Ten projects from Germany, Denmark, Spain, Lithuania and the United Kingdom will participate in the initiative
Ten technological projects will compete in the Zinemaldia Start-up Challenge, the competition for entrepreneurs and start-ups whose development is based on technologies applicable to the audiovisual field.
Zinemaldia Start-up Challenge, the central initiative of Zinemaldia & Technology, will be held on 26 September and will consist of the presentation of the projects and a round table on generative artificial intelligence.
Entrepreneurship with a prize
Participants 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. Two independent juries will award two prizes of €10,000 each for the best European and national projects.
A third jury will give a special mention with prize money of €3,000 in recognition of the entrepreneurial values of one of the ten selected projects. Both winners and finalists will also be able to access funding of up to €500,000 for the development of their project in the Basque Country.
TECNALIA at Zinemaldia
Zinemaldia Start-up Challenge is the central initiative of the Zinemaldia & Technology conference. This initiative is promoted by the Basque Government through the Department of Economic Development, Sustainability and Environment and SPRI; and is organised by the San Sebastian Festival in collaboration with TECNALIA, ALÍA (Audiovisual Industrial Alliance) and Vicomtech. Zinemaldia & Technology is a strategic commitment by the San Sebastian Festival to position itself as a reference space for reflection on technological innovation in the audiovisual sector.
Zinemaldia & Technology was created on the initiative of the San Sebastian Festival, TECNALIA, Tabakalera and Petronor, which launched a new event in 2018 that sought to bring the world of film and innovation closer to ICTs, to learn first-hand about new technological advances, their possible applications and the opportunities generated both in the field of creation and in business.
In this way, it became a strategic commitment of the San Sebastian Festival, with the aim of positioning itself as a reference space for strengthening ties between technology and audiovisuals, thus creating the Zinemaldia Start-up Challenge competition, a public-private initiative committed to promoting the generation of new European business projects in the field of innovative technology applied to the audiovisual sector.
More information at Artificial intelligence features in the selection of the Zinemaldia Start-up Challenge projects (sansebastianfestival.com)
