Latin America: Price Pressures, Streaming Shifts, Co

SAN SEBASTIÁN, Spain — Latin American cinema has the talent, but the economics requires creativity, producers and financiers warned at San Sebastián’s Latin America’s Global Reach panel, part of its Creative Investors’ Conference. Volatile state funding, low price points and the fragmentation of distribution make the creativity of producers paramount. Six takeaways from the session:

Room for Action

For Amazon MGM Studios’ Javiera Balmaceda , the way forward lies partly in genres not traditionally associated with the region. “Sayen,” produced by Fabula , a Chilean environmental actioner, travelled widely across Latin America and into Europe, emboldening Amazon to put its upcoming Mexican action thriller “Venganza” into theaters.

That strategy is backed by corporate heft. “Amazon bou