🚀 Inaugural Uruguayan Edition of Ventana Sur Opens with High Hopes, Expanded Programming
Ventana Sur begins today (December 2) and for the first time since its inception in 2009, the leading Ibero-American market is taking place in Montevideo, Uruguay, where participants will conduct business and sample projects from returning and new sections.
Forced to relocate from Argentina this year due to uncertainty created by the country’s ongoing financial crisis, market co-organisers INCAA (Argentina’s National Institute of Cinema & Audiovisual Arts) and Cannes’ Marché du Film have partnered with Uruguayan Film and Audiovisual Agency (ACAU).
The so-called ’Río de la Plata’ edition, which was announced at a press event during Cannes last summer with Marché du Film’s Guillaume Esmiol, INCAA’s Bernardo Bergeret and ACAU’s Facundo Ponce de León in attendance, operates out of the market hub Auditorio Nacional Adela Reta, one of several venues within a 15-minute walk to the old part of Montevideo.
While close to 2,000 accredited professionals marks a significant drop from last year’s record of 3,500, the number is commendable considering the circumstances.