In What do we talk about when we talk about Andalusian series? the production made for platforms has been analyzed from the perspective of gender and Andalusian identity.
The meeting was attended by producers Pilar Crespo(Operación Barrio Inglés), Teresa Segura(En fin) and Marta Velasco, president of the Andalusian Film Academy. Here are 10 keys to this talk, which was presented by Agus Jiménez (president of AAMMA – Andalusian Association of Women in Audiovisual Media) and moderated by Alejandro Ávila.
“Industry can be created from Andalusia for the whole world.”
“We work to make the local the universal.”
“Now we can talk about Andalusian industry”.
“Decentralization with respect to Madrid and Barcelona has helped a lot.”
“In this process, the use of Andalusian locations has been key”.
“Locations and accents have become characters.”
“It is no longer necessary to leave Andalusia, you can find everything here”.
“There has been a before and after but more institutional support is lacking.”
“The stories we women tell from Andalusia are for the whole world.”
“The barrier of thinking that women in the audiovisual field are actresses has been overcome, now many people know that we can be producers or any other profession in the film industry.”
South International Series Festival is a private initiative, co-financed by the Feder Andalucía 2021-2027 Program and the Junta de Andalucía, with the City Council of Cádiz and the Diputación de Cádiz as official entities. It also counts with the participation of Mediaset España as media sponsor; Movistar Plus+, Port Authority of the Bay of Cadiz and Spain Film Commission, Unicaja Foundation, Andalucía Film Commission and Rims Mobility as sponsor; and with the collaboration of Canal Sur Radio and Television, Iberia and Cultura Inquieta, with the financing of CREA SGR , and with Renfe as Official Train.
