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Through the platform of Los Cabos Goes to Cannes, Los Cabos International Film Festival announces its partnership with the Cannes Film Festival’s Marché du Film, the most important film market in the world.

Los Cabos Film Festival will select four participating Mexican films at post-production stage from Cabos in Progress 2015 – formed of Cabos in Progress and Gabriel Figueroa Film Fund post-production section– to take part in the 2016 Marché du Film and show their work to producers, distributors, sales agents, services companies, film funds and international film festivals’ representatives attending the Cannes Festival.

Cabos in Progress is a forum for feature-length, documentary or fiction films at post-production stage, produced or co-produced by Mexico.

The main objective of Gabriel Figueroa Film Fund –which will be holding its third edition this year– is to support projects at development stage, and also projects at post-production stage, in collaboration with the Mexican company, Labodigital.

The Festival offers a series of Industry Activities aimed at strengthening links, and increasing collaboration, among filmmakers in Mexico, USA and Canada, where prominent film-industry representatives will be gathering once again at the 4th Los Cabos Film Festival, to take place from November 11th to the 15th, with the purpose of creating more opportunities to finish their projects.

Call for entries for Cabos in Progress and Gabriel Figueroa Film Fund are open from last May 1^st until July 31^st, 2015.

Los Cabos Film Festival and the Marché du Film will offer support to the four filmmaker’s to attend Cannes’ Market.

Jérôme Paillard, Executive Director of the Marché du Film expressed: "We are pleased to build on a new partnership with Los Cabos Film Festival, which has developed top level industry programs and activities during its three years of existence. This year in Cannes, Mexico is coming strong as the co-organizer of the Marché Opening Night and with many other activities at the Producers Network and in their Pavilion. The Marché has a strong relationship with Latin America, in Argentina with Ventana Sur and in Brazil with Films from Rio. The Marché is always willing to open spaces to encourage film making, and I am very pleased that we can support Mexican films through the Los Cabos Goes to Cannes platform. So we are very excited to do it!”

 
Alonso Aguilar-Castillo, Director of Los Cabos International Film Festival, said: "Los Cabos Goes To Cannes will become a partnership with Marché du Film, allowing us to strengthen our role as a trampoline to bold Mexican filmmakers who have the courage to play in the international arena. For three years we have been bringing the best of international industry to Cabos... It's time to bring the best of Cabos to the top markets."