SANTIAGO DE CHILE — Held in a marvellously chilly Chile, in its deep Winter backed by snowbound Andes, Santiago de Chile’s Sanfic and Sanfic Industria , its industry forum, fairly rocked.

Few events can boast so many firsts, 21 and 14 years respectively after their launches, and also sense that their growth trajectory is still not done.

That may also be a sign of the times. Despite a notable presence of Netflix , Sanfic and Sanfic Industria took place in a Chile whose smaller independent producers face ever larger problems in distribution at home and abroad. In such a context, Sanfic and Sanfic Industria are needed ever more, not less.

A brace of takeaways from this year’s edition, which wrapped Sunday after a Saturday night prize ceremony in Chilean capital Santiago de Chile.

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