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BERLIN, GERMANY – FEBRUARY 16: Berlinale Series Market (BSM) at CinemaxX Potsdamer Platz on February 16, 2026 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Pedro Becerra)
The event, organized by the Berlinale Series Market and Iberseries & Platino Industria, brought together leading production companies and industry professionals in Berlin to foster ambitious global projects.
For the first time, Series Match: Germany & Ibero-America was held—an initiative of Berlinale Series Market and Iberseries & Platino Industria that, within the framework of the European Film Market in Berlin, gathered production companies, creators, and leading professionals with the aim of promoting high-end series with strong international ambitions.
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The event seeks to facilitate the co-production of projects in early development stages, strengthening collaboration between Germany, Spain, Portugal, and Latin America.
Participating German production companies included Zeitsprung Pictures, UFA Fiction, SKP Entertainment, and Studio Zentral, alongside Ibero-American companies Boutique Filmes and Movioca from Brazil, Alterna Media from Uruguay, Villano from Chile, and Funicular Films from Spain.
The program took place on February 16 and 17 at the Studio Babelsberg Lounge at CinemaxX, featuring presentations of early-stage projects and professional meetings aimed at fostering creative exchange and strategic partnerships among companies.
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SKP Entertainment, founded by Alexander Keil and showrunner Stefan Stuckmann, presented The Runaway, based on the autobiography of heavy metal guitarist and escaped convict Detlef Kowalewski, recounting his life with his family in Brazil; and The Manhunt, a political thriller about a journalist uncovering an international network digitally manipulating historical crimes.
Regarding his participation in Series Match, Keil stated that “the Spanish market represents a strategic advantage due to the investment behavior of global streaming providers, making it especially attractive to jointly develop and finance projects.”
The forum also spotlighted internationally ambitious projects such as El Abuso, directed by Fernando Meirelles and César Charlone, which recreates the 1971 escape of 101 Uruguayan political prisoners; Monika – Victory or Death, a European–Latin American co-production about the life of Monika Ertl; and A casa das setes mulheres, by Angela Chaves, reinterpreting a Brazilian historical classic from a contemporary female perspective.
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Additionally, thrillers such as Assassinos no Paraiso, psychological dramas like Tierra quemada, and industry-focused proposals such as Callback were presented, marking a strong political, historical, and social thematic focus.
For Brazilian content house Movioca, “this space represents a key opportunity to connect with potential co-producers and expand the international reach of our Ibero-American audiovisual projects, in an environment that fosters collaboration and access to new markets.”
With this first edition, Series Match positions itself as a strategic platform to promote international co-production, facilitate synergies between Europe and Latin America, support premium series with large-scale storytelling ambitions, and strengthen creative and financial exchange between Spanish-, Portuguese-, and German-speaking markets.
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