{"id":3299,"date":"2026-05-19T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegocomicconmalaga.com\/san-diego-comic-con-malaga-presents-the-duna-program-in-cannes-to-internationalize-andalusian-companies\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T15:53:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T14:53:00","slug":"san-diego-comic-con-malaga-presents-the-duna-program-in-cannes-to-internationalize-andalusian-companies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegocomicconmalaga.com\/en\/san-diego-comic-con-malaga-presents-the-duna-program-in-cannes-to-internationalize-andalusian-companies\/","title":{"rendered":"San Diego Comic-Con M\u00e1laga presents the DUNA program in Cannes to internationalize Andalusian companies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The initiative <\/strong><strong><em>Developing Universal Narratives from Andalusia (DUNA<\/em><\/strong><strong>)<\/strong> <strong>will connect in person local audiovisual and tourism SMEs with top-tier production companies<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>CANNES<\/strong><strong>, May 19, 2026 &#8211;<\/strong> San Diego <strong>Comic-Con\u00ae<\/strong> M\u00e1laga has participated for the first time in the March\u00e9 du Film in Cannes (France), one of the most important film markets in the world, where it <strong>has presented <\/strong><strong><em>Developing Universal Narratives from Andalusia (<\/em><\/strong><strong>DUNA), a special initiative<\/strong> promoted by SDCC M\u00e1laga, the Ministry of Tourism and Foreign Andalusia of the Junta de Andaluc\u00eda and Andaluc\u00eda Film Commission.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SDCC M\u00e1laga is the meeting point of the European creative industries and, as such, brings together fans, creators, studios, publishers and companies in the entertainment sector around film, series, comics, video games and animation, among others. It is precisely <strong>this vocation of meeting and connection that has led to the creation of the <\/strong><em>Developing Universal Narratives from Andalusia<\/em> (DUNA) <strong>program <\/strong>. DUNA facilitates the connection between professionals and audiovisual and tourism companies that contribute to the growth of creative industries.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the aim of generating business opportunities, DUNA <strong>will coordinate meetings during the convention between top-tier production companies with international exposure and Andalusian SMEs<\/strong> linked to the industry and whose services influence its development. It will be <strong>next June<\/strong> when SDCC M\u00e1laga and Andaluc\u00eda Film Commission <strong>will open registration<\/strong> for Andalusian SMEs interested in participating in this B2B action. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The acting Minister of Tourism and Foreign Andalusia, Arturo Bernal, has valued that SDCC M\u00e1laga &#8220;is a unique platform for visibility, with the ability to promote the creative, audiovisual and tourism industry in the community and contribute to the Andalusian talent is also a letter of introduction to the destination&#8221;. In this regard, he stressed the opportunity for SMEs in the region to present projects and establish possible avenues of collaboration &#8220;in a sector with a clear contribution to the revitalization, diversification and generation of wealth and employment in the community&#8221;. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In turn, <strong>DUNA will allow production companies to learn more about Andalusia <\/strong>as a strategic destination for the audiovisual industry. Through these meetings, they will be able to explore its nooks and crannies, possibilities and Andalusian talent in this sector that has historically made possible memorable titles such as <em>Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Game of Thrones, Wonder Woman 1984, Warrior Nun, The Crown or The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, <\/em>among many others. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The fan experience at the center<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">San Diego Comic-Con M\u00e1laga <strong>will maintain its capacity of 90,000 attendees<\/strong> (22,500 per day), while <strong>significantly expanding its spaces and contents<\/strong> with, among others, the addition of an additional 9,000m2 pavilion in its Exhibitor Hall and a larger Artists&#8217; Alley. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event is co-financed by the Feder Andaluc\u00eda 2021-2027 Program and the Junta de Andaluc\u00eda. As one of the great European meeting points for fans and professionals of pop culture, it already <strong>has Special Guests confirmed<\/strong>.  Among them,  <a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegocomicconmalaga.com\/en\/elijah-wood-oct-3-4\/\"><strong>Elijah Wood<\/strong><\/a> y <a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegocomicconmalaga.com\/en\/sean-astin\/\"><strong>Sean Astin<\/strong><\/a> (<em>El Se\u00f1or de los Anillos) &#8211;<\/em>quienes acudir\u00e1n los d\u00edas 3 y 4 de octubre- as\u00ed como <a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegocomicconmalaga.com\/en\/richard-dean-anderson\/\"><strong>Richard Dean Anderson<\/strong><\/a> (Macgyver), <a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegocomicconmalaga.com\/en\/kristian-nairn\/\"><strong>Kristian Nairn<\/strong><\/a> (<em>Juego de Tronos<\/em>), <a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegocomicconmalaga.com\/en\/inaki-godoy\/\"><strong>I\u00f1aki Godoy <\/strong><\/a>(ONE PIECE), ( <em>The Lord of the Rings) <\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegocomicconmalaga.com\/en\/michael-rooker\/\"><strong>Michael Rooker<\/strong><\/a> (<em>Guardians of the Galaxy, The Waking Dead<\/em>),  <a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegocomicconmalaga.com\/en\/john-romita-jr\/\"><strong>John Romita Jr.<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong><em>(Spider-Man, Kick-Ass) and<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegocomicconmalaga.com\/en\/kevin-smith\/\"><strong>Kevin Smith<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong><em>(Clerks, View Askewniverse)<\/em><strong>.<\/strong> You can find more information about their profiles in the hyperlinked links.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ticket sales for the next edition <strong>are now available at Ticketmaster.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CANNES, May 19, 2026 &#8211; San Diego Comic-Con\u00ae M\u00e1laga has participated for the first time in the March\u00e9 du Film in Cannes (France), one of the<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":3286,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[156],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandiegocomicconmalaga.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandiegocomicconmalaga.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandiegocomicconmalaga.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandiegocomicconmalaga.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandiegocomicconmalaga.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3299"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sandiegocomicconmalaga.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3310,"href":"https:\/\/sandiegocomicconmalaga.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3299\/revisions\/3310"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandiegocomicconmalaga.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandiegocomicconmalaga.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandiegocomicconmalaga.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandiegocomicconmalaga.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}