{"id":46029,"date":"2024-10-29T15:35:07","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T14:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weirdmarket.es\/2024\/10\/29\/el-16o-weird-market-consolida-su-capacidad-como-incubadora-de-proyectos-y-catalizador-de-talento-en-el-sector-de-la-animacion-y-videojuegos\/"},"modified":"2024-10-30T09:43:41","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T08:43:41","slug":"el-16o-weird-market-consolida-su-capacidad-como-incubadora-de-proyectos-y-catalizador-de-talento-en-el-sector-de-la-animacion-y-videojuegos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weirdmarket.es\/en\/2024\/10\/29\/el-16o-weird-market-consolida-su-capacidad-como-incubadora-de-proyectos-y-catalizador-de-talento-en-el-sector-de-la-animacion-y-videojuegos\/","title":{"rendered":"THE 16TH EDITION OF WEIRD MARKET CONFIRMS ITS ROLE AS \u201cPROJECT INCUBATOR AND TALENT CATALYST\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-fx7fz-525663a56cb31b39ff91cd4644a5c283 main_color avia-section-default 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itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">THE 16TH EDITION OF WEIRD MARKET CONFIRMS ITS ROLE AS \u201cPROJECT INCUBATOR AND TALENT CATALYST\u201d IN THE ANIMATION AND VIDEO GAME SECTOR<\/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 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><p>The Weird Market takes stock of its 16th edition with record figures that confirm its position as a reference both for the animation and video game industry and for the general public. This year, with an enhanced professional area, the number of registered participants has exceeded 580 (and more than 160 companies), in addition to having 180 projects selected, more than 690 B2B meetings between professionals and more than 500 job interviews held during the recruitment day. \u201cWe are in a great moment as a sector and as an event itself. The numbers support the comments that attendees share year after year. Weird Market is key to create synergies as an incubator of projects and a catalyst for talent,\u201d says director Jos\u00e9 Luis Farias.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-46012\" src=\"https:\/\/weirdmarket.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/BajaDecission-Makers-del-sector-en-WEIRD-MARKET-2024-1030x521.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1030\" height=\"521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/weirdmarket.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/BajaDecission-Makers-del-sector-en-WEIRD-MARKET-2024-1030x521.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/weirdmarket.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/BajaDecission-Makers-del-sector-en-WEIRD-MARKET-2024-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/weirdmarket.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/BajaDecission-Makers-del-sector-en-WEIRD-MARKET-2024-768x389.jpg 768w, https:\/\/weirdmarket.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/BajaDecission-Makers-del-sector-en-WEIRD-MARKET-2024-1536x778.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/weirdmarket.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/BajaDecission-Makers-del-sector-en-WEIRD-MARKET-2024-1500x759.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/weirdmarket.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/BajaDecission-Makers-del-sector-en-WEIRD-MARKET-2024-705x357.jpg 705w, https:\/\/weirdmarket.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/BajaDecission-Makers-del-sector-en-WEIRD-MARKET-2024-450x228.jpg 450w, https:\/\/weirdmarket.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/BajaDecission-Makers-del-sector-en-WEIRD-MARKET-2024.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One of the highlights of 2024 was the section dedicated to bringing together domestic and international investors with production companies and animation, video game and new media studios, in order to help finance productions within the sector and promote their growth. This initiative called \u201cWeird Invest\u201d came into being thanks to the support of ICEX, Spain Audiovisual Hub, Europa Creativa MEDIA, the Ministry of Culture, the Valencian Institute of Culture, the Valencia City Council and the Valencia Provincial Council.<br \/>\nOne of the keynote speakers was Javier Ponce, from the Spanish Society for Technological Transformation (SETT), who pointed out that the audiovisual sector in Spain will receive a significant boost with the allocation of 1.5 billion euros in new financial instruments (half of which will go to financing and the other half to the capitalization of audiovisual companies). These funds are part of a new phase of the \u201cSpain Audiovisual Hub of Europe Plan\u201d, which seeks to establish the country as a benchmark in the industry. SETT will be responsible for managing this second wave of funds, coming from the Recovery Plan, aimed at boosting the sector\u2019s growth.<br \/>\nAN IMPRESSIVE LIST OF WINNERS AND A NEW AWARD TO SUPPORT SHORT FILMS<br \/>\nThe event also announced its list of winners, which includes the most outstanding projects and short films. One of the longest running awards is the Movistar Plus+ Short Project Award, which went to The Truth rejects you, Cornelius by Marc Torices and Khris Cembe; while Catwalk by Lidia Luna, Toni Mortero and Omayra Gonz\u00e1lez won the Best Young Creator Series Project Award. In this area of projects, the market wants to continue being a support for the Spanish audiovisual industry, and RTVE has created a new award: \u201cRTVE-Weird Market Talent Award for the best animated short film project\u201d.<br \/>\nThis public media entity is also responsible for choosing the three most outstanding projects among those selected in the official catalog: Neon Blood by Chaoticbrain Studios (Spain), RTVE Interactivo\/Fallo de sistema Award for Best Video Game Project; Worldless by Noname Studios, Coatsink (Spain), RTVE Interactivo\/Fallo de sistema Award for Most Innovative Video Game Project; and Barraka by Zomorro Studio, Dojo System (Spain), RTVE Interactivo\/Fallo de sistema Award for the Weird Plus Video Game Project.<br \/>\nPLATFORM OF CHOICE FOR THE FIRST \u201cHONORARY DIBOOS\u201d AWARD<br \/>\nAnother of the special moments of this Weird Market edition was when Diboos (Spanish Federation of Animation and Visual Effects Producers) presented its first \u201cHonorary Diboos\u201d award to filmmaker Pablo Berger. This was a special tribute to highlight the contribution of the director of Robot Dreams to the industry by promoting Spanish animation both within and outside of Spain. The director of the Oscar-nominated feature film noted in his speech that \u201cthe whole team deserves it\u201d and that this part of the Spanish audiovisual sector is an example to follow, arousing admiration and respect worldwide \u201cand this is not a subjective view, it is objective&#8230; the numbers speak for themselves\u201d.<\/p>\n<div class='avia-iframe-wrap'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WEIRD MARKET 2024: HIGHLIGHTS VIDEO\" width=\"1500\" height=\"844\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s-D6_5FUSyQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">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 \u00c0 Punt, HP, and has the support of IndieDevDay, Tangram Solutions, AVEPA, Animat, Movistar Plus+ and RTVE, among others.<\/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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