The Iberseries & Platino Industria confab in Madrid has launched the Euro-Atlantic Series Co-Pro Pitch Program, which assembles a cross-section of mainly European TV projects that seek to advance their development. The one-to-one and one-to-many meetings will take place all throughout Tuesday, Sept. 29, followed the next day by a presentation open to the public at the Cineteca Matadero, from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. Backed by prominent production companies, the first edition has assembled a selection committee made up of seasoned professionals from the European audiovisual industry, including Laura Miñarro, VP of international business and coproduction at Buendía Estudios (Spain); Diego del Pozo, head of fiction at Atresmedia Televisión (Spain); José Fragoso, programming head at RTP1 and RTP Internacional (Portugal) and Georges Huercano, development and co-productions manager at RTL (Belgium).
Nine series projects below cover the gamut of genres: from the festival scandal drama in “Callback” to sports docu series “Heartbeats,” thrillers such as “In Memoriam” and “The Invisible Ink” and variations of comedies from a romcom to a heist comedy as well as historical coming-of-age drama, “King of Hearts.” The Iberseries & Platino Industria runs Sept. 29- Oct. 2 in Madrid this year. Title was selected to participate at the Berlinale Series Match. Written by Joana Vilapuig, Mirela Vilapuig and Diego Vega.
Produced by María del Puy Alvarado, whose company has earned seven Goya nominations and two Oscar nominations, the project has received development funding from the Community of Madrid. Created by del Puy, Azucena Garanto and Alexa Portillo, the series is planned for 2027/28 production. The creators describe motherhood in elite sport as “a novelty and a feat.” “In Memoriam – Season 2” (Félix Tétreault, Marie-Claude Blouin, Canada, Belgium) The eight-part thriller drama follows six young engineers whose decade-old hazing ritual resurfaces when a former colleague’s will summons them to Spain, where a series of trials exposes the truth behind a murder.
Cineflix Rights is attached as distributor. In development with Crave financing, the project seeks European broadcasters, co-production partners and additional financing. Season 1 was Crave’s #1 launch series and won Best Drama Series at the Berlin TV Series Festival.
The series follows an exiled revolutionary forced to return to Uruguay and confront his past. Selected for Series Mania’s Series Makers and ACE Series, the project combines political suspense with family drama. Its producers call it “a rare bridge between two regions.” “King of Hearts” (Gilles Coulier, Belgium) De Wereldvrede’s historical coming-of-age drama follows King Baudouin’s early years on the throne, amid Belgium’s political crisis, family tensions and Congo’s independence.
VRT has joined as a development co-producer, with script funding from VAF. The series spans Brussels, Leopoldville, Rome and Madrid, connecting Belgium’s monarchy with Cold War geopolitics and Catholic influence. Producer Gilles De Schryver describes it as “by nature an international story,” designed as a prestige drama with global appeal.
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