{"id":59834,"date":"2022-03-18T09:43:09","date_gmt":"2022-03-18T12:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/?p=59834"},"modified":"2023-01-02T22:03:55","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T01:03:55","slug":"espana-tendra-una-importante-presencia-en-el-foro-de-series-mania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/en\/2022\/03\/18\/espana-tendra-una-importante-presencia-en-el-foro-de-series-mania\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain returns to Series Mania Forum with a  relevant presence on the official event agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">INTERNATIONAL EVENTS | SERIES | BUSINESS\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-59835\" src=\"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/SERIES-MANIA-2022-OPERACION-MAREA-NEGRA.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/SERIES-MANIA-2022-OPERACION-MAREA-NEGRA.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/SERIES-MANIA-2022-OPERACION-MAREA-NEGRA-350x197.jpg 350w, https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/SERIES-MANIA-2022-OPERACION-MAREA-NEGRA-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/SERIES-MANIA-2022-OPERACION-MAREA-NEGRA-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/SERIES-MANIA-2022-OPERACION-MAREA-NEGRA-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/SERIES-MANIA-2022-OPERACION-MAREA-NEGRA-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Around twenty companies and more than fifty executives will take part in the pavilion organised by ICEX.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The most important co-production event for scripted tv series in Europe, which will be held once again in person at the Lille Grand Palais from March 22nd to 24th.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Under its Audiovisual from Spain brand, ICEX has coordinated a number of activities that are included in the official event agenda. The aim of this initiative is to drive and showcase Spanish IPs at various stages, from the introduction of projects in search of financing to the promotion of a series that has already been released.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">There will be a Pitching Breakfast<\/span> where five Spanish projects will be presented to an audience specially selected according to the needs indicated by their producers and creators; a Coming Next showcase starring Spanish content in post-production, recently completed and available for international sales; and finally, the financing model of &#8216;Operaci\u00f3n Marea Negra&#8217;, a new Spanish series recently launched by Amazon Prime Video with great success in Brazil, Portugal and Spain, will be presented and analysed in case study format.<\/p>\n<p>Also on the official Series Mania agenda are &#8216;Detective Tour\u00e9&#8217;, the only Spanish project selected for the co-production pitching session, and the Conversation with&#8230; session with the presence of The Mediapro Studio Executive Ran Tellem, who has been invited to talk about the second season of &#8216;The Head&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The Spanish companies participating in Series Mania Forum 2022 under Audiovisual from Spain are<\/span> Atresmedia Televisi\u00f3n, Fedent Espa\u00f1a, Ficci\u00f3n Producciones, Friki Films, Inside Content, Kottbusser, Mediacrest, Movistar Plus+, Onza, RTVE, Sete Media, The Film Agency, The Mediapro Studio and V\u00e9rtice 360; as well as the Instituto Canario de Desarrollo Cultural and the public entities Sociedad de Promoci\u00f3n Econ\u00f3mica de Gran Canaria and Tenerife.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Spanish Agenda at Series Mania Forum 2022<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Co-Pro Pitching Sessions -Tuesday March 22nd, 9:30-15:30 (CET) Auditorium Pasteur<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u2018Detective Tour\u00e9\u2019 (8 x 50\u2019) is the only Spanish project that will compete for the \u20ac50,000 development prize. Written by David P\u00e9rez Sa\u00f1udo and Carlos Vila, this adaptation of Jon Arretxe&#8217;s literary saga is produced by Mariela Besuievsky and Elena Bort for Tornasol Media and DeAPlaneta.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Coming Next from Spain \u2013 Tuesday March 22nd, 14:00-15:00 (CET) Van Gogh room.Spain and its scripted content have become a ratings phenomenon worldwide. That&#8217;s why in terms of viewership, Spanish series hold top-ranking positions in the main global OTT platforms. This session will offer a sneak peek into some of the most attractive Spanish dramas to come:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u2018The Route\u2019 (8 x 50\u2019) from Atresmedia Televisi\u00f3n. Presented by Miguel Garc\u00eda, Sales Director.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The Age of Anger\u2019 (4 x 50\u2019) from The Mediapro Studio. Presented by Marta Ezpeleta, Head of Distribution, Coproductions &amp; Acquisitions; and Javier Esteban, Head of Distribution Strategy &amp; Sales of North America, LatAm &amp; MENA.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Rapa\u2019 (6 x 50\u2019) from Movistar Plus+. Presented by Mar\u00eda Valenzuela, Directora de Internacional.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Peace Force\u2019 (8 x 60\u2019) from Televisi\u00f3n Espa\u00f1ola. Presented by Jos\u00e9 Pastor, Director de Cine y Ficci\u00f3n at TVE; and Aurora Guerra, showrunner at prodco Alea Media.