After the success of the Dale! Award in San Sebastián awarded since 2016 and focused on development stage, we are delighted to announce the launch of the new EFAD-CAACI promotion & distribution grant for a project in the final cut or fist cut of Ventana Sur.

Ventana Sur is one of the leading film and audiovisual markets in Latin America and a key event organized in collaboration with the Marché du Film – Festival de Cannes committed to fostering European-Latin American cinematic collaboration – therefore the ideal platform for the introduction of the new DALE! Award.

This new award, to be presented during Ventana Sur from December 2 to 6, 2024, aims to support the promotion and circulation of a coproduction between Latin American and European countries.

The DALE! Award, of 10K€, will support the visibility and distribution of a Latin American feature film co-produced with at least one European country.

The award will be granted by an international jury, composed of one representative from CAACI, one from EFAD, and a third member selected by Ventana Sur.

The six co-productions eligible for the DALE! Award are:

• Bajo el mismo sol by Ulises Porra (Dominican Republic, Spain)
• Cuerpo criminal by Martín Boulocq (Bolivia, Argentina, France, Germany)
• Los renacidos by Santiago Esteves (Argentina, Chile, Spain)
• Olivia by Sofía Petersen (Argentina, UK, Spain)
• Punku by Juan Daniel Fernández Molero (Peru, Spain)
• Todos mis viajes son viajes de regreso by Manuel Ponce de León (Colombia, France)

The winner of DALE! Award will be announced during the award ceremony in Montevideo, Uruguay.

About the partnership EFAD-CAACI

EFAD and CAACI have launched a structured partnership in 2016. The Toulouse declaration adopted at the occasion of a high level meeting organised in March 2016 set outs the main priorities of this institutional cooperation. A joint co-development grant, called Dale! Award, was launched for the first time in 2016 and it is distributed in the framework of the San Sebastian International Film Festival. Since 2024, a new Dale! Award for promotion and distribution is granted in Ventana Sur.

About EFAD

EFAD (European Film Agency Directors Association) is the voice of national European Film Agencies, bringing together national film and audiovisual centres from European countries. EFAD membership covers the European Union countries as well as Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, Norway, the Republic of North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Switzerland, Ukraine and the United Kingdom.

About CAACI

The Conference of Ibero-American Audiovisual and Cinematographic Authorities (CAACI) is an international agency for the Ibero-American region, specializing in audiovisual and cinematographic public policies. CAACI’s aim is to promote the promotion and visibility of Ibero-American cinema and audiovisual through diverse means of communication and territory, among others.