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Barcelona, Spain — On a bustling street in the Raval neighborhood of Barcelona, past halal butchers, tattoo parlors and generations-old Catalan cafés, a production crew quietly turns the camera on a modest building that houses Can Mosques, a fictional restaurant at the heart of “Ravalear,” Max’s latest Spanish original series.

The scene feels uncannily real, and that’s the point. Created by filmmaker Pol Rodríguez and inspired by his own family’s experiences running the hugely popular neighborhood bar Can Lluis for more than a century, “Ravalear” is a raw, immersive series that mixes the language and tropes of thriller and family drama genres to plunge viewers into a Barcelona caught in the throes of gentrification, identity and survival.

Max’s new six-episode series, produced by Barcelona’s Oscar-nominated “Robot Dreams” producer Arcadia Motion Pictures, is set to premiere in 2026. More than just another high-end European drama. It’s a deeply personal story of memory,...

Un thriller realista, inspirado en hechos reales. © Max

Max acaba de anunciar el inicio de rodaje de Ravalear, una serie creada por Pol Rodríguez y dirigida por él mismo junto a Isaki Lacuesta, los aclamados codirectores de Segundo premio.

Ravalear ha sido descrita como un thriller realista, inspirado en hechos reales, que acontece en la ciudad de Barcelona y más concretamente en el barrio del Raval. La serie cuenta cómo, después de casi cien años de historia y tres generaciones, Can Moscas, un restaurante de toda la vida, estimado y respetado por todos en el barrio y frecuentado por artistas, empresarios y políticos, se encuentra bajo la inminente compra por parte de un fondo de inversión. Los quieren fuera del edificio como parte de sus planes para comprar propiedades y remodelar el barrio. Al principio, la noticia hunde a la familia en la desesperación; piensan que todo está perdido. Pero,...

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Good Girls is a dark comedy crime drama series created by Jenna Bans. The NBC series follows three suburban mothers going through financial hardships. They soon decide to rob a supermarket, which completely turns their lives upside down as it leads to them getting involved with a dangerous crime boss and the FBI. Good Girls stars Christina Hendricks, Retta, Mae Whitman, Reno Wilson, Manny Montana, Lidya Jewett, Isaiah Stannard, and Matthew Lillard. So, if you loved the biting dark comedy, intense dark comedy, and compelling characters in Good Girls, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

The Sticky (Prime Video) Credit – Amazon MGM Studios

The Sticky is a dark comedy crime thriller drama series created by Brian Donovan and Ed Herro. Based on the Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist, the Prime Video series follows Ruth Landry,...

Protagonizada por Loreto Mauleón y Enric Auquer. © Caramel Films

Ya se ha publicado el primer tráiler y póster de la película La buena letra, dirigida por la sevillana Celia Rico Clavellino (Los pequeños amores), que competirá en la Sección Oficial del Festival de Cine de Málaga.

Basada en la novela homónima de Rafael Chirbes, La buena letra se sitúa en un pueblo valenciano, durante la posguerra. Ana trata de salir adelante con su familia; la guerra civil ha abierto una profunda herida en todos ellos, especialmente en su cuñado, Antonio. Ana intenta curar esa herida a base de guisos, secretos y silencios, pero cuando Isabel, recién casada con Antonio, llega a la familia, las atenciones y cuidados de Ana valdrán de poco o nada: el sacrificio no siempre tiene su recompensa.

La película es el tercer largometraje de Rico y está protagonizado por Loreto Mauleón (Querer*), junto a Enric Auquer...

‘Segundo Premio’ también triunfó en la gran noche del cine español.

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Anoche se celebró la gala de los Premios Goya 2025, la que es la gran noche del cine español y una de las ediciones más abiertas de los últimos años donde todo podía pasar. Y es que, por un momento, parecía que íbamos a tener nuestro momento Moonlight–La La Land español, pero no, por primera vez en la historia de los Goya el premio a la Mejor Película se repartió ex aequo a El 47 y La infiltrada. Otra de las grandes triunfadoras de la noche fue Segundo premio, que logró tres galardones, incluido el de Mejor Dirección. Aquí os dejamos con la lista completa de nominados y ganadores de los Goya 2025:

Mejor PELÍCULA (Ex Aequo) Casa en flames

El 47

La estrella azul

La infiltrada

Segundo premio © A Contracorriente Films © Beta Films Mejor DIRECCIÓN Pedro Almodóvar...

Una Sección Oficial de mayor presencia femenina. © Festival Málaga | mundoCine

El 28 Festival de Málaga, que se celebra del 14 al 23 de marzo, ha anunciado las primeras películas que competirán por la ansiada Biznaga de Oro. Y recordemos que el año pasado, el galardón recayó en Segundo premio, de Isaki Lacuesta y Pol Rodríguez, y este fue solo el primero de los muchos reconocimientos –a la espera de ver qué se lleva en los Goya– de la película elegida (pero no nominada) para representar a España en los Óscar 2025.

