Confirmed participants

Cúcuta, Colombia.
Social communicator from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana de Bogotá.
With more than 25 years of experience in the audiovisual industry, she has been creator, executive producer and showrunner of series for Amazon Prime Video, Netflix, Disney +, Nickelodeon, Fox International Channels and Caracol tv.
She was Creative Director of new business for Caracol television and Head of Content for The Mediapro Studio Colombia and Mexico.
Since 2021 she has lived in Spain, where she has worked as director of original series for Netflix Spain and Executive Producer and International Development of the audiovisual group Izen.

Cultural manager and film critic.
Member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Spain, this institution awarded him in 2012 the González-Sinde Award for his work in the dissemination of cinema.
In 2019 he received the ASECAN Award for the work of dissemination of cinema in Andalusia.
With more than thirty-five years of experience, he currently coordinates the Encuentros con el Cine Español and is director of the Muestra de Cine Español Inédito en Jaén de la Diputación Provincial, the Concurso de Cortometrajes Rodando por Jaén, the Campus de Cine Miguel Picazo de Cazorla, the Encuentros con directores de Cine de la Fundación Unicaja in Almería, Málaga and Cádiz and in 2013 he created the Festival de Cortometrajes Diputación de Jaén contra la Violencia de Género, being its director for six years.
He has been director of the Almería International Film Festival since 2015.
He was part of the constituent commission of the Andalusian Film Academy, joining its first board of directors and currently holds the vice-presidency in the new board.
His directorial debut took place with Miguel Picazo, un cineasta extramuros, a documentary nominated for the 2017 Forqué Awards.
He recently premiered at the Malaga Festival the documentary Miradas del cine español, sponsored by Fundación Unicaja, of which he is co-director.
He has published the books Miguel Picazo, un cineasta jiennense, La Tía Tula, guión cinematográfico, Los hijos de Alvargonzález, guión cinematográfico inédito, Jimena (ASECAN Award 2015) and Rodajes en Jaén (ASECAN Award 2017) He has been president of the Association of Audiovisual Festivals of Andalusia between 2011 and 2014, being subsequently re-elected between 2016 and 2018.He was part of the board of ASECAN for six years.

Rémi Tereszkiewicz is an expert in OTT services and TV series marketing.
Having worked since 1994 as VP or SVP in sales and marketing positions for various companies such as Warner Brothers (2016), Lagardère Studios (2014), Netgem (2004) or Eurosport (1994), he led the creation and launch of numerous TV services.
and xVOD offerings.
He is currently CEO of Betaseries, a media platform offering recommendation services for a community of 5 million monthly TV series fans and analyzes the uses of TV series and OTT for the media industry. B2B https://betaseries.pro/en/
B2C www.betaseries.com

Executive producer of Diffferent Entertainment SL, with more than twenty projects, written and directed by David Sainz. Highlights include the series Malviviendo (broadcast in four countries with more than 150 million views and more than forty national and international awards), the series El viaje de Peter McDowell and Flaman for RTVA, Power Wonders produced by El Terrat for TNT, the #littlesecretfilm for Calle 13 Obra 67, the series Entertainment and Buster for Flooxer (Atresmedia), the branded films El Colega Canario for Arehucas and Síndrome Valyrio for HBO España, the independent film Fogueo or the series Mambo and Grasa, the podcast Jirafas, the late night Parking Karaoke for Playz (RTVE) or the documentary Eterna. He is currently filming Sin fin, for Prime Video.

Executive producer and founding producer of Magnétika Films. Her work as a producer includes Historias de leyenda (a co-production of 4 regional television channels: Canal Sur TV, TV3, TVG and ETB about four Spanish characters), La última toma, a feature documentary about the Andalusian director Claudio Guerin Hill premiered at the Seville Film Festival, the comedy La Boda (Ana Graciani), the documentary, and the RTVE series Operación Barrio Inglés. Among his latest documentaries are La residencia de señoritas (Juan Miguel del Castillo), Val del Omar, poeta audiovisual (Jesús Ponce), Juanito (Juan Miguel del Castillo). Crespo has been the only Spanish producer selected in the first edition of the Erich Pommer Institut’s Series’ Women.

