Top Spanish Titles Brought to Market at MipTV

Prime Spanish Titles delivered to market at MipTV:

“Courting in Barcelona,” (Filmax)

Produced by Filmax’s Arca, Catalan public broadcaster 3Cat and Prime Video in Spain, a primary season of “Courting in Barcelona” bowed final yr in Spain to huge scores, each on its first-window debut on 3Cat and on Prime Video, the place it grew to become one of many streaming service’s most-watched debuts. A contemporary tackle romance and intercourse in an internet age, “Courting 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. Every episode options two dates which, as Selection has noticed, play off one another. Powered in artistic phrases by Pau Freixas, behind iconic sequence from “Crimson Band Society” To “I Know Who You Are” And “Todos Mienten,” All Produced By Filmax, “Courting In Barcelona” incorporates 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 (“Discuss To Her”) and Verónica Echegui (“Fortitude”).

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

Primarily based on the e-book saga by Jon Arretxe, and impactfully situated 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 abilities of deduction employed to get photographs of a husband along with his lover. The neatest sleuth in Bilbao nonetheless stumbles on one thing way more sinister, a Nigerian drug cartel. Chosen for 2022’s Sequence Mania Co-Professional Pitching Periods, an achievement in itself, and a sneak peak hit ultimately October Iberseries, Additionally that includes “Cash Heist” and “Intimacy” star Itziar Ituño, with director David Pérez Sañudo (“Ane is Lacking”) 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 immediately.  

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

One of many Spain’s huge fiction swings of 2024 from the broadcaster behind “Cash Heist,” “Locked Up” and “Velvet,” made furthermore alongside the expansion axis of premium every day sequence. 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, similar to Atresmedia’s “Amar para Siempre,” aired over 2013-2024, “Desires” bowed with a 14.1% primetime share, one of the best fiction premiere in Spain within the final two years, with a 14.3% share for Ep. 20. “‘Desires of Freedom” is a step ahead within the manufacturing of a telenovela sequence,” says Montse García, Atresmedia fiction director. “Its manufacturing high quality units it aside throughout the every day telenovela sequence, that includes in depth out of doors filming. In consequence, we’re delighted to announce that our daring efforts are paying off, making ‘Desires of Freedom’ a powerful 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, in an effort to precise revenge on the choose who sentenced him. Created by Alonso Laporta (“Parot,” “The Division of Time”), “Heartless” “merges thriller with melodrama boldly,” he says. “The delicate manipulation amongst its characters, the place nothing is because it appears and everybody harbors ulterior motives, raises a profound reflection on justice, loyalty, and revenge in a universe stuffed with nuances and secrets and techniques,” he provides. Showrun by Laporta and Gustavo Ron (“Velvet Assortment”), set to launch on April 19 on Prime Video, produced and offered by Onza and certainly one of its main 2024 bets.

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

Primarily 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 threat,” says RTVE’s José Pastor, “The Legislation of the Sea” shot 18 days at sea and solid film actors, Luis Tosar and Blanca, reuniting after Icíar Bollaín’s “Maixabel.” “If you’d like a sequence to appear like cinema, it’s important to solid movie actors,  he says. The chance 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 lead to almost a yr. 

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

A serial killer prowls the streets of locked-down Barcelona in March-April 2020, attempting to find victims amongst these nonetheless out on the streets: the homeless. Primarily based on a real story. Created and lead written by Lluís Alcarazo, creator of crime thriller “Evening and Day” and doc function “Particular Case,” each effectively acquired in Spain. “‘El Mal’” is totally different in tone and when it comes to setting, scenario. The sequence, with a basic narrative, maintains a disturbing ambiance, in step with nice masters of up to date cinema similar to David Fincher or Michael Mann and with echoes of movies similar to “Seven,” “Zodiac” and “Collateral,” and sequence similar to “Mindhunter,” totally 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 lawyer, Cesar defends mafias which dwell fortunately sufficient facet by facet in Marbella, “the U.N. of organised crime,” he says. However 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 pricey. A deep dive into the sybaritic prison lessons 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, synthetic and extremely entertaining, however 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 research a sequence of murders dedicated in 1975, the sequence 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. “5 individuals are murdered in Los Galindos, Seville in 1975. The perpetrator was by no means found. Impressed by this actual occasion, shot on pure areas, this crime portrays Spain in 1975. Element of setting, costumes and an in depth script together with actors in a state of grace take us to a not-so distant-period that left victims with out justice,” says Arantxa Ecija, Mediaset España manufacturing supervisor. Written by Ignacio del Ethical, behind basic social problem film screenplays for “Mondays within the Solar” and “The Sleeping Voice” and head author on “Cuéntame cómo pasó,” and Begoña Álvarez, govt producer on basic Spanish sequence similar 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 develop into Civil Guard mountain rescuers arrive on the Candanchú Mountain Rescue Academy in Spain’s Western Pyrenees. In opposition to a spectacular background of limestone cliffs they’re put via 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 Large Brother state of affairs in a contemporary real-life context.

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

“You see porn and also you imitate it,” Luna’s finest pal 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. Collectively 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. “‘Crimson Flags’ exhibits us in a uncooked and real looking manner the emotional and sexual lives of 4 youngsters,” says López. “Psychological well being or the affect of pornography are a few of the subjects of this portrayal of the Gen-Z,” he provides. 

“Site visitors Jam,” (“Atasco,” Onza)

Made in affiliation with Prime Video and Publicis Riot, written and showrun by Rodrigo Sopeña (“La hora de José Mota,” “Membership Houdini”), an ensemble comedy set at an enormous gridlock as night falls, affecting 1000’s of drivers: a pair in disaster, a contented household, strangers sharing a automotive, a second-hand automotive pushed by a salesman along with his buyer, an indecisive bride, a flamenco group….“‘Site visitors Jam’ digs into a fancy universe full of non-public conflicts and relationships. It turns the commonplace right into a humorous and pleasant scenario due to an all-star solid comprised of top-notch comedians,” says Gonzalo Sagardía, Onza govt producer. “The viewers will simply have interaction with the sequence and comply with up every storyline as it’s common. This might be a pleasant and humorous site visitors jam for the primary 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 sequence of worldwide ambition and a pacesetting northern-southern European public broadcaster alliance pushed by co-creator and star Aina Clotet. Mariana and Samuel be part of different aspiring younger professionals in a chic-back-to-the-woods village outdoors Barcelona, to present one of the best to their younger kids. Tragedy leads Mariana to query prior certainties about Northern European function fashions and certainly parenting, because the sequence, a particular household dramedy with an indie air, builds with sense of menace to an unpredictable ending.