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SUMMARY:MENDI PRO Euskalduna 12 dic 10:00
DESCRIPTION:MENDI PRO
 Friday December 12 – 10:00 Euskalduna Bilbao
 Ti
 ckets: Free admission until full capacity. Tickets must be obtained on the
  Euskalduna Bilbao website
 
 3rd edition of the conference aimed at pro
 moting and bringing together the mountain film industry within the framewo
 rk of BBK Mendi Film Bilbao Bizkaia. 
 The grant Mendi Film Beka will ha
 ve a special section in the session\, with the presentation of the winning
  project of the 2026 grant\, which in its 6th edition is supported by the 
 Provincial Council of Bizkaia through its Department of Basque Language\, 
 Culture and Sports\, and the Mendi Film. The grant is intended for the cre
 ation of documentary film projects that aim to promote mountain culture th
 rough audiovisual media. 
 The Mendi Pro conference will be rounded off 
 with a Master Class and a Panel Talk: 
 Master Class: \"Champions of the
  Golden Valley. From idea to the Oscars\". Speakers: Ben Sturgulewski and
  Katie Stjernholm\, director and producer of the film. 
 The Mendi Film 
 Official Selection film ‘Champions of the Golden Valley’ is aiming for
  an Oscar nomination. Its director\, American Ben Sturgulewski\, is one of
  the most prolific filmmakers at Mendi Film\, having submitted 12 works to
  the contest. He made his debut in 2011\, winning the Audience Award with 
 ‘Solitaire’\, and in 2022 he received the Best Soundtrack Award for 
 ‘Creation Theory’ in recognition of the work of Griff Netanyahu Burn a
 nd Goth Babe. Katie Stjernholm and both work at the production company Stu
 rgefilm. 
 
 Panel Talk: \"Desperately looking for funds\" Speakers: C
 rystal Merrill\, director of the Mountainfilm festival in Telluride (USA)\
 , filmmaker Michael Brown\, filmmaker/producer Elena Goatelli\, and filmma
 ker/producer Ángel Esteban. Topic: Sustainable funding models\; strategi
 es for obtaining funding from investors\, platforms\, and festivals\; keys
  to finding adequate funding and distribution\; Mountainfilm Telluride gra
 nt models.
 
LOCATION:Abandoibarra Etorb.\, 4\, 48011 Bilbo\, Bizkaia\, España
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