Miguel Salvat on HBO España’s Productions, Strategy in Spain

Jamie Lang HBO Europe has closed a deal with Barcelona-based sales company Filmax for first window rights on “The Miramar Murders: The State vs Pablo Ibar” for Spain and Portugal, just before the true crime series world premieres at the San Sebastian Festival.Created and directed by Olmo Figueredo, co-founder of Sevilla’s La Claqueta, which co-produced alongside San Sebastian company Irusoin, “The Miramar Murders” is a six-part doc-series examining the exceptional circumstances of a now

San Sebastian’s panel hosted by the new organization.As Spanish content has globalized and found new audiences abroad, Spanish talent has blossomed. Not only creative or acting talent, but technical talent is impacting international markets more than ever.

Patria,” the signature series of HBO España, has struck a chord at Spain’s San Sebastian Festival.“’Patria’ is the most important series of the year, and also a marvel, which will move everyone and give us a lot to talk about,” tweeted Javier Zurro of El Español. Cineuropa hails it an “extraordinary HBO series.”The eight-parter was screened in its entirety on Friday evening with a 90-minute interval.

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Kaleem Aftab Barcelona-born filmmaker Isabel Coixet arrived at the San Sebastian Film Festival to receive the Spanish Ministry of Culture’s National Cinematography Prize at a prestigious event hosted at the Tabakalera’s Centro Internacional de Cultura Contemporánea.Coixet, 60, arrived straight from the post-production suite, where last week she finished work on her thirteenth feature film, “It Snows in Benidorm,” starring Timothy Spall.

social media had stolen almost £70,000 from a man whose wife was battling a severe illness.Anne Brunt cried in the dock as she was jailed today after a court heard how she was paid by victim David Beecham to manage his accounts for his business and property portfolio after his wife suffered a serious heart attack.But the 55-year-old siphoned off huge sums by setting up payments listed to an insurance firm but which were in fact being directed into her own account.Brunt’s lawyer said she found

Emiliano De Pablos Navarre has never had such a prominent presence at the San Sebastian Festival as in this year’s lineup.Five linked-to-Navarre productions – three films, a TV series and a documentary – will screen at the Festival, highlighting its status as a standout hub for the Spanish audiovisual industry.Navarre’s higher-profile at San Sebastian, the biggest movie event in the Spanish-speaking world, is no coincidence.Since 2015, the northern Spain region has attracted Spanish productions

Jamie Lang Spain’s northern region of Navarre has fortified its position as a hub for the audiovisual industry in recent years and, mirroring trends seen elsewhere in the country, seen particularly strong growth in TV production in the past year, in spite of the current COVID-19 pandemic.Why is another matter. In 2019, Netflix produced more hours of original productions in Spain (163) than any other country outside the U.S., apart from South Korea (238), according to an Omdia analysis.

Queen Letizia steps out in her hot pink dress for the 125th anniversary of El Heraldo De Aragon newspaper on Wednesday afternoon (September 16) in Zaragoza, Spain.

Leonor, Princess of Asturias and Infanta Sofia of Spain will be quarantined after a classmate tested positive for COVID-19 coronavirus.

Emiliano De Pablos The region of Navarre, in Northern Spain, is fortifying its position as a solidly built hub for the audiovisual industry.Despite pandemic, film and TV remains growth sectors, showing the early fruits of a building industrial fabric, part of a strategic axis in Navarre’s Plan of Smart Specialization 2030.Driven by a 40% tax deduction for R&D and tech innovation activities, Navarre started to attract animation and post-production firms in 2015.Nurtured by a favorable