En esta edición, la Sección Oficial se distingue por una mayor presencia femenina, con cinco películas españolas por ahora anunciadas a concurso firmadas por directoras: La furia, de Gemma Blasco, Los Tortuga, de Belén Funes, Sorda, de Eva Libertad, La buena suerte, de Gracia Querejeta, y La buena letra, de Celia Rico.

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Empezando por la primera de ellas, Gemma Blasco se...

Un thriller realista, inspirado en hechos reales. © Max

Max acaba de anunciar el inicio de rodaje de Ravalear, una serie creada por Pol Rodríguez y dirigida por él mismo junto a Isaki Lacuesta, los aclamados codirectores de Segundo premio.

Ravalear ha sido descrita como un thriller realista, inspirado en hechos reales, que acontece en la ciudad de Barcelona y más concretamente en el barrio del Raval. La serie cuenta cómo, después de casi cien años de historia y tres generaciones, Can Moscas, un restaurante de toda la vida, estimado y respetado por todos en el barrio y frecuentado por artistas, empresarios y políticos, se encuentra bajo la inminente compra por parte de un fondo de inversión. Los quieren fuera del edificio como parte de sus planes para comprar propiedades y remodelar el barrio. Al principio, la noticia hunde a la familia en la desesperación; piensan que todo está perdido. Pero,...

Basada en la novela homónima de Rafael Chirbes. © Caramel Films

Ya se ha anunciado la fecha de estreno de la película La buena letra, de la cineasta sevillana Celia Rico Clavellino (Los pequeños amores) y basada en la novela homónima del autor valenciano Rafael Chirbes.

La buena letra se sitúa en un pueblo valenciano, durante la posguerra. Ana trata de salir adelante con su familia; la guerra civil ha abierto una profunda herida en todos ellos, especialmente en su cuñado, Antonio. Ana intenta curar esa herida a base de guisos, secretos y silencios, pero cuando Isabel, recién casada con Antonio, llega a la familia, las atenciones y cuidados de Ana valdrán de poco o nada: el sacrificio no siempre tiene su recompensa.

La película está protagonizada por Loreto Mauleón (Querer*), junto a Enric Auquer (El maestro que prometió el mar), Roger Casamajor (La mesías), Ana Rujas (La mesías), Teresa Lozano...

‘La Habitación de al Lado’ no logra la nominación a Mejor Película y sorprende la ausencia de Najwa Nimri como Mejor Actriz. © Goya |A Contracorriente Films | Beta Films| BTeamPictures | El Deseo

Hoy ha tenido lugar la lectura de nominados a los Premios Goya 2025, en la que las películas El 47, La Infiltrada y Segundo Premio han conseguido el mayor número de nominaciones. Los ganadores se conocerán el 8 de febrero en Granada. Aquí os dejamos con la lista completa de nominados:

Mejor PELÍCULA

Casa en flames

El 47

La estrella azul

La infiltrada

Segundo premio

Mejor DIRECCIÓN

Pedro almodóvar (La habitación de al lado)

Arantxa Echavarría (La infiltrada)

Paula Ortiz (La virgen roja)

Aitor Arregi y Jon Garaño (Marco)

Isaki Lacuesta y Pol Rodríguez (Segundo premio)

Mejor DIRECCIÓN Novel

Miguel Faus (Calladita)

Pedro Martín-Calero (El llanto)

Javier Macipe (La estrella azul)

Sandra Romero (Por donde pasa el silencio)

Paz Vega (Rita...

Spain’s Academia de Cine has unveiled its list of nominations for the 39th Goya Awards, the country’s equivalent to the Oscar. Leading the field is Marcel Barrena’s biographical drama El 47, with 14 mentions. It’s followed by thriller La Infiltrada (Undercover) at 13.

Also in the mix is Segundo Premio (Saturn Return) with 11 nods. The movie about real-life rock band Los Planetas was Spain’s submission for the International Feature Oscar, though it did not make AMPAS’ shortlist cut which was revealed yesterday.

Meanwhile, Spanish maestro Pedro Almodóvar’s first English-language feature, The Room Next Door, scored 10 nominations including Best Director and a pair of Best Actress nods for Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton. It did not surface in the Goyas’ Best Picture race, despite taking the top prize Golden Lion in Venice earlier this year, his first ever top A-list festival prize.

The Goyas will be handed out on February 8 in Granada.

