in september The San Sebastian Festival of Movistar+, Spain’s largest content investor, hosted the press conference for the world premiere of its latest original work “Offworld” (“Apagón”). solar storm.
It was the writer and director of the series, who included Goya Best Actress winner Patricia López Arnaiz, who posed the questions onstage, rather than the “Offworld” actors. Oscar-nominated Rodrigo Sorogoyen (“Madre”), Isaki Laquesta, Isa Campo (San Sebastian Golden Shell Award Winner for “Double Step” and “Between Two Waters”), Alberto Directed by Rodriguez (Goya Best Film “Marshland”)
In the new global television scene, stars are the leading creators. A battle for success is a battle for this top talent. How did Movistar+ help the greatest creative talent in the history of Spanish television?
“To say the least, we tried to create a talent-attracting culture at Movistar+ that respects what creators want to say and believe,” says Corral.
“We challenge creators, sometimes persuade them to make changes, sometimes they persuade them not to change.
Talents want to make sure their work is made with the necessary resources. With the backing of telecommunications giant Telefonica, Movistar+ is able to fund very ambitious projects. A very diverse project, for example, “Offworld”, which deals with stories of different genres: political thrillers, hospital melodramas, westerns, youth dramas, second his chances his dramas. setting.
The professional and personal relationships between screenwriters, directors and broadcast executives are crucial when creators decide who to work with.
“There is a strong personal affinity,” says Lacuesta. At TCM, Corral points out that he asked him to direct “La noche que no acaba” about Ava Gardner’s years in Spain.
The project was also very attractive in its own right, says its creators.
For series creative coordinator Fran Araujo, who wrote “Between Two Waters” with Laquesta and Campo, the key to “Offworld” is that it’s not an anthology, but a “collective series with content, concept and real tone.” is. It was developed over several months in his room where the writers of every episode are housed.
“It was a beautiful moment to be able to listen to what friends and colleagues had to say, and to be on the same wavelength,” Campo said in San Sebastián.
Piping the series together, each human drama reveals how an individual confronts a large-scale catastrophe.
For example, in the episode 4 western “Survival,” a goat herder hunted by a city type who wants to kill goats for goats escapes into the snow-covered mountains. It will be “the story of one man who fights against those who come to steal the key to his survival”. Neither party will back down. “Unfortunately, there is no solution to conflict,” says Rodriguez.
Episode 4 contrasted dramatically with Episode 5, directed by an upbeat second-chance drama.
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“One of the goals of this series was to have a positive side, like suggestions that if we work together, things will be better,” Laquesta said.
“That Movistar+ started to make series and choose the series Alberto, Paco León and now Isa, Isaki, Raul…. That’s why I fell in love with Movistar+ and admire them.Working with them I am happy, satisfied and delighted to have it,” says Sorogoyen.
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