{"id":44690,"date":"2024-09-11T11:21:33","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T09:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weirdmarket.es\/?p=44690"},"modified":"2024-09-11T11:21:35","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T09:21:35","slug":"weird-market-confirms-36-short-films-in-competition-and-12-companies-participating-in-the-recruitment-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weirdmarket.es\/en\/2024\/09\/11\/weird-market-confirms-36-short-films-in-competition-and-12-companies-participating-in-the-recruitment-day\/","title":{"rendered":"WEIRD MARKET CONFIRMS 36 SHORT FILMS IN COMPETITION AND 12 COMPANIES PARTICIPATING IN THE RECRUITMENT DAY"},"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-44690'><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 CONFIRMS 36 SHORT FILMS IN COMPETITION AND 12 COMPANIES PARTICIPATING IN THE RECRUITMENT DAY<\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h1>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lypg5ks1-c78b2b465f4f5b038dd3896bc0534290\">\n.avia-image-container.av-lypg5ks1-c78b2b465f4f5b038dd3896bc0534290 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-lypg5ks1-c78b2b465f4f5b038dd3896bc0534290 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-lypg5ks1-c78b2b465f4f5b038dd3896bc0534290 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_hr '   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-43408 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-43408 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/weirdmarket.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Linkedin_Header_cartel_weird2024-1030x174.jpg\" alt='' title='Linkedin_Header_cartel_weird2024'  height=\"174\" width=\"1030\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/weirdmarket.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Linkedin_Header_cartel_weird2024-1030x174.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/weirdmarket.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Linkedin_Header_cartel_weird2024-300x51.jpg 300w, https:\/\/weirdmarket.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Linkedin_Header_cartel_weird2024-768x130.jpg 768w, https:\/\/weirdmarket.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Linkedin_Header_cartel_weird2024-705x119.jpg 705w, https:\/\/weirdmarket.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Linkedin_Header_cartel_weird2024-450x76.jpg 450w, https:\/\/weirdmarket.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Linkedin_Header_cartel_weird2024.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\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-4  el_after_av_image  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-lypfuo44-64d51042606f5244f95ce7eb7393f272 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 16th Weird Market has confirmed the 36 animation short films that will be part of its WFest and the 12 companies participating in the recruitment day. The festival and the session dedicated to promoting employment in the sector are two defining features of this animation, videogame and new media market. The festival will be held at the Filmoteca Valenciana (Rialto Building) on October 1st, 2nd and 3rd, while the meetings between talent scouts and industry professionals will take place at Las Naves on the morning of Thursday, October 2nd.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each year, the WFest presents a full selection of works that attest to the strength and creativity of this industry worldwide. In 2024, there will be 11 productions in the domestic competition and 25 in the international competition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the Spanish section there are works for grown-up audiences alongside others of a more familiar nature, established names and new blood. Creators such as Goya winner V\u00edctor Monigote or the pair of directors Carlos F. De Vigo with Lorena Ares, and Omar Al Abdul Razzak with Shira Ukrainitz (all of them nominated for the top awards of Spanish cinema) will have their works in competition.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other filmmakers featured in the official section are Victor Bonafonte, Nacho Arjona \u201cNaolito\u201d (with his directorial debut) or Valencia&#8217;s own Sam Orti. This edition will also feature the premiere of the winning short film of the Weird Market Movistar Plus+ Short Project Award 2022: Buffet Para\u00edso by H\u00e9ctor Zafra and Santi Am\u00e9zqueta.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The list is completed by works such as Pablo Ballar\u00edn&#8217;s, set in the Belarus-Poland border, Mary Cruz Leo&#8217;s adaptation of Ferm\u00edn Sol\u00eds&#8217; graphic novel Medea a la deriva, Alex Rey&#8217;s tribute to the animation genius Hayao Miyazaki, and Choche Hurtado, a well-known figure in this event.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">25 SHORT FILMS REPRESENTING 20 COUNTRIES IN THE INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-44585\" src=\"https:\/\/weirdmarket.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Cortos_Seleccionados_Todos_NdP_WEIRD24-1-1030x398.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1030\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/weirdmarket.