The Spanish film academy gave a surprise snub to its best-known director when Pedro Almodóvar’s The Room Next Door was not nominated for best film for the Goya Film Awards, Spain’s equivalent to the Oscars.

The Room Next Door picked up 13 Goya nominations, including best director for Almodóvar and best acting nominations for both of the film’s leads, Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore, but the film was left out of the best picture category. Perhaps the language barrier — it’s Almodóvar’s first English-language feature — counted against it among Spanish academy voters.

Instead, the Goya’s best picture race will include five Spanish-language features: Casa en flames from director Dani de la Orden, Marcel Barrena’s El 47, La estrella azul from Javier Macipe, Arantxa Echevarría’s La infiltrada, and Segundo premio from director Isaki Lacuesta and Pol Rodríguez, which was Spain’s official Oscar submission this year.

Local hits The 47 and Undercover lead the nominations for Spain’s 2025 Goya Awards, with 14 and 13 nods respectively.

Rock drama Saturn Return and Pedro Almodóvar’s Golden Lion winnerThe Room Next Door are also high up on the list of nominees.

The Goya winners will be announced at a ceremony in Granada on February 8.

Marcel Barrena’s The 47, produced by The Mediapro Studio, tells the story of a working-class community in the hills of Barcelona and its struggle to get public transport and better living conditions. It has grossed €3m at the Spanish box office to date.

The 47’s 14 nominations include best film,...

One fast-consolidating industry lore, compounded by Toronto dealing – or lack of it – has it that non-English-language dramas don’t sell.

Try telling that, however, to Filmax. “The Teacher Who Promised the Sea,” chronicling the tragedy of barbaric slaughter in the Spanish Civil War, has not only sold but opened in Italy and Australia to boffo box office numbers for an art film.

In Italy, bought by Officine Ubu and released on Sept. 19, “The Teacher” has grossed €551,066, opened on 84 screens, a notable spread with no big name director nor huge stars.

In Australia, released by upscale move bastion Palace Films, “The Teacher” is still playing cinemas, powering to $436,744 from a July 26 bow on 22 screens.

The drama has just opened in Romania and Russia and will do so briefly in Austria and Alemania. These bows follow sales by Filmax – which produces with Minoría Absoluta, Lastor Media, Mestres Films Aie – to Nachshon Films in Israel,...

This year, 22 Catalan productions have been selected for the 72nd San Sebastian Film Festival, highlighting just how much the region’s film industry is booming.

Among them is Mamífera, directed by Liliana Torres. The Barcelona-born filmmaker wanted to tackle the subject of “non-maternity” — a woman’s decision not to have children — in response to a stigma she has felt personally.

Torres’ project, screening in San Sebastian this week, follows Lola (played by Maria Rodríguez Soto) and Bruno (Enric Auquer), two 40-something-year-olds in a happy relationship. As Lola watches her friends and family obsess over either their own children or having children, she is shocked to find herself pregnant and unhappy about it. Everyone around her is so connected to the experience of motherhood, it causes Lola to grapple with the idea that something is wrong with her.

The film offers a poignant commentary on the societal pressure placed on women...

Netflix Spain unveiled two new film projects at the San Sebastian International Film Festival that it is producing with Spanish filmmakers and production companies.

Carlos Sedes’ La Viuda Negra (which translates as The Black Widow) is being produced by Ramón Campos’ film and TV outfit Bambú Producciones, whose credits include Cable Girls and Isaki Lacuesta’s One Year, One Night.

The race-against-time thriller is about a body found in a parking lot in Valencia and the unexpected suspect the investigation digs up. It is now in pre-production.

Sedes is best known for TV series Fariña and, more recently, The Asunta Case.

Netflix launched two new film titles and shared details on several projects currently in development at a buzzy showcase this afternoon at the San Sebastian Film Festival.

The streamer announced at the event that it will back two new genre projects, Cortafuego directed by David Victori (Cross The Line), and The Black Widow from filmmaker Carlos Sedes (The Summer We Lived).

The Black Widow will be produced by Ramón Campos, Bambú Producciones. The official synopsis shared by the streamer reads: August 2017. The body of a man appears in a parking lot in Valencia, stabbed seven times. Everything points to a crime of passion. The city’s Homicide Group, led by a veteran inspector, begins an investigation against the clock that soon leads them to a suspect that no one expected: Maje, the young widow, sweet and serene, who had been married to the victim for less than a year.

Cortafuego,...

San Sebastian — At one of the biggest industry gatherings at this year’s San Sebastián Festival, Netflix has announced new Spanish movies from “Cable Girls” showrunner Ramón Campos and “Cross the Line” director David Victori, as it unveiled new talent details on four other banner titles.