Cristina Consuegra is a cultural manager and specialist in cultural innovation. Responsible for the expanded programming of Festival de Málaga (Málaga de Festival), and responsible for Neópolis, section on Science and Technology of Festival de Málaga. Artistic Director of the Festival de Cine Flamenco y Etnográfico de Jerez. Responsible for the audiovisual program Torremolinos Cinema specialized in LGTBIq+ topics. Coordinator of the ‘Anverso/Reverso’ Cycle of the Cervantes Theater. Programmer of the ‘Encounters with Authors’ of the Culture Area of the City Council. of Malaga. Coordinator of the cycle on contemporary thought ‘El MAE se mueve’ organized by the Museo Andaluz de la Educación. He collaborates with literary programs with the Diputación de Málaga. Coordinator of the series ‘Encuentros en la Ría’ organized by the Huelva City Council. Coordinator of the colloquiums of the Alicante Book Fair in the 2021 and 2022 editions. Coordinator of the cycle ‘A qué suena’ of Las Tardes del Foro de la Diputación de Huelva. Collaborator of the Master in Cultural Management at Universidad Carlos III. Programmer of literary activities on feminist issues for different public and private entities. He collaborates in Canal Sur Radio with his own section in Días D Andalucía and with conversations in Secret Olivo and Igluu Magazine. He has an opinion column, La vida quieta, in El Español.

Montse García is currently the Fiction Director of Atresmedia TV, being in charge of national and international successful series such as ‘La Ruta’, ‘Alba’, ‘La Cocinera de Castamar’, ‘Entre Tierras’, ‘La Novia Gitana’ or ‘Cristo y Rey’, among others.
She arrived at Atresmedia TV in 2020 after holding the position of Executive Director at the production company Diagonal TV belonging to the Banijay Iberia group.
Throughout her career she has specialized in television fiction participating in the development and production of titles such as ‘La Señora’ (TVE), ‘Isabel’ (TVE), ‘Sin Identidad’ (Antena 3), ‘La Catedral del Mar’ (Antena 3) or ‘Matadero’ (Antena 3).
He also participates in the production of the film ‘La librería’, directed by Isabel Coixet, Best Film Goya 2018.
He is also responsible for the delivery and continuity of the series ‘Love in Scrambled Times’ (TVE); renewing and adapting the format of Atresmedia as ‘El amor es para siempre’.
He specializes in television production in Los Angeles at the studios of SPTI (Sony Television Productions International) covering all areas that make up the audiovisual production of fiction.
She later joined the SPTI group (Sony Television Productions International) as Production Manager and delegate for Spain, participating in the adaptation of television formats for Sony Spain such as: ‘Los Simuladores’ (Cuatro), ‘Matrimonio con hijos’ (Cuatro), ‘Mesa para cinco’ (Telecinco) and ‘De Moda’ (Forta).
As Head of Production at Globomedia Televisión he produced some of the first prime time shows in Spain such as: ‘Más que amigos’ (Telecinco), ‘Compañeros’ (Antena 3) and ‘Abogados’ (Telecinco) with Boca-Boca Producciones.His experience and professional skills drive his objectives to support and create new projects and formats, betting on a clear line of commercial and quality fiction linked to the different broadcasting options.
that exist today.

Graduated in Law by Complutense University and Master in International Business Management by ICEX, he has developed his career in the audiovisual sector, specializing in television fiction and cinema.

He has been coordinator of international relations for FAPAE, head of programming at the Warner group, director of programming and acquisitions at the Viacom group, producer of feature films and manager of the Film Academy.

He currently directs the RTVE group’s film and fiction strategy, with a special focus on independent production and a firm commitment to co-productions with European public television.

With a degree in Audiovisual Communication, Irene Lara has nearly 30 years of experience in the audiovisual industry.
Throughout her career at Atresmedia, she has worked in different departments, which has allowed her to develop a global and strategic vision of the sector.
His work has been characterized by a constant focus on creativity, transversal strategy and innovation.
Currently, she leads the Content Marketing team, where she is in charge of planning and executing promotional strategies for the premieres of Antena 3, laSexta and the group’s other channels.
Her experience has allowed her to work closely with agents from the entire sector: media agencies, creative agencies, production companies and all the different departments of the Atresmedia Group, consolidating her ability to generate effective and high-impact campaigns.
A native of Madrid, Irene is also passionate about travel and art: cinema, literature and, above all, good TV series and programs.

Alejandro Ávila Villares is a film journalist. He is the director of FilmAnd, the Andalusian audiovisual magazine, and is a contributor to Cadena SER, in addition to managing the communication, press and social networks of film production companies, films, institutions and festivals.
DirCom of the Andalusian Film Academy and ANCINE (Andalusian Association of Film Production Companies), he is a member of the European Film Academy (EFA), the Andalusian Film Academy and AICE, the association that organizes the Feroz Awards.

