Top Spanish Titles Brought to Market at MipTV

Top Spanish Titles delivered to market at MipTV:

“Dating in Barcelona,” (Filmax)

Produced by Filmax’s Arca, Catalan public broadcaster 3Cat and Prime Video in Spain, a primary season of “Dating in Barcelona” bowed final yr in Spain to large scores, each on its first-window debut on 3Cat and on Prime Video, the place it turned one of many streaming service’s most-watched debuts. A contemporary tackle romance and intercourse in an internet age, “Dating in Barcelona” additionally displays a swing in TV in the direction of a lighter, extra episodic fare, whether or not in crime thrillers or different classes. Each episode options two dates which, as Variety has noticed, play off one another. Powered in inventive phrases by Pau Freixas, behind iconic collection from “Red Band Society” To “I Know Who You Are” And “Todos Mienten,” All Produced By Filmax, “Dating In Barcelona” encompasses a top-tier solid, this time spherical in Season 2 led by such Spanish stars as Anna Castillo (“Nowhere”), Natalia Tena (“Harry Potter”), Óscar Casas (“The Orphanage”), Leonor Watling (“Talk To Her”) and Verónica Echegui (“Fortitude”).

“Detective Touré,” (RTVE, Detective Touré AIE, Tornasol Media, DeAPlaneta, EITB)

Based on the guide saga by Jon Arretxe, and impactfully positioned in Bilbao – from its San Francisco multicultural barrio to its docks and stylish new excessive rises, the story of a cheery, engaging however paperless Guinea immigrant with acute expertise of deduction employed to get photographs of a husband along with his lover. The smartest sleuth in Bilbao nonetheless stumbles on one thing much more sinister, a Nigerian drug cartel. Selected for 2022’s Series Mania Co-Pro Pitching Sessions, an achievement in itself, and a sneak peak hit ultimately October Iberseries, Also that includes “Money Heist” and “Intimacy” star Itziar Ituño, with director David Pérez Sañudo (“Ane is Missing”) straddling a number of genres – movie noir, comedy, social drama, crime thriller – with a fluidity in a lighter-toned procedural which explains why he’s rising as one of many most-courted younger helmers in Spain at present.  

“Dreams of Freedom,” (“Sueños de libertad,” Atresmedia TV, Diagonal TV)

One of the Spain’s large fiction swings of 2024 from the broadcaster behind “Money Heist,” “Locked Up” and “Velvet,” made furthermore alongside the expansion axis of premium each day collection. Set in 1958 Spain, Begoña Montes, trapped in a poisonous marriage, yearns for freedom and her brother-in-law because the nation begins its lengthy modernisation. Produced by Banijay’s Diagonal TV, a specialist in lengthy -unning interval soaps, akin to Atresmedia’s “Amar para Siempre,” aired over 2013-2024, “Dreams” bowed with a 14.1% primetime share, the most effective fiction premiere in Spain within the final two years, with a 14.3% share for Ep. 20. “‘Dreams of Freedom” is a step forward in the production of a telenovela series,” says Montse García, Atresmedia fiction director. “Its production quality sets it apart within the daily telenovela series, featuring extensive outdoor filming. As a result, we are delighted to announce that our bold efforts are paying off, making ‘Dreams of Freedom’ a convincing success.”

“Heartless,” (“Perverso,” Onza)

First seen in “Parot,” Haro, a refined, Machiavellian aristocrat serving a sentence for rape and homicide, agrees to cooperate within the investigation of the kidnappings, to be able to precise revenge on the decide who sentenced him. Created by Alonso Laporta (“Parot,” “The Department of Time”), “Heartless” “merges thriller with melodrama boldly,” he says. “The subtle manipulation among its characters, where nothing is as it seems and everyone harbors ulterior motives, raises a profound reflection on justice, loyalty, and revenge in a universe filled with nuances and secrets,” he provides. Showrun by Laporta and Gustavo Ron (“Velvet Collection”), set to launch on April 19 on Prime Video, produced and bought by Onza and considered one of its main 2024 bets.

“The Law of the Sea,” (“La ley del mar,” RTVE, À Punt)

Based on true occasions, José Dura, skipper of Spanish trawler, rescues 51 immigrants adrift in mid-Mediterranean. Arriving at Malta’s Valetta, his boat is barred entry, sparking a full-blown E.U. diplomatic disaster.  “A calculated risk,” says RTVE’s José Pastor, “The Law of the Sea” shot 18 days at sea and solid film actors, Luis Tosar and Blanca, reuniting after Icíar Bollaín’s “Maixabel.” “If you want a series to look like cinema, you have to cast film actors,  he says. The risk paid off. Created by Enrique “Flipy” Pérez Vergara, at Studio 60, the mini-series, broadcast in its entirety on Sunday primetime, Jan. 21, hit a 13.1% share, RTVE’s finest fiction end in practically a yr. 