Produced by Ramón Campos at his Madrid-based label Bambú Producciones, also behind “Grand Hotel,” “Velvet” and “Fariña,” and directed by Carlos Sedes “The Asunta Case,” “Cable Girls”), murder mystery “La Viuda Negra” begins with a body stabbed seven times is discovered in a car park in Valencia. The prime suspect for the city’s Homicide Group is Maje, the dead man’s Maje, young and kind widow to whom the deceased had been married for less than a year.

Billed as a psychological thriller, Victori’s “Cortafuego” is produced by Anxo Rodríguez y Ferrán Tomás of ESpotlight Media and stars a topnotch cast of Joaquín Furriel,...

Spoiler Alert: The last two paragraphs of this review contains spoilers.

“Mamífera” introduces 40-year-old Lola (Maria Rodríguez Soto) having tender sex with boyfriend Bruno (Enric Auquer), standing up in the shower. Then, sitting on their bed, they dry off together, him seated behind her, carefully using a hairdryer on her hair, and at one point playfully directing its jet of warm air down the front of her panties. In this short but intimate sequence, writer-director Liliana Torres conjures worlds of easy, contented empathy between two people who know each other’s bodies very well indeed, but have not grown remotely tired of one another.

Unbeknownst to Lola and Bruno, their bond is about to be tested by a pregnancy so unexpected that it isn’t detected until 10 weeks gestation. It’s worlds away from the experience of Lola’s friend Judit (Ruth Llopis), who is coincidentally trying to conceive via IVF,...

The Costa Brava coastline provides a picturesque backdrop for the dysfunction simmering just below the surface in Dani de la Orden’s A House on Fire. Bringing her adult children and their partners to the family’s beachside home, Montse hopes to reconnect over the planned sale of the property. But long-buried tensions have the family metaphorically and, at one point, literally, sparking.

De la Orden deftly balances humorous moments with more poignant scenes, exploring the turmoil bubbling beneath each family member’s polished exterior. Though the children seem to view their weekend stay as little more than an obligation to their mother, their issues slowly emerge. David’s perpetual man-child act masks distress over being sidelined, while Julia channels her unhappiness into flirtations. But it’s Vilarasau’s internally imploding Montse who owns the film, her stifled pain and disappointment shrewdly hidden until volcanic tensions can no longer be restrained.

Gangs of Galicia (Clanes) is a Spanish crime drama series directed by Roger Gual from a screenplay by Jorge Guerricaechevarría. The Netflix series is based on true events and it follows the story of Ana, a successful lawyer as he moves to the small town of Cambados in Galicia where she gets involved with Daniel, the son of a dangerous drug trafficker and the leader of the Padín clan. Gangs of Galicia stars Clara Lago and Tamar Novas in the lead roles with Chechu Salgado, Xosé A. Touriñán, Melania Cruz, Francesc Garrido, Miguel de Lira, and Diego Anido starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved the crime thriller and family drama aspect of Gangs of Galicia here are similar shows you could watch next.

Iron Reign (Netflix) Credit – Netflix

Iron Reign is a Spanish crime thriller miniseries directed by Lluis Quiliz from a screenplay by Quilez, Arturo Ruiz Serrano,...

Basada en la novela homónima de Rafael Chirbes. © Caramel Films

Se rueda en Valencia “La Buena Letra”, de la directora Celia Rico Clavellino (“Los Pequeños Amores”) y basada en la novela homónima de Rafael Chirbes.

En un pueblo valenciano, durante la posguerra, Ana trata de salir adelante con su familia; la guerra civil ha abierto una profunda herida en todos ellos, especialmente en su cuñado, Antonio. Ana intenta curar esa herida a base de guisos, secretos y silencios, pero cuando Isabel, recién casada con Antonio, llega a la familia, las atenciones y cuidados de Ana valdrán de poco o nada: el sacrificio no siempre tiene su recompensa.

Las localizaciones de Petrés, Requena, Sueca, Grau Vell, Aldea El Reatillo, El Rebollar y Segorbe acogen el rodaje de esta película protagonizada por Loreto Mauleón (“Los Renglones Torcidos de Dios”), junto a Enric Auquer (“El Maestro que Prometió el Mar”), Roger Casamajor (“La...

Descubre cómo Lola y Bruno enfrentan un giro inesperado en sus vidas en esta película que ha cautivado al público en el SXSW. © Filmax

Se ha publicado el tráiler oficial de “Mamífera”, la tercera película dirigida por Liliana Torres. En su estreno mundial en la Sección Oficial del prestigioso Festival de Cine South By Southwest (SXSW) de Austin, la película recibió una aclamada acogida por parte del público y la crítica.

