French film cycle · October-November · Cine Albéniz (Málaga)
For French film houses, luxury brands and cultural delegations taking part in the French Film Festival Málaga (Cine Albéniz, October-November, screening cycle with galas, round-tables and masterclasses spread across Cine Albéniz and Teatro Echegaray), with auteur and genre French cinema programming, round-tables with Spanish distributors and a brand-activation operation that combines hospitality in historic-centre hotels, receptions at the Museo Picasso and after-office at the Muelle One dock. EUR + 21% VAT via FACe / SII (AEAT), 24–48 h delivery from the Madrid hub with dispatch to Málaga.
The French Film Festival of Málaga is one of the reference dates on the French cinema calendar in Spain: two weeks from October to November dedicated to auteur and genre French cinema, with opening and closing galas at Cine Albéniz, round-tables with distributors and specialist press, themed retrospectives and masterclasses with invited directors from Paris. The event draws a stable cinephile audience from southern Andalusia, national cultural press, European distributors and programmers from neighbouring festivals (Málaga Film Festival, Seville European Film Festival, Cádiz French Cinema Week).
For French film-house teams and luxury brands the operational challenge is to work with a city cultural event in mid-autumn Málaga: temperatures hover around 22 °C in the afternoon and 14 °C at night, the historic centre fills with cinema enthusiasts moving between the Roman Theatre, the Alcazaba and the Museo Picasso, and last-mile logistics get complicated with restricted access to the centre between 19:00 and 23:00. The typical briefs we receive combine streetwear for staff (combed-cotton polos, light gabardines with monogram), lanyards and accreditations for cultural press and guest programmers, collector's merchandise (numbered catalogues, tote bags, retrospective DVDs, enamel pins) and a final gifting set with Málaga product (Ronda wine, olive oil, Moscatel raisins, Málaga ceramics) for French distributors and international press.
The Madrid production hub — with fallback to the Málaga hub — handles the entire order and delivers by road (SEUR, Correos Express, DHL) to the named consignee in Málaga city: the distributor's office in Soho, the reference hotel next to Plaza de la Merced, Cine Albéniz offices in the centre or the foyer at Teatro Echegaray enabled by the organisation. The usual delivery window is 24–48 hours with prior appointment. The B2B invoice is issued in EUR with 21% VAT added via FACe / SII (AEAT); for intra-EU clients with a valid VIES number reverse-charge applies without Spanish VAT; for UK and non-EU clients the invoice is issued without VAT citing the corresponding EU directive article.
220 GSM combed-cotton polos in white or navy with two-colour embroidery of the sponsor's monogram, light gabardines with the festival seal, raw-linen shirts for the hall team, burgundy silk foulards for the round-table team, recycled-cotton aprons for the press booth at Cine Albéniz and identification vests for the night security team.
Organic-cotton tote bags screen-printed with the Málaga skyline, numbered catalogues with the festival retrospective, DVDs of the official selection in screen-printed sleeves, enamel pins with the Cine Albéniz icon, linen bookmark ribbons for the printed programmes and postcard sets with the festival image — 300 to 1,500 units per edition.
Compact 5,000 mAh power banks in white with engraved sponsor logo, USB hubs for the cultural press accreditation zone, foldable wireless chargers for European distributors, screen-printed notebook + pen sets for European programmers and mini-bluetooth speaker sets for social media draws — 50–150 premium units per edition.
Premium hard-bound notebooks stamped with the festival seal, Málaga gourmet sets (Ronda wine, olive oil, Moscatel raisins, Málaga ceramics), limited editions of the numbered catalogue, trilingual Spanish-French-English packaging and named delivery to the Cine Albéniz foyer, central hotel or visiting distributor's office.
The brand operation at the French Film Festival is usually coordinated between Madrid and Málaga: the Madrid hub handles most graphic and textile pieces, while the local Málaga hub serves as the backup warehouse for special pieces (numbered catalogues, Málaga ceramics, premium packaging). Delivery is by road to the named consignee — distributor's office in Soho, reference hotel next to Plaza de la Merced, Cine Albéniz offices in the centre or storage enabled at Teatro Echegaray. The usual delivery window is 24–48 hours with prior appointment, given that the cycle overlaps with the All Saints' Day bridge and the A-45 towards Granada carries heavy weekend traffic.
We keep reserved stock at the Madrid hub for the recurring items — combed-cotton polos, tote bags and notebooks with generic artwork — that we can produce and ship in 7–10 working days. For pieces with personalised embroidery (sponsor's monogram, limited catalogue number) the window moves to 12–14 working days. For sponsors with bespoke hospitality pieces (Málaga gourmet boxes with ceramics, numbered sets with Ronda wine) we recommend closing the order 4–5 weeks before the opening gala due to the seasonality of the wine and the ceramics suppliers' lead times.
The B2B invoice is issued in EUR with 21% VAT added via FACe / SII (AEAT); for intra-EU clients with a valid VIES number reverse-charge applies without Spanish VAT; for UK and non-EU clients the invoice is issued without VAT citing the corresponding EU directive article. Every delivery is confirmed with a signed delivery note on arrival and, when the client requests it, with a photo of the unloaded material at the Cine Albéniz foyer or at the Teatro Echegaray entrance.
Historically from late October to mid-November, over two weeks. We recommend confirming the exact dates of the current edition on the official Cine Albéniz website before closing the order planning.
Only when the festival organisation has confirmed the access slot, the enabled road and the named consignee. Many distributors split the delivery between Cine Albéniz and a historic-centre hotel.
Yes. The hall staff, the general giveaways, the lead-capture gifts and the distributor kits can be packed and labelled as separate allocations, tied to each recipient, with named delivery to the Cine Albéniz foyer, the hotel or the visiting distributor's office.
No. Corp-Merch is an independent external supplier that helps participating film houses and brands prepare their own merch. It does not organise, sponsor or represent the French Film Festival or Cine Albéniz in Málaga.
Corp-Merch is an independent external supplier to participating film houses and brands. This page helps teams prepare their own merch for the event; it does not represent the French Film Festival organisation or Cine Albéniz in Málaga.