The EFA selected him for its Sunday in the Country program as the Spanish representative in 2019.

In 2019 he won the Best Andalusian Film Book Award for Objetivo: Planeta Tierra, a pioneering book in Spanish on environmental documentaries and has been a member of the programming team of the Another Way Film Festival.
He has worked in the area of production and documentation for award-winning docuseries for Netflix (USA) and VPRO (Public Television of the Netherlands), as well as covering international festivals such as the Berlinale, IDFA Amsterdam, San Sebastian or New Horizons (Wroclaw), among others.

Film and television scriptwriter specialising in comedy. He began his career writing for comedy programmes such as “Vaya Semanita”, “El Intermedio”, “Qué vida más triste” and “La noche de José Mota”.

In 2009 he made his first foray into cinema with Borja Cobeaga, with whom he wrote “Pagafantas”, winner of the Malaga Festival Award for Best New Screenplay. With Cobeaga he also wrote “No Controles” (2011) and the highest grossing film in history, “8 apellidos vascos” (2014), for which they wrote a sequel the following year, “8 apellidos catalanes” (2015). He has also appeared in films such as “Tenemos que hablar” (2016) and “Fe de etarras” (2017).

His most recent releases include “Súperlopez” (2018), for which he was nominated for the Goya Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, and the series “Vota Juan” (2019) and its sequels “Vamos Juan” (2020) and “Venga Juan” (2021). In 2024 he will premiere Celeste, a new original series for Movistar Plus+, created by Diego San José and co-produced with 100 Balas (The Mediapro Studio).

Laura Caballero (Madrid, February 18, 1978) is a Spanish television screenwriter and director.

She is the director and screenwriter of the most popular tv shows in Spain in the past 20 years: Aquí No Hay Quien Viva (2003-2006) and La Que Se Avecina, (2007-present). She has also directed two episodes of A Tortas con La Vida. It should be noted that she, together with her brother Alberto Caballero, she wrote 44 chapters of the Portuguese adaptation of the Aquí No Hay Quien Viva.

She is also the director and screenwriter in all of the latest Contubernio series: El Pueblo (Mediaset), 3 seasons, MACHOS ALFA (Netflix) 2 seasons and MUERTOS SL for Movistar +.

Néstor Hernández is Sony Pictures’ Head of Content for Latin America and US Hispanic until 2023. With a 23-year career in the industry, he previously served as Content and Production Manager for HBO Latin America and later as Director of Content for Mediapro USA.

During his 23-year career, he has created, written and produced series, films and documentaries of great international scope, such as the Emmy winner for Best Drama Series “Señor Avila” (HBO), the Emmy nominee for Best International Series in 2020 “The Bronze Garden” (HBO) or the winners of the NYC Telly Awards; “Mil Colmillos” (HBO) and “Guerras Ajenas”. He is also responsible for several critically and commercially acclaimed projects such as “La Reina Del Flow” 2 (Netflix), “De Brutas Nada” (Amazon) or “Entre Hombres” (HBO).

In 2023, Néstor Hernández (CEO) launched the creative and business project “We The Pixels”, a creative boutique and audiovisual production company with a presence in Miami, Mexico, Santiago de Chile and Madrid. In just one year, several projects have been launched, including the Spanish-Mexican co-production “Freeland”, directed by Katina Medina (Emily in Paris), and the series “12”, which will soon be announced by one of the most important media groups in the United States.

A radio and television communicator trained at CADENA SER, he has worked on a large number of programmes for Antena 3, Telemadrid, La1, “LA NOCHE DE LOS OSCAR” for CANAL+, CAIGA QUIEN CAIGA for Tele 5 and LaSexta and LA NUBE for LA2…., achieving a high level of recognition at Cadena SER with HOY POR HOY, ASUNTOS PROPIOS for RNE.

Producer of programmes such as “YU, No te pierdas nada”, “Un lugar llamado mundo”, XREY, CUERPOS ESPECIALES, LA PIJA Y LA QUINQUI, LA SCRIPT…

He is a regular contributor to UNICEF.

Travis Donnelly is a writer currently working as a Co-Executive Producer on America’s #1 television show, “Tracker.” His past work includes “Medium,” “Hawaii 5-0,” and “Bull.” He has been serving on the Writers Guild of America, West Board of Directors since 2018. He was also a member of the 2020 and 2023 WGA Negotiating Committee that led the guild during the 148-day strike that resulted in unprecedented new gains and protections for writers.