En la película, Lola (Maria Rodríguez Soto) disfruta de una vida feliz con su pareja, Bruno (Enric Auquer), hasta que un embarazo inesperado revoluciona todos sus planes. Aunque Lola siempre ha tenido claro que lo de ser madre no va con ella, ahora se siente cuestionada por las expectativas sociales y se enfrenta a sus temores internos. Durante los tres días que tienen que esperar hasta que llegue su cita en la clínica, Lola se acerca a sus amigas...

Netflix's Iron Reign is a thrilling Spanish crime series with a talented cast that brings the story of crime lord Joaquin Manchado to life. Set at the Port of Barcelona, the show is filled with drama, violence, and betrayal, making it a must-watch for fans of crime shows. With exceptional performances from actors like Eduard Fernández, Chino Darín, and Jaime Lorente, Iron Reign has earned a spot on Netflix's Top 10 TV shows list.

Netflix's crime series Iron Reign features a talented cast of actors, all of whom come together to tell the story of a crime lord, Joaquin Manchado. The Spanish thriller TV series, which stars Eduard Fernández, Chino Darín, and Jaime Lorente, among others, premiered on Netflix on March 15, 2024, and features eight episodes stuffed full of drama, violence, and betrayal. Set at the Port of Barcelona, it's the cast of Spanish talent that makes Iron Regein such an exciting watch,...

Spanish indie film studio Filmax has sold sleeper hit “The Teacher who Promised the Sea” to Italy’s Officine Ubu following sales to Nachshon Films in Israel, Angel Films Scandinavia, India’s BookMyShow and airline rights to Encore Inflight.

“The Teacher…” is based on the real story of Antoni Benaiges, an instructor from Catalonia who, back in 1935, was assigned to teach at a little village school in the province of Burgos. With his new and innovative teaching methods, he began to change not just his students’ lives but also life in the village. However, not everyone in the village was happy about these changes.

The film had a successful run in Spanish cinemas in the autumn and winter of 2023-24.

Filmax head of international, Ivan Diaz, expects to close other key territories at EFM where it is being screened.

“We are thrilled that a company as prestigious as Officine Ubu...

Ja Bayona’s Society Of The Snow was the big winner at Spain’s Goya awards on Saturday night (February 10), scooping 12 prizes including best film and director to become the third-most garlanded film in Goya history.

Justine Triet’s Anatomy Of A Fall, was named best European film, and Pablo Berger’s Robot Dreams won the prizes for best adapted screenplay and feature animation.

20,000 Species Of Bees, the feature debut of Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren, received three Goyas for best new director and original screenplay for Solaguren, and best supporting actress for Ane Gabarain. The 15 nominations for Bees were the...

Netflix Original “The Society of the Snow” won best picture and director for J.A. Bayona at Saturday night’s 38th Spanish Academy Goya Awards.

Those plaudits were two of a total 12 prizes, the third-highest kudos count for any title in the Goyas’ near 40-year history.

The lineup of best picture nominees was, however, a reminder in itself of the high quality and diversity of Spain’s current film production output. These took in Estibaliz’s Urresola Berlin triple winner “20,000 Species of Bees,” David Trueba’s real-life tender love story “Jokes & Cigarettes,” Isabel Coixet’s probing “Un Amor” and Victor Erice’s “Close Your Eyes,” an “aching ode to film, time and memory,” Variety wrote in its review.

Even after Bayona took best director there was still genuine suspense whether he would also win best picture, after best adapted screenplay went to “Robot Dreams” and “Jokes & Cigarettes” took best actor for David Verdaguer.

The 2024 SXSW Film and TV Festival has announced its lineup, with Netflix’s splashy sci-fi series 3 Body Problem opening the fest and the Ryan Gosling and Emily Bunt action comedy The Fall Guy acting as a centerpiece screening.

David Benioff and Dan Weiss are behind 3 Body Problem, based on the book of the same name. David Leitch directed the Universal feature about a Hollywood stuntman (Gosling) who is tasked with tracking down the star of the latest movie he is working on.

The Pamela Adlon movie Babes will also act as a centerpiece screening. The narrative competition features include Crystal Moselle’s latest, The Black Sea, and Barbie Ferreira starrer Bob Trevino Likes It. Elsewhere in the lineup are a Cheech and Chong doc, Tommy Dorfman’s directorial debut, Lilly Singh comedy Doin’ It, and My Dead Friend Zoe, exec produced by NFL star Travis Kelce.

The film...

“20.000 especies de abejas”, “La sociedad de la nieve”, “Saben Aquell” y “Cerrar los Ojos” encabezan las nominaciones a los premios Goya 2024.

