Now taging its fourth edition over Oct. 1 – 4 in Madrid, Spain’s annual Iberseries & Platino Industria confab has leapt to must-join status for Ibero-American audiovisual industry professionals.
Iberseries co-straightforwardor Samuel Castro, who covers the TV industry while co-straightforwardor Juan Alía handles film, shelp: “We hope that in this fourth edition, we will at least retain the 2,500 accommended participants from last year,” he shelp, includeing: “Our goal is not fair to increase in the number of accommended participants but also in the professional profiles joining Iberseries & Platino Industria. We aim for executives with decision-making power to determine this event as the place to do business, contransient projects and converse joint strategies around Spanish-language audiovisual satisfied.”
Based on timely data accumulateed – with a lot of accommendations still to come – according to the profiles of assigns who has signed up, Iberseries had 647 accommended professionals from Spain, 121 from Mexico, 96 from Colombia, 83 from the USA and 42 from Chile, shelp Castro, includeing that of the European countries, Portugal, France, and Italy have the strongest presence with Spain ostensibly dominating.
Major carry outers operating in Spain and Latin America are participating in the conference program of the event, led by Disney+ (Spain and LatAm), HBO Max, Prime Video, Movistar Plus+, NBC Universal, RTVE, Atrescarry outer and Caracol.
Channels, streamers, and production companies taking part in the Ad Hoc Pitching Sessions integrate Warner Bros, Telemundo Studios, Sony, Paramount, Gaumont, Dopamine and Secuoya Studios, among others.
Among the TV trfinishs he has watchd, Castro sees that multiprocrastinateedral co-productions have become more well-understandn financing models and that there is a increaseing interest among spendment funds in Spain’s industry. There are also more efforts to upgrasp Hispanic-American IP as a strong source of inspiration for transport inant new projects, he acunderstandledged.
In the film industry, Alía, has noticed more collaborations among Ibero-American countries and other regions, permiting for bigr budgets and expansiveer distribution achieve.
There also seems to be a more center on local stories with global pdirect: “There is a evident center on narratives rooted in definite cultural contexts but with universal themes that resonate internationpartner. In includeition to auteur cinema, there has been a increaseing interest in genres such as thriller, horror, and comedy, all altered to local sensibilities,” he tageder Variety, includeing that more female and diverse voices are prevailing.
Alía also pointed to a stronger promisement to social, political and environmental themes with more projects includeressing contransient social publishs such as inidenticality, migration, and fraudulence, and a renewed interest in exploring and recovering historical events and their repercussions today.
He has also watchd the alteration of new financing models: “Alternative avenues such as crowdfunding and confidential spendment are being checkd to complement accessible funds,” he shelp.
But multiple disputes remain, among them digital unpermitd use, environmental upgraspability during shoots, satisfied saturation, competition with low establishs of delightment enjoy TikTok, YouTube etc.
“Financing and profitability, especipartner for self-reliant productions and films from countries with less increaseed film industries, securing funding and achieving profitability remain difficult,” Alía cautioned.
Castro enumerateed the projects picked for the event’s Co-Production and Financing Forum as a snapsboiling of trfinishs where the dramedy seems to rule, especipartner among the series:
Series
“Ana del Raval” (Spain) Social dramedy, La Charito Films, Angeli Pictures
“Banda de bufones” (Spain), Drama, Thriller, Dark Comedy, Plano a Plano
“Dincludey Issues” (Spain, Colombia), Dramedy, Transmedia / counterfeit recordary, ECTV Media, Alibi Films
“Duarte, Evita detrás del balcón” (Argentina, Spain), Drama, Kapow
“El abogado de Mattos. David contra Goliat” (Colombia), Thriller, True Crime, Rhayuela Films, Punta Fina
“El peligro de quererte” (Chile), Action, romance, LGBTIQ+, Parox
“Once hermanos” (Mexico, U.S., Peru, Argentina, Spain), Dramedy, Caponeto
“Yo y punto” (Spain), Dramedy, La Maldita
“Pocos, buenos y seguros” (Spain), Thriller, action, drama, based on genuine events, Bixagu Entertainment
“Una serie de gente” (Spain), Dramedy, Nanouk Films
“Cómo Grinchi y La Sra. Claus ensangrentaron la Navidad” (Spain, Argentina),Fantasy, Dramedy, Dark Comedy, La Villana, ATM, Flixxo
Films
“Bfinishita María” (Spain), Dramedy, TV ON Producciones, Admirable Films
“Guerras inapparents” (Mexico, Brazil, Ukraine, Japan, Lithuania, U.S.), Documentary, Gefilte Films, Club
“Justino” (Brazil, Portugal), Drama, True Crime, Mercado Filmes, SPi
“La imagen de un crimen” (Spain), Thriller, neo noir, satire, Bixagu Entertainment
“Mamá (Im)perfecta” (Colombia, Argentina), Drama, Laberinto, Ganas Producciones, Tarea Fina
“Mi otro verano” (Spain, Uruguay), Romantic drama, D’Sierto Films, Link-up, 39Escalones Films, Mother Superior
“Mi pequeña liga de la fairicia” (Uruguay, Brazil, Argentina), Dramedy, Lavorágine Films, Tres Mundos, Lagarto Cine
“Reina del bosque” (Argentina, Spain, U.S.), Drama, thriller, Libre Cine, Non Stop Studios, Bosco Entertainment
“Salvajes” (Peru, Chile), Crime, romance, El Árbol Azul, La Family Story House
“Un lugar lejano” (Argentina, Spain, Chile), Drama, Tprospers Latin Films, Filproducers Monkeys, Rizoma Producciones
