{"id":36665,"date":"2025-04-17T11:14:42","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T11:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zinebi.eus\/en\/news\/zinebi-se-consolida-en-cannes-docs-como-referente-del-cine-documental"},"modified":"2025-11-12T17:27:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T16:27:04","slug":"zinebi-consolidates-its-position-at-cannes-docs-as-a-benchmark-for-documentary-filmmaking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zinebi.eus\/en\/news\/zinebi-consolidates-its-position-at-cannes-docs-as-a-benchmark-for-documentary-filmmaking","title":{"rendered":"ZINEBI CONSOLIDATES ITS POSITION AT CANNES DOCS AS A BENCHMARK FOR DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\r\n \t<li><strong>ZINEBI is the only festival in Spain that participates as an official partner in Cannes Docs, within the March\u00e9 du Film de Cannes, the largest film market in the world.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>This year, ZINEBI co-organizes the Spain Showcase together with the Instituto de Cinematograf\u00eda y Artes Audiovisuales del Ministerio de Cultura (ICAA) and the Instituto de Comercio Exterior (ICEX).<\/strong><\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Three of the four documentary projects presented were born or were awarded at ZINEBI Networking.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nThe <em>International Festival of Documentary and Short Film of Bilbao \u2013 ZINEBI<\/em>, organized by the Bilbao City Council, returns one more year to Cannes Docs, the largest international showcase of documentary film, as the only festival in Spain present there as an official partner, within the March\u00e9 du Film of the Cannes Film Festival.\r\n\r\nSince 2021, <strong>ZINEBI<\/strong> has maintained a continuous participation in Cannes Docs, which confirms its role as a strategic node for promoting documentary films. <strong>ZINEBI<\/strong> plays a key role in identifying talent and promoting Basque and Spanish projects internationally.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-36592 lazyload\" alt=\"zinebi\" width=\"850\" height=\"567\" data-src=\"https:\/\/zinebi.eus\/assets\/media\/noticia-cannes.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zinebi.eus\/assets\/media\/noticia-cannes.jpg 850w, https:\/\/zinebi.eus\/assets\/media\/noticia-cannes-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/zinebi.eus\/assets\/media\/noticia-cannes-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/zinebi.eus\/assets\/media\/noticia-cannes-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/zinebi.eus\/assets\/media\/noticia-cannes-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/zinebi.eus\/assets\/media\/noticia-cannes-550x367.jpg 550w, https:\/\/zinebi.eus\/assets\/media\/noticia-cannes-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/>\r\n<div class=\"fake-h3\"><h6>CO-ORGANIZER OF THE SPAIN SHOWCASE AT CANNES DOCS 2025<\/h6><\/div>\r\nIn this 2025 edition, ZINEBI co-organizes for the second time a Spain Showcase together with the Instituto de la Cinematograf\u00eda y de las Artes Audiovisuales (ICAA) of the Ministry of Culture and the Instituto Espa\u00f1ol de Comercio Exterior (ICEX).\r\n\r\nIt is a selection of four feature-length documentaries in advanced stages of production or post-production. Of the four selected titles, three have already passed through ZINEBI Networking, the industry space of the Bilbao festival, which in recent years has established itself as a key platform for the development of documentary projects in Spain.\r\n\r\nThese are the projects included in the Spain Showcase at Cannes Docs 2025:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><strong>\u201cIf You Wish to Make an Apple Pie\u201d,<\/strong> directed by the Basque filmmaker Nagore Eceiza (participant in ZINEBI Networking 2020), about an interfaith love story in India marked by family tradition.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>\u201cWe Were a Great Family\u201d,<\/strong> co-directed by Cristina Rossell\u00f3, Chiara Mara\u00f1\u00f3n and Juan Soto Taborda, winner of the ZINEBI Networking 2022 Award, and based on domestic film materials that narrate from the intimate a historical transformation.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>\u201cLa Piet\u00e0\u201d,<\/strong> co-directed by Rafa Mol\u00e9s and Pepe Andreu, a project with an international dimension that relives the memory of seven brothers in the Icelandic glaciers. It was presented at ZINEBI Networking 2023.