El pasado jueves se anunciaron los nominados de la próxima edición de los prestigiosos Premios Goya, el destacado evento anual que celebra lo mejor del cine español. La gala de los Goya 2024 se celebrará el 10 de febrero en Valladolid, con la actriz y cantante Ana Belén y por Los Javis como presentadores. Aquí os dejamos con la lista de los nominados de esta edición:

Mejor PELÍCULA

20.000 especies de abejas

Cerrar los ojos

La sociedad de la nieve

Saben aquell

Un amor

Mejor DIRECCIÓN

Víctor Erice, Cerrar los ojos

Elena Martín, Creatura

J.A. Bayona, La sociedad de la nieve

David Trueba, Saben aquell

Isabel Coixet, Un amor

Mejor PELÍCULA Europea

Aftersun (Reino Unido)

Anatomía de una caída (Francia)

Las ocho montañas (Italia)

Safe Place (Croacia)

Sala de profesores...

The Society Of The Snow has garnered 13 nominations, followed by Close Your Eyes and Jokes & Cigarettes with 11.

Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren’s 20,000 Species Of Bees leads the nominations for Spain’s prestigious Goya awards, which will be presented on February 10, 2024.

20,000 Species Of Bees premiered in competition at Berlin, going on to win the Silver Bear for best performance for Sofía Otero, playing an eight-year-old girl who spends a summer working in the Basque Country’s beehives while exploring her identity.

The film scored 15 nominations, including best film, best director and four nods in the acting categories.

Ja Bayona’s...

20,000 Species Of Bees, the debut film by Basque filmmaker Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren, and Society Of The Snow, J. A. Bayona’s survival drama for Netflix, have dominated the nominations at this year’s Goya Film Awards.

The nominations for Spain’s premiere film awards event were released this morning. 20,000 species of bees clocked 15 noms, including best film, screenplay, and best new director. Bayona’s Society Of The Snow clocked 13 noms, also landing in best film. Veteran Spanish filmmaker Víctor Erice trails behind with 11 nominations for his comeback feature Close Your Eyes, starring Ana Torrent.

20,000 Species Of Bees debuted at this year’s Berlin Film Festival, where lead actor Sofía Otero took the silver bear for best leading performance. The film is set during a summer in a village house linked to beekeeping and follows an eight-year-old and her mother experiencing revelations that will change their lives forever.

Bayona...

Final part of Spanish director’s trilogy to start shooting at the end of the month.

Spanish director Liliana Torres is preparing to shoot Mamífera, the final film in a trilogy of features about relationships and family life that began with her San Sebastian premiere Family Tour and includes Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival competition film What Went Wrong

Mamífera, which is the Spanish word for a female mammal, is scheduled to start shooting at the end of February, and centres on an unwanted pregnancy.

It focuses on Lola, who accidentally gets pregnant at a time when Spanish law required...

Sky Rojo is a thriller series created by Álex Pina and Esther Martínez Lobato starring Verónica Sánchez, Lali Espósito and Yany Prado.

Sky Rojo re-does itslef in this third, last and almost melancholic season in a story that wishes to be redone as it finishes and manages to do so with the force and personality of a series which you will either love or hate precisely because of its force, provocation and characters at their edgiest.

Sky Rojo is an attractive combination of a thriller that is full of thugs and a road movie, also tough about some girls who escape from a bordello and leave behind an endless series of bodies, persecutions and situations that are embarrassing, hot, romantic and mad… a combination that has delighted many and, because of its humor which sometimes crosses a line between correctness, has not become popular with the more “family style” audience.

Barcelona-based Filmax has acquired the rights for Spain and international to “The Teacher Who Promised The Sea,” starring Laia Costa, a best actress winner at Germany’s Lola Awards for Sebastian Schipper’s bank heist thriller, “Victoria.”

Directed by Goya best fiction short winner Patricia Font (“Café para llevar”), “The Teacher,” which recently wrapped production, will be presented to buyers via a promo reel.

Produced by Minoria Absoluta, Lastor Media and Filmax the feature is based on the book of the same name by Francesc Escribano. It brings to the big screen the real-life story of Antoni Benaiges, a Catalan teacher who shook up a rural village in the province of Burgos in 1935, introducing progressive teaching methods from France, based on encouraging students’ self expression, buying a printing press which allowed their thoughts to be published.

In this tiny village, bound by centuries of illiteracy, he proves a controversial figure...

Season two of Leticia Dolera’s award-winning dramedy series “Perfect Life” (“Vida Perfecta”) will stream on Movistar Plus by November 19, said Movistar exec Susana Herreras who recited a list of European territories where the series would be available.

“Perfect Life” was among the three new series that kicked off the Iberseries Platino Industria showcase in Madrid.

“Our partner HBO Max will be streaming it simultaneously in the U.S. and Latin America,” she said.

