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María José Rodríguez, a driver of Prime Video’s large success in Spain, has stepped down as Amazon Studios’ head of Spanish originals.
Announced Monday by Nicole Morganti, Amazon Studios head of local originals for Southern Europe, Rodríguez’s departure comes just a week after Prime Video unveiled its 2024 slate in Madrid, reviewing what it hailed as a “banner” first semester.
That included “Reina Roja” (“Red Queen”), greenlit by Rodríguez, which featured in the platform’s Top 10 most-watched titles internationally at launch, and singing competition show “Operación Triunfo,” brought to Amazon Studios by Rodríguez, becoming the most acquired Spanish Original in the history of Prime Video in Spain.
“María José’s impact on the Prime Video has been significant,” Morganti said Monday. “There is no greater demonstration of her vision than bringing the Culpables trilogy to life for customers, beginning with ‘Culpa Mia,’ Prime Video’s most successful international original movie of all time,...
Announced Monday by Nicole Morganti, Amazon Studios head of local originals for Southern Europe, Rodríguez’s departure comes just a week after Prime Video unveiled its 2024 slate in Madrid, reviewing what it hailed as a “banner” first semester.
That included “Reina Roja” (“Red Queen”), greenlit by Rodríguez, which featured in the platform’s Top 10 most-watched titles internationally at launch, and singing competition show “Operación Triunfo,” brought to Amazon Studios by Rodríguez, becoming the most acquired Spanish Original in the history of Prime Video in Spain.
“María José’s impact on the Prime Video has been significant,” Morganti said Monday. “There is no greater demonstration of her vision than bringing the Culpables trilogy to life for customers, beginning with ‘Culpa Mia,’ Prime Video’s most successful international original movie of all time,...
- 7/15/2024
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
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Michael Fetter Nathanskys Berlinale-Beitrag ist in die Zabaltegi-Sektion des San Sebastian Film Festival eingeladen worden.
„Alle die du bist“ von Michael Fetter Nathansky wurde auf das Filmfestival in San Sebastian eingeladen (Credit: Contando Films/Studio Zentral/Network Movie)
Michael Fetter Nathanskys deutsch-spanische Koproduktion „Alle die du bist“, die von der von Nathansky mitgegründeten Contando Films produziert wurde, ist in die Zabaltegi-Sektion des 72. San Sebastian Film Festival (20. bis 28. September) eingeladen worden.
Das Sozialdrama um die von Aenne Schwarz gespielte Fabrikarbeiterin Nadine, die die Gefühle für ihren Mann wieder aufleben lassen will und sich die Frage stellt, was sie einst in ihm gesehen hat, was sie jetzt nicht mehr findet, feierte in diesem Jahr in der Berlinale-Sektion Panorama ihre Weltpremiere.
„Alle die du bist“ ist eine von 17 spanischen (Ko-)Produktionen – zwölf Langfilme, ein mittellanger Film, ein Kurzfilm und drei Serien -, die heute für das diesjährige San Sebastian Film Festival bekannt gegeben wurden.
„Alle die du bist“ von Michael Fetter Nathansky wurde auf das Filmfestival in San Sebastian eingeladen (Credit: Contando Films/Studio Zentral/Network Movie)
Michael Fetter Nathanskys deutsch-spanische Koproduktion „Alle die du bist“, die von der von Nathansky mitgegründeten Contando Films produziert wurde, ist in die Zabaltegi-Sektion des 72. San Sebastian Film Festival (20. bis 28. September) eingeladen worden.
Das Sozialdrama um die von Aenne Schwarz gespielte Fabrikarbeiterin Nadine, die die Gefühle für ihren Mann wieder aufleben lassen will und sich die Frage stellt, was sie einst in ihm gesehen hat, was sie jetzt nicht mehr findet, feierte in diesem Jahr in der Berlinale-Sektion Panorama ihre Weltpremiere.
„Alle die du bist“ ist eine von 17 spanischen (Ko-)Produktionen – zwölf Langfilme, ein mittellanger Film, ein Kurzfilm und drei Serien -, die heute für das diesjährige San Sebastian Film Festival bekannt gegeben wurden.
- 7/12/2024
- by Jochen Müller
- Spot - Media & Film
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Una película basada en hechos reales. © Elástica Films
Ya se ha publicado el tráiler oficial de “La Virgen Roja”, antes titulada “Hildegart”. Un drama histórico basado en hechos reales que mezcla romance y thriller y que se podrá ver en el Festival de Cine de San Sebastián como Proyección Especial, en Sección Oficial fuera de competición.
“La Virgen Roja” sigue a Hildegart, que es concebida y educada por su madre Aurora para ser la mujer del futuro, convirtiéndose en una de las mentes más brillantes de la España de los años 30 y uno de los referentes europeos sobre sexualidad femenina. A sus 18 años, Hildegart comienza a experimentar la libertad y conoce a Abel Velilla, quien le ayuda a explorar un nuevo mundo emocional y desmarcarse del férreo nido materno. Aurora teme perder el control sobre su hija y hace todo lo posible por impedir que Hildegart se aleje. Las dos...