<\/p>\n<p>The session will be moderated by Mar\u00eda Rua Aguete, Senior Research Director Media and Entertainment at Omdia (UK).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Case Study &amp; Screening: Operaci\u00f3n Marea Negra \u2013 Wednesday March 23rd, 14:30-15:30 (CET) Artois room.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Selling a true-fact local story about narco trade to a network of regional broadcasters, incorporating a foreign pubcaster and partnering with Amazon, a global OTT platform, while keeping most of the IP might seem mission impossible. Learn all the secrets about the innovative financing model of Spain&#8217;s \u2018Operaci\u00f3n Marea Negra\u2019 (4 x 50\u2019) in a panel discussion with its executive producer Mamen Quintas (Ficci\u00f3n Producciones), Ricardo Cabornero (Amazon), Fernando Ojea (CRTVG), Jos\u00e9 Fragoso (RTP), Noel Hedges (eOne) and the leading actor \u00c1lex Gonz\u00e1lez. The session will be moderated by Mamen Casal (Ficci\u00f3n Producciones).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Spain Pitching Breakfast: Coffee and Hot Projects \u2013 Thursday March 24th, 9:00-11:00 (CET) Matisse Lounge.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Five of Spain&#8217;s leading production companies will be presenting their latest scripted projects in search of European co-producers. Fedent Espa\u00f1a, Friki Films, Mediacrest, Onza and V\u00e9rtice 360 will introduce their latest series with their own creators and producers, in an original two-hour pitching session with plenty of time to get to know the details and needs of each project and to establish key alliances to make them a reality.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The Residence Hall\u2019 (8 x 45\u2019) from Fedent Espa\u00f1a. Presented by Toni Sevilla, Managing Director; and Laura Oliva, Head of Content.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Lucio\u2019s Treasure\u2019 (6 x 60\u2019) from Friki Films. Presented by Ana Manresa, executive producer; and Hugo Mendui\u00f1a, executive producer.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Fake\u2019 (6 x 52\u2019) from Mediacrest. Presented by Gustavo Ferrada, Executive Director of Fiction; and Emma Garc\u00eda, VP International Sales and Coordination.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Halfbreeds\u2019 (8 x 50\u2019) from Onza. Presented by Valentina Pozzoli, VP Development &amp; International Co-productions; and Ra\u00fal Barranco, writer and series creator.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Play of Mirrors\u2019 (8 x 60\u2019) from V\u00e9rtice 360. Presented by Alberto Rull, Executive VP Production &amp; Content.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>From limited to retuning: conversation with Ran Tellem &#8211; Thursday March 24th, 14:45-15:15 (CET) Van Gogh room.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More and more of the series being pitched are mini-series. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">But, what happens when the success is there and the pressure for a second season is insistent?<\/span> What lessons and best practices should be put in place to anticipate for an eventual second season? Creator and showrunner Ran Tellem, Head of International Development at The Mediapro Studio, explains how he went through this process to imagine the sequel to \u2018The Head\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-59836\" src=\"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/SERIES-MANIA-MARCH-2022-AUDIOVISUAL-FROM-SPAIN.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/SERIES-MANIA-MARCH-2022-AUDIOVISUAL-FROM-SPAIN.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/SERIES-MANIA-MARCH-2022-AUDIOVISUAL-FROM-SPAIN-350x197.jpg 350w, https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/SERIES-MANIA-MARCH-2022-AUDIOVISUAL-FROM-SPAIN-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/SERIES-MANIA-MARCH-2022-AUDIOVISUAL-FROM-SPAIN-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/SERIES-MANIA-MARCH-2022-AUDIOVISUAL-FROM-SPAIN-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/SERIES-MANIA-MARCH-2022-AUDIOVISUAL-FROM-SPAIN-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">AUDIOVISUAL FROM SPAIN<\/span> is the umbrella brand used to promote the Spanish Content Industry in all the international tv-related trade shows and any other promotional and commercial activity of Spanish companies worldwide. All promotional actions under this brand are sponsored by ICEX Spain Trade &amp; Investment.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INTERNATIONAL EVENTS | SERIES | BUSINESS\u00a0 Around twenty companies and more than fifty executives will take part in the pavilion <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/en\/2022\/03\/18\/espana-tendra-una-importante-presencia-en-el-foro-de-series-mania\/\">&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59835,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,256,79,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ott","category-series","category-tv-abierta","category-tv-de-pagp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59834"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59834\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65639,"href":"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59834\/revisions\/65639"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}