Reyson Velásquez
SECTION: Market Badge Inclusion Initiative
PROJECT: El Maravilloso Viaje de Akinte
PRODUCTON COMPANY: Dela Mina Studios
GENRE: Ficción
RUNNING TIME: 70 min
Reyson Velásquez is a filmmaker, writer, and cultural manager, founder of the film production company Dela Mina Studios. He published his book "La gran botella de cristal" in January 2019. Winner of the Regional Stories stimulus from the FDC in 2017 and 2019. Winner of the stimulus for the production of a new fiction series from MinTic 2020. He was a production assistant on the film "Saudó". Producer and director of the short film "El secreto del rastro", winner at FICCI 59. Creator of the series "Demian y el vórtice prohibido". He was a researcher for the book "África nuestra tercera raíz" by Diana Uribe. He has been a teacher at SENA in audiovisuals and digital animation and represents Chocó in the Departmental Cinematography Council. He has been a scholarship recipient from the Manos Visibles Foundation, studying the Master's in Cultural Management and Audiovisual Production at Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano. He was selected to be part of the market in the current version thanks to the Market Badge Inclusion Initiative Programme of the EFM in partnership with the "Desde La Raiz" Connection program of the Algo en Común Foundation.
About the Market Badge Inclusion Initiative:
Supported by Creative Europe Media, HessenFilm, the European Film Market (EFM) and the Berlinale this programme aims at creating outreach and greater pathways into the market & film industry at large for underrepresented and marginalised film professionals from Europe and across the globe. Through the programme, a number of physical and online EFM Market Badges, are awarded to organisations, collectives and institutions who represent and advocate for marginalised and global south film professionals with the overarching aim of contributing to a more inclusive film business and a more equitable playing field for all. Launched at the EFM’s 2021 edition as part of the EFM’s Diversity & Inclusion Initiatives, this initiative marks the first time that such a programme of film market access has been operated in Europe.