Series from Atresmedia TV, Rtve, Movistar Plus+, Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi (“La Mesías”), Zeta Studios (“Elite”) and director Carlota Pereda and Morena Films (behind Sundance hit “Piggy”) will unspool or be unveiled at the Berlinale. They underscore the breadth and depth of Spanish TV output:
“Death to Love,”
Carlota Pereda dazzled at Sundance with first feature, “Piggy.” Now, Pereda’s at the Berlinale Co-Pro Series on Feb. 20 with her debut series, “Death to Love,” in which afemale vampire struggles over centuries to end a toxic relationship with her vampire female lover and culminates in a modern-day climax. “A visceral and romantic proposition,” Pereda says.
“Dressed in Blue: Veneno Season 2,”
The Sundance world premiere “La Mesías” sealed the standing of Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi as most probably the coolest creative duo in Spain. This time around, they produce, with Mikel Rueda, a director on “Veneno,” and Claudia Costafreda and Ian de la Rosa,...
“Death to Love,”
Carlota Pereda dazzled at Sundance with first feature, “Piggy.” Now, Pereda’s at the Berlinale Co-Pro Series on Feb. 20 with her debut series, “Death to Love,” in which afemale vampire struggles over centuries to end a toxic relationship with her vampire female lover and culminates in a modern-day climax. “A visceral and romantic proposition,” Pereda says.
“Dressed in Blue: Veneno Season 2,”
The Sundance world premiere “La Mesías” sealed the standing of Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi as most probably the coolest creative duo in Spain. This time around, they produce, with Mikel Rueda, a director on “Veneno,” and Claudia Costafreda and Ian de la Rosa,...
- 2/19/2024
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Spain’s Mediacrest Brings Eco-Reality Format ‘The Village’ Onto the International Market (Exclusive)
Spain’s fast-growing production house Mediacrest Entertainment is launching high-concept eco-reality contest format “El pueblo” (“The Village”), which will have its international market premiere at this week’s MipTV trade fair.
Designed as a primetime reality show, “El pueblo” has been structured as a social experiment, charting five families’ attempt to settle in an abandoned village, guided by the principles of sustainability and globally connected self-sufficiency.
The families’ will create their own rules, events and traditions, will initiate agriculture and livestock initiatives and start trading with nearby towns, sand later with the world. The twist: Only one winning family finally gets to stay in the village.
“Our goal is to provide the audience with content not only attractive in terms of television, but also that makes a social contribution,” said Daniel Domenjó, entertainment & factual business manager at Mediacrest.
“We believe the format is closely linked to the needs, concerns and...
Designed as a primetime reality show, “El pueblo” has been structured as a social experiment, charting five families’ attempt to settle in an abandoned village, guided by the principles of sustainability and globally connected self-sufficiency.
The families’ will create their own rules, events and traditions, will initiate agriculture and livestock initiatives and start trading with nearby towns, sand later with the world. The twist: Only one winning family finally gets to stay in the village.
“Our goal is to provide the audience with content not only attractive in terms of television, but also that makes a social contribution,” said Daniel Domenjó, entertainment & factual business manager at Mediacrest.
“We believe the format is closely linked to the needs, concerns and...
- 4/17/2023
- by Emiliano De Pablos
- Variety Film + TV
Madrid-based producer César Martínez of Dexiderius Producciones is teaming with writers Rodrigo Martín Antoranz and Pedro García Ríos on the miniseries “Verdugos” (“The Executioners”).
The coming-of-age suspense thriller is being presented at this year’s Conecta Fiction & Entertainment in Toledo, Spain, which runs June 21-24.
Mixing past and a present, “The Executioners” is initially set in 1996 in a small Basque town in Spain’s northern province of Navarra. The story follows four adventurous 12-year-old boys who set out to explore an old abandoned mine. Deep in its bowels, they discover a businessman being held prisoner by the Basque terrorist group Eta – a kidnapping that has been widely reported in the news. The separatists are demanding ransom from the hostage’s family, threatening to execute him in three days’ time if it’s not paid.
After the boys uncover a shocking secret, they become determined to save the man’s life.
