The South section will showcase the best series shot created in Andalusia, and South Boost will promote the most ambitious Andalusian series in development.
South International Series Festival consolidates its support for the Andalusian audiovisual industry in this second edition, reinforcing its South section, a selection of the best series shot, created, and produced in Andalusia, and premiering its industry section South Boost, a boost for Andalusian series in the development phase.
In South Boost, productions with Andalusian authorship and production will be presented to industry professionals. They will compete for an award, which will be chosen by executives and directors of television stations, platforms, and institutions nationwide. The registration period is open until July 31.
South International Series Festival strengthens its commitment to its own talent, genre diversity, and promotion of the Andalusian productive and creative fabric in this second edition. Thus, one of the new institutional collaborators of this second edition will be Land, the audiovisual and digital content cluster of Andalusia.
Land will organize the Landmeet meeting with the directors of the Malaga, Seville and Almeria Festivals -Juan Antonio Vigar, Manuel Cristóbal and Enrique Iznaola-, who will analyze the incorporation of series to their programming and the creative innovation that this has meant in the programming of their events. The meeting will be moderated by journalist Alejandro Ávila, who is responsible for the Sur and South Boost sections.
Also, in support of the local sector and within the framework of the industry meetings, art director Vanesa de la Haza and localizer Juan Antonio Clemente, who have worked in Andalusia for an international series of the relevance of Kaos, La Monja Guerrera, or La Peste, will explain in a didactic and practical way how to transform the historical heritage into the set of an audiovisual blockbuster.
Beyond the industry, and in its consolidated support to the new Andalusian talent, South already advances that it will count in the South section with the presence of the promising new director Julio Blez, who will present the pilot of Blanca Bocanegra, a series of black humor about a technician of the audiovisual industry amid the crisis of the 40’s. The series’s protagonist has no job, money, or partner, but he has an idea to write a series about himself. What he doesn’t know is that, in doing so, his identity crisis will push him further over the edge than ever.
In addition, in its firm commitment to gender diversity, the South will once again count on the collaboration of AAMMA, the Andalusian Association of Women in Audiovisual Media, for the organization of the South Women: What do we talk about when we talk about Andalusian series?. The activity will analyze the production made for platforms from the perspective of gender and Andalusian identity. Producers Pilar Crespo (Operación Barrio Inglés. RTVE) and Teresa Segura (En fin. Prime Video) will participate. The moderator will be journalist Cristina Consuegra.
The local audience will also have the opportunity to enjoy the most anticipated series and be close to their idols on the red carpet, thanks to the varied programming of premieres, season previews, unpublished gems, presentations, and national and international exhibitions.
South Series is a private initiative, co-financed by the Feder Andalucía 2021-2027 Program and the Junta de Andalucía, with the City Council of Cádiz and the Diputación de Cádiz as official entities. It also counts the participation of Mediaset España as a media sponsor, Movistar Plus+ as a sponsor, the Port Authority of the Bay of Cadiz and Spain Film Commission, and the collaboration of Canal Sur Radio and Television.
