The fifth edition of the RTVE Showcase will be held from May 8th to 10th at the Hotel Puerta América in Madrid. The event will be inaugurated by RTVE's interim president, Concepción Cascajosa, and hosted by journalist Elena S. Sánchez. Additionally, it will feature the presence of actors, directors, and producers of the content to be presented at the event, along with television executives from over 30 countries worldwide interested in discovering RTVE's latest offerings. Among the participants are executives from leading international audiovisual companies from the United States, Mexico, China, Brazil, United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, South Korea, Argentina, Uruguay, Colombia, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Greece, Hungary, Slovakia, Croatia, Cyprus, Finland, Lithuania, Poland, and Turkey.
The goals of the RTVE Showcase are to engagingly display what public broadcasting produces and where it is heading in a global audiovisual world; increase the international sale of its products; boost its image abroad as a driver of the Spanish audiovisual industry, and strengthen ties with key players on the international scene.
The fifth edition of the Showcase will include several panel discussions on the hottest topics in the international audiovisual market, featuring prominent creators and managers from the industry. In the round table on "International Co-productions," led by Rafael Bardem, RTVE's deputy sales director of programs and licenses, participants will include Aleksandra Martinovic, Susanne Frank, Patricia Motilla, and Emilio Amaré.
José Pastor, RTVE's Director of Film and Fiction, will moderate the panel on "Trends in Spanish Production"; and journalist Elena S. Sánchez will host the one titled "Fiction with a Female Perspective." Industry professionals such as Ángeles González-Sinde, Virginia Yagüe, Ramón Campos, José Manuel Lorenzo, José María Irisarri, Itsaso Arana, Violeta Salama, Samantha López, Aurora Guerra, Pilar Blasco, Daniel Écija, and Javier Olivares will participate in these discussions.
Iberseries & Platino Industria will host one of the scheduled coffee breaks within the Showcase. The event, celebrating its fourth edition from October 1st to 4th in Madrid, serves as a meeting point for platforms, television networks, creatives, producers, distributors, buyers, financiers, and other professionals and experts in the Ibero-American film and audiovisual sector. Its aim is to provide visibility to Spanish and Portuguese feature films and series, enhance business and talent connections, promote international co-production, and facilitate the global commercialization of content to consolidate projects and new funding opportunities.
Alongside the panel discussions, a private viewing area will be set up for participating executives. Over 500 hours of RTVE productions of all genres—fiction, documentary, entertainment, and factual—will be available to all attendees at the Hotel Puerta América in Madrid.
In addition to the panels and round table discussions featuring industry leaders, the Showcase will feature presentations and panels on original RTVE productions. The first panel will focus on the daily fiction series "La Moderna" (produced by RTVE in collaboration with Boomerang TV), set in 1930s Madrid, depicting the story of a group of working women in one of the city's most distinguished tea rooms. The director and producer of the series, Humberto Miró, and the three protagonists, Helena Ezquerro, Almagro San Miguel, and Stéphanie Magnin, will participate in this discussion.
"Cicatriz" (produced by Plano a Plano with Dopamine, in collaboration with Asacha Media Group and Adrenalin in association with RTVE, Prime Video España, and Telekom Srbija), an adaptation of the bestselling book by Juan Gómez-Jurado, is an action thriller filmed in Spain and Serbia, focusing on Irina, a mysterious woman with a scar across her face, driven by a quest for vengeance. The series' cast, including Milena Radulovic and Luis Fernández; producers Aleksandra Martinovic and César Benítez; TVE's executive producer Nieves Fernández; and writer and producer Fernando Sancristóbal, have confirmed their presence in this panel.
"Detective Touré" (a co-production of RTVE, Detective Touré AIE, Tornasol Media, DeAPlaneta, and EITB), starring an unconventional detective who uses his wit and magnetic personality to creatively and unexpectedly solve each case, will feature writer Jon Arretxe; actors Malcolm Treviño-Sitté, Itziar Ituño, Itsaso Arana; and producers Elena Bort and Mariela Besuievsky in another panel.
Next up is "Ena" (co-produced by RTVE with Ena La Serie AIE, La Cometa TV, and Zona App), a series depicting the life of Queen Victoria Eugenia while portraying an era that changed the world. Based on the novel by Pilar Eyre, the event will host author Javier Olivares, actress Kimberley Tell, director Anaïs Pareto, and producer Rosa Díaz.
"La Ley del Mar" (RTVE and À Punt, produced by Studio60 and MCFLY Prod. AIE), starring Blanca Portillo and Luis Tosar and based on true events, tells the story of the fishing boat "Francisco y Catalina" from Santa Pola, which made headlines in 2006 as the first European vessel to rescue sub-Saharan immigrants adrift in the Mediterranean. The panel will include actors Eva Marciel and Lamine Thior, producer Flipy (Enrique Pérez), director Alberto Ruiz Rojo, writer Tatiana Rodríguez, and TVE's executive producer Mar Díaz.
"Asuntos Internos" (a co-production of RTVE, Mediacrest, and Mediacrest El Clásico AIE) is a drama-thriller set in a neighborhood police station in late 1970s Madrid, starring Clara, one of Spain's first female police officers who infiltrates a corruption network linked to heroin trafficking. The series will be discussed in a round table with lead actress Laia Manzanares, director Samantha López, TVE's executive producer Mar Díaz, producer Gustavo Ferrada, and creators and writers Pedro García Ríos and Rodrigo Martín.
"Las Abogadas" (co-produced by RTVE and MOD Producciones) is based on true events, depicting the story of lawyers Lola González, Cristina Almeida, Paca Sauquillo, and Manuela Carmena, friends and labor lawyers from 1969 during the final stage of Franco's regime until the Atocha lawyers' massacre in 1977 during Adolfo Suárez's government. The series' director Juana Macías, producer Guillem Vidal, lead actress Paula Usero, and TVE's executive producer Nieves Fernández will discuss the content.
Finally, "Comerse el Mundo," a program of "gastro-adventures" hosted by chef Javier Peña, in which he travels the world seeking each country's culinary essence alongside locals such as chefs, artists, business