Spanish Screenwriters Pitch Bold New Series

This week, Madrid is the center of attention for the sixth edition of Iberseries & Platino Industria, featuring a presentation of six unique series projects. These works, developed by seven screenwriters in collaboration with Fundación SGAE, will be showcased to industry professionals on Thursday, October 1, 2026. The event is designed to promote the creation, funding, and global distribution of new fiction projects.

Among the presented series is 'La librera,' about the founder of Spain's first LGBT bookstore in the early 1990s, which becomes a community refuge but faces later rejection. 'Avión' delves into a Galician village that transforms from a struggling rural community in winter to a wealthy enclave of returning emigrants in summer, exploring the clash between two worlds.

'El capricho' offers a satirical historical comedy set in the 18th-century Spanish court, focusing on the power struggles between Queen María Luisa of Parma, the Duchess of Alba, and the Duchess of Osuna, with Francisco de Goya as a contemporary narrator. 'Teléfonos fijos' presents a mystery where landlines in Bilbao ring with calls from the deceased, questioning the nature of reality and technology.

'La edad menor' depicts a dystopian Madrid where children are legal guardians of their parents, following María's struggle when her mother undergoes irreversible infantilization. Finally, 'Trueque' explores the consequences when three close families decide to swap their teenagers to solve parenting challenges, posing the question of what could possibly go wrong.