Today, the Festival de Málaga – organised by Málaga City Council through Málaga Procultura – launches the call for MAFF (Festival de Málaga Fund & Co Production Event), an event that forms part of the MAFIZ (Festival de Málaga Industry Area) and which will be held from 2 to 5 March 2027 as part of the 30^th Festival de Málaga.

MAFF is organised by Malaga City Council through Festival de Málaga in collaboration with the ICAA (Spanish Institute of Cinematography and Visual Arts), CAACI (Conference of Ibero-American Audiovisual and Cinematographic Authorities), IBERMEDIA, FIPCA (Ibero-American Federation of Film and Audiovisual Producers) and EAVE (European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs).

Project registration can be done online until 22 October 2026 on the MAFIZ website. The announcement of those selected will be made at Ventana Sur 2026.

MAFF is conceived as a space for communication that facilitates dialogue between Latin American and European feature film producers, in a co-production and market meeting. It is a setting that encourages the artistic growth of projects, international co-production, networking and increases their chances of securing financing. MAFF brings together in an unprecedented way the main international co-production financing funds that exist on an international level in a single place, Malaga.

MAFF, which celebrates its tenth edition in 2027, has as its goals:

· Selecting, guiding and providing creative, economic and financial advice to generate viable, quality audiovisual projects that facilitate their insertion in the world market and thus contribute to the internationalisation of projects.

· Providing personalised training and coaching to producers and directors, in accordance with the needs of the teams that make up the selected projects, with the aim of acquiring tools that will be used in the face-to-face business meetings in the city of Malaga.

· Promoting innovation in business and production models for new feature films with international co-production potential, for subsequent distribution and commercialisation in different markets and through different modalities.

· Being the benchmark communication and networking platform, where industry professionals can meet and learn about the projects that are being developed at an early stage.

· Generating spaces for reflection, debate and discussion on the issues that are developed in the global audiovisual ecosystem and that affect the projects that form part of the MAFF catalogue.

· Inserting new players in the Ibero-American audiovisual industry and create new content in dialogue with audiences: new and diverse audiences that are part of our ever-growing audiovisual activity.