Travis lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two sons.

Clara Ruipérez de Azcárate holds a PhD in Law, LL.M. from the Humboldt University of Berlin and is a specialist in intellectual property law. She is the author of several books and articles on cultural industries, copyright and artificial intelligence.

After working in the IP & Media departments of Garrigues and Baker & McKenzie, she has worked as a business and production lawyer in the audiovisual industry at Telefónica Studios, Movistar+ and Netflix.

She is currently Director of Content Legal Strategy and Digital Transformation at Telefónica and Secretary of the Board of Directors of Movistar+.

Graduate in Law and Business Administration and Management (E3 programme) from the Universidad Pontificia de Comillas (ICADE), member of the Higher Corps of Civil Administrators of the Stat since 2012 and Undersecretary of State for Culture since 27 February 2024.

She began her career in the public sector at the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport, where she was Deputy Assistant Director of Intellectual Property and advisor to the entities managing intellectual property rights. In 2016, she took up the post of Deputy Assistant Director for International Relations and Foreign Affairs at the Ministry of the Interior, and subsequently became Head of the Support Unit of the Directorate General for International Relations of the same Ministry. In 2019, she returned to the Ministry of Culture and Sport, where she held the positions of Deputy Director General for Cooperation and International Promotion of Culture and Deputy Director General for the Promotion of Cultural Industries until October 2022, when she was appointed Secretary General of the EOI Foundation, F.S.P. (School of Industrial Organisation) of the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism.

She held the post of Director General for Cultural Industries, Intellectual Property and Cooperation until her appointment as Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Culture on 27 February 2024.

She has given courses and lectures on intellectual property, international relations and administrative law at various institutions, including the National Institute of Public Administration (INAP). She was awarded the White Cross of the Order of Police Merit in 2018.

Born in Italy, Alberto has developed his entire career in Spain, alternating between production and writing tasks for film and television.
His credits as film executive producer include titles such as the horror saga “[REC]”, or “The Way” (dir. Emilio Estévez)

Among his film writing credits are titles like “Sleep Tight” (winner of the Gaudí Award for best screenplay), “El Desconocido/Retribution” (nominated for the Goya Awards for best screenplay), “Your Son” or “El 47”.

In television, Alberto has been responsible for the development of the series “Red Bracelets” (Filmax/TVC whose remake in the United States was produced by S. Spielberg, “The Red Band Society”). He is the co-creator of the series “The Unit” (Movistar, its third season winner of the Spanish TV Academy Award for best series of the year) and “Marbella” (Movistar), and a writer for episodes of series such as “Stories to Stay Awake” (Amazon/TVE/ZDF) and “Offworld” (Movistar, in Serie Mania official competition).

Detailed list of movies and series on IMDB.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1157609/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

Originally from Canada, and a former lawyer, David Shore has been writing and producing television for more than 20 years. He was Executive Producer and Co-Showrunner on the hit ABC drama “The Good Doctor,” which recently completed its seventh and final season. Prior to that, he created and was showrunner on the groundbreaking medical drama, “House,” which ran on Fox for eight seasons. Shore’s work on “House” earned him several Emmy nominations for Producing and he won the Emmy Award for “Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series,” as well as the Humanitas Prize, Peabody Award, and Writers Guild of America Award.

Shore’s additional producer credits include “Sneaky Pete,” “Battle Creek,” “Hack,” “Family Law,” “Beggars and Choosers,” “Law & Order” and “Traders.” He was nominated for two Emmy Awards as a producer on “Law & Order” and was part of the writing team for the Emmy Award-winning first season of “The Practice.”

Law graduate and career civil servant in the Senior Civil Service of Spain. He is currently attached to the Permanent Representation of Spain to the European Union as Counsellor for Culture and Audiovisual Affairs. He has been Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Culture and Sport, Deputy Director-General for Cooperation and Competitiveness in Tourism at the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade, Financial Director of Acción Cultural Española and Deputy Director-General for Music and Dance and Human Resources at the National Institute of Performing Arts and Music at the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport.

