The Spanish video game sector had a turnover of 1.281 billion euros in 2021, a 16% increase over the figure for the previous year, and expects to exceed 2.2 billion in 2025, according to figures published in the ninth edition of the White Paper on Spanish Video Game Development 2022, published by DEV, the Spanish Association of Video Game and Entertainment Software Production and Development Companies presented today at the headquarters of ICEX Spain Export and Investment. Growth in the sector is not solely economic - the industry is also employing more and more people. In 2021, 8,833 professionals were working in the sector, an increase of 10% over the previous year, and the number of direct jobs is expected to exceed 13,000 by 2025. Twenty-four percent of employees are women, two points above the European Union average.

The names of the projects selected to represent the Spanish film industry at the Cannes Film Festival market have been announced: five producers will participate in the Producers Network's Spanish Spotlight, four documentary proposals will be presented in the Spanish Showcase at Cannes Docs, five projects in development will be presented by Spanish Screenings at Goes to Cannes and eight short films will be shown at the Short Film Corner.