San Sebastian — In 2014, launching in France and Germany, Netflix hesitated about entering Spain, reportedly because of prevalent piracy. Four years later, the U.S. streaming giant has chosen Madrid for its first European production hub.
Spain is on a roll, impelled by the launch of original series production at Movistar +, Netflix, Amazon and HBO España, the creation of Atresmedia Studios, and the build of drama series production at companies once only known for films, such as Mediapro, Mod Producciones and Filmax.
Where it’s rolling to is another matter. At San Sebastian on Saturday, at a mini conference on Serial Narration: An Episode on Creation and Industry, illustrious Spanish series creatives, producers and executives debated the new TV landscape’s creative and industry opportunities and challenges.
Providing an international perspective were Bruno Dumont, in Sebastian to present jocular sci-fi comedy series “CoinCoin and the Extra-Humans,” a standout at Locarno,...
Spain is on a roll, impelled by the launch of original series production at Movistar +, Netflix, Amazon and HBO España, the creation of Atresmedia Studios, and the build of drama series production at companies once only known for films, such as Mediapro, Mod Producciones and Filmax.
Where it’s rolling to is another matter. At San Sebastian on Saturday, at a mini conference on Serial Narration: An Episode on Creation and Industry, illustrious Spanish series creatives, producers and executives debated the new TV landscape’s creative and industry opportunities and challenges.
Providing an international perspective were Bruno Dumont, in Sebastian to present jocular sci-fi comedy series “CoinCoin and the Extra-Humans,” a standout at Locarno,...
- 9/23/2018
- by John Hopewell and Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Adding to an ever-growing original series lineup, Movistar +, Telefonica’s pay TV operator, will release the family tragidramedy “Matar al Padre” on May 25. World premiering at Spain’s Malaga Festival, then selected for Lille’s Series Mania, Europe’s biggest TV festival, the miniseries is quite a different proposition to Movistar + other early shows. This time a relatively young director, Mar Coll, conducts through four episodes a highly thorough, almost surgical analysis of the relationships of a upper-class family down the years.
Taking place in Catalonia over four periods between 1996 and 2012, the four-part “Matar al padre” focuses mainly on the character of the father, Jacobo Vidal – brought to life by Gonzalo de Castro in what is being greeted as a tour de force performance – and the impact of his conception of the world, hence actions, on the lives of his wife and children.
This could easily have become a simple father-son narrative arc,...
Taking place in Catalonia over four periods between 1996 and 2012, the four-part “Matar al padre” focuses mainly on the character of the father, Jacobo Vidal – brought to life by Gonzalo de Castro in what is being greeted as a tour de force performance – and the impact of his conception of the world, hence actions, on the lives of his wife and children.
This could easily have become a simple father-son narrative arc,...
- 5/25/2018
- by Emiliano Granada
- Variety Film + TV
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