Four spaces in Palma (Ladat Studios, Ca N'Oleo, Hotel HM Jaime II and Es Baluard) host the Balearic Mecal Days on November 29 and 30, two days full of free activities aimed at professionals and students of the audiovisual world, as to the general public.
Programming:
Thursday November 29
11:00 h. Ladat Studios
Bendito Machine: talk with the illustrator, animator and director Jossie Malis about the saga, its international distribution, flipbooks and crowdfunding
4:00 p.m. Ca N'Oleo
Animation workshop for primary and secondary teachers, by Mario Torrecillas (Petits Dibuixos Animats)
7:00 p.m. Hotel HM Jaime III
Round table of women writers, with the collaboration of ACIB (Associació de Cineastes de les Illes Balears). Participants: Marga Melià, Marta Hierro and Laura Gost.
Friday, November 30
10:00 h. Hotel HM Jaime III
One-to-one session with buyers, distributors and festivals
11:00 h. Ladat Studios
Masterclass on production processes for animation, by Juan Carlos Concha (NonStop Barcelona), graphic designer, filmmaker, teacher and producer
12:00 h. Es Baluard Auditorium
Conference on distribution strategies and audiovisual promotion, by Ismael Martin, head of the distribution department of the ECAM (School of Cinematography and Audiovisual of the Community of Madrid), responsible for the program Madrid en Corto and specialist in distribution of short films and independent cinema.
2:00 p.m. Meeting of industry: meeting of film festivals, institutions and producers of the Balearic Islands (with invitation)
5:00 p.m. Auditori de Es Baluard
VR production for Google Spotlight Stories: talk with Mariano Melman-Carrara from Nexus Studios
6:30 p.m. Es Baluard Auditorium
Screening of the most outstanding Balearic short films of recent years, followed by a Q & A with the directors. With the presence of its directors, who will present the film and answer the questions of the spectators:
Microfísica, by Joan Carles Martorell
Woody & Woody, by Jaume Carrió
Kyoko, by Marcos Cabota and Joan Bover
Bendito Machine, by Jossie Malis
