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Happy Friday International Insiders. Tom Grater here coming to you live from the San Sebastian Film Festival with the week’s top international news. To get this sent to your inbox every Friday, sign up here.

EXCLUSIVE: Spain’s flagship film event, the San Sebastian Film Festival, gets underway tonight. Ahead of the fest, Deadline sat down with Netflix’s two top content executives in Spain to hear about the streamer’s strategy in the key European market, which has the unique advantage of also being a content bridge into the company’s Latin American activities.

Ann-Marie Corvin Vicente Canales’ Film Factory Entertainment has sold Icíar Bollaín’s San Sebastian Festival-bound Basque reconciliation drama “Maixabel” to Germany, striking a deal with Berlin-based distributor Piffl Medien.The film is set to make its theatrical release in Spain on Sept.

Jessica Wright has had a very eventful few days and has never looked happier as she celebrated her 36th birthday out in Palma De Mallorca, Spain. Joined by her nearest and dearest, the former TOWIE star went all-out for her big day, which was only a matter of days after she exchanged vows with long-term partner William Lee-Kemp, 34.The Essex beauty headed out to the Balearic island on Sunday, September 12, with their wedding ceremony following.

are required from this year to invest 20%- 25% of yearly turnover.That 3.5% figure was written in stone, some industry sources said as Spain’s TV industry gathered in Pamplona for the 5th Conecta Fiction, a co-production forum between Spain and Latin America. But Spain’s version of the E.U.

Travel experts have predicted which countries could change in the next traffic light system review this week. The UK Government is expected to give the next travel update on Thursday, September 16, with speculation it could be scrapped entirely by October.The Mirror has spoken to travel experts ahead of the latest change to the green, amber and red lists in just a few days.

Emiliano De Pablos Spain’s David Galán Galindo, helmer of Netflix movie “Unknown Origins,” is attached to direct comedy series project “Todo mal” (“OK Boomer”), created by TV entertainment writers Fernando Erre and Manuel Martínez March.Thesp Alberto San Juan, a double Goya Award winner — for best supporting actor on Cesc Gay’s “Sentimental” and lead actor for Félix Viscarret’s “Bajo las estrellas” – is in talks to topline the series.“OK Boomer” features among six TV drama projects developed at

Rosalía has made her Met Gala debut! The 27-year-old Spanish singer lit up the red carpet on Monday at the 2021 Met Gala in New York City.The theme of this year's Met Gala is «In America: A Lexicon of Fashion,» an exploration of the nation's sartorial identity and a deep dive into American ingenuity. Rosalía stunned in a gorgeous red leather ensemble — including a striking dress, thigh-high leather boots, leather gloves and a voluminous leather cape lined in fringe that brought a remarkably

Anna Marie de la Fuente Barcelona-based production-distribution outfit Filmax has sold the German-speaking Europe rights to Telepool for ‘Beyond the Summit’ by Ibon Cormenzana (“Guilt”), marking its first international deal for the adventure thriller.The film was first presented at this year’s Berlinale.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentThe first three editions of Conecta Fiction were a delight: an intimate, boutique Latin America-Europe co-production and networking event for drama series in which top executives from either side of the Atlantic spent quality time together, as they put through a revolution in content creation.Last year’s 4th Conecta Fiction on-site event was decimated by COVID-19.

Anna Marie de la Fuente In its continued bid to lure more international productions to Spain and Portugal, Barcelona-based multinational The Mediapro Group has tapped L.A.-based Spanish publicist Alvar Carretero to represent the company in Hollywood.For the past 25 years, Mediapro has been represented in the U.S.

Perth woman suffering from fibromyalgia achieved an amazing feat on her exercise bike and cycled over a thousand miles to raise money for a Perth suicide prevention charity. Sheryl Brown (32) from Craigie took on a challenge to cycle 1664km, the distance from Perth to Spain, in 31 days.

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Super Bowl Halftime star Shakira is soaking up the summer sun with her family! The 44-year-old hitmaker was spotted rocking a green velour matching set, featuring a sweater and short shorts aboard a yacht with kids Sasha, 6, and Milan, 8, and partner Gerard Piqué, 34. The foursome were photographed on board a 45ft yacht in Spain on August 31, and Shakira was all smiles as she swept her long, curly tresses behind her shoulders.