San Sebastian Festival has opened the call for entries for the sixth Zinemaldia Start-up Challenge, a competition aimed at Spanish and European entrepreneurs and start-ups whose projects incorporate new technologies applied to the audiovisual sector.
**Deadline for registration is 31 May
The initiative is part of Zinemaldia & Technology, a strategic commitment of the Festival in its aim to become a space for thinking about technology and the audiovisual industry, and strengthening ties between the two sectors.
Eligibility requirements
Projects that enter the Zinemaldia Startup Challenge must meet several requirements:
- They must be based around an entrepreneur or recently created start-up - set up after December 31, 2018 - at any stage of development.
- The must be based on applying new technologies in the audiovisual field.
- They must be resident in Spain or a European country for tax purposes.
- Thy must consider the possibility of launching the business project in the Basque Country.
The projects selected will make presentations during the San Sebastian Festival at the Zinemaldia & Technology conference, which will be held on Thursday, September 26. These will also be a conversation between leading industry professionals on a topical issue. As a new feature this year, selected projects will have the opportunity to meet potential partners.
TECNALIA to be part of the committee of experts
A committee of experts made up of professionals from TECNALIA, BIC-Business and Innovation Centres in the Basque Country and Vicomtech will choose five Spanish and five European projects for the final.
- These will have the possibility of having a year’s free access to an incubation space at one of the BICs (Business Innovation Centres) located in the Network of Basque Technology Parks.
- They will also be able to access funding of up to 500,000 euros to develop their project in the Basque Country.
- Two juries will award two prizes of 10,000 euros each before taxes for the best European and national projects.
- A third jury will award a special mention with a prize of 3,000 euros in recognition of the entrepreneurial values of one of the ten selected projects.
- To access the Regulations and register a project, click here.
Zinemaldia Startup Challenge contact
- startupchallenge@sansebastianfestival.com
- Tel.: +34 943 481 217
- www.sansebastianfestival.com