Ibermedia Next, the new line of support for innovative digital animation projects, is presented at Next Lab Generation Ibermedia Next

Next Lab Generation was the event chosen by the IBERMEDIA Program to present the IBERMEDIA NEXT project's line of grants for the application of new technologies in the field of digital animation and audiovisual content with a high percentage of animation. Beatriz Navas, Director General of the ICAA, explained that the aid has been developed by IBERMEDIA in alliance with the Quirino Awards and La Liga de la Animación Iberoamericana, and that among its objectives are also the support of companies and professionals through training services, and the creation of networks between agents of the Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Latin American sector, in order to promote greater protection and defense of cultural and linguistic diversity as hallmarks of the Program.

Legal entities from Spain, Italy or Portugal with projects developed in collaboration with individuals or legal entities from Spain, Italy or Portugal with projects developed in collaboration with Latin American individuals or legal entities from member states of the IBERMEDIA Program are eligible for the new IBERMEDIA NEXT grant line.

The aid will consist of a financial contribution of up to €150,000, and a training, mentoring, promotion and dissemination program for these audiovisual projects and the companies and professionals that lead them, valued at up to €95,000. The opening date of the call will be May 12, 2023, coinciding with the Quirino Ibero-American Animation Awards, and applications may be submitted until August 20, 2023. More details will be announced soon.

IBERMEDIA NEXT is an innovative initiative of the IBERMEDIA Program that is part of the 'Spain Audiovisual Hub of Europe' component of the European Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan, financed with Next Generation funds. It also has the collaboration of the Quirino Awards for Ibero-American Animation and the Ibero-American Animation League (La Liga de la Animación Iberoamericana).

Next Lab Generation 2023 is mainly sponsored by the Community of Madrid, through the Regional Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Sports; the Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales (ICAA) as part of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan promoted by the European Union; the sponsorship of the Ministry of Culture, DeAPlaneta Entertainment and Madrid City Council; and the collaboration of Enisa, Annecy Festival, Weird Market and Accelera Skills.

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