“El Mal,” (The Mediapro Studio, Spain)

A serial killer prowls the streets of locked-down Barcelona in March-April 2020, looking for victims amongst these nonetheless out on the streets: the homeless. Based on a real story. Created and lead written by Lluís Alcarazo, creator of crime thriller “Night and Day” and doc characteristic “Special Case,” each nicely obtained in Spain. “‘El Mal’” is totally different in tone and by way of setting, scenario. The collection, with a basic narrative, maintains a disturbing environment, consistent with nice masters of up to date cinema akin to David Fincher or Michael Mann and with echoes of movies akin to “Seven,” “Zodiac” and “Collateral,” and collection akin to “Mindhunter,” completely introducing us to the investigation of those crimes within the context of a much less luminous Barcelona, however fascinating in its portrait and pictures,” says Javier Mendez, The Mediapro Studio head of cinema and co-head of tv. 

“Marbella,” (Movistar Plus+, Buendía Estudios)

A sweet-talking defence legal professional, Cesar defends mafias which dwell fortunately sufficient facet by facet in Marbella, “the U.N. of organised crime,” he says. But in Cesar’s efforts to land the largest new contract on the town, he crosses the road, starting to commit prison acts and endangers all that’s expensive. A deep dive into the sybaritic prison courses of La Costa del Sol, written by Alberto Marini and shot in hallmark kinetic fashion by Dani de la Torre, re-teaming after “La Unidad.” “The tone is fiction, artificial and highly entertaining, but the background is painstakingly researched,” says exec producer Fran Araujo.

“The Marquess,” (“El Marqués,” Mediaset España, Unicorn)

Spain, 1977 Onofre, a journalist, returns to his hometown to analyze a collection of murders dedicated in 1975, the collection shuttling between the 2 intervals as he exposes a corrupt aristocrat and a conflict between a Spain set in immobilism and one other combating for a contemporary future. “Five people are murdered in Los Galindos, Seville in 1975. The culprit was never discovered. Inspired by this real event, shot on natural locations, this crime portrays Spain in 1975. Detail of setting, costumes and a detailed script along with actors in a state of grace take us to a not-so distant-period that left victims without justice,” says Arantxa Ecija, Mediaset España manufacturing supervisor. Written by Ignacio del Moral, behind basic social concern film screenplays for “Mondays in the Sun” and “The Sleeping Voice” and head author on “Cuéntame cómo pasó,” and Begoña Álvarez, government producer on basic Spanish collection akin to “The Serranos” and “Aguila Roja” in addition to director of 2018’s “Skam España.”

“Mountain Rescue Academy,” (“Escuela de Rescate,” Dokumalia Producciones, Mediterráneo, Unicorn)

A quick-paced docuseries coaching chronicle with 19 candidates to grow to be Civil Guard mountain rescuers arrive on the Candanchú Mountain Rescue Academy in Spain’s Western Pyrenees. Against a spectacular background of limestone cliffs they’re put by means of their paces from hill runs to higher-grade rock climbs. Not all of them will make it. Directed by Dani Salas, successful on Spain’s Prime Video, providing a Big Brother situation in a contemporary real-life context.

“Red Flags,” (Atresmedia TV, Zeta Studios) 

“You see porn and you imitate it,” Luna’s finest good friend Alba tutors her earlier than Luna loses her virginity to boyfriend Jorge. The yet-to-air portrait of the usually pained sexual and emotional awakening of 4 Gen Z teenagers: Macho homosexual Toni; Erika, with an consuming dysfunction; Luna, riled by Jorge’s budding patriarchy; and Walter, pushing again at peer strain to be one of many boys. Together they create an internet community to navigate early coming of age. Written by laureled novelist-playwright Nando López and produced by Atresmedia TV and “Elite” creator Zeta Studios. “‘Red Flags’ shows us in a raw and realistic way the emotional and sexual lives of four teenagers,” says López. “Mental health or the influence of pornography are some of the topics of this portrayal of the Gen-Z,” he provides. 

“Traffic Jam,” (“Atasco,” Onza)

Made in affiliation with Prime Video and Publicis Rebellion, written and showrun by Rodrigo Sopeña (“La hora de José Mota,” “Club Houdini”), an ensemble comedy set at an enormous gridlock as night falls, affecting hundreds of drivers: a pair in disaster, a cheerful household, strangers sharing a automotive, a second-hand automotive pushed by a salesman along with his buyer, an indecisive bride, a flamenco group….“‘Traffic Jam’ digs into a complex universe full of personal conflicts and relationships. It turns the commonplace into a funny and friendly situation thanks to an all-star cast comprised of top-notch comedians,” says Gonzalo Sagardía, Onza government producer. “The audience will easily engage with the series and follow up each storyline as it is universal. This will be a friendly and funny traffic jam for the first time ever.” 

“This Is Not Sweden,” (RTVE, 3Cat, Spain, Anagram Sweden, SVT, Sweden)

First fruit of a mega-grant system for higher-end Catalan-language collection of worldwide ambition and a pacesetting northern-southern European public broadcaster alliance pushed by co-creator and star Aina Clotet. Mariana and Samuel be a part of different aspiring younger professionals in a chic-back-to-the-woods village outdoors Barcelona, to provide the most effective to their younger kids. Tragedy leads Mariana to query prior certainties about Northern European position fashions and certainly parenting, because the collection, a particular household dramedy with an indie air, builds with sense of menace to an unpredictable ending.