The series has also sold to Rtl in Germany, France’s M6 and Poland’s Canal Plus. Further deals will be added shortly.

“Narratively speaking, the series ends here in season two but we’re open to a third season; We’d be delighted if it continued, but it’s not up to us,” she added, turning to creator Dolera and her co-writer Manuel Burque at the press conference.

Produced by Movistar Plus in collaboration with Corte y Confección de Películas,...

Netflix Spain has dropped a trailer for the highly anticipated second season of its high-octane Spanish thriller series “Sky Rojo,” coming to the platform worldwide on July 23.

Shifting from the Spanish noir aesthetics of “Money Heist,” “Sky Rojo” opts for a brightly colored, neon palette to mix several genres into something its creators Álex Pina and Esther Martínez have dubbed “Latin Pulp.” In another shift, the duo has also cut each of the season’s eight episodes to a punchy 25-minute runtime.

In “Sky Rojo” season one, three exotic dancers are forced into prostitution after becoming victims of a human trafficking scheme. After a confrontation with club-owner-turned-pimp Romeo turned violent, the three broke from their chains of bondage and fled across the Spanish Canary Island of Tenerife. Spanish actor Verónica Sanchez (“Gordos”), Argentine singer-actor Lali Espósito (“That’s Not Cheating”) and Cuban up-and-comer Yany Prado (“Tres Milagros”) play the three lead roles in the series.

Netflix Spain’s most ambitious series release of 2021, “Sky Rojo,” the new original from “Money Heist” creators Álex Pina and Esther Martínez Lobato, will launch in nine days time, premiering worldwide on the platform March 19.

Shifting from the dark, almost noir aesthetics of “Money Heist,” the new series utilizes a brightly colored, grindhouse aesthetic for the new series in a mix of genres its creators have dubbed “Latin Pulp.” The series is also a departure in format for the two, who trade in the hour-long episodes of “Money Heist” for eight punchy, 25-minute episodes, to be copied in the series’ already-confirmed second season.

“Sky Rojo” is headlined by the international trio of Spain’s Verónica Sanchez (“Gordos”), Argentine superstar actor-singer-songwriter Lali Espósito (“That’s Not Cheating”) and Cuban standout Yany Prado (“Tres Milagros”). The three play exotic dancers-turned-prostitutes trapped in the world of sex trafficking, each with a dagger hanging over their head.

Sky Rojo Teaser Trailer — Netflix‘s Sky Rojo (2021) teaser trailer has been released. The Sky Rojo Date Announcement stars Veronica Sanchez, Yany Prado, Lali Esposito, Asier Etxeandia, Miguel Angel Silvestre, Mariana Salazar, Enric Auquer, Penelope Guerrero, and Jose Manuel Poga. Crew Esther Martínez Lobato and Álex Pina wrote the screenplays for Sky Rojo. Iván [...]

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Netflix Spain’s most highly-anticipated series release of 2021, “Sky Rojo,” the new original from “Money Heist” creators Álex Pina and Esther Martínez Lobato, will launch worldwide on March 19. To celebrate the premiere announcement, Netflix has shared a new high-octane trailer sure to get viewers’ blood pumping.

Accompanied by a punk rock cover of Rosalia’s global mega-hit “Con Altura,” the trailer demonstrates how Pina and Martínez will shift away from the dark, almost noir aesthetics of “Money Heist” and embrace a drug-fueled, brightly colored, blood-spattered pallet for the new series in a mix of genres the two have dubbed “Latin Pulp.” One thing sure to remain however, is Pina and Martínez’s penchant for humor, evident in the trailer’s scant dialogue, limited to “Meow” and “Good boy.”

“Sky Rojo” is also a departure in format for the showrunners, who trade in the hour-long episodes of “Money Heist” for eight punchy,...

Spanish pay TV operator Movistar Plus and HBO Max have joined forces on the upcoming second season of Leticia Dolera’s “Perfect Life,” which recently wrapped shooting under strict Covid-19 restrictions. HBO Max will also pick-up U.S. streaming rights for the first season of the highly rated Spanish series, making it available to U.S. audiences from Jan. 21.

Season 2 of “Perfect Life” is co-produced by Movistar Plus and HBO Max in collaboration with Barcelona’s Corte y Confección de Películas and in partnership with the series’ sales agent, Jan Mojto’s Munich-based Beta Film, a powerful player on the Spanish drama series scene handling, just among recent hits, series such as “Tell Me Who I Am” and “Alive and Kicking” from “Red Band Society” creator Albert Espinosa.

The first season of the series was a hit for Movistar Plus, receiving strong domestic ratings and selling to Germany’s Rtl and France’s M6 Group,...

