TV Biopic ‘Fortún’ by ‘Skam’ Spain Writer Among Seven Hot TV Projects to Watch at Madrid’s ECAM Forum

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Land of Women premieres this Wednesday on Apple TV+, and take my word for it when I say the show is so much better than the title of the show. Nothing against a land with women—quite the contrary—but it doesn't really tell you anything about the series, nor does it sound particularly exciting. (I'd say the same thing if it was Land of Men; what does that even mean, other than some prehistoric series where caveman ruled, I guess?) But in short, a series I didn't really think I'd care for at all happened to be the most pleasant surprise and perfect for summer.If you loved Eva Longoria in Desperate Housewives, then .

Fontaines D.C. have performed the brooding title track of their upcoming album ‘Romance’ on their European festival tour – check out the footage below.The band have been playing a number of shows around the continent this month, with ‘Romance’ often serving as the opening track.

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent TOLEDO, Spain — Brazil’s Ventre Studio is readying a powerful slate of scripted series mining the rapidly growing Portugal-Brazil co-production axis, which Ventre itself has helped forge with “Godless John,” produced by Ventre Studio and Canal Brasil as well as Coral Europa and TVI in Portugal. First up in titles is dramedic mini-series “Coligay,” directed by Oscar-nominated Paulo Machline (“A Soccer Story”) and Rafael Gomes, helmer of LGBTQ romantic drama “45 Days Away From You.” Canal Brasil has boarded “Coligay” licensing Brazilian first window TV rights.

Anna Marie de la Fuente Producer Dominic Barlow, whose credits include “The Last Kingdom,” “Mr. Selfridge,” and “Discovery of Witches,” has teamed up with writer-executive producer Brendan Foley on “The Angolan Clan,” which will be pitched at Toledo, Spain-based TV forum Conecta Fiction & Entertainment.

Anna Marie de la Fuente Now on its 8th edition, the international TV forum Conecta Fiction & Entertainment (CF&E), held in the ancient Spanish city of Toledo from June 18 to 21, is turning its focus to Brazil and Portugal. The South American country is haltingly reactivating its audiovisual industry under President Lula de Silva’s new government, which earmarked nearly $1 billion for the sector last year.

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British holidaymakers heading to Spain have been warned of nearly 50 ‘black flag’ beaches across the country. Coastal locations in holiday hotspot Canary Islands feature in the list, along with beaches in Malaga, Barcelona and and the Costa Brava (Girona).

Annika Pham Under the auspices of Comunidad de Madrid and the prestigious ECAM film school, the four day ECAM Forum co-production market got off to a flying start with its inaugural session, closing June 13 with an awards ceremony at Madrid’s historical Matadero cultural space. One of eight features in work in progress, the creative documentary “Gods of Stone” (“Deuses de Pedra”) by the Spanish Iván Castiñeiras Gallego scooped the new Comunidad de Madrid award and its €15,000 ($16,000) cash prize earmarked towards its post-production.

Annika Pham In a clear move toward commercial fare, Spain’s boutique production house Señor y Señora, present this week at Madrid’s ECAM Forum with Pedro Hernando’s work in progress “A Whale,” is lining up its biggest slate ever. | Heading the outfit’s scripted lineup is “Karateka,” Señor y Señora co-founder Aritz Moreno’s third feature after his EFA nominated breakthrough debut “Advantages of Travelling by Train” and dark thriller “Moscas” which bowed at Sitges and Rotterdam. Budgeted at over €6 million ($6.5 million), “Karateka” tells the larger-than-life story of Spanish karate queen and Olympic gold medallist Sandra Sánchez.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent French shark movie “Under Paris” made a sneak attack on worldwide streaming last week, scoring the best launch for a non-English language film on Netflix with 41 million views in its five first days on the service. Dropping a month before the start of the summer Olympics in Paris, the movie about triathlon athletes who get devoured during a swimming race in the Seine river ranked first on Netflix’s top 10 for non-English language films across 93 countries.

Warner Bros Pictures has acquired Pedro Almodóvar’s English-language feature debut, The Room Next Door, for release in a host of key international markets including the filmmaker’s home turf of Spain.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Warner Bros. Pictures has acquired Pedro Almodóvar’s English-language film debut “The Room Next Door” for key international territories, including the U.K., Spain, Italy, Germany and Latin America. Starring Julianne Moore, Tilda Swinton and John Turturro, “The Room Next Door” will also be released by Warner Bros.

Annika Pham Over June 10-14, Madrid is welcoming 300-plus industry delegates for the inaugural ECAM Forum, which is shaping up as the next go-to market for Spanish projects and co-productions, considering the stellar list of projects and attendees lined up. Hosting the event is not a private company nor the industry arm of an A-list festival, but a film and audiovisual school-Madrid’s prestigious ECAM.

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An Antiques Roadshow guest was gobsmacked after an expert issued an eye-watering £10,000 valuation of his intricate gold watch - but followed it up with a warning. During a recent episode set at Windermere Jetty Museum in the Lake District, which featured host Fiona Bruce and the Antiques Roadshow experts, Richard Price took a closer look at a stunning gold watch.

An Antiques Roadshow guest was left gobsmacked after receiving a hefty valuation for his gold watch.

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Annika Pham Programmers from Sundance, Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight, Toronto, and Rotterdam, sales agents such as Goodfellas and Coproduction Office and U.S. distributor Magnify Pictures are among 50 top international guests expected at the inaugural ECAM Forum co-production market in Madrid, which is due to unspool June 10-14.

Eva Longoria is premiering her new series. “Land of Women,” based on the beloved novel written by Sandra Barneda, follows Longoria as an affluent New Yorker that’s forced to leave the city and move in with her mother after her husband gets involved in a scandal. Eva Longoria shares how she’ll implement diversity grant from Lauren Sanchez and Jeff BezosEva Longoria reminisced about early career castingsThe series, which will air on Apple TV+, has shared its first trailer.