‘Matar a un oso’ and ‘Etty’, best series of the 13th edition of Serielizados

Serielizados – Barcelona TV Series Festival has announced the winners of its 13th edition.

National Official Competition Awards

Best Series:
Matar a un oso (Movistar Plus+) by Jorge and Alberto Sánchez-Cabezudo

Created by brothers Jorge and Alberto Sánchez-Cabezudo, the minds behind titles such as Crematorio and La zona, Matar a un oso takes as its starting point a shocking real-life event that occurred during the 2020 lockdown: the discovery of the body of the bear Cachou in the Aran Valley. The show stars Eduard Fernández, Maria Rodríguez Soto, Miki Esparbé, Pol López, and Nora Navas.

Best Screenplay:
Segunda temporada (Filmin) by Berta Prieto, Miguel Ángel Blanca, and Víctor Diago

The award for best screenplay honors Segunda temporada, the new original Filmin series created and directed by Miguel Ángel Blanca, written alongside Berta Prieto and Víctor Diago. The story brings together a down-on-her-luck ghostwriter and a fading trap music legend fresh out of prison.

Best Performance:
Carmen Machi, for Celeste S2, by Diego San José

Meanwhile, Carmen Machi won the award for best performance for Celeste (S2). Celeste is one of the most acclaimed comedies on the national scene, a biting and brilliant original fiction from Movistar Plus+ that transformed the drab corridors of the Tax Agency into fertile ground for top-tier dark humor.

Special Mention:
In vitro by Marc Crehuet and Alejandra Guimerà

A series by 3Cat and HBO Max exploring the ethical, social, and personal dilemmas associated with 21st-century fertility.

‘Matar a un oso’ (Movistar Plus).

The jury for the National Official Competition was composed of Claire-Marine Pietriga, Deputy Artistic Director of the Canneseries festival; Rowan Woods, TV Series Programmer at the Berlinale and former Creative Director of the Edinburgh TV Festival; and Roosa Toivonen, Co-Director of the TV Beats Forum at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival.

International Official Competition Awards

Best Series:
Etty by Hagai Levi

The moving and avant-garde historical drama Etty took home the award for best international series. Created by Hagai Levi, it tells the true story of Etty Hillesum, a free, brilliant, and passionate 27-year-old woman who embarks on an intense emotional and spiritual journey in occupied Amsterdam during World War II.

Best Screenplay:
Camarades by Benjamin Charbit and Dominique Baumard

The French comedy Camarades, centered on the university utopia of May ’68, received the award for best screenplay.

Best Performance:
Diane Morgan, for Ann Droid

The international awards list is completed with the best performance award for Diane Morgan for her work in Ann Droid, the biting British comedy about loneliness and relationships in a consumer technology society.

‘Etty’ by Hagai Levi.

The jury for the International Official Competition was made up of filmmaker Rodrigo Sorogoyen (President of the DAMA Jury), creator and screenwriter Victoria Martín (Se tiene que morir mucha gente), and actress Anna Ycobalzeta.

Serielizados continues its programming until October 28th. The Popitas Audience Award will be presented that same day during the festival’s closing ceremony.