Latin America. The International Festival of Series in Spanish, Iberseries, which will be held from May 25 to 30, 2020 in Granada, Spain, opened the call for projects to participate in its pitching sessions and the content laboratory.
For its 2020 version, Iberseries presents two initiatives: Iberseries Pitch and Showrunners Workshop, framed within the Iberseries PRO and Iberseries Plus sections, aimed at series projects in Spanish in the development phase.
Iberseries Pitch
5 participants will have the opportunity, on Thursday, May 28, within the framework of the professional conferences of Iberseries PRO, to present their project in front of an audience of potential financiers, producers and representatives of dissemination platforms, in a single space.
Each selected participant will have five minutes to present their project, and another five minutes of reply, before a panel composed of three outstanding professionals in the audiovisual field who will announce the winning pitch of the cash prize of € 3,000, on Friday, May 29.
Participants will also have access to all the activities programmed by Iberseries PRO through free accreditations, as well as to a space in which each finalist project can meet privately with industry professionals who have shown interest in their proposal.
Of all the proposals received, a committee headed by the screenwriter and advisor of the Festival, Ángeles González-Sinde, will be in charge of making the selection of the 5 participating projects based on criteria such as the quality, viability and innovation of the proposal.
Showrunners Workshop
For its part, the Iberseries PLUS section, with the sponsorship of the Junta de Andalucía and the collaboration of Ibermedia and Fiacine, launches its Content Laboratory with the workshop for the training of showrunners integrated into the audiovisual industry of Ibero-American countries.
A workshop that will offer a maximum of 14 projects the precise keys of writing, production and management, for the successful exercise of the showrunner task. This workshop will be conducted by de Curro Royo, whose latest works include the Mexican and Spanish production series "Hernán", and the Colombian Juana Uribe, showrunner of series such as "Pablo Escobar" and currently, vice president of the Caracol TV station.
Curro Royo and Juana Uribe will also have the collaboration of other prestigious professionals in the audiovisual industry such as Amaya Muruzabal (Dopamine, Mexico), Manuela Ocón (Atípica Films, Spain) and Sidney Borjas (Scenic Rights, Spain).
Specific issues such as marketing, planning, casting, use of resources and the legal dimension will be addressed. The workshop will be held from Tuesday 26 to Thursday 28 May within the framework of the Iberseries PLUS section.
The presentation of candidatures can be done through the website www.iberseries.com