DIRECTOR OF A PRODUCTION AND CONTENT CONSULTANCY

GECA (Gabinete de Estudios de Comunicación Audiovisual)

Expert in Audiovisual Formats and Markets, Creativity and Executive Production. She has been Director of International Markets and Communication, Head of Programmes, Head of New Projects, Content Director and Fiction Coordinator. She has participated and lectured at international events such as Iberseries, Conecta Fiction, Southseries MIP Cancun or Content Americas. She has worked in television channels such as Telecinco and audiovisual production companies. She holds a PhD “cum laude” in Audiovisual Communication from the Complutense University, teaches at professional masters and at the Francisco de Vitoria and Carlos III universities in Madrid, is an expert lecturer on the RTVE Haz project and participates in several university research projects. She writes and collaborates in the publication of books on the audiovisual sector: ¿Qué es eso del formato, Diccionario de Teorías Narrativas, El Entretenimiento en España, Intermedia, among others.

Ibán García del Blanco was a Member of the European Parliament during the 9th parliamentary term, from July 2019 to July 2024. In his role as coordinator of the Socialists and Democrats (S&D) Group in the European Parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs, he was, among other things, part of the negotiating team for the Artificial Intelligence Act, rapporteur for the legislative initiative on the ethical aspects of artificial intelligence, robotics and related technologies and for the opinion on the Data Act, and co-rapporteur for the own-initiative report on virtual worlds. As a member of the Committee on Culture and Education, he was rapporteur for the own-initiative report on “Cultural Diversity and Conditions for Authors in the European Streaming Music Market”.

He is a member of the Royal Board of Trustees of the Spanish National Library.

Ibán García del Blanco has a degree in law. As a lawyer, he has specialised in cultural management.

As a director, producer, scriptwriter or editor, I have worked for the most important television channels and production companies on entertainment programmes, fiction series and documentaries, ranging from the true crime genre, such as “Arny, historia de una infamia” or “Yo fui un asesino. El crimen de la catana“, to the musical genre with productions such as “Mi vida entre las hormigas” or the most recent collaboration as editor and co-screenwriter of “Labordeta, un hombre sin más“, winner of the GOYA 2023 for Best Documentary. In the area of fiction, I have co-created and written the series “El Caso, crónica de sucesos“, broadcasted by RTVE.

Nerea Sanjuan holds a degree in Law from the University of Valladolid and a Master of Law (LL.M.) from Columbia University, New York (Fulbright Grantee), specialising in copyright, entertainment and telecommunications law, as well as international contracts. Nerea also holds a degree in Audiovisual Communication from the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya and has attended various courses in audiovisual production at the Instituto del Cine in Madrid and the Universidade Lusófona in Lisbon.

Nerea Sanjuan is currently head of the culture, sport and entertainment practice at Andersen. She previously worked at Uría Menéndez, Vodafone and Cuatrecasas in the areas of intellectual property, audiovisual and electronic communications regulation, advertising and consumer affairs. He regularly advises a large number of national and international companies in various sectors of the entertainment, cultural and technology industries. In the academic field, he teaches at the Complutense University of Madrid in the Masters in Law of New Technologies, at ISDE-Pons in the Masters in Industrial and Intellectual Property, Competition and New Technologies, and at ISDE in the Masters in Entertainment Law.

Xavier is one of the UK’s leading producers and senior executives with over 30 years of industry experience.

Just prior to setting up Moonriver, Xavier was President of Production at eOne Features. He joined eOne when it acquired the Alliance Films Group that Xavier jointly ran, which included Momentum Pictures, the UK distributor whose growth he engineered over ten years.

He has also held senior executive positions at Polygram Filmed Entertainment, Warner Bros and Universal.

Some of his recent film credits as Producer and/or Executive Producer include Wild Rose (2019), Stan & Ollie (2018), Eye In The Sky (2015); Spotlight (2015), Suite Française (2014); The Woman In Black (2012); Quartet (2012); and The King’s Speech (2010).

Xavier and Moonriver produced the feature film Mrs Harris Goes to Paris (2022).

He has just delivered as the lead Executive producer Nautilus, an epic action- adventure TV series for Disney, based on Jules Verne’s beguiling anti-hero, Captain Nemo, from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. Nautilus will be released by AMC in North America and premium channels internationally.

The series, A Gentleman in Moscow, an adaptation of Amor Towles’ best-selling novel, starring Ewan McGregor has just been released on March 29th, 2024, on Showtime and Paramount + global to great critical acclaim. Xavier Marchand, alongside Tom Harper optioned the rights to the novel and Executive produced the series.

Xavier and Moonriver have several series in development in the US, UK, France and Australia with Sky, Netflix, TF1, France Televisions amongst other.