Motmo.pro, Mine S., Kino_Greentoken Win Big at Zinemaldia Start Up Challenge

variety.com:

Liza Foreman Launched in 2018 as part of a San Sebastián Festival initiative to become a hub for fast-tracking new tech film-TV initiatives, this year’s expanded edition of the Zinemaldia & Technology event, the Zinemaldia Start Up Challenge, awarded three prizes on Thursday for the best Spanish, best entrepreneurial and best European projects after a morning of pitching.

Best Spanish project went to the innovative music app Motmo.pro from Bruno de Zabala and Janire Vázquez. Entrepreneurial Project prize was won by Mine S.

from Riccardo Belingheri, and Massimiliano Moioli from Italy. Both projects receive $10,000 ($10,000). The Spanish brother and sister team, Teresa Benítez Martínez and Francisco Benítez Martínez, took home €3,000 for best European project for kino_greentoken. “We realized there  was nothing showing the carbon footprint on set and developed this project to solve the problem,” Francisco Benitez Martinez told Variety. “We are thrilled to receive this award.” “We are delighted by winning the Zinemaldia Startup Challenge.

We have an amazing team building the platform where the original artists teach you how their songs should be played, by not only using music, but audiovisual content too,” added De Zabala. “We just tried to make the best pitch possible and to make good contact with the audience here.