Ya se ha publicado el tráiler oficial de “La Virgen Roja”, antes titulada “Hildegart”. Un drama histórico basado en hechos reales que mezcla romance y thriller y que se podrá ver en el Festival de Cine de San Sebastián como Proyección Especial, en Sección Oficial fuera de competición.
“La Virgen Roja” sigue a Hildegart, que es concebida y educada por su madre Aurora para ser la mujer del futuro, convirtiéndose en una de las mentes más brillantes de la España de los años 30 y uno de los referentes europeos sobre sexualidad femenina. A sus 18 años, Hildegart comienza a experimentar la libertad y conoce a Abel Velilla, quien le ayuda a explorar un nuevo mundo emocional y desmarcarse del férreo nido materno. Aurora teme perder el control sobre su hija y hace todo lo posible por impedir que Hildegart se aleje. Las dos...
- 7/12/2024
- by Marta Medina
- mundoCine
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The San Sebastian Film Festival, the biggest film event in the Spanish-speaking world, has unveiled a packed lineup of Spanish titles that is strong on women auteurs, led by Iciar Bollaín, Pilar Palomero, Paula Ortiz and Alauda Ruiz de Azua, who are now stepping up in scale or industry backing as big SVOD players – Movistar Plus+, Prime Video – move into the production of Spanish movies aimed at theatrical release or back their original series.
Vying in main competition, Bollaín’s “I Am Nevenka” looks like the first film to see the light of day from six auteur event movies co-produced by Movistar Plus+ and directed by leading cinematographic talent such as Rodrigo Sorogoyen and Alberto Fernández.
Also selected are two leading lights of a younger generation of women directors which have galvanised Spanish arthouse but are now looking for broader audiences.
Goya and San Sebastian winner Pilar Palomero competes in main competition with “Glimmers,...
Vying in main competition, Bollaín’s “I Am Nevenka” looks like the first film to see the light of day from six auteur event movies co-produced by Movistar Plus+ and directed by leading cinematographic talent such as Rodrigo Sorogoyen and Alberto Fernández.
Also selected are two leading lights of a younger generation of women directors which have galvanised Spanish arthouse but are now looking for broader audiences.
Goya and San Sebastian winner Pilar Palomero competes in main competition with “Glimmers,...
- 7/12/2024
- by John Hopewell and Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
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During a star-studded Prime Video Presents event held in Madrid on Tuesday, the Amazon-owned streaming platform made waves when it announced that it would be releasing two of its upcoming original features in cinemas in the coming months, with plans to do more theatrical distribution in the near future.
Following the event, Director of Prime Video in Spain and Portugal, Ricardo Carbornero, and Amazon Studios’ Head of Spanish Originals, Maria José Rodríguez, met with Variety to discuss the company’s adaptable philosophy regarding film and series distribution, evolving Prime Video from a loss leader to a subscription driver and what trends are currently striking a chord with Spanish audiences.
Below is our conversation with the two executives, edited for length and clarity.
There is a lot of pessimism right now regarding the state of theatrical distribution, yet you’re making a move into this area with two of your upcoming original films,...
Following the event, Director of Prime Video in Spain and Portugal, Ricardo Carbornero, and Amazon Studios’ Head of Spanish Originals, Maria José Rodríguez, met with Variety to discuss the company’s adaptable philosophy regarding film and series distribution, evolving Prime Video from a loss leader to a subscription driver and what trends are currently striking a chord with Spanish audiences.
Below is our conversation with the two executives, edited for length and clarity.
There is a lot of pessimism right now regarding the state of theatrical distribution, yet you’re making a move into this area with two of your upcoming original films,...
- 7/10/2024
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
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Prime Video is doubling down in Spain with a slate of new movies, drama series, docs and true-crime shows.
The streamer unveiled its latest slate at a Prime Video Presents event in Madrid last night, with thriller feature Zeta, scripted series Cochinas, a trio of unscripted shows and doc La Joia: Bad Gyal. Original series Reina Roja was confirmed for a third season, while live entertainment show Operación Triunfo has also landed a new season.
Ricardo Cabornero, Director at Prime Video in Spain and Portugal, claimed it had been a “record-breaking year” for the service in Iberia as he rolled out the titles.
Spy pic Zeta follows a Spanish Cni agent, Zeta, who is tasked with tracking down a former spy who participated in an undercover mission 35 years before, with a Colombian spook, Alfa, also trying to find him. The other five participants are murdered at the same time at different embassies around the world,...
The streamer unveiled its latest slate at a Prime Video Presents event in Madrid last night, with thriller feature Zeta, scripted series Cochinas, a trio of unscripted shows and doc La Joia: Bad Gyal. Original series Reina Roja was confirmed for a third season, while live entertainment show Operación Triunfo has also landed a new season.
