The company is once again attending the strategic market for fiction with the presence of its Distribution team and the participation of creators and producers from the Studio in panel discussions and at premieres
CELESTE competes in the International Panorama section and attending the premiere will be creator Diego San José, producer Alejandro Flórez and actor Clara Sans
Globomedia CEO, María José Rodríguez, participates in the panel discussion ‘Docu series “True Crime, Cult, Sports & Celebrities”: The new unifying genre?’
The thriller FUSION, produced by Wild Sheep Content and Act4 and distributed by The Mediapro Studio Distribution, is one of the ten series selected for the first edition of Series Mania Buyers Upfront
THE MEDIAPRO STUDIO will once again attend this year’s edition of Series Mania, the European co-production event for fiction series par excellence and taking place in Lille (France) from March 21 to 28. In addition to presenting an impressive slate championed by The Mediapro Distribution, the company will also be present on panels discussions and in different competition sections.
Celeste, the tax thriller created by Diego San José and starring Carmen Machi broadcast in Spain by Movistar Plus +, takes part in the International Panorama competition section. San José, actor Clara Sans, and series cast member, and series executive producer and director of 100 Balas (The Mediapro Studio), Alejandro Flórez, will be present in Lille on Saturday, March 22 to attend the premiere of the first three episodes of this scripted fiction making its international debut at the festival.
Fusion, produced by Wild Sheep Content and Act4 and distributed by The Mediapro Studio Distribution has been selected along with nine other international productions for “its artistic merits and global appeal” in the first edition of the Series Mania Buyers Upfront. This initiative aimed at international buyers will take place on Monday 24 March at the Lille Chamber of Commerce, where the ten series shortlisted will try to convince the jury they have what it takes to be named the winner. The 6-part series narrates the story of a talented chef who tries to clear his name and win back his family after being unjustly imprisoned. When society turns its back on him, his last resort is to accept dirty money to set up a fine-dining restaurant as a cover for a money laundering operation, endangering not only his parole, but also his life and that of his loved ones.
The curtains will be brought down on THE MEDIAPRO STUDIO’s participation at this year’s Series Mania by María José Rodríguez, General Director of Globomedia (THE MEDIAPRO STUDIO), who appears as a panel member in ‘Docu series “True Crime, Cult, Sports & Celebrities”: The new unifying genre?’ on Wednesday, March 26 at 12pm at the Théâtre Marie Curie. In a session moderated by journalist specializing in international television Nick Edwards, Rodríguez, together with her colleagues, will address how entertainment docuseries have exploded onto streaming platforms with hugely attractive results both in terms of audience and budget. The panel also features executives Myriam Weil (Federation Studios), Dolores Emile (Netflix France), Ava Knight (Fifth Season) and Beatrice Rossmanith (Mothership Media Consultancy).
Once again, this year THE MEDIAPRO STUDIO DISTRIBUTION will have its stand at the Lille Grand Palais, venue of the event and where, in addition to the content already mentioned, it will showcase production highlights from the slate including the 5 Goya award-winning film El 47, among many other awards; franchises such as The Head 3, released on Hulu Japan at the end of January after premiering on MAX last December; series such as El mal invisible, scheduled to premiere March 24 on TV3 and the 3Cat platform,and Tales from the void, chilling horror stories based on the Reddit page NoSleep; not to mention documentaries and biopics starring sports icons such as Williams and Real Madrid, Cómo no te voy a querer, among many other productions.
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