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Goyas 2026: ‘Sundays,’ ‘Sirāt’ Sweep Spanish Academy Awards

6+ hour, 40+ min ago  (450+ words) Oliver Laxe's "Sir't" won more awards, dominating craft categories, but Alauda Ruiz de Az'a's "Sundays" scored the biggest: picture, actress and original screenplay "Sir't," Oliver Laxe"s techo-sluiced Moroccan desert odyssey, swept the 40th Spanish Academy Goya Awards in craft categories....

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France’s Canal+ Group Acquires Italy’s Lucky Red in Latest European Consolidation Move

4+ day, 19+ hour ago  (258+ words) Canal+ Group has acquired a 51% majority stake in the prominent Italian indie France's Canal+ Group, has acquired a 51% majority stake in prominent Italian distribution and production company Lucky Red, marking the latest consolidation move in Europe. Lucky Red, which is…...

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variety.com > 2026 > tv > global > zdf-studios-ancient-superstructures-sagrada-familia-1236670982

ZDF Studios Snags ‘Ancient Superstructures’ Season 4 Rights, Featuring the Completion of Iconic Barcelona Landmark, the Sagrada Familia (EXCLUSIVE)

5+ day, 10+ min ago  (399+ words) ZDF Studios has taken international distribution rights to Season 4 of premium factual series "Ancient Superstructures," a new run that will prominently feature Barcelona's Sagrada Familia as it heads toward a milestone moment this June. Produced by Pernel Media in association…...

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variety.com > 2026 > film > global > spain-filmin-robbery-beating-death-funicular-films-1236665069

Spanish Streamer Filmin and Belgium’s Boucan Board ‘Robbery, Beating & Death’ from ‘This is Not Sweden’ Producer Funicular Films (EXCLUSIVE)

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (312+ words) Spanish streaming platform Filmin and Belgium's Boucan Film Production have boarded the series "Robbery, Beating & Death" ("El pitjor atracament de la historia") from "This is Not Sweden" producers, Funicular Films. Upscale SVOD service Filmin also produces original shows and holds…...

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variety.com > 2026 > global > global > money-heist-star-enrique-arce-past-waters-helena-caldeira-1236664744

‘Money Heist’ Star Enrique Arce Set to Topline Iberian Thriller ‘Past Waters’ Alongside Helena Caldeira (EXCLUSIVE)

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (274+ words) Enrique Arce, best known internationally as the beleaguered Arturo Rom'n in Netflix megahit "Money Heist," is set to star opposite Helena Caldeira in "Aguas Pasadas" ("Past Waters"), an eight-episode psychological thriller drama marking a significant new Iberian co-production. Caldeira, who…...

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variety.com > 2026 > tv > global > orf-enterprise-jones-berlin-efm-amanda-abbington-1236664354

ORF-Enterprise Brings Portuguese Mystery Series ‘Jones’ to Berlin’s European Film Market

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (700+ words) By Emiliano de Pablos Vienna-based ORF-Enterprise is bringing Portuguese mystery drama "Jones" to Berlin for its international market debut at the EFM Series Market, pitching the six-part series as a premium, export-facing whodunit with a supernatural hook. Produced by Caracol…...

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variety.com > 2026 > film > global > madrid-audiovisual-cluster-berlinale-efm-networking-spain-1236663311

Madrid Launches Berlin Networking Event, Aims to Strengthen International Positioning as Production Hub

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (276+ words) Spain's muscular presence at this year's Berlinale and European Film Market was bolstered on Saturday with an inaugural presentation and networking event organized by the Madrid Audiovisual Cluster in collaboration with the Madrid Film Office and Film Madrid Region. " The…...

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variety.com > 2026 > film > global > catalonia-berlin-new-generation-ian-de-la-rosa-1236653893

Catalonia Pushes Beyond Arthouse

2+ week, 13+ hour ago  (511+ words) From Ian de la Rosa's Panorama debut to Venice and M'laga-launched first features, a new generation of Catalan filmmakers is pairing personal vision with international ambition Ian de la Rosa's "Iv'n & Hadoum," world premiering in Panorama at this year's Berlinale,…...

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variety.com > 2026 > film > global > torrente-for-president-santiago-segura-film-factory-sony-1236662326

Film Factory Nabs Rights to ’Torrente for President,’ Spain’s Biggest Comedy Bet for 2026 (EXCLUSIVE)

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (265+ words) The sixth instalment in the Torrente film franchise sees blowhard ultra-right scumbag Torrente making a run for president with" Nox, when Spain's extreme right party is called Vox In a bold move to take Spain's biggest comedy franchise to the…...

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variety.com > 2026 > film > news > spain-talent-revolution-oliver-laxe-carla-simon-los-javis-1236653809

How New Talent and Veteran Auteurs Drive a Revolution in Spain’s Film and TV Production

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (605+ words) By Emiliano De Pablos Spain is in the middle of a two-pronged talent revolution, with big-name name filmmakers leveraging festival prestige into bigger movie packages and global renown and new voices sporting first features that use genre and emotional uplift…...