Mariano Barroso avails himself of a cast of first-rate actors, toplined by Antonio de la Torre and Álex Monner, and a somewhat classical narrative as he recreates the origins of Eta. The date was set for this Wednesday, 8 April, at 10 pm: the team was to present the online premiere of La línea invisible (lit. “The Invisible Line”), each person from his or her own home, suitably dressed for the occasion. And so director Mariano Barroso and lead actors Àlex Monner, Antonio de la Torre, Anna Castillo, Asier Etxeandia, Patrick Criado and Enric Auquer introduced the first two episodes of this series, which is free to air and to view (via the Movistar + YouTube channel), and which describes, from a simultaneously historical and personal perspective, how the terrorist group Eta came into being. This was an entity that left mortal victims strewn not only across the Basque Country,...

Pedro Almodóvar calls for “protection” of independent cinema in Spain.

Pedro Almodóvar’s Pain & Glory was the big winner at the Spanish Film Academy Awards in Málaga on Saturday night (25) with seven Goyas including best film, best director and best actor for Antonio Banderas.

With 17 and 16 nominations respectively, Alejandro Amenábar’s While At War and Almodóvar’s Pain & Glory started the night as the two favourites and the race looked close until almost the end, when Antonio Banderas went onstage to collect the Goya for best actor.

A moved Banderas – who had already seen his work recognised with...

Pedro Almodóvar calls for “protection” of independent cinema in Spain.

Pedro Almodóvar’s Pain & Glory was the big winner at the Spanish Film Academy Awards in Málaga on Saturday night (25) with seven Goyas including best film, best director and best actor for Antonio Banderas.

With 17 and 16 nominations respectively, Alejandro Amenábar’s While At War and Almodóvar’s Pain & Glory started the night as the two favourites and the race looked close until almost the end, when Antonio Banderas went onstage to collect the Goya for best actor.

A moved Banderas – who had already seen his work recognised with...

Other nominees include ‘Intemperie’, ’The Endless Trench’ and ’Fire Will Come’.

Alejandro Amenábar’s While At War leads the nominations for Spain’s 34th Goya Academy Awards but will face-off against Pedro Almodóvar’s Pain And Glory at the ceremony on January 25 in Malaga.

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Amenábar’s Spanish Civil War drama has secured 17 nominations while Almodóvar’s semi-autobiographical film has 16 nods.

While At War has proved a box office hit following its debut at Toronto, ranking as Spain’s third highest-grossing domestic film of 2019 and taking more than $11.3m to date.

Pain and Glory...

The line-up includes new TV projects from Hirokazu Kore-eda, Gurinder Chadha and Gregg Araki.

Canneseries, the annual TV festival running alongside the Miptv content market in Cannes, has unveiled the competition line-up for its second edition (April 5-10).

The first two epsidoes from 10 new international series will screen in the main competition.

Titles include Channing Powell’s London-set psychological thriller The Feed for Amazon and Liberty Global. David Thewlis stars in the dystopian tale as the inventor of a brain implant that allows people to share thoughts and emotions alongside Guy Burnet, Michelle Fairley and Nina Toussaint-White as his family members.

Netflix movies may still be question mark in terms of being allowed in competition at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival in May, but the streaming giant will be present at Cannes Series. The Cannes television festival will mark its second year next month with Netflix going up against rival Amazon in the competition section. The full lineup includes series from Israel, Norway, Spain, and Belgium.

Netflix’s competition entry is the German series “How to Sell Drugs Online Fast,” from writers Philipp Käßbohrer and Matthias Murmann. Amazon is heading to Cannes Series with “The Feed,” a London-set drama created by Channing Powell and based on the novel Nick Clark Windo. “The Feed” stars “Game of Thrones” favorite Michelle Fairley opposite David Thewlis in a story about a piece of technology that allows people to instantly share thoughts and emotions. The tech falls into the wrong hands and becomes a murderous weapon.

Cannes Series has revealed the lineup, jury and masterclasses for its second edition, which takes place alongside the Mip TV market on the French Riviera.

Among ten series in competition at the TV festival are Netflix’s German show How To Sell Drugs Online and Amazon’s UK series The Feed with Michelle Fairley and David Thewlis. Out of competition shows include Starz’ Now Apocalypse and Russel T Davies’ Years And Years. Scroll down for the lineup in full.

The competition jury will be presided over by Dark show-runner Baran bo Odar with members comprising actor, director and author Stephen Fry (Gosford Park), actors Miriam Leone (Non Uccidere) and Emma Mackey (Sex Education), actor and director Katheryn Winnick (Vikings) and composer Rob (The Bureau). David Cross and Jude Law are among those with projects in the short form competition.

Among those set to give masterclasses will be Game Of Thrones...