Initiatives such as the Quirino Awards Co-Production Forum and the Spanish Screenings have been essential in boosting co-productions between Spanish production companies and Latin American countries. And as the relationship between production companies on both sides of the Atlantic continues to grow, the launch of IBERMEDIA NEXT will give a boost to a dozen new co-productions between Spain and Latin America. This new line of assistance for digital animation projects under the Ibermedia program will support a total of 14 co-productions, 10 of which have been submitted by Spanish production companies in co-production with partners from Mexico (4), Chile (3), and Argentina, Bolivia, and Ecuador (1 each). VR audiovisual content with a strong commitment to open source tools and disruptive technologies such as AI predominate among the beneficiaries of these grants for feature films and series.

Incentive and aid mechanisms for production, the support of public television and other policies at the state and regional level give Spain a privileged position in Latin America, a region with a high tendency towards co-production.

There are many partnership modalities between Spain and Latin America: joint development of IPs, agreements based on the exploitation of the work by territories or simply the provision of services. Spain also plays an important role as a minority co-producer and there are production companies with studios on both sides of the Atlantic—perhaps the most visible case is Mexico's Ánima, majority partner of Spain's Ánima Kitchent.

In terms of feature films, the number of co-productions released in the last three years contrasts with the ten or so projects currently in development or production.

Only a handful of co-productions between Spain and Latin America have been commercially released in the last three years. But the future is encouraging and at least a dozen pieces co-produced between Spain and Latin America have recently been launched. Animation!, the animation platform of the Argentinean market Ventana Sur, selected the following Spanish titles with co-production partnerships with Latin Americafor this year's WIPs: Black Butterflies (Spain, Panama), a drama about climate migrations, Girl and Wolf ( Spain, Mexico), a thriller aimed at young audiences, and Norberto (Spain, Argentina), a family adventure comedy.

Two co-productions with minority Spanish participation were also part of the selection: Dalia and the Red Book and Robotia, the movie.

The list of projects in development or production includes titles such as Olivia and the Invisible Earthquake by Irene Iborra (Spain, France, Belgium, Chile), Winnipeg, el barco de la esperanza (Spain, Chile, Argentina), Chocó: y la Selva Mágica (Colombia, Spain) and Pueblo chico (Uruguay, Spain, Brazil).

The co-production of series with Latin America has also gained momentum. In this regard, Spanish public television has played a critical role in the financing of series co-produced with Latin America. The Little Orchestra (Peru, Uruguay, Spain, Colombia, and Argentina), Petit (Chile, Spain, Argentina and Colombia), Polinópolis (Spain, Mexico, and France), El diario de Alice (Portugal, Spain, Brazil) and Turú y Los Turulecos (Spain, Mexico, Argentina) are some of the co-productions with Latin America already released and supported by RTVE in its annual animation call or by regional channels such as TV3 and À Punt.

Other series in development or production are Firsts (Spain, Chile), which has also received support from the Valencian regional channel, Bloody Dogs (Spain, Mexico), which has been presented at the Spanish Screenings in Buenos Aires, Nerea (Spain, Dominican Republic), which has been presented as part of the Stories x Women program at the Annecy Festival market, and Titán Tofu (Spain, Ecuador), which has just received support from IBERMEDIA NEXT.