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Cortos_Seleccionados_Todos_NdP_WEIRD24-1-1030x398.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/weirdmarket.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Cortos_Seleccionados_Todos_NdP_WEIRD24-1-300x116.jpg 300w, https:\/\/weirdmarket.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Cortos_Seleccionados_Todos_NdP_WEIRD24-1-768x297.jpg 768w, https:\/\/weirdmarket.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Cortos_Seleccionados_Todos_NdP_WEIRD24-1-705x273.jpg 705w, https:\/\/weirdmarket.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Cortos_Seleccionados_Todos_NdP_WEIRD24-1-450x174.jpg 450w, https:\/\/weirdmarket.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Cortos_Seleccionados_Todos_NdP_WEIRD24-1.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The international competition will feature 25 short films from 20 countries, a diverse and representative selection of today&#8217;s world animation, with submissions covering all types of themes and techniques, such as 3D, 2D, stop motion or paper drawing.\u00a0 Productions and co-productions come from Hungary, the United States, the United Kingdom, Slovakia, the Netherlands, France, Greece, Italy, Switzerland, Chile, Portugal, Iran, Finland, Denmark, Canada, Belgium, Iceland, the Czech Republic, Japan, and South Korea.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This selection includes works awarded at some of the leading festivals both for animation and film in general: Berlin, Annecy, Clermont-Ferrand, Sundance, Venice, Rotterdam and Cannes. In fact, the latest Palme d&#8217;Or short film will be shown: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">27<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by the Hungarian filmmaker Fl\u00f3ra Anna Buda.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two other women are also among the prominent figures: Iran&#8217;s Yegane Moghaddam and Nina Gantz from the Netherlands. The former is competing at WFest with her Oscar-nominated short <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our Uniform<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, while the latter has a BAFTA nomination to her credit and will present her latest work, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wander to Wonder<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A mixture of established names and debut filmmakers results in \u201ca selection of the highest quality\u201d, says Jos\u00e9 Luis Farias, director of Weird Market.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">12 STUDIOS AND OVER A HUNDRED CANDIDATES FOR THE RECRUITMENT DAY<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Weird Market is a multidisciplinary event and in addition to presentations, conferences, networking spaces, screenings and other activities, its spirit as a catalyst for talent is one of its most characteristic hallmarks. The recruitment day is the best expression of this spirit. This year a total of 12 international studios will be looking to complete their work teams. A sizeable group of headhunters will travel to Valencia to conduct interviews on October 2 with more than a hundred candidates.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Recruitment Day activities will take place in one of this year&#8217;s new venues, Las Naves, and a number of companies have already confirmed attendance, including 3Doubles Producciones, \u00c1nima Kitchent, Hampa Studio, Aupa Studio, TV ON Producciones, Studio Kimchi, Lightbox Animation Studios, Arxlight Pictures, Arx Anima, Alkimia Animation Studio, Pixel-Nexus and Flying Bark Productions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Potential applicants wishing to schedule an interview must complete registration through the event website (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/weirdmarket.es\/en\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/weirdmarket.es\/en\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)\u00a0 by September 13rd or until availability is reached.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 16th edition of Weird Market is co-organized by the Valencian Institute of Culture, attached to the Council of Education, Culture, Universities and Employment. It also has the main sponsorship of Europa Creativa MEDIA, the Valencia City Council and the Valencia Provincial Council; the participation of the Ministry of Culture, ICEX, Valencia Innovation Capital, Acci\u00f3n Cultural Espa\u00f1ola through the Program for the Internationalization of Spanish Culture (PICE) and the ICAA; it is also sponsored by HP-AMD, and has the support of IndieDevDay, AVEPA, Animat, Movistar Plus+ and RTVE, among others.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-k0rubfrz-bec613e6492cb3fdfb26ae8c3978368f\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-k0rubfrz-bec613e6492cb3fdfb26ae8c3978368f{\nheight:50px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-k0rubfrz-bec613e6492cb3fdfb26ae8c3978368f hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_social_share '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div  class='av-social-sharing-box 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