Colombia’s burgeoning Bogotá Audiovisual Market (BAM) opens its doors even wider to welcome young wannabe producers from Central America, the Caribbean and Andean countries this year, thanks to an alliance with Netflix. In past years, only Colombian producers participated in the training and networking sessions. This time, out of the 40 participants, with ages ranging from 24 to 32, half are from other Latino countries.
Aimed at fostering a creative exchange in film, music, animation, documentaries, literature and TV over July 6–10, the 17th BAM edition occupies the sweet spot between the confabs of the Guadalajara Film Festival in the Spring and Ventana Sur in December. To date, some 2,300 people are accredited this year.
Furthermore, BAM is launching a first-of-its-kind collaboration with Unifrance and the French Embassy in Colombia, bringing 12 leading French sales agents to Bogotá to meet with some 30 Latin American distributors. Together, they will explore new opportunities to expand the circulation of French and Latin American cinema across the region. Among the French players are Le Pacte Films, Celluloid Dreams, Good Fellas, MK2 Films, The Pool Films and Les Valseurs.
Through market screenings, curated networking sessions and industry conversations, the initiative aims to forge new distribution pathways between France and Latin America.
