INCAAOfficial·INCAA Impulsa 2026: Meet the 20 finalists heading to the Mar del Plata Festival.
We present the 20 selected participants for the second edition of INCAA Impulsa, the audiovisual acceleration programme aimed at young Argentine creators.
After overcoming two challenges, the finalists will continue their journey at the 41st Mar del Plata International Film Festival, a decisive stage where they will continue to strengthen their projects. There, the 5 final winners will be chosen, who will have the opportunity to travel to the 2027 Málaga Festival to present their proposals and spark the interest of the international industry.
The selected participants are:
- Camila Beitia Mellado from RĂo Negro
- Genoveva Celescinco from Neuquén
- Ignacio Del Puerto from Buenos Aires
- Sabrina Eliana Fernández from Córdoba
- Lautaro Francisco Golob from Buenos Aires
- Joel ValentĂn González from Corrientes
- Gustavo Gabriel Gutiérrez from Buenos Aires
- RocĂo Guadalupe Juárez from Santiago del Estero
- Carolina Krivoruk from Buenos Aires
- Nahuel Lucatelli from Buenos Aires
- Lourdes Mansilla from Buenos Aires
- Camila MartĂnez from Buenos Aires
- Thomas Emiliano Pardal from Buenos Aires
- Nicolás Pascuale from Santa Fe
- Valentino Rossi from CĂłrdoba
- JoaquĂn Nicolás Sala from Buenos Aires
- Abril Sanz from Neuquén
- BenjamĂn Soler Montoya from Buenos Aires
- Miguel Vázquez from Buenos Aires
- LucĂa Verna from Santa Fe
The first challenges. The path began with two online challenges, accompanied by industry mentors, to find the core of the idea and project how far it could grow (The Map). The second challenge sought to take that idea off paper and put it to the test in front of a real audience, so that intuition begins to intersect with concrete data (The Laboratory).
Preparation for the final step. With the 20 selected participants and knowing what stage each project is at, a more personalised challenge begins: identifying what each one needs to develop to take their next step.
The intention is for them to arrive in Mar del Plata not only with an idea or a finished piece, but with a more solid, developed project with concrete materials to present. During the preceding weeks they will work on that next step to make the most of the in-person experience.
Mar del Plata: The final challenge. The 20 participants will continue their journey at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival, where they will take part in meetings and activities and go through Challenge 4, focused on pitching the project to the industry.
It will be the moment to bring together everything that has been built: story, universe, validation and development; and to work on how to communicate what makes the project different, what its potential is and why someone should want to know more.
From Mar del Plata to Málaga Following this final stage, 5 of the 20 participants will be selected to travel to the 30th edition of the Málaga Festival and continue their journey there, with the opportunity to get close to the industry from the inside, build connections and open up new possibilities for their projects and professional development.
Congratulations to the 20 finalists!