarding video games, RTVE chose <em>Endling Extinction is Forever<\/em>, by HEROBEAT STUDIOS and HANDY GAMES (Spain, Germany) as the RTVE Interactive Award for Best Video Game Project; <em>IDEA<\/em> by Arturo Monedero (Spain) as the RTVE Interactive Video Game Project Award; and <em>The Fabulous Fear Machine<\/em> by FICTIORAMA STUDIOS (Spain) as the RTVE Interactive Award for the Weird Plus Video Game.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 14th edition of Weird Market has the main sponsorship of the Valencia City Council, the Valencia Provincial Council and the Generalitat Valenciana; the sponsorship of ICAA, HP, Tenerife Film Commission, Huawei and Wacom; and the support of AVEPA, \u00c0 Punt, Barreira Arte + Dise\u00f1o, SimpleCloud, Welaw, Tangram Solutions, CREA SGR and La Liga de la Animaci\u00f3n Iberoamericana (The Ibero-American Animation League).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" 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