The coming-of-age suspense thriller is being presented at this year’s Conecta Fiction & Entertainment in Toledo, Spain, which runs June 21-24.
Mixing past and a present, “The Executioners” is initially set in 1996 in a small Basque town in Spain’s northern province of Navarra. The story follows four adventurous 12-year-old boys who set out to explore an old abandoned mine. Deep in its bowels, they discover a businessman being held prisoner by the Basque terrorist group Eta – a kidnapping that has been widely reported in the news. The separatists are demanding ransom from the hostage’s family, threatening to execute him in three days’ time if it’s not paid.
After the boys uncover a shocking secret, they become determined to save the man’s life.
- 6/22/2022
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
“Demokracy,” a period women’s emancipation tale plus crime thriller, has walked off with the biggest prize at Conecta Fiction Reboot, a development deal from Spanish public broadcaster Tve.
Written by Spain’s Rodrigo Martín and screenwriter-producer Pedro García Ríos, “Demokracy” is set in 1979, during Spain’s transition from Francisco Franco’s dictatorship in 1975 to supposed full democracy in 1982. In it, Clara, one of Spain’s 42 first ever women police officer graduates, is assigned to a conflictive police station in Madrid, and begins to aid an undercover operation. This exposes the station to both the heroine trade and far right factions, which were eventually to launch Spain’s 1981 near-run coup d’etat. A drug trade subplot links her to two other women, one the wife of a drug dealer who suffers domestic abuse, but is unable to divorce, the other the mother of a drug addict. Clara’s battle to...
Written by Spain’s Rodrigo Martín and screenwriter-producer Pedro García Ríos, “Demokracy” is set in 1979, during Spain’s transition from Francisco Franco’s dictatorship in 1975 to supposed full democracy in 1982. In it, Clara, one of Spain’s 42 first ever women police officer graduates, is assigned to a conflictive police station in Madrid, and begins to aid an undercover operation. This exposes the station to both the heroine trade and far right factions, which were eventually to launch Spain’s 1981 near-run coup d’etat. A drug trade subplot links her to two other women, one the wife of a drug dealer who suffers domestic abuse, but is unable to divorce, the other the mother of a drug addict. Clara’s battle to...
- 9/4/2020
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Stars: Luis Fernandez, Roberto Birindelli, María Cecilia Sanchez, Mimi Lazo, Ramiro Meneses, Henry Twohy, Alex O´Dogherty | Written by Pedro García Ríos, Frank Spano | Directed by Frank Spano
At first there seems to be a whole lot going on in Humanpersons but when put in simpler terms it is about a blackmailed guy having to smuggle a human organ from Latin America to the United States. A Latin America he is returning to after thirty five years.
Maybe unsurprisingly, with its ‘Narcos’ tone and style of story, Humanpersons has a slow pace to it. Despite being set in a dangerous and underground world of crime, drugs and human organ trafficking, there’s not a whole lot of exciting action. Mainly just alot of talking. Of course, this doesn’t have to be a bad thing, plenty of films and filmmakers have been great based on dialogue-heavy movies. But the script...
At first there seems to be a whole lot going on in Humanpersons but when put in simpler terms it is about a blackmailed guy having to smuggle a human organ from Latin America to the United States. A Latin America he is returning to after thirty five years.
Maybe unsurprisingly, with its ‘Narcos’ tone and style of story, Humanpersons has a slow pace to it. Despite being set in a dangerous and underground world of crime, drugs and human organ trafficking, there’s not a whole lot of exciting action. Mainly just alot of talking. Of course, this doesn’t have to be a bad thing, plenty of films and filmmakers have been great based on dialogue-heavy movies. But the script...
- 3/23/2020
- by Alain Elliott
- Nerdly
The Adrenaline-charged Brazilian Thriller Gets Us Release Frank Spano’s adrenaline-charged Brazilian thriller Humanpersons has been scheduled for a North American release this January by Uncork’d Entertainment. Starring Pedro García Ríos, Mimi Lazo and Frank Spano, the topical, sweat-inducing drama fixes on a man on a mission to snatch an organ and smuggle it into the …
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- 1/20/2020
- by Adrian Halen
- Horror News
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