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>\u201cThe Flight of the Stork\u201d,<\/strong> a Spanish-Qatari coproduction directed by Soumaya Hidalgo Djahdou and Berta Vicente Salas, completes the selection.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-36597 lazyload\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"567\" data-src=\"https:\/\/zinebi.eus\/assets\/media\/Elena-dio.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zinebi.eus\/assets\/media\/Elena-dio.jpg 850w, https:\/\/zinebi.eus\/assets\/media\/Elena-dio-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/zinebi.eus\/assets\/media\/Elena-dio-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/zinebi.eus\/assets\/media\/Elena-dio-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/zinebi.eus\/assets\/media\/Elena-dio-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/zinebi.eus\/assets\/media\/Elena-dio-550x367.jpg 550w, https:\/\/zinebi.eus\/assets\/media\/Elena-dio-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/>\r\n\r\nThese projects will be presented on Sunday, May 18, at the Palais des Festivals et des Congr\u00e8s in Cannes, before an international audience of sales agents, festival directors, production companies and specialized distributors.\r\n\r\nThey will also compete for nine prizes awarded by Cannes Docs, including consultancies, post-production support and financial aid of up to 15,000 euros.\r\n\r\nThe previous edition of the Spain Showcase, in 2023, included projects such as \u201cItoiz Udako Sesioak\u201d, \u201cResistance Reels\u201d, \u201cLos restos del pasar\u201d and \u201cUn arbre \u00e9s un arbre\u201d, which after their passage through Cannes have had a solid trajectory in festivals such as ZINEBI, Seminci, Gij\u00f3n\/Xix\u00f3n or Jeonju, thus consolidating the real impact of this initiative.\r\n\r\nThrough this new participation, the Bilbao International Documentary and Short Film Festival reaffirms its commitment to documentary films as artistic and social tools and to its role as a bridge between creators and the international market.\r\n\r\nIn addition to the Spain Showcase, Cannes Docs will host projects from Canada, Chile, Scotland, Palestine or Brazil, further reinforcing the global character of this platform.\r\n\r\n<div class=\"fake-h4\"><h6><a href=\"https:\/\/zinebi.eus\/assets\/media\/Catalogo-Cannes-docs-2025.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"far fa-file-pdf\"><\/i> <strong>Cannes Docs 2025 catalogue<\/strong><\/a><\/h6><\/div>\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-36600 lazyload\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"375\" data-src=\"https:\/\/zinebi.eus\/assets\/media\/La-Pieta.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zinebi.eus\/assets\/media\/La-Pieta.jpg 850w, https:\/\/zinebi.eus\/assets\/media\/La-Pieta-150x66.jpg 150w, https:\/\/zinebi.eus\/assets\/media\/La-Pieta-300x132.jpg 300w, https:\/\/zinebi.eus\/assets\/media\/La-Pieta-400x176.jpg 400w, https:\/\/zinebi.eus\/assets\/media\/La-Pieta-480x212.jpg 480w, https:\/\/zinebi.eus\/assets\/media\/La-Pieta-550x243.jpg 550w, https:\/\/zinebi.eus\/assets\/media\/La-Pieta-768x339.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ZINEBI is the only festival in Spain that participates as an official partner in Cannes Docs, within the March\u00e9 du Film de Cannes, the largest film market in the world. This year, ZINEBI co-organizes the Spain Showcase together with the Instituto de Cinematograf\u00eda y Artes Audiovisuales del Ministerio de Cultura (ICAA) and the Instituto de [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":36658,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[377],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zinebi.eus\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zinebi.eus\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zinebi.eus\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zinebi.eus\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zinebi.eus\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36665"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/zinebi.eus\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36679,"href":"https:\/\/zinebi.eus\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36665\/revisions\/36679"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zinebi.eus\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zinebi.eus\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zinebi.eus\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zinebi.eus\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}