{
  "id": 17797580,
  "title": "Spain’s Indie Distribution Surges but Large Challenges Remain, Highlighted at Valladolid’s Merci Market",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/spains-indie-distribution-surges-but-large-challenges-remain",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-11-02T12:44:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/global/spain-independent-distribution-merci-valladolid-1236936846/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Spain’s indie film distributors are flexing growing box office muscle — and attracting a broader range of buyers to Valladolid’s Merci market. Presented at Merci, Rentrak figures showed that members of Adicine, Spain’s leading association of independent film distributors, saw box office receipts rise 45% through September. Elastica Films’ “La Bola Negra,” released Sept. 25, […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}