MENDI PRO

Location: Sala 0C Euskalduna Bilbao
Tickets: Free admission until full capacity. Tickets must be obtained on the Euskalduna Bilbao website

The second edition of the day aimed at promoting and meeting the mountain film industry within the framework of the BBK Mendi Film Bilbao Bizkaia.

The Mendi Film Beka will have a special section in the session, with the presentation by director Dani Cascales of the teaser of last year's grant-winning project “Peligro. No Asomarse.” Along with this, the pitching and presentation of the finalist projects of the 2025 grant call will take place. The Bizkaia Regional Government supports the Mendi Film Beka 2025.

Jaume Ripoll, editorial director, and co-founder of the Filmin platform, will take part in the Mendi Pro through a talk on the analysis of content aimed at online film platforms, and how to position independent productions in front of them.

A panel talk made up of mountain film personalities such as Jina Lee, Joni Cooper, Jabier Baraiazarra and the aforementioned Jaume Ripoll will be the culmination of Mendi Pro 2024.

09:00h - 09:30h. Presentation of the Conference and Presentation of the Beka 2024 grant project by its director Daniel Cascales.

09.30h - 10.45h. Pitchings
The jury will be composed of:
- Vanesa Fernández (Director of Culture and Basque at EITB)
- Jaume Ripoll (CCO and Co-founder of Filmin)
- Itziar García Zubiri (Creative Production)

10.45h - 11.15h Break

11.15h - 11.45h Conference. Jaume Ripoll (Filmin)

12.00h - 12.45h. Panel Talk: "Topics of interest and distribution of mountain and adventure documentary films"
- Jabier Baraiazarra. Director of BBK Mendi Film Bilbao Bizkaia.
- Jina Lee. Programmer of the Ulsan-Ulju festival.
- Joni Cooper. Co-founder and programming director of the DocLands California festival.
- Jaume Ripoll. CCO and Co-founder of Filmin.

13:00h - 13:30h. Clossing notes