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Historia del fútbol femenino en España. © Filmax

Comienza el rodaje de Pioneras: Solo querían jugar, dirigida por dirigida por Marta Díaz de Lope Díaz (Los buenos modales), que coescribe la película junto a Zebina Guerra (Un paseo por el Borne).

Pioneras: Solo querían jugar, basada en hechos reales y ambientada en la España de principios de los 70, con el franquismo aun fuertemente arraigado en la sociedad, sigue a unas jovencísimas y ninguneadas cracks del balón, y a un soñador y atrevido promotor deportivo, un joven Javier Poga, que aúnan fuerzas para romper barreras y comenzar lo que será la historia del fútbol femenino en España. Un equipo de mujeres que jugó a pesar de todo, a pesar de las miradas extrañas, de los insultos, de las humillaciones, de la prohibición…

La película está encabezada por un reparto de actrices jóvenes y noveles, capitaneadas por Sofía de Iznájar (Las abogadas) y...

Madrid’s 4th Iberseries & Platino Industria’s conferences were packed, foot traffic at Madrid’s Matadero, a former slaughterhouse, was heavy. Delegates came as the industry has been facing a well documented perfect storm of rising costs and an invested pull back from streamers and broadcasters, hit respectively by cost-contention and plunging ad sales.

Yet the mood at Iberseries, which wrapped Friday, was “hopeful,” said Fremantle’s Manuel Martí. Takeaways from this year’s edition, which ran Oct. 1-4:

Spain Stands Strong

“The big slow-down hasn’t yet got to Spain,” Banijay Iberia CEO Pilar Blasco commented on an Iberseries & Platino panel. Spain’s shoot incentives are among Europe’s biggest – €10 million-€18 million ($10.9 million-$19.7 million) per TV episode. Spain had more and bigger first-half non-English Netflix hits than any other country in the world. In contrast, through September, first-run scripted series production is down in every major market in Latin America,...

Spanish public broadcaster Rtve held its fifth annual Rtve Showcase late last week in Madrid. Eight of the network’s top shows were profiled for international buyers, and several panels debated the current state of affairs in Spain’s TV production industry.

Professionals from around the world tuned into this year’s Showcase, which had the overriding theme of international co-production. Guest speakers from across Europe attended and shared details about their recent experiences working with Rtve and what future collaborations are in the works.

According to Rodolfo Domínguez, Rtve commercial director, more than 200 attendees tuned in to this year’s Showcase, including 70 international buyers from more than 30 territories. Of them, 50% were from Europe, 30% from the Americas, and the other 20% from Asia and the Middle East.

Below, we reflect on two of this year’s most internationally relevant panels and briefly break down Rtve’s original programming lineup featured during the Showcase.