Ricardo Cabornero, Director at Prime Video in Spain and Portugal, claimed it had been a “record-breaking year” for the service in Iberia as he rolled out the titles.
Spy pic Zeta follows a Spanish Cni agent, Zeta, who is tasked with tracking down a former spy who participated in an undercover mission 35 years before, with a Colombian spook, Alfa, also trying to find him. The other five participants are murdered at the same time at different embassies around the world,...
- 7/10/2024
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
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Amazon hosted its annual Prime Video Presents event in Madrid this afternoon, where the streaming giant made a raft of announcements, including new theatrical features, true crime docuseries, returning drama programs and the next season of Spain’s uber-popular singing competition “Operación Triunfo.”
Ricardo Carbonero, director of Prime Video in Spain and Portugal, and Maria José Rodríguez, head of Amazon Studios’ Spanish Originals, were in attendance. Joining them were local stars Mario Casas (“Tres metros sobre el cielo”), Elena Anaya (“The Skin I Live In”), Malena Alterio (“Aquí no hay quien viva”), Najwa Nimri (“Money Heist”), Anna Castillo (“Nowhere”) and Maxi Iglesias (“Los artistas: primeros trazos”). Also in attendence were several of the streamer’s current filmakers, including Dani de la Torre (“La sombra de la ley”), Paula Ortiz (“La novia”), Hugo Stuven (“El desafio”) and Ginesta Guindal (“Élite”).
Prime Video Presents, Madrid
According to the streamer, the first half...
Ricardo Carbonero, director of Prime Video in Spain and Portugal, and Maria José Rodríguez, head of Amazon Studios’ Spanish Originals, were in attendance. Joining them were local stars Mario Casas (“Tres metros sobre el cielo”), Elena Anaya (“The Skin I Live In”), Malena Alterio (“Aquí no hay quien viva”), Najwa Nimri (“Money Heist”), Anna Castillo (“Nowhere”) and Maxi Iglesias (“Los artistas: primeros trazos”). Also in attendence were several of the streamer’s current filmakers, including Dani de la Torre (“La sombra de la ley”), Paula Ortiz (“La novia”), Hugo Stuven (“El desafio”) and Ginesta Guindal (“Élite”).
Prime Video Presents, Madrid
According to the streamer, the first half...
- 7/9/2024
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
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Screen shines a light on 30 European titles that look set to grab the attention of festival directors in 2023, including new features by Tom Tykwer, Paz Vega, Paolo Sorrentino, Cecilia Verheyden and Baltasar Kormakur.
For our separate list of French festival hopefuls for 2024, click here.
Ariel (Sp-Por)
Dir. Lois Patiño
Patiño won the Encounters special jury prize at Berlin last year for Samsara and picked up the emerging director prize at Locarno in 2013 with Coast Of Death. His latest is a free adaptation of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest, shot in Galicia and The Azores islands. Ariel stars Goya winner Irene Escolar...
For our separate list of French festival hopefuls for 2024, click here.
Ariel (Sp-Por)
Dir. Lois Patiño
Patiño won the Encounters special jury prize at Berlin last year for Samsara and picked up the emerging director prize at Locarno in 2013 with Coast Of Death. His latest is a free adaptation of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest, shot in Galicia and The Azores islands. Ariel stars Goya winner Irene Escolar...
- 1/22/2024
- ScreenDaily
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Updated: Ron Leshem, creator of the original Israeli “Euphoria” and an exec producer on its U.S. version, has been added to Iberseries & Platino Industria’s conference strand – signalling a larger paradigm pivot at one of the biggest film-tv events in the Spanish-speaking world as it expands to encompass an ever more globalized international TV scene.
Fresh off a huge hit on Israel’s Reshet 13 for Series Mania buzz title “Red Skies,” at Iberseries, Leshem, who co-created “Valley of Tears” and “No Man’s Land,” joins some of the most influential voices on the Spanish-speaking film-tv and beyond such as former Netflix exec Erik Barmack at Wild Sheep Content, Ran Tellem at The Mediapro Studio and Axel Kuschevatzky at Infinity Hill. Wild Sheep has a production alliance with Tms.
At Netflix, Barmack oversaw Netflix’s first-ever push into fully foreign-language content beginning with Mexico’s “Club of Crows” and Brazil’s...
Fresh off a huge hit on Israel’s Reshet 13 for Series Mania buzz title “Red Skies,” at Iberseries, Leshem, who co-created “Valley of Tears” and “No Man’s Land,” joins some of the most influential voices on the Spanish-speaking film-tv and beyond such as former Netflix exec Erik Barmack at Wild Sheep Content, Ran Tellem at The Mediapro Studio and Axel Kuschevatzky at Infinity Hill. Wild Sheep has a production alliance with Tms.
At Netflix, Barmack oversaw Netflix’s first-ever push into fully foreign-language content beginning with Mexico’s “Club of Crows” and Brazil’s...
- 7/25/2023
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
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