Iberseries & Platino Industria adelanta su edición 2025 en Cannes

Film Market (Cannes Film Festival) has been for yet another year the framework chosen to carry out the official presentation of Iberseries & Platino Industria, in which it was possible to learn about the first contents and activities of a fifth edition that will be held from September 30 to October 3 in Matadero Madrid with the impetus of EGEDA y Sequoia Foundation, in collaboration with FIPCA.

Participating in the presentation were Samuel Castro, co-director of Iberseries & Platino Industria, y Jesus Prieto, CFO, who once again thanked the support of authorities and organizations present, as well as the assistance of numerous professionals in the sector who supported the event. They were accompanied by Noemi Cuetos, Head of Cinema Sector ICEX; of Victor Aertsen, Head of Communication Madrid Film Office; and of Cristina Inigo, executive director of Iberseries & Platino Industria.

Iberseries & Platino Industria It has established itself as the most relevant international meeting of the sector in Latin America, bringing together in recent years more than 2,500 professionals from 45 countries. In this sense, Samuel Castro aseguró que “el posicionamiento de Iberseries & Platino Industria como puente entre América Latina, Estados Unidos, con especial atención al mercado hispano, y ahora con una decidida mirada hacia Europa, marca el momento de expandir su alcance con el fortalecimiento de la venta internacional de contenidos en español. Queremos llegar a nuevos escenarios y promover mayor visibilidad y competitividad de las producciones iberoamericanas en el panorama audiovisual global”.

Along these same lines, it was stated Jesus Prieto: "We continue with the firm commitment to strengthen cultural identity, boost commercial exchange and project Ibero-American talent to the world. Europe and international sales are, without a doubt, the two main axes to follow in this fifth edition for the projection of our industry."

Un primer vistazo a la programación de Iberseries & Platino Industria 2025

El objetivo de Iberseries & Platino Industria es incentivar el ecosistema audiovisual iberoamericano, conectar a sus profesionales con agentes globales y fomentar la coproducción, la formación, la innovación y el intercambio comercial. De este modo, se desarrollarán los siguientes ejes de programación en su quinta edición: Conferences and Keynotes, Iberscreenings, International Audiovisual Market (MAI) and PRO Activities: Coproduction and Financing Forum, sessions Pitch of Platforms and Production Companies, Training Workshops and meetings associated with cinema, tourism and education, new technologies and sustainability. They will also be carried out networking sessions aimed at promoting internationalization, strengthening synergies and increasing the network of contacts.

The sessions of Conferences, Keynotes and Spotlights This year they will resume the analysis of the most significant topics of the moment, including financing models, production, distribution, changes in consumer habits and new trends in a constantly evolving sector. These panels will feature the participation of important personalities, executives and specialists from the Ibero-American and European film and audiovisual sector, whose careers support some of the most influential companies in the industry.

For its part, the section Iberscreenings will once again offer screenings and premieres of premium series and Ibero-American feature films, with the participation of platforms and production companies from Spain and Latin America. These presentations are especially aimed at international buyers interested in content in Spanish and Portuguese. Investment funds as Arcano Partners, Balance Media, Elipsis Capital, Filmika Audiovisual, Holahoop Film, IPR.VC, Kenta Asset & Capital Finance, La Charito Films, Moby Dick Film Capital, Mogambo, Wandermoon Finance y UNITS ya han confirmado su participación en la quinta edición de Iberseries & Platino Industria.

Likewise, the presence of key figures in the sector as José Antonio Salso, head of acquisitions & international sales de Atresmedia TV; Pilar Blasco, CEO of Banijay Iberia; Ramon Campos, CEO of Bamboo Productions; Timo Argillander, co-founder & managing partner de IPR.VC; Alexander Marin, vp distribution RCN International; Jose Fragoso, director of programs RTP; Joseph Pastor, Director of Film and Fiction RTVE; Raúl Berdones, executive president of Secuoya Content Group; Brendan Fitzgerald, CEO of Secuoya Studios; Agustina Dompe, sr. manager content acquisition de The Walt Disney Company; Margarida Pereira, Director of Acquisitions TVI; David Atlan-Jackson, Chief Content Officer de Return Group; Pilar Sánchez Macías, Head of YouTube MCNs and Family Partners in Spain & Portugal de Youtube; y Francisca Alegría y Fernanda Urrejola, showrunners the “The House of the Spirits”, inter alia.

