Cádiz Festival Shift: New Investment Week Set for Spring 2027

South International Series Festival is moving its dates.

The fifth edition of the event will take place in Cádiz from April 30 to May 5, 2027. This marks a shift from the previous autumn schedule to a spring timeline. The change coincides with the launch of South Investors Week, a new forum intended to link audiovisual producers with private financiers.

Womack Group announced the initiative during the festival’s fourth edition. That event ran from October 30 to November 4. The new program includes project pitches, investment presentations, and one-to-one meetings between creators and investors. Organizers plan to hold discussions on funding structures and business models. While they stated that international firms specializing in audiovisual finance are expected to attend, no specific participants have been named yet.

The forum targets a wide range of entities. It invites investment funds, financial institutions, production companies, platforms, and technology businesses. Participants will use the week to present expansion plans and projects to potential partners.

The event is being organized with Mira Anta. This is an audiovisual investment fund promoted by Womack’s Mira Entertainment Capital. Anta Asset Management, a part of Corporación Financiera Azuaga, manages the fund. Mira Anta Media Capital Fund I launched in May and registered with Spain’s CNMV financial regulator in June. It has a fundraising target of 80 million euros, or 90.1 million dollars.

The fund aims to acquire stakes in companies and finance individual productions. Its tools include participatory loans tied to presales, distribution agreements, and tax incentives. It also provides gap financing. The investment interests cover virtual production and artificial intelligence applications in the audiovisual sector.

José Carlos Conde, president of Mira Entertainment Capital and CEO of Womack Group, addressed the need for new capital. "Spain’s audiovisual industry has talent, production capacity and an increasingly international reach. Yet it needs new financial tools and specialized capital to realize its full potential," he said. Sergio Torras Soler, a financier involved in developing Mira Anta, added that investment should support the growth of companies, infrastructure, and technologies, not just production financing. In January, Womack Studios also announced a partnership with Mexico-based Punta Fina Studios to establish a 47 million dollar fund for series and films targeting Latin America and U.S. Hispanic audiences.