Iberseries & Platino Industria también ha confirmado que el Área de mercado MAY, until now focused on the Ibero-American sphere, is growing to identify itself as International Audiovisual Market y dar entrada a países europeos y de otras regiones, siendo punto de convergencia imprescindible para propiciar reuniones y acuerdos en un espacio dinámico que impulsa la creación de alianzas que trascienden fronteras.

Foro de coproducción y financiación de Iberseries & Platino Industria

La organización de la cita ya ha abierto las registrations para participar en una nueva edición del Foro de coproducción y financiación of Iberseries & Platino Industria, whose call is aimed at filmmakers, filmmakers, producers and film directors from Latin America and Europe, with feature films and fiction, docuseries and animation series in the advanced development phase. Its objective is to facilitate the connection with co-production, co-financing, distribution and dissemination partners, especially promoting alliances between Europe and Latin America. 10 feature film projects and 10 series projects will be selected, evaluated by international experts. Those responsible for the projects will participate in meetings one to one with potential strategic allies, organized according to similar collaboration interests.

The Forum not only promotes project development con high production standards, but acts as a barometer of trends in the Ibero-American audiovisual sector, detecting new narratives and emerging business models. Numerous projects that found partners or avenues for negotiation during their participation in the Forum have already been produced and/or premiered, becoming success stories.

Among them are the series Fragile (StoryLab, Argentina), issued in 2023 on the Flow platform; Is it Love? (Coral Cine, Uruguay), launched in 2024 on the TV Ciudad channel, with a second season already in pre-production, and Hidden Island (Río Estudios, Chile), which will soon be shown on Chilevisión, in addition to the films The Aspirant (Smiz and Píxel, Spain), released in theaters in 2024, and the Argentine Neisis, directed by Lucía Puenzo, whose filming has just begun. In addition, Iberseries & Platino Industria is signing bilateral agreements cooperation with festivals and reference markets, formalizing alliances with Bloow Window, FICCI, Rio2C, BIF Market o Series camp, which will allow the participation of prominent projects as guests at the Forum, adding new opportunities for co-production and international distribution.

Those interested in participating in the Coproduction and Financing Forum may present their candidacy before June 4, through the web link enabled in the private professional area to which they will have access once the registration process is formalized. accreditation.

The showrunners workshop returns with top-level professionals

Iberseries & Platino Industria convoca también el cuarto Taller para la formación de showrunners, aimed at people with adequate training and/or experience in creation, writing, direction or audiovisual production, who have a specific series project that they wish to develop in the Workshop, and whose languages are Spanish or English. The objective of the Workshop is to offer participants specific training in the work of the showrunner, with the aim of developing skills in the creation, writing, production and management of audiovisual projects that allow them to successfully face the production of a series. A maximum of 12 finalist projects will be chosen to take part in the workshop.

The tutors will be Jorge Redondo, executive producer and showrunner; Tatiana Rodríguez, screenwriter and creator of fiction series and feature films; Miquel Peidro, script coordinator, creator, playwright and novelist, and Mariano Baselga, screenwriter, executive producer and showrunner. The Workshop will be coordinated by Enrique Darriba, executive producer with extensive experience in creation, development and production of audiovisual content for television and platforms. Currently, he is director of the Master in Executive Production of audiovisual content with Secuoya Studios in The Core Entertainment Science School.

During the Taller de Showrunners Two conferences will be scheduled given by prestigious professionals in the audiovisual industry and participants will be given the opportunity to present their project in individual meetings, before executives from production companies, studios or platforms. Professionals interested in participating in this call may register until June 5, previamente acreditados en Iberseries & Platino Industria.

Pitch Sessions

Until the May 22 is open registration deadline of projects to participate in the sessions of Pitch of Platforms and Production Companies of Iberseries & Platino Industria 2025. The selected professionals will have the opportunity to present story lines or projects in person, in private sessions, to platforms and production companies such as 3Pas Studios, Amazon MGM Studios, Ánima, BH5 Studios, Dopamine, Gaumont y Warner Bros. Discovery.

The accreditation in Iberseries & Platino Industria will allow access to the programming of professional activities and registration in the different calls of the event. This professional accreditation, in its in-person or virtual modality, with tarifas early bird available until June 6, will give entrance to the private space virtual, an area that will allow access to the professional directory of participants and viewing the main conferences and content on demand, from 24 hours after their celebration until October 24.

The accreditation It can be requested until October 3, 2025.